Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21,248, Oliver Harwood, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
Harwood Oliver Year
NUMBER
W. 21.248
CONTENTS
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5694 Albany New York
rep 10 June 1844
Dear Harwood widow of Oliver Harwood who was a Private in the Mass a Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of June 1844 and sent to A Perry Rushville New York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 201

State of New York }
Ontario County } ss
On this 25th day of May 1844 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace of Ontario County New York, Fear Harwood a resident of the town of Gosham in the said County of Ontario aged Seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd March 1843 Granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolution and War that she is the Widow of Oliver Harwood who was a private in the Revolutionary Army, and as she believes of the State Troops of Massachusetts, That she has received a pension certificate under the act of 7th July 1838 of eighty dollars per annum she further declares she is still the widow of the said Oliver Harwood Fear Harwood
Subscribed and sworn on the 25th day of May above written before me and I further certify that the said Fear Harwood is personally known to me and that she is a credible person
Wiram Millard Justice of the peace of Ontario County New York
State of New York }
Ontario County } ss
Robert D A Tickley being duly sworn saith that he knows Fear Harwood the person making the above declaration, that she has known her for many years that she is the reputed Widow of Oliver Harwood who was reputed to have been a Revolutionary Soldier that she remains unmarried, and further this deponent saith not
Subscribed and sworn the 25th day of May 1844 before me and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Robert D A Tickley & that he is a credible person
Wiram Millard Justice of the peace Ontario County New York

State of New York } Ontario County } ss
Oliver Harwood being duly sworn saith That he knows Fear Harwood the person making the foregoing declaration that she is the widow of Oliver Harwood who was reputed to have been a Revolutionary Soldier, that she remains un- married - And further this deponent saith not subscribed and sworn the 25 th of Oliver Harwood day of May 1844 before me the said Oliver Harwood being personally known to me and is a credible person
Hiram Millard Justice of the peace Ontario County New York
8004
State of New York } Ontario County Clerks Office }
Canandaigua 28 th May 1844
I Alexander H Howell Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Hiram Millard Esquire before whom the within and foregoing instrument was subscribed and sworn was at the time the same purports to have been so subscribed and sworn and still is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected sworn and authorized to act as such And further that I am well - acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice and verily believe his signatures subscribed to the within and foregoing certificates are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said County at the time and place to this certificate above written
Alex. H. Howell Clerk

Common Wealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire County
{ ss
Josiah Beals of Windsor in Said County being duly Sworn deposes and says that he knew Oliver Harwood and Fear Ripley who were formerly residents of said town, that he heard at the time and verily believes they were married to each other as stated in the preceding extracts from the records of said town and that they removed soon after to the State of New York, that the said Oliver Harwood was a private in the Continental Service of the Massachusetts that he enlisted in said town for three years and believes he mustered in Springfield  Pittsfield , taken a prisoner near Stillwater or I. taken to Tuckebuck, exchanged, afterwards rejoined the Army and was discharged, that there was no other person by the name of Oliver Harwood who entered that service from said town of Windsor , that he has often heard the services of said Harwood as above stated spoken of in said town by persons acquainted with said Harwood and has never heard them doubted
Subscribed & sworn the 9 th day of August 1843 before me. the said Josiah Beals being personally known to me and is a person of veracity
Wm A. Bates Justice of the peace
Common Wealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire County
{ ss
I Charles Sedgwick Register
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County for said County of Berkshire do Certify that William A. Bates is a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that his signature to the above affidavit and the Certificate on the preceding page are genuine
In Testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court the twelfth day of August 1843
Charles Sedgwick Clerk Sup. Jud. Court Register

Town Clerks Office
Windsor August 7 th 1843
I Wm Lyman Clerk of the town of Windsor in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts hereby certify that the records of said town are in my keeping and possession and that the following are true extracts from Volume 2 nd page 8 th of said records
Windsor April the twenty sixth seventeen hundred and ninety three. To Robt Walker J. C. in obedience to the Law of the commonwealth I do hereby certify that in the year last past I have joined in marriage the following persons, Viz, January seventeen hundred and ninety three. Lt. Oliver Harkness to Fanny Ripley
Joshua Beals
Justin Bass
Recorded by me Robt Walker Town Clerk
A true copy Wm Lyman Town Clerk
Windsor August 7 th 1843 Then personally appeared Wm Lyman and made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed
Before me Wm A. Bates Justice of the peace

9538
Hear Harwood
N.Y.
Act July 7 th 38

State of New York Yates County } ss
Luther S Harwood of P'keepsie in the said County being duly sworn saith that he is the son of Oliver Harwood and Ira Harwood who is applying for a pension and that he will be fifty years old on the twenty second day of September next (1843) as he has been informed and verily believes, that he has heard his father the aforesaid Oliver Harwood frequently speak of his Revolutionary services as early as his first recollection more than forty years since and up to the time of his death. that his father the aforesaid Oliver Harwood said he enlisted into the Continental service for three years. that it was near the close of the war that he was a resident of Windsor Massachusetts at the time of his enlist- ment. that he was wounded and taken a prisoner near Lake George. that he was returned on the Army rolls as dead that he was detained as a prisoner at Fort Chambly and an Island in the St Lawrence river called the "Cedars." near Montreal for more than a year. was exchanged, returned to Windsor and rejoined the Army and after his time had expired was honorably discharged. that he has often heard his said father and others speak of his said father's services as above stated in high praise during the last war & since & has never heard them disputed or doubted by any. that he has frequently seen the scar of the wound his said father said he received when he was taken a prisoner. That his father the aforesaid Oliver Harwood died in the town of Goshen Ontario County as this deponent well remembers in the month of July in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty two & that he attended his funeral. that his Mo- ther the aforesaid Ira Harwood is still a widow and the widow of the aforesaid Oliver Harwood. that his Mother the said Ira Harwood's maiden name was Ira Ripley. that he knew his Grandfather Ripley the reputed father of his said Mo- ther Ira Harwood. & further this deponent saith not sworn & subscribed the 24 th day of } Luther S Harwood August 1843 before me & I further }
Certify that the said Luther S Harwood is personally well known to me is a respectable person & entitled to belief.
A. Gorry Judge of the County Courts of Yates County -

State of New York Yates County } ss
Hiram Millard Esq. being duly sworn saith that he is an acting justice of the peace of the town of Gosham Onond County, that he is personally well acquainted with Widow Fear Harwood who is applying for a pension that she is the widow of Oliver Harwood late of the said town of Gosham, that this deponent has been acquainted in the said town of Gosham more than forty years, that he knew the said Oliver Harwood, that it was public report in the said town of Gosham in the life time of the said Oliver Harwood that he the said Oliver Harwood had been a Revolutionary soldier, that he had been wounded and taken prisoner and that he had never heard the services of the said Harwood as above stated disputed or doubted by any - that the said Widow Fear Harwood is unmarried and is still the widow of the said Oliver Harwood that he believes her to be seventy two years old, that she is a highly respectable person and entitled to credit and belief in the declaration she made (which he has examined) before the Hon. Chester Poomer.
Subscribed & sworn the 25 th day of August 1843 before me { Hiram Millard
I further certify that the said Hiram Millard Esq. is personally known to me as a highly respectable person & entitled to belief J. Torrey Judge of the County Court of Yates County
State of New York } ss Yates County } ss
Jonathan Pratt being duly sworn saith, that he was a Revolutionary soldier that he is eighty two years old, that he is personally well acquainted with Widow Fear Harwood who is applying for a pension that she is the widow of Oliver Harwood late of the town of Gosham Onond County, that this deponent has been the near neighbour of the said Oliver Harwood & Fear Harwood the aforesaid Widow for more than forty years last past, that this deponent was personally acquainted and intimate with the aforesaid Oliver Harwood in his lifetime, that from his first acquaintance with the said Oliver Harwood up to his death he frequently heard the said Oliver speak of his Revolutionary services, that the said Harwood said he enlisted, in the town of Windsor Massachusetts, into the Continental Service for three years, that he was at West Point, that he was on a scout with two others near Lake George that they were surprised by a party of the enemy and his comrades

killed and the said Harwood wounded in the shoulder and taken a prisoner. That he was a prisoner more than a year was taken to Montreal Quebec on his way home the vessel put into Halifax that he was exchanged & rejoined the Army and was honorably discharged. That this deponent has seen the scar of the wound on his shoulder. That the said Harwood described the place where he was taken a prisoner near "Truck-Mountain" and this deponent has often seen the ground thus described. That he has often heard the services of the said Harwood spoken of as above stated by the said Harwood and others in high party times during the last war and before & since and has never heard them doubted or disputed by any one. That the said Harwood was a highly respectable citizen of the said town of Gorham & a man of undoubted integrity. That the said Oliver Harwood and the said Fear Harwood his widow had many children as the fruit of their marriage. That Luther S Harwood the foregoing deponent is the son of the said Oliver & Fear. That he has known him from a small boy & he believes he is of the age stated in his affidavit that this deponent well remembers the death of the said Oliver Harwood. That he died in the said town of Gorham in the year eighteen hundred and twenty two. That this deponent was at his funeral and assisted in laying him out. That the said Fear Harwood still remains unmarried and is the widow of the said Oliver Harwood. & further this deponent saith not. Sworn and subscribed before me the 25 th day of August 1843. { Jonathan Pratt } And I further certify that the said Jonathan Pratt is a respectable citizen of the said town of Gorham & entitled to be so.
A. Gorry Judge of the County Courts of Yates County
State of New York } ss Yates County }
Rev Joseph Merrill being duly sworn saith that he was the former Pastor of the First Congregational Church of Augusta (now Patten) and Gorham. That he is personally well acquainted with Widow Fear Harwood, Widow of Oliver Harwood late of the said town of Gorham. That she is a respectable person and entitled to credit and belief in her declaration made before Hon Chester Loomis which he has examined.

Dates of
I Samuel Stevens Clerk of the County Courts in and for the said County of Yates and State of New York certify that Augustus Toney is a Judge of the County Courts in and for the said County duly commissioned and sworn that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his to the foregoing declaration or affidavit of Luther Wanwood, Winan Millard and Jonathan Pratt and certificates are genuine. In testimony whereof I have affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name the 26 th day of August in the year 1843-
Sam Stevens } Clerk of the County } Courts of Yates } County

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
2124.8
Hear Howard
widow of
Oliver Howard
Dis. Rev War
Act _____
March 3 rd 43
Index: Vol. _____
14
Page _____
315
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Reported.
5381
New York
Heen Warwood widow of Alva Warwood who was a pensioner under the Act of _____ and who died on the 10th July, 1822 of Ontario Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the West line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 50 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of May, 1844 and sent to S. Torrey Esq Pursuant to Total Amount, $400 00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Mr. Sampson Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 1. Page 161.

4008
June 5. 1844
Myrtle
Adrian 3 rd 1843
Jean Harwood
$80 per a
A. Farrey Baskerville N. York
House of Various Washington City D.C.

Rushville 1 June 1844
Hon J L Edwards
De Sir -
Enclosed are the Declaration of Fear Harwood, Widow of Oliver Harwood, for a Pension under the Act 3 rd March 1843, and the Affidavits of Oliver Harwood and Robert H Leekly.
The De cl & proof, it is hoped, are sufficient.
I am With Great Respect Your Obed Servt
A. Torrey

9538
Heard Harwoode
N.Y.
Act 7 th July 38
Add
2 years Priv
$80 per annum
from 4 th March 1836
Heard at Jerry Eddy Rushville N.Y.

V 95-38 Hear Harwood N.Y. Suspended
Set to A. Tony Oct. 19, 1843
Act July 7 th 38

State of New York } ss Ontario County }
On this twenty second day of August in the year Eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared before the Subscriber Christa Loonis a Judge of the County Courts of the Said County of Ontario Fear Hanwood a resident of the town of Gosham in the Said County of Ontario aged Seventy two 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 July 7. 1838 entitled "An Act Granting half pay and pensions to Certain Widows" That she is the Widow of Oliver Hanwood Who was a private in the Revolutionary Army, that her Said Husband the aforesaid Oliver Hanwood Enlisted into the Continental Service in the Winter or Spring of Seventeen hundred and eighty one for three years, that he enlisted in the town of Windsor Berkshire County and State of Massachusetts of which place he was then a resident, that Ledadiah Fuller William Smith Stephen Cowen, Abner Kawson and a Man by the name of Leonard enlisted with him into the Same Service, that he was Mustered at Pittsfield in the Same State in the Spring of that year, in the month of May or about that time, that in the course of the Spring or Summer he was Marched to West-point, that in September he was Sent with a small detachment to Albany, from thence to Saratoga, and from there on a Scout with three others to Lake George landing, was taken prisoner after his Comrades were killed and he wounded by a party of the Enemy and taken to Fort Chambley and from there to the Cedars or Coteau Salac above Montreal. In the Spring of Seventeen hundred and eighty two he was taken back to Fort Chambley and detained as a prisoner through the Summer, On the 17 November of that year (1782) he Sailed in a transport ship bound to Boston from Quebec to exchange prisoners - was partially wrecked and towed into Halifax, that he was landed in Boston in December over

of that year and arrived in Windsor the place of his enlistment soon after. In the Spring following (1783) after having recovered his health, which had been much impaired by his long confinement and privations he rejoined the Army at West Point, that he was with the American Army on the 25 th November of that year when they entered the City of New York and that he was soon after honorably discharged.
That she is unable to state the names of his Officers except she has heard the name of Colonel Tupper mentioned, but that he was in his Regt. She is not certain and she is unable to state the Regiment or Corps to which he belonged, that she has no documentary evidence of the services of her said husband, or the evidence of any living witness who was in the service with him that she has made diligent enquiry for such witnesses and is unable to find them, and the services of her said husband are to her but matter of hearsay but of the truth of which she has the most entire confidence and would refer the Commissioners of Pensions to the rolls and other evidences on file in the War Department and the affidavits herewith enclosed.
She further declares she was married to the said Oliver Harwood on the Sixteenth day of January in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety three by Esq. Beals in the town of Windsor aforesaid, that her husband the aforesaid Oliver Harwood died in the town of Goshen Orange County on the tenth day of July in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty two, that she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four at the time above stated.
And she makes the following further declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed 3 rd March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Oliver Harwood who was a private in the Continental Service in the Massachusetts line. She further (Up)

declares the amount of Pension she is entitled to receive under the act of 7 July 1838 is Eighty dollars per annum, and she further declares she is still a Widow.
And she further says, that in the above declaration when she says her said husband was in the Continental Service she is not certain but it was State Troops, his enlistment was understood to be for three years.
Seas Harwood
Sworn and Subscribed on the day and year first above written before me And I further certify that Seas Harwood the foregoing declaration is personally well known to me that she is a person of undoubted veracity, that I have known her and lived in the neighbourhood of her residence more than thirty years. Was well acquainted and intimate with the said Oliver Harwood, that I have heard him speak of his Revolutionary services have seen the scar of the wound he said he received in the service have heard his services spoken of in high party times during the last war - and have never heard his services as stated in the foregoing declaration doubted by any and I have the fullest confidence in the truth of the said declaration. And I further certify that the said Seas Harwood is unable to attend the court for bodily infirmity
Merle Jones
Judge of the County Court of Ontario County N.Y.
State of New York } Ontario County } ss
Henry Green of Lohman in the said County being duly sworn saith that he was a Revolutionary soldier. That he is Eighty one years old that he was personally well acquainted with Oliver Harwood the husband of the foregoing declarant, that the said Oliver Harwood enlisted in the Revolutionary Service in the Spring or Winter of 1781, for three years that he was personally well acquainted with the said Oliver at the time and lived in the said town of Windsor where the enlistment took place, that Jedediah Tuller W m Smith Stephen Crown Abner Rawson and a man by the name of Leonard Christian name not remembered, enlisted with him, that they were all residents of Windsor at the time, that the said Harwood left the said town of Windsor to join

his Regiment in the Spring of Seventeen hundred and eighty one as he well remembers, that the said Hanwood returned to the said town of Windsor after the evacuation of the City of New York by the British and understood from him that he was honorably discharged, and verily believes it was true, that it was public report in said Windsor at that time that the said Hanwood during his enlistment had been wounded, made a prisoner of war for more than a year, had been to Quebec and Halifax exchanged and landed at Boston, that he often heard it spoken of at the said town of Windsor before and after the return of the said Hanwood and never heard it doubted by any, or in any wise contradicted and this deponent verily believes it is true, that he lived in Windsor when the said Hanwood was married to Fear Kipley it was in the year 1792 or 1793 was not at the wedding, after their marriage they moved to the State of New York, that they moved to the said town of Goshen in the year 1802 and resided there till the death of the said Hanwood and the said Fear lives there still and this deponent has been all the time there near neighbors, that he has often heard the Revolutionary services of the said Hanwood as above stated spoken of in the said town of Goshen and has never heard it doubted that he was at the funeral of the said Hanwood that he died in the summer of 1822 but the day or month he can not state Subscribed and sworn to before me the 22 nd day of August 1843. The said Henry Green being personally well known to me and is a person of undoubted veracity. Henry Green 9538 Chester Loomis, Judge of the County Courts of Ontario County, N.Y.
I Thomas Hall Clerk of the County courts of the county of Ontario in the State of New York certify that Chester Loomis Esquire is a Judge of the County courts in and for the said county of Ontario duly commissioned and sworn and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, the declaration of Fear Hanwood and the affidavit of Henry Green are genuine In Witness Whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name the Twentysixth day of August in the Year 1843 Thomas Hall Clerk of the County Courts of Ontario County N.Y.

Hon J L Edwards Comm of Pensions Washington City DC

Nashville N.Y. 28. Aug 1853
Hon J L Edwards
Y r Sir
Herewith enclosed I send you. The declaration of Fear Harwood the affts of Henry Green Luther S Harwood Jonathan Pratt Hiram Millard & Josiah Beals and an extract from the record of the Town of Windsor.
The Applicant. Fear Harwood. Widow of Oliver Harwood. Claims a pension under acts of July 7. 1838. & of 3 d March 1843.
She offers no other proof of the services of her late husband (Except such as the War Department may furnish) than. that he enlisted for three years, affts of Josiah Beals & Henry Green, and public report & claim of the deceased soldier. affts. of Luther S Harwood & Jonathan Pratt., that he left the town of Windsor to join his Regt. in the Spring of 1881, afft of Henry Green, that he was mustered at Pittsfield. afft of Josiah Beals. that he returned to the town of Windsor after the evacuation of the City of N.Y. by the British and claimed he had been honorably discharged. afft of Henry Green, that he served his full time under the enlistment was

Wounded & made a prisoner. Public report at Windsor before and after his return, Afts of Henry Greene & Josiah Beals. Harwood continued to claim that he had been a Revolutionary Soldier and rendered the Services claimed by the Widow up to the time of his death, exhibiting his scars as evidence. And public opinion has and does still sanction that claim, at all times and under the most exciting Circumstances.
Afts of Henry Greene Jonathan Pratt. Hiram Millard Esq. Luther S. Harwood & The Certificate of Judge Loomis. all men of undoubted veracity & except Harwood in no way connected with the family — I know not what the regulations now require in relation to services in such cases — but if it is possible to make out a case in the absence of those who were in the services at the time. I respectfully submit that Harwood's services as claimed are established — But you are also referred to the rolls of the War Department, and after diligent enquiry the Reg't to which he belonged cannot be given on the names of his Officers — But in lieu thereof, the names of his comrades are given. viz. Isadiah Fuller, Wm Smith Stephen Cowen, Abner Hawson & a man by the name of Leonard enlisted with him. Aft of Henry Greene, how many of these his comrades were attached to Albany with him is not known but I

have reason to believe that at least W m Smith's name will be found of the number.
Marriage - in the year 1793.
Extract from the record duly certified -
Identity affts of Henry Green Josiah Beals & Luther
S Harwood
Death of Oliver Harwood 10 July 1822
affts of Henry Green Luther S Harwood & Jonathan Pratt.
That the applicant is still a widow.
affts Luther S Harwood Hiram Millard & Jonathan Pratt.
Credibility of the applicant -
Certificate of Judge Loomis & affs of Elyo Millard & Jonathan Pratt. - The Pastor of the Church while
she attends is absent. - Mr Harwood belongs to one of the most respectable families in these parts.
Her husband did not apply for a pension under the act of 1818 on account of his wealth & died in 1822
before the act of 1832. Mr Harwood being in easy circumstances made no enquiry into her rights til recently which is an answer to the question Why did her husband not apply? or she apply before?
Please inform me of any objections or defi- ciencies or in due time of the result of your labors investigations. direct as above. "Rushville N.Y."
I am With Great respect Your Obt Servt
A. Lorry

A. Forney Esq care of Mr. Harwood Ans Nov 18
PAID
83 3/4
Hon Secretary of State Commonwealth of Massachusetts Boston

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov 28 1843
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Olin Harwood is borne upon a roll of men engaged to serve in the Continental Army for three years, from Windsor in Berkshire County Mass. Dec 2. 1780, in the company of Capt. Clark, Col. Timan, or Simon.
The name of Olin Harwood of Windsor is also borne upon a County roll of said town, signed & sworn by the Selectmen, for a bounty of 90 £ said him Jan 12. 1782 as a three years Continental Soldier, as above described.
There are no other rolls on which the name of said Harwood appears in this Office

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone: and that said application and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances which tend to satisfy me of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Joel A. Bolles Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Pension Office, October 19. 1843
Sir,
The papers in the case of Fear Harwood, claiming a pension under the act of July 7. 1838, have been examined and filed. The proof of the identity and date of the marriage are sufficient. The Certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts or the Town Clerk of the town in which Oliver Harwood lived when he enlisted, should be produced in proof of the alleged service as there are no rolls in this Office to shew it, even could the search be made without the names of his officers, as required by the regulations of the Department.
I am my respectfull, Yours obedt Servant, J. L. Edwards
A. Tenny Esq., Rushville, New York.

Huskville Ontario County N York 24. Oct 1843
Hon Secretary of State Common Wealth of Massachusetts
Sir - I am
an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress of 7th July 1838. - and the preceding communication from the Commissioner of Pensions was recd - by my Agent Yesterday.
Oliver Harwood my late husband, enlisted in the Town of Windsor Berkshire County in Your State, of which place he was then a resident, in the Winter or Spring of 1781. for three years. Jedediah Fuller. W m Smith. Stephen Bowen. Abner Kawson and a man by the name of Leonard enlisted with him. I am thus particular in stating the names of his comrades, for I am unable to give the names of his officers or the number or description of the Regiment to which he was attached. These persons made the number required from that town at that time, - He was mustered at Pittsfield and marched to West Point. He remained at West Point til Sept of that year was then sent to Albany. from then marched to Saratoga, from

Thence sent with two others on a Scout to Lake George Landing, on their return his Comrades were killed and he severely wounded by a party of the enemy and taken prisoner. remained a prisoner in the neighbourhood of Montreal til a year from the next Nov. on the 17th of that month sailed from Quebec in a Transport bound to Boston & was exchanged. (In the mean time he was returned by his Commandant as killed) He returned to the Army the following Spring 1783. at West Point, was with the American Army at the Evacuation of the City of New York by the British in Nov of that year and soon after discharged. After his return to Windsor (having been refused pay for the time he was a prisoner) a strong petition was got up in that town and the State paid him for that portion of his time.
I wish to obtain from Your Office all the evidence the rolls and records contain of his enlistment & service, duly authenticated, and forwarded to me. My husband died before the law authorised a pension for him and he has left no papers by which I can give the names of his officers - and none of his Comrades can now be found - His services are notorious, but they rest in General reputation only. I am not ignorant of the regulations of Your Office, whether fees will be required, & if so, how much to permit - but if fees are required

I will remit the amount by return of Mail.
I am sensible that it will not require any urgent solicitation on my part, to obtain all that your Department contains, that will be of service to the Widow of a Native of Massachusetts who bled freely in the War of the Revolution.
I am respectfully Yours &c.
Dear Harwood
Hon
A. Ferriss Care of Mr Amos M.

Rushville (N.Y.) 7. Dec 1843
Hon J L Edwards
Sir
I herewith enclose The Certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts, which is offered as proof of Oliver Harwood's services, in the application of Widow Fanny Harwood for a Pension under the act of July 7, 1838
I hope it will be found sufficient to supply the deficiency of proof in her case, I am with Great respect Your Obedient Servt
A. Torrey