Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4017, for Walter Lindzey, North Carolina
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SERVICE
N.C.
Lindzey, Walter
or Lindsey
or Linsey

NUMBER
W.4017
B.L.Wt. 25000-160-55

Catharine

CONTENTS
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32,401
N. Carolina
Walter Lindsey, deceased, of Buncombe in the State of N. Ca who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Alexander of the Regt commanded by Hambright in the N. Carolina line for 7 months

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 & End 7 July '37

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of November 45 and Sent to N. Leake Present

Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by W.M. Steuart Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 672  Page 64
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Restoration 5331
North Carolina
Catharine Lindsey
widow of Walter Lindsey
who served in the Revolution N.C. war, as a Private

Inscribed on the roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1861 terminating Dec. 12 1863
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of June 1867 and sent to S.A. Bettis Morganton N.C.

Payable to Wm. Lindsey for 
Loyal Legal (illegible)

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 192, Vol. H
JN Smith Clerk
Sent
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172.415 Act Mar 31
              June 18th/55

Catharine Lindsay widow of Walter Lindsay deceased
Catharine wife of Walter Lindsay Priv
Capt N Mil
Col
Enl. __ Dis__

No 25.000 issued May 15/56
Revol War
Pensioner
NC Feby 48-5331

Ad. 160  May 13756
(illegible name)

James P Sawyer
Ashville
North Carolina
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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County SS
     On this 24th day of September one thousand eight hundread (sic) and forty five personally appeared before me William Morgan a Magistrate and a Member of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Buncombe & State of North Carolina Catherine Lindsey a resident of said State & County aged seventy seven (77) 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July the 7th 1838.  Entitled an Act Granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows, and also an arrearage of Pension due her Husband under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 from the 4th March 1831 to July 17th 1837 the time of his Death, that She She is the widow of Walter Lindsey who was a privit Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and for proof of his Services She refers to his Declaration which is on file in the War Department Maade in his Lifetime. She further declares that She was married to the said Walter Lindsey on the 24th day of January Seventeen Hundread and Eighty Six (1786) that her Husband the afforesaid Walter Lindsey died on the 17th day of July 1837, that She was married to her Said Husband in Mecklenburg County North Carolina, that She has no Record proof of the Marriage except the Record of her Marriage & ages of her family in her Bible which is herewith Sent, that She was not married to him prior to his Leaving the Service but the Marriage took place previous
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to the first of January Seventeen Hundread and Ninety four (viz) at the time above Stated,
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Test Wm. Morgan JP
             Catherine X Lindzey
               (X her mark)

State of North Carolina
Buncombe County
I William Morgan a Magistrate in and for said County do hereby certify that Catherine Lindzey who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing Declaration before me this day is personally known to me, that she is a citizen of Buncombe County North Carolina and the widow of Walter Lindsey as by her Stated, and that She has not married since the death of her said Husband, but still Remains a widow.  And I further certify that She is unable to appear before the Court to make this her Declaration by reason of old age and Bodily Infirmity this 24th day of September A.D. 1845.
              Wm. Morgan (seal)

State of North Carolina
Buncombe County
     I Alexander Henry Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Buncombe and State of North Carolina certify that Wm. Morgan whose name appears to the foregoing Declaration & certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County & that the signature thereunto annexed purporting to be his is genuine & entitled to full faith & credit as Such,
In testamony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 8th day of Octr A.D. 1845  
     A. Henry Clerk of
     Buncombe County Court
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(top of page is faded)
Lydia Lindzey was Born February the 19, 1792
John Lindzey was Born Sept y. 27, 179?
William Lindzey was Born June y. 14 1797
Ann Lindzey was March y. 10 1800
Eli Mar 25 1803
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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Oct. (1845) Session.  It having been made appear by evidence to the Satisfaction of the Court that Walter Lindsey the husband of Catharine Lindsey the preasent applicant for a Pension, departed this life on the 17th day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven also that the said Catharine is the widow of said Walter.  It is therefore ordered by the Court that the Clerk certify the same to the War Department, all of which thereby certified.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 8th day of October A.D. 1845.
(seal)
The Interlineament above made before signed.
              A Henry Clerk of
              Buncombe County Court

State of North Carolina
Buncombe County
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
October Session A.D. 1845
     I Alexander Henry Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing Declaration of Catharine Lindsey the preasent  applicant for a Pension was this day lain before the Court, aforesaid was examined by the Court and approved, thereuppon it was ordered by the Court that the Clerk certify the same to the War Department.  I further Certify that it has been shown to the Satisfaction of the Court that the said Walter Lindsey Husband of the preasent applicant was Reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution, in the neighbourhood where he Resided, before his death and that he died the day above Stated leaving the said Catharine Lindsey his widow and Relic, and that she has never since married but is still the widow and Relic of the said Walter Lindsey Decd and it is further shewn in evidence to the satisfaction of said
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Court, that Catharine Lindsey the preasent applicant is unable by reason of old age and bodily Infirmity to appear before the Court to make this her Declaration.
(seal)  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court at office this 8th Day of October AD 1845.
                      A. Henry Clerk of
                      Buncombe County Court

State of North Carolina
Buncombe County
     I William Morgan a magistrate in and for the County aforesaid and before whom the foregoing Declaration was sworn to and subscribed, do hereby certify that the said Declaration was Read to and understood by Catharine Lindzey the maker thereof before sworn to & subscribed.
     In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 8th Day of October AD 1845
                 Wm. Morgan JP  (seal)

     I Alexander Henry Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in and for the county of Buncombe & State of N. Carolina do hereby certify that Wm. Morgan whose name appears to the above certificate is an acting magistrate in & for the County aforesaid and that the signature thereunto annexed purporting to be his is genuine and is entitled to full faith and Credit as Such.  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at my Office in Asheville this 9th Day of October A.D. 1845
(seal)               A. Henry Clk
                       of Buncombe County Court
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17.2.415
Catherine Lindsey
Widow of Walter Lindsey
Claim for Bounty Land

Act 3rd March 1855

Presented by
James P. Sawyer
Ashville
NC
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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County
     Be it known that on this 9th day of June 1855 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Catherine Lindsey widow of Walter Lindsey decd. age 91 years a resident of the County of Buncombe & state of North Carolina and being duly qualified according to Law Declares that she is the widow of the said Walter Lindsey decd. who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and pensioner of the United States at the time of his death and that Since his death she as his widow has been placed on the pension list at the rat of twenty three dollars & 33/100 per annum - a copy of her certificate is hereunto appended marked (D) and prayed to be taken as past of this case that she was married to the said Walter Lindsey in the County of Mecklenburg County in the state of North Carolina on the day not Recollected and that her said husband the said Walter Lindsey departed this life in the in Henderson Co and State of N Carolina on the 18th day of July 1840 and that her name before her said marriage was Catherine Cannon.  She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the County land to which she may be intitled under the Act of Congress approved 3rd day of March 1855, and that she has not heretofore received any Bounty land nor made application therefore Except this.
         Catherine X Lindsey
            (X her mark)

Sworn to before me the day and year last above written and I hereby certify that I believe the said
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Catharine Lindsey to be the Individual she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
            J.B. Sawyer JP

We R.L. Jones and Evaline Smith, residents of the County of Buncombe and state of North Carolina upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged in our presents by Catherine Lindsey and that we believe from the appearance & statements of the applicant that she is the Identical woman she represents herself to be.
               Russel L. Jones
               Ann A. Smith

Know all men by these presents that I Catherine Lindsey of the County of Buncombe & State of North Carolina do hereby constitute and appoint James P. Sawyer of of Ashville N Ca my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute this my claim for Bounty land and authorize him to receive a land Warrant therefore.  Witness my hand and seal this __ day of ___ 1855
            Catherine X Lindsey
               (X her mark)

The foregoing Declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written and the power of attorney was also acknowledged by the maker thereof and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be & that I have no interest in this claim.
                 J.B. Sawyer JP
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State of N. Carolina
Buncombe County
      I R.B. Vance Clk of the County Court of Buncombe County do hereby certify that J.B. Sawyer who signed the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of doing so a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified & Commissioned according to Law.  Given under my hand and seal of office at office in Asheville this 12th of June 1855

(seal)               R B Vance Clk
                       of Buncombe County Court
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(copy)
Department of the Interior
Widows Pensions
I certify that in conformity with the Act of February 1848 Catherine Lindsey widow of Walter Lindsey who was a private in the Revolutionary War is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of Twenty three Dollars & thirty three cents per annum commencing on the 4th day of March 1848 and continuing for life unless she should again marry in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
                Given at the Department
                of the Interior this 8th of Feby 1850
        (signed)          T. Ewing
                               Secretary of the Interior

Examined and
Countersigned
J.L. Edwards Comm of Pensions,

Copy
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17.2.415
Catherine Lindsey
Widow of Walter Lindsey
Claim for Bounty Land

Act 3d March 1855

presented by 
James P. Sawyer
Asheville
NC
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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County
     On this 29th day of Sept. 1866 personally appeared before me John Thrash a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County and State, William Lindsey, a resident citizen of the aforesaid county, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, declares that he is a son and heir at law of Catharine Lindsey dec'd of Buncombe County N.C. who was a Rev. Pensioner of the United States, under Act of 3d February 1853, at $23/33 per annum, was enrolled at the Agency at Morganton, NC drew her said pension up to 4th March 1861 after which payment was suspended and she, the said pensioner died at her late residence in Buncombe County on the twelfth day of December, Eighteen hundred & sixty-three (1863) not having intermarried after the death of her late husband Walter Lindsey dec'd having surviving the following children viz:  Lydia Gibson, Achsak Lindsey, Ann Lindsey and William Lindsey the deponent who are the only surviving children of the said Catharine Lindsey deceased, and all of lawful ages - That during the late Rebellion, the said Catharine Lindsay lived with her children on whom she measurable depended for support.  She did not take up arms against the Govt of the United States nor in any manner encourage the Rebels or manifest a sympathy with their cause.  
     That this application is made by deponent in the behalf of himself and his said sisters for the purpose of obtaining the arrears of pension due their deceased mother at the time of her death, difference being made to the evidence heretofore filed in the Pension Office.
     Deponent further States That they have made application in the usual way to the 3d Auditors Office for the balance of Pension due and with that application her pension Certificate was surrendered, which is now
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on file in the Treasury Department, subject to the order of the Comm of Pensions as will appear from Auditors letter herewith submitted - Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written.
Before me
     John Thash JP         William Lindzey

Also personally appeared Uriah Warren & ___ residents of the County of Buncombe, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, who being by me duly sworn, declare that they were well acquainted with old Mrs. Catharine Linsey, late deceased of Buncombe County who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the U.S.A. and died during the late Rebellion - That she did not to their knowledge, or belief, aid the Rebels by word or died in their efforts against the Govt of the United States, was loyal and that too beyond question or doubt, and that have no interest whatever in their claim.  Sworn to and subscribed this 29th day of Sept. 1866
Before me   John Thrash JP  
                          Uriah Warren

And I the said Magistrate do hereby certify, that I am personally acquainted with the above named Lindseys and know of my own personal knowledge that the facts set forth in the foregoing affidavits are correct and true I believe in every particular
     I also certify that I have no interest whatever in this claim
                    John Thrash JP

North Carolina
Buncombe County
     To the Commissioner of Pensions
     We the undersigned surviving children of Catharine Lindsey late Revo. Pensioner deceased of
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of the said County do hereby request that you pay the arrears of Pension due us to our brother William Lindsey the foregoing applicant and oblige us - Respectfully
Test
   John Thrash JP
          Achrak X Lindsay
               (x his mark)
          Lydia X Gibson
               (x her mark)
          Ann X Lindsey
               (x her mark)

State of North Carolina
I J.R. Weaver Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Buncombe and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John Thrash Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavits have been made and proven is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace as therein stated commissioned and qualified according to law and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
     I testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Asheville this 30th day of September AD 1866.
               JR Weaver Clerk
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State of North Carolina 
Buncombe County 
     On this 22nd Day of April 1835 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of 
Pleas & Quarter Sessions now sitting Walter Lindzey a resident of North Carolina in the County of Buncombe aged seventy-one years 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 Officers (to 
wit) Colonel Hampton Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Hambright Captain William Alexander Lieutenant Thomas Elliott, That he entered service in the month of December 1779 & as well as now recollected was discharged on the 20th or 24th day of March 1780. That he was in no engagement during the above time of service. That he was the greater part of his time stationed in Charlestown South Carolina, some part of said time was stationed about 2 or 3 miles out of 
Charlestown near a place called the Governor's Gates: That this declarant resided when he 
entered service in Mecklenburg County in the State of North Carolina. That he was a volunteer in order to serve a draft. That when he entered the service he was immediately marched from Mecklenburg County North Carolina to Charlestown. That Declarant does not remember the Continental regiments or Companies with whom he served but was under the command of General Lincoln: That all the written evidence that he had was his Discharge which is long since worn out & lost: That he knows of no person now living that can prove the above service of the him the Declarant: That he served in General Lillington's Brigade during the above term of 
service. 
     That the Declarant still residing in Mecklenburg
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County North Carolina he again Volunteered his Service under General Sumpter under Colonel Robert Erwin Captain Brumfield. That he volunteered at this time in the month of July or August 1780 as well as recollected & was in the Battle of Rocky Mount & the Hanging rock under the above named officers, in the State of South Carolina. Then was transferred to General William Davidson & under Captain William Alexander usually called Black Bill for Distinction sake where he performed part of his time near McCappons Creek between Charlotte & Campden until the time Lord Cornwallis entered Charlotte in North Carolina: Then Davidson ranged about & near Rocky River North Carolina for some time until Cornwallis left Charlotte; Then was with General Davidson at the Tuckaseegee Ford on the Catawba River guarding that Ford to hinder Cornwallis from passing then after Cornwallis had crossed the River at Cowan's Ford & Beatties Ford & General Davidson was killed the Declarant was marched through Charlotte & passed on after Cornwallis until near the Shallow Ford on the Yadkin River then the Declarant was dismissed & returned home this was in the latter end of February or the first of March in the year 1781 and this declarant swears that he served in all nine months 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 to his knowledge. 
Test John Miller, Clerk    
By N.W. Woodfin D.C.                      

Wlt. Lindzey
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I Joseph Henry Pensioner residing in the County of Buncombe, do certify that I have been acquainted with Walter Lindzey who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration, for about 30 years, and in that time we have frequently talked over the affairs of the Revolution and have always understood from each other that we were in the same Country & with the same Officers, but did not get personally acquainted until after the close of the Revolution: and I believe him to be 71 years of age; and that it has always been understood in the neighborhood where he resides that he was a soldier of the revolution. 
Test John Miller, Clerk 
by N. W. Woodfin, D. C.     
                           Jos. Henry

I John Clayton do hereby certify that i am and have been for some time acquainted with Walter Lindzey who has signed the above declaration, that I believe him to be the age he states and further, that it is generally believed in the neighborhood that he was a soldier of the Revolution.  And that his caracter (sic) is good as to veracity and I concur in that opinion.  Sworn and subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid.
                John Clayton
Tet John Miller Clk
By N.W. Woodfin D.C.

And the said court do hereby certify and 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 Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that Joseph Henry and John Clayton who has signed the above certificates are Residents of Buncombe County and are credible persons & that their statement is intitled to credit.
                 R Williamson
                 J Clayton 
                 HP Rothstock
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Interrogatories 
1st  Where and in what year were you born? 
Answer: In the state of Pennsylvania in the year 1764. 
2nd  Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? 
I have none only from my recollection after frequently seeing it in an old family Bible. 
3rd  Where were you living when called into service: where have you lived since the 
Revolutionary War and where do you now live? 
Mecklenburg NC and since in this state now in the County of Buncombe 
4th  How were you called into service; were you drafted; did you volunteer or were you a 
substitute, and if in substitute, for whom? 
Volunteered in all cases 
5th  State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served. 
To this I cannot answer more fully than I have already done in my declaration 
6th  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? 
I received a discharge at Charleston signed by my Captain Alexander, but it is worn out 
and lost for the last term of service I never received a discharge 
7th  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief in your services as a soldier in the revolution. 
(no answer indicated)

I John Miller Clerk of the County Court of Buncombe Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Walter Lindzey for a Pension
     In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 22d day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty five.
                       John Miller Clk
                  By N.W. Woodfin DC
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No 4017
Catharine Lindsey
Wid.
Walter Lindsey
Pvt. Rev. War

Act:  Feby. 2nd /48

Index: Vol A, Page 433

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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25.000

Rev War
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Private. Febr 48
Boynton
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Suspended Files Dec 12/55
JaShindel
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Walter Lindzey
North Carolina
Suspended
13 May 1835 R. Deaver
Hon. T.L. Clingman
Feb. 4. 1845.
Let to Elisha King August 22 '45
"      " same 19. Sep. 1845
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No 33.005
Walter Lindsey decd
NC
Act 7 July 1838
 
Admd 7 mo pri
$23.33 per ann

from 4 March 1831 to 17 July 1837 the day of his death
payable to his widow Catherine Lindsey

Nathan Leake
Present
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9745
N. Carolina
Catharine Lindsey
widow of Walter Lindsey,
who was a pensioner under the Act of ___
and who died on the 17 July 1839 of Buncombe in the State of N. Ca. who was a private in the ___ commanded by Captain alexander of the ___ commanded by Hambright in the N. Carolina line for 7 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 17 July, 1837

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of November 1845 and sent to N. Leake Present

Total amount,   $

[Act July 7, 1838.]

Recorded by W.M. Steuart Clerk,
Book D  Vol. 1  Page 295.
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Catharine Lindsey
widow of Walter
NC
Act 7 July 1838

Admd. 7 mo pri
$23.44 per ann

Nathan Leake Present
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(left panel)
Revy War 55  172415

Smith & Jones Feby 24/53
Letter March 22 1867
S A Bellis

(right panel)
5331
N. Carolina
Catharine Lindsey
widow of Walter Lindsey
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
23 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the Eighth day of February 1750
and sent to
Hon. T.L. Clingman
House of Representatives

Recorded on roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 219 Vol. 1
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7433.
N. Carolina.
Catharine Lindsey,
widow of Walter Lindsey,
who was a private
in the N. Carolina line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
23 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Novr. 1845
and sent to N. Leake,
Present

(right panel)
Dec: 1st:  see letter (smudged) report in each case to John Huske, Pen. agent.--

Let to E. King, Nov. 20, 1846.
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Recd May     Sulphur Springs N.C. 4th May 1835
The Hon. Lew Cass
Secretary of War

Dr Sir
     Inclosed is the Declarations of John Wood John Rosson and Walter Lindzey which when examined you can report to me at this place as heretofore.
        Yours Respectfully
            R. Deaver  Pen
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            Hendersonville 20th Octr 1840.
Sir
     Inclosed you have the Declaration of Mrs. Catharine Lindzey I presume you have herewith accompanying, all the proof necessary to satisfy the Department of the Justices of her claim, with the Proof found in the Comptrollers Certificate heretofore forwarded & filed with her Husbands Declaration, except the proof of marriage & the additional proof I shall forward from the Comptrollers Office, all of which shall be forwarded by the time you will find it convenient to pass uponn the Claim.
     I have the Honor to be very
       Respectfully your Obt Sert
                    Elisha King
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                  Adairsville Georgia
                  August 26, 1832

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Sir
     I hereby authorize Messrs. Smith & Jones of Nashville Tennessee to prosecute the claim to Revy Pension of Catharine Lindsey Widow of Walter Lindsey decd Act 7 July 1838 and to receive the certificates therefor.
           Very Respy
           Your obt Servant,
              Elisha King Att
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Sept 15 45

Wm Caps
Walter Lindsey
L Trammel
NC

Hendersonville NC
September 7th

J.L. Edwards Esqr Com
of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

per mail
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          Hendersonville 6th Sept. 1845

J.L. Edwards Esqr
Dear Sir
     Yours of 29th ultimo requiring the Comptrollers Certificate in the Case of Wm. Capps is before me And i hasten to inform you that the Comptroller of N. Ca Certificate was forwarded in the same package and at the same time that the other papers in that case was.  Namely the affidavit of Genl P. Brittain & of John Weatherley and I am confident that it must have been either misplaced or overlooked in your office.  I hope on a reexamination of the papers you will find it.  If you should not I must of course procure and sent another one thought you will recollect that those certificates cost the Claimant $5 each.  Please examine and inform me of the result of the examination immediately.
     I some time since forwarded a Certificate in the case of Walter Lindsey which I wish you to return to me as the Comptroller Mes. Collins writes me that in looking over some of the Books in his office which are not alphabetted that he finds the overlooked a payment made to Walter Lindsey at the time of making out that certificate & that if I will send it Back he will correct it by including that payment.
     I also ask you in a letter some time since what was the condition of the Claim of William Trammel which enquery I present you have overlooked.  be so good
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as to Inform me what the condition of that claim is at the earliest opportunity also.
     I have the honor to be with
     high regard your
          Obt. Servant
          Elisha King

J.L. Edward, Esqr.
Washington City
D.C.
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Mrs. Lindsey
Payment to be made at N. Carolina by
James Huske
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Fayetteville

Payable on the 4th September and 4th March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 219 Vol. 1.
H.R. Weightman Clerk

Mrs. Lindsey has been in Buncombe 7 years past in March 1852 since January

(stamp)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PENSION OFFICE
NOV 22 1868
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.

I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, 
Catharine Lindsey
widow of Walter Lindsey
who was a Private in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry;  in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior
this Eighth day of February
one thousand eight hundred and fifty

        T. Ewing
        Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and Countersigned
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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       Morganton NC
       Nov. 14th 1860
Comm of Pensions
Sir,
     Enclosed please find the application of William Lindsey for the arrears of Pension due his decd. mother Catherine Lindsey under Act 3d February 1853.
     In this case I had made out and forwarded - with old Tenn. Certificate, to the 3d Auditors Office the usual vouchers to collect arrears of pay, and in answer I was informed the payt had been suspended and I was referred to your Department stating that the papers filed in Auditor would be handed over to your office on application.  This case was reported to me in Augt last 
     Please call for those papers that the parties may have the benefit of that evidence and oblige.
                Yours very Respectfully
                   S.A. Bellis
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Hendersonville 29th Octr 1846

Dear Sir
     Inclosed you have the supplemental Declaration of Catharine Lindsey or rather her Declaration for an increase of Pension, which will show that her husband Walter Lindsey did not Declare for all of his Services when he filed a Declaration for a Pension.
       Very Respectfully,
       Elisha King

J.L. Edwards Esqr
Washington City
D.C.
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53.31
Restoration
Brief in the Case of Catharine Lindsey Widow of Walter Lindsey.  Revolutionary - Morganton
Buncombe County and State of North Carolina
Act Feb. 2, 1848

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
A suspended pensioner on the Roll of Fayetteville NC at $23.33 per annum & paid to March 4, 1861.  Pensioner is deceased - claim is made by her legal heirs for arrear of pension due to date of death.
Oct 12 1863
Proof of loyalty - widowhood of deceased & loyalty of the heirs (illegible)

Restore June 5, 1867 to a pension at $23.33 per annum commencing March 4, 1861 & terminating Dec. 12, 1863 (illegible) to Wm. Lindsey for loyal - legal heirs.  
          W E Trask
          Examining Clerk.

Name and residence of Agent.
SA Bettis
Morganton 
N Carolina
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                    Compt Office
                    Raleigh Nov 8 1865

I William F. Collins Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that in addition to the payments already given in a certificate in the case of Walter Lindsey that I find another payment made to him for Military Services for Seventy one pounds, Nine Shillings and Three pence (L71.9.3) as will appear in Book of Certificates issued at Warrenton and presented to the commissioners of Army Accounts at Hillsborough in the year 1792 for resettlement  see page 13 -
     Given under my hand and Seal this day and date above written.
            Wm. F. Collins  Compt
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                        Raleigh N.C.
                        Compt Office
I William F. Collins Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State of North Carolina do hereby certify that the name of Walter Lindsey appears of Record in this office as having been issued the following specie certificates in his name for Military Service (viz), and for Seven Pounds Seven Shillings and Six pence (L7.7.6)  see Book No 4 Page 19 Another in Book No 26 Page 54 in favor of W. Lindsey for Twenty Pounds give Shillings (L20.5)
     Given under my hand and seal this 3d day of July AD 1845.
                 Wm. F. Collins Compt
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                    Hendersonville 14th July / 45

Dear Sir
     Inclosed you have the Certificate of Wm. F. Collins Comptroller of N Carolina of the amount Recd by Walter Lindsey for Revolutionary Services as Rendered in this State.  This proof I presume will be sufficient to satisfy the Department of the validity of the Claim of that individual whether it will be sufficient to prove all the service he claims, I do not know, as I am not aware of how much Service he does Claim, or whether he Rendered all his Service in this State.  I am not aware, as Mes. Lindsey filed his Declaration several years ago and has since that time Deceased, leaving a Widow who was married to him prior to 94, And who is entitled to a Pension, I mention this fact that the Department may act understandingly, and if it be the custom of the Department to Issue a Pension certificate in favour of Decst. claimant, on satisfactory Proof of Service & this proof should be so Regarded in the Case, then I hope there will be a Certificate of Pension forwarded.  If not, then I hope the necessary Instructions to enable the widow to arrive at what is due will be afforded me so that I can proceed in her behalf.
     I have the honor to be very
     Respectfully your Obedient
     Servant.
                  Elisha King

J.L. Edwards Commissioner
of Pensions Washington City
D.C.
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Payment to be made
at
by
Agent for paying Pensioners in the
Agency of

Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book  Vol.
Page  by
          Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM
     I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June 1832, Walter Lindsey, decd, who was a private was entitled to a pension at the rate of $23.33 per annum commg on 4 March, 1831, and endg on 17th July, 1837, the day of his death, which will be paid upon the production of the paper voucher to Catharine Lindsey, his widow.
     Given at the War Office of the United States, this 29 day of Nov one thousand eight hundred and forty-5.
                                
                               Secretary of War.

Payable at 
N.Ca.

Examined and
Countersigned.
          Commissioner of Pensions.
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                             Washington April 24th 1846
Sir
   Some two or three months since I received from you a certificate in the case of Mrs. Catharine Lindsey of N.C. under Act of 1838, from $23.33/100 per annum.  her husband declared for a great deal more service than has been allowed to the widow & the comptroller book, showing that several years service & for the purpose of proving identity of the satisfaction of the Pension office in this case it is desired that I may be permitted to examine again the papers in her case as I have preserved no copies of them or that the office would report to me the service claimed for that is not yet allowed.
            I am very Respectfully
            Your obt Servant
                 Nathan Leake

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Present
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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County S.S.
     On this third Day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty six Personally appeared before me M.J. Penland a Magistrate and one of the Judges of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County aforesaid Catharine Lindsey a Resident of said County aged Seventy Eight (78) years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration supplemental to a Declaration made by her some time in the month of September last which is now on file in the War Office.  This being for the purpose of obtaining an Increase of Pension under the provisions of an Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838,  Entitled an act grating half pay of Pensions to Certain Widows.  Also an Increase in the arrearage of Pension which accrued and fell due to Walter Linsey Decd under the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 from the 4th of March 1831 up to the 17th of May 1837, the time of his Death.
     That she is the Widow of the said Walter Linsey who was a Private Soldier in the War of the Revolution and served as herein stated.  He entered the Service in Mecklenburgh County North Carolina and served several three months tours How many She cannot State.  She thinks under Captains Davidson, White & Alexander.  He then Enlisted under Captain Cole some time in the year Seventeen Hundred and seventy seven (1777) for and during the War and served under him until the close of the War or the surrender of Cornwallis.  He then Received a Discharge which he lost as She has heard him Say.  His field officers was Col. Hawricks & Genl Lincoln
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He was in the Battle at Hanging Rock, Rocky Mount & Kings Mountain.  She has often heard him speak of Genl Sumpter Genl Gates & Genl Green though she thinks not as his commanders.
     She has often heard her Husband the said Walter say that he was entitled to a Land County and that he ought to have it.  She recollects also that he stated after he filed his declaration for a Pension that he did not Set out all of his services thought She cannot say how much he said was left out.
     For the time of her marriage to the said Walter Linsey and for the time of his death, She refers to the Declaration by her made to the War Department in Sept. Last as before mentioned & which is on file in the War Department.
                    Catharine X Linsey
                         (X her mark)
Sworn to and subscribed before me
This day & Date above
M L Penland JP (seal)

I M.L. Penland Magistrate as above do hereby certify that the foregoing Declaration was Read to Catharine Lindsey the Declarant herein named before sworn to and subscribed.  I further certify that the said Catharine Lindsey is on account of old age and bodily infirmity unable to appear before the Court to make this her Declaration.  I further Certify that She is a Person of Truth and Veracity and one whose statements are entitled to credit.  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 3rd Day of February AD 1846.
                    M.L. Penland  JP  (seal)
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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County

Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
Spring Session AD 1846
     I Alexander Henry Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in & for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that M.L. Penland whose name appears to the foregoing Declaration of Catharine Lindsey is an acting Magistrate in and for said County and that the signature thereunto annexed purporting to be his, also the signature to this foregoing certificate purporting to be his, are genuine and are entitled to full faith & credit as Such.
     I further certify that the foregoing Declaration of the said Catharine Lindsey for an increase of Pension was this day laid before the Court, was examined and approved of by the Court.  It was also made appear to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Catharine Lindsey is not able from old age and bodily infirmity to appear before the Court to make this his Declaration.
     It is also shown to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Catharine has not intermarried since the death of her said Husband, but that she still Remains the widow of the said Walter Lindsey, and the Court Orders that the same be certified to the War Department all of which is hereby testified.
     In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at my office in the Town of Asheville this day & Date above or rather this 9th Day of April A.D. 1846.
                 A. Henry Clerk of
                 Buncombe County Court (seal)
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W. Catharine Lindsey
Widow of Walter
NC
Act 7 July 1838
married 1786
husband died 17 May 1837

Col Hambright
Cap Alexander
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State of North Carolina
Henderson County
     On this 30th day of September A.D. 1845 personally appeared before the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in and for said County (Now Sitting in Hendersonville) John Clayton Esqr. and after first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath Declare that he is personally acquainted with Catherine Lindzey who is now an applicant for a pension and a Citizen of Buncombe County North Carolina and the widow of Walter Lindzey who died in Buncombe County N Carolina some time in the year 1837, that she is the widow of the Said Walter Lindzey and has not married Since the death of her said husband, and he further declares that he was intimately acquainted with the Said Walter Lindzey for Forty (40) year or more before his death, that during his acquaintance with him he often heard him Speak of his Services in the War of the Revolution, that he was a worthy & Respectable Citizens and a Man of undoubted veracity, and that during his hole (sic) acquaintance with him he was always Reputed and regarded as having been a Soldier of the Revolution in the Neighborhood where he resided.
                           John Clayton
Sworn to and Subscribed in Open Court
on the day & year above written
         James Blythe CCC
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State of North Carolina
Henderson County
     On this 30th day of September A.D. 1845 personally appeared, before the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in and for said County (now sitting in Hendersonville) Col. John Clayton and, after being first duly Sworn according to Law doth uppon (sic) his Oath declared.  That he is personally acquainted with Catherine Lindzey who is now an applicant for a pension and a Citizen of Buncombe County North Carolina and the widow of Walter Linzey who died in Buncombe County N Carolina Some time in the year 1837,  that She is the widow of the Said Walter Lindzey & has not married Since the death of her Said husband, and he further declares that he was also personally acquainted with her said Husband Walter Linzey for Thirty (30) years or more before his death and that during all the time he served her he often heard him Speak of his Services in the war of the Revolution, that he was a worthy & Respectable Citizen and a man under good Caractor (sic) for trooth (sic) & veracity and all ways regarded and reputed in the neighborhood in which he Lived ever since he first knew him as having been a Soldier of the Revolution,
                                     John Clayton Jr
Sworn to and Subscribed in open Court the day and year above,
James Blythe CCC
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State of North Carolina
Henderson County
Court of Please & Quarter Sessions
September Session A.D. 1845.
    I James Blythe Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in and for the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that John Clayton Esqr who has this day Sworn to and Subscribed the first foregoing Certificate or affidavit, also Col. John Clayton who has sworn & subscribed the second foregoing Certificate or affidavit are both Personally & Intimately Known to the Court and that they are both Members and Magistrate of this Court, that they are Intelligent Respectable citizens, and Persons whose statements are entitled to Credit, all of which facts the Court Orders to be Certified to the War Department, all of which is hereby certified.
     In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of my Office at Hendersonville this 30th Day of September A.D. 1845.
                      James Blythe Clerk
                      of Henderson County Court
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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County S.S.
     On the third Day of February one thousand Eight Hundred and forty Six Personally appeared before me M.L. Penland, a Magistrate in and for said County William Linsey a Resident of said County and after being duly Sworn doth on his Oath Make the following Statement.
     That he was personally and Intimately acquainted with Walter Lindsey the Husband of Catharine Lindsey who is now an applicant for an increase of Pension & who is a Resident of this County for thirty five or forty years before his death, and that he often all along during his acquaintance with him heard him Speak of his Revolutionary Services he has heard him Speak of serving under Captain Cole, Capt Davidson & Capt White and that he served several years in the Revolution and was entitled to a Land Bounty.  He further states that he has often heard him Speak of being in the Battles at Hanging Rock & at Rocky Mount and after he the said Walter filed this Declaration for a Pension he heard him frequently speak of not having Declared for all of his services and he Stated that the reason was because the Gentleman who drew up his papers for him was at the time in a great hurry & Bustle to get through the Business and after writing out what he did he told him that was enough of the service to set out & that it would answer the same purpose as though he had declared for all.
                         William Lindzey

Sworn to and Subscribed before me
this day & Date above.
M.L. Penland JP  (seal)
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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County

Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
Spring Session 1846
     I Alexander Henry Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that M.L. Penland whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit, is and was at the time of Signing the Same an acting Magistrate in & for said County and the Signature thereunto annexed purporting to be his is genuine and is entitled to full faith & credit as such.
     In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Office in the town of Asheville this 9th day of April 1846.
                      A. Henry Clerk
                      of Buncombe County Court
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(stamp)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
PENSION OFFICE
JUN 3 1867
Evidence in the 
Catharine Lindsey dec.
Childrens claim for
Arrears of Pension under
Act of 3d February 1853

Reported 22 March 1867

S.A. Bettis Agent
Morganton
NC
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Amnesty Oath
We William Lindsey, Achscud Lindsey, Ann Lindsey and Lydia Gibson residents of Buncombe County in the State of North Carolina, the only surviving children of Catharine Lindsey late Revolutionary Pensioner deceased of said County and applicants for the arrears of pension due our said Mother Catharine Lindsey decd, do solemnly swear in the presence of Almighty God that we will henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the union of the States thereunder, that they will in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamatinos which have been made during the existing rebellion with deference to the Emancipation of slaves:  so help us God
                          Ann X Lindsey
                             (X her mark)
                          Wm. Lindsey
                          Achsud X Lindsey
                              (X her mark)
                          Lydia X Gibson
                              (X her mark)
Signed in the presence of
Witness     A.B. Jones
Witness     D.V. Thrash
Test       John Thrash JP
                         Mary A Wilson

State of North Carolina
Buncombe County
     On this 30th day of April, 1867, personally appeared before one John Thrash a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County the above named Lindsays & Mrs Gibson and executed the above Amnesty Oath in due form of law.
     Also appeared before me Ambrose McFee Alexander Jimison & EW Stone resident citizens of Buncombe County State aforesaid, persons whom I certify to be intelligent and their statements entitled to credit, who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are well and intimately acquainted with the above named Lindseys & Gibson, children of Catharine Lindsey decd and have been for a number of years, was often in their company during the late war, and that the parties aforesaid are a quiet law abiding unpretending family and now and ever have been considered as truly Loyal to the U.S. Government, took no part in the late Rebellion, did not aid abet or encourage the Rebels by sword or deed to their knowledge of belief, but continued steadfast and uninterruptedly loyal to the United States, and that the same may be
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surely said of their deceased mother and that they have no interest in their claim.
     Sworn to and subscribed this 30th day of April 1867.
                     Alexander X Jimison
                        (X his mark)
                     Ambrose McFee
                     E.W. Stone
John Thrash JP
 
And I further certify that I have no interest in the claim.  And I further certify that there was but one soldier in the Lindsey family and he was in the Federal Army
                     John Thrash JP

State of North Carolina
Buncombe County
     I do hereby certify that John Thrash is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County and State aforesaid.
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this the 27th day of May AD 1867.
                  J.R. Weaver Clerk
                  Bu J.K, Summey D.C.
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Lydia Gibson, Achsah Lindsey William Lindsey and Ann Wilson who are the only surviving children of the said Catharine Lindsey deceased and all of lawful ages.
     I further certify that John Thrash Esq & before whom the foregoing proceedings have been made, proven and acknowledged is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for our said County, duly commissioned and sworn according to law, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
     Given under my hand and the seal of our said Court, at office in Asheville this 28th day of July 1866.
             J.R. Weaver Clerk
             of Buncombe County Court

State of North Carolina
Burke County
     Be it known that on this 1st day of August 1866, before me D.W. Dorsey Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County and State aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared S.A. Bettis the attorney named in the foregoing Power of Attorney and made oath that he has no interest whatever in the money he is authorized to receive by virtue of the foregoing power of Attorney, either by any pledge, mortgage, sale, appointment or transfer and that he does not know or believe that the same has been so disposed of to any person whatever.
     Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above named
               S.A. Bettis
Before me
     E.W. Dorsey Clerk
     of Burke County Court
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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County
     Be it known that before me John Thrush a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly authorized by law to oaths personally approved William Lindsey, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, and made oath in due form of law, that he is a son and heir at law of Catharine Lindsey, deceased who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of $23.33 per annum, and to whom a pension certificate was issued bearing date 8th day of February 1850 which is herewith surrendered -  That the said Catharine Lindsey did not intermarry after the death of her late husband Walter Lindsey decd, but continued a widow until the day of her death, was a resident of the County of Buncombe and State aforesaid at the time of her death and had been for nineteen years previous thereto to the truth of which statements I am fully satisfied.
     Sworn to and subscribed this 28th day of July 1866
Before me,
John Thrash JP              
                     Wm Lindzey

Know all men by these presents that Lydia Gibson Achcah Lindsey Wm Lindsey & Ann Wilson all of the County of Buncombe and State of North Carolina the only surviving children of Catharine Lindsey decd who was a pensioner of the United States and is now dead, do hereby constitute and appoint S.A. Bettis of Burke County N.C. our true and lawful attorney for us, and in our names, to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying Pensions in Raleigh, State
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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County
     Be it known that before me John Thrash a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared William Lindsey, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, and made oath in due form of law, that he is a son and heir at law of Catharine Lindsey, deceased, who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of $23.44 per annum, and to whom a pension certificate was issued bearing date 8th day of February 1850 which is herewith surrendered - That the said Catharine Lindsey did not intermarry after the death of her late husband Walter Lindsey decd, but continued a widow up to the day of her death, was a resident of the County of Buncombe and State aforesaid at the time of her demise, and had been for nineteen years previous thereto, to the truth of which statements I am fully satisfied.
                  Wm. Lindzey
     Sworn to and subscribed this 28th day of July 1866
Before me
John Thrash JP

Know all men by these presents that we Lydia Gibson Achcah Lindsey Wm Lindsay & Ann Wilson of the County of Buncombe and State of North Carolina the only surviving children of Catharine Lindsey decd who was a pensioner of the United States and is now dead, do hereby constitute and appoint S.A. Bettis of Burke County N.C. our true and lawful attorney for us, and in our names, to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying Pensions in Raleigh, State
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of North Carolina, the balance of said pension from the 4th day of March 1861 to the 12th day of December 1863 that being the day on which she died.
     Witness our hands and seals, this 28th day of July 1866.
Wm. Lindzey (seal)
Achsah X Lindsey (seal)
     (X her mark)
Ann X Wilson (seal)
     (X her mark)
Lydia Gibson (seal)

Sealed and delivered in presence of 
his witnesses
DV Thrash
J.L. Thrash

State of North Carolina
Buncombe County
     Be it known that on this 28 day of July 1866, before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, personally appeared Lydia Gibson, Achsah Lindsey William Lindsey and Ann Wilson above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be their act and deed
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned
                      John Thrash JP

State of North Carolina
Buncombe County SS
     Clerks Office of the County Court
     I J.R. Weaver Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has this day been made at my office, that Catharine Lindsay, widow of Walter Lindsey, was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of twenty-three 33/100 dollars per annum, and died at her late residence in the County of Buncombe and State of North Carolina, on the twelfth (12) day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three (1863) leaving surviving the following children whose names are -- see next page --
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Lydia Gibson, Achsah Lindsey William Lindsey and Ann Wilson -- who are the only surviving children of the said Catharine Lindsey deceased and all of lawful ages.
     I further certify that John Thrash, Esq & before whom the foregoing proceedings have been made, proven and acknowledged is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for our said County, duly commissioned and sworn according to law, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
     Given under my hand and the seal of our said Court, at office in Asheville this 28th day of July 1866.
            JR Weaver Clerk
            of Buncombe County Court

State of North Carolina
Burke County
     Be it known that on this 1st day of August 1866 before me E.W. Dorsey Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County and State aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared S.A. Bettis the Attorney named in the foregoing Power of Attorney and made oath that he has no interest whatever in the money he is authorized to receive by virtue of the foregoing Power of Attorney, either by any pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment or transfer and that he does not know or believe that the same has been so disposed of to any person whatever.
         S.A. Bettis
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above named
Before me
E.W. Dorsey Clerk
of Burke County Court
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Additional evidence in the case of Catharine Lindsey
Act 7 July 1838

(stamp)
RUTHERFORD N.C.
NOV 15

N. Leake
Wash

N. Leake
Present
Per Mail
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State of North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
I Bealy Oates Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions held for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that application and search has been made in my office for the marriage Bond of Walter Lindsey to Catherine his wife, whom it has been alledged was married the aforesaid County about the year 1786 and that no such bond appears on the files in my Office.
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of my office at Charlotte the 6th day of November A.D. 1845
                     B. Oates C

State of N. Carolina
Mecklenburg County
     I William Davidson one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said county and Chairman of the County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, do hereby certify that Bealy Oates who made & signed the above certificate is now & was at the time he signed the same The Clerk of our Said Courts & that due Faith & Credit is due & ought to be Given to His official Acts as Such.
     Given under my hand this 6th day of November AD 1845
                Wm Davidson JP CC
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DECLARATION
IN order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of February 2d, 1848, entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving Widows of Soldiers of the Revolution."

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
Buncombe COUNTY. ss.
     ON this 2d day of January A.D. 1850 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Catharine Lindsey, a resident of Buncombe County, aged 82 years, who is personally known to me, and in the truth of whose declaration I have perfect confidence; who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed the 2d day of February, 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served in the Revolutionary War, that she is the Widow of Walter Lindsey who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, and served in the ___ Regiment of ___ and was entitled to received Twenty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the act of Congress of June 17, 1844.  She further declares that she is still a Widow.

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
John Thrush JP
and Witness Wm. Lindzey

J.P.

Catharine X Lindsey
   (X her mark)
Pensioner.

I Robert B. Vance Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Buncombe County, certify that John Thrash Esqr is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
     In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this 11th day of January in the year 1850

R.B. Vance Clerk of the Court of Buncombe County