Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8224, for Samuel Jordan, Georgia
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( 8- 1776 ) SERVICE Ga.              Jordan , Samuel  
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         Margaret                  B. L. Wt. 29335-160-55.
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Geor ..( (illegible )  - 30 309  Sam ...( Illegible )... an  of Walton Co., in the State of Georgia who was a private in the company commanded by Captain McIntosh of the Reg't commanded by Col. Dooley  in the Georgia line for 2 years.  Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of  80 Dollars  __ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of Marc1831.  Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Jany 1836 and sent to  Hon. Jabez Jackson  H.R.   Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '35. $360 Semi- anl. allowance ending  4 March '36. $40 ( total $400 ) {Revolutionary Claim , Act June 7, 1832 .}  Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 Page 91
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4197
Georgia Savannah
Margaret Jordan
widow of Samuel Jordan
Geo
who served in the Revolutionary war as a Private Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853
Certificate of Pension issued 2d day of June 1854 and sent to CW Bennett 
Present
Record on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 151 Vol a
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101.837 Act March 3/55
April 27/55
Margaret Jordan
widow of 
Samuel Jordan
Pri
War of the Revolution
Rcc Pension act July 3 1853
Geo p 53-4191
W:160 al mg 21/56
Boyw
Hon Nathaniel G Foster
Ho of Rep
[crossed out SM Tonight
Present]

Cir SM Knight Dec 13/55
March 3 of 59 Continental DPP
April 11 Gv [illegible] 
[illegible] enrollment a [illegible] DPP
vol=J=84
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State of Georgia
County of Walton
On this seventh day of December Eighteen hundred & thirty five personally appeared before the honorable Inferior Court of Walton county the same being a court of record Samuel Jordan a resident of Walton county in the state of Georgia aged eighty six years on the eighteenth day of August last past who being 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 into the army of the United States as a Georgia militia man on the tenth day of December seventeen hundred & seventy six with Capt John McIntosh and served in the Regiment commanded by Col Samuel Elbert of the Georgia line of state troops under the following named officers for the period of three months Lochlan McIntosh General Samuel Elbert Col Jos Habersham Lieutenant Colonel Harris Major John McIntosh Capt Morris first Lieutenant Emory Duke orderly sergeant John Fluker 2nd Sergeant John Hardy Corporal that he faithfully served said tour of three months until the same expired to wit on the tenth of March seventeen hundred & seventy seven 1777 And this informant further declares that at the time he entered the service for the aforesaid three months tour he lived in the county of Wilkes & state of Georgia & he further declares that he was engaged during said time in one battle at the city of Savannah with the British [illegible]
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declares that at the time he entered the service for the aforesaid three months tour he lived in the county of Wilkes & state of Georgia & he further declares that he was engaged during said time in one battle at the city of Savannah with the British who made an attack upon Savannah & this deponent further declares that during this three months he marched first from his residence on Ogeechee river at Fort Wells in the then county of Wilkes to the now city of Augusta in Richmond county where he remained a day or so thence he marched to the court house in Burke County thence through Scriven county to Ebenezer thence to a place called Cherokee Hill in Chatham County within eight miles of the city of Savannah & thence to the City of Savannah where he was stationed during this tour after his arrival there guarding said city against the British And this deponent further declares that at the end of this three months tour to wit an the tenth of March seventeen hundred & seventy seven 1777 he received a written discharge in writing from Col Samuel Elbert which discharge was burned up at the taking & burning of Fort Wells on Ogeechee River by the Indians & Tories at a period subsequent thereto & herein after mentioned And this deponent further declares that without ever leaving Savannah & within a very few days after being discharged as aforesaid from his first tour of three months to wit on the fourteenth day of March seventeen hundred & seventy seven he enlisted into the service of the United States as a Georgia Militia man in the Georgia line of State Troops in the regiment commanded by Col Samuel Elbert for another three months tour under the same General same Col same Capt same Lieutenant Col same Major same first & second Lieutenants same orderly sergeant same 2nd sergeant & same corporal as are herein before specified during his first three months tour And this deponent further declares that his residence was still in Wilkes county state of Georgia at a place called Fort Wells on Ogeechee River in said county last named And this deponent further declares that he was not
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engaged in any battle during this last three months & that he was stationed during the same in the city of Savannah guarding the same against the British excepting one march made during this tour some time in the month of May seventeen hundred & seventy seven And this deponent further declares that during this tour he marched thro the following section of county which is the march herein before last named to wit from the said city of Savannah to Sunbury in the County of Liberty & state of Georgia thence to Darien in the county of McIntosh & said state thrice he marched back this Liberty County in said state to Midway meeting House in said last named county having Sunbury nine miles to the right hand thrice from said last named place back again to the city of Savannah where he was again discharged in writing under the hand of said Samuel Elbert which last named discharge was also destroyed with the other one herein before named at the taking & burning of Fort Wells aforesaid And this deponent further declares that he fully served out his last named tour & was honorably discharged in Savannah on the fifteenth day of June seventeen hundred & seventy seven  And this deponent further declares that immediately after receiving his discharge last aforesaid & without ever leaving Savannah he enlisted again to wit on the sixteenth day of June seventeen hundred & seventy seven for another three months tour in the United States service as a Georgia Militia man in the lines of Georgia State Troops in the Regiment commanded by Col Samuel Elbert under the same Gen same Col same major same lieutenant Col same Captain same Lieutenants same sergeants & same
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Samuel Elbert under the same Gen same Col same Major same Lieutenant - Col same Lieutenant same Sergeant & same Corporal as during his last named tour ending the  fifteenth of June 1777 and this deponent also declares that Fort Wells aforesaid was still his place of residence and this deponent further declares that during this last named tour he was engaged in one battle or skirmish at Savannah the same being attacked by British in their boats And this deponent  further declares that he did not march from the  city of Savannah during this last named tour but was stationed there during the same where he was discharged under the hand of Capt. John McIntosh in writing which discharge was also destroyed with his other discharges before mentioned at the time of the destruction of Fort Wells aforesaid, And this deponent further declares that he fully served out said last named tour & was discharged from the same in manner aforesaid to wit on the sixteenth day of September in the year seventeen hundred  & seventy seven. And this deponent further states that without ever leaving  Savannah he again to wit on the seventeenth of September seventeen hundred & seventy seven enlisted again into the United States service as a Georgia Militia man in the line of Georgia State Troops into the Regiment commanded by  Col. Samuel Elbert under the same Gen same Col. same Major same lieutenant Col. same Major same Captain  same Sergeant  & same Corporal as during his last named tour. The deponent also declares that his place of residence was still at Fort Wells aforesaid  And this deponent further declares that during the tour last aforesaid he was engaged in one skirmish at Amelia Island  and this deponent  further declares that during his tour last aforesaid he marched as follows from Savannah to Amelia Island where he was engaged in the skirmish aforesaid from thence to Hossaboy Island from thence to Sapalo Island thence to Jakal (Jekyll )Island from thence to Savannah again where he remained  stationed  the balance of said last named tour  & until discharged.
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discharged in writing from under the hand of Col. Samuel Elbert which discharge has been likewise destroyed & lost with his other discharges at the  time of the destruction & burning of Fort Wells as herein before specified And this deponent further declares that he was discharged in Savannah from his last named tour after having fully served out the same on the seventeenth day of December seventeen hundred and seventy seven. And this deponent further declares that after his return to the place of his residence from Savannah he was drafted as a Georgia Militia man into the United States service into the line of Georgia State Troops  for the term of three months & in the regiment  commanded by Col. George Wells , Elijah Clark  General , Capt. Charles Jordan this deponent's father, A. Jensell (?) first - Lieutenant , Walker 2nd Lieutenant this deponent orderly Sergeant  Jones Corporal, And this deponent  further declares that he was drafted into said service for said last named tour to wit on the ninth of January seventeen hundred and seventy eight & that he was stationed all the time of last named tour at Fort wells upon the Ogechee River that being in fact the residence of deponent  & his father's family his father being a Captain in said Fort as herein before  adjustified  And this deponent further says that he was not engaged in any battle during said last named tour  And this deponent further states that having fully served out said last named tour he received a written discharge ( which discharge was destroyed in the aforesaid destruction of Fort Wells ) under the hand of Col. George Wells to wit on the ninth day of April seventeen hundred & seventy eight. And this deponent further states that his residence when he entered the service for said last named tour was Fort Wells aforesaid in then Wilkes County State of Georgia upon Ogechee River in said State
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discharge under the hand of Col. George Wells to wit on the ninth of April seventeen hundred & seventy eight And this deponent further states that his residence when he entered the service for said last named tour was Fort Wells aforesaid in then Wilkes County  State of Georgia upon Ogechee  River in said State. And this deponent further states that without ever leaving Fort Wells  after his discharge last aforesaid  he volunteered into the United States service for another tour of three months as a Georgia Militia man in the line of Georgia  State Troops in the regiment Commanded by  Col. George Wells  , Elijah Clark General  same Captain same first & second Lieutenants as herein last before specified this deponent  orderly Sergeant & Jones Corporal - that he volunteered to wit on the tenth day of April  seventeen hundred & seventy eight for said last named three months tour that he was all said last named tour stationed in Fort Wells aforesaid & was not engaged in any battles during the term last aforesaid  And this deponent further declares that after having  served out last named tour fully he was discharged to wit on the tenth day of July seventeen hundred & seventy eight by a written discharge from Col. George Wells which last discharge was also destroyed in the burning and destruction of Fort Wells at as aforesaid And this deponent further declares that after his discharge last aforesaid to wit on the eleventh of July seventeen hundred & seventy eight he again volunteered into the United States service as a Georgia Militia man  in the line of Georgia State Troops in the Regiment commanded by Col. George Wells for a tour of three months under the identical  same field & Company Officers as herein last before specified  And this deponent declares that his place of residence still continued to be at Fort Wells in the County of Wilkes and State of Georgia  And this deponent declares that he remained during all this last named tour  stationed in said Fort
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Wells until the same was taken & destroyed  & burned by the Indians & tories some time to the best of deponents present remembrance in the month of September 1778 And deponent further says that said tories & Indians were commanded by one Tait And this deponent further says that he was taken by the Indians and carried by them  to an Indian Camp about eight miles down said Ogechee River  From thence they marched or went to Cowan's Ferry upon Savannah River in Wilkes County & State of Georgia  where this deponent was discharged honorably verbally by Capt . Charles Jordan  this deponent's father ( John Dooley living Col. in place of Wells who died ) to wit on the twelfth day  of October  seventeen hundred & seventy eight  And this deponent further states that the only section of  Country , which he marched thro during said last named tour was the section of Country herein before specified which he passed thro in going from said Fort Wells to Cowan's Ferry upon Savannah aforesaid.  And this deponent further declares that he again entered into the service  of the United States  as a Georgia Militia man as one of the Georgia line of State Troops by volunteering into the Regiment commanded by  Col. George Dooley  ( who became  Col. after the death of John Dooley  who was shot by the tories in his own house) said  George Dooley having formerly been Capt. of a scout in which deponent has also served under him as his Captain And this deponent further states that he volunteered this last named time to wit on the twentieth
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George Dooley having formerly been Capt. of a scout in which deponent had also served under him as his Captain , And this deponent further declares that he volunteered this last named time to wit on the twentieth                             of July seventeen hundred & seventy nine for a three month tour under the following named officer Elijah Clark General George Dooley  Colonel Smith Major Josiah Dunn Captain. And this deponent further declares that he resided in Wilkes County  & State of Georgia . And this deponent further that he was during the last named tour at the storming & taking of Grayson's Fort at Augusta at its second siege  And this deponent further states that during said last named tour he marched thro the following section of Country first from his placed of residence in Wilkes County a little above Harlin's Ferry on Savannah River in said County of Wilkes down the Georgia side of the Savannah River thro Wilkes & Richmond County to  Augusta in the County last aforesaid where he was stationed until the expiation of his last named three months when & where this deponent declares he was honorably & verbally disbanded & discharged by  Col. George Dooley to wit on the twenty first of October seventeen hundred & seventy nine. And this deponent further declares that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension except the present and he declare that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State. Sworn to & subscribed the day & the year aforesaid in open Court.  Jno. P. Lucas ( signed ) Clk  ( his mark X ) Samuel  Jordan
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To the Interrogatories required by the war Department to be propounded to the Applicant  He answers as follows. To the first Interrogatory He answers.  In Perquimans County & State of North Carolina on the 18th of August 1749. To the 2nd Interrogatory He answers.  I think there was a record of my age in the bible that belonged to my father & was once in the possession of my brother Dempsey Jordan who is now dead & lived formerly in Green County & State of Georgia & is as far as this deponent knows or is informed the record of his age is in that bible it be not there he knows not where it is. To the 3rd Interrogatory He answers. He was living at Fort Wells in Wilkes County & State of Georgia  He lived first in Wilkes County State of Georgia, then in Washington County, then in Lincoln County , then in Jackson County, then in Gwinnett County, then in Henry County , then in DeKalb County  & then in Walton County all said Counties being in the State of Georgia. To the 4th He answers. that he enlisted  he was drafted  likewise & he who volunteered He never was a substitute . To the 5th He answers . That he knew General Count De Estainge when deponent was at Savannah Col. Lee he also saw at Savannah and as regards the general circumstances of his service he says he has stated them as fully &  as much at large as he is able in his foregoing Declaration. To the 6th He answers. he who received several discharges from the service as specified in his foregoing Declaration from Col. Elbert , from Col. Wells, and that they were all destroyed at the taking & burning of Fort  Wells. He had no Commission Sergeants living no commissioned officers. To the7th He answers. he names Gen. Robert M Echols , Milner Echols, William B Willingham, John Swords, James Swords & Sheriff Brewton & David Hardwick Esqr.
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as specified in his foregoing Declaration from Col. Elbert  & Co. Wells that they were all destroyed at the taking & burning of Fort Wells He had no Commissioned Sergeants living non commissioned officers To the 7th He answers . He names Gen. Robert M Echols,  Milner Echols,  William B Willingham,  John Swords , James Swords & Sheriff Brewster &  David Hardwick Esqr.                                 [State of Georgia  County of Walton ] Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in & for said County  James Swords who being duly sworn deposeth  that he was well acquainted with  Samuel Jordan  during the  War of the Revolution & that he is still well acquainted with him that said Samuel entered the service of the United States in the Georgia line of State Troops as a Militia man upon the tenth day of December seventeen hundred & seventy six in the Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Elbert in the Company commanded by Capt John McIntosh that he served until some time in December seventeen hundred & seventy seven to wit on or about the seventh day of December last aforesaid & that he left the service being honorably discharged there from Savannah  And this deponent further says that he knew of said  Samuel being again in Fort Wells with his the said Samuel's father after he said Samuel had returned from Savannah to wit on or about the ninth of January seventeen hundred & ninety eight & that the applicant 's father the said Charles Jordan was Capt.
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command of Fort Wells aforesaid and that all who were in said fort performed service & did regular duty & this deponent further says the men in said fort were in the Georgia line of State Troops & this deponent further says he was in said Fort Wells with said Samuel near or quite three months & that Elijah Clark was the General commanding the Troops in said fort  and of the flight of Capt. Charles Jordan & of his son the said Samuel coming to Cowan's Ferry upon the Savannah River in Wilkes County then now Lincoln Count State of Georgia for this deponent was within a day or so after the said Samuel arrived at Cowan's Ferry or very near there under Dooley under whom he came after the Fort was destroyed  & he arrived at Cowan's Ferry & this deponent further says that said Samuel was regularly discharged rom his service at or near Cowan's Ferry  And this deponent further says that afterward to wit on the twentieth of July seventeen hundred & seventy nine said Samuel again volunteered into the service of the United States as a Militia man in the Georgia line of State Troops in the Regiment commanded by Col. George Dooley & in the Company commanded by Capt Josiah Dunn that said Samuel volunteered for three months tour was during said last named tour with the deponent  at the storming  of Grayson's Fort in Augusta & this deponent further says that said Samuel left said service after having fully served out said last named tour to wit on the twentieth of October 1779 being to the best of this deponents knowledge & belief regularly  & honorably discharged  & permitted to return home
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having fully served out said last named tour to wit the twentieth of October 1779 being to the best of this deponents knowledge & belief was regularly  & honorably discharged & permitted to return home. (his mark O) James Swords Sworn to & subscribed as to the last of the deponent's knowledge  recollection  & belief  this 7th day of December 1835  Leroy Patillo  (signed ) J.P. I do hereby certify that James Swords who has taken & subscribed this day before me the foregoing affidavit is a man of truth  & veracity  that his character stands fair for honesty that his credibility as a witness stands unimpeached & that full faith and & credit ought to be had & given to his testimony as a witness. Given under my hand  & seal this 7th day of December 1835.  Leroy Patillo ( signed ) J.P.   [Georgia Walton County] I John P Lucas Clerk of the honorable the Inferior Court of the County of Walton   do hereby  that Leroy Patillo whose name appears to the foregoing and above affidavit is an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County that the above signature is genuine & that  full faith  & credit ought to be had & given to his attestation as such Justice of the peace. Given under my hand & seal of office this seventh day of Dec. 1835. Jno. P Lucas ( signed / sealed ) Clk
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We Mark Ragan a Clergyman residing in the County of Walton & State of Georgia and Charles Davis residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with  Samuel Jordan who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty six years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he  resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.  Mark Ragan ( signed ) Clergy  Chs D Davis ( signed ) Sworn & subscribed the day  & year aforesaid in open Court. Jno. P. Lucas ( signed ) Clk      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 Mark Ragan who has signed the proceeding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Walton State of Georgia and that Charles D. Davis who has also signed the same is a resident in Walton County State of Georgia and is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit. Waties Briscoe  ( signed ) J.J.C.  Dickerson T. Halliday  (signed ) J.J.C.  Robt. M Echols ( signed ) J.J.C.              I John P Lucas Clerk of the honorable the Inferior Court of the County of Walton & State of Georgia the same being a Court of Record do hereby certify  that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Jordan for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this twentieth day of December 1835. Jno. P. Lucas  ( signed / sealed ) Clk
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100.837
Mrs Margret Jordan
Declaration
Bounty & nrd nos
act 5 March 1855

SM Knight 
Present
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Declaration [State of Georgia Fulton County ] SS  On the 29th day of March 1855 before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Margaret Jordan Aged 64 years widow of Samuel Jordan dec'd who was a private in the Revolutionary War  She is now a Pensioner and was inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of eighty dollars per annum commencing 3rd February 1853 - she is a resident of the County and State aforesaid  who being duly sworn according to law declare that she  is the identical widow of Samuel Jordan dec'd who was a Pensioner of the United States and due a Pension of eighty dollars p annum up to the time of his death and that she is still his widow She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled to on account of the service of her said husband Samuel Jordan and under the  act passed 3rd December 1853 She also declares that she has not received a warrant for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress nor any other application therefore she refers you for further proof to her former declaration now on file at the war department.  She appoints Y. M. Knight of Washington City her lawful attorney to receive her Land when issued  (her mark X ) Margaret Jordan (seal)  sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and  I hereby certify that I know the deponent Margaret Jordan and believe her to be as whom stated and that she is of the age above stated and further that I am not interested in her claim as attorney or otherwise. Joseph Willis ( signed / sealed ) JP
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[ State of Georgia Fulton County ] SS On this 30th day of March  1855 personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the peace in and for the said County Thomas Kenneday Age 70 years and John N Daniel aged 62 years who are to me well known , and who are credible witnesses and who being by me duly sworn depose and say that they are each of them well acquainted with Mrs. Margaret Jordan the above applicant for Bounty Land  that they have known her for thirty years past and that they were acquainted with Samuel Jordan her late husband having known him for 20 years previous to his death that they the said Samuel Jordan and Margaret Jordan lived together as husband and wife and were reputed so to be , that the deponents never heard the fact contradicted disputed or questioned of her said marriage and that she is still a widow - and further that they were present and saw Margaret Jordan execute the proposed affidavit by making her mark to the  foregoing declaration and further the deponents do reside in the County aforesaid. Thomas Kenneday ( signed / sealed )  John N Daniel ( signed / sealed )  Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of December 1855. Joseph  Willis ( signed / sealed ) JP
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[State of Georgia Fulton County ] SS  I hereby certify that Joseph Willis Esq before whom the foregoing declaration and  Power of attorney were made and acknowledged and who has  thereto subscribed his name was at the time of signing  a Justice of the peace in and for the County foresaid and commissioned and sworn and that his signature thereto is genuine . In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of The Ordinary Court of said County this 10th day of April 1855.  Jos H Mead ( signed / sealed ) Ordinary
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[ Georgia Gwinnett County ] These are to authorize & permit you to join in the Honorable State of Matrimony  Saml Jordan of the one part and Margaret Daniel of the other part according to the ? letter of your Church provided thus be no lawful cause to abstain the same & this shall be your authority for so doing . Given under my hand as Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of the County aforesaid this 12th December 1821. Wm Maltbie  ( signed ) Clk CO To any Minister of the Gospel Judge Justice of the Inferior Court or Justice of the peace to celebrate I do hereby certify that Saml Jordan & Margarett were joined together in the holy bonds of Matrimony by me on the 12th day of December 1821 James Dimond ( signed ) JP [Georgia Gwinnett County ]  I  William Maltbie Ordinary for said County and Keeper of the Record & Seal thereof do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true extract from the Records of the Court of Ordinary of this County in relation to the Marriage License and Marriage of Saml Jordan & Margarett Daniel  Witness my hand & seal of office this 14th day of May 1853. Wm Maltbie ( signed / sealed ) Ordy
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Samuel Jordan  Ga No 19570 Admt a private 2 year 48th Capt McIntosh Col Elbert Ga State troops Hon Jabez Jackson  HR ( two items below marked through  so not transcribed )
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WAR DEPARTMENT ,Pension Office, April 13th 1833  Sir : The evidence in support of your claim , under the act of 7 June 1832, has been examined , and the papers herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in 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. 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 Samuel Jordan . Period when the service was rendered. 1776 enlisted about 1 year and 8 mos. 1777 vol. about 2. Duration of the claimant's service Years. Months. Days. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  Capt. Jno McIntosh ,Capt Geo. Dooley , General Lochran. Col. Saml Elbert Lt . Col. Habersham. Major Harris, Col. Jno Dooley , Maj Smith. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Hopaboy Island, Amelia Island , Siege of Savannah. Country through which he marched. From Savannah to Darien to Savannah again thence Amelia Island to Sofalo Island then back to Savannah. Place of abode when he entered the service , and age at the present period.82 years Columbia Co., Ga. Evidence by which the declaration is supported. Traditionary.                I am respectfully , Your obedient servant, J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
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2 
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, musicians 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. County of } 
On this [BLANK] day of [BLANK] personally appeared (a) before [BLANK] A.B. a resident (b) of [BLANK] in the county of [BLANK] and State, Territory or District of [BLANK] aged (c) [BLANK] 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) [BLANK], with [BLANK] and served in the [BLANK] (e) regiment of the [BLANK] line, under the following named officers: [BLANK] 
[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. 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 [BLANK] 
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 [BLANK] of the Court of [BLANK] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [BLANK] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [BLANK] day of [BLANK] & 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 [BLANK] and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [BLANK], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [BLANK] 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 day 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. [BLANK] who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [BLANK] and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [BLANK] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [BLANK] Clerk of the Court of [BLANK] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of [BLANK] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [BLANK] day of [BLANK] &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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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 receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of person 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 he [the] answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of 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 represents, 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 of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by 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.
{a} The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reasons of bodily infirmity; in which case 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 or periods 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 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 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."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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} [text in {}is italicized], 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 a 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.
{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.
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 ribbons, 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.
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 quote {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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Declaration  [ State of Georgia DeKalb County ] SS  On this 5th day of December 1853 Personally appeared before me J. A. Haden Judge of the Superior Court in and for the County & State aforesaid Margaret Jordan Aged 55  a resident of the County and State aforesaid , who being duly sworn according to law , doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of act of Congress passed the 3rd of February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.  That she is the widow of Samuel Jordan , a Revolutionary Soldier , who shortly before his death was placed on the Georgia Roll of Revolutionary Pensioners, At the time he received the payment , he was living in Walton County Georgia. That her said husband  Samuel Jordan died at the house of Charles Jordan  in the County of Walton and State of Georgia on or about 25th day of March in the year 1835 . He was a brother of Dempsey Jordan a Revolutionary of Taliaferro County Georgia . That her name before her marriage was Margaret Daniel , That she was married , to the said Samuel Jordan on the 12th day of December, 1821,That the marriage ceremony was performed by me James Dimond a Justice of the Peace , at the house of Simon Strickland in the County of Gwinnett  and State of Georgia as the accompanying certificate, will set forth, although the name is miss spelled, erroneously with a G. instead of a J . She declares that she was not married to her said husband prior to 1st January 1800, but it took place at the time above stated. She also declares that she has appointed C W  Bennett
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Washington City ,D.C. Her lawful attorney, to apply, for and receive the certificate of Pension , Land & money should any be due her and if granted. She also declared , that her said husband Samuel Jordan was a Regular soldier, in said war, that he enlisted , for the term of during the war and served to the end thereof, and never received any land for his service , nor made any application therefore , and the affiant believes it is now due her, as she is the only heir at Law, And that she has not married since the death of her said husband Samuel Jordan , and is still ta widow .  ( her mark X ) Margaret Jordan ( seal)  Attest J A Hayden  ( signed / sealed ) J. J. C.  [State of Georgia DeKalb County ]  I, J A Hayden , Judge of the Inferior Court of the County & State aforesaid , do hereby certify ,that Margaret Jordan the foregoing declarant is unable , by reason of bodily infirmity to appear before any Court , aforesaid , to make the foregoing declaration. I further certify that she is the widow of the within Samuel Jordan , who was a Pensioner , and that he died at the time set forth in the foregoing declaration. Given under my hand and seal this fifth day of December 1850. J. A. Hayden  ( signed / sealed ) J.J.C.
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and that his marriage & death took place at the time stated, The name in the foregoing certificate thereof being erroneously spelt. Gordon ,instead of Jordan , and I am not Interested in the bounty land for which the sd ( said ) Margaret is applying for nor am I prosecuting her claim therefore. J. A. Hayden ( signed / sealed ) J.J.C [State of Georgia DeKalb County ] Inferior Court December Term 1853  The foregoing declaration of Margaret Jordan , being exhibited in open court as taken before, J A Hayden , Judge of the Inferior Court, in and for the County and State aforesaid is Confirmed by the Court as through the same had been taken in Open Court , and the Court being satisfied that Margaret Jordan , is the widow of Samuel Jordan, a Pensioner of the United States, who died on the 25 day of March 1835 that she was lawfully married to her said husband on 12th day of December 1821. It is therefore ordered ( underscored ) by the Court that the Clerk of our said Court Certify the same to the War Department. [State of Georgia DeKalb County }  Inferior Court December Term 1853  I Alexr. Johnson, Clerk of the Inferior Court in the County and State aforesaid , it being a Court of Record ( underscored ) do certify that J A Hayden , is one of the Justices of the Inferior Court, in said County , is Legally. commissioned qualified & acting Judge , in said County , and was at the
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date of the foregoing, certificate, and that the said certification , and signatures , purporting to be his are genuine - And that the foregoing , are the original proceedings , in the foregoing and within case, at Term of DeKalb Inferior Court - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand officially , with the seal of the said Court, this 19th day of Decr. 1853. Alxr. Johnson  ( signed / sealed ) C. I. C.
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[ State of Georgia County of Walton ] The Declaration of Samuel Jordan a revolutionary soldier at December Term of the Inferior Court of Walton County in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the seventh June eighteen hundred and thirty two. On this 20th day of November eighteen hundred thirty two personally appeared begore the honorable  Inferior Court of said County the same being a Court of record Samuel Jordan a resident in said County of Walton & State of Georgia aged eighty two years the 18th of August last 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 9th 1832. That he this deponent Enlisted in the militia services of the United States under  Captain John McIntosh and served as herein stated as near as is recollected  under the following named  officers that he enlisted under  Capt. John McIntosh in the State of Georgia in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy five under the command of General Lochran Mc Intosh & Col. Samuel Elbert. Lieutenant  Col. Joseph Habersham Major Harris Captain John McIntosh [ Merris  first Lieutenant Jackson McIntosh  2  lieutenant ( Emery Duke OS. ) Johnson Dukes 2 Sergeant] The Corporals not recollected. This deponent further states that he left the service of the troops in the State of Georgia in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven And this deponent further states that at the time he enlisted in the serv.. (incomplete ) as aforesaid he resided in Columbia County  on the Ogec ..( incomplete ) in the State of Georgia, and this deponent further states that during his service as aforesaid he remained in Savannah about twelve months from thence he was marched to Darien in said State of Georgia from thence to Savannah again from thence to Amelia Island from thence to Sapelo Island & to Jakal ( Jekyll ) Island where this deponent was with the Washington galley under the Command of Commandore Boen from the Islands we returned back to Savannah where this deponent received his discharge from the hands of Capt. John McIntosh which discharge this deponent cannot ... ( illegible )
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[HANDWRITNG]
THE SAME HAVING BEEN FOR MANY YEARS. LOST OR DESTROYED. AND THIS DEPONENT FURTHER STATES, THAT HE WAS ON THE HOSSABOY (OSSABAW) ISLAND AND THAT HE WAS ENGAGED, IN THE FOLLOWING BATTLES TO WIT THE BATTLE OF HOSSABOY (OSSABAW) ISLAND ONE ON AMELIA ISLAND WITH THE CAPTAINS MORRIS MILLER & PERREY. WHEN AMELIA ISLAND WAS TAKEN FROM THE BRITISH TOGETHER WITH A NUMBER OF SKIRMISHES WITH THE BRITISH. COMMANDED BY MONTGOMERY BESIDES OTHERS THE PRATICULARS OF WHICH ARE NOT RECOLLECTED OF THIS DATE AS THIS DEPONENT IS AGED AND INFIRM. BOTH IN BODY & MIND. AND THIS DEPONENT FURTHER STATED THAT HE SERVED IN THE ENLISTMENT ABOVE MENTIONED ABOUT THE TERM OF ONE YEAR AND EIGHT MONTHS, BUT THE DAY OF THE MONTH AND THE [ILLEGIBLE] MONTH ON WHICH HAD ENLISTED AND ON WHICH HE WAS DISCHARGED. HE DOES NOT RECOLLECT. [MARKED THROUGH] [ILLEGIBLE] AND THIS DEPONENT FURTHER STATES THAT HE VOLUNTEERED AS IN THE MILITIA OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA UNDER [ILLEGIBLE] JOHN DOOLEY, IN SEPTEMBER SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN AND SERVED UNDER MAJOR SMITH AND CAPTAIN GEORGE DOOLEY. THE OTHER INFERIOR OFFICERS NOT RECOLLECTED WHEN THIS DEPONENT WENT TO THE SEIGE OF SAVANNAH UNDER COL JOHN DOOLEY. AND THIS DEPONENT FURTHER STATES THAT AT THE TIME HE LAST VOLUNTEERED HE STILL RESIDED IN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA AT A PLACE CALLED FORT WELLS AND THIS DEPONENT FURTHER STATES HE WAS DISCHARGED OR LEFT THE SERVICE SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER IN THE SAME YEAR VIZ 1777- AFTER THE SEIGE OF SAVANNAH WHICH TERM OF SERVICE WAS ABOUT TWO MONTHS AND THAT THIS DEPONENT WAS GIVEN NO WRITTEN DISCHARGE WHEN HE LAST LEFT SERVICE IN SAVANNAH WHICH TWO TERMS OF SERVICE MAKE THE TERM IN THE AGGREGATE OF ONE YEAR AND TEN MONTHS AND THIS DEPONENT FURTHER CLAIMS THAT HAS NO
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[HANDWRITING] DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE WHEREBY TO ESTABLISH HIS CLAIMS. & THAT HE KNOWS OF NO PERSON WHO CAN TESTIFY TO THE WHOLE OF HIS SERVICES. ETC. HE HERE BY RELINQUISHES EVERY CLAIM WHATSOEVER TO A PENSION OF ANNUITY EXCEPT THE PRESENT AND DECLARES THAT HIS NAME IS NOT ON THE PENSION ROLL OF THE AGENCY OF ANY STATE. ETC.
SWORN &  SUBSCRIBED THE DAY AND YEAR AFORESAID. IN OPEN COURT. ( HIS MARK ) SAMUEL JORDAN
WE GEORGE BOSS  AND SHERIFF BREWESTER
RESIDING IN THE COUNTY OF WALTON AND STATE AFORESAID DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT WE ARE WELL ACQUAINTED WITH SAMUEL JORDAN WHO SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO THE ABOVE DECLARATION THAT WE BELIEVE HIM EIGHTY -TWO YEARS OF AGE; THAT HE IS REPORTED AND BELIEVED THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE HE RESIDES TO HAVE BEEN A SOLIDER OF THE REVOLUTION & THAT WE CONCUR IN THAT OPINION. SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED THE DAY AND YEAR AFORESAID, IN OPEN COURT. [SIGNATURES] JP LUCAS CLK, GEORGE BOSS,  [HIS MARK UPSIDE DOWN B ] SHERIFF BREWESTER
AND THE SAID COURT DOES HEREBY DECLARE THEIR OPINION OF THE MATTER, AND AFTER PUTTING THE INTERROGATORIES PRESCRIBED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT THAT THE ABOVE-NAMED APPLICANT WAS A REVOLUTIONARY SOLIDER AND SERVED AS HE STATES AND THAT THERE NEVER HAS BEEN ANY DOUBT OF HIS SERVICES THAT HAS COME WITHIN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE COURT, AND THAT THE COURT FURTHER CERTIFIES THAT IT APPEARS TO THEM THAT GEORGE BOSS AND SHERIFF BREWESTER WHO HAS SIGNED THE PROCEEDINGS CERTIFICATE ARE CREDIBLE PERSONS AND THAT THEIR STATEMENTS ARE ENTITLED TO CREDIT AND ALSO THAT HE COULD NOT GET A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL WITHOUT MANIFEST INCONVENIENCE [SIGNATURES]
[FIRST ONE ILLEGIBLE] EGBIRT B BEALL, J.J.C. JAMES ORR J.J.C.
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[HANDWRITING]
TO THE QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT THIS DEPONENT ANSWERS  
DEPONENT=HE ANSWERS THAT HE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA PERQUIMANS COUNTY ON THE EAST OF MEHERRIN RIVER ON THE 18TH OF AUGUST 1749.
2. HE ANSWERS YES IN A BIBLE IN THE POSSESSION OF HIS BROTHER DEMPSY JORDAN IN GREEN COUNTY 
3. HE ANSWERS HE LIVED IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA WHEN CALLED INTO SERVICE WHERE & HAS CONTINUED TO LIVE IN THE STATE EVER SINCE.
4. HE ANSWERS THAT HE VOLUNTEERED AND THEN ENLISTED
5. HE ANSWERS CAPT JOHN McENTOSH GENERAL LOCKLAN McENTOSH IN THE FIRST REGIMENT, MADE UP IN SAVANNAH BEFORE THE SEIGE OF SAVANNAH 
6. HE ANSWERS THAT HE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE FROM UNDER THE HAND OF GENERAL McENTOSH = HANDED ME BY COLONEL ELBERT=FOR ONE YEAR TOUR BUT FOURTH OTHERS HAVE RECEIVED NONE 
7. HE MENTIONS JAMES SWORDS COL BENJAMIN FEW AND NATHAN GRIMLEY (?)
I JOHN P LUCAS CLERK OF THE INFERIOR COURT OF WALTON COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT FOREGOING CONTAINS THE ORIGINAL PROCEEDING OF THE SAID COURT IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF SAMUEL JORDAN FOR A PENSION- IN TESTIMONY  WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE THIS SEVENTEETH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1832 [SIGNED / SEALED] JP LUCAS CLK
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No 8224
Margaret Jordan
Wid
Samuel Jordan
Privt Rev War
Act Feby 3d 1853
Index Vol A, Page 378
[Arrangement of 1870}
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29,335
[illegible}
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Tarrensville  July 5th 1860 Judge Perkins Will please file the enclose caveat of John N. Daniel only heir of Margaret Jordan. Very respectfully, W. M. Varnum( signed )
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4 M 36 Pension Office February 3/54  Sir Please report time of last payment to , or death of within named pensioner. Respectfully etc,. etc. S Cole ( signed ) for Commr.      F Burt Esqr & and Present.        Samuel Jordan , Act 1832  $ 80 per annum, Paid to 4 March 1836. No death . F. Burt ) signed ) Auditor          Feb 4
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No. 5017 Margaret Jordan widow of Samuel  Lt to C.W. Bennett  Feb 9/54   Act of Feb 3/53
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Honl. L. P. Waldo    Washington . May 30,1854. Comr. of Pensions                                              
    Sir, I have the honor to enclose herewith certain papers sent to me by J. I. Vaughn Esqr.  of Roswell , Geo. with a request that I would file them in your office . He states  " I enclose you a declaration of Mrs. Jordan , and the affidavits of J. N. Daniel. Mrs. Jordan in her declaration now on file declared that her husband died in 1835, but on reflection she now declares  that he died in March 1836 and the witness say the same . You will lay it before the Department , and I hope the Department will have no objection  to the amendment."  Very Respectfully Your Obt Sevt C.W. Bennett  ( signed)
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Washington
Feby 1, 1834
Honl. L. P. Waldo  Comr. of Pensions      Sir, 
I have the honor to enclose herewith the declaration , proof of marriage and of identity of Mrs. Margaret Jordan widow of Saml. of Geo. for the benefit of the 2d Section of the Act of 3rd Feby. 1853. 
Very Respectfully  
Your Obt Sevt 
C. W. Bennett
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Margaret Jordan Declaration ( underscored )
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Affidavit
State of Georgia}
Fulton County}
On this 25th day of May 1854.  Personally appeared before me, Joseph Willis, a Justice of Peace, duly authorized to administer oaths, in and for the County and State aforesaid, John N Daniel Aged 56 years a resident of the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is personally acquainted with Margret Jordan, who have made the foregoing Declaration, and, and [sic] I was also acquainted with her Husband, Samuel Jordan decd. - and that she is the widow of Samuel Jordan decd., who was a revolutionary soldier and was placed upon the Pension Roll in the year 1835 and drew a pension of Eighty Dollars pr. annum.
I further certify that the aforesaid Samuel Jordan and Margret Jordan was man and wife, and lived together, as such, up to the time of his the aforesaid Samuel Jordans death.  Which occurred on 25th day of March 1836.  I have examined the books and papers of the aforesaid Samuel Jordan decd. and there is no record of his age marriage nor death, I also certify that I have been acquainted, with the aforesaid, Samuel Jordan decd. and Margret his widow for thirty years past, and during that time, they have been and is regarded to be man and wife, up to the time of his death and that his wife Margret is still a widow and yet living, and the aforesaid is the identical
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widow of the aforesaid Samuel Jordan Deed Hername before his marriage was Marget Daniel I further certify I have no interest in the
above claim whatever, nor I am not prosecuting  the above same
In Testimony where of I have hereunto subscribed my name and seal this day and year above written
John N Daniel

Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year above written and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with John N Daniel who have made the foregoing
declaration or other affidavit and he is a respectable citizen and a man of truth and respectabilty and Therefore what he has deposed is entitled to full faith and credit and I further certify that I am not interested in the above claim, nor I am not prosecuting the same-
Joseph Willis JP

State of Georgia}
Fulton County}  To wit
I hereby certify that Joseph Willis Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice
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of the peace in and for the said county, duly commissioned and sworn and that his signature thereto is genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name, and affixed the seal of the Superior Court for the County aforesaid.  This 26th day of May 1854
B. F. Bomar
Clk. S. C.
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Georgia}
Walton County}
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in and for said County Samuel Jordan in order to amend his declaration under an act of Congress past [passed] the 7th June 1832  Who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that for want of memory by old age and infirmity he cannot state presisely [precisely] as to the length of his services but that he enlisted in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six in the winter of that year he believes in December (1776)  he enlisted under Capt. McEntosh and then served under General McEntosh Colo. Elbert Colo. Habersham and others  he enlisted as above stated and served in the service united states and the militia of this state during the revolutionary war as a soldier only and that he never received any reward of eighty dollars —
his mark [hand drawn X] Samuel Jordan
Charles D. OKelley J. P.

Georgia}
Walton County}
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace for said County James Swards who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was personally acquainted with Samuel Jordan in the revolutionary war and knew him to volunteer and then enlist in the year seventeen hundred seventy six in the winter of that year and served during the revolutionary war  we were together under Colo Elbert Genl. McEntosh and others  we were at Augusta at the time of the storm of Grason Fort and in many other places the seige of Savanah & he further states that from the best record of his own age is seventy eight the present year
Sworn to before me this 24th day of October 1833
Charles D. OKelley J. P.
his mark [hand drawn X] James Swards

I do hereby certify that James Sward who assigned the above certificate to be a creditable man in this County and due credit should be given to his evidence given under my hand this day & date above written
Charles D. OKelley J. P.
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I Mark Ragan a Clergyman residing in the County of Walton State of Georgia do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Jordan who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration & certificate and that I believe him to be eighty two years of age as stated in his declaration that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that I concur in that opinion myself &c
Sworn to and subscribed to before me a Justice of the peace the 24th day of October 1833
Mark Ragan
Charles D. OKelly J. P.
State of Georgia}
Walton County}
I John P Lucas Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby certify that Charles D. OKelly whose name appears to the foregoing and the above affidavit is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the State & County aforesaid.  And that due faith and credit ought to be had, and given to his attestation as such
Given under my hand and Seal of Office this 24th day of October 1833.
J. P. Lucas Clk
Inf. Court
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1580
Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
28 May 1829
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Samuel Jordan under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution.
S D Ingham
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
War Department
Bounty Land Office
30 May 1829.
The records of this office, do not shew that Samuel Jordan of the Georgia line, ever received, or is entitled to bounty land of the U. States.
E. Stephens
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March 12th 1829
For the purpose of obtaining the benifit [benefit] of an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution approved of on the fifteenth of May 1828 I Samuel Jordan of the 563d District of Georgia Militia in the County of DeKalb and state above mentioned —
do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the army of the Revolution for and during the War, and continued in service until its termination at which time and period I and my Brother Dempsey was privates in Captain McIntosh Company in the first Regiment of the Continental Line and was under the command of General Linhorn part of our time and under General Campbell at the siege of Savanah  And I also declare that I afterwards received a Certificate for the reward of Eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress on the fifteenth of May 1778
And I declare that afterwards received a Certificate for a sum equal to the amount of five years full pay which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress of the 22nd of March 1783 instead of the half pay for life to which I was intitled under the resolve of the twenty first of October 1780
And I further declare that I was not on the pention [pension] list of the United States the 15th March 1828
Signed
his mark [hand drawn X] Samuel C. Jordan
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Declaration

State of Georgia}
Fulton County}
On this 25th day of May 1854 personally appeared before me, Joseph Willis a Justice of the Peace, duly authorised [authorized] to administer oaths, within and for the County and State aforesaid Margret Jordan, a Resident of the County and State aforesaid - who being duly sworn according to law, Declares That She is the widow of Samuel Jordan, decd. who was a Pensioner of the United States, and drew a pension of Eighty Dollars a year.  She declares upon her oath that she has made a Declaration, heretofore, which is now on file at the Department of War, at Washington City DC, and in that Declaration, she declares, that her said Husband Samuel Jordan died in March 1835.  But upon reflection, she declares that she was mistaken as to the time of his aforesaid death.  She now declares upon her oath, that her said Husband Samuel Jordan died on 25th day March 1836, and that she has not made any other application for a pension, except the present, and she is still a widow --
her mark [hand drawn X] Margret Jordan

Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and date above written.  And I hereby certify that I am personally axquainted with Margret Jordan, who have sworn and assigned the foregoing Declaration, and that she is the
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the widow of Samuel Jordon decd. who was a pensioner and drew a pension up to the time of his death, he the aforesaid Samuel Jordan on 25th March 1836 and left surviving him his widow Margret Jordan, and that she is the identical widow of the aforesaid Samuel Jordan decd., and that she is still living and remain his widow, and have never married since the death of her said Husband.  And I further certify that the aforesaid Margret Jordan, is very old.  But a credible and respectable, woman, and therefore what she has deposed is entitled to full faith and credit - and I am in no wise interested, in the above claim, nor I am not prosecuting, her claim.  Given under my hand and seal this 25th day of May 1854.
Joseph Willis JP

State of Georgia}
Fulton County}  To wit
I hereby certify that Joseph Willis Esqr before whom the foregoing Declaration was made and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that his signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the Superior Court for the County aforesaid.  
This 26th day May 1854
R T Boman  Clk S. C.
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Brief in the case of Margaret Jordan, widow of Samuel
Fulton County and State of Georgia.
act 3d Feby. 1853.

Claim, ("original")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 
7 June, 1832.
Record evidence of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?

C. W. Bennett, Esqr
Present.
Name and residence of Afent

J. C. Boynton
Examining Clerk.
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Margret Jordon
Declaration
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State of Georgia}
DeKalb County}  SS
On this 5th day of December 1853 personally appeared before me, J A Hayden, Judge of the Inferior Court in and for the County and State aforesaid.  The several persons whose names are hereunto subscribed, and into, of the County & State aforesaid, whom I certify to be credible persons, well known to me, and made oath that Margret Jordan, who have made the foregoing Declaration is the widow of Samuel Jordon, who was a Revolutionary soldier and who was placed on the pension role a short time before his death, which occured [occurred] about 1836
That they were well acquainted with the parties, during the lifetime of her said husband, and knew them to live together as husband & wife, and to be so reputed, also that the widow did not marry again, but is still the widow of the said Samuel Jordan.  They also swear that they are disinterested witnesses.  They also swear that the aforesaid was placed upon the Pension Roll about the year 1835 at the rate of $80 per annum, as we have understood by the aforesaid, and we have no interest in the above claim-
his mark [hand drawn X] A H Stockton
her mark [hand drawn X] Mary Read
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State of Georgia}
DeKalb County}  SS
I Alexr. Johnson clerk of the Inferior Court, in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of the procedings [proceedings] of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Margret Jordan for a Pension, I also certify that I A Hayden, before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, by several persons who have assigned the same, was Judge of the Inferior Court in and for the County & State aforesaid, duly commissioned as such, and that his signature thereto is genuine
Given under my hand and seal of office, this 19 day of Decr. 1853.
Alexr. Johnson C. I. C.
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Papers
Act 1828
to be filed 
with Ad
wid
#8224
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Samuel Jorden 
or Samuel C. Jordan -
Pvt
Wid., file no 8,224

Georgia
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Before me Larkin R Gunn, a justice of the peace in the County of Taliaferro in the state of Georgia personally appeared this day Dempsey Jordan of said County who did make oath that Samuel Jordan by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed was a private in the army of the Revolution manner therein stated sworn to and subscribed before me March 17th 1829. Dempsey Jordan [his mark]
Larkin R. Gunn J.P.
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Document is handwritten page of dates, names and places but largely illegible
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War Department
[illegible] Office
May 9 1834

Sir, The declaration of Samuel Jordan has again been examined and is herewith returned. Before any action favorable to the applicant can be had on his claim, he must state with more precision the exact length of each time of Service, as is particularly pointed out in the accompanying brief under note "E."
The act of [illegible] of 1832, makes allowances only for actual Service performed in the field of garrison in an embodied Corps.
The witness must also state the time the applicant entered the Service and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the Regiment, Comapany and line to which he belonged.
I am, Respectfully Yr. [your] Ob. [obedient] Servant,
J L Edwards