Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7,697, William Hadden, Ga.
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Form number (3-1776)


SERVICE
Ga.
Hadden, William
               Mary

NUMBER
W. 7.697
B.L. Wt. 43.503-160-55

CONTENTS
[none noted]
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6.388
Georgia

Mary Hadden
widow of William Hadden
R Geo:
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
35. Dollars 64. 
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22d day of
July 1856 
and sent to 
Hon. A. H. Stevens 
House of Rep 8'

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 229        Vol. H
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[Left side]
254.084   
Act March 3, '85
August 11. '86
                      
Mary Hadden. widow
William Hadden - private 

[Handwritten diagonally across page]
43503 issued September 20/[18]56

Revolutionary. war. 

Pension? Act 7 July 1838. 
Geo Feby 48-6388
AO:  16 [illegible] : 11/[18]56
[Signature] Boynton

Honorable William Steele. 
Milledgeville. 
Georgia
K

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Vol 262-43 [Underlined]
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I do hereby constitute and appoint B.S. Carswell of Milledgeville, Georgia, my true and lawful Attorney, for the purpose of prosecuting this my application for a Pension, to attend to the same while pending, and to receive the Certificate when issued, and to do all things necessary and proper, as fully as I could do were I personally present. 

Dated this Seventh day of May 1855
Mary x her mark Hadden 
[Handwritten in a circle] Seal

Witness 
W. H. Todd
Nicholas Diehl, Ordinary

State of Georgia 
County of Jefferson Court of Ordinary 
May Term 1855. 

It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, the undersigned "Ordinary" of the said Court, a Court of Record held in and for said County and State aforesaid that William Hadden deceased was a Soldier of the Georgia Militia, in the War of Revolution, and that his services, were performed as such for patriotic devotion, until the total expulsion of the British from the State of Georgia, and that the said William Hayden died the Twenty second day of November A.D. 1819: and that he left surviving him the following named widow and children, viz. Mrs. Mary Hadden, Mrs. Mary Garrett, George Hadden, Mrs. Margaret A Carswell, and William Hadden
Witness my hand & Seal of Office this seventh day of May A. D. 1855

[Signature] Nicholas Diehl, Ordinary 

[Round Seal #1] JEFFERSON COURT OF ORDINARY
[Round Seal #2] JEFFERSON COURT OF ORDINARY
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State of Georgia
County of Jefferson 
SS

On this seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, before the subscriber, "Ordinary" and Judge of Probates of the Court of Ordinary, held in and for the County and State aforesaid, being a Court of Record; personally appeared Mrs. Mary Hadden, who is to me known as a resident of the county of Jefferson and State of Georgia, in the Eighty-fifth (85th) year of age, who being first duly sworn according to [illegible] doth on her oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the the provisions made by the Act of Congress, approved 3rd. February A.D. 1853, viz: 

That she is the widow of William Hadden, deceased, who was a Private in the Georgia Militia, in the War of the Revolution; as appears in the Record of his name, both as a citizen and fugitive Soldier, to the end of hostilities in said War in the State of Georgia, and original Certificates, on file  in the Executive Department of said State; Certified Copies of Certificates, which are herewith exhibited. That she was married to the said William Hadden the 25th day of August A.D 1791; and that her said husband departed this life the 22d. day of November A.D 1819, as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed. She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension. 

Mary x her mark Hadden

Witness
W.J.K. Carswell

Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and date first above written; and I certify that I have no interest in the application as Attorney, Agent or otherwise.

Nicholas Diehl, Ordinary
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State of Georgia
County of Baldwin     
SS
     

On this Sixth day of August, A.D.
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mrs. Mary Hadden; aged Eighty-six years, a resident of Baldwin County in the State of Georgia, who, being duly sworn according to Law, declares that she is the Widow of William Hadden deceased, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain (name not recollected) in the Revolutionary War. That her said Husband, William Hadden, volunteered in said service on the 29th day of August A.D. 1781, and continued in actual service in said War until the final expulsion of the British from the bordors of the Colony of Georgia, and was honorably discharged in July A.D. 1782. 
     She further states that she was married to the said William Hadden in Washington County, in the State aforesaid, on the 25th day of August A.D. 1791 by the Rev. David Bothwell a minister of the Gospel, and that her name before her said Marriage was Mary Gordon; that her said husband died in Jefferson County, on the 22nd day of November A.D. 1819, and that she is now a Widow, and a Pensioner of the United States it having been conferred for the Revolutionary service of her deceased husband the said William Hadden, as her Certificates from the "Department of the Interior" of the United States viz: July 7th 1838, March 3d. 1843 and [illegible] and February 2d. 1848," commencing
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of William Hadden deceased, who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [name not recollected] in the Revolutionary War.  That her said Husband, William Hadden, volunteered in said service on the 20th day of August A. D. 1781, and continued in actual service in said War until the final expulsion of the British from the bordors of the colony of Georgia, and was honorably discharged in the July A.D. 1782.  

She further states that she was married to the said William Hadden in Washington County, in the State aforesaid, on the 25th day of August A.D. 1791, by the Rev. David Bothwell a Minister of the Gospel, and that her name before her said Marriage was Mary Gordon; that her said husband died in Jefferson County, on the 22nd day of November A. D. 1819, and that she is now a Widow, and a Pensioner of the United States, is having been conferred for the Revolutionary service of her deceased husband the said William Hadden, as her certificates from the "Department of the Interior" of the United States, viz: [namely] July 7th 1838, March 3d. 1843 and January 1844; and February 2d 1848," commencing on the 4th of March 1848, and continuing for life, until she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. " 

She makes this declaration for the
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purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which
she may be entitled under the "Act approved
March 3d. 1855," and the amendment approved May 14th. 1856.

[Signature] Mary her X mark Hadden

We William Steele and Beniah S Carswell
residents of Baldwin County in the State of Georgia upon our oaths declare that the forgoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mrs. Mary Hadden in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.

[Signature] W. Steele
[Signature] B. S. Carswell


The foregoing declaration and affidavit
were sworn to and subscribed before 
me on the day and year above written;
and I certify that I know the affiants to
be credible persons; that the Claimant is
the person she represents herself to be,
and I have no interest in this Claim.

[Signature] Saml B Brown J.P.
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Executive Department
Milledgeville Georgia
August 6th. 1856


This is to Certify Samuel B Brown is a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Baldwin and State aforesaid; that his commission was dated on the 4th. day of January A.D. 1853, and will expire on the 4th. day of January A.D 1857, which appeared of Record in this Department, and that his signature written to the foregoing Certificate is genuine. 

Given under my hand and the Seal of the Executive Department this the 6th. day of August A.D. 1856 

[Signature] Wm. Steele
Secy Exc Dept.
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State of Georgia
Baldwin County     
SS

Personally appeared before me, Samuel B. Brown, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Beniah S. Carswell, who being duly sworn according to Law, deposith and saith, that the leaf of Bible, containing the name and age of Thomas Hadden, attached to this Certificate, was extracted from the Bible of Thomas Hadden, deceased; son of William Hadden deceased & Mary Hadden, widow claiming Pension from the Government of the United States, for the service of the said William Hadden deceased. Said deponent for this certifies that the above named Thomas Hadden dec'd was the second child of the said William and Mary Hadden.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this fourth day of September 1855.    

[Signature] S.B. Brown JP

[Signature] B.S. Carswell
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State of Georgia
Baldwin County     
SS

Personally appeared before me, Samuel B. Brown, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Beniah S. Carswell, who being duly sworn according to Law, deposith and saith, that the leaf of Bible, containing the name and age of Thomas Hadden, attached to this Certificate, was extracted from the Bible of Thomas Hadden, deceased; son of William Hadden deceased & Mary Hadden, widow claiming Pension from the Government of the United States, for the service of the said William Hadden deceased. Said deponent for this certifies that the above named Thomas Hadden dec'd was the second child of the said William and Mary Hadden.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this fourth day of September 1855.    

[Signature] S.B. Brown JP

[Signature] B.S. Carswell

[Overlay page from Bible]

Memorandums.

Thomas Hadden was born the 21st of April - 1794
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Comptroller Genls Office
Columbia South Carolina July 17th 1855 

I do Certify that the name of William Hadden appears on the Revolutionary Rolls in their office as having served as Private in the 1st South Carolina Regiment from the 4th of November 1775 until the 3rd of August 1778 when he was Discharged.

Thos P. Walker
Deputy Comptroller General
(No Seal of Office)
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Certificate of Wm Hadden service -
Fee $2.00
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State of Georgia Jefferson County 

Personally appears before me John W. Bothwell, who after affirmation says to the best of his knowledge & belief that Thomas Hadden and himself were about the same age & that said Thomas Hadden was the same child of William and Mary Hadden & that he John W. Bothwell was born in the year 1794. 

[Signature] John W. Bothwell

Sworn to me 
August 17th 1855
[Signature] Nicholas Diehl Ordinary

[Illegible]
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W.7697, William Hadden

It appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.7697, that William Hadden, while a resident of Georgia, served from August 20, 1781, until July 11, 1782, as a private with the Georgia troops; officers and details of service not given.

The soldier married, August 25, 1791, in Washington County, Georgia, Mary Gordon.

He died, November 22, 1819, in Jefferson County, Georgia.

His widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed, May 7, 1855, at which time she was living in Jefferson County, Georgia, and in her eighty-fifth year.

In 1856 she was residing in Baldwin County, Georgia.

The following children were living in 1855:- Mrs. Mary Garrett, Mrs. Margaret A. Carswell, the wife of Beniah S. Carswell, and a resident of Baldwin County, Georgia, Gordon and William Hadden.

Their second child, Thomas Hadden, was born, April 21, 1794, and was not living in 1819. There are no further data as to children.

To make a further search of the Revolutionary War records of this bureau for soldiers with surname Haddon, the full name is essential with as much as possible of the following data in regard to each: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.

Very truly yours
E.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner

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(Note handwritten on side of document): Letter addressed to Hon. Henry St. George Tucker & for S.W. Haddon of J Peace
[illegible] of letter in William Hadden [illegible]
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Georgia 
Bibb County 
City of Macon

I, Asa Holt of the City of Macon, County and  State aforesaid do hereby certify that I was much acquainted with William Haddin, a Revolutionary Soldier late of Washington county Georgia - now deceased - and that I am also acquainted Mrs. Mary Haddin, the widow of said William Haddin decd. - that she now resides in Milledgeville Georgia - that she formerly resided Washington county Georgia, her place of residence afterwards being and was in Jefferson county, said State and said county of Jefferson on being formed out of Washington County in part - 

I further certify that said William Haddin received from the State of Georgia, a parcel of land for his services as a Revolutionary Soldier aforesaid, a Copy Plot and Grant of said land so received by him being hereto attached, being issued from its proper affairs in Milledgeville Georgia, and which parcel of land, say two hundred and Eighty Seven and one half acres (287 1/2) as set forth in annexed copy Plot and Grant, I am now the owner of it fee Simple, having derived my title and ownership by Claim of birth that has descended regularly by Sale from said Willian Haddin - and I further certify that I know the said Mary Haddin to be the surviving widow of said William Haddin the Revolutionary Soldier to whom
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The aforesaid and described land was granted and allowed by the State of Georgia per his services as aforesaid - and further that she the said Mary Haddin, widow of aforesaid is the Same person who is now making application in Washington City for a Pension as the widow of the said William Haddin, Revolutionary Soldier as aforesaid - 

Given under my hand at Macon Georgia this 27th. day of June 1856 - 

Asa Holt

Georgia Bibb County
City of Macon 

I, E C Grannis an acting Justice of the Peace for the County and State aforesaid do hereby Certify that I am acquainted with Asa Holt who has subscribed it [illegible] Certificate and that signature affixed to the same is genuine, having been acknowledged before me by law - and further that said Asa Holt states upon oath before me that the facts set forth in his said Certificate above foregoing and he so stated, and further states that he is in no way interested whatsoever in the application for said Pension, by Mrs Mary Haddin - and further certify that said Holt is a gentleman of high character and standing - 

Given under my hand at Macon this 27th June 1856 - 

[Signature] E.C. Grannis, Justice of the peace
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Executive Department
Milledgeville Georgia
June 28th 1856. 

This is to certify that Ebenezer C. Granniss, is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Bibb, and State aforesaid, duly commission and qualified, that his commission  was dated on the 4th day of January 1853, and will expire on the 4th. day of January 1857, which appears of Record in this Department and that his signature written to the foregoing certificate is genuine. 

Given under my hand and the Seal of the Executive Department this the day above written. 

[Signature] Wm. Steele
Secretary Exc. Depart. 
Ga.
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Executive Department
Milledgeville Ga. 
June 28th. 1856

I herby certify Asa Holt, whose sworn certificate precedes on the first and second pages of this sheet. He is a gentleman of high character and entitled to implicit belief. 

[Signature] Herschel V. Johnson
Gov. of Geo.
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Mary Hadden
widow of William
7 July 1838
Ga: suspended
for Mr. Varnum
McRae
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Mary Hadden
Widow of William
Georgia
Admitted July 7 1838 etc.
 10 months & 21 days private $35.64 a year from 4 March 1836
2 years excepted 
Certificate 
Honorable A. H. Stephens
House of Representatives
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Georgia    9.661

Mary Hadden
widow of William
who was a Private
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 35 Dollars 64 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of July, 1856 and sent to Hon. A.H. Stevens H of R

[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]

Recorded in Book 17
Vol. 1      Page 222
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Executive Department
Milledgeville Georgia, 
August 6th 1856.

Dear Sir:
I have the honor herewith to enclose the application of Mrs. Mary Haddon, for Bounty Land as the Widow of a Revolutionary Soldier, the Lady who has recently received Certificate of Pension, for the service of her deceased husband, William Hadden. Mrs. Hadden desires my Agency in the matter.

Very Respectfully your obedient servant
William Steele

Honorable
"Commissioner of Pensions"
Washington City D.C.
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Pension Office
May     29, 1855

Sir
 I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the papers transmitted by you with the news of obtaining a pension for Mary Hadden, who is the widow of William, by which I have registered  under the Act of July 7, 1838, by which it is entitled, if the parties, as alleged were married in 1791. I regret to state, however that neither the date of the marriage nor the duration of the service are those on the mode required by the regulations. The first must be proven by record proof, if it is in existence-but if not and so must be satisfied of that fact, then the mag is open for parch proof. The best evidence would be a certified copy of the marriage [illegible], a license, if it can be procured-If it cannot the original Family record if it shows that
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the parties were married at the date stated, or that
child was born then at a date which would show
 that the marriage took place prior to January 1
1794, would be regarded as equally conclusive.
Pensions under the Act of August 7, 1838, and
computed according to service ( six months
being the minimum for  which grants are made)
herein the necessity of showing the precise
Duration thereof. The testimony filed in
Them can merely show
that William Hadden
steadfastly did his duty from the time of passing an act at Augusta viz: 
on the 20th of August 1780 until the expulsion
the British from the State, and received Land
his services-but there are no data by which 
the duration of his service can be determined or
Ever offered. His service, was performed in the
Militia, which served served in crisis, or when the emergency
of the war rendered their presence necessary. If the actual
service performed by Hadden cannot be proven,  it should be show what amount service
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2
was made to entitle a party to two hundred
and eighty seven and a half acre of Land &
certificate for which amount William Haden senor
and Jr which he applied to the Court
sitting at Augusta, on the 6th of April 1784
to a warrant of location
Please see the regulations | I have the honor to be 
under the Act of June 7, 1832| my Respectfully,
and July 7. 1838. entered | your [signature - Her V. ]
Hon Herschel V. Johnson
Milledgeville
Geo
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

October 13, 1924.

Bessie Hadden, 
Smith Center,
KANS.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.7697, it appears that William Hadden, while a resident of Georgia, served from August 20, 1781, as a private in the Georgia Troops, until July 11, 1782, officers and details of service not given.

Soldier married in Washington County, Georgia, August 25, 1791, Mary Gordon. He died November 22, 1819, in Jefferson County, Georgia (age not stated) and the widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed May 7, 1855, while a resident of said Jefferson County, and in her 85th year.     1856 Baldwin Co. Ga.

Warrant Number 43503 for 160 acres of bounty land was issued by the United States on account of said services in the Revolution.

The following children are mentioned:
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Thomas, the second child, born April 21, 1794, not living in 1819. 
Mary, married --- Garrett. 
Gordon (?). 
Margaret A., married Beniah S. Carswell, a resident of Baldwin county, Georgia, in 1855. 
William. 
There is no further data on file as to family. 
The above noted is the only William Hadden of any southern state found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau. 
Respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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State of Georgia
To the Honorable President and member of council now sitting in Augusta for the purpose of granting land, in the the new counties of Franklin and Washington, the pension of William Hadden, a citizen of the State aforesaid therewith:
That your petitioner is entitled to the hundred and eighty seven and a half acres of land as a bounty for his services pursuant to the certificate hereinto annexed, that your petitioner is desirous of taking up the said land in the County of Washington; - May it therefore please your Honble Board to grant your petitioner a warrant for two hundred and eighty seven and a half acres of land in the County of Washington, are the right aforesaid and as his complying, with the terms of the State land set + your petitioner will even pray. 6th April 1784
William Hadden
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Brief in the case of Mary Hadden Widow of William
County and State of Georgia 
act July 7, 1838
Claim, ("original,")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 
Record evidence that her husband received 287 1/2 acres of land from the state of Georgia for service from 20 Aug 1781 to 11 July 1782 and the land traced back to his possession- 
Governor Hershall V Johnson says of her claim, "it is a case of great merit, Mrs Hadden is one of the choice women of the older time. Very needy" etc.
Marriage shown by original entry of the birth of a child in April 1794, which was a second child - Cohabitation, general reputation of marriage  her identity as the soldiers widow, his death 
& her present widowhood proved by credible witnesses.
Thornton Triplett
Examining clerk

Name and residence of agent
Honorable AH Stephens
House of representatives
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Smith Center, Kansas,
Sept. 9, 1924.

Office of the Commissioner
Sep 13 1924
U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Hon. Washington Gardner,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir:
Will you kindly inform me whether or not there is any record of a pension having been granted to William Hadden, Revolutionary soldier?

Our family records state that he was a soldier in that war, presumably from Pennsylvania, as he moved from Pa. to South Carolina evidently prior to 1780; his son Thomas later lived in Spartanburg District.

While I find a record of Wm. Hadden in both Pa. and S.C., I have not so far been able to find out whether it is our ancestor.

Also I should like to know if there is any record of a land grant to him.

Thanking you for any information you can give me, I am

Yours truly,
(Miss) Bessie Hadden

P.S. With exception of name of William's wife, we have no record of data requested, in fact, that is what we are looking for. The William recorded in Pa. archives was from Lancaster Co.,  Militia and Associate list, but, as I said, we have no way of knowing whether this is our man.
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No 15,405
Mary Hadden
Widow of William
Geo

Crossed out
Hon. H V Johnson May 29/55.
B. L. Carswell Sep 13 1855
" same Oct 12 1855 - Hon A
H Stephens  Jany 11 1856 - Same
June 5 1856.



July 7 1838
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3-049
Div. Rev War Sect
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C., Oct 2, 1924
The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained. 
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau. 
First name of widow Mary
Name of soldier William Hadden
P.O. address of soldier at enlistment and after service
Company
Regiment
State where enlisted
Date of birth
Date of death
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.
Return attached letter with reply. 
Hays Haymaker Acting Comissioner
6-216
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43503
Revolutionary War
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Revy. Widow, &c. 
File No. 7694
Mary Hadden Widow
William Hadden Pvt. Rev. War
Act: Feby, 24d 48
Index: - Vol. A, Page 305
[Arrangement of 1870]
1924. Oct. 13 - Hist. to Bessie 
Hadden.     NM
[illegible] June 25 Hist to Hon 
Henry St. Geo. Tucker for S.W. Hadden
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Henry St. George Tucker
Tenth District Virginia

Herbert L. Smith
Secretary

Committee: Judiciary

Congress of the United States
House of Representatives 
Washington, D.C.

June 18. 1931.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Veterans' Administration,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir:
I herewith enclose a letter from S.W. Haddon, and also copy of one I have received from the Adjutant General. I would appreciate any information you may be able to send me on the subject. Kindly return me these two enclosures with your reply.

Very truly yours,
H.S.G. Tucker

U.S. Pension Office
Jun 19 1931
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# 43, 503-160
Knoxville Ga.
May 26 /54
Bentonville Taylor - 
Enq: whether the name of William Hadden 
is on the Revolutionary Rolls 
of the Army. 
T 186 May 31-66
Recd. June 1st/54
opend 3 June 1854
Ans, June 5, 1854
No rolls on file in this office. Respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions 
Sec'y Office June 3rd, 1854
F Burt
Auditor
Mr Rind
auditor
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horses moving as the frame rotates
Knoxville Georgia May 24th, 1854
Dear Sir;
Please notify me if the name William Hadden of Burke County Georgia is on the Revolutionary army rolls in your office, and send me your bill for fees. Please give a transcript of time and place of service etc. if on record. 
Your obedient servant 
Bentonville Taylor
To Honorable Jefferson Davis
Secretary of War
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Washington DC
July 12/56 

Dear Sir:
I take the liberty of inclosing to you a letter from Gov Johnson of GA with accompanying papers, relating to the claim of Mrs. Hadden, for a pension, as the widow of a Revolutionary Soldier 

Yours Respectfully 
Alexander W Stephen 

Hon J Minot 
Com of Pensions 
Washington DC
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An Act- to amend the several acts for the better regulation of the Militia of this State, approved Aug- 20, 1781.

And Whereas, number of persons are daily absenting themselves and leaving their fellow-citizens to encounter the difficulties of the present crisis.

Sec- 8 Be it enacted and That any person or persons who shall produce a certificate from the commanding officer of the district to which he belongs, to the Legislature of this State, (on the total expulsion of the enemy from it) of his having, steadfastly done his duty from the time of hoping this Act, shall be entitled to two  hundred and fifty acres of good land, (which shall be exempt from taxes for the space of ten years thereafter; Provided such person or persons cannot be convicted of plundering or distressing the country.

An Act for laying out two or more counties to the Westward and pointing out the mode of granting the same. Approved Feb. 25th, 1784.

Section 14. All the officers and soldiers, all the officers and Marines of the Navy, officers of the Medical Department, Refugees and Citizens, who were entitled to Land in this State, as bounties for their services in manner as above mentioned, shall be entitled to have included in their Grants, an additional quantity of 15 acres to each hundred acres in full for and in lieu of any
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exemption of taxes, and every act and clause of an act allowing such exemption from taxation shall be and the same is hereby repealed and declared null and void anything to the contrary here of notwithstanding.

Secretary of State's office
Milledgeville Georgia June 28th 1856.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is 
a true Copy of "An Act of the General 
Assembly of this State paper August 20th 1781.
and a true Copy of the Sixtieth Section of an Act passed February 25th 1784. as appears from the Statutes of this State.

Given under my hand
and seal of office 
EP Watkins
Secretary of State
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Executive Department
Milledgeville Georgia
September 28th 1855

I, L.H. Briscoe, Secretary of the Executive Department of the State of Georgia do hereby certify that after considerable examination I am unable to find any definite record Evidence of the time of the evacuation of Savannah by the British in the Revolutionary War, as such original record evidence has by various Acts of the Legislature been placed in the hands of various persons to write the history of Georgia and is now in a great degree scattered and inaccessible. But that it is a matter of general notoriety sustained by one of the most reliable histories of the State to wit, McCalls, history Volume 2nd page 421 and 422, that the embarkation of the British troops from Savannah to the surrender of the City to Colonel James Jackson was on the 11th day of July Seventeen Hundred and Eighty-Three (1783)- "the Metropolis of Georgia having
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been three years, Six months and thirteen days in the entire possession of the enemy-"

In Testimony of which facts so far as cognizable by this Department, I do hereby certify under deal of this Department this 28th of September 1855

L.H. Briscoe
Secy Ex Dept
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M Pritchell
8 Sep 1888
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Millidgeville September 4th 1853
Honorable Commissioner of Pensions"
Washington City D.C.
Dear Sir
I have the honor herewith
as the agent of Mrs. Mary Hadden claiming
pension for the Revolutionary service of her
deceased husband William Hadden, to
forward some further material evidence in
her behalf as applicant now before
your office; which I submit - be filed
with the evidence heretofore filed -
Also I request you would examine her
claim with the evidence herewith transmitted,
with that that has gone before, and
see if it is not sufficient to establish it.
There is no doubt but she is entitled to it
and she is very needy being now 85 years of
age and thrown entirely upon the charity
of her friends- examine all the papers
sent before, and now, and let me hear from
you soon.  Am obliged Yours
Very Respectfully
B.S. Carswell
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L.P. Waldo
Commissioner, etc.
Washington
D.C.
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Executive Chamber
Milledgeville Georgia
May 19th 1855
Dear Sir
I enclose to you the accompanying
documents, on which are predicated the claim
of Mrs Mary Hadden to a pension from the
General Government, in consideration of
the services of William Hadden deceased in the Revolutionary War
the documents are not fastened in a
form most convenient for reading; but
I trust, that a case of so much merit will
not be allowed to go uninvestigated by the
proper officer, on that account.
I most respectfully beg that you will
give the subject immediate attention. The
applicant is very old, infirm and needy. The
case is one of genuine merit, a more worthy
old lady is not to be found
Respectfully
Your obedient servant
Herschel V. Johnson
L.P. Waldo
Commissioner etc.
Washington D. C.
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Of. file in package number 438
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State of Georgia
This is to confirm that William Hadden
hath steadfastly done his duty, from
the time of passing an Act at Augusta, 
To wit, on the 20th of August, 1781, until
the total expulsion of the British from
this state; and the said William
Hadden ___ cannot, to my knowledge
and belief, be convicted of plundering
or distressing the country; and is therefore,
under the said Act, entitled to
a bounty of two hundred and fifty
acres of good land, free from taxes for ten years.
Given under my hand, at Savanna
this the second day of March ___ 1784
John Twiggs B.G.
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State of Georgia
To the honorable President and
members of Council now sitting in Augusta
for the purpose of awarding land in the two
new counties of Franklin and Washington.
The petition of William Hadden a
citizen of the state aforesaid and herewith 
that your petitioner is entitled to two
hundred and eighty seven and a half
acres of land as a bounty for his service
pursuant to the certificate hereunto
annexed, that your petitioner is desirous
of taking up the said land in the
County of Washington.
May it therefore please
your honorable board to grant your
petitioner an easement for two hundred
eighty seven and a half acres of
land in the County of Washington
in the rights aforesaid and on his complying 
with the terms of the late land act
and your petitioner will pray. 6th April of '[17]84
William Hadden
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Head Quarters
Sharon 11th July 1782
Dear Sir
Mr. Wallace, this moment from
town announces the evacuation of Savannah,
the last of the troops left it about two hours
since.
Enclosed is the order of the day - I
shall see it take place this evening - permit
me to congratulate your Honor and the
Legislature on the occasion and to assure
you that I am with sincere esteem
your most obedient and very humble servant
Anthony Wayne
The Honorable John Martin Esquire
Commissioner etc. etc,
Executive Department
Milledgeville Georgia
June 28th 1856
L.H. Briscoe. Secretary Executive Department State of Georgia
certify that the above is a true and correct copy of a
letter filed among the Revolutionary papers
of this Department - that the original bears every
appearance of an original genuine
paper - has been preserved and filed as such
by authority of law, and is entitled to full
faith and credit as to the facts therein contained- and that the date of the evacuation
of Savannah by the British in the War
of the Revolution as therein recited, to wit
the 11th of July 1782 is corroborated directly 
by other papers in this Department
and is now regarded as a settled fact
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in the history of this State.
Given under my hand
and Seal of the Executive
Department at the
Capitol in Milledgeville
the day and year
above written:
LH Briscoe
Secy Ex Dept
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September 13 1853 - 
Act 1838
B L Carswell
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Pension Office
September 13 1855
Sir
You have filed evidence of about 9 months
service rendered by a man named William
Hadden in South Carolina; but Mrs Mary Hadden of
Georgia did not set up any claim for services
rendered except in Georgia, and furnished evidence
to show that her husband received land from
the State of Georgia for alleged service in that
state, and her claim was not allowed because
she did not show how long he had
served. Does Mrs Hadden now allege that
her husband served in South Carolina?
BL Carswell Esquire
Milledgeville
Georgia
[left margin:] 1838
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Executive Chamber, Georgia
June 28. 1856
Honorable A.H. Stephens
Dear Sir,
Knowing my interest (of feeling only) in the subject, Mr. Carswell handed me the
letter of S. Cole Esquire commissioner of the 5th instant which
discloses the proofs required in order to entitle
Mrs. Hadden to her pension.
1. As to the time of service. General Twigg's 
certificate shows that William Hadden served from
the 20th August 1781. (I inclose copy of his certificate- 
the department at Washington has a similar one authenticated) until the expulsion of the British, etc. The evacuation of Savannah took place on
11th July 1782, as appears from a letter of General Wayne on file in this Department a certified copy
of which I inclose. Hence, Hadden served
from 20th August 1781 to 11th July 1782.
2. As to the point that "army service was
necessary to entitle him to land".
To establish this, I inclose a certified
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Copy of the act 20th Aug 1781. I think it
is conclusive.
3. The Commissioner says "a soldier's bounty seems to
have been 287 ½ acres, but the man having her
husbands name received but 250, which leaves it
doubtful as to whether he who received it was a
soldier." On this point the Commissioner is mistaken. Hadden
received 287 ½ acres, as you will see by a certified
Copy of the Grant herewith inclosed.
The Court has a similar copy and therefore should
not have made this mistake. One point may
perhaps need explanation. By the act
of 20th August 1781, the soldier was entitled to
but 250 acres. But on the 25th February 1784, the
Legislature passed an additional act, the
14 Section of which entitles him in addition
to 15 acres to every hundred. Haddens
petition was in 1784 and so was Twiggs Certificate.
4. The Commissioner says "nor has any proof
been filed to show that her husband
was the man who received the land".  I now
supply this proof. You will find it
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in the enclosed affidavit of Asa Holt. He now owns the identical lot of land -- derived his title from those who claimed under Hadden -- he knew Hadden personally and knows he was the husband of Mrs. Hadden the applicant. 
It seems to me, that these proofs ought to be satisfactory. It is a case of just merit. Mrs. Hadden is one of the choice women of the olden time -- very needy. I venture to bespeak your correct interposition for her. You will never have an opportunity to do a service of nobler charity. 
To corroborate the testimony as to the evacuation of Savannah I enclose you a [?clip] from the Savannah Republican. The investigation by W. Left was made at my instance for this very case. It may be worth something. Perhaps you may be able to find the letter of General Green to the president
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Congress of the 14 July 1782. It ought to be among files at Washington. You see it quoted in Left's article.
Sincerely and Truly
Your etc. 
Herschel V. Johnston
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Entered
P THweatt
Comptroller general
[Plot or survey plan:] 
William Hadden 
287 1/2 Acres
Good land

Georgia Washington County
scale of 20 chains to an inch
Warrant dated on the 17 day May
and surveyed on the 14 day of July
Advertised on the day of
By: N Long
Certified by: J Panell
Surveyor General's Office, Milledgeville, Georgia,
I certify that the above is a true copy from the Record Book Page 142
Given under my hand and private seal,there being no Seal of Office.
James A Green Surveyor General
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STATE OF GEORGIA. 
By the Honorable [added by hand “Samuel Elbert”] Esquire, Captain General Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the said State. 

To all to whom these Presents shall come- - -GREETING: 
KNOW YE, That in Pursuance of the Act for opening the Land Office, and by virtue of the Powers in me vested, I HAVE, by and with the advice and consent of the Honorable the Executive Council, given and granted, and by these presents, in the name and behalf of the said State, Do give and grant unto [added by hand “William Hadden his”] Heirs and Assigns forever, ALL that tract or parcel of land, containing [added by hand “Two hundred Eighty seven and an half”] acres, situate, lying, and being in the County of [added by hand “Washington”] in the said State, and butting and bounding [added by hand “Eastwardly by Bigg Creek, Westwardly by Long's land, and on all other sides by vacant Land ( On Bounty)”] 

having such shape, form, and marks as appear by a plot of the same hereunto annexed; together with all and singular the rights, members, and appurtenances thereof, whatsoever, to the said tract or parcel of land belonging, or in any wise appertaining; and also all the estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand, of the State aforesaid, of, in, to, or out of the same: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract or parcel of land, and all and singular the premises aforesaid, with their and every of their rights, members, appurtenances, unto the said [added by hand “William Hadden”] - [added by hand “his”] heirs and assigns, to [added by hand “his”] and their own proper use and behoof forever, in fee simple. 

GIVEN under my hand in council, and the Great Seal of the said State, this [added by hand “Eighth”] day of [added by hand “February”] in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty- [added by hand “five”] and in the [added by hand “Ninth”] year of American Independence. 

Signed by His Honor the Governor in Council the [added by hand “8”] day of [added by hand “Feb 1785”] 

G Handly CC, S Elbert   

Registered the [added by hand “8th”] day of [added by hand “Feb 1785”]


SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE, 
Milledgeville [added by hand “June 26th 1856”] 
The above is a true copy from the Register of Grants in this Office Book [added by hand “fff- page 1.87] 

Given under my hand and seal of office.
[added by hand “E P Watkins”] 
Secretary of State.
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Milledgeville Georgia, September 29th, 1855

Dear Sir, 
Yours of the 13th instant relative to the claim of Mrs. Mary Hadden of this state, duly received for the Revolutionary services of her deceased husband William Hadden; and I, as her agent, have to inform you that Mrs. Haddenclaims a pension for his service both in Georgia and South Carolina, as her evidence in the premisses [sic] by the original certificate of file in the executive department of the state of Georgia, of which certified copies have been filed, and the certified document filed, of the comptroller General of South Carolina; hence she claims a pension for his military services for at least between two and three years.  Permit me to inform you that the Georgia forces fought nobly both in South and North Carolina, during the war, having been overpowered by the numerous Army of the British, at the City of Augusta, Georgia, and other localities in Georgia at the time; but this retreat did not prevent the service of the patriotic Georgia volunteer in the adjoining States of South and North Carolina.  You will please understand that I conceive that the deceased William Hadden, as per evidences of file, patriotically
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served as a Revolutionary soldier after his return in the army, from South Carolina into this state then his home, until the total expulsion of the British from her limits which took place on the 11th day of July 1783, a certificate of which I herewith enclose, and which I must say appears conclusively to prove that he the said William Hadden did patriotically devote his services to his country as a true soldier, until the end of the offensive war in the State of Georgia.  
I will take the liberty to solicit your Honor to have a careful examination of all the evidence, which I have filed relative to the just claim of Mrs. Mary Hadden, widow of advanced age, of the faithful a patriotic William Hadden deceased, the unequivocal and true devotee in the Revolutionary War, for [unknown], rights, freedom and liberty of his country. 
I am with considerations of profound respect,
your Obedient servant,
B.S.Carswell
Honorable J. Minot
Commissioner. of Pensions
D.C.
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Pension Office
June 5, 1836
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you that the evidence on file does not justify the allowence of the case of the Mary Hadden of Georgia. 
(Indistinct) of her husband’s name recorded the land of the State of Georgia under the resolve of 1781, but that does not fix the length of the service (indistinct) to entitle the man who came under it’s provisions to the land, nor does it seem to make it necessary that any services should have been done, nor if it did, has any honor been filed to show that her husband was the man who recorded the land. A soldier’s family seems to have been 28742 of land but the acres, who
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Pension Officer
January 11, 1856
Sir;
I have the honor to inform you that the explanatory certificate of the secretary of State of Georgia in the case of Mrs.Mary Hadden, widow of William, has been examined and filled with her papers, and that it does not relieve the case of it's difficulties. If I admit that her husband was the man who received land for military services in Georgia: ~ and the proof in the case does not justify such an admission.  Still, I should be utterly unable to arrive at any conclusion as to how long he served, and pensions are granted agreeably to the length and character of service rendered.  
M. B. L. Canwell, who  I presume sent the certificate you, has already been fully advised as to difficulties in the way o the admission of the claim.
Very Respectfully
your obedient servant
R. McCrae
for commissioner
Honorable AH Stevens 
House of representatives
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No
Mary Hadden deceased
Widow of William
Georgia
July 7. 1838
Honorable H. V. Johnson 
Millidgeville
Georgia
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State of Georgia
County of Jefferson
Court of Ordinary April Term 1855
Personally appeared in open court John W. Bothwell, James Bothwell the former being 60 and the other 69 years of age both residents of the county and state aforesaid who being duly sworn saith that they were well acquainted with William Hadden late of Jefferson County deceased,
And that he lived with Mary Hadden of said County
Until his death, and that they were reputed by all 
that knew them in the Community in which
They resided as lawful Husband and wife. And deponents further said that said William Hadden has departed this life leaving the said Mary Hadden a widow and from 
their own personal knowledge deponents know that the said Mary Hadden is still a widow and
has never been married since the decease of her said
Husband William Hadden
John W.Bothwell
James Bothwell
Sworn to before me this 2nd day of April 1855
Nicholas Diehl Ordinary

Georgia
Jefferson County Ss.
Office of Ordinary for said
County
I do certify that Samuel Fleming, John W. Bothwell and James Bothwell whose Names appear to the foregoing affidavits are men of high standing in the Community and would not testify to any
Thing but what they know to be the truth
Given under my hand and Seal of office this 2nd April 1833
Nicholas Diehl Ordinary
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State of Georgia
County of Jefferson
Court of ordinary April term 1855
Personally appeared in open Court Samuel Fleming aged 72 years a resident of the County and state aforesaid, who being duly sworn says that I was well acquainted with William Hadden
and his wife Mary Hadden and that he lived
with Mary Madden of said County until his death
and they were recognized in the community as lawful
Husband and wife. And deponent further says that said
William Hadden has departed this life leaving the said 
Mary Hadden a Widow and deponent further says
that he [illegible] [illegible] his father and mother [illegible]  to the wedding of the said William Hadden and Mary Hadden and he has been personally acquainted with her ever since the death of her said husband William Hadden
Samuel Fleming
Sworn to before me 
This 2nd day of April 1855.
Nicholas Diehl Ordinary

State of Georgia
Jefferson County
Court of Ordinary for said 
County
I do certify that
there is no record of a Marriage between William Hadden and
Mary Hadden in my office. The Law requiring
Marriage licenses to be recorded did not go into effect
Until the ear 1819.
Given  under my hand and Seal of Office
this 2nd day of April 1855.
Nicholas Diehl, Ordinary
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State of Georgia
County of Burk
In person appeared before me
Daniel S. Bray a Justice of the
peace
William Patterson aged 78 years 10 months 
resident of the County and State aforesaid
who being duly sworn says that he was
well acquainted with
William Hadden
deceased and his wife Mary Hadden, who was
his widow for a number of years
And deponent further declares that he
was personally present, when William Hadden
Mary Hadder was married, and that they
lived together as lawful Husband Wife
reconized by all that knew them and the
community in which they lived  And Deponent further says that
William Hadden has departed this life
leaving the said Mary Hadden a Widow
and that the said Mary Hadden has never
married since the decease of her said
husband William Hadden
And deponent says, that he visited the house 
of William Hadden  and Mary Hadden
and
on his personal knowledge, the said Mary
Hadden is the identical widow of William
Hadden deceased, late of Jefferson county 
and State of Georgia
William Patterson
Sworn to and Subscribed
before me this 11th April 1855
David P Lowry Justice of the peace
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Georgia
Jefferson County ⎬ County
Clerks office Inferior Court of said county
I, Nicholas Duke Clerk of
the Inferior Court of said County and State aforesaid
do hereby certify that David P. Lowry before whom
the foregoing affidavit was made was at the term
thereof, an acting Magistrate in and forward
County, duly qualified to administer Oaths and
that his signature thereto appears to be genuine
Given under my hand and Seal of the Court
this 11th day of April 1855
Nicholas Diehl, C.I.C. [clerk of the inferior court]
Georgia
Jefferson County ⎬
Office of Ordinary for said County
I do certify that William Patterson whose name appears to the foregoing of affidavit is a man of high standing in the community and 
would not testify to any thing but what he Strictly knows
to be true.
Given under my hand and Seal of Office this
11th day of April 1855
Nicholas Diehl Ordinary
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State of Georgia
Baldwin County

Personally appears before me William L. McKinley, one of the Justices of the Superior Court from said county, Margaret A. Carswell, the daughter of William and Mary Hadden and Burniah S Carswell, the husband of said Margaret A, who being duly sworn depose and say, that Mary Hadden is the widow of said William Hadden deceased; that she is still in life and has never been married since the death of William Hadden and that the said William Hadden departed this life on the twenty second day of November A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Nineteen.

Sworn to subscribe before me April 13, 1855, W. McKinley J.S.C.

Margaret A. Carswell
B. S. Carswell
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Milledgeville, April 14th 1855
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Margaret A. Canewell and Beniah L Canewell who are inhabitants of Baldwin County, with William Patterson, who is a citizen of Burke County; with Samuel Flemming, John W. Bothwell and James Bothwell who are citizens of Jefferson County, all of the State of Georgia, where affiants appear in the proceeding and accompanying papers. They are all persons of high respectability and their testimony is entitled to the most implicit confidence and belief. I would state further, if it may avail anything, that I personally know Mary Hadden. She is a lady of the olden times, and eminent for her virtues as she is venerable in years; and I have no doubt her claims upon the Government is eminently just. I know she emphatically needs it. The fact that she is the widow of a revolutionary patriot soldier, is a matter of general notoriety in the neighborhood in which she resides and has resided from the day of her marriage down to the present time. I trust sincerely that her application for the pension to which her husband would be entitled, if in life, will meet with prompt 
Sincerely,
Herschel V Johnson
Governor of Georgia
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Surveyor Generals Office Georgia
Millidgeville 30th April 1855
I certify that the records of this office show that William Hadden had in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four two tracts of Land surveyed in his name and [illegible] and living there in the county of Washington containing two hundred and eighty seven and a half acres  each, and that plots of each of said surveys have been returned to this office and recorded. 
Given under my hand and private seal there being no seals of Office
P. M. Compton SS
Surveyor General
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[Left side:]
1883/10-19
Examined by Barrett a newspaper [announcement]
[Right side:]
11.826
Georgia
Mary Hadden, widow of William, who died on the ________of _______in the State of ____who was a Private in the ___commanded by Captain _______ of the _____commanded by ________in the Revolution line for 10 months and 21 days.  Inscribed of the Roll of Savannah at the rate of 35 dollars 64 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.  Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of July 1836 and sent to Honorable A.H. Stevens. 
House of Representatives
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending _______
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838}
Recorded by G.T. Getty- Clerk
Book H Volume 1 Page 215
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Two hundred fifty acres of land Number 236
Georgia
These are to certify that William Hadden, as a Refugee from this State is entitled to two hundred and fifty acres of land or a bounty, agreeable to Resolve of the general assembly, hoped at Augusta the 19th August 1781, and as per Certificagte of John Twiggs B.G., given under my hand at Savannah the twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty four. 
J. Houstown

Executive Department
Milledgeville Georgia March 9 1854 
This is to certify that the foregoing pages contain true copies of the petition of William Hadden and the certificate of John Twiggs, Brigadier General and John Houstoun, of the senior of the William in the Revolutionary War and his right to receive in consideration thereof a bounty of land from the State of Georgia, the originals of which are of file in this office.  Given under my hand and seal of the Executive Department.  B.B. deGraffenried, Secretary Executive Department
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State of Georgia
This is to certify that William Hadden hath steadfastly done his duty from the time of poping an act at Augusta to wit on the 29th of August 1781, until the total expulsion of the British from this State;  and the said William Hadden cannot to my knowledge or belief be convicted of plundering or distreping the county, and is therefore under the said act entitled to a Bounty of two hundred and fifty acres of good land, free from taxes for ten years.
Given under my hand at Savannah the second day of March 1784. John Twiggs, B.G.
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Extracts from the Book of Revolutionary Soldiers of file in this Department, being side notes referring to and explanatory of the different certificates given to the different orders of the soldiers in the Revolution.

It will be seen or adverting to the 8th Section of An Act of the Legislature, hoped on the 20th of August 1781 entitled " An Act to amend the several acts for the better regulation of the Militia of this State," that in consequences of numbers of persons who were daily absenting themselves from the State and leaving their fellow citizens to encounter the difficulties of the war with Great Britain the Legislature directed, "That any person or persons shall procure a certificate from the commanding officer of the district to which he belongs to the Legislature of this State (or the total expulsion of the enemy from it) of his having steadfastly done his duty from the time of hoping this act shall be entitled to two hundred and fifty acres of good land (which shall be exempt from Taxes for the space of ten years thereafter) provided such person or persons cannot be convicted of plundering or distributing the bounty" *By the 14th Section of the Land Law hoped the 25th of February 1784, and additional quantity of fifteen acres to each hundred acres was added in lieu of an exemption from Taxes to the Bounty of "all the offices to soldiers, all the offices and marines of the Navy, offices of the Medical Department Refuges to Citizens", consequently a Soldiers bounty was 287 1/2 acres of land. Executive Department Milledgeville, Georgia.  I, B.B. deGraffenried Secretary Executive Department of the State of Georgia do hereby certify that the above is a true transcript from the Books of Record of our Department. Given under my hand and seal of Executive Department this 27th of November 1855. B.B. deGraffenried, Secty. Ex. Dept.