Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5843, for Jacob Kelly, Georgia
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Ga
Kelly, Jacob
Jane
NUMBER
R5843
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CONTENTS
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The State of Mississippi Jasper County
This day personally appear before me John Williams Judge
of the probate court in and for Said county William
P. Kelly [illegible] and after being duly sworn deposeth ad 
sayeth that my Father Jacob Kelly told me that he served
as a private soldier under Col Clark at the siege of 
Augusta in the state of Georgia and that the 
American Army fled from the siege to the Mountains
for refuge and that the Americans suffered 
for hunger and had nothing to eat but 
grapes and chickpeas also he told me that he 
served all through the Revolutionary war on the 
United States against Great Brittan  My Father Jacob Kelly also told that he was a volunteer
at the commencement of the war continued to remain
a volunteer all through Revolutionary war.

William L Kelly

Sworn to and subscribed to before me this 13 day
of  July A D 1846

J J Williams Judge of probate
court of Jasper County

The State of Mississippi
Jasper County

This day personally appeared William 
L Kelly Senr and sayeth on oath
that Jacob Kelly death was in the month of August 
1835          attest William L Kelly

J Williams JPJC
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The State of Mississippi
Jasper County

This day personally appeared 
before me John J Williams Judge of the probate court
in and for said county   Mary Hanner and after being 
sworn according to Law doth on her oath make 
following statements that Jane Hanner her daughter
was Lawfully married to Jacob Kelly in The State of 
Georgia in Washington County in the year of our
Lord 1791 

Mary Hanner [her mark]

Sworn to and subscribed to before me 

John Williams Judge of probate of 
Jasper County May the 23 AD  1846

[written sideways on right margin]
13030
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The State of Mississippi
Jasper County

On this 27th day of July AD 1846 personally 
appeared before the undersigned Judge of the probate
court in and for said county Jane Kelly a resident
of the State of Mississippi in the County of Jasper
Aged Seventy or Seventy two years of age 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 the 7 AD 1838 granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
That she is the widow of Jacob Kelly who I beleave [believe] was a private
soldier 
She further declares that she was married to the said
Jacob Kelly in the year of our Lord AD 1791
and that Her husband the aforesaid Jacob Kelly
died i August AD 1835 and that She was not married
prior to his leaving the Service but the marriage took
place previous to the first of January seventeen
hundred and Ninety four  Viz at the time above
stated

Jane Kelly  [her mark]

Sworn to and subscribed on the day 
and year above written before me in open 
Court

J J Williams Judge of the 
probate Court of Jasper County
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The State of Mississippi
Jasper County

I James A Chapman Clerk 
Probate Court of said County
of Jasper do certify that the within named
John J Williams whose name is subscribed to the 
written certificate is now and was at the time of 
giving the same Judge of the Probate Court of said
County of Jasper and his acts 
as such are entitled to due credit

Given under my hand and seal
of office this 27th day of July AD
1846
[seal]


James A Chapman
Clerk Probate Court Jasper County
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Revolutionary Pension Claim
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Revolutionary.
Act 7 July 1838.

Power of Attorney to 
examine Claim
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Charles C. Tucker
Attorney
present
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Jane Kelly
Widow of Jacob
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Mississippi
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Suspended.
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Power of Attorney to 
examine papers.
Chs. C. Tucker
Atty.
Present

14. Sep. 54.
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Power of Attorney
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Know all men by these presents:  That
J. E. T. Kelly, son of Jacob and Jane
Kelly deceased, do hereby constitute
and appoint Charles C. Tucker
of Washington City D.C. my true
and lawful agent and attorney to 
prosecute the Claim of Jacob Kelly
for any amount of Revolutionary 
Pension or monease [monies] of Pension that
may be due under the provisions 
of any act or Resolution of Congress
and I hereby authorize my said 
Attorney to examine all papers
and documents in relation to 
said claim and file in the Departments
at Washington City or elsewhere 
to file additional cordence as 
arguments and to receive the 
certificate which may be issued
for said Claim, and to appoint
one or more substitutes under him
for the purpose hence in expressed
and to do all things that I might 
or could do, were I personally present 
Hereby notifying and confirming
all that my said Attorney may
lawfully do in the premises.  

E T Kelly
[seal]

Witness my hand and seal
this 21st day of August 1854
I the presence of 
Wm T Powe ss
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State of Mississippi
Jasper County ss.

On this 21st day of 
August 1852 before me an acting Justice
of the Peace in and for the county
and State aforesaid personally 
appeared E. T. Kelly and acknowledged
the foregoing Power of Attorney to be 
his act and deed for the purposes
therein mentioned.

Wm  T. Powe J.P.
J.C. Miss  
[seal]

The State of Mississippi
Jasper County  ss

On this 21st day of 
August 1854 before me the undersigned
an acting Justice of the Pease
in and for the county and 
State aforesaid, personally appeared
E. T. Kelly a resident of said county,
and made oath according to Law
that he is the identical E. T. Kelly
who Executed the foregoing Power 
of Attorney and that he is directly
interested in said claim and makes 
this affidavit to be filed with such
additional evidence on arguments
as my said Attorney may use in 
prosecuting said claim.

E T Kelly

Sworn to and subscribed before
me the day and year 
above written

Wm T. Powe J. P.
[seal]
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State of Mississippi
Jasper County ss

I James A. Chapman
Clerk of the Probate 
Court of said County do hereby
certify that William T. Powe Esq. before
whom the foregoing affidavit and 
acknowledgement were made and 
who has thereunto signed his name,
was at the time of so doing a Justice 
of the Peace, in and for the county
and State aforesaid, duly commissioned
and sworn, and that all
his official acts as such are 
entitled to full faith and credit.

In testimony whereof I 
have hereunto signed 
my name and affixed
my official seal this 
21st day of August 1852

James A. Chapman
Clerk
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Rev. War Section

October 18 1922

Mrs. Clark A. Smith
Monticello,  Box 98
Georgia.

Madam:

In response to your letter received September 22, 1922
you are advised that in the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim R. 5843 Jacob Kelly it is alleged that 
soldier enlisted about 1779 and served as a private under
Colonel Clark in Georgia and that he was at the Siege of 
Augusta and a skirmish near King's Mountain, and served 
to end of war.  He died in August 1835.

Soldier married in Washington County, Georgia in 1791
Jane Hanner (daughter of Mary Hanner) who applied for 
pension July 27, 1846 while a resident of Jasper County,
Mississippi and aged seventy or seventy-two years.  Her 
claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish satisfactory
proof of services as required by the pension laws.  

Two sons Williams L Sr., mentioned i 1846 and E. T. mentioned in 1854, both living in Jasper County, Mississippi respectively.  

Very Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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13020
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Jane Kelly
Jacob
Mississippi
Ltr to Wm. Jacob Thompson
Sept. 16, 1846
5843


Act 7th July 1838
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Acts of July 14, 1862 and March 3, 1870 [struck out]

REJECTED

5843
P.O.
Jane Kelly
Service:  [blank]
Enlisted:  [blank]
Discharged:  [blank]
Application filed:  [blank]
Alleges:  Printed list of 1852 Rejected
& suspended claims gives:
"For further specification of service-period
length grade, locality and 
names of company and 
field officers"

Re-enlisted:  [blank]
Attorney:  [blank]
P.O.  [blank]

[blank] Recognized.  [blank] Cont [runs off page]
[blank] Cert. of Dis.   Searched for [blank]

[written sideways on right margin]
1922 Oct. 18 - Hist. to Mrs. Clark A. Smith 
& Letter Cl. S. 9054  of Francis Riggans
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Paulding Miss
Aug 3 [probably another number but illegible]


Hon Jacob Thompson
Washington D. C.

Sir

I hope this evidence 
being forwarded will 
justify the allowance
of Mrs. Kelly's pension &
I hope you will do so

Yours truly
J. Thompson
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Paulding [possibly Miss for Mississippi?]
August 1st 1840

Hon Jacob Thompson

Dear Sir

Inclosed [enclosed] I send you 
the evidence which Mrs. Kelly has obtained to 
establish her claims to a pension.  I have canc [runs off right edge of page]
[left edge of page is missing] to send you the papers as you stated in your letter
if you would be glad to assist
[left edge of page is missing] in obtaining her pension.  and I leave it to your [Illegible - case?]
document [illegible] to persue if you think 
[left edge missing] examination of the evidence she sends
[left edge missing] that she can obtain a Pension you will please 
inform me if the application was not in form
[left edge missing] and return them and the case be placed 
Mrs. Kelly has obtained all the evidence of her 
husbands services in the revolution that can 
be got from those who were engaged in the war 
and she now sends you papers relying 
on your [illegible - kindness?] to assist her in obtaining
the benefit of the act passed by Congress for
the benefit of widows of soldiers of the Revolution
That it will afford you pleasure to be this man [?]
of obtaining the pension for her   I can not doubt
you will please write me at your convenience

I Remain
Respectfully Your Friend
M. Collins Senr [?]
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Pen Off
Sep. 16th 46

Sir

I have the honor to 
inform you that the papers in 
the case of Jane Kelly have 
been examined & filed
In adjusting a pro rata allowance
 to be ascertained by the half pay
of the husband while in service
it is indispensable that the service
showed be distinctly set
forth that it may be adjudicated
understandingly and sustained
by the best attainable proof
In these papers it does not appear
where claimant resided when she 
was married or where her husband 
lived when he entered the service
The case ought to be made 
one agreeably to the regulations enclosed

Hon Jacob Thompson
Oxford Miss
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The State of Mississippi
Jasper County

This day personally appeared before me 
John L Williams Judge of the probate court in and for said
County S. R. Bankston and after being duly sworn deposeth
and sayeth that Jacob Kelly told me that he served as 
a soldier in the army of the Revolution under Colonel
Clark at the Siege of Augusta in the State of 
Georgia and that the Americans fled from the State
of Georgia in a direction for North carolina and 
that he fell in company with my grand Father
old Simon Autry and at skirmish with the British
near Kings mountain Autry was kild [killed] and he further
stated that he was in the service nearly all 
the time the war lasted.

S. R. Bankston

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th day of July 1840

J L Williams  Judge of the 
probate court of Jasper County
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The State of Mississippi
Jasper County

This day personally appeared before
me John L Williams Judge of the probate court in 
and for said county Thomas Bankston Sr. and after
being duly sworn deposeth and sayeth that Jacob
Kelly in my opinion was at the Siege of Augusta
and that Jacob Kelly was a good whig and an honest 
man.  I have been acquainted with the aforesaid
Jacob Kelly for a term of time say forty years as
something like that time a short time before his death
I did not live near him; and believed as a private
soldier under Colonel Clark; in the State of Georgia
I think Jacob Kelly entered the service about the year
1779 and that he marched through the State of Georgia
or rather fled from Augusta in a direction for 
North carolina; and I believe he continued in the 
services during the war except the time my self &
he were prisoners; 

Thomas Bankston Sen [his mark]

Sworn to and subscribed before 
me this 10th day of July 1840

J L Williams Judge of the 
probate court of Jasper county

I John L Williams hereby certify that Thomas
Bankston Sen is a respectable citizen and 
that his evidence is good in any court
of law

July the 28th 1840

J L Williams Judge of
the probate court JC