Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17039, James Harbison, S.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S. C.

Harbison, James
Jane

NUMBER
W. 17039
B. L. Wt. 114166-160-55

CONTENTS
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Crtf 16529
South Carolina
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James Harbison
of Chester in the State of So Ca
who was a pr in the [blank] commanded
by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded
by Col Sumpter in the So Ca
line for 10 mo. 25 days.
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Inscribed on the Roll of So Carolina
at the rate of 62 Dollars 78 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of Augt.
Aug 31, 1833 and sent to G W 
Coleman, Chester C. H. So. Ca.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833     125.56
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept     31.39
                                                         $156.95

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7 [edge of paper torn]

Recorded by Nath. Rice [edge torn]
Book E  Vol. 6 [edge torn]


[note on upper left side]
Dead.  order to pay balance
Jan. 19. 1837
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No. 2099
Illinois
Increase
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Jane Harbison
widow of James Harbison
who served in the Revolutionary war
as a Private S.C.
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Salem agency.
96 Dollars [blank]
cents per annum,
Commencing July 27th 1868
Deduct payments made since
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Certificate dated August 12th 1871
and sent to Pension Agency
atty. John Boyd
Pinckneysville, Perry Co. Ill.
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Feb [torn paper]
[torn paper] Page 243 Vol [torn paper]


[notes on the right side of page]
1887 Augt Pension Agent reported
paid to June 4 1887 living in Barry,
Pike Co Ill (then aged 81 years)
[above paragraph marked out]
1887 Augt Pension Agt reported paid
to June 4 1887 & living in Pinckneyville
Perry Co Ill (aged 81 years)
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114166-160-55
James Harbison

[date stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
PENSION OFFICE
FEB 5 1877
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(No. 6.)
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BOUNTY LAND.
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Department of the Interior,
PENSION OFFICE,
Washington, D. C.    January 24, 1877

Sir:

Herewith I transmit Land Warrant No. 114,166
for 160 acres, issued under the 
act of the 3d of March, 1855, to Jane widow of 
James Harbison for service in 
the Revolutionary War.

Please sign the receipt hereto attached and return this letter without
delay.

Very respectfully,

J A Bentley
Commissioner.
per HWS

Mrs. Jane Harbison
Pinckneyville, Perry Co.
Illinois

February first, 1877

Received the above-described warrants.
Jane Harbison
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[two stamps]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
NOV 28 1876

PENSION OFFICE
NOV 23 1876

State of Illinois
Perry County

On this 18th day of November A.D. 1876 personally appeared before me Charles H. Roe Clerk of the circuit Court the same being a Court of record within and for the County and State aforesaid Jane Harbison a resident of Perry County in the State of Illinois who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of James Harbison deceased who was a Private in the Revolutionary War and that she is now a widow

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be
entitled to, and she further declared that she has not received or applied for bounty land under any act of congress that she has applied for and has obtained a pension under act of February 3d 1853 and July 27th 1868 her claim being numbered 2099, Recorded in the Pension Office in the Roll of Pensioners Page 343 Vol. H. and that her post office address
is Pinckneyville Perry County in the State of Illinois
[signed] Jane Harbison
Witnesses
Elizabeth Campbell
Samuel J Brown

Also personally appeared Elizabeth Campbell and Samuel J. Brown whom reside in Perry County in the State of Illinois persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who
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being by me duly sworn say that they were present and same Jane Harbison usually called old granny
Harbison the claimant sign her name to the forgoing declaration, that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of said claimant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim and that their Post Office address is Pickneyville, Perry County State of Illinois
[signed] Elizabeth Campbell
Samuel J Brown

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of November A.D. 1876 and I hereby certify that the
contents of the above declaration was fully made known and explained to the applicant and witnesses
before swearing and that I have no interest direct or indirect in the Prosecution of this claim. 
Chas H Roe Clerk
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State of Illinois
County of Perry ⎬ ss 
On this 26th day of March A D one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within & for the County and State aforesaid Jane Harbison aged forty three years a resident of the County of Perry and State of Illinois who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of James Harbison deceased who was a
revolutionary soldier and pensioner of the United States on the roll of the South Carolina agency. she further states that she was married to the said James Harbison in Chester District
State of South Carolina on the 25th day of December AD 1823 by one David Jamison a Magistrate in and for the District aforesaid and that her name before her said marriage was Jane Jamison. that her said husband died in said district on the third day of November A D 1835 and that she has
been from thence hitherto and still is a widow.

She further states that she knows of no public record of her marriage with the said James Harbison deceased and that the Bible containing the private family record of her said marriage was sold after the death of the said James Harbison by his administrator and that she does not know where or in
whose hand the same now is, She makes this declaration for the purpose of claiming a pension from the United States as the widow of the said James Harbison deceased
[signed] Jane Harbison
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written
J Gordon J P

State of Illinois
Perry County 
I Nathan T. Kelly Clerk of the County Court of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that James E. Gordon whose names appear to the above Affidavit is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified that his commission was dated on the 5th December 1843 & will expire on the first Monday of December 1853 that his signature is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office March 26, 1857 
N. T. Kelley Clk
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The State of South Carolina 
Chester District
On this Twenty third day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the honorable William D. Martin one of the Judges of the Court of General Sessions and common Pleas of said District and State, now sitting, James Harbison, a resident of Chester District and State of South Carolina, aged Seventy years who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served from the year 1778 to the year 1782 as herein stated. I was drafted in the month of November 1778 under Capt. John Nixon, who commanded a Militia Company, for a tour of three months - we marched to within six miles of Charleston. then changed our course to Purysburgh on the Savannah River, then up said River to within a few miles of Augusta, Georgia, and then returned home. Col. John Winn was Col in command. In about Seventeen days after my return home, Capt. Nixon's company volunteered their services, under our Col. John Winn. I was one of the number. We marched towards Augusta and encamped about five weeks on this side of the River, opposite
to Augusta then crossed over the river and marched towards Briar Creek then down the River and joined Genl Lincoln's army, we then re-crossed Savanah River into South Carolina and marched to
Bacon's Bridge from thence to Stono River, at this place our company left Genl Lincoln's army and returned home about the 7 of June 1779 - In the early part of July 1780 I volunteered under Capt McClure (our company was attached to Col or Genl Sunter's command) and was at the battle of Rocky Mount, in the month of July-- we were unsuccessful but in a few days afterwards we made a successful attack on the Brittish, at the Hanging Rock. a short time after the Battle of the Hanging Rock Genl Sumter was defeated at his encampment on Fishing Creek, about this time I was with a scouting party, and near Camden, at Carey's old fields we captured thirty two Wagons laden with provisions and Ninety six Highlanders. In the month of May or June 1781 I volunteered my service
 under Capt Adams, and Col. Lacy, our company joined Genl Green's
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army on its march to Orangeburgh - then Genl Green reconnoitered the place and then marched a part of the forces to the High Hills of Santee -- our company with other companies marched from
Orangeburgh to Biggin's Church-- I was with a detachment at the destroying a bridge near the church. The enemy retreated from the church in the night time-- we pursued them and a skirmish ensued at Quinby's Bridge, we captured a number of prisoners belonging to the 19th Irish regiment, we still pursued the main body of the enemy to Capt Shubrick's Plantation where we engaged the enemy the battle lasted about forty six minutes, we retreated back, leaving the enemy in possession of the field and crossed at Nelson's Ferry and came home. In the month of December 1781 I volunteered under Capt Samuel Adams, Col. Lacy and Genl Sumter we marched to Orangeburg and there remained stationed three months-- about this time Genl Sumter gave up the command of the forces to Genl Henderson and our company returned home in the month of March 1782, my terms of service altogether exceeded two years, as a volunteer and in the militia, and that I now reside the same neighborhood and on the same plantation that I resided on at the period of the revolution - Deponent further says he never received a written discharge and hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State or territory except the State of South Carolina from which he receives a State pension of sixty dollars per year
[signed] James Harbison

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court Oct 23d 1832
J. Rosborough JP
.
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The State of South Carolina 
Chester District
I, George Gill aged Seventy one years do hereby certify that I was personally acquainted with the above named James Harbison in the time of the revolutionary war and believe he performed the services as set forth in his narrative stated on this sheet of paper and
[signed] Geo Gill
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court Oct 23 1832
J Rosborough C Cp

We, James B Stafford a clergyman, residing in the district of Chester and George Gill residing in the same place do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with James Harbison, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is reputed
and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
[signed] James B. Stafford
Geo Gill

Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid in open Court October 23 1832
J Rosborough CCPl
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories 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 it appears to them that James B Stafford who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the district of Chester, and that George Gill who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same district, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
23rd Oct. 1832
Wm D. Martin
Presiding Judge

I, John Rosborough, Clerk of the Court of General sessions and Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Harbison for a pension 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty third day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two and in the fifty Seventh year of American Independence
J Rosborough, CCPls
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State of South Carolina
Chester District
Interrogatories administered to James Harbison by the Court
1. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer  I was born in the County of Antrim, Ireland in the year 1762 and arrived at Charleston on the 24 December 1768 and immediately came to this district and now reside where I first settled with my father.
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Answer. The only information I have of my age is derived from my parents verbally.
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer. I was living in Chester District when I was first drafted in to the service and have continued to reside here on the same plantation ever since
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
Answer I was drafted; the first tour I took, under Capt Nixon,- I volunteered, my second tour under Capt Nixon, also: my third tour was as a volunteer under Capt McClure my fourth tour under the same Captain and my fifth tour under Capt Adams, as a volunteer, and my sixth tour, under the last mentioned captain, also as a Volunteer
5. State the names 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?
Answer. I remember the names of Genl Lincoln, Genl Butler Count Pulaski Capt Wade Hampton recruited out of Capt Nixon's Company - also Genl Green was a continental officer, as also, Genl Morgan, Col Washington, Lee
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and Laurens, Genl Wayne was also in this State during the middle or latter period of the Revolution. Col. Moultrie commanded the first Regiment of South Carolina Regulars; and I refer to my narrative for the general circumstances of my service
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer - I never received a written discharge-- it was usual to discharge by companies
7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution
Answer - Revd James B. Stafford Col. George Gill, John McCreary, Esq. Joseph Gaston, Esq. and all my neighbors
[signed] James Harbison

Sworn in open Court Oct 23d 1832
J Rosborough C C Pls

I John Rosborough Clerk of the District do hereby certify that The foregoing are the original Interrogatories and answers given thereto by James Harbison In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Court this 23 day of October 1832 and in the fifty Seventh year of the Sovereignty & Independence of the United States of America
J Rosborough C C Pls
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The State of South Carolina
Chester District.
amended declaration of James Harbison

1 In the month of November  23rd day1778 I was drafted under Capt John Nixon for three months which term I served to the end- 3 months
2 on the 10th of March 1779 I volunteered under Capt John Nixon and done duty in his company
from that time to the 7th June 1779 - 3 month
3 on the first day of July 1780 I volunteered under Capt John McClure and done duty in his company, under his command until the first day of September 1780 - 3 months
4 On the 20th May 1781 I volunteered under Capt Adams and done duty in his company under his
command until the 15th December 1781 when I returned home; and on the 20th December 1781, I again started back to the camp, at Orangeburgh, where I arrived on the 23rd December, and remained there until the 20th March 1782 - 6 months and 25 days
3 months
9 months & 25 days
total time of regular service besides scouting about home - 18 months & 25 days

South Carolina
Chester District ⎬ 
James Harbison a private soldier of the revolution makes oath that the above amended declaration is true according to the belief and recollection of this deponent who is aged and infirm
[signed] James Harbison
Sworn to Signed July 17th 1833
Before me
J Rosborough JP & Clerk
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James Harbison

Admit as private
18 mo 25/30d -- $62.78
5
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__________
Feb 22 '53
_________
Hon
Wm Drayton
H.R

G.W. Coleman
Chester  C H
So Ca
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BRIEF in the case of James Harbison of Chester District in the State of  So.  Carolina 
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court.

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity ?

 is disabled by bodily infirmity ?

3. How old is he?  70 - 

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
===========================================================
Period. 
drafted in November
In 1778   -  

volunteered about 17 days after
his return home & [ille] with
about 7. June 1779 ---

volunteered early part July 1780

ditto May or June 1781

ditto December 1781

states that his term of service / all of them "exceeded two years"
 
Duration of Service. 
Years, Months, Days. 
                  3
                  3
                  3
                  6.           21
                  3
                  5

Rank. 
As a 
private

Names of General and Field Officers   under whom he served.
Gen.
Col. John Winn       So Carolina
Capt John Nixson  troops

Same officers

Col or Genl Sumpter
Capt Mc Clure

Col Lacy;Capt [illegible]

Same officers


5. In what battles was he engaged? Rocky Mount

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? 
Chester  District, So Carolina

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence &  living witness

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No.

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above

Chas G Wilcox
Examining Clerk.
8th.. July 1833
private
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State of Illinois
County of Perry 
On the 18th day of April one thousand eight hundred fifty two personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for the County and state aforesaid Jane Harbison aged forty five years resident of the County of Perry and State of Illinois who being duly sworn according to law declare this she is the widow James Harbison deceased who was a private in the company commanded by (as she is informed) captain MacKenney in the war of the Revolution, she does not know the number of the regiment in which her said husband served or by whom the same was commanded or at what time or place he enlisted, for what term, or when or where he was discharged but is informed and believes that he continued in actual service in said war for the total three years and six months. For more particular information on the subjects connected with the enlistment and service of her said husband and the time and place of his discharge she refers to his application for a pension and the proofs and testimony and documents accompanying the same 

She further states that she was married to the said James Harbison in Chester District State of South Carolina on the 25th day of December AD 1823 by one David Jamison a Magistrate in and for said District and that her name before her said marriage was Jane Jamison that her said husband died in said Chester District State of South Carolina on the third day of August November A D 1835 and that she has been from thence hitherto and still is his widow

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pensions under the provisions of the act of Congress "to Continue half pay pensions to certain widows and orphans, approved February 3, 1853
[signed] Jane Harbison

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of April 1853,by  the above named Jane Harbison
Jas E Gordon J.P.
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State of Illinois  
Perry County 
I Nathan T. Kelley Clerk of the County Court of said County, do certify that Jas E. Gordon Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn to is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature is genuine
.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court at Pinckneyville this 18th day of April A.D. 1853
N. T. Kelley Clk Co Court,
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February 24, 1911.

Hon. William E. Cox,
House of Representatives

My dear Mr. Cox:

In response to your letter dated the 22"" and received the
23" instant, I have the honor to advise you that James Harbison was al- 
lowed pension on his application executed October 23, 1832, while a res- 
dent of Chester District, South Carolina.

He stated that he was born in 1762, in County Antrim, Ireland, arrived
at Charleston, South Carolina, December 24, 1768, and resided in Chester
District, South Carolina when he enlisted and served in the South Caro-lina troops as follows.

From November 23, 1778, in Captain John Mixon's company under Colonel
John Winn; three months,

From March 10, 1779, in same company; three months.

From July 1, 1780, in Captain John McClure's company, and was in the battles
of Rocky Mount and Hanging Rock; three months.

From May 20, 1781, under Captain Adams and Colonel Lacy and was in action
at Biggin's Bridge, Quimby's Bridge and Shubrick's Plantation; six
months, twenty-five days.

From December 23, 1781, under Captain Samuel Adams and Colonel Lacy; three
months.

Soldier married December 25, 1823, Jane Jamison in Chester District,
South Carolina, where he died November 3, 1838, and she was allowed
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Wid. File No. 17,039 --
Perry County, Illinois.
pension, Wid. File No. 17,039, on her application executed March 26,
1851, at which time she was forty-three years of age and a resident of
Perry County, Illinois.

In 1871 she resided at Pinckneyville, Illinois.

For the date of last payment of her pension application should be
made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U.S. Treasury Department,
citing all of the following data: "Jane Harbison widow of James Harbison,
Certificate No. 2,099, issued August 12, 1871, under the Act of February
3, 1853 and July 27, 1868 at the Salem, Illinois Agency."

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
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No 12.55
Jane Harbison
widow of [illegible]
                                 C.

Let to H. B. Jones
June 30 1853


Act Feby 3. 1853
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Widow Revolution 

Character of pending claim,
Claimant, Mrs Jane Harbison
Soldier, Widow of James-
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Act Feb. 3. 1853 - 2 Sec
Pensioner now on Rolls
Certificate No. 2099 
Agency at which last paid, Salem Illinois
Cause of termination Agency not given
Date of temination [illegible]
Last Paid W.E. Trask
Examiner,
Room No. 23
=========
Last paid to Mar 4/ 71
as shown by the Records of Finance Division,
complete up to
Page
Clerk.
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Forwarded to F.D. July 19. 18?1
Returned to Ex'r,
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Act 3d Feby: 1853

Revy =
__________

A [illegible] $62/ 78/100 per ann
Commencing 3d Feb 1853.
HB. Jones
Pinckneyville
Perry Co
ILL

[illegible]
[illegible] Nov '35
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In reply to your request of _____ received _____ for a statement of the military history of James Harbison a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. File 17.039

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Nov 23. 78
Mch  10 79
*July 1. 80
May 20 81
Dec 23 81

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 mos.
3 mos.
3 mos.
6 mo 25 days
3 mos.

RANK.
[none shown]

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
John Nixon
 "  "
John McLure
Adams
Samuel Adams
COLONEL.
John Winn
"  "
 "  "
Lacy
Lacy
Ray

STATE.
S. C.

Battles engaged in *Rocky Mount *Hanging Rock Biggins Bridge, Simmons Bridge, Shubrick's Plantation
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Chester Dist S.C.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 23, 1832. Allowed
Residence at date of application, Chester Dist. S.C.
Age at date of application, b. 1762 in Antrim Ireland arrived at Charleston Dec 24 1768
Remarks: Sol ma.r Chester Dist S.C. Dec. 25, 1823 Jane Jamison, he died in said Dist Nov. 3, 1835, and she was allowed pens on her appl exec Mch 26, 1851 while 43 is of age and a res. of Perry Co
Ill. in 1871 the resided at Pinckneyville the same Co
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Record Division.

March 15, 1910.

Miss Edith Sparra,
Cameron, Texas.

Madam:

In reply to your letter dated the 15" and received the 15 ultimo,
you are herewith furnished the military history of James Harbison, and
are advised, that the Revolutionary War pension records of this Bureau
fail to afford any information in regard to Samuel Frierson,
                                                                                                                                 
Very respectfully,
                                                                                                          4
Commissioner
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1853 #2099 File 17039
S.C. Line
[stamp] RECORD DIVISION FEB 23 1911
[stamp] CIONGRESSIONAL U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS FEB 23 
FEB  23 1911
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W. E. COX,
THIRD DISTRICT OF INDIANA.
____

COMMITTHEE:
POST-OFFICE AND POST-ROADS.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WASHINGTON.

To the Pension Bureau,                     Feb. 22, 1911.
Washington, D. C.

Sir:

I would like to have Bureau examine the South Carolina
pension rolls, revolutionary soldiers and see whether or not
James Harbison, a revolutionary soldier, drew a pension
from the South Carolina roll?

Respectfully Yours,

W. E. Cox
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[reverse side of letter]
[stamp] RECORD DIVISION FEB 231 1910
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Cameron Texas
Feb. 15, 1910
Pension Bureau
Washington D C
Dear Sir,

Will you kindly
give me the record of James
Harbison and Samuel Frierson
if their names
appear on the rolls
in your office for Revolutionary
service. They served from
South Carolina
Respt=
(Miss) Edith Sparrow,
Cameron,
Texas
[stamp] FEB 21 1910
[stamp] PENSION  OFFICE U.S. A FEB 19 1910
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[stamp]
RECORD
FEB
24
1911
DIVISION

[stamp]
Congressional 
FEB 24 1911
U. S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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3 -- 081.

CONGRESSIONAL.
No. [wrong #  - Rachel]
NAME OF CLAIMANT:
 Jane Harbison

P. O.
NAME OF SOLDIER
James Harbison
Co. Morgan's Reg't near [illegible]
Mill  Revolutionary             
                            Soldier
=======================
The above-named claimant is, to the best
of my knowledge and belief, a bona fide
resident of the District which I represent,
and this inquiry is not made at the request
of any pension attorney or, claim agent.

I desire to be  advised as to whether
this lady ever drew
a pension, if so, what
was her address.

W. E. Cox, M.C.
Feb 21, 1911
============================
These slips are exclusively for the use of Representa- 
tives in Congress, and when used by any other person
will not receive consideration.

Representatives will greatly aid the Bureau of Pensions
in giving them an early answer, if they will fill and use
these slips in making calls in pension cases.

J.  L.  Davenport.
Commissioner.

6-16
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Congressiml
________
3-871.
____
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
_________
Briefed by [illegible]. 23 /2' /11
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier James Harbison
Service  S. C.
Additional Service Rev.

No.   claim, State records  ,         191   
No claim, combination records,  191
no wid of soldier of S. C. serv.
or residence except
Wid.  F.17,039 &
No Rev. War Sur.
No Rejected &
W. 7707 Rachel Ind Agency
Sol. served in Va .troops.

6 -- 1944
Chief Division
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
---
File No. 17,039
Jane Harbison
Widow of 
James Harbison
Pri  Rev War
Act Feb 3rd [illegible] July 2[illegible]
Index: Vol. A, Page 312
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right side]

1910 Mch. 15. Hist to
Miss Edith Sparra
1911 Feb. 24. Hist to Hon
William E. Cox
1911 Mch 1. To Hon E. Cox,
see letter in James Harbison
W. File 7707
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Harman Stanton
Pinkneyville Ill.
Formal application
of Granny Harbinson
for S.C.
25747 file No
17.039
Pa-MilD
Capt Clinity
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Blank

Ch[illegible] Clerk
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[stamp] DIVISION OF [illegible] NOV 23 1875}
Pinckneyville Ills. November 18th 1876

Secretary of the interior
inclosed ford Old granny Harbisons
application for land warrant the old lady
is getting old and frail her pension money
is not enough to support her
she is an old neighbor of mine and
I have volenteered to write her application
there will not be any lower fee for her
to pay what work I do for her is gratus,
yours Respectfully
Harmon Stanton
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No. 332.778
ACT OF  MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Nov 23,d 1876
114.166 [illegible]
Jan 24 /77
===================
James Harbison  Priv.
Widow
Jane Harbison
Capt_ Nixon
Revolutionary War.
Col. Sumpters Reg
S. C. Line
Pinckneyville Perry Co. ILL.
Ci[illegible]10 & J  -12 - 14- 76-
admitted [illegible]
160 Acres
Jan 24 / 77
Ex
Claimant
Pinckneyville Perry Co. ILL.
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WIDOW'S BRIEF.
BOUNTY LAND.  ___________  Act of March 3, 1855.
Jane Harbison,     widow of

James Harbison
{Rank Private
{Company, Capt Nixon-
{Regiment, S.C. Mil. Rev. War.

Residence,  Pinckneyville, Perry County, and State of ILLs - 
Post Office,

Has not previously received Bounty Land Warrant, 18  ,
Attorney,   Claimant - , Fee, $           contract.
Declaration  filed Nov. 23, 1876, alleges service  as a Private - 
Company, mi  The Rev. War , from        , 18  , to
                      , 18  , and refers to evidence on file
in claim for Pension 2.099-



The Pension Claim  was admitted on service,
of 10 mos  & 25 days,    in Capt. Mixon Co S.C. Line , 
during the Rev. War
____________________________
PAROL EVIDENCE OF SERVICE.

Testimony of       , who served in Captain
[part of form was "marked" through/out "]
[part of form was "marked" through/out "]
[part of form was "marked" through/out "]
[part of form was "marked" through/out "]
[part of form was "marked" through/out "]

Claimant advised of proposed issue, and directs warrant be sent to Claimant
Admitted at 160 Acres, Jan. 9, 1877.
N. Towbridge
Examiner.

Approved at 160 Acres.
O. T.  Insdyll,
Chief  Division.
Invalid
Jany 13. 77
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BOUNTY LAND
____________
WIDOW'S BRIEF.
_____________
Clain No. 332778
Soldier, James Harbison decd
N Towbridge, Ex'r.
Room No.

Final
[illegible]


SUMMARY OF PROOF.

MARRIAGE.
The marriage of James Harbison to Jane Jamison
is shown by Testimony of David Jamison Magistrate who
performed the ceremony - date Dec 1823 -
see evidence in Pens Claim- #2099

DEATH.
Soldier was a Pensioner under Act of June 2d 1832
died Nov. 1855

WIDOWHOOD.
Proven as clt is in receipt of Pension.
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2d Sec Feb 3. 1853 & 13th Sec
Revy WAR
ACT OF JULY 27, 1868.
CLAIM FOR INCREASE OF WIDOW'S PENSION.
Supplemental to case in which certificate No. 2099 was issued Sept 24, 1853.
BRIEF in the case of Jane Harbison, Widow of James Harbison a Private of Rev War.
Resident of Perry County, and state of Illinois.
Post Office address:  Pinckneyville.
DECLARATION AND IDENTIFICATION IN DUE FORM July 10, 1871
PROOF EXHIBITED.
She applies c/a an increase of Pension from $62.78 to $96. pr. ann. under Sec 13, Act July 27, 1868.
Pension certificate No 2099 surrendered
Paid to March 4, 1897
Identity and continued widowhood, [illegible]
Agent and his P.O. address  
John Boyd, Pinckneyville, Ill.
Sec 2 Feb 3, 1853  Sec 13.
Issue certificate for 8.00 dollars per month, under acts of June 3, 1858, [crossed out] and July 27, 1868, commencing July 27, 1868, deducting former [crossed out] payments since
Wm. E. Trask, Examiner.
Passed August 1, 1871.
Approved:
J.O.J.
No Contract  Fee $10.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of James Harbison which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II Did the declarant make his 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? No
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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2
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 obtaining 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?
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct? Yes
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?
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. Yes

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 ______ months, and _____ days, I served as a ______ for ______ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.
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Declaration for Increase of Pension
under Sec 13 act July 7. 1838
No old certificate 2099
applicant Jane Harbison, widow
.
Files By
John Boyd
Pinckneyville
Illinois

[stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
JUL 10 1870
PENSION OFFICE
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State of Illinois  ss 
Perry County
On this 6th day of July AD 1871 personally appeared before me the undersigned clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid Jane Harbison aged Sixty six years a resident of Pinckneyville Perry County State of Illinois who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the identical Jane Harbison to whom was granted Pension certificate No 2099 payable at Springfield Illinois at the rate of  Sixty two Dollars and seventy eight cents per annum issued under the act of February 3d 1853 that she makes this declaration in order to secure the increase of her pension
to which she is entitled under the thirteenth section of the act of July 7th 1868 that she still remains
a widow and has not again married since the 24th day of September AD 1853 the date of her said
certificate

my post office address is Pinkneyville Perry County Illinois

And she hereby constitutes and appoints John Boyer of Pinkneyville Perry County Illinois her Attorney
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to present and prosecute this claim and authorizes him to receive and receipt for any certificate that may be issued for the same and to do any other act or thing necessary or that she might do if personally present with full power of substitution and revocation hereby countermanding all former authority that may have been given for the above specified purpose
[signed] Jane harbison

Also personally appeared William G Lesslie and Daniel Quillman residents of the County of Perry and
State of Illinois persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being by me duly sworn say that they were present and saw Jane Harbison sign her name to the foregoing
declaration and they further said that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the
applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
and they further state that they
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have no interest in the prosecution of this claim that she is still as they believe a widow that she has not again remarried since the 24th day of September AD 1853
[signed] Daniel Quillman
William G Leslie

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th day of July AD 1870 and I hereby certify that the contents of the foregoing declaration and affidavit were carefully read by me to the applicant and witnesses before subscribing their names thereto and I know the affiants to be credible persons
J. Carroll Harriss
Clerk of Co Court Perry Co Ills
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Hon Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Sir
I send you the application of Mrs. Jane Harbison widow of James Harbison deceased for a pension

The proof of her marriage is in the file in the pension office and also the application of her late husband for a pension and the proofs in support of the same to all of which she refers

Any communication from your department in the subject of Mrs. Harbison's claim should send to my address

With great respect
Your Obedient Servant
H B Jones
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South Carolina}
Chester District}  Personally appeared before James B.
Magill a magistrate in and for the
District aforesaid, David Jamison Esq. who being duly sworn
according to law, deposeth as follows.  That he was well
acquainted with James Harbison late of this district who was
a revolutionary Soldier & Pensioner of the United States, who died in
Nov. 1835, that deponent was an acting Justice of the peace
in the year 1823 and in December of that year Deponent,
Married the said James Harbison, Esq. to Jane Jamison,who
now claims a Pension from the United States, as his widow
and that Robert Jamison & Mrs. Isabella Pedan were present at the marriage of the said parties.  Deponent further
States, that the said widow Jane Harbison remained a Widow
while she remained in this State (which she left for Illinois in 1850,) and is Still a widow as far Deponent Knows &
Believes and Further that the said James Harbison and 
Jane Harbison lived together as husband and wife until 
the day of his death,
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 20th January 1857...

James B Magill Mgst David Jamerson Magistrate

We, Robert Jamison & Isabella Pedan do hereby certify that
we were present at the Marriage of Jas. Harbison & Jane Jamison,
as stated in the foregoing Affidsvit, and that the facts stated in
the said Affidavit are Substantially correct.
Robert Jamieson
Isabella Peden

And I James B. Magill Magistrate do hereby
Certify that David Jamison Esq. who makes the 
Above Deposition, Robert Jamison and Mrs. 
Isabella Pedan, who Certifies the same, are persons of good moral
Character, & that full faith & credit, is due to the Statements above
Made,
Jas B Magill, Mgst
[illegible]
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State of South Carolina
Chester District
I John Rosborough Clerk of the Court of common Pleas and General Sessions for said District, Certify that James B Macgell is and was at the time of certifying the within Depositions a lawfull acting Magistrate in & for this District and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine and that all due faith and credit are and ought to be given to his attestations as such.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this twenty second day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one and in the Seventy fifth year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America
Rosborough
Clerk of the court of Common Pleas & G.S.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW'S PENSION

I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of Feb-
ruary 3 1853,

Jane Harbison
widow of James Harbison
who was a private in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Sixty two
dollars and Seventy eight cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again
marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior,
this twenty fourth day of September
one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.

RMcClelland
Secretary of the Interior

Examined and Countersigned,
LPWaldo
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Pension Office
Sept 20/53

Sir,

Please certify the time
to which the within named
pensioner was paid; and
(if in your power) the date
of his death
Very respectfully
Your obt Servt
S. Cole.
Hon Commissioner 

F Burt Esq
3d Auditor
Present
(See other side.)



James Harbison Act 7th June 1832
$62.78 pr ann ___. Died 3d Novr 1835. Paid
to his death.

F. Burt 
Auditor
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Brief in the case of
Jane Harbison, widow of James  Harbison
Perry County and State of Illnois
act 3d February 1853.
===============================
Claim, ("original,)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband  was a pensioner under
the act of June 2. 1832,
Marrige proved by [illegible] evidence
- witness certified  to be credible
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

H B Jones, Esq
Pinckneyville 
Perry Co. Illinois
Name and residence of Agent

R Giddes
Examining Clerk.
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Planter Michanics Bank
Charleston 31 Dec 1836

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Sir
I enclose for authority from you
to pay, Voucher of Jane Harbison, widow of
James Harbison late a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832, more than 12 months having elapsed previous to his death, without
payment being demanded.

I am very Respectfully
Your Ob. Servant
A Spears
Pension Agent
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State of Illinois
County of Perry [?]

On the first day of August in the year of our lord one thousand eight
hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the County Court of this
county of Perry and state of Illinois Jane Harbison a resident of this
county and state aforesaid aged forty five years who first being duly
[?] according to law doth on her oath ----- make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the act
of Congress passed on the 3rd February 1853 granting pensions to widows
of persons who served during the revolutionary war; that she is the widow
of James Harbison deceased who was a private in the company com-
manded as she is informed and believes by Captain    [Mashismy?]
in the war of the Revolution; she further states that she does not know the
times when he entered said service or when he left the same or the names
of such of the officers (other than the Captain) under whom the service
was performed, that he resided in Chester District in the state of South
Carolina at the time he entered said service.  She further states that 
the said James Harbison in his life time received a pension
from the United States for his services which was paid to him
at the South Carolina Agency but does not know under what
act of Congress he was pensioned; she therefore refers to the [widows]
[files] in this application for a pension for proof of his service
the names and rank of the officers under whom he served
when he entered and left the service and all other matters
pertaining to the [?].
    She further declares that she was married to the said James
Harbison on the 25th day of December Eighteen hundred and
twenty three; that her said husband died ^in Chester District State of South Carolina on the third day
of November Eighteen hundred and thirty five; that she was
not married to him prior to the second of January Eighteen
Hundred, but at the time above stated.  She further declared
that she is now a widow.  Jane Harbison
Witness
John McClure
John Ayre

Sworn to and subscribed before me in open court at the court house at [Puckseyville] in the said county of Perry
& state of Illinois this 1st day of August 1853
       H.H. Strait
       Judge of the county court of said county
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State of Illinois
Perry County } SS
On this first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the County Court of the County of Perry and state of Illinois John McClure aged forty years and John Ayre aged fifty one years residents of the county and state aforesaid and where married are signed to the foregoing declaration of Jane Harbison as witnesses of the same and being first duly sworn according to law on their oaths depose and sign that they were personally well acquainted with James Harbison and Jane Harbison his wife in the state of South Carolina in the life time of the said James Harbison; that he was a pensioner of the United States for services rendered in the war of the Revolution and that the said James Harbison departed this life in the state of South Carolina on or about the third day of November AD 1835 and that Jane Harbison who made and subscribed her name to the foregoing declaration in the presence of these deponents is the identical Jane Harbison who was the wife of the said James Harbison in his lifetime and is now and has been from the time of his death to the present time his widow.
John McClure
John Ayre

State of Illinois
Perry County } s. ct. 
I Hosea Hosea H Strait Judge of the County Court in & for said county (the same being a court of record) do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit of John McClure & John Ayre was subscribed and sworn to before me in open court at the court house at Pinckneyville in said county on the 1st day of August A D 1853 and that the said John McClure & John Ayre the deponents above named are well known to me to be residents of the said County of Perry and state of Illinois, and that they are men of unquestionable credibility & veracity
H. H. Strait Judge of the County Court

State of Illinois
Perry County } s. ct.
I Nathan T Kelley clerk of the county court in and for said county do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavits
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of Jane Harbison John McClure & John Ayre were severally sworn to and subscribed by the said Jane Harbison John McClure & John Ayre respectively before the Hon. Hosea H Strait Judge of the County Court of said county in open court at the Court house at Pinckneyville in said county on the first day of August A D 1853.
I also certify that the said Hosea H Strait is and was at the time last above mentioned the Judge of said court duly elected commissioned and qualified to act as such and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine, and that the said court is a court of record.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set 
my hand and affixed the seal of
said court at office at Pinckneyville
this 4th day of August A D 1853
N. T. Kelley Clk.
Co. Courts P.C.
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BOUNTY LAND DIVISION.
(Circular No. 10.)
______________
Department of the Interior,
PENSION OFFICE.
Washington. D.6. December 14th 1876
Your claim for Bounty Land, No. 332778-   , has
been filed by Harman Stanton Pickneyville Penn
Co. Ill.
and will receive attention in its regular order.
It appears that the above-named Attorney has a power of attorney
from you, authorizing him to receive warrant for you if issued
Please advise this Office if the power of attorney was given by
you with a full knowledge of its contents and effect.

Very respectfully,
J A Bentley
Commissioner.

Mrs. Jane Harbison
Pickneyville
Perry Co Ill.
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Pickneyville, Perry County, Ills. December 29th 1876
to the Secretary of the Interior, Dear Sir
Harmon Stanton is not a Lawyer, he is an old
Neighbor of mine he has volunteered to make
application for Bounty land for me
if I am entitled to a land warrant you may
Send it to Harmon Stanton or to me which ever
will be the Handyest for you.  I will be
Sure to get it -

your most Obt. Servant
Jane Harbison

[stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE 
JAN
15
1877
INTERIOR

[stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
JAN 17 1877
PENSION OFFICE.