Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1,783, Macajah Adams, N. C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.C.

Adams, Micajah

NUMBER
S. 1,783

carded

CONTENTS
res. at eul. Sullivan Co. N.C. (Tenn.)
in 1832 aged 73 yrs & res of Sullivan Co. Tenn.

This Envelope Includes
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
JBR
Received from GAO
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[left side; written sideways]
date of death not on AB -


[right side]
5923
Jonesboro Ag[en]cy.
_______________________________________________
Micajah Adams
of Sullivan in the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Shelby of the Reg[imen]t. commanded by Col[onel]. Christian in the Militia line for thirteen months.

Nov[ember]. 30/03.
N[orth]. C[arolina]. Mil[itary]. Records Corrected JS.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Jonesboro' Ag[en]cy at the rate of 43. Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
________________________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of Feb[ruar]y. 1833. and Handed to Hon[orable]. John Bland.
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Arrears to 4th of Sept[embe]r 1832.    64.99
Semi=an[nua]l. allowance ending 4 Mar[ch] 1833                     21.67.
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$.86.66.
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{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer. Clerk,
Book D.      Vol. 9 -    Page 203 -
Aug[us]t 27. 1835
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State of Tennessee Sullivan County,
September Term 1832,
On this 25th day of September 1832. personally
appeared in open Court before the Honorable Edward
Scott Judge of the Circuit Court of Law & Equity
for said County now sitting Micajah Adams
a resident
of the County of Sullivan & State of Tennessee aged
seventy three years who 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
& served as herein after stated to wit. that in the summer
of the year 1776 or 1777. he was a resident of the County
of Sullivan & State of North Carolina. now Sullivan
Tennessee. was drafted in said County for the term of
three months. &  enrolled under Captn James Shelby
of said County. was employed during his said term of
service in Keeping the Cherokee Indians from committing
depredations on the frontier inhabitants. which tribe
of Indians were in league with British. & also in [good]
[Lange] fort now in Sullivan County untill his said
term of service expired. which was about three months as
well as now recollected. when he was verbally discharged
by his said Captn James Shelby.
He states that in the fall
of the same year he volunteered in the County of
Sullivan then North Carolina, now Sullivan Tenn.
Then called under Capn Jake Bletcher, Colonols Christian & Evan Shelby was again marched to little [illegible]
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(2)
River
now in Blount County Tenn [then] within the Indian Teritory
against the Cherokee Indians. was marched by way of the
Long Island on Holston River. now Sullivan County Tenn
the double Spring on to the highest on Nolachuckey
where he remained some days. then to an indian
ford an French broad River. then across little River an to little Tennessee River. which was indian Territory
at that time. now. now the late Cherokee Indian
purchase. when he was. continued some weeks hanging
through the Indian country destroying. the Indian
Towns & property. from there was marched. home nearly
on the same [illegible] he was marched out. and verbally
discharged. by his said Capn Bletcher after having been
in [acter at home] some weeks.
He states that in the summer
of 1778 or 1779. he was a resident of Sullivan County
then North Carolina now Tenn. was drafted in said
County. & enrolled under Capn John Anderson. in said
County & Leutenant Maxwell was marched to Blackmans
Fort on Clinch River now Scott County Virginia
to gard said Fort & the frontier against. against the
Shawnee Indians. who were in legue with the British
in the war of the Revolution, when he continued to
serve as aforesaid the full Term of his enrollment
which was for one month. was verbally discharged
for the same by his said Lieutenant Maxwell.
He states
that in the month of March following as he now believes
he volunteered in the County of Sullivan then the State of
North Carolina Now Tennessee & enrolled under Capn
Gilbert Christie of said County Colonol Evan Shelby
was marched against a part of the tribe of the
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(3)
Cherokee Indians then Known by the name
Chickamauga
was marched to the Island State on the Holston River
where he with the other troops under his said Colonal
Evan
Shelby embarked in canoes & decended the Holston
River to the mouth of Holston River then down the
Tennessee River. to the mouth of chickamaga Creek
when the Indians were stationed in the towns Killin
same Indians, took some prisoners distroyed the property
& towns. the greater part of said Indians having retreated
on the arival of Colonel Ever Shelbys Regiment to
which this declarant belonged. returned home after having
served full none weeks as aforesaid, that he was verbally
discharged for the same by his said Capt Gilbert
Christian.
He some months after the last above named
Tour of duty as well as now recollected. he substituted
in the said County of Sullivan in the place of Jonathan
Adams. & enrolled under Lieutenant George Masewell of
said County was marched on to Morguson Creek
Now Seath County Virginia & Reph County, in said State
to gard the frontier settlement against the Shawnee
Indians who were frequently killing and plundering
the grantor Letters in the said section of county
in which service he continued for the time of two
weeks when he was verbally discharged by the said
Lentenant Maxwell and returned home
He states that
in the fall of 1780 as well as now recollected he was
drafted in the said County of Sullivan for the Town of
one month enrolled under Cap Asher and monthon

horse back to be Creek now Hawkins County
Tennessee as a ranger on the parted against
the Cherokee Indians. & continued in said serve
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for the Term of one month. when he was verbally
discharged by his said Captn Asher
He States that in the
fall of the year 1781 as well as now recollected he was
drafted in the County of Sullivan then North Carolina
now Tennessee for the Term of four months [illegible]
in the said County of Sullivan under Colonel Isaac
Shelby & Capn Tapp was marched to Santee Rivin
in the State of South Carolina, by way of the yellow
Mountain. Bank County N.C. then to the Tuckaseegee
Ford on the Catawba River, then through Chestnut.
Camden South Carolina from then on to Santee
when he joined General Marions army from there
was marched near Monks Corner, when he under
Colonel Shelby with Colonel Maham took one
hundred twelve prisoners as stated. from there
was marched on toward Coopers bay to dislodge
of party of the British who had taken refuge
in a meeting house & who were defeated and the
said meeting house burned previous to the ar rival
of Shelbys Regiment. Shortly after which time he
was verbally discharged by his said officers and
returned home after have served four months
in actual serve as aforesaid he states that he served
in all in the war of the Revolution thirteen months
& one week. he states that he has no documentary evidence
of his service, neither does he know of any
who can testify to his service except that hereunto annexed.
He states that his name is not on
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And the said Court doth hereby certify and declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named aplicant was a soldier of the Revolution, & served as he states, and the court further certifies that it appears to him that David Adams, who has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Sullivan & State of Tennessee, & that Edward Cox & Benjamin Birdwell, who has signed the preceeding Certificate are credible persons, & that their statements are entitled to credit
Edw Scott one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Law and Equity in and for the State of Tennessee aforesaid
---
I William Anderson Clerk of the circuit Court of Law & Equity for Sullivan County Tennessee hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the aplication of Majah Adams for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal [there being no seal - crossed out] of office this 26th day of September 1832
Wm Anderson Clk
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the pension roll of the agency of any sate [state?] Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Micajah Adams
Wm Anderson Clerk

We David Adams a Clergiman residing in the County of Sullivan & State of Tennessee & Edward Cox residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Micajah Adams, who has subscribed and sworn to the forgoing declaration, that we believe him to be seventy three years of age. that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn & subscribed the 25th day of September 1832.
David Adams M, [C? - illegible]
Edward Cox

Wm Anderson Clerk

Benjamin Birdwell, a resident of the County of Sullivan & State of Tennessee do hereby certify that he is well acquainted with Micajah Adams who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing decleration. that he knows of his performing the four months Tour of duty to the south under Colonel Shelley & Capn Tapp as he has stated.

Sworn to & subscribed this 25th day of September 1832
Benjaman Birdwell
Wm Anderson Clerk
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Micajah Adams
Sullivan County
________________
$43..33 p[e]r ann[um]
________________
21.66

Payments to be made at Jonesboro'. Ten[nessee]:
by Wm K Blair Esq[ui]r[e].
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Jonesboro'
Tennessee.

[stamp: FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER 
Received from GAO]

in Sullivan C[oun]ty. 65 y[ea]rs. Mar[ch] 4 1837 - previous - Botetourt C[oun]ty Va..

Recorded by N. Rive
Clerk, in Book D    Vol. 9.
page 203 - 
Jan[uar]y 16.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Micajah Adams of the State of Tennessee, Jonesboro Agency. who was a private in the Army of the
---Revolution---
is entitled to receive Forty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this 18 day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.}
J L Edwards
43.33
21.667
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FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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Jonesboro Agency March. 10. 1842 
Rec[ei]v[e]d, of William K. Blair Agent for paying pensions Fifteen Dollars and Eighty seven Cents. being the ballance [sic: balance] of pension due to the Children of Micajah Adams deceased. from the 4th September 1841 to the 16th day of January 1842. the day of his death for which I have signed duplicate Escpte
$15.87
__________
Saml Rhea

Jos R Anderson Att[orne]y in fact 
for Stephen Adams Executor of Micajah Adams deceased.
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[stamp: FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO]

Macajah Adams. Esc[illegible] 
Receipt & Voucher for pension paid from from [sic] 4th September. 1841 to 16th January 1842
$15.87/100
__________


Jonesboro, Tenn[essee]
1st Apr[il]. 1842
Brx      25
Chall     261


[stamp: FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO]
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Elizabeth Adams, who died on the twenty third day of the same [illegible in page tear] Sarah. John Jesse, Stephen, Francis, Margaret, David and William Adams

[seal]
In testamony [sic: testimony] whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Blountville this 10th day of March 1842
John C. Rutledge Clk
By Saml.. Evans D.C.


County Court February Term 1842
Stephen Adams mentioned as executor of the last Will and testament of Micajah Adams dec[ease]d. appeared in open Court and was quallified [sic: qualified] [illegible under page tear] was not required enter into bond with security: and therefore letter testamentary were granted him.


State of Tennessee }
Sullivan County }
I John C. Rutledge Clerk of the County Court of said County do certify that the above is a true copy of the record of my office.

[seal]
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Blountville this 10th day of March 1842.
John C. Rutledge Clk.
By Saml.. Evans D.C.


[stamp: FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO]
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State of Tennessee }
Sullivan County - }
Be it known that before m David [illegible under page tear] [Justices of the] peace in and for [Sullivan] County personally appeared Stephen Adams Executor of Micajah Adams deceased and made oath in due form of law that he is the Executor of of Micajah Adams deceased. The identical person who was a pensioner and is now dead and to whom a certificate of pension was issued of which the following is a true copy

War Department. Revolutionary claim
I Certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832. Micajah Adams of the State of Tennessee. Jonesboro Agency, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Forty Three Dollars and Thirty three cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semi-annually on the 4th [illegible under page tear]
David Shaver Jr. J. Peace 
Jos. R. Anderson


State of Tennessee }
Sullivan County }
I, John C. Rutledge Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do Certify that David Shaver Jr Esq[uire] whose name appears to the foregoing acknowledgement of Attorney and affidavit of Attorney, is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County; and that his signature appears to be in his own proper hand writing.

[seal]
Given under my hand and seal of office at office in Blountville the 10th day of March AD 1842
John C. Rutledge Clk
By Saml.. Evans D.C.


State of Tennessee } ss.
Sullivan County }
I, John C. Rutledge Clerk of the County Court of Sullivan County holden at Blountville in and for s[ai]d County of Sullivan, do hereby Certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Micajah Adams was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of forty three Dollars and thirty three cents per annum, was a resident of the County of Sullivan and State of Tennessee, and that he died in the County and State aforesaid in the Year one thousand eight hundred and forty two, on the Sixteenth day of January, and left a widow whose name was
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State of Tennessee }
Sullivan County }
Be it known that on the 9th day of March [illegible under page tear] before [illegible under page tear] Justices of the peace in and for s[ai]d. County personally appeared Stephen Adams above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned
S/David Shaver Jr. J[ustice]. Peace


State of Tennessee }
Sullivan County }
Be it known that on the 9th day of March 1842 before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for s[ai]d. County, personally appeared Jos. R. Anderson the attorney named in the foregoing power of Attorney and, and [sic] made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any sale transfer or mortgage of the pension or arrears of pension therein authorized to be received by him. Sworn and subscribed the day [illegible under page tear]
of the United States this 18 day of Febuary [sic: February] One Thousand eight hundred and Thirty three
Examined & Countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Lew Cass
Secretary of War


That the deceased pensioner resided in Sullivan County in the state of Tennessee for the space of Sixty nine years past before his death: and that previous thereto he resided in Botetourt County Virginia. Sworn and subscribed this 9th day of March 1842 before me
S/David Shaver Jr J[ustice]. Peace
S/Wm. G Watkins Witness
S/Stephen Adams Executor of Micajah Adams deceased.


Know all men by these presents that I, Stephen Adams of Sullivan County and State of Tennessee Executor of Macajah Adams deceased who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States. do hereby constitute and appoint Jos. R. Anderson my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to receive from the Agent of the united States for paying pensions in Jonesboro State of Tennessee The ballance [sic: balance] of pension from the 4th day of September 1841 to the 16th day of January 1842. being the day of his death. Witness my hand and seal this 9th day of March 1842.
S/Stephen Adams [personal seal]
Executor of Micajah Adams deceased 
S/David Shaver Jr
S/Wm G. Watkins
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April 6, 1936

Micajah Adams-S.1783
BA-J/AWF

The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Macajah Adams, who died in Sullivan County, Tennessee.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 1783, based upon the service of Macajah Adams during the war of the Revolution.

The date and place of birth of this soldier are not given, nor are the names of his parents stated.

While residing in the state of North Carolina, in that part which was later Sullivan County, Tennessee, Micajah Adams enlisted in 1776 or 1777 and served as a private at various times under Captains Christie, Asher, Topp, Lieutenant George Maxwell, Colonels Christian, Evan Shelby, and Isaac Shelby; he was in many expeditions against the Cherokee and Shawnee Indians, length of service about thirteen months.

He was allowed pension on his application executed, September 25, 1832, then aged seventy-three years and living in Sullivan County, Tennessee.

He at one time while in the Revolution, served as substitute for Jonathan Adams, and David Adams in
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1832 was a Clergyman residing in Sullivan County, Tennessee. It is not shown that these persons were related to the soldier, Micajah Adams, and it is not stated that he was ever married.

The application for headstone for Micajah Adams is returned herewith. There was no correspondence enclosed.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Rev War.
1783
√ INVALID.
_____________
File No. 1783
Micajah Adams
Pri[vate]. Tenn[essee]. Mil[itia].
_______________
Act: June 7. 1832.
Index: - Vol. A,      Page 2

[intentional brackets as printed]
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N[orth]. C]arolina]. Mil[itia]. Nov. 30, 1903.
Records Corrected. JS



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1926 - Aug[ust]. 17. Hist[ory] to G. C. Woodson AW
1930 - Jan[uary]. 13 - "     " James T. Adams AWF
1936 - April 6 - "      " Memorial Branch AWF
1936 - Apr[il]. 17 - Lt Col. J.J. Harris   "   adv
record gvn. & ckpl. for headstone returned MMF
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Micajah Adams
12 328
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This claim was made out by William R Blair and is in his hand writing entire & is in the form in which it was authenticated by the Court, the fact I know being present when it was made out.
J Blair [illegible]
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Micajah Adams.

from 1777 private
13 months.
$43.33/100

served 13 months. only.
_________
In his computation of time he [illegible] counted 4 weeks for one month.

[illegible]




Hon[orable] J. Blair.
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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 Micajah Adams which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides: [blank]

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides: [blank]

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?
[blank]

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? [blank]

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? [blank]

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? [blank]

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? No. 

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? [blank]

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? [blank]

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? [blank]
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? [blank]

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [blank]

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? [blank]

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? [blank]

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? [blank]

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No.

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not so answered? 1. 2. & 7.

_________________________________

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For ________ year _____ _____ months and _______ days. I served as a ___________. For _________ months and _______ days, I served as a _______ ________; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration in highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
QUERE XIV. PROOF OF SERVICE. 
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
QUERE XVI. MODE OF AUTHENTICATING PAPERS. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Knoxville Tennessee
June 27. 1926

Pension Department
U. S. Government.
Washington D.C.

[round postal stamp: PENSION OFFICE L
U. S. JUN 29 1926]

Gentlemen:
For D.A.R. purposes, will you please have sent to use the Revolutionary record of

Micajah Adams
_________________

and all the historical data possible. concerning him. He received his pension in Sullivan County, Tennessee.

Thanking you. I am,
sincerely
(Mrs.) Grace Hodges Woodson
322 Deaderick Ave[nue]
Knoxville, Tennessee.
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[letterhead] Adams Family Library 
Genealogy - Biography - History - Literature
Big Laurel, Virginia [/letterhead]

October 31, 1929

[round postal stamp: PENSION OFFICE X
U. S. NOV 2 1929]

Commissioner of Pensions,
Old Records Division,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Sir:

One Micajah Adams died in Sullivan Co[unty]. Tenn[essee]. about 1820. His wife was Letty Caffee, I believe. He is listed as a soldier of Va. line residing in Tenn[essee]. Did he draw a pension? And can you tell me from where he enlisted and who were his children?

very truly yours
James Taylor Adams
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[letterhead] WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON  [/letterhead]
3-31 1936.

Memorandum for The Surgeon General,
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, 
Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Treasury Department, 
The Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Building,
General Accounting Office, F Street, between 4th & 5th, N. W.

1. The attached application has been submitted to this office for Government headstone to be erected at the grave of the decedent named thereon. In order that the proper inscription may be placed on the stone it would be appreciated if your office would verify the name and service on the application, checking and making such corrections in red ink as may be necessary to show the correct spelling of the name and complete the designation of the organizations.

2. In addition, please advise State from which decedent came

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RECEIVED APR 2 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV
[illegible]
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Request for Rev[olutionary]. War record of Macajah Adams - died in Sullivan Co[unty]. Tenn[essee]. 
Record furnished & appli[cation] - for headstone returned no [illegible] - enclosed

AWF
April 6 - '36
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[letterhead] SPECIAL FOLLOW - UP

WAR DEPARTMENT 
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON  [/letterhead]

4-9-1936

[table with the following headers: Name | 
Rank | Company | Organization | 
Date of Death | ]

Micajah Adams |  |  | Rev. War |   |

The records of this office show that the original APPLICATION FOR A HEADSTONE for above decedent was forwarded your office on 3-31-1936 for verification of service.  This application has not as yet been returned to this office.

An early verification of the service, with the return of original application if in your possession, would be appreciated by this office in order that action may be taken toward the supply of the headstone.

For The Quartermaster General,

JOHN J. HARRIS
[crossed out: JAS. H. LAUBACH]
Lt. Colonel, Q. M. Corps,
Assistant.
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[letterhead] WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON [/letterhead]
4-9-1936

Memorandum for The Surgeon General,
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department,
Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Treasury Department,
The Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Building,
General Accounting Office, F Street, between 4th & 5th, N. W.

1. The attached application has been submitted to this office for Government headstone to be erected at the grave of the decedent named thereon. In order that the proper inscription may be placed on the stone it would be appreciated if your office would verify the name and service on the application, checking and making such corrections in red ink as may be necessary to show the correct spelling of the name and complete the designation of the organizations.

2. In addition, please advise State from which decedent came

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RECEIVED APR 11 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS. ADM.
READER #21]


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Rev[olutionary]. and 1812
Wars Section

AWF/HMM

January 13, 1930.

Mr. James Taylor Adams
Big Laurel
Virginia.

Dear Sir:

The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Nathaniel or Nathan Adams as described by you.

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 1783, it appears that Micajah Adams, while residing in Sullivan County, North Carolina, enlisted and served as a private in the North Carolina Troops, at various times, amounting in all to thirteen months, from 1776 or 1777 to the fall of 1781, under Captains James Shelby, I. Bletcher, John Anderson, Gilbert Christie, Asher and Topp and Colonels Christian, Evan Shelby and Isaac Shelby, and was in many expeditions against the Indians. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, while living in Sullivan County, (which was then in Tennessee) aged seventy-three years.

There are no data on file as to his family.

Very truly yours,

EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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Rev[olutionary]. & 1812 Wars Section.     AW

August 17, 1926.

Mrs. C. H. Woodson,
322 Deaderick Ave.
Knoxville, Tenn.

Madam:

I [crossed out: have to] advise you [crossed out: that] from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 1783, it appears that Micajah Adams while residing in Sullivan County, North Carolina, enlisted and served as a private in the North Carolina Troops, at various times, amounting in all to thirteen months, from 1776, or 1777, to the fall of 1781, under Captains James Shelby, I. Bletcher, John Anderson, Gilbert Christie, Asher and Topp and Colonels Christian, Evan Shelby and Isaac Shelby and was in many expeditions against the Indians.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, while living in Sullivan County, (which was then in Tennessee) aged seventy-three years.

There [crossed out: is] are no data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,

E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.
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April 17, 1936

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Lieutenant Colonel John J. Harris
Quartermaster Corps, Assistant
War Department 
Washington, D. C.  

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MICAJAH ADAMS
S. 1783
BA-J/MMHF:MLB

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your Special Follow-Up request, which states that March 31, 1936, application for headstone for Micajah
Adams was forwarded to this office for verification of service in the Revolutionary War and has not been returned to your office.

The Revolutionary War records of this office show that April 6, 1936, the application for headstone, referred to above, was returned to the Memorial Branch Office of the Quartermaster General, with a report of service of Micajah Adams, as shown in
the claim for pension, S. 1783, based upon service in that war.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator