Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7634, Edmund Hays, S.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.
Hays, Edmund 
Martha
NUMBER
W.7634
B.L. Wt 29749-160-55
CONTENTS
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5433
North Carolina
Edmund Hays of Randolph in the State of North Carolina
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain [Daniel] Comer of the regt commanded by Gen [Colonel Thomas] Brandon in the North Carolina line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 30 Dollars _ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Feby 1833 and sent to Hon
A H Shepperd House of Repres
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 45.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 1833 15.00 = $60.00
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832 Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk
Book D Vol. 8 Page 32

Duplicate certificate issued this 3d Sept 1833 & Sent Ralph Gorrell
Greensboro NC
Order to pay 11. April 1840
Order to pay 2 May 1842
Order to pay 12 April 1845.
Order to pay 31 March 1846
To J.12 Troy & [Illegible] to 3d audr June 12 1857

C. W. Bennett July 29 1852
Let JB Troy Act 8/56
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5965
North Carolina
Martha Hays widow of Edmund Hays
South Ca
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
30 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on 17th September 1856
the February 1858.
Certificate of Pension issued 5th day of November 1856 and sent to
W. H. Helper Salisbury NC
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 140 Vol. _

Nov. 15 To H.H. Helper
3d Auditor, July 14, 1857
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Cir. W. P. Mendenhall, Feb. 29/56
1883 Jany 9. To Thad L. Troy Winston N.C.
thro Hon R B Vance giving number of warrt
Vol. H. = 30

137.728 Act Mar 3 May 16th /55
Edmond Hayes Pres
Revolutionary pension
Rev. War.
AD: 160 All, from 10 /56 Boynton
Hon. R.C. Puryear Ho of Rep

29749 issued June 14/56
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State of North Carolina Randolph County: SS
On this 9th Day of November 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County & State of aforesaid (being a Court of Record) Edmund Hays, a resident of the County of Randolph & State of North Carolina aged about seventy-three years who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th of June
1832.
That he was born in the County of Randolph in the year 1760 from
which place his father moved when he was a small boy, into old Ninety Six, (now Union) district in the State of South Carolina. He has no record of his age but an entry made by himself in his own family Bible which entry was made from information received from his parents of the
time of his birth which this declarant has every reason to believe, and does believe is correct.
At the age of sixteen years this declarant entered the service of the United States as a volunteer for the term of two months and ten days and went from Union district South Carolina under the command of Captain Barnum in an expedition against the Cherokee Indians who at
that time from encouragement received from the British had become very troublesome and dangerous. After his term of service was out he was discharged and returned home.
This declarant again entered the service of the United States under Captain Daniel Comer and was marched from Union district below the River Congaree where he lay encamped for some considerable time, and from which place he was
marched to
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Bush River at which place he was discharged. During this tour, this declarant believes the British were in possession of Charleston South Carolina. This declarant at this time
was drafted for the time of two months & ten days and at the expiration of the term served and
for his discharge other levies of troops had arrived to take the place of those at that time discharged.
After this tour he was ordered by General Brandon [ Colonel Thomas Brandon] to take a number
of old Tories, together with a large number of Tory women the wives and daughters of those engaged with the British, to the British lines. It was thought by General Brandon that by
removing them to the British lines that it would prevent the inroads of the Tories into that part of the Country, which had been frequent and bloody. This service this declarant together with three or four others performed and was told by General Brandon that it would be equal to a regular tour of two months & ten days.
This declarant was after this drafted for 2 months & 10 days and again entered the Service of the United States under the command of Captain William Grant, & General Brandon during the continuance of this tour the Battle of the Cowpens took place at which place the
British under the command of Colonel Tarlton [Banastre Tarleton] were defeated by General [Daniel]
Morgan. This declarant was in that engagement, and well recollects General Morgan, Colonel [William]
Washington and General [Andrew] Pickens – after his term of service expired he was discharged. Previous
to this last mentioned tour this declarant volunteered together with five hundred others under Colonel Fair [Lieutenant Colonel William Farr] to go against a party of Tories who were then infesting the Country. Colonel Fair after joining Colonel Washington went in pursuit of the Tories who being overtaken by the
troop of Colonel Washington and the volunteers under Colonel Fair at Brandon’s Store were cut to pieces and defeated.
This declarant was engaged in a great many excursions of a similar nature in some of which he volunteered and in others was called out for short terms, the number and duration of which this declarant at this time has no particular Recollection. On one occasion he well
recollects
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 being called out to guard a block house stored with provisions for the Army in which Service he was engaged nearly 2 months. Shortly after the Battle of the Cowpens this affiant came on a visit to Randolph County in the State of North Carolina, where he has remained ever since with the exception of two years and where he was engaged on one occasion shortly before the close of the war in an excursion against that turbulent and bloody Tory [David] Fanning .
This declarant states that from his being removed from the scene of his services, he has no means of proving his services except by his own oath, and that he has no documentary
evidence of the same never having received any written discharge at any time.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Edmund Hays, X his mark

We Larkin C. York & John Kevit, Balam Alridge, Saml Alridge of the County of Randolph State North Carolina do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Edmund Hays whose name appears to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be seventy two years old that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
s/ Samuel Aldredge
Balam Aldredge
L.C York
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named
applicant was a soldier of the Revolution & served as he States
And the Court further certify that Larkin C York, John Kevit, Balaam Aldredge & Samuel Aldredge who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the County therein named, and that their statement is entitled to credit
s/ JWood Chn

I Hugh McCain Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions for the County of Randolph & State of
North Carolina do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Edmund Hays for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 9th day of November AD 1832
s/ Hugh McCain clk
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Act 3 Feby 1853
Martha Hays
Widow of
Edmond Hays
Pension Claim
H.H. Helper Atty.
Salisbury
N.C.
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In Randolph County, on Sandy Creek, on Wednesday the 17th instant, Mr. EDMUND HAYS, aged about 96 years. He was a veteran in the Revolution, and fought under Gen. Morgan at the battle at the Cowpens.

State of North Carolina
County of Randolph ⎬ SS
On this 25th day of October A.D. 1856, personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Martha Hays aged 83 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed 3 February 1853. That she is the widow of Edmond
Hays, who was a private soldier in the
Revolutionary war. That her said husband drew a pension under act of 1832 at the rate of $30 per annum, and was paid at the agency for paying Pensions at Fayetteville N. C.
She further declares that she
was married to the said Edmond Hays on the 6th day of September A.D. 1812. That her husband the aforesaid Edmond Hays died
on the 17th day of September 1856, and that she has remained a widow ever since, and is now a widow
Marther Hays X her Mark

Personally appeared Elias Hays and Sarah Frazier, residents of Randolph County in the State aforesaid, who upon oath declare that they
are personally well acquainted with Mrs Martha Hays and saw her make her mark to the foregoing declaration, that they know her to be the identical person she represents herself
to be and that she is now the widow of Edmond Hays, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner. They also declare that they were
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personally present at the death of Edmond Hays deceased, and that he departed this life on the 17th day of September 1856, we also declare that we have no interest
in this claim, and that she is not able to attend Court to make her declaration. s/  Elias Hays
s/ Sarah Frazier

The foregoing declaration of Martha Hays and affidavit of Elias Hays and Sarah Frazier, were sworn to and subscribed before me, this 25th day of October 1856, and I do hereby
certify that the claimant is an aged and highly credible person and that from old age and bodily infirmity she is not able to attend Court to make her declaration, and that the witnesses are respectable and credible persons of our said
County, and that I have no interest in
this claim
s/ I Fruit J. P.

State of North Carolina
County of Randolph ⎬
I, B. F. Hoover, Clerk of the Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for
the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that I Fruit Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit was made, was at the time of it being done a
Justice of the Peace in and for said
County and State, duly commissioned and qualified by law to administer
oaths, and that his signature
above written is genuine.
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office on this 25th day of October 1856
s/ BF Hoover CCC
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137.728
Edmond Hays
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State of North Carolina ⎬ ss
Randolph County
On this 3d day of May One thousand Eight hundred and fifty five,
personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid
Edmond Hays, aged ninety five years, a resident of Randolph County, in the State of North Carolina, who being duly sworn according to law, declares
that he is the identical Edmond Hays, who was a private in the Revolutionary war, and that he
is now on the pension list, a pensioner at the agency of N.C. at Fayetteville, at the rate of thirty
Dollars per annum, and that he refers to the proof of service now on file in the Department to sustain this claim
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled under the Act approved March the 3d 1855.
s/ Wm Kirkman
s/ George W Holder
Edmond Hays X his mark

We William Kirkman and George W. Holder residents of Randolph County in the State of North Carolina
upon our oaths declare that the foregoing Declaration, was signed and acknowledged by Edmond Hays, in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be, and that we
have no interest in this claim, and are not engaged in its prosecution.
s/ Wm Kirkman
s/ George W. Holder
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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 and that the claimant is the identical person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest  in this claim, and I am not engaged in its prosecution. Wm R McMasters ( signed ) JP  [ State of North Carolina Count of Randolph ] I hereby certify that  W. R. McMasters  Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit  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 aforesaid , duly commissioned  and sworn and that his signature thereto is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the County Court for the County aforesaid this the 4th day of May  A.D.  1855. B. F. Hoover ( signed ) C.C.C.
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Edmond Hays
Marriage Bond
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[ State of North Carolina ] Know all men by these presents that we Edmund Hays and  Isaac Wright  are hold as firmly bound unto  William  Hawkins , Governor of his successors in office , to the full sum of Five hundred Pounds , current money, to be paid to the said Governor or his successors or  assigns , for the which payment well and truly to be made and done,  we  bind ourselves, our heirs, Executors, and Administrators jointly and severally , firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals and dated this 6th  September  Anno Domini 1812. The condition of the above obligation  is such that the above boundees , hath made application for a marriage license to be abbrated between them him and Martha Frazier of the County aforesaid . Now in case it shall not  appear hereafter that the said marriage then the obligation to be void  otherwise to remain in full force and virtue . Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of L. Mc Masters ( signed ) JP  Edmund Hays ( signed / sealed ) Isaac Wright ( signed / sealed )  [ State of North Carolina ] I, Benjamin F Hoover clerk of the Court of  Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Randolph and State aforesaid  certify that the above and foregoing is a  just, true , perfect and complete copy of the bond for marriage License authorizing the marriage of Edmund Hays  with Martha Frazier  appearing from the files in my office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto
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set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court at office in Ashboro on this 25th day of October AD 1836.
B.F. Hoover ( signed ) CCC
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Rev. & 1812 War Section.
July 12, 1923
Honorable W. J. Harris,
United States Senate.
My dear Senator:
In response to your personal inquiry of
the twelfth instant, addressed to the Adjutant General,
U. S. A. and referred by him to this Bureau for a reply,
I have the honor to furnish you, for Mrs. E. D. Vesch
of Adairsville, Ga. the history of the following pensioner.
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension6
Claim, W. 784, it appears that Edmund Hays was born in
Randolph County, North Carolina in 1760.
While living in the 18 Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, he enlisted and  served during the Revolution as a private
in the South Carolina Troops at various times amounting
in all to about nine months, under Captains Barnum, 
Daniel Comer, Fair, and William Grant, and Colonel Brandon.
Date of enlistments and discharges not given, he was in
an engagement with the Tories and at the battle of Cowpens.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed
November 9, 1832, while living in Randolph County, North Carolina
and he died there September 17, 1858.
He married September 6, 1913, Martha Frazier of
Randolph County, North Carolina and the applied for pension
on her application executed October 25, 1858, while
living in Randolph County, North Carolina aged eighty-[illegible]. Her claim was allowed.
They had children, but their hands are not on record.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
[handwritten] Mr. Veach's letter returned to Senator.
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United States Senate,
Washington, July 12, 1926; 19
Maj. Gen. R. C. Davis,
War Department,
Washington, D.C.
[handwritten] Mr. Veach's letter returned to senator.
RECEIVED
Sir:
I have the honor to
submit the following communication
for your consideration, and to ask that the
request made therein be complied
with if possible.
When the matter is disposed
of, will you kindly
have the letter returned to
my office, and oblige.
Yours truly,
Wm Harris 
U. S. S.
Ind
[stamp] 28 Received A.G.O. JUL 18 1928
13od

6) ORD 1st Ind.      RCE 
-To the Commissioner of Pensions,
of Honorable William J. Harris,
med of this reference by letter, a

Robert C. Davis
Major General

The Adjutant General.
By H
[stamp] PENSION U.S. OFFICE H Jul 17
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A. G. 201 Hayes, Edmund or Edward (7-6-26) ORD 1st Ind.   RCE
War Department, A. G. O., July 16, 1926. To the Commissioner of Pensions.
Attention is invited to the letter of Honorable William J. Harris,
United States Senate, who has been informed of this reference by letter, a
copy of which is herewith inclosed.
Robert C. Davis
Major General
The Adjutant General.
By H
2 inclosures
[stamp] PENSION U.S. OFFICE H JUL 171928
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RCD
(COPY)
WAR DEPARTMENT
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE.
WASHINGTON.

A.G. 201
Hayes, Edmund or Edward
(7-G-25) ORD
July 16, 1926.

William J. Harris,
United States Senate.

My dear Senator Harris:
I am in receipt of your letter of July 12, 1926, with which you inclosed one, herewith returned from Mrs. E. D. Veach,
Adairsville, Ga., who desires information concerning Edmund (or Edward) Hayes of North Carolina, said to have been a Revolutionary War pensioner.

The name and Hayes or Edward Hayes has not been found on the records on file in this Department of North Carolina soldiers
in the Revolutionary War. There was an Edward Hayes in the 2d Regiment Light Dragoons, Continental Troops, who rendered service from
Massachusetts and deserted.

The collection of Revolutionary War records in this Department is far from complete. The Bureau of Pensions has a collection of land warrant and pension records of Revolutionary War soldiers, and I am transmitting your letter and the inclosure to the Commissioner of
Pensions, who may be able to furnish you the desired information.
Very respectfully,
 [Nelson Conaway?]
Major General
The Adjutant General.
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( left page and vertical on page ) 1926 July 19  . Hist. to Hon Wm. J Harris an ( right page ) Revy  WIDOW ,&c.  File No. 7634 Martha Hays wid  Edmund Hays Privt Rev War Act :  Feb 3rd 1853 Index: - Vol. A Page 304 [ Arrangement of 1870 }
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No, 6525 Martha Hays widow of Edmund  Randolph Co. N. Carolina Admitted Act Feb. 3, 1853 at rate of $ 30  per annum commencing Sept. 17, 1856  when husband died Husband was a private of Infantry  9 months  Pay widow  Certificate to W H Helper Esq. Salisbury NC
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Salisbury NC Oct 27  1856 Sir, Enclosed herewith find  declaration of Mrs. Hays for Pension under act of 3 Feby 1853 . In her declaration  she does not say she was married in Randolph or any other County, nor does she state what her name was  before she  was married. The forms laid down in Triplett does not  require that the applicant should make those statements. Enclosed also find Mrs. Miller's application  for Bounty Land . She  requests to say to you that she is extremely  feeble and desires ( vertical note ) (Taken out  Adams )
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that her claim should be passed  upon it as early a day as practicable . Very respectfully  your obt. servt. H. H. Helper ( signed )  J. Minot Com. of Pensions
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Edmund Hays NC 1832 ( post mark ) [ CEDAR FALLS N.C. SEPT 29 ] ( vertical on page )  official business FREE  The Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
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29.749 Rev Ams
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ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.

PENSION OFFICE,
Feb. 29th 1856.
Sir:
The claim of Edmund Hayes,for bounty land under the act of the 3d March, 1855, No. 137.728, has been examined and suspended.
The revolutionary service of Mr. Hayes does not appear of record in this office.
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE".
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim will be favorably considered.
IT SHOULD DE OBSERVED, that the recorded action of this office, admitting a revolutionary soldier to the list of pensioners upon parole proof, is not considered "record evidence" of service, within the meaning of the act
aforesaid. In all applications for bounty land under this act, the papers of the soldiers, or their widows, who have applied for or
received pensions, as well as the rolls in this office, and carefully examined for record evidence of service, before this circular issued.
Respectfully
J. MINOT,
Commissioner.
Wm P. Mendenhall, Esqr
Present

X - You are referred to the Comptroller Genl. of S. Car. the soldiers alleged be termed in various tours of duty in the S.C. Militia, Owings
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No. 137.728

Ho. of Reps. May 22, 1856

Sir:
Edmond Hayes of North Carolina, in venerable Revolutionary pensioner, applied for Bounty Land under the act of March 1855, but his application (No. 137.728/ is represented to have been suspended for the want of Record Evidence of his service.
  I am requested to call the attention of the Department to his case have as the late annulment to this case in question may embrace his ease in it's provisions for. 

Very respectfully
your obt sent
R.C. Puryear 


J. Minot Esq
Comm. of Pensions
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State of North Carolina
COUNTY Randolph  - SS

Be it known, That on this fourth day of March
A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty two
before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Edmund Hays a resident of _____ in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the
Identical Edmund Hays
who is a Revolutionary Pensioner of the U.S. No. Carolina Agency at the rate of Thirty Dollars per annum; that he has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; ; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
His mark - Edmund Hays
SWORN to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me.
Jno B. Troy, J. Peace
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John B Troy, Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Edmund Hays who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this county, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Jno. B. Troy, J. Peace.
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I, Benjamin F. Hoover Clerk of the County
Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John B. Troy before whom
the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal,
this Sixth day of March A. D. 1852
B. F. Hoover Clerk
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Know all Men by these Presents, That I Edmund Hays, hereby constitute and appoint Clement W. Bennett my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of myself for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere;
to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to me at the North Carolina agency to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 4th day of March A. D. 1852.

his mark - Edmund Hays
SIGNED AND SEALED IN THE PRESENCE OF Thos. L. Troy

State of N. Carolina
County of Randolph
On this 4th day of March A.D. 1852
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Edmund Hays and
 acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.

In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, the day and year aforesaid.
Jno. B. Troy
J. Peace.
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( left page ) 21763 Edmund Hays Declaration for a pension November Term 1832 Court of Pleas and ar. Sessions Randolph Cty. N.C. from Private 9 months  $ 30  Hon. A. N Wenfield ( right page and vertical on page ) Guinsboro  Decr. 1st 1832 The officers of the department whose dut it will be to  pass upon the within declaration , will pleas inform  Ralph Gorrell  residing at Guinsboro N.C.  of its acceptance or  rejection. Respectfully Ralph Gorrell ( signed )
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Mar 31 ' 47 Mr. Evans ( post mark ) [  FAYETTEVILLE N. C.  ... 28 ] ( vertical on page ) James L Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington
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Pension Office Fayetteville Mar 27/47 James L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Sir, I have  some payments of Edmund Hays  Act of 1832  .. ( illegible ) $ 30 whose voucher is notarized. very respectfully your  .. ( illegible ) J M  Huske ( signed )
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Brief in the case of Martha Hays  widow of Edmund Hays  Randolph County and State of North Carolina  act February 3, 1853 Claim ( " original ") Proof exhibited , ( if original ) Is it documentary , traditionary , or supported by  rolls ? If either , state the substance Husband was a pensioner under act of June 7, 1832  at rate of $ 30  per annum and was paid to 4th September 1856  , as shown by returns of Pension  agent on file in this office. He died  September 17, 1856, as proved by two credible witnesses.  Marriage of  the  parties shown by certifying copy of marriage bond,. It took place in 1812 . Identity of claimant  as the present widow of the above named pensioner and his death as above noted    proved by Elias Hays  and Sarah Frazier credible witnesses. allowance accordingly  W H Helper Esq. Name and residence of Agent Salisbury N.C.  R. Geddes Examining Clerk
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Salisbury N.C. Nov. 8  1856  Geo. C. Whiting  Esq. Commissioner of Pensions D.C. Sir, I received today  Mrs. Hays  certificate of Pension and it commences on 17th September 1856 . Her pension  it appears tome should commence on the 3rd Feby  1853 , although  her husband drew  a pension since the passage of said  act of 3rd Feby 1856. Such must have been the intention of the Law, and think the old ladie's pension should commence from the date of the act under which she claims. Very respectfully  your obt. servt. H. H. Helper ( signed )
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May 2 1842 Mr. Davidge ( vertical on page ) James L Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington
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Pension Office Fayetteville  April 26 , 42 James L Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions  Sir, Edmund Hays  a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832  applies for  the stipend  we have for the said  twelve months -  I have authorized the payment  thereof  I   am very respectfully  your obt svt. J M Huske ( signed )
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Cedar Falls N.C. Sep. 27, 1836 Hon. The Com. of Pensions Washington City  Dr. Sir, Edmund Hays  was a Pensioner  of the U.S. died a few weeks ago  leaving a widow  & children . HIs certificate of Pension  is dated in 1833. Was he  by any acts of Congress  entitled to an  increase of  Pension  ? Is his widow entitled to a continuance of the pension ? I make these inquiries  being  by  his will appointed an Extr. Very Respecty yr obt servt. J B Troy ( signed )
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Pension Office Fayetteville April 7/ 45 James L Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Sir, Pleas direct the payment of Edmund Hays  Act 1832  12 mo $30 per voucher notarized. very respectfully  your obt servt. J M Huske ( signed )
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Washington  April 30  1852  Honl. J. E. Keith Com. of Pensions Sir, I have the honor to enclose  here with the application etc., of Edmund Hays  a pensioner of the  U. States paid at the No. Ca. Agency for an increase of his pension. He claims to have served over 18 months in the Revolutionary  War under the command of Genl. Thomas Brannon, Col. William Fair, and Captains Tos . Blassingame, Genl. Comer , Wm. Putnam , Wm. Grant - Crawford So. Sa. Troops. Very  Respectfully  your obt servt. C W. Bennett ( signed )
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Guinsboro NC Augt 26th Free War Department Pension Bureau Washington City  ( vertical note ) Issue Duplicate
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[ State of North Carolina Guilford County ] ss. This day personally appeared before the subscriber  Ralph  Gorrell   & made oath in due form of the law that he  received enclosed from the Hon. A . H. Sheppard , during the  last spring a pension certificate for Edmund Hays of the County of Randolph & State aforesaid  for the amt. of thirty dollars annually ; which certificate has become lost or mislaid so that he cannot  lay his hands upon it and known not what has become of it. He believes tat they said Edmund  never has received said certificate and never has seen it, as it  never was out of his ( this affiant's ) possession from the time of its receipt till its loss . Sworn  to and subscribed Augt. 26 1833 Ralph Gorrell ( signed ) J A Mebane ( signed ) JP  5437
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Guinsboro Augt. 26  1833 J L Edwards Esq, Dear Sir, Some five or six weeks since I addressed a letter to the department  on which you  provide containing an affidavit of the loss of the pension certificate of Edmund Hays, which as I have ready  no answer. I  presume never reached you. This contains as you will perceive a  similar affidavit for the same purposes, and I wish you  if the loss is sufficiently  accounted for to send me another certificate as soon as possible as the pensioner is old and probably will not live to enjoy his pension unless he soon shall receive another certificate. If the loss of the certificate is not accounted for in a satisfactory manner pleas inform me  speedily of  everything that will be necessary in order to obtain a duplicate. A speedy answer will  much oblige your obt. st. Ralph Gorrell ( signed )
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[ State of North Carolina Guilford County ] ss. I Watson W Woodburn  clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that John A  Mebane  whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit  is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the  County  & State aforesaid and that  due faith and credit is due to all his acts and deeds as such . I likewise certify that the foregoing signature is in his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand  & affixed the seal of my office this 26th day August  AD 1833 . W W Woodburn ( signed ) clk