Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 19,780, for Joseph B Lewis, South Carolina
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S.C.
Lewis, Joseph B.  
R19780
Tabitha
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Widow's Claim
for
Pension
Revolutionary War
Mrs. Tabitha Lewis
Widow of Joseph Lewis
soldier of the Rev'y War

Filed by
R. W. Walker, Atty
Washington, D.C.
Aug. 31, 1875
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Widow's Claim for Pension
State of Louisiana
County of Washington, ss
On this 27th day of August 1875, personally appeared before me, a Clerk of a Court of Record in and for the County and State aforesaid Tabitha Lewis a resident of 
in the County of Washington and State of Louisiana aged 75 years, who being duly sworn, makes the following declaration, in order to obtain the Pension provided by the Act of Congress approved..., that she is the widow of Joseph Lewis who was a soldier in Company....commanded by.... in the ...Regiment of ...Revolutionary War that her maiden name was Tabitha Morris and that she was married to said Joseph Lewis on or about the...day of...1835, at... in the County of  Copiah and State of Mississippi by [Valentine] Brock, Minister of the Gospel, and that she knows of no record evidence of said marriage.
She Further declares that said Joseph Lewis her husband, died in Copiah County in the State of Mississippi on or about the 24th day of March 1845 of.......  She also declares that she has remained a widow ever since the death of said Joseph Lewis and that she has not in any manner been engaged in, or aided or abetted, the rebellion in the United States; and she hereby appoints R. W. Walker of Washington D.C. as her lawful Attorney, with power of substitution, and authorizes him to present and proscute this claim, and to receive her pension certificates.
Her husband the said Joseph Lewis was a  pensioner on the Rolls at ......, Mississippi.
My Post Office address is [illegible] Washington Parish Louisiana.
If mark is made, two witnesses who write sign here.
D. H. Stringfield
J.J. Stringfield
                her
Tabitha.   X.   Lewis
               mark
Also  personally appeared before me G.C. Fortenberry of Pike Co Mississippi, and William Fortenberry resident of Washington Parish Louisiana County and State of...... to me well known as credible persons, who being duly sworn, declare, that they were present and saw said Tabitha Lewis sign her name to the foregoing declaration, and that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of said applicant, and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and know thant said deceased recognized said applicant as his lawful wife, and that she was so recognized by the community in which they resided; and that they have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
Signatures of Witnesses:
G. C. Fortenberry
Wm. Fortenberry
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Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 27th day of August 1875, and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim. And that the contents of the above were made known and explained to applicant and witnesses before signing.
J M Simmons clk 6th Jud
Dist. Court of Louisiana
Ph Washington
(Official signature)

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
SEP 13 1875


NOTE. -- If there is any record evidence of the marriage, insert except that of which a true copy is hereunto annexed, and append a certified copy of the record accordingly. The cause of death must be specified in the second clause of the declaration. The declaration and evidence of identity, must be made before a Court of Record, or before some officer of such a court duly authorized to administer oaths, and having custody of its seal, which must be attached.
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REPLY REFER TO Rev. War Section.  3 - 1864
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
August 6, 190  am AW.

Mrs. D. A. Hosey,
McComb City, Miss.

Madam;
In reply to your letter of the 10"" ultimo, you are advised that in the Revolutionary War pension claim, Rejected File No. 12,780, it appears that Tabitha, widow of Joseph B. Lewis applied for pension August 27, 1875, at which time she was seventy-five years old and a resident of Washington County, Louisiana,

She stated that her husband had a former wife, Elizabeth Magee, who died September 10, 1828; that her own maiden name was Morris and that she married him on August 6, 1834, in Copiah
County, Mississippi, where he died March 24, 1845.

She alleged that he served during the Revolution as a private under General Marion, but her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish the proper proof of such service.

Very Respectfully
F D Byington
Acting Commissioner.

[handwritten]
He is not found on the U.S. pension rolls of Miss or La. for Rev. or other service. I searched lists 
of 1835. & that statement as to his being pensioned by State of La. is to vague, no proof of it, which she of course easily have obtained, so did not mention it. aw
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Franklinton Washington Parish La, Augt 27th 1875
R W Walker, Esqr

Dr. Sir
I send you herewith the application of Mrs Tabitha Lewis for pension as widow of Joseph
Lewis a Revolutionary soldier. Mr Lewis died in Copiah County Miss, where he was married, the date of his death is from a family Record in the possession of his daughter. The cause of his death I have been unable to learn I suppose from old age he being over 80 or 90 years of age. The place of his payment she cannot tell thinks his post office was Gallatin the County
site of that time, Perhaps he was paid at Natchez or Grand Gulf. I have written this morning
for Record evidence of the marriage which I will get in two or three weeks, failing in this I know of one person who saw them married some forty miles from here
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L.C.W. 40
Department of the Interior
PENSION OFFICE
Washington, D.C. Sept. 7th 1875.

Sir,
In the claim of Tabitha Lewis for pension as widow of Joseph Lewis, Revolutionary War, you are informed that the name of this man is not found on the rolls of the Mississippi Agency, and from the meager data furnished the name cannot be identified as being on any other

Please return this letter with your answer.

Very Respectfully
H. M. Atkinson
Commissioner.

R. W. Walker Esq
Present.
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Additional Evidence

Widows claim for Pension Revy War

Tabitha Lewis widow of Joseph Lewis

Letter to Walker that widow has no claim
White
Oct 4/15

[last paragraph has line through it]
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Rev JC

McComb City, Miss
July 10th 1920

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Have you the record where one Joseph Burton Lewis or Joseph B. Lewis served during the
Revolutionary war? I know he served, and his Superior officer Francis Marion

Did he draw a pension? any information will be greatly appreciated

Thanking you in advance

Sincerely

Mrs. D. A. Hosey
McComb City
Mississippi

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US PENSION OFFICE
D JUL 13v1920
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Letter to Atty that name cannot be found  White

Oct 4/87, atty informed that claim cannot be allowed  White

Aug 26/19 Rejected as no service can be established No let written No action since 1875  White

Aug 18 /81 New Att. informed as to rejection of claim, White
1920 Aug. 6. History to Mrs. D.A. Hosey  AW

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REJECTED
Revy Ex'r,  NO. 19789

Tabitha Lewis
Franklinton Washington Parish
Wid of Joseph Lewis

Died at Copiah Co. Miss March 24 1845.
_____ other
_____, 187 __, ______ Clerk
Rejected
 
Application filed: Sept 5, 1875
Attorney: R.W. Walker
P.O. Washington D.C.
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Rejected (3-224.)
File No. 19780
_____, Ex'r.
OLD WAR WIDOW.
Tabitha Lewis
P.O. Franklinton Washington Parrish Louisiana
Widow of 
Joseph Lewis
Died at Copiah Co. Miss.
March 24 " 1845
_____ other claim.
_____, 18 _____ Clerk

Application filed: Sept 3 1875
Attorney: R W Walker
P.O. Washington D,C.

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State of Louisiana
Parish of Washington⎬
Personally came and appeared before me Joseph M. Simmons clerk of the sixth Judicial District Court of Louisiana in & for the Parish of Washington a court of Record within & for said State and Parish, Mrs Mary Breland aged sixty eight years (68) of the Parish of St Tammany said State who after being duly sworn according to law does declare and say that she is well acquainted with Mrs Tabitha Lewis of Washington Parish Surviving widow of Joseph B Lewis of Copiah
County of the State of Mississippi, was well acquainted with said Joseph B Lewis before his death which occurred in said State & County some time during the year AD 1845, affiant further states that she lived in the same County and saw Joseph B Lewis and Tabitha Morris married by Revd Valentine Brock a minister of the Gospel in said County & State some time during the year AD 1835, further  says that to her knowledge Joseph B Lewis drew money as a pensioner from the United States as a Revolutionary soldier but where said deponent cannot say thinks perhaps at Jackson & that she has no interest in the claim of Mrs. Tabitha Lewis either direct or indirect
Mary X Breland her mark [signature

Attest
Steptoe Blackwell
John R Wood

Sworn to & subscribed before me Sept 9th AD 1875. & I certify Mrs. Breland to be respectable
and entitled to credit
J M Simmons Clk 6th, Jud. Dist Court of La
Ph Washington

Interlineations made & approved in presence of witness, JMS
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Franklinton Washington Parish La Sept 23rd 1875
R W Walker Esqr

Dr Sir. 
At last I have learned the truth about the Pensioner Joseph B Lewis, he never was a U S 
Pensioner but drew a pension from the State of Mississippi he was a minister of the Gospel a
man noted for his truthfulness probity and honor - at a large gathering of the citizens of the State at Jackson Miss he was introduced to the audience by the Hon'l A G Brown of Mississippi as a Revolutionary Soldier he frankly stated his case said he knew no person living by whom he could prove his service but related many incidents of the service among others told how he had eaten the Roast potatoes with the brave Marion and upon this statement was granted a pension by the State of Mississippi

This is the statement of John Lewis a Citizen of the Parish of Tangipahoa, who with the old gentleman when he drew his last payment, I suppose this will end the claim of the widow, of that you will be the best Judge though,

Respectfully
J M Simmons
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ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT.
[To be executed in duplicate.]

WHEREAS. I _____, late a _____ in Company _____ of the _____ Regiment of _____ Volunteers, War of 18??, having made application for pension under the laws of the United States;

NOW THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH, That for and in consideration of services done and
to be done in the premises, I hereby agree to allow my Attorney R. W. Walker of Washington D.C. the fee of fifteen dollars, or such sum as the Commissioner of Pensions may direct, _____ 
dollars, which shall include all amounts to be paid for any service in furtherance of said claim; and said fee shall not be demanded by or payable to my said Attorney, or others, in whole or in part, except in case of the granting of my pension by the Commissioner of Pensions, and then the same shall be paid to him in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress, approved July 8, 1870.
Tabitha X Lewis her mark [signature]
P.O. Address Franklinton Washington Parish
Two witness Signatures
D.H. Stringfield
J.J. Stringfield

[Stamp]
APPROVED
[llegible]

Be it known, That on this the 27th day of August A. D. 1875, personally appeared the above-named Tabitha Lewis who, after having had read over to her in the hearing and presence of the two attesting witnesses, the contents of the foregoing Articles of Agreement voluntarily signed and acknowledged the same to be act and deed.

J M Simmons Clk 6th Jud
Dist Court of La., Ph. Washington

(IN DUPLICATE)
NOTE. -- This agreement should be executed before a Clerk of a Court of Record, or of executed before a Notary or Justice of the Peace, the signature and official character of such notary or Justice must be certified to by Clerk of Court.
Leave the back of the form blank for the Attorney to execute. (OVER)
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
SEP 18 1875

I certify that _____, before whom the foregoing agreement was executed, was at the date thereof a _____ 
and that his signature in genuine
_____ Clerk.

And now I wit, this 31st day of August A. D. 1875. I accept the provisions contained in the foregoing Articles of Agreement, and will, to the best of my ability endeavor faithfully to represent the interest of the claimant in the premises.

Witness my hand the day and year first above written. R. W. Walker.  ATTY
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(IN DUPLICATE)
STATE OF _____
County of _____ ⎬ ss.

Personally came _____ whom I know as a member of the firm of _____ , and who, having signed the above
acceptance of agreement, acknowledged the same as his free act and deed of the said (firm.)
I am not interested. _____

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No. _____
CLAIM OF _____ For PENSION.
Agreement as to Fees.
FILED BY _____

printed and sold by  W.H. Moore 611 11th St. Washington D.C.
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ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT.
[To be executed in duplicate.]

WHEREAS. I _____, late a _____ in Company _____ of the _____ Regiment of _____ Volunteers, War of 18??, having made application for pension under the laws of the United States;

NOW THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH, That for and in consideration of services done and
to be done in the premises, I hereby agree to allow my Attorney R. W. Walker of Washington D.C. the fee of fifteen dollars, or such sum as the Commissioner of Pensions may direct, _____
dollars, which shall include all amounts to be paid for any service in furtherance of said claim; and said fee shall not be demanded by or payable to my said Attorney, or others, in whole or in part, except in case of the granting of my pension by the Commissioner of Pensions, and then the same shall be paid to him in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress, approved July 8, 1870.
Tabitha X Lewis her mark [signature]
P.O. Address Franklinton Washington Parish
Two witness Signatures
D.H. Stringfield
J.J. Stringfield

[Stamp]
APPROVED
[llegible]

Be it known, That on this the 27th day of August A. D. 1875, personally appeared the above-named Tabitha Lewis who, after having had read over to her in the hearing and presence of the two attesting witnesses, the contents of the foregoing Articles of Agreement voluntarily signed and acknowledged the same to be act and deed.

J M Simmons Clk 6th Jud
Dist Court of La., Ph. Washington

(IN DUPLICATE)
NOTE. -- This agreement should be executed before a Clerk of a Court of Record, or of executed before a Notary or Justice of the Peace, the signature and official character of such notary or Justice must be certified to by Clerk of Court.
Leave the back of the form blank for the Attorney to execute. (OVER)
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
SEP 18 1875

I certify that _____, before whom the foregoing agreement was executed, was at the date thereof a _____  and that his signature in genuine
_____ Clerk.

And now I wit, this 31st day of August A. D. 1875. I accept the provisions contained in the foregoing Articles of Agreement, and will, to the best of my ability endeavor faithfully to represent the interest of the claimant in the premises.

Witness my hand the day and year first above written. R. W. Walker. ATTY
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(IN DUPLICATE)
STATE OF _____
County of _____ ⎬ ss.

Personally came _____ whom I know as a member of the firm of _____ , and who, having signed the above
acceptance of agreement, acknowledged the same as his free act and deed of the said (firm.)
I am not interested. _____

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No. _____
CLAIM OF _____ For PENSION.
Agreement as to Fees.
FILED BY _____

printed and sold by W.H. Moore 611 11th St. Washington D.C.
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Rejected Aug 27/79 Holtzlander  No Service
WIDOW'S BRIEF No. 2
Rev. War. 
Claim No. _____
Soldier Joseph Lewis
Lewis C. White Ex'r
N.O.W. and B.S.
Res. Aug. 26/79

Immediate cause of death, _____
Remote cause, _____
Medical Reviewer. _____, 187
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WAR OF THE REVOLUTION  Act of July 14, 1862, and subsequent acts.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
(ORIGINAL WITH INCREASE.)

Tabitha Lewis widow of Joseph Lewis
Rank. Private
Company, _____
Regiment State Service Rev. War

Residence of claimant, Washington Parish County, and State of La.
Post Office, Franklinton
Attorney, R. M. Walker Present

Fees $ _____ Articles of agreement, _____ having been filed _____
Rate of pension $ _____ per month, commencing _____ , 18 __, the date of ____ and two dollars per month additional for each child as follows [these three lines crossed out]

By former marriage.
Born. _____, 18__ 
Sixteen, ______, 18__  Commencing _____. 18 __
Born. _____, 18__ 
Sixteen, ______, 18__  Commencing _____. 18 __
Born. _____, 18__ 
Sixteen, ______, 18__  Commencing _____. 18 __
Born. _____, 18__ 
Sixteen, ______, 18__  Commencing _____. 18 __
By last marriage
Born. _____, 18__ 
Sixteen, ______, 18__  Commencing _____. 18 __
Born. _____, 18__ 
Sixteen, ______, 18__  Commencing _____. 18 __
Born. _____, 18__ 
Sixteen, ______, 18__  Commencing _____. 18 __
Born. _____, 18__ 
Sixteen, ______, 18__  Commencing _____. 18 __
Born. _____, 18__ 
Sixteen, ______, 18__  Commencing _____. 18 __
Born. _____, 18__ 
Sixteen, ______, 18__  Commencing _____. 18 __

Payment of all former certificates covering any portion of the same time to be deducted.
Rejected Aug. 26, 1879. Lewis C. White Examiner.
APPROVED. Augt. 27, 1879. L Holtzlander Reviewer

DATES SHOWN BY PAPERS.
Enlistment, _____ 18  Right accrued, _____, 18
Muster into Pensionable Rank _____ 18  Claim completed, _____ 18
Discharge _____, 18  Former marriage of soldier, _____ 18
Death _____, 18  Death of former wife, _____ 18
Invalid app. filed, _____ 18  Claimant's marriage to soldier, _____ 18
Invalid last paid to _____ 18
Widow's app filed, _____ 18

The witnesses state that service cannot be established. The soldier stated in a public assembly that he had eaten "Roast Potatoes" with Gen. Marion but could not prove his service upon this 
the State of Miss, gave him a State pension, Widow's claim rejected. No letter needed, Letter of Oct 1875 killed this case
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ALLEGATIONS OF CLAIMANT.
Other children of soldier by former wife, _____
Other children of soldier by claimant, _____
Loyalty of claimant, _____

SUMMARY OF PROOF.
FORMER MARRIAGE OF SOLDIER.
The marriage of _____ to _____ is shown by _____

DEATH OF FORMER WIFE.
_____

MARRIAGE OF SOLDIER TO CLAIMANT.
The marriage of _____ to _____ is shown by ____

DATES OF BIRTH OF CHILDREN.
_____
DATES OF DEATH OF CHILDREN.
_____
CUSTODY OF CHILDREN BY FORMER MARRIAGE.
_____
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PROOF AS TO SERVICE.
The Adjutant General U. S. A. reports the military history of the soldier as follows:
_____

PROOF AS TO DEATH.
1st. Report of Adjutant General.
2d. Report of Surgeon General.
3d. Certificate of Disability.
4th. Testimony of Army Surgeon.
5th. Testimony of Officers.
6th. Testimony of Fellow Soldiers.
7th. Testimony of Attending Physician.
8th. Other Testimony.

DATE OF FILING _____
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Rejected Aug 27/79 Holtzlander No Service
WIDOW'S BRIEF No. 2
Rev. War.
Claim No. _____
Soldier Joseph Lewis
Lewis C. White Ex'r
N.O.W. and B.S.
Res. Aug. 26/79

Immediate cause of death, _____
Remote cause, _____
Medical Reviewer. _____, 187
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U. WAR OF 1776
CLAIM OF WIDOW FOR SERVICE PENSION.
Under the provisions of Sections 4736 to 4740, inclusive, Revised Statutes, and the Act of March 9, 1878.
N. B. All the blank spaces in this form must be carefully filled up in accordance with the  instructions on the back hereof, and from the best information processed or available

State of Louisiana County of Washington
On this Tenth day of January A. D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty one personally appeared before me Clerk Parish of Washington  [illegible] County came being a court of record within and for the County and State aforesaid, Tabitha Lewis Widow aged. 84 years, a resident of Washington, Parish in the State of Louisiana who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Joseph B. Lewis deceased, who was the identical ) Joseph B Lewis who served under the name Joseph B. Lewis as a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ in the
_____ regiment of _____ commanded by Gen'l Marion in the war of the Revolution that her said husband volunteered in the later Part of the war, on or about the _____ day of  ___ _____ A.D. and continued in actual service in said war for the term of the War, three months, terminated by reason of declaration of peace at _____ on the _____ day of _____ A.D. _____. She further states that the following is a full description of her said husband at the time of his enlistment, viz: (1) 5 ft 3 in Height dark complexion dark hair dark Eyes

She further states that she was married to the said Joseph B. Lewis at the city (or town of) _____ in the county of Copiah and in the State of Mississippi on the 6th day of August A.D. 1834 by one  Valentine Brock who was a minister of the gospel and that her name before her said marriage was Tabitha Morris and that he has not remarried since the death of said Joseph B. Lewis and she further states that Joseph B. B Lewis was named to Elizabeth Magee who died in the year 1828, on the tenth of September, and that her said husband Joseph B Lewis died at Copiah Co. in the State of Mississippi n the 24th day of March A.D. 1845. and she further declares that the following have been the places of residence of herself and her said husband since the date of his discharge from the Army, viz: Washington Parish La. & sd Copiah Co. Miss

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Pension to which she may be entitled under Sections 4736 to 4740, inclusive, Revised Statutes, and the Act of March 9, 1878, and hereby appoints, with full powers of substitution and revelation, Samuel B Bancroft of Buffalo, Erie Co. N.Y. her true and lawful attorney to prosecute her claim.

And she further declares that she has heretofore made _____ application for  Pension But without deserving success and that her residence is No. _____ street city (or town)  of Washington Parish
county of _____ State of Louisiana and that her post office address is Palestine P.O. La
Tabitha X Lewis her mark [signature]

Two attesting witnesses who can write their names.
John J Lewis
Mary Breland

Also personally appeared. John Lewis aged 60 sixty years years, residing at No. Tangipahoa Parish street in Louisiana and Mary Breland aged 73 seventy three years of age residing at No. Tangipahoa Parish La.
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street, in _____, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn, say that they have known the said Tabitha Lewis Fifty years and forty years, respectively; that they were present and saw her sign her name (or make her mark) to the foregoing declaration; that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of said
claimant and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; and they further say that they are able to identify her as the person who was the wife of the identical Joseph B. Lewis, who rendered the service alleged in the above application in
company of Captain _____ in the regiment of _____ in the war of the Revolution by the following named facts and circumstances viz: was always recognized as a revolutionary soldier one of Genl Marion's men we never knew it to be doubted and they know that she has not remarried since the death of Joseph B. Lewis her husband, and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
If affiants make mark, two witnesses who write sign here:
Joseph Stringfield John J Lewis
Wm Stringfield  Mary Breland

Sworn to and subscribed before me this tenth day of January A.D. 1861; and I hereby certify that the contents of the above declaration, &c., were fully made known and explained to the applicant and witnesses before swearing, including the words _____ erased, and the words _____ added; and that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
S.T. Richardson 
Official Character: Clerk of the 18th Judicial District Court of Lousiana

To be executed before the CLERK OF A COURT OF RECORD.
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NOTES.
1. Here allege full name of applicant. 2. Here allege full name of soldier. 3. Her allege again the name of soldier.
4. Here allege the name under which the soldier served.
5. Here allege the rank under which the soldier served.
6 Here allege the war in which the service was rendered.
7. Here state " enlisted,"" volunteered," or "was drafted," as the case may be.
8. Here state the number of days or months of service rendered by the soldier; fourteen days being the shortest period for which service pension is by law allowed, unless the soldier was actually engaged in a battle. If the claim is made for battle service, the blank should be so varied as to allege such service in addition to the allegation of term of service.
9. Here insert the words "an honorable discharge," or "death," as the case may be
10. Here let a full description of soldier follow, giving age, occupation, birth-place, height, color of hair, eyes, and complexion, and any other particulars as to description.
11. Here allege the name of the person who performed the marriage ceremony.
12. Here state the official character of the person who performed the ceremony, whether a minister of the gospel or a justice of the peace, &c.
13. Here state whether the claimant or her husband (the soldier) had been previously married; and if either had, the name of the former husband or wife should be stated; and the date and place of the death of, or divorce from the former consort should be alleged
14. Here insert the name of the husband on account of whose service and death the claim is made.
15. Here state all the places of residence; if in a city, giving the street and number; and from and to what dates he resided at each place.
16. If any application for bounty land or pension has previously been made, state the fact here, giving the date, and number if possible, and the act of Congress under which the claim was made; and designating whether it was a claim for bounty land or pension, and whether a warrant for the land or certificate for the pension was ever issued.
17. Here insert the name of the soldier.
18. Here name all the facts and circumstances which enable the witnesses to swear from a personal knowledge, that the claimant is the widow of the identical person who rendered the service alleged in the claim.
All services rendered by the soldier in the war for which claim is made, or in any other war, with the names of officers in each service, must be given in the application.
If the service was rendered as a substitute, the name of the principal, for whom this substitute served, should be given.
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US PENSION OFFICE
FEB 17 1881

19780
War of Revolution

APPLICATION FOR SERVICE PENSION.

Tabitha Lewis
WIDOW OF
Joseph B Lewis of Capt. _____ Co. Regiment of Genl Marion [illegible]

FILED BY S R Bancroft
Buffalo Erie Co. NY

Printed and sold by W.H. Moore 511 11th St. Washington D.C.