Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 58691-160-55, Thomas Grant, Ga. Residence Of Widow In 1857
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Service, Number
[Check Mark], Grant, Thomas, B.L Wt. 58691-160-55
Martha H. 
Ga. residence of widow in 1857
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268. 745
Act May 3.'55
Martha H. Grant. wid.
Thomas Grant. pri.
58691 ip Mar 16/17 [written over names]

Cld.160ac Mch. 13/57
B [unclear]
Rev'y war.

Geo "No Paper"
Special. by Chief Clerk.
PCale  Feb 16.52
CC

W. M. Varnum.
Dalonega.
Geo.
Set. [deleted] Varnum Mch. 13/54
Ead P/
S2221-760
Pol. G. 146
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268: 145
W. M. Varnum
Dahlonega, GA
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State of Georgia - Morgan County
On this the 17th day of January, 1857, personally appeared before me Martha H. 
Grant, aged 67 years, a resident of said County & State, who being duly sworn according to law,
declares that she is the widow of Thomas Grant, deceased, who was a Private in a horse company commanded by Captain -blank- 
in the war of the Revolution, that her said Husband Volunteered at -blank- on the 16th day of September 1780, for the term of two months, and continued in actual service in said War until sometime in December 1780, and was honorably discharged at -blank-  in December 1780.   She further states that she was married to said Thomas Grant in Wilkes County, Georgia, on the 1st day of March 1814 by one Flewellen Evans, a Methodist Minister, and that her name before marriage was Martha H. Waddey, that her husband died in Jasper County, Georgia, on the 27th of November, 1828 and that she is now a widow.  She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land, to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March the 3rd 1855, and she further declares that she has not (previously) received her applied for bounty land under this
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on any other act of Congress she would respectfully refer the Commission of Pensions for proff (misspelling of 'proof') of her Husband's Service to page 55 in a diary or journal kept by him of his Service in the war of the revolution and also a record of his marriage will be found on page 195 in said diary or journal which will accom (next line) pany this declaration.  Said diary being in the hand writing of her deceased Husband the said Thomas Grant.  Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17th day of January 1857.

[signatures] William Woods JP, Martha H. Grant

Mr. William V. Burney and Thomas J. Burney of Morgan County and State of Georgia upon our oath declare that the foregoing declaration was Signed and acknowledged by Martha H. Grant in our presence and that from the appearance and statement the said applicant we believe that She is the identical person that she represents herself to be, and that She is still a widow and William V Burney further states under oath that he is acquainted with the hand writing of Thomas Grant deceased and that the diary and journal referred to is in the hand writing of said Thomas Grant sworn to and
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Subscribed before me this 17th day of January 1857.    William Burney.  Thomas Burney
William Woods JP

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affidavit to be (legit), that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and is still a widow, and that I have no interest in this claim.       
William Woods JP

State of Georgia, County of Morgan
I, John C Rees, Clerk of the Inferior Court within and for the County of Morgan and State of Georgia, do hereby certify that William Woods Esqr., whose genuine signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate of acknowledgement, now, is, and was at the time of signing and sealing the same, a justice of the peace within and for the County and State of aforesaid, duly authorized by law to take such acknowledgments, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name ('e' truncated) and affixed the seal of the said Inferior Court at the Clerks (office of the clerk) in Madison, Morgan County, Georgia.
This 24th of January A.D. 1857
John C Rees, Clerk
Inferior Court, Morgan County, Georgia
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58691
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May 9th / 57 Pen. Off. May, 11th 1857.
The evidence upon which this claim was allowed is contained in a sketch journal or Autobiography of the life of Thos. Grant. of upwards of 250. pages. Of this Service, [illegible], marriage and widowhood [crossed out: of the {illegible}] there can be no doubt. & as this journal relates, & many other matters there such as are pertinent to this case. I can see it is of considerable importance for the family to have possession of it, Consequently, [illegible] to this I think the rule should be Relaxed in this Case & the journal ret'd. [i.e., returned] 
W the Cont's.  [i.e. contents]    S.C.B.
May 11th / 57 
[Illegible] Advises a relaxation of the rule in this case and advises the surrender of the journal to W.M. Varnum Agh:deg
Pension Office
May 11th 1857
Rec. of S.C. Boynton the journal above referred to. [signature] W.M. Varnum Agent
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This Journal is in my Pigeon Hole. Mch: 13/57
Boynton. [underlined]
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DAHLONEGA GA. FEB 3 [Postmark]
X [crossed out] [Illegible]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
City, D.C.
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n-d
n [number?]
58,691
[Illegible - Her Pens?]
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Washington Dec 15th 1858

WV  Burney Esqr.

Dear Sir

I have made diligent 
search for evidence of Marriage of Thomas 
Grant & Martha H Wadday. it cannot be found on the record in my office

Respectfully Yours

G.G Norman
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Genl. W. V. Burney

Mr. Boynton
Let me See the said 
narrative [illegible]
9 May 1857.
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Pension Office,
March, 13th 1857
Sir:
     The Narrative or Journal Sent to this Office to establish the service of Thomas Grant, cannot be returned to her, as it contains the only evidence of her husband's service & their marriage filed in this Office. We cannot allow the Evidence upon which a Claim is admitted to leave the Custody of the Office.
Yours Respectfully,
Geo C Whiting
Commissioner.

[Check mark]

W.M. Varnum, Esq.
Dahlonega, Geo: