Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4693, Benjamin Hains, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Hains, Benjamin Häynes,
W. 4693
Bl. Reg 312065 - Oct 2-3-1855-
Sophia
CONTENTS

let 7 March 1838 Hon D. B. Wagener
18480
Pennsylvania Benjamin Hays
of Wayne Co in the State of Penna who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Dubois of the New York line, for the term of War
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 31. of August 1820
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of Jan y 1822 and for the ben. T. J. Rogers Henry Hays
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1821  97.31 Semi-ann. all ce ending March 1822  48
12  may 4/ 8  31/30 96 1. 6 25 97.31
$145.31
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
May 1. 1820

See letter to No. 1 D. D. Wagener. 15 June 1838 - Do. to R. D. Lathrop Nov. 9. 1838 -
Let. D. Seale 31 Jan 1839
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 March 1838 to 4 th Sept 1838. Age notified 31. Aug 1839
Let. 22 Jan 1842 Hon B. A. Bidlack
Letter to 3 rd Auditor. Nov 16 th 1842
Paid as above from 4 th March 1840 to Sept 4 th 1841. Age notified Nov 26 th 1842
312063
Pennsylvania 2,076
Sophia Haynes widow of Benjamin Haynes
NY who died on the 22 nd July 1822 of Luzerne Co in the State of Penn ne , who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t , commanded by Col. Dubois in the N. York line for 7 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents, per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st day of May 1838 and sent to Roger Haynes Esq r . Present
Arrears to the 4 th of March '38. 163.33 Semi-annual allowance ending 1 st Sep. " 11.66
$175.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 rd -
Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk
Book A. Vol. 2
Page 140

Pike County ss Aaron Westbrook aged about sixty five years being duly sworn saith that he has known Benjamin Haynes who made the foregoing declaration ever since before the year of 1776 - that he enlisted in the service of the United States in the month of May 1776 under one captain Jacob Dewitt of the Pennsylvania during the war at a place called Pen Pack on the Delaware River in the state of New York - that he served with him in the service of the United States for more than one year at one time, and was with him at the battle of McCarthy's with the Indians on the Delaware River in the state of Pennsylvania - said was with him at the battle with the Indians at Red Bank  Red Bank and at the close of the war the said Benjamin Haynes was honorably discharged at McCarthy's in the state of Pennsylvania - that  further this deponent saith not - Aaron Westbrook Sworn and subscribed before me this 19 th day of November 1821 - D. Jayne J.P.
Pike County ss I do further hereby certify that the above named Aaron Westbrook is a credible witness - D. Jayne
Pike County ss I certify that Daniel Jayne whose name appears above is a justice of the peace acting under the authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as appears from the records now in my keeping In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office This 19 th day of Nov. A.D. 1821 In Brink Recorder

Tiike County ss
Philip M c Carty being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with Benjamin Hays who makes the foregoing declaration and has known him since before the year of 1776 - That he knew him whilst he was in service of the United States in the Continental service and have served with him as a soldier in the same Hays with him at a Battle with the Indians at M c Carty's which is my place of residence and also went with him on a scouting party up the Lackawanna River just after the battle at the mouth of Lackawanna in pursuit of the Indians and have known him since in the Continental establishment more than one year at one time and further this deponent saith not -
Philip M c Carty mark
Sworn and subscribed before me this 19 th day of Nov. 1821
D. Wayne
The County of Tiad further hereby certify that the above named Philip M c Carty is a credible witness and is considered a man of truth & veracity,
D. Wayne
Tiike County ss
I Certify that Daniel Wayne whose name appears above is an acting justice of the peace under the authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as appears from the Records in my keeping and full faith and credit are to be given to his acts as such witness my hand and seal of Office this 19 th day of Nov. 1821
J. Brink Recorder
Feb. 11 37 1/2

Benjamin Hain, Penn.
My.
Capt. J. R. Smith Capt. Rangers, Penna 7 m. In the line of march.
From Mr. ... March 29th 183...

Perry Coania } 4 Wayne County } 4
On this thirty first day of August A.D. eighteen hundred and twenty personally appeared in open court of Cheyenne Pleas in and for the County of Wayne & being a Court of Record having been made such by the Laws of Perry Coania Sec act of 22 May 1722 & 3 Benjamin Hains aged about seventy nine years and resident in the County of Wayne who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the provision of the acts of Congress of the 18 March 1818 and the first of May 1820, that he the said Benjamin Hains could during the war on or about the month of May 1776 at a place called Deer Park on the Delaware River in the State of New York in the Company commanded by Captain Joseph Dewett junior in the Regiment commanded by Col. Dubois who at that time resided near the Mill-Hill in the town of Minisink and State of New York, in the line of the State of New York in the Continental establishment and continued to serve in the said Corps for upwards of nine months during which time his Captain was broken and Lieut. Bell took the command in that he was ordered from the said Corps by his commanding officer, together with one Benjamin Brink on the frontier as a pilot and served in that capacity to the troops station thereon, being well acquainted with the country between the Rivers Delaware and Susquehanna, along the River Lackawanna etc. That he was ordered as a Spy by General Hand to go to Tioga Point on the Susquehanna River to ascertain the situation of the enemy who had then encamped at that place under the command of one Butler as he believes that on his return he was ordered as a pilot to General Sullivan's Army that then lay at Stroudsburg near the Delaware River and conducted them through the Wilderness to Wilkesbarre on the Susquehanna River, and from thence to Newtown in the State of Pennsylvania - and continued to serve in the service of the United States until the end of the war when he was discharged at McCarthy's in the State

of Pennsylvania - That he was in the Battle of Red Bank at the time a Major Wood was taken prisoner by the Indians - and also at the Battle of Red Bank and McCarty's with the Indians on the Delaware River and also at the taking of Fort Muguay - That he at this time is not able to furnish any testimony other than than the affidavit of Walter Trumble which is hereto subjoined -
Sworn and Subscribed in my presence Open Court the 21 st of Sept. 1890 Before me
Benjamin H. Haines his mark
Sheldon orerton
Walter Trumble aged 64 years being duly sworn in open court as aforesaid doth declare and say that he is well acquainted with Benjamin Haines, who made the fore- going declaration, and ever has been ever since before the year 1776 that he enlisted in the Army of the United States under one Captain Jacob DeWitt Smith with he was also to be acquainted that he knows the said Benjamin Haines served as a Pilot to General Sullivan's Army to conduct the said Corps from Stroudsburg near the Delaware River through the woods to Wilkesbarre and from thence to Newtown on the Susquehanna River - That he served as a pilot to the Virginia Troops conducting them to them to the mouth of the Lachawanna River and from thence to Coshocton - The commanding Officer of this detachment his present does not recollect - but a person by the name of Alexander Patterson served as commissary - And further this deponent saith not
Sworn and Subscribed in Open Court { Walter Trumble
Abisha Woodward
And in pursuance of the act of 1 st May 1890 I do hereby swear that I was a resident citizen of the United on the the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift sale or otherwise disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision 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 on the 18th day of March A.D. 1818. And that I have not nor has any person for me in trust 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.
That property he has now - 1 Cow, 1 Harn. Bed, 3 old benches used as chairs, 4 old chairs, 1 bed and box, 1 Thresh, 1 Rifle Gun, Benjamin Hains
I am by occupation a Common Laborer and am now afflicted with the Rheumatism in both my shoulders, by which with other infirmities I am for the most time rendered unable to discharge any business. I have a Wife Rachel aged about 48 years, a healthy and industrious woman. I have six children none of whom reside with me and who are in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to contribute to my support.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31. Aug. 1820. Sheldon Norton
Pennsylvania } ss. Wayne County }
I Sheldon Norton Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Wayne, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty five dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this fourth day of September A.D. 1820.
Sheldon Norton Prothonotary of the Court of Com. Pleas of Wayne Co.

State of Pennsylvania
on the third day of January A.D. 1838 personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Susquehanna Sophia Heynes, widow of Benjamin Heynes a revolutionary soldier and pensioner of the United States (deceased), a resident of Carbondale Susquehanna County Penna aged about Seventy eight 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 4 th 1836: That she is the widow of Benjamin Heynes who was a private soldier in the rebel Revolutionary war, that at the time her said husband entered the Army he was as near as she recollects a resident of Montague Township, Sussex County New Jersey he first served as an enlisted soldier and continued in the Army to the close of the war whether all the time under enlistments she does not know. That he served under Captains Van Etten Lewis and Westbrook and was as she recollects once under the immediate Command of General Washington. That he was in the battle of Trenton and in a battle fought between the Americans and Indians on the west side of the Delaware river in Pennsylvania about four miles from the place where Milford now is in Pike County, he was at this time as she thinks under the Command of Captain Van Etten, that he was also in the battle of Bunker Hill in the State of New York and as she thinks at that time under the Command of Captain Westbrook she recollects also that he was in a skirmish with the Indians at the mouth of the Lackawaxen river, that about this time her husband took a Tory by the name of Sora to the Easton Jail whom he with some others took off of his horse at or near Cachaeton on the Delaware. She further says that her husband was both before and after their marriage with the Army as a soldier in different parts of the Country, but she does not recall all the places he passed through, but

that he was as near as she can recollect in Sullivan's Army at the time he went up the Susquehanna river in pursuit of Indians She further declares that she was married to the said Benjamin Haynes in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight or nine she does not recollect certainly which that her husband continued in the Army after they were married till its close and was in several engagements some of which she has mentioned after their marriage, that her husband the aforesaid Benjamin Haynes died on the 18th day of July 1822 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by the reference to the proof hereto annexed. She further says that she has no documentary evidence of her husband's services or of his discharge, but that he was himself a pensioner up to the time of his death and that the evidence upon which he was pensioned she presumes is on file in the pension office that he was pensioned as she thinks in the year 1821 or 1822.
Sophia her  Haynes mark
Sworn and subscribed to in open court on the 30 day of January 1838
Geo Smith Pres

State of Pennsylvania
Suzer County
Personally appeared in open court This third day of January A.D. 1838 Roger Haynes who being duly sworn according to law deponeth & saith that he is the son of Benjamin Haynes and a pensioner of the United States and a soldier of the revolution. That his father died on or about the 18th of July A.D. 1822 That his mother Sophia Haynes is the present applicant for a pension has remained unmarried since the death of the her husband the aforesaid Benjamin Haynes, to to his certain knowledge
Sworn & subscribed in open court the 3rd day of January A.D. 1838
Roger Haynes
W. B. Smith Not

312,065
Pension
Charles Kennedy
dis.

Pennsylvania
Wayne County ss
Personally appeared before me The subscriber Regula for the Probate of Wills and granting of letters of Administration in and for the County of Wayne Rosa Hains who being duly sworn saith that he is the son of Benjamin Hains and Sophia Hains of Wayne County now deceased Benjamin Hains was a soldier in the Revolution, I believe in Capt. Westbrook's Company of New Jersey, of this the deponent is not certain but he was placed on the Pension Roll, he died in the year in 1822 in July or August, He left a widow Sophia Hains my mother my mother Sophia obtained through my agency a pension of half pay during her life and died in Carbondale in 1843 in July or August The papers in relation to these matters are in the Pension Office he believes and perhaps they may be found but at present he knows not where they are - Sophia Hains my mother the wife of Benjamin Hains deceased leaving three children who were her only heirs to wit the Rosa Hains Deborah now intermarried with Peter Simpson and Abraham Hains He further swears that he has for a valuable consideration transferred before this time all his interest in the estate of his mother Sophia real or personal to Uriah Simpson one of the children of my sister Deborah and therefore has no interest in the application now being made by the heirs of my mother Sophia.
Sworn and subscribed before me February 8, 1858.
Roger Haines
Wm G. Arnold Register of Wills &c for Wayne County
Pa. The above Affidavit was sworn and subscribed to before me on the 8 th day of February A.D. 1858 and I hereby certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person
Wm G. Arnold Register of Wills &c

State of Penn a
Wayne County ss
Before me the subscribed Register for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration in and for the County of Wayne personally came W m Hall aged sixty two years residing in Mount Pleasant Township Wayne County and after being duly sworn saith that he known Benjamin Hains then of Mount Pleasant T o  the Wayne County Penn a  for forty years ago and up to the time of his death. He left a widow Sophia Hains who he understood and believes obtained a pension in right of her husband as the widow of a Revolutionary Soldier - Benjamin Hains died about the year Eighteen hundred and twenty two, I assisted in burying him and after his death  preparing his will in her house - His wife died at Carbondale in Luzerne County some six to ten years after the death of her husband - Benjamin Hains leaving three children to wit Deborah now married to Peter Simpson, Rosa Hains and Abraham Hains
Sworn and subscribed before me
William Hall
This 8 th day of February 1859.
Wm G. Arnold
Register of Wills &c, for Wayne County Penn a
The above affidavit was sworn & subscribed to before me on the 8 th day of February A.D. 1858 and I hereby certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person.
Wm G. Arnold
Register of Wills &c,

Pennsylvania Wayne County ss:
Personally appeared before me the subscriber, Register for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration Charles Kennedy (aged Sixty six years) a resident of Mount Pleasant Township Wayne County who, being duly affirmed, doth depose and say that he knew Benjamin Haynes for a long time before his death (who lived in Mount Pleasant Township Wayne County) and died about the year 1822 or 1823, leaving a Widow who lived some years after the death of her husband - At her death there were three children named Deborah (Married with Peter Simpson), Roger, and Abram Haynes -
Affirmed & Subscribed before me this 8 th day of Feb. 1859 Wm G. Arnold
Chas. Kennedy
Register of Wills &c for Wayne Co. Penn a
The above affidavit was sworn & subscribed to before me I certify that I know the Affiant to be a credible person
Wm G. Arnold
Register of Wills &c.

Pennsylvania Wayne County ss:
Personally appeared before me the Sub- scriber, Register for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration Charles Kennedy (aged Sixty six years) a resident of Mount Pleasant Township Wayne County who being duly affirmed, doth depose and say that he knew Ben- jamin Haynes for a long time before his death. (who lived in Mount Pleasant Township Wayne County) and died about the year 1822 or 1823, leaving a Widow who lived some years after the death of her husband - At her death there were three Chil- dren named Deborah (Married with Peter Simpson), Roger, and Abram Haynes.
Affirmed & Subscribed before me this 8 th day of Feb. 1859 Wm G. Arnold
Chas Kennedy
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
WAYNE COUNTY, ss.
I, _____ Prothonotary and Clerk of the several Courts in and for Wayne County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that _____ Esq., is and was at the time of taking the foregoing acknowledgement an acting Justice of the Peace  Register & Recorder in and for said Coun- ty, duly qualified and commissioned as such, and by the laws of Pennsylvania is duly authorized to take such ac- knowledgement, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, this 21. day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
Jno K. Jenkins PROTHONOTARY, CLERK, &c.
ms 38

3/2.065—

State of Pennsylvania } p. County of Wayne }
On. This 18 th day of February A.D. 1861 before me a justice of the peace in and for the said County, personally appeared Deborah Simpson aged sixty four years, who being duly sworn saith that she resides in Mount Pleasant Wayne County Penna and has resided there since her infancy That she is the oldest child of Benjamin & Sophia Haines deceased late of Mount Pleasant aforesaid. That her said father was a Soldier of the Revolution & was placed on the pension list about the year 1822 (but whether of the line of Pennsylvania or New Jersey this deponent cannot state) as by reference to records in pension office will appear.
And she further saith that her said father Benjamin Haines died about the year 1822 leaving a Widow Sophia Haines my Mother, who drew a pension in right of the said husband Benjamin Haines until the time of her death which occurred at Carbondale (where she resided for some years about the year 1844, that the said Sophia Haines left three children (all heirs of said Benjamin Haines & of herself) vid to wit. Deborah now the (who was intermar- ried unto Peter Simpson who died February 6. 1861.) This deponent (who has on more than one occasion seen her Mothers Certificate of pension.) also Roger

Waines who, has conveyed all his interest in the estate of My Mother Sophia Haines into My son Aruel Simpson Haines as the deponent understands & believes & also Abraham Haines. She further saith that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she & the other heirs of Benjamin Haines are entitled by acts of Congress
And she further declares that neither her father nor her mother have applied for or received Bounty land as she understands and believes, And she further saith that neither herself or any of the heirs of Benjamin & Sophia Haines have applied for or received Bounty land under any act of Congress her
Witness
C. F. Burred N. Williams
Deborah Simpson mark
We Nathaniel B. Eldred & Thomas Spangenberg residents of Bethany Wayne County Pennsylvania, upon our oaths, and affirmation declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by Deborah Simpson in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements & from our own knowledge that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
N. Eldred Thos Spangenberg
The foregoing declaration an affidavit were sworn to before me on the day & year above written & I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons & that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be & that I have no interest in this claim B. J. West N.P.

State of Penna Wayne County ss.
Personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for said County. Thomas Spangenburg of the County of Wayne and State of Penna and after being duly sworn  affirmed saith, being eighty five years old on June last. That he has known Benjamin Haines deceased formerly of Wayne County and State of Penna since the year seventeen hundred and ninety five up to the time of his death; It was always understood that during the revolutionary war he acted with the United States troops as an Indian spy. That some forty years ago he was placed on the pension list as a Soldier of the Revolution.
That after his death his widow Sophia Haines was placed on the pension list in the right of her said husband Benjamin Haines and drew her pension up until the time of her death in Eighteen hundred & forty five when she died as this Affirmant understands & believes. This Affirmant understands that the heirs of Benjamin Haines and Sophia Haines are applying for the bounty land allowed them by Act of Congress.
That he has been familiar with the children of Benjamin Haines and Sophia Haines from their infancy. They left three children, to wit. Roger Haines (whose deposition is taken in this case) also Abraham Haines and Deborah Haines now intermarried with Peter Simson. They all reside in this County. And they are the only children of Benjamin and Sophia Haines, who were here placed on the pension list as above referred to. And this Affirmant further saith that, he has no interest what ever in this

Application for bounty Land. We further believe that neither of the children can either read or write except that it may be that Roger Haines may be able sign his name.
Thos Spangenberg
Thomas Spangenberg
Affirmed and subscribed to before me this 18 day of February (A.D. 1861.) This affidavit I certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person, & the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be
B. J. West, U. P.

State of Penn s
Wayne County Is.
Personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for said County Nathaniel B. Eldred of the County of Wayne & State of Pennsylvania and after being duly sworn said being sixty six years of age in January last. That he has known Benjamin Haines deceased formerly of Wayne County Penns since the year of eighteen hundred & twelve up to the time of his death. It was always understood and believed that during the revolution he acted with the United States troops as an Indian Spy that in or about the year A.D. eighteen hundred and twenty two he was placed on the pension list as a Soldier of the Revolution but whether he was in the line of Penns or New Jersey he cannot now state
That this deponent drew up his papers which doubtless are on file at the proper office at Washington & that his pension certificate he has seen. After the death of Benjamin Haines his widow Sophia Haines was placed on the pension list in right of her husband Benjamin Haines and drew her pension up until the time of her death in eighteen hundred and forty three, when she died as this deponent understands and believes. This deponent understands that the heirs of Benjamin Haines and Sophia Haines are applying for the bounty land allowed them by act of Congress
That he has been familiar with the children of Benjamin and Sophia Haines from their infancy they left three children, to wit, Roger Haines (whose deposition is taken in this case), also Abraham Haines. and Deborah Haines, now intermarried with Peter Simson, they all reside in this County

And are the only children of Benjamin and Sophia Haines, who heretofore were placed on the pension list as above referred to, And the deponent further saith that he has no interest in this application for Bounty Land, whatever. He further believes that neither of the children can either read or write except it may be the Roger Haines may be able to sign his name
A.B. Deard Swain and Subscribed to (before J. S. Bland ) me this 18 day of February Eighteen hundred & sixty one) This affidavit and I certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person & the applicant is the person she represents herself to be B.T. West V. R.
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
WAYNE COUNTY, ss.
I, John R. Jenkins ————— Prothonotary and Clerk of the several Courts in and for Wayne County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Benjamin T. West ————— Esq., is and was at the time of taking the foregoing acknowledgement an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly qualified and commissioned as such, and by the laws of Pennsylvania is duly authorized to take such acknowledgement, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, this 21 st — day of February ————— one thousand eight hundred and fifty sixty one —
John R. Jenkins PROTHONOTARY, CLERK, &c.

Hon. J. L. Edwards. Com. Pens.

Southport McKean County Penn a
May 19 th 1838
To J. G. Edwards
Dear Sir
I have been called on by the friends of the Widow of Benjamin Haynes deceased formerly of Wayne County Penn a to make some explanation in relation to the declaration of Benjamin Haynes for a pension whose papers were drawn up by me and in which he states the name of his wife to be Rachel" - I well recollect that I drew up the papers for Benjamin Haynes but I cannot now distinctly recollect the time but it was not far from the year Eighteen Hundred and twenty - I then resided in Wayne County Penn a - I became acquainted with Benjamin Haynes in A.D. 1813. or 1814 and frequently saw him until his death I had seen his wife several times she was an aged woman at the time I drew her husband's declaration, but her name I do not recollect, but she was the same woman with whom he resided when I first knew him and resided with him at his death and was afterwards called his widow - I learn from Rosa Hains the (son of Benjamin) and from the Affidavits of E. Kellogg and T. Spangenberg Esq s that the widows name is "Sophia" - I cannot account certainly for this variation in the name and whether the mistake is one of my own I cannot say, but I am confident that there is some mistake in drawing up the declaration as there was no other person of the name of Benjamin Haynes in the County of Wayne or elsewhere to my knowledge but the one whose declaration I prepared - I know the whole family and saw the widow after the death of her husband, she was the same person who had proposed for his wife and believed to be such ever since I first knew the family - After the death of her husband Benjamin she called on me in relation to her husband's pension - she was then an old woman
Benjamin Haynes was a Connecticut man and spoke very broken English and I recollect that I had great difficulty in understanding him sufficiently to draw up his declaration, besides he was a very ignorant man - in feeble health

and his name at times was somewhat complained by age and infirmity - I recollect the circumstance that he gave me his age at first quite too young and afterwards corrected himself by conversing with one old man who knew him from a boy - If my recollection serves me he could neither read nor write nor had he any need of his age - from the affidavits of Mr Kellogg and Mr Sprangenburg, who I very well knew, I cannot for a moment doubt but the widow's name is inserted wrong in the declaration. I may have misunderstood it considering the broken manner in which he spoke - or I may have stated her name wrong in the hurry of drawing up the papers. Something of the kind must have occurred if her name is "Sophia" for I cannot be but satisfied from my own knowledge that the woman now applying is the widow of Benjamin Haines whose pension papers I drove and who was placed on the pension list - having known her long before as well as since the death of Benjamin Haines - I make this statement with pleasure and hope it may be satisfactory as I should regret extremely that the old lady should be deprived of her pension & particularly if it was occasioned by any mistake of my own -
Very Respectfully
Yours & N. B. Elmer

My dear Sir
The bearer Roger Hains will call on you. He is an old acquaintance of mine and has some business in the Pension department which he will explain to you - I will esteem it a favor if you will render him such assistance as you can conscientiously -
In haste with Great Respect
Yours N. F. Elmer
Hon c D. D. Maynard A. Plummer Genl. S. McKean
May 19 th 1838

and
Smithport Pa. { May 23 { May 31.
Brig Haines' M.D. Pension Department
J. G. Edward Esq.
Washington City

Smithport • Warren Co. Penn a May 19 th 1838
To J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir
I have been called on by the friends of the Widow of Benjamin Hains deceased family of Wayne County Penn a to make some explanation in relation to the declaration of Benjamin Hains for a pension whose papers were drawn up by me and in which he states the name of his wife to be "Rachel" - I will recollect that I drew up the papers for Benjamin Hains but I cannot now distinctly recollect the time but not far from the year of Eighteen hundred and twenty I then resided in Wayne County Penn a I became acquainted with Benjamin Hains who made his application for a pension, in Eighteen hundred and thirty or thirty one and frequently saw him until his death I had seen his wife several times. She was an aged Woman at the time but her name I do not now recollect but the same woman with whom he resided when I first knew him, was living at his decease and called his Widow - I understand from Roger Hains the son and from the affidavits of E. Kellogg and Thomas Spangenberg Esq s that the widows name is "Sophia". I cannot account certainly for this variation in the name and whether the mistake is from  one of my own I cannot say but certain I am that there is some mistake in drawing up the original papers, as there was no other person of the name of Benjamin Hains in the County of Wayne, or elsewhere to my knowledge but the one whose declaration I drew up. I know the whole family and saw the Widow after the death of her husband Benjamin, she was the same person who had passed for his wife and believed to be such ever since I first knew the family - after the death of her husband she called on me in relation to her husband's pension, her case appeared

to be greater than that mentioned in her husband's declaration. She was then an old woman - Benjamin Haynes was a low dutch- Spoke very bad English and I recollect that I had great difficulty in understanding him sufficiently to draw his declaration - he was a very ignorant man and in feeble health and could not give me truly his own age - I recollect the circumstance that he gave me his age at first quite too young and corrected it afterwards by a conversation with an old man who knew him from a boy - If my recollection serves me he could neither read nor write nor had he any record of his age -
From the affidavits of M c Kelley & M c Spangenberg I cannot for a moment doubt but the widow's name is inserted improperly - I may have misunderstood Benjamin as to the name as his language was partly low dutch & partly English like a mixture of both - or I may have stated her name wrong in the hurry of business - something of this kind must have occurred if her name is "Sophia" for I cannot otherwise than satisfy from my own knowledge of her that she was his widow having known her so long before Benjamin's death and also subsequent to that time - I make this statement with pleasure and hope it may be satisfactory to the department as I should regret extremely that the old lady should be deprived of her pension and partic- -ularly if it was occasioned by any mistake of my own
Very Respectfully
Yours
N. B. Eldredge
McKean County B3
N. B. Eldredge being duly sworn saith that the facts set forth in the above and foregoing letter are true to the best of his knowledge and belief
N. B. Eldredge
Sworn and subscribed before me this 21 st May 1838
John E. Piles J.P.

R. D. LaMotte

Pike County ss. I hereby certify that Jacob Lott who subscribed and swore to the foregoing affidavit is a person of good character & worthy of belief and that I am well acquainted with said deponent. Witness my hand this 23 rd day of July 1838. D. M. Haggerty S. H.
Pike County ss. I Daniel W. Dingman Jr. Recorder & & Notary Public of Pike County. do hereby certify that David W. Haggerty Esquire before whom the foregoing proceedings were had was at the time thereof and still is an acting Justice of the peace duly commissioned & and further the signatures thereto subscribed to be said Justice, to said affidavit & certificate affixed are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 23 rd day of July 1838. D. W. Dingman Jr.

Pennsylvania G Personally appeared before Pike County U  G me the subscriber a justice of the peace for said County Jacob Lott of the township of Milford in said County, and being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that he was well acquainted with Benjamin Haynes a soldier of the Revolutionary war that said Haynes resided at that time in the County of Sussex in the State of New Jersey. that this deponent distinctly recollects that said Haynes served under Captain Abraham Shimer of Colonel Jacob Rosen crants Regiment of New Jersey Militia. This deponent at present says that said Haynes was enlisted under said Shimer for a definite time. nor can this deponent say in what year during the Revolution war said Haynes served under said Shimer. nor can this deponent say what length of time said Haynes served under said Shimer. - Yet he this deponent is confident said Haynes done the duties of a soldier under said Shimer & other officers during the said war and said Haynes was stationed under said Shimer at a place in the township of Montague in said Sussex County New Jersey. and this deponent further says that said Haynes served under said Shimer on the frontier "one season" which generally consisted of five or six months and further this deponent saith not.
Second subscriber before me July 23 1838. D. Murphy R.
his Jacob T Lott mark

Pike County ss. I hereby certify that Jacob Lott who subscribed and swore to the foregoing affidavit is a person of good character & worthy of belief and that I am well acquainted with said deponent - Witness my hand this 23 rd day of July 1838. D. W. Hagerty J.P.
Pike County ss. I Daniel W. Dingman Jr. Recorder & & Notary Public of Pike County. do hereby Certify that David W. Hagerty Esquire before whom the foregoing proceeding were had was at the time thereof and still is an acting Justice of the peace duly commissioned & and further the signatures thereto subscribed to be said Justice to said affidavit & certificate affidavit are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 23 rd day of July 1838. D. W. Dingman Jr.

J. L. Edward Jr. from David Maynard

J L Edwards Esq
My dear Sir,
I enclose
your additional Evidence in the case of the Widow Haynes, for an increase of Pension -
Your prompt atten- tion will oblige your friend H.S.
David O Mayhew
House of Rep
June 14 1838.
With Mr. Curtis Letter to which I also call your attention -
H.S.M.

Jan 22 1842
Dear Friend
W. L. Edwards Comm. Penn Washington D.C.
B. A. Bidwell H.R.

Washington D.C. May 23/21
My Dear Sir,
Please respond to my on the within in order that I may apply to it with respect to B. B. Clark

From (Dana D'Nagene)
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissaire of Pensions Nashville City
acnd 7 mo per- 23'35 the amount
Roger Williams Esq. Present

Colonel of Reserves Saturday May 27 1888
J. S. Edwards Esq.
My dear Sir -
The Bearer is Mr. Haynes, Son of Sophia, widow of Benjamin Haynes, who has come on with additional evidence in relation to the identity of his Mother - I hope they will be satisfactory. Judge Eldred (a gentleman of the first & respected ability) has in his communication clearly made out that the Error was made by him, & that he has no doubt that this is the same Lady, who was the mother of Haynes - about leaving the City for a few days, prevents me from seeing you personally. I do trust that you will have no further difficulty in granting her the Pension - Yours
David S. Magerer

March 3.
In-ats 18th
From David D. Morgan
David D. Morgan W.R.
A. L. Edward. Esq. Commissioner of Customs Washington City. D.C.

Dear Edward E,
Sir,
You will please examine the Enclosure, and give me such information as is within your power in relation to the application.
Very Respectfully Yours (D r D r Weyman)
Home of Miss D. March 3 1838.

Jan 8 W file in the Mr. Hayne's papers
James
James Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions Washington D. C.

Wilkes Barre January 5. 1838
James L. Edwards Esquire
Sir I have this day deposited the proceedings had before the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County in the case of Sophia Haynes an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress of July 4. 1836, in the Post Office directed to the Secretary at War. If the evidence is not complete, you will please address me at Carbondale my place of residence. If it is deemed sufficient you will please send me the Certificate. Her husband was pensioned in 1821 or 2, his documentary evidence is on file in your office. Have you instructions as to the mode of obtaining pensions under the various Acts of Congress, and could you furnish me? By so doing you would much oblige
Your obedient Servant
Elvis Jones Jr
PS. Mrs Haynes is in needy circumstances

Mar 22
Rev. Haynes
From David Maynard
St. Lawrence
L. Edward Compton and Washington City D.C.

Dear Mr. May. March 21. 1832
H. Edwards Esq. Sir.
I enclose you Mr. Jones' Letter, which you will please notice. I leave the subject, with a single remark, that I have not a doubt, but there is a mistake in the charge that there is no idea that any deception was thought of.
Yours Respectfully David D. May
Return the Enclosed Letter, with your Reply.

Penn a Pike County ss
Samuel Helm of the township of Milford Pike County, Pensioner of the United States, in the seventy ninth year of his age being duly sworn according to law, deponeth & saith that he was well acquainted with Benjamin Hanes a revolutionary soldier who served in Captain Peter Westbrook Company of Col d Jacob Rowencrance Regiment of New Jersey Militia that in the month of May in in the year 1779 the said Benjamin Hanes together with this deponent enlist- ed in the Company of said Peter Westbrook then stationed at a place called "Westbrook's fort" in the County of Sussex and State of New Jersey and the said Benjamin together with this deponent continued in the service of the United States as soldiers under the command of said Officer until the month of November following that the said Benjamin & this deponent on the following year to wit 1780 in the month of March again enlisted in the service of the United States under the said Peter Westbrook and the said Benjamin and this deponent were in the battle or engagement fought by the Americans and the Indians in the month of March in the same year on the west side of the Delaware River on the Coneshaugh Creek now in the County of Pike, in which engagement Captain Peter Westbrook & Lieutenant Ennis were both killed by the Indians and at the same time this deponent was wounded in both thighs, and after the death of Captain Westbrook, deponent believes Captain Peter Pestman succeeded to the command of the said "fort" and the said deponent after his recovery from his wounds, rejoined his Company to which the said Benjamin belonged and deponent further says the said Benjamin continued to serve as a soldier during the year last mentioned until about the month of November following, that in the year following to wit 1781 said Benjamin together with this deponent enlisted in the month of April entered into the service of the United States

under said Captain Peter Putman of Col. Jacob Roemer's Regiment then stationed at said Westbrooks fort, and the said Benjamin with deponent continued to do duty as soldiers that year until the month of October following, after which time deponent removed and went to a place called, Mamakating Hollow in New York State. The services of said Benjamin & deponent during the first second & third years that they served as soldiers under the same Officers, consisted in making frequent marches of exploration on the frontiers, in gaining & giving intelligence of the Indian enemy, and in doing the ordinary duties of a soldier and further saith not. Seen & subscribed before me
This 9 th June 1838- D. M. Haggerty J.P.
James D. Leachman
The County ss I D r Haggerty Esq. a Justice of the peace for said County do certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Nelson the also named deponent, that he is a person of good character, & his statement is entitled to credit & belief.
D. M. Haggerty J.P.
Pennsylvania.
Dauphin County ss I Daniel M. Dingman Jr. Recorder of Deeds De, and Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that David M. Haggerty Esq. before whom the foregoing Affidavit was taken, and by whom the above Certificate was made was at the time thereof and still is an acting Justice of the peace for said County duly Commissioned &c. and further I certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice & know the signature of said Justice purporting to be his to said Affidavit & Certificate as being the genuine. In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court this 9 th June 1838. D. M. Dingman Jr. Esq.

Mr. D. D. Wagener Mr

Pennsylvania ss Wayne County ss 3
Personally appeared before me the subscriber One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Thomas Spangenberg Esquire of the Borough of Bethany in said County aged Sixty two years and upwards who being duly affirmed according to Law doth depose and say - That he has resided in this County for more than forty years last past. That he knew Benjamin Hoagney who was a pensioner under the Laws of Congress and who died in said County about the year Eighteen hundred and twenty two - That he never knew or heard of any other man by the name of Benjamin Hoagney That he knew the wife of the said Benjamin Hoagney and has known her for more than forty years past and always knew her by the name of Sophia Hoagney - That the said Benjamin Hoagney had the reputation of being an indian spy and an indian killer in the Revolutionary war and that he had the particular reputation of killing an indian by the name of "Kanope" - That he never knew of any other Hoagney than the said Benjamin who had the reputation of being in the Revolutionary war or of having a pension
affirmed and subscribed before me this 17 th day of March AD 1838
James Manning

Pennsylvania Wayne County ss 3
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Elphick Kellogg of the Borough of Bethany and County aforesaid aged Seventy two years and upwards who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he has resided in this County for more than forty years last past that he knew Benjamin Haynes who was a pensioner under the Laws of Congress in eighteen hundred and twenty two, and that he never knew or heard of any other man by that name that he knew and has known the wife of the said Benjamin Haynes for more than thirty years last past, and that the woman who is now making an application for a pension was the wife of the said Benjamin Haynes. That the said Benjamin Haynes had the reputation of taking a part in the war of the Revolution that he never knew of any other man by the name of Haynes who had that reputation. That he believes the individual who drew up the application of the said Benjamin Haynes made a mistake in calling her "Rachael" - That the deponent is informed that the papers and application of Benjamin Haynes in 1822 was drawn up by Nathaniel B. Leland who now resides in Warren County Penn a a distance of three hundred miles from here.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 17 th day of March 1838
E. Kellogg
James Manning

Pennsylvania Wayne County ss
I Paul S Preston Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby Certify that James Manning before whom the foregoing depositions were taken is an acting associate Judge for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the individuals who have subscribed to the foregoing depositions are men of integrity
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and seal of office this Seventeenth day of March Anno Domini 1838 - and that the signatures of the said James Manning - and of Thomas Spangenberg and Elphalt Kellogg attached to the foregoing depositions are true and genuine -
Paul S Preston Prothonotary per P. G. Gouaux

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
August 20 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Sophia Haynes — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at the rate of Twenty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July, 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1838, to the 4 th Sept. 1838,
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Patten Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Nov. 18 th 1842.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Sophia Haggins , _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia, Pa. Agency, at the rate of Twenty three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March 1840, to the 4 th Sept. 1841.  Respectfully, yours,
 William L. Harris Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Montego Sugar Co St at present property Mr Garry Esq. Benjamin & Mary Calbeck on 39 A. friends of Sophia Hayne Can sending here song her husband Benjamin Hayne had joined into the War and I have known of his service Miss Montg. At one time Under Capt. Westbrooke then in the fort called Capt Courtright best for one year But the Colored Abt. Col. have been in the same for the last year. I have sent you that I am not likely to go for some time And there is not one with in here or like Miss Witness Margaret Gutner Mary Cowell Abraham United Mark a Deeper

Benjamin Haynes, Pa. Act March 18. 1878 to what time paid?
Pen Offic
March 7. 1838
Died 22 d July 1822. Arrearages paid.
S. H. Hill

State of New Jersey Superior Court
on this tenth day of Jan y in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty- nine personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the ushers of the peace in and for said county of Superior Abraham Kitter Edge Eighty three years on the third day of March next, who being duly sworn according to Law - doth depose and say that he resides in the township of Montague in said county of Sussex that he was well acquainted with Benjamin Haynes, that he entered in the army of the Revolutionary War under the command of Capt. Shime on the frontier on the Delaware River in said county of Sussex in the month of March or April in the year 1776 that he entered for nine months saw him in the series of events that occurred during the course of the season but what time he quit the service this deponent does not say or know and further saith not
Sworn and subscribed the day of  his  his and year above said - Abraham Kitter Commissary at Law
I certify that the above named deponent Ab r Kitter is a credible person and full of faith and credit may be given to him Commissary at Law
State of New Jersey Superior Court
I Joseph P. Edsall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county of Sussex do hereby certify that John Edsall Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition appeared to have been taken was at the time of taking the same and still is a justice of the peace and in good standing at the bar of this Court and that his signature above written is his true signature which I have herewith subscribed my name and affixed seal at Newton in said county the Twentieth day of January A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty-nine J. P. Edsall

David Searle Esq.
David Searle Preston

Washington Feb 27
Geo 610 history En, Dear Sir
In reference to the application of Hains children for bounty land I think you will find the word "minor" Excluded at the re session of the 35 Congress - May, Don.
U A Donniech

Pay  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4693
Sophia Haynes Wid.
Benjamin Haynes Port N.Y. City
Act: July 4 th /36, Sec. 3 rd
Index:—Vol. A , Page 303
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Hon. M. H. Wainwright Washington D.C.
Examiners of accounts Mr. Simmons & Co. the 1st of April - Shepherd Feb. 27. 1861

3/2068

Yours W. H. Dunnington.
Dear Sir
You will find in this envelope papers prepared to obtain the Bounty land due to the children of Benj. Haines dec d of this County a pensioner of the Revolution. The papers show that Ben Haines was placed on Pension list many years ago and died soon after, the Pension was obtained through me perhaps you remember as I think you was in my office at the time.
After I left here for the West in 1835 Ben Haines' widow obtained a Pension in right of her husband. They both rec d their Pension until their deaths. Their children now apply to me for their Bounty land. They apply to me to assist them perhaps they know I do such business for nothing. I can find neither of the Pension Certifs Roger Haines thinks they were burned up in a house at Carbondale. If I could find them they would aid the department in refering to their respective cases. While they are all on file in Washington and establish the fact that Ben Haines was a Soldier of the Revolution & that his Widow drew a pension in his right. & the papers enclosed prove their

(And only three) who are now applying for the Bounty Land. You know them I presume Abraham & Roger Haines and a daughter who married a Simpson. There is so little of this kind of business done here we have no close form. These persons are not only very poor but very ignorant as you know if you remember them. be kind enough to interest yourself for them & if the Warrant is granted please send me the forms necessary to sell & transfer the same. I have not the law before me but I believe the Warrant may be issued to an Administrator - please give this matter your early attention as I want to get rid of this family but I want justice done them
My health is poor and this letter is more than I have wrote in three months. I would like to say something about the crisis and the country but I cannot
As usual
Yours very Respectfully M B Colvard
P.S.
I have seen that a balance is due on both of Ben. Haines & his widows pensions if so will you inform me how it can be had
Yours
M B C

Sophia Haynes Pennsylvania
Suspended
See let. 7 th March 1838, Hon. W. D. Wagener.
same, Mar 22. 1838.
" " 27. 1838
" May 28. 1838

312,065 Act Mar 3/55
Roger Hains, heir of Benjamin Hains. died Prov.
Rev. War Capt Westbrook
Heard
Penn No 36- no 2076 Ser. Mand 1/61.
Hon W. H. Linnick Ho Reps.

Oke County ss Personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for said County. Thomas Van Etten of the township of Montague County of Sussex and State of New Jersey, about two miles distant from the town of Milford in Oke County who being duly sworn according to law, deponeth & saith that he is in the Seventieth year of his age and that he was acquainted with Benjamin Hoanes & Sophia Smith from his infancy and during the revolutionary war. That the said Sophia became the reputed wife of said Benjamin and that the said Benjamin & Sophia lived and cohabited together as man & wife before the battle was fought between the Americans and indians on the west side of the Delaware River in Pennsylvania about four miles distant from the place now called Milford in Oke County Penn a . of which said battle this deponent has a distinct recollection and has no doubt but that the said Benjamin was in said engagement and this deponent further says that Sophernine Westbrook by whom the said Benjamin & Sophia were said to be married was a justice of the peace in the County of Sussex and State of New Jersey and that the said Sophernine Westbrook married the sister of this deponent. That the said Sophernine West- brook has been dead about eight or nine years, and that he lived did not before his death act as a justice of the peace for about forty years or thereabouts and further this deponent says that

The said Benjamin Keane husband of said Sophia was reputed and believed by his neighbors to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and further this deponent saith not. Thomas Van Etten
Sworn & subscribed before me this 27 th Dec r 1837.
+ Francis A. Smith J.P. 18 12 th 37
Pike County ss I Francis A. Smith a Justice of the peace for said County do hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with Thomas Van Etten the deponent above named, and that he is a credible person and is entitled to be believed. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this 27 th Dec r 1837.
Francis A. Smith J.P. 18 12 th 37
Pennsylvania Pike County ss I Daniel W. Dingman for Recorder of Deeds in and for said County and Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Francis A. Smith Esquire before whom the above and foregoing affidavit on reposition was made and taken and at the time thereof &
Still is an acting Justice of the peace duly commis- sioned by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Penn a and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and know the signature to said affidavit assumed purporting to be his is genuine & further that full faith & credit is & ought to be given to his acts & doings as such. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 27 th Dec r 1837

hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Meeford this 27 th December AD 1837.
J. W. D. Wynona G. Proby
And the said Court declare it their opinion that the said Applicant is entitled to a pension that she is of good repute for honesty, and for truth and veracity, and that her statements are entitled to credit. Also that Roger Hynes who is this day examined in Court as a witness is also of good repute for truth and veracity, and that his statements are also entitled to credit.
State of Pennsylvania
Luzerne County ss
of the court of common pleas ! John Smith Prothonotary of Luzerne County do certify that the above and foregoing hereunto attached are the original proceedings had in open court in the matter of the application of Sophia Haines for a pension In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said court at Wilkes-Barre this Third day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirtyeight
J. Smith Prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania Wayne County
I Paul Preston, Prothonotary of the County Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Thomas Spangenberg is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly Commissioned and authorized by the laws of the State aforesaid to act as such. And further do certify that the signature within purporting to be his is true and genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Bethany this Thirtieth day of December A.D. 1837
Paul Preston Proffy.
per P. H. Woodrich

Penn a Wayne County ss
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County James Manning who after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was acquainted with Benjamin Haynes in his lifetime that immediately or a short time preceding his death and during his last sickness the physician ordered wine to be administered to the said Benjamin Haynes which was procured from deponent & which is charged to him on his books; the last item of which is under date of 12 th July Anno Domini 1822 and to the best of his recollection the said Haynes died a short time after wards, not exceeding three or four weeks. Deponent further saith that the said Benjamin Haynes at the time of his decease was a Pension- er of the United States for services rendered during the revolutionary War - and further saith not
Sworn & Subscribed before me the 30 th day of Dec 1833 Thos S Spangenberg Justice of the Peace
James Manning
Wayne County ss I Thomas Spangenberg a justice of the peace in and for said County do hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with James Manning and that he resides and for the last 20 years has resided in the Borough of Bethany County aforesaid. that he now holds a Commission and is an Acting justice of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County and that full faith & Credit may be given to the above deposition.
Thos S Spangenberg

Sophia & Agnes were introduced to Agnes as Deborah's sister and that the marriage of their Benjamin and Sophia both place before and little was possible. was the Deborah in the long that the said Benjamin and Agnes was always referred and friend in my home to have been a soldier in the revolution and to have been a soldier in the battle fought at Bunker Hill.

The County of Dauphin ss I Francis A. Smith a Justice of the peace for said County do hereby Certify that I well acquainted with Samuel Helm the deponent herein before named. That I have Known him for upwards of forty or thirty years past. That said Samuel Helm resides in the township of Mifflin in the County - and that he is a person of good character and is entitled to credit & belief. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 27 th Dec r 1837.
Francis A. Smith J.P. 1837
Pennsylvania
The County of Dauphin ss I Daniel W. Dingman for Recorder & Prothonotary of the County do hereby certify that Francis A. Smith Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit or deposition was made & taken was at the time thereof a real
Justice of the peace duly for said County duly commissioned by the Governor of said Commonwealth, and further that I am well acquainted with the signature of said Justice and know the same to said affidavit annexed purporting to be his as genuine & in his own proper hand & further full faith & credit is & ought to be given to his acts & doings as such Justice. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the County at Mifflin this 27 th December A.D. 1837.
D. W. Dingman for Prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania } I Daniel M. Dingman Jr To the County of } Recorder of Deeds &c in for the County of Pike and Prothonotary of the Court of Com- mon Pleas of said County Do hereby certify that Francis A Smith Esq. before whom the fore- going affidavit or deposition was taken, was at the time thereof and still is an acting Justice of the Peace duly commissioned by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and further I do certify that full faith and credit is & ought to be given to his acts and proceedings as such Justice and that I am well acquainted with the signature of said Justice and that the said signature purporting to be his affixed to the foregoing deposition is gen- uine and in his own proper hand. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Meeford this 27 th December 1837.
D. M. Dingman Jr Protho

State of Pennsylvania
Pike County ss. Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace of the town of Meaford in and for the County of Pike aforesaid Abraham Rittle a Revolutionary Soldier and Pensioner of the United States who resides in the township of Montague in the County of Sussex in the State of New Jersey about seven miles distant from said town of Meaford in Pike County and being duly sworn according to law, deposes and saith that he was well acquainted with Benjamin Hanes a Revolu- tionary Soldier and Sophia his wife formerly Sophia Smith before their marriage and before the Comm- encement of the Revolutionary war. That this depona- nt does not remember the month or year of the marriage of the said Benjamin Hanes and Sophia Smith but he is confident they were married during the Revolutionary war and some time before the close and termination of said war. That this deponent understood at the time of their marriage and readily believes they were married by Katherine Westbrook a Justice of the peace for the County of Sussex in the State of New Jersey. That the said Justice is now dead & has been dead for about ten years. That the said Benjamin Hanes and Sophia lived and cohabited together as man and wife and were reported as such by all who knew them in the neighbourhood where they lived during the Revolutionary war. And further this deponent recollects distinctly that the marriage of said Benjamin Hanes and Sophia took place before before the Engagement or Battle was fought on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River between the Americans under the Command of Captains Van Etten - Emnis & Westbrook

and the Indians about four Miles distant from the town of Milford in said Pike County and that the said Benjamin Hanes was in said engagement or battle. And further said deponent recollects that the said Benjamin and Sophia were married before the battle was fought at Bearer  Hoof  Hoof Brook on the Delaware in the State of New York and this deponent has no doubt and has every reason to believe that said Benjamin Hanes was in said Battle or engagement at Bearer  Hoof  Hoof Brook. and further that this deponent's acquaintance with said Benjamin continued from the period of the Revolutionary war until the time of his death and further this deponent saith not
Abraham his Rittle mark
Pike County ss. I do certify that the foregoing deposition of Abraham Rittle was duly taken sworn to and subscribed before me a Justice of the peace as above described and I do further certify that the said Abraham Rittle the above deponent is a person of good character & worthy of the utmost credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 23 day of December A.D. 1837.
Francis Smith J.P. 12/23/37

Pike County ss. Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County Samuel Helm a Soldier of the Revolution War and Pensioner of the United States and being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith that he was acquainted with Benjamin Hanes from his infancy and during the Revolutionary War and that he was also acquainted with Sophia Smith who became the wife of said Benjamin Hanes and that the said Benjamin Hanes at the time of his marriage with said Sophia resided in the County of Sussex and State of New Jersey and this deponent further says that he was present and saw the said Benjamin Hanes and Sophia married and this deponent further says that said Sophia before her marriage to said Benjamin resided & lived in the house of this deponent in the said County of Sussex and the said Benjamin & Sophia were married by Stephen Westbrook Esq. a Justice of the peace for the County of Sussex in the State of New Jersey. This deponent further says that he does not distinctly remember the month or year when the said Benjamin & Sophia were married but he is quite sure that they were married before the battle was fought between the Americans under the command of Captains Westbrook & Van Etten and the Indians on the West side of the Delaware River now in the County of Pike and

3198
Sophia H. Haines Deponent's daughter
about four miles from the town of Milford in said Oke County at in which said engagement this deponent was wounded by a shot from an indian which passed through both his thighs - and that the said Benjamin Haines was with this deponent in said engagement, and that deponent thinks that this battle was fought in the month of March Sixteen hundred & Eighty as deponent believes and that the marriage of said Benjamin & Sophia took place before said battle was fought, and this deponent further says that the said Benjamin Haines was always reputed and believed by his neighbors to have been a soldier of the revolution and to have been a soldier in the battle fought at Beaver Brook in York State on the Delaware River - and further this deponent says that he was out on several occasions as an Indian spy with the said Benjamin Haines and on one occasion started with said Haines from the fort Westbrook's Fort in Sussex County New Jersey, and marched from there through the woods to the mouth of the Lackawanna River, and from there to Cohecton with a view to discover the position of the indian enemy who were about that time making frequent incursions upon our frontier - and further deponent not deponent subscribed
before me this 27 th Dec 1837.
Samuel Hohn
James M. Smith J.P. 18 12 37