Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8024, Laban Haislip, Md Or. N.C.
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Service 
MD or N.C.

Haislip, Laban
Peace, Rebecca

Former Widow

Number R.8024
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4862

Rebecca Peace
Tennessee
Hon. Jno W. Crockett
H. R.
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Declaration
In Order to Obtain The Benefits of the Third Section
of the act of the 4th of July 1836 and of the first 
Section of the act 3d of March 1837 also the act of 
Congress passed July 7th 1838

State of Tennessee
Matison County

On this 2nd Day of December 1839 personally
appeared Rebecka Peace now but formerly Rebecka
Haislip the surviving widow of Laben Haislip
Deciesed a Citizen of said State and County before
the Worshipfull Court now Siting in & for said
County it being a Court of Record and after being
Sworn according to Law - Doth on her oath Make
the Following Declaration in order to Obtain the 
Benefits of the provisions made by the act of 
Congress passed july the 4th 1836 and the act Explanatory 
of said act passed March 3d 1837 also the act of 
Congress passed July 7th 1838
That She the said Rebeckah is near Seventy years
of age and that She was Married to the above named
Laben Haislip at [her father's (crossed out)] [Sauier [popes] house in Granville 
County and in the State of North Carolina
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on the first Day of December onethousand seven
hundred and eighty fore and continued to Live in the
Said State + County for Seven years then moved to
Johnson County N Carolina and Lived in Johnson
County untill the year 1806 when the the same
Laben Haislip Movved to Bedford County Tennessee
from there he Moved to the state of Allebamy
where he the same Laben Haislip Died on the 
fourteenth Day of December 1816
That She further Declares that when she the said 
Rebecka at her first Knoledg [knowledge] of this same 
Laben Haislip She understood that he the Said
L. Haislip had Served in the army of the Revolution 
for a Long Time that she herd him express in plain
and explicit words at many Different thims
During his Lifetime that he entered into the army
of revolution in the sate of Mareland and served
under general Washington and was Marched to
the south and was ordered on infrunt [in front] of the Main Army
in order to Bring on the Battle at the Eutaw Springs
in South Carolina and that he was Discharged
at the end of the war of the Revolution and that he never 
was paid anything for his service and that he always 
stated to me in private and to others in publick [public]
that he was entitled to Land for his Services
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and never had got his Land

She further Declares that She is not in possession of
any regester [register] of in her bibel [biblel] of her Childrens ages
alltho [although] She said Rebeckah Haislip bore fifteen
Children During the time we Lived in tithes of
Hedlock and at his Death Left eight living children
two of them is Sence [have since] Dead Say Nancy & Pattcey Elizabeth
James John Leaben Jonathan [Martha crossed out] & Calven those
Latter six are now living She further stats that
in Consequence of the Linth [length] of time and in Consequence
of Old age She Does not Recollect what Rank the said
L. Haislip Did Serve but fully Believes that he served
as a private Soldier During the whole of his term of time
that She further declares that She afterwords was
Married to John Peace on the 12th Day of Jany
1819 and he took a journey off and never has returned
he has been absent near twenty years therefore
I Rebeckah Peace have lived a widow by report of 
of the said John Peaces Death Long before the Date 
of the 4th of July 1836 therefor [therefore] in consequence of the
Service rendered in the army of the Revolution by
Leaben Haislip as a private Soldier I Rebeckah
Peace now but formerly Rebeckah Haislip Do
Clame [claim] all the annuity or pention [pension] which might
have been Due to the first names Leaben Haislip
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was he a Living at the passage of the act of Congress
making pervision of the payment of such annuity [opens]
Sworn to and Subscribed before

Rebecca Peace (her mark)
JH [Dery] Chairman
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State of Tennessee
Matisen County

The Deposition of John Welch
A Citizen of said State and
County who being first duly Sworn Testifies that 
He was well acquainted with Leaben Haislip in
Granville County North Carolina and my first
Acquaintance with the Same Leaben Haislip was
At or near the Close of the war of the Revolution
At that time and afterwards he the same Leaben
Haislip presented himself to me as a private
Soldier who had served thugh the war of the Revolution
The Line he served in is not Recollected I Recollect
To here him say frequently that he was engaged in
The Battel [Battle] of the Eutaw Springs and in other Battels [battles]
During his tern of service he further stats that
He the said Leaben Haislip was Married to Rebeckah
Peace now but formerly Rebeckah Haislip the
Surviving widow of the Same Leaben Haislip this
Identical woman is now present in person Who
Has presented herself to the Hon Department for
The annuity or pention which the same L. Haislip
Her husband wold have been entitled to was he living
That he further Declares that he has full Knoledg
Of the Death of the said L Haislip and knows this
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Woman to be Leaben haislips widow Who is present
He further Declares that general Report says 
That John Peace is Dead therefore it is general
Opinion in which I Believe

John Welch (Seal)

This Day John Welch came before me and made oath
To the truth of the above Deposition and I certify that
Given under my hand as a justice of the peace for
Said County this 2nd Day December 1839

JH Dery Chairman

December Term 1839

As a county court Began and held in and for the County of
Madison at the Court House in the Town of Jacksen on the first
Monday in December it being the second day of said month
A.D. 1839 and the Sixty third of American Independence preceding
Justice of this Court Charles [Sercer] and Wyatt [Manning] 
Justice presiding

The following is the Order in words and figures to use
This day came into open Court Rebecca Peace formerly
Rebecca Huslep and thereupon Exabated to the court her
Declaration as the widow and [?] of a certain Laban Haslip
Deceased also was as it is alleged & soldier of the
Revolution in the North Carolina line and as such and
Would be if living intitled to a pension under the provisions
Of the Acts of Congress which declaration was duly sworn
To and subscribed in Open Court by the said Rebecca
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whereupon also came into open court John Welch and
subscribed and made oath that the truth of the facts
stated by him in the affidavit [annesed] to and accompanying
said declaration and which forms apart thereof
all of which being duly secured and approved by the
court it is ordered that the same be certified accordingly.

State of Tennessee
Madison County

I Montgomery B. Stewart Clerk of the
County Court of Madison County Do hereby certify
That the foregoing probate to the within petition and
Affidavit is a true [copy] of a probate as app
[sans] of Record in my Office in Book 4 page
617 [illegigible] Given under my hand and seal of Office at Office
In the City of Jackson on the 7th day of December
1836

Montgomery B. Stewart Clerk

State of Tennessee
Madison County

I John H Dery Chairman Presiding 
Justice of the County 
Courts of said County do hereby certify that
M.B. Stewart whose name appears to the
Foregoing certificate is now & was at the time
Of signing the [?] the duly qualified & acting
Clerk of the County Courts of said County, also
That said court is a court of Record likewise
It at his attention is in due form of law, thereupon
Full faith & [?] should be given his official
Acts as such. Given under my hand at
Officer this 7th day of Dec. 1839

JH Dery Chairman
as Presiding Justice of
the County Courts of [?]4
Cty
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State of Tennessee
Madison County

I Montgomery B Stewart Clerk of the
County Court of Madison County Do
Hereby certify that John H Day above named appears to the
Above or within Certificate as Chairman and presiding
Justice is now and was at the signing the Same Chairman
And presiding justice of the County Court of said County
It being a court of record duly Commissioned and qualified
And that full forth and and it is and ought
To be given to all his Official Acts as such
Given under my hand and seal of 
Office at Office in the City of Jackson
On the 7th day of December 1839

Montgomery B. Stewart CMS
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Rev. War Section.

Oct. 37, 1910.

Mrs. W.C. Williams,
1739 12” Ave.
Huntington, W. Va.

Madam:

In reply to your letter of the 15” instant , you are advised
That in the Revolutionary War pension Claim, Rejected File 
No. 8084, it appears that Rebacca Peace former widow of Laban
Haislip, applied for pension on an application executed Dec. 3,
1839, at which time she was about seventy years old and a resident 
of Madison County, Tennessee.

It is alleged that Laban Haislip entered the army of the
Revolution in Maryland and served as a private until the close
Of the war, also that he was a soldier of the North Carolina
Troops and that he was at the Battle of Eutaw Springs. There
Is no further data on file as to his service.

He married in Granville County, North Carolina, Dec. 1, 1784,
Rebecca, whose maiden name was not stated, and they continued to
Live in that county for seven years. He died in Alabama, Dec,\14, 1816. They had fifteen children, the only names given, being 
Nancy, Pattcey, Elizabeth, James, John, Laban, Jonathan and Calvin.

The widow Rebecca married Jan. 12, 1819, John Peace, who left
Her and in 1839 had been absent over twenty years.

Her claim for pension was rejected as the pension laws did not provide for widows who were married to soldiers after the
Termination of the Revolution.

Very respectfully,
G.M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner.

Office note aw
It would not appear that the 
question of service was taken
Up at all for consideration
The claim being rejected at once on account of marriage 
After close of Rev -
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8024

P.O. Rebecca Peace
Service: former widow
Laban Haislip

Enlisted: -, 18
Discharged: -. 18
REJECTED

Application filed: -, 18

Wages (marked through): The printed list of 1852
Gives cause of rejection as
Re-enlisted (marked through): :Married after the 
War.”

(left-side column)
1919 Oct. 27 History to Mrs. W.C. Williams, 1739 -12 9 (far right edge not scanned)
Huntington W. Va. (see letter [?] John Ha (far right edge not scanned)
War 1812 (illegible)
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Rebecca Peace, Widow of Laban Haislip Tenn-
Susp. Act 4th July 1836.

Edward Eanes, Virginia, Susp7th June 1832.
John Collins, Virginia, Susp. 7th June 1832.

F.S. Evans
April 22 1854
Mr. Anderson
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Rebecca Peace
Formerly widow of
Laben Haislip dec.

Tennessee

Rejected
let 21 Dec ’39 to
Hon. J.W. Crockett

Married her first 
Husband after revolutionary
War terminated
[?]
Act of July 1836
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Ho. Rep:

Dec. 20th 1839

Sir:

I herewith transmit to you the declaration 
of Ms. Rebecca Peace, the widow and relict 
of Laban Haislip a soldier of the 
Revolution, for the purpose of obtaining
the benefits of the Survival Acts of 
Congress for the relief of certain widows. 
I would respectfully beg your early 
attention to this.

Your [mo. fbs servant]

John W. Crockett

Jas L. Edwards Esq
Court Pensions
Washington
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Hon. J.W. Crocket
Decr, 21 '39
[A.D.
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310  
War Dept. Pen Office
Dec. 21, 1839

Sir,

The papers in support 
of the claim of Mrs Rebecca
Peace formerly widow of Laben
Haislip decd. have been examined.
It would appear therefrom that
She was married to her first husband
In December, 1784 & to her second in 1819. The 3 sec of the Act
Of 7 July 1838, does not provide
For any widow who has been married
Twice (more than once) unless her 
Second husband served in the revolutionary
War, and she was married to him previous 
To 1 January 1794. The claim has therefore
Been rejected, and the papers filed.
Hon. John W. Crockett,
N.R.

4862 Act 4 July 1838