Petitions of Widows and Children: Page #1 Original title: 1791/nmo01_1.jpg Protection: Open to all Expiration: Never Status: In progress Mark this revision as complete Cancel Petitions of Widows and Children: Page #1 Go full screenExit full screen Layout Reset The Secretary of War to whom were [?] the petitions of the loved ones of children on the Representives of the Children of the commissoned Officers herein often armed who were killed or who died while in the services of the Untied States during the late war Respectably Reports That having investigated the claims [?] and the evidence accompying the same as well as the evidence affondedby the [?] offices the result is herein submitted First That it appears Bernard Elliot deceased was a lieutenant colonel of the South Carolina Regiment of Artillery on [?] establishment and that he died on the 25th of October 1778 while in public service That [?] has been [?] for the seven years half pay in such caeses allowed by the United States either to the widow who has since married on the andy