In 1851, Chloe Lake, age 82 years, swore on oath the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits due the widow of a war veteran. She was denied a pension as she did not provide details of his service.
She is the widow of Asa Lake, deceased, who was a private in the army of the war of the Revolution.
She was married to said Asa Lake in Hampshire County in the state of Virginia by a Baptist Clergyman the name of Cropley in the month of September in the year AD 1788.
Sworn Testimony ratified by the Justice of the Peace in Hancock County, Ohio
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