Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2914, George Anderson, N.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.C.

Anderson, George

NUMBER
S.2914

Born in Va.
Carded

CONTENTS
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26812
West Tennessee
George Anderson
of Henderson in the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain White of the Regt. commanded by Col Moore in the N. Carolina line for 14 months

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 46 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of June 1834 and sent Hon W. C. Dunlap House of Reps

Arrears to the 4th of March 1834      $140.01
Semi-an. allowance ending 4 Sept        23.33
                                                          $163.34

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D D Addison Clerk,
Book E2 Vol. 7  Page 81

(right side)
Suspd. see letter to P. Agt. May 15 1835
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17346
George Anderson 
Hendersvile [sic: Hendersonville]
Tennessee

fr 1779 for 14m
$46. 66/100







Hon W. C. Dunlap
H.R.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
      The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which 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, showing the Service of George Anderson
1779   9    Sargt Col Morehead 80  Traditionary
Col. ****   N.C.
1781   3   Pr. L. *. Moore
  Col.----
1781    2   Pr ***   Waitt  
                 Col. *****
Should prove his service as a sargeant for 9 months, see also note i.     

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
James 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 [sic] or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of } ss. [this brace links this line and the following]
County of

On this day of personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c)
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:

Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [here is an image of a hand pointing to the right] 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition. if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if 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?
{To an Officer. {Did you ever received 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 to 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 represent, 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, 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.
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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which 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 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 as 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 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 service, 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 [italics] about three or four months [end italics], 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 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.

[letter i is hand bracketed]
(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.
[end of brackets]

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.
[stamp: 👉] The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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[written sideways, left side]
I certify that E.H. Tarrant whose name is signed to the within certificate is clerk of the circuit court of Henderson County Tennessee  June 3rd 1834
W C Dunlap


[right side]

17346
Declaration
of George Anderson
for a Pension
under the act of
June 7th 1832 -

I agree to receive 
a pension or a private
for the above applicant

June 3rd 1834
W C Dunlap
W C
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State of Tennessee    May 8th 1835

I Joshua Haskell Judge of the 8th Judicial Circuit in said State do hereby certify that Edward H Tarrant whose name is affixed to the within certificate is & was the time of making & signing the same Clerk of the Circuit Court of Henderson County, Tenn. as set fourth by him & that full faith and credit is due to his official acts as such & that he has no public seal of office.
Given under my hand & seal the day and date above

Joshua Haskell {seal}
Judge of the 8th Judicial Court in Tennessee and Presiding in Henderson County
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832

The State of Tennessee
Henderson County ⎬ 

Circuit Court
October Term the year
of our Lord 1832

On this 9th day of October 1832 personally
appeared in open Court before the Honorable
John C Hamilton one of the Circuit Judges in and for the State of Tennessee and now presiding as Judge of the Circuit Court now sitting in and for the County of Henderson in the State aforesaid George Anderson a resident of the State of Tennessee in the County of Henderson aged about seventy eight 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 act of Congress passed June the
7th 1832. 

This Declarant states that he entered the service of the United States from the County of Person in the State of North Carolina as a drafted militia private but was immediately promoted to the rank of Orderly Sergeant in the company commanded by Captain Morehead. This Company marched from Person County and joined the American Army on the south of Catawba River then under the command of Major General Green which was and was lying at the old Indian Town.
This declarant's company became
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attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Tennett. This Regiment as well as the
company to which this Declarant belonged was
composed atltogether of Drafted nine months
men. The name of his major is not now
recollected. The name of his Lieutenant was
Cato Parker after joining the army
as before stated and after being for a short time attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Tennett. This Declarant's company with several others of the same Regiment were withdrawn therefrom and attached to the Regiment commanded by
Colonel Malbin a Frenchman. This Regiment belonged to the Division of the Army which was under the command of General Lincoln.

This declarant now states that General Green ordered General Lincoln with his Division to march on the 10th day of June 1781
on Stono a distance of about six miles from the
main body of the army and attack the British Army which was then lying there. This order was promptly obeyed and the Battle commenced on the same day but the enemy being too strong for us
after sustaining considerable loss in killed
and wounded we were compelled to retreat
back to head Quarters.-- The next evening the
British abandoned Stono and the American Army
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marched on to Charleston at which place after having served out his nine months tour this Declarant was discharged and which discharge he has long since lost. This Declarant should have stated that when he first joined the army on the Catawba under General Green that the army moved from that place on to South Carolina and at the Plantation of one Galfins fell in with the Division
under the hand of General Lincoln. From
this place the whole army marched to within six
miles of Stono when the Battle was fought by
the Division under General Lincoln and which
was the head quarters of General Green.

This Declarant states that his Regular officers attached to this army were general
Nathaniel Green General Lincoln Count Pulaski
who fell at the Battle Savannah in Georgia and
Cols William Washington and Harry Lee.

This declarant further states on their return home his lieutenant Cato Packer was killed in a skirmish with the Towns just after they
had crossed Yadkin River by a Ganger Ball.

After the expiration of this term
of service this Declarant again entered the service
of the United States in the same year (1781) in the months
of July or August as a substitute for his half Brother John
Cook in the North Carolina Militia Regiment from
the County of Orange Commanded by Colonel William Moore but the names of his Captain, his Lieutenant, or Major are altogether forgotten by him. This Regiment
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was stationed at Hillsborough in order to protect the Legislature of North Carolina against the incursions of the Tories who in numerous
parties were hanging around the City during the
sitting of the Legislature. This tour of service was only for three months which this Declarant faithfully served out and was regularly discharged and which discharge he has also since lost. In this tour of duty this declarant was attached to no regular army nor regular officers consequently he cannot state the names of any.

This Declarant states that in the latter part of the same year shortly after the Capture of Lord
Cornwallis at Little York Virginia he again entered the service of the United States as a volunteer militia private of Cavalry from the County of Person as
before stated in the Company commanded by 
Captain White in the Regiment commanded
Colonel William Moore his major was by the name
of Elijah Moore and Brother to the Colonel this
Regiment was ordered to the Town of Wilmington in order to dislodge the British from that City and who retreated from thence upon the approach of
this Regiment this tour of service lasted for
about two months and a half when this Declarant
was finally discharged and which discharge has likewise lost General Butler was the commander in chief at Wilmington. This Declarant states that his Parents moved from off of Potomac River in the
State of Virginia when he was about five years of age.
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Into North Carolina and that at the time he served as stated in this Declaration he was a resident of
Person County in the State of North Carolina.

This Declarant states that he has no documentary evidence nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State
George Anderson (his X mark)

Sworn and subscribed
to the day and year aforesaid
in open Court
E H Tarrant
Clerk

We Roland Cook a Clergyman residing in
the County of Henderson and Christopher H Williams
residing in the same do hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with George Anderson who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be of seventy eight 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 and that he is a man of veracity and respectability.
Roland Cook Clergyman 
C. H. Williams 

Sworn to and subscribed
in open Court the day and
year aforesaid
E. H. Tarrant Clerk
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And the said Court do having declared their opinion after the investigation of the matter I 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 Roland Cook who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Henderson and Christopher H. Williams who has also signed the same is a resident of the same County is a credible
Person and that their statement entitled to Credit.

H. Hamilton
Judge of 9th Circuit
in the State of Tennessee

Questions By
the Court
Quest 1st Where and in what year were you born
Answer I was born in the Potomac River in the year
1754 in the State of Virginia. I was a young when
left that state that I do not for the County of my nativity.
2d Quest. Have you any record of your age and if
so where is it?
Answer I have none my father died when I was
in North Carolina.
Quest 3d Where were you living when called into service where have you lived in the
the Revolutionary War and where do you now live
Answer Since living in the County of Person in the State of North Carolina during my
service from that County I moved into South [next]
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County afterward into Sumner and lastly into
Henderson County where I now reside in Tennessee.
Quest 4th. How were you called into service were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute; and if a substitute for whom?
Answer In the first tour I was drafted for nine months in the second tour I was a substitute for three months for my half Brother John Cook in the third Tour I was a volunteer.
Ques 5. State the names of the Regular Offices
who were with the troops where you served
such Continental Regiments and militia
Regiments as you can recollect and the General
Circumstances of your service
Answer - The Regular Offices in the field were first General Nathaniel Green General Lincoln Col Molberi of my my Regiment Colonel Washington and  Colonel Lee of the
Cavalry and the Count Pulaski who fell at the Battle of Savanah the general circumstances are sett forth in full detail in this Declaration. The Continental of Militia Regiment of do not recollect.

I Edward H.  Tarrant Clerk of the Circuit Court held in and for the County of Henderson hereby certify that the foregoing
Continues the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of George Anderson for a Pension. In Testimony whereof I have [smudged writing] this ninth day of October 1832.

E H. Tarrant clerk
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Rev War
2914
INVALID
File No. 2914
George Anderson
Pvt. N. C. line

Act: June 7 1832

Index:- Vol. A, Page 9

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Lexington }                       free
Apl. 20th }

John Sommerville Esqr.
U. S Agent
for the payment of Pensions
under the act of June 7th 1832
City of Nashville
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Lexington Henderson County
Tennessee
April 20th 1834

Dear Sir

I hold it to be my indispensable duty to inform you that I have recently learned and believed the fact to be true that George Anderson for whom I obtained a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 was a Tory in the war of the Revolution. I am authorized in this by the assertions of several respectable Citizens who knew him in North Carolina and when Anderson first applied to me for a Declaration stock and Steerman said his
family was of house burning memory and horse stealing memory I then refused to draw his Declaration but Col Samuel Dickens wrote to me on the subject stating that from his acquaintance with Anderson he would believe him upon his oath in consequence of this I drew his Declaration and
obtained for him his pension. Yet he even under the high respectability of Col Dickens whose [can't read] and good ways might have been imposed upon. I was not satisfied as to his fidelity and patriotism in the service
of his Country, but a subsequent remark made in the presence of my wife and daughter now the wife of Mr. Gladen given of this place merchant in cover with an old soldier of the Revolution (William Lacy)
for whom I had just obtained a pension. He Anderson observed that it would have been better for the people of America if they had never separated from King George because he could obtain salt and every other article cheaper than were at this day
you can submit this letter to the [next]
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War Department for further advisement of the payment of the Pension of George Anderson. Every thing in this letter detailed can be substantially established.

Respectfully yr obt svt
Hugh W Wormeley
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May 15  

G L E
Geo Anderson
[illegible]

[round postal stamp:
NASHVILLE. T.
MAY 5]

J. L. Edwards Esq                 Free
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Mail
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Pension Agency. West Tennessee
Office Bank U. States
Nashville 4th May 1835

Sir

I have to day received the entered letter
from Hugh W. Wormeley, which I hasten to forward to you. George Anderson the pensioner therein named has been paid up to
the 1s Sept last. His stipend will be suspended here until I have received your instruction -  which you will be pleased to give as early as possible-- I am not acquainted with Mr Wormeley but I believe that he resides in the Congressional District lately represented
by Col Crockett. Lexington is not far from Jackson in West Ten.

I am most respectfully
Your ob Serv

Tho. H. Fletcher
[can't read] Agent

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Thomas H. Fletcher
May 25. 1835

Geo. Anderson

George Anderson

[round postal stamp: NASHVILLE. T.
MAY 26]

[upside down]
Free

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Mail
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Pension Agency. West Tennessee
Office Bank U States
Nashville  25 May 1835

Sir

Agreeably to your request of the 15th received this day I have  to state that George Anderson therein mentioned has been paid up to the 4 Sept. last
the necessary remarks are made on our books & the same will be transferred to the list you have furnished to the Union Bank.


I am most respectfully
Your ob Ser
Jno Sommerville 
for
Tho. H. Fletcher

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Name Anderson, George
Grade Private
Line Pennsylvania

Warrant Number 8912
Acreage 100
Issued July 9, 178- (torn)
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