Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7669, Reuben Hamilton, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Hamilton, Reuben Elizabeth
No 7669
CONTENTS

5310.
New York Roll
Reuben Hamilton, U
Private.
Massachusetts Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of Sept r 1818 and sent to Stephen Phelps by Judge Canandaigua - N. York
Arrears to 4th of September 1818 — 33: 6
Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 — 48: —
4 and \frac{4}{30}
1818
$ 81: 6
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
1 Year Dec r 1775
1 yr 1770 - -
Richmond, Col. Regt. Continental

Verification sent to
Stephen Phelps Esq
29 Sep: 1820.
Canandaigua
N. York

3744 Pennsylvania Phil a Elizabeth Hamilton widow of Reuben Hamilton who served in the Revolutionary Massachusetts Line war, as a Private
Increased from $80.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96. Dollars 00.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
1 st July 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of June 1853 and sent to
S. A. Loomis
Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 224. Vol. 2.

Stephen Phelps, Esq.; Judge, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York.
Reuben Hamilton, Massachusetts line, Revolutionary Claim.
found on the rolls of Col. Nison's regim. t
Correct
For testimony relative to the applicants' redu- ced circumstances - See endorsement in the case of Jeremiah Battles.

Country for support and that having lost his discharges he has no other evidence now in his Power of his said services
Given to and declared the Reuben Hamilton day and year aforesaid before me
Stephen Phelps
State of New York
Ontario County ss
I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of common Pleas in and for said County and State do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Reuben Hamilton did serve in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy as stated in the preceding declaration and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress - Canandaigua May 15 th 1818-
Stephen Phelps
State of New York ss
Ontario County ss
in addition to the above I certify by satisfactory Proof that Reuben Hamil- ton the above said applicant is in reduced circumstances & in need of assistance from his Country for support
Stephen Phelps a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas
Canandaigua August 24 th 1818
State of New York Ontario County ss Before Me
The testimony that Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was on the day of the date of the same a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas and that the same is his signature I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County at Canandaigua this 27 th day of August 1818 - H. McNeil Clk

State of New York } Ontario County }
On the first day of May 1818 before me Stephen Phelps A Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County person ally appears Reuben Hamilton aged 61 years Resident in the Town of Richmond in the Coun- ty of Ontario and State of New York who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath Make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain Persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war That he the said Reuben Hamilton enlisted in the Town of Brookfield in the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts on the first day of December in the year 1775 in the Company commanded by Captain Peter Norwood in Colonel Learned's Regiment in the Massachusetts line and that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the first of January 1777 when he received an honorable discharge from Service in at Kings Ferry on the Hudson on River in the State of New York and that he enlisted again in Brookfield aforesaid on the 25 th day of February 1777 under Captain Peter Norwood aforesaid in Colonel Thomas Ransom's Regiment being the 6 th Massachusetts Regiment and that he continued in the Service of the United States until about the first of November in the year 1779 when he was discharged from Service at Pukwisk in the State of New York That he was in the Battles of Saratoga, & Stillwater and that he is in Reduced Circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his

Declaration of Frederick Hamilton May 1 st 1818
The Honorable Jury of War
State of New York } Ontario County } ss Clerks office
In Testimony that Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was on the day of the date of the date of the same one of the Judges of the court of Common pleas in and for the county of Ontario and that the same is his signature
I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the County seal at Canandaigua this 7 th day of May A D 1818
Thos. G. Nairn Clerk

The Honorable Secretary War if my Claims are allowed will please to forward a certificate thereof to Stephen Phelps Esq. of Canandaigua who is my agent before May 1 st 1818
Reuben Hamilton

Case of Reuben Daulton
3310
30 Sept 1818
Mar 19

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this Nineteenth day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Reuben Hamilton aged Sixty Three years, resident in the town of Richmond in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
Under Capt. Peber  Warwood . Colonel Rearnet's regiment in the Massachusetts line as a private for the term of one year, commencing in December 1775, after serving that time out, then enlisted under Capt. John Spun , Col. Thomas Nixon , for the term of three years as a private and discharged in November 1779
and that he made application for a Pension on the First day of May 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 3310 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, viz.
 One heifer $ 9- one hog $ 3- one pig $ 1- $ 13. 00  One small pot. 50- 1 Kettle $ 1. one small do. 75.- 2. 25  One tea kettle. 75- one spider. 62 1/2 1. 37 1/2  Small shovel & tongs $ 1- 4 old chairs $ 1- 2. 00  one trunk $ 1- 4 old bbls $ 1- 4 knives & forks. 50 2. 50  One old axe $ 1- one hoe. 50- one pitch fork. 50- 2. 00  Two wooden pails 50  Small pr set irons 50  $ 24. 07 1/2 
Reuben Hamilton $ 24. 07 1/2
And I do further swear & declare that I am by occupation a farmer, and that my family consists of my wife, aged sixty years, and is quite lame in her wrist occasioned by dislocation.
Reuben Hamilton
Sworn & declared this 19 th day of August 1820 in Open Court before me Niles Brainerd
a Judge of Ontario Com. Pleas

ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Fosen Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is twenty four dollars and 7 cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 22 o day of August 1820
J Van Fosen
Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.

State of New York,
Chautauqua county ss. On this sixteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared before the subscribers a Supreme Court Commissioner for the county aforesaid with the power of the first branch of the court of Common Pleas of said county out of court, Elizabeth Hamilton a resi- dent of Seneca in the county of Chaut- auqua. aged eighty three years the

State of New York
County of Chautauqua. On this sixteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three the  the undersigned appeared before the notary public  notary public  there , a resident of Berlin in the county of Chautauqua, aged eighty three years then the twenty fourth day of December 1842, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the order to obtain the pecuniary benefit of the provision made by the acts of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled, An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, and also of the act of Congress entitled An act granting a pension to certain widows of revolutionary soldiers; That she is the widow of Reuben Hamilton who was a soldier in the army of the revolution, but this petitioner is unable to state the rank he held with positive certainty, but she believes that he was a private soldier. He was a soldier when she married him which was the ninth day of March 1780. He enlisted she believes during the war and served until its close. He belonged also, as she believes, to one of the New York units regiments, as he was a native of that state, & lived there at the time of his enlistment. In the year 1839, or about that time the said Reuben Hamilton became a pensioner, and continued so until the time of his death. The only evidence that she now has of his having been a pensioner, is the certificate hereto annexed, bearing date Sept. 28. 1840

setting forth, that the schedule of his property had been examined, and that he was continued on the pension roll. His pension certificate was sent to the War Office or to the office for paying pensions not long after his death for the purpose of paying the arrears of pension due at the time of his death, which is the reason that she cannot state with more certainty the rank and time of service of her said husband. The amount of his pension she thinks was $96. a year. It will appear from his regiment certificate how long he was to what company he belonged.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Ruben Hamilton, on the ninth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty, and that her husband the said Ruben Hamilton died on the fourteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, that she was married to him prior to his leaving the army service and that the marriage took place previous to the first of January nineteen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated. She also states, that soon after the death of her husband she applied to Horace Hozell an attorney at law to procure a pension for her - that said Hozell as he informs her wrote to the commissioners of pensions to ascertain whether she came within the act granting pensions - that said Hozell soon afterwards informed her nephew Mr. Dan

Kimball, that he had received a letter from the said Commissioner informing him that the widow of a pensioner who died after the passage of the act of 1836 was not entitled to a pension, which was her due. Some years after that, she learned that the law had been altered, and that she would get a pension if she could prove her marriage. She then took measures to procure the proof, and for that purpose went to the brother of her late husband for assistance. He sent her the affidavit concerned her, but she was told that would not be sufficient, and she then procured her attorney to get other proof. He sent to Missouri church records for the proof, and was informed as she learns from him, that the records of the town where she was married had been burned. Afterwards, he procured the affidavit which is sent herewith. And she further says that the records she has given him, on the time records why she has not presented her application sooner for a pension. — In
Sworn to subscribed before me this 16 th day of December 1843 after I had read & explained the same to her —
Joseph Wait Superior Court Commissioner with powers of first judge of Chautauqua Common Pleas.
Elizabeth G. Hamilton
Joseph mark Wait witness to Elizabeth Hamilton's mark
Abner mark Hayslin witness to Elizabeth Hamilton's mark,

Chautauqua County ss; I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Elizabeth Hamilton the above named applicant for a pension, that in my opinion she cannot safely go to Conesville at Mayville a distance of twenty two miles from this place (Jamestown) and also that she cannot write her name by reason of her age & debility and further that she is a person of truth & veracity and that full faith and credit ought to be given to her to her testimony -
Dated at Jamestown this 18 th day of December 1843.
Joseph Wait Supreme Court Commissioner with powers of first Judge of Chautauqua Common Pleas.
State of New York Chautauqua County ss; I, Alvin Plumb Clerk of said Clerk's Office County, do hereby certify that Joseph Wait, whose signature is set to the Jurats of the above affidavit and also set to the above certificate and thereon written, was on the day of the date of said Jurat and certificate, a Supreme court Commissioner for said County with the powers of first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, duly qualified according to law to take affidavits. And further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signature "Joseph Wait" subscribed to said Jurat & certificate to be the hand writing of the said Joseph Wait,
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 9 th day of January 1844.
Alvin Plumb Clerk

10518 Application of Elizabeth Hamilton.
Widow's Pension
act 3 - July 38 m 80. d 37.
Husband died April 14 th 37.
adm d .
2 yrs for
80. from 14. apl. 37. the day of her husband's death.
E A. Hazleton Esq Jamestown Chautauqua N.Y.

Extract from the Records of the Town of Brookfield in the County of Worcester & State of Massachusetts
"Married Ebenezer Hamilton Jr to Elisabeth Woodbury. March the Ninth Seventeen hundred and eighty"
I certify that the above is a true extract from the Records of the Town of Brookfield in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible letters and figures as follows "March 9 th 1780"
Jacob Dusee Town Clerk of Brookfield
I Jacob Dusee. depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the County, Town and State aforesaid, and that the foregoing is a true extract from the Records of said Town, with the exception as above certified by me
Jacob Dusee. Town Clerk of Brookfield
State of Massachusetts } Worcester County } ss
Subscribed and sworn to on this thirtieth day of September, A.D. 1843 -
Before me J. Bliss Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Wormwood - I Jos. G. Kendall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, certify that Jos. Bliss within named is a Justice of the Peace within said County, duly qualified, and that the signature of his name within written, appears to be in his own hand writing - In attestation whereof I have hereto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court, at Wormwood, this seventh day of October A.D. 1843 - Jos. G. Kendall Clerk.

Rev. and 1813 Wars Section.
January 3, 1929.
E. R. Mackey 36 Water St. Frewsburg, N. Y.
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 7669, it appears that Reuben Hamilton, Jr., enlisted in Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, December 1, 1775 and served until January 1, 1777 as a private in Captain Peter Harwood's Company, Colonel Learned's Massachusetts Regiment; he enlisted February 25, 1777 and served in Captain John Spurr's Company, Colonel Thomas Nixon's Massachusetts Regiment, was in the battles of Danbury and Stillwater, and was discharged November 1, 1779. He had other service no details given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 1, 1818, at which time he was living in Richmond, Ontario County, New York, aged sixty-one years. He died April 14, 1837 in Ontario County, New York.
The soldier married March 9, 1780 in Brookfield,

Massachusetts, Elizabeth Woodbury, she was born December 24, 1759.
She was allowed pension on her application executed December 16, 1843, at which time she was living in Busti, Chautauqua County, New York.
In 1850 she stated that she intended to move to Union Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, as her nephew, Ira Kimball with whom she lived was moving there. It is not stated that they had children.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Revolutionary War
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
7669
Elizabeth Hamilton
Widow
Reuben Hamilton
Rev. Rev. War
Act:
July 2 d 1848
Index:—Vol.
A
Page
305
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1929-Jan. 3-then to E.P. Mackay Esq.

V
Freiburg N.Y. March 16 1928
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
From advice taken from the War Dept. I am writing you for information regarding a man by the name of Ruben Hamilton who served in the Revolutionary War. I would like to get his war record as I have a watch he carried through that war and it has been handed down from one generation to the next.

His widows name was Elizebeth Hamilton who recieved a pension while residing at Union City Erie Co. Penna the place was formerly called Union Mills.
If you can give me any information on this I will thank you for same
Respectfully
E. R. Mackey Frewsburg N.Y.
36 Water St

10.578 Elizabeth Hamilton
N.Y.
— Suspended
Act of July 1 st '38

3744 Rev. Mr. Albany Elizabeth Hamilton widow of Reuben
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Feb y 1849 and sent to
Sam d A. Brown Jamesstown N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 84 Vol. 4
To Thos. Pratt Sept 1850 23 " " Notary seal to S. A. Brown Same Brown 1849
Reported Feb y 1849

Rep?
New York 8636
Elizabeth Hamilton
widow of Reuben Hamilton
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 14 th April 1837 of Chautauque Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the regt. commanded by Col. Nixon in the Mefs. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars Costs per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836. 14 th April 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of September 1844 and sent to A. Hazeltine Jamestown, Chautauque Co. N.Y.
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D Brown Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 161

Elizabeth Hamilton
Reuben
Pa- 24th Feb 48
Hon L P Waldo Com of Pensions Washington D.C.

Albany 6568
Elizabeth Hamilton
widow of Reuben Hamilton
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 d day of January 1845 and sent to Hon. A. Hazelton James Town, N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. & June 17. 1844.
Vol. 2. Page 239. 77.
Rep.

Pen Off. June 21/1855
Sir
Please inform me when Elizabeth Hamilton of Pa, ady 38 th wa. last p.? at $80
Very Respectful
R. J. Atkinson Esq 3 rd Auditor
11 AM 55
S. Cole
Chotchk
Triplet

Elizabeth Hamilton paid to 4 Mar. 1855
Vol. 1 p. 100000
Ancaster
June 21/55

Nov 6 '41
N.Y.
Mar 30 1843
Eliz St Hamilton
H
PRCE
Mr. James L. Schuch,
Comn. of Pension,
Washington. -

Saratoga N.Y. Oct 30. '44
Hon Saml. L. Edwards, Sir,
I send herewith the application of Elizabeth Hamilton for a pension under the act of March 3 d 1843. The proof of the service of her husband, Reuben Hamilton, who was for many years a pensioner was made on his application, and is of course in the Department. On her former application, she made clear proof of her intermarriage with Reuben Hamilton. By the act of last session, she will be entitled to a continuation of the pension if placed on the list. Will it be necessary for her to make a fresh application to be continued, or can all be done under this application? It seems a pity to put these poor old women to any more trouble & expense than is necessary. —
Yours Respectfully, A. Haggerty

Jamestown N.Y. Sept 16. 1950-
Hon. J. L. Edwards-
Sir -
Enclosed I send the affidavit of Mrs Elizabeth Ham- -ilton a pensioner, that she may be transferred from New York to Penn: - The reasons are set forth in her application.
For a few years past I have drawn her money for her, but she now moves away, and it will be very inconvenient for her, to be obliged to come into this state about 40 miles to execute her powers - I have sent her power to Albany in or- -der that she may get her money up to the 4th inst, but hereafter she wishes to draw in Penn.
She moves to Erie County, the most northwestern county in the state, and I conclude she will be transferred to the Pittsburgh Agency -
Yours Very Respectfully
Jane A Brown

Elizabeth Hamilton.
Payment to be made at
Albany by
Thos M. Cleary
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
New York
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 84 Vol. 4,
Geo. H. King
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Elizabeth Hamilton widow of Reuben Hamilton who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 8th day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty nine .
Geo. G. Mancy.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Washington June 18 th 1855
Comm of Pensions
Dear Sir.
Herewith I transmit to you the papers in the case of Mrs Elisabeth Hamilton which I will I think be found correct. Your attention to them is requested.
I have the honor to Your respectfully
J. L. Loomis -

Brief in the case of Elizabeth Hamilton widow of Reuben
County and State of Pa act Jn Res 1 Jn 8 1848
Claim, (" original ," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was a pensioner under the Acts of 1818 & 1820 at $58 a year, - The Joint Resolution of Jn 8 1848 gives the widow the "same amount" that her husband recd? She has been allowed $80 a year under the Acts of 1838 & 40 - She claims the benefit of the above Resolution. She (for increase) is entitled to $50 a year from 1
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Jn 8 1848, Deducting $80 a year plus lead. 2 o Feb 1848
Name and residence of Agent
J L Lewis Esq
Present
Thornton Kipler Examining Clerk.

Garnistown Sept: 4. 1848.
Hon J. L. Adams Sir -
Enclosed I send you the declaration of Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton of Busti in this county, for a re- -newal of her pension under the act of Feb'y last -
Hon A. Hargett formerly a representative in Congress has hereto- -fore done her business, but he being now absent, she has applied to me - Be pleased to send certifi- -cate to me -
I Obey
Samuel A Brown

Elizabeth Kennicton Widow of Reuben Pa
Inc'd July 11 1848 $96 per annum from 1 July 1848 to Deduct- ing $80 a year paid under 2 o Feby 1848.
Cert to S. L. Loomis Esq Present-

16518. July 12 1844
N.Y. Elizabeth Hamilton 7 May 1838
Hon. James L. Edwards,
Commr. of Pensions, Washington City.
N.Y. July 7 th 1838
Elizabeth Hamilton
16518

Lowestown Chautauqua Co N.Y. Feb. 3 d 1844.
Hon James L. Edwards, Dear Sir:
I send you herewith the papers of Elizabeth Hamilton in support of her application for a pension. There may be a bitter deficiency in stating the services of her husband, but that can all be supplied from the records of the Department. Her husband was long a pensioner, and his certificate has been returned. He was not put on the list without evidence, and undoubtedly as is the case with Massachusetts soldiers generally, the evidence of his service can be found at the Department.
The application is a little partial at the commence- ment, in consequence of my having made a mistake in drawing the form. I would have rewritten it, but the officer who took her affid. was in a hurry and could not wait to have it done. —
Yours &c. Ch. Hoxie

State of New York County of Chenango
vs. On this fourth day of September 1848 her- sonally appeared before me Solomon Jones a justice of the peace in and for the county of Chenango, being duly authorized by law to administer oaths Elizabeth Hamilton, a resident of the town of Burt, in the county of Chenango in the State of New York aged eighty eight years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2nd February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Nathan Ham- ilton who was a soldier in the army of the Revolution, that she cannot state the Regiment in which he served, but she believes he was a soldier from the county of Worcester, State of Massachu- setts, that the annual amount which she received under the act of 17th June 1844 was eighty Dollars - She fur- -ther declares that she is still a widow, she further declares that she cannot write her name on account of old age and debility.
Sworn to and subscribed Elizabeth on the day and year above written. Before Solomon Jones J.P.
Elizabeth Hamilton Hamilton Mad. - Samuel A. Brown Witness to Elizabeth Ham- ilton

I certify that the word Hannah in the foregoing name was erased and Elizabeth inserted before signing, also that I am well acquainted, and have been for a number of years with the said Elizabeth Hamilton and know her to be a person of strict truth and veracity, and further that I have acknowledged her pen- -sion however for a number of years. Sept 4. 1848.
Solomon Jones J.P.
State of New York Chautauqua County } ss: Clerks Office
D. Matthews P. Beman Clerk of said County, and also Clerk of the Courts in and for said County. Do hereby certify that Solomon Jones Esq. whose name is subscribed to the Swat of the declaration of Elizabeth Hamilton and also to the above certificate was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and sworn. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand wri- -ting of the said Justice and rightly believe that his signature to the said Swat & certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court and County this 5 th day of September A.D. 1848
M. P. Beman Clerk By R. O. Green Dept. Clerk

State of New York,
Chautauqua County, ss. As to Mrs. H. J. H. being sworn with, that the statements in the annex- ed application, in relation to the applicant having applied to him for assistance in get- ting upon the pension roll, soon after the death of her husband is true. That she did so apply, and he did write to the Com- missioner of Pensions to ascertain whether her case came within the construction put upon the then existing law by the War Depart- ment, and that he received for the answer mentioned in the annexed application. He also states, that at the request of the appli- cant, he procured a friend, residing in the vicinity of Brookfield, Massachusetts, to procure proof of the marriage of the said applicant to the said Reuben Hamilton - that said friend wrote to him, that he found on inquiry that the records of the town of Brookfield were burned; but that said friend afterwards procured and sent to her the certificate of said marriage heretofore mentioned.
A. H. J. H.
Sworn & subscribed } Feb. 3 rd 1844, before me }
Alma Plank Clerk of Chautauqua Co. N.Y.

War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,
September 28
1820.
3310
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the schedule of your property has been examined; and the Secretary of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
To Mr.
Reuben Hamilton Ontario County New York

State of New York Monroe County ss.
I Samuel Hamilton of the City of Rochester, County of Monroe & State of New York Esquire, being of lawful age do testify and say that I am brother to Reuben Hamilton late of the town of Canadage in the County of Ontario and State aforesaid deceased, and am personally knowing to his being lawfully married to Elizabeth Woodbury and now Elizabeth Hamilton his widow, who now lives in the town of Houstie in said State of New York; said Reuben & Elizabeth lived in my Fathers family before, and for a long time after they were so married, and continued to live together up to the 14 th of April 1837 at which time he died.
Given to this 5 th
Samuel Hamilton
day of October 1840
Ashley Sampson
First Judge of Monroe County court

6864. Elizabeth Hamilton Application for Pension under act of March 3 d 1833.
C. A. Hazelton Agent.
acts 43 & 44
$80 per ann. r. 359
Albany Roll
Hon. A. Hazelton James Town N. York

State of New York,
Chautauqua County Jr.
On this first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the county and state of aforesaid, Elizabeth Hamilton a resident of Pultsi in the county of Chautauqua and state of New York, who being first duly sworn, deposes according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed the third March 1833, granting pensions to widows of persons, who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Reuben Hamilton, who was a private in the Revolution, and died on the fourteenth day of April 1837 - That she is unable to state the regiment in which he served - That he was a citizen of Massachusetts, when he enlisted, and she supposes, he served in one of the Massachusetts regiments - That he was a pensioner, at the time of his death, and had been for a considerable number of years - That after his death, she applied for, and obtained, the arrears of pension which were due to him, at the time of his death, and on that occasion, surrendered his pension certificate - That her said husband, when he became a pensioner, resided in this state and was paid, at the agency in this state - and she further saith, that she has recently received a pension certificate, under the act of July 7. 1838, granting her a pension at the rate of eighty dollars per annum from the 14th. of April 1837 and terminating on the 4th. March 1841. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed
Elizabeth Hamilton

on the day and year, above written, before me Solomon Jones Justice of the Peace
State of New York } Chautauqua County } I, Alvin Plumb Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Solomon Jones Esq whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Affidavit is a Justice of the Peace of said County, duly qualified, and that his term of Office commenced January 1. 1843, and expires January 1. 1847, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature "Solomon Jones" subscribed to said Affidavit is genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this eighth day of October A D 1844.
The word "official" interlined.
Alvin Plumb Clerk

State of New York Chautauqua County } ss.
On this fourth day of September 1850, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Chautauqua, personally appeared Elizabeth Hamilton, who on her oath, declares that she is the same person, who is pensioned by a certificate dated Feby 4, 1849, numbered 8744. Payable at Albany, State of New York, that she is the widow of Stephen Hamilton, who was a Massachusetts soldier, but she does not recollect who his Captain was, nor can she state the Regiment to which he belonged, that the said Stephen Hamilton was pensioned in the State of New York, that she has resided in the town of Busti, county of Chautauqua aforesaid, for more than ten years, that herious thereto, she resides at Canadine, Ontario County, New York, that she is now intending to remove to the township of Union, Erie County, State of Pennsylvania, to reside there in future, and wishes to have her pension payable in the State of Pennsylvania in future, And that her reasons for removing to the State of Pennsylvania are, that she has resided for a number of years with her nephew Ira Thimhall, that

Said Shinhall has sold his farm in Berne aforesaid, and purchased a farm in Union Township, Erie County, State of Pennsylvania aforesaid, where he intends to reside in future, that this deponent in- tends to reside with said Shinhall and in his family, said she has done for a number of years, that she makes no calculation whatever of returning to the State of New York to reside, but calculates in future to reside at Union Town- ship aforesaid, that said Union Township is about 40 miles from Germantown, and that it will be very inconvenient, if not impossible, on account of old age, debility, and infirmities, to travel from Union Township aforesaid, to the State of New York to make out her business -
Sworn and subscribed This 4th day of September 1868 - Before me Solomon Jones J.P.
Her Elizabeth X Hamilton mark
Saml A Brown witness to Elizabeth Hamiltons mark -
I certify that I have been well ac- -quainted with Elizabeth Hamilton the above deponent for about

seven years, that she has acknowledged her pension payments before me during that term, and that I know that she is the identical person described in the pension certificate referred to in the above affidavit -
Solomon Jones J.P.
State of New York Chautauqua County Clerks Office
ss I Orson Stiles County Clerk and also clerk of the courts in and for said County do hereby certify that Solomon Jones Esq. whose name is subscribed to the above deat and also to the above certificate was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and sworn. And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and am believe that the signature "Solomon Jones" subscribed to said deat and certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the seal of said County this 5 th day of September 1850
O. Stiles. Clk

State of Pennsylvania Erie County
On this thirteenth day of June eighteen hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me Andrew Thompson Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Elizabeth Hamilton and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of Reuben Hamilton deceased who was a pensioner of the United States under the act of 18 th March 1818. at eight dollars per month and who died on or about the fourth of April 1837. - That said deceased pensioner resided in the county of Ontario State of New York at the time of his death and for the space of nineteen years previous thereto.
That she the deponent is also a pensioner of the United States at the rate of eighty dollars per annum and that she herewith surrenders her certificate of pension that another may issue to her giving her $96.00 per annum as provi- ded for by the Joint Resolution of Congress ap- proved first July 1848. her Elizabeth X Hamilton Mark
Isaac Kimball Witness Mrs B. Kimball
Sworn and subscribed before me day and year as first mentioned
Andrew Thompson J.P.

State of Pennsylvania Erie County > fr
I Alfred King Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county and State aforesaid hereby certify that Andrew Thompson Esq. before whom the foregoing oath of identity was made is a justice of the Peace in and for the county and state aforesaid, duly com- missioned and qualified and that the signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Erie this 15th day of June A D 1855.
Alfred King Jr By J. Skinner