Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 11174, Elias Washer, Va.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[3-1776]

SERVICE
Va.

Washer, Elias,
Judith

NUMBER
R.11174

CONTENTS
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I wish to examine the papers in the case of Ann Haynie of the Nashville Tennessee Pension Agency on the application of her heirs for increase.
October 8 1856            
A Fergusson atto [Attorney]

Also papers in suport [support] of claim of Judith Washer widow of John Washer suspended for further proof.
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11.220
Judith Washer
VA

Suspended

Letter to E.F. Brown, Oct 22d .'44.

11174
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[crossed out - Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.]

[Stamped] - REJECTED

11,174

P. O. Judith Washer

Service: _________

Enlisted: ____ ,18
Discharged: _____ ,18

Application filed: _____ ,18

Alleges: ______

Re-enlisted: ______

Attorney: ____
P. O. ____
___Recognized.  _____ Contract.
___Cert. of Dis.  Searched for ____, 18.
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Aug 3d 44 
11220 Tenn July 7 1838 Judith Washer

Judith Washer, Widow of Elias Washer, late Soldier of Virginia Line, Revolution. 
Declaration. Enlisted in 1776 for during the war – served under General Greene and Major Nelson – in Pennsylvania, in South Carolina, &c was at the Battles of Little York, Hill's Kitchen [Hell's Kitchen], Brandywine, & Guilford Court House. 
Continued during the War, was discharged & returned home in 1782, 
Married in 1785, 
Died, 1 Apl. 1815.
_______________
Widow resides in Smith County, Tennessee
_______________
Edmund F Brown, Agent, Washington City, Office E St. 4 doors East of Globe Office
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

AGENCY 
FOR PENSIONS, PATENTS, LANDS, MAIL CONTRACTS, AND CLAIMS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 
EDMUND F. BROWN 
NOTARY PUBLIC AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
WASHINGTON CITY, D. C., 
OFFERS HIS SERVICES IN SETTLING THE BUSINESS OF 
Mail Contractors, Patentees, Pensioners, Land Claimants, Army Contractors, Navy Contractors, &c. 
Having resided at the seat of Government upwards of twenty years, and become familiar with the usages and forms of office, he is prepared to transact the business of non-residents promptly, and relieve them from the inconvenience and expense of personal attendance. Charges reasonable, and regulated by the amount of claims and services performed. 
All letters, to ensure attention, should be free of postage, and enclose a small retaining fee to aid in preliminary proceedings; as well as contain a correct description of the business. 
All confidential communications will be so considered, and promptly attended to. 
EDMUND F. BROWN. 
Notary Public, General Agent, and Conveyancer. 
WASHINGTON CITY, May 20, 1844. E Street, 4 doors East of Globe Office. 

REFERENCES: 
Messrs. W. CRANE, & Co., Baltimore, Md. CHARLES McKARRAMER, Esq.,} Philadelphia, Pa. THOMAS C. CLARKE, Esq.} WILLIAM M. BROWN, Esq., New York city. Rev. DANIEL SHARP, D. D.,} Boston, Mass. Rev. B. Stow,} Hon. J. W. WILLIAMS, Lancaster, N. H. 
L. C. PAINE FREER, Esq.,} Chicago, Illinois. Doctor L. D. BOONE,} Rev. I. T. HINTON} St. Louis, Missouri. C. W. COOTE, Esq.,} Colonel JOHN H. WHEELER, Raleigh, N. C. WILLIAM McDANIEL, Esq.,} J. E. BLACK, Esq., P. M.} Cannonsburg, Pa.
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Judith Washer widow of Elias Washer Copy of Marriage Record from Halifax Co. Va. 12. March 1787 Copy certified by Clerk of Court, 14. Sept. 1844.

[written upside down – Tennessee]

Filed by Edmund F. Brown Agent, Wash.n [Washington] D.C.
15. Oct. 1844.

EB
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know all men by these presents that we Elias Washer & James Ashlock of Halifax County are held & firmly bound unto his excellency Edmd [Edmund] Randolph Esqr and to his successors for the time being in the just & full & just sum of fifty pounds curt [current] money. We bind ourselves our heirs & Sealed with our Seals & dated this 10th day of March 1787. 
Whereas there is a marriage intended and by God permission shortly intended to take place between the above bound Elias Washer and Judy Bowman. Now if there is no just cause to obstruct the said intended marriage then the above to be void else to remain in force &c
Elias [his x mark] Washer {seal}
James [his x mark] Ashlock {seal} 
Teste,
Berry Green

State of Virginia Halifax County Sct 
I William Holt Clerk of the County Court for the said County in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that the foregoing is truly transcribed from the original bond filed in my office. In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed the seal of the said County Subscribed my name this 14th day of September 1844
W Holt clk [clerk]
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EDMOND F. BROWN,
NOTARY PUBLIC GENERAL AGENT, AND CONVEYANCER.
E STREET, FOUR DOORS EAST OF THE GLOBE OFFICE,
WASHINGTON CITY
continues to attend to the settlement of business before Congress and the several Departments of the General Government, and particularly claims for 
Pensions, Patents, Lands, Mail Contracts, &c.
Agency, Notarial, and Conveyancing business of every description, promptly and confidentially attended to. 
All letters must be free of postage. 
SEPTEMBER 18, 1844. 

REFERENCES:
Messrs. W. CRANE, & Co., Baltimore, Md. CHARLES McKARRAMER, Esq., Philadelphia. WILLIAM M. BROWN, Esq., New York city. Rev. DANIEL SHARE, D. D., Boston, Mass. Hon. J. W. WILLIAMS, Lancaster, N. H. 
Doctor L. D. BOONE, Chicago, Illinois. Rev. I. T. HINTON, St. Louis, Missouri. Colonel JOHN H. WHEELER, Raleigh, N. C. WM. McDANIEL, Esq., Cannonsburgh, Pa. Rev. J. F. BROWN, Gainesville, Ala. 

Agency, Notarial, and Conveyancing Office,
Washington City, 15. Octr [October] 1844.

Sir:
Herewith I hand you a certified copy of the Marriage Record of Judith Washer, Widow of Elias Washer a Revolutionary Soldier. 
Please file it with her Declaration & evidence which I left with you early in August last. 

Very Respy [Respectfully],
Yr. Obt. St. [your obedient servant]
Edm.d ]Edmund] F Brown, Agent.
Col. J. L. Edwards,} 
Commr [Commissioner] of Pensions}