Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6751, for John Mc Kennon, South Carolina
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Service S.C. 
Number R. 6751
McKennon, John
Mckinnon
Elizabeth
Contents
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V3585
Elizabeth McKennon
(illegible)
It is therefore made to appear (illegible) John Maffis and of (illegible) McKay of the county that John McKennon was a soldier of the Revolution and was in actual services more than two years, that he is dead & the applicant Elizabeth McKennon is the widow of the said John & resides in (illegible) county (illegible, crossed out)- Served under (illegible) at Columbia (illegible) on the 22nd day of May 1838.
Samuel Anderson
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State of Tennessee
Maury County 
On this 19th day of May 1838 personally appeared before me John Stephenson an acting Justice of the peace for the County
and State aforesaid Elizabeth McKennon a resident Citizen of the County of Maury and State of Tennessee, aged Eighty seven years
who is so old & infirm that she cannot appear in person in open court.
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 acts of Congress of the United States: 1. That she the widow of John McKennon
who was a private in the Militia Company commanded
by Captain Patton, and also in the company commanded by Captain Walker, and also in the Company commanded by Captain Neely, and also in the company commanded by Captain Steele, and the Army Commanded by Genl Sumpter, affiant cannot state the precise date of the times of husband entering the service, nor the times when he left the same, but she knows his first term of service was shortly after there was a call for soldiers in the State of South Carolina, she has often heard her husband say that he was in the Battles
at Kings Mountain, Rocky Mount, and at Stons, but she has no documentary evidence of the particular services of her said Husband, but she knows that he was in the actual service of the U.S. as a private soldier more than two whole years, that he was at the time of his first being called into service a citizen of Chester
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district in the State of South Carolina and continued to reside in the same place until the close of the war
She further declares she was married to the said John McKennon on the (blank) day of (blank) in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy five that her said husband
the aforesaid John Kennon died on the (blank)
day of February in the year one thousand Eight hundred and three, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as well

More fully appear by reference to the proof
hereto annexed
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 19th day of May in the year 1838.
Elizabeth McKennon
her Mark,
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John E Stephenson Justice of the peace for Maury County
State of Tennessee
Maury County ⎬ On this 21 day of May in the year 1838 personally appeared before me 
David Fayleman an acting
Justice of the peace in & for said County of Maury Thomas Neely aged about seventy and who is too old and infirm to appear in person in said court, who being first duly sworn
his oath make the following statement, that he
knows of his own knowledge that John McKinnon was a private soldier in the Army of the U.S. in the Militia Companies commanded by Captain Patten, Walker Neely and Steele and attached to the army commanded
by Gen. Sumpter, that he was in the actual service of the Revolutionary war for more than two whole years and was in the Battle at Kings Mountain Rocky Mount & Stone
that he was a good soldier, that he resided in
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Chester district in the State of South Carolina from the time of the commencement of the Revolutionary War until the time of his death which happened on the (blank)
day of February in the year 1803. that
Elizabeth McKennon who has assigned & made the foregoing declaration is the widow
of John McKennon decd that they were married in Chester district So Ca
and lived together as man and wife up to the time of his death, and that she has remained a widow ever since and now resides in Maury County Tennessee
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 21 day of May in the year 1838.
Thos Neely David Faylen Justice of the peace of Maury County.
State of Tennessee Maury County Sct
I William E. Erwin Clerk of the County Court
of Maury County hereby certify that John E. Stephenson and David Faylemon whose names are officially signed to the foregoing
proceedings are now and were at the time
the same were had and done by & before them acting Justices of the peace in
& for said County duly commissioned & qualified according to law & that all their official acts and entitled to full faith & credit as such
Given under my hand & the seal of said Court
office this 22d day of May A.D. 1838 and
62d year of American Independence
Wm E. Erwin Clerk
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[ State of Tennessee Maury County ] I , Samuel Anderson Judge of the Circuit Court of law in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the within declaration of Elizabeth McKennon  & Thomas Neely are duly certified to have been sworn to  out of Court because of  the advanced age and infirmity  of the said deponents as appears in their affidavits before two acting Justices of the peace for said County of Maury duly commissioned  & qualified and ten in open Curt personally appeared  Nimrod Porter  & A.K. Hughes Esquire and after being duly sworn  testify to their knowledge of the good character of the said deponent Thomas Neely. It is therefore  from the affidavit of Thomas Neely  of the County , that John McKennon was a soldier of the revolution and was in actual service more than two years, that he is dead & the applicant  Elizabeth  McKennon is the widow & relic of the said John &  resides in Maury County. given under my hand  and seal at Columbia Tennessee on the 22nd day of May 1838. Samuel Anderson ( signed )  ( margin note over text ) ( check mark 3585 Elizabeth McKennon  Tennessee ) [ State of Tennessee Maury County ] I , Pleasant Nelson clerk of the Circuit  Court of Maury  County do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original of the proceedings had in this Court  upon the application of Elizabeth McKennon widow & relic of John McKennon dec'd  for a pension etc. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal ( there being no seal  of my office ) at office in Columbia on the 22nd day of May in the year  1838 and in the sixty second year of American Independence. P. Nelson ( signed / sealed ) clerk
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[ State of Tennessee Maury County ] SS. this day  personally appeared before me William W.  Coleman an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County of Maury John Mc Kennon  aged forty eight years who after being duly sworn  on his oath deposes and says that he was personally and intimately acquainted with  John McKennon    in his lifetime  and  his wife Elizabeth McKennon  that said John McKennon   & the said Elizabeth McKennon  lived together as man and wife for many years and that he is   the son of said John McKennon and Elizabeth his wife and was born in lawful wedlock in the year 1791  and herewith  send a copy of the register of his age and he therefore judging from his own age he can say with certainty that the said John & Elizabeth  were married before the first of January  1794. Affiant has often heard his  Father in his lifetime say that he was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, that he was in actual service for more than two years and that he resided in Chester  District  in South Carolina  , that his said Father died in said Chester District in the year 1800  , that said Elizabeth his wife  now resides in Maury County  State of Tennessee , and has resided there for the space of 21 y ears  past and has never since intermarried with any other person since the death of  said John - that said Elizabeth is a  woman of good moral character and entitled to full credit on her oath. John McKennon ( signed ) Sworn to and subscribed before me  this 1st day of August  1839 . William W. Coleman ( signed / sealed ) Justice of the peace for Maury County                              Copy from Record. John McKennon ( second )  son of  John and Elizabeth McKennon  was born on the 23rd day of December 1791.
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[ State of Tennessee Maury County ] ss. This day personally appeared before me William W. Coleman  an acting Justice of the peace  for said County of  Maury Edward McFaddin  aged 50 years and Margaret McFadden  aged 53 years who after being duly sworn  on their oaths deposed and say that they were well acquainted .. both John and Elizabeth McKennon  name in the foregoing affidavit and that the said Elizabeth McKennon  named in the foregoing affidavit is the identical same woman wo was the wife of the said John McKennon  and they they have often heard their father say in his lifetime that he was at the wedding  & saw  the said John and Elizabeth married  in South Carolina  long before the 1st of January  1794 , that said  Elizabeth is a woman of good moral character & entitled to full credit on her oath. Edward McFaddin ( signed ) Margaret McFaddin ( her mark ) Sworn to and subscribed  before me this 1st day of August 1839 . William W. Coleman ( signed / sealed ) JP Justice of the peace for Maury County [ State of Tennessee Maury County ]  I , William E. Erwin  Clerk of the County Court of Maury County   hereby certify that William W. Coleman  before whom the foregoing  affidavits were subscribed and sworn  to by John McKennon and Edward McFaddin  and Margaret McFaddin   and whose name is officially signed thereto was at the time of the same was done an acting Justice of the peace  in  & for said County duly elected, commissioned & qualified  according to law., and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith  and credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of my office this
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5th day of August  A.D. 1839  and  64th year of American Independence. Wm E. Erwin ( signed / sealed ) Clerk  [ State of Tennessee Maury County ] ss. I, Edmund Dillahunty  Judge etc. do hereby  certify that William W. Coleman  Esquire is an acting Justice of the peace for Maury County duly commissioned and qualified as such . That William E. Erwin Esquire whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificates is and was at the time of the attestation  the acting Clerk of the County Court of Maury County  Tennessee  duly commissioned & qualified as such , that has also been  proven before me in open Court , to wit, the Circuit Court for Maury County  at  the August term  1839 of said Court, that John McKennon , Edward and Margaret McFaddin  are credible persons and their statements on oath are entitled to full credit. Given under my had  and seal this 4th day of September in the year  1839. Edward Dillahunty ( signed / sealed ) Judge etc. [ State of Tennessee Maury County ] I , James K. Polk  late representative in the Congress of the United States from the 9th  Congressional District of Tennessee certify that the Hon. Edmund Dillahunty  who has assigned the foregoing certificate is & was at the date of the attestation  thereof the Judge of the Circuit Court for the 8th  Judicial Circuit of the Circuit Courts of Tennessee duly commissioned & qualified  as the law
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as the law directs  and that full faith is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such and that William W. Coleman  Esquire  is one of the acting Justices of the peace for Maury County  aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and that William E Erwin  Esquire is the Clerk of the County  Court of Maury County  duly commissioned and qualified  & that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts as such  & that John H Dew Esq. is the attorney for the applicant Elizabeth McKennon  is a gentlemen entitled to the respectful regard of the Hon department  of War  . Given under my hand and seal this 5th day of September in the year 1839. James K. Polk ( signed )
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Deposition of John McFaddin additional proof in case of Elizabeth McCannon wid of  Jno.  Tennessee case act 4th July 1836  W E Jones Nashville Ten.
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[ South Carolina Chester District ] Personally came before me  James B. Magill an acting Magistrate in the District aforesaid John McFaddin a citizen of this  District aged  between sixty  & seventy years and made oath in due form of law . That he was well acquainted with John McKennon a revolutionary soldier and his wife Elizabeth McKennon , that they were  uncle and aunt to this deponent and that he knew them well since his earliest recollection , that they lived together as man and wife and were reputed such as long as deponent  knew them , that they  had a family of children some of whom were older than deponent , and it was notorious in this neighborhood that they were married and had children previous to the close of the revolutionary war. John McFaddin ( signed )  Sworn to and subscribed  before me tis 15th Jany. 1847. Jas. B. Magill ( signed ) Mgst.  I, James B. Magill Mgst. do hereby certify to all whom it may concern , that, John McFaddin who has this day made the above deposition is a man of strict moral character, and whose statements deserve full credit, being a  person whose veracity has never been questioned. Given under my hand this 15th January  1847. Jas. B. Magill ( signed ) Mgst.
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I, John Rosborough  clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Chester District in the State of South Carolina do certify that James B Magill is  Magistrate as before  set forth  and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name tis  thirteenth day of February  in the year of our  Lord one thousand eight hundred and  forty seven. J. Rosborough ( signed / sealed ) clerk of the  Court of Common Pleas  for Chester District. I also certify that there is no evidence in this office of the marriage of John McCannon and Elizabeth his wife February 13 1847. J Rosborough ( signed )  clerk CC Pls in D
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6751 Elizabeth McKennon  widow John McKennon  or McKinnon
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( check mark ) Elizabeth McKennon Tennessee Suspended see let 28 July '38 J.W. Dew Let 22 Nov. 37 to do let to W.E. Jones Oct 31 ' 46 T Bryan Oct 23/51 Wm. e. Jones 9th Augt. 1853. 6751 Act 11 July 1836
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Sept 19 ( post mark ) [ COLUMBIA TENN. Sept 9 ] Tenn. Addl proof  Eliz. McKennon ( vertical on page ) ( Hon . C  Pension Claim  Elizabeth McKennon )
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( post mark ) [ CITYOF QASHINGTON  JUL 19 ]  Dear Sir, Enclosed I send you the amended papers of Mrs. Elizabeth McKennon I sent for  of Mr. Haynes from S.C. but have heard nothing from him. I hope the additional proof of the marriage will be sufficient ; the second letter I rec'd only required the proof I send you. Your friend  Jno H. Dew ( signed )
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Chester Court House February 13th 1847 Sir, As I could  not  conveniently leave home  to procure the testimony of the witnesses who lived at a  distant part of the District therefore I have been delayed  to this  time the proof appears to be sufficiently  full. I am Sir, yours respectfully J. Rosborough ( signed )  The Magistrate charges two dollars ,$2.00 Clerk's fees one dollar $1.00 ( total $ 3.00 )  you will remit the money
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State of Tennessee Maury County
By the Justices of the County Court of Maury County, September
Term A. D. 1845.

It being certified to us that Elizabeth McKennon is dead having made no
last Will and Testament in writing and Daniel McKennon, having been
appointed administrator: on all and singular the goods and chattles rights and
credits of the said Elizabeth McKennon deceased and having qualified as such
agreeable to law:

These are therefore to empower the said Daniel McKennon to enter
into and upon all and singular the goods and chattles rights and credits of the Deceased and
the same into his possession take, wheresoever in this state to be
found and an inventory thereof to return according to law and all the just debts of the deceas- 
ed to pay and the residue to distribute agreeably to the acts of assembly in such case made and
provided. Witness William E. Erwin clerk of said Court at office the first Monday in
September 1845 and 70  year of American Independance.

Wm G. Erwin Clerk
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[ State of Tennessee Maury Count ] I, William E. Erwin clerk of the County Court of Maury County do hereby certify that the within is  a true copy of the original letter of  administration granted and issued to  Daniel McKennon as administrator of Elizabeth McKennon  dec'd as the same appears and remains of record in my office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of my office at office in Columbia this 21st day of September  A.D. 1846. Wm E. Erwin ( signed / sealed ) Clerk
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Columbia Tennessee May 23, 1838 Hon P. Haynes Pension Agent etc. Dear Sir, Enclosed I send to your care the application of Elizabeth McKennon widow  & relic of John McKennon  dec'd  a soldier of the Revolution for a pension under the recent acts of Congress passed for the benefit of persons  similarly situated. I am known to the several departments having made numerous applications of the kind but if other references  are required I refer to  Jas. K. Polk Speaker of the H.R.  , Judge Green of the Senate, Col. W.B. Campbell , H. L. Turney , A. McClellan, Gen. Cheatham members of the H.R.  & Judge White of the Senate. Direct your reply to my care at this office. Very respectfully your obt. servant. Jno. H. Dew ( signed )
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Carthage Tenn. Oct. 3rd 1846 Sir, I herewith enclose to you affidavits and papers of Mr. Daniel McKennon  admin. of Elizabeth McKennon  dec'd widow of John McKennon a soldier of the revolution claim in the amount of  pension which he thinks was due and coming to his Mother  in her lifetime. Pleas  examine the case and allow it if you care as to the credibility of the parties , I expect that Mr. Polk is proverbally as well acquainted with them as their neighbors and who lives near them as they all live in Mr. Polk's  old County . I a Sir with respect. your obt. servt. Wm E. Jones ( signed ) PS I have  written to South Carolina to see what I can find  there of the services of John McKennon. W.E.J.
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Washington City July 12 1857 J.E. Heath Esq. Sir, I respectfully ask on behalf of Mssrs. Smith & Jones to have the claim of Elizabeth McKennon widow of John McKennon taken up for action , and I ask that  I may be permitted to  examine the Rolls of the S. Carolina  service  to see if his name will not be found on the Rolls. Very respectfully your obt. servt. J. Bryan ( signed )
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[ State of Tennessee Maury County ] On this 19th day of September  1846 personally appeared before me  Elijah Blocker an acting Justice of the  peace in and for said County Daniel McKennon a resident of said County aged  fifty two years and makes oath in due form of Law that he is the  eighth ( 8th ) child of his Mother Elizabeth McKennon  dec'd  who was the widow of John McKennon and is the the administrator of the estate of his Mother Elizabeth McKennon  who died on the 12th day of August  1845 that at that time she was a resident of said County . This affiant further states  that previous to the death of his Mother  Elizabeth McKennon  she did apply  for a pension, that her declaration  was  drawn up  and sent to the department by Col. John H. Dew of Columbia some  five or six years ago claiming a pension in   rights of the services performed by her husband the said John McKennon who was the Father of this affiant, but which claim or pension was never allowed previous to her death, that this affiant now makes this affidavit in order  as the administrator of the estate of the said Elizabeth McKennon to establish and receive the amount of said pension which was due and coming to the said Elizabeth as this affiant
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is informed and believes under the act of Congress of the 4th July  1836 which  was  due to her in  rights of the services of the said John McKennon her deceased husband who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and who  lived at that time in the State of South Carolina. This affiant further states that the following named children is the heirs and only legal  representatives of the said John  & Elizabeth McKennon dec'd to wit, Wm. McKennon, Mary Ann McKennon ,now Elizabeth  Faris formerly  Elizabeth McKennon, Catherine McFaddin  formerly  C. McKennon, Jane McKennon , John McKennon , James McKennon & himself Daniel McKennon. Sworn to and subscribed before me the date above written. Daniel McKennon ( signed / sealed ) Admin.  Elijah Blocker ( signed / sealed ) J.P. for Maury County   [ State of Tennessee Maury County] I Elijah Blocker an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Daniel McKennon who has this day  appeared and made oath to the above affidavit before me that he is  a man of truth and veracity  that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to his statements. Witness my hand  and seal this 19th September 1846. Elijah Blocker ( signed / sealed ) JP
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Know all men by these presents that I  Daniel McKennon of the  County of Maury  and State of Tennessee  administrator of the estate of my Mother Elizabeth McKennon dec'd  and as  an heir and representative of the said John & Elizabeth McKennon do hereby constitute and appoint  William E. Jones of Smith County  Tennessee my true and  lawful attorney in fact for me  an in my name as administrator  etc. to prosecute ,demand and recover for me as administrator as aforesaid from the  United States or from the war department any and all money that is due and coming to receipt for the same in my name as aforesaid  . Given under my hand and seal this 19th  September 1846. Daniel McKennon ( signed /sealed )  at Law  Wm. Jones ( signed ) Elijah Blocker ( signed ) [ State of Tennessee Maury County ] Be it known that on this  19th day of September 1846  personally appeared  before Elijah Blocker  a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Daniel McKennon and acknowledged the execution of the above Power of Attorney  from himself to  W E Jones to be his act and deed for the purposes therein contained. Witness my hand  etc. E Blocker ( signed )
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[ State of Tennessee Maury County ] On this  19th day of September  1846 personally appeared before me Elijah Blocker one of the acting Justice of the peace in and for  said County William McKennon a resident of said Count aged twenty two years and makes oath in due form of law that he is the first child of his father JohnMcKennon  and his wife Elizabeth , that his father was a soldier of the revolutionary war and at that time he lived in Chester District South Carolina tis affiant recollects that his father was a drafted militia man and served as many as three tours, This affiant was then old enough to recollect his father leaving home and returning but cannot now recollect the length of those tours whether they  were three or six months , that during these tours he was under Captain Neely  , Capt.  Patton  , the third tour he does not recollect his Captain's name that he was under Col. Lacy  & Col. Rob Patten  that his father died on the 12 October 1800, this affiant was left an executor  to his father's  will , the said John McKennon or that his father might have served other tours of service in the early part of the war, but this affiant cannot recollect  being so young.
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This affiant further states that after the death of his father  whilst  closing the business of the estate he recollects  seeing some of his old discharges , that which was signed by General Sumpter , this affiant further states that his Mother Elizabet McKennon  died in this County on 12th  August  1845 , that previous to her death she did apply for  a pension through John H Dew Esq.  Sworn to and subscribed before me this date above. Elijah Blocker ( signed / sealed ) JP Wm McKennon ( signed ) [ State of Tennessee Maury County ] I Elijah Blocker a Justice of the peace  in  and for said County do hereby certify that  I am well acquainted with William McKennon  who has this day appeared and made oath to the above affidavit  before me  , that he is a man of truth  and veracity , that full faith and credit is due to his statements. Given under my hand  and seal this 19th  Septr. 1846 . Elijah Blocker ( signed / sealed ) JP
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[ State of Tennessee Maury County ] On this 19th day of September  1846 personally appeared before me  Elijah Blocker an acting Justice of the peace  in and for the said County George Nickels a resident of said County  aged about seventy years and makes oath  in due form of law that he was well acquainted with   John McKennon   and his wife Elizabeth  McKennon that he was acquainted with  them fifty four or fifty five years ago , that they  lived in South Carolina in Chester District , that the said John McKennon was  then reputed  and believed to have been a soldier in the revolutionary war & at  their first acquaintance  this affiant had with them to wit, fifty four or  fifty five years ago that they  was living  together as man and wife and was so reputed and believed to have been legally husband and wife, that they continued to live together as such  till the day of the death of the said John McKennon which took place  some upwards of forty years ago, that since his death the said Elizabeth McKennon  his widow did not intermarry  but continued  to live a widow up to the day of her death which was on the 12th August  1845. That previous to her death she did apply or a pension  in right of her husband John McKennon which claim was attended to for her by  John H Dew Esq. some  four , five or six years ago  as well as this affiant recollects. This affiant has been   intimately acquainted with
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with them from the above mentioned date and  a part of his time   he has lived in the same house with them and has no hesitation  in saying that he believes  that they were legally married  tho' this affiant did not see them married, this affiant further states that he now lives with Daniel McKennon who is the   administrator  of Elizabeth Mc Kennon's estate  who was an applicant  & did apply for a pension before her death as above  stated. Sworn to and subscribed the date above written . George Nickels ( his mark X )  Elijah Blocker ( signed /sealed ) JP for Maury County  [ State of Tennessee Maury County ] I , Elijah Blocker  an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County do hereby certify that  I am well acquainted with George Nickels  who has this day appeared and made oath to the  above affidavit  before me  that he is a man of truth and veracity  , that full faith  & credit  are due and  of right ought to be given  to his statements. In testimony whereof I have  hereunto set my hand and seal this 19th September 1846. Elijah Blocker ( signed / sealed ) JP
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[ State of Tennessee Maury County ] I William E. Erwin clerk of the County Court of Maury County  do hereby certify that Elijah Blocker  whose name  appears to the within and foregoing affidavits and certificates is and was at the time and date of said affidavits  and certificates an acting Justice of the peace in and for  said Count duly  elected commissioned  and qualified   according to law and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine . In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name  and affixed  the seal of my office  at office in Columbia this 21st day of September  A.D. 1846. Wm. E. Erwin ( signed / sealed ) Clerk
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[ State of South Carolina Chester District ] Be it known  that before me  James B. Magill an acting Magistrate  in and  for the District aforesaid  personally appeared  John Culp aged about  73 years  a citizen of the District aforesaid and made oath in due for of law, that he has been a resident of the District aforesaid for the last 72 years, that he was well acquainted with John McKennon and Elizabeth McKennon   whose heirs are now claiming a pension  due the deceased widow. That the said John McKennon and his wife Elizabeth McKennon  lived in Deponent's immediate neighborhood  about  65 years ago  as man and wife and were reputed to be such  no person as far as deponent knows  was having any doubt of their being such, and that after the death of the said John McKennon   deponent never knew  of his  widow the said  Elizabeth McKennon  entering into any second marriage  , but as far as deponent knows remained a widow during her life. Sworn to  and subscribed before me this 18th day of December  1846. John Culp Sr. ( signed )  Jas. B. Magill ( signed ) Magistrate I, Jas. B. Magill the subscribing Magistrate do hereby certify that  I am well acquainted with  John Culp Senr.  who has made the above deposition , that he is a man of  unblemished  moral character , and of unquestioned veracity  and that due faith and credit should be given to the statements  made by him in the foregoing deposition. Jas. B. Magill ( signed ) Magistrate