Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1329, for Nicholas Stregel, Georgia
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(3 - 1776) SERVICE Ga 
Stregel, Nicholas
or Stregles 
or Stregels 
Sarah 
NUMBER W.1329 BLWt 28645-160-55
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2403 Georgia Nicholas Stregel
Service in the State of Georgia who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain John] Conyers of the Regiment commanded Col. [John] Jones in the Georgia line for 4 years from 1776 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 26th day of Nov 32 and sent to S. Goodall Mill Haven Geo  
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 120 - 
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 40 = $160.  Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book D Vol. 8 Page 144 
[this paragraph crossed out]
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6th April 1838 to two of this from 1836 to 27th June 1837, the day of his death. Agt notified before 1839 

Dead 
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6th April 1838 from 4th Sept 1835 to 31 Dec 1835, the day of his death. Agt notified 3 April 1839.
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State of Georgia County of Scriven 
[Screven County] On this 3rd day of September, personally appeared in open Court, before us Hope Brannen, W Oliver, Jacob Bryan & Benjamin H Prescott Justices of the Superior Court of the County of Scriven now sitting Nicholas Streigle [Stregel] a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged seventy one or seventy two years 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 7, 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under Captain [John] Conyers he thinks in May 1777 the names of the field officers not remembered and but thinks it was Maj or Col [Colonel] John Jones, and was engaged in the expedition to Florida and that he remembers of but one engagement they had in that expedition and that it was at a place called Alligator bridge about 12 miles the other side of the St. Mary River and that his Lieut by the name of [Daniel] Roberts was killed at this place. That this action was with the brig and was fought by a small detachment from the main body and that they suffered a defeat. That the detachment then returned with his Company to the place where he now lives then Burke Co and was dismissed. That the deponant was next drafted in the expedition to Savannah and was there when Pulaski was killed that he was still under the command of Capt Conyers and the field officers he does not remember tho he believes that Genl [Benjamin] Lincoln Genl [Andrew] Williamson & Count
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[Charles Henri] D'Estaing were the officers in command, that [Captain] 
Joshua Inman he knows was in some command there but does not know wether he was immediately under his command. That he was dismissed at Savannah and returned home. That he next went under the command of Capt Joshua Inman to Beach Island and was engaged in scouting parties and was in the corps that was called minute men and had an engagement with British and Tories while in this service some where near Midway on the Governor's plantation. That he then proceeded Northwardly to North Carolina and joined the army under Genl [Nathaniel] Greene, the name of his Capt he does not recollect for he was a stranger to him, that he was at the battle of Guildford Court House likewise had an engagement at Haw River and was there defeated that he then returned home by the way of Augusta, that a part of this Statement he can prove by John Conyers and that and that Col [Captain]Tarleton Brown of South Carolina knew him when in the service in N Carolina and the deponant hereby relinquishes any claim whatsoever for a pension or annuity except the present and that he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid s/ Nicholas Stregel Jacob Bryan JIC Benja Renate JIC Thos P Oliver JIC. 
Georgia Scriven [Screven] Co ss 
On this 3 Sept personally appeared before us. Hope Brannen TP Oliver Jacob Bryan & BH Renate Justices of the Inferior Court of the County aforesaid John Conyers who deposeth and saith that he knows
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Nicholas Shregle and knows that he was a revolutionary soldier and was in the service of his Country and was in the expedition with him to Florida
though he himself did not go the whole way but returned after going as far as the Altamaha. That they
was raised boys for this and that Mr Stregel has always born the character of a Revolutionary solder s/ John Conyers
Saith he before us in open Court
Benjn Prescott JIC
Jacob Bryan JIC
Hope Brannen JIC

Mr. PL Wade a Clergyman residing in
the County of Scriven [Screven] and AS Jones residing in the same hereby
certify that we are well acquainted with Nicholas Stregel who hath subscribed to the above declaration
that we believe him to be 71 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
Peyton L Wade MMCC
Aug Seaborn Jones
Sworn and subscribed this
Jacob Bryan JIC
Benjn Prescott JIC
Hope Brannen JIC
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interogatories prescribed by the war
Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that PL Wade who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Scriven and that AS Jones who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place is a credible person
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son and their statement is entitled to credit  s/ Jacob Bryan JIC.
Benjn Prescott JIC
Thos W. Oliver JIC
BH Brannen JIC
I Seaborn Goodall Clerk of the inferior court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said county in the
matter of application of Nicholas Stregel for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this
3d Sept 1832
Seaborn Goodall Clk
Georgia Scriven Co 
Personally appeared before us Jacob Bryan Ben Prescott Thos Oliver Justices of the Inferior Court of Scriven Cty N. Stregel who deposeth and saith that he can not swear positively to the length of time he served in the different expeditions in which he was engaged but taken together he thinks it would be considerably more than four years
s/ Nicholas Stregel
Sworn to before us this
3d Sept 1832
Jacob Bryan JIC
Benja Prescott JIC
Thos W. Oliver JIC
Hope Brannen JIC
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Questions propounded by the Court to Nicholas Stregel applicant for a pension on as of service in the Militia
1 Where and in what year were you born? The fork of Briar Creek, then Burke now Screven County the year of his birth not known
2 Have you any record of your age?
None
3 Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war & where
do you now live? Fork of Briar Creek, has lived there ever since until 12 years ago and then removed about
6 miles from there where I now live.
4 How were you called into service, were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute? First drafted then asked and have served as a substitute
5 State the name 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 service.
Served under Wayne & Green and many names not recollected.
6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so by whom was it given and what has
become of it? Received many discharges in North Carolina but never took any care of them.
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 for your services as a soldier of the revolution. the whole County
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Georgia Scriven County
We do hereby certify that the fore
going questions were propounded
to Nicholas Stregel of said County as an applicant for pension from the United States as a revolutionary soldier, and that we have full credence in the same. Given under our hand
and the seal of the Inferior Court of said County, at Jacksonboro 
3d Sept 1832
Hope Brannen JIC
Thos W Oliver JIC
Jacob Bryan JIC
Benja Prescott JIC
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2849
Georgia
Sarah Stregel
widow of Nicholas Stregel
who served in the Revolutionary war
as a Private Ga Line
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
10th day of Novr/53 and sent to
BL Prescott
Mill Haven Scriven Co Ga
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 154 Vol A
132
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To the Honorable
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
Georgia
The petition of Sarah Stregel of
Scriven County and State of Georgia
respectfully shows that she is the widow of Nicholas Stregel late of the County and State aforesaid who departed this life the thirty first day December A.D. Eighteen hundred and
Thirty five and was at the time of his said death the annual receipt of a pension of money from the general government of the United States for services which he her said husband Nicholas Stregel rendered the United States as a solder in the war of the revolution in the States of North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia the names of the commanders under which he might have served she has forgotten but would mention the
names of Green Jasper and Ash and thinks her said husband's name may be found on the muster rolls of these officers commands or some other officer who commanded in the
South. The papers of her said husband relating to his pension were accidentally consumed by fire
by being in a dwelling house which was also consumed in the year A D 1850 She was married
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to her said husband in the first day of August in the year AD 1803 and is now seventy two 72 years of age being advised and believing the is entitled to a pension under the act
passed by Congress and approved the 3d day of February 1853
she has profered this her petition to your excelency and prays your advice &c &c For further information
the would most respectfully invite
your excellencys attention to the affidavits hereto annexed. This June 8th A.D. 1853 s/ Sarah Stregel
Georgia Scriven County
Personally came before me Henry F. Mills a Justice of the peace in and
for the county and State aforesaid duly authorised to administer oaths Sarah Stregle who b eing duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith the facts contained in the above petition are true to the best of her knowledge and belief And I do
hereby certify that I believe she is seventy two years of age and the widow of Nicholas
Stregel who was a pensioner as is represented in the above petition this June 8th 1853

Henry F. Mills, J. P.
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Georgia
Screven County
On this Eighth day of June in the year Anno Dominis 1853 personally came before me Henry F. Mills a justice of the peace in and for said State and County day authorised to administer oaths William Lambert who being duly sworn according to law deposes
and says he is sixty two years of age
and has been a resident of said State and county for the space of sixty two
years that he was well acquainted with Nicholas Stregel late of said county and State who died in the year AD 1835 or about that time,  that saw Stregel was at the time of his death in the receipt of an annual pension from the Congress of the United States for service as a solder in the army of the United States in the war of the 
Revolution, that he is also well acquainted with Sarah Stregel that he believes she is at least seventy two years of age and was the lawful wife of the said Nicholas Stregel and is now his widow. that he believes that the papers of said Stregel relating to 
his pension were destroyed  accidentally by [illegible] nor manner.
that he thinks said Stregel was under 
the command of Captain or General Green [Nathanael Greene] and
and thinks said Stregel
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was a Captain during the war of the Revolution or afterwards but does not know that he was regularly commissioned. He further States
that he makes this affidavit for the 
purpose of assisting Sarah Stregel
getting a pension to which he thinks
she is entitled under the act of the
February 3d 1853 and that he has not been induced by any fee or reward or the hope of eventually receiving any from Sarah Stregel or any other person s/ Wm Lambert
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written
s/ Henry F. Mills J.P.
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State of Georgia
Scrivin [Screven] County
On this eighth day of June in the year AD 1853 personally came before me Henry H. Mills a justice of the peace in and for the State & County duly
authorized to administer oaths
Benjamin Prescott who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says he is fifty three years of age and has been a resident of Screven County and State of Georgia for the
term of twenty eight years that he was well acquainted with Nicholas Stregel in his lifetime that he believes he was a soldier of the Revolution and that he received a pension from
the General government that he is also also acquainted with Sarah  Stregel the wife and widow of Nicholas Stregel that she is to the best of his belief at last seventy two years of age & that he thinks she is clearly entitled to a pension under the act of Congress approved February 3d 1853 He further states that he is
not induced to make this affidavit by any fee or reward or the hope thereof Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written
s/ Benj Prescott
Henry F. Mills J.P.
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To the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions
We whose names are hereto written do certify that we believe the facts set forth in the petition of Sarah Stregel are correct and true and that she is a
proper person to receive benefit under
act of Congress approved February 3d 1853 being as we believe the widow of a revolutionary solder we
cheerfully recommend her to your consideration
Benjamin Prescott Atty at Law
Henry F. Mills, J. P.
Benjamin Rescott
R. M. Herrington Justice of  the County Court  & planter
Dominick Dillon JIC
Robert Sharp G Planter & Ex member Georgia Legislature
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State of Georgia Scriven [Screven] County I Richard Herrington one of
the Judges of the County Court for said State and County do by these present certify that Henry H Mills
is a Justice of the peace duly authorized and commissioned to administer oaths and take acknowledgements that all his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit In Witness whereof I hereunto have Set my name and ordered the seal of
the court to be hereto attached this
the 9th day of June in the year Anno
Domini eighteen hundred & fifty three
R. M. Herrington JIC
By order of the Honorable Richard M
Herrington I have this day attached
the Seal of the court to his Signature
above June 11th 1853
s/ Robert D Sharpe Deputy Clerk JCSC
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I do hereby certify that I believe the
papers contained in this bundle consisting of two sheets and a half an
[illegible] and that were not [illeg] by any fraud or chicanary or forgery
[illeg] 1853
I omit the above as unneccessary
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120.212 Act March 3/55 Cir: SM Knight Jany 24/56
May 5/55
Sarah Stegel wid of Nicholas Stegel Prvt
[diagonally across above] 
No 28645 iss May 3 /56

Revolutionary war
An: 160 Acr May 22d /56
Boynton 
Claimant Mill Haven,
Scriven Co. Geo
Vol 12, page 79
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120.212
Claim of Sarah Stregel
Bounty Land

under act March 3rd 1855
S. M. Knight Attorney
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State of Georgia County of Screven ss
On this thirtieth day of April A.D. 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 Mrs Sarah Stegel aged seventy three years a resident of Mill Haven County of Screven in the State of Georgia who made oath in due form of law that she is the identical Sarah Stegel to whom, under the provisions of the Act of February 3rd 1853 a pension of eighty dollars
per annum has been allowed for the services of her late husband Nicholas Stregel as private of the revolutionary war and late of Screven County State of Georgia
She further states that her Pension
Certificate under the aforesaid act of February 3d 1853 is numbered 2849 bears date the Tenth day of  November 1853 and is made payable at the Savannah 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 proofs heretofore produced 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 Nicholas Stregel.
She appoints as her attorney for the within specified purpose and with the power of substitution S. M. KNIGHT of Washington City, D. C.
s/ Sarah Stregel
Attest: Benj L Prescott
Julia Odum

SWORN TO SUBSCRIBED AND ACKNOWLEDGED before me, the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid Sarah Stregel  to be the identical person she alleges herself to be a pensioner of the United States and at the date of this declaration a widow and that I am not interested in her claim as Agent Attorney or otherwise
s/ Henry F. Mills J. Peace.
(For Notes, see opposite page.)
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State of Georgia County of Screven ss
On this Thirtieth day of April A.D. 1855
before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, authorized by law to administer oath within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared John Sowell Sen and William Lambert residents of Mill Haven County of Screven in the State of Georgia  known to me as credible persons who made oath, in due form of law, that Sarah Stregel 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 February 3d 1853
a pension of eighty dollars per annum has been granted for the services of her late husband Nicholas Stregel deceased, a private of the Revolutionary war. That since being placed on the roll of Pensioners she the said Sarah Stregel has not
intermarried and now is, a widow: That they have known her for forty years, and derive their knowledge of the facts herein named from the following circumstances, to wit: from  the certificate of the Commissioner of pensions which is now before them dated November the 10th 1853 Numbered 2849. and from the knowledge derived from their being close neighbors to said Sarah Stregel for a number of years
They further state that they are disinterested witnesses.
s/ John Sowell Sen
Wm Lambert
Sworn to, and subscribed before me, the day and year above written.
s/ Henry F. Mills JP

State of Georgia County of Screven ss
I hereby Certify, That Henry F Mills
Esq., before whom the foregoing
Declaration, Power of Attorney, and Affidavits were made and acknowledged, and who has hereunto 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 the Superior Court for the County aforesaid, this thirtieth day of April 1855.
Robert D Sharpe Dep Clerk of Superior Court Screven County Georgia
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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5930
Nicholas Stregel
from 1776 private
four years
$80
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5930
Brief in the case of Nicholas Stregel
bounty of Scriven {Screven] in the State of Georgia (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1 Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2 If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3 How old is he? 71
4. State his service as directed in the form annexed.
Period. May In 1777
drafted
Went
again
Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
not stated
not stated
Rank. As a private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Capt Conyers, [thinks] Maj or Col Jones, Gen Lincoln, Williamson, Capt. Inman, Gen Greene
5 In what battles was he engaged? Guilford
6 Where did he reside when he entered the service?
7 Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Witness & Traditionary
8 Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
# Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
# Swear that he thinks his service amounts to [illegible] 4 years
s/ T. Waugh Examining Clerk.
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[vertically across page]
Robert [illegible] Nov. 2
Honorable Commissioner of Pensions Washington Dist Columbia

Nov 7, 1853
Appl of Sarah Stregel, widow of Nicholas, Screven Co. Ga

Act Feby 3d 1853
Priv
Benj L Prescott
Halcyon dale
Screven Co. Ga
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No. 2232
Sarah Stregel of Nicholas
Let Sept 2/53
Gray
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June 21 1853
Appl of Sarah Stregel widow of
Nicholas
Georgia 2403
Act 3d Feby:1853
Rev
Allowed $80 per annum
com Feb 3 1853
Claimant, Care B.S. Prescott
Mill Haven Screven Co Ga
[stamped] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PENSION OFFICE OFFICIAL BUSINESS
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Rev War WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1329
Sarah Stregel
Widow.
Nicholas Stregel
Priv Rev. War
Act Feb. 3. 1853.
index:  Vol. M Page 238
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Mill Haven Ga 13 July
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
[vertically] HB Geddes
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Dear Sir  July 11th 1833
A few weeks I wrote to you and sent you the petition of Sarah Stregel under oath and also several affidavits in suborn to a pension to which the said Sarah Stregel is entitled under an act of congress passed February 1853 to which she has received no answer as yet she being anxious to hear from you and what her prospects are induces me to write this letter to you on this subject
Hoping soon to hear from you
I am Respectfully 
BS Prescott
For Sarah Stregel
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
ered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Nicholas Stregel
which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
11. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes
V. Has he mentioned 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? He cannot recollect the time of the different tours but swears that all together they amount to considerably more than 4 years
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832
yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain
ing it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Witness
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? 7
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In 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 recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _year  _months and _days, I served as a _ For _ months _days, I served as a_
and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records 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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being in
properly attached to the certificate.
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I/K Washington Sept 8th 1853
Honble L. P. Waldo
Com of Pensions Sir
I have the honor to enclose herewith
a power of attorney executed by Mrs Sarah Stregel and request that it may be filed with the papers forming her claim for a pension under the 2d section of Act of Feb. 3rd, 1853.
Very respectfully,
Your obt Servt
S. M. Knight
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28.645
Rev army
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Stregel
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Brief in the case of Sarah Stregel widow of Nicholas 
Scriven [Screven] County and State of
Georgia act of February 3, 1853
Claim, (original," or for increase.)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a private in Georgia line 4 yrs and pensioner under act of June 7, 1832 at $80 per annum
Allowed $80 per annum to commence Feb. 3. 1853
(If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by private record
Death proved by Auditor report
Identity and widowhood proved by credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent
Benjamin L. Prescott
Halcyon dale
Scriven Co. Ga.
Examining Clerk.
J. L. Gray
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Halcyondale Nov 2 1853 Dear Sir
Please find enclosed the evidence upon which Mrs Stregel forms her claim for pension act Feb 3 1853
the certificate of Jas S More Pa
has been obtained since the declaration was made and was not a part of the evidence upon which judge Holt founded his certificate
Attorney at Halcyondale Screven Co Geo Yours Respectfully
Benj L Prescott
Hon Commissioner Pensions
Washington DC
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War Department 
Pension Office
Washington City
[various vertical notes]
Screven
Seaborne Goodall
17 Sept
5929
5930
Ga
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
20th March 1839
Sir: Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, Sarah Stregel, widow of Nicholas
Stregel decd late a Pensioner on the Roll of the Savannah, Ga Agency, at
the rate of eighty Dollars and no Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the fourth of Sept. 1835 to the thirty first December 1835, the day of his death
Respectfully yours
Albion K. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present
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Paid Mail
To Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
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Commissioner of pensions dear sir
I send herewith surety papers relating to a pension claimed by Sarah
Stregel she begs me to ask of you an early answer to her petition
Benjamin Prescott whose name
you will observe in the papers refers you to the Hon R Tombs Senator from Georgia for his standing and veracity R. M. Herrington, H F Mills,
Dommick J Dillon, Cobb D Sharpe, Benj Prescott refer you for their standing veracity &c to the
Hon Charles J Jenkins and Honorable E Starnes of Augusta, Mr Jenkins is probably known to the president & Cabinet As to the affidavit of John Meads owing to his Newness in a deponent part of the [illeg] I have not put it in with the other papers for it does not come under the certificate of Judge Herrington nor the seal - but it is genuine
Address your communications to 
Sarah Stregel Mill Haven PO
Scriven Co Geo
care of Yours Respectfully
B.S. Prescott
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Georgia Screven County
On this thirtieth day of June AD eighteen hundred fifty three 
there personally came before me
Micajah M Calhoun a justice of the peace in and for said county duly authorised to administer oaths John Meads of said county and State who being duly sworn according to
law says he is between ninety and one hundred years of age that he has lived in South Carolina and
Georgia ever since his birth that
he recollects the war of the revolution that he was well acquainted with Nicholas Stregel all his life remembering the day he was born
that he the said Stregel was an active solder during the war of the revolution that he believes to the best of his knowledge that Stregel was in several engagements with the British and tories in South Carolina & Georgia and
was a good and loyal Soldier on the American or whig side He can recollect no particular engagement that he was in nor the commanders be was under except one 
whose name was Weekly He think Stregel got a pension in this matter 
s/ John [his X mark] Meads
Sworn to before me & Subscribed before me and I hereby certify that I believe that John Mears is at least
ninety years of age
s/ Micajah M. Calhoun J.P.
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State of Georgia
County of Scriven [Screven]
Be it Known, That on this twenty ninth day of August A. D. 1853, before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Mrs Sarah Streagels [Stregel] resident of Mill Haven in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the widow of Nicholas Stregel who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of _
that she is directly interested as a claimant in said pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney, and authority heretofore given I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT of 
Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute the claim of herself, Sarah Stregel for any amount
of Revolutionary pension or increase of pension that may be due and I hereby authorised my said attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere to file additional evidence or arguments and to receive for my exclusive benefit the certificate which may be issued for said claim which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City DC Agency to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney and agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
s/ Sarah Stregel
Sworn to subscribed and acknowledged before me the  day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Sarah
Stregels to be directly interested in said claim as set forth and to be the identical party therein alleged.
s/ Henry G. Mills J.P. 

State of Georgia County of Screven
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me Clerk of the Superior Court
of said County that Sarah Streagles the party who has sworn to, and
acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney is the widow of reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify
that Henry H Mills Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and
acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to his believe to be
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto his
this Thirtieth day of August 1853
Green J Sharpe Clerk S.C.S.C.
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State of Georgia County of Scriven ss
On this twenty fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-three before the subscriber a Judge of the Court
of said County in open Court held in and for the County and State aforesaid, being a Court of Record, personally appeared Mrs. Sarah Stregel who is to me known as a resident of the Town of Mill Haven in in the County of Scriven [Screven] and State of Georgia aged Seventy two 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 provisions made by the act of Congress, approved 3d February AD, 1853, viz
That she is the widow of Nicholas Stregel deceased who was a private in the Georgia Militia in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner under act of 1832 at the rate of $80 per annum, upon the Roll of the Georgia agency
she further declares that she was married to the said Nicholas Stregel on the first day of August in the year Eighteen hundred and three as will
more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed. That her husband the aforesaid Nicholas Stregel died on the thirty first day of December in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty five
She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a Pension
s/ Sarah Stregel
Subscribed & sworn to before me the day and year first above written and I certify that I have no intent in the application as attorney agent or otherwise. Done in open Court as aforesaid,
Wm W Holt Judge S C.M.D
[the next paragraph crossed out]

State of Georgia County of Screven
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me the undersigned Judge of the Superior Court of said County a Court of Record held in and for the said County that Nicholas Stregel late
a pensioner of the United States and a resident of the said County died on the thirty first day of December
Eighteen hundred and thirty five
and that he left surviving him the following named widow Sarah Stregel
his widow above named and who still survives as his widow
That the evidence on which this certificate is made is hereto annexed
Witness my hand this 24 day of October A.D. 1858.
s/ Wm W. Holt Judge &c

State of Georgia County of Screven
I do hereby certify that Hon William W Holt whose genuine signature appears attached to the foregoing declaration and certificate, was at the date of the same a Judge of the Superior Court held in and for said County (a Court of Record) duly
commissioned and sworn, Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 27 October A.D. 1853 
Robert C. Sharpe Clerk Supr Court
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State of Georgia Screven County
On this day of October Anno Domini eighteen hundred and fifty three in person appeared before me William W. Holt Judge for said state and county duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes Benjamin Prescott and William Lambert who being duly served according to law depose and say that they were well acquainted with Nichols Stregel
for ten or fifteen years at least that he was a pensioner on the bounty of the United States for sincere service made in the war of the revolution which was proven before a court of record that they were at the same time well acquainted with Sarah Stregel the present applicant for a pension under the act of Congress approved Feby 3d 1853 and knew her to have lived with said revolutionary soldier which was Stregel and to have been reputed and believed to be his wife that they believe he died on or about the thirty first day of December 1835 near Mill Haven in Screven County and State of Georgia leaving
said Sarah Stregel his widow that she has remained a widow since his death and the person who made the within declaration for a pension is the identical person whom they know to have lived with Nicholas Stregel as his wife and whom they now believe to be his Widow
Sworn to and subscribed before me and I do hereby certify that Benjamin Prescott and William Lambert are
credible witnesses
s/ Wm W Holt Judge S.C.M. Dist
Benj Prescott
William Lambert

Transcript from Family Bible
Nicholas Stregel and Sarah OBryan was married first day of August in the year 1803

Georgia Screven County
Presently came before me William W Holt Judge of the Superior Court for said State and County Benjamin L. Prescott who being duly sworn deposes and says that the above is
an exact copy of the record of a marriage between Nicholas Stregel  & Sarah OBryan copied from a bible now in the possession of Mrs Sarah Stregel Sworn to and subscribed
before me this October 24th 1853
Benjamin L. Prescott
Wm W. Holt 
Judge S.C.M.Dist
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Savannah Oct 26. 1833, Pension Agency Georgia
I hereby certify that the name of Nicholas Stregel is registered upon the Roll of the Sav. Georgia Pension Agency at a rate of $80 per annum
last paid 24 Nov 1835.  died 31 Decr 1835 & that there is now due him 3 months & 27 days Pension
James Moul
PA
for $1