Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1476, for Abraham A Powell, Virginia
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(3--1776)

SERVICE
VA

POWELL, ABRAHAM A.
          Frances

NUMBER W.1476
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CONTENTS [left blank]
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7470
West Tennessee
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Abraham A. Powell
of Wilsen Co in the State of W. Tennessee
who was a private in the Cont. commanded
by Captain Gerald of the Regt commanded
by Col. Mason in the Va
line for 11 mon.
================
Inscribed on the Roll of W. Tenn.
at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1834.
=================
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of April
1833 and sent to R. L.
Caruthers Lebanan.
================
Arrears to the 4th of March               73.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept    18.33
      [total]                                           $91.65
                                                          =====
(Revolutionary Claim,)
(Act June 7, 1832       )

Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk
Book E, Vol 7, Page 92
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Declaration of
Abraham A. Powel
for a Pension
______________
13.838
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State of Tennessee)
Wilson County       )

County Court
September Time 1832

On this day viz, Sept. 25th, 1832 personally appeared
before James M. Martin, David G. Hibbits, B. H. Billings, Esq.
? Justices of the County Court of said County, now sitting
Abraham A. Powell, a resident of said County and State about
75 years of age, who being first duly sworn, according to law,
doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of
congress passed June 7th, 1832.

He was born & raised in Amelia County, State of
Virginia.  He was born in the year 1757, in May, but has
no record of his age.

He continued a citizen of Amelia County until four years
ago last January, when he moved to the County of Wilson
& state of Tennessee where he still resides.

He was drafted in 1777 or 1778 & went into the service the first
time under the command of Capt. Wm Gerald, Colo David
Mason, of Brunswick,--General Lincoln.  We marched to Stoner's
Ferry on Ashley River, South Carolina, where we had a fight
with the British.  The battle commenced the same day we reached
there & lasted about one hour or perhaps more.  We attempted to stone the fort but it
was made so securely that we were unable to succeed.  Trees had
been filled with the tops out & the limbs sharpened.  John Hood, a
near neighbour of mine was killed on the end of the fort.  One
of our officers was wounded, but does not remember his
name.  We retreated with the object of drawing out the
enemy & then rallying & charging upon them, but without
success.  They would not leave the fort.  The enemy made their escape that night & we saw
them no more.  The time for which he was drafted being
out he was discharged in writing, but the same has been
long since lost.  It was seven months from the time we started
till we got home.

The same year he returned from the campaign above
described,probably the next year, he was again drafted for
three months.  He started under the command of Capt.  Chas Crawley
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We marched to Cabin Point about 50 miles from home in
Virginia, where our Capt. resigned & left us,--we then marched
under Colo Wm. Dowlman, Colo Parker being "head Commander" to the dismal
swamps, where we were placed in the regiment commanded by Parker & Meriwether--
esqs--captain's name not remembered.  We remained there
for some time as a guard against the enemy who were
about one mile off on another prong of the same swamps.
We then marched to Genl. Gregory's camp on the Blackwater
where we were honorably discharged in writing.   We were
three months in actual service, besides the time of returning home.

The next year it came to his number again & he went
out under the command of Capt. Tom Jones,--field officers
not remembered.  We marched to the north of James River &
joined Genl Muhlenberg's army.  He went into service
this time in the mounted infantry for one month, which
was to stand as a three month tour on foot, which he
served out, & was regularly discharged in writing.  We were
often in view of the enemy but had no fighting.

The same year his waggon was pressed into service.
He was assured by Colo. Edmond Booker that if he would
go & drive it, he should have credit & pay for a three
months tour; which offer he accepted.  He drove to Petersburg
& to other points as he was directed for three months
when he was again discharged & returned home.

On moving to this county about five years ago he examined
his papers & burned all such as he considered useless,
& his discharges were amont the number destroyed.

He has no documentary evidence of his services nor does he know
of any person who can prove them.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity
except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension
roll of the agency of any state.

The following are the names of some of the perso9ns to whom
he is known in his present neighborhood, & who can testify as to
his character for veracity, & their belief of his services as a soldier
of the Revolution.  Grief B. Hawkins who resided near him in Va.,
where his Revolutionary services were no doubt most universally believed.
Thomas Vaughn, John C. Smith, Thomas Smith, James Carruth,
Walter Carruth, James Donnell, & others.

He is now a cripple.
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In consideration of the foregoing statement of services he prays
to be placed on the pension roll at the agency at Nashvill.

Sworn to in open court this day & date
above written.           
A. Powell
Josiah S. McClain Clerk
of Wilson County Court

We, Levy R. Morrison, a clergyman, residing in Wilson County and
Thomas Vaughn residing in the same, hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with Abraham A. Powell, who has subscribed & sworn
to the above declaration,--that we believe him to be about 75 years of
age,--that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides
to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Levi R. Morrison
Thomas Vaughn

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation
of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department,
that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, & served
as he states.  And the court further certifies tht it appears to them that
Levi R. Morrison who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman,
resident in the county of Wilson, and that Thomas Vaughn who has
also signed the same is a resident in the same county & is a credible
person, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
D. G. Hibbits
J. M. Martin
Beryne H. Billlings JP

I Josiah S. McClain Clerk of the Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Wilson County
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of the said court in the matter
of the application of Abraham A. Powell for a
pension.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and seal of
office this 29th Sept 1832.
Josiah S. McClain
[tape  adhered to page here]

Tennessee Wilson County
I, Wm Steele, chairman of the county
court of said County, do certify that Josiah S. McClain, whose name is
signed to the foregoing certificate, is acting clerk of Wilson County Court
& due faith & credit should be given to his acts as such.  
Sept. 29, 1832
Wm Steele, Clerk of
Wilson Cty Court
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1575
Tennessee, Nashville
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Frances Powell

Widow of Abraham A. Powell
who was a Private Va
in the Revolution
================
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
36 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
=================
Certificate of Pension issued the
26 day of August 1843
and sent to A. Fergusson
Carthage, Tennessee
==================
(Act of March 3, 1843.)
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1, Page 221

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Rep
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State of Tennessee Wilson County

On this thirteenth day of January 1841
personally appeared before me Joseph Collier
one of the acting Justices of the Peace in
and for said County Frances Powell a
resident of the county of Wilson and State
aforesaid aged about eighty years who being
first 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 act of congress passed July the
7th 1838 entitled an act granting
half pay and pensions to certain widows.

That she is the widow of Abraham
Powell who was a pensioner of the United
States and drew his pension in Nashville
state of Tennessee and was a resident
of the county of Wilson at the time
of his death.  She further declares
that she was married to the said
Abraham Powell on Christmas day the
25th December Seventeen Hundred and
eighty one.  Tht her husband the aforesaid
Abraham Powell died on the 25th day
of May 1834.  That she was not married
to him prior to the service but the
marriage took place previous to the first
day of January seventeen hundred and
ninety four to ? at the time
above stated.  She has no record proof in support of
her claim.  Sworn to and subscribed before
me the day and year above written.
Frances (her mark) Powell
Joseph Collins JP
for Wilson County

[written vertically on page]

No. 7890
Frances Powell
of Abraham
Tennessee
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State of Tennessee Wilson County

I Joseph Collier one of the acting Justices
of the Peace in and for said county hereby certify
that I am somewhat acquainted with the
character of Frances Powell.  So far as I am
acquainted with her I believe her to be a
woman of truth and veracity and of right &
full faith and credit are due and of right
ought to be given to her statements

I further certify that owing to old age
and bodily infirmity and what she states
to me she is unable to trave to make
this declaration in open court

In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed
my seal the 10th
day of January 1841.

Joseph Collins JD
Justice of the Peace
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State of Tennessee)
Wilson County      )

On this day personally appeared Thomas Wilkerson
before me George H. Bullard--one of the acting
justices of the peace in and for the county aforesaid
and made oath in due form of law
that he is about fifty two years of age
that he became acquainted with Abraham
Powell and Frances Powell about the year
1800 which is forty or more years ago.  That
they then lived in Amelia County state
of Virginia.  They had been married about
twenty years previous to that time as this
affiant believes this he got by information
as he was not old enough to know the
fact but he has no doubt from every information
that they were legally married,
they had five or six children when this
affiant first knew them.  Their oldest
son if living would now be about sixty
years of age.  This affiant lived two or
three miles from them was well
acquainted with the whole family and
has been ever since.  They moved to this
county and state about twelve years
ago and this affiant came from Virginia
to Tennessee about three years since
and he fund Mrs. Powell a widow her
husband the said Abraham Powell had been
dead two or three years previous.  This
affiant has a certain knowledge that she
is the identical widow of the said
Abraham Powell and that they were
living together as man and wife when
I first knew them and has continued
so to do ever since until the death of
the said Powell.

Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 15th day of June 1841.

Thomas Wilkerson
Justice of the Peace
for said County

G. W. Bussand
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State of Tennessee)
Wilson County      )

I Geo H. Bussard one
of the acting Justices of the
Peace in and for the county aforesaid hereby
certify that I am acquainted with Thomas
Wilkerson who has made the foregoing affidavit
before me that he is a man of truth
and veracity and that full faith and credit
are due and of right ought to be given
to his statements.

In testimony whereof 
I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed my seal this 15th 
day of June 1841.
G. H. Bussand

State of Tennessee)
Wilson County      )

I Josiah S. McClain Clerk of the
County Court of said Wilson County hereby certify
tht Joseph Collier, Esquire, before whom the foregoing
declaration was sworn to, by Frances Powell, whose
signature appears to the same, and also George H. Bullard
whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit of Thomas
Wilkerson now and were at the time said declration
and affidavid bear date, acting Justices of the Peace
in and for said county, and that all their official
acts are entitled to full credit & that their said signatures
are genuine.  

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal
of office this 15th day of June 1841.
[Seal here]

J. S. McClain, Clerk
of the County Court of Wilson County
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No. 13838

Abm. A. Powell

Wilson

from 1778 private
11 months


$36.66/100

Gerald Mason
Va

R. S. Caruthers

Lebanon Ten.
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BRIEF in the case of Abraham A. Powell of the County
of Wilson in the State of Tenn.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3.  How old is he?  75 years

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
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[Colum headings:  Period, Duration of Service, Rank, Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served]

In 1777 or 78, 7 Months, Drafted, Col. Mason, Capt. Gerald
In 1778 or 79, 3 Months,   "         , Col. Dowlman & Parker, Capt. Crowley
Next year, 1 Month, Mounted Inf'y  which to serve as 3 months on foot (Capt. Tom Jones)
Same year his wagon was prepared & he drove it, with a promise it should stand for, 3 Months

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  Ashley River, S.C.

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Amelia County Va

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Burnt his discharges as useless--nothing but tradition

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?  Regular

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.

Sevin Belt
Examining Clerk
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7890
Frances Powell 
of Abraham C(ounty), Tennessee.

Suspended

See let(ter): 7 July 1841.
A. Fergusson

Act 7 July '38
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WIDOW, &c.
Rev(olutionary War)
File No. 1476
Frances Powell, widow [of] Abraham A. Powell, Priv(ate), Rev(olutionary) War.
Act: Mar. 3, 1843.
Index: -; Vol. M; Page 134.
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Tennessee--7167--
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Frances Powell
widow of Abraham A. Powell
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June '32
and who died on the 25th May 1834--
of wilson C[ounty] in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the company
commanded by Captain Gerald--of the
commanded by Col. Mason in
the Virginia line for 11 months--
========================
Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville
at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836.
========================
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of
April 1843--and sent to A. Fergusson
Carthage Tennessee
========================
Arrears to the 4th of                  -----
Semi-annual allowance ending  ------
       [total]                                $163.30
                                                =====
(Act July 7, 1838.)

Recorded by Nell Stewart--Clerk,
Book A--Vol. 2.  Paged 207

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Repd 10  ?
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Carthage Tennessee
24th May 1843

Sir

Enclosed you will find the Declaration of
Mrs. Elizabeth Powell widow of Abraham A.
Powell for a Pension under act of 3d March
1843 which if you find correct you will
please allow.

Respectfully--
A. Fergusson

James S. Edwards, Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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7890
Frances Powell
Ten[nessee]
Act 7 July '38
around
11 months
____________
$36.66

A. Fergusson, Esq.
Carthage
Ten.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
20 March 1843

Sir:

I have to request the favor of you to state whether your records
afford any evidence of an alleged marriage between Mr. Abraham
A. Powell and Miss Frances --- on
twenty fifth day of December 1781, conform-
ably with the regulations of the 6th of June, 1839, herewith enclosed.

I am, very respectfully
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards

See next page.

To the Clerk
of the County of Amelia

[Notation at top right corner of page]
36.66
163.30
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Virginia Amelia Clerks Office
1843 April 1st

Sir:

In reply to the within inquiry I have to state
that there is on file in my office the original
marriage bond executed by Abraham Powell to
the  ?      ?     which license was granted
the 17 day of December 1781 to marry Frances Powell.

I think a transcript of it, has been made
and certified.

E. G. Leigh, Clerk
of Amelia Co. Co.
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No. 13,838
Abraham A. Powell

R.S. Caruthers, Esq.
Lebanon, Tenn.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those 
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of 
Abraham A. Powell, which require further proof or explanation.

I.   Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes.

II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes.

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? (blank)

IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes.

V.   *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he 
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension 
he is entitled? Yes, in 2 cases & no in 2 cases.

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

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of 
June 7, 1832? Yes.

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes.

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate ? Yes.

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished 
from any other seal? Yes.
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Abraham A. Powell

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

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes.

XIV.  +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? No.
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? (blank)
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? (blank)

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? (blank)

XVI. ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes.

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes.
_________________________

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*  QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being 
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For (blank) year (blank) months, and  (blank) days, I served as a  (blank). For  (blank) months and  (blank) days, I served as a  (blank); and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

++QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

--->In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Carthage Tennessee
17th June 1841

Sir

Enclosed you will find the Declaration
and proof of Mrs. Frances Powell widow
of Abraham Powell Deceased for a
pension.  The proof and the whole matter
is respectfully submitted to your favourable
consideration.  I will ascertain if the
record of marriage does not exist at
Amerilia Court House in Virginia in
the clerk's office.  So soon as I get
the information I will enclose it to you.
Abraham Powell was a pensioner and
I trust the marriage in the absence
of record evidence will be satisfactorily
proved by the witness testimony herewith
exhibited.  Please examine it as soon as
convenient. 

Respectfully
A. Fersusson

James L. Edwards, Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Carthage Tennessee
22 June 1841

Sir

Since writing my letter enclosing
Mrs. Frances Powell's Declaration and
papers, I have found the original certificate
of her husband Abraham Powell a
pensioner under Act of June 7th 1832.
It was misplaced among my papers and
could not be found when I included
her Declaration and proof.  I hope it
will make no difference in the investigation
of her claim.  You will please
file the same with her other papers
and take the same for so much proof
asit is worth.

Respectfully
A. Fergusson

James L. Edwards, Esqr.
Commissioner of
Pensions
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Payments to be made
at Nashville
by the Pres. of U.S.B. Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of West
Tennessee

Recorded in the Pension Office
in Book E Vol. 7 Page 92 by
Daniel Boyd Clerk

[Written vertically on right side of page]

Capt.  ?    Jerrell's Company
Militia Service of the state of Virginia
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United
States of the 7th June, 1832, Abraham A. Powell
of the State of West Tennessee
who was a private in the army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive thirty-six dollars and
sixty-six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing
on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the
4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United
States, this Sixteenth day of
April one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-three.

Lewis Cass
Secretary of War

[official stamp or paper adhered here]

Examined and  ) 
Countersigned.)

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Carthage Tennessee
19th December 1842

Sir

Enclosed you will find the amended
Declaration of Mrs. Frances Powell widow
of Abraham Powell deceased which is in
accordance with the regulations contained in
your letter of the 7th July 1841.  No other
documentary evidence in support of her marriage
can be obtained in this country.

As soon as I can get testimony as
regards the services of her husband Abraham
Powell I will forward it to you.  I have
lately ascertained that such proof can be
obtained by a man who was resident in the
neighborhood at the time Abraham Powell
was in service.  If I recollect in Amelia County
in Virginia.  

Respectfully
A. Fergusson

James L. Edwards, Esqr.
Commissioner of
Pensions
Washington
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State of Tennessee
Smith County

On this day personally appeared Elizabeth ?
Simmons before me Jonathan L. Fare one
of the acting Justices of the Peace in and
for said County aged seventy three years
of age and make oath in due form of law
that she was well acquainted with Abraham
Powell and his wife Frances Powell.  They
were married in Amelia County Virginia about
sixty years ago.  This affiant was not at the
wedding.  She lived at the date of the marriage
about six or seven miles from them
but her acquaintance became more intimate
after the time of her own marriage which
took place in seventeen hundred and ninety three
and then this affiant, and her husband moved
within a mile of them.  Since then she has
been well acquanted with them.  She believes
them to be as legally married as any other
people in Virginia or Tennessee, in fact if
there had been any question about the
legality of the marriage, this affiant from
her extensive acquaintence would have known
it said Powell and his wife moved to this
country about twelve years ago.  This affiant
moved to Tennessee about 24 years ago.
This affiant was well acquainted with
them in Virginia and Tennessee and
knows that they lived together as man &
wife ever since this affiant had any
knowledge of them.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16
day of June 1841.

Elizabeht N. (her mark) Simmons

J. L. Fare
Justice of the Peace

State of Tennessee Smith County

I Jonathan L. Fare one of the acting Justices of the Peace
in and for said county do hereby certify that I am well
acquainted with Elizabeth N. Simmons who has made the
foregoing affidavit before me.  That she is a woman of
truth and veracity and that full faith and credit are
due  and of right ought to be given to her statements.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal, this
16th day of June 1841.

J. L. Fare
Justice of the Peace
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State of Tennessee Smith County

I John J. Burnett clerk of said
Smith County Court hereby certify that Jonathan S. Fare
before  whom the  ? affidavit of Elizabeth H. Simmons
was made at the time the same purports to bear
date and now is one of the acting Justices of the Peace
in and for said Smith County duly commissioned and
qualified as the law directs and that the ? signatures
purporting to be his are genuine.

In testimony whereof I have
hereto set my hand and affixed 
my seal of office at office
of Carthage the 19th June 1841.

John J. Burnett Clerk
of Smith County Court

[Seal affixed]
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State of Tennessee  )
Wilson County         )

On this day personally appeared
Frances Powell before me John
W. Alexander one of the acting Justices of the Peace
in and for said county and made oath in due form
of law that in addition to her former Declaration
heretofore made she recollects that a family record of
the births of her children was in the possession
of Grief Powell her older son but he moved
to the state of Missouri and there died and she
cannot state whether the same is yet in existance
or not.  She has no other record or documentary
evidence in support of her claim that she was married
in Amelia County Virginia.  Cornwallis was taken
in October and this affiant and the said Abraham
Powell was married the Christmas following.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this
21st day of September 1842

Frances (her mark) Powell

J. W. Alexander
Justice of the Peace

Isaac Belcher lives in Kentucky knows of the service.
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State of Tennessee  )
Wilson County         )

I Josiah S. McClain Clerk of the County Court
of said Wilson County, hereby certify tht John W. Alexander
whose signature appears to the within affidavit made
by Frances Powell, is a Justice of the Peace in said County
as there stated, and that his signature thereto is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my seal of office
this 17th day of December 1842.

J. S. McClain Clerk
of the County Court of Wilson County

[Seal affixed]
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1805

Frances Powell
$36.66 per annum

A. Fergusson
Carthage
Tenn.
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DECLARATION

In order to oftain 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 16 day of May 1843 personally appeared
before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the State and county aforesaid,
Frances Powell a resident of Tennessee
in the county of Wilson aged eighty two years, who being
first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to
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 Abraham A. Powell who was a
pensioner of the United States at the rate of thirty
six dollars and sixty six cents per annum
and that she has been a pensioner at the same rate under act of
7th July 1838.  She further declares that she is still a widow.

Frances (her mark) Powell

Sworn to and subscribed on the day  )
and year above written before me,     )
J. W. Alexander, J.P.

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
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 Frances Powell
the above declarant is personally known to me.
Given under my hand this 16 day of May 1843.
J. W. Alexander, J.P.
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.

X IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand, and affixed my seal of office, at the office in
the Town of Lebanon
this 17 day of May 1843.

J. S. McClain
Clerk of Wilson County. Court
By Andrew Allison, Deputy Clerk

[Seal affixed]