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The State of Ohio Coshocton Co SS

Personally came before me the undersigned Probate Judge in and for said County Mrs.
Mariah W. Pancake aged about 27 years and a resident of said county who after being by
me duly sworn she deposes that she is the widow of William C. Pancake deceased who was
a Private in Co I in the Second Regiment of Ohio Vol. Heavy Artillery in [ink stain]
war of 1861.

[ink stain] he volunteered into the U.S. [ink stain] at Columbus Ohio on or about [ink stain]
October 1864 for three [ink stain] and that he remained in said [ink stain] until on or about
the 20' day of May 1865 when he took sick with Diarrhea and was placed into the U.S. Hospital
at Knoxville Tennessee.  And he remained there in his sick condition for three or four months
and was then ordered to one of the U.S. Hospitals at Camp Dennison Ohio.  And was there
honorably discharged on or about the 22nd day of August 1865 for reason of muster out ordered
by Telegram A so dated May 3rd 1865.

And after receiving said honorable discharge he returned to his old home Warsaw in said county
of Coshocton and after remaining there in his sick condition for about three or four weeks
he the said Mr. William Pancake Died of Chronic Diarrhea.

She further avers that her said husband was so feeble upon his return home that he was unable
to walk without aid.

She further avers, that before her said husband joined the U.S. [ink stain] he had no symptoms
of Chronic Dyarrhea to her knowledge & [ink stain] and from the information received from her
said husband and from other reports she is convinced that he must have contracted this disease
that took his life whilst in the U.S. Service and in the line of his duty as such soldier.

She further avers that she was married to her said husband in Wood County & State of Ohio on
the 24th day of August 1856 by John Bell a minister of the Gospel & never married any other
man.

And she further avers that her maiden name was Mariah W. Gallagher.

And she further avers that she bore to her said husband three children to wit - Rosesela L.
Pancake aged 8 years in July 1865 - Mary L. Pancake aged 7 years old on the 29th July [1866?
Year overwritten] - And Cora W. Pancake aged 2 years [Fifth? April?] 1864 - And that all of
her said children resides with her in Warsaw Coshocton County Ohio.

She further avers that she has in no wise been engaged in, or aided or abetted the Rebellion
in the U.S..

And she further declares that she has appointed Joseph Burns of Coshocton Ohio her agent to
file this her Declaration for the purpose of asking for the benefits of the promises of
Pensions to the Widows of Officers & Soldiers as passed by Congress on the 14th of July 1862.

                                                                Maria W. Pancake


Sworn to and Subscribed before me the 12th day of April A.D. 1867.

                                                                M. C. McFarland
                                                                Probate Judge


Also at the same time & place personally came before me Holder Blackman and Robert Darling
of lawfull ages and residents of said county of Coshocton and persons of known credibility
for truth.  And after being by me duly sworn in due form of law deposed that they were present
and saw the said Mrs. Mariah W. Pancake the Declareant sign her name to the foregoing
Declaration.

They also aver that they knew the said William C. Pancake & the said Mrs. Mariah W. Pancake
before [ink stain] the U.S. Service.  That they also knew that they lived together as husband
and wife, and brought forth three children.  And that the said children reside with their
mother in Warsaw in said county.

They also know that the said William C. Pancake did join the U.S. Service and that he returned
to home in the month of August 1865. And he was very feeble when he returned with Dyarrhea, and
after remaining at his home three or four weeks he died.

That his widow is still unmarried not marrying any other person since his death.  And that they
have no interest in the prosecution of Mrs. Mariah W. Pancake for pension.

                                                              Holder Blackman
                                                              Robert Darling

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of April 1867.  And I further certify that I
have no interest in the prosecution of Mrs. Mariah W. Pancake for pension.

                                                              M. C. McFarland
                                                              Probate Judge



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State of Ohio, Wood County, SS}
I Hereby Certify, That on the 24 day of August, A. D. 1856, I solemnized the Marriage
Contract between Wm C Pancake and Maria W Gallagher, by authority of a License from the
Probate Court, within and for said County.

                                           John Bell Minister of the Gospel

State of Ohio, Wood County, SS}
Probate Court of the County of Wood, this 12th day of May, A. D. 1866, I Edwin Tuller,
Probate Judge within and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the
above Marriage Certificate is a true copy of the original, as recorded in the Records of
Marriage on file in this Office

                                           Edwin Tuller
                                           Probate Judge, Wood County, Ohio.

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The State of Ohio Knox County ss-

Personally came before me a Notary Public in and for said county Samuel Harman of lawfull age,
and a resident of Knox County Ohio and a person I consider credible for truth, and after he
had been by me duly sworn the truth to tell, deposed as follows to wit -

"I volunteered into the U.S. Service in Company I in the 2nd Regiment of Ohio heavey Artillery
in the war of 1861.  I joined the Service at Columbus in the county of Franklin in the State of
Ohio on, or about the 14th day of October 1864 for the term of one year and was honorably
discharged from said Service for reason that the war closed.

I knew whilst in the said Service, one William C. Pancake, of Coshocton County Ohio.  He
volunteered into said Company and Regiment at the same time & place that I did.  That the said
Pancake and myself, were examined at the time we joined the Service, and by the same Mustering
in Surgeon and were both reported to be sound healthy men & were mustered into the U.S. Service
in said Company.  That we remained with our said Company until about the first day of May 1865
and whilst our Company and Regiment was stationed at Knoxville Tennessee, I was taken sick with
fever and was put into the U.S. Hospital.  And I did not remain sick long before William C.
Pancake was brought to the Hospital with Dyarrhea, and I did remain on the sick list but a
short time, after Pancake came there until I got fit for duty and I was sent to the Regiment.
And at that time, Pancake was transferred to an Hospital at Nashville Tennessee the name of the
same I cannot give now for lack of memory.

That on, or, about the first day of August 1865 our Regiment again came to Nashville Tennessee.
I went to the Hospital and enquired for Pancake and I was informed by the Surgeon in charge of
the Hospital that he had been transferred to another Hospital and was quite sick with the
Dyarrhea when he was removed to the other Hospital.  That shortly after that time, the said
Company & Regiment was discharged for the reason that the war was over and we returned to our
homes.  And soon after our arrival home, Pancake sent me word that he had arrived at his home
in Warsaw, Coshocton County Ohio, that he was quite sick, and desired that I should come and
see him, which I intended to do, but before I could leave home, I heard he Pancake had Died at
his home at Warsaw of Chronic Dyarrhea.

I am not of kin to the Pancake family nor have I any interest in the Prosecution of a claim his
widow has for Pension, now Pending."

                                                                 Samuel Harman

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The State of Ohio Coshocton Co. SS

Be it known that before me a Justice of Peace in and for Jefferson Township in the County
aforesaid personally appeared Mrs. Mary Pancake and Mary J. Thompson who are known to me as
credible persons for truth of lawful ages and residents of the County aforesaid and they made
oath in due form of law that they were intimately acquainted with William C. Pancake and his
wife Mrs. Mariah W. Pancake in the lifetime of the said William C., that they [?] that they
were present at the birth of Mary Lucinda Pancake and she was born in said county on the 29
day of July 1859.

And they further testify that they she is the offspring & heir of the said William C. &
Mariah W. Pancake.

And they further deposed that they never knew or heard that the said William C. Pancake had
ever been married to any other woman than the said Mrs. Mariah W. Pancake his said wife.
They are certain he never was, or they would have known it as they were in his neighborhood
pretty much all the time.

They do further depose, that they understood he did join the U.S. Service in the war of
Rebellion commenced in 1861.  That he returned home to Warsaw his home, and the home of
deponants & lingered a length of time with Dyarrhea and finally died at his home with his
family.

They do further aver that they have no interest in the prossecution of a claim Mrs. Mariah W.
Pancake has for pension.

                                                    her
                                                Mary + Pancake
Witnesses present}                                  mark
Harman F. Bucklew}
Abram Cheny      }                              Mary J. Thompson

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th day of January 1869.  And I do further certify
that I made the affiants acquainted with the contents of the foregoing deposition before its
final execution.  And that I have no interest in the prossecution of any claim Mrs. M. W.
Pancake may have for pension.

                                                Nathan Bucklew  J. Peace

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                                                Adjutant General's Office,
                                                Washington, D. C.
                                                July 7", 1869

Sir,

     I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt from your Office of application for Pension
No.  176,915 , and to return it herewith, with such information as is furnished by the
files of this Office.
     It appears from the Rolls on file in this Office, that  William C. Pancake  was
enrolled drafted on the  14"  day of  Oct , 1864,  at Columbus O  in Co.---,
 2"  Regiment of  Ohio H. A.  Volunteers, to serve  one (1)  year, and mustered into service
as a  Private  from the  14"  day of  October  1864, at  Columbus O , in Co.---,  2"  Regiment
of  Ohio H. A.  Volunteers, to serve  one (1)  year.  On the Muster Roll of Co.  "I"  of that
Regiment, for the months of  May & June  1865, he is reported  "Absent Sick" in Gen'l Hospital
 Knoxville Tenn. since May 25" 1865", Muster Out Roll of co dated Aug 23" 1865, reports him
"absent Sick".  Records on file report him "Mustered out of Service at Camp Dennison O, Aug 22"
 1865 in compliance with "Telegram" orders dated A.G.O. May 3" 1865".  No evidence of death on
file in this office.  On some rolls, he is borne as William A Pancake. 

                                                I am, Sir, very respectfully,
                                                Your obedient servant,
                                                [unreadable]
                                                Assistant Adjutant General


To
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, DC

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The State of Ohio Coshocton County SS -

This may certify that I am a practicing Phisician and resident ofWarsaw Coshocton County Ohio -
And I do further certify that I was present at and the [performing?] phisician at the birth of
Rossella Ann Pancake, and Mary Lucinda Pancake - and the former was born July 27th 1857 - and
the latter was born on the 30th day of July 1859 in Jefferson Township in said County.

And I do further certify that they are minor heirs of William C. Pancake & Maria W. Pancake.
That the said William C. Pancake never was married to any other person than to the said Mrs.
Maria W. Pancake.

And that the said father & mother of said wards are dead - they bothe died in Warsaw Coshocton
County Ohio - And he was a member of Company I 2nd Regt. Ohio Heavy Artillery in the war of
1861.

                                                          Holder Blackman

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Medical Testimony as to Dates and Places of Minor Children's Births.
ARMY PENSION CLAIM.
CERTIFICATE.

To all Whom it may Concern:

IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, That (1)   Cora Willmot Pancake   minor child of (2)    William C.
 Pancake    deceased, late a resident of the (3)   County    of    Coshocton   , in the State
of    Ohio    by Mrs.    Maria W. Pancake late    his widow, were born, at the DATES and
PLACES as follows, to wit:  (4)   Cora Willmot Pancake was born April fifth (5) in the year
eighteen hundred and sixty four (1864) in the Township of Butler, Knox County, and State of
Ohio    and that I was the attending family physician at date above indicated, was present
in the room, saw the births severally take place, and professionally supervised the
accouchements of the mother of said child, Mrs.    Maria W. Pancake    who was the reputed
and accredited wife of the (2)   William C. Pancake    deceased.  That I make these statements
as to dates of the births of the said children from personal knowledge of facts.

That I am credibly informed and believe the fact to be true, without any questions to the
contrary, that (5)    that the said William C. Pancake    deceased, father of the aforesaid
minor child, was formerly a    Private    in Company    I    in the    2nd Ohio    Regiment
of (6)   Heavy Artillery    commanded by Colonel ______, in the war of 1861-2, &c., and
further, that I have no interest in this matter whatsoever.

                                             R. Moffett   , M. D.

Given at    Millwood Ohio   
Date:     January 22 1872   

State of    Ohio   , County of    Knox   , Sct:

On this   22nd   day of   January   in the year 1872, before me,
   S. H. Porter   , a    Justice of the Peace    within and for the County
State aforesaid, personally appeared Doctor    R. Moffett   , who being sworn according to
law, on his oath declares that the facts set forth in the foregoing certificate by him made and
signed, are just and true, and that he is entirely disinterested in making said statements.  I
certify that he is the identical person he represents himself to be, and that he is a regular
practicing physician in this community, and is of good reputation for skill and integrity in
his profession.  That I have no interest in this matter.

   S. H. Porter   
   Justice of the peace    in and for the
County of    Knox   
State of    Ohio   

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