REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION - SAMUEL PEARCE HEIRS

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October 15, 2002

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State of Ohio
and Couty of Darke

Be it known that on the 28th day of june ad 1854
Before me a judge of the probate court at the county aforesaid
Personally appeared Rachel Byers aged 62 years and Samuel Pearce aged 51 years 
who are each of them residents of the county of dark and state of Ohio and to me 
well known who being duly caution and then sworn in due form of law deposeth and 
say that they are two of the natural heirs of Samuel Pearce who was a pensioner 
in the state of Ohio and his widow whose name was Dorcas Pearce. She being the 
widow of the identical Samuel Pearce died on the 12th day of June A.D 1828 and 
their mother Dorcas Pearce who was the widow of the afforesaid pensioner Samuel 
Pearce died on the 15th day of June A.D. 1842 and that they do not know of any 
recorded evidence of their paternal father and mothers marriage, and that their 
afforsaid parents had only four children who came to the age of maturity and 
that one their names was Enos Pearce who died at his residence in Preble Co., OH 
in May AD 1845 and that the other named Dianah Fleming, is a resident of the 
state of Indiana, Tippecanoe Co. whose age is between 53 and 55 years and from 
the account of their parents report the afforesaid Samuel and Dorcas Pearce they 
must have been married before the year AD 1792

Rachel Byers
Samuel Pierce
Witness
John Morrison

Sworn to the day and year above written and subscribers and I certify that i 
believe the above named Rachel Byers and Samuel Pearce and Dianah Fleming to be 
the children and heirs of said pensioner Samuel Pearce and that they are the 
only living children of said pensioner and that I am disinterested in case. John 
Whaney Probate Judge


At the same time personally appeared before me a judge of said probate court two 
credible witness named William Martin Sen and Aaron Fleming. Residents of the 
afforesaid county and state who having been by cautioned and then sworn 
according to the law do depose and say each of them for his self that he has 
always heard it said and that is generally believed by the community that Rachel 
Byers and Samel Pearce of the county of Darke and state of Ohio and Dianah 
Fleming of the state of Indiana are the sons and daughters of Samuel Pearce the 
pensioner in the state of Ohio and Dorcas Pearce his widow and that they nearly 
xxxxx the afforesaid Samuel and Dorcas Pearce to have been married and to have 
been man and wife that they were acquaintance with them for many years and that 
they never heard their marriage called in question and that they found there 
xxxxx of from various reasons one among others that the said pensioner divided 
his lands and goods among his above named children and at his decease recognized 
them as his children and said pensioner Samuel Pearce died on the 12th day of 
June AD 1828 and his widow Dorcas Pearce died 15th day of June 1842. 

A. Fleming
William Martin

Sworn before me on the day and year first above written. John Whaney Probate 
Judge