Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41657, Gordon Howard, Pa. Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Pa. Va.
Howard Gordon.
S. 41657
CONTENTS

20.340
20346
Ohio,
Gordon Howard
of Clinton Co. in the State of Ohio who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Brittain of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Chambers in the Pennsylvania line, for the term of five years from 1775 to 1780
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 day of July 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 of July 1831 and sent to Pension Wilmington, Ohio.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1831 $ 10.10 Semi-ann. all'ce ending
$ 10.10
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March, 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Rec. Book D. Vol. 10. fol 36.
31 27 4 = 1.03 8 1.06 10.09

The State of Ohio Clinton County ss.
At a court of Common Pleas held at Wilmington in and for the County of aforesaid (one of the judicial courts of record established by the laws and con- -stitution of the state of Ohio) on the second day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven.
Present Joshua Collett Esquire President Judge Levi Hughes Aaron Powell & Esquires Associate judges James Dakin
In the records and proceedings of the same court among others were the following to wit.
Gordon Howard Application for a Pension.
Be it Remembered that, "On this 4th. day of April in the year 1827 Personally appeared in open Court (being a court of record expressly constituted such by the laws and constitution of the state of Ohio, having power to fine and imprison with jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, proceeding ac- cording to the course of the common Law and keeping a record of its proceedings Gordon Howard resident in said county aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820. That he the said Gordon Howard enlisted for the term of five years on the 14th day of September 1775 (as well as he recollects) in the State of Pennsylvania in the company commanded by Captain William Brattan in the regiment commanded by Colonel James Chambers in the line of the State of

Pennsylvania on the Continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said corps until some time in the winter of 1780 (the particular time he does not recollect, when he was discharged from the service in Princetown in the State of New Jersey; that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present that his name is not on the Roll of any State as a pensioner. And that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension; He has heretofore lived with his son Joseph Howard some where about 20 years by whom he was kindly treated & taken care of. That about two years ago his said son Joseph died leaving a numerous family of children in very moderate circumstances with whom the applicant now resides; And in pursuance of the act of Congress the 1 st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States during the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not nor has any person in trust for for me any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. There have been no changes in my property since the 18 th of March 1818 for I have been the owner of none within that time. I have always been in indigent circumstances and have neither had any lawful claim or possession of any property (other than my wearing apparel) for about 20 years.
his Gordon X Howard mark.

Rev.& 1812 Wars Section MCS:MLB
February 12, 1931
Mrs. J. B. Doughman Blanchester, Ohio
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 41657, that Gordon Howard enlisted in Pennsylvania, September 14, 1775, served until the winter of 1780 as private in Captain William Bratton's company, Colonel James Chambers' Pennsylvania regiment, with the exception of two weeks and four days, when he served in Colonel Morgan's Riflemen.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 4, 1827, at which time he was living in Clinton County, Ohio, and was aged seventy-four years.
In 1827 he stated that he had lived with his son, Joseph, who died about one year before, leaving a numerous family, no further data relative to the soldier's family. No one claimed pension as the widow of this soldier.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Gordon Howard and possibly the date of his death, it is suggested that you address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing the following data:- Gordon Howard, Certificate 20346, issued July 28, 1831, rate $8 per month, commenced July 28, 1831, Act March 18, 1818, Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

41657 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 41657 Gordon Howard Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 March 18
Index: — Vol. 8 , Page 232
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1931 Feb. 12 hist. to Mrs. J. B. Douglass. See correspondence incl. Jacob Beard. W. 25324. UCS 37. May 17. hist. to Mrs. Jacob M. Hanna MCS.

20.304
Pension
30th Ap. 1829.
Gordon Howard
Rev. Ohio
Sup d see letter May
30. 1829 to S. Beck. & 1 st
July 1829, also Aug. 27.
1829
See
Honorable John H.
Secretary at War
Washington
Wilmington April 93

Wilmington, Clinton Co., Ohio, 20th. April, 1829.
Dear Sir,
The inclosed application, certified 25 th April 1827, was forwarded to the War department, and returned for farther proof, I think: the additional testimony of another witness was added (all that ever can be got at this late day) and it was again forwarded, & again returned for this new certificate of the Clerk of our court, dated 20 th April 1829, herewith enclosed. During this proceeding the soldier stands on his last legs waiting, as I am told (though I was not acquainted with all this, not having been first spoken to.) He lives in strong hope of a support. I hope a speedy answer will cheer the old man.
I am, dear sir, your
Obt. servant,
J. Buck.
Honorable J. H. Eaton, Esq. —

Pensylvania
July 28 th
Office
The Secretary at War
Washington City
pen: to com
July, 28. 1831
McClungton July 29 th

Wilmington, Clinton, County, Ohio, 20 th July 1831.
Dear Sir,
By your late Rule (I a good one) an agent would have more trouble, to find a personal acquaintance to recommend him, than would justice, as he will get no reward, I therefore act for myself, I hope for an answer favorable, having now complied with every requisite.
Please write to me, at this place.
Respectfully, yours &c. Gordon Howard

Nottingham Town June 14
Penins Office June 20. 1831 Free
Secretary of War, Washington City.

Wilmington, Clinton, Ohio, 10 th June 1831.
Dear Sir,
Enclosed, is the testimony of the second witness, agreeable to the regulations of that or War department, and the directions on the subject in the case of Gordon Howard for pension. I hope, dear Sir, there is nothing in the way of relief to the poor old man. He has had much trouble to find this witness & procure the Clerk's certificate, as it was a journey in his old days. Be so kind as to send the answer as soon as possible, to relieve his pecuniary.
Respectfully, yours, S. Buck.
Secretary at War.
N. B. It will be recollected his application remains on file in that Office. He

The State of Ohio Clinton County ss
At a Court of Common Pleas begun and held at Wilmington in and for the County aforesaid, one of the Judicial Courts of Record established by the Laws and Constitution of the State of Ohio) on the first Monday of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty nine
Before the Honorable
George Smith Esquire President Judge.
Sepe Hughes
Saron Sewell
James Dakin
Esquires
Associate Judges
In the Record and proceedings of the same Court, among other things is the following to-wit.
Gordon Howard } Application for a pension.
On Application of the said Gordon Howard and by Samuel Buck Esquire his Attorney it appears to the Satisfaction of the Court on the affidavits of the said Gordon Howard and James Job now here exhibited to the Court that the said Gordon Howard did serve in the Revolutionary War against the Common Enemy as stated in his declaration heretofore made.
In Testimony whereof Isaiah Morris Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of our said Court at Wilmington the 20th day of April A. D. One thousand eight hundred and twenty nine. Isaiah Morris Clerk

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Rec. Sep. 27. 1849.
James L. Edwards, Esq.
War department, Washington City.
Washington D.C.

Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, 15. Aug. 1829.
Dear Sir,
At your direction in yours of the 1 st ultimo, I here send you the testimony of the old lady named in my letter of the 17 th of June, & I also send the testimony of another. They are taken in their own plain simple language I think, by a justice of their own neighborhood eight or ten miles from town. You will see what they are worth. I hope their simplicity will give weight.
He has this day brought the papers to me as the only evidence now in his power. He says the last man he saw by whom he could prove his services besides jobs, was a Major John M c Collum some seven years ago, but he knows not where to find him now.
Permit me sir, to give a sentence in his own words, to wit, "I wish I could see old Jackson I would get my pension!"
However simple those papers may be, I hope they will favor the old man's case.
Respectfully,
J. Bueck
James L. Edwards, Esq.

Affidavit of James Job Gordon Howard

The State of Ohio Clinton County, ss
Before me Isahel Tribby one of the justices of the peace for the County of said personally came James Jobes who being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith, I was personally acquainted with Gordon Howard and knew him to be an entitled soldier in the United States service he belonged to the 4th regiment commanded by Col James Chambers and to the company commanded by Captain William Brattan in the Pennsylvania line of continental establishment, and further this deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed before me James Jobes me at Norman Farnes his in said County this 27 th day of October 1827
Isahel Tribby J.P.
This will certify that I believe James Jobes to be a credible and disinterested witness in the above case
Isahel Tribby J.P.
State of Ohio Clinton County, ss.
Gordon Howard, on his oath, before me saith that the above named James Jobes is the only person now within his knowledge by whom he can prove his services, and this is the best and all the testimony he expects to be able to procure, as time and other circumstances have deprived him of any other.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28 th day of October 1828 Geo. Bruce J.P.
Gordon Howard mark

The State of Ohio Clinton County p
I Isaiah Morris clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county aforesaid Do hereby certify that Asahel Tribley and George Dunc Esquires by whom the within and foregoing affidavits of James Solomon Gordon Stewart were taken and certified; at the time of taking and certifying the said affidavits, were and now are two of our acting Justices of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid duly Commissioned & qualified and to all their Official acts as such due faith and credit are, and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of our said Court at Wilmington the 12th day of December A.D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
Isaiah Morris CR
affidavits of James Sol Gordon Stewart

Miss Howard D.
Pension

The State of Ohio } ss Clinton County }
Before me Israel Tibbys a justice of the peace in and for the County of personally came Mary Howard who being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that she has been well acquainted with Gordon Howard for about twenty five years and during that time that she has formerly seen an instrument of writing which in the sd Gordon and others said was the sd Gordons discharge from the United States service and that she the sd deponent has recd sd discharge but at this time does not recollect exactly that it was dated but well recollects of among William Bratton name in sd discharge and that further this deponent saith that she recollects that there was a seal on sd instrument of writing, and that this writing she believes to have been lost upwards of twenty years ago, and further this deponent saith not sworn and subscribed before me at Newark Township in the County of the 13 th day of August A.D. 1829 Israel Tibbys J.P. } Mary H Howard mark
This will certify that I believe Mary Howard to be a woman of truth and that full credence may be given to her as as a witness Israel Tibbys J.P.

The State of Ohio Clinton County ss Before me Rachel Tibbey a justice of the peace in and for the County of personally came Mary Daniels who being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith, Knows that she has been acquainted with Gordon Harward for a number of years and that she well recollects of Gordon Harward leaving here and that it was said he was gone in to the United States some time during the revolutionary War and of his coming here at another time and was sick and that the people said it was the camp fever, And further this deponent deponeth and subscribes before me at Bryan Township in the County of Clinton ss, the thirteenth day of August A.D. 1829 Rachel Tibbey J.P.
This will certify that I believe Mary Daniels to be a credible and disinterested witness in the above case Rachel Tibbey J.P.

117 (The State of Ohio Clinton County ss
Isaiah Morris Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Clinton aforesaid, do hereby Certify that Asahel Tibbey Esquire before whom the within affidavit of Mary Daniel, and the affidavit of Mary Howard hereto attached by Wafu, were taken, and whose name appears to the said affidavits respectively subscribed, at the time of taking and certifying the said affidavits, to the said Asahel Tibbey Esquire was, and now is an acting Justice of the peace within and for the County of Clinton aforesaid, duly Commissioned and Qualified, and to all his Official Acts as such, due faith and credit are, and ought to be given as well in Courts or Justice as elsewhere.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of our said Court of Common Pleas at Wilmington the 15 th day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty nine.
Isaiah Morris Clerk.

WILMINGTON Aug 25 O.H.
25 Free J. L. Edwards, Esq. War department, Washington. City

State of Ohio, Clinton County, ss.
Gordon Howard, on his corporal oath Reposes, saith he was a regular soldier on Continental establishment in the Revolutionary war, that he served in the company of Captain William Bratton, of the fourth Pennsylvania Regiment, Col. James Chambers. He also swears that he was a soldier in said company five & a half years, with the exception of two weeks & four days, which two weeks & four days he saith he served in Col. Morgan's Riflemen & got his discharge from said Captain & Col. for the services with each, but has lost said discharge, through care- lessness, not knowing it would ever be of use to him after the war was over.
He further saith he has made enquiry from every source he can now expect any, but has not been able to find any proof of success in even finding any other than his own oath & that of James Joby, by whom he has already proven it.
He saith he sent to the State of Kentucky to where Major John McCollum did reside, by whom he could have pro- ven his service, but McCollum had

did. He saith he hath made all the search and enquiry in his power & was forced into a fear necessity. But has now lost hope, having heard of the death of so many of his old acquaintance: and further he saith not.
Gordon Harvard.
The State of Ohio, Clinton County, ss.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24 th day of August . 4 R. 1830
George Bruce of Peace
The State of Ohio, Clinton County, ss.
I, Isaiah Morris, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Clinton aforesaid, do hereby certify, that George Bruce, Esquire, before whom the above affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking said affidavit, and now is an Acting Justice of the peace within and for the County aforesaid, duly elected, commissioned and qualified, and to all his official acts as such, due faith and credit is due and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere.
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand, and affix the seal of our said Court of Common Pleas, at Wilmington, the 24 th day August, 1830.
Isaiah Morris, Clerk.

Wilmington, Clinton Co. Ohio, 24. Aug. 1830.
Dear Sir,
I have complied with the directions in yours of 26 th July, & now can do no more.
My papers on the subject will be found on file in your Office, & if on the whole I can get relief, it will be well, if otherwise, I will soon be out of the way, if I can get the paws common to my fellows.
Yours, Respectfully.
Gordon Bennett.
J. L. Edwards, Esqr.

20.304
Gordon Howard.
Not used
Benj. Henson Jr Wilmington Clinton Co Ohio

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court April 4th 1827
Isaiah Morris Clerk
The State of Ohio Clinton County ss.
I Isaiah Morris Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Clinton aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains a full and correct copy of the record and proceedings of said Court in the application of Gordon Winward for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of our said Court of Common Pleas at Wilmington the twenty fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven
Isaiah Morris Clerk

The state of Ohio Warren County } To personally come Before me the undersigned an act- ing Justice of the peace of The county aforesaid Henry Newkirk Who after Being Duly sworn according To law Deposeth and saith that he was acquainted with one Gordon Howard In the Revolutionary war and knows him the said Gordon Howard To Be a regular soldier in said war on continental Establishment for more than one year and saw him the said Howard In the Battle at Brandywine In which the said Howard received a wound in the left leg and also In the Battle of the Clouds and the said Howard Belonged To the fourth Regt of the Pennsylvania line which was commanded By Col Chambers and this Deponent further saith that he knows that the said Howard served in the Regular service untill the close of the war at which time him he was legally Discharged and further this Deponent saith that the above named Gordon Howard Is the same man that Did Enlist and serve as above named and Is now present at the the making of this affidavit and further this Deponent saith not — HENRY NEWKIRK sworn To and subscribed Before me at the Township of Union in the county aforesaid this 20th day of May 1831 Briggs Bateson (H)

The State of Ohio Warren County } I Jonathan H. Wilds clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within the county aforesaid do certify that Benjamin Baldwin Esq. who signed & certified the within affidavit is an acting Justice of the peace within the the county aforesaid that said signature purporting to be his is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court aforesaid at Lebanon this 9th June A.D. 1831
J. H. Wilds clk
The state of Ohio } I Benjamin Baldwin the Justice Warren county } of the peace Before whom Henry Newkirk made the within affi- -davit To certify that I have been personally acquainted with said Newkirk for some years past and have known him sworn in a Court of Justice and under oath at no time had his questions for truth and veracity given under my hand this 14th Day of July 1831
Benjamin Baldwin
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1123 Sixth Street Clay Center, Kansas, April 23, 1937.
Veteran's Administration, Bureau of Pensions Revolutionary War Division, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Kindly advise me if you have on file the Revolutionary War application or rejected claim for pension for Gordon (Gorden) only  Howard who probably served from Pennsylvania and died in Ohio. Also, Abner Smith , who probably served from Pennsylvania and died in the State of Ohio. -- If either or both of these applications, or rejected claims, are on record, I am most desirous of learning all family data contained therein, as: place and date of birth, parentage, if given: his claim for military service rendered, residence at time pension was granted, and if possible place of residence at time of death with date last payment was made -- or if this is not given, the certificate number issued so this information can be obtained from

the Comptroller General - and also all family data contained in said record, - as wife's name and dates; names of children, etc.
I wish to thank you in advance for any information you might be able to furnish me!
Very respectfully,
Mrs. Lawton M. Hanna, 1123 Sixth Street Clay Center, Kansas.

May 17, 1937
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Mrs. Lawton M. Hanna 1123 Sixth Street Clay Center, Kansas
BA-J/MCS Gordon Howard, S. 41657
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Revolutionary War soldiers, Gordon or Gorden Howard and Abner Smith.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 41657, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Gordon Howard.
The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
He enlisted in Pennsylvania, September 14, 1775, served until the winter of 1780 as private in Captain William Bratton's company in Colonel James Chambers' Pennsylvania regiment, with the exception of two weeks and four days, when he served with Colonel Morgan's Riflemen.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 4, 1827, at which time he was living in Clinton County, Ohio, and was aged seventy-four years.
In 1827 he stated that he had lived with his son, Joseph, who died about one year before, leaving a numerous family, names not given.
In 1829 one Mary Howard stated that she had known the soldier for about twenty-five years, relationship not shown.
The papers in said claim contain no further data relative to soldier's family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Gordon Howard, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and possibly the date of soldier's death, it is suggested that you address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., giving the following data:
Gordon Howard, Certificate 20346, issued July 28, 1831, rate $8 per month, commenced July 28, 1831, Act of March 18, 1818, Ohio Agency.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information in regard to an Abner Smith who enlisted from Pennsylvania or applied for pension from Ohio.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator