Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9,974, Hosea Hamilton, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Hamilton, Hosea Spencer, Ann (Former Widow)
R 9974
CONTENTS

X 3629. Oct 36
Application
19974
Anna Spence, Widow of Rosea Hamilton for a Pension.
July 4
Declaration & Proofs.
R. B. Johnson Agnt. Stone Oneida Co. N.Y.
Hon. H. A. Foster W. A. Foster H.R.

3629
Anna Spencer formerly widow of Hosea Hamilton N.Y.
alt 4 July 36 x 3 March - 37

Extracts from the Minutes of the Council of Appointment of the State of New York Dated May 28. 1778.
"Resolved that the Officers of Colonel Henry Luddington's Regiment be as follows viz.
Henry Luddington Colonel Reuben Ferris Lieutenant Colonel William Egee First Major Ebenezer Robinson Second Major Hosea Hamilton Adjutant & Eleazer Daker Quarter Master"
June 29. 1780
"Resolved that Elijah Townsend be and he is hereby ap- pointed Adjutant of the Regiment in Dutchess county commanded by Colonel Luddington in the room of Hosea Hamilton removed out of the beat."
State of New York Secretary's Office
Certify the preceding to be true Extracts from the Minutes aforesaid in this Office
Given under my hand and the seal of this Office at the city of Albany the 19 th day of September A. D. 1837.
Arch d Campbell Dep. Secretary

State of New York.
City and County of New York ss. Hannah Cock, of the said City, County and State, aged eighty six years, being duly sworn deponseth and saith, that she is a cousin german of Anna Spencer of Fairfield in the County of Litchfield and State aforesaid, aged about seventy seven years, that this deponent resided during the revolutionary war, at Red Hills in the County of Dutchess and State aforesaid, that she was well acquainted with Hosea Hamilton who at that time resided at the same place, that in the month of February, (this deponent cannot recollect the day,) in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, the said Hosea Hamilton, and Anna Spencer were married to each other, that the said marriage took place at the town of Hattwich in the State of Connecticut, and that this deponent was present at the same, and saw the ceremony performed by a clergyman, whose name she cannot now recollect. And further this deponent saith not.
Subscribed and sworn this 2 nd day of October 1833, before me, the said affidavit having been first carefully read by me to the said deponent. And I certify that the said deponent is a person of veracity, and that her statement is entitled to credit.
her Hannah Cock mark
G. M. Spencer Commissioner of Deeds
State of New York.
City and County of New York ss. I Thomas Jennings, Clerk of the said City and County, do hereby certify that Gilbert M. Spencer before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn is

17 a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the said City & County duly authorised by the laws of this State to administer oaths and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Gilbert R. Speir and verify the signature to the preceding jurat and certificate to be his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
Thos. Patrick Clark
for Gilbert R. Speir

State of New York.
City and County of New York ss. Savinna Shepard of the said City, County and State, aged fifty five years, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that Anna Spencer, of Fairfield in the County of Herkimer and State aforesaid, aged about seventy seven years, cohabited with, and was reputed and believed to be the wife of Hosea Hamilton deceased; that the said Hosea Hamilton died in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety six; that between one and two years after his death, the said Anna intermarried with Israel Spencer deceased; that the said Israel Spencer died in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen; and that since the death of the said Israel Spencer, the said Anna Spencer has constantly been, and still is, a widow. And this deponent further saith, that the said Hosea Hamilton represented himself, and was generally reputed and believed among his acquaintance and friends, to have been an officer in the revolutionary war, in the line of the State of New York. And further this deponent saith not. Subscribed and sworn this 2 d day of October 1837 before me; and I certify, that the said deponent is a person of veracity, and that her statement is entitled to credit.
Savinna Shepard
G. M. Speer
Commissioner of Deeds
State of New York.
City and County of New York ss. I, Thomas Jeremiah, Clerk of the said City and County, do hereby certify, that Gilbert M. Speer, before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn, is a commissioner of deeds in and for the said City and County, duly authorized by the laws of this State to administer oaths, and that I am acquainted with the hand

writing of the said Gilbert N. Spear — and verify the signature to the preceding joint and certificate to be his genuine signature.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, the second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
W. P. Furniss Clerk

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the 3 d section of the act of 4 th July 1836, and of the 1 st section of the act of 3 d March 1837.
State of New York.
Herkimer County ss. On this fifteenth  October day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the said county of Herkimer, then sitting, Anna Spencer, a resident of Fairfield in the said County and State, aged seventy seven years on the fifth day of March last, 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, and the act explanatory of said act passed March 3 d , 1837: That she was married to Hosea Hamilton, then of Red Mills in the County of Dutchess and State aforesaid, who was an adjutant in the Regiment of Col. Laddington in the line of the State of New York, who is the same person named as Hosea Hamilton, in the certificate of the Deputy Secretary of State hereto attached, and who, as this declarant believes, served as such adjutant for more than two years during the war of the revolution. She further declares that she was married to the said Hosea Hamilton on the nineteenth day of February 1778; that her husband, the said Hosea Hamilton, died on the seventh day of September 1796; that she was afterwards married to Israel Spencer, who died on the twentieth day of February 1815; and that ever since the death of the said Israel Spencer, she has been, and still remains, a widow, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto attached.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me in Open Court before me John Deyjeu Clerk of Herk Co
Ann Spencer

State of New York Hudson Co. Pleas of October Term 1837
I John Dygert Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the declaration of Ann Spencer was sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year it bears date -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court this 5th day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven -
Dygert Clerk H. & C.

State of New York.
County of Greene ss. Samuel Hamilton of the town of Athens in the said County and State, being duly sworn upon oath and saith, that he is seventy five years of age, that he was a soldier of the United States in the war of the Revolution, and is now a pensioner under the act of 1832. And this deponent further saith that Hosea Hamilton who died in 1796, was a brother of this deponent; that the said Hosea Hamilton was in the actual service of the United States in the war of the Revolution, as a commissioned officer in some regiment of New York forces in the Southern part of this State, from the year 1777 or 1778 to the year 1780, or 1781, in all, as this deponent believes, not less than three years; that this deponent knows of such service, not only from having on one or more occasions seen him with  and in his Regiment when about going into service, but from frequently hearing of him as being in service, and from the uniform understanding as to the fact of the family and their acquaintances at the time; that this deponent cannot pretend to recollect with accuracy what office the said Hosea held, nor in what Regiment, but according to his best recollection and belief the said Hosea was during the said time an adjutant in Col. Livingston's Regiment of New York Militia. And this deponent further saith that during the said service the said Hosea resided at a place commonly called Cummpeus, which this deponent has been informed and believes was in the town of Red Mills in the County of Dutchess and State of New York. And further this deponent saith not. Subscribed and sworn before me this twelfth day of November 1839; and certify that I am well acquainted with the said Samuel Hamilton, that he is a person of veracity and respectability, and that his statement is entitled to full credit.
Samuel Hamilton
James D. Smith Justice of the Peace

State of New York.
County of Greene ss. I William T. B. Hermance Clerk of the County of Greene do hereby certify that Orin S. G. Osborn is a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly authorized to exercise all powers and functions belonging to the said office; that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice, and that the signature to the print and certificate on the preceding page is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal, at Catskill in the said County the twelfth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
William T. B. Hermance Clerk

State of New York
Oswego County } 3
David Hamilton of the Town of Pella- in the said County of Oswego Age Eighty one years being duly sworn according to law, did on his oath say that he was well acquainted with Doctor Hosea Hamilton in and during the Revolutionary war - That the said Hosea Hamilton was early in the war in the service of his country, That some time in the year 1776 the said Hosea Hamilton was specially employed by General Washington on secret service to the City of New York while the British Army lay there, that it was discovered by the officers of that Army and he (the said Hosea) narrowly escaped with his life, after which the said Hosea settled at a place called Red Mills in Dutchies County in the State of New York and near the lines of the two Armies, That in the Month of February 1778 the said Hosea Hamilton was married in the town of Farmington in the State of Connecticut to Anna Hubbard that this deponent went with the said Hosea was present at the wedding and saw them married and returned with them to the Red Mills aforesaid That shortly after the said Hosea Hamilton was appointed Adjutant in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Livingston (which was raised specially to guard the lines near the City of New York between the two hostile Armies) That the said Hosea naturally served in that capacity for two years or upwards (This deponent was then in service in the Second Regiment of light Dragoons commanded by Col. Elijah Sheldon and for a considerable part of the time in the two years these two Regiments were in the same service together) That in September in the year 1796 the said Hosea Hamilton died (this deponent was at his funeral) That some time after the said Hosea the widow of the said Hosea was reported to have been married to Israel Spencer, that this deponent was at the house of the said Israel Spencer several times while the said Hosea (the widowed)

of the said Hosa) cohabited with the said Israel as his wife - That the said Israel is now reputed to be dead and that the said Anna now remains a widow, and this deponent further saith not
David Hamilton
Subscribed to, and sworn this 29 th day of June 1838 before me that said Affidavit having been first carefully read by me to the said Deponent and I certify that the said deponent is a person of veracity and that his statement is entitled to full credit
E. Hubbard a Judge of Osage County Courts Commonwealth

State of New York
Onondaga County
§ I David Hamilton of the town, of Solon in the said county, after having been duly sworn, did on his oath say, that he was a Commissioned Officer in the actual service of the United States, in Col. Elijah Sheldon Regiment of Light Dragoons, in the year seventeen hundred ninety eight, and afterwards, that he now draws a Pension for three services, and has drawn such Pension, ever since, the laws of Congress, did not require in fact, his being a pauper, to entitle him to it.
And that in explanation of former Affidavits, by him made on the application, of Anna Spencer widow (of the late House Hamilton deceased) for a Pension, does further on his oath say, that the State of New York in the year 1777, to obviate the difficulty and delays arising, from drafting the Militia, authorized the raising of two Regiments of State Troops, by voluntary enlistments, for three years, that Colonel Merinus Wittet Reg t was one, and Col. Henry Ludington was the other, that Col. Ludingtons Reg t was raised, by voluntary enlistment, for three years, and was duly organized, and the Officers received their commissions early in the year 1778, and was immediately placed in the actual service of the United States, in guarding the lines above the City of New York, and continued in service for three years, and for most of the time in that service, - and that the Continental Troops to which this deponent then belonged, were employed in the same service, with Col. Ludingtons Reg t , for the greater part of the time, during the three years aforesaid - and further this deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed by the above named deponent after having been carefully read by me this 26 th day of December 1839 - before me Addison Griswold
David Hamilton
Jester of the Peace
I do hereby certify that David Hamilton the above deponent is a person of veracity and that his statements are entitled to full credit
Addison Griswold
Jester of the Peace

State of New York Onondaga County ss blks office
I Elijah Phouades Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Addison C Griswold before whom the preceding affidavit was taken and who signed the foregoing certificate was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe his signature thereto to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County this 27 th day of December 1839 E. Phouades Clerk
Deposition of David Hamilton

Pension Office
January, 13: 1843.
Sir,
In answer to your enquiry whether the papers in the case of Anna Spencer would justify the Department in allowing her for 6 months service as an Adjutant in the N. Y. Dutchess County Militia, I have the honor to state that the pro rata character of the pension has constrained the Department to adopt certain regulations for ascertaining the amount of service, which it is my duty to enforce; but if the specification of each term of service be waived the facts stated by the witnesses together with some of the records from the Secretary's Office do not justify an estimate of 6 months service. Her husband was appointed an Adjutant in a Militia Regiment in May 1778 and was suspended in June 1780 in consequence of his removal beyond the bounds of the Regiment. Although it is highly probable he must have been previously engaged in some capacity in that Regiment it does not appear from the papers that any

service is either set forth or claimed. Taking into consideration the character of Militia service in that part of New York at that time, I should not think that the Regiment to whose staff he belonged could have served as much as 6 months within the designated period of his Adjutancy. Moreover, it is believed that the Books in the Comptroller's Office at Albany will shew not only any service rendered by that Regiment but that of her former husband also. If the Comptroller's books do not credit her husband with any service the presumption is very strong that he was not in service as alleged and his witnesses must have reference to some service previous to 1778 from which time the rolls commence.
I have the honor to be Very respectfully Yours H on or: Sir J. L. Edwards
Hon: Jacob Houch Jr House of Representatives.

Frankfort N.Y. 6 th Jany 1870
Hon George W. Camp Acting Comr &c &c Dear Sir
I Received in due course your letter of the 4 th Ult o in relation to the Application of my worthy old friend Mrs. Anna Spence widow of the Late Hosea Hamilton for a pension under the acts of Congress.
In reply to your suggestion upon the supplementary affidavits which I had the Honor to transmit Allow me to say that I am led to suppose that by inadvertance the previous Affidavit of David Stuart who was a Commissioned officer to whom which is with the papers escaped your immediate notice. In that he states that Hosea Hamilton was appointed Adjutant in the Regiment Commanded by Col Suddington which was Raised Specially to guard the Lines near the City of New York between the two Hostile Armies - that the said Hosea actually served in that Capacity for two Years or upwards that the Deponent was then in service in the Second Regiment of Light Dragoons Commanded by Col Spalding & for a considerable part of the time in the two Years the two Regiments were in the same service together. In his Supplemental Affidavit made in consequence of the Objection taken by Mr Edwards to the first because it did not state the dates of the Commencement & ending of the service he says that he was in the service from Early in May 1778 until some time in June in 1780 as adjutant in Col Henry Suddingtons Regiment as aforesaid

and that he the said Hosea Hamilton as such Adjutant together with his regiment was regularly mustered & paid during the whole two years & upwards the same as were the contin- -ual troops then in service. Now upon these Affidavits taken together I humbly submit to your better judgment whether they do not answer the requirements of the proper rule of Evidence in your department. The first states positively the duration, the kind, & place of service . The regular military organization & the special object of raising the Regiment, which were called State Services in contradistinction to state troops also appears . The second Affidavit repeats the same facts in general terms but gives the dates of the commence- ment & ending of the Service as nearly as from the great lapse of time it is possible for him to recollect. The Affidavit of Samuel Hamilton the other surviving brother is cumulative & states cautiously in general terms the same services of Hosea & the reasons why he knows such facts. He saw him when about going from home into such service, He heard from him frequently in such service that he was in actual service was also the uniform understand- ing of the family & acquaintances. It will also be perceived that both these witnesses were in the service & are now on the Pension Roll. Suffer me to add my personal testimony to their high Respectability & moral worth as among our most intelligent citizens while in the prime of their lives. One was Sheriff & both were Judges of the county Courts in their respective Counties. They are men in affluent & easy circumstances & no consideration could induce either to state a fact or give color to a fact which was not strictly true or which they did not distinctly recollect.

In this respect they are not properly to be classed with many others who testify from an honest & patriotic ideal than from a clear recollection of the facts they state. I need not repeat to one of your intelligence & experience the great difficulty which widows experience in complying with the rules of Evidence in these cases as they could not know, or could not recollect who the particular Associates of their patriotic husbands were in service nor are they able to give the same detail of the service of their deceased husbands as might be obtained if they were living. Since I received your letter I wrote to Judge Thomas H. Hamilton of Verona (son of Mrs. Spencer the Applicant) to call again upon his old Uncle for further Evidence in respect to the Organization of Col. Liddington's Regiment & now have the honor to enclose to you his Affidavit touching that point & the services of that Regiment. I do this in reply to the latter clause of your letter & Humbly submit that the explanation given by David Hamilton is full & sufficient. It is believed that there are several old Soldiers of that regiment now in receipt of full pension for services in that Regiment. On a careful review of the evidence contained in all the papers. I know you will allow me to suggest submit that in common Justice I believe it not only meritorious but as satisfactorily made out for the poor widow as most cases which have come under my observation in my experience at your Department. I know well the delicacy of the duties assigned to you

* I appreciate the fidelity & integrity with which they are performed as highly as any citizen of the Republic, while I am not regardless of the just liberality of reasonable construction upon evidence in these cases when there is no good ground of suspicion of the fairness & justice of the Application. I cannot be mistaken in the strong assurances which I feel from a long personal acquaintance with the applicant that this case is presented with the strict & exact moral sanctions taught by the living precepts of our Holy Religion. It would not be presented if the Applicant was not justly entitled.
Let me crave your indulgence for the length of this letter & add the assurance
Of my personal Regard & Friendship
J. Mann Jr

State of New York Onondaga County } ss.
David Hamilton of the town of Salina in the said county of Onondaga aged eighty two years and upwards, being duly sworn according to law, did on his oath say, that he was intimately acquainted with Hosea Hamilton while Adjutant in the Regiment, commanded by Col. Henry Luddington, that he was the most active and efficient officer in the Regiment, that he was in the actual service of the United States, in the army of the Revolution, from early in May in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight, until some time in the month of June in the year seventeen hundred and eighty, as Adjutant in Col. Henry Luddington's Regiment as aforesaid, and that he the said Hosea Hamilton as such Adjutant, together with his Regiment was regularly mustered and paid during the whole two years and upwards, the same as were the Continental Troops then in service. And that he the said David Hamilton made the same statement on the 29 th day of June 1838, at the time he made an affidavit before Judge Hibbard of Oswego County on the application of the widow of the said Hosea Hamilton for a Pension; but the person who drew such affidavit thought it unnecessary, (as she the said widow of the said Hosea Hamilton had obtained a copy of the Record of his Appointment) to state all the facts as above.
David Hamilton

The within affidavit was subscribed and sworn to, this 30 day of August 1839 before me: that said affidavit having been first carefully read by me to the said deponent, and I certify that the said deponent is a person of veracity and that his statement is entitled to full credit.
Addison Griswold Justice of The Peace in & for the County of Onondaga. N.Y.
State of New York Onondaga County Clerk's Office
I hereby certify that Addison G. Griswold before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was, at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Onondaga duly elected and authorized to take the same. that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Addison Justice and verily be- lieve his name subscribed to the above certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 30 th day of August 1839 W. W. Clarke Dep. Clerk

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Concurrence Dept Jan 3 26
Hon Timothy Jenkins
Representative in Congress Washington City
John Houston

Peru January 23 d 1847 -
Hon Timothy Jenkins
Dear Sir Permit me to acknowledge the receipt of the President's Message in pamphlet form from you for which favor you will please accept my thanks - I wish further to call your attention to the case of my deceased Mother (the widow Anne Spencer) who died the 12 th June 1843 Several years previous to her death she applied under the laws of Congress for a Pension her papers are now in the Pension Office at Washington - the copies of which I a few years since handed over to my Brother at Schoharie who died in June last. I have since found that he had placed them in the hands of a Mr. Yates of Schoharie - I have never been able to learn that any thing has been done with them - I wish you would therefore enquire at the Pension Office whether any thing has been done if not to obtain her papers and examine them on the proofs therein presented. I am fully satisfied that she was justly entitled to a Pension and that her heirs & the heirs of my father are justly entitled to a greater sum than she would have drawn had she have been put on the Pension list at the time of her application One thing I know that the proofs there presented are stronger than in many cases I had while acting as a judge that succeeded
My Mother for several years before her death fell on my hands for a support, which was attended with great expense & trouble as she was almost helpless and when she died was in

the eighty four the year of his age
I will recollect of having heard my father relate the scenes he passed through during the Revolutionary War I have frequently heard him relate the services he rendered under which the application was made and that he was in the service of the United States in that War for about eight six years - that he was in the Battle at Harlem hitho where he received a wound in the hand and that he together with a father over sixty years of age & four Brothers were in the battle at the White Plains - of all his services we were unable to obtain proof except in the case of his services in the Regt of Col. Luctington which I think are sufficient
If I were not perfectly satisfied that the claim is a just one I certainly would not help it but am now aided in presenting
Now Sir if you will obtain the papers and give them an examination and if any thing can be done you will confer a favour on one who feels that he is truly your friend
J. H. Hamilton

Frankfort 11 th Aug. 1839
J. L. Edmonds Esq
Dear Sir
I am desired to enquire as to the condition of the application of Mrs Anne Spencer widow &c for a pension and what objection exists to its allowance? She is the widow of Hester Hamilton who was a Surgeon in the Revolutionary army.
I make this enquiry at the request of my friend James Hadley Professor of Chemistry in our College who is her son in law and is a gentleman of great Respectability with whom she resides. Your reply will add another to the many obligations under which I am your friend & ob Ser.
J. Mann Jr.

Washington City 18 th Jany 1857
Dear Sir
I wish if possible to delay & if not to delay as soon as possible to obtain the abstracts of the Memorial & evidence in the following cases. She claims $100 a year
First Sarah Potter widow of Jos Bedwell of N York she claims $150 a year Second Anne Spencer widow of Horace Hamilton of N York she claims $320 a year
Third Mrs Peter Moert of N.Y. who claims $320-
The two first are entitled under the act of 1831 & the third under the act of 1832-
The abstracts are wanted in order to ascertain the present rights of the parties.
Yrs Truly
J L Edwards Esq
Thos Corwin
Pension Office N City

Hosea Hamlin d 1796. Ann Shenn m 10th 78
Adf. be Suddighm more than 20.
App c . 28. May 1778
In June 29 1780 her place was filled by another - her having Duchup Co

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J. P. Edwards Esq.
South of Prisons
Washington
D.C.
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Frankfort N.Y. Dec 10. 1839
Sir I have the honor to bring myself again to your recollection by enclosing Two Supplementary affidavits upon the application of Anne Skinner widow of Hosea Hamilton for the benefits of the act of Congress which embraced her Case. These will I believe be found sufficient to comply with the requisitions of your letter to me in July last. Suffer me to solicit your favorable notice of this Case. I have known the worthy old lady (who is the mother in Law of Professor Haddley of our medical College) for more than thirty years & I am confident she is well entitled as the survivor of her former husband to the pittance allowed by a generous people. I feel some solicitude for her on account of her fidelity of character & life. Yours

None can be more true & honest in every respect than she is — fine are more truly pious and exemplary. It has cost me some pains & great delay to procure these affidavits — not knowing the residence of one of them until found by enquiry. at a former residence.
Expressing the hope that you have recovered from the effects of the recent accident which I regretted to see announced to you & desiring your recovery & health let me add the assurance of high regard I Consideration
A. Mann Jr
J L Edwards Esq Court Pression

REJECTED
9974.
P. O. Ann Spencer
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

V N. York
Anna Spencer
Letter to Hon. H. A. Foster 17 July 38.
do do Elizah de era 45.
do do 15 39
to A. Mann, Jr. 4 Dec. 1839
to same 25 Jan. 1840
to Hon. Jacob Hauck 8 Jan. 43.
to J. C. Spencer Jan. 16. 43.
do to Hon. J. Russell H. D. 17 Jan. 1843
do to Hon. J. S. Perkins Feb. 9. 47.
4 July 33
" Hon. Wm. L. G. 1850
1st Dec 51

Papers copied and sent to Mrs. Tufts Jenkins May 1882

Anna Spencer claims a pension as the widow of Hovey Hamilton now Anna Spencer. The soldier Hovey Hamilton belonged in Dutchess Co. & died in '96 having said Anna his widow. She applied for Pension & did not get one & died in 1843. She is mother of Thomas H. Ham- ilton of Verona. She made the application about the year 1840. She married Israel Spencer before 1800. Israel Spencer died about 1830. Hovey Hamilton served in Col. Lud- dington's Regiment.