Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4179, Richard Dicken, Va.
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SERVICE: Va.
Dicken, Richard
Elizabeth
NUMBER: W. 4179
CONTENTS:
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3718
Georgia
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Richard Dicken
of Clark - in the State of Georgia who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Minor of the Regt commanded by Col: Nelson in the Va line for 11 months from 1775
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Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia -
at the rate of 36 - Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Dece 32 and sent to Hon A. S. Clayton. House of Reps
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 54.99
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: 33 18.33
$73.32

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk,
Book D Vol. 8 - Page 130
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Let to Ja Cumming Dec 3. 1839.
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Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1836 to 4 Sept 1839. Agt Notified 8 Sep 1840
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Paid as above from 4 March 1848 to 4. Sep 1840. Agt Notified 4. June 1841.
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1839
April 3 Dr to Sustain history Prior.

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4138
Georgia
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Elizabeth Dicken
widow of Richard Dicken decd. 
Va
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 16 December 1833 of Clarke Co. in the State of Georgia
who was a Private in the Compy. commanded by Captain Minor of the Regt. commanded by Col. Nelson in the Va line for 11 mo's
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Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Apl 1839 and sent Hon. W. C. Dawson Greensboro Ga.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1839 $125.31
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Mar '40. 18.33
$146.64
{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 2d. Page 197
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STATE OF GEORGIA,} On this 23d day of October,
Clarke County.} personally appeared in open Court, before Asbury Hull presiding Judge of the Inferior Court of said County, now sitting, Richard Dicken a resident of Georgia in the county of Clark - and State aforesaid, aged Eighty 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 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
In 1774 or 1775 He entered the service under Command of Capt Garnett Minor, Lieutenant Bias for one month & Capt Richard Anderson, and then In the same year, under, Capt Minor & Harry Garnett he entered the minute service, & served every other week for six months.
In 1775 or 76 he performed one months service, under Col. John Nelson, Major Minor & Capt. John Bias - It was the tour against Governor Dunmoor.
In 1776, He served one month under Capt. Wm. Harris, & Lieut. John Anderson to guard the prisoners of Albemarle barracks, and one other month some time afterwards to the same place, Officers not recollected.
For one month more, I substituted in the place of John Carpenter for four months under Capt Thomas Johnson & Lieut. Daniel in '79 or '80.
At the time that Tarlton & Cornwallis was in Virginia He went a three month tour under Capt. Richard Phillips and joined the 3d Regiment under Genl. Nelson, Col Quarles, & Major Campbell, in All 13 Months Services.
The Register of my age now in my possession tells me that I was born the 4th of December 1753, in Virginia
I lived in the State of Virginia in Louisa County in one house, until I was something like forty years of age - In 1789 I came to Georgia & lived in Wilkes County, and in 1804 I moved to Clark County in said State of Georgia, where I now reside
I entered the service as a militia man, after the six months minute service, in the Independent Martin as they were then called.
There were two Divisions in the County - I was drafted in the 3d. - but enchanged places, with a man by name of Robert Harris who was drawn in the first Division
I do not recollect the names of many of the
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Regular officers; at the time I joined the third Regiment, General LaFayette Commanded and General Nelson, who returned back and crossed the Rappahannock River a Racoon Ford, and thence across to James River and down to Williamsburg
I never got a discharge, but only a Certificate, to draw my pay from the different Captains under whom I served
I once served as a substitute for John Carpenter in a four month tour. in All 13 Months
For my character for veracity & integrity I refer to Captain James Hendon Deputy Sheriff of this County & William Stroud Esqr. one of the Judges of the Inferior Court. - and for my service I refer to the affidavit of Solomon Edwards * [pointing finger drawing]
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affidavit of Solomon Edwards
Georgia} Inferior Court - 23rd October 1832
Clarke County.}
Personally came in open Court Solomon Edwards who being duly Sworn, according to Law deposeth and saith that he was born & resided in the State of Virginia, & was raised & lived in the neighbourhood where Richard Dicken the Declarant, was also reside to wit in the State of Virginia And knows that the Said Richard Dicken Served Several Tours during the Revolutionary War & was allways Considered to be a true & Substantial friend to the American Cause -
Solomon Edwards
Sworn to in Open Court this 23d October 1832
Robert Sigon Clerk
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I certify that Solomon Edwards, who, has testified to his Knowledge of Richard Dicken having served in the Revolutionary War is a man of Strict truth & entitled to full Credit upon Oath - Washington City, Decr 29th 1832
A Clayton Member of 
Congress from Georgia
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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.
Richard Dicken
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Robert Sigon Clerk

WE Jeremiah Daniel -, a Clergyman, residing in Clark County and James Hendon & Wm Stroud residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Richard Dicken who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty 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.
Jeremiah Daniel
x his mark
James Hendon
Wm Stroud
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Robert Sigon Clerk

AND the said Court do hereby Certify and declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Jeremiah Daniel who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the County of Clark, and that James Hendon & Wm Stroud who also signed the same are residents in the County of Clarke -, and credible persons that their statement is entitled to credit.
Asbury Hull Inf. Judge

I Robert Sigon -, Clerk of the Inferior - Court of Clarke County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Richard Dicken - for a pension.
IN testimony whereof, I ha_______my hand and seal of office, this 23rd - day of October in the year of our Lord, 1832
Robert Sigon Clerk
Infr. Court Clarke County Geo,
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State of Georgia } S.S.
Clarke County } On this thirteenth day of February in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty Nine, personally appeared before the Honorable the Superior Court of the County and State aforesaid (it being a Court of Record). Elizabeth Dicken, a resident of Georgia, in the County of Clarke, aged about Eighty Years, 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 Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838. entitled "An Act granting half Pay and Pensions to Certain Widows:"
That she is the Widow of Richard Dicken Junior, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, who was "a Pensioner" inscribed on the pension list, Roll of the Georgia Agency "at the rate of Thirty Six Dollars and Sixty Six Cents per Annum during his Natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and Payable Semi-Annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every Year"
"Certificate issued at the War Office of the United States this 29th day of December One thousand Eight hundred and thirty two Signed
Lew Cass
Secretary of War
and Examined and,
Countersigned
J L Edwards"
Numbered 3718.
for which, reference being had to the Records of the War Department will more fully show
That the period at which her husband entered or left the Service is not Known to her. and that She has no documentary evidence in her possession in relation to the same.
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She further declares that she was married to the said Richard Dicken Senior, under "Publication of Bann S" by Parson Douglass in Louisa County State of Virginia, the Exact date She Cannot recollect, neither has She any documentary evidence of the date, but that She was married to him Prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place Previous to the first of January Seventeen Hundred and Ninety four.
She further declares that the said Richard Dicken Senior died on the Sixteenth day of December Eighteen Hundred and thirty three.
Sworn to & Subscribed}
in open Court this} Elizabeth Dicken
13th day of February} x her mark
1839}
Tho W Harris JIC
[illegible] Dist.
Geo. 

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V 6084
Elizabeth Dicken
wid of Richard
Ga
Act 7 July 1838
Married 1780
died 1833
Allow $36.66
Virginia

Hon W. C. Dawson
Greensboro'
Ga
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State of Georgia, } In the Superior Court
Clarke County } of Clarke County at August Term 1839
Additional testimony to be used in the application for a Pension for Elizabeth Dicken,
Personally appeared in Open Court Solomon Edwards, who after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he knows the fact to be, that Richard Dicken and Elizabeth Dicken the now Applicant for a Pension were reputed as husband and Wife in the Year 1780. that he was not present at the marriage, but knew the Particular time at which it took place. that the Ceremony was performed by Parson Douglass of the Parish in which they resided as he was then informed, and that the said Parson Douglass who performed the Ceremony of marrying this deponent, that he has known the said Dicken and Wife intimately and he has never heard the least intimation of Illegality of their marriage, that they have raised a numerous and Reputable family of Children, that they had two or three Children born to them Prior to the Year 1790. that their son Thomas Dicken Esquire is now upwards of fifty five years of age and from the best of this deponents recollection he must be nearly Sixty  Years old, this deponent is as well Satisfied of the fact and date of the marriage, as of any other Circumstance that he did not Personally Witness, -
Sworn to & Subscribed in Open Court this 13th day of August 1839.
Solomon Edwards
x his mark
Thomas W. Harris Judge Supr Court
[illegible] Dist Geo
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I Thomas W Harris Judge of the Superior Courts of the Western District of Georgia now Presiding in Clarke County, Do hereby Certify that full faith and Credit are given to the depositions or attestations of Solomon Edwards, who has made the foregoing deposition, by those who Know him, being regarded as a Man of Veracity and honesty,
Given under my hand & Seal this 13th day of August 1839
Tho W Harris Judge
Super Court, W D Geo
We the undersigned Certify that Mr Solomon Edwards the foregoing deponent is an Old Gentleman of unimpeachable Veracity and Moral Worth; retaining his faculties in a degree unusual with most his aforesaid age, August 13th 1839.
John Calvin Johnson/Clerk S.C.
Wm Dawson M.O

Georgia } Clerks Office,
Clarke County } Superior Court
I, John Calvin Johnson Clerk of said Court, do hereby Certify that Thomas W Harris, whose name appears to the foregoing instrument as an attesting Witness is and was at the time of so doing Judge of the Superior Court of the Western District of Georgia (in which Clarke County is embraced) duly Commissioned and qualified, that full faith & Credit are & of right ought to be had & given to all his official acts as such, that the foregoing attestation is in due form of law & the Signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Given under my hand & Seal of Office, this 13th day of August 1839.
John Calvin Johnson Clerk, Supr Court,
Clarke County, Georgia.
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Georgia } Superior Court
Clarke County } August Term 1839.
I, Thomas W Harris Judge of the Superior Courts of the Western District of Georgia (in which Clarke County is embraced) hereby Certify that John Calvin Johnson whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate, is and was at the time of Signing the Same Clerk of the Superior Court of Clarke County (it being a Court of Record) duly Commissioned and Qualified, and keeper of the Seal and Records thereof, that full faith and Credit are and of Right ought to be had & given to all his official Acts as Such, that the foregoing Certificate is in due form of law, and the Signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Given under my hand & Seal, this 13th day of August 1839.
Tho. W. Harris {Seal}
Judge - Supr Court,
West. Dist Geo
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 4th, 1840.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Elizabeth Dicken, - a Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia Agency, at the rate of Thirty six Dollars at 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th July 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1836, to the 4th September 1839.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Georgia } Personally appeared in Open Court
Clarke County } Solomon Edwards who after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and Saith; that Richard Dicken Senior, was a private in Colonel Richard Anderson's Regiment, he does not recollect that he was in any battle, but was called on frequently to perform Services at Several times, that he resided in Louisa County Virginia, throughout the whole of the Revolutionary War, and moved from thence to Georgia, Wilkes County where he resided for Several Years, and from thence to Clarke County Georgia, where he the Said Richard Dicken Senior died.
This Deponent further States that the Said Richard Dicken Senior was married to Elizabeth his wife in 1779 or 1780 by Parson Douglass then a Minister of the Gospel, and that the Said Elizabeth Dicken has not married Since the death of the Said Richard Dicken Senior, and is now a Widow.
Solomon Edwards,
x his mark
Sworn to & subscribed
before me in the Court
the 13th Feb, 1839
Tho W Harris J.I.C.
West Dist
Geo
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Georgia } Clerks Office Superior Court
Clarke County } I John Calvin Johnson Clerk of Said Court do hereby Certify that Thomas W Harris whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit and declaration as an attesting Witness, is and was at the time of his so doing an acting Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Georgia presiding in the Western District thereof, duly Commissioned and qualified, that full faith and credit are and of right ought to be had and given to all his official acts as such, that the foregoing attestation is in due form of law, and that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Given under my hand and Seal of Office this 13th day of February 1839.
John Calvin Johnson Clerk
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
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File No. 4179
Elizth Dicken
Wid.
Richard Dicken
Pvt. Va. line
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Act: July 7,,/38
Index:-Vol. A, Page 183

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Richard Dicken
Born in Va, Dec 11, 1753 & he lived there until about 40 years in one house in Louisa Co Va - It was first written born in Louisa erased a Virginia Substituted - In 1789 he moved to Wilkes Co Geo, then 1804 to Clark Co where he was living in Oct 1832
wd on June 1843
Not certain to [illegible]
Mar - about 1779 or 80 to Elizabeth - - - in L
died Dec 16. 1833
In 1774 or 5 he served one month under Capt Garnet Miner, then another under with Capt Richd Anderson In the same year he engaged as a minute for 6 months under Capt Minor & Henry Garnett, Serving every other week for 6 months
In 1775 or 6 he went one month with Capt John Bias & Col Nelson, in a tour against Govr Dunmore
In 1776 he was out one month under Capt Wm Harris to guard the prisoners at Albemarle Co Barracks, & another mo afterwards same officers at same place - Another mo he was Substitute for John Carpenter & for 4 mos with Captain Johnson in 1779 - 80
When Cornwallis & Tarlton was in Va he was out 3 mos under Capt Richard Phillips joined the 3d reg Colo Quarles & Genl Nelson - Gen La Fayette Chief Comder (He had probably served in the year when guarding Prisoners at [illegible] the Barracks were first Provided to Albemarle for the prisoners from the Burgoyne army (Surrendered July 17 1777)
Sent there [illegible] of the Army of 
Sd Dicken departed in the Co in 1839 but a family [illegible] of a family one there residing
Tho Dicken a Son stated in Augt 1839 to be near 60 yrs 
In Feby 1839 widow in Clark was aged 80 yrs
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Greensboro. Geo. 13. Aug. '37

Dear Sir
I enclose you the Amendment, or rather the additional testimony of Mr. Solomon Edwards, in relation to the claim of Mrs. Elizabeth Dickens of this State for a Pension - I am sure it will be satisfactory - All the Parties are highly respectable - I shall expect a Certificate in a few days - I am quite well ~
Very Respectfully
Wm. C. Dawson
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J L Edwards Esq
Commr of Pensions
City of Washington

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Dec 2d
No Record
Eliz Dickin
Georgia

[Stamp 1]
SAVANNAH
NOV
27
GEO

[Stamp 2]
FREE
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Sun - Nov 26th 1839

J L Edwards Esq
Commr Pensions
Washington City

Sir
I Presented the Enclosed voucher for Payment at the Pension Office and at my refused under an order to avoid Payment of my Pension dated November 10 of Sept. 1839.The Pension was claimed som time once but was formally incorrect. The present papers are thought to be right. After the return of the first, the date of which I do not recollect, some delay has occurred
But it is impossible that this Pension [illegible] to period as your order refered to the state of Corporate Power to the [illegible] of the The Paper as respectfully referred
Yrs Resply
Jos Cummins
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 24th, 1841.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Elizabeth Dicken - a Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia - Agency, at the rate of Thirty Six Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 July 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1841 to the 4th Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Richd Dicken

for 1775 private
11 months
$36.66/100

Adv
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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
Richard Dicken 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 his not doing so?
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IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes

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 amout 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?
has a witness

XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No

Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? ----------

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? no

XVI. 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? [illegible response]

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 the 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.

† 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 be 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.

‡ QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated 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 tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being in properly attached to the certificate.
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Elizabeth Dicken
widow of Richard
Georgia
Act 7 July 1838, sup
see letter to Hon W. C. Dawson
28 Feby 1839 to Clk of the County Court of Louisa Co Va. Aug. 20, 1839
only two objections
1st Same as in the case of Sol Edwards [illegible]
2. As to his situation so as to know the facts he supports, he gives I clearly think the
best reasons for knowing it.
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Virginia - Louisa Co. House [illegible] ep. 1839
J.L. Edwards [illegible]
Dear Sir,
your letter to me, requesting to know whether the records in my office afford any evidence
of an alledged marriage between Mr Richard Dickins and Miss Elizabeth his wife on the ____
day of 1779, came to hand in due course of mail.
And in answer I have to say, that we have
no record of marriages in this office as far back as 1779. If it was the duty of clerks under the law then to keep records of marriages, they were lost I presume in the revolutionary war. Many of the papers of this office of that date were lost or so defaced that they were not preserved in hiding them from the enemy, as
I have been informed by my predecessor who lived in them times, there being nothing in my office of that date by which I could expect to ascertain the marriage. & feeling unwilling that any effort of mine should be wanting in ascertaining any thing that might be useful to the relict of a revolutionary soldier, I set to thinking if I could not in some way ascertain the marriage, when it occurred to me that the record of deeds in my office might furnish presumptive evidence. I immediately commenced searching and soon found
on record a deed from Richard Dickins and
Elizabeth his wife to Reuben Gunter conveying
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a small tract of land-- said deed bears date
the 15th day of November 1793--the grantors & grantee are both stated in the deed to be residents of Louisa County--which certainly is next to positive evidence of the marriage for a resident of the same county where the fact of marriage was notorious would not have taken a deed from a husband & wife of their had been any doubt of marriage. & it is not presumable that they would have stated themselves in the deed to be man & wife unless the fact was so.
There never have been any persons of the name of Dickins in this County since my recollection but I have heard old persons speak of a family of that name that once resided in this County.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
John Hunter Clerk
of Louisa County Court