Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4223, Lawrence Harrison, Va Entered Service In Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Harrison, Lawrence
W. 4223
Mary
B.L.Wt. 107H - 200 - Lieut. Issued Apr. 30, 1793. No papers.
Entered service in Penn.
CONTENTS

5691
Ohio C
Mary Harrison widow of Lawrence Va Harrison who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Lieutenant
Let to them S. H. B. Corwin 21 Dec 54 " Same 3 Oct
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of $20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of June 1857, and sent to E. B. True Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 343 Vol. 4

1 Dec 28/50
Mary Harrison
Deed & evidence }
Pension Papers,
No 14.279-
Hon M. B. Corwin
H of Reps
Chis -
Act 7 - July 1878

ss The State of Ohio Logan County ss,
On this Twenty first day of November At eighteen hundred and fifty, personally appeared before the undersigned, one of the Associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the said County and State, Mary Harrison, a resident of Pleasant Township in said County and State, aged Eighty one years on the twenty fourth day of February At eighteen hundred and fifty, who being first duly sworn by me according to law doth in her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July Seventh AD eighteen hundred and thirty eight entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of Lawrence Harrison who was a Lieutenant in one of the the companies of the ninth Virginia Regiment, whether of Cavalry or Infantry she is not able to state That said Lawrence Harrison enlisted as a soldier, in the Virginia troops at an early period of the war of the revolution with Great Britain in what then was Westmoreland County in the State of Pennsylvania, for "during the war" That he continued in actual service in said war for about the term of seven years and nine months That while in said service he was promoted first to be an Ensign and then to be a Lieutenant, That in the last mentioned capacity he served until the close of said war and was then honorably discharged, That he had a certificate of his honorable discharge which he gave to one Major Springer for the purpose of procuring for him his lands & pay That said Springer never returned said certificate and her said husband was wholly unable to obtain the same, during his life, Declarant does not know what has become of the same, That the commission of said Lawrence Harrison as Lieutenant in said ninth Virginia Regiment was given to the Hon Dawson Mason, while he was a member of Congress from the fourth Congressional district, and was either lost or mislaid, That inquiry, and diligent search has been made for the same in all likely quarters and it,

remains unknown, and declarant does not know where the same now is, That she is unable to state with greater particularity, The date at which her said husband entered the service or left it, or the particular kind of troops in which that service was rendered, or the name, or rank of any of his superior Officers, She further declares that she was married to the said Laurence Harrison on the nineteenth day of February A D Seven hundred and Eighty Eight, by one Augustin Easton a Baptist Clergyman in (then) Bourbon County in the State of Kentucky, That she is informed and believes there is no public record of said marriage now being by law, then and there required to be kept, That her said husband made a record of said marriage at the time thereof in a family Bible That said Bible and record had become so decayed and defaced as to be illegible, near twenty years ago, when she last saw the same, So that there is neither public or private record of said marriage, to the best of her knowledge, That her husband the aforesaid Laurence Harrison died on the twelfth day of November A D eighteen hundred and Thirteen near Mauna, Clermont County Ohio, That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service aforesaid but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January A D Seventeen hundred and ninety four, (viz) at the time above stated,
That she makes this declaration before a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Logan and State of Ohio, for the reason that she is unable (from blindness, and other of the bodily infirmities of age) to attend in open Court and make the same,
Attest John Corvin
Mary her  X Harrison, D mark
I swore to and subscribed the day and year above written Before me
Wm H Morrison Associate Judge of Logan Common Pleas,
Also at the same time and place came before me

[REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The Judge aforesaid Nancy McRae Rennon a reputable woman to me personally known, President of said County and State aged Seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, saith that she was well acquainted with Laurence Harrison the identical man whose widow has signed and sworn to the fore- going declaration, that she lived close by said Laurence Harrison from her infancy until said Laurence, enlisted as a soldier in the war of the revolution, that she knows he did enlist as such soldier, as stated in the declaration of said Mary Harrison, that he left his home, was gone as a soldier, for about the time stated by said Mary, and returned with the ammunition by her mentioned which this affiant has seen at different times, That after the close of the revolutionary war, said Laurence Harrison removed to the state of Kentucky that this affiant with the  her family of Ben removed also to said state of Kentucky, and there became acquainted with said Mary Harrison (originally Mary Allison) That she knows that said Mary, and Laurence, were married at the time and place stated by said Mary, in her declaration, that they lived together after said marriage as man and wife until the death of said Laurence Harrison, That previous thereto both families had removed to Ohio, and affiant was at the house of said Laurence, and saw him die at the time and place stated by said Mary in her aforesaid declaration, That she has heard said declaration read and knows that so much of it as is herein above referred to is true, and the balance thereof she be- lieves to be true, That she is wholly disinterested in this application, That the Mary Harrison who has here now signed & sworn to the foregoing declaration is the identical woman, who has (since his death) been the widow of the aforesaid Lieutenant Laurence Harrison, Attest Ichd Conin, Nancy McRae Rennon
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written Nancy McRae Rennon Associate Judge of Logan Common Pleas

Also at the same time and place came Gabriel H Banes of said County and State aged fifty years, a reputable man to me known, who being first duly sworn according to law declares, that he knew Laurence Harrison the husband of Mary Harrison who has made the foregoing declaration, That during the first term of the Hon. Danuel Mason, as a member of Congress, this Affiant carried him the Commission of the said Laurence Harrison, That he believes said Commission was the Commission of a Lieutenant in the Ninth Virginia Regiment, That he delivered it to said Mason and since that time has no knowledge of the same, That he is disinterested in this application,
G H Banes
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written, And I do hereby certify that said Mary Harrison who has, as before attested signed & sworn to the foregoing declaration, is unable (by reason of bodily infirmity) to attend the Court of Common Pleas, nearest her residence, And And that the word "her" in the affidavit of Nancy McRinnon was interlined before signature, Wm H McRinnon Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Logan County,
The State of Ohio Logan County ss;
I Thomas M. Robb, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William H. McRinnon before whom the foregoing declaration of Mary Harrison widow of Laurence Harrison deceased and also the affidavits of Nancy McRinnon and Gabriel H. Banes, appear to have been taken there was and yet is one of the Associate Judges, of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for

The county of Logan and State of Ohio, The same being a court of record, That said Wm H Mc Kiman is an acting Judge of said court duly commissioned and qualified in open court in said county of Logan and sworn into office, as production of his commission, from the Governor of said State of Ohio, wherein commission is yet of full force and recorded in said Logan County in pursuance of the Statute in such case made and provided That his signatures annexed to the declaration of said Mary Harrison, and the affidavits of the said Nancy Mc Kiman, and G. H. Banes, are his genuine signatures, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all his official acts, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Bellefontaine, in said County and State This twenty Second day of November AD Eighteen hundred and fifty.
Thomas McRobb Clerk

5 Will. Lawrence Harrison
L 19 June Resal

Extract from return of Marriage of record in the clerks Office of the Bourbon County Court, Kentucky
Date of Marriage, 1788, Feby -
Parties Names, Laurence Harrison, to Mary Allison.
By whom married. Austin Easton
State of Kentucky Set.
I Thomas Smith clerk of the County Court of said County do certify that Laurence Harrison and Mary Allison were intermarried on the - day of February 1788 by the Rev d Austin Easton as appears from the his return of record in my office and of which the above is a true extract
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 8 th day of March 1830
Thomas C. Smith clk By Charles T. Wilson D.C.
No Fee charged

March 2, 1933
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Mrs. J. K. Salter 1316 Calder Avenue Beaumont Texas
Lawrence Harrison W. 4223 BA-J/MCS
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Lawrence Harrison.
The data furnished below were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 4223, based upon the military service of Lawrence Harrison, the only soldier by that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
He entered the service in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, early in the Revolution and served until the close of the war as ensign and lieutenant in the 7th, 9th and 13th Virginia Regiments, names of his commanding officers not given.
He married February 19, 1788, in Bourbon County, which later became Harrison County, Kentucky, Mary Allison, who was born February 24, 1769. She was the daughter of Charles Allison who died October 10, 1787.
About 1802 or 1804 Lawrence Harrison moved from Kentucky to Champaign County, Ohio, and lived about one and one half miles from Urbana. He died there November 12, 1813.
His widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed November 21, 1850, at which time she was living in Pleasant Township, Logan County, Ohio.

Lawrence and Mary Harrison had the following children:
Charles born November 21, 1788. Benjamin " May 5, 1790, died February 5, 1796. Francina " December 21, 1793, died March 15, 1831. William Batteal " September 27, 1796, living in Campbell County, Kentucky, in 1851. John " May 21, 1798, living in Cass County, Indiana, in 1851. Caty Griffin " November 8, 1801, married Robert Ellis and in 1851 was living in Logan County, Ohio. Reuben Campbell " February 2, 1805, resident of Miami County, Indiana, in 1851. Medford " November 18, 1808, died July 22, 1822. Mary " July 4, 1812, died July 30, 1832.
Sarah West, sister of the widow, Mary Harrison, was born March 4, 1776, and was living in Marion County, Indiana, in 1851.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

9022 Ohio, C Mary Harrison widow of Lawrence who was a Lieutenant in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 320 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Jan 1857 and sent to
L. B. Inne Present
delivered by Com ee
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 201

11.126
Ohio C
Mary Harrison widow of Lawrence who died on the _____ of _____ in the State of O - who was a Lieut in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the _____ line for 2 yrs
Inscribed on the Roll of Cin o at the rate of 320 Dollars 80 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of June 1857 and sent to
Arrears to the 4th of L.B. Inne Semi-annual allowance ending Present
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by H.C. Robinson Clerk, Book D Vol. 7 Page 389

Urbana (Ohio) 28 th July 1852 To S r C. Troplitt
My dear Sir Having a perfect recollection that you were personally acquainted with a man by the name of L d Blanchard True of Washington City on last year's visit to you while I was a Member of the 31 st Congress, is the only reason why I thought you might recall Mr. M c Arthur since I forwarded from this place to Mr. True the proper Papers & Evidence in support of a claim in favour of the Administration of Laurence Bossier deceased who was a Lieutenant in the Army of the United States & received until the end of the War by the acts of Congress & which his administration was entitled to pay for his services & at his instance I made out the proper Papers & proofs together with a Power of Attorney to myself & Mr. True to prosecute the claim & receive what might be allowed Well my dear I have since since received a line from Mr. True on that subject or any other - During last Winter my son was in Washington & went to see Mr. True who was confined to his Room from having had his Leg broken I believe. He informed my son the Papers had all been received that the claim was before the proper Department & would be practically himself & a man by the name of E l kin I think & that he believed it would be allowed & paid since then I have written Mr. True at least 6 or 7 Letters but cannot hear any word from him. I fear he is dead or left the Country - Will you please have the goodness to inform me if Mr. True is yet at Washington & if so what he is doing & especially inform me if you can what he has been done with the claim I have mentioned your confidence with the request will be gratefully remembered & the favour reciprocated if in my power Respectfully yours Col. Troplitt
Charles B. Commins

Objections Considered
1 st "Delay of presenting this claim" - In the very inception of pensions under the law providing for her she made the application thro' late Mary Sampson Mason, placing her only means of proving service - her husband's Commission as but. 9 th Va. Regt. in his names, for this purpose vide Declaration - also deposition of Mr. Barnes
also Certificate Secy State Enclosed
2 nd "Name on 7 th not on 9 th P er Regt on Pension Office Kells no reliance - nothing there scarcely - then, it is admitted that the 9 th was cut up at Germantown & Gibson substituted; therefore the Scattering Officers had, by temporary arrangements, at least fill gaps in other Regts
3 rd "Request for information of land bounty " - Not in the "Regulations for Applicants" - but see Dept n of Plaintiff, enclosed - also Cert te from Genl. Buel Off. - Same granted for more than 8 years service by P er - also by Genl. Gov n
4 th "Deceased Officers" that he should go from Westmoreland Co ty  then & enter P er Service - Perhaps none so U. S. A. men & should come from the most Southern Co ty of M o &

and enlist in this City-Companies, recently for the Mexican war - or from Wheeling Va to Baltimore & do the same, or that George P. Young of N.Y. City should enlist in Capt. Wheat's Co., Tenn. Mounted Rifles, at Memphis, or that Dan Drake Berry should come from Cincinnati, his place of residence & enlist his his Company for the same war, in this City a few miles are no restraint for patriots Besides, Va had all the Boundary comparatively begin. Further, Va was raising in 1855 & 6 many Regts under a most urgent & strenuous Ordinance With Ordinance dated Williamsburg Dec. 1855 section relative to manner of recruiting , "that if any Officer so appointed & commanded did not succeed in recruiting a given quota with a certain very limited time he was to be superseded  to lose his Office I think such conditions, if any, would drive an Officer beyond the bounds of his own County in recruiting. But how many times did Va. Assembly have to pass prohibitions against North Carolina Officers and So. Caro- lina Officers from recruiting in Va & even Georgia Officers from the same during the War? But Westmoreland was there Va With regard to the loss of Papers - that was her misfortune - but no despairment to her claim - that Commission did exist

just as described by himself & the bearer of the same to the late War S. Mason - vide date of same for enclosed Certif. State Dept. dated 3 rd Oct. 75 - 9 th go a step further (Gentlemen & those Papers delivered to May, Springer for settlement with V. as - the non-settlement of his Accts. like those of multitudes of others is no evidence whatsoever that he did not serve, but is incidental evidence of identity , as it thus accounts for this non-settlement of of an Officer's Accts. who is proven to have served more than 3 years, beyond can't 6 th Want of historical reminiscence of service - This like the call for history of the lumpsum is not called for in the "Regulations" but unlike that, is cancelled as superfluous in those "Regulations" - see Pension Laws page 112 Article 3 rd - a case clearly provided, both by "Documentary Evidence" and "Affidavits of Commissioned Officers" of the highest grade "showing the grace & length of service" - to require particulars "seems extraordinary " Seeing the above quoted "Regulations" have been the "Rule of Action" by which thousands have been pensioned; that now, at the foot of such a catalogue of precedents & stop for vague tradition, that could not weigh a feather against the positive testimony adduced, one way or the other

As to advance pay of $114 - on account of loss by disputation, not settling at that time his accounts for disputation being a thing very unusual , must obviously depend upon contingency - press of business or Rules in Office - or personal engagements, or public opinion then of the advantages of so doing or otherwise in view of Act of Congress April 10 th 1870 upon this subject. However I bring upon look- ing over many of such as did settle their Accts and receive Certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, the generality, both Officers and soldiers were made at about the close of the war or afterwards - the time doubtless a purpose of L. Harrison's delivering his papers into the hands of Maj- Springer - the loss of which delayed settlement as in multitudes of other cases -
17 th The last objection is the want of evidence of Land Bounty having been granted which could have been so satisfactorily answered by turning to the Land Records of the Pension Office & those of you in it; that it seems hardly necessary to refer to extracts of same herewith enclosed - but for purposes of identity -

Believing being ignorant and also every other person who has had any thing to do in preparing & prosecuting this claim of the existence of any Record evidence in support of the claim - having written both to Richmond and to the Pension Office and received answers from each that no Record evidence existed in either place of the Rev. Services of Lawrence Harrison; Claimants identity is proven as follows by her own testimony so far as the same is borne out by the Records and the testimony of credible Witnesses who must know positively the facts testified to in the case 1 st Will. Harrison says that said Lawrence Harrison served to the close of the war and from the beginning of the same, which is borne out by the Certificate of Commutation paid to him under Act of Congress of March 3 rd 1873 - due only to such as were then in service served to the close of the war - also by band granted by Genl. Govt. which was due only to such as served to the close of the war; and by band to

granted by Stat. of Pa for more than 2 years services - see enclosed Certificate from Genl. Supt. Office - also by depositions of Capt. Simon Morgan of the same 9 th Pa. Vols. and of Brig. Genl. James Wood. That he  Harrison  within Lawrence Harrison served in the war of the Rev from some time in 1865 to some time in Nov. 1868 - see Certificate from Executive of Pa.
2 nd That her husband served in the Continental line of Pa. - in the 9 th Pa. Vols. - as a sergeant at the close of the war - home out in each particular by all the evidence above referred to, particularly his own deposition upon the certified copies of papers filed in the Ex. Ex. Dept. of Pa. in which Harrison swears in 1896 that he served in the 9 th Pa. Vols. deposited to long before the of the Congress that enacted the pension law for her benefit were known - also by enclosed Certificate from State Dept. showing the date of Harrison's Com d as sergeant 9 th Pa. Vols. - 3 rd Oct. 1868.
3 rd That he enlisted at the  an early period of the war - was promoted to sergeant - then to sergeant - home out by deposition of the Will of late Judge M c Keever & Mother of the present Judge stating the same

facts - that she knew S. Harrison from his infancy up to the time of his so entering the Army - & knew when he returned & that he did return with this Commission as sent in the 8 th Va Regt - also by the depositions of the aforesaid Officers as to his early entry into service - & by the Va Band Bounty for over 5 years services, & the Service as Ensign by certain Copies of Rolls at Richmond in my possession upon which Lawrence Harrison appears as Ensign
11 th That he had delivered certain important papers essential to the final settlement of his Accts for his Rev. Services into the hands of Maj. Springer for effecting the same - which papers were thus lost; therefore probably, his Accts with Va. for disbursements - like multitudes of others , remain unsettled
12 th That she did hold a Commission of her late husband S. H. as sent in the 9 th Va Regt Com. since - That the same was delivered in 1838 into the hands of her Rep. in Congress to obtain for her a pension - That the same was by this means lost - borne out by the deposition of Mr. Barnes who delivered the same into the hands of the late Hon. Sampson Mason - describing the same as described by herself and by the Certificate of State Dept.

describing & giving the date of the same, that it was as "Bart in the 3 rd No. Ref 1 " & the same was so lost
6 th That said Bounty had been granted her said husband & that Lucas Sullivan was the Agent for procuring it and the purchase which is also shown out by enclosed Certificate from Genl. Land Office; that Warrant No. 4731 for 2111 1/3 acres issued to Barren Harrison from Va. was patented principally to said Lucas Sullivan - also that said Sullivan was the Agent is proven by the Power Atty in his favor known by Copies from the Pa. Executive That he was the purchaser also is proven by the additional Certificate of Land Office such used showing that the whole of said Warrant was assigned to said Sullivan and that Daniel M c Keon was one of the Witnesses believed to be the same who was afterwards Judy M c Keon - husband of said Judy - M c Keon & father of the present Judge by name of M c Keon who testifies in the case as the M c Keons then in 1797 lived in Pa. & migrated with the Harrison family in 1812 into Ohio - see statements filed of Hon. Moses B. Comstock & dispositions of said W m . M c Keon & the Judy M c Keon
7 th That said B. Harrison removed after the Rev. war from Westmoreland Co. Penn ty to Bourbon Co. Ky. where she intermarried with him Feb. 1778 and subsequently removed to Ohio - before out by the Record of Court & deposition of her sister who was present at the marriage, as to marriage; and

and by deposition of said Wida - M c Keenon, relict of said Judge M c Keenon who states that she knew said Lawrence Harrison from his infancy up to the time he entered the Rev. Army and that he returned as stated by Claimant and returned with the Commission as described, above; that said L. Harrison did move with herself & the M c Keenon family after the Rev. was from Westmoreland Co., Penn te to Bourbon Co. now Harrison Co., Ky where he did marry said Claimant then Mary - Allison white whom she became ac- quainted there and that they all removed to Ohio together when the died leaving Claimant, and said his Widow - also Judge M c Keenon her son certifies to the fact of removal from R.F. - Knowlege Claimant's claim- ants husband & family of his reputation among Rev. Officers in his life time as having been such & so also Certificate of Wm. B. Cowin to the fact of his personal & intimate ac- quaintance with Claimant & Claimant's hus- band in his life time of both in R.F.

and in Ohio - of having heard old Rev. Officers say they knew him in Cville and of his having been so reported & never doubted, as having been an Officer in the Rev. War
Much other testimony is also filed which cannot be stated, as the papers are not before me - & statements have mostly been made from recollections of papers filed in the case Finally, all the papers for obtain- ing the Land Warrant granted to Lawrence Hanson for more than 8- years service in the 9 th Pa Regt. were executed in Bourbon, now Harrison Co. Ky and the depositions of those Officers made there - and the ask- ing of the Warrant there - there when Lawrence Hanson is fully pro- ven by Court Records to have been named a Claimant - & from whence he is proven by the highest testimony - depositions of Hon. Judge McKennon's Will, and Certificate of Judge McKennon & of Hon. Moses B. Cowan or and who can raise a doubt against such evidence. Who ever knew a Rev. Claim so clearly so completely substantiated? -

Mary Hansen Brief of Evidence

Pension Office June 6 th
Mary Garrison Brief of Evidence }
No "1" Declaration of Mary Garrison that she is the Widow of Laurence Garrison, who served in the Rev- olution about 7 years & 9 months, was in the 9 th Reg't was promoted to be first an Ensign & afterwards a Lieutenant & thus served to the end of the war & that his Com- mission as Lieut. was given to Hon. Laurence Mason, by him mislaid &c - Nancy Mc Kimm certifies to the same facts, in reference to the service of sd Laurence & that she often saw his Com n after his return from the war - G. H. Barnes certifies that he carried the Com n of sd Laurence to Hon. Laurence Mason & believes it was that of a Lieut. in the 9 th Va. Reg't.
No "2" - Affidavit of Mary Garrison that her husband had rec d a Land Warrant, through the Agency of Lucas Sullivan & assigned to him - Transcript from General Land Office proves that a Virginia Continental Land Warrant for 3111 acres was issued to Laurence Garrison & assigned to Lucas Sullivan

Extracts from "Army Returns" in Washington State Papers
Laurence Harrison appears in the 13 th Va Regt among the Ensigns in Augt 1778 & in 1779 in the 9 th Va Regt. Laurence Harrison appears as Lieut. Comm. dated Oct 3 1778 & in 1781 Laurence Harrison appears as Lieut. in the 7 th Va Regt. Several other Officers appear in each of these regiments with him - No. 3 - Affidavit of Mary Harrison that she was married in Feb 1788 in Bourbon County Ky - now Harrison County Ky & that he died in 1813 - Also Certificate of Wm A McTear to the marriage -
No. 4 - Sarah West makes affidavit to the marriage & that sd Laurence Harrison was known as a Lieutenant in the Va Troops -
No. 5 - Certificate of the marriage in Bourbon Co Ky in Feb 1788
No. 6 - Power of Atty dated 5 July 1796 from Laurence Harrison of Harrison County Kentucky to Lucas Sullivan, to apply for Land Warrant , for services in the 9 th Virginia Regt in the Cut Line - Also Certificates of James Wood & Simon Morgan that said Harrison served until the close of the war. These certificates are from the Capt of the 9 th Va Regt & the Brig Genl & dated in 1796 {Copied from Ext Dept Va}
No. 7 - Certificates of advanced pay to Lieut Laurence Harrison

No 8 th Certificate of M c B rown that J t Hamien was generally known as an officer in the Revolution in the Va Line —
No 9 th Certificate from Treasury Dept t that Lieut t Laurence Hamien had rec d 1600. Commutation
No s 10 th 11 th 12 th Letter from M c B rown , R Johnston & Pension Office —

June 23, 1940
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Mrs. John K. Salter 2310 South Street Beaumont, Texas
Dev LAWRENCE HARRISON W. 4223 BA-J/MHF:MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Lawrence Harrison, lieutenant, and Colonel William Harrison, both of Virginia, also to know some source of information in regard to the Sandusky Expedition in 1782.
Search MLB There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service of a Colonel William Harrison of Virginia, and this office has no further information relative to Lieutenant Lawrence Harrison than was furnished you March 2, 1833.
It is suggested that information in regard to the Sandusky Expedition might be obtained from Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Form K-8 (Rev. 11-21-38)
Division of Reference
REFERRAL SLIP
DATE JAN 23 1940
INQUIRY FROM:
Mrs. John K. Salter 2310 South Street Beaumont, Texas
DATED: January 13, 1940
SUBJECT:
✓ Information concerning the family of Lawrence Harrison and Colonel William Harrison.
RESPECTFULLY REFERRED TO:
Revolutionary and 1812 Wars Section Veterans' Administration Washington, D. C.
and the writer so informed.
2 Encls
Ph. Hauer
CHIEF DIVISION OF REFERENCE

B-6192
JAN 23 1940
Mrs. John K. Salter 2310 South Street Beaumont, Texas
My dear Mrs. Salter:
This is in reply to your letter of January 13, 1940, concerning the Sandusky Expedition of May, 1782, and requesting information about the family of Lawrence Harrison and Colonel William Harrison.
We regret that we cannot furnish you with information concerning the Sandusky Expedition of 1782, since there are no records relating to it in The National Archives.
If Lawrence Harrison or Colonel William Harrison received pensions as a result of their service in the Revolution, it is possible that their pension records contain genealogical information about them. The records relating to such pensions are in the custody of the Revolutionary and 1812 Wars Section, Veterans' Administration, Washington, D. C., and we are therefore referring your request to that office for consideration and reply.
Very truly yours,
P. M. Hamer, Chief Division of Reference
EB:rt

July 13, 1939
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LAWRENCE HARRISON W. 4223 BA-J/MEF:MLB
Mrs. John K. Salter 2310 South Street Beaumont, Texas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Laurence or Lawrence Harrison, of Virginia.
This office has no further information in regard to Lawrence Harrison than was furnished you March 2, 1933, as shown in pension claim, W. 4223, the only pension claim on file based upon service of a Lawrence Harrison in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Lawrence Harrison a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. M. F. H 223
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     early in Rev 1775 Ensign Lieut names of officers not stated. 13 th regt. Va. 7 th & 9 th regts. " Va.   to end of war. ✓        
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl in Westmoreland Co, Pa.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 21, 1850. Her cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Pleasant Township, Logan Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, B. Feb. 24, 1769.
Remarks: Soldier mar Feb. 19, 1788 in Bourbon Co, Ky. Mary, dau. of Chas. Allison, and died Nov. 12, 1813, in Champaign Co. Ohio. Children: Charles, b. Nov. 21, 1788, Benjamin, b. May 5, 1790, d. Feb. 5, 1796; Francina, b. Dec. 21, 1793, d. Mch. 13, 1831, cat. p. 4, Co. K 185-1 William Batteal, b. Sept. 27, 1796, John, b. May 21, 1798, Caty G. b. Nov. 8, 1801, mar. Robert Ellis, " B. 185-1 Reuben Campbell, b. Feb. 2, 1805, Medford, b. Nov. 18, 1808, d. July 22, 1822, Mary, b. July 4, 1812, d. July 30, 1832.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1 5 Beaumont Texas, Jan 13-1940-
The National Archives. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir-
I want to know where I could get in- formation about Sando- usky Expedition May 1782-
Also where could I find out about the family of Laurence Harrison.
also Col William Harrison

Virginians In Revolution.
By John Grathney.
Page - 355 - Laurence Harrison 2nd Lieut 13-C.L. April 5-1778; Reg. designated as 9 C.L. Sept 14-1778-1st Lieut Oct. 3-1778 transferred to 7 C.L. Feb 12-1781 retired Jan 1st, 1783. Awarded 3111 acres.
(I want to find out who were his parents? and the names of his children? where born?
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Mrs John H. Saller, 2310 - South St.
Beaumont. Texas.

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Beaumont Texas, May, 17th 1939,
Veterans Administration, Washington D.C.
Gentlemen, Will you please give me all the information you can of Lawrence or Lawrence Harrison a revolutionary soldier,
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Mrs John H. Salter, 2310 South St.,
Beaumont, Texas,
I want to find what family of Harrison belongs to.

Beaumont Texas, Feb-6th 1933
Pension Dept. Washington D.C. Gentlemen, - Kindly give me the war record of only Lawrence Harrison during the Revolutionary War. (of Virginia)
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Mrs J. H. Salter. 1316-Caledon Ave., Beaumont, Texas,
Lawrence Harrison of Va.,

Hamer Farm
D. A. HAMER
Lewistown, Ohio, Aug. 8 th 1916.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
Do the records of soldiers of the ✓ Revolutionary War show that one William Harrison, also Lawrence Harrison (father & son) who enlisted from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, drew pensions from the Government? and how much?
William Harrison held a commission as Major and Lieutenant-Colonel under General Sachlin McIntosh of the Western Division, in 1778.
Lawrence Harrison may have served in Colonial army prior to Revolution and enlisted from the State of Virginia where he then lived.
Please look for names of both these men as enlistees from both Pennsylvania and Virginia. I am an applicant for membership in D. A. R.
Sincerely Yours,
Mrs. D. A. Hamer.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4223
Mary Harrison Wid.
Lawrence Harrison Lieut. Rev. War
Act: Feby. 2d 48
Index: —Vol. A , Page 303
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1916, Aug. 16. Hist. to Mrs. D. A. Hamer. for
1933 Mar. 2. Hist. to Mrs. J. K. Salter M.A.
1939 July 13 - Mrs. J. K. Salter inf- with this name - MSV 5
1940 June 25 Mrs. J. K. Salter inf. again, no far- ther inf. MSV 5

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Jacob Leonard Ens. Mass Robt. do p. N.Y. Edw. do p. " Silas Leonard p. Virginia
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Urbana 8 th November 1880
I to then say as Sir your Father of the 2 nd sent came to hand yesterday I have again written to the Secy of the Treasury in favour of Mr Ayre & still hope he will receive an appointment if he does not it will not be for want of assistance on my part. On the subject of new business for Veterans I have a list of Soldiers & their Widows of the last War & I am preparing their Pensions & Draft a list as I can & will bring all the applications with me.  I have two applications for Revolutionary Pensions one by the Widow & the other the Heirs of Alexander Oldfield.  X The Heirs of Adam Leonard deceased inform me that he served during the whole Revolutionary War with the Virginia Troops but they cannot inform me in what Regiment or Brigade as the names of the officers I have written to Nicholson on the subject but have not yet rec d no answer.  X The other case is the Widow of Laurence Harrison now aged 82 & is blind she informs me her Husband served seven years in the 9 th Virginia Regiment & that she was married near Lexington Kentucky in 1788. The witnesses can be found by her living children & also by the Family Bible which she now has in her possession. I have also written to Nicholson in this case but have not yet rec d an answer. I hope that in both cases the Virginia State may assist us to prove their services. I will also have their Pensions as well prepared as I can & bring them with me & I hope we may be able to realize some Capital from them. I shall do all I can for the benefit of both you & myself & hope we may do well this Winter. Try if possible & get on the right side of the 2 nd Auditor. The settlement of the Alabama Case I think will do the business - when I get to Washington we will talk all these things over & as the way best we can with all the cases I can get. Try if you can to hear from the Virginia State of the names of Adam Leonard or Laurence Harrison can be found Respectfully yours &c.  I to then Adams & Leonard

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Jacob Leonard Ens. Mass Robt do p. N.Y. Edw d do p. " Silas Leonard p. Virginia

Lawrence  Harrison
233 Ohio Stage Washington City P. O.

Land office
Richmond Jan'y 14 1857
LT B True Esqr
Ohio
In answer to yours of the 7 th I have to say that I have been able to find no other evidence than that furnished you, of the Service of Lieut Harrison. You can I doubt not procure from the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Va. copies of the evidence on which land formerly was given to Lt Harrison by the State of Virginia.
I am Very Respectfully
Yours &c
Robt Johnson

I do not think the evidence satisfactory on the case of Mary Harrison widow of Laurence Harrison and I do not find among the papers any explanation of the difficulties and objections stated in the letter from the Pension Office dated the 18 th of the present month. That letter not only expresses great distrust of the validity of the claim on account of the long delay in presenting it but refers to the fact that Harrison or a man of that name belonged to the 7 th & not the 9 th Va. Regiment. The paper said to be the declaration of the widow who was not very old and infirm but also blind when it was dictated is in some of its statements curious, if not apocryphal. For example that her husband enlisted at an early period of the war as a soldier in the Virginia troops at a place in what was then Westmoreland county in the State of Pennsylvania. How could he have enlisted in Virginia troops in that locality? It at least requires explanation. The declarant seems to have been particularly unfortunate in the loss of important papers. She states that her husband gave to Major Springer his discharge for the purpose of obtaining his land and pay - but Springer died and the certificate never heard of afterwards. The commission as a Lieutenant in the 9 th Regiment is stated to have been given to the Hon d Samson Mason  Harrison a member of Congress from Ohio, but that is also lost or mislaid & has never been heard of although Mason is still living and might be applied to. The 9 th Regiment was at to present at Germantown. If Mrs Harrison's husband was there, is it not remarkable that no allusion to that important event is made by the declarant or by any of the witnesses who seem so confident of Mr H's revolutionary services. Nor is any reference made to any other historical incidents which an officer who is said to have been in service nearly eight years, must be presumed to have been connected with, & of which his wife and wife's

I do not think the evidence satisfactory in the case of Mary Harrison widow of Lawrence Harrison and I do not find among the papers any explanation of the difficulties and objections stated in the letter from the Pension Office dated the 18 th of the present month. That letter not only expresses great distrust of the validity of the claim on account of the long delay in presenting it but refers to the fact that Harrison or a man of that name belonged to the 7 th & not the 9 th Va. Regiment. The paper said to be the declaration of the widow who was not very old and infirm but also blind when it was dictated is in some of its statements curious, if not apocryphal. For example that her husband enlisted at an early period of the war as a soldier in the Virginia troops at a place in in what was then Westmoreland county in the State of Pennsylvania. How could he have enlisted in Virginia troops in that locality? It at least requires explanation. The declarant seems to have been particularly unfortunate in the loss of important papers. She states that her husband gave to Major Springer his discharge for the purpose of obtaining his land and pay but Springer died and the certificate never heard of afterwards. The Commission as a Lieutenant in the 9 th Regiment is stated to have been given to the Hon. Samson Mason  Harrison a member from Ohio, but that is also lost or mislaid & has never been heard of although Mason is still living and might be applied to. The 9 th Regiment was cut to pieces at Germantown. If Mrs. Harrison's husband was there, is it not remarkable that no allusion to that important event is made by the declarant or by any of the witnesses who seem so confident of Mr. H's revolutionary services. Nor is any reference made to any other historical incidents which an officer who is said to have been in service nearly eight years must be presumed to have been connected with & of which his wife and wife's

had some knowledge Sister & their nephew must have known or at least heard something. So far from there being  or certain being any thing satisfactory in this part of the testimony, I regard it as vague & inconclusive. There are some other facts, disclosed by the papers which deserve comment. It appears that Laurence Harrison received a warrant for £114,000 - advanced pay - on the 25 May 1782 - the Certificate for which was delivered to him in person in Richmond on that day. Now it is very re- markable if he had been the husband of the declarant who said to have lived nearly 8 years through the whole Revolution and during the whole period of the greatest money depreciation, - I say that it is very remarkable that when in Richmond he did not also settle his depreciation account. If, as I suppose it probable, the true Laurence Harrison served only for a short period of time, his on-pun' to settle his depreciation account is easily explained. There is another fact which deserves notice. Whilst sundry copies of papers are certified by General Richardson as on file in the Executive Dept o relating to Laurence Harrison it does not appear that the Executive allowed Lord Barnes, on that evidence. I find no certificate to that effect nor any from the admiralty Register of the Land office. I have written to Richmond to obtain full evidence in regard to the land, expecting to have it through the General Land office.
J. E. Heath

I do hereby certify that I became acquainted with Laurence Harrison the husband of Mary Harrison who now offers for a pension in the estate of June 4 th 1872 at Urbana in Champaign County Ohio. Mr. Harrison lived & died about one mile & a half from the Town of Urbana. He had moved from Kentucky to that place from 8 to 10 years before that time in company with Judge McLean near Cincinnati & whose widow Nancy McLean has testified in this case. Laurence Harrison was an old acquaintance of Gen. Lewis Keaton & Col. William Ward the proprietors of the Town of Urbana who both then resided in Urbana & were my nearest neighbors & both I & Mrs. Keaton of the Revolution. & often of the most unblemished reputation both of whom are now dead. From them as well as from Judge McLean John Dawson another Revolutionary soldier who resided with Laurence Harrison & who is also dead I learned that Laurence Harrison had been an officer in the Virginia Line during the whole Revolutionary War. I learned the same facts from Mr. Harrison himself & it was generally understood & believed by everybody in Urbana at that day that he was an old Revolutionary officer no being even doubted that I ever heard of Mr. Harrison died in the fall or winter of 1873 at his home above mentioned leaving the identical Mary Harrison above named his widow who now resides with her daughter Mrs. Ellis who lives in Logan County about 20 miles north West from Urbana. I was also acquainted with two of Mr. Harrison's children

Louis Charles Harrison & Mrs. Ellis where given name I think is Mary-Charles Harrison is near my own age (61) I am not sure whether her or Mr. Ellis is the oldest. They were however next to each other in age & birth. There were several smaller children whose ages & names I do not now remember Mr. Harrison & his children having removed from the neighborhood of Usher's shortly after Laurence Harrison's death. The whole family were honest & respectable People & the business still remain so. The Wirtgens Mr. & Mrs. Henry & Mr. & Mrs. Frank I have known intimately for the last 57 years & have no hesitation in saying that no more honest & respectable People can be found in the Union - The share of Gen. Kenton & Col. Ward before mentioned was considerably & infinitely better as well as the share of John Dameron before mentioned all of whom were soldiers in the Revolutionary War & all from the State of Virginia originally - I also know there was a Doctor Chapman residing near Lexington by the name of Eastman who I well remember to have seen at my Father's House in Franklin County (Kentucky) before the year 1796 when my Father removed from Kentucky to the then NW Territory now Ohio. I learned from my Father & Mother that Eastman & another Baptist Preacher by the name of Craig were the two first Preachers who settled in Kentucky. At the time of the marriage of Mr. Harrison no trace of either was left nor am I certain they are in Kentucky -
15 th Jan y 1857
Mary or Laurence Ellis

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Certificate of Mr & Mrs Webb
In Care of Mary Harrison Wadsworth Lawrence Hanson
July 16, '57-

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Mr Harrison's affidavit.

4 The State of Ohio Logan County SS:
On this sixth day of February AD 1831 personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County and State aforesaid (said Court not being at this time in session) Mary Harrison, a resident of Pleasant Township, in said County, who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the identical Mary Harrison, who subscribed and was by me sworn to, an application for Pension &c. on or about the twenty first day of November AD 1830, as the widow of Laurence Harrison, a revolutionary soldier and officer. That she was married, according to law to said Laurence Harrison, in Bourbon County Kentucky, (now Harrison County) on the nineteenth day of February AD 1788, by one Augustine Easton a Baptist Minister, That her name before said marriage was Mary Allison, That she is informed and believes that there is no public record of said marriage, That the absence of a private record thereof, (the only one of which she ever had any knowledge), was accounted for in her said application of November 1830, That she and the said Laurence, lived together as man and wife, from the date of their said marriage up to the death of her said husband, That he died in Champaign County Ohio, on the twelfth day of November AD 1813. That declarant had issue by said Laurence Harrison as follows to wit, Charles, Harrison who was born on the first day of twenty first day of November AD 1788, whose present residence, if alive, is unknown, Benjamin Harrison was born on the fifth day of May AD 1790, and died on the fifth day of February AD 1796, Francisca Harrison, was,

born on the twenty first day of December AD 1793, and died on the fifteenth day of March AD 1831. William Batteal Harrison, was born on the twenty seventh day of September AD 1796, and resides in Campbell County in the State of Kentucky, John Harrison was born, on the twenty first day of May AD 1798, and resides in Posey County Indiana, Katy Griffin Harrison, was born on the eighth day of November AD 1801, and is now the wife of Robert Ellis, and resides in Logan County Ohio, Rueben Campbell Harrison was born on the second day of February AD 1805, and now resides in Miami County Indiana, Medford Harrison was born on the eighteenth day of November AD 1808, and died on the twenty fourth day of July AD 1822, and Mary Harrison who was born on the fourth day of July AD 1812, and died on the thirteenth day of July AD 1832, making nine children born of said Laurence Harrison and Declarant, That this declarant was never married to any person other than said Laurence Harrison,
That she is unable (by reason of bodily infirmity) to appear in open Court, and further says not
Mary her mark Harrison
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I have been from my early infancy acquainted with the said Mary Harrison & her said husband and family, with the exception of the second son Benjamin, of whom I have, in the family frequently heard, That the first born son Charles was about a year older than myself. That I was

born in the year 1789. That said Charles and myself were raised together until nearly men
That I was acquainted with all of said children of Mary & Laurence Harrison deceased, and believe them to be of the ages respectively here in before stated by said Mary
I further declare that I well knew said Laurence Harrison in his life time
That he and the said Mary were deemed and held as man and wife, lived together as such, until his death, and raised the family by her stated in the foregoing declaration as their children, that I have seen and recollect all of said children after Benjamin. To wit; Francis, William Batteal, John, Katy Griffin, Rueben Campbell, Medford, & Mary Harrison, from their respective births.
I further certify that said Mary Harrison is the widow of said Laurence Harrison, and that she is unable (by reason of bodily infirmity) to appear in Court
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal, as Judge as aforesaid, the day & year above written
Wm H McKinnon Associate Judge of Logan Court Pleas
The State of Ohio Logan County ss;
I Thomas M Robb, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify
that Wm H McKinnon before whom the foregoing statement of Mary Harrison purports to have been sworn & signed was at the date thereof duly commissioned & qualified & was acting as one of the Judges of said Court. That the above signature of said Wm H McKinnon is genuine. That he is to me personally known and that full faith & credit are to be given to all his acts & statements official or otherwise.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Bellefontaine this 11th Feb 1851. Thomas M. Robb Clerk Logan Court Pleas

Harrison To Convin }
Power of atty.

Know all men by these presents that I Mary Harrison (widow of Laurence Harrison) have constituted and appointed, and do hereby constitute and appoint Moses B. Conine, of Clermont County Ohio my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my behalf to prosecute a claim in my behalf on the Government of the United States for the benefit of the act or acts of Congress granting half pay and pensions to the widows of revolutionary officers and soldiers,
I hereby authorize, and empower my said Attorney to do and perform every act or thing necessary to be done in and about the said business in as full and ample a manner as may I myself could do, To employ all such assistance and, appoint for me and in my name, any other attorney, or attorneys, in writing, as in his judgment may be advisable for the better conducting of said business, And to collect, receive, and receipt for all sums of money, that may be allowed or adjudged to me as such widow, And all and every act of my said Attorney or his appointee, or employees, I hereby ratify and confirm,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal This 11 th day of February AD 1851.
signed sealed & acknowledged in our presence E. M. Shultz Rich d Conine
Mary her Harrison Mark
The State of Ohio Logan County ss.
Be it known that on the sixth day of February AD 1851. personally appeared Mary Harrison of Pleasant Township Logan County Ohio to me

knowing and before me, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County authorized by law to administer oaths, and acknowledged the signing and sealing of the foregoing power of Attorney to be her voluntary act and deed,
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal the day and year last above written,
Wm H McKinnon Associate Judge of Logan Cmn Pleas
State of Ohio Logan County S:
I Thomas M Robb Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County & State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Wm H McKinnon, before whom the foregoing power of attorney appears to have been acknowledged, was at the date thereof an acting Judge Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified as such Judge. That the above signature of said McKinnon is genuine and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts,
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affix- ed the seal of said Court at Bellefontaine this seventh day of February AD 1851,
Thomas M Robb Clerk

4 Sarah West's affidavit to Mr. Harrison's marriage,

The State of Indiana Marion County ss.
Before me John Essary a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Sarah West aged seventy five years on the fourth day of March AD 1851, a reputable woman, of good memory and mind to me personally known, who being first duly sworn according to law declares
That she is the sister of Mary Harrison, of Pleasant Township, Logan County Ohio, (who made and was sworn to an application for Pension &c on the twenty first day of November, AD 1850, and an additional statement in support thereof on the sixth day of February AD 1851, as she is informed & believes) That said Mary Harrison, and this affiant are sisters, the children of Charles Allison, deceased, and that there are none others of said Allison's family now alive.
That the said Mary Harrison and this affiant were raised together as such sisters from their birth, up to the marriage of said Mary. That this affiant was present, and saw said Mary married to Laurence Harrison, who was during his life known as having been a Lieutenant in the Virginia troops in the War of the revolution. That said Mary and Laurence Harrison, were married, as above stated in the presence of this affiant and others, by one Augustine Easton a Baptist Minister, at the family residence in then Bourbon, now Harrison County Kentucky, That affiant can not of her own unaided recollection fix the precise day of the month in which said marriage was performed, but she well remembers that her father and the said Charles Allison died in the month of October (on the tenth day thereof) in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven, and she also well knows that said Mary and Laurence Harrison were married as aforesaid in the month of February

next thereafter being February AD 1788, That the said marriage, was delayed at the instance of the mother and friends of said Mary, until that time in consequence of the sickness and death of her said father, That after said marriage the said Laurence Harrison and the said Mary his wife moved various times, and finally settled near Urbana in Champaign County Ohio, where said Laurence died as affiant is informed and believes, in the year 1813 or thereabouts, That said Mary and Laurence Harrison had children the fruit of said marriage as follows to wit, Charles, Benjamin, Francina, William Batteal, John, Polly Griffin, Reuben Campbell, Medford and Mary Harrison, of whom affiant had personal knowledge. She further states that she is disinterested in the aforesaid application for Pension of the said Mary Harrison.
She further states that the said Mary Harrison was never married except to the said Laurence, but has lately  since his death been, and now is his widow, Attest J. C. Corwin, Sarah her West, mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this tenth day of February AD 1857, and I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with said Sarah West for the past fifteen years, and quite intimately for the last nine years, and that she is a credible woman of good character, whose statements are worthy of all credit. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal the day and year above, last written.
John D. Spary J. P. West and I at the same time certify that the words, "Personally appeared" on the first page, and the words "since his death" on the second page were interlined.

Before the said Sarah had signed or was sworn to the foregoing affidavit
John Essary P. Seale
The State of Indiana Marion County ss!
I William Stewart — Clerk of the
Circuit Court within & for the County of Marion, & State of Indiana do hereby certify that John Essary before whom the foregoing or within affidavit of Sarah West, (in support of the application of Mary Harrison) appears by his certificate to have been made, subscribed and sworn, was at the date thereof and still is, an acting Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature in attestation of said oath is his genuine signature,
In testimony whereof I the clerk aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Indianapolis this eleventh day of February AD 1851.
Wm Stewart, Clerk By Wm Wallace, S. C.

Land Office
Richmond Feby 18: 1817
AB Me Esqr.
Sir
In answer to yours of the 14 th of this month I have to say that in answer to yours of the 28 th day of December last - I enclosed you a certificate, of which the enclosed is a copy - I then informed you, I suppose from the endorsement made on your letter of that date, "that this was the only payment to Lawrence Harrison which was shown by our Register's"
In your letter of the 7 th of Jany last you say "Can you not give me some

better evidence of this service (G. E. Lawrence Harrison's), than that already received." I suppose, from an endorse- ment on your letter of that date, that I answered you, "that I knew of no other evidence of the service of L Harrison than the evidence already furnished."
If I answered you and Mr Corwin, as you say, I answered you incorrectly but so far as you were concerned the answer could not mislead
I could have informed you whether or not L Harrison received land but the evidence upon which he received it is on file in the Executive Chamber, you could apply there for it if you desired it.
There is a large mass of papers here relating to revolutionary matters, without

index or arrangement; These documents it is impossible for me to have examined upon the numerous applications such as yours. The Clks in this office are always very busy, during the winter, and it is impossible to attend carefully to calls during that season such as yours.
The legislature does not authorise the receipt of fees for services such as you ask. I am not required by law to make the search and give the copy or certificate. but I willingly do so when my other duties allow. - I think that pension agents have a very full share of the time and labour of the Clks of this office. Enclosed you will find a Certificate of settlement in the name of William Bennett. I am Very Respectfully yours re. Ro Johnston -

Know all men by these presents that I Lawrence Harrison of the County of Harrison & State of Kentucky doth hereby appoint Lucas Sullivan of the County of Mason & State of Kentucky my full & lawful attorney in my behalf & in my name to apply to the Register of the land office of Virginia to draw from the said State of Virginia a Military land Warrant due me as a bounty from the said State for my service in the late war with great Britain, as a Lieutenant in the ninth Virginia Regiment in the Continental line, & him the said Sullivan is hereby fully empowered to authorize any person or persons to act in his behalf & an application, so made, shall be as fully obligatory on me as tho' I had done the same myself in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this fifth day of July 1796.
Law. Harrison
Personally appeared Lawrence Harrison before we two Justices of the peace for the County of Harrison & acknowledged the above power of attorney to be his act & deed. Given under our hands this fifth day of July 1796.
Saml. McIlvain
Geo. Reading
Harrison County State of Kentucky
This day personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid Lawrence Harrison of the said County & made oath that him the said Harrison hath never as yet Reciev'd

or drawn a military land warrant from the state of Virginia as his bounty for his service in the Virginia Continental line of the ninth Virginia Regiment. — Given under my hand this 5 th day of July 1796.
Sam l McIlvain
State of Kentucky Harrison County ss.
I William Moore Clerk in & for the County of Harrison do certify to all whom it may concern that Samuel McIlvain & George Reading Esquires who have taken the acknowledgement of Lawrence Harrison subscriber to the within power of attorney is two of the Justices of the peace in & for the County aforesaid duly commissioned & authorized to receive the same. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of Office this 10 th day of September 1796.
W. Moore C. H. C.
I do hereby certify that I personally knew the within Laurence Harrison when in actually service as a lieutenant in the continental line w ch was from 1775 to the close of the war. Given under my hand this 18 th of July 1796 —
Simon Morgan
Late Capt. 9 th Virg a Regt.
I do certify that lieutenant Laurence Harrison continued in service until the close of the war in November 1783.
Given under my hand this 28 th day of November 1796.
James Wood late B.G.

Executive Department Richmond Va Feby. 18 th 1837
I certify the foregoing to be true copies from papers on file in this department.
Wm H Chapman Secy Com

Moses R. Corwin H. J. Rex
Dear J. E. Heath Copy of document

Washington City 25 th Feby 1851
Hon J E Heath Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir for the month of
Decembee last I filed in your office the application of Mary Harrison Widow of Laurence Harrison an officer of the Army of the Potomac praying for the benefit of the act of Congress of 18 th & 8 th in the application was placed in the possession of Captain Ingleton one of your subordinate officers & I was informed by him that the case would be finally acted on & determined during the present month. I find upon examination that he is now absent & that no action has yet been had in the case. I beg therefore as Congress is about to adjourn & as the Widow is old & poor & one of my constituents that you would order her case acted on forthwith to enable you to look to her whatever may be allowed her.
Respectfully yours & etc. Sent
25 th Feby 1851
Charles K. Barcum
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J. E. Heath

Washington City 3 d March 1851
2 B True Are my return from your office the minute I find the enclosed Telegraphic despatch from my son-in-law the bearer of uttering from Mrs Harrison. I have a care you are order as the Commissions of Harrison for the Certificate as soon as it may be granted you can then fill up the blank & enclose the whole to me at Urbana Ohio I will forthwith draw the money & deposit your share whenever you may direct Respectfully yours etc. etc. M c Lean

Postmaster at Worthington (W. Va.) has orders to if Blanchard has any letter directed to me & it marked either at Urbana or Bellefontaine in Ohio during the whole of this week
Charles Blanchard
5 March 1857

Pension Office, March 18, 1857.
Sir;
The case of Mary Harrison has been examined, but is inadmissible under its present aspect. The extraordinary indifference manifested by her in regard to her claim under the Act of July 7 th 1838 is well calculated to create a distrust as to its validity. This delay must be well accounted for in order to remove such distrust. The identity of her husband with the officer who served in the Virginia line is not satisfactorily established. It is alleged that her husband was in the 9 th V a Reg t and so early as 1796 it is shown from the Copy of a power of Attorney now on file here that he, himself claimed to have belonged to that Reg t . while the records show that no such officer ever served in that Regiment.
There was a Lawrence Harrison in the 7 th Reg t , but this cannot be the man, as he in his power of Atty and she in her declaration both place him in the 9 th . If her husband was actually in service the fact may be established by tracing the history of the land which he received as his military reward. If it

is still in the family, that fact can be shown; if it has been disposed of, the fact that he sold it and the person to whom, can be established.
Very Respectfully Yr. Obl Servt H. S. Evans Fulton Ky.
S. B. True, Esq. Present.
Rev

Urbana 19 th March 1851
2 nd June My dear Sir Congregational I received your letter of the 15 th just advising me of your being unable to get the letter to me containing the Power of Attorney from Mr. H. to me by reason of the interference of Mr. Frazar who procured an order from my brother to get it returned to me & that the S ch had given all the money & would not deliver them to either of you I regret this much very much. This Mr. Frazar got me to spend him a little in some hearing he had with the S ch Church & Com ee in regard to Parsonage & many cases for Parsonage & Family. Some were sent to him nevertheless to me for postage. I always delivered them myself & he supposed I wish that the letter to me contained other Com ee As I wrote you on yesterday I have forwarded the Power of Attorney to my brother Robert with instructions to him as to all of whomsoever the Certificate of your & I have all an hour here with instructions from you what disposition to make of your money & also to give all the aid in his power to you in obtaining the allowance which he will sure to do & I hope you will have no further trouble at least so far as the Power of Attorney is concerned. On this day I rec d your letter of the 15 th on the same subject & further advising me that you had found my order on the S ch for the first time. I am glad to hear that you are making some additional discoveries in the Middlesex Canal. Let me know from time to time how you get along & if there is any action on my part in regard to it at all times as I had. Yours Truly N. P. Foster & C. H. H. H. H.

PS Say to Captain Trefit from me that Mr. Bonner is old public & dear & is one of my old neighbors & that inasmuch as he is a good Whig & partially financed another good old Whig to spedily return the case after as he hardly believes the marriage was partially proven that if you receive the proper papers from Kentucky he will give the case his immediate attention I shall hardly know what to think of the Whigs generally
Oct 6

Washington City 5 th March 1857
The undersigned of Piquion will hereinafter deliver to the heirs of Blanchard from the last estate of Piquion that may hereafter be granted to Mary Boomer the Widow of Laurence Blanchard Decedent
Charles Blanchard
Atty for Mary Boomer

The State of Ohio Logan County
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace within & for the County of Logan Mary Harrison Widow of Laurence Harrison deceased who was an officer in the Army of the Revolutionary War who being by me first duly sworn deposed & says that about fifty years since or perhaps a little more her husband the said Laurence Harrison employed one Lucas Sullivan then residing as she thinks somewhere in the then Northwestern Territory now the State of Ohio to procure for him the Warrants or Warrants for the Land he was entitled to as an officer in the Army of the Revolution. The Land appropriated for the payment of these Warrants she thinks was situated between the Little Miami & the Scioto Rivers in the State of Ohio though she is not certain of this. This deponent further says that often the said Lucas Sullivan was then employed to procure these Land Warrants but how long after she cannot now remember the said Lucas Sullivan purchased of the said Laurence Harrison either the said Warrant or Warrants if then obtained or else the right to them then existing in the said Laurence Harrison she does not now remember which at all events all the interest said Laurence Harrison ever had in this Land was intended to be transferred by him to the said Lucas Sullivan for the price she thinks of about one hundred & fifty dollars. At that date these Virginia Military Land Warrants were considered of little or no value & were frequently sold at from one to fifteen & twenty Cents per acre in Kentucky where the said Laurence Harrison then resided. The small amount received by the said Laurence Harrison from the said Lucas Sullivan for the said Land was all he ever got for them being claimed by said Sullivan in the amount of Land obtained & further said etc.
Attest John Green Lewis Taylor
Mary her Harrison Mark
Sworn & subscribed before me this 25 th day of April AD 1851. Lewis Taylor Jus Peace

The State of Ohio Logan County ss
I Thomas M c Robb Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Logan and State of Ohio, do certify that on the 25 th day of April A.D. 1831 Lewis Gayler was an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, that his signature in attestation of the within affidavit is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 25 th day of April A.D. 1831 Thos M c Robb Clerk

General Land Office
May 8th, 1851.
Sir,
Your letter of the 2 inst. enclosing a communication from Hon. M. B. Corwin, of Ohio, has been received; and in reply thereto have to inform you that Virginia Cont. Land Warrant No. 4730 for 3000 1 / 2 acres, issued to St. Lawrence Harrison, and has been disposed of as follows:
  Survey No. 2977 of 3000 acres  patented to Sam l Robertson, March 17 th , 1800    " " 2879 " 1000 "  " Lucas Sullivan, " 18 th , "    " " 2979 " 1300 "  " " " 21 st , "    " " 3162 " 2400 "  " " " April 8 th , "    " " 3748 " 1700 "  " John Waller Johnson, Jan'y 19 th , 1801.  
The counties in which these tracts are situated may be ascertained by addressing the Surveyor of the Va. M y . District, at Chillicothe, Ohio, - This office is not in possession of a complete map of the District.
Very respectfully,
Your obt. servt.
J B Matthews Commissioner.
L. B. True Esq. Present.

General Land Office.
May 27th, 1851.
Sir
In further reply to your letter of the 2 nd inst. enclosing a communication from Hon. M. B. Corwin of Ohio, I have to state that Virginia Continental No. 4731 for 3111 2 / 3 acres, in favor of Laurence Harrison, was assigned by said Harrison to Lucas Sullivan Jan'y 4th, 1797. Said assignment was witnessed by Robt. Clark and David McKernon.
Very respectfully.
Your obt. Servt.
J. B. Matthews Commissioner.
L. B. Pierce, Esq. Present.

Department of State, Washington, May 30, 1851, L. B. True, Esquire, Washington.
Sir,
The following evidence of the revolutionary service of Laurence Harrison, is, in compliance with your personal application, furnished to you from the "Washington Papers."
In the "Army Returns" N o 26, p. 13, there is a Return of the "13 th Virginia Regt." endorsed "Arrangement - White Plains Augt. 1778," in which appears the name of "Laurence Harrison" among the "Ensigns."
In vol. 102, p. 42, there is a return of the "Ninth Regiment" endorsed, "Virginia Arrangement as settled at Middle Brook - May 1779," in which Laurence Harrison appears as "Lieutenant, Date
of

of Commission, October 3, 1778." —
There is another Return, in Vol. 101. p. 75, of the "7 th Virginia Regiment," endorsed "Arrangement of the Virginia Line, Feb y . 10 th 1781," in which the name of Laurence Harrison again appears as "Lieutenant, date of Commission, Octo. 3, 1778."
To identify this officer as the same in these several Returns, it will suffice to remark, that, besides Laurence Harrison, there are nine other officers of the 13 th Regiment, who appear with him afterwards in the 9 th Regiment; and of those associated with him in the 9 th the names of fourteen again appear, enrolled with him in the 7 th . And among these officers, whose names occur in common in the 13 th , 9 th , and 7 th regiments, Simon Morgan, with whom you

You allege Harrison served, is ranked as captain, in each of the Utums quoted.
I am, Sir, respectfully,
Your obedient servant, H. S. Derrick,
Acting Secretary.