Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 334, Charles Breden, N.C.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
N.C.
Breden, Charles
or Breeden, Johanna
NUMBER
W. 334
CONTENTS
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19082
West Tennessee
Charles Breden
of Wilson Co in the State of Tennessee
who was a pri in the company commanded
by Captain Bell
of the 1884
commanded
by Col Martin in the N Carolina
line for 4 mo & 11 days private
3 months Sergant
Inscribed on the Roll of W Tennessee
at the rate of 29 Dollars 55 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of July
1833 and Sent I
Sam Lebanon
Arrears to the 4th of March 1910
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept
14 77
$73 87

⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Dan Boyd
Clerk,
Book &
Vol. 7
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Dead
Letter to W. Jackson &
5 Sept 1840 
Paid at the Treasury under the
act of the 6th April 1838 from
4 Sep 1839 to 1 Jany 1840 the
day of his death. Agent note
fied 7th Oct 1840.
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[Typed form with written responses]

1950
Nashville, Ten.
Johanna Breden
widow of Charles Breden
who was a Pri & Serg
in the N. Carolina Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
29 Dollars 53 Cents 
per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
17 day of Feby 1844
and sent to J.H. Kendrick
Nashville
Ten.
Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book a
Vol. 1
Page 217
Rep 17, Feb. 44
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed
June 7th 1832
State of Tennessee
Wilson County} S.S.
On this 29th day of December 1832 personally
appeared to me Thomas S Green an acting Justice of the
peace within and for said County of Wilson, Charles Breden
resident of said County of Wilson and State of Tennessee, aged twenty
nine years, who being first 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 and served
as herein stated, under the following named officers.
At the time he entered the service of the United States, he
was a citizen of Guilford County, and being called out, he
served a tour of three months as a sergeant in the Company
commanded
by Capt. Robert Bell - The Regiment to which he
was attached was commanded by Col James Martin Co Com
mandant, Lieutenant Col John Pursley & Major Thomas Blair
he was mustered into the service at Guilford Court house North Carolina,
Marched from thence through Salisbury to the
River thence up the same & crossed the French broad River at
Swannanoa- continuing
next to the valley town from thence
returned home, having served a tour of 3 months was regularly
discharged. Genl Rutherford commanded the expedition
He is now aged and very infirm and cannot state with certainty
the time he first entered the United States service, but his best 
recollection and belief is that it was in the summer of the year 1776.
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Shortly after this I served another short tour as a guard in
taking prisoners from Guilford to Hillsborough - was on duty
eight days at least.
He was again called upon to serve a tour of three months
but was discharged at the end of two months this was called
the Raft Swamp expedition, and he was in the company of
horse commanded by Capt Daniel Gillespie Cannot
State with certainty in which year this service was rendered
but believes it was in the year 1777-
In the course of the next year I believe) I served another
tour of one month (though was called out for three months)
in the company commanded by Capt Flack of Guilford
County, marched southardly against the Tories
Some time after the last mentioned service I was called upon
to go against the Tories, in the company commanded by Capt
Bell, marched about one hundred miles to cross
Creek & was in actual service ten days at least
at another time he served a tour of eight days in General
Greens army & part of that time as a guide for the troops.
after that again I served fifteen days or upwards in the
Company commanded by Capt John Gillespie & principally
against the Tories to the south
according to his Fathers family register he was born the 16th April 1753.
& he was a citizen of Guilford County North Carolina
where he continued to reside until the year 1796, when he
removed to Robertson County in the State of Tennessee &
resided in Robertson County until the year 1819 when he
moved to Wilson County Tennessee, where he has resided ever
since-- His memory is so bad (being impaired by old age & informing
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that he cannot undertake to give the dates of the different
services above set forth
He never received any discharge in writing & has no other
documentary evidence to sustain his declaration he is
however intimately acquainted with Capt William Donnell
& Mr. George Donnell Citizens of this County, who were his
fellow soldiers part of the time above mentioned, & by them
he can prove positively some part of his services & their belief
of the balance as claimed to have been performed by him
He was a militia man the whole he served in the Revolutionary
war & was not in any battle-- but was in some skirmishis=
He knew Genl Green & Major John Donnell 
of the Regular Army{ Nelson, Capt. Hadley,  Capt. Forbus, Capt. John Rankin,
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or
annuity except the present, and declares that his name is
not on the pension rool of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Witness
Thomas S. Green Justice of
the peace
Charles Braden
his +mark

We William Donnell & George Donnell of the County of
Wilson & State of Tennessee hereby certify that we are with
acquainted with Charles Breden who has subscribed &
sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
seventy nine years of age, and we know that he
served three months against the Indians in the Company com
manded by Capt. Robert Bell - and we believe he served the
tour mentioned in his declaration, (being a man of veracity
and he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where
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he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution,
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Witness
Thomas S. Green Justice of the peace
George Donnell
William Donnell

I Levi H. Morrison, a clergyman residing in the
County of Wilson and State of Tennessee, do certify that
I am well acquainted with Charles Breden, who has
Sworn to & subscribed the above declaration be
live him to be seventy nine years of age, that she is
man of veracity, and I know that he is generally
reputed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to
have been a soldier of the Revolution-
Sworn to & subscribed this 24th December 1832
Before me
R.R. Moore Justice of
the peace for Aston County
Levi R Morrison

I Thomas S. Green a justice of the peace for said County of
Wilson in the State of Tennessee do hereby declare my opinion
after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interroga
tories prescribed by the war Department that the above named
applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
And the I do hereby certify that George Donnell & Wm Donnell
the Revd Levi R. Morrison, who have subscribed and sworn
to the preceding certificates are residents of this County & I
know them to be credible persons and that their statement
is entitled to credit: And I do hereby further certify that the
said applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity attend the
Court. Given under my hand this 3 day of January 1833
Thomas S. Green
for Wilson County
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Declaration of Johanna Braden
In order to obtain the benefit of the act
of Congress of the 7th of July 1838 Entitled an
of granting half pay and pensions to certain
Widows;;
State of Tennessee
Wilson County}
on this 7th day of October 1842
Johanna Braden of the County of Wilson in
the State of Tennessee aged Eighty
four years
who been first duly sworn according doth on
her oath before me Samuel Anderson 
one of the
Judges of the Court of Law for the State
now holding the Circuit Court for the County
of Wilson in the said State of Tennessee at the
he commencing the 4th made in September
1842 in open Court-
makes the following Declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made
by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled
An act Granting half half a pension
to certain widows, that she is the widow of
Charles Braden who was a soldier in
Army of the Revolution in the militia at
has raised in Gilford County North Carolina
she is unable to state the date of the time he
entered the service from old age and the consequent
loss of memory- the first time
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he entered the service he has commanded as well as
she remembers by Capt Bell and the Regiment
was commanded the thinks by Colo
in this town he said as well as the Revers
three months he was Sergent in
the army he was drafted at this period of
his service the second period of of his service the
does not rembered that officers he served but
the Declaration of her husband which is filed
in the War Department and who has placed on
the Pension Roll will facts much more
distance that she can he and being a part
entered
gained her, her said husband marched
though different parts of North Carolina
he
was not in any battes [battles] that she knows of he
was taken sick on Haw River in North Carolina
just before the battle of Giulford and was not
in the action and had to be hold one after
The certificate of the Pension of her husband has
been lost since his death - She understands
Mr. C. W.
Jackson in whose hands it has
placed sent the certificate of Pension in to
the war department to enable declarant, to draw the benifit
of Pension due at the time of her husbands death
She further declares that she was married to the
said Charles Braden on the first day of October
1779 in Guilford County North Carlina where
they resided until they moved to Tennessee in the
year 1791 where this both resided
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until the death of her said husband Charles
Braden which happened on the 21st day
January 1840. he was married to her said
husband as before stated
during the Revolutionary War
She has never been marred but the time
and is still a widow she was no record of her
mariage or birth she has a record of the age
of their children which she here files
there is in hand writing of her husband
She is not able to state the time of her marrage
by any other witness that she knows of but before [illegible]
whose deposition is here filed She
asks for such pension as she is entitled to by the laws of the land
Johanna Braden
her + mark
State of Tennessee
Wilson County      ⎬
This day
personally appeared in
open Court C. W. Jackson and made oath that
he is well acquited with the Declarant Johanna
Braden that she is a credible person that he
knows her to be the widow of Charles Braden
affiant also knows that her said husband
was on the
Pension Roll as a Revolution soldier - after the death
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of the said Charles Braden the Certificate of Pension
has placed in his hand to obtain the ballance of pension
one of his death and he sent the certificate on to
Washington City-- where he believes it is still and
will be face on file the ballance of the Pension
has read that has are at the death of the
said Charles Braden as will be shew
to the correspondance with the Department
here returned
C. M. Jackson
Sworn to in open Court
October of 1842
Wm Martin CLK
I Samuel Anderson one of the Circuit Judges
in the State of Tennessee now presiding in
Wilson Circuit Court in said State the son
being a court of record and possessing superior
common law jurisdiction do certify it appears
to my satisfaction from the examination of
Sidle witnesses in open court that the
declarant Johanna Braden is the widow
of Charles Braden who was on the pension
roll of a revolutionary soldier. that her said
husband is dead and the said Johanna is
Woman of good character
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal this 7th day of October
1842
L. Anderson
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21913
Charles Breden 
from 1776 private
& Sergt 7 mo. 11 days
Pr. 4 mos 11 da. 
Sergt. 3 mo.
 $14.55
15
29.55
9
2
Lebanon
J.S. McLain
Wilson Co
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
May 7th 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, shewing the service of Charles Breden Wilson Co T.

┃Period when the sevice was rendered. ┃
Summer 76
'77
'78 
┃Duration of the claimant's service. ┃
Years.
Months.
3
2
1
7
Days.
8
10
8
15
11
┃Rank of the claimant.┃ 
Sergt 
guard
for law 
pr
guide
pr
┃Names and Rank of the Company
officers under whom he served. ┃
Cap Bell
Gillespie
" Flack 
Bell
Gillispie
┃ Names and Rank of the General
and Field officers. ┃
Col Martin
Gen Green
┃Battles in which the applicant 
was engaged. ┃
┃Country through which he marched ┃
N.C.
┃Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. ┃
79 Guilford NC 
┃Evidence by which the declaration
is supported. ┃
Grady,

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance
, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
of
On this
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Serity of
County of
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
with
and
served in the
(e) regiment of the
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
1
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
&c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there
subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-
6. ┃
a mere and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
Town Oficer" has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character
and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the
proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to
perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will for
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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
the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
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below, and in the following grades: --For---year----months, andrecollection
, he served not less than the periods mentioned
days, I served as a-
For months and --- days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension."
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 is
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.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opnion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case
has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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.
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 witand
the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
note il applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
WL Williams Clk
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A Mary Breden Born on the
[illegible] 18th 
to
Robert Breden Born on Sunday
May the 17
[illegible]
Marget Breden Born on friday the
16 of Septem 1784
Catey Breden Born on Tuesday
the 7 of febery 1781
Alexander Breden Born on Satterdy
the 1 of November 1789
William Breden Born on Monday the 3 of
September 1793
Samuel Breden Born on Tuesday 
the 19 of December 1797
Nancy Breden Born on Wenday the 23 of february 1801
Ibby Breden Born on friday the 23 of September
1803
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334
Revy
WIDOW, &c.  
File No. 334
Johanna Breden
widow
Charles Breden
Priv & Serg't   N. C. Line, Rev. War.
Act: March 3, 1843.
Index: - Vol. A, Page 80
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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8479
Johanna Breden
of
Charles
Tennessee
Rejected
See let 31st Oct. 42
R. M. Burton
husband died after
passage of act of 7 July 1838)
Act 7 July 1838
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Josiah S. McClain Clerk of the County Court of
Wilson County, Tennessee, do hereby certify that this
Green Esq before whom the annexed declaration was sworn
to, and before whom the affidavits by George Donnell and
William Donnell were made, and Robert R Moore
Esq before whom the certificate of the Read Levi Morrison
was sworn, in the matter of the application of Charles
Breden for a pension now are & were at the time
said declaration and affidavit bear date acting
Justice of the peace in said second
and qualified as the law directs authorized
to administer oaths, and that their signature
thereto are genuine. In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal of
office
May 21st 1833
Josiah S. McClain
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Ho. of Reps Dec 29 1842
Dear Sir
I have a letter from an attorney
of my District stating that the claim of the widow
Braden of Wilson County Tennessee had been rejected
by you heretofore upon the ground that the
act of 1838 did not embrace those who had become
widow after the passage of that act, & he states
that at last session the benefits of the act were
extended to all cases of widows whose husbands
had performed the service required. Now I
can find no alteration of that law except
the 8th Resolution at page 230 in pamplett act
Will you be good as to inform me on this subject
Very respectfully
Your ob Servt
Ro. L. Caruthers
JL Edwards Esq. 
Com of Pensions
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Nashville Feby 3d 1844
Sir
enclose herewith the Declaration
of Mrs Breeden to obtain the benefit
of the act of 3d March 1843, he was a
pensioner under the act of 7 July 1838 at
the rate of $25 per annum her
age, she does not exactly recollect,
the thinks near Eight
peace
examine and retain as soon as
practicable and [illegible] your
most obt servt
Jas H Kendrick
JL Edwards Esq
Com of Pens.
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Briden.

Breden
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TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES.
Oct. 7
1840.
Sir:
Enclosed you will receive One Treasury Draft
made payable to your order, together with a descriptive list of the same
, combined with a receipt therefor, which you will please to sign
and return to this office, by return of mail.
I am, respectfully,
Sir, your obedient servant
WM. SELDEN.
Treasurer of the United States.

Calvin W Jackson Esq
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Lebanon Oct 15th 1842
Honbl. J. L. Edwards
Inclosed I send
you the application of Johanna Braden
widow of Charles made for a Pension
I suppose the wife be entitled to a pension
from the death of her husband the certificate
of the old man Braden
probably find in the archives of
Department-- please make the certificate
payable at Nashville and forward
it to me
Very Respectfully
Robert M Burton
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Johanna Breden
No 8479
of
Charles
Tennessee
amd
4 mo 1.d pri
3 Sergt
$29.55
Hon R L Caruthers
H.R.
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State of Tennessee
Wilson County
I William L Martin Clerk
of the Circuit Court of Wilson County do hereby
certify that at the Court begun and child in the
County of Wilson at the Courthouse in the Town of
Lebanon on the fourth Monday in September
1842. Presiding the Honorable Samuel
Anderson Judge & duly commissioned and qualified
and to hold said Court - That the foregoing
Constitutes the original proceedings of record in
the case of the aplication of Johanna Braden to
be placed on the pension role of the United States
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal of Office at Office in Set
on the 15th October AD 1842 and in
the 66th year of American Independence
Wm L. Martin Clkend
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Pension Office
15th Sept 1840.
Sir
I have referred the papers in the case
of Charles Breden decd to the Third Auditor
of the treasury, that the Pension may be paid
in conformity to the Act of the 6th April 1838.
I am Sir
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
J L Edwards

C. W. Jackson Esq
Lebanon
Tennessee
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Report
6934
West Tennessee
Johanna Breden
widow
of
Charles Breden
---
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 21 January 1840
of Wilson Co in the State of Tennessee
who was a Pri & Sergt in the Company
commanded by Captain Bell, of the
Regt
commanded by Col. Martin in
the NC. line for 4. m pri
3 Sergh
Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville
at the rate of 29 Dollars 55
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836.
---
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of
Jany 1843, and sent to Hon
R L Caruthers H. Reps
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841
Semi-annual allowance ending
---
147 75
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by Theo L Moody, Clerk,
Book A
Vol. 2
Page 206-
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State of Tennessee
Fayette County
on this day personally appeared
before me William Burton
an acting Justice
of the Peace for the County of Fayette Benjamin Starrett
a citizen of the County of Fayett aged 82 years
who after being sworn according to law says that he
was well acquainted with Johanna Braden Widow
of Charles Braden a soldier of the Revolution who
died about the month of June 1839 in the County
of Wilson he depose that the said Johnson then
Johanna Starrett was married to the said
Charles Baden in the County of Gilford
in the State of North Carolina on the first
of October 1779 witness has present at the marrage
the said Maden ed wife moved to the State of
Tennessee about the year 1796 the said Johanna Braden is now when
- 83 years of age
C. Starritt 

Sworn to and subscribed
to before me this 17th day
of September 1842
William Burton J.℗

State of Tennessee
Fayett County       ⎬
 I, William Burton an acting
Justice of the Peace for the City of Fayett in the said
State of Tennessee do hereby certify that Benjamin Starrett
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who subscribed the above affidavit is a credible man
an his statements are entitled to full faith
under my hand & seal having no seal of office on
this 17th day of September 1842
William Burton J℗
State of Tennessee
Fayett County 
I Jarmon Koonce
Clerk
of the County Court of Fayett do herby certify
that Wm Burton
the Justice of
the Peace before whom the above certificate of Benjamin
Starrett was sworn to was at the time of
the
takeing of said affidavit an acting
Justice of the Peace for the County of Fayett
duly commissioned and qualified Given under my
hand & seal of office this 17th day of September
at Summerville 1842
Jarmon Koonce Clk
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office
October 1st, 1840.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States, The widow of Charles Breden
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Ten. Agency, at
the rate of Twenty nine Dollars and
55 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department,
from the 4th of Sept. 1839,
to the
21st January to the day of his death
Respectfully yours,
J Serven
acting Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present
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DECLARATION
in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress, of the 3d March
1843, granting Pensions for one year to certain Widows who have
received pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838.
STATE OF Tennessee
Wilson COUNTY.} SS.
On this 30th day of January---
1844 personally appeared
before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the State and county aforesaid,
Johanna Breeden - a resident of Tennessee
in the county of Wilson aged
years, who bein
first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order
obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d March, 1843,
granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War--That she is the widow of 
Charles Breeden who was a
Private a Sergent in the war of the revolution,
Further Testifies that she was a pensioner under
the act of 7th July 1838, at the rate of $29, 55 per annum
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and year above written before me,}
Johanna Breeden her+mark {seal}
John M Alexander JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Charles Breeden

State of Tennessee Wilson
County: -- Sct.
I. John W. Alexander
a Justice of the Peace
in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Johanna Breeden
the above declarant is personally known to me.
Given under my hand this 30th
day of January 1844
John W Alexander JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
STATE OF Tennessee
Wilson County. ⎬
I, Josiah S McClain
Clerk of the County Court
of said Wilson county, hereby certify that John W Alexander
whose name appears signed to the foregoing affidavit and certificate
is, and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the
County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as such according to law, and that the foregoing
signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand, and affixed my seal of office, at office in
the Town of Lebanon
this 1st day of February 1844
J S McClain
CLERK OF Wilson COUNTY Court