Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File 4. 2,217, Nicholas Conly, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Conly, Nicholas
R. 2,217
or Connelly
or Connelly
Mary
CONTENTS

Draft from Rose June 19. 1821 Notice to R. Moore Esq Haverston, Beaver County
Attorney Genl's opinion sent as above 22.50 2 Sept. 1823.
P 5,284p. Pennsylvania
Nicholas Conly Col. Wayne Pivah 4 Pennsylvania Line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 of January 1818 and sent to Hon. R. Moore House of Representatives
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 — $ 31.25 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1818 / 48. 79.25
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
on ————— Dis-Cont'd

Pennsylvania
Beaver County ss
(S)
On the present day came the undersigned Richard Conly before me John Hludick Esquire one of the Associate Judges of the County Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and being sworn in due form of Law deposes and saith
That he the Deponent is now Sixtyseven years old and is resident in the said County of Beaver That he enlisted in the Spring of the year Seventeen hundred and Seventyseven in Captain James Moore Company in the fourth Pennsylvania Regiment then commanded by Col Anthony Wayne (afterward Genl Wayne) Rendezvous at the Town of Chester and Marched from thence to Long Island from thence Sailed up the North River to Albany Marched from thence to Fort Lake George thence by water down the Lake to Ticonderoga then joined General Gates, Was enlisted for one year only was remained at this place until our term of enlistment ended from whence the Deponent returned home to Chester County obtained a regular discharge from the said Capt James Moore That he served afterward in the Militia three times was engaged with the Common Enemy (to wit the British forces) at the Battle of German Town That he purchased one hundred Acres of very poor Land from a certain Arthur Gardner for which he has never got a Title that all his other property is sold for Cash and would not bring more than about one hundred Dollars That he is unable to labour from Age and Rheumatick infirmity That his hearing is very much impaired that his Memory is so impaired that he cannot recollect either the day or month in which which he was enlisted nor the Month in which he was discharged that his discharge is worn out a Number of years ago That on his return from Ticonderoga he with others  was were under the command of a Lieutenant Williams who Drew Nations for us at Shrimptonburgh at Albany at Bethlehem which brought us to Chester here Capt Moore discharged us and we Recd two Dollars each to take us home which is all the pay he ever got for his Services while an enlisted Soldier that he is in reduced or rather very low circumstances and stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for Support and that he has no other Evidence now in his power (Nearer than Chester County) of his Services and.

and even of them the persons that could have testified for him may be dead or removed from that part of the country.
Sworn and Subscribed this eighth day of May in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen before me
J. W. Medick
{ Nicholas his Conly mark
I John Medick Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Beaver do certify that it appears to my satisfaction (Not only from the above Deposition but from many conversations with the said Nicholas Conly relative to the movements of the army part of which I had personal knowledge of myself) that the said Nicholas Conly did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the Late Act of Congress etc.
June 8 th 1818
J. W. Medick
Nicholas Conly - Private. Waynes Pennsylv a Regt. 1776 - one year
Pennsylvaniam Beaver County ss
Thomas Henry Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that John H.
Redick Esquire is an associate in & for the County of Beaver duly Commissioned and sworn to all whose official acts shall find faith and credit is and ought to be given - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Beaver the 10 th day of June A.D. 1818
Thos. Henry Prothon.

Nicholas Coonly St C  ally
Not entitled
(5284)
March 1819

Beaver county of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania On this eighteenth day of September 1820 Personally appeared in open court being a court of records for the county of Beaver. Nicholas Connolly aged Sixty Seven Years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the 1 st of May 1820 that he the said Nicholas Connolly enlisted for the term of one year in the Spring in Year 1776 in the State of Pennsylvania in the Company commanded by Captain James Moore in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Anthony Wayne (late Gen t Wayne) in the line of the State of Pennsylvania on the Continental Establishment that he continued to serve in said Corps until in the Summer of 1777 he was discharged from said Service at Chester in the State of Pennsylvania That he was not in any battle during the time of his term of enlistment but shortly afterwards was in the Battle of Brandywine in the Militia Camp at which Battle he received a slight wound in the Leg by a buckshot And that he has no other Evidence now in his power of his said Service except what accompanied his former application to the war office dated the 18 th day of March 1818 he was placed on the pension list Pennsylvania agency as will appear by his certificate signed by the Secretary of war bearing date Twentieth day of January 1819 And in pursuance of the act of the first day of May 1820 I do solemnly swear I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time

by gift, sale or in any manner disposal of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed the 18 th day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time in any manner nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
Schedule of Property  Two Horses two Cows one Bull one Spring Calf Seven Sheep fifteen Hogs (Large & Small) Hous hold & kitchen furniture not exceeding $10.00
Debts due me $0.75 Debts against me $83.59 The Doctors bill not known one Set Horse gear one Plough & 3 Small Hacks Reye 2 Do Do Wheat 100 acres Land (no Sur)  His Nicholas Connelle Mark
Declarant saith he formerly followed weaving but is unable to follow it constantly for some years past. He has a wife and seven children one of which is obliged to wear crutches, children ages as follows (viz) Barbara age 30 years Sarah age 18 years Susannah age 14 years Jacob age 13 years Sam (uses the crutches) age 10 years Elijah age 8 years Washington age 3 years. Suborn to and declared the 18 th September 1890
Thos Connolly
His Nicholas Connelle Mark

Pennsylvania Beaver County ss I Thomas Henry Prothonotary of the court of common pleas No 46 in and for said county do certify that the foregoing both and the schedule thereto annexed are true copies from the records of said court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of said court that the
Total Amount in value of property prohibited in the aforesaid schedule is two hundred thirty nine dollars sixty two cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Beaver the 10 th day of November A D 1820
Thos Henry Prothonotary

Allegheny County ss Personally appear'd before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, Mary Conaly, and made oath in due form of law, Saith that she was legally married to Nicholas Conly in Washington County P.a. about forty five years ago, that one year after she was married her first Daughter Elizabeth was born which will be forty four years old on the ninth day of April this present year one thousand eight hundred and forty further saith that Nicholas Conly her only husband drew a pension from the United States for a number of years prior to his death for his services in the Revolutionary War, that her husband is now ten years dead, and that she is without the means to support her self, and that she expects the records at Washington City will shew that her husband Nicholas Conly late of Beaver County Dec'd, was a Soldier of the Revolution and further saith not. Sworn to and subscribed before me } this Second day of March one thousand } eight hundred and forty } H. Ewing }  her Mary H Conly mark  1840 45 1995
Allegheny County ss Personally appear'd before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Allegheny in Pa. James Nelson Who being duly sworn according to law, Saith that he has been long acquainted with the above named Mary Conly, that she was the wife and is the Widow of Nicholas Conly, who drew a pension of sixty- six dollars per year from the war department of the United States for a number of years untill his death, which was about ten years ago, that this deponent acted as agent for and drew the money for Nicholas Conly a number of years when he was unable to attend to it himself, further says he thinks the documents at Washington City will shew Satisfactorily to the above statements, further saith not. Sworn to and subscribed before me } this Second day of March one } thousand eight hundred and forty } H. Ewing }  James Nelson

Boyle-Po
Danville, Ky., June 9 th , 1888.
Hon. Wm. Black, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C., Sir:
I have learned from Mr. Eugene Schuyler's "American Diplo- macy" that the heirs of Revolutionary soldiers are entitled to such facts con- cerning them as may be on record.
As the great-grandson of Nicholas Conley, who was a member of Captain Jas. Morris' Company of Infantry, 4 th Penn- sylvania Regiment, I would respectfully request to be furnished such information touching him as may be contained in the records of your department, especially the dates and places of his enlistment and discharge, the battles in which his company was engaged, &c.

I am in possession of his pension certificate, showing that he received a pension from 1818 till his death, in 1830.
I do not know what the Department considers satisfactory proof of my right to this information, but in my ignorance of the specific requirement, I may refer you to Hon. M. J. Durham, First Comptroller of the Treasury, who is of this place and knows me intimately. I am
With great respect,
A. B. Nelson, Prof. Math., Centre College,

Pennsylvania
Beaver County ss
This day came John Conly before the Sub- scribed one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County
and being Sworn in due form of Law deposes as follows that he the said John Conly was appointed by the Honorable the Court of Beaver a Guardian for three of the Minor Chil- dren of William Huston deceased having previously inter- married with one of said Huston's Daughters that he had col- lected debts due to said Minors for the purpose of lifting it out an interest his Father Nicholas Conly being old poor and needy he the said John lent of the money which be- longed to the father Minor Children or Orphans to his Father Nicholas Conly and took his Note therefor which Note has been renewed adding the legal interest which he has here shown and which amounts to Eight Dollars and fifty seven Cents with two years interest which he the Deponent must Account for with interest to his wards and that money when lent is five years ago and unless this debt be discharged either out of the price of his land sold to James Nelson or the old man be allowed a portion he has no hopes of ever getting the said money and moreover he himself is poor has a Numerous Family to maintain and and a very unhealthy wife to support by hard labour and consequently unable to bear the loss
Sworn and Subscribed before me the 2 nd day of April anno Do 1824
John Conly
J. W. Meders

Beaver County ss
I John Clarke Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for said County Do certify that John H Reddick Esquire before whom the within deposition was taken is one of the Asso- -ciated Judges of the Courts of said County, & to whose acts as such due faith is to be given Given Under my hand & the seal of said office this 8 th day of April A D 1824
John Clarke Proth

Pennsylvania.
Nicholas Conly Private.
Served 1 year from Spring of 1776.
1 st Schedule, dated 18 Sept. 1820, contains 100 acres of land, (no deed for it) 2 horses, 2 cows, 1 bull, 1 calf, 7 sheep, 15 hogs, household & kitchen furniture, 1 set horse gear, 1 plow, 3 small stacks of rye, & 2 of wheat, all valued at $239.16
The oxes $86. and Doctor's bill, amount not known. —
Schedule under act 1 March 1823, dated 14 January 1824, contains 1 horse, $30. — 1 mare $7. — 1 cow, $8. — 1 cow, $7. — 1 sow, $1 50 / 100 — 1 sow $1. — 8 sheep $8 50 / 100 — 1 pig, 50 cts. — 1 plow & double tree, and 2 sets old horse gear, $8. — old loom $3. — household & kitchen furniture, $8. — $82.50
Accounts for decrease of property by sale of the 100 acres of land to James Nelson, for $200. (A copy of the deed is produced). The consideration mentioned in the deed, is, that J. Nelson shall pay the claimant's debts, to the amount of $169, which are exclusive of a debt due by claimant, to J. Nelson — By the sale of the bull and calf by the constable — 2 sheep killed by dogs — 12 hogs large & small used for support of his family — Claimant owes to J. Nelson $68 43 / 100 on note — to Joseph McFadden, $7 63 / 100 , contracted between 8 May 1820 and 1824 — to Martha Huston $9 50 / 100 — money borrowed from her
which in 1818 & 1819 — to James Hammon, due on a note given in 1821 — to James Norris $1 50 / 100 , blacksmith's account in 1823 — to Isaac McCoy, $2 56 / 100 , blacksmith's account in 1823 & 1824 — to James Patterson, for Smith's work, in 1819, $1 18 / 100 — to Levi Dungan $1 90 / 100 on execution — to Dr. Warnock $6 50 / 100 , for medical services, in 1818 & 1819 — These debts are proved by the affidavits of the creditors, and the certificate of the magistrate who issued executions in some of the cases. He also owes to James Anderson $7. — and to sundry others, about $15. —
Claimant aged 70 — by occupation a weaver, but unable to pursue it for some years past. Has a wife and 4 children one of whom is obliged to use crutches, and unable to do housework. Susan aged 17 — Jane, who uses crutches, 13 — Elijah, 9 — and Washington, 7. —
115 1.29 1.6 19 Jan, 1824 $2.35 8 Apr. 1824 48 27 Augt 1824 50 35 Rec d Dec. 27. 1824 Long Aug 27. 1824 Sent to Hon: James Allison, Beaver, Pa.

Procure from the War office a copy of the Schedule of property returned by Nicholas Connelly at the time he made application for a pension - his Pension certificate is No 5284 - dated 13. Janj. 1819 -
The copy need not be certified —

Hon. R. Moore, H. of Rep.
Admitted

Washington, Jan. 13. 1819
I hereby certify that Nicholas Conly is in such reduced circumstances as to need assistance from his country for support.
Robert Moore Member of Congress.

Beaver County Pa. Before me, a justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Joshua Bradley to me well known as a credible and distinguished witness who being duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with Nicholas Connolly a United States Prisoner. That said Nicholas of Beaver County Pennsylvania departed this life on the 17 day of April last. That he left a widow named Mary who is still living - and further deponent saith not -
Joshua Bradley
Sworn and subscribed before me the 26 th day of Nov r A.D. 1820
John Harche

Pennsylvania
Beaver County ss
I David Johnson Recorder of Deeds &c in and for said County, do hereby Certify that John Harshe Esquire before whom the within acknowledgment & Depositions were taken is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County duly Commissioned & sworn & that full faith & credit is due & ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
Given under my hand & Seal of office at Beaver this 27 th day of November A D 1830. David Johnson Recorder

Nicholas Conley to David McCoy, Esq. 1821. To his due bill for the season of a mare to the horse $2.00
I, the undersigned, a justice of the peace in and for said county personally came the above named David McCoy and being sworn according to law, deposed and said that the above account as exhibited against Nicholas Conley is just and true and owing to him the said David McCoy and that he never paid all or any part of the same.
Sworn and subscribed August 18th 1821. Before me
David McCoy
John Hawks

Recd. L. M. Herron

Rec d Hookstown 6 Sept r 1819 of Mr. Nicholas having a power of Atty. to collect his pension of the U.S. State said to draw forty eight Dollars Joseph M c Ferran

Beaver County ss Before me one of the justices of the Peace in and for said County personally came James Hammond who testifies that Nicholas Conley is indebted to said Hammond by a promissory note which amounts to four Dollars eighty eight cents and the origin of said note was a due bill that said Hammond received of said Dicky Blacksmith with which said Dicky was indebted to said Hammond and said Conley was indebted to said Dicky Blacksmith, and said promissory note is dated May the fourth one thousand eight hundred and twenty one. And further saith not, sworn and subscribed before me this fifteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and twenty four 1824. Sworn & subscribed April 7 th James Hammond 1824. before me, John Harke

1820 Nicholas Conely sin n
May 18 th
To Joseph M c Herran
1820
  To Balance at settlement  $ 6-18 3 / 4    Interest up till 18 of April 1824  1-45     $ 7-63 3 / 4    probate  " 12 3 / 4  
Beaver County ss
Subscribed Before me James Lake one of the Justices of the peace in and for said county, personally came Joseph M c Herran, and being sworn according to law saith the above account of Seven dollars and Sixty three & three fourth cents debt and interest, is just and true as it stands stated against Nicholas Conely sin n , and that he has never received the whole, nor any part thereof, nor any person for him, to the best of his knowledge -
Joseph M c Herran
Taken & subscribed the 9 th April 1824
James Lake

Pennsylvania } I John Clarke Prothonotary of the Court of Beaver County } Common Pleas of said County do Certify that James Lake Esquire before whom the within account was proven, was at that time and now is and now is an acting justice of the peace duly commissioned and sworn for said County to all whose official acts full faith and credit is and ought to be given. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the official seal the 27 th day of August 1824 John Clarke Protho ry 
Joseph H. Jones deposition

Nicholas Conly to Dr. William Warnock — Dr 10108 1019. To medical services. — $6.50
Beaver county ss.
§ Before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in & for said county personally came the above named Dr. William Warnock and being sworn according to law deponeth and saith that the above account as exhibited against Nicholas Conly is just & true.
Sworn & subscribed April 7 th William Warnock
1024. before me. John Hanke
Nicholas Conly to Adam Gibb — Dr 10108 1019. To Bacon at different times — $4.59
Beaver county ss.
§ Before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said county personally came the above named Adam Gibb. and being sworn according to law deponeth and saith that the above account as exhibited against Nicholas Conly is just & true.
Sworn & subscribed April 7 th
Adam Gibb
1024. before me. John Hanke
Nicholas Conly to James Patterson — Dr 1019. To Smith work — 4 Sheeps — $0.25 Aug. 10 th To Shear laid & coulter sharpened. My stuff 0.93 3 / 4 1.18 3 / 4
Beaver county ss.
§ Before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said county personally came the above named James Patterson and being sworn according to law deponeth & saith that the above account as exhibited against Nicholas Conly is just & true.
Sworn & subscribed April 10 th James Patterson
1024. before me. John Hanke

Beaver County Pa
I John Clarke Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Beaver Do Certify that the within named John Harshe Esquire is an acting Justice of the Peace in said County, & to whose official Acts as such due faith is to be given. Given under my hand & official seal this 8th day of April 1824
John Clarke Proth
10108 1910. 20. 10108 1910. 20.

Beaver county ss.
Robert Christy vs
Nicholas Conly
May 27 th 1920
Action of Debt not exceeding $100.
Judgment entered against Defendant for $4.17 Debt
 Justices costs ct.  Entry & judgm t 25  Execution 19  Return 12 1/2 
With costs of suit
June 10 th 1920 Execution issued to Levi Dungan constable of Hanover Township for $4.68 Debt, interest & costs.
June 29 th Execution returned with bail bond —
August 3. 1922 The defendant paid in five dollars.
Nov. 23. 1922 Rec d . four dollars and seventy cent. The Debt & interest. — for Plaintiff.
Const. Dungan 1.90 1/2
James Christy —
John Boyd for the use of James Langfitt vs Nicholas Conly
June 29 th 1922.
Action of Debt not exceeding $100.
Judgment Entered against Defendant for $10.96 Debt
 Justices costs ct.  Entry & judgm t 12 1/2  Execution 12 1/2 
With costs of suit.
October 10 th 1922 Execution issued to Robert Martin constable of Hanover Township for $11.36 3/4 Debt, interest & costs. — constable returns Execution with paym t .
Rec d . by me James Langfitt
Beaver county. ss.
I do certify that the above are true extracts from my Docket as they stand stated. Witness my hand and seal at Hanover Township the 3 rd Day of April A.D. 1926.
John Warke

Nicholas Conly to James Torrence Dr    1022. Nov. 13 th to putting feet in a pot     Dec. 11 to making & removing shoes     1023. Jan. 15 to making shoes  $    April 22. to dressing Irons     June 3 rd to shoeing Irons - in all  2.90    Credit  1.36    remains due  1.54  
Beaver county Pa.
Before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said county personally came the above James Torrence who upon his solemn oath deponeth and saith that the above account is exhibited against Nicholas Conly is just & true & that the above balance of $1.54 remains due to me.  Sworn & subscribed April 6 th 1024. before me John Hauke  James Torrence
Beaver county Pa. Before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said county personally came the above Nicholas Conly and being sworn according to law deponeth and saith that in order to raise the amount of said execution, he made a levy on the property of said Nicholas Conly. All he could find, and paid it which made but part of the debt, that he received some money from said Conly for parts, and the balance has been controllable by him only. and further saith not.  Sworn & subscribed April 3 rd 1024. before me John Hauke  Robert Masters Constable
Nicholas Conly to Isaac M c Coly Dr $    1023. June 16 th To repairing plow Irons  0.37 1 / 2    on patent Clavis  0.37 1 / 2    Two removes  0.12 1 / 2    June 28 th Sharpening & painting plow Irons  0.14    To sundry jobs  0.10    Aug 12 th To laying one coulter  0.37 1 / 2    To sharpening one shoe  0.05    Sep. 2. To one pair plow Irons  0.10    23. To sharpening & painting plow Irons  0.14    Nov. 20 To three removes  0.10 3 / 4    To one new shoe lower  0.07 1 / 2    1024. Jan. 29 th To two removes  0.12 1 / 2    March 3 rd To one new shoe & one remove  0.10 3 / 4    To mending shovel  0.12 1 / 2    Cr. by one dollar rec d .  2.56  
Beaver county Pa. Before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said county personally came Isaac M c Coly & being sworn according to law deponeth and saith that the above acct. against Nicholas Conly as stated is just & true.  Sworn & subscribed before me Isaac M c Coly John Hauke

year 1813 Nicholas Conly To James Nelson of Pittsburgh Blacksmith October 3 d on a settlement with James Anderson by his son for said Nicholas Conly and paid for him at the request of the son of said Nicholas who acted for him - $ 7.12 1/2 x To the amount of a duebill from said Conly dated 19 March 1813 for the amount of - 15.00 To Interest on said duebill 13 years - 13.04 To a duebill lifted and paid at request of said Nicholas by said Nelson to Absalom Thorne worth dated March the tenth 1820 - 42.00 To Interest on said duebill 3 years - 7.50  year 1822 June 3 d To one set plow Irons weight 31 1/2 lb at 16 cts ct 5.04 December 11 To one quarter Sole leather as per Tanners bill 2.18 x 1823 To Cash Advanced To said Nicholas, Feby 5 - 3.00 March 27 To Cash - 0.50 April 16 To a further sum Advanced - 1.87 1/2 x on same day To the amount of an order on Rees Mercer which said Nicholas rec d in Com 4.70 Same day To 1/2 bushel Salt at one Dollar per bl. - 50 To Cash To pay his Freightage - 12 1/2 x August the 8 th To 7 lb Iron at 6 1/4 cts per lb - 43 3/4 Sept. 9 To 2 lb Tobacco To pay Toll at the Bridge 28 x both included - Errors Excepted $ 106.32 1/4
Pennsylvania Beaver County ss { Before me one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and do hereby certify that James Nelson Blacksmith of the City of Pittsburgh being sworn in due form of Law deposes that the above account is just and true and the whole are bonafide Debts and Claims against the said Nicholas which he has paid for the said James Nelson and Articles given him in part pay for the land which

which he held on little Travers waters in Hanover Township in the said County of Bergen for which the said Nicholas held by settlement and which is the same land that he purchased from Arthur Gordon who bound himself to make a Deed in fee simple but broke up without complying with his contract and it is believed he is now unable so to do and for which there is no other title the said Land has been long settled of a very poor quality and it is believed that it would not now sell for the purchase money and interest that must be paid to the Common Wealth before a Patent can be had for the same and further saith not
Sworn and Subscribed the 2 nd day of James Nelson April Anno 1824
J. W. H. Doot
Deposition of James Nelson

Merchants Manufacturers Bank Pittsburgh Octob. 23 d 1841.
Sir
I have the honor to transmit papers in the Case of Mary Conley an aged Lady and widow of Nicholas Conley dec d late a Rural Pensioner at 8 Dlls per month, who died about 12 years ago. Mr. Wilson the Attorney of Mary Conley requested me to send at first the enclosed papers, before a regular application should be made. Be pleased to send me a form for an application for widow Pns. under the act of 4 th July 1838 and 7 th July 1839 and inform me if there is any hope to get a Pension for the above named widow.
Warren Russell Rural Pns. at 8 Dlls per month applied to you for a transfer from Newark to this Agency, and wishes to know if his transfer was granted.
I am very respectfully Your obed Servt
Frederick K. Hale for Mr. Garrison Pk Pension Agt
J. S. [?] Comm. of Pensions Washington City
Transferred on 23 rd Oct 1841 and 28 Oct 41

1888
Disc 14 Prof. A B Nelson, History Prior
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
2217
P. O. _____
Mary Conley
Service: widow of nicholas
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: REJECTED _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
Atkinson (Central College) Barnesville Buffalo Ry

March 1840 1794. ..46
1794 40 1734 1794 40 1834
Mary Conley of Nicholas Pennsylvania
Rejected
See let. 28 Oct '41 M. Tiernan
married after Jan'y. 1. 1794
2217
act 7 July 1838

1 March 1823, pa
Nicholas Bonnelly.
Rec. 1 May 1824
Hon: J. Allison, D.R.
Nicholas Bonnelly Application for with Vouchers

Article of Agreement Between
Nicholas Connolly & James Nelson
en! 11 th Nov r 1822—
Fees paid

Know all men by these presents that I Nicholas Connelly of Beaver County in the State of Pennsylvan- nia, in consideration of the covenants herein after men- tioned, to be done and performed on the part of James Nelson and of a debt of about sixty dollars due from me to said James Nelson, Have granted, bargained and sold, released and confirmed and by these presents do grant bargain and sell release and confirm unto the said James Nelson his heirs and assigns a certain Tract of Land situa- te on the water of Travis Creek in Beaver County aforesaid adjoining Joseph Baggs, Arthur Gardner & others contain- ing One hundred acres, & sixty four perches, & allowance as appears by a Draft and Survey thereof made by James Crothers, Deputy Surveyor of said County the 17. th September 1802. Being part of a tract of land known by the name of Daw- son's Tract & which Arthur Gardner by agreement dated 30. March 1796 agreed to convey to said Nicholas Connelly in fee - To have and to hold said Tract of Land with the appurtenances unto the said James Nelson (of the City of Pittsburgh) his heirs and assigns, to the only proper use and behoof of the said James Nelson his heirs and assigns forever - - Whereas the said Nicholas Connelly stands indebted to several persons in diverse sums of money amounting in the whole to the sum of One hundred and sixty nine dollars & sixty nine cents, or thereabouts - Now in consideration of the grant and sale above mentioned, the said James Nelson doth pro- mise and agree to pay & discharge the said debts, (which is exclu- sive of his own) in manner following - viz - the said James

Will from time to time when called on pay off such proportion of debt as may be reasonably demanded from him (consistent with his own engagements already made) not exceeding fifty dollars, per annum, in such articles, as are manufactured by said Nelson - and if the creditors of said Connolly will accept of such articles, ma- nufactured by said Nelson, he agrees to pay the same as soon as he possibly can after complying with his other con- tracts, as above mentioned - Witness our hands and Seals the 28 th day of October A D 1822.
Witness present.
James Young
Nicholas Connolly ms.
James Nelson
City of Pittsburgh ss.
Before the subscriber an Alderman of said City came Nicholas Connolly & James Nelson & severally acknowledged the foregoing Instrument of Writing to be their Act and Deed and desired that it might be recorded as such - Witness my hand and seal the 28 th day of October - A D 1822 -
James Young

Beaver County Pa-
Recorded in the Office for recording of Deeds in and for said County in Deed Book N. page 407
Given under my hand and the seal of said Office this 11th day of November A.D. 1822 David Johnson Recorder

To the Honorable Secretary of the War, Department of the United States -
Nicholas Conly, late a private in the Army of the Revolution
Respectfully States
That in consideration of his services a pension certificate, dated 13 th January 1819. No 5284. was issued to him - That he made an appli- cation to have his pension continued, which application was refused because, as he under- stands, it was supposed the property claimed by him was sufficient for his maintenance - This property consisted of a small tract of land in Beaver County Pennsylvania & some few articles of personal property - In making this return the Applicant neglected to state the debts owing by him - Since the last Application his personal property has been sold on execution and he has been obliged to dispose of his claim to the real estate, at private sale, in order to satisfy debts existing, in the greatest part, against him at the time of issuing the Certificate of Pension and in order to prevent a forced sale on the part of his Creditors - The proceeds of the sale are not

more than sufficient barely to satisfy the debts, and most probably would not have been sufficient if a forced sale had been resorted to - Your petitioner is aged and infirm - unable to maintain himself by manual labor & thus in his old days thrown upon the wide world for support - and conceiving himself justly entitled to the bounty intended to be conferred by his country on the war worn soldier he respectfully prays that his name may be reinstated on the Pension List -
Beaver County Penn o November 4: 1822
And he will pray for his Nicholas N Conly mark
Beaver County } ss. State of Pennsylvania }
Before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County came Nicholas Conly and on his solemn

oath saith that he is the same person mentioned in the foregoing petition and in the Pension Cer- tificate therein alluded to, & that the facts set forth in said Petition are true — Sworn & subscribed his Nicholas Conly November the 9 th 1822 mark Before me J. G. Witney my Notary Public John Warner
Beaver County State of Pennsylvania } P.
Before me also appeared Hezekiah Wallace, James Nelson and Samuel Kelly, Andrew M c Cauley and Adam Gibb, who on their solemn oaths say that they are well acquainted with Nicholas Lowy the fore- going petitioner and that they do verily believe the facts set forth in said Petition are true - Sworn & subscribed } James Nelson November the 9 th - 1822 } Hezekiah Wallace Before me. Witness my hand & seal John Warke } James Kelly A. D. M c Cauley Adam Gibb

Beaver County State of Pennsylvania
I do certify that the within named deponents, Hezekiel Wallace, James Nelson, Samuel Kelly, Andrew M c Cauley and Adam Gibb
are men of credibility and worthy of belief
Certified, November the 9 th 1822
John Harsha
Beaver County
Rec. 22 Jan 1823
David Johnson Registrar
Rec d in and for said County
Do certify that John Harsha Esq r
Before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, is a justice of Peace in and for said County
Duly Commissioned and sworn And that full faith and credit are due to all his Official acts as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal the 11 th day of November
A. D. 1822.
David Johnson Recorder
Nicholas Longly John Harsha

Beaver County set
On this fourteenth day of January 1824 Personally appeared in Open Court before a Court of Record viz the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, Nicholas Connely a resident in said County aged seventy years, who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the Acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 the 1 st of May 1820 & the 1 st of March 1823. that he the said Nicholas Connely enlisted for the term of one year, in the Spring of the year 1776 in the State of Pennsylvania in the Company commanded by Captain James Moore in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Anthony Wayne (late General Wayne) in the line of the State of Pennsylvania on the Continental Establishment, that he continued to serve in said corps until in the Summer of 1777 he was discharged from said Service at Chester in the State of Pennsylvania, that he was not in any battle during the time of his term of enlistment, but shortly afterwards was in the battle of Brandywine in the militia Camp at which battle he received a slight wound in the leg by a buck shot, and also he was in the Battle of Germantown in the Militia Camp when he was wounded in the hip - and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his services except what accompanied his former application to the War Office dated the 18 th day of March 1818 upon which application he was placed on the Pension List at the Pennsylvania Agency as will appear by his Certificate signed by the Secretary of War dated the 20 th day of January 1819. The declarant further states that he made a second application under the Act of the 1 st of May 1820 dated the 18 th September 1820 and was rejected - And I do solemnly swear that I have

a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with the intent thereby to diminish it as to being myself within the provisions of the Acts of Congress entitled: "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person, interest for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule, hereto annexed & by me subscribed —
Schedule of Property — I have of the value of thirty dollars, 1 old mare $7.00 1 cow $8.00 1 cow $1.50. 1 other Cow $7.00. 5 Sheep & 3 lambs $8.50 1 other cow $1.00 1 Pig 50 cents, 1 Plough & outfit $5.00 2 Sets of old horse gears $3.00 1 old loom $3.00 household & kitchen furniture not exceeding $8.00 —
That since the exhibition of his last application being the second one the following change has taken place in his property viz 100 acres of land sold to James Nelson for $200.00 1 Bull sold by the Constable by virtue of an execution placed in his hands. 1 Spring Calf sold by the same Constable, 2 Sheep killed by the Dogs, 12 hogs (large & small) used for the support of the family; Debts due to me none — Debts due by the declarant, To James Nelson $68.25 3 / 4 on a note; To Joseph W. Ferran $6.18 3 / 4 on book account, To Martha

Hattow $9. 50 / 100 borrowed money, Adam Gilt $4. 59 / 100 book act. James Hammond $5. 62 / 100 on note, James Tarrana $1. 50 / 100 book account, Isaac M c Coy $1. 52 / 100 Book account, James Patterson $1. 37 / 100  Book act. John Morgan $2. 00 on note Levi Hungan $1. 90 / 100 Constable Costs & Dock William Warick about $20. the last sum not not known James Anderson about $7. 00 & to sundry other persons about $15. 00 $50. of the purchase money, received & appropri- ated to the extinguishment of my debts Yours & subscribed in Open Court this 14 th Feb. 1824 John Dickey Pro vs   His Nicholas O'Connell mark
Declarant says that he formerly follow- -ed the wearing as an occupation, but for some years past, he has been unable to follow it constantly. He has a wife and seven children, one of whom is obliged to use crutches & entirely unable to do housework. Children aged as follows David Jusan aged 17 years, Jane (who uses crutches) aged 13 years, Elijah 9 years, & Washington aged 7 years — Yours & subscribed & declared this 14 th day of January (in Open Court) 1824 John Dickey Pro vs   His Nicholas O'Connell mark

Beaver County Pennsylvania
We the subscribers two of the associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County (Pennsylvania) have on this 16th day of January 1824 appraised the whole property of Nicholas Connelly (the within applicant) as mentioned in the within schedule to the sum of Seventy Four Dollars & Fifty Cents. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands & seals the day above —
W. H. Redick
David Drennan
State of Pennsylvania
Beaver County Set.
I John Dickey Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Beaver
Do certify that the above is true copy of an application made by Nicholas Connelly for a pension as remains on file in my Office. Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court this 19th day of January A.D. 1824.
John Dickey Pro tho ry