Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1169, James Braxton, Va.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[3-1776]

SERVICE
Va. 

Braxton, James
Mary

NUMBER
R.1169
B.L.Wt. 27080-160-'50
B.L. Reg. 1694-55

Indian Wars 1794
CONTENTS
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48,230
1694 Act 3 March /55
March 16. 1855 
Mary Braxton Widow 
James Braxton Pensioner 
Wayne's Wars
27-080-160-50 

Rept [Reported] April 26/57 

Frs. V. Sutton Richmond Virginia
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State of Virginia} 
King George County} SS 
On this the 10th day of February 1855 Personally appeared before me Ferd. Fairfax a Justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid Mrs. Mary Braxton to me well known and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of James Braxton dec.d [deceased] who was a soldier in Wayne's War in the year 1791 & 1792 and that her husband the aforesaid James Braxton was wounded in said war, for which he drew an Invalid till his death, as will appear by reference to the Pension Rolls, and she also declares that she was married to the said James Braxton in the year 1804 by the Rev. John Savel of the County of Caroline and that her name before marriage was Mary Colburt. That her husband died on or about the 13th March 1842, that she has never intermarried but is still the widow the aforesaid James, for whose services she asks that she may be allowed The Bounty Land due her under the Acts of Congress passed as she learns for the widow of such soldiers. She declares she has never received any Bounty land at all from the United States. 
Geo. A. Baker
Wm J W Green
Mary [her x mark] Braxton

I certify that Mrs. Mary Braxton whose name is signed as above personally appeared before me on this 10th 1855, and made oath that the above certificate contains the truth. Given under my hand this 10th day of Feby 1855. 
F. Fairfax J. P.
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Virginia
King George County} SS

I William S. Brown Clerk of the County Court of King George in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that F. Fairfax whose genuine signature appears to the aforegoing [foregoing] affidavit, is and was of the time of Signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as such —

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 21st day of February in the year A.D. 1855

Wm. S. Brown clk [Clerk]
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Know all men by these Presents, that I Mary Braxton, of King George County and State of Virginia widow of the late James Braxton of Caroline County & State of Virginia, who as an Invalid Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint John E. Baker, my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably for me and in my name to apply for and receive from the United States, any Claim or Claims, Pensions certificate, Bounty Land certificate or Warrants or any money or Moneys, which may be due by the United States or any account whatsoever touching the military services of my said late husband and generally do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, and an attorney or attorneys under him for the purposes aforesaid to make and at his pleasure to make, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in and about the premises. 
And I Mary Braxton widow &c. as aforesaid do hereby, in consideration of the delay and disappointments which other attorneys, whom I have heretofore appointed, have occasioned by false Promises, revoke all and every Power of attorney, which I may have made and executed to any person or persons for purposes aforesaid and direct that such attorney or attorneys to [illegible] to my attorney John E. Baker, whom I have by these presents appointed any & all papers relating to the purposes of this attorney ship. 

Witness my hand & seal this the 11th day of December A.D. 1850 
Mary [her x mark] Braxton {L.S.} 

Acknowledged and subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of King George and State of Virginia this the 11th day of December A.D. 1850 
Jas S Quesenberry J. P.
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State of Virginia}
County of King George} to wit:

I William S. Brown Clerk of the County of King George in the State of aforesaid do hereby certify that James S Quesenberry whose name appears to the foregoing certificate of acknowledgment, is and was at the time of taking the said acknowledgment an acting Justice of the Peace in for the said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature thereto is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 26th day of December A.D. 1850 
Wm. S. Brown

[written sideways] Power of attorney of Mrs. Mary Braxton Widow of James Braxton To Jno E Baker
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35. 193
James Braxton
Va
Act Jun 7
1832
A.
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State of Virginia} SS 
County of Caroline} 
On this the 13th day of February 1839 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for said County James Braxton a resident of the County and state aforesaid aged Eighty 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 Capt. Samuel Hawes in the fall of 76 or 77 he cannot distinctly recollect now which, that he marched to Philadelphia and in consequence of Capt. Hawes being promoted [to Major, 4 Oct 1777] he was transferred to Capt. Richard Stevens to whom he acted principally as Beauman [sic: Bowman, i.e. servant], he recollects Major Rudolph and Major [Richard] Campbell with whom he was whilst at the North, and that he was stationed at one time at Valley forge and at various other places and under various officers which he cannot call to mind, till about 1780 he marched to the South and in the early part of the year 1781 he was engaged in the battle at Guilford Ct.house [Guilford Courthouse NC, 15 Mar 1781] at which place Gen’l. Green [General Nathanael Greene] had the Command, he recollects that [Gen. Daniel] Morgan was there, after this battle he does not recollect being in any other engagement untill [until] at the Seige [siege] at [at] York Town [28 Sep - 19 Oct 1781] where he thinks he was attached to Col. Matthews’s Regiment and was there untill discharged, he thinks in the spring or early part of the year 1782 – and that about the year 91 or 92 he went in the Indian War under Capt. Brock and Lieut. Towles and joined Gen’l. Harman [General Josiah Harmar] Troops, after he had been there some time Gen’l. [General Anthony] Wayne took command, and that he was in several engagements with the Indians, one at an old English fort, and at the battle of Miami [Battle of Fallen Timbers near Fort Miami, 20 Aug 1794] he received a wound in consequence of which he is now receiving an invalid pension 

James [his X mark] Braxton
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State of Virginia
Caroline County to wit

This day personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for said county James Braxton the subscribed to the foregoing certificate and made Oath in due form of law to the truths of the foregoing certificates, I do also certify that said Braxton is a near neighbor of mine and from the character he has always been his declaration are entitled to full credit given under my hand this the day and date aforesaid.

M. H. Jones J. P.
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[left side] 48.230 Feb. 22/55 

Mary Braxton, widow of James Braxton, priv.

Let [Letter] Covington Va. Capt. Sawyer} Regt. US Dragoons

Entd [Entered] 1792 3 years} Wayne's War 

Special case by the Commr [Commissioner]

Addl [Additional?] 80 [acres?] Feby. [February] 22/55 
160 [Total?] 

John P. Dickinson [illegible] Present 

[right side] [Copy?] 

Warrt. [Warrant] 27,080 in Feby. 22/55 160-50 

Vol 7 - 6
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SURGEON’S AFFIDAVIT. 
(Date.)

IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, That James Braxton a private in the company of Capt. Covington in the third Troop[?] Regiment of the United States under Gen’l. Wain [General Wayne] is rendered incapable of performing the duty of a soldier, by reason of wounds or other injuries inflicted while he was actually in the service aforesaid, and in the line of his duty, viz.

By satisfactory evidence and accurate examination, it appears that on the 20 - day of August in the year 1794 being engaged against the Indians under Gen’l. Anthony Wain [General Anthony Wayne] at or near a place called -- the Lakes in the district, or territory, of [blank] he received a Bullet wound -- in his shoulder [the following eight words faint] Enflicted [inflicted] fracture to his collar bone and disabled [two illegible words] and which by reason perhaps of the Encreasing [increasing] infirmities of age renders him totally disabled or incapacitat’d [incapacitated] from obtain’g [obtaining] his livelihood by manual labour [labor]. -- and he is thereby, not only incapacitated for military duty, but, in the opinion of the undersigned, is totally - disabled from obtaining his subsistence from manual labor. 
Burton Wright Surgeon.
George D. Baylor Surgeon

Here give a particular description of the wound, injury, or disease, and specify in what matter it has affected the applicant so as to produce disability in the degree stated. 
N. B. — The blank in the last line but one is to be filled up with the proportional "degree" of disability; for example: "three-fourths" — "one-half" — "one-third," &e. &c or, totally," as the case may be. 
The magistrate who may administer the oaths to the Surgeons, must certify that they are reputable in their profession, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office 
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 certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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.
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Caroline County Va. to wit

This day personally appeared before a justice of the peace for the s.d [said] County Burton Wright and Geo D Baylor and made oaths to the Surgeon's affidavit, hereto annexed and I am acquainted with them both and believe them to be respectable in their profession given under my hand this 8th day July 1833
M. H. Jones J. P.

I John L. Pendleton Clerk of the County Court of Caroline, do hereby certify that the signature annexed to the foregoing certificate purporting to be Madison H Jones is genuine, and that the said Madison H. is now & was at the time of signing the same a justice of the peace in and for said County.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this 10th day of July 1833.

John L Pendleton Cl [Clerk]
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James Braxton.
Invalid Roll, Va.
See letter to D.D. Addison
24 April 1849
"R. Saunders Junr [Jr.] 18 Apl [April] 1850
John Thornberry 17 Oct 1850
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Let [Letter] to Geo E Baker
Feb 4-1851
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27080 - 160- 50

No 37.493

James Braxton decd [deceased] Va.

Act 7th June 1832

Letter to Geo E. Baker
Feb 4th 1851
_________________________________________
Act - 7th June 1832
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James Braxton decd [deceased]
Va.
Let to Col F. Purcell
March 25. 1847

Act 7th June, 32.
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1169
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1694 [stamped] FREE
[circular stamp] Paid

[sideways] [circular stamp] RICHMOND MAR 15 VA
LP Waldo Esq 
Commr [Commissioner] Pensions
Washington City
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[crossed out] Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.

1169 Own 
[stamped] RECEIVED

______________________________
P.O. James Braxton
     ___________________________
                   Braxton
_______________________________

Service:  widow of James
               _____________________

Enlisted:____________________,18  .

Discharged: ________________, 18  .

Application filed: ___________, 18  .

Alleges: __________________________

Re-enlisted: ________________________________________________________________________________________________

Attorney:  ______________________________________
P. O.  ________________________________
_______________________________________
_________ Recognized. ______Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis.  Searched for____, 18  .
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Mrs. Braxton widow of James Braxton act of 1838  Va.

James Braxton Va. admitted act 1818.

Papers
L.P.W.
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Papers referred to in the Brief,
of the evidence in the case, J. Braxton
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Mar. 29th, 1853

I filed in the Pension Office about two years ago a Power of Atty from Mrs: Mary Braxton Wid. of James Braxton - authorizing me to attend to her claim to a Pension on account of Revy. Service of her husband - I will thank the Comrs. to have Said Claim Examined - The late act of Congress providing for widows of such Soldiers -
who married Subsequent to 1800 I will I think justify the allowance of the claim
yrs Respy [Respectfully]
Jno: E Baker
To Comm. of Pensions
Present
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Papers upon which Jas. Braxton, who was an invalid pensioner, was pensioned.   June 24th /53
John Thornberry

Invalid pension. - Virginia
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James Braxton Va. Susp.d [Suspended] Act 1832
Elizabeth Conklin widow of priv [private?] Act 1836 N.Y. Susp.d [Suspended]
Phebe Brown of [illegible] New Jersey Susp.d [Suspended]  Act 1826
Ruth Fowler of Nathl. [Nathanael] [Connt.?] Adm.d [Admitted] Act 36 or 38

D.D. Addison

Mr Addison
Please get for 
FSE
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Col Jas L Edwards

Per Coy [County or Company]
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I sent a declaration of Mrs Braxton of Va. Two weeks since. Claiming under the Act of 7th June 1832 as the widow of James Braxton an Invalid Pensioner of the Rev, as yet have heard nothing from it.

Yours respectfully
Wm F Purcell
23 March 47

To Col Edwards
Commissioner of Pensioners
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For proof of marriage, death &c 
See 37.493 Act of 7th June 1832. James Braxton Suspended

[Illegible]
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Washington City, June 1st 1853. 

Sir,
I have a power of Attorney, bearing date on the 9th day of March 1853, executed before Ferdinando Fairfax, a Justice of the peace within and for the Cty. [County] of King George, in the State of Virginia, by Mary Braxton, widow of James Braxton who was a United States Pensioner, paid by the United States agent for paying Pensions, at Richmond, the Capital of the State of Virginia, located in Henrico Cty [County] in sd [said] State,) authorizing me to examine all the papers on file in the Departments at Washington & relating to her application for bounty land, & Pensions; - and arrears of Pension claimed to have been due her husband, (the sd [said] James Braxton,) in his life time, & not having been recd [received] by him, is therefore now claimed by her, as will be shown by reference to the s.d [said] Papers above named. Please let me examine the papers on file in your office in relation to s.d [said] Claims.

Respectfully yr. Obt. Servt. [Your Obedient Servant]
John Thornbury.
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James Baxton ‘81 
77. Saml Haws Cont [Continental] line Filed dischd [discharged] at Yorktown 

[sentence too light]

Capt. Richard Stevens
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Js. L. Edwards Esq.
Comm of Pensions

[written sideways] Increase to $8 per month commencing July 10. 1833.
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Sir,
Old Mr. Braxton has again obtained the necessary documents in support of his application for an increase of pension which will accompany this. The old man is really very feeble & the Physitions [Physicians] being of the most respectable character in every respect have presumed certified correctly. 
Be so good as attend to it speedily & forward to me that the old mans anxiety may be relived. With respect & esteem 

Wilson Allen Bowl. Green Va.
July 10, 1833 

J L Edwards esq.
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Washington City, 5th February 1845

Sir

I am informed that James Braxton of Henrico County Virginia was many years ago, placed on the roll of Invalid Pensioners. You will oblige me by informing me what length of service was proved by said Braxton to entitle him to be placed on the Pension roll, and also, whether the records of your office show the length of time he served and whether he is entitled to a pension under the Act of 1832. Very respectfully

your obt. svt. [Obedient Servant]
JW Jones
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Bow. [Bowling] Green Va. Apl [April] 25th 1843 

Dear Sir 

James Braxton of this country was an invalid pensioner and died sometime last year, leaving a widow who was married sometime in 1794 as far as I can learn, though she says she was married sooner, having heard from an individual in whose veracity I have full confidence that it was in 1794. I did not attempt to give him any instruction whereby she might an effort for pension in which she would fail, but she says that some years ago (and I think Mr. Braxton spoke to me on the subject) that Mr. Madison H. Jones wrote on to you to see if he was not entitled to the benefits of the Act of 1832 but received no satisfactory answer. The object of this is to enquire in order to save expense and you some trouble whither [whether] or not Mrs. Braxton cannot claim the pension that her husband was entitled to under the Act of 1832. 
You will confer a favor by answering the above enquiry. 

Very Respectfully, 
Your Obt St [Obedient Servant] 
Frans V. Sutton
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1694
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Richmond Mar. 13th 1855 

L.P. Waldo Esq. 

Dear Sir 

I enclose you the Declaration of Mrs. Mary Braxton for Bounty Land. You will perceive that it was sent on to me before the Bounty Land bill was extended by Congress. Will you please to refer to testimony filed by her to obtain a pension in right of her husband James Braxton who was an Invalid pensioner. Should it be necessary to prove that she is at this time a widow. Please let me know if you require testimony of Widowhood now. I assure you she is yet the widow of James Braxton and I feel assured she will remain his widow till she dies, I know her well.

Very Respectfully
Yr Obt Svt [Your Obedient Servant]
Frs V Sutton
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Washington D. C. Feby 19th 1855

I hereby certify, that upon the Duplicate pay Rolls in my possession of Lieut [Lieutenant] L. Convington's and Capt. Bowyers Company of Light Dragoons the name of James Braxton, a private, is found from May 7th 1792, to Nov 12th 1794 when he is reported "at Defiance, wounded 20th of August.” 
Jno. P. Dickinson 

District of Columbia 
County of Washington 
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for the District and County aforesaid John P Dickinson, who solemnly affirmed that the foregoing certificate is correct and true. 
Given under my hand & seal this 19th day of Feby 1855 
F. S. Myer J. P. {Seal}
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I have examined the original rolls in the hand of the within named John P. Dickenson and I find the within certificate rendered by [and ?] rolls - 
I am also satisfied of the premises of his rolls 
L P Waldo Commr [Commissioner]
Feby. 23rd 1855 

[written sideways] 48,230
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For proof of marriage see application of James Braxton for Rev Pension under Act of June 7th 1832, filed from Virginia & rejected.
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On this 20th day of February 1855, personally appears before me a Justice of the Peace, Edmund Ennis, who being duly sworn, do claim that he is well acquainted with Mrs. Mary Braxton of King George County, Va. and has been prior to and since the death of her husband, James Braxton, that he knows of his personal knowledge that the said Mary Braxton has never married since the death of her said husband, and that she is now a widow. 
Edmund Ennis {Seal} 

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th day of February 1855. 
Jno. [John] G. Parrish J. P. 

State of Virginia, County Caroline Sct: 
I, John L. Pendleton, clerk of the County Court of Caroline, State of Virginia, do hereby certify that John G. Parrish Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, is and was at the time of taking the same an Acting Justice of the Peace within & for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above is genuine. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 20th day of February 1855. 
John L. Pendleton, Clerk of Caroline County Court
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[left side] See letter Apl. 11 1832 to 
Roane. do to Wallen Dec 1842 
do to F. V. Sutton Apl. 2, 
do to the J W Jones Feb 6 ‘45 

[right side] 37496 Virginia Dup: issd [issued] 1 June 1833 & given to James Braxton & Mr. Allen 
was in Revy War in Co. private of Virginia Capt. Stevens Va. in the Army of the U [United] States wounded 1794 N. W. Indian in Capt. Covington Va.
Inscribed on the Virginia of roll @ 4# increased to 6 40/100 # by the Law of the 24th April 1814 
Certificate issued 20th September 1820 & sent to Wilson Allen Esq Bowling Green Va. 

increased to $8 pm. [per month] 10th July 1833 - and issued New certificate, dated the 11th ditto - and sent to Wilson Allen Esq. Bowling Green Va. on 15th July 1833
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The payment to this pensioner to be made from the time to which he was last paid by the Agent
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Application for a New Certificate 
County of Caroline} to wit 
On this 12th day of September 1820 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said County personally appeared James Braxton who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged [to] the third Troop of Dragoons Commanded by Captain Covington attached to General Anthony Waines [Wayne’s] Army in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension Roll of the State of Virginia, that he has never received a certificate of that fact
James [his X mark] Braxton

Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day and year above written 
Pichegree Woolfolk Justice of Peace 

Caroline County, Virginia, to wit 
I John L Pendleton Clerk of the Court of the said County do hereby certify that Pichegree Woolfolk who hath signed the above certificate was at the time doing the same and still is a Justice of the peace for the said County and that due faith and credit is sought to be given to all his official acts as such. 
Given under my hand & the seal of the County the 12th day of September 1820 
John L. Pendleton C.C.C.
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Dr Sir

I rec’d [received] a letter a day or two since from old Mrs. Braxton widow of James Braxton decd [deceased] who rec’d [received] a Pension inconsequence of a wound rec’d [received] in some Indian Campaign so far as recollect. I obtained the Pension for him some years since but upon what ground I have nearly forgotten. He however was on the Pension list ‘till his death which occurred in course of the last summer. Mrs. Braxton says her husband told her that she would be entitled to half pay should she survive him & requests me to aid her in obtaining it. I have been out of the habit of attending to such matter for several years & have no recollection of the various laws related to pension - have therefore concluded to trouble you on the subject & to ask that if the old woman be entitled to any thing you be so good as extend your known benevolent feelings to her relief so far as to inform her through me to what she is entitled & how it is to be obtained. I do not know Mrs. B but am told by a lady who is acquainted with her & is in the habit of bestowing occasional charitable aid that she is a very respectable & worthy old woman & is left by her husband entirely destitute of any means of support. 
Yours with respect & esteem 
Wilson Allen Bowl. [Bowling] Green Va. Dec 12th '42

James L. Edwards esq.}
Com. of Pensions}
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In the month of February or March last I prepared the affidavits &c of James Brayton an invalid pensioner of Caroline County Virginia for application for an increase of Pension & they were inclosed [enclosed] either by myself or Doct [Dr.] Baylor (a Magistrate & Physition [Physicians]) duly executed with his original certificate of Pension to the Pension office Washington - but Mr. J. L. Edwards the Commissioner of Pensions to whom I have applied at request of said Braxton for the necessary document to enable him to draw his Pension informs that neither the original certificate of Pension nor the affidavits &c for an increase can be found in his office Certified & sworn to by me this 1st day of June 1833 
Wilson Allen 

Subscribed and Sworn to this 1st day 7 of June 1833 before 
Jno N Moulder
J. Peace
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Bowling Green Caroline Cty, May 1st 1841 

Dear Sir 

The enclosed declaration was put into the hands of Mr. Frans V. Sutton who kept it promising to attend to it, but not having done so which he says he omitted to do because he had mislaid a certificate of and individual proving the service of said Braxton and is now so far behind hand in his business in consequence of sickness that he cannot for sometime attend to it and has returned the declaration which I now send - for as Mr. Braxton is getting a pension I suppose it will not require any testimony as to service - if it should please let me hear from you on the subject. 

Yours respectfully 
M. H. Jones
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This prepaid by R.d [Richard] Anderson esq. for old Mr. Braxton
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The Judge of the district in which Mr. Braxton (the applicant for an increase of pension resides) will be pleased to execute the within form of a commission to be directed to two Physicians of repute, to examine into Mr. Braxton's case as the law in such cases directs. The Physician or Surgeons certificate in blank is herewith annexed which they will sign. 
It is believed that from Mr. Braxton’s wound taken in connexion [connection] with the increasing infirmities of age that he is altogether incapacitated from obtaining his living by manual labour [labor] in consequence of which there appears no doubt of his being entitled to full pay, that is 8 $ per month this is the increase of Pension he is seeking to obtain and this will be granted him upon authority of the medical certification stating that the claimant is considered as totally disabled from obtaining his subsistence by manual labour [labor], where the Physicians are known personally to the
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Agent - he is required to annex thereto his certificate vouching for the respectability of s.d [said] Physicians or Surgeons in their profession, but as the Pensioner will be examined by surgeons in his own neighbourhood [neighborhood] to whom the agent may not be known - in that case a magistrate of the County will verify the medical report on the case, he will just certify that he is acquainted with the Physicians who will have signed Mr. Braxton's paper & that he knows or believes them to be reputable in their profession. 
It will be desirable the official character & signature of the magistrate should be certified to by the clerk of the court under seal of office. 
When the above requisitions are complied with on behalf of the pensioner the Agent here will transmit the papers to the War Department or it will answer the same purpose & perhaps said Mr. Braxton some trouble of the Magistrate or the Judge, or the Physicians transmit the
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Papers to the Sec. of War directly on one corner of the envelope "on pension service" - this will direct it to the proper office where it is to be hopes Mr. Braxton's case will be promptly attended to and an increase of pension allowed him to which it is believed his present situation so fully justified. 

Richmond, Va. the 10 June 1833 

The Judge of the district will please have referenced to that portion of the act of Congress in the accompanying papers (marked #A) which is applicable to Mr. Braxton's case -
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Shiloh, King George County Va 
Aug. 5th 1850 
I do hereby certify that I never requested R. Saunders Jun. near Carlton’s store King & Queen [Illegible several words] to all in this county or being other persons to furnish [Illegible several words] a copy of any declaration claiming [Illegible several words] James Braxton under the act of Congress of June the 7th 1832 [Illegible several words] his agent, or any other person or persons [Illegible several words] years, and then I informed them I [Illegible several words] to attend to [Illegible several words] Given under my hand this 5th [Illegible several words]

James [his X mark] Braxton
F. Fairfax
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(illegible 1 2 - 3 - )
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I do hereby testify that I was well acquainted with James Braxton for the space of forty years prior to the period of his death, and know that he was refuted and believed to have been a Revolutionary soldier for the war; I am fully satisfied that said Braxton was old enough to have been in the Revolutionary war, as aforesaid, and I am justified; from my knowledge of the manner, in saying that any declaration, or, statement he may have made, under Oath is entitled to full faith and credit. I am also fully satisfied, from my knowledge of Mrs. Mary Braxton, the widow of the above named James Braxton, that any declaration, or statement, she may have made, or shall hereafter make, under oath, is entitled to full faith and credit. 
William Beasley 

State of Virginia} 
County of Caroline} to wit 
On this 12th day of August 1850. William Beasley personally appeared before me a justice of the peace, in and for the county aforesaid, and made oath that the facts contained and set forth in the above affidavit is true. I certify that the said William Beasley is a man of truth and
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and [struck out] that his statement is entitled to full faith and credit.  Given under my and and seal the day and year above written.

Herbert Anderson J.P.  Seal

   I fully concur in the above statement given by William Beasley in relation to James Braxton and his widow Mrs Mary Braxton.
Armistead Beasley

State of Virginia
County of Caroline} to wit:

          On this 12th day of August 1850 Armstead Beasley personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, and made oath that the facts contained in and set forth in the foregoing affidavit is true.  I certify that the said Armstead Beasly is a man of truth, and that his statement is entitled to full faith and credit.
       Given under my hand and seal this day and year above written.

Herbert Anderson J.P. Seal
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I hereby testify that I was well acquainted with James Braxton, for the Space of twenty five years, prior to the period of his death, and I am fully satisfied that said Braxton was old enough to have been in the Revolutionary War.  I am justified from my knowledge of the man, in saying that any declaration, or statement, he may have made, under oath, is entitled to full faith and credit.
     I am also fully satisfied., from my knowledge of Mrs. Mary Braxton, the widow of the above named James Braxton, that any declaration, or statement, she may have made, or shall hereafter make, under oath, in entitled to full faith and credit.

Burton B. Wright

State of Virginia}
County of Caroline} to wit:

On this 12th day of August 1850.  Burton B. Wright personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, and made oath that the facts contained and set forth in the above affidavit are true.
I certify that the said Burton
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B. Wright is a Magistrate of the county aforesaid, and that his statement is entitled to full faith and credit.
     Given under my hand and seal this day and year above written.
Rbt. M. Bridges  J.P. Seal

Virginia, In clerks Office of Caroline County Court.
         I John L. Pendleton Clerk of the County Court of the County & State aforesaid, hereby Certify that Herbert  Anderson and Rbt. M. Bridges whose names are subscribed to the foregoing Certificates are Magistrates in said County duly commissioned and qualified according to law and that the signitures (sic)  purporting to be theirs are genuine.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office this 12th day of August 1850.
John S. Pendleton Clerk
Of Caroline County Court
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The commissioner of Pensions will please furnish my agent Mr. R. Saunders of Virginia with a copy of my declaration & other papers filed in his department by Mr. Thornberry sometime in the year 1847, claiming a Pension on a account of the Revolutionary Service of my husband James Braxton deceased and oblige 
Respectfully
Mary [her x mark] Braxton

State of Virginia}
King George County} SS
Be it known that on this 1st day of November 1849 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace for Said County  Personally appears Mary Braxten [Braxton] & acknowledged the forgoing letter of authority to be her act & due.  Given under my hand the day & date above written
F. Fairfax, J.P.

direct to me at
Millers Tavern
[illegible] County
R. Sanders
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Near Carltons Store
King & Queen County
Virginia Jany [January] 16th; 1850.

Sir
Enclosed you will receive a letter of authority from Mrs. Mary Braxton widow of James Braxton, authorizing you to furnish me with a copy of  her Declaration, & other papers, therewith filed by Mr. Thornbury in 1847.  
You will please to cause copies of these papers to be made out as early as practicable and forward them to me. And please say whither any report was ever made by yourself in relation to her claims, & if so, I would like to get a copy of  that report.

Very Respectfully
Your Obt Svt [Obedient Servant]
R. Saunders
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free

Bowl: Green Va.}
Sept: 14th 1820}

The Honble [Honorable]
The Secretary of War

(J. L. Edwards esq. - Pension Depart',
Washington City

[written sideways] App.lt [Application] for new Certificate Rec.d [received] 16 Sep. 1820
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Dr. Sir,

By attending to the inclosed [enclosed] and forwarding the Certificate as soon as is practicable you will oblige a very poor & very deserving man.

respectfully yrs &c

Wilson Allen
B. Gr: [Bowling Green] 14th Sept. 1820
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

ORIGINAL CLAIM

United States.

DISTRICT, SS.

I, [blank] Judge of the District Court of the United States of America for the Virginia District; by AUTHORITY of an act of Congress, passed the 25th day of April, 1812, entitled "An act to revive and continue in force an 'Act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary War, and for other purposes;" DO HEREBY ESPECIALLY AUTHORIZE AND COMMISSION                     [blank] of the county of [blank] and district of  [blank] to take all evidence pursuant to the rules and regulations of the said act, for substantiating the claim of James Braxton of the Town of [struck out] in the county of Caroline and district of Virginia to be placed on the Pension List of the United States, by reason of known wounds received in said war, or since, (as prescribed in the fourth section of "An act concerning invalid pensioners," passed the 25th of April, 1808,while in the actual service of the United States, and in the line of his duty.  And when the same shall be completed, to return the evidence, affidavits, certificates, and proceedings had hereupon, together with this commission, to the Secretary for the Department of War.

Given under my hand and seal, at [blank] the [blank] day of [blank] in the year one thousand eight hundred and [blank]
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

INCREASE OF PENSION.

United States,
Virginia Eastern District S. S.
DISTRICT, SS.

To Doctor George D. Baylor
of The county of Caroline -- and
Doctor Burton Wright -- of same county in & in -- said district.
     Pursuant to an act of Congress of the United States, passed the 25th of April, 1812, entitled "An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary War, and for other purposes; you are hereby appointed and authorized to examine James Braxton - who is inscribed on the Pension List of the United States, and is claimant for an increase of pension, conformably to the 5th section of the act of the 10th April, 1806, revived as aforesaid; and you are to report, in writing, and on oath or affirmation, your opinion of the nature of his disability and in what degree it prevents him from obtaining a subsistence by manual labor; and in your proceedings in the premises you are to be regulated and governed by said act.

Given under my hand and seal, at Richmond this 23rd day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.

P.P. Barbour {Seal}
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p. 53 Washington City 
Nov 1. 1850 
John Thornberry asks for a revision of the decision of the Comr [Commissioner] of pensions, in the case of Mary Braxton, the Heirs of John Hereford dec.d [deceased] and of Charles Taylor are Invalid Pensioners. ---

Ref.d [Referred] to Comr. of Pensions for Report Dep. of Interior
Nov. 1, 1850
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Washington City D. C. Nov. 2nd 1850 
Sir. 
Mrs. Mary Braxton, widow of James Braxton dec.d [deceased] late an invalid pensioner of Virginia — The legal Representatives of John Hereford dec.d [deceased] who was a private and adjutant in the Revolutionary War, and late a pensioner under act '32 in Virginia; and Charles Taylor, invalid pensioner of Virginia, all request a revission [revision] of their Claims by you; or rather, a revision of Col. J. L. Edward's decisions in said cases; said Taylor's case has been before the former Secretary of the Interior, and had his decision on it, with which he is not satisfied and therefore request your action upon it. 
Respectfully Yr. Obt. Servt. [Your Obedient Servant]
John Thornberry. 

A. H. H. Stewart Esq. 
Secretary of the Interior 
Present.
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Claim of Mrs. Braxton.

F. W. Risque
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Washington Dec. 16th 1850

Sir

I have been employed by Mary Braxton, widow of James Braxton, deceased, late invalid pensioner to superintend and prosecute her claim under the act of June 7th 1832, which I have turned over to F. W.  Prisque Esq.

I am respectfully Yr. Obt. Servt. 
[Your Obedient Servant]
John Thornberry

Jas. E. Heath Esq,
Com. of Pensions.
Present.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

Payable semi=annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September, at Richmond Virginia
by Prest: [President] U. S. Br. Bank

No payment can be made on an original certificate, until the arrival of one or the other of the above dates after issuing the certificate.

Registered in Book D Vol. 7 Page 61 — by the Recording - Clerk.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

War Department 
Invalid Pension. 
Duplicate 
I certify, That in conformity with the Law of the United States, passed on the 24th day of April 1816 - James Braxton late a private of the United States Army - is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Virginia -- Agency, at the rate of Six and 40/100 -- dollars per month, to commence on the [blank] day of [blank] one thousand eight hundred and [blank] 
This certificate issued in lieu of one dated the 20th day of September 1820 - which has been lost or destroyed; and which if it should be presented at the Pension Agency the agent will send it to the War Department. 
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 1st -- day of June --- one thousand eight hundred and thirty three ----

Lew Cass 
Secretary of War 

Examined and countersigned, 
J. L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

Payable semi=annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September, at Richmond Virginia by Prest: [President] U. S. Branch Bank 
No payment can be made on an original certificate, until the arrival of one or the other of the above dates after issuing the certificate. 

Registered in Book D. Vol 7 Page 61 by the Recording Clerk.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Invalid Pension. 

I certify, That in conformity with the Law of the United States, passed on the 24th day of April 1816 - James Braxton - late a private -- of the U. States Army, was -- inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Virginia -- Agency, at the rate of six and 40/100 -- dollars per month, to commence on the [blank] day of [blank] one thousand eight hundred and [blank]. And that his name is now on the roll of the same Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing on the tenth day of July 1833. 
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 11th -- day of July -- one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. 

John Robb 
Acting Secretary of War.

Examined and countersigned.
J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions -
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Know all men by these presents, that I Mary Braxton of the county of King George and State of Virginia, have constituted and appointed and by these present do constitute and appoint John Thornberry, of Washington, D. C. My true and lawful attorney, irrevocably for me and in my name to receive from the United States all arrears of pension claimed by my late husband James Braxton deceased who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War; which arrears of pension were due him under the provisions of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832, or all or any sum or sums of money that may be found due my or my late husband James Braxton aforesaid under the provisions of any other act of Congress, and in my name to execute such receipts and acquittances for the same as may be necessary, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, and an attorney or attornies [attorneys] under him for the purposes aforesaid, to make and all his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in and about the premises, by
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virtue of those present, hereby revoking all former powers of Attorney or other authority by me heretofore at any time made or executed.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 5th day of August in the year of 1850.

Mary [her x mark] Braxton {Seal}

State of Virginia}
King George County} to wit;

On this 5th day of August 1850. Mary Braxton personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, and acknowledged the above power of Attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein contained.

F. Fairfax J. P. {Seal}
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Mary Braxton widow of James Braxton decd [deceased]

Act of Sept 28th 1850 

Specie [J. P.?]

Mr. Toll will bring [Illegible several words too light] 

Filed by Jno P Dickinson Present
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State of Virginia}
County of King George}

On this sixteenth day of February 1855, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and State aforesaid Mrs. Mary Braxton, aged 73 years, a resident of King George county State of Va., who being duly Sworn according to law, declared that she is the widow of James Braxton, decd., who was a private in the Company commanded by Capt. Covington and after wards by Capt. Bowyer in the Regt. of U. S. Infy [Infantry], in the war with the North west Indians, commonly called Wayne's War, that he entered the service on the [blank] day of [blank] 1792, for the period of three years and continued in actual service for more than two years, and was honorably discharged on account of being wounded in 1794. 
She further States that she has heretofore, applied for pension and bounty land for the service of her said husband, but has never received either. She makes this application to obtain the bounty land to which she may be entitled under Act of Sept 28th 1850, and refers to her papers now on file for the proof of her marriage and death of her said husband. And I hereby appoint Wm. F. Dickinson my true and lawful attorney to prosecute this claim and receive my warrant, revoking all authority over the same heretofore given to any other person,

Enoch Edwards 
Mary [her X mark] Braxton

Sworn to and subscribed before me Ferd. Fairfax and I certify that I believe the said Mary Braxton to be the identical person above described, and that I have no interest in this claim.

F. Fairfax J. P.
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Virginia
King George County Court 
I, William S. Brown Clerk in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Ferdinando Fairfax, whose genuine signatures appears to the foregoing declaration and affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and qualified as such and that to all his official acts as such, full faith and credit ought to be given 
In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said County this 17th day of February A. D. 1855

Wm. S. Brown Clk [Clerk]
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

POWER OF ATTORNEY — Revolutionary Pension Claims.

Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Mary Braxton, widow of James Braxton, who was a United States pensioner at the rate of Ninety six dollars per annum, Virginia agency, hereby constitute and appoint John Thornberry of Washing City, D.C. my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of James Braxton aforesaid for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, [^ arrears of pension], or Increase of Pension, that may be [^ have due him at his death] due; and I hereby authorize [^ to prosecute any claim for bounty land & pension under the late acts of Congress under said acts passed 28th Sept./50, 22d March/52 & 3d Feby/53] to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claims on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificates which may be issued for said Claims which Certificates I wish made payable to myself, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises. and revoking all former powers.

Witness my hand and Seal this 9th day March A. D., 1853.

Mary [her x mark] Braxton

Signed and Sealed in the presence of}
F. Fairfax

State of Virginia}
County of King George} SS:
On this 9th day of March A. D. 1853 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Mary Braxton and acknowledged the foregoing Power, of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand,} 
the day and year aforesaid.}
F. Fairfax J. Peace.

Interlined before signing -
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

Claim of
Act of

State of}
County} SS.
Be it known, That on this [blank] day of [blank] A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty [blank], before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared [blank] a resident of [blank] in said County, and made oath according to law that [blank] he is the [blank] who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
at the rate of [blank] Dollars per annum; that [blank] has been informed that the said Pension, ought to be increased; and that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me.}
J. Peace.}

I, [blank] Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that [blank] who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of the County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
J. Peace.

Virginia
I, William S. Brown Clerk of the County Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Ferdinando Fairfax before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this Ninety day of March A. D. 1853

Wm. S. Brown Clerk.
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Original Declaration of James Braxton made the 13th of Feby. 1839 

Original Declaration of James Braxton made the 13th of Feby. 1839 
James Braxton personally appeared before a Justice of the Peace in Caroline County Virginia a resident of said county aged 81 years — and being sworn made the following declaration to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June the 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under Capt. Samuel Hawes in the fall of 76 or 77 cannot distinctly recollect which - marched to Philadelphia and in consequence of Capt. Hawes being promoted he was transferred to Capt. Richard Stevens to whom he acted principally as Beauman, he recollects Major Rudolph and Major Campbell with whom he was whilst at the North, and that he was stationed at one time at Valley forge and at various other places and under various officers which he cannot call to mind, till about 1780 he marched to the South and in the early part of the year 1781 he was engaged in the battle at Guilford Ct.house [Guilford Courthouse] at which place General Green [Greene] had the Command, he recollects that [Gen. Daniel] Morgan was there, after this battle he does not recollect being in any other engagement untill [until] at the siege of Yorktown where he thinks he was attached to Col. Matthews’s regiment and was there untill discharged, he thinks in the spring or early part of the year 1782 – and that joined General about the year 91 or 92 he went in the Indian War under Capt. Brock and Lieutenant Towles and joined General Harman [Harmar] Troops, after he had been there sometime General Wayne took command, and that he was in several engagements with the Indians, one at an old English fort, and at the battle of Miami he received a wound in consequence of which he is now receiving an invalid pension (A) Certificate of Justice that James Braxton is a neighbor of his and from the character he has born his declarations are entitled to full credit.

By letter of the commissioner of April 24th 1849. parties were informed, that it was impossible for this office to find evidence here of his service and that proof of the most satisfactory character of his alledged [alleged] service would be required - There being no proof furnished to establish his claim for alledged [alleged] service in the revolution no action was had on this claim see letters of April 18 - 1850. October 17th 1850. 
Certificate of Pension to J Braxton issued 20th Septr [September] 1820, increased to 8 dollars 10th July 1833. B.
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were produced in open court and upon examination of the said Declaration and certificate it is ordered to be certified to the War Department that the said Declaration and certificate and proceedings about the same are approved of by the court (C) 

On the 17th of Feby 1849 Mary Braxton appeared before the same Justice of the Peace and being sworn, made the following Supplemental declaration explanatory of the one made by her in 1847. That she is the widow of James Braxton who was an Invalid Pensioner of the U. States for injuries received in the Indian Warson 1794 - and after the close of the Revolutionary war - That her husband was likewise a soldier of the Revolution and as he frequently informed her, served about seven years. That she is unable to state the particulars of his service of the officers under whom he served, but She thinks he was enlisted by Capt. Richard Stevens and served a part of the time under him. She also recollects of hearing him frequently speak of Capt. Bevans, but whether he served under him she is unable to say. When she made her former Declaration she did not mention these facts, for she was under the impression that all the particulars in relation to his revolutionary services were given by him when he applied for his Invalid Pension, but she has since been informed that he was pensioned for injuries received while in service after the termination of this Revolutionary services and it is therefore that she makes this explanatory statement (C)

William Beasley being sworn says that he was well acquainted with James Braxton for the space of 40 years, prior to his death and know that he was reputed and believed to have been a Revolutionary soldier for the war - that he is satisfied that said Braxton was old enough to have been in the Revolutionary war, and that he is justified from his
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Knowledge of the man, in saying that any Declaration or Statement he may have made under oath is entitled to full faith and credit - he is also fully satisfied from his knowledge of Mrs. Mary Braxton, the widow of the afore named James Braxton, that any Declaration or Statement she may have made or shall hereafter make under oath is entitled to full faith and credit (1).
Certificate of Justice that William Beasly is a man of truth and that his Statements are entitled to full faith and credit. 

Armstead Beasly sworn, says that he fully concurs in the above statement made by William Beasly in relation to James Braxton & his widow Mrs. Mary Braxton. 
Certificate of the Justice that said Armstead Beasly is a man of truth and that his statement is entitled to full faith and credit (D2 
Benton B Wright being sworn says that he was well acquainted with James Braxton for the space of 25 years prior to the period of his death and is fully satisfied from his knowledge of the man in saying that any Declaration in statement he may have made under oath is entitled to full faith and credit - that he is also fully satisfied from his knowledge of Mrs. Mary Braxton that any Declaration or statement she may have made under oath is entitled to full faith and credit (3)
Certificate of Justice that said Benton B Wright is a man of truth, as Magistrate of the County aforesaid and that his Statements are entitled to full faith & credit.
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37493
James Braxon dec.
Va
Act of June '32
[illegible]

March 11 1847
Mary Braxton
[illegible]

W. F Purcell Esq
Present

Wm F Purcell agent
[illegible]
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State of Virginia 
King George County SS 
On this 2nd day of March, in the year 1847, personally appeared before me, Ferdinando Fairfax a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of King George, in the State of Virginia aforesaid, Mary Braxton, a widow of said county and State, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the amount of Pension due her husband James Braxton deceased, who was an Invalid Pensioner of the Revolution, and resident in Virginia, at the rate of Ninety-Six dollars per annum, and paid semi-annually, at the Virginia Agency in the city of Richmond, in the county of Henrico and state of Virginia aforesaid, the said pension being due her said husband according to the provisions of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832. That she is the Identical widow of the said James Braxton deceased, who was an Invalid pensioner as aforesaid and served in the Revolutionary War in the third troops of Dragoons, that the said Pension was due her said husband from the 4th day of March 1831, to the 13th day of March 1842, the time of his death, and which he never drew, neither has she, that she was married to the said James Braxton deceased, in Caroline County in the State of Virginia aforesaid, on the 3rd day of April in the year 1804, and lived with him from that period to the time of his death aforesaid, in Caroline County aforesaid, since which time she removed to King George County aforesaid, where she now resides, and that she has never since married, but remaining the widow of the said James Braxton from that period to the present time, and that prior to this intermarriage the said James Braxton lived in Henrico County and State aforesaid,
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and that her maiden name was Mary Coleburt and by her family register she is sixty five years old to day
Mary [her x mark] Braxton

State of Virginia
King George County SS
On this 2nd day of March in the year 1847, personally appeared before me, Ferdinando Fairfax a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of King George, in the State of Virginia aforesaid, and duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Mary Braxton, the Identical widow of James Braxton deceased, who was an Invalid Pensioner of the Revolution, and subscribed and made Oath to the foregoing declaration. I certify that she is indigent old and feeble, and cannot conveniently attend the Court of King George County aforesaid, and that she, the said Mary Braxton is a person of truth and entitled to full confidence, and that I am fully satisfied to the truth of the foregoing declaration.
Given under my hand and seal this 2nd day of March, in the year 1847.
F. Fairfax {Seal}

Virginia
At a Court of Quarterly Sessions begun & held for King George County, on Thursday the 4th of March 1847 
On motion, It is ordered to be certified, that it appears to the court by satisfactory evidence adduced in open Court that James Braxton, who was an invalid pensioner of the Revolution, and resident of Caroline County Virginia, died on the 13th day of March, in the year 1842, leaving Mary Braxton his widow, and that the said Mary Braxton is now surviving, and is the identical widow of James Braxton deceased, and that she has never since married and is now a resident of King George County and State of Virginia aforesaid. And that the declara-
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[declara]tion of Mary Braxton widow of James Braxton deceased, who was an invalid pensioner of the Revolution, as aforesaid, made in order to obtain the pension due to her husband, by an Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, from the fourth day of March 1831, to the 13th day of March 1842, the time of his death, said declaration, bearing date the 2nd day of March, in the year 1847, together with the certificate of Ferdinando Fairfax, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of King George, and State of Virginia aforesaid were produced in open court, and upon an examination of the said declaration and certificate, it is ordered to be certified to the War Department, at Washington City, that the said declaration and certificate, and proceedings about the same are approved of by the court. 
Virginia 
King George County, to wit. 
I William S. Brown clerk of the county court of King George, in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true copy from the minutes of the said Court. I also certify that Ferdinando Fairfax, whose signature appears on the foregoing page, was at the time of signing, and is now, a Justice of the Peace, in and for King George County in the State of Virginia aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such, and that the said signature purporting to be his, is his genuine signature. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my seal of Offices, the 4th day of March in the year 1847 and in the 91st year of the commonwealth. 
Wm. S. Brown
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State of Virginia
[illegible]

19th

Ferdinando Fairfax

deed [illegible]

[illegible] 1832 that she is the widow[?] of James Braxton dec. who was an Invalid Pensioner of the United States, for [illegible]

[illegible] and after [illegible]

[illegible] his services in the [illegible] under whom[?] he served, but [illegible] that he [illegible] [illegible] by Capt. R[illegible] Stevens[?] and served[?] [illegible] of [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] — she also [illegible] of [illegible] [illegible] heard [illegible] [illegible] she [illegible]

served[?] under him and that she is unable to say — when[?] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible], she [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] these[?] [illegible] for she [illegible] [illegible] the impression[?] that all the parties [illegible] in relation to his revolutionary services were given by him when he applied for his Invalid Pension; [illegible] she had[?]
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since been informed that he was pensioned for injuries received while in service after the termination of his Revolutionary Services, and it is therefore that she makes this explanatory statement. 
Given under my hand this 17th day of July 1849 
F. Fairfax 

Virginia: 
King Geo. County to wit: 
I Wm. S. Brown, Clerk of the County Court of King George, in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that F. Fairfax, who has taken foregoing affidavit, is & was at the time of taking the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid, duly Commissioned and qualified as such, and that full faith and credit, are due to all his acts and deeds as such. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereto set my name, and affixed the seal of the said County this 19th day of February A. D. 1847. 
Wm. S. Brown
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Declaration of Mary Braxton 
On the 2nd day of March 1847, Mary Braxton a resident of King George Virginia personally appeared before a Justice of the Peace of said County being sworn makes the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832. That she is the Identical widow of the James Braxton decd. who was an Invalid Pensioner and served in the Revolutionary war in the 3rd Troops of Dragoons — that the said pension was due her said husband prior the 4th day of March 1831 to the 13th day of March 1842 the time of his death, which he never drew neither has she — that she was married to the said James Braxton decd. in Caroline County Virginia on the 3rd of April 1804 and lived with him from that period to the time of his death, in Caroline County aforesaid since which time she removed to King George where she now resides and that she has never since married — that prior to this intermarraige the said James Braxton lived in Henrico County Virginia and that her maiden name was Mary Coleburt and that by the family registry she is 65 years old. (1)
Certificate of the Justice that said Mary Braxton is indigent, old and feeble and cannot conveniently attend the court of King George and that she is a person of truth and entitled to full confidence. (6 

At a court of Quarter Sessions of King George County held on Thursday the 4th of March 1847 it was ordered to be certified that it appears to the Court that James Braxton, who was an Invalid Pensioner of the revolution and resident of Caroline County died on the 13th day of March 1842 leaving Mary Braxton his widow and that said Mary Braxton is now surviving and is the identical widow of James Braxton decd. and that she has never since married and is now a resident of King George and that the Declaration of said Mary Braxton bearing date the 2nd day of March 1847, together with the certificate of Ferdinando Fairfax a Justice of the Peace of King George