Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11537, for Isaac Street, Virginia
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Va. Street, Isaac
NUMBER W. 11537
Rhoda
or 
Rhody
CONTENTS
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22037 22033
West Tennessee
Isaac Street
of Franklin in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the [illegible] commanded by Captain Harris of the regt commanded by Col. Harris in the Virginia line for 9 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 30 Dollars 0 Cents per annum. To commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Sept 1833 and Micah Paul Winchester
Arrears to the 4th of Sept
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 
93
13
$90C
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk, Book E Vol. 7 Page 96
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Original claim
Declaration of Isaac Street in order to be placed on the pension list and obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832. 
State of Tennessee on this the fifth day of September Franklin County 1832 personally appeared in open court before the justices of the county court of pleas & quarter sessions of said county it being a court of record now in session Isaac Street a citizen of Franklin county Tennessee aged about [sixty?] nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth make on his oath the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following officers in the first engagement and served as herein stated in the year 1787 he was drafted in the state of Virginia in Powetan County in the Town of Scottsville for the term of three months he believes as well as he recollects he enlisted the service of the United States in the month of March ["February" crossed out] 1780 but does not remember the day that he was drafted by Thomas Harris for a term of three months and the regiment this applicant does not now recollect he was commanded by Col John Harris in which Regiment
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he served until his time of service expired and was discharge in June 1780 and after a short time he was drafted in to service again for a term of three months more by Capt Isaac Porter at Scottsville Powetan County State of Virginia this drafting was in the month of October 1780 in the United States service and he believes in the fourth regiment and was commanded by Col John Harris in which regiment he served his term of three months for which he was drafted expired and was discharged in the month of January 1781 and in the month of February 1781 he was drafted in the United States again for a tour of three months by Capt George Williams in the same county and state above stated in the second Regiment commanded by Col Holcom in which Regiment he served his term of service after he was drafted as last aforesaid he was marched to North Carolina in the County of Guilford and was in the memorable battle there fought by the United States against Lord Cornwallis that he served in the United States army as a draftsman nine months this applicant received discharges by the proper officers but has lost them this applicant has no better evidence of his services than he has stated as he believes and his own oath and the [affixed?] statements. He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity whatever
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except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. 
Where upon the Court propounded to the said Isaac Street the following Interrogatories 1 Where & in what year were you born
2 Have you any record of your age & if so where is it
3 Where were you living when drafted in to service
Where have you since the Revolutionary War & where do you now live
4 How were you called into service were you drafted volunteer or a substitute if so for whom did you substitute  
5 State the names of some of you officers who were with the troops where you served & the general circumstances of your service
6 Did you ever Receive a discharge from the service if so by whom & where is it
7 State some of the persons in your neighborhood by whom you are known & can testify as to your character for veracity & truth & as to their belief of your services in the Revolutionary War
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In answer to the first question this applicant states he will be sixty nine ["seventy" crossed out] years old the 12th day of March next & was born the 12 of March 1764 
In answer this applicant states he has his record of his age here but in Virginia my Brother has the Record of my age
In answer to third question I was raised in the state of Virginia Powetan County and there lived where drafted into service each time after the revolutionary war I moved in to Cumberland County Virginia from Cumberland County I moved to Campbell County in the state aforesaid thence to Sumner County in Tennessee thence from Sumner County to Lincoln County Tennessee from Lincoln in the year 1823 I moved to Franklin County Tennessee in the neighborhood where I now live
In answer to the fourth question I was drafted into service three militia services three months each months each tour
In answer to fifth question my first Captain was Captain Thomas Harris my first & second Col was Col John Harris my second Capt was Capt Isaac Porter my third Capt was Capt George Williamson & Col Holcum his given name I do not Recollect [Tucker?] was my Major his given name I do not recollect.
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In answer to the sixth question he states I received a discharge for each Term of Service from my respective captains all of those discharges I have lost
In answer to the seventh question I am known & have been known by Col James Lewis for thirteen or fourteen years ago and still live not far from him & Samuel Norwood 6 years they will testify to my character I have no person or known of no person by whom I can prove my services as a Revolutionary soldier all that were with me are either dead or live in parts unknown to me and refer to the above named persons. 
Sworn to in open Court
September the 5th 1832
E Russell Clk
Issac Street, X his mark
Mr James Lewis & Samuel Norwood residing in Franklin County Tennessee hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Street who has sworn and subscribed to the above declaration we believe him to be at least 69 years old & is respected to be in his neighborhood a Revolutionary soldier many years before this time we have heard him say so he is a man of truth and veracity.
Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 5th Sept 1832 E. Russell Clk 
Ja Lewis
Saml Norwood
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Col James Lewis in [illegible] to the [illegible] statement he has made certifys that thirteen years ago [illegible] and frequently since I have heard Isaac Street say & many other persons where speaking of the Old Revolutionary War say that said Isaac Street was at the Battle fought near Guilford Courthouse in the State of North Carolina and that his statement he believes to be true. 
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court this 5th day of Septr 1832 Ja Lewis
E. Russell Clerk
W.B. Wagner D.C.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he States. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that James Lewis & Samuel Norwood who have signed the preceding certificates are residents in the County of Franklin state of Tennessee and credible persons & that their Statements are entitled to credit.
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(Left page)
Nashville
Tennessee. 393. 
Rhoda Street
widow of Isaac Street who was a Private in the Va Virginia Line. 
Husb. died 3 May 1845. 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars 
Cents per annum, to commence on the 5th May 1845. ["4th day of March, 1844." crossed out]
Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of June 1821 and sent to James M. [Avent?] 
Murfreesboro 
Tenn. 
[Act of June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A. 
Vol. 2. Page 197.
(Right page)
Repd
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13238
Rhoda Street 
Jan
Act 7 July 38
m88. d45. 
(written upside down)
Rhoda Street
declaration
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State of Tennessee
Rutherford County } This 15th day of February 1841 personally appeared before me Henry Goodlaw an acting Justice of the Peace for said County of Rutherford. Rhody Street, who is unable from age and bodily infirmity to appear before the Court a resident of said County of Rutherford and State of Tennessee aged seventy seven years, who being sworn according to law doth make on her oath the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions 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 Isaac Street who was a Private in the army of the Revolution, as appears the original certificate of the said Isaac Street from the War Department, which is herewith-filed as a part of this her declaration, and to which she refers for the evidence of the service of the said Isaac Street that her said husband Isaac Street [due?] his semiannual pay but a short time before his death, and that the certificate here filed was never given up to the Pension Agent in order that the balance [due?] him might be drawn (the amount being so small)
She further declares that she was married to the said Isaac Street on the 1st day of June 1788. That her husband the aforesaid Isaac Street [lived?] in the County of Rutherford and State of Tennessee aforesaid on the 5th day of May 1845 that she was not married to him prior to his joining the service but the marriage took place previous to the 1st day of January 1794 (viz) at the time aforestated. She further swears that she is now a widow and that she has never before made an application for a Pension. 
Rhody Street
Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year afore written. 
Before me
Henry Goodlaw of the Rutherford County Court
And I as hereby certify that the said Rhody Street who has sworn to the above declaration is unable from bodily infirmity to attend Court is the identical person mentioned as above. That she is the widow the said Isaac Street with whom I was personally acquainted. That she is about the age she represents that she has never married since the death of said Isaac that she has lived for some years in my immediate
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neighborhood and that she is a respectable credible person and her statements are entitled to full credit in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal 
Henry Goodlaw CLK
One of the Justices of the Ruther
County Court. 
State of Tennessee
Rutherford County }
I Rbbert S. Morris Clerk of the County Court of Rutherford County do hereby certify that Henry Goodlaw who attests the above declaration is one of the acting Justices of the County Court of Rutherford County duly elected and qualified and that the signatures purporting to he his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Murfreesboro this 16th day of March 1847. 
Robt. S. Morris Clk
State of Tennessee
Rutherford County } I James H. Fletcher Chairman of the County Court of Rutherford County do certify that Robert S. Morris who has made the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of making the same Clerk of our said Court duly elected and qualified that said certificate is in our form of law and sealed with our County seal -- 
given under my hand & seal this 19th day of April 1847 -- 
Jas H. Fletcher ["seal" handwritten to resemble printed seal]
Chairman of Rutherford
County Court
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State of Tennessee
Rutherford County} I Robert S. Morris Clerk of the County Court of Rutherford County [held in?] at the Court House in the Town of Murfrees Tennessee in and for said County on this 7th day of June 1847, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court now in session that Isaac Street was a Pensioner of the United States at the time of his death. That he was a resident of the County of Rutherford and State of Tennessee aforesaid and died in said County on the 5th day of May 1845 that Rhody Street who has sworn to the above declaration is the widow of the said Isaac is unable from old age and bodily infirmity to attend the Court. And that the proceedings [purporting?] to be said before the said Henry Goodlaw were had in the [Courthouse?] hereby appeared and that he is Magistrate as appears, and the signatures purporting to be his are genuine in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office in open Court this 7th day of June 1847. 
Robt S. Morris Clk
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No 13238 491
Rhoda Street
Widow of Isaac
[Street?]
act 7 1838
Married '88
husband died 1845
May 5th }
Rejected 
[adm?] Act 17 June 1844
9 [no per?]
$30.00 per ann
pen-5 May 1845
James M [Avent?]
Murfreesboro
Tenn.
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Intermarried by [Jesse Tayley?] (June first Seventeen hundred and eighty eight). Isaac Street and Rhoda Cunningham. 
I Blake B. Woodson Clerk of the County Court of Cumberland in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record of the marriage of Isaac Street and Rhoda Cunningham, with the exception of the date written, which is in fair legible [figures?]
In testimony whereof I Blake B. Woodson Clerk of the County Court of Cumberland in the State of Virginia have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this 16th day of November. 
B.B. Woodson Clerk
Cumberland County Court
Sworn to before me
[Hez?] Ford a Justice of the 
peace for Cumberland County }
[Hez?] Ford J.P. 
State of Virginia
Cumberland County to wit. } I [Hez?] Ford Presiding Justice of the peace in and for the County of Cumberland in the State of Virginia, certify that Blake B. Woodson whose name appears to the above certificate is Clerk of the County Court of Cumberland, in the State of Virginia, and that his attestation is in due [forsworn?] under my hand and seal this 16th day of November 1846. 
[Hez?] Ford J.P. Presiding Justice of the Peace for Cumberland County
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Isaac Street 
Tennessee
Franklin, Co
from 1780 private
9 months,
$30
Micah Paul 
Winchester
Tenn.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office, 
June 5 183
Sir: 
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which you attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, showing the Service of Isaac Street
Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimaint's service. 
Years. | Months. | Days. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported. 
1780-1781 | | 3 3 3 |  | Pri | Cap Harris Col Harris | 69 | Traditionary 
I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J.L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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2 
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: 
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss.
County of }
On this __ day of __ personally appeared (a) before __
A. B. a resident (b) of __ in the county of __ and State, Territory or District of __ aged (c) __ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) __ , with __ and served in the __ (e) regiment of the __ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [pointing hand icon] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of___
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I __ of the Court of __
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of __ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this __ day of __ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the __ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with __, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be __ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman,
resident in the __
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the __
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, __ Clerk of the Court of __ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of __ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set me hand and seal of office, this __ day of __ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if no, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{ To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory. or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such
person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom be served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of this service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration, by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason 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 __ year __ months, and __ days, I served as a __. For __ months and __ days, I served as a __; and for such service I claim a pension.”
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 is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. [underlining by hand begins] Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the
tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. [underlining by hand ends]
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant’s entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be 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.
[pointing hand icon] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MEE/HMM
December 3, 1929. 
Hon. Ewin L. Davis 
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 
My dear Mr. Davis:
In response to your letter of November 26, 1929, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 11537, it appears that Isaac Street was born March 12, 1764, place not stated. He was reared in Virginia. 
While residing in Powhatan County, Virginia, he enlisted at Scottsville, in that county in March, 1780, served as a private in Captain Thomas Harris' Company, Colonel John Harris' Virginia Regiment, and was discharged in June 1780; he enlisted in October 1780 and served three months as a private in Captain Isaac Porter's Company, Colonel John Harris' Virginia Regiment; he enlisted in February 1781, served three months as a private in Captain George Williams or Williamson's Company, Colonel Holcombe's Virginia Regiment and was in the battle of Guilford. 
After the Revolution he lived in Cumberland and Campbell Counties, Virginia, in Sumner and Lincoln Counties, Tennessee, and in 1823 he moved to Franklin County, Tennessee where he resided when he was allowed pension on his application executed September 5, 1832. 
He died May 5, 1845 in Rutherford County, Tennessee. 
The soldier married June 1, 1788, in Cumberland County, Virginia, Rhoda Cunningham. She was allowed pension on her application executed February 19, 1847, at which time she was seventy-seven years of age and resided in Rutherford County, Tennessee. 
No reference is made to children. 
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner. 
(Handwritten at bottom)
[Sol's?] brother is referred to
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V No 13238
Rhoda Street
Tenn
Set to J.M. Avent April 5 1847 to same May 13 '47
Act 7 July 1838
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(left page)
1929, Dec 3, Hist to Hon. Ewin L. Davis, M.E.E. 
(right page)
Rev Widow, &c. 
File No. 11537
Rhoda Street
Widow of Isaac Street
Priv Rev War
Act: June 17th /'44
Index: --Vol. M, Page 243
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Union Bank of Tennessee 
Nashville 1st May 1831
J.L. Edwards Esq. 
Dear Sir
At the request of Mr. Rush N. Wallace the attorney of Mr. Isaac Street a Rev Pensioner under the act of the 7 June 1832 I herewith transmit you his pension identity for your examination and permission of his being paid then is one years pay due to Mr. Street up to 4th March 1837, he resides better than 100 miles from this and was not ["was not" crossed out] apprised of the charges in the rules of paying in this office as his attorney tells me, please do return his claim to him or his attorney Mr. Rush N. Wallace at Hillsborough Coffee County Tennessee and much oblige sir
Ob. [Sen?]
John M. Bass [illegible]
& Pension Agent
By S. Cantrell
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I Edmond Russell Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions of Franklin County in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings in the matter of the application of Isaac Street for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 5th day of September A.D. 1832
E. Russell Clerk of 
Franklin County Court
BWB Wagner D.C.
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(writing rotated vertically on left side of page)
12238
March 18, 1847
to Rhody Street,
Sep 7, [1848?]
(written horizontally)
Charge of PAID 30
J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Washington Cty
D.C.
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Murfreesboro Tenn.
March 8th 1847
J.L. Edwards Esqr.
Dear Sir
I forward you the Declaration and evidence in support of the claim of Mrs Rhoda Street for a Pension. I see from note (a) appended to the rules of the Department, of the 17th July 1838, that a Declaration made before a Justice of the Peace cannot be received as evidence. If the rule in note is absolute it is equivalent to a denial in this case of the right of the Petitioner or applicant. Our Justices however as you will discover from the seat and certificate of the County Clerk -- are Justices of Courts of record. Allow me to trouble you with an explanation as to this note in the rules of the 17 July 1838. 
most respectfully, 
Jas. M. Avent. 
P.S. if you have not examined the papers of Mr [Reece?] handed you by Mr. [Rutherford?], please do so at your earliest convenience and [illegible]
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Isaac Street, Franklin Co. Tenn Act 7 7 June 1832 at $30.00 per ann
To what time was he last paid?
G.C.A.
Pension Office 
June 19 1847}
Paid to 4th March 1845
B.S.B.
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Murfreesboro Tenn
April 15th - 1847 --
Sir - 
I return the declaration of Rhoda Street with the deposition, proving her to be the widow of the late Isaac Street I have annexed to the declaration the certificate of the Chairman of the County Court. Our statute prescribes no further mode of approving and certifying the proceedings before Justices. If the declaration is still informed please specify the necessary steps.
most respectfully 
Jas. M. Avent
J.L. Edwards
Washington.
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State of Tennessee
Rutherford County} This day came before me Mr. D. Hickson acting Justice of the Peace for said County, Jackson Wallace who after being sworn [said?] that Rhoda Street who is now an applicant for a Pension on account of the Revolutionary services of her husband is the widow of the late Isaac Street who was a Pensioner of the United States at the time his death, and that he has for a good many years known both the said Isaac [deceased?] and the said Rhoda. 
Jackson Wallace
Sworn to & subscribed
before me this 15th April 1847. And I certify that the [illegible] is respectable [illegible] credible person. Mr. D. Hicks J.P.
State of Tennessee
Rutherford County } I Robert S. Morris Clerk of the County Court of Rutherford County do hereby certify that W.D. Hicks is who has attested the above deposition of Jackson Wallace is and was at the time of attesting the same a Justice of the Peace for said County duly elected & qualified, and that the signatures purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Murfreesboro this 15th April 1847 -- Robert S. Morris
Clerk of Rutherford County Court
State of Tennessee
Rutherford County } I James T. Fletcher Chairman of the County Court of Rutherford County do hereby certi
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fy that Robert S. Morris who has made the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of making the same Clerk of the County Court of Rutherford County duly elected and qualified. That said certificate is in our form of law and sealed with our County seal - given under my hand and seal this 15th day of April 1847. 
Jas [T?] Fletcher ["seal" written to emulate printed seal]
Chairman of Rutherford County Court
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EWIN L. DAVIS
Fifth District Tennessee
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives 
Washington, D.C. 
November 26, 1929. 
Hon. Earl D. Church, Commissioner, 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Mr. Commissioner: 
The county records of Franklin County, 
Tennessee, disclose that on August __ 1832, Isaac Street, a resident of the Duck River section of said county, filed an application for pension, under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, accompanied by a declaration of his military service, etc. I presume that Mr. Street served either in the Revolutionary War or the Indian War. 
I shall appreciate it if you will advise me whether a pension was ever granted to this soldier and any information in regard to his service which you records may show. 
Awaiting your advices, for which I thank you, I am
Yours very sincerely, 
Ewin L. Davis.
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(left page)
Isaac Street
(right page)
22037
Payments to be made at Nashville by the [illegible] of W.B. [illegible] Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of West Tennessee 
Recorded is the Pension Office, in Book E Vol. 7 Page 96 by Dan Boyd Clerk.
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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, Isaac Street of the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive thirty dollars and ___ 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 27 day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
John [illegible]
acting Secretary of War. 
Examined and 
Countersigned. }
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.