Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 1387, Nathaniel Clark, N.C.
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SERVICE                                                               NUMBER
N.C.                 Clark, Nathaniel                     W 1387
                                            Louisa                      B.L.W 32233-160-55
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North Carolina    12.433
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Nathaniel Clark
of Chatham in the State of N. Car.
who was a pr: in the                commanded
by Captain           of the Regt commanded
vy Col Lytle in the N Car
line for 11 months

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Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina
at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of pension issued the 30 day of Apr 33
                                                         and sent to John S.
Guthrie. St Laurence N C
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1831            43.32
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept        18.33
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                                                                              $91.65
                                                  {Revolutionary Claim,}
                                                  {Act June 7, 1832          }

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 36
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191.385           Act Mar 3 }
                           July 18      } 55
        Louisa
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Clark  Wid:  of
Nathaniel Clark             Priv-
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Capt:
Col:


Enl:
Dis:
                      War of Revolution
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No. 1371
North Carolina
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Louisa Clark
widow of Nathaniel Clark
who served in the Revolutionary war,
as a private
                          N.C. line
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Raleigh agency,
Rate 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum.
Commencing July 27 68
Deduct payments made
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Certificate dated June 8 69
and sent to Claimant
Cene Henry A. Landers Jr
                           Pittsboro
                                    Chatham
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Recorded on Roll of  Pensioners under act Feb-
ruary 3, 1858, Page 210 Vol. 26
July 27/68
                                                    J N Smith
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Seal of Office the 18th day of September as 1832
                                                    C. J. Williams

Declaration of Nathl
Clark for a pension
Act
7 June 1832
           2413
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of 
Comgress passed June 7 1832
State of North Carolina }        Superior Court of Law
Chatham County              }          Fall Term @ 1832

On this 18th day of September Nathaniel Clark personally
appeared in open court before the Honourable the presiding
Judge of said Court, now sitting. Nathaniel Clark a              
resident of the County and State aforesaid aged seventy
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 7 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following      
Officers and served as herein Stated - 
He was drafted when about 16 years of age in the County of
Orange and State of North Carolina and formed the company
of militia commanded by Capt Jamieson at Hillsborough
in the Regiment commanded by Col Lytle he was marched from
Hillsborough to Salisbury from thence to pine tree (now Camden)
in S. Carolinafrom thence to near Charleston before they reached
which place they were joined by several other regiments.- he
was marched with the army to Savannah River thence up 
that stream to Augusta (the enemy were marching up the 
opposite) the British army  halted in Augusta a few days
and the American halted on the opposite bank of the Savannah
the enemy moved down the River and the Americans crossed
and pursued them. Somewhere between Augusta 7 Briar Break
a Company of Light Infantry was formed to which this deponent
was attached under the command of Captain Young  They 
pursued the enemy to Briar Break where an engagement
took place in which the Americans were defeated he was
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in a detachment about a mile from the main army at the com
mencement of the battle but was brought into action before it cloud. after
the defeat the Americans retreated in great disorder across the Sa-
vannah River shortly after which he was discharged a short distance
below Augusta after having served five months his discharge
was signed by Col Lytle and is now lost
He further states that sometime after his discharge as aforesaid
he was again drafted in the county of Orange and joined
the company of North Carolina Militia under the command
of Captain Jamieson at Hillsborough in the Regiment (he thinks)
commanded by Col Lytle and was marched to Salisbury from
thence to the Catawba and was the army at the Battle of 
Cowans Ford although he was not in the action having been
placed on guard at some distance from the scene and just
before he came up the American Commanded retreating he retreated
with them as far as the widow Torrances when they halted
and were taking some refreshments when they were charged
on by the enemy line and thrown into such great disorder
they were unable to rally any more. he returned home
and received a written discharge from Captain Jamieson
after having served three months. his discharge is now lost
He further states that after his discharge as aforesaid he does
not recollect how long he Volunteered in Orange County
and joined the company of N Carolina Militia under the 
command of Captain Jamieson and served in this company
three months in guarding the Town of Hillsborough and 
the prisoners who were then cinfined he has no recollecftion
that he ever received a written discharge upon this occasion
but is certain that he served faithfully for the Term three
months and was honourably discharged -
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He further states that he has no recollection of the day Month or Year
in which he entered or was discharged from the service at any
of the aforesaid Tours that being illiterate and unable to keep
any memorandum of the events as they transpired and in conse-
quence of the great lapse of time he has forgotten most of the 
particulars incident to his service-he further states that 
he has no documentary evidence and knows of no persons
except Thomas Horner and L Tilly & Upton whose testimony
he can procure who can testify to his service-
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 or Territory in the 
Union.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
                                                                                      his
                                                               Nathaniel  X Clark
                                                                                   mark
We Eli Emerson and Thomas Dowdy both residing
in the county of Chatham and State of North Carolina
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Clark
who has Subscribed, and sworn to the above declaration; that 
we believe him to be 70 years of age; that he is reputed and 
believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been
a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that
opinion-Sworn to and subscribed the day and year 
aforesaid.
                                                                            his
                                                                       Thos X Dowdy
                                                                               mark

                                                                              his
                                                                         Eli X Emerson
                                                                              mark
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the
Investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations pro
scribed by the War Department that the above named applicant
was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and 
the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Eli
Emerson and Thomas Dowdy who have signed the pre
ceeding certificate are residents in the county of Chatham and 
State of NC and are credible persons and that their statement
is entitled to credit.
                                            James Chasten JP Clerk

I Charles J Williams of the Superior Court of Law
for the County of Chatham in the State of North Carolina, do 
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the application Nathaniel
Clark for a pension-
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and public
seal of office this 18th day of September 1832
                                                                          C.J. Williams Test.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the 
2d section of the act of  3d of February
1853
State of North Carolina  }
Chatham County              }

On this the 11th of May 1853 per-
-sonally appeared before the court of
pleas and Treaties Sessions of the state
of North Carolina Chatham County Louisa
Clark a resident of the County and State
aforesaid, aged about seventy 70
years, who first being duly sworn ac
-cording to law, doth on her oath make 
the following delcaration in order-to
obtain the benefits of the provision made
by the act of Congress passed in the 3d
February 1853 granting pensions to wi-
dows of persons who served during
the revolutionary war; that she is 
the widow of Nathaniel Clark
who was a private; and received a 
pension in his life time the ?
of about $36.18 per year- as by reference
to the widows filed in her appli-
cation at your department wide-
She further declares that she
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was married to the said Nathaniel
Clark during the year 1816 or 1817-
that her said husband died in the 
11th of June  A D 1836; that she was 
not married to him prior to the second
of January eighteen hundred but at 
the time above stated- she further 
declares that she is now a widow-
                                                   her
                                     Louisa  X  Clark
                                                 mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and
year above written, before-
                                                    W P Taylor Clerk
State of North Carolina }
Chatham County              }
On this 11th day of May A D 1853 per-
sonally appeared in open court, before
the court of Pleas and Treaties Sessions
for the County of Chatham and of No
Carolina, now sitting Hiram Beal-
aged 60 years a resident of the County and
State aforesaid who, being first duly
sworn according to law, doth on his oath
make the following declaration; that 
he knows of his own knowledge, having
been present that Nathaniel Clark
and Louisa Beal were joined together
in holy matrimony during the year
1816 or 1817, that he knows them to be
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together as husband and wife and to be
so reputed until the day of his death
which took place on the 11th of June 1836
and that she is now a widow-
sworn to and subscribed the day and
year aforesaid-
                                                      his
                                         Hiram  X  Beal
                                                    mark
We the Justices of the peace now holding
the Court of Pleas and Treaties Sessions for 
the County and State aforesaid certify that
Louisa Clark and Hiram Beal are cre-
dible persons and that their statements are 
entitled to credit.
                                                   G. W. Goldston
                                                    T W Bynum
                                                    W G Harris
I William P Taylor-clerk of the court
of pleas and treaties sessions for the County
and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that 
the foregoing contains the original proceed
-ings of the said Court in the matter of the 
application of Louisa Clark for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office this the 11th 
day of May 1853-
                                        W P Taylor     CCC
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State of North Carolina }
Chatham County              }

                                                      On this the 22 day
of June A D One thousand eight hundred
and fifty five personally appeared before 
me a Justice of the Peace within and for
the County & State aforesaid Louisa Clark
aged Seventy odd years a resident of the 
County & State aforesaid who being duly sworn ac-
cording to law declares, that she is the widow
of Nathaniel Clark who was a private
in the revolutionary war-and that his name 
is inscribed on the pension list at the 
rate of Thirty Six Dollars & Sixty five cents 
per annum and that she refers to her decla-
ration recorded in the Pension Office on the 
Roll of Pensioners under the act of February
3d 1853 Page 133 Vol OO and that she is 
now a widow at the date of concenting this her
declaration-She makes this declaration for the 
purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to shich
she may be entitled under the act approved
March 3 1855-She also declares that she has 
never received nor applied for Bounty Land 
under this or any other act of Congress-
                                                                      her
                                                         Louisa X Clark
                                                                    mark
We James Clark and Wm Bright
residents of Chatham County in the State of North Carolina
upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declara-
tion was signed and acknowledged by Louisa Clark in
our presence, and that we believe from the appearances and 
statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person
she represents herself to be-
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The foregoing declaration and affidavit
now sworn to and subscribed before me.
in the day and year afore written; and I 
certify that I know the affiants to be 
credible persons; that the claimant is the 
person she represents herself to be and that 
I have no interest in the claim.
                                                           Alex Sloan JP

State of North Carolina }
County of Chatham        }
                                                   I William P Taylor
                                                   Clerk of the County Court
in and for the County and state above
mentioned, do hereby certify that Alex Sloan
 whose genuine signature appears to the fore 
going declaration and affidavit
is and was at the time of signing
the same a Justice of the peace in and for 
the County and State aforesaid duly commis
sioned and sworn; that all his official
acts as such are entitled to full faith and 
credit and that the aforesaid County court 
is a court of record having genuine juris
diction.
                   Given under my hand and
seal of office at Pittsboro 
this 145th day of July A D 1853
                                W P Taylor
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Rev War Section,
Record Division                       W. 1387

                                                            Feb. 24, 1932.

Hon Joseph W. Byrns,
House of Respresentatives
                           In re: Nathaniel Clark - War of Revolution.
You are advised, that this Bureau is unable to fur-
nish the history of a soldier of the Revolution, unless
a claim for pension, or bounty land has been made on ac-
count of his servis and a careful search of the records
fails to show such a claim on file on account of the ser-
vices of Nathan Clark, or Clarke who enlisted from North
or South Carolina, or Viriginia, or for a Nathaniel Clark, or 
Clarke, who enlisted from North Carolina, or for any Nathaniel
Clark of North Carolina other thatn W. File 1387, whose
history was sent you on Dec. 17, 1930, and is again fur-
nished you herewith.
           It is proper to add that the North Carolina State
Records quoted by you were not complied from the re-
cords of United States pensioners on file in this Bu-
reau and the reference therein may possible be to a 
soldier pensioned by the State.
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From the papers in the Revolutionary War pen-
sion claim, Widow File 1387, it appears that Nathan-
iel Clark was drafted in Orange Co. N.C. and served 
as a private in Capt. William Jameison's Company, Col-
onel Archibald Lytle's Reft. of N.C. Militia, he was 
engaged in the battle of Brier Creek and discharged 
shortly after, in 1775.
                 He was again drafted in Orange Co. N.C. in the 
same company and regiment was in the battle of Tor-
rance Tavern and was discharged in 1781.
                He volunteered in Orange Co. N.C. served three
months in the same company and regiment and guarded
prisoners at Hillsborough, N.C.
                He was allowed pension on his application execu-
ted Sept. 19, 1832, while residing in Orange Co. N.C.
aged 70 years and he died June 10, 1836.
                He married in 1816, or 1817, Louisa Beal and she 
was allowed pension on her application executed May 11, 
1853, while living in Chatham Co. N.C. aged about 70 
years.  A son is referred to, but his name is not stated.
              There is no further data on file as to family.
                                      Very respectfully,
                                              Washington Gardner
                                                          Commissioner.
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Nathaniel Clark
N.C.
No 24137-

Admit as a private
for 11 mo 3666
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WAR DEPARTMENT
                                                                                         Pension Office
                                                                                                                           183
Sir:
                  The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of 
your case in tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and 
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is 
necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department send this printed letter with them; and 
you will by complying with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
             A Statement , showing the Service of Nathaniel Clark

Drafted  5 months         Pri.     Col Lytle                  70 years
Drafted  3 months         Pri       "            "                    Orange Co. N.C.     Traditionary
"                                             "           "            "                   Witnesses

                                                                    I am, respectfully,
                                                                                      Your obedient servant,
                                                                                                              J. L. EDWARDS
                                                                                                                    Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms, "Continental Line," "State Troops", "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occassionally employued with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to 
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
                 Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
                 1. The Regular Troops.
                  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
                 3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
                 4. Indian Spies
          As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claim-
ing the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of 
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is 
considered a Court of Record.
                                                                    DECLARATION
On this             day of                    personally appeared (a) before
               A.B., a resident (b) of                  in the county of                and State, Territory or District
of              aged              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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)              , with              and
served in the                 (e) regiment of the                line, under the following named officers:
[Here act forth the names and rand of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service;  (amd of je serv-
ed under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the 
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to varied so as to apply to cases of officers and per-
sons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.
               He hereby relinquished every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he 
declars that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in the State, or (if any) only on that of 
the Agency in the State of 
               Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                                                             : A B
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]
And the said Court do herely declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolu-
tionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                                                                                                                   of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of 
the application of                                                                                                     for a pension.
                   In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
                                    day of                              &c.
If on the examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such delcaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in not (j) points out.
              Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and 
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the                                                                      and C.D residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                                                                                            , who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 
years of age; the he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
                                             Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
                                [And then will follow the certificate of the Court]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revo-
lutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the 
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
         I,                                                       Clerk of the Court of                                      do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of 
for a pension. 
                                                                                                In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
                                                                                                                   of office, this              day of                                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commis-
sion; bur if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if 
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the ser-
vices of the applicant, and such circumstatances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light 
upon the transaction.
            If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his 
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State 
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you live since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier.
To an Officer.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. 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 of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex thir opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services f the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[Footnotes]

(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reson of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. n a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his days, I served as a ________, For ________ months and ________ days, I served as a ________; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

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 papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached therein by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

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

[hand pointing finger to the right] The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and send to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Revolutionary
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Viso 1689
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Louisa Clark of Nathaniel
 
Chatham

Letter to H. A. London Esq
(requiring proof of identity)

                     Aug 1/53

Act Feb 3/53 ILG
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$31.36
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H.A. London Apl 6/58

1374
N. Carolina Fayetteville
=================================
Louisa Clark
widow of Nathaniel
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
=================================
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 36 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 3d February 1853
=================================
Certificate of Pension issued
the 18 day of Aug/53
and sent to 

                 H.A. London
                      Pittsboro 
                                  N.C.
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1314
North Carolina
================================
Louisa Clark
widow of     Nathaniel
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
                           Raleigh
================================
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 36 dollars 66
cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4 March 1861
=================================
Certificate of Pension issued 
19th day of November 1867
and sent to Claimant
Care  Henry A. London
                               Pittsboro N.C.
=================================
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 210 Vol. 26
                   J.N. Smith  Clerk
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Pittsboro N C March 11th 1858
Hon Geo E Whiting 
              Commissioner
                                            Sir;
                                                     You will oblige 
both a widow lady and myself if you will
inform me how I must proceed to recover the 
claim for  arrears of pension for this Louisa Clark-
I obtained for her a pension for $36 66/c under
the second section of the Act of Congress of 
3 Feby 1853 and am satisfied that she is 
entitled for arrears of pension under the said
act from the 4th day of March 1848 to the 
5 day of Feby 1853 making 4 years and 
11 months back pension. I also think as her
husband was a Sergeant for some time that 
her allowance right to have been larger-
than it was-I refer you to the application
I made for her-and on file in your office
and under which she deems her present 
allowance of $36 66/c- She is the widow of 
Nathaniel Clark - Please let me know 
from you as soon as your convenience will
present - 
                                                  Yours very Respt
                                                   Henry A. London
Page 26

Hon L P Waldo
                  Commissioner
                                     Washington 
                                                        D C
Page 27

Pittsboro N C Aug 12 1853
Hon L P Waldo
                              Sir; 
                                      Form of the 1st of 
Aug has been received, in informing us 
that additional proof that Louisa 
Clark is the identical widow of Nath
aniel Clark is required - I now enclose you
the certificate of this impeachable Magis-
trate of this County, and record by the 
certificate of the clerk of our Court that 
it was sworn to in open court-
I also send you the proof requested in
your letter of 11th day of July proving the 
death of Doe Edwards and that Maria 
Edwards is the widow- Both of which 
I hope will prove satisfactory.
                                          Your very respt
                                           Henry A London
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State of North Carolina }
             Chatham County }

On this 1st day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred
and sixty nine personally appeared before me B H Jones
a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State
aforesaid, Louisa Clark, aged eighty five years, a resident
of Charham County in the State of North Carolina, who being
duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical
person to whom was granted pension certificate No 1374,
payable at Raleigh, at the rate of three dollars and five and 
a half cents ($3.051/2) per month, issued under the Act of 
Feby 3rd, 1853; that she makes this declaration in order to 
secure the increase of her pension to which she is entitled
under the Thirteenth section of the Act of July 27, 1848;
and that she has not remarried.
My Post Office address is as follows: 
                                                                              her
                                                                 Louisa X  Clark
                                                                             mark         Pittsboro NC
Also, personally appeared  C G Harrington and 
Wm D Harrington residents of Chatham County 
persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to 
credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were
present and saw Louisa Clark make her mark to the foregoing
declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason
to believe, from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance
with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to 
be, and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
                                                                       C G Harrington
                                                                W D Harrington
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1st day of May A.D. 1868
and I hereby certify that I have no interest direct or indirect,
in the prosecution of this claim
                                                                   B H Jones        JP
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State or North Carolina, County of Chatham,
I S P Petty, Clerk of the Superior Court of the County and State
aforesaid, do hereby certify that B H Jones is an acting Justice
of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified; that his commis=
sion was dated on the 26th day of Sept 1868 and will continue
during good behaviour, and that his signature above written 
is genuine
              Given under my hand and the seal of said Court
this 10th day of May 1869
                                                      S. T. Petty
                                                                        Clerk
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Pittsboro N.C. August 13th 1867
To the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions
                                                                                               Sir:
                                                                                                     I beg leave to 
submit to your favorable consideration the following case.
Mrs. Louisa Clark is the widow of Nathaniel Clark
who was a soldier in the "Revolutinary War" and she had
drawn her pension regularly every six months at the Bank 
in Fayetteville N.C. until the breaking out of the late
rebellion, since which time she has not recd anything,
and being very old and infirm and dependent upon
public charity and being in no way connected with the 
Rebellion, she trusts that the Government will pay her
the arrears of her pension, and wishes to know what 
steps are necessary to be taken to enable her to receive said
pension. The above facts relative to her case can be proven
satisfactorily, if you will inform her what proofs are
necessday. She now resides in Chatham County N.C.
and earnestly desires a favorable and speedy consideration
of her case, as her wants are pressing and thinks the old 
adage "Qui cito dat, dat bis." very appropriate to her case.
All of which is most respectfully submitted.
                                                            Yours &c
                                                                 Henry A. London
                                                                       Attorney & C for Petitioner
See  circular must prove loyalty
widowhood- make application in 
due form return old certificate
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Pittsboro N. C. May 16. 1853
Hon L P Waldo
             Commissioner of Pensions
                                                                Sir;
                                                                        Enclosed
you have the application of Mrs Louisa
Clark the widow of Nathaniel Clark
a revolutionary soldier - for a pension un-
der the act passed the 3d of February 1853
The application is made out & taken
as the law directs-
Also enclosed is the application of 
Milnes - Bente a private for Bounty 
Land under the act of September 18th
1850 - I shall be pleased to hear
from you as soon as your convenience
will permit -
                                  I remain very respt
                                    Your Obt Sert
                                       Henry A London
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State of North Carolina
Chatham County
I, John A. Thompson Clerk of the Superior Court of Law for said County do hereby certify that personally appeared before me, John A. McDonald and Joseph Thompson residents of said State & County persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were personally acquainted with Mrs. Louisa Clark widow of the late Nathaniel Clark during the late Rebellion and that she was thoroughly loyal to the United States and "did not in any manner encourage the rebels or manifested a sympathy with their cause," and did all she could to prevent her friends from aiding the rebellion: and they further swear that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim
J. A. McDonald
Jos. Thompson
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 4th day of November A.D. 1867; and I hereby certify that I have  no interest direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim
J. A. Thompson
Clerk of Superior Court
of same for Chatham County
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Pittsboro No Ca Nov 4th '67
Hon Joseph Barrett
                                  Sir:
                                          Enclosed you will with proof of the loyalty
of Mrs. Louisa Clark an applicant for receival of her
pension, which proof I hope will be satisfactory and her
claim allowed. Should any further proof be required 
you will please notify me immediately.
                                You: &C
                                            Henry A London Jr
                                                           Attny &c
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Pittsboro No 6a Sept 10th 1867
Hon. Joseph H. Barrett
Sir,

Inclosed (sic) you will find the papers
in the case of Louisa Clark, an applicant for a renewal
of her pension, which I trust will prove Satisfactory, and
that her pension with the arrears will be promptly paid.
I am happy to inform you that she has remained perfectly
loyal during the entire rebellion, and now her loyalty
will meet its fitting reward. The "Original certificate
cannot be obtained as it deposited in Fayetteville where
it was destroyed during the Rebellion, but I inclose a certified
copy which no doubt will be sufficient, and should any
other proof be required (though I think your directions
have been carefully followed you will please notify me, and
it shall readily be obtained, as I fully appreciate the efforts
of the Government to prevent fraud and imposition. I also
inclose my first letter with your directions, to show that they
have been followed as closely as possible.
All which is very respectfully submitted by
Your Obt Servt
Henry A. London
Attory for Petitioner

To the
Hon. J. H. Barrett
Commissioner of Pensions
Attory &c for Petitioner
Page 35

State of North Carolina
Orange County
Court of pleas and quarter Sessions
August Term AD 1832
On the 20th day of August 1832 
Thomas Horner personally appeared
in open court and made oath that he
was well acquainted with Nathaniel Clark during the Revolutionary war and served with him in
the North Carolina Militia in the County of Orange
in the company commanded by Captain William
Jameison for the Term of three months the service
in which he was engaged was in guarding the
Town of Hillsborough and the prisoners who were
there- does not recollect the year when this
service was performed but thinks it was sometime
shortly after Gate's defeat

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Thomas Horner (his mark)
J. Taylor C.C.
and the said Court do hereby declare that Thomas Horner
whose signature appears to the foregoing is a resident
of the County of Orange and is a credible person and
that full faith and credit should be given to his
Statement
Page 36

I John Taylor Clerk of the Court of the Court of pleas
and quarter Sessions for the County of Orange in the 
State of North Carolina do hereby certify that the fore
going contains the original Deposition of Thomas Horner
and proceedings thereon
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office the 29th day of August A D 1832
                                                   J P Taylor  Clerk
Page 37

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1387
Revy

Louisa Clark,
Widow
Nathaniel Clark
Priv Rev War
Act Feb. 3. 1853.
Index:--Vol. A, Page 134
Arrangement of 1870.]

1920 Dec. 17. History to
Hon. Jos. W. Byrns, and
1922 Feb. 24. History again
sent to Hon J.W. Byrns
and advised no
other & No Nathan
Page 38

MAJORITY MEMBERS
MARTIN H. MADDEN, ILL. CHAIRMAN.
CHARLES R. DAVIS, MINN.
DANIEL R. ANTHONY, JR., KANS.
WILLIAM S. VARE, PA.
JOSEPH G. CANNON, ILL.
C. BASCOM SLEMP, VA.
SYDNEY ANDERSON, MINN.
WILLIAM R. WOOD, IND.
LOUIS C. CRAMTON, MICH.
PATRICK H. KELLEY, MICH.
EDWARD H. WASON, N. H.
WALTER W. MAGEE, N. Y.
GEORGE HOLDEN TINKHAM, MASS.
BURTON L. FRENCH, IDAHO.
JOHN A. ELSTON, CALIF.
MILTON W. SHREVE, PA.
CHARLES F. OGDEN, KY.
WILLIAM H. STAFFORD, WIS.
JAMES W. HUSTED, N. Y.
ELLIAH C. HUTCHINSON, N. J.
ROBERT E. EVANS, NEBR.
L. J. DICKINSON, IOWA.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
COMMITTEE APPROPRIATIONS 
Sixty-seventh Congress
Washington, D.C.

Pension Commissioner,
Washington, D.C.

My dear sir:

I have received your two letters advising me that you could not locate Nathaniel or Nathan Clark on the pension rolls.  I wish to advise you that Nathaniel Clark is listed in the North Carolina State Records, Vol. 2, page 397, as having enlisted from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and was a young man with Capt. Adam Alexander's Co., Clear Creek, N.C., and bears the indorsement of Robert Harris Clerk. Also on page 60 of the same volume of the North Carolina State Records, Nathanial Clark is listed as being a
pensioner. I will be very glad if you will have another search made in order to give me full information as to his revolutionary war service.

Yours very truly,
Joseph Byrns
(U. S. Pension Office Feb 24, 1922)
Feb 24, 1922
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February 18, 1988

Hon. Joseph W Byrne,
House of Representatives
                     In re: Nathan Clark - War of Revolution

             You are advised that the Revolutionary War re-
ords of this Bureau fail to afford information in 
regard to Nathan lark or larke who enlisted from 
North or South arolina, or Virginia

                              Very Respetfully,
                                                 ommissioner.
Page 40

February 18, 1988

Hon. Joseph W Byrne,
House of Representatives
                     In re: Nathan Clark - War of Revolution

             You are advised that the Revolutionary War re-
ords of this Bureau fail to afford information in 
regard to Nathan lark or larke who enlisted from 
North or South arolina, or Virginia

                              Very Respetfully,
                                                 ommissioner.
Page 41

December 14 1920

Commissioner of Pensions,
            Washington, D. C.

                               Dear Sir.
                                    Please send me the Revolutionary record of Nathan 
Clark who served in the North Carolina Militia, and was plaed on
the pension roll, April 30, 1833, at whih time he was a resident 
of  Chatham County, North  Carolina, Also send any family data given
in his application. 
                                         Yours truly,
                                                    Joseph W Lyons
Page 42

December 17, 1980

Hon. Joseph W. Byrns,
House of Representatives

Mr dear Mr Byrns:
                                          In reply to your letter of the fourteenth
instant, I have the honor to advise you, that a areful searhcccc
of the Revolutionary War record of this Bureau fails to af-
ford information in regard to any Nathan Clark who served in
the North Carolina Troops or who resided in that State.
              The pensioner referred to in your letter as a resident of
Chatham County, N.C., placed on the roll April 30, 1833, was 
Nathaniel Clark.
              From the papers in his claim, File 1387, it appears that
Nathaniel Clark was drafted in Orange County, N.C. and served
as a private in Capt. William Jameison's Company, Col. Archibald
Lytle's Regiment of N.C. Militia, he was engaged in the battle
of Brier Creek and discharged shortly after in 1779.
             He was again drafted in Orange County, N.C. in the same
company and regiment, was in the battle at Torrence's Tavern,
served three months and was discharged in 1781.
            He volunteered in Orange County, N.C. served three months
in the same company and guarded prisoners at Hillsborough, N.C.
Page 43

He was allowed pension on his application executed Sept.
18, 1832, while residing in Chatham County, N.C., aged seventy
years, and he died June 10, 1838.
            He married in 1816 or 1817, Louisa Beal, and she was al=-
lowed pension on her application executed May 11, 1853, while
living in Chatham County, N.C. aged asbout seventy years. A 
son is referred to, but his name is not stated. There is no
further data on file as to his family.
                                               Very truly yours,
                                                                                   W.A. Royse

                                                              Acting Commissioner
Page 44

State of North Carolina
Orange County

We William Hopkins & Lazarus Tilley of 
the County of Orange and State aforesaid having both been soldiers of the American Revolution and engaged in actual service, to [illegible] their companion Nathaniel Clark of the County of Chatham to obtain a pension under the late act of Congress of 1832. do certify that the said  Nathaniel Clark was known to us as a soldier of the Revolution and that he marched on a tour to the south under Col. Archibald Little.

Sworn & subscribed to before me
William Horner one of the
Justices of the peace for the County of Orange this the 11th day of March AD 1833
Lazarus Tilley (his mark)
William Hopkins

Test
Wm. Horner JP
State of North Carolina

I John Taylor Clerk of Orange County Court of pleas & quarter Sessions do certify that William Horner who witnessed the foregoing affidavit was at that time a duly [illegible] Justice
of the peace.
Witness my hand & seal of office this
11th March 1833
J. Taylor
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Restoration
Brief in the Case of Louisa Clark, Widow 
of Nathaniel Red Soldier
Chatham County and State of North Carolina
Act Feb 3, 1853

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE
PROOF EXHIBITED.
Fayetteville
Suspended Roll of No Carolina $36.66 per annum
paid to March 4, 1861 Certificate alleged to be lost
Claims restoration
---
Identity, loyalty & Widowhood properly shown
& certified

[illegible] No 14 1167 to a pension at $36.66 per annum. Commencing March 4. 1861

Name and residence of Agent.
Claimant -
Henry A London [illegible]
Pittsboro
N Carolina
W.E. Trask
Examining Clerk.
Page 46

May 19/53
Louisa Clark
Wid of 
                     Nathaniel
N.C. 12433     acr 32
                           p $ 36.18
3 Feb 1833
Rengular
Allowed $36 66 Dollars
Com Feb 3 1853
Page 47

Increase  1374
Brief in the case of Louisa Clark, Widow of Nathaniel Clark
Private Rev. War.
Pittsboro
Chatham
County and State of North Carolina

Act 2d Sec Feb. 3. 1853

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,

PROOF EXHIBITED,
Pensioner at $36.66 per annum  Certificate surrendered
Claims increase as provided by act 13th Sec. July 27/68
Identity and continued widowhood known.
Admitted May 31, 1869 to pension at $96 per annum,
to commence July 27, 1868 deducting pay since
-
W. E. Trask
Examining Clerk

Name and residence of Agent.
Claimant
Care Henry A Landen Just.
Pittsboro

Chatham Co
No. Carolina,
Page 48

Brief in the case of Louisa Clark widow of Nathaniel
Chatham County and State of N. Carolina
act Feb 3, 1853
Claim (" original " or " for increase.) [crossed out]
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, tradition, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of 1832
at $36.66 per annum
Private
(If for increase.)
Marriage proved or wills.
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?
Death or Wills
Identity or witnesses
Name and residence of Agent
Hy A London Esqr
Pittsboro
N. Carolina

Examining Clerk.
H Gray
Page 49

PAYMENT TO BE MADE

at Raleigh
by Andrew Miller

Agent for paying Pensioners, in the 
Agency of 
North Carolina
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March


Recorded in the Pension Office on the 
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853 Page 210 Vol. H

J.N. Smith Clerk.

{Seal}
Department of the Interior
May 28 1869
Pension Office
Page 50

Restoration   1374
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,

Louisa Clark
widow of Nathaniel Clark
who was a private in the Revolutionary War
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Thirty Six dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum, commencing on the 4th day of March 1861 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 Nineteenth day of November
one thousand eight hundred and Sixty seven
W. T. Otto
Acting Secretary of the Interior

Examined and countersigned
Joseph St. Banett
Commissioner of Pensions
Page 51

Pittsboro No Ca May 10 1869

Chas. H Belvin Esq
                        Dear Sir;
                                        Inclosed you will find the "Declaration"
of Louisa Clark for increase of Pension, which I hope will
prove satisfactory. I will send you her power of Attorney, as
soon as I hear from you the result of her application, sd as
to draw the increased pension as I suppose this declaration
will be forwarded to Washington City for action.
                                                    Yours Respectfly
                                                                 Henry A. London Jr
Page 52

Pittsboro N C July 14 1855

Hon L P Waldo
                              Sir; 
                                      Enclosed you have the 
application of Mrs Louisa Clark for the 
bounty land she may be entitled to under 
the act of 3d March 1855
                                      I Remain very Respt
                                      Yours Obt Servt
                                          Henry A London
Page 53

State of North Carolina
Chatham County

    On this the ninth day of Aug AD 1853 personally appeared before the Court of Pleas & Quarter Session for the County of Chatham State of North Carolina George W Goldston aged Fifty One (51 years) and William Rice aged fifty (50), both residents of the County and State aforesaid who first being duly sworn
according to law doth on his oath declare that they are well acquainted with found Clark that she is the actual widow of Nathaniel Clark who
served during the Revolutionary war and was a revolutionary pensioner at the time of his death, and that she was his lawful wife when he died and is still his widow-

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and
and year above written -
W P Taylor CCC
W River
G. W.  Goldston

State of North Carolina ⎬
Chatham County
 I, William Taylor Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter sessions in and for the County aforesaid do hereby
-
Page 54

certify that Wm A River and G W Goldston whose signature appear to the foregoing affidavit are personally known to me and are 
gentlemen of the highest credibility and are both acting Justices of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed the
seal of office at Pittsboro County
and state aforesaid August 12th AD 1853.
W. P. Taylor CCC
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State of North Carolina,
Chatham County
Be it known, That before me,
John A. McDonald a Justice of the Peace in 
and for said County, personally appeared Louisa Clark and made oath in due form
of law, that she is the identical person named in an original certificate in her possession, of which (I certify the following is a true copy:
  Department of the Interior 
Widow Pension
I certify that in conformity unto the 2nd Session of the act of Feb 3 1853 Louisa Clark widow of husband Clark who was a private in the Revolutionary war is inscribed on the Pension List at the rate of Thirty Dollars & Sixty six cents per annum commencing on the third day of February 1853 & 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 Eighteenth day of August one thousand Eight hundred & Fifty Three
R. McClelland
Secretary of the Interior

Examined and countersigned,
L P Waldo

Commissioner of Pensions.
That she has not intermarried, but continues the widow of the above mentioned and now resides in Chatham county, North-Carolina and has resided there for the space of life of the truth of which statements I am fully satisfied.

Sworn and subscribed, this 26th day of September 1853
before me,
X  J A McDonald J.P.
Witness, X R. W. Pattishall
Witness, X  James Clark

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I,  Louisa Clark of Chatham County, North Carolina, Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint JOHN M. ROSE, of Fayetteville, Cumberland county, my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in Fayetteville, North-Carolina, my pension from the 4 day of March 1853 to the 4th day of September 1853
Witness my hand and seal this 26 day of September 1853
Sealed and delivered in the presence of

Witness, X  R.W. Pattishall
Witness, X James Clark
Louisa Clark (her mark)

Pensioner.
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State of North Carolina,
Chatham County
BE IT KNOWN, That on the 27 day of September, 1861, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Louisa Clark 
above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year last above mentioned.
J. A. Mc Donald J. P.
""""""
State of North Carolina
Chatham County. 
I, John A. McDonald a Magistrate in the County above-named, do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence, namely: Personal knowledge that Louisa Clark who has appeared this day before me, to take the oath of identity, is the identical person named in the pension certificate which she has exhibited before me, numbered 13140 and bearing date at the Dept of the Interior the 18 day of August, 1853 and signed by R. McDonald, Secretary of the Interior
Given under my hand, this _____day of______
1861
X J. A. McDonald J.P.

I, R. C. Cotten, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Chatham County, certify that J. A. McDonald is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto attached my Sea of Office, and subscribed my name, this 28th day of September in the year 1861.
R. C. Cotton Clerk of the Court of Chatham County by W. Foshee DC

State of North Carolina,
CUMBERLAND COUNTY,
BE IT KNOWN, That on the__-____ day of ____, 18 ___, before me, a ______ Agent, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared JOHN M. ROSE, 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 he does not know or believe that the same has been so disposed of to any person whatever.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year last above mentioned, before me.
State what the evidence is -- whether personal knowledge, or the evidence of other persons. (To be filled up only in case there is one year or more due.)
PRESBYTERIAN JOB-OFFICE.
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State of North Carolina
County of Chatham
On this tenth day of September A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and sixty seven, personally appeared
before me John A. Thompson Clerk of the Superior
Court in said State and County, the same being
a Court of record Mrs. Louisa Clark aged eighty odd
years, a resident of said County and State, who, being
duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the
identical Louisa Clark who was a pensioner on the roll of the agency at Fayetteville, and whose pension certificate is
herewith returned; that she has resided since the first day of January A.D. 1861 as follows in the County and State aforesaid
that during this period her means of subsistence have been dependent on the labor of her son and that she has not borne arms against the government of the United States, or she has not in any manner encouraged the rebels, or manifested
a sympathy with their cause; and that she was last paid her pension on the fourth day of March A.D. 1861
This application is made for the purpose of securing
a restoration of her name to the pension rolls; and of
obtaining a new pension certificate, such as she may be entitled to under existing laws, reference being
made to the evidence heretofore filed in the 
Pension Office to substantiate her original claim 
Louisa Clark (her mark)
Also personally appeared Wm T. Williams and J. A. Pattishall
residents of said County and State,
Page 58

persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn 
say that they were present and saw her make her mark to the foregoing declaration;  and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that she still a widow, having never married since the death of her first husband Nathaniel Clark, and they further swear that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.

P. A. Pattishall
W. T. Williams
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this tenth day
of September A.D. 1867; and I hereby certify that
I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution
of this claim.

J. A. Thompson Clerk
of Superior Court of Law
for Chatham County

I Louisa Clark (her mark) do solemnly swear in the presence
of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully
support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder, and that
I will in like manner, abide by and faithfully support
all laws and proclamations which have been made
during the existing rebellion with reference to the
emancipation of slaves. So help me God.
Louisa Clark (her mark)
Test
J. A. Thompson C.S.C.
Chatham County
Page 59

I hereby certify that the contents of the affidavits
were read before Mrs Clark and that she made her
mark to the same knowingly and with a full knowledge
of their contents
                                      J A Thompson Clerk
                                      of Chatham Supreme Court