Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5293, Robert Hamilton, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Hamilton, Robert Ann
No 5293.
CONTENTS

6255- Roll of Ohio-
Robert Hamilton Private
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st of February 1819 and sent to John M. Cleary Esq. Image of the Supreme Court Lebanon Ohio.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 3 Mts. \frac{18}{31} + \frac{1}{30} — 24, Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 — 48:
77:70
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued

Notification sent 18 May 1822. To Joshua Cook, Lebanon, Ohio.
Atty Genl's opinion sent as above
Dec. 3. 1822

4753 Ohio
Cincin.
Susannah Hamilton widow of Robert Hamilton N.J. 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 30th day of March 1844 and sent to J. M. Williams Lebanon Ohio
[Act of March 3, 1843]
Recorded in Book
Vol. /
Page 159.

Date of death not in AB-
Lehota

The State of Ohio
Personally appeared before the subscriber judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio Robert Hamilton who being duly sworn states that in December seventeen hundred and seventy six, he joined the continental army by enlisting under Captain Henderson, and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Richard Butler, it being the ninth Pennsylvania Regiment on continental establishment; that he continued in the regular army, faithfully to serve from his enlistment, until after the surrender of Cornwallis. That he received his discharge from Col. Butler, which he handed to a man who promised to obtain his land bounty, and that he has never since seen his discharge. He said Robert Hamilton states that he does not know any person in this country, who was acquainted with him in the army. That his circumstances are reduced so as to induce him to apply for assistance from his Government, of whose assistance he stands in need. He is now within a few days, of fifty eight years old.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 14th May 1818
R. H. Hamilton
John McLean
The State of Ohio
Personally appeared before the subscriber judge of the Supreme Court James Frazier, who states that he has been acquainted with Robert Hamilton the above deponent upwards of twenty years, and that he has always maintained a good character, and that the deponent has no doubt as to the truth of his statement in regard to his services in the revolutionary army.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 14th May 1818 John McLean
James Frazier

I am acquainted with Mr. Frazier the above deponent, and know that he is entitled to full credit. John McLean

Pleas held at Seleau in the County of Warren in the State of Ohio on the seventh day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & twenty before the Honorable Joshua Collett Esquire President Judge of our the Court of Common Pleas for the seventh circuit at 85 1820 Ignatius Brown Jacob & Some & Matthias Comins Esquires associate judges
The State of Ohio Warren County ss. Be it remembered that on the twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & twenty Robert Hamilton filed his petition with a schedule of his property for the purpose of continuing his pension for Revolutionary services which petition & schedule is in the records of the tenor following viz The State of Ohio Warren County Seventh Circuit of the courts of Common Pleas within & for the State aforesaid & in the county aforesaid —. On this twenty second day of August Eighteen hundred & twenty personally appeared in open Court (being a Court of record within the State & for the county) aforesaid Robert Hamilton a resident of said county aged sixtyone years next May who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare, for the purpose of obtaining the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818. & the 1 st of May 1820. that the said Hamilton Enlisted for during the war, on the day of December 1776. in the State of New Jersey at Trenton in Company Commanded by Capt. Matthew Henderson in the Regt. Commanded by Colonel Richard Butler of the ninth Pennsylvania Regt in the Pennsylvanian line on Continental Establishment. He continued to serve in said Corps to the close of the war when he was discharged from said service in Pennsylvania at Carlisle; he was in the battle of Brandywine & received a wound; — in the Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth & at the taking of Stony point, & at the taking of Gault born-Wallis, also in a great number of skirmishes which I do not particularly now recollect. This declarant has no other evidence in his power of his services & than his oath & in pursuance of the act of the 1 st of May 1820. I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner

Disposed of of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby 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 & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818;" And that I have not nor has any person for me in trust any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me Nor have I any income other than what is con- tained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed to wit    80 Acres of land 30 of which is cultivated value  $800.00    1 Horse creature  35.00    2 Cows " "  30.00    1 Steer 2 years old " "  10.00    2 Yearlings " "  8.00    2 Calves " "  4.00    3 Sheep " "  6.00    9 Hogs " "  15.00    1. Bible, hymn book & a few Religious tracts  10.00    House furniture " "  40.50.    1. Mares Saddle " "  8.00    1 Womans ditto " "  23.00    1 Wheel & Reel " "  3.00    1 Loom & gears " "  12.00    1 Wooden block & base " "  20.00    Farming utensils " "  15.75.    20 geese " "  7.50.     $1047.25.  
Robert Hamilton
This deponent has received his pension three times, the number of his pension Certificate is 6255 & is dated 1 st February 1819; he is by occupation a Blacksmith, is unable to follow his trade the whole time, through a defect in his hand - he has in family including himself three persons, his wife Ann, fifty three years old & a boy Steven years old both of which are unable to support this declarant
Robert Hamilton
Sworn & subscribed to in open Court this 22 d day of August A.D. 1820 Matthias Connerin for clerk
The State of Ohio Warren County B. J. Matthias Connerin for clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for

the County of Warren aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath & the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of said Court. And I Do further Certify that it is the Opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is ten hundred & fortyseven dollars & twenty five Cents
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid at Selma this nineteenth day of October A.D. 1820.
Matthias Corwin Jr.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 10. 1

Free Public Service
Mr. C. Calhoun
Self at work
Washington City
Off. Rec. Reg. 1882 John Duke for the 50-1
401 Indiana

Declaration
These parts Ann Hamilton widow of Robert Hamilton dec.)
Applicant for a pension.
Be it remembered, that, on this 30 th day of January 1843, personally appeared before William S. Mickle, one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for Wayne County, Ohio, at her residence in said County, Ann Ham- ilton, aged Seventy four years on the 8 th day of February 1842, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "an act granting half- pay and pensions to certain widows - That She is the widow and relict of Robert Hamilton dec d . who was a private in the Army of the Revolution - Deponent cannot state, with any degree of accu- racy, the services performed by her said late husband, nor the names of the Officers under which he served: - He resided, she thinks, during the whole of his service in the State of Pennsylvania - and his first tour of duty, she believes, was performed in a Corps known by the name of the "Flying Camp" - and if she mistakes not, the county he lived in was called Lancaster County Pennsylvania. After his discharge from the Flying Camp, he re- listed in what was called the Pennsylvania Line during the War - and continued therein in ac- tual service until the close of the War - and whilst her said husband was engaged in the service

of his country, she believes he was at the Storming & taking of Stony Point — & was also in the battles of Monmouth and Queenstown — and at the Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.
This declarant does not know that she can prove the Services of the said Robert Hamilton by any living witnesses — nor has she in her possession any documentary evidence of his services; but she verily believes that full & positive proof of his services can be obtained amongst the Records & Rolls of the War Department — because, as she alleges, he was granted & drew a pension long anterior to the Law passed by Congress on the 7 th June 1832 — and this pension was continued up to the time of the death of the said Robert Hamilton — and shortly thereafter the arrearages of said pension were drawn by this declarant as the widow & relict of decedent, and his Pension Certificate was thereupon surrendered up to the War Department, as she supposes, where it may now be found. Declarant also avers that her said late husband was allowed, and actually obtained, for his services in the Revolutionary War, Two Hundred acres of land.
This Declarant further declares that her maiden name was Ann Hays — that she was lawfully married to the said Robert Hamilton, on the 23 rd day of February in

the year 1792 (she being his second wife) and that her aforesaid husband, Robert Hamilton died on the 24 th day of February in the year 1841:- and she further states that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four, to wit, at the time stated aforesaid - and further she says not.
Sworn to & subscribed } her before, the day & year } Ann H Hamilton aforesaid - - mark
W. C. Mickle Associate Judge
Also at the same time & place aforesaid personally came, before the undersigned associate judge, Catherine Snee, a resident of Warren County, Ohio, who, on being duly sworn depones and saith, that she was present & witnessed the marriage of the above named Ann Hamilton, late Ann Hays, to her late husband Robert Hamilton - Said marriage took place sometime in the month of February in the year Seventeen hundred & ninety two - the exact day she cannot recollect, but she is certain that the said Ann was married to the said Robert previous to the first day of January 1794. The marriage ceremony, she thinks, was pronounced

by a Baptist minister of the Gospel, by the name of John Corby — the marriage took place she thinks in what was then called Washington County Pennsylvania: Upon the time of their marriage as aforesaid, the said Robert & Ann continued to live together in the character of husband & wife until the death of the said Robert Hamilton, which happened near two years ago. And the said Robert & Ann had & raised a family of children, at the time of their marriage. The said Ann Hamilton has never been married since the death of her said late husband, Robert Hamilton; on the contrary she still remains his widow, sole & unmarried — and lives in Warren County, Ohio: and further the affiant saith not.
I was to & subscribe before the undersigned associate Judge of the Com. Pleas Court for the County aforesaid, this 30 th day of Janv. 1843. —
her Catharine Luce mark
J. P. Mickle J. J.
Also at the same time and place came personally before me the undersigned associate Judge, William H. Hamilton, who on being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is the son of the aforesaid Ann Hamilton & her late husband Robert Hamilton who departed this life, at Warren County, Ohio,

on the 24 th day of February 1841 - the affiant is now Forty Seven years of age, and he was present on this day when the annexed leaf or slip of paper, to wit,
was cut & taken from the family record contained in a Bible belonging to his late father, Robert Hamilton dec d . - and affiant knows that the writing, contained on both sides of said Slip of is in the proper hand-writing of the said Robert Hamilton dec d ; and he has known of the record & Bible from which it was taken, ever since he can recollect any thing - the same, having from his earliest recollection, always been in the possession of his late father, until he died, from which period it has continued, & now remains, in the possession of this affiant, it having been bequeathed to him by his said late father, by his last will & testament: - and further says not.
Sworn to & subscribed before me the undersigned associate Judge of the Court of Com. pleas for Warren County, Ohio, this 30 th day of Jany. 1843
W. S. Mickel S. J.
Wm H Hamilton

Also at the same time appeared J. Milton Williams, personally came before the undersigned associate judge, and on oath says, that he did, on this day cut & take the slip of paper, referred to in & made part of the above deposition of William H. Hamilton, from the family record contained in a Bible purporting to have belonged to the late Robert Hamilton decd. — and which said family record purported to be the family records of marriages, births, & deaths in the family of said decedent: and further saith not.
Sworn to & subscribed before me the undersigned associate judge of the Common-pleas court for War- ren County, Ohio, this 30 th day of January J. K. S. Mickel Atty
J. Milton Williams
The State of Ohio } Warren County } set.
I the undersigned, one of the associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas, a court of Record, within and for the

County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that, I am well acquainted with, & have for a long time past known, Catherine Suce, William H. Hamilton, and J. Milton Williams, who have respectively sworn to & subscribed the several depositions hereinbefore contained — and from personal knowledge I do declare that said witnesses are credible persons — and that the statements by them severally made as aforesaid, are entitled to full faith. And I do further declare, that, I am well acquainted with the aforesaid Anne Hamilton, an applicant for a pension, and it is my opinion that said applicant is unable, from age and bodily infirmity, to attend a court of record in person.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 30 th day of January A.D. 1843.
W. S. Mickle Associate Judge
The State of Ohio } Warrick County } Set.
I the undersigned Horace M. Stokes, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Warrick aforesaid, do certify William S. Mickle Esq., before whom the foregoing deposition were taken, was at the time thereof, that is to say, the 30 th day of January 1843, and for a long time before had been, and from thence hitherto continued,

and now is one of the Associate Judges of the Court aforesaid within the said County of Warren, duly Commissioned & qualified - & that full faith, and and of right ought to be given to all his official acts, or such = And I do further certify, that, the several sig- natures, by said Associate Judge, appended to his certificate, & the affidavits respectively, of Ann Hamilton, Catherine Sues, William H. Hamilton, & D. Milton Williams, are gen- uine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Court aforesaid, at Lebanon, this 14 th day of February A.D. 1843.
N M Stokes Clerk
Registered. Sec No 7812. Ann Hamilton Ohio
ack 7 July 38
Myr d 48
record 2 yrs pri 30
Rev Thomas Carson Lebanon Ohio

FAMILY
MARRIAGES.
Rob t Hamilton & his wife Susanah was married 20 th of April 1781
Rob t Hamilton & his wife Ann was married 23 rd of February 1792

1 RECORD
BIRTHS.
Robert Hamilton son was
Born May 16 th 1760 - - -
ann Hamilton wife was
Born 8 th of February 1768

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
AWF/HMM
February 8, 1930.
Mrs. A. B. Peck Leroy Illinois.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 5295, it appears that Robert Hamilton was born May 16, 1760, place not stated.
While residing in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, he served in the Flying Camp, no further details of this service given.
He enlisted in December 1776 and served as a private and corporal in Captains Matthew Henderson's, Grant's and John Seeley's Companies, Colonel Richard Butler's Pennsylvania Regiment. He was in the battle of Brandywine, where wounded, battles of Germantown, Monmouth, Stony Point and surrender of Cornwallis and served to the close of the war.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 14, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Warren County, Ohio.
He died February 24, 1841.
The soldier married April 30, 1781, Susannah, her maiden name is not stated and there are no further details as to her.
He married February 23, 1792, in Greene or Washington County, Pennsylvania, Ann Hays. She was born February 8, 1768.
She was allowed pension on her application executed March 29, 1841, at which time she was a resident of Union Township, Warren County, Ohio.
Children are referred to, only name stated being that of William H. Hamilton who was forty-seven years of age in 1843.
Very truly yours
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

20040 10/11/12
The original declaration must be exhibited if the claimant wishes to have it to commence from the day he made the first affidavit suit

The state of Ohio } } On this 18 th day of Warren County } } November in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me the subscriber one of the associate Judges of the court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Warren aforesaid personally appeared Robert Hamilton aged fifty eight years on the sixteenth day of May last resident in Warren County aforesaid, 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 revolution- ary war:" That he the said Robert Hamilton enlisted in Essex County in the state of New Jersey in the company commanded by Captain Matthew Henderson of the Ninth Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Colonel Richard Butler in the month of December in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six That he continued to serve in the service of the United States until the month of June in the year seventeen hundred & eighty one at which time he was taken sick & furloughed & did not through inability join the army again until the close of the war at

which time he was honorably discharged from service in the Town of Carlisle Cumberland County & State of Pennsylvania that he in the Battle of received his discharge from Col. Butler which he handed to a man who promised to obtain his land bounty and that he has never since seen his discharge. The said Robert Hamilton states that he was in the Battles of Brandywine on the 11th day of September Seventeen hundred & seventy seven & the Battle of Germantown on the 4th October in the same year & in the Battle of Monmouth on the 28th June 1778. & also at the taking of Stony Point fort under the command of General Wayne in the year 1779 & in many more skirmishes not herein enumerated. and that he is now in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to & subscribed before Robert Hamilton me the day & year aforesaid.
Isaac D. Lusk D. J.
Isaac D. Lusk D. J. Judge & as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Robert Hamilton did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the

preceding declaration against the common Enemy of for the term of more than five years on the continental establishment and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the secretary for the Department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of congress. I also certify that he needs the assistance of his country for support Given under my hand this 18 th November A.D. 1818
Jacob D. Love A. G.
The State of Ohio Warren County ss. Matthias Corwin Swr. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Warren aforesaid do hereby certify that Jacob D. Love, Esq. who appears to have taken and signed the within deposition of Robert Hamilton and also the within certificate is one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Warren aforesaid duly Commissioned & sworn into office and to whose official acts as such full faith and credit are and of right ought to be given as well in courts of Record as thereout
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the court of Common Pleas aforesaid at Lebanon this 18 th day of Nov r A.D. 1818 Matthias Corwin L. B.

December 5, 1938
BA-J/AWF Robert Hamilton W. 7668 Robert Hamilton W. 5293
Mr. Bryan Hamilton, Supt. Randolph County Schools, Supt. Elkins, West Virginia
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Robert Hamilton, soldier of the Revolution, who married a Miss Brooks of Pennsylvania, son William Hamilton.
You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War records of two soldiers named Robert Hamilton, both of whom served from Pennsylvania.
It is hoped that these records will be of interest to you.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

December 5, 1938
Mr. Bryan Hamilton, Sept. Randolph County Schools, Supt. Elkins, West Virginia
BA-J/AWF Robert Hamilton W. 7668 Robert Hamilton W. 5293
Dear Sir:
The data which follow concerning Robert Hamilton, were obtained from papers on file in claims for pension and bounty land based upon his military service in the Revolutionary War. W. 7668
Robert Hamilton was born September 12, 1760 or 1763, place not stated. He was the son of Alexander Hamilton, who was killed by the Indians in the year 1781 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; Alexander Hamilton's widow (her name not given) married sometime in 1782 "a Mr. Price or Trice", she died in the month of January, 1820. The said Alexander Hamilton's younger brother, whose name is not shown, died in the year 1784.
Robert Hamilton, while residing with his father on a farm in Northumberland County (which was later Clinton County), Pennsylvania, was stationed under his father, Captain Alexander Hamilton, at "Horns Fort" a short distance below the Great Island, until sometime in July, 1778, when they were driven by the Indians, which was known as the "Big Runaway" down the West Branch of the Susquehanna, and reached the town of Northumberland a few days after the Wyoming Massacre, where Robert Hamilton under his father, Captain Alexander Hamilton, served as a private under Colonels Cookson Long, Hartley, and Hunter, and assisted in building three forts, and did much scout

duty and guard duty, until his father was killed by the Indians sometime in the year, 1781, and he, Robert Hamilton, continued to serve at various time in the Pennsylvania militia, until the close of the war; during his service he was in General Sullivan's Campaign against the Indians.
Robert Hamilton married June 13, 1791 in Clinton County, Pennsylvania, Anna Jackson; they were married at the residence of her father. The said Anna Jackson was born January 25, 1768 in Orange County, New York; the names of her parents are not given. She stated that her father settled in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in 1773.
Robert Hamilton died at his residence in Pine Creek Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, June 9, 1845.
His widow, Anna Hamilton, was allowed one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on her application executed May 27, 1858. She was allowed pension on her application executed October 27, 1858, then a resident of Pine Creek Township, Pennsylvania, where she had lived for sixty-seven years, and at that time three daughters were living with her; names of two daughters not designated, one daughter named Priscilla.
The following data relative to the children of Robert Hamilton, and wife, Anna, are shown in the claim:
   Alexander  born  March  10, 1792     Eley  "  October  6, 1793     Elizabeth  "  July  15, 1795     Anna Hannah  "  August  11, 1797,  died August 31, 1797    Anna Hannah  "  August  5, 1798     John  "  October  14, 1800     Mary  "  November  25, 1802     Robert  "  January  31, 1805     Priscilla  "  May  21, 1807    

Data concerning children of Robert Hamilton, and wife, Anna, continued-
   James Jackson  born June  16, 1809    William  " August  1, 1811.   
Alexander Hamilton married, in April, 1831, Ann Maria Morison; Alexander Hamilton died January 28, 1851; Reverend Jno. H. Grier married, in January, 1831, Eley Hamilton; James J. Hamilton married (date not given) Sarah Coats; Abraham Lanshe (?) married July 1, 1825, Anna H. Hamilton; John Hamilton married October 28, 1828, Hannah Smith; Robert Hamilton married, in July, 1830, Annah Worley; William Hamilton married September 11, 1837, Julia Ann Magiffin(?)
Robert H. Grier was born May 15, 1833; Eley Grier died September 13, 1836; Sarah Hamilton died June 20, 1852, in the forty-fourth year of her age; Anna Hamilton (Jr.) died November 13, 1857, aged fifty-three years; Robert Hamilton, Jr., son of Alexander Hamilton, died January 5, 1843, aged twelve years, two months, and four days.
John Hamilton, the son of the soldier, Robert Hamilton, and wife, Anna, was living in 1858 in Pine Creek Township, Pennsylvania.
It was stated in 1858, that the youngest son of Robert Hamilton, and wife, Anna, had been for twenty years a Missionary "among our Western Indians", and their son, James Jackson Hamilton, was a Presbyterian Minister, in 1859.
John and Alexander Hamilton, brothers of the soldier, Robert Hamilton, served with him during the Revolution, the brother, Alexander, died about the

close of the Revolution.
Reference was made to James Jackson, brother of the widow, Anna Hamilton, living during the Revolution; she, also, had a married sister living during the war, name of sister not given.
Reverend John H. Grier gave his postoffice in 1858, Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
The papers on file in these claims contain no further discernible data in regard to family.
If you desire information in regard to the location of the land referred to herein, you should apply to The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:
Warrant #83513- 160 acres- Act of 1855.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this widow, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data-
Anna Hamilton, widow of Robert Hamilton Certificate #6455 Issued April 9, 1859 Rate $80.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1848 Act of February 2, 1848 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Agency.
*****
Robert Hamilton-W. 5293
The data which follow relative to this Robert Hamilton were obtained from papers on file in claim

for pension, W. 5293, based upon his military service in the Revolutionary War.
Robert Hamilton was born May 16, 1760, place not stated, nor are the names of his parents given.
While residing in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Robert Hamilton served in 1776, about six months in the Flying Camp, no further details of this service given. He enlisted at Trenton, New Jersey, late in December, 1776, served as private and corporal in Captains Matthew Henderson's, Grant's, and John Seeley's companies, part of the time in Colonel Richard Butler's Ninth Pennsylvania regiment; he was in the battles of Brandywine, where wounded, nature of wound not stated, in the battles of Germantown, Monmouth, Stony Point, surrender of Cornwallis, and many skirmishes, and continued to serve until the close of the war, was discharged at Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Robert Hamilton had moved to Ohio, in 1812. He was allowed pension on his application executed May 14, 1818, at which time he was living in Warren County, Ohio. He was living in 1820 in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, and in 1828, was a resident of Turtle Creek Township, Ohio.
Robert Hamilton married April 30, 1781, "Susianiah"; her maiden name is not given, and there are no further details in regard to her. He married February 23, 1792 in either Greene or Washington County, Pennsylvania, Ann Hays. She was born February 8, 1768, place not stated, nor are the names of her parents shown.
Robert Hamilton died February 24, 1841.
His widow, Ann Hamilton, was allowed pension on her application executed March 29, 1841, at which time she was living in Union Township, Warren County, Ohio.
Robert Hamilton and his wife, Ann, reared a family

of children, only name designated, was William H. Hamilton, who was forty-seven years of age in 1841, and a resident of Warren County, Ohio.
One William Hamilton in 1904 referred to this soldier, Robert Hamilton, as his grandfather.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this widow, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data-
Ann Hamilton, widow of Robert Hamilton Certificate #4753 Issued January 30, 1844 Rate $80.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1843 Act of March 3, 1843 Ohio, Cincinnati Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLIER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel
February 7, 1930
Mrs. R.O. Rea Hughes Apartments Mandan, North Dakota
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.5293, it appears that Robert Hamilton was born May 16, 1760, place not stated.
While residing in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, he served in the Flying Camp, no further details of this service given.
He enlisted in December, 1776, and served as a private and corporal in Captains Matthew Henderson's, Grant's and John Seeley's Companies, Colonel Richard Butler's Pennsylvania Regiment. He was in the battle of Brandywine, where wounded, battles of Germantown, Monmouth, Stony Point and surrender of Cornwallis and served to the close of the war.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 14, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Warren County, Ohio.
He died February 24, 1841.
The soldier married April 30, 1781, Susannah, her maiden name is not stated and there are no further details as to her.
He married February 23, 1792, in Greene or Washington County, Pennsylvania, Ann Hays. She was born February 8, 1768.
She was allowed pension on her application executed

March 29, 1841, at which time she was a resident of Union Township, Warren County, Ohio.
Children are referred to, only names stated being that of William H. Hamilton, who was forty-seven years of age in 1843.
Very truly yours
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Robert Hamilton a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. F. 5293.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 1776 3 yrs 7 mos Priv. Matthew Henderson Richard Butle Pa.   to end of war Corpl. John Seeley " "        
Battles engaged in, wounded Brandywine, Red Bank Germantown, Monmouth, Stony Point Residence of soldier at enlistment, Spencerville Gloucester Co., Pa. see com. Date of application for pension, May 14, 1818. His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Warren Co., Ohio Age at date of application, Born May 16, 1760.
Remarks: Soldier mar. Apr. 30, 1781, Susannah _____ He mar. Feb. 23, 1792, in Washington Greene Co., Pa., Ann Hays, who was born Feb. 8, 1768. He died Feb. 24, 1841 and she was al. pen. on her ap. ex. March 29, 1841, while a resident of Union Twp., Warren Co., Ohio. Children referred to, only name stated being that of Respectfully, William H. who was 47 yrs. of age in 1843.
Commissioner.

Revbee H
Independence Ia Feb. 16 1917
To Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Yesterday
I wrote you concerning the service of my Great-grand- father in Revolutionary War and find I enclosed the wrong data. I here with en- close the records that I have concerning him.
Respectfully Yours
Mrs Mary L. Aglesbee Independence Iowa

Xenia Ohio. July 14th-1897.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C., Ohio.
Dear Sir:-
Please send me the pension record of Robert Hamilton, Corporal in Capt. Mathew Hendersons Company, 9th Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Col. Rich'd Butler in the Revolutionary War from 1777 to 1778. I am informed that his name appears on the pay rolls and would be greatly favored for any information which you may obtain.
Very respectfully,
Dictated.
Clarence L Hamilton Xenia, O.

IN REPLY REFER TO
3-2562
Rev. and 1812 Wars Section. AWF/eel
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS WASHINGTON
January 28, 1930
Mrs. R.O. Rea Hughes Apartments Mandan, North Dakota
Dear Madam:
I advise you that the data furnished by you are not sufficient to enable this bureau to make intelligent reply to the queries contained in your letter.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below, as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this bureau.
First name of widow Susanah Keane Full name of soldier Robert Hamilton, of northern Ireland Residence of soldier at enlistment Pennsylvania Residence of soldier after service settled near Old Lancaster, Penn. Name of state from which he enlisted Pennsylvania Approximate date of birth ..... Approximate date of death .....
Kindly return attached letter with your reply.
Respectfully,
Earl D Church
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.
Robert Hamilton emigrated from Ireland to America previous to the Revolutionary War. He enlisted as a private of a regiment of Penn. Line Infantry in Capt. Samuel Hay's Company about Feb. 23 1776. (No 672710) He served the entire time of the Revolutionary War and was Corporal for a time. After the war he married a Miss Susanah Keane, April 30, 1781 near Old Lancaster, Penn.
Three of his children settled in Brown Co. Ohio.

Chief ON + m
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739 Ferry St., Easton, Pa.
Sept. 25, 1902.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:-
During President Buchanan's administration, and I think in 1859, my grandmother, Anna Hamilton, was granted a pension of $1800 and a warrant for 160 acres of land, in consideration for the ser-

rices of her husband, Robert Hamilton, during the War of the Revolution. Robert Hamilton was a member of the Northumberland County militia, under the command of his father, Alexander Hamilton, as Captain. He was also in the "boat service," presumably under Butler, during Sullivan's Campaign.
I have in my possession applications for the above pension written by my father, James Jackson Hamilton, and his brother, John Hamilton, in

March and April, 1859; directed to the Hon. George B. Whitney, commissioner of pensions. I do not know whether these are the applications as handed in to the commissioner, or are merely the first drafts.
1. Would it be asking too much for you to tell me whether such applications are in your department?
Also kindly let me know exactly where the record of the granting of this pension is made,— in what

book, on what page etc.
Any information which you can give me in regard to this pension will be most gratefully received.
Very respectfully, W. Gertrude Hamilton.

Leroy, Ill., Dec 19-'29
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.,
Dear Sir: - I am desirous of securing the war record in the War of the Revolution of Robert Hamilton of Ireland.
He enlisted as a Private February 23 rd , 1776, in Captain Samuel Hays Co., of the Sixth and Seventh Pennsylvania Battalions, Continental Line. He was a drummer boy for a time and part of his service was as a Corporal in Captain Matthew Henderson's Company, Ninth Pennsylvania Regiment.
Some years after the war, he moved to Warren Co., Ohio, where he died in 1844.
Perhaps this will enable you to identify him. I shall greatly appreciate a certified copy of his war record.
Yours And Oblige, Mrs. A. B. Peck

Nov. 4-1902
M. Gertrude Hamilton Easton Pa
1917 Feb. 27. History to Mrs. Mary L. Oglesbee Fr
1930- Feb. 8- Hist. to Mrs. R. A. Rea see 3.
1930- Feb. 8- Hist. to Mrs.
Q. B. Peck see 3
1938 Dec 5- Hist. to Breaun
*Hamilton - see less letter in Robert Hamilton W. 7668ms
Very WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5293
Ann Hamilton
Wid.
Robt Hamilton
Prm Rest: War
Act: Mch. 30/43
Index: — Vol. 4 , Page 304
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Asa Hamilton of Robert Ohio
Rejected
See letter to appli- cant 7 May, 1841
4570.
was not a widow until after passage of act of 7 July 1838.
Act 7 July 1838
see 2906.3.

I do hereby certify that Robert Hamilton, enlisted in Captain Henderson's Company in the North Penns. a Reg. t in the service of the United States, in the latter part of the year 1776 or in the beginning of the year 1777 and that he served faithfully as a Soldier to the close of the Revolutionary War, a brave soldier in every sense of the word. Given under my hand at Williams- port this sixth day of Novem. r 1812
Wm. McHenry Col. C apt. 9 th Reg. t during the War, Vol. 1 Brigade 2 nd P enns. Brigade

M c Robert Hamilton Trumbull County Ohio State

Jany. 4 1844
Ohio M Am Hamilton March 1844
$80 per A
J. M. Williams Lebanon Ohio
W. Washington City
Deborah Clark
FREE

Lebanon Pa. 31 Dec 1872
Dear Sir:-
I send you the Pension claim of Ann Hamilton.
With esteem:
J. Milton Williams
A large, stylized signature in cursive ink, appearing to read "J. Milton Williams". The signature features a large, horizontal oval loop at the end.

Aug. 197 Clarence L. Hamilton Kenna, Ohio,
REJECTED
401A
P. O.
Ann Hamilton
Service: widow of Robert.
Enlisted: _____, 18

Ohio 7/15
Repo: Mar: 28 43
Ann Hamilton widow of Robert Hamilton
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 March 1831 and who died on the 24. February 1841 -- of Ulster Co in the State of Ohio -- who was a private in the - - - - - commanded by Captain - - - - - of the - - - - - commanded by - - - - - in the Pennsylvania line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati - at the rate of 80 — Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 st day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of March '43 and sent to Hon. Thos. Corwin, Lebanon Ohio -
Arrears to the 4th of _____ Semi-annual allowance ending _____
$400.00—
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Whitten Clerk, Book 4 - Vol. 2 - Page 277 -

Robert Hamilton (curator) is the late 9: Penn - Payment was paid to 1 st January 1781 (One)
Gen. Bryan And. Gen.
1 st March 1873

I do certify that Robert Hamilton served as a corporal in Capt Grants Company of Light Infantry, in the Cam- paign of 1779 at the taking of Stony Point, under the Command of Genl Wayne
W m Dowell late Lieut of the P.R.P.
Feb 12 1813
Note, W m Dowell lives east of Mersburgh & is a farmer

Robert Hamilton, Ohio as Ohio Pittsburgh Roll, act May 15. 1828.
Be pleased to say to what time his pension was last paid.
Pension Office } May 7. 1841. } p th 4 Sep 1840 - 1 st q r 1841 not in JH

Ohio.
Robert Hamilton. Private
Served from Dec r 76 to close of War.
1 st Schedule. $1047. 25. dated Aug t 7. 1820.
Articles - 80 acres of Land, 30 of which is cultivated value $800.
  1 Horse 35   2 Cows 30   1 Steer 10   2 yearlings 8   2 Calves 4   3 Sheep 6   9 Hogs 15   1 Bible hymn book & etc 10   Home furniture 40   1 man. Saddle 8   1 Woman's Do 23   1 Wheel & Reel 3   Loom & Loom 12   1 Wooden Clock 20   Farming utensils 15. 75   20 Geese 7. 50 
see letter 9 Sept. 1828 to Sec. of War.
$1047. 25
His age 61. His Wife 53.
a Boy 11 yrs old. Blacksmith by occupation - says he is unable to follow his trade the whole time through a defect in his hand - Wife & Boy unable to support the family dependents.
Application for restoration made & rejected Dec r 1822.
2 nd Schedule - $452. 50 - dated
Nov r 21. 1821 - Articles -
80 acres of Land at $5 per acre $400 - Ditches $5 - Shillits, pots &c

oven $3 - Churn & Pail $1 - Chest $1 - 5 Chains $2 - one Scythe $1 - 2 Bore & Chain $1 - pr. Steelyards $1. Iron Dogs 50 Cents 1 Trammel $1 - one Shovel, 25 Cents 1 Looking Glass, 50 Cents - 1 Table $2.50 Books $3 - 1 Loom $6 - two meat Baskets $2 - two Barrels, 50 Cents 1 Ditt. 50 Cents - 3 Sheets $3 - 1 Cow $10 - 1 Box $1 - one plough & Green $6. Wash tub 75 cts
Age 63. still inform - Wife 55 - father (Boynamed) in 1 st Schedule not mentioned in 2 nd -
(March 1849)
Agent John L. Cook Esq Lebanon, Ohio
Property to make 2 nd schedule - object
See Letter Apr 9 th

I do certify that Robert Hamilton, (now of the State of Ohio) was a private Soldier in the 9 th Pennsylvania Regt. commanded by Col. Rich d Butler in the Revolutionary War to which 9 th Regt. I was Surgeon & recollect to hear Col d Butler say that said Hamilton had displayed great Bravery in several actions under him against the enemy.
William Magaw
Franklin County ss. Personally came before me James Irwin one of the justices for said County, Dr. William Magaw, and made oath that the above statement is just and true according to the best of his knowledge.
Sworn and subscribed before me Jt. Mercurius 6 th Nov r 5 th 1812
William Magaw
James Irwin

Williams Port Nov. 6. 1812
Sir
Your Letter, under date 29 th last month was handed to all the time  men , I gave the best a Certificate of your service, but on reflection, thought it advisable to write you on the subject, I do not conceive a deposition from any of the Officers of the Reg t in which you served as necessary in procuring your Donation Land, a Certificate of your having served during the War, from two or three of the Officers of the Reg t . I presume would be sufficient, if not declared by an Act of limitation, I presume you will personally have to make application at the Seat of Government of your State, therefore would recommend it to you to be there when the Legislature is in session; on your way down, call on some of the old Officers in Pittsburgh for advice, if you discover that depositions are necessary in pursuit of your claim, call on me on your way to Lancaster and I will give you mine with pleasure. Capt. Baud of the 5 th Reg t with whom you served in the Infantry at the taking of Stony Point, lives at, or close to Wrights Ferry on the Susquehanna River, 8 or 10 miles from Lancaster.

if necessary, and it may be so, he can identify you, a Soldier himself, will never forget the Soldier that fought bravely by his side, and am convinced he would with pleasure go with you to Lancaster, provided he could render you any service, Capt. Davis of the 9 th lives near an old encampment Valley Forge, Dr. Col d North lives in Philad. a either of these Gentlemen would render you any service that lay within power - The bearer of your Letter informs me, that you lodged in the House of Serg t Wilson the certificates you formerly obtained, in- voking him to obtain you a Land Warrant, I recommend you searching the Donation land records, I have not the best opinion of Wilsons principles. From the manner in which you write, it appears if you were doubtful whether, after a lapse of Twenty three years, you had not escaped the memory. The Reward is soon forgot, a brave Soldier will never escape the memory of the officer that has had the honor to command him.
I am with regard
Yours & S r John Scott

Below I give a short history of grand- father Hamilton's services as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. I am unable to give the exact dates of his enlistments in 15, and his discharge from the Army, as I have no papers or records, giving said dates. I will say further that from a copy of his pension certificate which I have, I learn that under an Act of Congress of 15 th of May 1828 entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution" he received a pension of seven dollars thirty three and one third cents a month as a "surviving corporal of infantry in the Pennsylvania line." This pension was paid semi annually.
Dec. 28 th 1904
William Hamilton
Robert Hamilton enlisted first as a soldier soon after the beginning of the Revolutionary war, in a six months organization of Pennsylvania troops, called "The Flying Camp," and after serving

out his time in this Organization he soon thereafter enlisted for service during the war, in Capt. Henderson's Co., 9 th Regiment (infantry) of the Pennsylvania line. The Regiment was commanded by Col. Richard Butler, and was in Gen. Anthony Wayne's command in the Army. Grandfather for some little time after his enlistment in this Regiment served as drummer boy, and then took a musket and went in to the ranks, and was soon thereafter promoted to corporal. During his service he was in almost all the battles and skirmishes in which Gen. Wayne took part, of which may be mentioned, Kingston, Princeton, Monmouth and Stony Point Fort. He was also at the Paoli Massacre, so called on account of the British attacking Gen. Wayne's camp at Paoli in Penn. at night, having by some means got in to his camp before alarm was given by the Centinels, firing no shot but using their bayonets killing nearly one hundred and seventy men. This occurrence is known in history as "The Paoli Massacre."

Lebanon 1 st Feby 1843
Dr Sir
The petition which accompanies this, is filed in favor of an old lady whom I have known personally for at least twenty five years, -
Her husband was a worthy & highly respectable citizen of this county for a long time & died here. There is no possibility of fraud or mistake in this case; Mr. Remington allowed her a pension I think since 1828 - long before the law of 1832 - Any one here would take the word of the widow as soon as the oath of the most unscrupulous witness -
I write this because I know the parties & am well aware of the difficulties which Murphy will attend the duties you have to perform
Yrs respectfully Thos. Brown
J. L. Edwards Esq.
White P.G.

enough
Liberty and Dec 11
2 Since
Double
John C. Calhoun Secretary of War Washington City
McClure
Ohio 507
Recd 21 Dec 1842

Lebanon Warren County (Ohio)
Honble John C Calhoun
Decr 8th 1821
Secretary at War - Sir, In behalf & for an old Soldier of the Revolutionary war, at his particular request I address you. I have lived his near neighbor, for five years, and from his standing in society have reason to believe his testimony that he is an acceptable member of a Christian Church, & a good neighbor; but he is worn down with infirmities, most of which he attributes to revolutionary sufferings, he is now particularly troubled with the Asthma, and Rheumatism, so much so that he is unable to labour at all, - and the little property he now has, is derived from the State of Pennsylvania which he sold and removed to this place in order to better his condition, but his infirmities has so increased, that he is worse off than when he came, with the pension he has drawn he was beginning to improve his little place, but this being cut off he is obliged to stop, and is very hard put to it to live.
His wife is a very feeble woman tottering on the very brink of eternity, and hardly half of her time able to keep about and their only son (who has a family of his own to support, and who has been their main dependance,) has been laying at the point of Death for two weeks together this fall, and has not yet recovered so as to get out of doors. I will not be able to do a stroke of work this Winter, will really need help, instead of helping his aged Parents, - the old Gentleman states that he has already forwarded the proofs of his services, to the War office, to which he refers, and hopes the honorable Secretary will take the case under his consideration.
With an unfeigned respect for you Sir, and the Government in behalf of Robert Hamilton, I subscribe myself yours
obedient Servant
Joshua Cocker
PS I refer to Abram Bradley Esq, deputy to post Master who knew me formerly of the firm of Andrew Cocker & Co. New York

For
The Honorable
John C Calhoun
Secy of war
City of Washington
Ohio John Hamilton Rec. Exh. 1821
Lebanon O. Aug 25

Honored Sir after I had sent my Letter of the 19 th of August I thought it advisable to forward my Papers as I had them not in my Purseption when I first applied for my Pension but have obtained them Since as my Name was on the Rolls I thought it unnecessary for fear the would be Lost as I wished to Keep them for an memorial for my Children that they may do Likewise if called by their Country Dear Sir when I gave in my schedule Mr. Nop would not allow us to put our Debits & Credits in it only what we had in our Purseption and by that means the government cannot ascertain the Balance of what I have But I can assure you Sir if my Debits was paid I would not have one hundred Dollars Left to help two old Des- abled persons from the Inclemency of the weather Sir I shall add no more at Present But Subscribe your Humble Servt. Robt. Hamilton Esq r
of the Lake of Geneva N.Y.
Aug. 22 1821

1 For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the "Act for the relief of certain surviving Of- ficers and Soldiers of the Army of the Re- volution," approved on the fifteenth day of May 1828. I Robert Hamilton of Turtle-creek Township in the county Warren in the state of Ohio do hereby de- clare, that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war, and continued in the service until its termination, at which period I was a corporal in Captain John Seely's company in Ninth Regiment of the Pennsylvania line. And I also declare that I have no specific recollection of having afterwards received certificates for the reward of eight- ty dollars, to which I may have been in- =itled under a resolve of Congress passed on the 15 th day of May, 1778. But, that I do recollect of having had certifi- =cates, which called for money, which necessity compelled me to sell, whether they were given for pay-bounty or as a reward I cannot recollect.
And I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of May 1828. on the Pension List of the United States.
Witness my hand on this 30 th day of June - 1828. B. H. Hamilton

The State of Ohio Warren County 3 rd ss.
Before me George W. King and Associate Judge of the Court of Com- mon Pleas duly authorized to administer oaths in the County of Warren in the State of Ohio personally ap- peared this day Joseph Foot and being sworn of the Town of Lebanon in the County of Warren & State of Ohio, who did severally make oath, that Robert Hamilton by whom the foregoing declara- -tion was subscribed, is generally reputed, and believed to have been a Revolutionary Soldier in the Army of the United States in America as therein stated. And further that Deponent Her- -zigen has been intimately acquainted with the Robt Hamilton 34 or 35 years and then knew of his H s having a title for a tract of Land which he Dept. then understood and believes and now believes was claimed from the Govt or of the State of Pennsylv- vania, on account of services ren- -dered the U.S. during the Revolution.

Was and further both of them state that Capt. Hamilton (the forgoing de- = clarant) is none, & has even been since their first acquaintance been reputed as an honest, prudent, upright man. and further they say not.
In witness whereof I have hereunto - to set my hand at Lebanon this 18 th day of July A.D. 1828.
G. W. Phelps A.D.

5 The State of Ohio § 4 Morrow County §
Before me the undersigned Justice of the peace within and for said County personally came John T. Jack Esq. who being sworn according to law deposes and saith that some years ago he saw two papers apparently genuine and original, in the possession of Capt. Robert Hamilton, of this county & now here present, one of the papers aforesaid bore signature of William Vanlear, then Major of the Pennsylvania Regiment, — the other of said papers bore the signature of William McGraw, as surgeon of said Regt. — This deponent read said papers & one of them certified that said Robert Hamilton had enlisted in the service of the United States in the year 1776 or 1777 and served to the close of the Revolutionary war — The other certified that the signer thereof was well acquainted with said Robert Hamilton & his service in the Revolutionary war of the United States & that the writer thereof had heard Col. Butler speak in the highest terms of the feats of bravery & soldier-like conduct of said Hamilton while under the command of said Butler — This deponent has long been well acquainted with said Hamilton & has always understood that the two papers above referred to were sent by S r . Hamilton to the war department at the time he applied for a pension under a change of the law — & that the pension was not granted him & S r . papers not returned to him —
Sworn to & subscribed before me May 15 th day of July 1828.
J. T. JACK
J. M. Houston J.P.

5 The State of Ohio Warren County } Jonathan H. Wilds clerk of the court of Common Pleas within the county aforesaid do hereby certify that George Kesling Esq. who appears to have taken and signed the foregoing Deposition of Joseph Root & James Frazier was at the time the same bears date now is an acting associate judge of said court for the county of Warren aforesaid & duly commissioned & sworn into office & I do further certify that John M. Houston Esq. who appears to have taken the above affidavit of John T. Sack was at the time of the date of said last mentioned affidavit & now is an acting justice of the peace for the county aforesaid duly commissioned & sworn into office -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the court aforesaid at Lebanon this 18th day of July A.D. 1825 -
J. H. Wilds clerk

Libanon Ohio 18 th July 1823
Dear Sir!
Enclosed, is a declaration of Robert Hamilton, who applies for the provision of an Act of Congress of the last Session, providing for the further payment of the Revolution-ary Patriots.
The Applicant, has in his possession a few years since to my knowledge several papers relating to his Military services, which he informs me he forwarded to the War Department, with an application for an establishment on the Pension Roll, and which he says were not returned.
I should be pleased to hear from you on the subject as soon as convenient.
Very Respectfully Yours
Hon. Mr. Rush Secy of the U.S. Treasury
abt. Secy Geo. B. Postle
(turn over & read)

7 P.S. Should you make any further same I will vouch for the re- ceipt being returned, as you may di- -rect.
G.H.
Hon. P.M.

House of Reps. 3 d Feby. 1829.
Sir,
I am requested to ask for information concerning The application of Robert Hamilton a soldier of the Revolution, now a citizen of Ohio, for a pension, under the law of the last session of Congress, has been allowed. The application was forwarded to your department some months since, I understand by George Kerling Esq. of Lebanon Ohio.
I am very respectfully Your obdt. Servt.
Wm M c Lean
Hon R. Rush Sec y of the Navy.

9 C539
No. 5 Original pay roll 822 642
Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 5 September 1828
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Robert Hamilton under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether a discharge, and, if so, what discharge, was received at the War Department, from the claimant, on an application stated to have been heretofore made by him for a pension: or what other evidence has been exhibited to that Department of his having served in the Continental line to the end of the War.
Richard Rush
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
Letter from the War Department 9 Sept 1828.

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Augt. 9. 1828.
Robert Hamilton, of Turtle Creek township in the County of Hamilton in the State of Ohio has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Corporal in captain Seely's company, in the 9th regiment of the Pennsylvania line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, Adkins
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
14. August 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to _____ in the _____
It further appears that _____ is now on the pension list of the _____ agency, and has been so since the _____ at the rate of _____ dollars per month.
The name of Robert Hamilton cannot be found among those of the Pennsylvania line to whom the gratuity certificates of eighty Dollars were issued -
John Hagner AM

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
6 Dec 1828.
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Robert Hamilton under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution.
A. Auch - -
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
War Department
Bounty Land Office
The records of this office do not show that Robert Hamilton of the Penna. line ever received or is entitled to bounty land of the United States.
Robert Taylor 11 Dec 1828

Schedule
The State of Ohio Seventh Circuit Jg.
On this Twentyfirst day of November 1821 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record for the said Circuit Robert Hamilton aged Sixty two years resident in Warren County in said Circuit who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows. That he enlisted on the _____ day of December 1776 at Trenton in the State of New Jersey under Captain Matthew Henderson in the Company Commanded by the said Captain Henderson in the 9 th Regiment Commanded by Colonel Richard Butler of the Pennsylvania Line and continued to the close of the Revolutionary War and received a pension on the 18 th day of May 1818. said pension Certificate being numbered 6255 and due my last quarter March 1820 on receiving this blank I called on two disinterested persons and had my property appraised agreeably to the annexed Schedule. My occupation is a Blacksmith but for many years unable to pursue it from infirmities occasioned by revolutionary sufferings. My Wife aged 54 years very weakly and illly able to assist in procuring a livelihood with family I have. my Land has not sufficient opened on it to rent it to support me and I am unable to open more or to work it if opened and if sold at its highest valuation the interest will not support me and I am unable to live without the aid of public or private charity.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 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 18 th 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 the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Schedule of Property belonging to Robert Hamilton of Lebanon Warren County State of Ohio November 16 th 1821.
 80 Acres Land at $5 $11.00 "  Sundry Articles of Dresser Dishes 5 "  Skillet, Small pot and Oven 3 "  Churn and Pail 1 "  Chest 1 "  5 Chains 240 cts 2 "  2 Boxes & 1 Broken Chain 1 "  1 Sive 1 "  1 pair Sledges 1 "  1 Wells Iron Dogs " 50  1 Trammel 1 "  1 Shovel " 25  1 Looking Glass " 50  1 Table 2 50  Bible Hymn Book & Sunday religious books 3 "  1 Loom 6 "  2 Meat Casks 2 "  2 Empty Barrels " 50  1 ditto " 50  3 Shoats 3 "  1 Cow 10 "  1 Cutting Box 1 "  1 Plough & Gun 6 "  1 Wash Tub " 75  $452 = 50 
Robert Hamilton
We the Subscribers as disinterested persons being called on by Robert Hamilton to appraise his property in order to his obtaining a pension from Government as a Revolution

Soldiers did this day attend and to the best of our judgment did examine and appraise said property according to the above schedule in testimony of which we subscribe our hands on the day and date above written
Joshua Cook Jeremiah Burns
The State of Ohio Warren County ss
(Seal) Personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County Jeremiah Burns one of the appraisers of the within Schedule of Robert Hamiltons property who being sworn according to Law who deposeth and saith that the within appraisement is to the best of his judgment and knowledge and further this deponent saith not
Sworn & Subscribed before me the 19 th of November 1821 Colston Payne J.P.
Jeremiah Burns
The State of Ohio Warren County ss
Personally appeared before me Benjamin Sayre a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Joshua Cook who being duly Affirmed as one of the appraisers of the property mentioned in the within Schedule being the property of Robert Hamilton that the amount as therein stated was done according to the best of his knowledge and further saith not
Joshua Cook
Affirmed to & Subscribed before me the 21 st Nov r 1821
Benjamin Sayre J.P.
Sworn to and ded and on the 21 st day of November 1821 in open Court Matthew Conover Juv Clerk

The State of Ohio Warren County ss
I Matthias Convin Sun d Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Warren aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of said Court, and I do further 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 Four hundred and fifty two Dollars and fifty Cents
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at Lebanon this 29 th day of November A D 1821.
• Matthias Convin Sun d Clerk of the Court of Com Pleas War. County.

No 7812 Ann Hamilton Application for pension Ohio.
No 7812
May 6 1841
Ann Hamilton declaration for pension
A. 165
Pension Office
Ohio July 7. 1838 Ann Hamilton.
Act 15 May 1828

State of Ohio Warren County ss
On this 29 th day of March in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty one personally appear- ed before the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the the county & state afor- -said Ann Hamilton a resident of Warren Township Warren County Ohio age Seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838. entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" and also in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of an act of Congress passed 2 nd March 1829. requiring amount of pensions due to deceased pensioners to be paid to their widows &c. That she is the widow of Robert Hamilton deceased who was a captain of infantry in the Pennsylv- -vania line of the army of the Revolution, who entered the service of the United States in the month of June in the year Eighteen  Sixteen hundred and forty six by attaching him- -self to a company called the Flying camp, in which company he served until sometime in the month of December in the year Eighteen  Seventeen hundred and forty six, when he enlisted for the war, under Captain Matthew Henderson and continued in the service until the 10 th day of March in the year Eighteen  Seventeen hundred and eighty four, when he was regularly discharged by Richard Butler Colonel of the ninth Pennsylvania Regiment and Commander of the Second Brigade. When he entered the service he lived in Lancaster County Pennsylvania. He was not engaged in the battle of Monmouth, the battle of Germantown, together with almost all other of the principal battles of the Revolution

She passed through different parts of the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as will more fully and at large appear by reference to the for a pending application, and accompanying papers of said Robert Hamilton filed sometime in the summer of the year 1829, in the proper department.
She further declares that she was married to said Robert Hamilton on the twenty third day of February in the year seventeen hundred and ninety two, that her husband the aforesaid Robert Hamilton died on the 24th day of February in the year eighteen hundred and forty one that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January in the year 1841, viz at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed
on the day and year above written
W. S. Mickle
Ann M c Hamilton - monk.
The State of Ohio, Mahon County S,
I Horace M. Stokes, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, certify that William S. Mickle Esquire whose signature is affixed to the foregoing affidavits is an acting associate Judge of the Court aforesaid duly Commissioned & sworn, that his said Signature are genuine & that full faith & credit are due to all his official acts.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at Salem this 29 th day of March A.D. 1841
H. M. Stokes Clerk

State of Ohio Hamilton County ss.
Personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas sitting here for the County of Hamilton & State of Ohio McElliam H. Hamilton who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he has in his possession the family bible in which is contained a family record of the late Robert Hamilton, that from said record it appears that the said Robert Hamilton was married to Ann Keays now Ann Hamilton on the Twenty third  Seventeen day of February in the year Eighteen Nineteen hundred and ninety two. Affiant further states that since the decease of the said Robert Hamilton the said Ann Hamilton has not been married.
Wm H Hamilton
Also at the same time & place came Catherine Dyer who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that she attended the marriage of the late Robert Hamilton with Ann Keays now Ann Hamilton about the year Seventeen hundred and ninety two in Green County Pennsylvania, that she has lived in the same neighborhood with said Robert & Ann Hamilton for the last Twenty years, and has known them to live together as husband and wife up to the death of the said Robert which occurred on the 24 th day of February in the year 1841.
Catherine her Dyer mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29 th day of March A.D. 1841. W. S. Mickel

I William S. Meikle depose and say that I hold the office of Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Warren and State of Ohio. and that the within named Mrs. Hamilton is unable from bodily infirmity to appear in open court, as is also the within named affiant Katharine Green that the within named William Hamilton and Katharine Green are persons of unquestionable credibility, and of good character for truth and veracity.
Given under my hand this 29th day of March A.D. 1841
W. S. Meikle

The State of Ohio } Warren County }
On this 25 th day of December in the year 1843, personally appeared before the undersigned Justice of the peace within and for the County aforesaid, Ann Hamilton, a resident of said County of Warren aged seventy five 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 rd March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war - That she is the widow of Robert Hamilton deceased who was a private in the Army of the Revolution - he may have held the rank of Corporal for a part of the time, but what part she does not know - he belonged to the Pennsylvania line, and served a greater part of the time in the Ninth Pennsylvania Regiment, as she believes. But for further particulars she refers to the papers of her late husband which are on file in the War Department - as he was a Pensioner under the act of Congress passed in 1818, if she mistakes not. The annual amount of pension which she received under the act of July 7. 1838 was eighty dollars, which will appear on reference to her certificate therefor, which was granted sometime

last Spring and was shortly thereafter Surren- dered up to the Department, upon the reception of her pension under the same: and she further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me }
Ann his Hamilton mark
John Wilkinson J.P.
And I the undersigned Magistrate, before whom the foregoing declaration was made & sworn to, certify that the declarant Ann Hamilton is personally known to me — that she is the person she represents herself to be — and that she is a credible person.
Given under my hand & seal, this 25. day of December A.D. 1843.
John Wilkinson J.P.
The State of Ohio Warren County } I, Horace M. Stokes clerk of the Court of common pleas for said county do hereby certify that John Wilkinson is a justice of the peace within & for said county duly commissioned & qualified, that his commission is dated on the 3 rd day of December A.D.

1842 & will expire on the second day of December A.D.
1845 & that his foregoing signatures are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Lebanon Dec r 27. 1843
J. M. Strother Clerk