Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4484, Ozias Hawley, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conni.
Hawley, Olias Sarah
No. 4484.
CONTENTS

7091
Ohio (Pittsburg agency) Ozias Hawley
of Portage - As in the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Churchill of the Regt. commanded by Col. Bradley in the Continental army for 9 m 9 days from '79
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 31 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of March 1833 and sent to John Whittlesey Esq. Ravenna O Arrears to 4th of March 1833. $ 62.00 Pension allowance ending 4 Sept 1833. 15.50
$77.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book 2 Vol. 8 Page 113.

5213.
Ohio — Vinc a
Sarah Hawley — widow of Ozias Hawley Conn n who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private — — —
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 31 — Dollars — — —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Nov r . 1849, and sent to
Messrs. Tilden & Ranney Ravenna Portage Co Ohio. —
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 343, Vol. 4

Ozias Hawley 9438-

The State of Ohio } On this twenty eighth day of August Portage County } A.D. 1832 personally appeared be- fore the Supreme Court of Ohio
Ozias Hawley a resident of Mendon Township in the County of Portage and State of Ohio, aged sixty eight 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, about the month of July in the year 1779, entered the service as a substitute for John Hawley his father and marched from Simsbury Township, in Hartford County, Connecticut to Horse neck where he remained upon duty for the term of one month when he was discharged by the Proclamation of his officer and returned home the names of the officers under whom he served this campaign he cannot recollect.
That in the month of June 1780 he entered the service of the United States in Colonel Bradley Regiment, under Genl. Huntington, and marched from Simsbury in Connecticut to Nelson's Point where he joined the main Army of Genl. Washington which at that time occupied both sides of the River from Nelson's Point he marched into New Jersey as far South as Newark and that he returned with the Army in the month of November following to the Highlands and soon after was discharged having served the term of six months for which he was drafted.
That in the month of February in the year 1781 he marched from Simsbury aforesaid as a Substitute for his brother John Hawley Jr. under the Command of Capt. John Churchill to Horse Neck where he remained upon hard duty for the term of two months, was then discharged by Proclamation of his officer and returned home. That in August of this year he went, as a Substitute for one Woodruff who had been drafted, to New Haven

where he remained for the term of one month and was then discharged as before. Having served in the different campaigns above mentioned, the term of ten months.
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
Ques. When and in what year were you born?
Ans. I was born in Simsbury, in Hartford County, Connecticut, in the year 1764.
Ques. Have you any Records of your age and if so when is it?
Ans. My age is Registered in the Records of Simsbury aforesaid.
Ques. Where were you living when called into the service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?
Ans. When called into the service I lived in Simsbury Connecticut, since the War in Ohio and Sandusky field in the State of Massachusetts and for the last four years in the Township of Freedom Portage County Ohio where I now reside.
Ques. How were you called into service, were you drafted did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom?
Ans. I was drafted for one term and served as a substitute in two other terms as stated in my declaration I was a substitute for Woodruff, as before stated.
Ques. 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 service.
Ans. I cannot be more particular than I have been in the body of my statement.
Ques. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
Ans. I had one at the close of the War, but have lost it - I do

not recalled who signed it.
Ques. 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?
Ans. Paul Larkum has known me ever since I left the Army, and knows my character in every respect - Zina Hawley also can testify to my character, and services - sworn to and subscribed the day aforesaid Ozias Hawley afforesaid. Before me John P. Skinner Dept. Clerk of Supreme Court
We Paul Larkum of Freedom in the county of Portage and State of Ohio and Zina Hawley residing in the same place hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ozias Hawley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and he believ him to be 68 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, and we further state that there is no Clergyman in the Township of Freedom sworn to and subscribed the day and Zina Hawley year aforesaid Before me Paul Larkum
John P. Skinner Dept. Clerk of S. Court And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the, 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 Paul Larkum and Zina Hawley who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the Township of Freedom and county of Portage aforesaid that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I George Kirkum clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio for the county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Ozias Hawley for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this first day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Geo. Kirkum Clerk.

9874 Sarah Hawley Ohio
July 7 1838
Sarah Hawley M 86 D 36
L. d. June 18 12 30
o 30
Hon S. R. Ziden ITR

The State of Ohio Portage County ss
On this Seventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in Open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Portage and State of Ohio Sarah H. Worley a resident of the Township of Freedom in the County of Portage and State of Ohio Aged Seventy nine 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 1832 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows." That she is the Widow of Oliver Hunsley who was a private in the Militia in the War of the Revolution And that at the time he entered the service he resided in the township of Salisbury in the State of Connecticut
She further declares that she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim. That the said Oliver Hunsley was a pensioner and that after his decease his pension certificate was (According to the best of her knowledge and belief) returned to the pension agency in Pittsburgh State of Pennsylvania for the purpose of claiming the amount of pension due the said Oliver Hunsley at the time of his decease. And she further declares that the said Oliver Hunsley was pensioned under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 entitled "An Act Supplementary to the Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution"

and that the evidence upon which he was pensioned is of record in the office of the Secretary of War, but in what book of year the same may be found, that in consequence of not having the pension certificate of the said Officer to which the comr refers is unable to state, the pension states that at the time he was pensioned he resided in the Township of Freedom in the County of Portage and State of Ohio.
She further declares that she was married to the said Officer Monday on the fifth day of December in the Year Seventeen hundred and Eighty Six. That her husband the aforesaid Officer Monday died on the Eighteenth day of June in the Year One Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty Six (1836). That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and eighty four at the time above stated.
Sarah Stanley
Sworn to and subscribed on this day and year above
before me in open Court
Orace W. Beebe Deputy Clerk of said Court

I Osgood. A Resolved of the County of Portage and State of Ohio of lawful age, being first duly sworn according to law, on my solemn oath do hereby say, that Elias Hawley late of the Township of Freedom in said County deceased, was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his decease, that he was pensioned under the Act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 entitled "An Act Supplementing to the Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution" and that for several years previous to his decease he and I his wife Sarah in Hawley resided in his family, and that I was present at the time of his death which took place on the Eighteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty six. That at the time of his decease, he left surviving the said Sarah Hawley his widow, and that the said Sarah Hawley since the death of her said husband has continued to reside in my family to the present time, and that she has not been married since the decease of her said husband. I further depose and say that for several years previous to the death of the said Elias, and since his decease to the present time, I have had possession and care of all of property and effects of every description, and can more positively state that there is no family record of the marriage of the said Elias to the said Sarah, in existence. And I further depose and say, that from my personal knowledge, the aforesaid Sarah Hawley is the widow of the aforesaid Elias Hawley who was a pensioner as above stated, and the same is the said Sarah Hawley who signed the Declaration hereto attached marked A and no other or different individual or person whatsoever - and further this deponent saith not - Osgood Osgood Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2 nd day of December A.D. 1843 William L. Drake Justice of the peace

Also we Lins Howley and Compts Lastcond
of the County of Portage and State of Ohio of lawful age being first duly sworn according to law on our said oath upon and say, that according to the best of our recollection we have been acquainted with Olin Howley and Sarah Howley as husband and wife, some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty five or some at which time they resided in the Township of Sandusky Ohio in the County of Portage and State of Massachusetts, and that we have been intimately acquainted with them from that time to the time of the decease of the said Olin which took place in the month of June A D 1836, and have also been intimately acquainted with the said Sarah Howley from the death of her said husband to the present time, we further depose and say, that we cannot from our recollection positively state, that we were present at the time of the marriage of the said Olin to the said Sarah, but can, and do, most positively and unhesit- atingly state, that at the time of our first acquaintance with them husband and wife in the year 1780, they were then living together in said Township of Sandusky Ohio, acknowledged, known, and reported as husband and wife and were at all times since that time, to the time of the decease of the said Olin, continued to live together as such husband and wife, and at all times acknowledged, known, and reported as such, and that they lived together as such husband and wife previous to the first day of January in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety four - And we further depose and say, that the said Olin Howley was a pensioner of the United States, and that at the time of his death he left surviving the said Sarah Howley his widow, and who is still living, and has been since her widowhood, and that from our personal knowledge the of our said

Sarah Hawley is the same identical Sarah Hawley who signed the Declaration before attached marked A and no other different individual or person whatsoever. And further these deponents saith not. Zina Hawley Comfort his wife Sworn to and subscribed before me this 23 rd day of December AD 1843.
Justice of the peace
Also I J. H. Warming of the County of Portage and State of Ohio of lawful age being first duly sworn on my said oath do hereby say that for nearly one year past I have endeavored and taken all reasonable measures within my power to ascertain and procure a transcript of the record of the Marriage of the aforesaid Zion Hawley and Sarah Hawley and for that purpose have caused the records of Marriages to be inspected and searched in the Township and County in which they were said to have been married and have been wholly unable to find any record whatever thereof. And from the information which I have been able to obtain I am confidently of the opinion that no record of such Marriage can be found. And I further state that I have also taken considerable pains to procure the Marriage by individuals who were present and saw the Marriage Ceremony performed, but have been also wholly unable to find any person living who was able to testify to that fact. And further this deponent saith not. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 23 rd day of December AD 1843. J. H. Warming Justice of the peace

The State of Ohio } Portage County } ss
I Osceola S. Drake a Justice of the peace within and for said County, do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Corydon O. Arnold Lina Hawley Bonfort Lathrop — and John G. Ranney and know them to be respectable and credible persons in whose testimony implicit confidence should be placed
Dec 23 d A.D. 1843
Osceola S. Drake J.P.
The State of Ohio } Portage County } ss
I Horace M. Beebe Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Portage in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that Osceola S. Drake Esq. before whom the foregoing Depositions were taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified that his Commission was dated on the eleventh day of June A.D. 1842 and will expire on the eleventh day of June A.D. 1845 and that the foregoing signatures purporting
to be his are genuine —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty fifth day of December A.D. 1843 —
Horace M. Beebe Dep. Clerk

9.438
Ozias Hamley
Postage bounty
Ohio
from 1779 until
9 mo. 9 days
#31.
1 July to Dec 9 1780
529 days
on Roll
John Whittlesey
Ohio
2

BRIEF in the case of  Ozias Harvey  of the County  of  Portage  in the State of  Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 88 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     July In 1779. July 1. 1 Private Not recollected   drafted '80 June 5. 9 do Col Bradley Gen Huntington   July '81 Feb 2 do Capt Churchill   do 81 August 1.   9 1  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Linsburg Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not defective 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. J. Evans. Examining Clerk.

Disposition of Compt Larkcom
I Compt Larkcom of the township of Sycamore county of Portage and state of Ohio, of Compt Larkcom being first duly sworn on my oath dispose and say, that I have heretofore given two depositions in the case of Sarah Hawley's application for a pension; in the last of which depositions, I was informed that I have stated that I was confident that the marriage between Osias and Sarah Hawley took place in the year 1776, or 1777 and that the fact I was able to arrive at satisfactorily to my own mind from my marriage with Paul Larkcom, on the 19th of June 1777, and that I saw the said Osias & Sarah were married a few months previous to myself. This part of my said deposition, so far as dates are concerned is not true, nor did I intend to make any such statement. I was called upon by Mr. Gordon O. Arnold as to what knowledge I had of the marriage between the said Osias and Sarah Hawley, and I gave him a statement of my knowledge of it, the same as is contained in said deposition except the substituting 1776, or 1777 for 1786, or 1787, a mistake which I believe to have been made, by the said Arnold in writing down my statement from which writing the said deposition was drawn up - I did not notice the error at the

years at the time the deposition was read to me and at the time I signed the same. I again, on my oath say that all the facts contained in my said deposition (with the exception of said error of ten years) as to my knowledge of the marriage of the said Elias and Sarah Hawley, are true. I intended to have said in my former deposition, and do now on my oath say that from the facts stated in my former deposition I have no doubt that the marriage between Elias & Sarah Hawley took place in 1786 or 1787. I was married to Paul Larkcom on the 19th of June, 1787. And further this deponent saith not
In presence of O. L. Drake A. B. Larkcom
(Comfort her mark) Larkcom
Sworn to, and subscribed before me this Seventh day of April A.D. 1845
Osannus L. Drake Justice of the Peace
Deposition of Liria Hawley
I Liria Hawley, of the township of Windham County of Portage, and state of Ohio of lawful age, being first duly sworn, on my oath depose and say, that I have given two depositions in the case of Sarah Hawley's application for a pension, the last of which, I am informed contains a statement as follows: That on the 23. day of July 1790. I left the House of my father and

commenced business for myself. That before I left my father, as near as I can recollect, some time in the year 1776 the said Elias returned with the said Sarah; and a short time thereafter the said Elias, and the said Sarah moved home to my father's to live, and continued to live there as husband and wife for two or three years previous to the month of July 1790."
I, again on my oath say that the above facts are true except that of the marriage of the said Elias & Sarah in the year 1776. The marriage of the said Elias & Sarah as I designed to state it in my former deposition, and as I now state it according to my best recollection, from the facts referred to in my former deposition took place about the year 1786. I am not able to say now the erroneous deposition occurred by which 1776 instead of 1786 was inserted, but am of opinion that it was the fault of the person who drew up for me said deposition. I further say this error, at the time my deposition was read to me, & at the time I signed the same, escaped my observation - And further this deponent saith not -
Yziah Hawley Sworn to, and subscribed, this 2 nd day of April A.D. 1845
Before me
Orville L. Hopkins

Deposition of Corydon O. Arnold
I, Corydon O. Arnold of the Township of Freedom in the County of Portage and State of Ohio, of lawful age being first duly sworn, on my oath say, That I am the person referred to in the deposition of Comfort Larkcom as having taken the statement of her testimony from which was drawn her deposition in the case of Sarah Hensley's application for a pension. I supposed at the time of taking said statement, that I wrote down the facts as given to me by Mrs. Larkcom and I cannot from my present recollection of the transaction state how the mistake occurred by which 1776. & 1777 for 1786. & 1787 were substituted. Mrs. Larkcom is of the opinion that the mistake was my own. I have no doubt, that Mrs. Larkcom intended to state the marriage between Phebe & Sarah Hensley as having taken place in 1786, or 1787. Corydon O. Arnold Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th day of May 1845-
Osannus L. Drake Justice of the Peace

Disposition of John L. Runny of the village of Ravenna county of Portage and state of Ohio of lawful age, being first duly sworn on his oath deposes and says, that he drew up the dispositions of Comfort Luskoin and Julia Hensley referred to above, and that the deposition of Comfort Luskoin was drawn from a written statement of Corydon O. Arnold, in which the years 1776 & 1777 were substituted for the years 1786 & 1787. He also states that the mistake in dates in the deposition of Julia Hensley was made by himself, that the said Hensley, had furnished a statement of what he could testify to in the case, and that he inserted  stated the dates in drawing up the deposition so as to conform to those given in the statements of Mrs. Luskoin supposing them to be the true dates, and those intended to be given by the witness. The depositions were read to the witnesses, but the error escaped their observation and further this deponent saith not J. L. Runny
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12 th day of May April A.D. 1845
E. Spalding Justice Peace

I am acquainted with the within witnesses - with Messrs Hawley, Arnold & Ramey intimately and certify that they are persons of irreproachable moral character, and their statements entitled to full credit. Mr Hawley is an aged man, but still active and one of the best business men in our county. I am not well acquainted with Mrs. Larkson, but from inquiry of those who know her, I learn that she sustains an excellent reputation. J. R. Hill U.S.
The State of Ohio, I William Coolman Clerk of the Court of Portage County, Common Pleas within and for said County of Portage certify that Osamias L. Drake & Ebenezer Spaul- ding Esquires before whom the within affidavits were taken were at the time of taking the same Justices of the peace within & for said County, duly commissioned and sworn and that the within signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of said Court and subscribe my name this 21 st day of May A. D. 1845. William Coolman Clerk

Warren Portage County Ohio
September 19 th 1844 -
Hon. James L. Ellavens
Comm ee of Pensions -
Dr Sir
Your favor to the Hon. Danl. R. Tilden mean date of the 13 th of August last was duly Rec d . In which you state that the depositions taken in the case of the application of Sarah Hawley for a pension under the act of Congress of July 7 th /38 are not sufficiently certain to establish her marriage with Ozias Hawley previous to the 1 st of January 1794. inasmuch as the witnesses swear from general recollection without adducing any facts calculated to impress the precise time when the marriage took place upon their memories.
In order to remedy this defect in the proof we have again taken the depositions of these witnesses, in which they are seen to fix the date of which they cannot mistake, and we think conclusively establish that the marriage took place at least as early as the beginning of the year 1787. These facts would have been recited in their former depositions, but for the reason that we did not at that time conceive them to be important. The depositions are herewith transmitted, and we hope will be found to contain all that may be deemed necessary upon that point. If we correctly understand you

The proof of the Marriage is now the only point you claim objection in the case
And with great respect Sir we Remain Your Most obt. Humble Serv t Tilson & Ramsey

Comfort Larkcom of the County of Portage and State of Ohio, of lawful age, being first duly sworn according to Law deposes and says, that she has been acquaintance with Oliver Hawley (late of the Township of Freedom in the County and State aforesaid), and his wife Sarah for more than sixty years previous to the decease of the said Oliver, and that she has also been intimately acquainted with the said Sarah Hawley from the time of the decease of her said husband to the present time, and that during almost the whole time that she has been acquainted with them as above stated, she has lived in the same Township and neighborhood with them. She further deposes and says that at the time of the marriage of the said Oliver and Sarah she was living at home with her father in the same neighborhood with them, and that she recollects the event of their marriage very distinctly from a variety of circumstances, but is unable to fix positively on the precise date at which the marriage took place, but is confident that it took place either in the year 1776 or 1777 and that she is enabled to arrive at satisfactorily to her own mind from the fact that she was married to Paul Lark (now deceased) on the 19 th day of June AD 1777, and knows that they were married but a few months previous to herself, and from this additional fact that there was only two or three months difference in the birth of her oldest child, and that of the oldest child of the said Oliver and Sarah which were both born in a little less than one year after their respective marriages took place. She further deposes and says that her

from reflection she is able to say that she was not present at the time the marriage took place between them, but well re- collects that her father and Mother and Bro: Preston and the widow Rowley (all of whom are now deceased) did go to the Wedding, and this she the more distinctly recollects from the fact that after the wedding they all returned to her father's house and sang some of David's Psalms, and made a good deal of sport about it, on account of the said Sarah's father requiring the Psalms to be sung at the We- dding as they were contained in the bible She further deposes and says that from the foregoing circumstances as well as from many others which are yet fresh in her recollection, she is able to, and does state positively and without any qualification that the marriage between the said O'Leary and the said Sarah took place as early as some time in the early part of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, and that from that time onward to the time of the death of the said O'Leary (which took place in the month of June AD 1836) they lived together as husband and wife, and at all times known acknowledged and referred to as such. She further deposes and says that the said O'Leary was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death and that the said Sarah O'Leary is still his widow, and has not intermarried since his death, and that she the said Sarah O'Leary is the same identical person whom claimant, praying for the grant of a pension under the act of Congress of July 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting

half pay and pensions to certain widows;) is on file in the pension office, and the which said declaration is ap- pended the deposition of this deponent
And further this deponent saith not Sworn to and subscribed before me {Comfort M Lallecom on this 11th day of September AD Mark 1844 - Osamus L. Drake Justice of the Peace In presence of Osamus L. Drake
Sarah Lallecom
Ellary A. Lallecom

Wedding of Sarah or her Sister Deborah she is confident it was Sarah

The State of Ohio } I, Osamus L. Drake a Justice of the Peace Portage County } within and for said County, do hereby certify that I am personally, and intimately, acquainted with the said Robert Parkman who subscribed the fore- going deposition, and also with the said Linus Hawley who subscribed the following deposition, and from my personal knowledge, most intentionally state, that they are both of them, respectable and credible persons, in good standing in society, and in whose testimony full and perfect confidence ought to be placed
Given under my hand this 7th day of December AD 1842.
Osamus L. Drake Justice of the Peace

I Lina Hawley of the County of Portage and State of Ohio of lawful age, being first duly sworn, according to law do- re and say that I was a brother of Ozias Hawley late of the Township of Freedom in the County and State aforesaid, deceased and who at the time of his decease was a pensioner of the United States. I further depose and say that during my mi- nority, and until I attained the age of Twenty one years I lived with, and resided in my father's family as a member thereof That I arrived at the age of Twenty one years on the 23 day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Ninety, and immediately thereafter left the home of my father and commenced business for myself, and have never resided in the family of my father since.
I further depose and say that before I left my father and commenced business for myself, and as near as I can now recollect some time in the year 1776 the said Ozias intermarried with his present widow Sarah Hawley, and in a short time thereafter the said Ozias and his said wife Sarah removed home to my father's house to live, and continued to live there as husband and wife for the space of two or three years previous to the said Month of July AD 1790, when I left home, and commenced business for myself. These facts I very distinctly recollect and am positive that I cannot be mistaken in the fact that they lived together and left home as husband and wife in the dwelling house of my father for at least two years before I left home and

went into business for myself in the month of July AD 1790
I further depose and say that I have at all times since the marriage of the said Oliver and Sarah lived either in the same neighborhood or within a few miles of them, and have been quite familiar with their family affairs, and from personal knowledge can and do most positively state that they have at all times since their said marriage to the time of the death of the said Oliver (which took place on the 18th day of June AD 1836) lived together as husband and wife. That they have raised a family, and were at all times dur- ing said period known acknowledged and reported as such husband and wife, and although I am unable to state positively that I was present at their marri- age, or the precise time when they were in fact mar- ried, yet from the foregoing circumstances as well as from many others which are yet fresh in my remembrance I do know and can most positively state that they were reputed to have been married and actually lived together as husband and wife and by all who knew them reputed and acknowledged as such husband and wife at least as early as the year 1788. And I further depose and say that the said Sarah Hendley is still living, and a widow, and has not intermarried since the death of her said

knows that the said Oliver, and that she is the same identical person whose declaration is on file in the Pension Office praying for the grant of a pension under the act of Congress of July 7 th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" and upon which said declaration is also affixed the dep- osition of this deponent.
And further this deponent saith not- knows to and subscribes before me this 9 th day of September } Zilla Hawley AD 1844
Osamus L. Drake Justice of the Peace The State of Ohio } I William Woodman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Portage County } for the County of Portage in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that Osamus L. Drake Esq. before whom the foregoing and annexed depositions were taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this seventeenth day of September AD 1844.
William Woodman Clerk By James M. Beal Deputy

Warrenton, Portage Co. O. Decr 10 th 1844.
D r Sir
We have the Honor herewith to return to your Department, the additional Evidence in the case of Genl. Hawley, together with the accompanying certificate of the acting Magistrate, in conformity to the instructions contained in your favor under date of the 29 th of Nov last, confidently confiding in the belief, that the claim of the Widow, will now be satisfactorily presented to the Department, and that her pension will be immediately granted by your Honor.
With sentiments of the highest Respect we remain your Most ob t humble Servants.
Thos M c Maney
Hon d . Dennis G. Edwards Head of Pensions Washington City
D.G.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Oliver Hawley which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No — two Citizens
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? Yes
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 shewn 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Oct. 1. 1891
Rev. Geo. H. Harky.
J. C.
From J. P. Hildreth
J. Edwards Washington D.C.

7 Ranum Sept 26. 1845
Sir
I have been requested to write you in relation to the case of Sarah Hawley. It has lingered a long time, and by the faults of her agents much injustice has been done her by this delay.
Will you please inform me at your earliest convenience what the this case has been acted upon.
Very Truly
Your obed. Servt.
D. W. R. Hilliard
Col. James L. Edwards

Pension Office January 25 th 1844
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you that the case of Sarah Hawley has been examined and her papers filed.
The Certificate of the Town Clerk in Connecticut should be adduced as to the existence of any record which may show the relation of husband and wife, prior to January 1794, unless a family record, made more than twenty years ago, can be furnished showing that fact.
The family register of one of the children may supply the requisite proof.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant J L Edwards
Hon. D. R. Wilder, House of Representatives -

I Lemuel R. Strickland of - Sandisfield in the County of - Berkshire & Commonwealth of - Massachusetts do hereby certify & say that I am Clerk of the town of - Sandisfield & have taken the oath to qualify me to discharge the duties of - my Office that I have in my Office the Records of - the town of - Sandisfield from the time of - the Incorporation of - said town viz 1762 down to the present time March 18 th - 1844. that I have examined the Records of - said town prior to January 1 st 1794 & can find no Record in the town of - Sandisfield of - the Marriage of - Oria Hawley & Sarah Spink or by which the relation of - husband & wife can be shown prior to that time as having been consummated or as having existed between them.
Lemuel R. Strickland
Commonwealth of - Massachusetts Berkshire County ss. March 18. 1844
Personally appeared Lemuel R. Strickland Esquire & made oath that the facts stated in the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed are true - & I further certify that I am well acquainted with the s. Lemuel R. Strickland Esquire & that he is a credible witness.
Lester Filly Justice of the Peace

I Charles Sedgwick clerk of the court of Common Pleas do certify that Vester Filley Esq. before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Samuel K. Strickland was made & sworn is a Justice of the peace within & for said County of Berkshire duly commissioned & qualified acting under the authority of said Commonwealth & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 19 th day of March 1844 Charles Sedgwick Clerk

Washington April 9. 1844
Sir
I forward you the testimony required in the case of Mrs. Sarah Hawley. If there be now no impediment to the allowance of the pension, I hope it may meet your early consideration as she is in great need.
Very truly
Yours &c. Sir
Hon. J. S. Edwards Chair of Pensions B.
D. W. R. Hildreth

Rey  WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
4484
Sarah Hensley
Wid.
Abias Hensley
Pitt. Rev. War
Act: _____
July 28/18
Index:—Vol. _____
81
Page _____
303
[Arrangement of 1870.]

7322.
Ohio.
Sarah Hawley, widow of Ozias Hawley, who was a private, in the Connecticut line,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 31 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th. day of October, 1845, and sent to Hon: D. R. Tilden, Ravenna, Ohio,
[Act of March 3, 1843.
817 June, 1844
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 2 Page 204

adm'd. under joint resolution of Jan'y: 23 d 45 & act 7 July 1836 -

9652.
Chio
Sarah Hawley,
widow of Ozias Hawley , who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832, and who died on the 18 th June, 1856, of Portage in the State of Ohio - who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Churchill of the commanded by Bradley in the Connecticut line for 9 mos: 9 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 31 — Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th - day of October 1845 and sent to Hon D.R. Tilden, Ravenna, Ohio.
Total amount, $155.00
[Act July 7, 1838.] 77. 1. 2. 200 Jany. 45
Recorded Myrtle Stewart Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 — Page 389. —

No 9874
Sarah Howley Mans of Ozear Ohio
acts 7 July 1838 and Joint Resolution of the 23 January 1845
Adm. 9 mo 9 days $31 25 per ann
Adm acts March 1843 and 17 June 1844 731 25 per ann
Hon Danl R. Tilden Ravenna Ohio

V 9874
let. to Hon. D. R. Tilden Jan. 25. 1844
to Same May 27. 1844 " " Augt 10. "44 " " 13 th "44.8 Tilden & Raper 29. Nov. 1844 Same persons Jan'y 16. 1845. " do do June, 30. 1845.

Kanawha, July 30. 1844
Sir
I have been induced in addition to the letter this day addressed you in the case of Mrs. Squares to write you concerning the case of Sarah Hawley. The best proof in her case has been submitted. There is no second evidence of the marriage as is shown by the testimony already forwarded to your Department. This testimony was obtained in pursuance of the suggestion contained in your letter of the 25 th of Jan y . 1844, and it was supposed that your object in refusing proof that no such second evidence existed was to render ineffective the other proof on file in the case, which we supposed you deemed sufficient, as you stated nothing to the contrary.
The best proof in the case is now submitted and I hope you will reconsider the case. It has appeared to me that there could be no possible doubt of the marriage from the proof on file in the Department. I refer you particularly to the testimony of Mr. Isaac Hawley who, from my recollection of the deposition testifies very clearly that the parties were living together as husband and wife prior to 1794.
Hon. J. L. Edmonds
Yours with great respect J. R. Hillen

Waverly Postage Comd Ohio Nov 13 th 1849
Hon James L. Edwards Chairman of Pensions Sir
Enclosed we find you the declaration of Mrs Sarah Hamsey, in order to obtain a pension under the act of Feb-7. 2 nd 1848.
With consideration of the highest respect we remain Yours &c. Tilden & Ramsey

The State of Ohio } Portage County } ss
On this second day of November A D 1849 personally appeared before the Subscribed one of the Justices of the peace within and for said County, Sarah Hawley widow of Ozias Hawley a resident of the Township of Windham in the County and State aforesaid aged 85 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 on the 2 d of February A D 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Ozias Hawley who was a private in the War of the Revolution and who died in the Township of Freedom in said County of Portage on the 18 th day of May  June A D 1856. She further declares and says that her said Husband the said Ozias Hawley was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Thirty Three dollars per annum that at the time he was pensioned he resided in the Township of Freedom in said County of Portage but not having in her possession his papers in Certificate to which to refer she is unable to state at what precise time or the particulars in respect to the service upon which he was pensioned and therefore begs leave to refer to the records thereof in the office of the Secretary of War.

She further declares and says that she in virtue of the services of her said husband also drew a pension amounting to the sum of Thirty Three — — —
Dollars — — — — — per annum
under the act of June 17th 1844 entitled an act "to continue the pensions of certain widows" and that she is still a widow.
Sarah his Hawley deceased
attest L. Harkness. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year E. I. whose above written before me
Osanneus S. Drake Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio } Portage County } ss
Osanneus S. Drake one of the Justices of the peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above named Sarah Hawley is personally known to me, and that she is the same identical S. H. who drew a pension from the United States as stated in her said declaration.
Given under my hand this 2nd day of November A.D. 1849 Osanneus S. Drake Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio, PORTAGE COUNTY, ss.
I Horace G. Beebe — Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the county of Portage and State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that Osanneus S. Drake Esquire, before whom the foregoing and annexed declarations were taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose official acts, as such, full faith and credit are due, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine as I believe.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Ravenna, this 3rd day of November A.D. 1849
Horace G. Beebe CLERK. By Daniel J. Hopkins Dept.

Osanne S. Take Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio ss. Portage County ss. 3
On this Seventh day of July A.D. 1843 personally appeared before the Subscribed a Justice of the Peace within and for said County Sarah Knowlton a resident of the township of Inverness in the County of Portage and State of Ohio aged Eighty One 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 on the third day of March A.D. 1843 granting a pension to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War and also to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 17th 1844 entitled "an act to continue the pensions of certain widows" and further claiming the benefit of the Joint Resolution of Congress of January 23rd 1848; That she is the widow of Ozias Knowlton who was a private in the War of the Revolution and who was also a pensioner of the United States and died as stated in her declaration heretofore filed in the office of the Commissioners of Pensions to which for a greater certainty she refers. She further declares and says that she is still a widow and the same identical person whose declaration claiming a pension under the act of Congress of July 7th A.D. 1838 is on file in the office of the Commissioners of Pensions and under which she is entitled to a pension of thirty one dollars per annum.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day first above written in presence of
Osamnus L. Drake Climena S. Drake
Before me
Osamnus L. Drake Justice of the Peace I certify that the above affiant is personally known to me and that she is the same identical individual whose declaration is on file in the office of the Commissioners of Pensions as stated in the foregoing affidavit. Osamnus L. Drake Justice of the Peace