Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,809, for Reps Mabry, Georgia
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(3-1776)

SERVICE Ga.
Mabry, Reps
NUMBER  S.41.809
____________________________
CONTENTS
[blank]
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Date of death
not in AB

4,875
North Carolina

Reps Maby,
Capt Hicks private,
[Crossed out: Georgia] N.C. line, 
4
3
years
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 82 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18th of June 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th of Dec.r 1818 and sent to the Hon.ble Wm. N. Edwards House of Reps. U.S.

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818, 2 mo. 17/30.  20.53
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th May 1819.  48.00
$68.53

{Revolutionary claim,   }
{Act 18th March, 1818. }

Warren County
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State of North Carolina Warren County——

on this 18th day of Jun 1818 before me the Subscriber on of the Judges of the Superior Courts of Law and Courts of Equity for the said State personally appeared Reps Mabry aged sixty three years resident in the said County & State, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War.  That he the said Reps Mabry enlisted in the said County & State in the Company commanded by Capt. Hicks that said Company was attached to the Legion commanded by Sgt. Scriver in the continental service of the United States  That he enlisted as aforesaid to the best of his recollection in the spring of 1776.  That he continued to serve in said Legion in the service of the United States upwards of three years & six months  That he was in the battles, of Rays-Cowpens at Scrivens. Plantation & the Eutaw Springs in S. Carolina.  That he was taken prisoner at Savannah at the surrender of Genl. Howe and after being a prisoner six months made his escape.  That he stands in need of the assistance of his country for his support  That he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service—except the enclosed amount.
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On the same day appeared before me & made oath John Wortham—that he the said Reps Mabry is a man of moral character, and that he stands in need of the aid of his country for support

John Wortham

Sworn to before me on the day & year first above written by Reps Mabry &    Reps Mabry [signature]

I John Hall Judge as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Reps Mabry did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in the preceeding declaration against the Common enemy, for the term aforesaid on the Continental establishment, it also appears to my satisfaction he stands on need of the aid of his country.  And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken thus before me, to the secretary for the department of War, pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned act of Congress.

18 June 1818.

Jn. Hall HBL
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State of North Carolina
Warren County.

I, John M Johnson Clerk of the Superior Court of law for the County aforesaid.  Do hereby certify that the within named John Hall Esquire whose signature appears to the within is now and was at the time of signing the same one of the Judges of the Superior Courts of Law and Courts of Equity for the county & state aforesaid and that due faith & credit ought to be given to his official acts as such———In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office this 18th day June A.D. 1818.

John M. Johnson CLC(?)
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[typewritten] 
Mr. Shannon M. Gamble
1327 Crestway Drive
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Dear Sir:
July 21, 1938
xxxxxxxxxxx
M-J/KEL 
Reps Mabry - S. 41809

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
record of Reps Mabry, of Virginia, who served three years in
Captain Isaac Hicks' Company, 3d Georgia Battalion, Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file
in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 41809, based upon the military
service in that war of Reps Mabry,
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Rep.
Mabry are not shown.
Reps Mabry enlisted in Warren County, North Carolina, in the
spring of 1776, served as private in Captain Isaac Hicks' Company,
Colonel Screven's 3d Georgia Battalion, was taken prisoner at Savannah
but made his escape after being held as a prisoner of war for 
six months, was in the battles of the Cowpens and later Eutaw Springs,
also, in an engagement at Scriven's Plantation; length of service, 
three years and six months.
from
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 18, 1818, at whch [which]
time he was aged sixty-three years and resided
Warren County, North Carolina. It is not shown that he ever
lived in Virginia, and there are no data as to his family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension,
name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death
of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Reps Mabry (S. 41809), you

[handwritten in right margin]
In a paper signed by Capt Isaac Hicks - 
showing payments to this sol. "from
March, 1777 to March 1780,", no mention made
of the [illegible] in 1776 but Mrs. F. said use
what sol. stated
Col. Derring has col. of the 3d Ga. 
To Capt Hicks 
Capt in 3d Ga in 1776
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[typewritten]
should address The Comptroller General Accounting
Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Reps. Mabry
Certificate No. 4875
Issued December 12, 1818
Rate, $8.00 per month
Commenced June 18, 1818
Act of March 18, 1818
North Carolina Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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[handwritten]
For The United States [illegible] Current With
Reps Mabry
To pay as a private soldier in 3d Georgia Con
Battalion from March 11th 1777 to March 11th.
1780 is 36th Months at 63 Dol p. month
to 3 Suits Clothes for] 20 Dollars For said
Reps Mabry [illegible] 234.69 [illegible]
This is to
certify that the above and is just true
Given under my hand this 1st July 1783
Isaac Hicks P. Mas [missing text]
3d Georgia
C. Regt. -
[illegible] McIntosh
[seal lower left The National Archives
of the United States]
Dol. 240
60
____
300
By cash Rec. of Capt. Is. Hicks 13 30/90  10
By do Va. @ ditto - 40 - 18
By do Va. @ ditto - 35 30/90  7
By do Va. @ ditto - 26 60/90  3
By do Va. @ ditto -13 30/90  2
By do Va. @ ditto - 6.60/90  17
By 1 Suit Clothes - - 1 20
234.67
By Ballance [balance] due to Reps Mabrey [Mabry]
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[Written on the left side, facing downwards:]
Mabry, Reps
Ga. S41809

[Written as normal:]

7,114.
Adam Mushler.
Fayette County, Pa.
15. May, 1818.
Col.o N. Housegger's German regimt.—
Maryland line, 3 ys.
found on the rolls.

The judge's certificate of the applicant's reduced circumstances, wanted.  [next two words underlined]  see within

Admitted.

James Finley, judge, Union town, Pa.
rec.d 13. July, 1820.

[Written on the right side, facing downwards:]

Adam Mushler———

An additional Document may be required of the Judges as to poverty
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From my personal knowledge of Adam Slaughter I feel a perfect freedom in Certifying that I am fully satisfied that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support & he still carries those marks of injuries received in military service

James Finley

Fayette county in the State of Pennsylvania ss.

I John H. Claus—Prothonotary of the court of common pleas in and for said county do hereby certify that the above named James Finley Esquire before whom the above certificate was given was at the time of so doing and state is James associate Judge of said court duly commissioned and qualified and that as such due(?) faith and credit as due and ought to bring unto all his official acts.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the  seal of said county the 29th day of June AD 1820

John H Claus
Prothonotary
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[handwritten]
[missing text] date I promis [promise] to pay or cause
[missing text] Reps Mabry or his assigns the Just
[D]ollars & fifty Cents with interest from
[missing text] Eighteen hundred and Eleven untill [until] paid
my hand this July 1812
[hand drawn seal]
[missing text] I promis [promise] to pay or cause to be paid unto
assigns the Just sum of Two dollars 12 /
on the first day of July Eighteen hundred and
given under my hand this July 1812
[pro]mise to pay or cause to be paid unto Reps
[missing text] Just sum of two dollars with interest from
[missing text] hundred and [illegible] until [until] paid
given under [hand drawn seal]
[prom]is [promise] to pay or cause to be paid
the Just Sum of four dollars with
October Eighteen hundred and Eleven untill [until]
and [illegible] this July 1812 [hand drawn seal]
[missing text] or cause to be paid unto Reps Mabrey
[missing text] 1/2 cents for value received with
[missing text]1812 untill [until] paid given under my
[hand drawn seal]
[Seal of The National Archives of the United States]
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.
October 29, 1924.
Mrs. B. A. Phillips,
66 W. Fort Williams St.,
Sylacauga, Ala.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 41809, it appears
that Reps Mabry enlisted in Warren County, North Carolina
and was a private in Captain Isaac Hicks' Company,
Colonel Screven's Regiment in the Georgia Troops, he was
taken prisoner at the battle of Savannah, escaped after
six months, was in the battles of Cowpens and Eutaw
Springs and served three years and six months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
June 18, 1818, while a resident of Warren County, North Carolina,
aged sixty three years. The date of his birth
is not record. There is no data on file as to his family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, 
the name of person paid and possibly the date of
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death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Reps Mabry, you should apply to the Pension Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E. St., N. W, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data Certificate No. 4875, issued December 13, 1818, rate $8 per month, com-
menced June 18, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, North Carolina Agency.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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In reply to your request of _____, received _____
for a statement of the military history of Reps Mabry a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. F. 41,809.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
[Checkmark]
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 yrs. 6 mos.
RANK.
Pri.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Hicks
COLONEL.
Screven
STATE.
Ga.
Battles engaged in, {was taken prisoner at Savannah, at surrender of Gen. Horne and escaped after 6 mos.; Cowpens; Eutaw Springs}
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [Checkmark] Enlisted in Warren Co. N.C.
Date of application for pension, June 18, 1818. His cl was al
Residence at date of application, Warren Co. N.C.
Age at date of application, 63 yrs.
Remarks: There is no data relative to family
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
6-2856
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June 30 1938
The Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you please give me what record
you have of Reps. Mabry of Virginia
who served for three years in
Continental Army, Isaac Hicks Capt.,
in 3rd Georgia Continental Battalion,
during the Revolutionary War?
Thanking you, I am,
Yours very truly
Shannon M Gamble
327 Crestway Drive
Chattanooga Tenn
[Stamped RECEIVED 11:00 JUL 2 1838 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS ADM READER #35]
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66 W. Fort Williams St
Sylacauga, Ala.,
Oct. 7, 1924.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C
Dear Sirs:-
Please be so kind as to inform me concerning the Pension that one Reps Mabry drew after the Revolutionary War.
I think he enlisted in Virginia and died in Georgia. He married Martha DeFore in 1772.
Can you give me any facts concerning him, as to how long he drew a Pension the year he died, etc? Please give his birth also,
and greatly obliged,
(Mrs.) B. A. Phillips
[Stamped U. S. PENSION OFFICE OCT 9 1924]
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Atlanta Ga Aug 7th 13
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am searching for the Revolutionary service of Reps Mabry who was from North Carolina &
received a pension in 1818.
He fought in Georgia & his family were said to have lived in this state
Give me the family names if they are given in the Pension. One daughter is supposed to have married first Zachary Ward
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& afterwards to have married John Lovejoy about 1800.
Any information will help me so much as I wish to use it for D.A.R. records for my little girl
Thanking you in advance
I am
Sincerely yours
Julia Williams
333 Juniper St
Atlanta
Ga
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41809
Revy
INVALID.
File No. 41.809
Reps Mabry
Pri Rev War
Act: 18th March 18
Index: -- Vol. 3, Page 307
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1913, Aug. 13. History to
Mrs. Julia Williams. F.W.
1924 - Oct. 29 - Hist to Mrs. B.
A. Phillips. AWL
1938 - July 21 - Hist to
Shannon M. Gamble
EL