Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3804, Stephen Harris, N.C.
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(-1776) [illegible]
SERVICE N.C.
Harris, Stephen Polly
NUMBER N. 3804
CONTENTS
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Georgia   16.358
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Stephen Harris
of [illegible] in the State of Geo
who was a Pvt in the :      commanded
by Captain of the Regmt commanded
by Col. Moore in the North Carolina
line for 10 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the sale of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
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Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of August, 1844
and Stants Aide Hutchings
Lawrenceville, Geo
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Arrears to the first of March 1833        66.66
[illegible] allowance ending [illegible]  16.66
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                                                                 $83.32
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              {Revolutionary Claim,}
              {act June 7, 1832       }

Recorded by A Rice Clerk
Book 6 vol. 6 Page 92
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Georgia 4664
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Polly Harris

widow of Stephen Harris

who was a Private N. Ca.

in the Revolution

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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
                 33 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843

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Certificate of Pension issued the
          25 day of Jan. 1844
and sent to Pensioner
                    Lawrenceville, Geo

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            [Act of March 3, 1843.]

Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1.  Page 213.

Letter to Pen Agent and [illegible] [illegible] 20 May 1844
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SERVICE NUMBER
N.C. Harris, Stephen W. 3804.
Polly
CONTENTS
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State of Georgia 
Quinnett County
Inferior Court September June 1832
on this 25th day of September 1832
personally appeared in open Court, it being a Court of Record, now setting Stephen Harris, a resident of the said County of Quinnett & State of Georgia
aged sixty seven years who being first only sworn
(eligible) doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit

(eligible) (eligible) Congress (eligible) June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he entered the service in the State of North Carolina County of Granville wherein he then (eligible) in the month of May 1780 as a Volunteer for that month under the Command of Captain (eligible) Harris
...to the Command of Captain Peter Bennet, Lieutenant ...& Ensign John Earl in May ...Battalion.
Colonel Stephen Mosie Regiment  was with Briggade William Harry was adjutant marched to South Carolina near ... and was in the battle commonly ... from hence returned to North Carolina & finished his tour of duty near Salsbury under Genl Butler but was not discharged from duty until November making .his tour about six months afterward in the  years following was drafted for three months in Granville County N Carolina under Captain Shads and Parish & Lieutenant John Lock in Major Humpkiss 
Battalion & Colonel Thomas Farmer & Regiment Marshall from this to South Carolina and stayed in Carolina destroyed the ... of the British at the by Gen'l C Green
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Joined
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Stephen Harris who has subscribed and sworn
to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty seven years years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
 John S. Wilson 
Saml Reed
in open Court Attest
Wm  Maltbie C H
Georgia Gwinnett County 
And the said Court do hereby declair their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war depart that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states & the Court
further certifies that it appears to them that
John S Wilson who has signed the preseding
Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the
County of Gwinnett & State of
Georgia and that Samuel Reed
who has also signed the same
is a resident of the County & State
aforesaid and is a credible person and
that their statements is entitled to credit 
[illegible signature]
A R Smith
John Brewster 
I William Maltbie Clerk of the Inferior Court
for said County & State, do hereby certify that
the foregoing contains  the original proceeding of that said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Harris for
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[ illegible ] whereof I have
hereunto set my hand Seal of Office unto
the 25th day of September 1832 [seal]
Wm Maltbie  C. H.

Stephen Harris
14200
Stephen Harris Revolutionary
Soldier
Declaration
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain Widows"
State of Georgia
Gwinnett County 
On this fourteenth day of July eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared before the Subscriber an acting Justice of the Inferior Court of said County Polly Harris a resident of the State and County aforesaid aged Eighty one years who being first duly sworn 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 Stephen Harris who
was a private Soldier in the Revolutionary War and as he was a pensioner She would refer the department to the evidence upon which his pension of $30 / [illegible]
was allowed under the act of Congress of June 7 1832. for the proof of his service &c. She further declares that she was lawfully married to the said Stephen Harris in Abbeville
District in the State of South Carolina by a Presbyterian minister of the name of Macklen on the [space] day of [space] seventeen hundred and eighty seven. And that her husband the aforesaid Stephen Harris died on the Seventeenth day of April
Eighteen hundred and forty one that she was
not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated
Polly Harris x her mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day year
above written before me
D.N. Pittman J.J.C.
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State of Georgia
Gwinnett County ⎬ Before me Daniel N. Pittman
a Justice of the Inferior Court of said County personally
appeared William King a resident of the State and
County aforesaid and being duly sworn according to Law
saith on oath that he has been acquainted with Stephen
Harris now deceased and Polly Harris who has sworn
& subscribed the foregoing declaration, for some time
previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four and that they were then living together as husband & wife and they were universally so considered and that during all the time since up to the death of the deceased they continued to live together as husband wife, and although well acquainted with
them he never heard their marriage called in question or doubted by any 
and although this deponent did not see them married
he verily believes they were lawfully married
at the time she states in the foregoing declaration
And this deponent further states that he believes
her to be
eighty one years of age and that her
husband the aforesaid Stephen Harris died
at the time stated by her in her declaration.
William King
Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 14th
day of July 1843.
D.N. Pittman
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State of Georgia
Gwinnett County ⎬ Before me Daniel N. Pittman
a Justice of the Inferior Court of said County personally
appeared Elizabeth Haney a resident of the State and 
County aforesaid aged Seventy nine years who
being duly sworn according to law saith on oath
that she became acquainted with Polly Harris
who has sworn & subscribed the foregoing declaration in the year Seventeen hundred & seventy
six and although she did not see her married
to the said Stephen Hart
yet she verily
believes they were married in the year she
States in her declaration and the legality of
their marriage was never called in question
by any one that she knows of and this
deponent further states that she was acquainted with
a presbyterian minister in Abbeville
District, South Carolina by the name of
Macklin and this deponent further states
that she believes that the said Polly Harris
is at least Eighty one years of age and that 
the aforesaid Stephen Harris died at the time 
stated by her in her declaration.

Elizabeth Haney

Son
Mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 15th day of July 1843
D. N. Pittman
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State of Georgia
Gwinnett County ⎬ I Daniel N. Pittman an acting
Justice of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby
certify that Polly Harris the above named applicant
is unable to attend in open Court by reason of bodily
infirmity and I do further certify that the statements
made by her in the foregoing declaration are generally
believed to be true in the neighborhood where she resides
and that William King & Elizabeth Haney who
have sworn & subscribed the foregoing affidavits are
credible persons and that their statements are entitled to Credit
of And that the said Polly Harris was
duly Sworn according to law, to the statements
made in her declaration and that the words
of $30 per annum were stricken out at her
instance
Given under my hand this 24 day of July
D.N. Pittman J. J.
1843
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State of Georgia ⎬ Inferior Court Sitting for special purposes
Gwinnett County ⎬ The foregoing proceeding examined & approved
in open Court this 1st day of August 1843
Attest
of
Riley G. Baker C.J.C.
D N Pittman J.J.C
Lee Louie A
Sam Dine B.
of
State of Georgia
Givennett County ⎬ I Riley S. Baker Clerk of the Inferior Court
of said County do hereby certify that Daniel N. Pittman when
name appears to foregoing certificates & affidavits is an acting Justice 
of the Inferior Court of said County duly commissioned & qualified
and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his one 
pence & that the foregoing examination & approved of the
proceedings was done in open Court Given under my hand
office the 1st day of August 1843 by S. Baker C.
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No. 14200
Stehpen Harris Gwinnett
County Georgia

Admit as private
10 months $33.33

4.5.
[ ] 1.2.3.7

April 13 33

N.L. Hutchins
Lawrenceville
Ga

William Maltbie Clk
Gwinnett County 
Ga
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Brief in the case of Stehpen Harris
County of Gwinnett in the State of Georgia
(Act 7th June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration make before a Court of a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 67
4. State his servcie, as directed in the form annexed.
Period  In 1780 May
Duration of Service about 5 [ ]
Rank as a Private
Name of General and Field Officers under whom he served 
Capt Harris, Col Moore,
Capt Parrish, Col Farmer
5. In what battles was he engaged? Camden  Eutaw Springs
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Granville Co, N.C.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by rolls? Traditionary evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above memtioned.
Dyer Caston Examining Clerk
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Document
Revy Widow. &c.

File No. 3804
Polly Harris
Wid
Stehpen Harris 
Pri. Rev: Nor[ ]


Act: March, 3, 1843

Index: Vol. A. Page 302
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Document

Polly Harris 
Georgia
Act of July 38
[ ]
10 [ ]
33.33

Kinchin Rambo
Lawrenceville
Gwinnett Co
Ga
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Georgia
Gwinnett County
Personally appears before me the undersighed a justice of the Peace Stehpen Harris who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequential lapse of memory he cannot swear [ ] to the precise length of service but can to the best of his recollection (and of this he is very certain) he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following Grade: In the year 1780 for five months as a Private Soldier served under the officers as stated in his declaration of which this is an amendment; In the year 1781 for five months as a private soldier served under the command of the officers named in the original declaration and as there in stated For such service he claims a pension
And deponent further saith that he was born on the 20th day of January 1765 in the County of Granville and state of North Carolina. That he has no record of his age that the record has been long [ ]. He lived in the said County of Granville of the state of North Carolina when he entered the servcie that after the close of the war of the Revolution he moved to and resided in the Ableville District of state of South Carolina remained there for several years then [ ] Pendleton District South Carolina and  resided there thirty years and then moved to Gwinnet County state of Georgia where he has [ ] and where he now resides. And deponsent further saith that the Reverend John S. Milton and Samuel Reek who have already testified William Maltbie Esquire Clerk of the Inferior Court of Gwinnett County James McGinnis Esquire Wilson Strickland Esq and William Brandon Esq and many others of his neighbors can testify to his character for veracity and this belief of his service
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the War of the Revolution deponent further saith that during this time he was in service and was not employed in any civil activity.
Sworm to amd subscrobed before me this 20th day of April 1833
Stephen Harris
his mark
John Mills

Georgia
Gwinnett County
J. William Maltbie Clerk of thje Inferior Court for said County do hereby certify that John Mills whose name appears to the above and foregoing affidavit as a subscribing witness was at the time of subscribing the same and now is an acting justice of the Peace for said county and that full faith and credit ought to be had and given to his attestation as such. Given under my hand and seal of office that 27th day of May 1833
Wm. Maltbie
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Certificate of Pension 7692
Georgia
Polly Harris, widow of Stehpen Harris who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 17th April 1841 at Gwinnett County in the state of Georgia who was a private in the    commanded by Captain   of the Regt commanded by Col. Moore in the N. Carolina line for 10 months. 
Inscribed on the Roll of Savannah at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of September, 1843 and sent to Kinchin Rambo, [ ], Gwinnett Cty, Ga
Total amount, $166.65
Act July 7, 1838
Recorded by M. Stewart, Clerk
Book A Vol. 2 Page 198
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Document
#5110
Oct 10, 1843
Ga
Polly Harris
Col. J. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
$33.33 per am

[ ] at
Lawrenceville
G Co

Stamped 
Lawrenceville GA 
Oct 8
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3rd March 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7.1838
State of Georgia
Gwinnett County to wit:
On this fifth day of October eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Superior Court of Said County Polly Harris a resident of the State and County aforesaid aged eighty one years who being first duly Sworn according to Law - doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of congress passed on the 3rd march 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who Served during the Revolutionary War. That She is the widow of Stephen Harris who was a private Soldier in the Revolutionary War and that She has received a pension of thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum under the Act of July 7. 1838 - She further declares that She is Still a widow.
her Polly x Harris mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
D.N. Pittman I.I.C.
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State of Georgia
Gwinnett County

I Riley S. Baker Clerk of the inferior Court of said County do hereby certify that Daniel N. Pittman whose name appears to the foregoing declaration is an acting and presidening Justice of the Inferionr Court in and for said county duly commissed and qualifed and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
Given under my hand and seal of office this 5th day October 1843
Riley S. Baker C of C
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Envelope to J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Wahington City
D.C.
with date May 20, 44
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Savannah 14th May 1844

Sir
The Agent having some doubts as to the propriety of paying the claim, I take the liberty of submitting it to your decision. It appears to conform strickly to the form prescribed in as much as the power of attorney is taken before a Magistrate and not before the Clerk. 
Allow me to call your attention again to the application of 
Georgia Pensioner Zavadooski for a tramsfer from the [ ] to this Agency.
Very respectfuly 
Wm Morel
J. L. Edwards
Commissioners of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Document
#9382
Aug 8, 1943
Polly Harris July 7, 1838

Hon.  J. L. Edwards
Commissioner Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Lawrenceville Gwinnett County, GA
August 2, 1843
Sirs
Enclosed I send you the application of Mrs. Polly Harris widow of Stephen Harris dec. The proof of marriage is the best the nature of this case will admit of  they having married in South Carolina when there is no record of marriage and the two old folks being entirely illiterate made no recored of it in the family Bible and in fact I do not suppose they had any such thing as a family Bible for several years after the marriage. The names and birth of of one or both of the children I understand is  entered in a Bible owned by one of their  [ ] now in the State of Alabama. 
You will no doubt observe that in drafting this declaration I ommitted the work according to Law but this defect if it would be considered such is included in the certificate of Judge Pittman.  The old lady was unwilling to swear about the amount of her husbands pension but I have since ascertained that he drew $33.33 per annum and her application is more.
Respectfully Submitted 
by your [ ] Clerk
Kinchin Rambo
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Mrs. Baheathaland Lawrence's certificate of $36.12 was presented and paid off before we knew any thing of the mistake. It was not as much as was expected but supposing that the Department did not consider her entitled to any more. She sent it on for payment thankful for any thing, and now I fear it will be impossible for her to regain. it I hope the Department can and well devise some plan by which she can obtain the balance without returning the certificate of $36.12. I dislike to be troublesome but I should be glad to hear from the Department again upon this subject and I should be glad to know also the decision of the Department upon the application of Mrs Elizabeth Gower a duplicate of which I forwarded to the Department about the first of last month
Your [ ]
Kinchin Rambo
Col. J. L. Edwards