Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4652, Benjamin Harris, Va.
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SERVICE
Va.

Harris, Benjamin
Rutha

NUMBER
R. 4652
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6518

Tennessee

Benjamin Harris
of White in the State of Tennessee
who was a Private in the Comp'y commanded
by Captain Bynum of the Regt commanded
by Col. Lucas in the Virginia
line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee
at the rate of 20 Dollars per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Feby.
1833 and sent to [illegible] J C Issacks
H. of Rep

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1832              $30
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4[illegible]   10
                                                               $40

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

Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles   Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 9 Page 150

not on A B
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Benjn Harris
48801

[illegible]
6 mo pre
20$
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State of Tennessee }
White County         } To wit
On this day of October 1832 personally appeared before the Justices of the Worshipful Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of White and State aforesaid, Benjamin Harris a resident of said County aged about Seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath  make the following Diclaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by Congress in an act passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein after stated.  He entered the Militia Service for three months, in the County of Brunswick and State of Virginia.  He does not rember the name of his Captain, Lieutenant, or Ensign.  He belonged to the Regiment commanded by Col. Lucas.  He served out his time was not in any battle, and did not receive any regular discharge, but was "mustered out of Service" as it was then called.  He returned home to Brunswick County.  It is proper here to mention that he was drafted when he entered the Service as above mentioned.  He cannot remember the date of his service.  He was again drafted for three months, he was attached to the company of Militia from Brunswick County commanded by Captain Turner Bynum.  He belonged to the Regiment commanded by Col. Duval.  Maj Boyce, was Major in said Regiment.  The adjutants name was Booker.  The Regiment to Regiment to which he belonged was stationed the whole time in the County of Isle of White at the expiration of his three months he was dismissed or mustered out of service and did not receive any written discharge.  He was not in any battle either term of Service.  He has no documentary evidence by which the foregoing facts can be established, nor does he know of any living witness by whom the same can be proved.
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Answers to the questions propounded by the war Department.-
1st To the best of his knowledge he was born in the year 1762 in Southampton County Virginia.-
2nd He has no record of his age -
3rd When called into service he lived in Brunswick County Virginia. -
4th He has already stated how he was called into service.
5th He has no recollection of having been acquainted with any of the regular officers- Nor can he be more explicit as to “the general circumstances of his services.-
6th As above stated he never received any regular or written discharge -
7th Since the Revolutionary War he has lived in Rutherford County North Carolina- from then on he removed to Greenville District South Carolina. From there he moved to the county of White Tennessee where he now lives and has lived ever since. He refers to the following individuals who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.
(Viz:) Rev James Anderson, William Glinn, Nathan Haggard Esq., and Jesse Lincoln.-
Rev Henry Burton and Anthony Dibrell
He hereby relinquishes his every claim whatever to a pension except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state-

Benjamin  Harris X his mark

 Sworn to and subscribed in open Court 12 October 1832
Teste Jacob A Lane Clk
by N Oldham D.C.
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We Henry Burton a minister - residing in White County and Anthony Dibrell residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Harris who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be seventy years old; 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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid-
Henry Burton {Seal}
Anthony Dibrell {Seal}
Test Jacob A Lane Ck
by N. Oldham DC.

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 Henry Burton who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman resident in said County and that Anthony Dibrell who has also signed the same is a resident in said County and is a Credible person and that their statement is entitled to Credit-
John Jett {Seal}
Henry Burton {Seal}
Elijah Frost {Seal}
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State of Tennessee
White County} I. Jacob a Lane Clerk of the Court of pleas and Quarter sessions in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Harris for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed thereto the seal of said Court at office the 27th day of October A.D. 1832 and Independence of the United States 57 
Test N. Oldham D.C. of.
Jacob A Lane clerk of 
White County Court

[SEAL]
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Will of Benjamin Harris

I Benjamin Harris of the County of White and State of Tennessee being weak in body and on the decline, but of sound Mind and Memory, and being fully apprised of its being alloted to Man once to die, And being desirous to dispose of my  property as best suits me, Do make and ordain this my last will and Testament revoking all former Wills in the Manner following Ath's,, It is my desire that my Wife Continue on the tract of Land upon which Lewis Jeffers now resides during her natural life and at my said Wife's death it is my desire that said tract of Land be Sold together with all the personal property which may be on hand at the time of her death and it is my will that so much of my personal estate be Sold this fall as will be sufficient to pay my just debts or sooner if my wife desires and Such property as she may set apart for that purpose, And I give and bequeath unto my son Amos Harris, the tract of Land whereon my Daughter Betsy Terry now lives Containing by estimate about One hundred & fifteen acres all that tract which lies above the Goosly tract in the same more or less to him and his forever, And it is my desire that the tract of Land Commonly Called the Goosly Tract or Goosly field tract and a 20 acre survey adjoining said Goosly tract or nearly so. be sold at anytime my Wife may desire and I further desire should my Wife see property to do so before her death to Cause to be Sold the tract of Land whereon said Jeffers lives now, And I give and bequeath unto my son Benjamin Harris' Two children William & Benjamin Sixty dollars each, to Sterling Harris' daughters Nancy Ann Sixty dollars, to Morton Harris Twenty dollars and to his children Benjamin & William Twenty five dollars each, & give & bequeath to Betsy Harris the wife of William Harris, One hundred dollars for the support and maintenance of her children by her husband William Harris, I give and bequeath to my daughter Lear Rutlidge a debt on Tilda Rutlidge in a Judgement of about Fifty dollars I give to my son Amos one bed and furniture, Should there be any funds on hand at the death of my Wife I desire that she dispose of it as may best suit her after the Legacies before mentioned are complied with, I give Silas Harris nothing more having given him his share of my estate. Neither do I give William Boles anything more, it is my request that should my wife marry again that she have of my estate a bed and furniture cloth &c. And nothing more I give to my Daughter Betsy Terry, nothing more have given to her a tract of Land by deed.  I give to my Daughter Mary Ann nothing more have given to her a tract of Land by deed this day   this day I give to William Nanny nothing more than I have already done, In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand &
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seal the 25th day of April 1834 I it is my request and desire that should there be any orders bonds or liabilities in any way found in my papers or possession upon any of my children that they be given up to them or destroyed and not collected from them except debt on William Boles, I give my daughter Betsy Terry fifty dollars to be paid at some time when my wife may see proper
Benjamin x his mark Harris (Seal)
Witness A. Dewitt
Jesse Stewart
I Nominate and appoint my wife Rutha Harris executrix to this my last will and testament and Anthony DeWitt also
Benjamin x his mark Harris
Jesse Stewart
Wm Carland

State of Tennessee} October Term AD 1834
White County} This day the Death of Benjamin Harris deceased late of the County of White was Suggested and proven And at the same time was produced a writing purporting to be the last will & Testament of said Benjamin Harris deceased and the description thereof as such proven in open Court by the Oath of Anthony DeWitt and Jesse Stewart subscribing Witnesses thereto who subscribed their names thereto as such at the request of the Testator and in his presence at the death of the execution of said Will who also made Oath that the said Benjamin Harris was the date of the execution thereof of sound and discerning mind and memory & that he published and proclaimed and declared that the same was his last will & Testament for the purposes and things therein set forth and mentioned whereupon it is ordered to be recorded together with the proof of executive and publication Given at Office 13 October 1834
J A Lane Clerk W.C.C.
By N Oldham D.CK

State of Tennessee
White County
I George G Dibrell Clerk of White County Court hereby Certify that James B Lowrey Esq whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing Declaration & proof is now & was at the time of Signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County & State aforesaid duly Commissioned & qualified, that all of his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit I also Certify that the foregoing is a true Copy of said Benjamin Harris will which now appears upon Record in my office
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Office in Sparta this 25th day of March AD 1853
G. G. Dibrell Clerk
of White County Court
[SEAL]
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State of Tennessee
White County} On this 21st day of March AD Eighteen hundred and fifty three Mary Ann Carland aged Forty eight years a resident of the County and State aforesaid with whom I am personally acquainted and whose statements are entitled to full faith and credit personally appeared before the undersigned and made oath in due form of law that she is the Daughter of the Identical Benjamin Harris who was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Twenty dollars per annum that her said Father was placed upon the Pension Roll at Washington City on the 28" February 1833 that his Pension dated from the 4" March 1831 And that he was a Revolutionary Soldier from the State of Virginia and that her father the said Benjamin Harris died in the County of White on the Twenty first day of May Eighteen hundred and thirty four leaving a Widow whose name was Rutha Harris and who did not again intermarry but remained the Widow of the said Benjamin Harris up to her death, that the said Rutha Harris dued in the County of Macoupin in the State of Illinois on the Twenty fifth day of September Eighteen hundred and forty five leaving the following children living towit, Mary Ann Carland Betsy Terry, And Amos Harris the others all having died before the death of said Rutha Harris That the said Rutha Harris never drew a Pension from the United States and that the said Rutha and Benjamin Harris were married in the State of North Carolina before the year Eighteen hundred, She makes this Declaration in order to obtain the Pension due her Mother up to the time of her Death under the Acts of Congress passed 7th June 1832. 4th July 1836. 7th June 1838 and all other acts or resolutions granting pensions to Widows of Deceased revolutionary Soldiers And hereby Constitutes and appoints George G Dibrell of Sparta Tennessee my true
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And lawful Attorney for me and in my name to prosecute said claim and receive a Certificate therefore payable at the Tennessee Agency at Nashville the amount May being the death of said Benjamin Harris interlined before Signed
Mary Ann x her mark Carland
Sworn to and Subscribed before me
this 21st March 1853
J B Lowrey (Seal)
Justice of the Peace for White County

State of Tennessee
White County} On this 21st day of March 1853 John Dew aged Sixty three years and William Carland aged Forty nine years persons entitled to credit personally appeared before me & made Oath in due form of Law That they were personally acquainted with Benjamin Harris deceased described within that he died in the County of White about the 21st May Eighteen hundred thirty four leaving the within described Rutha Harris who is now dead and who left the following children towit Mary Ann Carland Betsy Tarry and Amos Harris only liveing And that they are both satisfied that said Benjamin & Rutha Harris must have been married before the year Eighteen hundred as they have children over the age, and from the childrens age they think were Certainly married before 1800 as their oldest child is upwards of Sixty years old and the youngest 48 And that they are disinterested in this claim
Wm x his mark Carland
John Dew
Sworn to and Subscribed before
me the date above
J B Lowrey (Seal) J.P. for White County
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18891
Benjamin Harris
admd.

Hon
J. C. Isaacks
H.R
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BRIEF in the case of Benjamin Harris
County of White in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

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

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

3. How old is he? 70

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
[1] drafted - In 17
[2] again drafted -
Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days.
[1] 3 Months
[2] 3 Months
Rank. As a
private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.
[1] Col. Lucas, Viga troops
[2] Col. Duval; Capt. Turner Regiment

5. In what battles was he engaged? not any

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Brunswick Cty. Virginia

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No

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

Chas S Wilcox Examining Clerk.
22nd Feby 1833
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September 5, 1939.
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BA-J/ady
Benjamin Harris
R. 4652

Matre De Montereun
1116 Howard Avenue
Nashville, Tennessee

Dear Madam:

The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, R.4652, based upon the military service in that war of Benjamin Harris.

Benjamin Harris was born in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1762, day, month, and the names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Brunswick County, Virginia, Benjamin Harris enlisted, date not shown, and served three months as private in Colonel Lucas' Virginia Regiment. He then enlisted and served three months as private in Captain Turner Bynum's Company and in Colonel Duval's Virginia Regiment.

After the Revolutionary War he lived in Rutherford County, North Carolina, Greenville District, South Carolina,and in White County, Tennessee.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 12, 1832, at which time he was a resident of White County, Tennessee.

He died May 21, 1834, in White County, Tennessee.

Soldier married in Rutherford County, North Carolina, before 1800, exact date not given, Rutha Byers.

She died September 25, 1845, in Macoupin County, Illinois, her age not shown. The following children survived her: Amos Harris, Betsy Terry and Mary Ann
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Carland, aged forty-eight ears, in 1853, and then living in White County, Tennessee. Said Mary Ann was the youngest child, the oldest child was then "upwards of sixty years" of age, name not designated.

Soldier's daughter, Lear Rutledge, was living in 1834, and one Tilda Rutledge was then living, her relationship, and their ages and residences not shown. William and Benjamin, children of soldier's son, Benjamin Harris, were living in 1834, their residences and ages not given.

The following persons were living in 1834, their residences, ages and relationship to soldier not stated: Wooten Harris and his children Benjamin and William; Nancy Ann daughter of Sterling Harris; William Harris and his wife, Betsy Harris and their children, no names were given; Silas Harris; William Nanny and William Boles.

In 1853, one William Carland, aged forty-nine years, was of White County, Tennessee, his relationship to the family not stated. Benjamin and Gilbert Harris were then of Christian County, Illinois, their ages and relationship not stated.

One Susannah Byers, aged sixty-three years, in 1853, was residing in White County, Tennessee, no relationship to the family shown. There are no further family data.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Died 3 May '34
Widow on Sept. 25 45

No 1,243.
Benjamin Harris
Revolutionary Pensioner
application of Widows heirs
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State of Illinois
Christian County} SS On this 2nd day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty three, personally Came before me the undersigned, Judge of the County Court within and for the County and State aforesaid, Benjamin Harris and Gilbert Harris who being Sworn in due form of law administered, declare on Oath that Rutha Harris, widow of Benjamin Harris, Late of the County of White and State of Tennessee, died on or about the 25th day of September A.D. 1845- at the County of Macoupin and State of Illinois - and that the said Rutha Harris did not, at any time, draw a Pension from the United States Government - And that they are disinterest Witnesses-
Benjamin Harris
Gilbert Harris
Sworn to and Subscribed before me, this the day and Year above written - And I hereby Certify that the said Benjamin Harris and Gilbert Harris, are Reputable Witnesses, and their statement entitled to full faith and Credit under Oath 
H. M. Vandeveer Judge

State of Illinois
Christian County} SS I, Thomas P. Band, Clerk of the County Court within and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby Certify that H. M. Vandeveer, whose signature appears to the foregoing Certificate, was on the day the same bears date, and now is Judge of the County Court within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly Commissioned and qualified, To All whose official Acts, a such full faith and Credit are due - That the signature thereto is genuine, and said County Court is a Court of Record -
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of Said Court, at Taylorville, this 2nd day of March A.D. 1853.
Thos. P. Band Clerk
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Bertha Harris
decd. Widow of
Benjamin
Tenn

4652
29 July 1848
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State of Tennessee
White County} On this the 20th day of August 1853 Susannah Byers a Resident of the County of White Aged sixty three years Came before me and made oath in due form of Law that she has been acquainted with Benjamin Harris & his widow Rutha Harris for about Thirty one years that the said Benjamin Harris died in the County aforesaid on or about the 21st May Eighteen hundred and thirty four leaving Rutha Harris his widow who she is informed and believes has since died leaving Mary Ann Carland Betsy Terry and Amos Harris her only surviving children 
That the said Benjamin & Rutha lived together as man and wife in good repute and have children who were esteemed as legitimate that must be Sixty years old or thereabouts, She further makes Oath that she is not interested in the claim of the heirs for the Pension due in any manner whatever
Susannah x her mark Byers
Test
L England
William Morgan
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the date above And I hereby Certify said Susannah Byers is a creditable witness & her statement entitled to full faith & credit and I am not interested in her claim
Richmond Fraser (Seal)
Justice of The pece
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State of Tennessee
White County} I George G Dibrell Clerk of White County Court hereby Certify that Richmond Ranerd and James B Lowrey Esquires whose genuine Signature appear to the within and annexed affidavits are now and was at the time of Signing each of the same Acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified that all of their official Acts as Such are entitled to full faith and credit In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Office in Sparta the 12th day of September AD 1853 G. G. Dibrell Clerk
of White County Court
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State of Tennessee
White County} On this 10th day of September AD 1853 Rachael Thomas aged Seventy Seven years a resident of the County and State aforesaid personally appeared before me and made Oath in due form of Law that she was personally acquainted with Benjamin Harris a Pensioner of the United States and with his Widow Rutha Harris that she was acquainted with them in Rutherford County North Carolina previous to the year 1800 She states she was not present at their marriage but she knows that they were Married previous to the year Eighteen hundred she being in the neighborhood at the time, and well acquainted with the parties at the time of their Marriage She further States that she knows the said Benjamin is dead and she is informed that the said Rutha is dead She states she was well acquainted with all their children and that Mary Ann Carland, Betsy Terry and Amos Harris are the only Surviving children and all that survived said Rutha Harris
and I am not interested in said claim herein anyway
Rachael x her mark Thomas
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the date above and I hereby Certify that she is entitled to full faith and credit being a creditable person and that I am not interested in said claim
J B Lowrey (seal)
- J P
Test
Avery Russell
Rhodom Russell
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State of North Carolina SS,
I R. L. Gilkey clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Rutherford do hereby certify; that I have carefully examined the records of my office and can find no bond on file for a marriage between Benjamin Harris & Rutha Byers. Given under my hand and seal of office the 22nd day of August AD 1853
R. L. Gilkey Clk
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Benjamin Harris which require further proof or explanation.

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

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

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

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No

V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes

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

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

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes

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

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

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

XIV. [notation sign 1]If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 
Has the proper officer certified the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 

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

XVI. [notation sign 2]Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes

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

*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ___________ year _____________ months, and _________ days, I served as a ______________ For _____________ months and ___________ days, I served as a _______________; and for such service I claim a pension.”
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase "about three or four months" is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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.
[notation sign 1]QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[notation sign 2]QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
[symbol of pointing finger]In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Sparta Tennessee

To the Commissioner of Pensions

D Sir
You will please act upon the enclosed claim and land  [illegible] certificate as soon as convenient.  I send a copy of Benjamin Harris' Will as proof of death of Benjamin, also as proof of Rutha his widow and of the children, all of whom it will appear died before the widow did
Your early attention will oblige
Very Respectfully Yours
George G Dibrell
Attorney
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[illegible]
W. Rhett has the case
W True
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BA-J/M(illegible)/ady
Benjamin Harris
R.4652

Matre De Montereun
1116 Howard Avenue
Nashville, Tennessee

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to eight Revolutionary War pensioners of Tennessee, John Carney, Edwin Harris, Benjamin Harris, Jonathan Harris, David H. Harris, Thomas H. Harris, Hugh Harris and Joh Hollis.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for this particular kind of work, it is impossible to make for one person or organization a series of investigations and reports pertaining to soldiers of that war.

It may interest you to know that you, or some responsible person designated by you, may examine the papers in the pension claim cited by you, by calling at this office, Room 1851, Navy Building, 19th Street and Constitution Avenue, N. W., this city.

In order to aid you in part, the record of Benjamin Harris, (R. 4652), the one requested by you, is furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours-
(typed/no signature)
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1116 Howard Ave
Nashville, Tenn.

Secretary of War
Pension Establishments of U.S.
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:

Please send me the name of wife and children of the following Revolutionary soldiers on Tennessee Pension Rolls. 
If you cannot supply these, please let me know how I can secure any information concerning their families.
An early reply will be appreciated.

Yours very truly, 
(signed) Matre De Montereun

make it Matre De Montereun (handwritten in pencil)

(stamp/seal)
RECEIVED
AUG 4 1989
MAIL SUB-DIV
Reader No. 11
VETS ADM
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Tennessee Pension Rolls
(Left side)

John Carney
Private N C cont'l (continental) line
Smith Co pension list
age 86 - 1818

Edwin Harris
Private - N C cont'l line
Robertson Co Pension list
Oct. 29, 1832

Benj (Benjamin) Harris
Private - Va line
White Co pension list
Feb 28 1832 - age 72

Jonathan Harris 
Private N.C. line
White Co - Pension list
Sept 30 1835 - age 83

David H. Harris
Private - N C line
Davidson Co. Pension
July 16 1819 - age 68

Thomas H. Harris
N.C. line - Private
Gilsin Co. Pension list
Oct 15 - 1833

(Right side)

Hugh Harris
Corpl (Corporal) - N C line
Washington Co Pension list
Apr 10 1824 - 89 age

John Hollis
Sergt (Sergeant) + Corp. N C line
Rutherford Co - Aug 2 1833

(stamp/seal)
RECEIVED
AUG 4 1989
MAIL SUB-DIV
Reader No. 11
VETS ADM
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(Left side)

May 27 - 1902
Mrs. M.J. Benson
Chicago, Ill.

1939 Sept. 5. Hist, to Matre De Montereun stc. A.D.G.

(Right side)

4652.
P.O.
Bertha Harris
Service: widow of Benjamin

Enlisted: BLANK
Discharged: BLANK
Application filed: REJECTED
Alleges: BLANK
Re-enlisted: BLANK
Attorney: BLANK
P.O. BLANK
BLANK Recognized. BLANK Contract.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Harris, Benton
GRADE Private
LINE Maryland

WARRANT NUMBER 11362
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED December 22, 1794
 to Henry Purdy, assignee

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land  Office records in The National Archives.