Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25431, John Conner, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Penin.
Conner, John or Connor,
U. 25-431
B. L. Wt. 331-60-5-5
Elizabeth
CONTENTS

1498 Ohio Pensions John Cannon Decd
of _____ in the State of _____ who was a _____ in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolution line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 88 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 24 th day of March, 18 88  26 and end 25 th September 1846 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Sept r 1856 and sent to
Arrears to the 4th of J. B. Kaufman Semi-annual allowance ending Lancaster Pa.
Recorded by J. W. Kelly { Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 5, 1832 } Clerk, May 15 1858
Book _____ Vol. _____ Page _____

Increase
No. 5914
Ohio
Elizabeth Conner widow of John Conner who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Drummer
Cincinnati agency.
Rate 96 Dollars 00 cents per annum.
Commencing July 27. 1868.
Ad. payts. made since.
Certificate dated Dec. 23rd 1869
and sent to M. F. Wilber Piqua, Miami Co. Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Feb-
ruary 3, 1853 Page 158
Vol. 162
11 1/2 1868.
Seligman

261.320. Act Mar 3/55 Nov 8/56
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Elizabeth Conner Iowa
John Conner and Dorothy Min
Capt. Leigler
Col. Craig
Ent. 1780.
Pa Mil W. 9101. for. Nov. 27/91
Pa. line Rev. War.
Pensioner
Ohio 53 - 5914
9101. Nov. 27/91
Ad: 60 acres 7" Jan. 1857
J. B. Kaufman Lancaster
Pensioner
17248-120
16998-60
19215-80

State of Ohio Miami County ss.
On this Twenty Third day of August 1856 personally appeared before me Francis Scott a Justice of the Peace within and for said County Ralph Peterson and Martha Brockaw residents of said County and Neighbors of Mrs. Elizabeth Coomer who are to me well known and whose names are known to me to be the true names of the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing application and who being first duly sworn according to Law declare that they are personally acquainted with Mrs. Elizabeth Coomer widow of John Coomer deceased who was reported and believed to have served in the Revolutionary War in the Pennsylvania line under Captains Patterson & Ziegler in Col Craig's Regiment. That they know the said John Coomer in his life time had often heard him speak of his serving in the Revolutionary War have often heard him speak of as a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner in Cincinnati and as having received Land for his services and have not the least doubt but that he did serve several years in said War having lived early in the war in Philadelphia and afterwards in Reading Pennsylvania and finally long before his marriage removed to Hamilton County Ohio, where he was married to Elizabeth Testal (now Widow Coomer) in the year 1808. By John Lewis Forster a Justice
over

of the Place of that County Ohio they knew the fact of their marriage by always hearing that they were married in the year 1808 that they lived together as man and wife and had children together some of whom are living and that they never heard the fact of their marriage being brought in question and they knew the said John Connell on the 25 th day of September 1850 at Cincinnati They further declare that Mrs Elizabeth Connell who has made application for a United States Pension is the identical Widow of John Connell who served in the Revolutionary War. That we know that she made application and received a State Pension from Pennsylvania for the services of her deceased Husband John Connell that she is still a Widow and removed from Cincinnati in 1855 to Piqua in this County where she now resides and further saith not.
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written Francis Reid Jr. P.
Elizabeth Patterson Martha Dickson

The State of Ohio Mecum County ss 3
I B. W. Scavell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do hereby certify that Fran- cis Reid Esqr before whom the foregoing af- fidavit was made, was at the time of so doing an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Troy this 23 d day of August A.D. 1856
B. W. Scavell Clerk By C. V. Royce Deputy

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of May 15 th 1828, and the act of February 3 rd 1853.
State of Ohio } p. Hamilton County }
On this xx  xx twelfth day of January A. D. 1856. Personally appeared before the Hon. Mark Van Hamm, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Mrs. Elizabeth Conner a resident of Pickaway, Miami County, Ohio, and formerly of Cincinnati aged 65 years, who being first duly sworn according to law on her oath make the following declaration. — That she is the widow of John Conner or Connor deceased who was a private and Drummer in the Revolutionary War. That to the best of her information and belief her husband John Conner entered the army in 1777 and afterwards in 1780 — Was a Drummer in the 9 th Regiment of Pennsylvania Continental Line and was discharged in June 1781 at Reading Pennsylvania. — That shortly after his discharge in June 1781, he reenlisted for the war in Captain Patterson's Company of the 1 st Regiment Pennsylvania Continental Line, under Col. Craig, and in 1782 was transferred to Captain Veiglers of the 2 nd Regiment Pennsylvania Continental Line and served to the close of the war,

and received his reward of $80. from the United States.  "That her husband could not write his own name, that she has no documentary evidence of his services in her profession, but that the foregoing she believes to be correct.  "That her husband was about making application under this act of 1828, but his feeble health and death prevented him and that he was never pensioned.  She further States that she was married to the said John Conner at Springdale, Hamilton County, Ohio, in the month of September A.D. 1808. by one Zebulum Foster a Justice of the Peace, and that her name before her marriage was Elizabeth Peetol. That her husband died at Cincinnati, Ohio on the Twenty fifth day of September A.D. 1846. and that she is still a widow.  She further States there is no private or public record of her marriage, that Esq. Foster who married her died 16 years ago, and that his books have been destroyed or lost or not within her reach, she not knowing what has become of them.  She does not know what has become of her husband's discharge. That she resided in Cincinnati until the year 1855. when she removed to Pickaway, Ohio, to her daughter, and the reason why she makes this declaration at Cincinnati is because she is better known there and vicinity to the people and witnesses as the widow of said John Conner, who was well known at Cincinnati and reputed as a Revolutionary Soldier of the

Pennsylvania Line. She hereby appoints Junius B. Kaufman of Lancaster Pennsylvania, her true and lawful attorney with power of substitution, to prosecute this her claim for a pension, to receive the certificate when issued, and do all acts necessary and proper in the premises.
Witness } B. S. Kaufman } Elizabeth Conner A. S. DeWitt } Her Mark
Sworn to and Subscribed before me, on the day and year first above mentioned, and I hereby certify that I know the said deponent Mrs. Elizabeth Conner and believe her to be as above stated, and of the age above stated and from bodily infirmity unable to attend in Court, and I am disinterested in the claim.
Wash. Van Housan Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County, Ohio
At the same time and place before me Hon. Wash. Van Housan, Judge as aforesaid personally appeared Dr. B. S. Kaufman, who is to me well known, is of high repute in his profession and is a credible witness, who being by me duly sworn deposeth and says, that he is well acquainted with Mrs. Elizabeth Conner the above applicant for a Pension,

that he has known her for 12 years last past, that he was acquainted with her late husband, John Conner, having known him for some years previous to his death, and was his family Physician and attended him in his last illness. That in the many conversations he had with him he would speak of his services in the Pennsylvania Line in the Revolutionary War, of having served under Washington and being in camp with him. Of the latter exhibiting kind feeling and uttering encouraging words to himself and companions — Also, of the hardships and sufferings his Regiment endured under Col. Craig and other officers, his hair breadth escapes &c. &c. That the said John Conner and Elizabeth Conner lived together as husband and wife, and were reputed so to be, that deponent never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned. That they had 9 children by each other of whom 5 are living. That the said John Conner died on the 25 th of September 1846, at Cincinnati, and that the said Elizabeth has been since that day, and still is reputed to be his widow, which deponent believes to be the fact. That she has never married since her husband's death, and still is his widow, and that her said husband was, as he believes, the identical man mentioned as a soldier in her declaration above, and was so reputed. And further that he was present and saw Elizabeth Conner execute the foregoing affidavit by by making her mark to the foregoing declaration.

and make oath thereto in due form of law, and further that he resides in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sworn and subscribed before me.
This 12 th day of January 1856.
Wash. Van Harn,
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
C. S. us Thompson
At the same time and place before me Hon. Wash. Van Harn, Judge as aforesaid, personally appeared Archibald S. Debutts to me well known and who is a credible witness, and who be- ing duly sworn, deposeth and says, that he is well acqua- inted with Mrs. Elizabeth Conner the foregoing appli- cant for Pension, that he has known her for 15 years last past. That he was acquainted with John Conner her late husband having known him several years previous to his death; that the said John Conner and Elizabeth Conner lived together as husband and wife, and were reputed so to be, and deponent never heard of their marriage disputed or ques- tioned. That the said John Conner died at Cincinnati, on or near the 25 th day of September A.D. 1846, and the said Elizabeth Conner has been since that day, and still is repu- ted to be his widow, which deponent believes to be the fact. That she has never married since her said husband's death, and still is his widow, and that her said husband was as he believes the identical man mentioned as a soldier in her declaration.

above and he was so reputed; and further that he was present and saw Elizabeth Conner execute the foregoing affidavit by making her mark to the foregoing declaration, and making oath thereto in due form of law, and further that deponent resides near Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12 th day of January A.D. 1856.
A. S. DeWitt
Wash. Van Housam, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas,
State of Ohio Hamilton County } p.
evidence It is hereby certified that satisfactory has been exhibited before me the undersigned, Judge as aforesaid which evidence is above that John Conner was a revolutionary Soldier of the United States, and that he died on the 25 th September 1846, leaving surviving him a widow named Elizabeth Conner, and that the said Elizabeth Conner is still living and a resident of Pickaway Miami County, Ohio.
In testimony whereof whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 12 th day of January A.D. 1856.
Wash. Van Housam, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County, Ohio.

321,171
Banky Land Claim
and ...

State of Ohio Miami County
On this 24th day of May A.D. 1866 personally came before me a Notary Public in and for said County and State Elizabeth Conner aged 72 years a resident of Piqua in the County of Miami and the State of Ohio who being by me first duly sworn says that she is the Identical Elizabeth Conner who is the Widow of John Conner who was a Drummer in the war of the Rebellions and as such widow the following Pensions Certificate has been issued upon which she is now receiving a Pension as a Revolutionary Widow to wit; "Department of the Interior
Widow's Pension.
I certify that, in conformity with the 2 o Section of the act of February 3 rd 1853 Elizabeth Conner Widow of John Conner who was a Drummer in the Revolutionary War is inscribed on the pensioner List, at the rate of Eighty Eight dollars per annum, commencing on the 3 rd of February 1853 and continuing for life unless she shall again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Givers at the Department of the Interior
(Seal)
This twenty-fifth day of September One thousand Eight hundred and fifty Six
Examined & Countersigned J. Minot Commr. of Pensions
Geo C. Whiting Secy Actg. Comr. of the Interior
She says that her said husband served in the war of the rebellions for the period of over one year as will more fully appear by reference to the testimony filed at the time of her applying for a pension to which she here makes reference, that she

was married to the said John Conner at the County of Hamilton and State of Ohio on or about the day of year 1809, exact date not now recollected 10 th 1811 as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs filed on said Pension application and that her said husband the said John Conner died at the County of Hamilton, City of Cincinnati and State of Ohio on or about the exact date not recollected day of Fall 1846 and that she has never since married but remains (his widow,) the widow of the above named John Conner.
She makes this Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the 8 th Section of the Act of Congress of March 3 rd 1855 Granting Bountiful Land to Certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States &c.
And she further says she has never received Bountiful Land under any act of Congress or before applied for the same. She has never done anything to aid or assist the present Rebellion in the United States of 1861
She hereby constitutes and appoints N. H. Walker of Piqua Ohio to prosecute her said Claims and to receive her Warrant when issued.
Her Post Office Address is Piqua, Miami County, Ohio.
Elizabeth her X Conner mark
And on the same day and year also personally came before me Notary Public in and for said County and State and two credible and lawful witnesses who being by me first duly sworn say as Oath that the above named Elizabeth Conner who subscribed with her mark the above declaration in their presence is well known to

them and has been for the last 15 years and that they knew she is the identical person she rep- resents herself to be and is the same person who holds the original Pensions Certificate a copy of which is set forth in her declarations. They say the said Elizabeth Coomer is now the widow of the above named John Coomer and has never married since the death of the said John Coo- mer which took place many years since. They further state they knew the said Elizabeth Coo- mer is in the regular receipt of a Pension as a Revolutionary Widow. They further state they have no interest in the result of this claim.
Cassie Frost
Sarah her  M c Millens mark
The foregoing Declaration and Affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me by the several persons whose names are thereunto subscribed, after the same had been read and explained to them, and I certify that the witnesses are cred- ible and that I have no interest in the re- sult of this claim and am not concerned in its prosecution.
William Elliott Not. Pub.

Ohio Piqua May 25 1865
Sir
I present the Application of Elizabeth Conner for Bounty Land under Act of March 3 rd 1855
Very Resp y N. J. Welburn
Comm ee of Pensions Washington City D. C.

State of Ohio } Miami County }
Before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for said County personally appeared Mrs. Elizabeth Conner of Piqua in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, says, that she was informed by her husband John Conner that he served in the Pennsylvania Continental Line to the close of the war. That he drew land for his Revolutionary Services which was located in Pennsylvania, and that he parted with it before she was married to him in 1808. That she never saw the land, nor the title papers, and that she does not know who owns it now, or who have been the intermediate owners, and that it is not within her power to trace the land from the time her husband parted with it to the present time.
Sworn and subscribed this 25. day of February A.D. 1856. before me. Witnesses Francis Reid L.P. Esq. James L. Conner
Her Elizabeth Conner mark
The State of Ohio } Miami County } I B. H. Scavell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby certify that Francis Reid Esq. before whom the above affidavit was made, was at the time of re- citing the same an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Troy this 26th day of February A.D. 1856 B. H. Scavell Clerk By G. V. Royce Deputy

1 To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met. The petition of Mrs. Elizabeth Conner
Respectfully represents: — That your Petitioner is the widow of John Conner or Connor late of the State of Pennsylvania deceased, who was a Drummer and Private in the Pennsylvania Line, in the war of the Rev- olution. That her husband, John Conner, joined the Army early in the war and afterwards served in 1780 & 1781 as a Drummer in the 9 th Regiment Pennsylvania Line, and was Regularly discharged in the Spring of 1781, at Reading, Penn a . That he immediately afterwards in 1781 enlisted for the term of 18 Months or during the war in Captain Patter- son's Company, in the 1 st Regiment Penn a Line ( served ) under Col Craig, and in the year 1782 was trans- ferred to Captain Zeigler Company of the 2 d Regiment, Penn a Line and served to the close of war. That he rece- ived from Pennsylvania 200 acres of Land and of the U. States the $80. reward allowed to privates and Non- Commissioned officers who served to the close of the war. That her husband was about applying for a Pension to the state of Penn a when he died at Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept 25 th 1846. That the foregoing services were rela- ted to her by her husband. That she was married to the said John Conner at Springdale, Ohio, in the month of September 1808 by Zebulon Foster Esq. a Justice

of the Peace and that her name before her said Marriage was Elizabeth Peetol, and has remained his Widow ever since. That she was born February 10 th 1791, and is now over 64 years of age - That she is very poor and has no means of support and is in need of some relief from your honorable bodies. All of which is submitted, hoping you will grant her a gratuity, and annuity.
Witness. J. H. Kirtland G. L. Keeney
Her Elizabeth X Conner mark
State of Ohio. } b. City of Cincinnati }
Personally appeared before me the subscriber, An Alderman Justice of the Peace of said City and Mrs. Elizabeth Conner, who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith, that the facts set forth in the foregoing petition and statements are true to the best of her knowledge and belief.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14 day of January A.D. 1856 and I certify she worthy of belief.
Her Elizabeth X Conner mark
Witness. J. H. Kirtland Justice of the peace

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Conner John GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 9101 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED March 29, 179—(torn) To — not shown —
also, B.L.H. 331-60-55
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

N o 6221
John & Elizabeth Conner. Ohio
1828 & 1853.
C. B. Kaufman Lancaster Penn a

" Abstract of Certificates issued and Monies Paid on them on account of Depreciation &c. at Reading " "
   Date Persons Rank Amt. Certificates Sums paid on Certif.     1781   May 16 John Serevy £2. 15. Capt. 5 th L. S. D. 90. 16. 2. L. S. D. 27. 10. 0   " " John Smith £2. 10. Private 5 th 89. 10. 6. 27. 5. 0   " " George Stark £3. " 9 th 91. 1. 7 27. 5. 0   " " Thomas Peacock £2. 11. " 9 th 85. 7. 7. 25. 15. 0   " " John Conner £2. 15. Serjt. 9 th 51. 18. 3. 14. 10. 0   " " Michael Smith £2. 10. Private 5 th 92. 5. 4. 28. 5. 0   " " George Dreffinger £2. 10. Private 9 th 63. 7. 7. 28. 10. 0  
" Estimate of Certificates, Henry Waller Berks County Paid at Reading £9605. 9. 2 " "

"Return of Men Enlisted for Eighteen Months in the Pennsylvania Line who Marched in Col. Craig's Detachment"
   Names & Rank Compt. entered in 1781 Transferred to in 1782 Pay made up in Genl Act   Regiment Company     William Adair Settler, Claypools 2 d Reg t Pattersons "   James Ashton Settler Pattersons " " Bickers "   Archibald August " " " Finnerys "   James Anderson Settler " 1 st Reg t Smiths "   John Connor " " " Zeiglers "   John Croner Settler " 2 d Reg t Dendersons "   Peter Baughan " " Pattersons "  
Sir, The foregoing named men marched under the Command of Col. Craig and Enlisted for 18 Months, I have taken them from the Musters of 1781 and part of 1782, of the 1 st & 2 d Regiments, those Regiments were incorporated some time in 1782, the Musters of the 1 st Regiment are silent in the respect to the time the men were discharged. I have fully examined this Return with the accounts already Settled and believe there are few if any have been paid for their Services except those marked
Joseph Howell Jr. Q.M. Commis d . Pay Office 14 th May 1785
John Nicholson Esq.

Secretary's Office Pennsylvania
I do hereby certify That the foregoing and annexed are true and correct Extracts from the orig- inal papers as the same remain on file in this Office
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and caused the Seal of the Secretary's Office to be affixed at Harrisburg this Twenty Second day of January in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and fifty Six and of the Commonwealth the Eightieth
John M. Sullivan
Deputy of the Commonwealth,

State of Ohio Cincinnati City
On this 12 th day of September 1856 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for Cincinnati Thomas P. Smith a resident of said City who is to me well known as a credible witness who being first duly sworn according to law says That he knew John Conner and Elizabeth his wife well that he often heard him say he had served in the Revolutionary war in the Pennsylvania regulars under Captain Patterson and Col. Craig and had received Land for his services The said John Conner was always reputed as a Revolutionary Drummer and Soldier of the Pennsylvania Line and that he and Elizabeth Conner who now lives in Miami County Ohio were always reputed by their neighbors as man and wife and as such cohabited together and had children
That he oftener mentioned that he had lived in his early life in Philadelphia and afterwards moved into the interior of Pennsylvania for a short time and from thence he removed to Ohio
He had no early education and could not write

That he died in 1846 in Cincinnati at an advanced age.
Sworn & subscribed before me this first day of September A.D. 1886. H. S. Clark Justice of the Peace
Thomas B. Smith
State of Ohio } Hamilton County }
I Thomas Spooner Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for Hamilton County, State of Ohio do hereby certify that H. S. Clark, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate, was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace, duly elected, commissioned sworn and acting within & for the County & State aforesaid and that his signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Cincinnati, this 1 st day of September A.D. 1886
Thomas Spooner Clerk
Ham. Com. Pleas
By H. M. Erevon Deputy

Lancaster September 8 th 1856
Hon: J. Minch, Com d of Pensions
Dear Sir,
It gives me pleasure to be able to enclose you four additional affidavits embracing, among other matter, the facts you kindly requested at our late interview to be furnished you, in the case of Elizabeth Comner, widow of John Comner, of Ohio. I also send you the certificates of the Department at Harrisburg, which show that the Land cannot be traced and that Comner's residence before and after the War cannot be ascertained from the papers or records found therein. These certificates are only negative evidence, but as you requested this effort to be made, the certificates are cheerfully furnished.
I hope my dear Sir, I have now established this case not only to satisfy your own mind, but to comply fully with the requirements of your Department, and therefore no doubt it will afford you much pleasure in passing the claim -
Yours with respect, J B Kaufman

In Conn. 2° 25' N 46°

Lancaster Pennsylvania January 23 rd 1856.
Hon. J. Minot Comt. of Pensions
Sir:
Enclosed you will receive the Application of Mrs. Elizabeth Conner, Widow of John Conner, for arrears of pension as the Widow & heir at law of John Conner under the Act of May 10 th 1828. and her claim in her own right as Widow for a Pension under the Act of Feb 3 rd 1853. They have been made jointly to save expenses and labor to the Widow.
As the proof which she has furnished is so full and complete, and the accompanying certified copies of Evidence from the Archives of the State of Pennsylvania so amply corroborate the testimony taken before the Hon. Washington Van Hamm, President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County, Ohio, at Cincinnati the I submit the whole matter to you without further comment.
Yours Respectfully J. B. Kaufman

Lancaster August, 9 th 1856.
Sir,
In the case of Mrs. Elizabeth Conner, Widow of John of Ohio for a pension under acts of 1828 & 1853, I enclose you additional evidence 1 st A certificate from the Surveyor General of Pennsylvania showing that John Conner received from Penn s as a Warman 200 acres of Donisthorpe Land, the title to which, I have endeavored to trace from John Conner to the present owner, but without effect owing to the entire chain of titles not being recorded, which will apply to three fourths of the titles in Penn s and perhaps to the States— 2 nd The original papers upon which the State of Pennsylvania allowed Mrs. E. Conner, a State Pension for life on the 12 th March 1856; accompanying these papers were copies of John Conner's services in the Penn s Line, given by the Auditor General & Secretary of Commonwealth of Penn s , certified copies of which are on file in Pension Office in this claim, 3 rd A printed leaf which I cut from the Pamphlet Laws of Penn s for 1856, which contains a copy of the bill passed March 12 th 1856, allowing Mrs. Conner a State Pension. (for which 4 months' services are required)
I also enclose you letters addressed to you by Hon. James Buchanan, and Senator Bigler, endorsing the credibility of D. C. S. Kaufman, and also one from D r Vetter, Postmaster of Cincinnati which is approved of by United States Marshall Robinson of Cincinnati, showing that the two witnesses who testified in behalf of Mrs. Conner, are cred-

ble persons —
I hope these papers will satisfy you that this 'widow's' claim is made in good faith, and possesses sufficient merit to justify you in allowing the pension she asks —
When you issue the certificates be kind enough to mail them to me at Lancaster, Paunt. —
Respectfully Yours
J B Kaufman,
Hon. J. Minter Comm ee of Pensions

Lancaster Penn o February 5 th 1856,
Sir,
Your letter of the 1 st Inst in relation to the Revolutionary Claim of Elizabeth Conner, Widow of John Conner of Ohio, came to hand last night.
You state that "the Soldier for whose service she sets up a claim received Land from the U. States as a Warman ". In her declaration she swears that he served to the close of the War ; which I presume is the same thing as a Warman -
You further state, that, if she is correct in her allegations she can have the Land and thereby identify her husband with the "Soldier"
I do not understand in this sentence whether you mean that she has the Land now; or that she is entitled to it, and when she gets it that will identify her husband with the soldier -
In answer to the first construction, I would state that my information is that when she was about making her declaration she stated that her husband told her he drew land for his Revolutionary services, that it was located in Pennsylvania, but how much land he drew he could not now tell, nor what had become of it, He died poor and had no land when he died -
These facts were not considered material or even relevant in support of her claim for pension, and as the object was to follow the Department's form that fact was not inserted - Besides she was unable to recollect positively if he received the Land from the U. States or from Pennsylvania -
I am quite positive she owns no land now, being quite poor; and your records will, I judge, show that she does not hold it now -
Should you wish to know if he ever received any Land from Penn o for his Rev o services I will make the enquiry to ascertain if he did or did not -

In reply to the 2 d construction I would say that if she applies for any balance of land that may be due her under Act of March 3 d 1855, it may take a year before it will be reached for examination and when it is granted I do not see how that will identify her husband with the soldier any more than she has done effectually in her pension application. But if you wish her to apply for land she will do so. She is willing to produce all the proof in her power, and any fact that you desire to have she will give you if it be not in the nature of things as impossibility.
Her husband was an ignorant man and could not write his own name as she swears; this may account for his ignorance of the Law in not "opating a claim under act of 1838". She swears he was about applying when he was prevented by sickness & death. Mrs Conner living so far away, I thought it better to answer you at once before communicating to her.
Will these explanations be sufficient? or what further do you require?
Yours Respectfully J B Kaufman
Hon J. Munt Comm ee of Pensions Washington D.C.

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Lancaster Pennsylvania November 7 th 1856.
Hon: Geo. C. Whiting Sir,
Enclosed I send you the application of Mrs Elizabeth Corner for Bounty Land under the Act of March 3 rd 1855. When the Warrant is issued please send it to me at Lancaster Pa,
Yours Respectfully J B Kaufman

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Elizabeth Conner Widow of John Ohio
GB Kaufman Feby 11 1856 Same Feby 13, 1856 - Same Mch 7 1856 - Same Mch 28 1856 -
3 Feby 1853

Cincinnati Aug 1 st 1881
To J. Munick Comr of Pensions.
Sir. Dr C. S. Kaufman and Archibald S. Debutts both of this city having given Affidavits in behalf of Mrs Elizabeth Conner widow of John Conner decd for a revolutionary pension, it affords me much pleasure in saying that they are credible persons and that their statements in my opinion are entitled to full credit & belief. Very Resp y Your O bt Serv t
J. L. Vatter. Postmaster. Cincinnati.
I fully agree with Dr Vatter in his Ohio indorsement of the above named parties H. H. Robinson U.S. Marshal S. Dist Ohio

Elizabeth Conner
Payment to be made at
Cincinnati
by
J. C. Green, Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Miss
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1853, Page 164 Vol. A
Clerk.
G. W. Wiley

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853.
Elizabeth Conner, widow of John Conner, who was a Sumner in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Eighty Eight, dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, 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 twenty fifth day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty six.
Geo. W. Armstrong Acting Secretary of the Interior
Examined and countersigned.
C. Briscoe
Commissioner of Pensions.

I do hereby certify that John Conner received 200 as two hundred acres of Donation Land from the State of Pennsylvania, for his revolutionary services, that the said land was located in a District of the State which was not organized as a County at the time of its location, that the Patent for said land is not recorded in this Office, as but few Soldiers patents were recorded. That the Records in this Office don't show where said John Conner lived during the war or since and that there is nothing in this Office from which the title to the said 200 acres can be traced from the State through Conner to the present owner.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of the Surveyor General's office of Penn a ; at Harrisburg this 4 th day of September A D 1856
John M. Armstrong
For J. Porter Brawley, Surveyor General of Penn a

Increase
Brief in the Case of
5914 Elizabeth Conner Widow of John Conner Rev War. Pen. Piqua
Miami
County and State of
Ohio
Act 2 d Sec Feb. 3. 1853.
In. 13 Sec July 27 1868
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
A pension of $88. pr mo Certificate awarded.
Claim increased under act Sec 13. July 27. 1868. I dubtly a widowhood shown.
Admitted Dec 28. 1869 to pension of $96. pr mo. to Commence July 27. 1868 deducting pay n . Since
W. E. Trask Examining Clerk.
Name and residence of Agent.
A. A. Wilber Piqua Miami Co Ohio.
[Handwritten initials or mark]

Ma. Elizabeth Conner
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Brief in the case of John & Elizabeth Conner
County and State of Ohio
act 8 15 May 1828 & 3 Feb 1853
Claim, ("original," for increase. )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Record evidence of service, and of his having rec d , land for said services, with which he is identified upon the testimony of witnesses whose credibility is is certified to by man occupying high position, As a further proof she has been pensioned by the State of Pennsylvania for these services of her husband rendered in the War, as a "war man"
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by witnesses,
Cohabitation, general reputation of marriage, her identity as the widow under his death & her present residence proved by credible witnesses Examined by the Commissioner
Name and residence of Agent
J B Kaufman Esq Lancaster Pa
Thomas D. Platt Examining Clerk.

First Regiment Gratuity
We and each of us whose names are hereunto subscribed, do acknowledge to have received from Major Thomas B. Bowers, and Captain Evaricus Beatty, Agents for the late Pennsylvania Line, the several sums opposite to our names respectfully, in certificates, dated July 1. 1784, bearing interest at six per cent. from November the fourth 1783 signed by John Pierce, Commissioner, and described as below, being for the Balance of a settlement between the United States and us for Gratuity allowed the Non-Commissioned officers & privates who served to the end of the war.
   Date of Issues No. of Certificates Sums Names Sums Signers   Dollars 90ths     Aug. 2. 1784 75.295 Stx John Canner 30. " John x Canner  
Auditor General's Office Washington Jan'y. 19. 1856.
I certify the above to be a true abstract copy taken from Pay Roll A. Page 108, pertaining to the war of the Revolution. Witness my hand and seal of office the day and year aforesaid.
E. Banks Aud. Genl.

Return of the Pennsylvania line, entitled to Donation Lands, reported by the late Comptroller General.
   Rank Regiment Acres No District     Conner John Private 1 st Regiment 200 16 1 st District  
I do hereby certify that the above is a true extract, taken from the list of Officers & Soldiers of the Pennsylvania line entitled to Donation land as Reported by the late Comptroller General and now remaining in the Surveyor General's Office of Penna. In testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and seal of said office at Harrisburg This first day of August. A D 1856.
Y. J. Foster Bradley S.G. W. J. Rehr

Lancaster Pa. March 19 th 1856.
Hon. J. Minor
Sir:
Your letter of the 7 th inst in relation to the claim of Mrs Elizabeth Conner, widow of John M c Pherson under the Act of 1828 is at hand, and I content noted I believe now you do not require her to trace her husband's land from the Soldier to the present owner —
You now state that it is not sufficient for claimant to prove that her husband was reported to have rendered such service. The widows declaration is based not on reports but on facts that her husband, the Soldier, told her, and Dr Kaufman, who attended him in his last illness & was his family Physician swears positively, what the old man told him about his services and all swears as to his reputation & identifies him as the Soldier who served as they prove — After the Declarant had made out her case thus fully, to satisfy myself as well as the Department that her proof was correct I procured the certificates from the Archives at Harrisburg and they corroborated the specific services she established by parole testimony —
You seem to attribute the fault to John Conner for not proving his services when proof was available —
I do not wish to establish this claim by argument without proof, nor do I desire to become a witness in it, but I feel it my duty in this case to say, that I was in Cincinnati in July 1846 and a friend of his took me to see John Conner, I found him at his

"Nor shall any evidence be required to entitle the widow to a pension when the evidence is in the Archives of the Government, other than such proof &c". This makes it the duty of the Government officers to search the archives, and to ascertain if there be evidence in them to establish the claim of the widow. I do not suppose that this clause can require more than an examination of the papers and records relating to the services of the deceased husband, and the evidences of his title to a pension. But the duty of making the examination to find support for the widow's claim, shows the spirit in which the law was enacted."
From the foregoing extract of Atty Genl, Masons letter to the Secy of War it is evident that the law favors the widows' claim, and calls on the Government officer to aid her in making out her claim, and allows the claim to be based upon reputation alone, as the words, " other than such proof &c " refers to proof of Marriage & the rule of law as regards marriage in civil personal actions in Courts of justice is that general reputation & cohabitation are sufficient evidence of Marriage.
But Mrs Conner has not asked the Government to make out the evidence of her husband's service — She has produced it herself, from declaration of her husband from the death bed words of her husband given in his last illness to his family Physician, and then has supported all her evidence by Record Evidence from the Archives of the State in which he served — fully confirming what she had previously proved.
I trust upon a review of this application you will allow it as cotemporary witnesses are living nowhere, the Law does not require it & no Statute of Limitation bars her rights, with due respect
J B Kaufman

Act of 1828
Lancaster Penn a March 4 th 1856.
Hon: J. Minter
Sir:
Your letter of Feb 13 th 56 in relation to Elizabeth Conner's (widow of John of Ohio) Revolutionary pension claim under Act of 1828 came to hand & now send you an additional paper, I received from Ohio. This affidavit of Mrs Conner's gives all she knows as to her husband's land. It is not reasonable to suppose that a soldier who had received and perhaps sold his Bounty Land some 25 years before his marriage would say much about it to his wife in 1808, and afterwards, as it had passed from his hands never to be recovered or seen again, whilst on the other hand it would be quite natural for a Revolutionary soldier to talk with much zeal to his wife and friends of the military services he rendered in the Revolution, the hardships and trials he endured and the glory he won in fighting the battles of his country. During the Revolution, and years afterwards very few titles were recorded in Pennsylv a although we have had a recording act here for a century back; and even now, in this wealthy County of Lancaster, not one half of the deeds to Real Estate that are executed are ever recorded - This has been the same all over the State and I presume to the same extent in other States - If she knew where her husband's land was located I do not think she or any person could trace the title down to the present time by a chain of recorded deeds, and to prove by parole testimony who owned or occupied the land from the time John Conner parted with it to the present time, would be a work of endless labor and much expense which this destitute widow has no means of accomplishing, and I do not think

The Department will require of her -
From your letter it appears that there were two John Conners who were privates in the Penn d Line, and that the proof (Mrs E Conner) produced identifies her husband as well with one as the other. If this is correct in every particular, it would seem very strange, but even that fact ought to strengthen, instead of weaken her claim. Suppose neither had drawn land, you would have granted her claim at once. Mrs Conner alleges that her husband enlisted as a Drummer in the 9 th Regt Penn d Line and was discharged in June 1781 at Reading Pa. That he shortly after enlisted in Cpt Patterson's Comp y 1 st Regt Pa Line under Col Craig & in 1782 was transferred to Cpt Zeigler's Comp y of the 2 d Regt Pa. Line, served to the close of the War and received his $80 reward. Were both John Conner's Drummers in 1780 & 1, in the 9 th Regt? Did both enlist in Cpt Patterson's Comp y of the 1 st Regt and both transferred to Cpt Zeigler's of the 2 d Regt? Did both receive the $80 reward - Surely both could not have served exactly alike - Well then John Conner could not write his name, and the Widow, swears so in her declaration, perhaps the other John wrote his name, and if so you can easily separate them - But even if both served exactly alike in every particular, and if your records show, then that both are as similar as two peas are, then both are entitled to the same amount and it would be of no use to designate one from the other; and to do so would be an impossibility. It is more than probable that the other John Conner died before the act of 1828 passed, and a claim from him or his widow or heirs if living may never be presented, but as I apprehend that your fear of your grant Elizabeth Conner's claim as declared for as Drummer & private that it may come in conflict with the other John Conner's claim if ever applied for hereafter; to obviate this difficulty Mrs Conner will be

content if you allow her the $96, per annum as the widow of John Conner, a Pirate in the Revolutionary War, As her proof was established in Ohio, which was subsequently substantiated by record Evidence from the Archives of Pennsylvania and as your letter states that the papers upon which land was al- lowed to both Conners have been destroyed by fire, I hope you will no longer hesitate in granting this Widow her Certificate whose claim I feel confident is honest and just and who has produced all the proof in her power, and all that the Act of Congress, and the established rules of the Department require,
I just now noticed that the enclosed affidavit has but one witness attesting it, but as the justice admits that it was sworn and subscribed by her before him, no doubt you will be content with it as it is, or else it would produce more delay and expense in sending it back for another attestation -
Yours Respectfully J B Kaufman

Pennsylvania ss. Secretary's Office I do hereby certify that the Revolutionary Papers on file in this Office containing the service of the Service of persons who enlisted in the "Pennsylvania Line" during the Revolutionary War do not show where the said persons lived either at the time of their enlistment, or after their discharge, and further that the papers showing the service of John Conner in the said War do not set forth where he lived at any time. nor are there any papers in the Department showing that fact. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and caused the Seal of the Secretary's Office to be affixed at Harrisburg this Fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.
A. L. Lee Secy. of the Comm't

John Conner dec?
Ohio
adm? May 15 1828
Drummer for the War $88
a year from Billings 1826
to 25 Sep 1846-
when he died
also allow under 1853
to Elizabeth Conner
his widow at same
rate.
sent to
J B Kaufman Esq
Lancaster
Penn a

Rey
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25 431
Elizabeth Conner Widow of John Conner Drummer
Act: Feb. 3 d 1853
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

331 ✓
Cacero

321,171. Act Mch 3/55- June 1/65.
Elizabeth Conner Wid of John Conner Mues
War of the Revolution
See Pension Papers on file Jan'y 10 th 1857, lot No. 331, for 60 acres, issued to Claimant & was sent to J. B. Kaufman, Scratchville, Pa.
Rev. Off. June, 5 th 65. B. D. [unclear]
Mr. Boynton
N. F. Wilbur, Piqua, Ohio.
N. F. Wilbur, June, 5 th 1865. Rejected
See Rev. War Off. File 25431 for this woman's pension.
Recd June 2, 65

5914
N. H. Wils., June 5 th 1865, B. S. Claim filed within
Miss. Conner
Elizabeth Conner, widow of John.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Drummer
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 dollars 00. cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 2 nd day of Sept r 1856.
and sent to
J. B. Kaufman Lancaster Pa.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 164 Vol. 11
261320

State of Ohio Cincinnati city
On this 1 st day of Sept r 1856. personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said City, W m H. Woodruff a resident of said City, who is to me well known, and who is a credible witness, and who being by me first duly sworn according to law deposes and says - That he was well acquainted with Mrs Elizabeth Conner formerly of Cincinnati, but the past year and a half a resident of Mi- -ami County Ohio - That he knew her husband very well, That he resided in Cincinnati for ma- -ny years before his death in September 1846 - That he often heard John Conner speak of his revolutionary services as a drummer and Soldier in the revolutionary war, and heard him tell others that he was a drummer and had served in Captain Zigler's Company in the Penn a Line, and had received Land for his services which he sold for a trifle before he came to Ohio - That he was one of the first Settlers in Ohio, and had lived in Philadelphia when the war broke out and talked a great deal about having been at Reading Penn a - That the said John Conner and Elizabeth Conner lived together in Cin-

- cinnati as husband and wife, having had a large family of children and the fact of their marriage was never disputed or questioned - That she is the identical widow of the identical John Conner who lived at Cincinnati who was always reputed here among the Old Soldiers and Citizens as an Old Revolutionary Soldier from Penn a . and that deponent gives his affidavit to enable Elizabeth Conner to succeed in her application for a United States Pension.  Sworn & Subscribed before me this first day of September 20 1856. } Wm. H. Reedoff. J. H. Rowenkamp. Justice of the peace.
State of Ohio } Hamilton County }
I Thomas Sporer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Hamilton & State of Ohio, do hereby certify that J. H. Rowenkamp, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace, duly elected, commissioned sworn & acting within and for the County & State aforesaid and that his signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at Cincinnati this 1 st day of September A. D. 1856 Thomas Sporer Clerk Hon. Com. Pleas By W. M. Trever Deputy

State of Ohio } Piqua Miami County } B.
On this 17 th day of October 1856 personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for said City County and State duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Elizabeth Bonner aged 66 years, a resident of Miami County in the State of Ohio, who being duly sworn according to law, declared that she is the widow of John Bonner -er deceased, who was a Drummer and Private in the Revolutionary War and served in the year 1780 in the 9 th Regt of the Penn Line and at the close of the War in Capt Leiglers Company 2 d Regt Penn Line under Col Craig. She further states that she was married to the said John Bonner, at Springdale, Hamilton County Ohio in the month of September (A.D.) 1808, by one Nehemiah Foster a Justice of the Peace, who has long since died and left no record of the marri- -age to be found now; that her said husband died at Cincinnati, Ohio on the 25 th day of September (A.D.) 1846 and that she is now a Widow

That on the 25 th day of September 1856 she received a certificate of Pension for life of $88 per annum under act of Congress of February 3 rd 1853.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act of Congress approved March 3 rd 1855
Elizabeth H Corner marks
Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 17 th day of Oct r 1856. Francis Reid J.P.
The State of Ohio
Miami County ss I J B W Seavell Clerk of the Court of Com. Pleas of said County hereby Certify that on the 17 th day of Oct. A D 1856. Francis Reid whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument was a Justice of the Peace of the said County of Miami elected, Commissioned and qualified in due form of law and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this 17 th day of Oct. 1856.
J B W Seavell Clk.

We James Conner and Levi Gale, residents of the Town of Piqua, in the State of Ohio, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declar- -ation, was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Conner in our presence and that we believe, from the appear- -ance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and we know she is in the receipt of a U. States Pensions -n of $88 per annum under act of Feb- 3rd 1853.
James L. Conner
Levi Gale
Oct. 19 th 1856
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim
Francis Reid J. P. (Seal) of Washington Township Miami County O.

The State of Ohio } Miami County } ss. I W. W. Leavell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County hereby certify that on the 17 th day of Oct. A.D. 1856 Francis Reid whose name is annexed to the foregoing letter was a Justice of the Peace of the said County of Miami elected commissioned and qualified in due form of law and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 30 th day of Oct. 1856. W. W. Leavell Clk
Ms. A. 9. 2. 26

State of Ohio } Miami County }
On this 6th day of December 1869 personally came before me a Notary Public in and for said County and State. Elizabeth Conner and made oath that she is the identical Elizabeth Conner to whom her grants Pensions Certificate No 2914 as the widow of John Conner a veteran in the war of the Revolution. Said Certificate is dated September 25th 1856 as is for a Pension of Eighty Eight ($88) dollars per annum.
She says that she still remains the widow of John Conner and has not remarried since the date of said Pension Certificate since the death of the said John Conner her husband.
She makes this declaration in order to obtain the increase of her pension to $96, under the 13th section of the act of July 27th 1868.
She hereby constitutes and appoints J. Walker as her atty to present the same
Attest: P.O. Pigeon, Miami Co., O. J. A. Edwards M. B. Lipton
Her Elizabeth X Conner mark

The foregoing Declaration was sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid, and I certify that I have no interest in the above claim or concerned in its prosecution
M. B. Upton
Notary Public

Piqua, Dec 7 1869
Sir
I enclose to you the application of Elizabeth Conner for an increase of her Revolutionary Pension.
I return her old Certificate.
Very Resp.
N. J. Wilbur
Comm ee of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

50 11/98 Elizabeth Conner Widow of John Ohio
3 Feb 1853
John Conner dec? Ohio
May 28 1828
C.B. Kaufman Esq Lancaster Penn a

THE STATE OF OHIO, } ss. HAMILTON COUNTY.
I, THOMAS SPOONER, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Hamilton, do hereby certify that Washington Van Harn, before whom the annexed Declaration of Elizabeth Conner, and the affidavits of C. S. Kaufman, and Archibald J. DeButts, were made on the 12 th day of January A.D. 1856, as appears by his attestation thereto annexed, and whose name is also subscribed to the certificate of satisfactory evidence annexed to the said declaration and affidavits, was at the same date (January 12 th A.D. 1856) the Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County Ohio; the same being a Court of Law and of record within and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that his signature to the said attestation and to the said Certificate are genuine —
In Testimony Whereof, I, the Clerk aforesaid, have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, at Cincinnati in said County, this fourteenth day of January A.D. 1856.
Thomas Spooner Clerk Court of Common Pleas, Hamilton County, Ohio.
Deputy.
By

No. 135.
A SUPPLEMENT
To the act incorporating the Philadelphia and Delaware River Railroad Company.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the capital stock of the Philadelphia and Delaware River railroad company be and the same is hereby reduced to ten thousand shares, subject to all the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement; and that John F. Lamb, John Foulkrod, Peter Castor, Charles E. Kreamer, Harvey Quicksall, William W. Stratton, Joseph Deal, Richard Garsed, Charles B. Gilbert, N. Field Campion, A. K. Colhoun, James Burns, Albert G. Rowland, and Edward G. Lee, are hereby appointed additional commissioners to open books, sell stock, and organize said company.
RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WM. M. PIATT,
Speaker of the Senate.
APPROVED—The twelfth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.
JAMES POLLOCK.
No. 136.
A N A C T
For the relief of Elizabeth Connor.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the state treasurer is authorized and required to pay Elizabeth Connor, of Cincinnati, state of Ohio, widow of John Connor, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, or her order, a gratuity of forty dollars, and an annuity of forty dollars a year, during the term of her natural life, commencing on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and half yearly thereafter, on the first days of January and July.
RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WM. M. PIATT,
Speaker of the Senate.
APPROVED—The twelfth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.
JAMES POLLOCK.

No. 137.
A SUPPLEMENT
To the act to authorize the New York and Erie Railroad Company to construct said road through Susquehanna county.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That if any person shall wilfully ride, drive or lead, or cause another person to ride, drive, or lead any horse or other beast of burden faster than a walk when crossing the bridge belonging to the said New York and Erie railroad company, at Matamoras, in the county of Pike, such person shall for every such offence forfeit and pay a sum not less than five dollars, nor more than ten dollars, to be recovered before any justice of the peace in the county of Pike, by any person who may sue for the same, one-half to the informer and the other half to the overseers of the poor for the support of the poor of Westfall township, Pike county.
RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WM. M. PIATT,
Speaker of the Senate.
APPROVED—The twelfth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.
JAMES POLLOCK.
No. 138.
AN ACT
For the relief of Margaret Carter, widow of Thomas Carter, a soldier of Revolutionary war.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the state treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and required to pay Margaret Carter, widow of Thomas Carter, of Venango county, a soldier in the Revolutionary war, a gratuity of forty dollars, and an annuity of forty dollars thereafter during the term of her natural life, payable half yearly, commencing on the first of January Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty six.
RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WM. M. PIATT,
Speaker of the Senate.
APPROVED—The twelfth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.
JAMES POLLOCK.

2 1 State of Ohio. } City of Cincinnati } p.
Personally before me, the subscriber an Hearman and exofficio a Justice of the Peace of said City Dr H. S. Kaufman, of Cincinnati Ohio, who being duly sworn according to law, says, that he well knew John Conner deceased that he attended him as his Physician in his last illness, that he died in Cincinnati in 1846, and was about applying for a Pennsylvania State Pension which death prevented. That he often spoke of having served in the Revolutionary War in the Pennsylvania Line, relating anecdotes of Washington of being in Camp with him, of his kind feeling & en- couraging words to himself and Companions - Also, of the hardships and sufferings his regiment endured under Col. Craig and other officers, his hair breadth escapes &c. etc. That said declarant Mrs. Elizabeth Con- ner is well known to him, that she was his wife lived with him as his wife, was so reputed and never heard their marriage questioned by any one. That said declarant is worthy of Credit and believes her statement to be true and her husband was always reputed to be a Revolutionary Soldier and.

that Declarant is very poor.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 14 day January 1856
J. H. Nowell Justice of the peace
C. S. ce Kaufman
State of Ohio } p. City of Cincinnati }
Personally appeared before me the subscriber xx  a justice of the peace  xx in and for said City and State Archibald S. DeBull who being duly sworn according to law Says, that he was personally ac- quainted with John Conner deceased who was repu- ted to be a Soldier in the Pennsylvania Line and served through the Revolutionary war. That he was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Conner the within Pe- titioner many years ago, and resided together in Cin- cinnati and had by each other a number of Chil- dren Some of whom are still living.
That they were always reputed to be husband and wife and never heard that fact questioned or dis-

puted. That he died in Cincinnati in 1846, and left the said Mrs. Elizabeth Conner very poor and helpless and has no means of support. That her affidavit is worthy of belief and she stands in need of assistance from the State of which her husband removed and belonged. Sworn to and subscribed before me } A. A. Schults this 17 th day of January. AD 1856. and I certify that I know said witness above named to be worthy of belief J. H. Röwekamp Justice of the peace Hamilton County Ohio
The State of Ohio, } ss } Thomas Spurner, Clerk County of Hamilton, } of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County the same being a court of law and of record, do hereby certify that J. H. Röwekamp, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Elizabeth Conner, to her foregoing petition and the affidavits of D. C. S. Kaufman, made on the 14 th day of January AD 1856, and the affidavit of Archibald J. Schults was made on the 17 th day of January AD 1856, as appears by his attestations and certificates to the same; was at the same time, a legally acting Justice of the peace in and for the said Township of Cincinnati, duly elected, commissioned and qualified.

and by law duly authorized to administer oaths and take depositions in the said County of Hamilton, and that his several signatures in attestation of the said several affidavits are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I the Clerk aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Cincinnati in the said County this 17 th Day of January A D 1836 J. M. S. Spencer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County Ohio