Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3466, Hardy Falkner, N.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N.C. Falkner, Hardy
NUMBER R.3466
Mary
CONTENTS
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Revolutionary Pension claim of Mary Falkner widow of Hardy Falkner. Act of July 1838. N.C. mil.
J.T. Stevens Atty
Washington D.C.
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State of North Carolina
Granville County 
On this thirtieth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty six personally appeared before the Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter [Sessions?] at a special term held in said County in open Court said Court being of record Mrs Mary Falkner aged Ninety Seven years a resident near Henderson in the County of Granville and State of North Carolina who being first duly sword according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the pension made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838. That she is the widow of Hardy Falkner who was a light horseman & footman in the war of the Revolution that his place of residence at the time he entered the service was Granville County in the State of North Carolina that he entered under the following named officers belonging to the Militia or other State troops of the State of North Carolina for the period herein mentioned he was first in a company of foot six months down towards the sea coast and when a horseman he went to Guilford and was in a battle then & was over at Halifax while in the service but from old age she has forgotten the particulars of his service She thinks he had a fight at Halifax, his Captain's name was Harris. 
She further declares that she was married to the said Hardy Falkner on the fourth day of November in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three that her husband the afforesaid Hardy Falkner died on the fourth day of May in the year eighteen hundred and thirty one -- and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed She wishes JT Stevens of Washington to collect her claim. 
Mary Falkner, X her mark
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Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year aforewritten before us in open Court
Lewis H. Kittle J.P. Chairman [protem?] of Said Special Term
L.E. Young, J.P.
N.H. Burwell, J.P. 
Witness my hand and Seal of Said Court this the 2nd day of February AD1856 I being disinterested 
A. Landis. 6th
State of North Carolina 
Granville County 
On this 31st day of January AD1856 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State afforesaid Mrs Mary Falkner who is to me known to be the person mentioned as a claimant in the accompanying declaration and who being by me first duly sworn doth on her oath state that there is no public record of her marriage to the best of her knowledge information and belief. 
Mary Falkner, X her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 31st day of January 1856
L.E Young, J.P.
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State of North Carolina
Granville County
On this Thirtieth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County of Granville and State of North Carolina ["to me with [illegible] and" crossed out] James Short and [WmW Reavis?] who are to me well known and who are credible witnesses and who being by me duly sworn depose and say that they are such well acquainted with Mrs Mary Falkner the above appealed for pension that they have known her for forty years past that they were acquainted with Hardy Falkner her late husband having known him for fifteen years previous to his death that they [the?] said Mary Falkner and Hardy Falkner lived together as husband and wife and were reported so to her that deponents never heard the fact of their marriage [dispatched?] or questioned that the said Hardy Falkner died on the fourth day of May ["November" crossed out] in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty one and the said Mary Falkner has been since that day and still is reported to be his widow which deponents believe to be the fact that she has never married since her said husbands death and still is his widow and that her said husband was the identical man mentioned as a [soldier?] in her declaration and further that they deponents do reside in the County afforesaid and J William W [Reeves?] have her acquainted with the said Hardy Falkner and his wife Mary Falkner from from my childhood to the present time and from [illegible] do know that she is the only wife he can [illegible] day my acquaintance with them and I am now over seventy years old. 
WmW Reavis
James Short
Sworn to and Subscribed
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before me the 31st day of January 1856
L.E. Young J.P.
State of North Carolina
Granville County
On this 31st day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty six personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State afforesaid James Short a resident of Said County to me well known as a credible witness who living by me first duly sworn doth on his oath State that he is acquainted with Mrs Mary Falkner the above named applicant for Pension under act of 7th July 1838 that he has known her for forty years last past that he has examined her family record that he believes the same to be [germaine?] that it is contained in a Book [Purported?] to be a Testament owned by her late husband Hardy Falkner the date of which is last which is an exact copy of the same and the  whole of said record ["as" crossed out] as far as relates to his marriage and death Hardy Falkner was married in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three the fourth day of November Hardy Falkner died the fourth day of May eighteen hundred and [thirty?] one the [following?] is a true copy except the date which on them expressed in fair legible figures.
James Short
Sworn to and Subscribed before me on the day and year aforesaid I certify that I am in no manner interested.
L.E. Young J.P.
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State of North Carolina
Granville County
I hereby certify that D.E. Young Esq. before when the foregoing affidavits were made and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County afforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and applied the seal of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County afforesaid the day of 7th January 1856.
A. Landis CM
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["Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873." crossed out]
3466
P.O.
Mary Faulkner 
Service: Wid. of Hardy
Enlisted: , 18
Discharged: , 18
["REJECTED" written diagonally across middle of page]
Application filed: , 18
Alleges: 
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized. Contract.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for , 18.
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No. 15.381
Mary Faulkner
Wid. of Hardy
N. Carolina
Let J.T. Stevens Feby 21/56
Let same June 4/56
3466
July 1838
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State of N. Carolina 
Comptrollers Department 
I M W Brooks Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears of record in my office among the payments made to sundry persons for military service in the Revolutionary War as follows. To wit.
Hardy Faulkner.
Book no 4 page 1 £13..10.. [Spero?] Halifax Distr. 1782
" 24 " 30 £13..15.. "
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said office on this the 25 day of April 1856
M. W. Brooks
Comptroller of state
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Revolutionary Pension 
Act 7. July 1838
Washington D.C.
15th May 1856
Sir. 
In answer to your letter on the 28th Feby [illegible] in relation to the claim for Pension of Mary Faulkner Wid of Hardy Falkner Act of July 1838. I have the home to [enter?] the Certificate of the Comptroller of N.C. in regard to service. 
I will forward proof of marriage soon. 
Very Respectfully yours
J.T. Stevens
[Hw?] J. Minot
Comr of Pensions
Present
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Revolutionary Pension
Act 7. July 1838
Washinton D.C. 
15th Feby 1856
Sir
I have the honor to enclose you the application of Mary Falkner Widow of Hardy Falkner for Pension under the Act of 7 July 1838. 
Very Respectfully yours
J.T. Stevens 
[Hw?] J. Minot
Comr of Pensions
Present