Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4778, Samuel Hay, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Pen.
Ray, Samuel Elizabeth
R. 4778
CONTENTS

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
4778
P. O. Elizabeth Hays Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

No 1257 Elizabeth Hoag widow of Samuel Ind a
Set to J. J. Coombs 29 th June 1853
4778
Set Feb y 3. 1853.

State of Indiana Clark County ss I Charles P. Ferguson Clerk of the Clark Circuit Court certify that Samuel Hoag and Elizabeth DOLLAND were legally married in Clark County Indiana as appears from on the 21 st day of March 1811, as appears from the Record of Marriages in my Office Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Charlestown the 9 th day of April 1853, Charles P. Ferguson Clerk

Pension Application of Elizabeth Hay.
State of Indiana } County of Clark, } ss.
On this 9 th day of April, A.D. 1853, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Elizabeth Hay, aged about 77 years, who first being duly sworn according to law doth upon her oath state that she is the widow of Samuel Hay, deceased, who was a pack-housman and express rider in the war of the Revolution. That her said husband entered service in the State of Pennsylvania, (the time not remembered,) and continued in actual service in said war for several years, she believes to the close of the war. That as his said services in the army were rendered before her marriage to him, and before she became acquainted with him, she can only testify, to what she has heard him say, so far as she can remember the same, and that knowing him to have been an honorable and truth-telling man, she does not doubt that he served in the army. That she has frequently heard him tell of being in the army during the said war, and of attending to the horses which belonged to the army, and of riding a great part of the time for the purpose of carrying messages and information from one part of the army to another. That she has heard him speak of attending to the horses of the army, at the Battle of Bunker Hill, and that she has heard him speak of being at many other places, while in said service, but she does not now remember the name of any particular place or battle except Bunker Hill. That she has often heard him tell of the hardships and dangers he was exposed to, in the said service, and remembers hearing him speak of being very tired and sore, from the effects of hard riding in attending to the business of the army as above mentioned. That she believes he was quite a a youth when he entered said service, and that he was not more than 18 or 20 years of age when the war ended. That he served under his elder brother, Colonel Hay, and that he also had two or three other brothers who were in service in said war, but in what companies or under what officers she does not remember. That she has not in her possession any papers or documents relating to his said services; that she believes her said husband had some such papers, but that they have been lost or destroyed. That her said husband never applied for a pension. That her said husband died in Clark County Indiana on or about the 28 th day of March, A.D. 1840, leaving this affiant his widow, and that she has not married since the death of her said husband but remains a widow. She further states, that she was married to the said Samuel Hay in Clark County, in the State of Indiana, at some time in the month of April, A.D. 1811, and that her name before her said marriage

was Elizabeth Holland. That she has no family record of said marriage. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress passed or of any other act or acts to which she may be entitled.
Witness, Stephen B. Wood } off in Wood
Elizabeth her mark Hay
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Elizabeth Hay the affiant in the foregoing declaration, and that she is a respectable person, and one whose statements can be fully relied upon; and that I believe her to be the widow of Samuel Hay, deceased, who was reputed and believed to have served in the revolutionary war. I do hereby certify that I am in no way interested in the prosecution or result of this application.
Affidavit of Robert G. Wood.
State of Indiana } County of Clark } ss.
On this 9 th day of April, A.D. 1853, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above mentioned, Robert G. Wood, aged 50 years, who first being duly sworn according to law, declares, that he was well and personally acquainted with Samuel Hay, deceased, who was the husband Elizabeth Hay the affiant in the foregoing application for pension; that he knew him and saw him frequently ever since this affiant was a small boy; and that the said Samuel Hay, was from general report, reputed and believed to have served in the war of the Revolution; That this affiant has frequently heard him tell of attending to the horse belonging to the American Army during the said war, and of dispatching riding a great deal, in carrying letters and information from and to various portions of the army. This affiant believes, from hearing him converse, that the said Samuel Hay served more than two years, that it might have been three or four years, or even more, but that he has no distinct knowledge of the exact duration of said services, except that the said Samuel Hay entered service when about 12 or 13 years of age, and served to the close of said war. That the said Samuel Hay died in Clark County in the State of Indiana on the 28 th day of March, A.D. 1840, leaving Elizabeth Hay his widow. That the said Samuel Hay and the said Elizabeth Hay lived together as man and wife, and were reputed and believed to be duly and lawfully married, and that the said Elizabeth Hay has not married since the death of her said husband, but remains a widow. He further states that he has no interest whatever in the prosecution or result of this case.
Robert G. Wood
Sworn to and subscribed before me; and I hereby certify that Robert G. Wood, the above affiant is personally known to me, that he is a credible witness; and that I believe him to be of the age above stated.

Power of Attorney
Know all men by these presents, that I, Elizabeth Hay, widow of Samuel Hay, deceased, who was a pack horseman in the Army of the Revolution, do hereby constitute and appoint George H. Monsarrat, my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute against the Government of the United States, before any Department thereof, any and all claim or claims I have to arrears of pay, or pension money, under any act or acts, resolution or resolutions of the Congress of the United States.
Said Attorney, is moreover authorised in my name to demand at any Department of said Government, a reconsideration of any decision hitherto or hereafter to be given, and to obtain from any Department or the archives thereof, any and all information or evidence of whatever character relating to or in any wise bearing upon the claim or claims we hereby seek the investigation of.
Said Attorney is moreover authorised to do any and all things necessary to carry out the foregoing purposes, and to receive the Certificates of Pension, or other character of drafts or evidences of the amounts due me, and to appoint one or more sub-Attorneys, conferring upon him or them all the powers herein conferred upon the said Geo. H. Monsarrat, I hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may do by virtue of these presents.
Witness my hand and seal this day of April, A.D. 1853. Witness. (Napoleon B. Moore) } Elizabeth Hay.
State of Indiana, Clark County. So.
On this 9 th day of April A.D. 1853, before me, personally appeared Elizabeth Hay, subscriber to the foregoing power of attorney, and acknowledged the signing, sealing, and delivery of the same to be her free voluntary act and deed, for the purposes therein set forth. In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name,
State of Indiana, } Ss. Clark County, } O. Charles P. Ferguson Clerk of the Circuit Court, in and for the County and State above mentioned do hereby certify that Theophilus Robinson, and William Morrow, who have each signed their names to the foregoing certificate; the said Robinson to the declaration of Elizabeth Hay, and affidavit of Robert G. Wood, and the said Morrow to the statement of Jane Dowdeth, are and were, each and both of them, Justices of the Peace, in and for the County and State above mentioned, duly commissioned and sworn; that all their official acts as such, are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid Circuit Court, is a court of Record, having general Jurisdiction; and that the said magistrates signatures are genuine. Given under my hand and seal of office at Charleston, this 8 th day of April A.D. 1853. Charles P. Ferguson CLK

Declaration of Jane Dowthett.
State of Indiana } ss. County of Clarke. }
On this 8 th day of April, A.D. 1853, before me, William Morrow, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared, Jane Dowthett, aged 78 years, who states that she was personally acquainted with Samuel Hay, deceased, ever since she was about thirteen years of age: That she has heard him say he was entitled to a pension, and has heard him tell of carrying expresses, in and for the army, and of the dangers and fatigues he was exposed to while in the army. That she does not remember how long he was in said service; but has heard him say he was quite a youth at the time of being in the said service, and that according to the best of her judgment and belief, he was about 78 or 80 years old at the time of his death. That she understood the said Samuel Hay had several brothers in service in the army at the time of his being in the said service, but that she does not remember any officers' names, nor other particulars of his services further than above stated.
She further states that the said Samuel Hay died in Clark Co Indiana, some time in the year of our Lord 1840, leaving Elizabeth Hay his widow, who has not since married, but remains a widow. She further states that the said Samuel Hay was a native of the State of Pennsylvania, and that she believes he was a resident of that State at the time of his serving in the army as above stated; and that she has no interest whatever in the prosecution or result of this case. That the above statements are true to the best of her knowledge and belief; and that she has never yet been sworn to any statement, and does not wish to be sworn now.
Jane Dowthett
Witness: William Morrow, P. H. Cleveland.
Acknowledged and subscribed before me the day and year above written; and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Jane Dowthett, subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and that she is a respectable person whose statements can be fully and implicitly relied upon, and that she appears to be of the age stated in her declaration. I further certify that I have known her word to be taken in legal proceedings without her oath, and that I have never known her to be sworn according to the usual form of law. I also certify that I have no interest in the prosecution or result of this case: That I have known the said Jane Dowthett for thirtytwo years, and that I repose as much confidence in her word as I could in any other person's oath, and that I believe her peculiarity in objecting to being sworn and to saying that she "affirms," is entitled to indulgence and respect.
William Morrow
Justice of the Peace