Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7787, Thomas Holman, Conn. Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. Mass.
Holman Thomas Mary
W 7787 B.L.Wt. 26935-160-55-
CONTENTS

19.8.96  Miss Pittsburgh  Thomas H. Johnson  of the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Beebe of the Regt. commanded by Col. Kennan in the Conn. line for 18 mos 24 days  235.66 100 Jan 6 34 Conn. & Mass. Gen. Records corrected  entered on the Roll of Ohio R.R. 4. rate of 35 Dollars 66. Cents per annum, since on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Sept r 1833 and sent to J.H.  Giddings Jefferson! Arrears to the 1 th of Sept r 33. — 89.15 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept r 34. 17.83.  $106.98
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }  Recorded by M. H. Labman Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 8 Page 113

3594 New York & Hoback
861 May 9th Transferred to City N.Y. from H th March 1861
Mary Holman widow of Thomas Holman Co who served in the Revolutiona-
ry war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 35 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 11 th day of February 1852 and sent to
C. B. Stickney Norwalk Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1858, Page 113, Vol. a
1321

Cir S. Hearle Febry 12/56
130-449 - act Mar 3/53
Febry 12/53
Mary Holman widow of Thomas Holman prob
Mo 26.955
Revolutionary
Prisoner
Ohio Febry 53-3594
AD:160119 May 23 d 756
J. M. [unintelligible]
Vol 142. page 66.
Mary Holman case
St. Hearell Mt Jackson Mesopotamia Luzerne Co Ohio Penna

19.896 No 15007
Thomas Halman
Ashtabula County
Ohio
Date 5/11/16/17
Arre 10. Months
33.33.
2.33
$35.66
J. R. Giddings
Jefferson Ashtabula
County Ohio
Please return the levies

BRIEF in the case of Thomas Holman  of Ashtabula County in the State of Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Vol - In 1775. 3-5 Private Capt Peabody - Col Hemenway   " 1776. about 2 " " Marsh   Draft - 1777. " 3 about 21 " " Deming - Col Brown   " " Wolcott  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle at New York City -  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Stitchfield Co. Conn.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional Evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the certificate of the certifying officer is not attached to the sheet of paper which contains the affidavit by a piece of tape the ends of which he  X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
Dyer Easton Examining Clerk.

State of New York
Otsego County S.S. On this 17 th day of October A.D. 1883 before me Jno. Drake a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County personally appeared Mrs. Sukee Draper a resident of Westford in said County a credible person, who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that she was & is personally and well acquainted with Thomas Holman and his wife Mary Holman, that she was present when married to each other, that they were married at Westford in the County of Otsego State of New York on or about the 28 th day, March A.D. 1819. That she was present and saw the Marriage which ceremony was performed by Rev. Geo. Cotton. That she believes Mary & Thomas were married at my house. And that said Mary Holman is now a widow & resides in Herk County in the State of Ohio. Deponent further says she is of lawful age being now in her 65 th year, and is disinterested.
Attest: Jno. Drake
Sukee Draper
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17 th day of October A.D. 1883. and I further certify that said

Luke Draper is a credible witness and worthy of belief. Jno. Drake Justice of the Peace
State of New York Albany County ss I, Wm Fields Clerk of the County Court of Albany County within and for the County of Albany and State of New York do hereby certify that John Drake Esq was on the 17 th day of October A.D. 1883 an acting Justice of the Peace in said County duly authorized by the laws of said State to administer oaths etc. and that the signature above written purporting to be his is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have here set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Coeymans this 21 day of Oct. A.D. 1883. Wm Fields Clerk

State of Ohio } On this 26 th day of November A.D. 1883. Huron County ss. before me C. B. Stickney Probate
Judge in and for said County of Huron and State of Ohio personally appeared Amos Draper a person of credit of lawful age, who being duly sworn according to law depose and says that he is personally well acquainted with Mrs. Mary Holman, who is the widow of Thomas Holman deceased. That said Thomas Holman was a U.S. Pensioner, at about $40 per year as he thinks, & who died at Sessio in Ashtabula County , in the State of Ohio, on the 27 th day of June A.D. 1880. And that the said Mary Holman has not since intermarried, & that she is now a widow. Affiant has known said Mary Holman for more than thirty years last past & knows that she was married to said Thomas Holman at Millford in Owego County , State of New York . Affiant further says that he is of lawful age & is disinterested, & that he resides in Tornsvale  Huron County  State of Ohio . AMOS DRAPER
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 26 th day of November A.D. 1883. before me, and I certify that he is a credible witness. C. B. Stickney Probate Judge

The State of Ohio Huron County ss.
I Frederick A. Wildman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Huron a Court of Record, do certify that Chas. B. Stickney before whom the willin declaration of Mary Holman & the deposition of Anna Doser were taken & sworn, was, at the times of taking the same Judge of the Court of Pottale within and for said County duly Commissioned & sworn, and authorized by the laws of the State of Ohio to take Depositions & to administer oaths for general purposes; and that I am acquainted with his hand writing; and that his signatures to said papers are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Norwalk On this 20th day of January A.D. 1854 F. A. Wildman Clerk H. C. P.

Mary Holman
Mother of
Rev. Holman
Rev. Holman
For Pension

State of Ohio ) On this 17 th day of May in the year of our Lord Nasson County ss ) Eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before me G. B. Stickney Judge of the Court of Probate the undersigned, within and for the County of Nassau and State of Ohio Mrs Mary Holman a resident of Township  Yankee in the County of Nassau and State of Ohio Aged Seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by law of the United States, passed on the 3 rd day of February A.D. 1833; That she is the widow of James Holman who was a United States pensioner residing at Seneca in the County of Ashtabula in the State of Ohio as a Revolutionary Soldier, at the rate of Thirty Seven dollars per year, for a period of about seventeen years. That his Certificate of enrollment was issued to him when residing at Seneca about the year of 1833, and that he was paid at the Pittsburgh Agency. She further says that she owes a small balance due him at his death of about $10, and thinks that at that time his Certificate of enrollment was forwarded to said agency in Sept r 1830, by Samuel Hunt . She further declares that she was married to the said James Holman on the 28 th day of March (A.D. 1819) in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. In witness whereof the undersigned has hereunto set her hand and that her said husband the aforesaid James Holman died on the 27 th day of June A.D. 1830. That she was married to him at the time above stated. She further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act aforesaid and is still a widow and that she has never before made application for a pension. Mary Holman.
Sealed and subscribed before me in open court at Pittsburgh this 17 th day of May A.D. 1833. the day above written I hereby certify that Mary Holman the declarant is well & personally known to me to be the person described in and who has been & will of Ohio G. B. Stickney Probate Judge

State of Pennsylvania } County of Lawrence } ss.
130. 144 On this 5 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for said County Mary Holman a resident of Mt. Jackson in the County and State above said aged seventy two years and eleven months, who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Thomas Holman deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary war and for proof of her marriage and of the death of the said Thomas Holman her husband, and of the amount and term of service performed she refers to documents which were sent to the Pension office at the time she received the following Certificate of which the following is a true Copy;
Department of interior widows pensions
I certify that in conformity with the 2 nd section of the act of February 3 rd , 1853 Mary Holman widow Thomas Holman who was a private in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of Thirty five dollars and sixty six cents per annum, commencing on the 3 rd of February 1853 and continuing for life unless she should again marry, in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Examined and countersigned S. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions
Given at the Department of the Interior This sixth day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
R. M. Cleveland, Secretary of the Interior
Numbered on inside 3, 594
written on outside,
Payment to be made at Cleveland by E. Wesenmuller agent for paying pensions in the agency of Ohio, Payable on the fourth of September and 4 th March
Recorded in the Pension office on the Roll of Pensioners under act of February 3 rd 1853 Page 163. Vol. A. G. T. Getty Clerk
She further states that she is still his widow and makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act passed March 3 rd one thousand eight hundred fifty five

having never received any bounty land under any previous act or knowing that she is entitled to any but as above alleged
We the undersigned residents of Mt Jackson in the many persons County and State aforesaid upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Holman in our presence and that we believe and know her from her appearance and from a long acquaintance with her both before and since the death of her husband to be the identical person she represents herself to be
Stephen Heard Betsy Heard
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, that I have examined the original of the certificate that is copied in the above application and find it to be truly copied, and that I have no interest in this claim
W. D. Hart J. P.

State of Pennsylvania Lawrence County S.S.
I Daniel M. Hipsinger Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Lawrence of previous An Oath M D Said before whom the foregoing Affidavit was made and at the time thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly elected Commissioner and sworn according to the Laws of this Commonwealth that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is gen- uine and that full faith & credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at New Castle on the 30th day of May (A D 1853)
Daniel M. Hipsinger Prothonotary

Mr Waldo Dear Sir I am by no means sure that I have complied with the instruction of your office in making out this case yet I do suppose that this will acquaint you with all the facts in the case by reference to documents on file in the other case which is of such recent date, Mrs Holman desires me to say that if her pension shall cease if in event she should receive a land warrant, that she does not want the warrant
I have not seen other than a newspaper copy of the act of March 3 d P.I. noticed no such provision in regard to Widows of revolutionary soldiers
If the application is successfull please send the warrant either to
Mrs Holman or myself Mr Jackson Lawrence Co Pennsylvania
J. Beall
Hon. L. P. Waldo Esq,

STATE OF OHIO, } Ashtabula } COUNTY, } ss.
ON this 25 th day of September personally appeared in open court, before the undersigned the court of Common Pleas - now sitting, Thomas Holman a resident of Aurora in the county of Ashtabula and state of Ohio, aged 77 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7, 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say, that in the year A.D. 1775 while he was a resident of the township of Pittsfield, in the County of Berkshire in the State of Connecticut, he volunteered at Pittsfield aforesaid, in the Connecticut State Troops, in a Company Commanded Captain Buel, for the period of seven months or more as his Commission required. This was in the month of May in the year aforesaid but the day of the month is not recollected, that immediately after this enlistment he marched with said Company to Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain, where said Company joined their regiment under the Command of Colonel. Heman, the agent of the regiment was named Nathan Stead, that to the best of his recollection the said Army was Commanded by General Schuyler, that he knew Colonel Ethan Allen and General M c Henry, that the latter Officer soon after his arrival left that division of the Army to which he belonged, embarked on board vessels and went on his northern expedition, that his Company arrived at Ticonderoga a few days after it was taken from the enemy, and that he quartered and did duty with said Company at the said last mentioned place, until about the first day of October in the year aforesaid when he was, on account of sickness discharged on a furlough, and returned home after serving in said Troops to the best of his recollection about five months, that he was confined by sickness for about three months after his return as aforesaid.
That he again volunteered in the Connecticut Militia at Pittsfield aforesaid, to the best of his recollection in August A.D. 1776, in a Company Commanded by Captain Solomon Marsh, that immediately after he volunteered as aforesaid, he marched with said Company to Norwalk in the said State of Connecticut, where said Company with other Troops embarked on board of Vessels and sailed for New York, where said Troops landed and took up their quarters for some time, from which place said Troops removed to a place called Horns Hook on the Island and quartered there for about two weeks, that he was present when New York was taken by the British, and was in the battle which took place at that time, in that division of the Army Commanded by General Putnam, that after the action was over the Army retreated to White Plains, that he was acquainted with General  Putnam , and Colonel Heidenreich He all the names of the other officers at recollection.
That he continued in the Army after said battle employed chiefly in attending the sick and wounded, that he continued in said service until some time in October of the same year when he was discharged at a place on the North River near White Plains. That to the best of his recollection he served at this time about two months.
That he was drafted in Pumbisfield where he resided in the County Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts, in the Massachusetts Militia, to the best of his recollection in the month of May 1777, the day of the month is not recollected, in a Company Commanded by Captain Elizah  Benning , that immediately after

That he was drafted in Sandwich where he resided in the County Barnstable in the State of Massachusetts, in the Massachusetts Militia, to the best of his recollection in the month of May 1777, the day of the month is not recollects, in a company commanded by Captain Elizah Kenning , that immediately after he was drafted he marched with said company to Fort Edward in the State of New York, where said company joined their regiment under the command of Colonel John Brown , where said company and regiment quartered for some time. That said troops marched from Fort Edward, and took up their quarters at a place called Kingsbury near Fort Ann, where they quartered for some time, when they were employed in watching the motions of the enemy. That said troops retreated from their fortifications to Fort Miller where they quartered for a short time, and then continued their march to a place called Stillwater, where said troops encamped, until he was taken sick and discharged. Sometime the latter part of August A.D. 1777, after a campaign to the best of his recollection of about three months.
That immediately after his return home from the aforementioned campaign he was again called out on what was called the Alarm List in the Massachusetts Militia, to oppose the progress of Burgoyne and his army that he immediately marched with the rest of the militia on said expedition under the command of Captain Samuel Washburn , that soon after his arrival at the camp at Still Water they were discharged, and he returned home, that to the best of his recollection he was out on the aforementioned expedition about three weeks. That he has no documentary evidence or living witnesses to his knowledge of either of the above mentioned periods of his service.
HE hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the state of
SWORN to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Thomas Holman
Sept 25 in Open Court - Attest Saml. H. Hovey Clerk
and Lyndus Jones residing in the same place hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Thomas Holman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 77 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Jonathan Warner Lyndus Jones
SWORN, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Samuel Hovey
AND the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and 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 Jonathan Warner who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Jefferson and that Lyndus Jones who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same place and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

and a true copy thereof, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel Henshaw clerk of the court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Thomas Holman for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 25th day of September A. D. 183 2
Sam Henshaw Clerk
The State of Ohio Ashland County ss Jefferson Township April 27. 1873
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for said Township & County. Thomas Holman who being duly sworn saith that by reason of old age & 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 the year 1775 I served five months as a private soldier. That for the year 1776 I served two months as a private soldier. That for the year 1777 I served three months and twenty one days as a private soldier. And I the said Thomas Holman do further say that the reason why I did not obtain the testimony of a clergyman to support my application was because that there is no clergyman nor was there any residing in the Township of Leips where I live with whom I am acquainted.
And I the said Thomas Holman do further say that from the record of my age which I verily believe to be true I was born in Middletown in Connecticut in the year 1755. That I have a record of my age, and that I am acquainted with Jonathan Warner & Lyman Jones & E. N. Hous & others in my neighborhood who can testify to my character for veracity & to their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year first above written } Thomas Holman
Alvin Bagley Justice of Peace I Alvin Bagley a justice of the Peace for said County do certify that I am acquainted with Jonathan Warner and Lyman Jones and that they are credible witnesses.
Alvin Bagley Justice of Peace

Ohio County ss 3 I Saml Hendry Clerk P.D. of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Ashtabula do hereby certify that Alvin Bagley Esquire who has in his own proper hand writing Affixed his Official signature to the within and foregoing Certificate, is a Justice of the Peace of said County of Ashtabula, duly Commissioned and sworn agreeably to the Laws of the State of Ohio — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the seal of the said Court at Jefferson the 27th day of April A.D. 1853 — F Saml Hendry Clerk P.D.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
Ans
June 23, 1935
Bertina R. Pettis 188 Straight St Paterson, N. J.
Madam: *
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 7787, it appears that Thomas Holman was born in 1755 in Middletown, Connecticut.
While residing at Hitchfield Township, Connecticut, he enlisted in May 1775 and served five months as a private in Captain Bebee's Company, Colonel Hinman's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted in August 1776 and served two months as private in Captain Solomon Marsh's Connecticut Regiment, and was in the battle when New York was captured.
While residing in Sandisfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he enlisted in May 1777 and served three months as private in Captain

Elijah Deming's Company, Colonel John Brown's Massachusetts Regiment, later in same year, he served three weeks in Captain Samuel Walcott's Massachusetts Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, while a resident of Lenox, Ashtabula County, Ohio, he died there June 27, 1850.
Soldier married March 28, 1819 at Westford, Otsego County, New York, Mary, whose maiden name is not stated (it is not stated in said claim that soldier had any other wife). She was allowed pension on her application executed May 12, 1853, while a resident of Townsend Township, Huron County, Ohio, aged seventy-one years.
In 1855, she was living in Mount Jackson, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania and in 1861, she was living in Macomb, New York.
Respectfully,
WILDER S. METCALF Commissioner.

Dec-6-1901 Morris J. Route Brown Heights Md
1907 Mar 6 - Hist. to Alfred G. Holman. M.P.R.
1915 Oct. 5: History to Mrs.
S. L. Gant. M.P.R.
1925 June 23 - Hist. to Bertina R. Pettis awt.
ny 87 WIDOW, &c.
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File No. 7787 Mary Holman Wid. Thos. Holman Pvt. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3/53
Index: Vol. A , Page 34
[Arrangement of 1870.]

✓ 26.955
5 Nov Aug

Henry Holman 130/449
Warrant issued May 28/57 and sent to G. H. Lord the Auditor in his office 1860 amount £26,933-
John M. ... May 28/57 130/449
130/449

27 June 50 N o 11 2/186
3 Auditor's plan state date of death of pension- er, and to when paid.
F. Burh Esq. Respectfully,
3 Auditor Jan. 27. 54; "
S. Cole. to Commissioner
Thomas Holman Act 1832 $35.66 per Ann. Died 27 June 1850. Paid
F. Burh Auditor

March 22 d Maconb July  2 nd 1861 Comm d of Pensions Dear Sir
Enclosed I Send the application of Mrs Holman for change of certificate and additional pension. Please Direct your correspondence to me at Maconb Ky Yours Respectfully
David Day 2 d

Brief in the case of May Homan, widow of Thomas Huron County and State of Ohio. act Feb. 3. 53
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Marriage and identity proved by two acceded returns
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Allowed $35.66. from Feb. 3. 1853.
Name and residence of Agent
C. B. Stickney, Norwalk, O.
J. H. Adams, Examining Clerk.

I did you know

Cleveland Pension Agency May 2. 1861.
Geo. C. Whiting Esqr.
Sir: Your communication of the 27 th of April came to hand.
Mary Dolonan, widow of Thomas a Pensioner under the act of February 3. 1853 2 d Section at Thirty five 66 / 100 Dollars per annum, was last paid on the 22 nd of March 1861.
My best thanks for requisition made by you in my favor for one thousand Dollars, as I am noti- fied just now.
Very respectfully
Yours
A. Thorne.
Pension Agent.

Columbus, O. Feb. 22. 1861
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PENSION OFFICE Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: I have the honor to submit the following application for a pension to my wife, Mary Holman, widow of Thomas Holman, who served in the Ohio National Guard during the late war. Thomas Holman was honorably discharged from the service at the expiration of his term of enlistment. He was at the time of his death a resident of the State of Ohio. I believe that my wife is entitled to a pension under the provisions of the act "to grant pensions to the widows of certain soldiers who have been honorably discharged from the service of the United States during the late war."
Mary Holman Wid. of Thomas Ohio - No 53-3594
April 6 1861

WILLIAM COLLINS,.....Cleveland, Ohio.
FRANCIS COLLINS,....Columbus, "
COLLINS & HERRON,....Cincinnati, "
Attorneys & Counsellors at Law.
Cleveland, O., 16 Ch 30 1861
Dear Sir
I want to apply for an increase of the pension of Mary Holman, of Vilas, Franklin Co. Ohio, widow of Thos Holman, private. She now receives $70.00.
Will you have the kind-ness to send me the requisites for filing, instructions?
Respectfully yours
Wm Collins Ex No of 30 Long Branch N.H.

To
Forwalk. O. January 31/34 Commission of Pensions D.C. Dear Sir,
Inclosed I forward you the petition of Mrs Mary Holman widow of the late Thomas Holman U.S. Pensioner, for a pension under the act of Congress passed 3 rd February A.D. 1833.
Mrs Holman is now residing in Huron County with a relative of hers, where she has been most of the time since the death of her husband on the 27 th day of June 1830. She is a very worthy and needy lady, & I have no doubt you will immediately allow this claim & cause her Certificate to be enrolled & soon forwarded to her use. It is also hoped she may be put upon the agency at Cleveland O.
This matter has been somewhat delayed, since the making of the declaration in order to get the deposition of Rev. G. Cotton who married her. His testimony to the point of marriage is supplied by that of Mrs. Sairy Grope who was present, & now resides where she the day when Mrs. Mary Holman was married.
Yours Respectfully
C. B. Stickney Forwalk. O.

Horatio Smith 10
Herney Wetmore
certifying officer, should accompany the paper. off of the certificate of a member of congress, bearing the official character, and signature of the In every case where the clerk of the court or other certifying officer has no public seal or under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly affixed to the attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must be written on the same sheet of paper, which contains the signature, or other paper authorized, the cer-

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Halmun which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
[Handwritten signature]
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
[Handwritten signature]
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
1. 2. 7.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

State of New York } St Lawrence County }
On this 19 th Day of January 1861 personally appeared before me David Day a Justice of the Peace in and for the County afore- said Mary Holman of Massena in said County and on being duly sworn deposes and says that she is the identical Mary Holman whose name is in the annexed Certificate that she still remains the Widow of Thomas Holman That she now resides in Massena State of New York and expects to reside there as long as she lives She makes this declaration for the purpose of having her pension made payable in the State of New York as it would save her expense and trouble She also makes affidavit that whenever she may be entitled under the act of Congress Approved June 3 rd 1858 may be added to her Certificate together with such back pay as she may be entitled to receive under such act The same may be had to her Certificate and other papers on file in the pension office for the necessary evidence to substantiate her claim
Mary Holman

The foregoing was Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 19 th Day of January 1881 And I further Certify that the said Mary Johnson is the Individual Person she represents herself to be in this declaration
David Day 2d Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss: St. Lawrence County, Clerk's Office.
I, M. W. SPAULDING, Clerk of said County of St. Lawrence, and also Clerk of the Courts of Record directed by law to be held therein, do hereby CERTIFY that David Day 2 nd before whom the annexed affidavit was made, was, at the time of taking, the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorised to take the same; and I further Certify that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of said Justice, and verily believe his signature to the jurat of the annexed affidavit is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County and Courts, this 29 th day of February 18 81.
M. W. Spaulding CLERK.

(Hon J. Minot, Esq)
Will you inform me if the claim of Mary Holman for bounty land under Act of March 3d. 1855 No. 130. 449 has been successful
I have heard from other applications of a much more recent date but nothing from this one only that the application had been received.
Said Mary Holman is the Widow of a Revolutionary soldier and is in great need of the avails of her warrant if she can obtain it
I have feared that it might have been lost in the mail as my address has been changed since the application was made from Mt. Jackson Lawrence County Pennsylvania to Mesopotamia Trumbull County, Ohio
When you will now address
Mary Holman Care of J. Hearn yours respectfully May 19th 1856 J. Hearn

ALFRED L. HOLMAN 225 DEARBORN STREET CHICAGO
Cable Address—NAMLOH Code—BEDFORD McNEILL
February 21st, 1907.
Commissioner of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly furnish me with the pension record of Thomas Holman, Ashtabula County, Ohio; placed on roll Sept. 23, 1783; commencement of pension, March 4, 1781; services in the Revolutionary War.
I will be greatly obliged if you will make the record as full as possible, as I need it for genealogical purposes.
Yours faithfully,
Alfred L. Holman.

Rev. Sec. 25. Feb. St. H East Cleveland. O.
Pension Bureau or, War Department.
I am seeking information in regard to my grandfather Thomas Holman , who fought in the American Revolution.
I am seeking member- ship in the Society Daughters of the American Revolution.
Can I get the copy of my grandfather's discharge?
I know so very little about him, only his birth 1755 and death 1850 and that he rec'd a pension.
Will you kindly give me

any information possible and at your earliest possible convenience and oblige
Yours Resp'tly.
Mrs S. E. Grant.
September 27 th 1915.

MISS KATHERINE TAYLOR, TEACHER BERTINA R. PETTIS, TEACHER
SCHOOL NUMBER TWO PASSAIC STREET
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND SIGHT SAVING CLASS PATERSON, N. J.
188 Straight St., Paterson, N.J. May 1, 1925
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen, In applying for membership in the D.A.R. I find I have made some mistake in the history of my revolutionary ancestor, Thomas Holman. The only way I can correct it is by consulting your records on the subject. Will you kindly send me a copy of the data you have on his history? You will find it in your files under heading--- W.B.H. Wid File 7787, Rev. War. Military History of Thomas Holman. He was a resident of Litchfield, Conn. at the time of first engagement.
I am inclosing letter which will explain my difficulty clearly. Will you kindly return it to me with your reply?
I will be glad to meet any expense incurred by you in forwarding this information.
Very truly yours,
Bertina R. Pettis
Letter returned June 23-1925-cwz

Sir: _____
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Thomas Holman. W. F. 7787 , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or and 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.     May 1775 5 mos Sept 1, 1775 Pvt. Isaac Heman Conn   Aug 1776 2 mos Solomon Marsh "   May 1777 3 mos Elijah Deming John Brown Mass   1777 3 weeks Samuel McNeill Mass          
Battles engaged in, X In battle when New York was evacuated
Residence of soldier at 1st enlistment, Litchfield Township, Litchfield Co. Conn. 1777 Sanderfield Berkshire Co. Mass
Date of application for pension, Sept. 25, 1832; his claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Genoa, Ashtabula Co., Ohio
Age at date of application, 1755 Middletown, Conn: he died June 27, 1850 at Genoa Ohio
Remarks: He married Mary - March 25, 1819 at Westford, Otsego Co. N.Y. her claim was allowed on a declaration Sept. May 12, 1853, at which time she was 71 years of age and a resident of Townsend Township, Faxon Co. Ohio; in 1861 she was a resident of Macomb, St. Lawrence Co. N.Y.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.