Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4694, Elias Hatfield, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Hatfield, Elias Ann
W. 4694
CONTENTS

Pennsylvania 26.085 Oliver Walfield Lehigh Co. in the State of Pa who was a Private in the Company comma- nded by Captain Randolph of the Key Stone Battery in the New Jersey Volunteer Infantry
1 Yr 3 Mo P $ 50.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Pension at the rate of 50 Dollars and Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of March and 1834 1834 Hon. A. Stewart H. A.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 125. Semest. allowances ending 4th March 34 25. $ 150.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. S. Hays Clerk. Book 6 Vol. 5 Page 24

No. 4579. Pennsylvania Anna Walford widow of Elias N.Y. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 50 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Feb 1849 and sent to
M. Lewis. Mifflintown Pa.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 224 Vol. 2

E. Hatfield. 8. Oct. 1833
She within has been detained, for the depo- sition of Stephen Simpson of Green Co Pa but whose health can not as yet permit his attention, they are both frail & cannot meet together to have their business executed.
Sam l . Sutton

State of Pennsylvania County of Fayette
Personally appeared Elias Hatfield, a resident of said County aged years 73, on the 11 th day of March 1884, and who is a person to me well known to be a man of respectability and truth. (And who also is the same identical Elias Hatfield, who signed the annexed declaration for a pension dated the 16 th day of January 1883; and after being duly sworn as the law directs doth on his solemn oath declare, that relative to his military service set forth in his said declaration of the 16 th of January 1883, that he recollects his first militia tour, as a volunteer, to have been, or commenced on the first week of December 18 1775, under the said Capt. Fletcher Randolph, and the second said tour, was on the first week of February 1776, and that on or about the 18 th of March 1776, he engaged or volunteered and served his third months tour under the said officers - And that in his last monthly tour, that he was under his said Captain Randolph, he deponent recollects the time to have been about the 15 th of September 1777 October 1777 when he was ordered out to Staten Island, and from thence to Neward, where his said month expired, and that on or about the 2 nd of November he was ordered out on another monthly tour in said year, &c in the company company commanded by a Captain Crawford, & was ordered out to Elizabeth Town, & was a fighting man, and making new entrenchments, until he was discharged, at the expiration of his said month. And that he was in other tours, but cannot recollect them sufficiently, & prefers not entering any longer, time of service than the law 15 months
Deponent further declares that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, that he cannot swear positively to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, (and in the following grades, to wit: six months as a regular meaning the said six months in the Flying Camp) and for at least nine months I served as a militiaman, or a volunteer, and for such service I claim a pension. And that I do not know of any Colonel in particular that I was under in the said militia except at sometimes I was under the said Col. Fajardo; and that sickness prevented me serving until the close of the war.
Sworn and Subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County. Given under my hand at Union.
Given this Eightday of October A.D. 1888
Clement Wood
Rich d S er J. Beeston, B ar
1833
20th day of October
I have herewith applied the Country Seal , and supplemented my name and quality . This
So testimony that the William Lloyd was a linguist and linguist to admiralty on the State of Pennsylvania at the western  united  date , and that his name there described appears to be to his right  signature  written on the within  envelope .

In testimony that the within written Clement Wood was a Magistrate duly authorized to administer oaths, &c. in the State of Pennsylvania at the within mentioned date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature given on the within named day.
I have hereunto affixed the County Seal, and subscribed my name and quality. This 26 th day of October 1833. Rich d Berson Pg
Johnn M. Scott
1589 Oct 3 1589
Letter
one for each present, Return  return under my hand, at  Return
Learn and understand before even further the law
It seems to me that the last 25 years, we have been prevented in becoming united the cause of the war.
Should know of any colored in petition that I was under, in the last petition, except as I was then
I received a letter from you on a volunteer, and had the pleasure to inform you that
as the months a regular (and) months in the (slipping) (slip) will have at least one month
He stated that he saw the several witnesses before him, and in the following words
recollections of the past
That it cannot there be found, as the present time of his life, according to the text of the
She pointed to the other declension that by reason of the age and the consequent loss of memory
And that he was another law, but cannot recollect them differently. He professes not entering any longer. B. Smith
making no uncharitableness, until he was discharged, at the expiration of his term of service. Sincerely, as ever, his father.
Captain Carson, & was ordered with Brig. Genl. Sherman, & was also assigned to duty in the department, and
out on another monthly loan and paid year. He is the company
...was much effort, and that enormous amount of money was expended by a
1861. Oct 1. At the battle of Ball's Bluff, Virginia, he was captured.
October 1944 when he was ordered out to Atlantic Fleet, and from there to Saipan, where
and Mr. [illegible] recollects the time to have been about the 15th of [illegible]
under the said officers - And that in his last monthly return, under his said East
and that on or about the 18 th of March 1946 he engaged and served for two months four weeks.
under the direction of Capt. J. H. ... and the ... week of February 1872.
There is a volunteer, to have been, or commenced on the first week of December (1878).
Heath on his declaration of the 14th of January 1838, that he recollects his first meeting
Longing daily to see you as the last days of this life on earth are here, that is all that is on my mind.
Signed the unconditional disclaimers for a pension date the 16 th day of January 1883 , and after
name of Elizabeth and Smith . (And who also is the same Elizabeth & Ellen  St. John , who
Currently aged 73, on the 11 th day of March 1834, and who is a person to me well known to be
Very neatly appeared Edith  Harper , agent of him
State of Pennsylvania County of Berks ss

On this 11 th day of January 1883 personally appeared before the Honorable Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County now sitting Elias Hatfield a resident of Union Township in the County of Fayette and State of Penn te aforesaid aged 72 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States in the year A. D. 1776 under the following named officers.
That in the year of 1776 in the County of Dauphin in the State of Pennsylvania, in Woodbridge Township, where he engaged as a volunteer to defend the country, in the company commanded by Captain Fitch Randolph, the Deponent not recollecting, recollects that Sergeant David Wilson of said company, that they were ordered out to Springfield, also to Staten Island, and after stationed there a while they were ordered again to Springfield, and there his monthly tour expired, from thence he returned home, and soon afterwards he volunteered for one month more which was same time in the month of February 1776, and was ordered out to defend the Honorable Robert E. Howe, and there served until the close of said month, from which place he returned home, and that near the latter part of March, he again engaged for the third month's tour, under the said officers and was again ordered to Staten Island, and Amboy, and that after his said month expired he again returned home, and remained until some time in June of said year, he enlisted for the term of six months in the company commanded by Captain Fitch Randolph, at Cornelius Baker's tavern one mile from Spanglerstown in said county, and in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Squibb, of the Flying Camp campaign, as he best recollects, to have been in June 1776, during said period, he was at Elizabeth Town, Woodbridge, Springfield, Connecticut Farms, Amboy, and Fort Lee and that he was discharged at Woodbridge in the State of New Jersey and that he believes that they were attacked at some time or other by Colonel Agnew who commanded the first New Jersey Regt., and that deponent was acquainted, and that deponent states that he also knew Elias Dayton, who he believes commanded the 3 d Continental Regiment and that he deponent further states that it was about the first of July of 1776 aforesaid when he was discharged from the said service by the said Colonel Squibb, and the said Captain Fitch Randolph, after leaving Fort Lee & Newark. And that on or about the first of January in the year of 1777 he deponent volunteered under said Captain Randolph for one month, and was ordered to Raritan River, and from thence to Staten Island, or to the Bay opposite to Staten Island where his said month expired, and that he was sick the greater part of the remaining winter, but engaged again for one month under the said Captain, on about the first of April in said year, and was ordered to Amboy near Raritan Bay and was scouting up and down the said water to Elizabeth town, where he was again discharged, and returned home. — And that on or about the first of June in said year, under the said Captain, he was called out on another one month tour, & that he was ordered out to Newark, and remained for some time in and about said Newark, and from thence to Elizabeth town and was at work at the in until his month was up, when he returned home — And that about the first of the ensuing month of August he was notified for another monthly tour under the said Captain Fitch Randolph, and taken immediately to Elizabeth town and thus continued to war.

Encampments nearly the whole period of the said month, except when called on to move to another place, and returned home, here he took sick, and was unable to render any further service for a considerable time thereafter, although he was out after he recovered his health under his said Captain also under a Captain Paxton one or more times also on similar routes in the aforesaid campaigns, but that it is entirely out of his power to declare positively relative to his further services, it being in consequence of much sickness, infirmity, old age, and the great loss of memory, but that he is truly certain that he served at least 16 months in the said war that he was born in Essex County in the said State of New Jersey in the year 1751, as recorded in my Bible. That during the said war he resided in the Township of Woodbridge aforesaid, and that he moved from there to the County of Fayette in the State of Pennsylvania, he believes at the time or a little previous to the Campaign of the western expedition of 1794 (and where he has ever since resided) — And that he has no original documentary evidence of his services, that his discharge for the said month's service has been lost, and at least 26 years since, and that he cannot state distinctly whether his latter service was for one month, or for two months, but he believes it to be at least one month's service as a monthly service.
HE hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State whatsoever.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Given under my hand at Union Town
in said County, in the year of 1833. { Elias H. Hatfield [L. S.]
4th June 9, 1833 Second subscribed
in open Court this day
H. W. Beeson Prothon.
We John Philips Clergyman residing in said County and Simon Johnson residing in the County aforesaid hereby certify, that we are acquainted with the said Elias Hatfield who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 72 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
in open Court
H. W. Beeson (Prothon.)
{ John Philips [L. S.]
[L. S.]
Simon Johnson
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Philips, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman and is resident in the County aforesaid, and that Simon Johnson who has also signed the same is resident in the said County and is a credible person and that their statements are entitled to credit.
He Henry W. Beeson Clerk of the said Court of the County of Fayette aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Elias Hatfield for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this 29th day of June A.D. 1833
Henry W. Beeson Prothon.

6560
Ann Hatfield of Eliza Pennsylvania Declaration of
Ann Hatfield
m before 94. or 39.
Decl n in 1823!
husband died 19 May 1839

State of Pennsylvania County of Fayette 3 d on this 29 th day of November A.
D. 1839 personally appeared before the subscriber president judge of the court of common Pleas of said County - Ann Hatfield, a resident of Union Township in the county of Fayette aged 72 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 - 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" - That she is the widow of Elias Hatfield who was a private in the Revolution War - That he was enlisted or drafted, she can't say which in the state of New Jersey at Woodbridge, for a length of time she does not recollect how long. She cannot tell the names of his captain or Colonel, though she thinks his captain's name was Randall, and his colonel's Gage. Nor can she now tell the year he entered the service or the time he left it, both having escaped her memory. He was marched she thinks to Woodbridge, Amboy and Staten Island, what the battle if any he was in she can't tell. That she has no documentary evidence now of her claim. - But would refer to the records of the war department, for full proof of the services of her said husband, as he drew a pension from the United States in his life time - She further declares that she was married to the said Elias Hatfield some time in the year 1789, the day or month, she cannot fix having no

second evidence of the facts - That her husband the aforesaid Elias Hatfield died on the 19 th day of May last - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninetyfour, viz at the time above stated. Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before -
Ann { Hatfield mark
N. Ewing Nov. 29. 1839.
I certify that the above named applicant cannot by reason of bodily infirmity, attend the court -
N. Ewing
Pennsylvania, Fayette County ss
I Richard Beeson Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in the said county do certify that the Hon. Nathaniel Ewing whose signature is above written by himself was at the date of the above certificate still is President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the 14 th Judicial District of Penn a comprising the County of Fayette, duly commissioned & qualified - That the above signature purport- ing to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said court at Union Town the 4 th day of Janu- ary A.D. 1840
Rich d V. Beeson Pro

No 26057.
Elias Hatfield Fayette County Pennsylvania
Adm 1 year and 3 months
Wm A Stewart
res Sutton Union Town Fayette County Penn a

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
15 Aug 33
Sir.
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Elias Hatfield Fayette County Pennsylvania
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1776 1 1 — private Capt Randolph 72 years Sufex County New Jersey Traditionary evidence, paper correct   Vol. July 1776 1 1 — " "   Vol. Mar " 1 1 — " Same officers   Enlist. June " — 6 — " Capt Randolph, Col Faglish, Lt. Col   Vol. 1. Jan 1777 — 1 — " Capt Randolph   Vol. 1. Apr " — 1 — " Same officers   Called 1. June " — 1 — " Same officers   Called Aug. " — 1 — " Same officers   Served — " — 1 — " Same officers   Served — " — 1 — " Capt Pierson  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. ?
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about  four  or  five  months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of Pennsylvania } Fayette County } ss
Be it known that upon me W W Stump a Justice of the Peace in and the for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Ann Hatfield, and made oath in due form of law that she is the identical Ann Hatfield named in an original pension certificate now illegally withheld by Samuel Sutton, who was her agent in obtaining said pension: that since the issuing of the certificate she has made frequent endeavours to obtain it, but has never yet been able even to get sight of it; that being unable on account of bodily disability & old age to make a personal application to said Sutton, she has frequently sent her son Timothy Hatfield to procure the certificate from said Sutton, but that his endeavours have been unsuccessful; that she is entitled (as she learns by letters received from the Pension Office) to a pension of fifty dollars per annum under the acts of 7 th July 1838, 3 rd March 1843 & 17 th June 1844, that her certificate was granted in January 1847, payable at the pension agency in Philadelphia said pension being on account of the Revolution- ary services of her husband Elias Hatfield, that she now resides in Fayette County Pennsylvania and has resided there for the space of fifty years - years past; and that previous thereto she resided in the state of New Jersey -
Sworn subscribed the sixth day of November A.D. 1848 before W.W. Stump J.P.
Ann Hatfield Mark
Timothy Hatfield

State of Pennsylvania Fayette County
ss. Before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared Timothy Hatfield who being first duly sworn according to law, deposed that he is the son of the foregoing Ann Hatfield, that by her request he has frequently called on said Sam- uel Rutter and requested him to proceed to draw the money on his mother's pension or else deliver up the Certificate. That said Rutter told him he had obtained a pension of fifty dollars per annum, but had not his paper nor the certificate with him, and appointed a time and place to meet deponent, but altogether failed to fulfil his engagement; that said Rutter has frequently since fixed a time & place to deliver up the certificate but has altogether always disappointed him, and that all his efforts to obtain it have been unsuccessful. Sworn & subscribed this 6 th day of November A.D. 1828 before me W. W. Stump J.P.
State of Pennsylvania Fayette County
ss. Conformably to the regula- tions of the War Department of the 27 th October 1832 I W. W. Stump, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence, viz, the affidavit of Timothy Hatfield and my own personal knowledge, that Ann Hat- field who this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity, is the identical Pensioner she declares herself to be in the foregoing affidavit, and I am also satisfied that the statement made by her in relation to the pension cer- tificate is true. Given under my hand at Uniontown this sixth eighth day of November A.D. 1828
W. W. Stump J.P.

Know all men by these presents that I Ann Hatfield a revolutionary pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint John B. Trevor Esq. my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania my pension from the nineteenth day of Novy. A. D. 1828 to the fourth day of September A. D. 1828. Witness my hand and seal this sixth day of November A. D. 1828
Sealed delivered
in presence of
W. W. Stump Timothy E. Hatfield
Ann Hatfield
State of Pennsylvania Fayette County } ss. Be it known that on the sixth day of November A. D. 1828, before the subscriber, a justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Ann Hatfield above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above written.
W. W. Stump J. P. Pennsylvania Fayette County ss
D. Kaine Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County do hereby certify, that W. W. Stump Esq., is a justice, of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned & sworn. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and the seal of the said Court at Uniontown this, 8 th day of November 1828 D. Kaine Public

(3059) Pennsylvania. Ann Hultfield widow of Elias Hultfield, who was a Private in the Revolution
Husb. d died 19 th May 1839.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 50 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of Jan y 1847, and sent to
Samuel Sutton, Esq. Union Town, Pennsylvania.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
and 17. June 1844.
recorded in Book A,
2. Page 109.
2 Certs? Act, 1838 & 1840. 1843 & 1844.
Rep d Letter to Hon. A. Stewart Jan 5 1848
At. to Name August 10-48
At. to N. Ewing
(Oct.) 28 th 48
Letter to B Aud d Aug 13 1849
" same person " 17. 1849

Ann Hatfield of Bliss Pennsylvania
Rejected
See let 21 May 1842
J. H. Seford,
was not a widow at the time of the passage of act 7 July 1838.
to Bliss May 20 1843
Rev. A. Thomas May 21. 46 Saml. Sutton, Aug. 12, 40 same, Dec. 5, 1846.
Act 7 July 1838

Ann Hatfield wid of Elias
J. Phila
Pa act 7 July 1838, March 2 1843 + 17 June 44. $50. per m.
Has any thing been paid in this case, If so, to whom?
G. L. D.
Pension Office
Octob 24. 1848
No payment appears to have been made in this case Ino. S. P.

Re WIDOW, &c.
File No.
4694
Ann Heathfield
Widow
Elias Heathfield
Bk. Rev. War
Act:
July 2 d 1848
Index:—Vol.
A
Page
303
[Arrangement of 1870.]

FREE
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commr. of Pensions Washington City D.C.
No. 100

Newtown (Pa) Oct 16. 1848
Rev. J. L. Edwards
At the request of Mr. Timothy Hatfield a son of Mrs. Ann Hatfield, I had the honor to write you some time since in regard to her pension. He understands that a pension of $50 a year has been granted to her. Mr. S. Button says he has the certificate, but he will neither pay it up, nor will he promise to draw the amount due to her. And indeed it would be dangerous if he should do the latter as he is totally irresponsible. Mr. Hatfield wishes to know the amount paid ahead of the pension and when it is payable whether at Phil a or Potts o - and when granted. &c. and any other information which may be necessary to enable Mrs. Hatfield to draw her pension without having possession of the certificate - Mrs. H. is a very aged & helpless woman & a speedy reply would be a favor to her.
Respectfully
Yrs &c.
W. Emery

W.H. Pa
Mr. J. L. Edwards
Commencement of Panic
Washington City
9.6

Newtown July 21. 1849
Hon. J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions
Sir,
Inclosed you have the declaration of Mrs. Anna Hatfield, widow of Elias Hatfield, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of July 2. 1848. You will please send the certificate of Pension to me at this place or to the Hon. David Sturgeon, Senator from this State. As Mrs. H. has drawn a pension under preceding Acts I presume no difficulty can arise in this matter if the declaration is in due form.
Yrs. respectfully
N. Elkins

From W. Davis. no answer required see subsequent letter as claim allowed in W & D Thd 20

Campton Sept. 11. 1848
Dear S. L. Edward
Sir
I am sorry to be under the necessity of again troubling the office in regard to the Pension of Mrs. Ann Hatfield widow of Elias Hatfield. Her son has repeatedly called on S. Sutton & can get no satisfaction, except that a certificate is granted in favor of Mrs. H. He informs me that he made every offer which justice or liberality could dictate but without avail, & he supposes that Sutton (who is utterly irresponsible) wishes to get the money in his hands, when it would be lost. You will please inform me the amount of the pension and when payable and the date of the certificate. If any other information should be necessary to enable Mrs. Hatfield to draw her pension without having possession of the certificate you will please communicate it.
Very respectfully
Yrs &c
N. H. King

Ms 5760 of Jan 8. 1840
for July 7. 1838
Ans. Heed and of
Jas. L. Edwards Esq. (Commissioner of Pensions) Washington City

Union Town Pa. Jany 4 th 1848
Dr Sir.
Inclosed I send you the declaration of Mrs. Ann Hatfield, claiming the benefits of the late act of congess. providing for certain widows.
You will perceive by her declaration that her husband was a pensioner before his death; of the United States. and by referring to his papers on file in your office perhaps you will be able to satisfy yourself as to the justice of her claim, without any further proof on her part - Please notify me of whatever may be the result of your investigation in the case -
W. Edwards Esq.
Very Respectfully
J. H. D. Ford

John Brown, P. P. Field Mrs. Ann Hadden, John Husted, D. Samuel Wilson, known as the also at the Island, P. P. Field See Michael's Son

Concord May 7 th 1846 I have been acquainted with John Husted John McClelland & Andrew McClelland for many years, and have no hesitation in saying they are men of Respectability & truth David Hurlburt
I know of nothing further on the same in the said evidence claim, nor no other testimony can be had the said Samuel Wilson had went on last fall to Wayne county Ohio to reside with his son, he was sent for on the above occasion, & much pain & trouble has been taken for her - I think her first application was sent to Mr. Abijah Pease in 1842, or 43, from whom she has not heard from for a long time - said widow H. H. H. H. health has been very ill for a long time, & not expected to survive, other wise her husband's pension certificate could have been sent to your honor in support of her claim.
I have the honor to be Your obed Servt
J. L. Edgerton Esq.
Mr. H. H. H. H. signed the above in my presence, just before he left here for D.C.
Samuel Wilson

May 14 '76
Palace to car Ratfield Hartford
Haddon
Stewart Mile
A. Stewart 112
Edward sky Com. & Pennys War & etc.

Ho 4 Rds
May 13 46
Mr Edward G Clemens
I enclose this
Application of Ann Hadden for a pension when Examiners let me know the result
Yrs A. Stewart

Uniontown (Pa) Nov r 8. 1848.
Hon J. L. Edwards
Commence of Prison
Herewith is enclosed a duplicate of the papers of Mrs Ann Hatfield. The other copy will be forwarded in a few days to Phil a . - I trust they will be satisfactory to the Department -
Very respectfully
Ym W. Burns

June 3/67
Copy to B. B. [initials] 7 June 1867
Rev A Stewart M.C.
J. S. Edwards Esq Comr of Pensions Wardour St
Rev A Stewart

No. of Reps May 31. 1848
J. L. Edwards Esq Com! of Pensions
Sir Will you be so good as to inform me whether said Sutton or any one else if so who has drawn the pension due to Ann Hatfield widow of Elias Hatfield late a Rev. pension of Fayith Co Pa & if not drawn send me the forms necessary to enable her to draw it oblige you &c
A Stewart

Feb. 8. 1843
Ph.
Halifax
Mrs. L. Edwards, W. A. Ray Commissions of Pension
Ray Pier 6

Washington July 8. 1833.
Sir,
I enclose an application from Mr. Ann Hatfield of Penn te for the act July 1838. as the widow of Elias. She was during his life time a pensioner under act June 1832. at the rate of $50 per annum pernt. agency. —
The widow after the death of her husband make application for act 1838. and respectfully refers to the papers then presented, and now on file in your office.
I am your respectfully Mrs. N. Ay
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Elias Hatfield Pa. Act of June 1832 to what time paid Rev. Office.
Dec 1839
May 21. 1840
Dec 19 th May 1839. p st that period JH

June 27, 1846
Recd Ann Hatfield
PAID 37 1/2
J. L. Edwards Esq. Committee of papers Washington City

Dear
Sir
Union Town June 25 th 66
I beg leave to ask, as requested by the widow Ann Stratfield relative to her pension claim in right of her deceased husband, her said claim first sent to Alexander Ray, of Washington City, I think in 1843 but not accompanied with any testimony, & about six or 7 weeks since I sent all of the certificates that would be found in support of her said claim directed to the charge of the Hon. A. Root, but perhaps time has not since permitted your reply. Old Mr. Israel Wilson whom I sent for to Wayne Co Ohio in order to be a witness for the above, I have endeavored to get him to stay if possible until your favor may be received, as we did not know but further proof might be required by the Hon. Department. I said Wilson is perhaps more knowing on the above subject than any other soldier in our power to get, they are very few in number at this late period. Please to reply as soon as can be recd. — Or perhaps your answer may have been recd by Mr. Stewart & have been forgotten, or mislaid.
L. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
I have the honor to be Your Obedt. Servant Samuel Stratfield
[Faint, mirrored bleed-through text from the reverse side of the page]

J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Morrison Town Fayette County Pa
February 14 th 1831
Enclosed are the papers of Elias Hatfield, & the amendment would have been done much sooner, but he intended if possible to have visited his brother Soldier in Greene Co for a witness in support of his claim, but his health has not permitted — He has been reflecting & considerably on the time & different periods of his Revolutionary Services, and that he has, he believes stated all the facts in the amendment that he can possibly recollect.
If stating my opinion of his claim would be of any benefit, I should think him very justly entitled, as I believe that he would not declare to any thing whatsoever, unless he knew the same to be facts, & that his present statements appears to be the same that he stated to me about 6 years ago when I wrote his declaration for a pension from the U. States, to which he was qualified to, in the open court of said county. His character is unquestionably good as a person of strict veracity, & truth.
J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
I have the honor to be
Respectfully Sir
Your very humble Servant Samuel Sutton
P.S. The Declaration of Capt. Philip Longfellow was transmitted to your honor, on the 22 nd of June last, likewise the affidavits of Isaac Cowell, Mrs. Crofton, Gabr. Abrams, & Joseph Wilson in support of his claim — The declaration of Anthony Linn, accompanied by the affidavit of Elias Hatfield has been returned, & if possible it will be amended . He the said Philip begs leave to receive a reply as soon as convenient. I believe there said claims to be genuine, but time & fear have not permitted your answer in consequence of your pressure of business. — Mr Linn's claim will be attended too, so soon as his health permits
J. L.

Mr J. C. Edwards
on Sir
The enclosed
papers have been
submitted to me by
Mr Sam. Sutton
to be referred to
your office for
examination
& report to me
I remain
July 26 1834.

No 6560 3 9164 1320 Ann Heatfield 499, Mono of Elias
Luzerne Co. Pa
Recd. May 1839
act 7 July 1838 and final resolution of 23 rd January 1845
Adm. 15 per per $50 00 per ann
from 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841
Adm. acts 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844 $50 00 per ann
Samuel Lutton Mono of John Pa

Rep.
10.167.
540
Pennsylvania.
Ann Hulfied
Widow of Elias Hulfied, who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 19. May 1839 at Fayette Co. in the State of Penna. who was a Pri. in the B. commanded by Captain Rands of the commanded by in the Rev. line for 15 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 50 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of Jan y 1847 and sent to Saml. Sutton, Union Town, Penna.
Total amount, $ 250.
and S. Res. [Act July 7, 1838.] 258 Jan y 1863 Recorded by D. A. Wood, Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 221.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 2 nd of February A. D. 1828, entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving Widows of Soldiers of the Revolution."
State of Pennsylvania Fayette County } S p .
On this twenty first day of February A. D. 1829, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Fayette, personally appeared Ann Hatfield, a resident of Union township in the county aforesaid, aged about seventy nine 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 2 nd of February 1828, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Elias Hatfield, who was a Private _____ during the Revolutionary War. The annual amount of the pension which I received under the Acts of July 7 th 1838, 3 rd of March 1823 & 17 th June 1824 was fifty dollars and I am still a widow.
In presence of W. W. Stump Daniel Hatfield
Ann H. Hatfield mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before W. W. Stump J. P.
State of Pennsylvania Fayette County } S p .
I W. W. Stump a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence, viz, my own personal knowledge that Ann Hatfield, who this day appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration is the identical individual she there represents herself to be. Given under my hand at Union township the day and year above written. W. W. Stump J. P.

State of Pennsylvania Berks County {
I Richard H. Hopkins Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said county do hereby cer- tify that W. W. Stump Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made who makes the certificate then following is a Justice of the Peace in & for the said county of Berks, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the several signatures foregoing purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court this 21 st day of February A. D. 1829.
Richd Hopkins Prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania County of Fayette
I, John Hadden, the lawful widow of Joseph Hadden late of Fayette County, deceased, of this county June 1797 aged 77 years, State of Middlesex County - 88 I do hereby certify that relative to my acquaintance with the widow Anne The late wife of Elias Hatfield late of said county deceased - That her the said widow with whom I was well acquainted since early youth in the said county of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey, I was also well acquainted with her father James Hadden, & her mother Elizabeth - That I was also well acquainted with the said Elias Hatfield, & also the time of his being a soldier in the Revolutionary war - That my said Joseph was also in said service, also his brother Thomas was a Captain, & his father Thomas Hadden was a Lt. Col. who died with his arms there possessed in said service, all of Col. Lough's Regiment - That I distinctly recollect that the said E. Hatfield was lawfully married on or about the tenth of April 1789, by Henry Mark Esq. of the same neighborhood (by whom I was also married eight days afterwards) - That in or about the month of May 1791 when we moved to this county, for the next year, my said Joseph Hadden returned to New Jersey with his wife, & through out the said Elias Hatfield the said Anne his wife, & with whom I have since been well acquainted as we all resided in the neighborhood of Union Town in said county, also in church communion ever since 1793 - That I was personally present at the above said marriage - I, J. Wilson believe the above statement to be just & true. I have been long & well acquainted with the said John Hadden, & also the said widow Hatfield from early years. I have been & subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in & for said county this 8th day of January 1816.
Wm. H. Thompson S.P. Samuel Wilson John Hadden mark
I, John Hadden, a resident by birth of the said County of Fayette County, do also certify that I have been long & well acquainted with the said John Hatfield, the only wife & lawful widow of Elias Hatfield who died on or about the 18th day of May A.D. 1839 in the neighborhood of Union Town in said County, in which I sincerely believe that the said Hatfield had resided in the same county, & no other since 1793 the same year as I believe, or as I have heard that they that he & Anne his wife came out from Middlesex County New Jersey with old Mr. Joseph Hadden & that they the said Elias & the said Anne his wife was a respectable citizen & resided adjoining neighbors with me, ever since the above named, & I have they raised a family, or all their family, Mrs. Anne Case, aged about 86 years & yet living in my house the same age of my youngest brother Alexander, & that they moved near Union Town & where I have since known the said family, & that her the said widow Hatfield, was in church communion for 60 years - That they had nine children born here & the said Anne was a least, or near, two years of age when they came here in 1793 - & that the said Elias & the said Anne mother of said children was always under the general reputation as lawfully married man & wife, nor was the same ever questioned, nor in any way controverted, nor mentioned.
I have been & subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in & for said County given under my hand this 8th day of Jan'y 1846. John Hadden S.P. Wm. H. Thompson S.P.
I certify to above named John Hadden Esq. is a credible witness.
State of Pennsylvania County of Fayette
I certify that relative to the above named Elias Hatfield & his wife, now his widow, late of the State of New Jersey, where I first knew the said Elias & his said above named affairs as above stated, viz, Col. Thomas Hadden, & Colonel Lough, & his General Nathaniel Hove under whom he the said Elias Hatfield served mostly under the direction of Quilicus Service, all of the New Jersey line, & that I also well knew old Mr. Thomas Hadden & his wife, the parents of the said John Hatfield, & that her said father, & mother, resided on a part of the said Col. Lough's place, adjoining the said John Hadden's father, Thomas Hadden's residence, who had also been a Captain but was promoted to the rank of Lt. Col. in the said militia - That I also distinctly recollect that the said Elias Hatfield was married to her said Anne Hadden, by Henry Mark, alias Mark, a Justice of the Peace, who resided in the same neighborhood of many of my relatives also of the said Haddens, Hatfields, & Loughs, & where I worked considerably for many years, & also in church communion - I believe that my parents mostly resided - & that I was married on the 23rd day 1789 & came to the said county of Fayette in 1791, & the said Hatfield & Haddens had moved to said county in 1791, & said Hatfield in 1792 where they & I have since known in lawful wedlock, ever since their said marriage of 1789.
I have been & subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in & for said County this 8th day of Jan'y, A.D. 1816. Samuel Wilson John Hadden mark Wm. H. Thompson S.P. I certify that the above named Samuel Wilson is a credible witness.
I certify that relative to the credibility & long residence of the said Elias & his wife Anne Hatfield, now his widow, also the above named, Widow Anne Hadden, residing in my said immediate neighborhood ever since the above mentioned period, & that I was also well acquainted with the said John Hatfield Esq. who then & yet resides at the above said place, & that the said Elias & her the said Anne his wife, who also mostly under the general reputation of having been & their residence in Union Town, as man & wife, & I have known her such ever since the said year of 1792, & raised a respectable family, & equally as much so, as any in the said county of Fayette, nor was their marriage ever known to be in the least questioned, & that I sincerely believe the testimony of those above named to be just & true.
I have been & subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in & for said County this 23rd day of March A.D. 1816. Andrew McCollum S.P. I certify that the above named Andrew McCollum is a credible witness, & a person of known respectability.
Wm. H. Thompson S.P. Andrew McCollum S.P.

State of Pennsylvania County of Lehigh
2. I know M c Collum age 80 years do hereby certify that my father known by the name of Col. John M c Collum of the Presbyterian Church in the town of Franklin County Tenn in 1792 & I have never since resided at or on the same place, & that I don't know the said Elias H. & his wife ever since the time period of 1792, who was always under the general repute of being lawfully married man & wife & who I know resided in strict union together as such, also in lawful wedlock of which I have never heard in the least contradicted, nor did I ever hear of any dissents whatever of filing nor in any way mentioned on that subject. & that they raised a very respectable family of children, I think about nine in number, Eliza H. being the oldest & aged about 56 or perhaps in her 57 year & who still resides in my immediate neighborhood, & likewise does several of the other children reside here. I have heard their said marriage mentioned of, & authenticated by the said widow Kim Haddox & her late husband Joseph Haddox, who was a person of known respectability, also was the said Elias H. & his wife, both of whom were respectable members of the church ever since 1793, & the said Elias, died on or about the 18 th day of May 1837, & that neither of whom had never resided out of the said county the said Elias being a person of about 56 years of age.
Respectfully, I subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in & for said County. Given under my hand at Union County this 2nd day of May, 1856. Wm. L. Gaff J. P. John Melickland
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named John McClelland who is a credible witness, of known respectability.

State of Pennsylvania County of Fayette
I do hereby certify that relative to the statement made by the said widow Mrs. Hatfield late the lawful wife, & now the widow of the said Elias Hatfield, who died in said county, & in the neighborhood of Union Town on or about the 18th of May 1839, that she, & the said Elias, was married some time in November 1789 by Henry Wolf Esq. alias Joseph Wolf of the same neighborhood of Col. Brugh & Lieutenant Col. Haddad, & not far from Rev. Nathaniel Lewis, & under whom the said E. Hatfield served at different periods of the Revolutionary war. That it was her residence in Morris county New Jersey, where she was born in part, also in part, in Upper Delaware Valley where she was mostly in time of the Revolution, in which she served in the volunteer battalions, for some periods under Capt. Morris & Capt. Dickerson & at one period under Col. Ford, and at some period under the said Col. Brugh. That he the said Elias Hatfield & I were married near about the same time, our children being near about the same age as his eldest child Amos, & our eldest son Nathaniel in the said year of 1791, when I lived, & Haddad. That I was also a soldier in the late war, & performed as substitute for six months for Israel Hunsicker of said county, in Co. B, 1st Regt. Penna. Line, commanded by Col. Lewis, of Col. Hille's Regt. Penna. Line of June of said year. I enlisted at the Fairmount of Erie Port, for the term of one year, under Captain Applegate, & discharged at Detroit on 12th June 1814 by Col. Isaac Van Horn, & I was volunteered for the expedition to Mackinaw, at the battle of which I was wounded . That with the exception of the above towns, of about 17 months absent &c. I was acquainted with the above named Elias Hatfield, until his death, & also with his said widow, since his death.
Sworn & subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in & for said county, this 7th day of April 1846
Wm. H. Stump S.P.
Wm. H. Stump
I certify the above named Wm. H. Stump is a credible witness by religious habits, & known as a person of strict ver- acity & truth.
Wm. H. Stump S.P.
Daniel Raine
Clerk of the court of the said county of Fayette, certify that Wm. H. Stump is a acting magistrate as above, and duly authorized as such, and the foregoing certificates purporting to be his genuine, in testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my seal of office, this 25th day of April 1846
D. Raine Clerk
I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the said Elias Hatfield who is a credible witness, by religious habits, & known as a person of strict veracity & truth.
Wm. H. Stump
State of Pennsylvania County of Fayette I do hereby certify that relative to the statement made by the said widow Mrs. Hatfield late the lawful wife, & now the widow of the said Elias Hatfield, who died in said county, & in the neighborhood of Union Town on or about the 18th of May 1839, that she, & the said Elias, was married some time in November 1789 by Henry Wolf Esq. alias Joseph Wolf of the same neighborhood of Col. Brugh & Lieutenant Col. Haddad, & not far from Rev. Nathaniel Lewis, & under whom the said E. Hatfield served at different periods of the Revolutionary war. That it was her residence in Morris county New Jersey, where she was born in part, also in part, in Upper Delaware Valley where she was mostly in time of the Revolution, in which she served in the volunteer battalions, for some periods under Capt. Morris & Capt. Dickerson & at one period under Col. Ford, and at some period under the said Col. Brugh. That he the said Elias Hatfield & I were married near about the same time, our children being near about the same age as his eldest child Amos, & our eldest son Nathaniel in the said year of 1791, when I lived, & Haddad. That I was also a soldier in the late war, & performed as substitute for six months for Israel Hunsicker of said county, in Co. B, 1st Regt. Penna. Line, commanded by Col. Lewis, of Col. Hille's Regt. Penna. Line of June of said year. I enlisted at the Fairmount of Erie Port, for the term of one year, under Captain Applegate, & discharged at Detroit on 12th June 1814 by Col. Isaac Van Horn, & I was volunteered for the expedition to Mackinaw, at the battle of which I was wounded . That with the exception of the above towns, of about 17 months absent &c. I was acquainted with the above named Elias Hatfield, until his death, & also with his said widow, since his death.
John McElvane
Wm. H. Stump S.P.

State of Pennsylvania Fayette County ss
On this fourth day of February 1843 personally appeared before me William Bryson a Justice of the peace in and for said County Ann Hatfield a resident of Union township in the County aforesaid aged between seventy and eighty 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 and the 23 rd of Augt. 1842 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the War of the Revolution That she is the Widow of Elias Hatfield dec d who was a revolutionary Soldier and to take a pension of the United States act 1832 at the rate of 50 ll per annum per m th Agency
She also declares that she was married to the said Elias in the year seventeen hundred and eighty nine as will more Satisfactorily be shown by reference to the papers filed in her late application for the benefit of the act 1838 - That her husband the aforesaid Elias died in May (1839) 1839 - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but previous to the 1 st of January 1894 and that she has not intermarried since the death of her husband - The application is made through her agent Mr. Alexander Ray of Washington Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me -
Ann the Hatfield Mother
William Bryson Justice of Peace

✓
PAY
Mr Alexander Ray Washington City
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Pennsylvania.
Fayette County, S.
J. David Haine
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County, do certify that William Bryan before whom the foregoing acknowledgement was made is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County. And Commission In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at
Uniontown this 1 st day of February 1843
J. David Haine Proth.

Miriam Fawns { Fayette Co Pa {
We the under signed, Citizens of the said County do hereby certify that we have been long & well acquainted with the Mr Elias Hatfield, who has been a resident of said County for at least forty years, & are with pleasure state that the said Mr Hatfield who is well known to be a person of truth, & strict veracity, & who is reputed as having been a Soldier of the Revolutionary war
Names
Isaac Pirtsel John Campbell Benjn Campbell
Names William Shewig J s Ewing
Samuel Sutton
As to Mr Hatfield's general good character for truth & veracity I take pleasure in certifying but further know not
Isaac Beeson
I perfectly agree with the above
Note David Ewing
Alexander Wolf
Ellis Bailey
I was informed that a greater number of names was not particularly necessary, therefore I preferred procuring the signatures of the first and most respectable characters of this vicinity
Elias his Hatfield mark

Dec 26 1846
John Hatfield
Rs Jan 23 d /45
PAID
C. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of pensions
Washington City

JOINT RESOLUTION.
A resolution explanatory of "An act making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and other pensions of the United States, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five."
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled "An act making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and other pensions of the United States, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five," shall not be so construed as in any way to effect the claims of those widows whose application for a pension, or an arrear of pension, at the passage of this resolution, shall have been made and filed in the Pension Office, awaiting the decision of the Commissioner of Pensions thereon.
APPROVED, January 23d, 1845.
AN ACT
Restricting the grant of pension in certain cases.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act, a pension shall not be granted to any widow for or during any part or portion of the time her husband may have received one, whose declaration therefor, shall not have been made on or before the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, and shall not have been received at the Pension Office on or before the twenty-third day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.
APPROVED, February 20th, 1845.
Pension Office,
MARCH 1, 1845.
Claimants under the foregoing resolution will make a declaration, setting forth the facts in the case, according to the subjoined form. The declaration may be made before any magistrate authorized to administer oaths. The official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
State of Pennsylvania County of Fayette
DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23d January, 1845.
WHEREAS the act of the 30th of April, 1844, prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner, I now make the following statement under oath, to obtain the benefits of the resolution above mentioned. I am the widow of
John Haines who was a soldier of the St. L. Louis line in the war of the Revolution; I have drawn a pension at the rate of
Fifty dollars per annum from the 1st of March 1831, which said pension was granted about the 8th or 10th of March 1831, and now ask for the amount due me from the 1st of March 1831 or to the 1st of March 1844 or until I am informed to the year 1844 until the day of correct the same according to the time when my former pension commenced. I made my declaration before the 30th of April, 1844, and it was filed in the Pension Office before the 23d of January, 1845. as I believe I am advised to solicit you to please to adjust my said claim as you may think just & right
Sworn to and subscribed before me, on this 21st day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five in Union Township in the said County
W. W. Thompson Justice of the Peace. Ann E. Hatfield
I CERTIFY, that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit. given under my hand at the above date.
State of Pennsylvania County of Fayette
W. W. Thompson Justice of the Peace.
I Daniel Haine Clerk of the Court in & for Fayette County do hereby certify that W. W. Thompson who has signed the foregoing is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Fayette aforesaid in the State of Pennsylvania and that the above is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office, this 24th day of December A.D. 1846 at Union Township in said County in the State of Pennsylvania aforesaid .
D. Haine Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette Co Pa
This I had notice of the return to your honor, until recently, until

State of Pennsylvania Fayette County ss
Know all Men by these presence that I, Ann Hatfield, prisoner of the United States & Widow of the above named Elias Hatfield. I do hereby constitute & appoint Samuel Sutton my true & lawful attorney with a power of substitution for me & and in my name to receive from J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions of the United States at Washington City my Pension from the 6th day of March 1831, or the 4th day of March 1836, to the 18th day of May 1839 or to pay the same to my said attorney or his substitute or order as the Commissioner of Pensions may deem to be lawful just & right
Witness my hand and seal this 21st day of September A.D. 1846
Ann Hatfield mark
W.W. Stump
State of Penn s County of Fayette ss
Be it known that on the 21st day of Septem r 1846 before me the Subscribed Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared the said Ann Hatfield as above named & acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act & deed, in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day last above mentioned.
W.W. Stump J.P.

Union Town Pa 27 th Novr. 1866
I have to apologize, for not answering have to fill up the within. The Hon. A. Stewart had sent the within to Partner J. H. DeFord, requesting him to get & send him a Power of Attorney &c, & it was some time before the said widow Mrs. Hatfield, & her son Timothy had found out this mistake & which caused this to meet with some delay, together with my own neglect, as not having been much here since she was last sworn. She is very frail & not able to leave her house for the last two, or three years which makes it more inconvenient to attend to her claim. Please answer when convenient. W. H. Stump's name having been certified too, by the Clerk of said County, which will appear in the deposition given in support of said widow. Hatfield's claim, I hope you may still answer in the present case.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
I have the honor to be Your Most Obedt Servant. Samuel Sutton
N.B. The widow Sarah Skelch, & the Widow Akles, again requests me to ask your honor if there is any law for widows of deceased soldiers who was killed in the war of 1812, if so they wish to apply, after your instructions.