Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 11164, Reuben Warren, Miss. Residence Of Widow In 1855
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
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Warren, Reuben
Margaret
Miss. residence of widow in 1855

NUMBER R. 11164

CONTENTS
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Reuben Warren and Margeret
Hancock joined in Matrimony
on the 6 day of January 1811.
I certify that the above marriage
was celebrated by me

N. Loyd


State of Kentucky  Wayne County Court

I J. N. Shepperd Deputy
Clerk for William Simpson Clerk of 
the Wayne County Court, do certify
that the foregoing contains a true 
copy of the Certificate of Marriage
of Reuben Warren and Margeret
Hancock as of record in my 
office
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name
and affixed the official Seal of said office in
Monticello Ky this 14th 
day of February 1855

J. N. Shepperd DC for 
Wm Simpson Clk
[seal]
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State of Mississippi

Be it remembered that Reuben
Warren Senior having proved to my entire satisfaction that he is now residing within this state, and was on 
the fifteenth day of Feby 1839, and that he has engaged
and served in the war of the revolution between the United
States and Great Britain and on the side of Independence, 
and that he does not receive a pension from 
the United States for his said services, and that he has not in his possession of other means sufficient for
his support without the pension provided for in an 
act entitled an act to free from taxation the soldiers 
of the revolutionary war approved February 15th 1839
I do therefore, hereby certify that the said Reuben 
Warren Senior is entitled to receive out of the State Treasury
one hundred dollars per year from the date
hereof during his lifetime according to the provisions
of the above recited act - Given under my hand and 
seal the 21st day of April 1841

Stephen Adams  Seal
Judge of the 9th Judicial
District of Mississippi

I Madison McAfee, Auditor of Public accounts hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of
the evidence filed in this office, July 21, 1841 upon
which Reuben Warren Senior drew the pension from 
state Treasury provided for in the act entitled "an act to 
free from taxation the soldiers of the revolutionary war"
approved Febry 15. 1839  Given under my hand and 
Seal of office at Jackson, Miss
Feby 9. 1854

Madison McAfee
Aud. pub. accts
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State of Mississippi
County of Octibbeha [Oktibbeha]
Probate Court
March Term AD 1855

On this twenty sixth day of March A.D.
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, before the Court of 
Probate, of the county & state aforesaid a court of record, held within 
and for the county and state aforesaid personally appeared Mrs.
Margeret Warren, aged seventy years, a resident of 
[blank] in the County of Octibbeha and state of Mississippi
who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make 
the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the second section of the Act of 3d February 1853, granting
pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary 
War; that she is the widow of Reuben Warren, deceased, who 
was a Private in the Revolutionary Army and a pensioner of 
the United States under Act of [blank] at the rate of $100
per annum, which was paid to him at the Agency in Jackson
in the state of Mississippi.  She further states that she was married
to the said Reuben Warren in Wayne County in the State of
Kentucky on the 6th day of January A.D. Eighteen hundred
and Eleven by one N. Loyd a justice of 
the peace and that her name before her said marriage
was Margeret Hancock; that her husband the said 
Reuben Warren, died at Itawamba County Miss on the twenty fourth 
(24th) day of June A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty (1850).  That she
was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated, and she further states
that there is public record of her marriage and that there
is no private record of her marriage.  She further states
that she cannot file herewith his pension certificate for the 
reason that it is not in her possession nor does she know where it is, but refers to Exhibit A
and further she declares that she is now a widow.  She 
appoints C W Bennett her attorney to prosecute this her claim.

Margarite Warren  X  her mark

Witness Robert Richardson
James C. Dibrell

Sworn to and subscribed before me 
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David Ames Judge of the Probate
Court in Open Court, on the day
and year first above mentioned, and I hereby certify that I 
know the said deponent and believe her to be as above stated
and of the age mentioned in her declaration and that I am 
not interested in her claim as attorney or otherwise.

David Ames  Seal
Judge of Probate


State of Mississippi
County of Oktibbeha ss.

I, Charles Dibrell Clerk
of the Court of Probate
held within and for said County, being a Court of Record,
do hereby certify that the Honl. David Ames
before whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed
and sworn to, was at the time of so doing a Judge of 
said Court duly commissioned and sworn and that his 
signature thereto is genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of the said 
Court this 24th day of Marc A. D. 1855.

Charles Dibrell Clerk.
[no seal visible]

I knew Reuben Warren decd in his lifetime and 
know the widow to be such by general reputation.

S. Adams


State of Mississippi
County of Itawamba ss.

On this 9th day of April A.D. 
Eighteen hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before 
me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for 
the said County, two persons viz: John Dulaney
and Sanford Carter who are to me well known,
and who are credible witnesses; who, being by me duly
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sworn, depose and say, that they are each well acquainted
with Mrs. Margaret Warren, the above applicant for a Pension,
that they have known her for 15 or 16 years last past.  That 
they were acquainted with Reuben Warren her late husband,
having know him for ten years previous to his death; that 
they the said Margaret Warren and Reuben Warren
lived together as husband and wife, and were reputed so to be; 
that deponents never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or 
questioned.  That the said Reuben Warren died on the 
24th day of June A.D. 1850, and the said Mrs. Margaret
Warren, has been since that day and still is reputed to be his widow,
which deponents believe to be the fact.  That she has never 
married since her husbands death and is still his widow, and 
that her said husband was the identical man mentioned
as a pensioner in her declaration above as deponents know,
and further that deponents were present and saw Mrs. 
Warren execute the foregoing declaration by 
to the same and making oath thereto in due
form of law, [from "and further that deponents.." to this point seem to be marked through] and that they deponents, do reside in the 
county aforesaid and are disinterested. 

Witness  John Dulany
Sanford Carter

Sworn to and subscribed before me 
on the day and year above mentioned
and I certify that I am not interested 
in this claim as Agent, Attorney
or otherwise.

Reuben Wiygle J.P.
Justice of the Peace


State of Mississippi
County of Itawamba ss.

I Wm H Moore Clerk of the 
Probate Court of said County  I hereby certify that Reuben 
Weygle Esqr. before whom the foregoing affidavit
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was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, 
was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and 
for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn 
and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and affixed the seal of 
the court of Itawamba County
this 9th day of April A. D. 1855.

William H. Moore Clerk &c.
[seal]

The State of Mississippi
Itawamba County 

I A S Warren Judge of Probate
in & for said county do herby by certify
that Wm H Moore whose genuine signature
appears to the foregoin Certificate is and was at 
the time of signing the same acting Clerk
of said Court duly qualified and that said 
certificate is in due form of law and 
by the proper officer and that full faith
& credit are due all his official acts as 
such
Given under my hand and seal as
I have no official seal this 9th day 
of April AD 1855

A S Warren  Seal
Judge of Probate
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J.R.W.
Old War and Navy Division.       3-523.
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Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D.C.,   Feby 26, 1902

Sir

In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that this Bureau is unable to 
furnish a history of the service of any soldier of the Revolutionary war or of the war of 1812 unless he 
or his widow was a pensioner or an applicant for pension or bounty land; and that under the rules such 
a history is furnished only to the soldier's descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical 
or genealogical purposes.
The large number of inquiries made on this subject, and the length of time required to make a 
proper search of the records in each case, will not permit of information being given to any applicant 
concerning more than two soldiers.
In order that the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, you are 
requested to furnish as much as possible of the data called for below.

[three blank lines]

Very respectfully,
J. L. Davenport
Commissioner.


Mr. J. F. Molder
Kelly Ok. Ter.

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Full name of soldier, Reuben Senure Waren
Where did he enter service?  in South Carolina forgot County
Under what officers did he serve?  Francis Maran
Place of residence after service, Kentucky Wayne County
Approximate date of death, died June 4, 1850 town Fulton Miss
Given name of widow, Margry Waren
Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension?  the soldier did
Additional information,  Ruben Senure Waren drewed one 
hundred dollars per year

Signature, Mrs. Nancey C. Adams
(Mrs. or Miss to be prefixed if a lady signs.)
Post-office address, including street and 
number, town, county, and State, }  Kelly PO Greer Co
Okla


14554b3m5-1900


[date stamp]
REVOLUTIONARY
MAR 13 1902
[remainder illegible]
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5672
Margaret Warren
Wid. of 
Reuben
Mi.
Let. to C. W. Bennett, Apl. 19/55
11164
Act 53
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
P.O.  [blank]
Margaret Warren
Service:  Reuben
Enlisted:  [blank date]
Discharged:  [blank date]
Application filed:  [blank date]
Alleges:  [blank]
Re-enlisted:  [blank]
Attorney:  [blank]
P.O.  [blank]
[blank] Recognized.   [blank] Contract
[blank]  Cert. of Dis.  Searched for  [blank date]

[notes on the upper left side of page]
Apl 11 1902
Mrs. Nancy Adams
Kelly Ok. Ter.
March 31, 1904.  His to 
Mrs. Mary V. Barrett
Saltillo Miss.
Oct 4 1904
To above descendants
not pensionable
1905 Nov. 18.  Mrs E. Downing
children no title to pension AW
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[different handwriting than letter]
[illegible] 
attention
Pens
M

Hillsboro Tex  Oct 30th

Teddy Rosevelt pres
will you please excuse a 
poor old Laddy for writing 
to you about 14 years ago 
my sister and I wrote to 
the pension berau  we did 
get and ans that was all 
about 11 years ago  we got 
a lawer to write for us 
we wear both pore and 
thought we had anright
to draw som money as 
our Fathers was a reglar
in the war of 1776 he 
drew until he died in 

[date stamp]
[faded out] WAR & NAVY
NOV 6 1905
[illegible]
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2
June 1850  Mother drew
the last soon after he 
died  they wrote Mother
to [illegible] of her circumstance
she wrote that she 
had plenty  there is but 
three that is living that 
new me when a chill
I had a cousin that 
we played togeather when 
we were children  ther is 
a Battise preacher by the 
name of William 
Priddy and a preacher
of the Church of Crist in 
name is David Mills [Wills?]
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and they are like my
self near 80  my sister
is dead  I am the youngr
and last living chile
of Reuben and Margry
Warren  my Father was 
cousin of John Adams
also nephew of A S Warren 
of Bunker hill  my Mother
was neice of John Hancock
so you see the best blood 
of this nation runs in 
my veins  I [was?] so I never
don any thing to disgrace
it and wont as long as 
I live
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I said when we wrote
the last time I would not
try again unless I got to
where I could not work
for my living & have 
come to that now  I think
it a shame on this country
that a chile of one that 
went through it the whole 
war to gain our libberty
and [ram?] out an honard
soulder should have to 
go to the poor house  I 
have not gon there but 
friends cant do all  I 
try to do all I can to make
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11164

[date stamp]
U.S.P.B.
OLD WAR & NAVY
MAR 23 1904
FILES.

Saltillo Miss.  March 17, 1904

To The Federal Pension Bureau

I am the grandaughter of 
Reuben Warren who was 
a Revolutionary soldier.
He enlisted in the Army from 
Virginia.
I can prove my relation to 
him.
Look up the roll and I think
you will find his name 
thereon.
Let me hear from that 
department as soon as 
possible.  

Yours
(Mrs.) Mary V. Barrett
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5

a living I am the young
chile and now about
My Father was Reuben
Warren and lived in 
Wain [Wayne] Co Ky until 
1839 then he emigrated
to Itawamba Co Miss
his Post office was 
Fulton  I cam to Tex
14 years ago
My address is Mrs
Ellen Downing 
Hillsboro Tex smith
st 101 you could get 
the [marriage?] of Father
from the old pension
books

you with rest
Ellen Downing
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JRW

Rej. 11,164,
Rev. War.

Oct. 4, 1904.

Madam:

In reply to your recent inquiry, you are advised that there 
is no law granting pensions to descendants of soldiers of the 
Revolutionary war, as you were informed March 31,1904.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.



Mrs. Mary V. Barrett,
Saltillo, MIss.
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Rej. File No. 11,164,
Reuben Warren,
Rev. War.

Nov. 20, 1905.

Madam:

In response to your letter dated October 30, 1905, and 
received in this Bureau November 6, 1905, you are advised that there
is no law granting pensions to children of soldiers of the Revolutionary 
War.

The children of such soldiers who are now on the pension rolls
were placed there by Special Acts of Congress.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.


Mrs. Ellen Downing,
Hillsboro, Texas.
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this matter and see 
if I am entitle to a 
pention (being a grand
daughter of Reuben Warren).
If the grandaughters of 
the Revolution Soldiers are
drawing pensions I am 
entitle to a pension.
Hopeing you will look 
after this closely

Yours
Mrs Mary V Barrett
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OWJN
11164
File in case

Saltillo Miss. Lee Co.
Sept. 20. 1904.

Mr B. T. Ware  Commissioner
of Pensions.
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir,

I written you some time 
ago about the military
service of Reuben Warren
during the Revolutionary
War.  I also sent
statement as to the same
I havn't heard from you 
since.
Will you please look into
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Washington
April 17. 1855

Honl L. P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions

Sir

I have the honor to enclose
herewith the declaration of Mrs. Margaret Warren
widow of Reuben of Miss. for a Pension under Act
of Feb. 3. 1853, with public record of marriage &c.

Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt

C. W. Bennett