Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9572, Ebenezer Rice Hawley, Conn. Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Hawley, Ebenezer Rice
S9572
banded
CONTENTS
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Chic
25.905
1888 July 19. S F Cary - history
Prior
Eliza A. (Cary) of Hartford in the State of Conn who was a daughter in the family commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the [blank] a time for [blank]
$ 80.00 Conn. and Continental Records corrected Feb. 11/18
Inscribed on the Roll of [blank] at the rate of $1 Dollars per ann to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Jan and [blank] to - 1834 Jan 21. S. F. Cary, H. S. [blank]
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 300.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 1 st Nov 34 40.00 240.00
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Book 6 Vol. 8 Page 11
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The State of Ohio Butler County ss
At a court of common pleas held at Hamilton in the county of Butler aforesaid on the eighth day of September one thousand eight hundred and twenty one before the Honorable Joshua Collett Esquire President and his associates judges of the said court. The same court of common pleas being a court of record expressly created a court of Record by the laws and ordinances of the State of Ohio, with jurisdiction unlimited in civil causes and with power to fine and imprison personally appeared in open court Ebenezer R. Hawley aged sixty one years resident in Hamilton in the Township of Fairfield and county of Butler aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and the first day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty, to wit, I enlisted at Meriden in the State of Connecticut some time in the month of May one thousand seven hundred and seventy six on the continental establishment for the term of six months in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Douglass in the company commanded by Captain Russel being the _____ Regiment in the Connecticut line commanded by Colonel Douglass; After the expiration of the term of my enlistment I was discharged at Miles Square in the State of New York in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six after which I enlisted at Hartford in the State of Connecticut some time in the month of April one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven on the continental establishment for the term of three years under Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth deputy quartermaster General, in the company commanded by Captain George Seymour in the quartermaster's department; After the expiration of the term of my enlistment I was discharged at Fishkill in the State of New York in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty by Major Thomas Weeks after which I voluntarily continued in the department until the close of the war including in the whole six years. I was in the Battles of Long Island The retreat from the City of New York the Battle of Harlem Plains and in the Battle of White Plains in the State of New York. And in pursuance of the act of the first

of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty. I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen 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 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 in the revolutionary war passed on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or sureties 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, to wit, All the property I possess is, a bed and bedding a set of curtains a part of a set of carpenter's tools a chest and trunk a silver watch a copper tea kettle two iron pots a bake kettle two skillets a pair of waffle irons a pair of flat irons and a shot gun. My family consists of myself and wife who is aged forty years; my occupation is that of a carpenter, but from age and debility am not able to pursue it." Sworn to and declared in open court before the judges before named the said 8 th September 1821
Devereux R. Hawley
John Reily Clerk.
I John Reily Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Butler in the State of Ohio aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of 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 eighty dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal at Hamilton the twenty fifth day of September One thousand eight hundred and twenty one
John Reily

18,289
Ebenezer R Hawley Schedule for obtaining a pension
av32- 25905

In the month of April 1777 I enlisted again For three years With Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth, he was a Deputy to the Quartermaster Gen l and was stationed at Hartford Conn. in the first place he sent me with a team to carry a load of public stores to Fishkill in the State of N. Y. and take another back to Hartford - then Col. Wadsworth made up a Company of teams and put us under the conduct and Management of Capt e George Seymour of Hartford he was sent with us to Fishkill to Colonel Hughes he was acting quarter Master at that place where we discharged part of our loading, then Col. Hughes ordered us on to to cross the North River at a place called Kings ferry and to join Gen l Parsons Brigade which had already crossed and to continue with the line of the army - Soon after we had joined the army they moved to the South- ward and went through Morristown in the State of New Jersey and so on towards Philadelphia but before we got to Philadelphia the army had order to stop - the next morning the army took up their march again and went directly back and crossed Kings ferry again and encamped at Peekskill where we lay for some time and thence to White Plains and so we continued with the line of the army during that year 1777 - Some times our services was extremely hard and I being young and not having sufficient strength to bare it I got injured so that I was not able to do duty any longer In the Spring of 1778 I was sent to Colonel Harry Hay he was then the D. D. M. Gen l at Fishkill in place of Colonel Hughes - Colonel Hay received me and gave me to Maj r Thomas Weeks for a waiter with whom I continued for about one year, by that time my health was considerably improved and Colonel Hay then took me to himself and continued with him and under his direction until the term of my enlistment

ment had expired. I recd, my discharge in the hand writing of May - Daniel Hale Who was after- wards Secretary of the State of New York for many years - After receiving my discharge Colonel Adny (Hay) requested me to stay with him and continue in public service, as he had confidence in me he wanted me for special business, and I consented to stay with him in public service and was almost constantly employed, very often on express business and many times attended with difficulties and dangers, and many times I have rode on horseback all night, and some times on private business when it was necessary to encounter dangers and severe hardships, In that way I served my Country for two years, and the Continental paper money was so depreciated that the earnings of a month would not purchase a pair of shoes
Ebenezer Rice Hawley
I do hereby Relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present I declare my name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any State - my discharge has been lost among many other papers and there is not any person living within my knowl- edge who was personally acquainted with my services at the close of the campaign in 1776 Colonel Douglass discharged the Regiment Verbally in person It may be my name will be found on the Muster Roll Rice Hawley as I was Ebenezer R. Hawley Usually so called born to and raised in your country 1802. I have seen the p.p. & C.P. & the

Interrogatories put by the Court to Ebenezer Rawley upon his application for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
1. Where & in what year were you Born?
Ans. I was born in Farmington County of Hartford State of Connecticut on the 11 th of April 1760—
2 nd Have you any record of your age & where is it—
Ans. I have & now present it to the Court
3 rd Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and when do you now live? Ans In Meriden in the Township of Wallingford in the County of New Haven & State of Connecticut — I continued to live in Meriden after the Revolution till the year 1788. I then moved to Whitestown in the State of New York near Utica where I resided ten years, thence I removed to the County of Onondaga in said State of New York where I resided till 1807. thence I removed to Sandusky in the State of Ohio where I resided three years — Thence I removed to St Louis in the State of Missouri where I remained till 1821. thence I removed to Cincinnati where I have resided ever since
4 th How were you called into service?
Ans. By enlistment as before stated in my declaration
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers with the troops where you served? Ans This I have done in my general declaration —
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service
Ans. This I have stated in my general declaration
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood & who can testify as to your character & their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution — Ans I am known to a great number of Respectable persons in this City & I will procure their certificate to my character on a separate paper
Sworn to and subscribed before me in open Court Sept. 25 th 1832 Dan. Fancher
Ebenezer B Rawley

William Burke a clergyman residing in the city of Cincinnati in the County of Hamilton & State of Ohio & Calvin Washburn of the same city Cincinnati hereby certify that we are well ac- quainted with Ebenezer Rice Hawley, who has subscri- bed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is re- spected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion —
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Dan. Gano Clerk P.T.
William Burke Calvin Washburn
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states — And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that William Burke who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the city of Cincinnati & Calvin Washburn who has also signed the same is a resident in the same city of Cincinnati & is a credible person & that their state- ment is entitled to credit —
State of Ohio Hamilton County Set
I Daniel Gano Clerk pro Tem of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hamilton & State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Rice Hawley for a pension — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
Dan. Gano Clerk P.T. Court of Common Pleas Hamilton County Ohio

The Secy of War,
Cincinnati Sept 17th 1861
In addition to the foregoing I hereby certify that the following is a copy of a petition & signatures, which was intended as an adjunct petition to Congress, to one that Mayor E. R. Hawley himself presented thro' Genl. Lamondray. Since & now our representatives in that body, which was forwarded from the Cincinnati Post Office on the day of its date.
In the Senate & House of Representatives of the United States
The undersigned, citizens of Cincinnati & State of Ohio, beg leave to represent to your Hon. body, that Mayor E. R. Hawley now a petitioner for relief in consequence of his revolutionary services, has been a citizen of Cincinnati for several years past, in whom heretofore they have the utmost confidence. They, therefore, acting in accordance with their views of justice & right, cheerfully unite with him in a petition to Congress, that a special law may be passed for his relief — The undersigned feel as though his case is one that deserves consideration, & merits the attention of the National Legislature — He is reduced to extreme necessity & want, after having received the confidence of Governor Folsom, Geo. Clinton & Lewis of New York for 13 years by the appointment to the Magistracy, Brigade Major Inspector, and for 4 years as High Sheriff of Onondaga County — and subsequently of Gov. Howard & his successors, by the appointment to the Magistracy in Missouri for many years, the commissions & testimonials of which have been exhibited to them — They, therefore, cannot but hope that Congress will render to him some relief, whereby justice shall be done to a worthy patriot citizen, and a refutation given to despotic credos — that Republicans are ungrateful
Dated at Cincinnati Feb 2 d 1881 — & signed by the following persons (viz)
  Robert Purnell  O. M. Spencer  Mr. Barker, P.M.    Elam P. Langdon  Samuel M c Henny  Morgan Neville    Javis Tibbets  Isiah Waing  Mr. Oliver    and I believe some  John C. Henny  E. Hotchkiss    2 or 3 others, whose  Francis Carr  Mr. Ruffin    names I do not find  Richard Fordeick  Geo. P. Lorimer    on the copy which  Richard Ayers  Isaac Drake    was taken at the time  E. Hulce  Mr. Woodward    by my request  John L. Wallace  Dan l Gano    Mr. Barnes  Griffin Gratman  Arthur Henrie      Davis Embree  

The State of Ohio } City of Cincinnati } } Before me E. H. Hoke Mayor of the City of Cincinnati personally came Dr. William Barnes of the City of Cincinnati, & made oath that the within is a true copy of the original petition with the signatures thereto, which petition was forwarded as within stated, on the day of William Barnes
Sworn to & subscribed
before me this 17 th day of September 1832. M c Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said City.
E. H. Hoke Mayor
I certify that I am acquainted with Major E. R. Howley and believe him to be a worthy man & fully entitled to the benefit of the law for which he is now an applicant. I am further that I am acquainted with Doctor William Barnes, & do consider his affidavits & statements entitled to full credit.
Cincinnati 17 th September 1832 E. H. Hoke Mayor

State of Ohio, County of Hamilton ss.
On this fourth day of September 1832
personally appeared, before the Court of Common Pleas now in session, in and for the County of Hamilton aforesaid, Eben -zer Rice Hawley a resident of Cincinnati in the State & County aforesaid, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the fol- lowing declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 —

I Ebenezer New Hawley, Was born in Farmington County of Hartford, & State of Connecticut on the 11 th day of April 1760. When I was quite young my father moved his family to Meriden in the Township of Wallingford in the County of Newhaven where we continued to reside, In the last part of May or about the first of June 1776. I Enlisted into the United States Army under Ensign Joseph Shaler, Capt. Russel Company Colonel Douglass Regiment and General Wadsworth Brigade, I arrived in the City of New York in June following where our Company joined their Regt. I was on Long Island in that distressed time when the American Army was compelled to retreat to the City of New York in a dark Night, I was in that confused & dangerous retreat from the City of N.Y. which took place on Sunday in the Month of August the next day on Monday I was in the Battle which commenced about a Mile below Harlem Plains where we had encamped Sunday Night, Soon after that we retreated again, we crossed Kingsbridge and went to a place then known by the name of Mile Square after laying there a short time we retreated to the White Plains where the British Army soon overtook us and we had another Battle, in which I was engaged in the first fire and was slightly wounded in my left thigh. in a short time after that we retreated to a place then called North Castle where we was dischar- ged on or about the 25 th of December 1776 — the Snow was then and had ben for some days about two feet deep and I went home with frozen feet and frozen ears . . . .

Gen l Dadswoth Was the Brigadier our brigade Gen l Putnam Commanded in person in every Battle that I Was in — Colon l Douglass Was the Command of our Reg t Colon l Arnold Was Lieut l Colon l — May l Porter Was of our Reg t — May l Salmage Was brigade May l Augustus Barker Was Adjutant — Mr. Trumble of North Haven Was Chaplain
Company officers
Capt l Russell Lieut l Potter do — Baldwin Joseph Shaler Ensign —
Campaign of 1776 —

July 2, 1940.
Colonel Kenneth F. Cramer Adjutant General's Office Hartford, Connecticut.
BA-J/ILL Ebenezer Rice Hawley S. 9572
Dear Sir:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 9572, based upon service of Ebenezer Rice Hawley in the Revolutionary War.
Ebenezer Rice Hawley was born April 11, 1760 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, and moved with his father, when quite young, to Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, where he resided at the time of the Revolutionary War. The names of his parents were not given; he was called Rice Hawley at the time of his enlistment.
He enlisted about June 1, 1776 and served six months as private in Captain Edward Russell's company, Colonel William Douglas' Connecticut regiment, during which he marched to New York city, was in the battle of Long Island, was in the retreat from New York city, was in the battles of Harlem Plains and White Plains, in which last engagement he was slightly wounded in his left thigh; he returned home with frozen feet, as the snow was then two feet deep. He entered service in April 1777, as teamster under George Seymour, conductor, and Jeremiah Wadsworth, Deputy Quartermaster General, and drove with supplies for the army to Fishkill, also into New Jersey, and from the spring of 1778, acted as waiter to Major Thomas Weeks and Colonel Udny Hay. After April 1780, he served as express rider under said Colonel Hay over a period of two years, frequently riding through the night with messages of importance.
This soldier resided in Meriden, Connecticut, until 1788, when he moved to "Whitestown" near Utica, New York, and resided ten years, then moved to Onondaga County, New York, and resided until 1807, moved then to Sandusky, Ohio, and remained three years, then moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and resided until 1821, at which time he moved Cincinnati, Ohio.
Ebenezer Rice Hawley was allowed pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War on his application executed September 4, 1832, at which time he resided in Cincinnati, Hamilton County,

Ohio. He was called Major Hawley by his associates at that time; he had been a Magistrate, Brigade Inspector and High Sheriff during his residence in New York State, also, a Magistrate in St. Louis, Missouri.
In 1821, Ebenezer Rice Hawley referred to his wife, aged then forty years; he did not give her name, nor the date and place of their marriage. No reference was made to children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:
Ebenezer R. Hawley Certificate #25905 Issued January 27, 1834 Rate $80 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

July 2, 1940.
Colonel Kenneth F. Cramer Adjutant General's Office Hartford, Connecticut.
BA-3/ILL Ebenezer Rice Hawley S. 9572 Levi Wood S. 6446
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Ephraim Buell, Ebenezer W. Finney, Eben Rice Hawley and Levi Wood, all of Connecticut.
A search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of an Ebenezer Finney of Connecticut, nor of any Ephraim Buell. The record has been found of only one Levi Wood of Connecticut. His record and that of Ebenezer Rice Hawley are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
S. 9,572
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ebenezer Rice Hawley a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June, 1776 6 mos. Pvt. Edward Russell Wm. Douglas Conn.   April, 1777 3 yrs. Transferred George Seymour Jeremiah Hadsor "   Transferred Hughes Continental   Transferred Maj. Thomas Weeks "   Transferred Ulney Hay "   Apr. 1780 2 yrs Express riders &c. Ulney Hay "  
Battles engaged in, Long Island, retreat from New York, Harlem Plains and White Plains, where wounded in thigh. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Meriden, New Haven Co., Conn.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 8, 1821 - Cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Hamilton, Butler Co., O.
Age at date of application, b. Farmington, Hartford Co. Conn. Apr. 11, 1760.
Remarks: Soldier was a Magistrate, Brigade Major Inspector, and for four years High Sheriff of Onondaga Co., in New York state, and subsequently a Magistrate in Missouri, St. Louis being his residence from about 1810 to 1821.
In 1821 his wife ac. forty yrs. is referred to - name not stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

(Continued) Ebenezer Rice Hanley - en Sept 1832 of Cincinnati Hamilton Co Ohio - born in Farmington, Hartford Co Conn April 11. 1760 & when quite young his father moved to Newton Station Co Conn. In 1788 he moved to Watertown Oneida Co NY, remained 10 yrs, from there to Onondaga NY & in 1807 to Sandusky Ohio & Oct 1810 to Steubenville Ohio. In 1821 to Cincinnati Ohio. In May 1776 he enlisted with Col. Douglas, 10th Conn. Marched to NY City. He was in the battle on Long Island (Aug 27. 1776), & in the midnight retreat to NY City, thence towards Harlem where he was in another battle (Oct 12. 1776) from which he retreated across Kings Bridge & to White Plains, where overpowered by the enemy with another battle (Oct 28. 1776) & was slightly wounded in his left thigh & he was drenched on Christmas day when the snow was 2 feet deep - He arrived home with frozen feet & ears - Every battle he was in the Com d of Genl Putnam - In April 1777 he enlisted for 3 years under Col. Wadsworth Deputy Q tr M ster Genl & Stationed at Hartford Conn, to transport public stores to the army & to the army in N. J. where he was assigned to Genl Putnam's Brigade which followed the movements of army during the 1777 campaign. The duty was extremely

hard that bodily he was not at first able to endure it and so much injured that he could continue in that branch of service & was detached in the Spring of 1778 as waiter to one of the officers with whom he remained until his "time" expired - This officer had been so impressed with his so much confidence in his transacting special business that he was understood, with his improved health to remain in the public service for a year longer during which period he was frequently employed as express rider, a very dangerous service, that at times required an all night ride After the war he rec d  appointments  commissions from Gov t Jay, Clinton & Hewes of N.Y. to the Magistracy, Brigade Major Inspector & for 4 years was high Sheriff of Onondaga County of N.Y. & by Gov t Howard of N.Y. to the Magistracy for many years
In Sept 1821 an affidavit circulated in the city & in identical Hamilton in the town of ... (faded text)

State of Connecticut ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, HARTFORD.
March 7, 1940
U. S. Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
We have been informed that the following men served in the Revolutionary War from Connecticut:
○ Ephraim Buell 1741-1821 ○ Ebenezer W. Finney 1755-1822 1- Eben Rice Hawley 1760- - Levi Wood 1757-1835
Our records fail to show any service for the above-named individuals. Will you kindly advise what, if any, service your records show, in order that we may con- sider making the necessary addition to our own records.
Very truly yours,
Kenneth F. Cramer Kenneth F. Cramer Colonel Ass't. Adjutant General

1912, Mar. 1. Hist. to Mrs. A. L. Taylor
1940 - July 2 - Hist. to Kenneth F. Cramer - L.S.
Rehrap
9572 INVALID.
File No. 9572
Ebenezer B. Howle
Prim Roll War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 162
[Arrangement of 1870.]

18,2894
Ebenezer R. Hawley Butler Co Ohio.
Law: Milliken, Hamilton, Ohio.
Rec d Nov: 1821
When this case is acted on, let that of Abra- ham Smith be taken up.

There is no provision made by law for service performed in the 2 d Master Genl department
Rejected 10 Nov 1821

It appears by the records of the State that the General Assembly of Connecticut at their session in June 1776 ordered six battalions to be raised, and to join the the continental army at New York, and to serve until the 25 th of December 1776. And W m Douglass was then appointed Col., James Arnold L t Col. & Phineas Porter Major of the 5 th Battalion; and Edward Russell one of the Captains.
D. Phelps -
Comptroller's Office January 17 th 1834.
I Daska Phelps Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify, that under date May 15 th 1777, the pay roll of Capt. Edward Russell, belonging Col. William Douglass Reg t is credited to

him on the books of the Pay Table, and charged to the United States.
No roll of Col. Douglass regiment, or of Capt. Russell's company have been found, or any other evidence of the duration of their service.
O. Phelps
I further certify that no evidence has been found in this Office of the team service. It is believed, that the evidence regarding this branch of service remained with the D. Q. until his account was settled, & with that, transmitted to the Committee appointed by Congress the Army accounts.
O. Phelps

Sir
I cannot find any direct proof of Mr Hawley's revolutionary services. The secondary proof I send corroborates his declaration, & I trust will be satisfactory evidence of his service in 176. No evidence of any steam service exists in this Office.
I am very respectfully
Yours O. Phelps
If successful let him send me $1-

Cincinnati July 22 nd 1833 —
Robert T. Lytle Esquire, Representative to Congress
Sir I think it most proper to make the following Statement for your convenience in attending to my business at the War Office, as it may be in the course of business or otherwise you may forget or be at a loss what to do or what to write me in the worst case, but by referring to this and my other papers you can refresh your memory at any time ~ In the first place Mr. Lewis Cass Secretary at War Made a Statement of what would be required to prove the services done in the Revolutionary Army as stated in the declaration of the claimants; namely the first object would be to find the name of the claimant on the Muster Rolle of the Army and when the name can be found on the Muster Rolle no further proof would be required — and then stated what was required in cases where the name cannot be found on the Muster Rolle, and as Mr. Cass said in his statement the Muster Rollen in many cases are known to be incorrect, and that positive proof in many cases cannot be obtained in consequence of so many deaths and such a length of time since the services was done and the survivors so extensively scattered all over the United States that it is impossible in many cases to make positive proof of services actually done, and then Mr. Cass pointed out what was necessary and what was required in all such cases, and I suppose I have complied with and have met all the requirements then made in every point and it was so considered by the Court when I went and made oath to my declaration but it appears that Mr. Edwards has attended to my papers and he has sent them back to me and requires positive proof, which perhaps is out of my power to procure — there was two men in this country who was acquainted with me from infancy and well acquainted with my services in the revolution, those men was Capt. Joseph Shaler who lived on little Miami about thirteen Miles from this City, and the other was Mr. Isaiah Hall of Oxford Butler County, but they are both dead and gone —

And now if they insist on having positive proof at the War office I do not know of only one way to do, and that is for me to go to Connecticut where I was born and brought up and see if I can find any of my former acquaintance there that can testify for me, as to relations then I have none, there is a bare possibility that I may find some former acquaintance there who was knowing to my services in the army but I do not know I came from that place in a few years after the close of the Revolution and I have not been there in about thirty years, so the chance of finding witnesses there is very doubtful, and I am also doubtful about my health to perform such a journey, but if nothing short of positive proof will satisfy the War department I will undertake the journey at the risk of my life for my claim is a just one and I flatter myself that I shall be justified in persevering, as I engaged in our Country's cause at the risk of my life and health at a time when our Country was in distress, I will now do the same in my own cause, in serving my Coun- try my life was preserved but my Constitution and my health was ruined and I have never been a hea- lthy man, and I hope my Country will not impose such a burden on me as to take such a journey at such an advanced age, and my informations are too many and great for the undertaking, but in case you find it necessary for me to go after witnesses you will please to write me accordingly and I will be ready to start on short notice; if my name can be found on the Muster Rolle I expect it will be Nice Rawley as I was so called and my first name Ebenezer was not com- monly made use of and if my recollection serves me I was always called Nice Rawley when the Company Rolle was called, and that is a circumstance which ought to be remembered in case you should think necessary to write to the Comptroller in Connecticut - at any rate there was not any man by the name of Rawley that served in the same company with me during the whole term of my services - I do not think of any thing more that I can say on the subject that would be of any use to you in attend- ing to my business and it is my most ardent wish that you may succeed as I am in actual need of assistance -

Dear Sir,
In case you find it necessary to write to the Comptroller in Connecticut, you will please to refer him to the Enlistments and Muster Rolls of the year 1776 and there look for General Wadsworth's Brigade - Colonel Douglass Regiment and Capt. Russells Company - and there he will find my Name unless there has been a Sad omission for I was not absent from the Company one day through the whole Campaign except being on duty and my Name was called every Night and Morning, and in my Declaration you will find the Names of the officers of the Company and the Names of the most important officers of the Regiment —

Our Government has made a Law for the Release of Those who served in the Revolution and that Law embraces my Services completely and in case my Name cannot be found on the Muster Rolls, it is not my fault, the Services I have done faithfully as stated in my declaration, and it would give me pleasure to be questioned on the subject by the Secretary himself or any other person or persons, as I can tell many things and relate many transactions which I was personally acquainted with, and many Services which I performed myself which would be too much of a task to write —
May health and success attend you while engaged in serving your Country in the National Councils and return you safe in due time to the Bosom of your friends — and I am very Respectfully yours to Serve —
Ebenezer Nee Hawley
Robert S Lytle Esquire Representative to Congress —

Ebenezer R. Hawley Ohio
Adm 2 years $80
Hon R. T. Lyttle No of Reps

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.