Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7,273, George Findley, N.C.
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(3-1776)

NC

SERVICE

NUMBER

N.C.

Findley, George

W. 7.273

Nancy

B.L.Wt. 34.280-160-55

CONTENTS
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Letter to Pensioner 2 April 1846.

“ C. C. Abernathy 7th June 1852.

25361

West Tennessee

George Findley

of [illegible] in the State of Tennessee

who was a private in the com commanded

by Captain Pearce of the regt commanded

by Col Lock in the N Carolina

line for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee

at the rate of 30 Dollars	Cents per annum,

to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Dec

1833 and [illegible] Wm

M Inge H K

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 75.00

Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 15.00

$90.00

{Revolutionary Claim,}

{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk,

Book E Vol. 7 Page 78
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Jacksonville

Tennessee. 7

Nancy Findley

widow of George Findley

NC

who served in the Revolutionary

war, as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of

30 Dollars 00

Cents per annum, to commence on

the 25th day of June, 1849 when he died

Certificate of Pension issued the

16th day of Dec. 1830

and sent to

C.C. Abernathy

Pulaski

Tennessee

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act

July 29, 1848, Page 181 Vol. 1

Book A

207317

1857 June 23d [illegible] to Pen. Agent.

Reported

1857 July 7. Transferred

from the Agency of Pulaski

to that of Jackson (Tenn.)

for 4th Sept. 55

& notification sent to

Geo. W. Talbot

Decaturville, Ten.
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217.317 Act Mar. 3} SS

Any 29}

Nancy Findley (wid)

George Findley Pri

Nancy wid. Geo. Findley.

Pri.

34280 iss. July [illegible]

Revolutionary War

Revolutionary Pensioner

Act July 1848

July 48

[illegible] 12/56

Boyton

R

S A Yarbro

Decaturville

Tenn

Vol J = 53
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13204

Lawrence County-

Tennessee

George Findley

[illegible] 1780 private

9 months

$30

Hon Wm. M. Inge

H.R.

Wm Davis

Nashville
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BRIEF in the case of George Findley

County Lawrence in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 71

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

Years, Months, Days.	As a	Gen.

vol. In 1780	3	Col. Lock & Capt. Poor

[illegible] 1781	3	Captn. Alexander

[illegible]	3	substitute	Col Williams.

					Col Molbury

5. In what battles was he engaged? Bonson & Wofford Creek

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Mecklengberg County N.C.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary & living witnesses

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not authenticated

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

John N Ashton

Examining Clerk.
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State of Tennessee}

Giles County}

On this 5th day of August 1850, personally appeared before the County Court of said County Nancy Findley, a resident of said County of Giles, aged about seventy five years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the pro-visions made by the act of Congress passed the 29 July 1848. That she is the widow of George Findley deceased, who was a private in the army of the Revolution and who [illegible] a pen-sion at the sale of thirty dollars per annum under the Act of the 7th June 1832 until his death. She further declares, that she was married to the said George Findley, died on the 25th day of June 1849, at which time his certificate of pension was surrendered to the Pension Agent at Pulaski in said state; That she was not mar-ried to the said George Findley prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place, provisions to the second of January, Eighteen hundred, viz. at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension.

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me in open Court

her

Nancy x Findley

mark

E. D. Jones Clerk of Giles County Court

I do hereby certify that I joined together in the holy state of matrimony George Findley and Nancy Adams [illegible] the first day of October Seventeen Hundred and ninety five by virtue of license.

Christopher Clark

State of Kentucky Madison County Set

I J. M. Shackelford clerk of the County Court of said County, do certify, that the foregoing certificate is a true copy from the record of my office, with the enception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair, legible figures as follows, first day of October 1795 Seventeen Hundred and ninety five.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office in the town of Richmond this 18 day of September 1850.

James M. Shackelford

Clerk
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State of Kentucky}

Madison County} Set

I James M Shackelford depose and say that I hold the office of clerk of the County Court of said County in the State aforesaid, and that the foregoing is a true extract from the records of my office, with the exception therein stated as certified by me.

James M. Shackelford Clerk

Sworn to before me September 18 1850

Joseph Turner

Justice of the Peace Madison County Kentucky

State of Kentucky}

Madison County} Set

I J M Shackelford clerk of the County Court of said County, do certify that Joseph Turner is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that his commissioned was dated on the 10 day of January 1849, and that his signature above written is genuine.

Signed under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 18 day of September 1830.

James M Shackelford Clerk
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13.204
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State of Tennessee Lawrence County Circuit Court August Term 1832

On this 30th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Honorable William E Kennedy Judge of the fifth Judicial Circuit now sitting George Findley a resident of the County of Lawrence and State of Tennessee aged seventy one years on the twelfth day of last April who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named persons officers and served as herein stated, that he turned out volunteer for three months in Mecklenburg County State of North Carolina in the latter part of the summer 1780, shortly after Gates’ defeat under Captain James Ruson, Col Francis Locks Regiment Commanded by General Davidson and that he was discharged in the said County of Mecklenburg at six mile Creek at the end of said term, that he again volunteered for three months under Captain Stephen Alexander in the said County of Mecklenburg State of North Carolina in February 1781. Colonel Joseph Williamson was the Colonel and Davidson was the General untill he was Killed at [illegible] on the Catawba river and that he was discharged at Alamance Creek North Carolina at the end of said term, that he again turned out as a substitute for three months in said county of Mecklenburg State of North Carolina in the place of Archy Woodside under Colonels Molbury & Lock, General Green commander in chief, that he took the place of said Woodside in the month of August 1781 and that Woodside’s Captain was Joseph Dickson but that he was employed in riding [illegible], that he was discharged at the end of said term in Rowan County North Carolina, that he was in the battle of Ramsour, and the one at Wofford Creek, that his campaigns were served in North and South Carolina. The only regular officers he recollects serving with is General Green
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General Smallwood and Colonel Washington & that he received a discharge at the end of each of said terms of three months, the first was signed by Captain Rees, the second by captain Stephen Alexander, and the last by Colonel Lock, that he gave them to David Wilson to get his intents and never saw them or his intents either since, that he has no paper evidence of his said service and that he Knows of no person except Robert Patteson whose testimony he can procure to prove his service, he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present for [illegible] months service and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state or territory. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

George Findley

State of Tennessee Lawrence County Circuit Court

August Term 1832

On this 29th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before William E Kennedy Judge thereof, Robert Patteson of the County of Giles and State of Tennessee and being first sworn according to Law doth make the following certificate to wit.

I do certify that I am acquainted with George Findley of Lawrence County Tennessee, who has sworn to and Subscribed the annexed application for a pension. I believe him to be about seventy one years of age, that he Knows he served in the revolutionary war but does not know how long, he recollects well to have seen him under General Sumpter at [illegible] Creek Warsaw Settlement South Carolina. I have Known him ever since and he has always been reputed as a soldier of the revolution and I Know him to be such and that we served together under General Sumpter. Sworn to and subscribed in open court on the day and year aforesaid.

Sworn to and subscribed in open court the 29th August 1832 William McKnight Clerk

Robert Patteson
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State of Tennessee Lawerence County Circuit Court

August Term 1832

On this 30th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court William P. Cartis of said County in oath and state that has long known George Findley who applied on this day for a pension and whose name is subscribed to the annexed declaration and believes that he is about the age he states, that he has frequently heard him speak of events in the revolutionary war and of his services therein and during the acquaintance of fourteen years he has always believed he was a Soldier of the Revolution, that he is a man of veracity and truth and from his reputation as a soldier and a man of truth and piety and from his statements and apparent zeal for the liberty of his country, he has no doubt but he fought for liberty in the army of the Revolution. Sworn to and subscr-ibed in open court the date above.

Sworn to and subscribed in open court the 30th Augt. 1832

Wm McKnight Clerk

William P Cartis

State of Tennessee Lawrence County Circuit Court August Term 1832

This day George Findley produced in open court his declaration for a pension which was sworn to and subscribed in open court and ordered to be filed as a record of this court to gather with his several affidavits, interroga-tories and answers thereto and the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War De-partment that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears that William P Cartis and Robert Patteson are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
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State of Tennessee Lawrence County

I William McKnight Clerk of the Circuit Court for Lawrence County and state of Ten-nessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of George Findley for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have here-unto set my hand and affixed my private seal there being now seal of office this 8th day of September 1832.

William McKnight Clerk
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Nancy Findley

Declaration Bounty Land

207.317

See Page 181 Vol 1 A

under act Feb 2d 1848

Saml A Yarbro

Decaturville

Tennessee
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State of Tennessee}

Decatur County} ss

On this 18h day of August AD 1835 Personally appeared before me Charles HK Alston a Justice of the peace in and for the county and State aforesaid Nancy Findley Aged about 80 Years a Resident of Decatur County in the State of Tennessee who being duly Sworn according to Law declares that She is the Widow of George Findley Deceased who was a Private in the Revolutionary war and who Received a Pention, therefore up to the time of his death for proof of his Services &c She refers to his Declaration and the proof on file in the pention office. {The time of his Services the Places and officers Names She cannot Recollect}

She further States that She was married to the Said George Findley in Madison County State of Kentucky on the	day of	AD 1795 by one Clark a minister of the Gospel and that her name before her Said marriage was Nancy Hagens, that he Said husband died in Decatur County Tennessee on the 25h day of June AD 1849 and that She is a widow at the time of Execu-ting this her Declaration. And having Received a Pention under the Act of July [illegible] 1848 She Refers Said Declaration for Evidence of her husband’s Service and of her marriage &c.

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty Land to which She may be Entitled under the act approved march 3r 1855. She also declares that She has never received nor applied for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress

her

Nancy x Findley

mark

Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day and Year above written and I certify that I believe the Claimant to be the Identical person She Represents herself to be and that I have no Interest in her Claim.

CHK Alston [illegible]

For Decatur County
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State of Tennessee}

Decatur County} ss

On this 18t day of August AD 1855 Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within the County and State aforesaid BH Graves and James Gaines, Residents of the State of Tennessee and County of Decatur who being duly sworn according to Law declare that they are personally and well acquainted with [illegible] Nancy Findley who Saw her make her mark to the forgoing declaration that they Know her to be the Identical person therein Represented and that She is now a widow and they Swore they are disinterested witnesses.

Benjamin H Graves

James Gaines

Sworn to and Subscribed before me a Justice of the in and for the County of Decatur and State of Tennessee this 18h day of August AD 1855.

CHK Alston (JP)

State of Tennessee}

Decatur County} ss

I Saml. A Yarbro Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby Certify that Charles H K Alston whose genuine Signature appears to the foregoing declaration and affidavit is and was at the time of Signing the Same a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly Commissioned and Sworn and that all his official acts as Such are entitled to full faith and credit and that the aforsaid County Court is a Court of Record having General Jurisdiction. In testimony whereof I have here unto signed my name and affix the Seal of Said County at office this 18h day of August 1833.

Saml A Yarbro Clerk of the County Court
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Department of the Interior

Widow Pention

I Certify that in Conformity with the act of July 29 1838 Nancy Findley of Tennessee Widow of George Findley who was a Private in the Revolutionary war is inscribed on the pention List at the rates of Thirty Dollars per annum. Commencing on the 25th of June 1849 and Con-tinuing for Life unless She Should again marry in which Case the pention is not payable after the time of Such marriage.

Given at the Department of the In-terior this 16h day of December one thousand Eight hundred and fifty.

Alex HH Stuart

Secretary of the Interior

Executed and Countersigned

Jas E Heathe

Commissioner of Pentions

State of Tennessee}

Decatur County} ss

I Saml A Yarbro Clerk of the County Court of Said County do hereby Certify that the foregoing is a True Copy of Mrs. Nancy Findley’s original Pention certificate now in her pession.

Given under my hand and the Seal of Said County at office this 18h day of August 1855.

Saml A Yarbro Clerk
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

[illegible]

File No. 7273

Nancy Findley

Wid”

George Findley

Privt. Rev. War

Act: July 29 1848

Index:-Vol. A, Page 237

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Free

DECATURVILLE

207.317

L.P. Waldo Esqr

Commissioner of Pentions

Washington City

D.C.
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Hon. Geo C. Whiting Comm. [illegible]

Pulaski Giles Co. Tennessee

29th June 1857

Sir,

Nancy Findley widow of George Findley, a pensioner on the roll of this Agency, under the act of 29th July 1848 at thirty dollars per annum was last paid to the 4th September 1855 at this office.

very respectfully

Charles C. Abernathy Pens. Ag.
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v.

34.280

{

[illegible] Acres
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First Officer of [illegible]
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[illegible] That [illegible]
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13.204

George Findley

Tennessee

(16)

Ho. W. L. Dunlop

H.R.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of George Findley which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes

V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk’s seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? No
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolu-tionary service? One living witness & other Citizens.

XII. If the clergyman’s affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain-ing it? No

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. †If the applicant’s name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? Yes

If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?

Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant’s service? Yes

XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:

“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recol-lection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For	year	months, and	days, I served as a	. For	months and	days, I served as a	; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too in-definite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objection-able. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicants served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not em-ployed in any civil pursuit.

†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.

In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magis-trate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the cer-tificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Mar 31, 1846

Perryville TE}

March 16}

10

JW Evans

J.L. Edwards Esqr.

Comm of Pensions

Washington

D.C.
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Perryville TE

March 16th 1846

J L. Edwards

Com. of Pensions

Sir

George Findley a pensioner under the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 entitled to receive Thirty dollars per annum as appears by the Certificate of Lewis Cass Secretary of war dated 30th day of December 1833. Recorded in the Pension Office in Book, Vol 7 Page 98, in which [illegible] Payments to be made at Nashville by the Bank agent for paying Pensions, in the Agency of West Tennessee” having removed into Perry Co. in West Tennessee West of Tennessee river wishes to [illegible] his Pension from the Pension Agent at Jackson West Tennessee, and wishes the necessary transfer of his Pension account to be made to that Office and all papers if any are necessary, to effect this or [illegible] Plan forward to him George Findley Perryville Tenn.

Respectfully Yours

Obd. Sevt.

Henry Wright

for

George Findley
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Decaturville, Tenn.

June 11th, 1837.

Sir:

Enclosed you have the affidavit of Nancy Findley, desiring a transfer from the Pension Agency at Pulaski, Tenn, to the Agency at Jackson, Tenn.

Very respectfully

Your obdnt. sert.

Geo W. Talbot.

Hon. Geo. C. Whiting.

Washington City,

D.C.
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No 847 814, Pulaski

Nancy Findley,

wid. of George

Term

Act 29 July 1848

[illegible] 4 mo. Pri.

$30 per ann.

[illegible] 25 June

1849, when her

husband died.

[illegible] sent to

C.C. Abernathy

Pulaski

Tenn
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No 814

Decl [illegible]

Nancy Findley

Tenn

act 29 July 1850

J. L. Edwards

Commissioner of Pensions

Washington City

D.C.
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Hon. JL. Edwards

Pulaski Tennessee

18t Oct 1850

Sir

I send you Mrs. Nancy Findley’s Declaration & Certificate of marriage in order to obtain a pension. She has proceeded such testimony as she deems sufficient. Except as to the services of her husband George Findley decd. as a Soldier in the Revo-lutionary war, per which she refers to the War Department, where the testimony which enabled her husband to procure his pension, may be found. Her husband the said George Findley was a pensioner, under the Act of 7 June 1832, private, at the rate of $30 per annum at the time of my appointment as Pension Agent at Pu-laski and continued to receive his pension up to the 4th September 1848 from that date to the 25th June 1849 the day of his death, his widow, the said Mrs. Nancy Findley drew the balance of pension due amounting to $24.24. His Certificate of Pension was included in my return to the 30th September 1849.

Very respectfully

your Obedt. Servt.

Charles C Abernathy

Pension Agent [illegible]
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[illegible]

14th November

Free

War Department

Pension Bureau

Washington Cty.
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State of Tennessee Lawrence County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions July Term 1833

I John Forbes a clergyman residing in the County of Lawrence State of Tennessee, George Findley residing in the same County & State, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said George Findley [illegible] who has sworn to & subscribed the above declaration, That I believe him to be aged seventy one years, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & I concur in that belief. Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this 1st day of July 1833

John Forbes

Sworn to & Subscribed in open court the 1st July 1833

MH Buchanan Clk

And the Court certifies that John Forbes who has signed the above certificate is a Clergyman residing in the County of Lawrence Tennessee & that his claimant is entitled to credit.

Robert J. Hill J.P.

Thos. Keese JP

W Days [illegible]

State of Tennessee}

Lawrence County}
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State of Tennessee Lawrence County

I, MH Buchanan, Clerk of the Court of Please and Quarter Sessions held for said County do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original of the supple-mental application of George Findley for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my private seal (there being no seal of office) at Office the 13th November 1833.

M.H. Buchanan Clerk

{J.P}

I Certify that M. H. Buchanan was clerk of the County of Lawrence on the State of Tennessee at the time of making the above certificate & that his signa-ture to the above is genuine.

23 Decr. 1833.

Wm M Inge M.C.
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Decaturville Tenn.

June 11th 137,

G. W. Talbot.

Recd. June 20th /37,

[illegible] “ 23/”

Application [illegible] Respg. [illegible] to the Court of Pensions.

Mr. Talbot so informed 3 Auditors Offc.

June 23 1859

[illegible]

Auditor

M Randall

161
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State of Tennessee,}

County of Decatur} SS

On this 	day of June 1857, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Decatur, personally appeared Nancy Findley who, on her oath declares that she is the same person who is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Thirty dollars per annum, under the act of July 29th, 1848, and parable at the Agency at Pulaski, in the State of Tennessee, and she makes the foregoing declaration for the purpose of having her pension payable at Jackson, Tennessee in future. The following are her reasons for [illegible] a change of payment.

Pulaski, the Agency at which She is now paid, is eighty miles from her residence, whilst Jackson is about fifty miles, that she would have facilities in obtaining payment at Jackson that do not frequently present them ones at the Pulaski Agency and that her payments would be made with more con-venience.

her

Nancy X Findley

mark

We John K. Findley and M.A.J. Findley residents of Decatur county, Tennessee declare that the foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed by Nancy Findley in Their presence, and that they are personally acquainted with affiant, and Know that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. They further
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declare that her statements in regard to the distances of the Pulaski and Jackson Agencies are correct.

John R. Findley

MAJ Findley

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 declarant is the person she represents herself to be.

CHK Alston (JP)

State of Tennessee}

Decatur County}

I M.J. Fisher Clerk of the County Court of Said County do hereby certify that CHK Alston whose genuine Signature appears to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of assigning the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for Said County duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due all of his official acts.

Given under my hand and the Seal of Said County at office this 13th day of June 1857.

M.J. Fisher Clk
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Decaturville, Tenn., June 11th, 1857

Sir:

Enclosed you will find a certificate of identity of Nancy Findley, who having failed to apply at the Agency at Pulaski, Tenn. within the proper time, payment was [illegible] For the amount due up to 4th of March last she does not drive that you order the Agent at Pulaski to pay, as she has petitioned the Commissioner of Pensions to transfer her to the Jackson, (Tenn.) Agency.

Very Respectfully,

Your obdn. sent.

Geo W Talbot.

Hon R.I. McKinon

Washington City,

D.C.