Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9772, John Campbell, Penn.

SERVICE
Penn.
NUMBER _____
Campbell, John Mary
W. 9772. B.L.W. 32235-160-55
CONTENTS

19837 Ohio 19562
John Campbell of Mornite in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the com commanded by Captain Fisher of the regt commanded by Col. Dunlap in the Penn line for 6 mos
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1833 from 1 March to 4 Sept 1833, Agent notified 24 Sept 1838.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Sept 1833 and John G Welford
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 50.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 10.00 $60.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 8 Page 4
Reg 3 mar 58-167571

The State of Ohio } Miami County } ss.
On this Second day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before the court of common pleas for the County of Miami aforesaid This same person of known credit now sitting. John Campbell a resident of said County of Miami and State of Ohio aged were forty six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he intends the service of the United States under the following named officers and services as herein stated.
This deponent saith that he was born in the month of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty seven in Ireland and in the year 1773 he emigrated to the United States to the United States & located in Cumberland County Pennsylvania said deponent has no record of his age but the information received from his Parents and a frequent recurrence to this subject enables him to state this fact with confidence. Said deponent saith that he was drafted in the Pennsylvania Militia in the month of July 1777; the company rendezvoused in Carlisle, Cumberland County, under the command of Capt. James Fisher, Lieutenant David Marshall, and Ensign Allen Nesbitt. That he marched, in said company, from thence to Lancaster, where they remained a few days; from Lancaster they marched to Iron-hill, where they had a skirmish with a detachment of the British Army; he also thinks that he was engaged in another skirmish near Mill-town; from thence he proceeded in the same company to Brandywine, where they joined the main Army under General Washington; and that he was in the Engagement known by name of the battle of Brandywine; and a few days after he was engaged in the battles of the White-horse and Germantown. General Potter commanded the corps of the Army to which his company was attached; and Col. Dunlap commanded the particular detachment. Deponent cannot recollect the names of all the

General Officers who commanded in the several battles; but well remembers Generals Washington, Wayne & Lafayette at Brandywine, and Germantown. He further says that he served at that time full two months, was discharged from service in the neighborhood of Philadelphia; but is not possessed of any written evidence of the fact. In the year 1779, (as near as deponent recollects) he served two months in the northern part of what was then called Cumberland county, Penn a under the command of Captain Fisher. The Company rendezvoused at Brown's Mill, in Fishacogpittis valley, and was discharged at the same place, but has no written discharge in his possession. And in 1780 or 1781 he served two months, in July and August, under the command of said Captain Fisher, in Stone Valley, Bedford County (now Huntingdon) where he was engaged in protecting the frontiers against the Indians. That the three tours aforesaid he served the full term of six months; part of the time as a serjeant, and the balance of term as a private. That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. That when he first entered the service he resided in Cumberland County in the State of Pennsylvania where he continued to reside until the spring of the year Eighteen hundred & ten  seventeen when he removed to the County of Ohio in the State of Ohio where he has ever since resided & yet resides, during the time of his service he was acquainted with General Washington General Lafayette General Armstrong Col. Dunlap General M'Call & a number of other officers whose names he cannot now recollect. That he is acquainted with the Honorable Thomas Adams John Gilford Thomas D. Furnace & the Reverend Jones, & Derrison all residents of the County of Ohio who can testify as to his being a man of integrity & their belief of his having been a soldier of the Revolution. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state.
1 st He was Born in the month of April in the year 1757 2 d He has no record of his age 3 d He was living in the County of Cumberland in the State of Pennsylvania when first called into the service where he continued to reside until

The spring of 1834 when he removed to the County of Miami in the State of Ohio where he has since resided & yet resides 4 th He was called into the service as here in before notice
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court John G. Telford Clerk
John Campbell
We James Harrison a clergyman in the Presbyterian Church residing in Troy in the County of Miami & Thomas Adams John Telford & Thomas W Freeman all residents of the County of Miami hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Campbell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be seventy five years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed 20 day of May 1833. in open court John G. Telford Clerk
James Harrison Thos W Freeman Thomas Adams
The State of Ohio } Miami County } ss I John G. Telford Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Campbell for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Troy this 20 th day of May A.D. 1833.
John G. Telford Clerk

And the Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories put by the War department that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the Court further Certify that it appears to them James Harrison who has signed the above Certificate is a Clergyman & that Thomas W. Farnost Thomas Adams who have also signed the same are residents of said Brown County and that their affidavits is entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand &
aff
I John G. Selford Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Miami do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of John Campbell for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of our said Court at Troy the 8 th day of May A.D. 1833.
John G. Selford Clerk - M. Com Pleas
John Campbell 25233

No 25233
John Campbell
Miamisburg - Ohio
for 1777 private 6 months Returned $20.
John G. Telford Clk Miamisburg - Ohio Troy.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
5 th June 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 John Campbell Miami Co-
    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.     Drafted July 1777. 2 Private Capt Fisher Genl Washington Col Dunlop Capt Fisher 76 years Cumberland Co Pennsylvania Traditional Evidence stated credible by the Court   79. 2   1780 or 81 July 1781. 2   states in a part of the above service he was a Sergeant but the length of time of service as sergeant not stated   
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
 Commissioner of Pensions. 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same), 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 and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
□ 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.
John Estlin

6943
Ohio Cincinnati Mary Campbell, widow of John Campbell
who served in the Revolutionary
Pa
war, as a private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 29 th . day of Oct r , 1860.
and sent to
N. F. Wilbur, Tigua, Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 158 Vol. 4

Acco march 3
1675-41 June 13/55-
Mary Campbell wid of John Campbell Prio
Private John Dunlop
Pa militia
Rev War
Birth date Sept 20. 1833-
Ohio June 32-19837
ad. 160 acco June 27/56
Dodge
N. L. Wilber
Piqua Ohio
N. L. Wilber May 15/56
Vol. 1-18.

State of Ohio Miami County ss;
On this Eighth day June 1855 personally ap- peared before me a Notary Public within and for said Coun- ty and State Mary Campbell aged 74 years a resident of the County of Miami and State of Ohio who being by me first duly sworn say on oath that she is the widow of John Campbell deceased who was a private in the War of the Revolution and to whom was issued in his life time a certificate of Pension for his ser- vices of which the following is a true copy to wit
"War Department; Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832 John Campbell of the State of Ohio who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty dollars per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and the 4th of September in every year
Given at the War Office of the United States this 20th day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Examined & Countersigned
Levi Boss
L. P. Waldo J. L. Edwards
Secretary of War."
Commissioner of Pensions"
She further says that she was married to the said John Campbell in the County of Columbia and State of Pennsylvania on the 10th day of June A.D. 1816 by one Rev. Mr. John B. Patterson and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Bigger, that her said husband died at Piqua Miami County Ohio on the 2nd day of July 1838 and that she has since continued his widow. She further says that there is no public record of her said marriage and that there is a family record of said marriage written in the hand writing of the said John Campbell in these words, to wit; "John Campbell & Mary Bigger was married June 10th 1816".
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the the Bounty Land to which she may be en- titled under act of March 3rd 1855; and she says that she

has never received or before applied for Bounty Land under this or any former act of Congress and does not know her to be entitled to such land for any other service than that performed by her said husband in the Revolutionary War for which he drew the pension aforesaid. And she makes reference to the evidence and the records upon which said pension was granted.
She hereby constitutes and appoints N. F. Miller of Piqua Ohio her true and lawful attorney to prosecute her said claim for Bounty Land and to receive for her benefit her warrant when issued. And she further authorizes her said attorney to ask for and receive all copies of evidence on which said John Campbell established his claim for a pension and matter the same evidence in this case and authorizes him to make examinations of all the rolls and records of the various departments to which the subject matter pertains with permission to appoint a substitute if necessary &c.
Known to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid. and I fur- ther certify that I know the applicant to be the person she represents herself to be and on the same day also per- sonally came before me
Mary Campbell
and
Residents of Piqua Miami County and State of Ohio who being by me first duly known says on oath that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Campbell in their presence and that they believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and they further declare that the said John Campbell named in the Declaration of the said Mary Campbell is now dead and died on or about the time stated in the Declaration of the said Mary Campbell and they further say that there is a record of the marriage of the John Campbell aforesaid to the said Mary Campbell in the family bible of the said John Campbell and in his own handwriting in these words, to wit: "John Campbell & Mary Begger were married June 10th 1816." And these deponents further say that the said John Campbell and Mary Campbell aforesaid continued to live together as man and wife in good repute up to the time of the death of the said John

Campbell and that since his death the said Mary Campbell has not again married. And this deponants further say that they are not interested.
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were known to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be persons of truth and worthy of belief, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be & that I have no interest in this claim or concerns in its prosecution.
Joseph Sawyer Elizabeth Sawyer
J. M. Ewing, Notary Pub.
N.B.
Commission of Notary & his Genuine signature certified to be such by clerk in our files in your office.
Piqua June 9 th 1855
Sir
I enclose to you the claim of Mary Campbell for Bountry Land under act of March 3 rd 1855.
I am Sir
Respt Yours N. L. Wilber
S. P. Waldo Comm te of Pensions. Washington City D. G.

State of Ohio Miami County Probate Court;
On this 15th day of September 1860 personally appeared before me Joseph Pearson Probate Judge in and for said County and State in Open Court said Court being a Court of Record and the Judge thereof being ex-officio Clerk thereof Mary Campbell a Resident of the said County of Miami and State of Ohio aged Seventy nine Years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd of February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war that she is the widow of John Campbell who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution and who was pensioned for his service therefor by the granting to him the following Pension Certificate in her possession of which I certify the following is a true copy; to wit
"War Department
Revolutionary Claims
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7 th of June 1832 John Campbell of the State of Ohio who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty 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 the 4th day of September in each year Given at the War Office of the United States this 20th day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Examiners & Countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions" to the Ev- idence files at the time said John Campbell made application for and obtained said pension re- ference is made.
She further declares that she was married to the said John Campbell on the 10th day of June 1816 that her said husband died in Piqua Miami County Ohio on the 4th day of July 1838 That she was not married to him prior to the second day of January eighteen hundred but at the time above stated. She further says that she is now a widow and has not married since the death of her said husband the said John Cam- pbell.
She also says that she was married in the County of Northumberland and State of Pennsylvania in which there is no Record of Marriage kept and there is no public record of her said mar- riage to the said John Campbell. That her name before her said marriage was Mary Bigger.
Mary Campbell
Given to by the said Mary Campbell in said Court the day and year

as aforesaid
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Lyon Williams County Ohio.
Joseph Pearson Probate Judge
State of Ohio
Williams County In the Probate Court.
I Joseph Pearson Judge of the Probate Court is and for said Court and State said Court during a court of Record and the Judge thereof being ex- officio the Clerk thereof do hereby certify that Satis- factory evidence has been presented to me in open Court that a Certain Birth presented in Court dated in 1810 was the family Birth of John Campbell due, to whom the Persever Certificate copies in the foregoing my declaration of Mary Campbell, was issued and I further certify that the following Record is taken and correctly transcribed from said Birth, to wit: "John Campbell and Mary Bigger was married June 10th 1816" which Record was duly proven to be made in the hand writing of the said John Campbell and all of which facts are believed by said Court to be true.
And I further certify that the Records of this Court shows that the Will of the said John Camp- bell was admitted to Probate on the 10th day of July 1838.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and the seal of this Court the 29 day of September 1860.
Joseph Pearson Probate Judge

Piqua O. October 15 th 1860
Sir
I transmit to you the application of Mary Camp- bell widow of John Campbell deceased for a Pen- sion as widow &c
Mary Campbell receives Warrant No 32,235 for 160 acres as widow of service under act of March 3 rd 1855.
Yours & N. F. Walker Govt. Whiting Esq Clerk of Pensions

State of Ohio } Miami County } ss
On this 24th day of October 1860 personally came before me a Notary Public in and for said County and State Elizabeth Sawyer a resident of Piqua Miami County Ohio who being by me first duly sworn says on oath that she is the daughter of John Campbell who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and of Mary Campbell who is now applying for a Pension as the widow of the said John Campbell. She says that she resided at home at the time of the death of her father the said John Campbell and knows that he died on the 4th day of July 1838. She also says that she knows that the said John Campbell left as his widow the said Mary Campbell and that the said Mary Campbell has not married since the death of the said John Campbell, that the said Mary Campbell now resides with the deponent and has so resided since the death of the said John Campbell.
Elizabeth Sawyer
Sworn to by Elizabeth Sawyer before me this 24th day of October 1860 and I certify that I well knew the said Elizabeth Sawyer and that she is a person of credibility, I also certify that I have no interest in this application and am not concerned in its prosecution.
J. F. McKinney Notary Public

O. W. & N. Div.
W 9772
L. W. B.
Q
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 10, 1896.
Sir:
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of John Campbell , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he made application for pension May 2, 1833, at which time he was residing in Miami Co., Ohio, and 76 years of age, and his pension was allowed for six months' actual service as a private in the Pennsylvania troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. James Fisher and Col. Dunlap. He enlisted in Cumberland Co., Pa.
His widow, Mary, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr Joseph T. Sawyer,
216 W. Water Street,
Piqua, Ohio.

Aug 10 '96 Sred pursu in Joseph T Sawyer Piqua Ohio JTB
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
9772
Mary Campbell Wid
John Campbell Print Rev. War
Act: Febry 3 d 1853.
Index:—Vol. A, Page 117
[Arrangement of 1870.]

✓ 32,285
5 Mr. Lany

No 7568
Mary Campbell - widow of John Campbell and. Miami County, Ohio.
Admit - Act Feb'y 3 d 1853 at the rate of $20. per annum, to commence on the date of the act.
Certificate sent to A. F. Milbur. Piqua, Ohio.
Feb'y 3 d 1853.
See B. S. and warrant, No 32.235. The same.

John Campbell's Amended Declaration
John Campbell
John Campbell
Whereas the said John Campbell, of the County of ... State of ... do hereby certify that the within copy of the said Declaration is a true and correct copy of the original thereof, and that the said original is now in the possession of the said John Campbell.
John Campbell

The State of Ohio Miami County ss
On this 8 th day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred & Thirty three Personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas for Miami County of said name setting the same being a Court of Record John Campbell a resident of said County of Miami & State of Ohio age Twenty five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration as an amendment to one by him made in said Court on the second day of May in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred & Thirty three & which has been returned to him by the Department of War in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That as well as he can now remember the length of time in which he served as a Sergeant as stated in his former Declaration & to which this is an amendment was about two months
John Campbell
De sworn to & subscribed in open Court this day & year above written
J. G. Telford Clerk
The State of Ohio ss Miami County ss I John G. Telford Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County certify that the foregoing contains the additional proceedings had in this Court for Pension of John Campbell at the August Term of the Court of Common Pleas A.D. 1833.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas this 15 th day of August A.D. 1833.
John G. Telford Clerk

Treasury Department, Second Comptroller's Office, September 17 th 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," John Campbell a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of twenty Dollars and " " Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837 to the 4 th of September 1837.
Respectfully, yours,
William H. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

State of Ohio } Miami County }
On this 10th day of October 1860 before me a Notary Public in and for said County and State personally came the Rev Samuel Wallace who being by me first duly sworn, says on oath that he is the Pastor of the White Presbyterian Church of Piqua Miami County Ohio that Mrs Mary Campbell is a member of good standing in said church, I un- derstand her age to be about seventy seven years and her general appearance shows her to be near or quite that age.
Mrs Mary Campbell has been a mem- ber of said church for over fifty years as the deponent believes and her husband the said John Camp- bell was in his life time an Elder in the same church.
Samuel Wallace
I was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year aforesaid and I certify that I know the said deponent to be a credible witness the Pastor of the aforesaid church & that I have no interest in this application and am not concerned in its prosecution.
J. F. McKinney Notary Public

State of Ohio } Miami County } 38
On this 3 rd day of October 1860 personally came before me a Notary Public in and for said County and State Martin Simpson who being by me first duly sworn says on oath that he is a resident of Piqua Miami County Ohio that he moved to Piqua in the year 1820 and has resided at said place ever since, that he became acquainted with John Campbell a Revolutionary Soldier and Mary Campbell his wife a short time after he came to Piqua that he continued well acquainted with the said John Campbell up to the time of his death which took place on the 4 th day of July some twenty years since. He was with him on the day of his death and he also was present at his and recollects well that it was on the day of the celebration of Independence. He also says that he has been acquainted with his widow Mary Campbell since the death of the said John Campbell and she has continued to reside on said family homestead until the present season. He said the said Mary Campbell has not married since the death of the said John Campbell. He says that he has no knowledge of the marriage of John & Mary Campbell but knows that they resided together in good repute as man and wife in good repute from the time of his first acquaintance in 1820 or 1821 to the death of the said John Campbell or about 1840 years. This deponent believes that said John & Mary Campbell were in truth and fact lawful man and wife.

We says that his acquaintance with the said John & Mary Campbell was intimate during the whole of said period and he has never heard the fact of the marriage of said parties questioned.
Martin Simpson
Swore to and Subscribed before me on the day and year aforesaid and I also certify that I know well the said Martin Simpson that he a person of trust and worthy of belief, I also further certify that I have no interest in this claim and am not concerned in its prosecution.
J. F. M c Kinney Notary Public

Piqua May 12 th 1836
Sir
Will you please again consider the application of Mary Campbell No 167 571 178,783 under act of March 3 rd 1855 for Bounty Land .
This case was suspended at your office May 5 th 1836 for want of Record Evidence
The recent act of Congress will obviate the objections in this case as the Evidence of service will be found filed at the time his de d husband
John Campbell was pensioned as a Revolutionary Soldier .
Will you please re-examine this case
Yours &c
N. F. Wilbur

Brief in the case of Mary Campbell, widow of John Campbell, dec. Miami County and State of Ohio. All d act Feby 3 d 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
The husband was a revolutionary pensioner upon six months service in Pennsylvania Line, at the rate of $20. p. annum, Act of June 7. 1832.
Marriage proved by record. Death of husband in 1838, widowhood & identity proved by credible witnesses.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
All d at the rate of $20. p. annum, to commence on the 3 d Feby 1853.
A. F. Miller, Esq., Piqua Ohio.
Name and residence of Agent
M. A. Woodley. Examining Clerk.

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Tigra Ohio July 31 st 1896
Honorable Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir-
John Campbell (my Grand father) was a Soldier of the Revolution . He was engaged in Brandywine - Germantown & White Plains & other Battles, this I learn from printed Obituary notice in Cincinnati papers of Aug 1838 also heard my Mother speak of his War record often - I have no data to govern me in applying for membership with "Sons of the Revolution" do not know when or where he enlisted. He moved to Piqua & from there to Piqua Ohio 1812 & died here July 4 th 1838 Aged 83 years. He may have been a pensioner for aught I know & if so you could give me his enlistment papers & record - so I can prove my claim as a descendant of this Revolutionary Soldier & Patriot.
Yours Resp.
Jos. D. Sawyer 216. W. Water St.
Piqua Ohio