Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5028, Aaron Himrod, Penn.

SERVICE
Penn
Wimrod, Aaron Isabella
NUMBER
R. 5028.
CONTENTS
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Isabella Winrod applied from Pa suspended from Acad Soc Erie Co Pa
Hon Carlton S Curtis at Pittsburgh 214 1/2 N

Isabella Stewart Surplus claim from Pa Aaron Law of 1838 from Brad Joy
Feb 1853
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State of Pennsylvania COUNTY OF Erie
ss.
Moses Hinroad being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is a child of Isabella Hinroad deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, & who was an applicant for a pension from the State of Pennsylvania that this deponent is directly interested as one of the claimants in said claim.
Moses Hinroad
Sworn and subscribed before me this 24 th day December 1852 and I do hereby certify that the said Moses Hinroad is a respectable person, and that I have full faith in the truth of the above statement sworn to by him as being directly interested in said claim.
Wm T. Tenson Justice of the peace
Know all Men by these Presents, That I Moses Hinroad a child of Isabella Hinroad deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, & who was an applicant for a pension from the State of Pennsylvania do hereby constitute and appoint READ JOY, of Ovid, N. Y., my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name as one directly and personally interested, as also for and in behalf of all others interested in the claim or application for a pension as above mentioned.
Witness my hand and seal, this 24 th day of December 1852
SEALED AND DELIVERED IN THE PRESENCE OF
Wm T. Tenson
Moses Hinroad
STATE OF Pennsylvania County of Erie
Be it known that on the 24 day of December 1852 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State, duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, personally appeared Moses Hinroad above named, and duly acknowledged the above Power of Attorney and affidavits to be his act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and date above mentioned.
Wm T. Tenson Justice of the peace

To Hon J. L. Belcher Comr of pension Sir we the surviving children of Isabella Hinrod late residue of Aaron Hinrod have appointed Adad Jay of Onid our agent to investigate our claim to a pension that was due our late mother February 8 th 1847
Eleanor M. Hinrod Isabella Hinrod Sarah Smith Katharine Gill Martha Moore
Mrs Hinrod W. Hinrod John Hinrod Simon Hinrod

State of Pennsylvania
1. To the Honorable J. On this Seventeenth day 2. of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 3. hundred and third since its establishment in the 4. County before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas  President Judge of the District Court of the County of Erie 5. William Miley, ex residents of the Township of Union, in the County of Erie aforesaid, aged Seventy nine years, who being duly sworn according to law, deposes and saith: That he was a resident of the County of Northumberland, in the State of Pennsylvania from the year 1774, until the time of the taking of Treble, Fort on the Susquehanna River in the said County of Northumberland, in the month of July 1779, and has a knowledge of the military operations for the defense of the Country at that time, having been himself engaged in them. This defense was, during the above mentioned period, acquainted with Aaron Hinman who then resided in the said County, being the same person who was afterwards, the husband of Isabella Hinman and who afterwards removed to the said County of Erie and died there some years since. The first knowledge that this deponent has, of the services of the said Hinman was in the month of December 1776 at which time he, the said Aaron Hinman was drafted, as a Militia man, into the Pennsylvania Key Stone Battery, to serve a term of three months, in the army of the United States, then under the command of General Washington. - The said Hinman served a term of three months, on the said draft, in the said Battery, and under the command of General Washington, and was at the Battle of Trenton and Princeton, in the latter part of December 1776, and at the Battle of Brandywine. He returned to the said County of Northumberland. The full name of the said Battery was of the name of - Kelley, and the name of the Major was Smith - The situation of the inhabitants on the Frontier, in the said County, during the above mentioned service, (viz: from 1776 to 1779) was as follows - They were continually (4 weeks during the winter months) subjected to incursions and depredations,

from the Tories and Indians - In order to defend the Country the said County of Northumberland was divided into Districts; each District forming the Bounds of one Com- -pany, and all the male Inhabitants, who were able to bear arms, were inscribed into Companies, by order of the Genl. Fitzroy, Colonel Hurley, as Militia-men, and were called into service, and furnished with Supplies, and became entitled to pay. The said John Hemmings lived in the Bounds of the Company, commanded by Capt. William Stodman, and was enrolled in his company. The said Company was attached to a Regiment commanded by Col. James Murray - During the years above mentioned, the families, living in the said County, returned for Protection to the fort, in the Spring of each year, and remained there, until the snow fell in the fall, or winter, when the several families returned to their respective farms, and remained there till the Spring opened. During the season for farming, sometimes the men were in Bodie, with their arms, from one farm to another, and worked while others were keeping guard around them. The said John Hemmings was actively engaged in the service, and in the defence of the frontier, during the years 1777 - 1778, and during a part of the year 1779; he still continued in the bounds of the Company, commanded by Capt. Stodman, but during a part of the said time, served as a Platoon - in the Company, commanded by Capt. Campbell - He (the said Hemmings) served as a private, in the com- -pany above mentioned, and in defence of the frontier, at least eight months, (exclusive of the time he performed under General Potter), in the year 1777; eight months in the year 1778; and from the middle of March, until the 29 th day of July 1779, that being the same day, in which Fredericksburg was taken, at which time, the said John -Hemmings was taken Prisoner in the said fort, and marched to Canada as a Prisoner. The said Hemmings was on the ground, at the taking of the said fort, or immediately after, and was engaged in a fight with the Tories, and Indians - He was, on that occasion, among the men that came to the rescue of the fort, and were under the command of Captains Brown and Campbell. There were about

North River men in the adventurous . They came up and attacked a body of about two hundred men and women, above half their number were killed, and the rest escaped, after a desperate fight.
This deponent was acquainted with the said Aaron Hemlock after the close of the Revolutionary war, and both before, and after his marriage. He was also ac- quainted with Deborah Kirk, afterwards intermarried with the said Aaron Hemlock, both before, and after her marriage with the said Aaron Hemlock.
This deponent was not present at the marriage, but has no doubt of the fact. They lived together as man and wife, from the time they were reported to have been married (or about the year 1789) while they continued to reside in the County of Schenectady, and after their removal to the said County of Erie, until the decease of the said Aaron Hemlock.
The said Aaron removed with his family to the said County of Erie in the year 1798, and continued to reside there until the time of his decease, which took place sometime in the year 1820 (one thousand eight hundred and twenty). The said Hemlock and his wife, always maintained a highly respectable charac- ter in every respect, and have a family of children in good credit and respect. The said Deborah Hemlock still remains unmarried, and the widow of the said Aaron Hemlock.
Given to and subscribed in open Court this 17 th day of July 1839, the undersigned of the County of Schenectady, within and for the County of Erie in the 4 th & 5 th lines of the 1 st page, named and the word "President Judge of the District Court of the County of Erie," is teclined before signing
2 7/11/39 J. Sipes
James Thompson
President Judge of the District Court

I certify that I am well acquainted with William Miles the defendant within named and that he is a gentleman of unblemished good character for truth and veracity. Witness my hand at Erie July 17 th 1839.
James Thompson
President Judge of the District Court of Erie County
Subject - James Thompson
Erie County ss } I James C Marshall Prothonotary of the District Court of Erie County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do certify that the within are the original proceedings had in said Court and that James Thompson Esq before whom the said proceedings were had was the President Judge of said Court on the 17 th day of July 1839 duly commissioned and sworn to all whose official acts full faith and credit are due.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Erie the 14 th day of November 1839 James C Marshall Prothonotary

X 6361 - Isabella Nimrod of Taros Pennsylvania

State of Pennsylvania Erie County ss
On this thirteenth
day of
February 1839 before me, the
Subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the said County of Erie personally came Isabella Beninord a resident of the Township of Waterford, in the County of Erie aforesaid aged seventy three years , who being duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed Feb. 7 th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows" That she is the widow of Daniel Beninord , that she cannot from her own personal knowledge state any facts relative to the services of her said husband, but states from information derived from her said husband since her marriage and from the information and testimony of others, especially that of William Lile, and William Wood, which accompany this her application, and to which she refers, that to the best of her information and according to her firm belief, the said Daniel Beninord served in the war of the Revolution in the company of the said William Lile, and that he continued to serve during parts of several years as a private soldier in the said army and in the defense of the country. She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Beninord, on the

Fourteenth day of April one thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty nine, that her husband the aforesaid Alvin H. Merrill did on the fourth day of December one thousand Eight Hundred and twenty, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the country, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen Hundred ninety, from which time to the time above stated —
I was then a witness to the 13th day of February 1839, before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Franklin, and I the said Mr. Merrill do hereby certify that the said Isabella Merrill is well known to me, and is a credible person, and one whose statement is entitled to full credit, and also I do further certify that the said Isabella Merrill is now your wife and lady in waiting to attend you —
her Isabella H. Merrill Mark
John Merrill

Erie County Pa
I James C Marshall Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of Erie County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do certify that John Vincent Esq before whom the within proceedings were had and who hath so certified in his own
proper hand writing to me well known was at the time said proceedings were had an associate judge of the said court duly commissioned and sworn to all whose official acts full faith and credit are due
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Erie the 14 th day of November 1839 James C Marshall Prothonotary

cc N. Div. W. B. W. Roj. 5028.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 15th, 1896.
Madam:-
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Aaron Himrod, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that Isabella Himrod, widow of Aaron Himrod, made an application for pension on February 13th, 1839, at which time she was 73 years of age and residing in Waterford Township, Penna., but her claim was rejected on the ground of insufficient proof that the soldier served six months as required by Act under which the claim was filed.
In her application the widow alleges that her husband enlisted from Cumberland Co., Penna., and served in the Penna. troops, Revolutionary war, under Capt. William Gray and Col. Potts.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. Edward S. Blake, Waterford, Penna.

State of Pennsylvania Erie County
ss
On this thirteenth
day of February 1889, Before me, John Vetter, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Erie upon said personal, came William Wood, a resident of the Township of Waterford in the said County of Erie, aged Eighty years, who being duly sworn, deposes and saith; that he was a resident of the County of Northumbland, in the said State of Pennsylvania, previous to the time of the commencement of hostilities in the war of the Rebellion (as early as the year 1775) and has a knowledge of the military operations in that County, during the time of the said war, and until the time of the taking of Redbank-Fort, on the 27th of July 1779, at which time the said Fort was taken, and the inhabitants displaced from the County.
This deponent, was, during the said time, well acquainted with Aaron Kimmer, then a resident of the said County of Northumbland, and residence above five or six miles from him. In the year 1776 there was a draft in the said County of Northumbland, for a Regiment of militia men, to serve in the army then commanded by General Washington. The draft was made in the month of December 1776, to serve a three months term. The Regiment was commanded by Col. Dobb. The name of the Major of the said Regiment was Robert Smith. The said Kimmer was drafted into a Company commanded by William Gray. This deponent has a Brother, by the name of George Wood (now deceased) who was drafted into the same Company; and this deponent was at the place of Muster, and saw his said Brother George, and the said Kimmer.
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when they set one on the said town. — They were absent with the said Regiment during the said term of three months, and were during the said term, (or then absent was inferred, and fully believed) with the army, under the command of Genl. Branton, and were at the battle of Horton — near Princeton. — The said Branton returned home from his said term in the Spring of the year 1777 — The County of Northumberland, was, at that time divided into districts, each of which district comprised a company of Militia, and all the inhabitants, capable of bearing arms, in such districts were enrolled in such companies, and called out in the Summer season to protect the inhabitants from the incursions of the Tories and Indians. Early in the Spring of the year 1777-1778, and 1779 the inhabitants of the said County repaired to the Fort for Protection, and during each of those years (excepting 1779) remained in the Fort until late in the Fall, when the Tories fled, when they returned to their farms, and remained there until early in the ensuing Spring when they again returned to the Fort. In the year 1779 they remained in the Fort (Benton - Fort) until it was taken by the Tories and Indians on the 27 th of July, and the inhabitants fled from the Country.
The Company in which the said Branton Harrison was enrolled, was commanded during those years by Captain William Stoman, and the Regiment to which it belonged was commanded by Col. James Monroe. — During the years 1777 (from the time the said Branton returned from his three months term as aforesaid) until late in the Fall; from

early in the Spring until late in the fall of the year 1778 - and from early in the Spring of the year 1779 until the 27 th of July of that year, the said William was then, small, and was, a. occasional agent in active service in scouting the Country, and protecting it from the incursions of the Indians, and Tories - He sometimes acted as a Ranger, in a Company that was called Rangers, under the Command of Captain Campbell - On the day that Redbank was taken - (the 27 th of July 1779) the said William was one of a party of about thirty five men, of which this deponent was one, under the Command of Captain Campbell and Major, who attacked a party of about 100 Tories and Indians, who had taken the said Place; about one third of the said Party were killed, and the rest escaped, after a very severe fight - This deponent wants further state that the said Adam Kincaid, and the Company to which he was attached, as well as the other Militia in the said County were enrolled and called into service, as above stated by one of the Justices of the Court, who at the time was Colonel Kincaid -
This deponent was acquainted with the said Adam Kincaid, and his wife (now her widow) Isabella Kirk, now Isabella Kincaid the widow of the said Adam, both before and after their marriage, and both in the said County of Northumberland, and since their removal to the Province of E. I., in which County

This deponent has resided more than thirty years and where the said Aaron Hinson died in the year 1820 - This deponent does not know the year when the said parties were married, but understood that they were married before law, the said Aaron Hinson being alive at more than thirty years since, and they have ever since, until the time of the death of the said Aaron, lived together as man and wife. Have always been reported as such, have resided a large family of children, and have always maintained a high respectable character in every respect.
Given to me as a full statement
This 13 th day of February
1859 - Before me,
Judge of the Court of Common
Plen of the Court of Common
and I the said who was sworn
do hereby certify that the said
William Hood is well known to
me and is a person of good character
for both integrity and that his
statements are entitled to full credit
and that the said William Hood, is another
person being referred to in the cause
his William Hood mark
John Vincent

Isabella  Died Isabella Hemrod Pennsylvania A.T.
Rejected
See let 15 Jan 1840 A.T.H. Sill
did not serve six months by order of competent authority to Eliza Joy. Mar 23. 1847
July 7. 1838

March 2, 1897
Power of Attorney
Rev. Melville Hinman.
John S. L. Edmond Barnes of Penins Washington D.C.

Ovid N.Y. Feb 23 d 47
Sir
I enclose my appointment as agent in the case of Isabella Hinroad, late widow of Aaron Hinroad, who applied for a pension from Erie Co. Pa under law of 1838 - or I suppose it to have been under the law of 1838 - The parties are not able to give me a clue to the situation of the case, I therefore beg leave respectfully to ask what the objection to granting the pension was, the widow was a State Prisoner of Pa as I am informed -
Respectfully Your Ob t Servt Orad Joy
Hon J L Edwards Comm r of Pensions Washington DC

10361
Nov 21.
pa
July 7. 1838.
J. S. P. Wilson Esq
Cambridge - England
Washington Esq
(D.R.)
PA
PA

Sims, Penna Nov 14. 1839
Sir;
I herewith enclose the application of Abigail Wimrod for a Pension, accompanied by the deposition of W m Wood as to the services of Aaron Wimrod, the late husband of the said Abigail. Both of the above depositions having been taken before a judge of the Court, from the disability of the parties to attend on the Court — Also the deposition of W m Miles, taken in Court, giving the same facts — To which application, as far as is respectfully requested —
I am,
very respectfully
Yours obed t Serv t
Thomas D. Rice
J. L. Edward Esq. Comm r of Pensions

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P. O.
Isabella Simood
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
Sept 15 '96 recd paid to Mrs E R Blake Waterford, Pa Inv. 3

MINNE-HA-HA
Walter A. Wood Harvester Company.
(FORMERLY CALLED MINNEAPOLIS HARVESTER WORKS.)
GENERAL OFFICE AND WORKS, ST. PAUL, MINN.
E. S. BLAKE, GENERAL AGENT, FARGO, N. D.
FRANK A. SEYMOUR, A. H. LINDEKE, PETER S. MACGOWAN, } RECEIVERS.
Waterford Pa Sept 8 1896
National Pension Department Washington D.C.
Gentlemen —
I wish to join the D.A.R. and would be very much obliged if you would send me a transcript of my Great grandfather's service in the War of the Revolution .
His name was Aaron Hinwood born at Redminster N.J. Aug 18 th 1757 died at Waterford Pa Dec 4 th 1820. Married April 14 th 1789. Isabella Kirk of Northumberland Co. Pa. who died April 22 nd 1841.
Isabella Kirk Hinwood received a state pension of $40.00 per year.
That is about all I know but suppose the records will show that she received the state pension and that will be enough proof.
Very truly
Mrs. Edward S. Blake (over)

If you reply before Sept. 12 th please address at Waterford Pa.
If after Sept 12 th address Fargo, N. Dak