Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,924, Matthew De Wolfe, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
De Wolfe, Matthew
NUMBER
R. 2924
CONTENTS

State of Ohio } ss Ashtabula County }
On this 15 th day of November A.D. 1853 personally appeared before me J. H. Haddings judge of the probate Court within and for said County and State. Clarissa Dewolfe Cook a resident of Geneva Ashtabula County in the State of Ohio aged 72 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 that she is a daughter and with her sister Esther Dewolfe base of Erie in the State of Pennsylvania are the only children living of the identical Matthew Dewolfe who was a Commissary in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War that he entered the service of the United States as Commissary aforesaid at or near the commencement of the War and served in said Revolutionary War as Commissary from the time he entered the service as above mentioned during all the time of said War until the close thereof he enlisted under the Massachusetts lines and served on the Northern frontier the officers she does not remember that her said Father Matthew Dewolfe was as affiant has good reason to believe & does verily believe lawfully married on November 28 th 1763 to Esther Higley in the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts (this she takes from the family records & in his own hand writing) and that he Matthew Dewolfe died on

the 3 rd day of May 1834 of inflammation and that her said Mother Esther Dewolfe died on the 27 th day of July 1833 in Augusta Madison County State of New York by reason of Cancer. She further declares that there are no other children living but her self and her sister Esther Dewolfe Case of the said Matthew Dewolfe - She hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that her name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any state Clarissa S. Cook
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day and year first before written and I hereby certify that it is my opinion after investigating the matter that the said Ma- tthew Dewolfe was a Revolutionary soldier and serv- -ed as set forth in the foregoing declaration and I do further certify that Clarissa Dewolfe Cook is a credible witness in whose claim I am in no way in- terested
J. A. Giddings Probate Judge of Ashtabula County and State Ohio

State of Ohio } ss for S. D. Taylor a clergy Ashtabula County } man residing in Geneva and Asaph Turner residing in the same Town & County aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Clarissa D. Wolfe Cook who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed Declaration that we believe her to be 72 years of Age that it is reputed and generally believed that her Father Matthew D. Wolfe was a soldier in the Revolutionary war as set forth & that we concur in that opinion V. D. Taylor Sworn to and subscribed Asaph Turner before me this 14 th day of November November A.D. 1853 N. B. Minge Justice of the peace
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigating the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant is a Daughter of Matthew D. Wolfe who was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as before stated - and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that V. D. Taylor the above subscribed clergyman and Asaph Turner who has signed the same are residents as they have set forth that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit: J. A. Giddings
I. A. Kellogg clerk of the } Probate Judge of Court of Ashtabula County & State } Ashtabula County } and state of Ohio

of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Clarissa D. Wolfe Cook for a pension and I further certify that R. B. Munger before whom S. D. Taylor and Asaph Johns filed their affidavit is a Justice of the peace lawfully commissioned and that I am acquainted with his signature and that the same is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 15 th day of November A. D. 1853.
A. Kellogg Clerk
T. Brant Cook Pension Claim

Mansfield Nov. 18th 1853
Hon. L. P. Waldo —
Comm. of Pensions.
Herewith inclosed we forward the papers in the case of Dr. Noe- hins. We have not attached any proof of mar- riage as no proof was required in years of of 20th inst.
We also inclose the declaration of Anna Miller. Bearer of letter previously forwarded.
Yours obtd. Servt
Thos. B. Smith

No. 38,640 Matthew De Wolf dec. Ohio
Thos. H. How Oct 20 1853 Ferd. Davis Nov 26 1853
2924
Ad June 7 1832

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
2924
P. O. _____
Matthew De Wolfe
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

I Clarissa DeWolf Cook wife of Thomas Cook aged Seventy Three years of The Town of Geneva County of Ashtabula and State of Ohio being duly sworn. Say That I am The daughter of and legal heirs of Matthew DeWolf of The Town of Becket County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts. That said Matthew DeWolf served in The Revolutionary war. That I was infor- =med and verily believe he was in The service of The Commissary in The Massachusetts line on The Continental Establishment at The close of The Revolution and was entitled to half pay under The Resolutions and acts of Con- =gress. That he died at Augusta Onondaga Madison County in The state of New York on The fourth day of May in The year A D 1833 That he did not receive any portion of The half pay due him nor have his heirs received any part of it since. Clarissa D. Cook mark
State of Ohio } Geneva Township March 29 th 1833 Ashtabula County } ss
Personally appeared before me Clarissa DeWolf Cook wife of Thomas Cook to me well known and made oath That The above statement is true
Asaph Turner } Notary Public
u s / for said County

State of Ohio } Ashtabula County } ss
Be it remembered that on the 16 th day of September A.D. 1853 personally appeared before the subscriber a Notary Public in and for the county aforesaid Clarissa Dewolfe Cook who being by me first duly sworn according to law states that she is a Daughter of Matthew Dewolfe who was a commissary on the Northern line in the American Revolution from Berkshire County in the State of Massachusetts that she is credibly informed that the said Matthew Dewolfe or his heirs are justly entitled to a Pension and that she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence as my Agent may use in prosecuting this claim. Countermanning and revoking all Powers of Attorney heretofore given. I hereby constitute and appoint Thos. H Ford of Mansfield Ohio my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the Claim of Matthew Dewolfe for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due for Military service. I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said service on file at the department in Washington City or elsewhere to file additional evidence or arguments and to receive for my benefit the Monies that may be allowed in satisfaction of said claim allowing him to appoint one substitute for the purposes herein expressed and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said agent and Attorney shall lawfully do in the premises. Witness my hand and seal the day and year above written.
Signed sealed & delivered in presence of Asaph Tinker Bryant Newcomb
Clarissa D. Cook

The State of Ohio Ashland County
The foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me this sixteenth day of September A.D. 1853. I further certify that I have been acquainted with Clarissa L. Cook, Signer and maker of the foregoing affidavit for twelve or fifteen years, that I believe her to be the identical person then set forth and that she is directly interested in said claim in which I am not in any manner interested.
Adolph Turner & Stanley Powell in & for said County

Mansfield Ohio Sept 19 th 1855
Hon L P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Incloses Please find Power of attorney to me signed by Clarissa D Cook made to file the form of said Power is not in all respects formal but sufficient to warrant an investigation of the claim
The Applicant is informed and believes that the Proof has been heretofore made as testimony has been taken going to establish the Heirs Right to Recover has been taken and forwarded to the Department
I write first to forward this Power of attorney to show that I have the right to control this claim. 2 nd to ascertain the Proof necessary to be made in order to recover for the the claimant.
3 rd to ascertain the amount of Proof on file upon application has been made Your Abt Servant Thomas H Ford

State of Ohio { Lutie County {
Before me Abner Footekins a justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Joseph H. Mogg of lowbyl age who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that I was well acquainted with Matthew Dwoff, who resided in the time of the Revolution in the town of Becket in the State of Massachusetts and this deponent further maketh and says that he is well acquainted with Clarissa Cook and knoweth her to be the respected daughter of the above named Matthew Dwoff and further this deponent saith not Joseph H. Mogg
Also Mary W. Cunningham of lowbyl age who first being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that from on about the year 1795 or thereabouts as near as I can recollect up to the year 1798 or 1800 I was acquainted with Matthew Dwoff who resided at that time in the town of Becket in the state of Mass- achusetts and also with Clarissa Dwoff now Clarissa Cook and know her to be the respected daughter of the said Matthew Dwoff and further this deponent saith not
Mary W. Cunningham

I Abner Hotchkiss a justice of the peace in and for the township of Madison and County of Lake Ohio do hereby certify that the within depositions named Joseph H. Mogg and Mary W. Cunningham were by me first duly sworn to testify the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and the foregoing depositions by them subscribed were reduced to writing by me this 24 th day of March A.D. 1853
The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 24 th day of March A.D. 1853
Abner Hotchkiss justice of the peace
I certify that I am acquainted with Abner Hotchkiss and know him to be acting justice of the Peace for Lake County Ohio
W. H. Burdys