Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7677, for Edward Nix, South Carolina
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(8-1776)
SERVICE  (checkmark or V)
Nix, Edward
Martha
S.C. residence of widow in 1854
NUMBER R7677
CONTENTS (Below this are two columns of blank lines)

Added description: There is a black star that appears to be drawn or printed with ink above the N in Nix. In the very top right corner there is what appears to be an R C.
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Act of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873. (This is crossed out with one large black line.)
7677.
P.O.
Martha Nix.
Service: (blank)
Enlisted: (blank) , 18  .
Discharged: (blank) , 18  .
Application filed: (blank) , 18  .
Alleges: (blank)
Re-enlisted: (blank)
Attorney: (blank)
P.O. (blank)
Recognized. (blank line before this)       
Contract. (blank line before this)
Cert. of Dis. (blank line before this)
Searched for (blank) , 18   .
Stamped near the top of the page between the lines for Service and Enlisted is REJECTED.
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I by sertifie that I joined to gether in the holy Matrimony edward nix and martha williams his wife given from under my hand this 24 of January 1789 Thomas Obannonger

1789
1839
(line)
50

1839
1789
(line)
..50

1789
1839
(line)
50
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The request is to send back this. after you are done with it or keep it until you return home, and oblige the old Lady   O. B.
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No. 15,154. (this is underlined)
Martha Nix widow of Edward 
S.C. 
Hon S. M. Keitt Apl 29, 1854
7677
Act July 7 1838
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S.M. Keitt
NC (underlined)

Hon S.P. Waldo
Pension Office
Washington
D..C

Martha Nix 
No paper original
.Cme.
(this is written vertically over the other words listed above)
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Ridge Ville 20th 54
Dear Sir after my due rispects I in-close to you all the papers that can be had of Mrs. Edward Nix- we send a showing of her being married to Nix also that she was not after married she is quite helpless and old there are no one a live in our country that can testify to the facts of her husband being in the army - but from her age and what she tells us I must say there is no doubt in my mind that he was in the army - and hope she has proven facts enough to satisfy the act - and find her too helpless to make her support and hope you will try and speak for the old Lady - I remain very respectfully 
                                your E..Brownlee
                                 (flourish under the name)
Hon. S. M. Keitt
(flourish under the name)
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Recved Statement March 13th /54

Mr E. Brownlee

Sir I sen you the affidant
of My Mother with the certificate of Mr
Brooker with it together with the marriage
certificate and want you to state on
to whoever you send the papers to that
Mother has no further proof to offer that
what you see as she is too old and infirm
to attend to it herself Yours &c
E. Brownlee   Samuel Nix
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Washington
[illegible] April 1854

My dear sirs
-
I enclose you papers
in the case of Martha
Nix which I beg to
submit to you
Very Respectfully
L M Keitt

Hon L. P. Waldo
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15,154
Martha Nix
widow of Edward
So Carolina
Act 1838- (1838 underlined)

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State of South Carolina}
Colleton District              }
On this the Tenth
day of March 1854, Personally appeared before
me Martha Nixs resident of the District
and State aforesaid aged ninety years__
who being first duly sworn, according to law
doth, on her oath, make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made
by the act of Congress, passed July 7th 1838, certified 
An act - granting half pay and pensions to certain
Widows, -  that she is the widow of Edward Nix

She further declares that she was married to
the said Edward Nix on the 24th day of
1798.; that her husband, the aforesaid Edward
Nix, died the 25th day of November 1800, She
further swears that she is now a widow,
and that she has never before made any
application for a pension      her
                                        Martha X  Nix
                                                    Mark
Sworn to before me ⎬
March 10th 1854      ⎬
          
Lewis L. Canaday
Magistrate


I certify that I have known the above
named Martha Nine for about Forty seven
or eight years and that she never has been marred
to the best of my knowledge is the death of her
husband and always passed as the widow of
Edward Nix who was a soldier as above stated
to the best of my knowledge and that I would
March 13th 1854 implicitly rely on his testimony
John Brooker