Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5,198, Francis Adams, S. C.
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SERVICE S.C.  
Adams, Francis  
Mary.      
NUMBER W. 5198
B.L. Wt. 29034-160-55
CONTENTS b. Nov 24 1763
Res. at Enl. Waxhaw Settlement [Lancaster District] SC
Res in 1832 Henry Co. Ga.
d. Sept.12, 1846 in Noxubee  Co. Miss.
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Letter to Pensioner 19th Nov 1842.
bio to Pension Agent 18 Feb 1843.
To Mississippi from 4th Sep 1842 to 10 March 1848.  Notification to Pensioner, Macon, Missi
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Mississippi 23379
Francis Adams of Henry Co
in the State of Geo
who was a pr
in the _ commanded by
Captain Coffee [Henry Coffey] of the
_ commanded by _ in the SCa line for 
2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at
the rate of 80 Dollars _ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Jan: 34 and sent pensioner
McDonough P. O. Henry Co. Ga
Book
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833 200
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 40 = $240 
Revolutionary Claim,
act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by N. Rice Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 85
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State of Georgia Henry County
on the 18 day of Dec the year eighteen hundred and Thirty two
personally appeared in open Court before the Justice of the Inferior
Court of said County now sitting. Frances Adams a resident of the second District of Henry County State of Georgia aged sixty nine years on the Twenty four day of November in the year 1832, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
Viz. That he volunteered, about the first of July in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight under Capt. Henry Coffee whose company joined General [Thomas Sumter] Sumpters army on Sugar creek, a branch of Catawba [River] and on the fifteen miles square of Land, then in
the possession of the Indians by permission of the State of South Carolina within the limits of which
State, said Land lies. Deponent was marched across Long's ford on Catawba to the Battle of Rocky Mount 
in which Battle he was and thinks the Fort would have fallen into the hands of the Americans but for the falling of excessive rains during the evening of the Battle day. he was marched on retreat back to the Waxhaw settlement then to Granby -a British Fort-  then to Burkhead Fort [Fort Motte] stormed & took it. He was then  marched towards Charleston - met, & took Seventeen loaded Wagons of arms & goods &  on the road to Lord Rawdon at Campden [Battle of Camden] then
the Fort at Right [Wright's] Bluff the British army met Sumters, about two miles from the fort.
were defeated and lost near one hundred. Deponent was in the Battle at the head of Black river where
Sumter was attacked by the British under Col. Watson. Deponent says that some of the general officers
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under sumpter [Gen Thomas Sumter] were Cols Henry Hampton, [John] Marshall, Frederick Kimbrel, Major Thos Thompson.
Deponent served, first,  under Captain [Henry] Coffee, then under Capt. Marshall Jones Comdr of Cavalry & then under Lieutenant James Craig - The Capt. John Montgomery
was Deponent was in service under Col [William] Bratton at the four hole Bridge [Battle of Four Holes] when [General Charles Lord] Cornwallis was taken.
Deponent thinks his discharge, took place in the month of September or first of October 1781 - no written
discharge was ever given. He was in the service from the first of July 1778 until the last of Sept 1781 - Deponents name is on the roll of Pensioners in South Carolina by the states enactment & is now receiving a pension as evidence of the fact that he was a revolutionary soldier. The certificate of General David Adams  of Jasper County State of Georgia in his own handwriting and under his
hand and seal is hereunto annexed _ is known to Genl Blair of Congress, Stephen Miller Senator in Congress is known & the Revd Ephriam Strickland,
Parks W. Smith, Esq, Tandy W. Key P.M. Wm L. Crayton of Henry County.
He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the roll of the agency of any state, (unless the above be so considered
Sworn to and subscribed this 18th day of Dec 1832
Francis Adams
Deponent
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Georgia Henry County
We Ivy F Stegall a Clergyman residing in the County of Henry and Wm L Crayton residing within the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Francis Adams residing as aforesaid and who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be sixty nine 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 this 18th
day of Sept 1832 Ivy F Stegall Wm L Crayton
sworn to by this 18th Jany 1833
Parks W. Smith JP

and the said court after the investigation and putting the
Interrogatories in relation to the matter presented by the war department, do hereby declare their opinions 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 Ivy F Stegall
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Henry and That Wm L Crayton who has also signed the same is of like residence, and are both credible persons, and their statements entitled to credit
John T Bentley JSC
Wm Beck JSC

I, Alexander G  Murry Clerk of the Inferior Court of Henry County do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Francis Adams for
Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal their being no seal of office this 18th day of Dec 1832
Alexander G. Murray C.I.C.

I Further Certify that Park W  Smith who has attested the affidavit of Ivy Stegal, a minister of the Gospel, is a Justice of the peace and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all his acts as such. Given under my hand and private seal there being no seal office this 18th day of January 1833
Alexander G Murray C.I.C.
one of the Justices omitted to sign. But one is held sufficient in our court
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Georgia Green County
I have no acquaintance with Alexander G. Murray, and have the
most unquestionable evidence that
he is Clerk of the Inferior Court of Henry County and that the 
certificates herein to which his signature is attached are genuine, and signed by himself before Inferior Court and Court of record, and entitled to a Seal, but the County of Henry has not I understand been furnished
9. Sept. 1833
s/ Thomas F Foster

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Georgia Henry County  Before me
a justice of the peace for said County
personally came Francis Adams the
within named petitioner who after being duly sworn saith that he was in the American service during the revolutionary war & upon mature reflection says that he served from the first of the month of July seventeen hundred & seventy eight, untill, November 1781 instead of September or October as is stated in his declaration. He volunteered once only - He did serve continually with the exception of when permitted to go home for clothes, is certain he was absent from active service no more than three months during the
time of service mentioned- He thinks not even two months. He voluntered to serve during the war at the age of fourteen years & six months old
& has stated his services as fully in the declaration as his memory will now enable him. s/ Francis Adams
sworn to & subscribed this 11th Nov 1833 Thomas D. Johnson J P

Georgia Henry County
I, Alexander G. Murry Clerk of the 
Inferior Court of Henry County do hereby certify that Thomas D. Johnson whose name appears to the
foregoing affidavit, is a Justice of the Peace in the County of Henry- is a Justice of the peace in said County that the above is his genuine
signature & that full faith & credit ought to be had & given to all his acts as such given under my hand
and private Seal there being no seal of office this 6th day of Nov 1833
Alexander Murray CIC

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Claimant May 14/59
Date of widow's death not on A.B.
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3333
Arkansas Little Rock
Mary Adams widow of
Frances Adams SC
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80
Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of Decr/53 and sent to
A. H. Palmer Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1853 Page 197 Vol.A
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County of Union State of Arkansas
on this 22nd day of July AD 1833 in Open Court in the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid (which Court is a Court of Record, before Hon Epps R Brown, judge of said Court, comes Mary Adams a resident of said County and State, aged Sixty Eight years who first being duly sworn according to Law upon her oath makes the following declaration to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed 3rd February 1833 that she is the widow of Francis Adams who was a private soldier in the Revolution; that he was entitled to (and received to his death) a pension of Eighty Dollars per year during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March AD 1833, payable semiannually to wit, on 4th March and 4th September in each year under the Act of Congress of 7th June AD 1832 for said services. All of which will now fully appear by reference to the evidence, and the Certificate of the Secretary of War. Lewis Cass dated 17th of January A.D.1834, filed by my said husband in the department on his application therefore. That said Pension was allowed him under said act. That the first part of it was paid to him at the Agency of Savannah in Georgia. and the last at Jackson in Mississippi. That he received said pension from 4th March 1831 up to his death 12th September 1846 except
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for the last six months; that he died on 12th of September 1846 in Noxubee County Mississippi: She further declares that she was lawfully married on the 27th of November 1817 in the State of South Carolina, in the District of Lancaster, to the said Francis Adams, which will more fully appear by reference to the marriage Certificate given by James H Wetherspoon, judge of the Ordinary given under his hand and Seal of office, which is hereto attached marked A. and urged to be taken as part hereof: that declares Mary Adams is the identical person named in said certificate as Mrs. Mary Ryan; that the said Captain Francis Adams therein mentioned, in the identical Francis Adams whose widow declares is the identical Francis Adams in whose favor the paid pension of Eighty dollars per year from the 4th of March 1831 up to his death on 12th of September 1846 was allowed as aforesaid: That she is the identical Mary Adams who as the widow of said Francis Adams obtained in the fall of AD 1847 and paid to her at Jackson Mississippi or winter & spring of 1848  that portion of the said Pension which was due him said Francis from the 1st of March AD 1846 to his death on 12th of September 1846. as will appear by reference to the action of the Department therein:
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that she removed from the said County of Noxubee in Mississippi some three years ago to the County Union Ark, where she now resides that she has never married since the death of her said husband Francis Adams: that she is entitled to the benefits of the said act, is now a widow and has  never received any pension now has she any declaration pending before the defendant for the same under said act.
s/  Mary Adams

Sworn to in Open Court before me Epps R Brown judge of The Probate Court of Union County Arkansas. The 22nd day of July 1833- And acknowledges the same to be her act & deed
s/ Epps R Brown Judge


State of Arkansas County of Union
I William J Lacks Clerk of the Circuit and ex officio clerk of the Court of Probate which court I hereby certify is a Court of record do hereby certify that the above signature of Mary Adams was made in my presence that the same is her genuine signature: that said declaration was made in open Court: that Epps R
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Brown is the Judge of said Court
that he has full power to administer
Oaths; that he administered said oath; that the signature thereto is his genuine signature, and as such due faith is should be given it.

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of my
office at office in the town of El Dorado on this the 22nd day of July A D. 1853
W J Locke clerk
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Certificate of Capt. Adams Marriage

Exhibit A
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State of South Carolina
Lancaster District
To all whom it may concern.
I, James H Witherspoon Judge of the
Court of Ordinary do certify that
on the 27th of November in
the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & Seventeen I lawfully, and agreeably to the form of Law of this State Married Captain Francis Adams to Mrs Mary Ryan who was the daughter of William Farrell of the State & District aforesaid - Given under my Hand & Seal of Office this 5th of December 1831
James H Witherspoon OLD
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Cir Claimant May 1/56
Vol. A 22.00
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1hh731 act 3 March
June 12/55
Mary Adams widow
Francis Adams Private
Pension Page 197 Vol. A Arkansas
77029034 of May 29/56

Revolutionary War
Ark Feby 53-3333
William Cowser May 24/56 Boynton
Claimant El Dorado Union Co. Ark
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1hh731
Mary Adams
Act 3rd March 1855
SM Knight Attorney
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State of Arkansas County of Union
On this the 14 day of May 1855
before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared William R Cowser and Elizabeth Cowser
residents of Eldorado County of Union in the State of Arkansas 
known to me as credible persons, who made oath, in due form of law, that Mary Adams who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration, is, to their personal knowledge the identical person to whom, under the provisions of the Act of 3d February 1853 a pension of Eighty dollars per annum has been granted for the services of her late husband Frances [Francis] Adams deceased, a private of the Revolutionary War.
That since being placed on the roll of Pensioners, she, the said Mary Adams has not intermarried, but remains, and now is, a widow: That they have known her for 16 years, and derive their knowledge of the facts herein named from the following circumstances, to wit: that they were personally Acquainted with the late Francis Adams & Mary Adams in
Noxubee County Mississippi and that he Francis Adams drew a pension and that the within named Mary Adams is the same identical widow of the said Francis Adams of Noxubee County Miss and is still unmarried. They further state that they are disinterested witnesses.
s/ William R Cowser
Elizabeth Cowser
1855,
Sworn to, and subscribed before me, the day and year above written.
s/ Seaburn Harrell JP

State of Arkansas  County of Union
I Hereby Certify, That Seaburn Harrell
Esq., before whom the foregoing
Declaration, Power of Attorney, and Affidavits were made and acknowledged, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing an authorized Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
I further certify, that in the within application I am not interested as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of my office, for the County aforesaid, this 23rd day of May 1855.
W. E. Morgan Clerk of the Circuit
Exofficio Clerk of the County Court
NOTES.
1. Insert the widow's full name. 2. Give the Post Office address.
3. Insert the title of the Act under which her Revolutionary Pension was granted. 4. State the amount in dollars and cents.
5. Insert the full name of her late husband. 6. State what rank he held.
7. Give the name of the County in which he lived at the time of his death. 8. Insert the registry number of her Pension Certificate.
9. Give its date.
10. State where made payable 11. Widow's signature in full. 12. Magistrate's signature.
13. Insert the witnesses' full names. 14. Give their Post Office address.
15. Here give a statement of the facts and circumstances from which the foregoing testimony is adduced, or from which the witnesses knowledge
is derived.
16. Witnesses' signature.
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State of Arkansas County of Union
On this the 14 day of May 1855,
before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Mary Adams
aged 70 years, a resident of El Dorado
County of Union in the State of Arkansas who made oath in due form of law that she is the identical Mary Adams to whom, under the
provisions of the Act of 3d February 1853 a pension of Eighty dollars per
annum has been allowed for the services of her late husband Francis Adams a private of the Revolutionary war, and late of Noxubee County, State of Mississippi
She further states that her Pension
Certificate, under the aforesaid Act of 3 February 1833 is numbered
Page 197 Vol. a, bears date the 24 day of December 1853 and is made payable at the Little Rock Agency. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act of 3d March, 1855, never having received or known herself
entitled or made application, under any previous act of Congress. In evidence of her marriage and proof of service of her said husband, she respectfully refers to the proof heretofore adduced, now on file in the Pension Office, and upon which her
annuity as aforesaid was granted
That, since being placed on the list of Revolutionary Pensioners, she has not intermarried, but continues the widow of the said Francis Adams
She appoints as her attorney for the within specified purpose, and with power of substitution, S. M. KNIGHT, of Washington City, D. C.
s/ Mary Adams
Attest: W. R. Cowser
SWORN TO SUBSCRIBED AND ACKNOWLEDGED before me, the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid Mary, Adams,
to be the identical person she alleges herself to be -- a Pensioner
of the United States, and at the date of the execution of this declaration a widow: and that I am not interested in
her claim as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.
s/ Seaburn Harrell J. Peace
(For NOTES, see opposite page.)
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June 10, 1932
BA-J/mlb
FRANCIS ADAMS W.5198
Mrs. Le Roy H. Habenicht
Kershaw, South Carolina
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Francis Adams,
a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file
in pension claim, W. 5198, based upon the military service of
Francis Adams in the Revolutionary War.
He was born November 24, 1763, place not stated.
While living in Waxhaw Settlement (which was later Lancaster
District), South Carolina, he volunteered about July 1, 1778, and
served as a private under Captains Henry Coffee [Coffey], Marshall Jones
and John Montgomery; Colonels [William] Bratton and John Marshall, in the South Carolina troops; was in the siege of Charleston, storming
of Buckhead Fort [Fort Motte], battles of Rocky Mount, Hanging Rock, Black
River, Wright's Bluff, Four Holes and Granby's Fort, and was discharged in November, 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December
10, 1832, while a resident of 2 District, Henry County, Georgia.
He was placed on the pension roll of the State of South Carolina in December, 1839.
In 1845, he was living in Mason, Weber County, Mississippi,
where he died September 12, 1846.
Soldier married November 27, 1817, in Lancaster District,
South Carolina, Mrs. Mary Ryan, who was the daughter of William
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Farrell: they were all of said Lancaster 
District, South Carolina. In the marriage certificate soldier was referred to as Captain Francis Adams.
Soldier's widow, Mary Adams, was allowed pension on her
application executed July 22, 1833, at which time she was aged
sixty-eight years and living in Union County, Arkansas, to which
place she had moved about 1850.
In 1859, she was living in Lisbon, Union County, Arkansas
No reference was made to children.
In 1835, one General David Adams was living in Jasper County,
Georgia, and stated that he and the soldier were close neighbors
during the war, but did not state any relationship to him.
In 1843, Abram Adams made affidavit in Noxubee County,
Mississippi; relationship not stated.
In 1859, one F. M. Adams was residing in Lisbon, Arkansas,
no relationship shown.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records of this office fail to show a claim for pension or bounty land on file on account of the services of any George Washington Bell.
Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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1928 July 20 Photos to EH Martindale see Wm Adair W9691 gdy
1932 May 16 Hist to Mrs W Phillips mlb
1932 June 10 Hist to Mrs LH Habenicht

Revy Widow &c
File No 5198
Mary Adams Widow Francis Adams
Private Rev. War
Act Feb 3rd 1853
Index Vol.A Page 3

[arrangement of 1870]
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29034
Rev army
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Aug 18 1853
Appl of Mary Adams widow of Francis Adams Union Co Ark
SC or Miss
P.$80
23379
act 3d Feb 1853
$80 per ann
Com Feb 3 1853
Rev
A. H. Palmer
Present
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Pension Office, Official Business
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Pen Office
22 Dec 1853
Sir Please certify the time to which the within named Pensioner was paid on the date of his death
very respectfully s/ S Cole for the Commissioner
Francis Adams act 1832 $80 per annum Died 12 Sept 1846 paid
s/ F. Burt Auditor

Francis Burt Esq
Third Auditor Treasury
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No 2888
Mary Adams Wid of Francis
A to AH Palmer Oct 4 1853
Act 3d Feb 1853
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Act 53
Revy
1193
AH Palmer
Present
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Pension Office
August 17, 1853
Sir
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Genl Adams Certificate
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Georgia Jasper County
This is to certify that I was well acquainted with Francis Adams in South Carolina during the war of the revolution. We then lived in The then called Waxhaw settlement now Lancaster district in said state I was a near neighbor to said Adams and of my own knowledge know him to be an honest man and as brave as any of that part of the Country. Said Adams served nearly four years in that war under Capt. Henry Coffey and Capt. Marshall Jones both of which officers lived in said district of Lancaster and said Adams [illegible] volunteered as a private soldier in the year 1778. Every circumstance goes to show that said Adams fought under Genl Sumpter [Thomas Sumter] at the Hanging Rock at Rocky Mount  at Granby [Fort] Wrights bluff  also under Genl Green [Nathanael Greene] at the Siege of Charleston and other places- he [illegible] 1781
The Certainty of these Engagements and said Adams having a part thereof is founded on statements of many reputable gentlemen besides every reasonable proof from circumstances within my knowledge-
Given under my hand and I seal this ninth day of  Novr 1833.-
Sworn to before me this 9th November 1833 
[signature] David Adams
[signature] George Dawkins J.P.

I George Dawkins a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Jasper and before whom the above affidavit was made by David Adams. [illegible] Genl Adams do hereby Certify that the above signature is his own hand writing and further that he is a man of  veracity and entitled to full credit.
Given under my hand this ninth day of November 1833.-
[signature] George Dawkins J.P.
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Georgia Jasper  County
I Robert Kellam Clerk of the
Inferior Court for said County
by hereby certify that George Dawkins who has Signed the foregoing affidavit & certificate is a
lawful acting Justice of the peace in and for said County & that the signature is his own hand writing and that full faith & credit ought to be
given all his acts as such
Given under my hand and
Seal of Office this 9th November 1833
s/ Robert Kellam Clk
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Admit as a private
2 Yr $80-
Mr Francis Adams
McDonough Post Office 
Henry County
Georgia
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Treasury Department
Columbia S.C. 1 Dec 1832
I do hereby certify that Francis Adams a Revolutionary soldier, was placed on the pension list of this State in December 1832 at the rate of
sixty dollars per annum, and that he is still entitled to that amount from the Public have Treasury annually. Given under my hand & seal of Office at Columbia day & date above written
B. H. Saxon
For. Upper Div.
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Columbia 11 December 1832
Mr Francis Adams
Sir
Inclosed you have the certificate from the Treasurer of  the Upper Division of the Treasury of this State, at which place you have heretofore drawn your annuity. I hope it may serve your  purpose with the fine Government
s/  B.H. Saxon
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Know all men by these presents
that I Mary Adams of Union
County State of Arkansas widow of
Francis Adams decd - a Revolutionary
Pensioner, do hereby appoint
Aaron H Palmer of the City of Washington (DC) my true and lawful attorney in fact to receive for me and in my name all arrears of Pensions due me from the Government of
the United States as widow of my said deceased husband and execute and deliver the requisite receipts therefore in my behalf
Witness my hand and seal this 22 day of July 1853 s/ Mary Adams
Signed, Sealed & delivered in the presence of s/ JH Carleton, John Turner

County of Union 
Personally appeared in open Court on this 22 day of July 1853
Mary Adams and acknowledges she
executed and delivered the above
power of attorney for the purposes
and considerations there expressed
and desired the same to be so
certified. I also certify that
Probate Court in which she acknowledges the same to be a court of record. In testimony whereof I William J Locke Clerk of the Circuit Court & Ex officio clerk of the court
of Probate in & for the County
of Union in the State of Arkansas do
hereunto, set my hand & affix the seal of my office at office in the town of
El Dorado on this the 22nd day of July
AD 1853 WJ Locke clerk
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Mary Adams widow Francis

Gedded

AH Palmer present
Recd Decr 21st 1853
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State of Arkansas
County of Union
On this the 21 day of November 1853 Personally appeared before me and acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Union and State aforesaid-
Wm R Cowser, James H Cowser & Elizabeth Cowser who first being duly sworn according to Law doth on their oaths make the following declaration that they have been and are now personally acquainted with Mary Adams Who now is the petitioner for a pension as the widow of Francis Adams who was a Revolutionary pensioner and further State that she is the identical widow of the said Francis Adams- and has never remarried since his death-
[signature] Wm R Cowser
[signature] James. H. Cowser
[signature] Elizabeth Cowser

sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me 
[signature] John Turner J. P.

The State of Arkansas
County of Union
I William J Locke clerk of the Circuit Court and ex officio clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Union in the State of Arkansas do hereby certify that John Turner whose genuine signature appears to the above attestation is and was at the date thereof an acting duly com=
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missioned and qualified Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Union & that all of his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit. I do also further certify 
that I am personally well acquainted with two of the witnesses to said affidavit, the said Wm R Cowser & James H. Cowser & that they
are respectable & creditable witnesses & that I Know the said Elizabeth Cowser by character &
believe her to be a creditable witness
In testimony whereof I hereunto
set my hand, as such Clerk &
affix the seal of my office at
office in the Town of El Dorado on this the 22nd day of November AD 1853
W J Locke
Clerk Circuit & Ex officio
Clerk County Court, in & for Union County Arkansas
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The State of Mississippi
County of Noxubee
I Anderson W. Dabney a Justice of the Peace in & for said County do hereby
certify that Abram Adams who made oath to the foregoing affidavit is a man of veracity
Given under my hand & seal this
the 26th day of January AD 1843
s/ A W Dabney
Justice of the Peace.

The State of Mississippi
Noxubee County  I John B. Roberts
Clerk of the Probate Court of said County do hereby Certify that Anderson W. Dabney whose name
appears signed to the foregoing affidavit is now & was at the time of signing the same an acting Magistrate as above & the signature
purporting to be his is genuine & that full faith & credit are due all his official acts as such
Given under my hand & seal of
Office at Macon this the 26 day
of January AD 1843
Jno. B. Roberts
Clerk
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Macon Miss
Jany 26th 1843
Dear Sir
You will see by the foregoing
affidavits that I have removed to Mississippi
And hoping you will find the same to be correct & if it should not be correct you will direct send how to set re
Respectfully
F. Adams
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Hon JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC

mail FREE
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The State of Mississippi 
County of Noxubee ss
On this Twenty fifth day of January 1843 before me the Subscribed a Justice of the peace for the said county of Noxubee Personally appeared Francis Adams who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Henry Coffee [Coffey] in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel John Marshall in the Service of The United States: that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Georgia from whence he has lately removed: that he now resides in The State of Mississippi where he intends to remain and wishes his pensions to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Georgia to Mississippi. Leaving poor land under high rent to go where I can get better land free from any expense
s/ Francis Adams
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid.
s/ AW Dabney
Justice of the Peace

The State of Mississippi 
County of Noxubee
On this the twenty fifth day of January 1843 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Noxubee Personally appeared Abram Adams, who on this oath declares that Francis Adams who has taken the above oath is the person described in the foregoing affidavit 
s/  Abram Adams
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid.
s/ AW Dabney
Justice of the Peace
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McDonough Henry County Georgia
November 7 1842
James L Edwards
Dear Sir
Being a Revolutionary soldier, and entitled to a pension which I have
been receiving for the last several years and now about to remove 
from the State of Georgia, to that of
Mississippi, and county of Noxubee
I am desiring to have my name
transferred to the list of those who
reside in the State of Mississippi
Will you dear sir be so good as to attend to this matter, and Also inform me by addressing a letter though the post office of this town, at what place in Mississippi I can draw my
Pension in future and to whom
it will be necessary to apply-
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
s/ Francis Adams
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[stamps] MCDONOUGH GA NOV 8 PAID 25
15 Nov 1842 Evans
Mr James L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Mary Adams
Lisbon Arkansas
April 25. 1859
Enclosed copy of certificate of Pension under act of
February 3, 1853 & claims
back pension to 1848

Mary Adams [illegible] 53

Repectfully referred to the
Comm of Pensions
Dept of Int
May 11 1819
Moses kelly ch clk

Rec'd 10 May 59
Wm Rhett
[stamp] PENSION OFFICE MAY 12 1859
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Lesbon union County Arkansas April 25th 1853

Mr. Jacob Thompson Washington City DC 
Sir I have taken the liberty to trouble you with an enquiry I the undersigned am a pensioner under the 3rd February 18.53 granting widows of Revolutionary Soldiers pensions my cirtificate of said act only grants me a pension from the pasage of said act but I have been informed by [illegible] Ellis esqr late of washington city that the court of claims has decided that the pensions in all such cases is due and ought to be  paid from 4th March 1848 as I had empowered Mr. Ellis to try to obtain the arrearge due to me and have learned of his decease I now appeal to you for instructions as to what steps to take to enable me to procure said arrears in complying with the above  request  you will do a kindness that will be thankfully recieved by 
[signature] Mary Adams

[signature] by F.M. Adams

P.S. Direct to Lisbon Union County Arkansas
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Brief in the case of Mary Adams, Widow of Francis
Union County and State of Arkansas
act 3 Feby, 1853, Claim ("original,
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 7" June, 1832
Marriage proven by original Marriage Certificate
AH Palmer, Esqr
present.
Name and residence of Agent
SC Boynton
Examining Clerk
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The following is a coppy [copy] of my pension certificate
Department of The Interior
Widows pension
I certify that in conformity with The 2nd section of the act of February 3 1853 Mary Adams widow of Francis Adams  who was a private in The Revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum Commencing on the 3 of February 1853 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 Twenty fourth day of December one thousand Eight hundred and fifty three
Signed by RM Clelland
Secretary of The Interior

Examined and countersigned by LP Waldo Commissioner of Pensions
Recorded in the pension office on The Roll of pensioners under act February 3 1853
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Pension Agency Planters Bank
Savannah 23 Feby 1843

Sir
Your letter of the 18 inst is at hand Francis Adams a pensioner per act of 7th June 1832 was paid on the 12 Oct last, to 4 September 1842.

Respectfully,
Your Obt Svt
H W Mercer
Cash & Pen Agt

JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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Rev
Kershaw S.C. Content Route #2
March 15th 1932
Dear Sirs,
I am trying to substantiate records to enter the D. A. R. my great great, grand father George Washington Bell joined the Army from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and was wounded, my great great grand father Frank or Frances [Francis] Adams joined the Army from Lancaster County South Carolina He was wounded by a minnie ball, the bullet went through his body the Dr. drew a silk handkerchief through his body to get out clotted blood. G.W. Bell lived to be 80 yr old Frances Adams..... 82 yrs old would like to know if either
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of these were on the Pension 
list.  G. W. Bell came to 
Lancaster South Carolina about
1796 or 1798.  Will appreciate
any information you can
give me.  We only have family
records and know they were in
the Revolutionary War and both
were very young.  Adams only
13 when he entered the army.

Respectfully,

Mrs. W. L. Phillips
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[letterhead] JNO. T. STEVENS. Prest.  
FRED. E. CULVERN. Vice Prest. & MGR. ROBT.B.MACKEY. Secy.
KERSHAW OIL  MILL,
COTTON SEED PRODUCTS AND FERTILIZERS KERSHAW, S.C.
May 5, 1932

Director of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs
I have been trying to secure some data relative to the service of two Revolutionary soldiers. I usually get most of my data from the War Department, but they do not seem to have any record of either of these two men.
They referred me to the Bureau of Pensions, as the family who are descendants of these two men claim they served and have records but not official, which have been handed down from one generation to another.
I am organizing a D.A.R. Chapter here in Kershaw, and am having to depend on the records in Washington for most of my data, as the S.C. records are very limited. 
Thank you for this information, I am,
Very truly yours.
S/ Mrs. LeRoy H. Habenicht
Mrs. LeRoy H. Habenicht
The two soldiers are 
George Washington Bell, supposed to have enlisted from Pennsylvania.
Francis Adams, supposed to have enlisted from Lancaster County, South Carolina.
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May 16, 1932
ba-j/mlb
FRANCIS ADAMS
W. 5198
Mrs. W. L. Phillips
Route # 2
Kershaw, South Carolina
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of recent date, relative to Frank or Francis Adams, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 5198, based upon the military service of Francis Adams in the Revolutionary War.
He was born November 24, 1763, place not stated.
While living in Waxhaw Settlement (which was later Lancaster
District), South Carolina, he volunteered about July 1, 1778, and
served as a private under Captains Henry Coffee, Marshall Jones
and John Montgomery; Colonels [William] Bratton and John Marshall, in the South Carolina troops; was in the siege of Charleston, storming
of "Buckhead" Fort [Fort Motte], battles of Rocky Mount, Hanging Rock, Black River, Wright's Bluff, Four Holes and Granby's Fort, and was
discharged in November, 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December
18, 1832, while a resident of 2nd District, Henry County, Georgia.
He was placed on the pension roll of the State of South Carolina
in December, 1830.
In 1843, he was living in Macon, Noxubee County, Mississippi,
where he died September 12, 1846.
Soldier married November 27, 1817, in Lancaster District, South Carolina, Mrs. Mary Ryan, who was the daughter of William Farrell; they were all of said Lancaster District, South Carolina. In the marriage certificate soldier was referred to as Captain
Francis Adams.
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Soldier's widow, Mary Adams, was allowed pension on her
application executed July 22, 1853, at which time she was aged
sixty-eight years and living in Union County, Arkansas, to which
place she had moved about 1850.

In 1839, she was living in Lisbon, Union County, Arkansas.

No reference was made to children.

In 1835, one General David Adams was living in Jasper County,
Georgia, and stated that he and the soldier were close neighbors
during the war, but did not state any relationship to him.

In 1843, Abram Adams made affidavit in Noxubee County, Mississippi
; relationship not stated.

In 1839, one F. M. Adams was residing in Lisbon, Ark
no relationship shown.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator