Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2328, William Howell, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Howell, William
S 2328
Boarded
CONTENTS

Date of death not in AB.
5152 Ohio
William Howell of Athens in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Van Straingen of the Reg t commanded by _____ in the Virginia line for 11 months as Private
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of Feb 1833 and sent Wm H. S. J. United Cons d of Reg t
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $54.99 Semi-annual allowance ending March 33 18.33
$73.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk, Book D Vol. 10 Page 55

Mr. Howells
Parole
11 Mr
Adm
Hon. S. F. Norton

BRIEF in the case of  William Howell of the County of Athens in the State of Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 84 years  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.     In 1776 — 1 — Private Gen. Capt. Johnson   "77 — 1 — ditto Same   "78 Augt — 1 — Draft d Same & Capt. Van Swingen   "81 Apr. — 2, — Private Capt. Johnson  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hampshire Co. Va  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? nothing  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Regular 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Belt Examining Clerk.

State of Ohio } Athens County, sp. }
On this thirteenth day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the President and Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Athens aforesaid, now sitting, William Howell a resident of Lee Township in the County of Athens aforesaid and State of Ohio, aforesaid, a god eighty four 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 United States Service under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. He was born in New Jersey when he lived till about 24 years of age when he removed into Hampshire County, Virginia, the he recollects that in the years 1776 & 1777 he was out in the Service about a month each time, principally in pursuit of deserters, that his captain's name, in both these tours, was Okey Johnson, who resided on Paterson's Creek in said Hampshire County, Above Johnson was Lieutenant, that the company pursued the deserters into the among the Allegany Mountains, took prisoners and brought them back, it was in the summer season. In the year 1778 in the beginning of August he was drafted in the same Captain Okey Johnson's company and marched to Fort McIntosh on the Ohio River about 18 miles below Fort Pitt, where he was attached to a company of Light Infantry commanded by Captain Van Swearingen, and advanced across the country to Tuscarawas, where the Indians were riot and when the company constructed a fort; he continued at Fort Tuscarawas and employed against the Indians & in marching through the country until about the 26th day of February 1779, he was about from home on this tour near seven months. - In April in the year 1781 he was called out in the N. S. Service, in pursuit of the Tories, and continued out about two months again under Capt. Okey Johnson, in this tour he proceeded up the main South Fork of Potomac, and crossed over to the main Branch, and down the same, in this expedition a number of Tories were taken & brought in. A call was made for Militia at the taking of Cornwallis, when he hired a substitute - He has no documentary evidence, and that he knows no person in this County whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service.
After here by relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any state. Sworn & subscribed the day & year first above written. Henry Bartlett Clerk Attest A. S. Brown William Howell Mark

We Asa Stearns a Clergyman residing in Alexander Township, Athens County, Ohio and Josiah Coe residing in Athens Township in said County & State, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Howell, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty four years of age; and that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution; and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Henry Bartlett Clerk
Asa Stearns Josiah Coe
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 Asa Stearns who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman in the County of Athens and State of Ohio, and that Josiah Coe who has also signed the same, is a resident of the County aforesaid, & is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Henry Bartlett Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of William Howell for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office. This thirteenth day of October A.D. 1832. Henry Bartlett Clerk

August 10, 1932
BA-J/AWF
William Howell S. 2328
Mr. C. R. Cline Athens Ohio
Dear Sir:
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 2328, based upon the Revolutionary War service of William Howell.
He was born in the state of New Jersey (date not given) and lived there until he was about twenty-four years of age, when he moved to Hampshire County, Virginia, which was later West Virginia.
He served in 1776 and 1777 one month each year in Captain Okey Johnson's Virginia company. He enlisted sometime in August, 1778 and served in Captain Okey Johnson's company, marched to Fort McIntosh, where he was transferred to Captain Van Swearingen's company, went on to Tuscarawas, where they had an engagement with the Indians and was discharged February 26, 1779. He enlisted sometime in April, 1781 and served two months in Captain Okey Johnson's company in pursuit of the Tories and captured a number of them.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 13, 1832, at which time he was aged eighty-four years and was living in Lee Township, Athens County, Ohio.
There are no data as to his family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of the pensioner, William Howell, you should

apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data-
William Howell Certificate number 5152 Issued February 4, 1833 Rate $36.66 per annum To commence March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Rev. H. S.
2328 INVALID.
aug. 3, 1904, Hist. to C. D. Hopkins, athens, ohio. 1932-aug 10. liish to mr. C. A. cline also
File No. 2328
Mrs. Howell Dr. W. line
Act: June 7, '32
Index:—Vol. A , Page 176
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Howell which require further proof or explanation.
1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
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? yes
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? yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
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? yes

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? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 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? yes XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 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? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
 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 the 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.
† 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 authenticated 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 end 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.

William Howell — Declaration filed Oct 13 th 1832. J. H. Bartlett Clerk

CHARLES D. HOPKINS RUFUS CARPENTER
NOTARY IN OFFICE
CHARLES D. HOPKINS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING, ATHENS, OHIO.
HOME TELEPHONES OFFICE 109. RESIDENCE 166.
July 14, 1904.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C..
My Dear Sir:-
Will you please furnish me the Revolutionary War record of William Howell late of Mt. Blanco, Meigs County, Ohio. Howell was born in 1848 and died in 1842. Enlisted somewhere in Virginia I think near Richmond. He drew a pension for the loss of arm.
Very Truly Yours,

C. R. CLINE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW NOTARY PUBLIC ATHENS, OHIO
Stamp Enclosed & returned Athens, Ohio, Aug. 8, 1932.
Director of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Does the Pension Dept. have any record of the services of either ✓ Michael Howell or James Allen , as Revolutionary soldiers of the State of Virginia? The War Dept. has a brief record of their services, but does not have the date of the birth of either, or where born. The Department referred me to you for further information.
Please give me this information as soon as possible, so that we shall have it in time for the fourth annual Townsend reunion, to be held in Meigs Co., Ohio, Aug. 21st., at which time a bronze tablet erected at the grave of William Howell, a Virginia Revolutionary soldier buried in Ohio, will be unveiled. According to tradition, we are also descendants of James Allen, who, with his son, James Allen, Jr., fought in the Revolution.
The War Dept. has the record of one James Allen, but no record of Jr. or Sr. Our ancestor would be James Allen, Sr. But the date of his birth, if it can be obtained, will tell us whether the one found on the records of the War Dept. is our ancestor or not.
Also, Order Book No. 1, of the Court Records of Randolph Co., W. Va., has the following:
"Came into Court, ✓ William Howell, and made oath Michael Howell never received compensation in land for services while soldier under Col. Merteulerge in Revolution"
This would indicate that Michael Howell may have been the father

C. R. CLINE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW NOTARY PUBLIC ATHENS, OHIO
of William Howell. If so, we have two Revolutionary ancestors in the same family. The date of his birth  this , if it can be found, will tell this.
Thanking you in advance for the favor of a reply, as soon as is convenient, I am
Yours truly,
C. R. Cline.

August 10, 1932
BA-J/AWF
William Howell S. 2328
Mr. C. R. Cline Athens Ohio
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter requesting information in regard to the Revolutionary War service of James Allen, Michael Howell and William Howell.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war.
A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the services of Michael Howell or Howel.
You will find enclosed the record of William Howell, S. 2328, and the record of James Allen, S. 2489, which are the records of the only soldiers by these names, who were pensioners, while residing in the state of Ohio, on account of services during the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator