Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,303, Jeremiah Doxey, Va. Sea Service
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(3 - 1776) SERVICE Va. Sea Service CONTENTS Doxey, Jeremiah NUMBER S. 3,303 carded
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Marine 1941
West Tennessee

Jeremiah Doxey
Admitted in the State of WT
who was a Mariner on board the Ta [incomplete]
comma [incomplete] by Captain Bailey 
line for 2 years
* Va Sea Service

Inscribed on the Roll of W Tenne
the rate of 96 Dollars per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Sept
1833, and applicant Bolivar

Arrears to the 4th of Sept  240.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 48.00
288.00

⎨Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 7 Page 76

[The following is very faded and hard to read.]
Certificate returned for ---  & new form issued to Jeremiah Doxey instead of ------ issued to 
to Mr H C. Williams for Hon N.C. Dunlap 25 Feby 1834 a Agt notified same day.

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4th March 1838 to 4 Sept 1838. Agt Notified 19. July 1839.

Hon D Wright July 20 1852
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Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 State of Tennessee Hardeman County ⎬ On this 2nd day of July 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Hardeman and State of Tennessee now in Session Jeremiah Dorey aged eighty one 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 the 7, 1832 That he enlisted in this Navy of the United States in the year 1775 and continued therein till the year 1781 or the end of the War. As a Sailing master & Caption under the following named officers to wit Commodore Barron who Commanded the Ship [illegible] on the said Parties and Charles Bailey and William Boland officers on board of the aforesaid ship which ship was ordered to guard Cape Henry may and Delaware & he remained on board in the aforesaid service as Sailing master & Captain seven years and was at the time he entered the service a resident of the State of Virginia and from the [illegible] to North Carolina thence  to the State of Tennessee where wherein he has resided for no less than  forty five years. The ship further aforesaid of which he was a Sailing Master & captain was and in the following hand battle at the mouth of Rappahannock at Hampton Road and Crancy Island and during the whole of the Service be not employed in any civil pursuit. This declarant knows of no one at present alive who can testify as to his term of service as aforesaid, nor has he any documentary evidence other than the one enclosed showing that an
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act was passed regulating pilot fees. during the period of the revolution he served as aforesaid stated Neither does he know of any person whose testimony he could procure who could state as to his term of Service as aforesaid. they who were cognizant of the facts he believes are dead or have removed to parts unknown to this declarant. He hereby relinquishes  any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and that his name is not the pension roll of the agency of any State
Jeremiah Doxey

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 2 day of July 1833
Thos J Hardeman Clerk

The Court propounded the following interrogatories to the said Jeremiah Doxey,
the delarant as aforesaid
1s. Where and in what year were you born
answer In the year Seventeen hundred and fifty two as well as he recollects
2 Have you any record of your age and if so where is it answer  I have in the bible at my son Doct. Doxeys house in Hardeman Cty
Tennessee
3 Where were you living when called into service & where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live
answer. I lived in Northumberland County in the State of Virginia when I enlisted in the Navy of the United States at the period stated as afsd.
as a Sailing Master of said ------ as afed, and served as such till the of the war. and after the war removed to North Carolina and thence to Sumner County in State of Tennessee thence to Hardeman Cty , Tennessee where I now reside
4th How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom
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We Reddick Dishough a Clergyman residing in the County of Hardeman and State of Tennessee and Allen Sammons residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said declarant who has subscribed and sworn to the aforesaid declaration: that we believe him to be eighty one years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a  Sailing Master of said Ship Tartar
of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Reddick Dishough
Allen Sammons

Sworn and subscribed this 2nd day of July 1833}
Thos J Hardeman Clerk

And the said Court do hereby certify and 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 Sailing Master and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Reddick Dishough
who has signed the preceding certificate is a
Clergyman resident in the County of Hardeman and State of Tennessee and that Allen Sammons
who has also signed the same is a resident in the the same County and state aforesaid and is a credible person and their statements are entitled to credit.
West Harris
Edmund D. Jarson
Allen Hill

I Thomas G. Hardeman Clerk of the Court of Pleas in and for the County of Hardeman and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Doxey for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 2nd day of July 1833.
Thos J Hardeman Clerk
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answer I enlisted as a sailing master on board of the Ship Tartar commanded by Commodore Barron and Bailey and Ballad officers on board of said ship. I never volunteered  neither was I substitute for any one but enlisted as a Sailing Master as stated and continued after my enlistment til the end of the war of the revolution

6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
answer, I had a discharge from Commodore Barron but I cannot give any account of it. it has been lost as I believe
7  Did you ever receive a commission and if so by whom it was signed and what has become of
answer It's a commission from Commodore Barron as a Sailing Master of said ship Tartar signed by him which Commission I believe was burnt among papers with my house in the State of Virginia
State the persons to whom you 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
answer I believe that every man nearly who knows me in my neighborhood and other part of the County would certify as to my character
for veracity and their belief of my service as a
sailing master of said Ship Tartar commanded by Commodore Barron Bailey and Ballad officers on board of said Ship Tartar
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No. 24687 West

Jeremiah Doxey Hardeman County
Tennessee
from 1775 mariner
2 yrs, 
$96.

96
96
48
______
240

applicant 
Boliver

{Thos J. Hardeman, Clk Hardeman
County Tennessee }
[Lexington}
(The above words in brackets are crossed out)
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
May 31st 1833

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 shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your 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, shewing the service of Jeremiah Doxey Hardeman County Tennessee

Period when the service was rendered.
Servd
Duration of the claimant's service
Years - 7
Months
Days
Rank of the claimant.
Mariner
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Ship Tartar,  Commodore Barron Charles Bailey
& Wm Ballard
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
81 years
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary evidence & Clergimans certificate witnesses certified credible paper defective, no seal

Battle, at the Mouth of RappaHannock,  Hampton Road, Craney Island - in the United Sates Naval Service 

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians 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 }
County of______ } ss. 
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.  >>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 my 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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 so, 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?
6. } 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 he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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
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 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.
[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 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.
>>  The notes from [a] to [-] 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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In reply to your request of _______ , received _____
for a statement of the military history of Jeremiah 
Doxey a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. File 3303

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
1775 to end of Mar. 1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
7 years
RANK.
Sailing Master
Captain
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
"Tartar"
COLONEL.
Commodore Barron
STATE.

Battles engaged in, Mouth of Rapphannock, Hampton Roads & Craney Island  (official note - this appears to be Va --- service)
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Northumberland Co, Va.
Date of application for pension, July 2, 1833 - Pens cl was al
Residence at date of application, Hardeman Co., Tenn.
Age at date of application, 81 born 1752.
Remarks: After Mar removed from Va to N.C. next to Sumner Co. Tenn, and after to Hardeman Co Tenn.
sol ref to his son Doctor Stephen H. Doxey of Hardeman Co Tenn.


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Free

Secretary at War
Washington City
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Bolivar Tennessee July 2d 1833

Honl. Secretary at War.

Enclosed is the declaration for pension duly executed as the war department has required The Check or draft transmitted to me will be sent to me or direct to my son Dr. Stephen H. Doxey near this place =

Yr. friend &c.
Jeremiah Doxey
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 6th, 1839.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Jeremiah Doxey,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Jackson, Ten: Agency, at the rate of Ninety Six Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1838, to the 4th Sept., 1838.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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19471
Payments to be made
at Nashville
by the Dist. of ------

Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of West 
Tennessee

Recorded in the Pension Office,
in Book E Vol. 7
Page 75 by Danl Boyd
Clerk.

no value
Jeremiah Doxey
Tenn
(Navy Case) & Revy
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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, Jeremiah Doxey of the agency of West Tennessee who was a {illegible] the Revolution is entitled to receive a ---- of Ninety Six 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
11th day of September one thousand eight
hundred and thirty=three
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Exam -- and }
Countersigned.}

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Revy INVALID.

File No. 3303  
Jeremiah Doxey
Va. Sea Service
Marine
Rev. War

Act: June 7 1832
Index: - Vol. 7 Page 76

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1909 Feb. 9. Copy of an act regulating
Pilots Fees, sent to Library of Congress
1909 Mch. 24 Hist to Mrs. C.W. Waring
1920 Mar. 8 Hist fur. Miss Ethel Edwards.
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Feb. 22-1909

Dear Sir
I ask a great favor if you will look up the record
of Nathaniel Cheairs, who came to Queen Anne Co. M'd in 1749
He was a French Hugonot - served in the Rev. War under George Washington was at surrender of Yorktown
Also Jeremiah Doxey an English sea captain - was born in England in 1744 - settled in North Carolina where he married Rhoda Haney, He is supposed to have served in the Rev. War
Also Scott name supposed to be Samuel - born early in 17th Cen.  Settled in Montgomery Co N.C.  He served in the Rev. War and was at battle of Yorktown (over)
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I hope you will give this your earliest attention, and if there are to be any charges please let me know and oblige.
Mrs C. W. Waring
406 Commerce St
Little Rock Ark.

U.S. PENSION OFFICE
A
FEB 26 1909
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Ft. Worth Texas

Feb. 17, 1920.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Sir: - Can you give me any information about
the Revolutionary War record of Jeremiah
Doxey who fought from either Maryland

U.S. PENSION OFFICE
D
FEB 21 1920
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or Virginia?
He was my great great grand father, and
I am anxious to get my D.A. R. papers through him, as he was most direct. 
I have written the Virginia State Library and they 
haven't his record, so I am now
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writing you and the Maryland Library.
Please advise me if there is any other way I may be able to find his record.
Yours truly,
Miss Ethel Edwards.
2508 S. Jennings Ave.