Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8490, for James Prichard, North Carolina
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Claim of
James C Prichard
for Pension
and
Revolutionary
War
He died in 1838.  She
in 1840.
son of James Prichard
(illegible last line)
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July A.D. 1853, hereunto signed his name and
affixed his Seal  James C Prichard [seal]
attest
Thos M Hughes
John C Dunce


Signed Sealed Acknowledged and Sworn to before
me On This 2nd day of July A.D.1853. And I
hereby certify that I am disinterested in the prosecution
of this application for Pension
Ed Rogers I Seal
State of Georgia
County of Union ⎬ Be it known that before
Edward Rogers a Justice of the Peace within
and for the County and State aforesaid Personally
appeared Sidney S. Harshaw a resident of the
County of Union and State aforesaid who being
by me cautioned and then sworn in due form
of law, states that he was acquainted with James
Prichard. And that he was generally considered
by the community to be a Revolutionary Soldier, and
That James C. Richard was always by him treated. and is by the Witness considered to be the
Son and Heir of said Revolutionary Soldier
In testimony whereof he has on this 4th day
of July A.D. 1853, hereunto set his name and
affixed his seal
Sidney S Harshaw, Seal
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 4th
of July A.D. 1853. And I hereby Certify that said
Sidney S. Harshaw, is one of the Justices of the Inferior Court, and is a credible
and disinterested witness
Ed Ropers J. P.
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Georgia
Union County) 
I hereby certify that Edward
Rogers Esq before whom
the foregoing declaration power of
Attorney and certificate was made is
& was at the time of signing
the same an acting Justice
of the Peace in & for said
County duly commissioned
and sworn & that his signature ┃
thereto is genuine.
Given under my hand
and Seal of Office
this 5th day of July AD
1853.
J.S. Fain Ordinary
Union County Geo
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State of Georgia
County of Union ⎬ On this 9th day of
August. A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and
fifty four. Personally appeared before me
John Hayes a Justice of the Peace within and
for the County and State aforesaid, Lincefield
Parks aged 91 years a Resident of Union County
in the State of Georgia, Personally known
to me, who being duly sworn according to
law deposeth and saith on oath. That
he was well acquainted with James Pritchard
of Burk County in the State of North Carolina
that he became acquainted with the said James Prichard in the year of 1779 in the last named
County and State Where Said Prichard then
Resided, and that said James Prichard Was always
considered and believed to be and Deponent
Believes was a Revolutionary Soldier from North Carolina
by the Community to considered and
Deponent States his father Benjamin Parks
was a Revolutionary Soldier and a Captain
in said War and a Pensioner of the United States
, and that deponents Father, always Recognized and said that the said James Prichard
was a Revolutionary Soldier, and that deponent
never heard of or knew any other
man by the name of James Prichard in
the State of North Carolina or any where
else and that James Prichard above named
was actually living in the time of the
said War from the fact that Deponent in
his earliest recollection at the close of the
Revolutionary War knew said Prichard
and that he was fully old enough to have
been in said War. And that James Prichard
Alfred Prichard Thomas Richard Lucinda Prichard
and Elizabeth
Prichard
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38601
James Prichard

Georgia
8490

act June 7th 1832
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[Act of July 14, 1862 and March 3, 1873. crossed through]

REJECTED
8490
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P. O. James Pritchard
Service:
Enlisted: ___, 18
Discharged: ___, 18
Application filed:
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.     Contract
Cert. of Dis. Searched for ___, 18
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38.601
James Prichard de
Georgia
W.R. Querry Sep 15 1853
Quarry & Walker Apr. 19 1854-
Same May 19 1854 - Same
Oct 2 1855 - Thos Lumpkin
March 10, 1857 -
Th Lumpkin Sep. 28. 1857.
Hon A Iverson Sept 23/59
To [illegible]
June 4/57
Act June 7 1832
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James Prichard for Rev Pension
Georgia responded file
Edwards 2 Aug
Mary
Mr. McRae as CC - Feb 5-'56
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Court of Ordinary Union County
Georgia
August Term 1857-
It appearing to the court that the
bond in the case of
James C Prichard Administrator
of the Estate of James Prichard
deceased, was only given
for Four Hundred dollars,
And it further appearing
to the said Court that both
James C Prichard the principal
in said bond & Thomas J.
Haralson his security are
willing that said bond
be raised from the sum
of Four hundred dollars to
the sum of Eight hundred
dollars, they being now present in
open court & consenting
thereto 
It is therefore ordered
by the Court at this regular
term of the court that said
and be raised, from the
amount of Four hundred dollars
to the amount of Eight hundred dollars.
Done by order of Court at this
regular Term of the Court this
August 3rd 1857-
J. J.  Logan D.C.C.O.
1
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Georgia ⎬
Union County ⎬ 
I  James J. Logan Deputy Clerk of the court
of ordinary in
and for said County and State
do certify that the within is a true and 
perfect copy of the minutes of our said Court
Given under my hand and seal
of office at office this 3rd day of
August 1857

J. J. Logan D.C.C.O.
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State of N. Carolina
Comptrollers Department
I C. H. Brogden Comptroller of Public
accounts
in and for the state of
aforesaid do hereby certify that the
payments certified by W. J. Clarke
former Comptroller, to have been made
to James Prichard a for military service
in the Revolutionary war, are as follows
Book P. 39 Page 37 was to James Prichell, [illegible] Dis
"26   " 73 James Prichard army certificate

returned from Surry County in the
Salisbury District (the father of [illegible])
Indent No 2982, Issued by Order of Morgan
District [illegible] Burke Co. formerly of
the Salisbury District
Indent No 46, misplaced, district therefore
can not be given, the second and
third payments were to the same man
probably the fourth and last, the
first was not

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed my name
and
affixed the seal of said
office on this the 16th
day of Febry 1857
C. Brogden
Comptroller
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State of North Carolina
Comptroller's Office
J. William J. Clarke Comptroller of Public
accounts in and for the State aforesaid do
hereby certify that it appears of record
in my office among the payments made
by said State to sundry persons for military
services in the Revolutionary war as follows
to wit.
James Prichard
11
Book P. No. 39 Page 3 £14. s10. Do. Specie
No 26" 73 £9. s12. Do
Indent No. 2982 Issued by £9. s10. Do
Auditor of Morgan District 9.

$46.25
⎬

Ditto No. 46
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my
name and affixed
the seal of Office
this the first
day of March
1854
Wm. J. Clarke, Compt'r.
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Stock Hill Ga
July 20th 1837.
Thomas Lumpkin Esqr

Dear Sir
Enclosed please find the  affidavit
of James C Richard including the
Children by his fathers first wife, he was
of opinion that they could not participate in the
dividend, of the land, that might be found due but
since I informed him they must come in
he so insert there names in his affidavit
though he states that he has not heard from
them for many years, and does not know
really whether any or all of them is yet
living. But this I presume will not
make any special
difference with the
Department, in issuing the pension Certificate
to the Administrator, as under the present,
Statute of distribution of this State, - the amt.
will have to be distributed under the
direction of the Court of Ordinary, where
each & every heir cannot be cut out of getting
their equitable share, & even those that may so
receive have to give a refunding bond to
the Court in case they should be an heir unknow
& left out, that they could afterwards receive his
share, I merely mention this, that the Dept. may
see, or know that the Court of Georgia will
force it to go the same direction they give
it
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I trust you will
now be able to get the Certificate.
and forward it to me if
they hesitate to issue the certificate because
there is no proof of the heirship of the first
wife's children & that they are the only surviving &c
you can refer them to the
Hon. Howell Cobb (the sect of the Treasury)
who as-- you are aware were from this,
State who will state that under the present
statutes of Distribution of Georgia
there is no chance to exclude any of then
even if such a thing was intended which
is not the case
I think you can surely [illegible] in both of the
payments of £ 9-10-& £9 - that species was
throughout as the was but the one man
by the name of James Prichard who served
from N.C. in the Revolution
Please let me hear from you soon as
Convenient as I have not had anything from you lately, excuse haste,
Yours Truly
H. H. Walter
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Washington DC
August 12th 57
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting 
Please cause
the within papers to be filed
with the papers of Mary Prichard dec'd.
and of James Prichard
Act 4th July, 1836, Georgia
Case
Respectfully
Th. Lumpkin
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Washington
May 29th 1857
Sir
I therewith enclose evidence
of administrator of James Prichard on
the estate of his Father James Prichard
whose widow claimed a pension under
act of 4th July 1836, also for the arrears
due said James Prichard Please file
the same with her papers.
I am very truly
Th Lumpkin

Geo. C. Whiting
Commr of Pensions
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STATE OF GEORGIA, Union County.
By the Court of Ordinary of said County.
Whereas, James Prichard
late [of said county crossed through] deceased, died in
testate, having, while he lived and at the time of his death, divers goods, chattels, rights and credits,
within the county aforesaid, by means whereof the full disposition and power of granting the administration
of all and singular, the goods, chattels, rights and credits of the said deceased, and also a final
dismission from the same, to the Court aforesaid, does of right belong; and said Court desiring that the
goods, chattels rights and credits of said deceased, may be well and truly administered, and legally disposed
of, do hereby grant unto James C Prichard administrator, full
power, by the tenure of these presents, to administer the goods, chattels, rights and credits of said deceased, which to him in his lifetime, and at the time of his death, did belong; and to ask, demand, sue for, receive
the same, and to pay the debts in which the deceased stood bound, so far forth as his assets will
extend, according to law, and then the balance justly to pay over to the legal heirs and distributees, of
the said deceased. And the said James C Prichard
having given
bond and security, and taken the oath, and performed all other requisites required by law, necessary to
his just qualification as administrator, he is, by order of said Court, and by virtue of these presents, ordained, constituted and appointed administrator, of all and singular, the goods, chattels, rights and credits
of said deceased.
given under my hand and seal of office at office
[Given under my hand and official signature, crossed through]this 19th day of May
1857
J J Logan D.C.C.O. [M S]
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Stock Hill Geo:
April 8th 1854
L. P. Waldo, Esqr
Dear Sir

In compliance with your Report,
to us on the 15th Sept. last, in the application
of James G Prichard of Georgia, enclosed please
find certificate of Service as directed from
the Comptroller of North Carolina, also a
Certificate of Court showing the date of the
deaths of James & Wife Mary Prichard and
the number, and names of the surviving
children, all of which we trust will be
Satisfactory
we have searched for the
proof of Marriage, and have so far failed
to
find any Record or living witnesses who
can show the date of their Marriage, and from
the best information we can obtain as to the date
we think it doubtful whether or not their
would be any thing due on the account of her
Widowhood, and therefore decline claiming
any thing on her account, though we find no
Person who doubts their being lawfully man
& wife,
Please examine and Report to
us early as practicable we remain Very
Respectfully your obedient Servants
Query & Walker
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Washington
Aug 15th 57.
Sir
Herewith enclose are
evidence in the case of
Mary Prichard Geo., act
4th July 1836, widow of James
Prichard
Respy
Th. Lumpkin
1
Geo C Whiting
Ed
Comm
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6 = 20
28/30+=3.12
23.12
Jas Prichard dec'd.
4 June 1839-
---
Alfred Prichard -1
Thos Prichard - 2
Lucinda Richard - 3
Elizabeth Prichard - 4
Jas. C. Prichard - 5
18.10
370 /8 =20[?]
48.25 [crossed through]
46.25
23.12
[illegible] 
28
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Washington D.C.
Feb 21st 1857

Sir

I herewith enclose the Certificate from the Comptroller of N. C. shewing, or other explaining payments made
to James Prichard as shown by his predecessor's
Certificate W. J. Clarke Esq, which I wish filed
in the case of Mary Prichard and one of
James Prichard, Act 1836 and
1832 Georgia Case
I trust this explanation may have satisfied
the Dept that is that the same soldier
whom this applicant represents was
her husband and is the man who rendered
the service,
I am very truly
Th. Lumpkin
Hon. G. C. Whiting
Comm. of Pension
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obtain from the Comptroller. A Certificate of
his services, which we accordingly complied
with, and was informed by the Comptroller that the name of only one man of the
name of James Prichard appears on the
Rolls of of the State of North Carolina
and from good traditionary evidence we
think we have shown that the claimants
are the children of the said James Prichard
You ask why we consider the widow not
entitled. We answer that we consider her
entitled, but the period she lived after the
death of the soldier was short, hardly worth
claiming for
If you require it we
can obtain a certificate from the Comptroller of North Carolina. shewing that then
is but one man of the name of James
Prichard, on the North Carolina Rolls
We remain Very Respectfully 
your Obedient Servants
Query & Walker
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Stock Hill, Ga
July 7th 1837
Thomas Lumpkin Esqr
Dear Sir

In relation to the claim
of James C Richard Adm'r. of James Prichard
dec'd. for arrears of Revolution Pension
I find that the bond give by the Admr was
for only $400 - and from your letter the am't.
of the Pension of all the payment stated in the
Compt'r. Certificate are allowed, will be $380-
or near $400 - I have thought proper to have
the bond raised, & forward you evidence
of the same,-- I enclosed you the proof
require in this claim on the 20th last,
month, which I hope has reached you
Long before this

hoping to hear from you soon
I am yours truly
H. H. Walker
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Stock Hill Ga
July 20th 1853
L. P. Waldo Esqr

Dear Sir
Enclosed I send
you. The claim of James C. Prichard for a pension 
for the services of James Prichard a Soldier
of the Revolution from the State of North Carolina
as you will see by the Affidavit of said James
C. Prichard. You will observe in the Affidavit
that the dates of their Marriage are blank
said James C. Richard not recollecting or knowing
the date of said Marriage, but we have written
to the County in which they were married to obtain a
transcript of said Marriage and the date thereof
Will you please to examine This claim and
inform me of any additional proof that may
be needed in the prosecution of the same
I remain with due Respect
Your Obedient Servant
W. R. Query,
L. P.  Waldo Esq
Washington City
D.C.
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Stock Hill Ga
Sept 13th 1855.
Dear Sir
In compliance with your-
Requisition of 19th May 1854, in the claim of
James Prichard a Rev. Soldier from N.C.
to Pension, Enclosed I hand you the Testimony
of Lincefield Parks who was acquainted with
Mr. Prichard as far back as the close of the War
and before, who testifies that from his own knowledge
and the statement of Benj. Parks who was a pensioner
that the claimants father was living in the time
of the Revolutionary War, and Recognized by Captain Benj. Parks-- as a man, & soldier who had rendered
Military service in said War, and that he was the
only man of that name who live in the Bounds of
the Deponents knowledge, we are also informed  
Controller General of N.C. that the Records of
his office only show service to one man of that
name, from all the Testimony heretofore filed in this
claims together with that. Enclosed though Traditionary, but from credible Witnesses who have stated
the grounds of their knowledge &c. We think it
a very Reasonable conclusion that it was the
Claimants father who rendered the service as
certified by the Compt General, of N.C. Which
is on file in your office,
As to the discrepancy in the Statement of the
Claimants in the first and last Declaration of the
date of the Father & Mother death, it is due the
Claimants to say that James Prichard who made
the first Declaration at the time, had no record to
advert to, though stated, that he would make the statement fully as far back as the Death taken place
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but this being susceptible of proof, & knowing that you
would only rely upon the Testimony of Witnesses who
knew the fact & dates, by reference to the
Testimony of Hise and Plep You will see that fact,
fully stated, all of which we trust will be satisfactory, please Examine & Report upon the same early
as practicable We are very Respectfully
your obt. Servts
Quary & Walker,
To the Commissioner of
Pension Department of
the Interior Washington ⎬
City D.C.
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Columbus, Georgia
Augt. 30th 1859
Dr. Sir

at the request of one of
my constituents I by to
enquire the situation of
Revolutionary claim for pension filed in
in office by H. H. Walker
in behalf of the heirs of James
Pritchard? Be pleased to inform
me at your earliest convenience

Your Obt. Sent

A. Iverson
Geo C. Whiting, Esq'r.
Com. Pension
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State of Georgia
⎬County of Umon ⎬ On this 30th day of
March One thousand Eight Hundred and
fifty four. Personally appeared in open Court
before me John S. Fain Ordinary in and
for the County and State aforesaid James C
Prichard aged 37 years a resident of the
County of Union and State of Georgia, and
who is personally known to the Court and entitled to Credit. Being Sworn according to
Law declares on oath that he is the son
and Heir of James Prichard who was a
Soldier of the Revolutionary War from the
State of North Carolina, and that he died
on or about the 4th day of June A.D. 1839
and that his mother named Mary Prichard
and that she died on or about the 7th day
of March A.D. 1841, the date of their
Marriage he does not know, and Deponents
States, he does not know of or believe their
is any Record. that shows the Marriage
or deaths of his Parents above named
nor no other means to establish the date
of Marriage and Deaths above stated only
by living Witnesses, and that their are
four other children whose names are as
follows Alfred Prichard Thomas Prichard
Lucinda Prichard & Elizabeth Prichard only
Surviving Children of Said James Prichard
and Mary Richard Deceased,
and Deponent
further declares his Father James Prichard
above named is and was the only one of the
Prichard family whose given name
was James & only one of the same who
served in the War of the Revolution,
and recollects of hearing his father
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James Richard above named, say that he served
Several Tours in Said War
James C. Prichard
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the
day and year above written
J.S. Fain Ordinary
Union County Georgia
⎬
State of Georgia
County of Union ⎬ It is hereby certified, that
satisfactory proof has been exhibited before
me the undersigned Ordinary in and for the
County and State aforesaid by the affidavits
of James C. Richard and George W. B. Hise and
Isreal Pless the two latter named, Residents of
the County of Gilmer in the State of Georgia
being personally known to the Court and who
is entitled to credit. that James Richard
named in the foregoing Declaration was a
Soldier in the Revolutionary War from
the State of North Carolina and that he
died on the fourth day of June A.D. 1839.
Eighteen Hundred and thirty nine, and
that his wife named Mary Prichard died
on the Seventh day of March Eighteen himdred and forty one and that there are
five children of said James Prichard and
Mary Prichard now living whose names are
as follows James C. Prichard Alfred
Prichard Thomas Richard Lucinda
Prichard and Elizabeth Prichard are
the only surviving Heirs to the best
of their knowledge and belief. And I hereby
certify that I am not interested in this
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Application to Pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my name and affixed my
Official Seal at Blairsville on this
the 31st day of March A.D. 1854
John S Fain Ordinary
Union County Georgia
O.
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Affidavits
of George W. B. Hise
and Isreal Pless
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Georgia
-
Gilmer County ⎬ On this 15th day of November
A.D. One thousand Eight Hundred and fifty three
Personally appeared before me Samuel Cook A.
Justice of the Peace within and for the County of
Gilmer and State of Georgia, two credible and disinterested Witnesses named George W. B. Hise and
Israel Pless who being duly sworn according to
law deposeth and saith each for himself. That
he was acquainted with James Prichard of
North Carolina, and that he has always heard
it said. That the said James Richard was a
Soldier of the Revolution from the State of North Carolina, and that he was by the community
believed to be a Revolutionary Soldier and that 
he died on or about the 4th day of June
A.D. 1837 and that he was acquainted with ┃
said James Prichard's wife named Mary
Prichard and that she died on or about the 7th 
day of March A.D. 1841. That she was always
by him treated as and is by the Witnesses believed to be the wife of the said Revolutionary
Soldier, and that he never heard any thing
to the contrary
And that James C Prichard Alfred Prichard
Thomas Prichard Lucinda Prichard Elizabeth
Prichard was always by the said James
Prichard treated as, and is by the Witnesses
believed to be the Children of said Revolutionary soldier. and that they are the only
Surviving heirs. and that said Israel Pless
further states that he assisted at the burial
of the said James Prichard deceased
Sworn and Subscribed before me on the
day and year above written.
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And I hereby certify that the said George
W. B. Hise, and Israel Pless are residents of
the County of Gilmer and State of Georgia
and that they are credible and disinterested
Witnesses And that I am disinterested
In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set
my hand and Official Signature
Amanuel Cook J.P. 
George W. B. Hise
Israel Pless

State of Georgia
Gilmer County ⎬ I William Erwin Clerk
of the Inferior Court of the County of Gilmer
and State aforesaid do hereby certify that
Amanuel Cook Esquire before whom the foregoing Affidavit was made is and was at
the time of the signing thereof an acting Justice
of the Peace in and for the County of Gilmer, duly
commissioned and sworn, and that his Signature thereto is genuine and that I am disinterested.
In Testimony Whereof I have
hereunto signed my name and
⎬affixed the Seal of my Office
at Ellay this 2nd day of [illegible] A.D. 1853
Wm Erwin C.J.C.
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James Prichard
Ga [illegible]

T. Lumpkin
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State of Georgia
County of Union On this the Eighteenth day
of July A.D. 1857 personally appeared before
me. The Clerk of the Superior Court within
and for the County and State aforesaid,
James C. Prichard Administrator of
James Prichard Sen. deceased, a resident of
the County of Union, to me well known and
who is entitled to credit. Who being by
me duly sworn according to law deposeth
and Saith that he is the son and heir of James
Prichard deceased who was a Revolutionary Soldier from the State of North Carolina, that
his father James Richard deceased above named
was married twice, And that Sally Branch,
Susannah Wikle, Phebe Prichard, and Catharine
Shank are the only surviving children of the
the
first wife. And that Alfred Prichard, Thomas
Prichard, Lucinda Prichard, Elizabeth Mann
and James C Prichard, (the deponent), are the
only surviving Children, by his fathers
Second and last (Wife, Mary Prichard), deceased,
That the deponent does not know of any person
or living witness that can testify as to the heirship of the Children by the first wife, from the
fact that the children by his father's first wife
were born in Burk County in the State of North Carolina, and that the aforesaid Children by the
first wife, have, removed to such a distance from
the Country where they were born and acquainted, that the deponent does not know by
what means, he could prove the heirship of the
children alluded to. And that He was informed
that the children by the first wife had no right 
to participate in the distribution of the pension
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51-
12 - 5 - 41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Prichard, James GRADE Dragoon LINE Virginia
WARRANT NUMBER 12462
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED February 24, 1794
to ~not shown~
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*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent 
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.