Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Reg 168819-1855, Jacob Annis, [BLANK]
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Annis, Jacob
Deborah

B.L. Reg. 168819-1855
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168.819.  Act Mar 73
June 14 /55

Deborah Annis wid. of
Jacob Annis
Private

Revly Pensioner [overwritten by illegible scribble]

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C C. Chatfield
Eaton Rapids
Mich.

C.C.Chatfield May, 1756
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168.819
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STATE OF MICHIGAN,
COUNTY OF Eaton SS.
On this first day of May
A.D one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me a
Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Deborah Annis
aged sixty eight years, a resident of Eaton Rapids in the State of Michigan who
being duly sworn according to Law, declares that she is the identical Deborah Annis who is
now the widow of Jacob Annis, who was a Private in the Revolutionary war --------------------------------entire line crossed out---------------------------------------------
that she now draws a Pension as the widow of the said
Jacob Annis & that she does not know when or where or in

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of fourteen days, and was honorably discharged at (not known) on the (not known)
day of ------------A.D.-------------------

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be
entitled under cat approved March 3, 1855.  She also declares that she has not received a Warrant for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
( the mark of Devorah Annis)

We George W. Annis and Chester C . Chatfield
residents of Eaton County in the State of Michigan
upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Deborah
Annis in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of
the applicant===that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
(signature of George W.. Annus)
(signature of C.C. Chatfield)

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; the the claimant
is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
(signature of H. Hamlin)
Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MICHIGAN
COUNTY OF _____________    To wit:
I hereby certify, That Horacio Hamlin Esq. before whom the
foregoing declaration was made, and who has hereunto subscribed his name, was, at the time of so
doing, a ______________________________in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned
and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto signed my names and
affixed the Seal of the County aforesaid, this sixth day
of June, 1855.
J H Corbin, Clerk.
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168.819
C.C. Chatfield
Eaton Rapids
June 7/53
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Eaton Rapids
June 7, 1885
To S.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir   Enclosed
you will receive 2 Applications for Bounty 
Land under act of March 3, 1855, I also
sent five or six Applications some three
or 4 weeks ago & have not received a
reply but they had been received by you,
when the Warrants are issued.  I either want
them to be sent to me or to be sent to my
base here.  Some have Authorized me
to receive them & in the Application
others would if I had deemed it necessary.
Yours
C.C. Chatfield
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Eaton Rapid
May 10th 1856

Sir
Yours of the 1st [illegible]  relation to the application
of Deborah Annis No. 168.819 has been duly
received & in reply to which I beg leave & state
that said Mrs Annis died on the 21st day of
August last after having made for application.
under such circumstances I do not know
whether Warrants are issued or not, I understand
however that they are not, if the Warrant can
legally issue-- does not the Supplementary act
Just past do away with the necessity of "Recorded"
evidence of Service.
I wrote you in January that Mrs.
Annis was dead which fact however you
omitted to notice.
Yours & c
C.C. Chatfield

To
Commissioner of pensions
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To the commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

official business
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To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.