Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10576, Francis Carlisle, S.C.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
S. C.

Carlisle, Francis
Carlile,
Margaret

NUMBER
W. 10576

CONTENTS

This Envelope Includes
Received from GAO
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
S. C.

Carlisle, Francis
Carlile,
Margaret

NUMBER
W. 10576

CONTENTS

This Envelope Includes
Received from GAO
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
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7497
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Margaret Carlisle
widow of Francis Carlisle
who was a Pr. & Lieutenant
in the Revolution S.C.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
191 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
31st day of December 1845
and sent to Hon R Chapman
House of Representatives
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
& June 17, 1844
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 2. Page 230

Rejed
let to Hon R. Chapman Jan 27 1846
Let to Hon. Jacob Thompson March 27 '48
Papers copied and sent to Hon Jacob Thompson, H R. June 10. 1848
Letter to Hon Jacob Thompson
Jany. 24. 1849
Letter Hon W. R. W. Cobb
April 15th 1850
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the State of Alabama
Benton County
on this 21st day November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four personally appeared before the County Court of the County of Benton Margaret Carlisle who was born in the State of North Carolina in the year Seventeen hundred & Sixty and now is resident of Benton County, Alabama aged about Eighty four years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration he order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed 7th of July 1838, entitle "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"" - That she is the widow of Francis Carlisle who was a Lieutenant of Militia in the State of South Carolina during the Revolutionary war this affiant does not know whether he went out as a private or an office neither does she know he what year or month he entered the service, nor how many years he served, although this affiant saw him during the war & before her marriage in actual
Service to wit on Mill Creek in what was then called Granville [Greenville] County or District South Carolina-- most of her information was obtained from her Husband as to his service & from hearing him and other soldiers converse from the time of the war up to his death about what had happened, where he had marched what scenes he had passed through &c. She always understood that Alexander Noble was the Captain of the Militia Company, John Cochran was also an officer but cannot say what know that her Husband went to North Carolina after having volunteered In a foot company & Joined General [Daniel] Morgan
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was at the battle of the Cowpens, and as she believes in other Battles, but being old and very infirm from a stroke of Palsy can scarcely recollect any thing. Her Husband was also in a Battle with the Tories in Kettle Creek in Georgia, where he was wounded in the right thigh by a Ball which was cut out by one Dr Langdon in Abbeville district S. Carolina and which ball has been preserved by the affiant and yet in the possession of her grand children. Her Husband after being wounded was then to Fort Charlotte on Savannah River two miles below Patersburgh. He was also as she believes at Blackstocks when the skirmish took place. He was also ordered with his company down to Edisto but did not go to Charleston as the company was stationed there for a watch on the movement of the British. she also knows that he went out as a volunteer against the Cherokee Indians, at which time she believes he was captain but cannot say certain as she has forgotten much of what he told her and cannot recollect dates or what service he was first he was or generally what he stated, as her Husband has been dead about twenty seven years she knows that her Husband served several tours in different years but how long at each time or all put together she cannot say. Her husband & herself lived close to each other before marriage in S. Carolina in McGill's Creek during the war & were well acquainted with each other, and she knows of his actual service, but when, where or how long If she ever did know, has now forgotten-
Her Husband died on the 27th of December 1814 in Abbeville District S. Carolina 10 miles from
Petersburgh & 14 miles from Abbeville on the same farm that he lived upon during the Revolutionary war. She also recollect, that when
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South Carolina was supposed to be subdued that her whig neighbors went to give up their guns to
one Andrew Macomb a Tory officer commissioned to receive their guns.  That Col John Cochran some of the McCluskys & others together with her
Husband after they came upon the ground refused to give them up & after firing them into the air made their escape and went into North
Carolina to join the army under Genl Morgan as she believes. Her Husband had commission
Lieutenant during the war and she is not certain but a Captain also, but she cannot say whether his captains commission was before or just at the close of the war - the commissions are still in existence as she believes. But she does not know whether her Son Frances H. Carlisle of Mississippi has them or whether Lewis Wordlaw Esq of abbeyville District or whether they are deposited at Columbia
the State house, whether they were sent as the affiant believes to obtain a pension from the date which she has been drawing many years as the widow of Francis Carlile a Revolutionary soldier - she was married on the Seventeenth day of
December Seventeen hundred and Eighty two on an Island near or at the Cherokee ford on Savannah River to Francis Carlile. This was one to evade the expense of a License which was then to be paid in South Carolina and also marriage fees-- she was married by John Cunningham Esquire a Justice of the Peace living in Georgia
in the County opposite the River. If there is any Record of the Marriage she has never heard of it. they had an old family Bible but there was no
family record of Either marriages or births ever kept as far in this affiant knows
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the witnesses have been dead many years. that were present at the marriage except- James Carlisle who died in the year 1842 in April but whose affidavit with the other proof is on file he the Records of South Carolina Deposited either at Abbeyville or Columbia and upon which evidence your affiant has been drawing a pension from the state for nearly seven years. She having lived until the last two years in the same district (since she was removed by her father & where she was born) & married (for near Eighty two years) could establish by reputation the marriage through almost every settler in the District and also the general reputation of her Husband as a Revolutionary soldier - 
although she knows of no Individual now alive who can expressly prove either fact.  Except she can prove his service by one John Harris of Pickens District S. Carolina who served with her Husband & who lost his eye in a battle at McGowans ferry where both were present. She heard, that two years
ago he was alive but from poverty, age and being crippled with the palsy would be unable to procure
his testimony at this distance even if he were living-- she believes that all the facts she has stated
have been proved & recorded somewhere in S. Carolina. Establishing the marriage, Service, and Revolutionary movements of the Husband both as to time place of & movement. of all which she never knew or a very great deal and what she did know, now remembers so indistinctly as to be fearful of even making affidavit of the same. - She therefore solicits that copies of the proofs & Record made in South Carolina may be admitted to establish all the necessary facts except identity of person as she believe every thing was fully proved and in most case by persons actually
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in the service with her deceased Husband service being established fully by reputation in the
neighbourhood where they both had resided almost since infancy - this affiant further says that she
now resides with her only daughter in Alabama. Having been removed in her bed on a wagon away from her former residence to Benton County Alabama. that she is unable even to walk and that therefore she is unable to go about & obtain the necessary proof except so for as the can do it by the Charity of others - she further declares that she was married as above stated on the (17th) Seventeenth of December 1782 to the said Francis Carlisle and that from the said Seventeen hundred and Eighty two - Seventeenth of December in which they were mrrnied they had lived together as man and wife until the twenty Seventh of December Eighteen hundred and fourteen, at which time the said Frances Carlisle Died. that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service. that he did not serve against the British any more after his marriage - although she is not certain whether he may not have saved one tour against the Cherokee after that time. But even of this she cannot recollect positively one way or the other the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four is at the time above stated. This affiant further says that there was Licenses granted in Georgia when she was married as far as she ever heard, neither has she ever been married since the Death of her husband, but has remained a widow from that day unto this
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this affiant upon recollection thinks & believes that her husband served altogether more than a year if not two-- But is not positive - she further says, that through friends she has endeavored to procure the Evidence from South Carolina, establishing all fact, but that she has only procured
the Certificates & evidence hereto attached, the proof upon which the South Carolina pension  was obtained not being forwarded. except so far, as shewing how long he served as a private & how long as an officer - this affiant drew thirty Dollars a year whilst she lived in South Carolina - and that she now living with her daughter & only child as far as she know certainly
[signed] Margaret X Carlisle her mark
Sworn to and subscribed this 21st day of November one thousand Eight hundred and forty four before me as Judge of Benton County Court, at her own residence
E T Smith Presiding Judge of the County court of Benton County Ala
Charles Lewis
J. H. Grant


State of Alabama 
Benton County
Personally appeared before me E. T. Smith presiding Judge &c, Lawrence Brock [illegible] Charles Lewis, who being sworn, says that they are personally acquainted with John C. Harris and Robert Foster, and that they are men of undoubted veracity and character, and that their statements are entitled to be believed any where-- these affiants having known them for many years, these affiants
further say that Martha Foster wife of the said Robert & Elanor wife of the said John C are by
general reputation of unquestionable veracity and their statement, of equal weight with their Husband and who rank amongst our most moral, substantial & Honest Citizens

Sworn to & subscribed this 21st November 1844
E T Smith Presiding Judge of the County Court of Benton County Ala
J Forney
Charles Lewis
Lawrence Brock
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State of Alabama
Benton County
Be it known, that before me James L. Lewis Presiding Judge of Benton County Court personally appeared Robert Foster & Martha Foster his wife and made oath in due form of Law that the said Martha is the Daughter of Margaret Carlisle to whom this Pension Certificate was expired-- that the said Margaret Carlisle, (the identical person to whom this certificate of pension expired and who was the wife of Francis Carlisle of Abbeyville S. Carolina) was her mother & the said Frances Carlisle her Father and that her mother died on the 20th day of May Eighteen hundred and forty five in Benton County, Ala the following is a true copy of the Certificate which was sent to C' Lewis for  deponent after full proof of her being the Daughter of the persons aforesaid, and as for as known the only child living-

War Department
Widows Pension

I certify, that in conformity with the act of March 1843 & June 17th 1844 Margaret Carlisle of Alabama Widow of Francis Carlisle who was a private and Lieutenant in the Revolution and died on the 27th day of December 1814 is Inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of one hundred
and ninety one Dollars and thirty two cents per annum commencing on the 4th March 1843 and
terminating on the 4th of March 1848 unless the pensioner shall remarry or die before the last
mentioned date in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death - 

Given at the war office of the United States this 31st day of December one thousand Eight hundred and forty five.
W.L. Marcy Secretary of War
Examined & countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

numbered (7497), payment, to be made at Tuscaloosa by J.H. Dearing Esq. Agent for paying
pensioner, in the agency of Tuscaloosa payable on the 4th of September and 4th March. Recorded
in the Pension office in Book A Vol 2nd Page 250
D. Brown Clerk
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that the deceased pensioner resided for the last three years in Benton County Alabama previous
to her death and that before her removal she resided for Eight years or upwards In Abbeville
District S. Carolina, and that her mother never married after the date of her pension as commencing
in 1843, - nor up to her death and that she was never married but the once and that to Francis
Carlisle aforesaid, and further that her mother died on the 20th day of May 1845
[signed] Margaret X Foster her mark
Robert Foster
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29th day of January 1846
J L Lewis Judge
C Lewis
Martha Scott

Know all men by these presents that we Robert Foster and Martha Foster his wife of the County
of Benton and State of Alabama the latter the Daughter of Margaret & Francis Carlisle on Revolutionary pension of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint Charles Lewis our true and lawful attorney for us and in our name to receive from the Agent for paying Pension, at Tuscaloosa in the State of Alabama this Pension from the 4th of March 1843 to 20th day of May
1845 being the day of her death-- witness my Hand and seal this 29 day of January 1846
Martha X Foster her mark
Robert Foster
Sealed & delivered In presence of
Jno L Lewis Judge CC
Martha Scott
Robert A Foster

State of Alabama
Burton County
Be it known that before me James D Lewis Judge of the County Court aforesaid on the 29th day of January 1846 personally appeared Robert Foster & Martha Foster his wife above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be their act and deed In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above mentioned
J L Lewis Judge
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State of Alabama
Burton County
Be it known that on the 29 day of January 1846 before the Subscriber Judge of the County Court
aforesaid personally appeared Charles Lewis the Attorney named in the foregoing power of Attorney and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any sale transfer or mortgage of the said Pension or arrears of pension therein authorized to be received by him
[signed] Charles Lewis
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year last above mentioned before me
John L. Lewis Judge CC

State of Alabama
Benton County
I, Matthew M. Houston Clk of the County Court of Benton Do hereby certify. that satisfactory Evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Margaret Carlisle was a pensioner of the United States as widow of Francis Carlisle at the rate of one hundred & ninety one Dollars and thirty two Cents per annum, that the said Margaret was resident at Burton County Alabama and died near Jacksonville on the 20th day of May 1845 and that she left one Daughter only, as the only child of the said Francis Carlisle & Margaret Carlisle and further that the said Margaret Carlisle never married after the death of her said Husband Francis and that she died on the 20th day of May 1845.

I also certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Robert and wife, and know some of the fact from my own knowledge & also that the witnesses whose affidavits are attached are men of credit & veracity and that full :to wit: Robert Foster & wife, John Harris, Charles Lewis, Charles Martin, Eleanor Harris, Charles Lewis, Martha C. Scott, Ruth Foster, Eliza Foster
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reliance can be placed on their statements that the Identity of Margaret Carlisle and Martha  Foster with the pension certificate and fully established

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office this 29th 
day of Jany 1846
M. M. Houston Clk
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No  6

Margaret Carlile

3rd March 1843
&
17 June 1844.

1843 --  $191.32


1844 --  $229.28

1    - [illegible]
Ala
Tuscaloosa
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State of Alabama 
Benton County
Before me  James L. Lewis Judge of the County Court aforesaid personally appeared Charles Levin of the said County who being duly sworn says, that he drew out the original Pension papers for Mrs. Margaret Carlisle and that after her death (which took place May last), he drew out the supplemental paper to establish Mrs. Martha Foster wife of Robert Foster as the only child of Francis  & Margaret Carlisle the Pensioner, that the pension certificate was enclosed to him, He knows that the said Martha Foster is the Identical Lady upon proof of whose being the child of the said Margaret the certificate [illegible] She also further says that he resided within or seven miles of where Mrs. Carlisle lived & died and that she had not married for the last three years previous to her death
[signed] Charles Lewis
Sworn to & subscribed this 29 day of January 1846 before me
J. L Lewis Judge CC

State of Alabama
Benton County
Personally appeared before me James L. Lewis presiding Judge of the County Court, John Harris and Eleanor Harris who each being duly sworn depose and say  John Harris says that he was acquainted with Mr Margaret Carlisle and with Robert Foster and Martha Foster his wife in Abbeyville S. Carolina 
that he has known them for 25 years that Mrs. Martha Foster In the Daughter of Francis and Margaret
Carlisle and as far as he knows their only child that Mrs. Carlisle died on the 20th day of May 1845 and was never married previous to her death but the one time to Francis Carlisle-- He knows personally
that Mrs. Foster & the identical person proved to
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have been the child and Daughter of Margaret Carlisle the pensioner and upon which proof after the Pensioners death the certificate expired & Eleanor Harris says that she was also acquainted with Mrs. M. Carlisle and Robert Foster her son in law and Martha Foster her Daughter and only child living, as far as deponent knows. That she knew them 24 years in South Carolina & since then Residence in Alabama - that Margaret Carlisle Died on the 20th day of May 1845 in Benton County and that she did not many again after the death of her first Husband Frances Carlisle she knows Martha Foster to be the Identical person now making application for the pension money as only
child of the Identical Margaret Carlisle to whom this certificate expired
[signed] Eleanor Harris
Sworn to & subscribed this 29th day of January 1846 before
J L Lewis Judge CC

Personally appeared before James L. Lewis Judge &c  Robert A. Foster Jun. Martha C. Scott, Eliza Jane Foster & Charles M. Martin who being duly sworn say that they were acquainted with Mrs. Margaret Carlisle who Died on the 20th day of May 1845 (and who was said to be the widow of Francis Carlisle), and who was the Identical person to whom this Pension Certificate expired -  they are acquainted with Robert Foster and Martha Foster his wife & have been for some years they say that she is the  daughter of the Pensioner Margaret Carlisle or they have always heard & believe they know of no other child but
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now living of the said Francis & Margaret Carlisle the Pensioner and further that the said Margaret
Carlisle, was not married again after the death of her first husband (as they have always understood
and believed before they became acquainted with the family), and as they know of their own knowledge she has not been married since their acquainted the three first having been acquainted with Mr. & Mrs. Carlisle for twenty years or more
[signed] Martha Scott
Robert A Foster
Eliza Jane Foster
Charles M Martin
Sworn to & subscribed this 29 day of Jany 1846 before me
J L Lewis CC

State of Alabama 
Benton County
I James L. Lewis presiding Judge of Benton County Court do hereby certify that M. M. Houston Clerk of the said Court, that his attestation is in due form, his signature genuine, and that full faith is due his official act as such. That the witnesses & applicant for the Pension money are persons of a high credit & veracity as any in our County. That I am perfectly satisfied (& the same fully proved), that Mrs. Margaret Carlisle to whom this certificate issued was the Mother of Mrs. Martha Foster & the only child living of her & Francis Carlisle - That Margaret Carlisle never married after the death of her first Husband, Francis Carlisle that Margaret Carlisle died on the 20th of May 1845. That the identity of Margaret Carlisle and Martha Foster, with this certificate are fully established, as the person to whom the same issued - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand as Judge aforesaid this 29th of January 1846
J.L. Lewis Judge

the signatures of the parties & witness to application
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and power of attorney are all genuine

Witness my hand & seal this 25 Feby 1846
Jas L. Lewis             SEAL
Judge CC
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No 6
Margaret Carlile
3rd March 1843 &
17 June 1844
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Pension Agency Tuscaloosa Ala
March 6th 1846

Received of Jas H Dearing Agent for paying pensions Four Hundred and Twenty dollars & fifty cents. For two years and two months & fifteen days pension due to Margaret Carlisle and which is payable to her only surviving child Martha Foster from the 4 March 1843 to the 20th May 1845 for which I have signed duplicate receipts
---
Charles Lewis attorney of Martha Foster & (Robert Foster her husband) only child of Margaret Carlisle

$420-50
short paid on this dept
at agency $3.02
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Rev WIDOW, &c.
______
File No. 10.576
Margaret Carlisle
Widow of 
Francis Carlisle
Lt Rev. War
_____
Act: March 3d / 43
Index:--Vol. A, Page 117
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Alabama 9798.
====================
Margaret Carlisle
Widow of Francis Carlisle
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died on the 27 December 1814
of Putnam Co in the State of Alabama
who was a Pr. & Lieut. in the company
commanded by Captain Noble of the
regt. commanded by.     in
the S. Carolina Militia line for 2 mos. & 6 days Pri
                                                      13    "     & 12   "     Lt
=================================
Inscribed on the Roll of Tuscaloosa
at the rate of 191 Dollars 32
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836.
=================================
Certificate of Pension issued the 31st  day of
December 1845 and sent to Hon R.
Chapman, House of Representatives
=================================
Total amount,                             =========
                                                       $
                                                        =========

                                [Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown.    Clerk,
Book D.    Vol.  1.     Page 329

[illegible]
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Margaret Carlisle
widow of Francis
Carlisle,
Private 2 mo. 6 days
Lieut. 13 mo. 12 days
$191.33 per annum commence
4 March '36
Acts
1838     }
1843 & } 
1844      }

8303
   423

____
married 17 Dec. 1782
husband died 1814
___
Alabama Roll.            }
Tuscaloosa Agency }
_____
_____
Cert: to
Hon. R. Chapman
H. Reps
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Margaret Carlisle wid of Francis
Ala Act. 7 July 1838, 43 & 44 $191.32
Be pleased to give me such information as will enable me to answer the enclosed letter, 
state the amount paid and the name of the child or children to whom it was made
G C A

Pension Office
March 22 1848
Act 1838 $

$1379-10/100 in full payment to Charles Lewis as attorney of Martha Foster only child
of Margaret Carlisle
March 23d 48 H.K. R
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To the Hon the House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina The humble Petition of Margaret Carlisle the widow of Francis Carlisle Decd I herewith that your petitioner's husband was a soldier in the war of the revolution and bore arms in the service of the State of South Carolina to maintain the liberties of his country & to achieve the Independence of the United States. Your Petitioners husband performed various tours of duty. In the year 1777 he served in a detachment of mounted militia in the service of this State ordered to Keowee in Capt Alexr Noble's Company under the command of Col [William] Williamson in 1778 he did duty in the service of the State in the same company & under the command of the same Colo in what was then called the New purchase in Georgia he was in the Battle of Kettle Creek fought on the 14th February 1779 attached to the company of Capt Alexr Noble and under the command of Col [Andrew] Pickens & was wounded in that battle
Your petitioner further states that her husband died in 1844 leaving your petitioner and two children
in indigent circumstances - nevertheless your petitioner forbore to ask the assistance of her country
while she could labor for
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own subsistence. But now the weight of 78 years with a decrepitude, which has rendered her almost helpless admonishes her that her strength has departed from her never to return, and that in the destitution of all means of support except a very old negro man, she must cast her eyes up to that country which has never withheld the hand of liberality from the claims of a bloodstained old soldier or his famishing widow-- Your petitioner prays that she may be placed on the Pension Roll, and as in duly bound & Co--
17th November 1835.
[signed] Margaret Carlisle

South Carolina
Abbeville District
I do hereby certify that James Carlisle did come personally before me the being duly sworn saith on
oath that from his own personal knowledge that Francis Carlisle did bear arms in the State of South Carolina in the defence of the United States in the Revolutionary war,
[signed] James Carlisle

Given under my hand and seal this 3d November 1835.
Wm C. Cazby J. P.
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The State of
South Carolina
Anderson District-
Personally appeared before me an acting Notary Public Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson & being duly sworn declares on oath that she was well acquainted with the above named Francis Carlile & was present when he was married to Margaret McGill which marriage took place in the year 1780 or 1781 this deponent cannot declare which year certainly and that Margaret Carlile now resident in Burton County in the State of Alabama, is the identical person who was married to the said Francis Carlisle at the time above specified
[signed] Elizabeth Thompson
Sworn to & subscribed this twelfth of Sept. 1844
Before me J. N. Whitner
Not. Pub. Ex off: Mag:

The State of South Carolina
Anderson District-
Personally appeared William Carlile before me & being duly sworn declares on oath that he was well acquainted with the above named Francis Carlile his uncle during his life time & his wife Margaret Carlile now his widow residing in Burton County State of Alabama. they were living together as man & wife as far back as this Deponent can recollect at least thirty five years ago. This Deponent always understood to her maiden name was McGill & that his uncle Frances Carlile was married but once & knows that Margaret Carlile now of Benton, Alabama in the same identical person.
[signed] William Carlile
Sworn to & subscribed this 12th Sept. 1844
Before me J. N. Whitner Not Pub & Ex. off. Maj.

I certify that Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson & Rev. Wm Carlile are well known to me & have been for many years & are of undoubted veracity 
J. N. Whitner Not Pub

The State of South Carolina
Anderson District- I Elijah Webb Clerk of the Court of Gen Sessions & Com. Pleas for Anderson District aforesaid that Joseph N Whitner is a Notary Public & Ex off Magistrate as above & that the
foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office & Subscribed my name this 12 Sept. 1844
Elijah Webb
Clerk of Court of Sess & Com Pleas
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Indent Book K page 207 No 1
Issued 6th January 1785 to Mr. Francis Carlisle for One Hundred and eighty four pounds three shillings and six pence three farthings, Sterling for Militia duty pr Capt. Nobles pay bill, as a Lieutenant also for duty pr Col Anderson return in 1779-1781 & 1782 per account audited.
£ 184.36¾ Sterling

The State of S. Carolina
No. 2 Dr to Francis Carlisle
For 66 days as a private in 1779 pr Capt Nobles pay bill  £ 33.0.0
407 days duty as Lieut pr Captain R. Catter pay bill 17 April 1781 to 22 Octo 1782 performed alternately 457 £ 1118.5.0
Duty besides pr  Col Anderson return 138.0.0
Currency £ 1289.5.0
Sterling £ 184.3.6¾ 

Comptroller General Office
Columbia So Ca 27 August 1844
I do hereby certify that the above memorandum marked A is a true copy taken from the margin of Indent Book K page 207, deposited in this office. And that No 2 is a true copy of the account referred to, (and audited) in the said Memorandum
William Laval
Comp Genl
by B. Hart -
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Dec 15 45.
Addl to case
Margaret Carlisle
____
free Revol
J L Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington City

Hon R. Chapman
H. R.
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11541
Margaret Carlisle
Ala
Act July 7th 38
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John R. Wilson Esquire
Abbeville C. House
South Carolina
mail
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Pension office
____________
10
J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
Dis - of Colum _

Sept 25 '45
Cav
Margt, Carlisle
Ala Suspd

[illegible postal stamp]
ackson
SEP
Al
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Payment to be made at
Tuscaloosa.   by
J. H. Dearing, Esqr
Agent for paying Pensions, in the
Agency of Tuscaloosa
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March
Record in the Pension Office, in
Book A. Vol. 2. Page 230.
D. Brown,
Clerk.
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[envelope]
Anderson Co So Ca
April 14th 1844   25c

Mr. Robert Foster
Jacksonville P. O.
State of Alabama
Care of C Davis

Mail
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State of South Carolina Abbeville District
Personally appeared before me, Mrs Sarah Lydall and being sworn as the law directs sayeth on oath, that she was well acquainted with the within named Francis Carlisle knows that he was the husband of Margaret Carlisle, (who is now a resident of Benton County, Alabama State), that she has some recollection of the time they were married, knows that they lived together as man & wife up to the death of Francis Carlisle, Sworn to & Subscribed this 17th day of September 1844
[signed] Sarah Liddell
Before Samuel Reid Magistrate

State of South Carolina Abbeville District
Personally appeared before me Mrs. Isabella Miller and being sworn sayeth on oath that he was well acquainted with the within named Francis Carlisle, that she boarded at the house of the same knows that he was the husband of Margaret Carlisle (who is now a resident of Benton County Alabama State) knows that they lived together as man & wife up to the death of Francis Carlisle
[signed] Isabella Miller
Sworn to & Subscribed this 17th day of September 1844
Samuel Reid Magistrate

State of South Carolina
Abbeville District
I Thomas P Spieren acting Deputy Clerk of the Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas for the district & State aforesaid and fully authorized in the absence of John F. Livingston Esq Clerk of the said Court to certify and authenticate all matters incident to or emanating from the said Office, do hereby certify to all to whom it may concern that Samuel Reid before whom Sarah Liddell and Isabella Miller appeared, and deposed or made affidavit as above stated, is a magistrate legally appointed and qualified, and as such due faith and credit are and ought to be given to all his official acts and attestations, and that the signatures above purporting to be his are genuine. and by the proper Officer. Given under my hand and Seal of Office at Abbeville Courthouse this twenty fifth
day of September One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight
Thos Spieren
Deputy Clerk
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October Term 1845
22nd Oct 1845
Personally appeared in open Court James Simpson aged Eighty two years and a Pensioner of the Revolution from South Carolina originally - who being duly sworn say that he was acquainted with
Francis Carlisle of Abbeville S. Carolina, a Revolutionary soldier - That his acquaintance commenced 1785 with him. He also knew his wife Margaret Carlisle and says that they were then married or
that they married shortly after but to his belief that they were then married. He has had an acquaintance with them ever since that time at intervals. He further says, that they was married previous to 1794- Francis Carlisle was always Esteemed & reputed as a soldier of the Revolution, and this he heard at the close of the war when none but Whigs could pass themselves off for true soldiers- he has often conversed with him on the subject before his death and believes, that he was as much a soldier as any that ever received a pension
[signed] James Simpson
sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid on the 22d October 1845 in open Court
James Crow Clerk
Burton Circuit Court

I Do hereby certify that James Simpson is a man of high character, and his affidavit is fully entitled to belief as any man in this County without any exception
James Crow Clerk
at Burton County
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In open Court
on the affidavit of M. M. Houston Clerk of the County Court W H Estell Esq Register for Chancery Charles Lewis Esq & William J Willis Sheriff of Benton I hereby certify that James Simpson, a Revolutionary Pensioner is a Gentleman of credit & veracity and that full reliance may be placed in his
affidavit. that James Crow whose signature is attached is Clerk and his attestation is in due form Lincoln Clark Judge

House of Representatives Washington City
Decr 27th 1845. 
I Reuben Chapman one of the Representatives in Congress from the State of Alabama do certify that James Crow who has made the foregoing certificates as Clerk of the Circuit Court of Benton County in said State was at the Dates therof, Clerk as aforesaid duly elected & commissioned to act as such
and that his signature is genuine
Reuben Chapman
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Benton Circuit Court
Oct. 22nd 1845
In open Court at October 1845 Presiding the Honorable Lincoln Clark in the Sixth Judicial circuit personally appeared William Cunningham Esquire, of the same County who being duly sworn, says that he was well acquainted with Mrs. Margaret Carlisle, the widow of Frances Carlisle of
Abbeville District S. Carolina, and the applicant for a pension, and who died in May 1845. he had an acquaintance with her family for twenty years, and knows that Martha Foster the wife of Robert Foster of Benton County Alabama is the only Daughter of the said Frances Carlisle and Margaret his wife and
that he knows of no other child at this time live of the said deceased applicant - sworn to and subscribed in he open Court the day and year aforesaid
[signed] William Cunningham
James Crow
Clerk of Benton
Circuit Court

I James Crow Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Burton do hereby that the foregoing affidavit was duly made and attested to in open Court, and that William Cunningham Esquire of this County is a man of unimpeachable integrity and that his statements are entitled to the
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fullest credit - in testimony of all which I have hereunto set my hand and seal(private) there being no Publick seal of office- at office this 2nd day of October 1845 in Open court
James Crow Clerk

State of Alabama
Benton  County
In open court October session 1845
I Lincoln Clark presiding Judge of the Circuit Court aforesaid do hereby certify that James Crow is the Clerk of the court aforesaid. That his signature is genuine, that full faith and credit is due his official acts as such, and that William Cunningham Esq is a man of undoubted credit & compliance.  

Witness my hand as presiding judge of the court aforesaid
Lincoln Clark
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State of Alabama
Benton County
October 1845
Personally appeared before me Daniel Anderson a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid, Martha Foster who being duly sworn says that she is the wife of Robert Foster the within deponent, that she is the Daughter, and only child now living as far as she knows of Margaret Carlisle and Francis Carlisle late of Abbeville District South Carolina that Margaret Carlisle is the identical person (and widow of James Carlisle) who made the application in for a pension (or pay) as widow of the said Francis Carlisle and now before the Department at Washington that her mother died on the 20th of May 1845 - Sworn and subscribed before me this 22d day of Octr 1845
[signed] Martha X Foster her mark
Daniel Anderson Justice of the Peace

State of Alabama 
Benton County
Personally appeared before me Daniel Anderson a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid
Caroline Williamson John C. Harris and Eleanor Harris who being duly sworn say Martha Foster, wife of Robert Foster the Daughter of Margaret Carlisle, widow of Francis Carlisle of Abbeville South Carolina and the applicant for a pension that they do not know, that at any other child at the time of the said Margaret and Francis Carlisle is living-- and they further say that
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they were acquainted with the person
shown named he south Carolina, for many years
and now live near them he Alabama
-
Sworn to & subscribed this 22d day of October
1845
-
Daniel Anderson
Justice of the Peace
John C Harris
Eleanor Harris
State of Alabama
Benton County
Oct 22nd 1845
I M. M. Houston Clerk of
the County Court of Benton County do hereby
certify by that Daniel Anderson of White Plains
In this Court & or regular acting Justice
of the Peace for said County that his attestation to the two preceding affidavit are genuine and that full faith & credit and
due his official acts as such - I further
certify that from personal acquaintance
that Mrs. Martha Foster, John
C. Harris and Mrs Eleanor Harris are
persons of truth and Credibility. In witness
whereof I have hereunto attached my hand
and seal of office at office the day
and year aforesaid
M. M. Houston
Clerk of Benton County Court
James L. Lewis
presiding
Judge of the
County Court of Benton do hereby certify that
M. M. Houston & Clerk of the Court aforesaid
that his signature is genuine and that the
witnesses he the affidavits and reputed &
esteemed persons 
[illegible]Oct 22 1845
J. L. Lewis Judge CC
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State of Alabama Benton County
Oct term of the Circuit Court
Oct 21st 1845.
Personally appeared in open Court, Robert Foster, who being duly sworn deposes and says that he married martha Carlile only Daughter of Francis Carlile and Margaret Carlile of Abbeville District South Carolina- that he was married in 1802 forty three years since.  He further say that he knows of no other child at this time alive of the said Francis & Margaret but his said wife - He further depose-- that she is the Daughter of the Identical Margaret Carlile who has made the application for a pension, or pay as the widow of Francis Carlile
a Revolutionary Soldier and who has
died on the 20th of July 1845
s/ Robt Foster
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid
test James Crow Clk circuit court for Burke Cty
Personally appeared in open Court in the same day and time Charles M. Martin, Robert A. Foster, 
John H. Burton who being duly sworn say that they acquainted with Margaret Carlile, Robert Foster and Martha Foster his wife that
Martha Foster is the Daughter of Margaret Carlile the applicant for pension and widow of Francis Carlile of Abbeville South Carolina
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they know of no other child living but
the said Martha Foster. Sworn and subscribed in open Court this 21st of October 1845
Attest James Crow Clerk of Benton Circuit Court
Charles M Martin
Robert Foster
John H Burton
I James Crow Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County and State aforesaid do here by Certify that the foregoing affidavits were duly taken
and attested in open Court. Witness my hand and private seal (there being no official seal) of office at office this 21st of October 1845
James Crow Clk
I Lincoln Clark presiding Judge of the
Circuit Court of Benton, do hereby certify that James Crow is Clerk of the Court aforesaid that his signature is genuine- and that he has no official seal, and his attestation, In law Due for me - I further certify that Robert
Foster, Charles M. Martin Robert A Foster and John H. Burton are due of credit and veracity. In open Court Oct 21st 1845
Lincoln Clark
Judge &c
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2nd
In the House of Representatives December 10, 1835
The Committee on Pensions to whom was referred the petition of Margaret Carlisle beg leave to report. That they have considered the same and respectfully recommend that the Petitioner be placed on the pension roll of this State and that she be authorized to draw from the Treasury the sum of thirty dollars annually-
Resolved, That the House do agree.
Ordered to the Senate for concurrence By order of the House
James V. Miles C.H.R.

In Senate 18th December 1835,
Resolved, That the Senate do concur
Ordered, it be returned to the House of Representatives.
By order of the Senate
Jacob Warley, C. S.

Secretary Office
Columbia 21 March 1845
I certify the foregoing to be a true copy from the printed Report & Resolutions of the Journals of the Legislature passed in 1835
Given under my hand and the seal of of the State the day and year above written
W. C. Arthur
Dep Sec of State
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The State of South Carolina SS.
Anderson District
Personally appeared before me A. O. Norris one of the Magistrates of the State and district aforesaid Mrs. Elizabeth Thomson and made oath in due form of law deposeth that she knew that Francis & Margaret Carlisle was certainly living together as man and wife before the first of January 1794, Because that the deponent herself was married in the year 1789 and at that time Francis & Margaret Carlisle were living together and that they had two living offspring a son and daughter, and that she in them as such untill the death of the former and well knew the widow Margaret Carlisle ever since his death and that she has not been married since her husbands death
[signed] Elizabeth Thompson
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th day of April A D. 1865 -
A. O. Norris M.A.D.

State of South Carolina 
Anderson District
I Elijah Webb Clerk of the Court of Sessions and common pleas do hereby Certify that A O Norris whose signature is attached to the above affidavit is an acting Magistrate in and for Anderson
District & State aforesaid and that all due faith and Credit ought and should be given to all his acts and attestations as such Given under my hand and seal of office this 7th day of April A.D. 1845
Elijah Webb
C.C. A.D
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The State of South Carolina
I D. C. Wardlaw one of the Law Judges of the said State and in turn presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and General
Sessions for Anderson District in the said State, do hereby certify that Elijah Webb Esquire, whose signature
in his own handwriting and attached by his seal of office is subscribed to the within certificate is now & at the date of the said Certificate was Clerk of the County aforesaid for
Anderson District aforesaid: that all due faith & credit should be given to his official attestation as such Clerk,
and that the said certificate is in due form and by the proper offices.
Given under  my hand at Abbeville in
the said State the ninth day of April A D 1845.
D. L. Wardlaw
___________
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State of Alabama Benton County  10th
Personally Appeared before John M. House J.P. for Benton County & State above written Mrs. Susannah Cunningham who being duly sworn saith that She is Sixty three years of age; & that she was well acquainted with Francis Carlisle & Margaret his wife & knew them as man & wife about thirty five years since & Resided near them in the Settlement of [illegible] I was more intimately acquainted with Mrs. Foster the Daughter of Major & Mrs. Carlile & has been acquainted with the family ever since. i know them & where they live & know that there is not the shadow of a doubt but that this applicant is the Identical wife of Francis Carlisle formerly of Abb District So Ca but who now lives in Benton Ala on Rotaquilla Creek 2 miles above the White Plains with her son in law Daughter Mr & Mrs Foster & further I have heard it said that the Major was a Soldier of the Revolution
[signed[ Susannah Cunningham
Sworn to before me this April 19th 1845
John M House
Justice of the Peace

State of Alabama
Benton County
I Matthew M.  Houston Clerk of Benton County Court hereby certify that John House is an acting
Justice of the Peace for Benton County-- that the above signature is his & genuine that full faith and
credit are due to his official act as such.  I further certify that I am personally acquainted with William Cunningham Esq. and Susannah his wife & who did the above affidavit. that they are among the most respected and creditable of our citizens, and that her affidavit is entitled to full credit & belief-- Witness my hand & Seal office, at office this 19th of Apl 1845-
M. M. Houston Clk
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State of Alabama
Benton County
I John L. Lewis Presiding Judge of Benton County Court hereby certify that M. M. Houston Clerk
of the Court aforesaid, that his signature is genuine and attestation is in due form and that full faith Is due his official acts as such

I also certify that from the information of respectable citizens, I have no doubt, but the within
affiant, with whom I am not personally acquainted is entitled to full credit and belief-- witness my hand & seal as presiding Judge of the County aforesaid
J. L. Lewis Judge CC

Hon J.L. Edwards
Through the Hon A. Burt of S. Carolina, I enclose the additional Evidence in the case of Mrs. Carlisle any communication or decision will be made to me
addressed to Charles Lewis, Jacksonville Benton County Alabama
-
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South Carolina.
Abbeville District   8th
Personally appeared before me Joseph Lesley of the district aforesaid and after being duly sworn sayeth on oath that he was well acquainted with Francis Carlisle who formerly lived in the District of Abbeville, he further states that himself & Francis Carlisle was in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution, and that the wife of the said Francis Carlisle was named Margaret, Sworn to & Subscribed his this fourth day of April 1845 
[signed] Joseph Lesley
Before J H Baskin Magistrate

So. Carolina Abbeville District,
Personally appeared before me Sarah Lydell, of the District of Abbeville and being sworn sayeth on oath that she is the sister of Margaret Carlisle, which is mentioned in the deposition of Mr Lesley above, she knows certainly that she was married to Francis Carlisle who was engaged in the
Revolutionary war she states that she cannot now recollect the precise date of the marriage but is very certain it was previous to the year 1794 Seventeen Hundred Ninety four, she knows that the said Margaret & Francis Carlisle lived together as man & wife up to the time of the death of Francis Carlisle and that Margaret Carlisle who is now living in Benton County Alabama State is the identical person alluded to above Sworn to & Subscribed this 7th day of April 1845
[signed] Sarah Lydell
Before Samuel Reid Magistrate
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So Carolina Abbeville District, Personally appeared before me
James H. Baskins of the District aforesaid and being sworn sayeth on oath that he was Tax Collector for the District of Abbeville for several years, and that it was the practice of
the Treasurer of the State to authorise him to pay the State Pensioners of the district annually and during the time he was in office, Margarett Carlile was placed on the Pension Roll of the State, and that
he paid her annually the sum of Thirty dollars out of the funds which he collected for the use of the State, by orders drawn on him from the Treasurer of the State the further states that the said Margaret
Carlile is the identical person refered to in the deposition of Sarah Lydall, on the other side. s/ JH Baskin
Sworn to & subscribed this fourth day of Aprl 1845 Before me
Joseph F. Black
Magistrate

State of South Carolina Abbeville District⎬ I John F. Livingston Clerk of _
and State aforesaid do hereby certify
before whom the respective depositions as _ and State aforesaid duly appointed to _ who each duly sworn and qualified the signatures of JH Baskin, Joseph F Black
Subscribed by the proper Officers & their acts as Magistrates Given under _ one thousand eight hundred and _
Jno F Livingston CCGA&
by Thos Spieron
Deputy Clerk
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So Carolina Abbeville Distrct
Personally appeared before me
John R. Willson of the District aforsaid & being sworn sayeth on
Oath that he was elected Tax Collector in the year 1840, and further
States that Margarett Carlile now living in Benton County Alabama
State, was at that time liveing in
the District of Abbeville and was a State pensioner. that the Treasurer of the statedrew on him in favor of Margarett Carlile anually for the
sum of Thirty dollars, that he paid that sum to her in person while she lived in Abbeville for the years 1841 & 1842, and thatin the year 1843 he saw her in Benton County, Alabama State and paid her Thirty dollars as he had in her possession a Draft drawn on him for that amount by the
of the State of S. Carolina which draft had been forwarded to her in order that he could pay her in person agreeable to the form of the Draft. he further States that he has
reason to believe that the said Margarett Carlile is the identical person reputed to in the deposition of
Mrs Lydall. s/ J R Willson
Sworn to & subscribed this 7 day Apl 1845 Before Samuel Reed 
Magistrate
the Court of General Sessions and common pleas for the District
certify that James H Baskin Joseph F Black and James Reid _ above set forth were taken, are Magistrates for the District _ act as such by the Legislature of South Carolina and
_tified to act as Magistrate, and I do further certify that _ Joseph F Black and Samuel Reid and genuine and sub- _ it full faith and credit ought to the given to all their _ my hand and seal of Office this Seventh day of April _ty five.
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[S. C. State Seal]
          _____
Document SEAL

William Aiken

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
William Aiken Esqr
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the State aforesaid.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME.

Know ye that R. C. Pinchney whose signature
appears below is the Secretary of State of South Carolina,
& that Wm F. Arthur whose signature appears to his cer=
tificate hereunto annexed is his lawful Deputy, & that his
certificate is in due form THEREFORE, All due  Faith, Credit and Authority is and ought to be had and given to his
Proceedings and Certificates as such.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused to be affixed
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[postal stamp]
COLUMBIA 
APR
23
S.C.

23

Robert Foster Esqr.
care of Charles Lewis
Jacksonville
Alabama
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South Carolina Abberette District ⎬
I Margaret Carlisle do solemnly swear that I was married to Col Francis Carlisle before the close of the Revolutionary war and that my husband was out on duty (after we were married) under Genl Williamson
I do certify that the above was
sworn to & subscribed this 20th day of November 1835.
Before John Stevenson JP
Margaret Carlisle
I hereby certify the foregoing to a true
copy of the petition and affidavit
of Margaret Carlisle filed in the
Office of the Clerk of House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina 2d April 1845
Ben Hart
Leg. Librarian
I certify the above named Ben Hart
to be the Legislative Librarian of the
State of South Carolina 22 April 1845
Wm. F. Arthur
Dep Secy of State
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Pension Office
December 26th 1845.
Sir I have the honor to inform you that the papers in the case of Margaret Carlisle, decd forwarded by you have been examined and are herewith returned, that you may certify to the Official character of James Crow, as Clerk of Benton County, Alabama
He having no public seal of Office the rules require that his Official character shall be certified to by a member of Congress, or by the Secretary of State
the date of the marriage prior to 1794 is satisfactory; but the evidence on file is not sufficient to identify Mrs. Carlisle's husband with Francis Carlisle, who is shown by the certificate of the Comptroller General of South Carolina to have served as a private and Lieutenant in the Militia of that State. None of the Witnesses who have testified were themselves in service with Carlisle, nor do they show that he was universally recognized in his neighborhood as having been an Officer and soldier
during the Revolution
Hon John C. Calhoun and Hon Mr Burt have both given certificates relative to the marriage in this case
they may possibly know something of Carlisles Revolutionary merit
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He was from Abbeville District South Carolina.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your Obt Sert.
J L Edwards

I hereby certify, Mr Francis Carlile
was well known to me in the early peri
od of my life, when I resided in Abbe-
vile district South Carolina, & that I often
heard my father and many others speak
of him, as a brave officer & soldier in
the war of the revolution, and never
heard any one doubt of his being so.

J. C Calhoun
Washington
27th Decr 1845


Hon R. Chapman,
House of Representatives
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I do herby certify, at the request of Mrs Carlile, the widow of Col
Frances Carlile deceased, formerly of
Abbeville District South Carolina
that I knew her deceased husband. I frequently saw him at my Fathers residence, when I was a boy, and often heard him spoken of my Father & others, as a brave soldier as well, I think officer of the revolution. My recollection of him extends back prior to 1796, the year my Father died.
I do not recollect of having been
acquainted with his wife or any of
his children, or of having heard them
spoken of, but have no reason to doubt of his being married at the time, I knew him. I commend my [Illegible] afore years of 1794 and have been absent from the District & State the greater portion of the time since
J.C. Calhoun
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Wilmington. So. Ca.
1 Sept. 1845
Sir Accompanying this note is my certificate connected with the pension claim of Mrs Carlisle
you will see that the
affidavit of Mrs Liddell is dated in
May. Since that time out in July last
her son, who is the niece of Mrs Carlisle informed me their Mrs Carlisle, the applicant was dead. If dead, she must have died before
her application was made, and in the month of May or June.
I have deemed it proper,
as I have been obliged to aid in
some degree her application, to furnish you this statement as to her
death
Very respectfully
your obt svt
Armistead Burt
M. C.
JL Edwards Esq.
Comr of Pensions
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[ South Carolina Abbeville Dist. ] I certify that Francis Carlisle had the reputation of having been a  soldier of the Revolution, and he and Margaret  Carlisle    the reputation of being  husband and wife. I am well acquainted with some of their relatives and neighbors   , and from their statements which are generally  believed, I  have no hesitation in believing  that they were married prior to 1794. Armistead Burt. ( signed ) Member of Congress 2nd August 1845
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Jacksonville Dec. 7th  - 45 Hon. Reuben Chapman  Dr. Sir, I now  enclose you the proofs in the case of Mrs. Margaret Carlisle or either of her child Mrs Foster, various delays  have occurred in preposing the proof & especially  by the death of the old lady.  The Hon. A. Burt of S. Carolina has had one of the proofs for some time ( evidence of Mrs. Liddel ) but I presume will hand it to the   Depart.  upon examination of all the proof, you will say  the stronger case was never made  out. and from the letter of J. L. Edwards, I understand that  nothing more was needed. When he wrote to establish the credibility of Chandler Bowie's brother  & Mrs. Liddel of S. Carolina - The proofs are
1st Examplification from the Legislature of S. Carolina  establishing  near 50 years ago the old man a pensioner. 
2nd. An act of the same state allowing his widow ( as such ) a pension, could more be wanted except to prove her Identity  &  the marriage previous to  1794. 
4th .We have then the High certificate of the Hon. John C. Calhoun, that he knew the old man  & his reputation  as a  Revolutionary soldier & officer  & also his belief as to his  marriage. 
5th / We have then the evidence of the  Tax collector  of  Abbeville, that this is the
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widow of Francis Carlisle  & that as such widow  he  as an officer paid her pension. 
6th We have then the full complete & fiscal proof  of George Bowie Esq.  who stands "sans reproach " and to whose high character  the  member of that District  & Hon. A. P Bagby  can probably certify. 
7th . We have then the evidence of several persons  in  S. Carolina  & some in this State, establishing said cert. of Mrs. Carlisle as the widow of the old Revolutionary, Francis Carlisle - establishing the marriage before 1794 and proving the case almost as strong " as proof from Holy Writ ". Mrs. Liddel 's evidence was enclosed to Mr. A. Burt as stated above , and she was present at the marriage. 
8th. Through pure accident  we have discovered since the other evidence was sent in an old  Revolutionary  pensioner who was acquainted with them both, in  South Carolina. You will observe the evidence was taken in open Court  before the Hon. Lincoln Clark  Pres. Judge who gives a  strong certificate of the old gentleman's credibility  - Perhaps you can from personal or  acquaintance   add another. You will observe that all our  County officers  ( & your old friends & acquaintances ) J. Crow, M. M. Houston , Wm H. Estell Registrar & Willis the Sheriff  have given strong affidavits. The old man proves  to identity of widow, Revolutionary services of Francis  Carlisle  & marriage before  1794. The other proofs establishing Mrs. Foster to be her child  and only child are drawn up  per instructions from J.L. Edwards - proved in open Court  and the
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and veracity of the witnesses duly certified  & I believe the papers are also properly authenticated  by the Hon. Lincoln Clark  and James Crow, clerk . IN thirteen years  applications for many pensioners   I have yet never failed once. For the  reason that I would neither trouble  the  Department , not be  troubled myself with them, I have therefore never failed , and through your kind assistance ( with that of the other members of Congress ) I have procured many , many pensions for pensioners now at rest and whose last hours  were blest with their Country's gratitude. In all the cases there was not one where the evidence was so complete. In fact when could documentary evidence be stronger , and where  could the affidavits of more honorable men  be found., to give power, point & truth  to a case. I have not  alluded to all the evidence , part of which is on file  at Washington  & part now  enclosed. Will you be so kind as to examine the voucher  sent & those on file & present the case ( & this letter if you see proper )  as a  brief of the evidence to the Depart.  From you  long personal  acquaintance with me , you know  that I would not have written such a letter or so strongly   press the case. If it had not been  a case of high proof , high merit  and of undoubted allowance.  Most respecty  yours  Charles Lewis  ( signed ) N.B. Will you be kind enough to call on  Hon . A. Burt for Mrs. Liddel's deposition or if he has lost it supply the place if necessary by his affidavit of the contents Mrs. Liddle has an affidavit in the  file but  not on file or this perhaps not properly certified. CS
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If any certificate of necessary or to file that gentleman wrote me that he would certify as to the
S. Carolina documnts
Chris 
-
Hon Reuben Chapman M.C.
Washington. District of Columbia
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State of South Carolina 
Abbeville District  
Personally appeared before me, Sarah Liddell, who hereby duly sworn says. That she knows Francis Carlisle of the District and State aforesaid and Margaret Carlisle his wife and that she has known
them prior to 1794 and that she knows that they were Married previous to 1794 and that the marriage to the best of her knowledge and belief was in 1781 or 1782. That she was at the dinner given on the day of Marriage and also knows that they have children over sixty years of age, she always understood that the old gentleman was a soldier of the revolution and of the grade of
Lieutenant and never heard it doubted, she also knows that Mrs. Margaret Carlisle the Mother in law of Robert Foster is the Identical widow of the above Francis Carlisle also the same person who got a pension from South Carolina as the widow of Francis Carlisle
[signed] Sarah Liddell
Sworn to of subscribed, 14 May 1845. in open Court, Before me
David Lesly
Judge of the Court of Ordinary under Seal of the Court

Abbeville Dist. South Carolina
I Armstead Burt member of Congress from Abbeville District South Carolina do hereby certify that David Lesly whose signature is above & Clerk and Judge of the Court of ordinary and that the
above are his signature & seal, and that full faith and credit are due his official act as such - and also that Sarah Liddell is entitled to full credit & belief
A. Burt M. C.
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Jacksonville  Sept. 9th - 45 J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions In the case of the application of Margaret Carlisle  who died in  May or June last . Her representative called upon me to know whether the Hiers should be entitled to receive the pensioner the  5 years pay under the act . I informed then that  they would , but doubt having  been suggest as to the correctness. I now  submit the question , Whether when a full application has been made and the proof nearly completed, if she ten  died would not the heirs under the  act of Congress  ("granting half pay  & pensions to widows " )  be entitled to receive the same. If the application and proof has no been nearly full , before he death I should have doubted , but under the present circumstances and the peculiar wording of that act, I cannot doubt until your decision  shall be against me .  Respty. yours Chas. Lewis ( signed ) P.S. Will the Comm.  answer as soon as practicable  that the proof may be completed. if decided favorably in for of the heirs.
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Jacksonville June 21st - 45 Hon  J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions  Some time since I enclosed  through Mr. A. Burt  M.C. of Abbeville Dist.  S. Car. additional evidence in the case of Mrs. Carlisle widow of Francis Carlisle  revolt. pensioner - as yet I have never heard of  their reception - the evidence was full and conclusive on the three point mentioned in your letter to me . - First  the two acts of the S. Carolina Legislature  allowed in the first instance a pension to the old man, and the second allowing  to her as his widow - which of itself proved the second point required of Identity ; but I however sent on many affidavits, and  among the member one of the Hon J. C. Calhoun ,  the third point of marriage  prior to 1794  so established by many affidavits. After the  mode prescribed by you , in cases where ( in our State ) there were no records  of marriage. I now  enclose an affidavit made by one of the most respected old men of our  State  and the  brother of Chancellor Bowie. I also enclose an affidavit of Mrs. S. Liddel  taken before one who to both  Clerk  & Judge in his own  Court and under the official seal. This evidence to supplement  to that sent on  and which I thought was conclusive in the  three points  alone requiring my additional proof. Most respecty. yours  Charles Lewis  ( signed )
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NB Whenever the Board of Pensions  act upon the matter. Will you be so kind as to give me  the  information  and permit me to add that thin the many cases of Pensions which I have enclosed you since  1832  I have never sent one with such  strong, lar, conclusive and undoubted proof as this of Mrs. Carlisle. C Lewis ( signed )
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H. R.  Jany 23. 1846
Sir,
I addressed you a note some days ago asking to be informed, up to what time Wm. Cunningham late a pensioner in Tennessee rec'd his payments. The information was asked at the request of Chas
Lewis Esqr of Benton Co. who, asking for the child or children of the pensioner is desirous of applying for arrearages yet due. I now send you another letter from Mr. Lewis in that subject

Mr. Lewis also desires to know - and to obtain forms for the pension-- how to apply for the pension due Mrs. Carlisle - lately allowed. the certificate having issued in her name, after her death - the fact  of her having died appearing by the papers & proofs filed in behalf of her application before your Dept as well as the fact that she left but one child- Mrs. Foster

I have to ask you for the information. I enclose you the letter from Mr. Lewis dated 17th inst at Jacksonille Ala

Very respectfully
Your ob. St.
R Chapman

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
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State of Alabama
Dallas County
This 26th day of May 1845 before Sanford Bland Clerk of the County Court of Dallas County personally appeared George Bowie who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is a native of above District in the State of South Carolina and is now in his seventy third year - That he was personally acquainted with Francis Carlisle late of Abbeville District South Carolina in his life time and with his wife who he believes was named Margaret - That Francis Carlisle was always reputed and esteemed as a soldier of the revolution- But whether an officer or not this deponent knows not, and further that they lived together as man and wife and raised a family of children, and this deponent
has no doubt from the apparent age of Francis Carlisle when he first knew him and from common reputation they must have been married prior to the year seventeen hundred and ninety four-
[signed] Geo Bowie
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 26th May 1845
Sanford Bland Clk

The State of Alabama
Dallas County
I, Sanford Bland Clerk of the County Court of Dallas County being duly commissioned & Sworn do hereby certify that George Bowie whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit did On this day personally appear before me and make oath in due form to the said
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that full faith & credit should be given to the affidavit of said George Bowie
Affidavit & Given under my hand and seal of office at office in Cahaba this 26th day of May AD 1845
Sanford Bland Clerk County Court D.C.

State of Alabama
Dallas County
I, Addison J. Saffold Presiding Judge of the County Court of Dallas, County aforesaid do hereby certify
that Sanford Bland whose Signature is above is Clerk of the Court aforesaid. that his signature is genuine & his attestation in due form & that full faith and credit are due his official acts as such - and further that George Bowie Esq is entitled to the fullest credit and belief witness my hand & seal Sept 2d 1841
Addison J. Saffold
Presiding Judge of Dallas
County Court
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State of Alabama
Benton County  November 21st 1844
E. F. Smith Presiding Judge of the County Court of Benton County Alabama Do hereby certify that on the 22d of November 1844. I took the Deposition & Declaration of Margret Carlisle at her own residence & further certify, that she is unable from her bodily infirmities to attend Court, or even to
walk or get about-- the said Margaret being old and very feeble, besides having been stricken
with Palsy- I further certify that I have not even one shadow of Doubt, but that she is the widow
of Francis Carlisle, or the he was a Revolutionary Soldier, or that the said Margaret has remained
unto this day unmarried, from her Husbands death

I further certify, that I have no doubt of her veracity and that her application is both true & just - From a personal acquaintance with John C. Harris & wife Eleanor, with Robert Foster and wife Martha, with Lawrence [illegible], Jacob Forry and Charles Lewis Esquire, I have no hesitation in saying that their affidavits are beyond suspicion  and must be taken as true wherever known

I further certify that M. M Houston (whose signature & official Seal is below), is Clerk of Court in  Benton County court, that his signature is genuine and in due form of Law and that full faith is due his official acts as such
E T Smith
Presdg, Judge of the
County Court of Benton County Ala
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State of Alabama
Benton County ⎬ 
I, M. M. Houston Clerk of Benton County Court, Alabama, Do hereby certify that E. F. Smith is
Presiding Judge of said Court, that the foregoing signature is his & genuine, and that the various
attestations of his in the cases of Mr. Carlisle. R. Foster, M. Foster, J.C. Harris E. Harris & to those of Brock, Forney & Lewis is genuine and that full faith is due them as such - I further certify that
personally acquainted with all the Parties and witnesses who reside in this County and have no doubt
or hesitancy in saying for proof or General reputation will establish any facts, that the case of Margaret Carlisle could stand fairer than any ever certified from this County as or Pensioner

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office at office this twenty first of November (as Clerk of the County Court of Barton County Alabama) In the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & forty four 
M.M. Houston Clk
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November 1844
Benton County, Alabama
this deponent - Martha Foster wife of Robert Foster of the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn before me E. F. Smith Judge of Benton County Court deposes & says that she was well acquainted with Francis Carlisle and Margaret Carlisle his widow in South Carolina and that she knew them between fifty and sixty years, that she knew them to be man & wife, and that she knew by reputation and also from Revolutionary soldiers, whom she has often heard converse with Francis Carlisle, that he served during the Revolutionary war, and that it was well known and never doubted of his being such he Abbeville district where He & this affiant lived - this affiant knows of
the said Francis having had an allowance from the State of South Carolina, and that his widow
has since drawn for several years. He also knows her (the said Margaret) to be the Identical widow & that she has never been married since the said Francis's Death which took place he 1814- Sworn to & subscribed this 21st day November 1844
[signed] Martha X Foster her mark
E.T. Smith
Pres, Judge of the County  Court of Benton County Ala
Charles Lewis
J. A. Grant

State of Alabama
Benton County
Robert Foster formerly a resident of Abbeville S. Carolina being sworn says that he was acquainted with Francis Carlisle & Margaret his wife, that he has been acquainted with them since 1798 up to old mans death & with his widow up to this day, that she is the Identical person and widow of Francis Carlisle and that from 1798
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until his death they lived as man & wife together 
He also knew that the old man had an allow
ance from S. Carolina (by reputation) and knows 
from his own knowledge that his widow, the 
identical person now making application 
for a pension did receive $30 per annum from 
the State of South Carolina for several years 
He lived in the same District with Francis 
Carlile & knows from reputation, and also 
from having been Revolutionary soldier [illegible]
converse & state it, that the said Francis 
was a soldier & officer in the Revolutionary 
War. Sworn to & subscribed this 21 day of 
November 1844 before me | Robt Foster
E T Smith Presiding Judge of Benton 
County Court Ala.
Chas Lewis
J. H. Grant

State of Alabama }
Benton County } Personally appeared before me 
E T Smith presiding Judge of 
Benton County Court John C. Harris 
and Eleanor Harris his wife who being first duly sworn 
say 1st Harris says that he resided in the 
same District with Francis Carlile & Margaret Carlile 
his wife, in South Carolina and that he was near 
neighbour [neighbor] & knew them well. That it was univer
sally believed that Francis Carlile was an officer 
& soldier in the Revolution, that he has often heard 
the same from other old soldiers since he was 
a boy and especially from his own ancestor who 
served with him.  That he always understood 
that the old man had drawn from the State of S.C. 
and of his own knowledge knows that the widow 
Margaret Carlile has drawn from the State afore
said pay as his widow.  He also knew them to 
be man & wife, from a general report to him in the 
same District, where they had resided and where 
the old man died in 1814. He always understood 
that the old man died on the same farm where 
he lived upon in the Revolution.  He knows her 
to be the identical widow and that she has 
never married since.  He has no more doubt 
that Francis Carlile was an officer & soldier in 
the Whig side in the Revolution than General Marrin 
and do universally known to be in the District.

2nd Harris says that she knows most of the 
above facts to be true as far as relate to Revolu
tionary service of the said Francis & the said Margaret 
being his wife & since remaining unmarried. Sworn to & 
subscribed this 21st day of November 1844. John C Harris 
E T Smith  } | Eleanor Harris
Presiding Judge of the County Court of }
Char Lewis J H Grant Benton County Ala }
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J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Coms of Pensions
Washington City
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H. Rep. Febry. 21st 1845
Dear Sir;
I have just recd. the enclosed letter and certificate [crossed out] from the Depy. Sec. of State for So. Carolina in relation to the application of Mrs. Margarette Carlisle.
I hope this letter will be sufficient to establish the fact of her marriage. The letter of Charles Lewis Esqr. accompanies that from the Depy Sec of State. I have to ask a reply -- with great respect
Your Ob. St
R Chapman

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Court of Pensions
Washington city.
P.S. Since writing the above I have processed the certificate of the Hon. A. Burt of So. Ca. that the certificate of Wm. F. Arthur as Dpy Sec of State is genuine - that there are no registry of Marriages in that State and that no other than the widows of Revolutionary characters are within the provisions of the laws of that State. And the Certificate of the Hon. Jas. A. Black that Francis Carlisle (the husband of Margarett C.) was reported about Abeville So. Ca. where he lived to have been a good revolutionary soldier. I hope this will be deemed sufficient to obtain his pension certificate
R Chapman
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H. of Rep. Decr. 23rd 1844.
Sir;
I beg leave to enclose you the declaration and accompanying proof in relation to the application of Margarett Carlisle of Benton Co. for a pension forwarded to me by Chas. Lewis Esqr. of Jacksonville Ala.
I have to ask an examination of the case as early as convenient and to be informed of the result.
I hope and believe you will find Mrs C's case fully made out.
With great respect
Your Ob. St.
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Court of Pensions
Washington city
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[illegible  postal stamp]
FREE
Hon. Reuben Chapman
H of Rep[illegible]



Hon. Reuben Chapman
Washington [illegible]
District of Colum


Washington [illegible]
District of Colum
_________________
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Secretary's Office
Columbia 5th Febry 1845.
Dear Sir
According to your request I have examined &
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respect it would take nearly my whole Salary to meet the demands
Very Respectfully
Yours
Wm F. Arthur
Dep. Secy. of State

At the Request of R. Chapman of Alabama I state that I am acquainted with the signature of Wm. F. Arthur of Columbia So Carolina who is Dpy. Sec. of State and that I believe the above to be his signature. I also state thus there is no registry of marriage in that State, and as I believe none but the evidences of revolutionary officers are entitled to pensions of the cases of that state.
A. Burt

I recollect a Citizen of Abbeville District by the name of Carlile and I think his name was Francis who was reputed a good Soldier of the Revolutionary War

James A Black
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Honl. Reuben Chapman
Dr Sir -
Since writing my best. I have received the enclosed from the Secretary of State of S. Carolina allowing Mrs Carlile as the widow of Francis Carlile a pension. I wish this letter submitted with my others that an answer may be given, to the objection of Department "that nothing but written or Documentary Evidence could prove the marriage - If so here is the strange fact, that the Legislature of the State allows the Pensioner pay - and then many year's after his death recognizes his widow & the marriage & yet the Department will accept nothing but written Especially when a positive witness swears that she was present and when this applicant swears, that there never was a bible or Record - or when by I am informed, there was no marriage license at that time required In S. Carolina - Mr Carlile was a noted now once almost as well known in his District, as any - -N. Bayou can ascertain whether in haste [illegible] pays to get new record from F. Carlisle
Yours
C Lewis
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Pension Office
June 17, 1844.

Sir,
If the widow alluded to by you was married prior to the termination of her husband's services in the Revolutionary War, the she should make a declaration under the act of July 4, 1836, if not, but before the 1st of January 1794. under the act of July 7 1838. Copies of both acts are enclosed for her guidance in asserting her claim. The certificate of the Comptroller of South Carolina should be appended to her declaration

Very respectfully
Your Obt. Set
J L Edwards

John R. Willson Esq
Abbeville C. H.
S. Carolina
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Columbia 27 Aug 1844
Dear Sir
Yours of the 22d Instant, was received late on yesterday Evening.-

I did not apply as you requested to the Secretary of State in the case of either Francis or Margaret Carlisle well knowing that, that office or officer have never had anything to do with the claims for Revolutionary services - information and certifications cases are sought after and obtained in the
Comptroller Generals Office, having been, for several years familiar with the duties of that office. I speak with confidence. I herewith send you all the information that is required by the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington as relates to the services of the Individual for whose services, a pension is claimed If Mr. Carlisle were now living, the certificates herewith sent, would beyond all doubt entitle him to a Pension. Whenever application by the Widow of the person entitled to a pension, she must produce additional proof that she was the Widow, of the person & must if possible produce evidence of the time she became his wife, for on that fact depends, whether or not she is entitled under the
act of Congress to receive a pension.
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if previous to a given day, she will be Entitled to the pension, but if Subsequent he will have no claim, what that period is I do not now recollect, but I do know that I have been personally called on to
testify, a case that came within my knowledge you may rest assured that the accompanying
Certificates is amply sufficient to establish the Claim of Francis Carlisle. The fees due to this office in three dollars, it is thus high, because it was necessary to a full explanation to copy the Memorandum from the Indent Book, and the acct for which an Indent was issued sometimes the memorandum contains all the information but in a number of Instances this is not the case.

With high respect I am your very humble Sevt
Benjamin Hart
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H. R. Washington City Feby 6th 1843
Sir
I beg leave to enclose you a letter from Chas Lewis Eqr of Jacksonville Ala. in relation to the application made a short time since by Mrs. Carlisle for a pension.

I have to request, that you will answer the enquiries submitted by him in his letter now enclosed, and that the application of his May he examined. I will also remark that it is probable that I can prove
from the numbers from S. Carolina a confirmation of the statement of Mr. Lewis as to the Custom in some parts of that state at the time  referred to if Dispensing with Marriage licenses.

I ask therefore whither the proof of such a custom will avoid the necessity of proving the marriage by record in sum?

with great respect
Your obt svnt
R Chapman

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Comm of Pension
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March 8. [illegible]
R[illegible] caseof
Margaret Carlisle
D. C


[illegible]
To the Commissioner  of Pensions
Washington City

[postal stamp]
[illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible]
S.C.
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So Carolina Abbeville District Febry 1845.
Sir
I wrote you last summer to inform me what was the necessary vouchers for the widow of a Revolutionary Soldier to produce you in order be placed on the pension Roll of the United States, to which you had the kindness to answer immediately & send copies of the act of Congress for my
guidance, the person which I wished to present was Margaret Carlisle The widow of Francis Carlisle, who served as a private and also as a Lieutenant in the war of the Revolution. in this State, the old lady Margaret Carlisle was placed on the pension Roll of this State by Resolution of the Legislature December 16. 1835 and she received a pension only from that time up to 1842 when he removed to Benton County Alabama State, to live with her daughter in the summer of 1842 I was traveling west and saw her living with her daughter who was not very able to attend to the old lady She being
helpless, I promised her to make an effort to have her placed on the U.S. Pension Roll. I saw the
Comptroller General Mr. Laval & he examined & found that Francis Carlisle served in the Revolution, and gave me a certificate, to that effect, I procured the evidence of Mrs. Thompson & Mrs. Lydall who were the sisters of
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Mr Carlisle that she was the widow of the same Francis Carlisle who had served in the Revolution, and also, a Corresponding evidence of the Revd Carlisle & others, which I thought was amply sufficient proof for her to send on with her Declaration, on yesterday I received a letter from Mr. Foster, the son in law of Mrs Carlisle of Benton County Alabama State, stating that they had sent you the declaration of the old lady together with the Certificate of the Comptroller General and the Evidence which I had sent them, and that you wanted further proof, first a family Record, that I cannot obtain there but I can procure a Certificate from the Comptroller General or Secretary of State that Margaret Carlisle was placed on the pension Roll of this State in 1835 and I can procure the evidence or a Copy of the evidence which she was placed on the pension list, and I myself am quite familiar with the fact that Margaret Carlisle now living in Benton County Alabama, is the same individual who received a pension from this State as I collected the Taxes of the District of Abbeville for several years, out of which I paid all the State Pensioners of the District, by orders drawn on me by the Treasurer of the State and this same Margaret Carlisle was one of the number you have in your possession the Vouchers alluded to, and what other proof you may want that I can possibly precure I will do it and send you in order to perfect the old lady's claim
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will you be so kind as to answer this and give me the
necessary directions, as to the facts which you may yet
require to perfect the claim of this poor and helpless-
old lady and oblige

John ER Willson
P.S. direct your letter to abbeville Court House
JRW

being none=

P. S. the Francis Carlile alluded to in this letter
has promoted to the office of [illegible] but from what
I can learn it was after the war and I have
no doubt it was after the close of the war that
he was promoted to Captain:the reason their
is no account of his being Captain in the
war department
J. R. W.
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H. Rep. Dec. 13th 1845
Sir
I beg leave to enclose you (with the accompanying letter from Charles Lewis Esqr of Jacksonville Ala) additional proof in support of the claim of Mrs. Margaret Carlisle to a pension as the widow of Francis Carlisle decd of the Revolutionary war- Mrs. C has died since in the application was submitted the
additional proof is now submitted for the benefit of his heirs, whose identity is fully established. presuming that the Hon. Mr. Burk of S.C. has placed on file the evidence referred to by Mr. Lewis  as in his possession. I beg leave to call your attention to that also.

I have no hesitation in adding my own testimony to the indisputable character of the individuals examined in Benton County Ala. as suggested by Mr Lewis

with great respect
your ob. St.
R Chapman

Hon J.L. Edwards
Court of Pensions
Washington City
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Widow's Pension.
=============
I certify that in conformity with the acts of March 3, 1843, & }
                       June 17, 1844      }
Margaret Carlisle of Alabama - 
widow of Francis Carlisle ---
who was a Private and Lieutenant in the Revolution---
and died on the - 27th-- day of December 1816
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of one hundred and ninety -one
dollars and thirty-two cents per annum, commencing on the
4th March, 1843, and terminating on the 4th of March, 1848, unless
the Pensioner shall marry or die before the last mentioned date; in which
case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.

SEAL

Given at the War Office of the United States,
this 31st-- day of December
one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.
W. L. Marcy
Secretary of War.

Countersigned.
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.