MILITARY: War of 1812 Pension: Mary widow of Daniel Gearhart (1871); Jackson Co., IA

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WAR 0f 1812 Declaration of a widow for pension-State of Iowa, county of Jackson-
-On this 18th day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy one,  
personally appeared before me, E. J. Holmes Clerk of the District Court of  
the__, a court of record in and for the county and State, aforesaid Mary  
Gearhart, aged 77 (or 79) years, a resident of Fulton, county of Jackson State  
of Iowa, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow  
of Daniel Gearhart, who served the full period of sixty days in the Military  
service of the United States in the war of 1812; and who was the identical  
Daniel Gearhart who, was drafted in Captain Jacob Homel at Northumberland,  
Northumberland Co., Penn or about 15th day of September 1814 and was honorably  
discharged at Philadelphia, Penn on the 22nd day of December, 1814; that When my  
husband was drafted he resided at Northumberland Village, Northumberland Co., PA  
said soldier was a private when he was drafted he went to Philadelphia he then  
went to Marcus hook on the Delaware and remained there a month or two and from  
there was called back to Philadelphia and discharged. My husband recd 40 acres  
of land for said service first and then afterwards one hundred and twenty, at  
time he left discharge at the office of Commissioner of Land, Washington D.C.  
that she was married under the name of Mary Gearhart to said Daniel Gearhart on  
the 22nd day of October 1813 by Mr. Norberry a Justice of the Peace at  
Northumberland Co., Penn, there being no legal barrier to such marriage; that  
her said husband died one mile from Pulaski, Mercer Co., Penn on the 27th day of  
March 1861, and that she has not remarried since his death; that at no time  
during the late rebellion against the authority of the United States, did she or  
her said husband adhere to the cause of the enemies of the Government, giving  
them aid or comfort; or exercised the functions of any office whatever under any  
authority, or pretended authority, in hostility to the United States; that she  
will support the constitution of the United States; that she is not in receipt  
of a pension under any previous act; that she makes this declaration for the  
purpose of being placed on the pension rolls of the United States, under the  
provision of the act approved February 14, 1871, and hereby constitutes and  
appoints, with full power of substitution and revocation, Benjamin F. Thomas of  
Andrew Jackson Co., Iowa, her true and lawful attorney..to prosecute her claim  
and obtain the pension certificate that may be issued; that her post office is  
at Fulton County of Jackson State of Iowa: that her domicile or place of abode  
is Fulton, Jackson Co., Iowa Mary X (her mark) Gearhart
Attest:
E. J. Holmes William Buchanan
Also personally appeared Rachael Gearhart and Daniel Gearheart, Jr. residing in  
Fulton, Jackson Co., Iowa persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled  
to credit, and who being by me duly sworn, say: They were present and saw Mary  
Gearhart, the claimant, make her mark to the foregoing declaration; that they  
have every reason to believe, from appearance of said claimant and their  
acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself  
to be; and at no time during the late rebellion against the authority of the  
United States did she or her said husband adhere to the cause of the enemies of  
the Government, or give them aid or comfort; and that they have no interest in  
the prosecution of this claim. Rachael (her mark) Gearhart, D. C. Gearhart;  
Attest to mark E. J. Holmes Sworn to and subscribe before me, this 18th day of  
March A.D., 1871...E. J. Holmes, clerk

State of Iowa, County of Jones ss--On this 13th day of December 1873, personally  
appeared before me, a Notary Public, in and for the county and State aforesaid,  
Mary Gearhart, aged 77 years, a resident of the town of Madison, in Said county  
and State, who being duly Sworn according to Law, declares, that She is the  
Widow of Daniel Gearhart, that she was married to said Daniel Gearhart, in the  
month of June 1813, at Northumberland in the Town of Pint, County of  
Northumberland and State of Pennsylvania, by one Norberry, a Justice of the  
Peace in and for Town, County and State aforesaid, that her name before her said  
marriage was Mary Triester, that her husband died in the Town of Shenango,  
County of Mercer, State of Pennsylvania, on the 27 day March, 1861, and that She  
is still his widow, that there is no public record of her marriage, that She has  
made every effort to obtain such record evidence but fails to obtain it, and  
that She cannot furnish any other better evidence that that which she now  
produces. Mary X (her mark) Gearhart
Sworn to and Subscribed, before me on the day and year first above mentioned and  
hereby certify that I know the said deponent, Mrs. Mary Gearhart to be  
respectable and worthy of credit and that I am not interested in her claim as  
Attorney or otherwise. signed John E. Lovejoy Notary Public

State of Iowa County of Jones ss On this 13th day of December 1873 personally  
appeared before me a Notary Public in and for Said County and State aforesaid  
Daniel Gearheart, well known by me, a resident of the town of Madison county of  
Jones and State of Iowa, who being duly Sworn according to law doth depose and  
Say that his age is 47 years that he is the son of Daniel Gearhart, Sr. that he  
was born in the Town of Shenango, County of Mercer and State of Pennsylvania,  
that his father died at Shenango in the County of Mercer, Penn in the year 1861  
and that his Mother Mary Gearhart, widow of said Daniel Gearhart, Sr. is now  
living with him, that he lived at home with his said father and Mother until he  
was 28 years of age, that his Said father and mother, Daniel and Mary Gearhart  
lived together from his earliest recollection up to the date of his death, as  
husband and wife, that his Said Mother has made every effort in her power to  
obtain Some Record evidence of her marriage or eye witness to the ceremony but  
that Said evidence cannot be obtained. Daniel X (his mark) Gearhart
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first mentioned and I  
certify that I know the affiant to be a creditable person; and that I have no  
interest in Said claim. John E. Lovejoy, Notary Public

State of Iowa, County of Jones, Town of Madison ss
On this 13th day of December 1873, personally appeared before me, a Notary  
Public in and for the County and State aforesaid Mrs. Martha Cameron aged 91 and  
Nathan Clark age 73, who being duly Sworn according to Law, declare that they  
are well acquainted with the family of Daniel Gearhart, Deceased, that they are  
also well acquainted with Mrs. Mary Gearhart, widow of said Daniel Gearhart,  
that they know that said parties lived together as husband and wife since the  
year 1813, until the time of his death which was in the year 1861, and that said  
Mary Gearhart has been Since that time and still is reputed to be his widow,  
which deponents know to be the fact, that they were not eye witnesses to the  
ceremonies of the marriage of said parties that deponents never heard the fact  
of their marriage disputed or questioned, that their knowledge of the above  
Statement is derived from the fact of their having lived in the same  
neighborhood with said parties for over fifty years. and that from their long  
and intimate acquaintance with Said parties they Verley believe that the  
Statements of Mrs. Mary Gearhart in regard to the date of her alleged marriage  
and the Services of her late husband, Daniel Gearhart, to be correct and true  
Statements Martha X (her mark) Cameron, Nathan (his mark) Clark

Claim Of A Person who has never before had a Land Warrant, or made a Declaration  
therefore.
State of Iowa, County of Jones, ss
On this __day of September A.D. 1874, before me, the undersigned, a (1) Notary  
Public duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and  
state aforesaid, personally appeared Mary Gearhart aged 78 years, a residence of  
Centre Junction, in the County of Jones and State of Iowa, who being duly sworn  
according to law, declares that she is the identical widow of Daniel Gearhart  
who was a private in the Company__commanded by Captain Jacob Hummell War of 1812  
that he (2) Enlisted at Northumberland, Penn, on or about the 1814.....She  
hereby appoints B. W. McClure of Centre junction, Jones Co. Iowa her true and  
lawful Attorney, with the power of substitution, to prosecute this her claim for  
land, to receive the Certificate or Warrant when issued, and to do all other  
acts necessary and proper in the premises. Mary X (her mark) Gearhart Signature  
of Claimant

We Margaret Ann Gearhart and Martha Cameron residents of Centre Junction, in the  
state of Iowa, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed  
and acknowledged by Mary Gearhart in our presence; and that we believe from the  
appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she  
represents to be. That she is and always has been loyal to the Constitution and  
Government of the United States; that we have been acquainted with her for over  
thirty years, and testify from personal knowledge, and that we are not  
interested in her claim.
Witnesses:
B. B. Henderson; Margaret Gearhart; ____; Martha X (her mark) Cameron
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me  
on the day and year above written.....John E. Lovejoy, Justice of the Peace
State of Iowa, County of Jones SS I hereby certify that John E. Lovejoy, Esq.  
before whom the foregoing affidavits and power of Attorney were made and  
acknowledged, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of  
doing so a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly  
commissioned .... In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed  
the seal of District Court, for the county aforesaid, this 10th day of  
September, 1874 signed ? Clerk of District Court