Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7609, Henry Guess, S.C.
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(8-1776)

Service:  S.C.

Guess, Henry
Guess, Sophia

Number: W.7609
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9109                          1835 March 28. To P. Aq.t
Georgia
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Sophia Guess dec.d
widow of Henry Guess
SC
who was a private 
in the Revolution
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1843.
& Ends 6th November 1844.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of Dec.r  1857
and sent to 
S/ Wm. M. Varnum & Dahlonega, Ga
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[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2. Page. 173
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Dekalb Inferior Court 
January Term 1841

State of Georgia Dekalb County,
On this the tenth day of January Eighteen hundred and forty one, personally appeared before the Honorable the Inferior Court of the County of Dekalb (the same being a court of record) Sophia Guess a resident of Georgia in the County of Dekalb aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838.  Entitled "An act granting half pay and pension to certain widows".  That she is the widow of Henry Guess, who was a private soldier in the War of the revolution and entered the service in Edgefield District So Carolina, under command of Captain Pace as a volunteer and served as such during the period of his service, and as this applicant has been informed and verily believes was at the Siege of Augusta, Battle of Cowpens and served as a Ranger for a considerable time, was a part of his time under the command of Maj. Meisaleton & General Pickney and Col. Anderson in all she believes three years.
She further declares that she was lawfully married to the said Henry Guess on the Eleventh day of October seventeen hundred and eighty nine and that her husband, the aforesaid Henry Guess, died on the eighteenth day of April eighteen hundred and eighteen, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety-four viz at the time above stated.  Of which she has no record whatever. 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
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above written, before the subscribed Justices of the said Inferior Court.
S/ John N. Balinger J.I.C
S/ Locklin Johnson J.I. C.
S/  Robert Jones J.I.C.
S/ Sophia Guess
her Mark

Dekalb Inferior Court  
January Term 1841
Personally come in open court William Guess, James Guess and Samuel Edwards who each after being duly sworn according law imposed and say that the present applicant for a pension Sophia Guess is the widow of Henry Guess who they have been informed and believed was a Soldier in this war of Revolutionary and that the Henry Guess died on the Eighteenth day of April Eighteen hundred and Eighteen, and that the applicant Sophia Guess has not intermarried with any other person since the death of her husband Henry Guess, but yet remained a widow.
Sworn to and Subscribed to Open Court this the tenth day of January Eighteen hundred and forty one.
S/ William Guess
S/ James Guess 
S/ John N. Belinger J.I.C
S/ Robert Jones J.I.C.
S/ Locklin Johnson J.I.C.
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S. C.    Guess, Henry              W. 7609
                       Sophia
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Georgia
DeKalb County
City of Atlanta  

Personally appeared the 29th day of November 1852 before me Tho.s [Thomas] F Gibbs Mayor of the City of Atlanta in the County and State aforesaid James Guess and made the following Declaration in order to obtain for the children of Sofia Guess dead the amount of pensions which accrued and became due to them at her death under Act of July 7th 1838,  That he is the Son of Sophia Guess dead above named, who was The widow of Henry Guess and resided in Dekalb County Georgia and applied for a pension during her lifetime, on account of the Revolutionary Services of her dead husband, the said Henry Guess who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, from the State of South Carolina for the space of three years as he always understood from his father, the aforesaid Henry Guess that after the death of the Said Henry Guess, Declarants Mother the said Sophia Guess continued to live and continued his widow untill [until] the 5th day of November 1844 where she died in Cobb County Georgia and left the following named and only children of the said Henry Guess to wit William Guess James Guess Absalom Guess Henry Guess Joseph Guess Nancy Edwards Elizabeth Cannon and Mary Edwards who still survive That he declarant is now sixty two years of age having been born in the year 1790, as he always understood from his father and mother, who were married in Edgefield district South Carolina of which marriage declarant has no record or documentary evidence nor is there any in existence to his knowledge.
S/ James Guess

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year above written I certify that I am personally acquainted with James Guess. The afore named declarant that he is a man of veracity and that his statements are entitled to full faith & Credit.
& of Mo.r [Mayor] City of Atlanta 
T F Gibbs Mayor
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State of Georgia
County of DeKalb

Know all men by these presents that I James  Guess of the County & State aforesaid do hereby Constitute and appoint Charles Murphy member of Congress H. N. my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute the claim of the children of Sophia Guess decd to a balance of Pension due there from the U.S. on account of the Revolutionary Services of our father Henry Guess hereby ratifying and confirming all his lawful acts in the promises  Witness my hand and seal this 29th day of November 1852
S/ James Guess [S/ is a symbol for signed signature]
Acknowledged before me this 29th day of November 1852
T F Gibbs Mayor City of Atlanta
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State of Georgia
Count of Dekalb
City of Atlanta

It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me Tho.s [Thomas] F Gibbs Mayor of City of Atlanta to prove and did prove to my satisfaction that Sophia Guess the widow of Henry Guess resided in Dekalb County Georgia and during her lifetime applied for a pension on account of the Revolutionary Service of her husband The aforesaid Henry Guess that she remained his widow up to the day of her death which took place the 5th day of November 1844 in Cobb County Georgia, and that she left the following names and only surviving children who are also the only children of the said Henry Guess, To wit, William Guess, James Guess, Absalom Guess, Henry Guess, Joseph Guess, Nancy Edwards, Elizabeth Cannon and Mary Edwards;

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this 29th day of November AD 1852.
S/ TF Gibbs mayor of Atlanta
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State of Georgia}
Gilmer County} S.S.

Be it known that before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Inferior Court of said County personally appeared William Guess a person well known to me to be a person whose statements are entitled to full credit and after being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the son of Henry Guess and Sophia Guess that his father Henry Guess was a soldier of the Revolutionary war as his father had frequently informed him and he has no reason to doubt that his father died on the 18th day of April 1818 leaving his mother Sophia Guess a widow who survived him and remained his widow until the 6th day of October 1844 it being the day of her death that some few years before the death of his mother she made a Declaration in order to obtain a pension as the widow of a Revolutionary soldier under the act of the 7th July 1838  which he presumes  is on file with the proof of Marriage [inserted] L.C. in the Pension Office at Washington City. He therefore makes the following Declaration in order to obtain the amount due the heirs of said deceased Henry & Sophia Guess He declares that according to the statements of his parents, that they were married in Edgefield District South Carolina in 1788 and had born in lawful wedlock eight children to wit James Guess who was born on the 11th day of October 1790 this defendant William Guess was born on the 11th day of March 1792 Absalom Guess was born in 1794 Nancy
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Guess now Nancy Edwards was born in 1796 Henry Guess was born in 1800 Joseph Guess was born in 1802 Elizabeth Guess now Elizabeth Cannon was born 1804 and Mary Guess now Mary Edwards was born in 1806 and he William Guess desires that certificates of Pension may issue to the above mentioned heirs of Henry & Sophia Guess deceased and be forwarded to William M. Varnum of Dahlonega Georgia |  S/ William Guess

Sworn to Subscribe before me this the 19th day of March 1850
S/ Samuel Jones J.I.C

State of Georgia
Gilmer County
I William Erwin Clerk of the Inferior Court of and for said county do hereby certify that sattisfactory [satisfactory] proof has been made to said court that Henry Guess died on the 18th day of April 1818 that his wife Sophia Guess died on the 6th day of October 1844 leaving only eight children whose names and ages are set forth in the fore going Declaration
Given under my hand and seal of Office this the 19th day of March 1850 
S/ Wm Erwin CIC.
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Widow, &c.
File No. 7609
Sophia Guess
Wid.
Henry Guess
Pvt Rev. War
Act: March, 3 of 43, June 17 of 44
Index:-Vol. A, Page 297

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Sophia Guess desc.d [deceased]
Oct 7   July 1838.
Georgia
Let to Clerk of the Court of Edgefield
C.S.&S.C. - April 14/37
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7553
[Check Mark] Sophia Guess of Geo. [Georgia]
[Letter "V" mark on Sophia]
widow of-Henry --
Acts 7 July 1838
Let [letter] to Hon. W.C. Dawson
28 Jany 1841
Let to Varnum Nov. 1/50

act 1838

[faded illegible words written on the other side of the page].
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11.212
Georgia
Sophia Guess dec.d [deceased]
widow of Henry Guess
who died on the ______________ 
of _________ in the State of Georgia
who was a Private in the Comp.y [company] commanded
by Captain __________ of the Reg.t [regiment] commanded
by Col __________ in the Revolution 
for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Savannah
at the rate of 30 Dollars 0 0 cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of 
March, 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of
Dec.r 1851  and sent to 
Wm. M. Varnum Esq.

Arrears to the 4th of Dahlonega
Semi-annual allowance ending   Ga

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by S/ H.R. Weightman Clerk
Book D.  Vol. 1.         Page 319
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Sophia Guess dcs.d
wid of Henry
Georgia
Acts 7 July 1838 to
9 mo Pri. $30.
Per an to 6 Nov 1844
when she died.
Payable to Wm. Guess Adm.r [Administrator]
for the benefit of 
himself, James Guess,
Absalom Guess, Henry 
Guess, Joseph Guess:
Nancy Edwards, Elizabeth
Cannon & Mary Edwards
only children

S/ W.M. Varnum of 
Dahlonega Georgia
Precinct [crossed-out]
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Dahlonega Nov 6th 1850
Mr. Thomas Lumpkins
Dear Sir
You will please
take up and receive the declaration of William Guess for a pension on account of the services of his Father in the Rev. War.
I forwarded said declaration from given
county last March to the Pension Office.
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his mother made and forwarded her Declaration for a Pension under the act of Congress of July 1838 in her lifetime proof of her husband's service and proof of marriage but failed from some cause to get a Pension allowed you will please report to me the cause of her not being allowed a Pension. 
Respectfully
Your Obed. Ser.t [obedient servant]
W.M. Varnum
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Washington 22 ? Dec. 1850
Sir,
I have the honor to enclose you hereinth the declaration of Mrs. Catherine M. George widow of Francis George, who applying for the bounty land due hers.
You will forward the warrant to me where issued,
I desire to call your attention to one part which may much disembarrass you in hoping upon the claims of widows in South Carolina, There is no law in South Carolina which requires the record or registration of marriages in any public office, no license is required to solemnize the contract and our courts have gone so far as to declare that the ceremony may be performed by any person whatever even a private citizen. It is usual however for the ceremony to be performed by a Minister of the Gospel only a Magistrate,
Yours, Jc
S/ James L Orr
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Washington D.C.
Nov. 12, 1850
Sir,
I have the honor to enclose herewith a note from Col. W. M. Varnum, of Georgia requesting that the case of Mrs. ___ Guess late of Georgia, widow of ____ Guess, who served in the war of the Revolution, who asserted her claim under the act of 7th July, 1838, may be examined, and a report made therein;
This case is supposed to have been established according to the regulations.
I desire the application may be reviewed and if is satisfactory that the reason may be pointed out to me for its deliverance
I have the honor to be,
Yr; Very respy [respectfully]
Your Obs. Serv.t [obedient servant]
Th Lumpkin

Hon. [Honorable] Alex.r [Alexander] H.H. Stuart
Secretary of
the Dept. of the Interior
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Savannah March 19, 1835
Sir
Will you inform me if the original certificates of Pension of Sophia Guess, Lavinia Sweatman & Elizth [Elizabeth] Gunter are now in the possession of the pension department

Very Respy (Respectfully)
Jm [James] L Morell [Illegible]
Jm Chaldo Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC

4.800v

$ 192 53
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Pension Office March 23. 1855
Sir,
Please enable me to answer the
written enquiry of the Pension Agent at Savannah
Sophia Guess, dec dates 1838, 43, 44 - pension ended.
Lavinia Sweatman, dec "     "     " & 48 to do
Elizth Gunter - 2d Sect 1855 - pension continuing on our books,
Respectfully
R. J. Atkinson Esq
3d Audw
S. Cole
for Commissioner
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Pension Office
March 23d. 1855
Sir,
Please enable me to answer the written inquiry of the Pension agent at Savannah
Sophia ^ dec. was a pensioner dates 1838 & '43 '44.
Ending 6. Nov. 1861. The pension certificate should
have been surrendered at the time of fragment
Respectfully
R. J. Atkinson Esq
3d Acts
Commissioner
[X'd Through]
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Brief in the case of Sophia Guess, wid of Henry,
County and State of Georgia.
Acts 7   July 38  &6
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Claim, ("original," or [crossed-out]"for increase")

Proof exhibited, (if original)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Evidence of Service; Record
Evidence of Marriage; had dowry, ages
of children   &6. 

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
W.M. Varnum of Geo. Precinct.
Examining Clerk 
Kirby
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V  No 7553

Sophia Guess & Pension
Declaration Widow of 
Henry Guess decs.d [deceased]

R

S/ Hon. W. C. Dawson
7702
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Indent Book
U No. 625
Issued 16th July 1785 to Henry
Guess for Twelve pounds Eight Shillings
and six pence, for Militia duty Pr as 
Audited £ 12: 8. 6 3/4

State of SoCarolina
To Henry Guess
D No 2 
for duty for Col' Anderson' return £ 87.0.0
Sterling £12. 8 .6 3/4

Comptroller Genl. Office
Columbia S.C. 11th Dec.er 1840
I do hereby certify that the above memorandum is a true copy taken from the margin of Indent Book M. No. 625. deposited in this office. And that No 2 is a true copy of
the account audited, to which the said Memorandom refers.
Wm E. Hayne
Com Gen [Comptroller General
MB. Hart

( D )
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Georgia
Dekalb County
We the undersigned Justices of the Inferior Court of Said County do certify that we are acquainted with James & William Guess, and that they are citizens of respectability and entitled to full faith and credit. 
Lochkin Johnson J.I.C.
Robert James J.I.C.
John N. Balinger J.I.C

Georgia 
Dekalb County
I Elzy B. Reynolds Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County do certify that the above and Declaration, affidavits, and certificate are the 
proceedings had in said court in relation to the application of Sophia Guess widow of [inserted] said County to obtain a Pension as the widow of Henry Guess;
Given under my hand & seal of office this 12th January 1841
S/ E. B. Reynolds J. I. C.
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Henry Guess  d 1818
Sophia Guess  m.  89

Col. Campbell
£ 8/2        1785
                 174 (6 mo 180)
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Dahlonega March 23rd 1850
Col. James L Edwards
Sir
Enclosed you will find the Declaration of William Guess Esq. for Pension as the heir of Sophia Guess, who was a widow as appears of a Revolutionary soldier please report to me on this claim as soon as practicable.
Respectfully your obedient servant
Wm. Varnum
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC
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March 23 1845
Let of Record
referred to Mr. [illegible]
with a requests of 
information when he 
answers will rec.v [received]

[stamped] SAVANNAH  GEO
MAR 19

[Written across the whole paper]
L. S. Edwards
Commissioner of 
Pension
Washington

[Written upside down]
Geo
2  Feby,  48 - 6003
M & J - '43 & '44 - 9109
2  Feby, '53 - 4294
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[Start of written vertically on left side of page]
No. 7553  Jan 26, 1841
Geo [Georgia]
July 7, 1838 [end of written vertically on left side of page]

James L. Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
Washington City
[Start of written vertically on the right side of page] Hon. W.C. Dawson

H.R. [end of written vertically on the right side of page]
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Washington
H. of TC
21st Jan.y '41

Dear Sir
I enclose you of Mrs. Guess's application for a Pension- Please let me hear the results.

I am Respectfully 
Wm C. Dawson
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Sir, The pension certificate of Sophia Guess of Ga is on file in this office; but the voucher of Lavinia Sweatmen with which I suppose her pension certificate is filed, has been suspended and returned to the Agent, and it does not appear that it has been returned corrected to this office.
The certificate of Elizabeth Gunter has never been surrendered to this office.
Third And Office, Mar 26/55.
Robt J Atkinson
Auditor
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Georgia
Cherokee County
Before me George B. Quarles, a Justice of the Inferior Court in and for said county personally come Margaret Findley who after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she was present and saw Henry Guess and Sophia Guess (the present applicant for a pension) legally joined in Matrimony in the fall of the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty Nine, (the pension day, or month not recollected) and that said marriage took place in Edgefield district South Carolina and that the said Henry and Sophia Guess together as man & wife untill [until] the death of the said Henry. 
Sworn to subscribed before me this 9th January Eighteen hundred & forty one.  
S/ George B Quarles J. I. C.  here
S/ Margaret M. Fendley   here

Georgia
Cherokee County 
I George B Quarles J. J. C. a Justice of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby certify that Margaret Fendley the above deposeth is a person of unquestionable respectability, and credibility and that she is entitled to full faith and credit. 
Given under my hand this 9th January Eighteen hundred & forty one.
S/ George B Quarles J. I. C. 

Georgia
Cherokee County
I James Jordan Clerk of the Superior Court of said county do certify that George B. Quarles - whose name appears to the above certificate is a Justice of the Inferior Court of the said county, and that full faith and credit is due to his acts as such. 
Given under my hand & private seal, there being no seal of Office as Canton this ninth January Eighteen hundred and forty one. 
S/ James Jordan Clerk
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State of Georgia
Cobb County
On this the 21st day of October appeared William Guess administrator on the estate of Sophia Guess late of Cobb County deceased and made oath in due form of law that his mother Sophia Guess (who was an applicant in her lifetime for a Pension under act of Congress passed 7th July 1838) died on the 6th day of November 1844, leaving only the following children (to wit) deponent William Guess, James Guess, Absalom Guess, Henry Guess, Joseph Guess, Nancy Edwards formerly Nancy Guess, Elizabeth Cannon formerly Elizabeth Guess, & Mary Edwards formerly Mary Guess. 
Sworn to and subscribed before us, Oct 21st 1851
S/ William Guess

State of Georgia
Cobb County
We the undersigned Justices of the Court of Said County do hereby certify that Satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before us that Sophia Guess died on the 6th day of November 1844 leaving only the following children (to wit) William Guess, James Guess, Absalom Guess, Henry Guess, Joseph Guess, Nancy Edwards formerly Nancy Guess, Elizabeth Cannon formerly Elizabeth Guess & Mary Edwards formerly Mary Guess. 
Given under our hands and seals this 21st day of October 1851. 
S/ C. Tucker  J. J. C. [circled in loops]L.S.
S/ Wm R Chissuth J. J. C. [circled in loops]L.S.
S/ W C Green J. J. C. [circled in loops]L.S.
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State of Georgia
Cobb County

I William S. Johnson Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby Certify that Crawford Tucker, William R Chissuth & Washington C Green whose genuine Signatures appear to the within and forgoing Certificate on duly Commissioned and qualified as Justices of Said Court
Given under my hand and Seal of Office at Marietta this the 21st day of October 1851

S/ W.S. Johnson, P. I.C.C.C.
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Sophia Guess
Pension
Papers
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William Guess appeared before one of the Justices of the Inferior of Gilmer County State of Georgia, which said William Gregs the said Justice represents as a person well known to him and whose statements are entitled to full credit and after being duly sworn makes his Declaration stating that he is the Son of Henry Guess and Sophia Guess - that his father was a Soldier of the Revolutionary war as his father frequently informed him That his Father died on the 18th of April 1818 leaving his mother Sophia Guess a widow who survived him and remained his widow untill the 16th day of October 1844 it being the day of her death. That some few years before her death she made a Declaration in order to obtain a Pension under the act 7th July 1838 which he presumes is on file in the Pension office at Washington. He therefore makes the following Declaration in order to obtain the amount due the heirs of said Henry & Sophia Guess- he declares that according to the account of his parents, that they were married in Edgefield District South Carolina in 1788 and had born in lawful wedlock, eight children, to list, James Guess born in 1790- this Declarant  born in 1792- Absolom Guess born in 1794. Mrs Nancy Edwards born in 1796 - Henry Guess born in 1800- Joseph Guess born in 1802- Mrs Elizabeth Cannon born in 1804- and Mrs. Mary Edwards in 1806. and he the, Declarant desires the certificate of Pension may issue to the above named heirs of Henry & Sophia Guess, deceased ( A ) 

Certificate of Clerk of said Court that satisfactory proof has made to said Court that Henry Guess died on the 18th of April 1818 and that his wife Sophia Guess died on the 6th of October 1844 leaving only eight children whose names & ages are set forth in the foregoing Declaration ( A. )

On the 10th of January 1841 before the Inferior Court of the County of Dekalb being a Court of record personally appeared Sophia Guess a resident of Said County and being sworn made the following Declaration to obtain the benefits of the provision of the
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Act of Congress of July 7th 1835 - That she is the widow of Henry Guess who was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution and entered the service in Edgefield District S. Carolina under command of Captain Pace as a Volunteer and served as such during the period of his service and as the applicant has been informed and verily believes, was at the siege of Augusta Battle of the Cowpens and served as a Ranger for a considerate time, was part of his time under the command of Maj Miesaleton and General Pickens & Col Anderson, in all service she believes three years. She further declares that she was lawfully married to the said Henry Guess on the 11th of October 1789. and that her husband died on the 18th of April 1818- that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the 11th of January 1794 - viz at the time above states of which she has no records ( B. 1 )

William Guess and James Guess being sworn before the same Court, say that the present application for a Pension Sophia Guess is the widow of Henry Guess, who they have been informed and believe was a solider of the Revolution and that the said Henry Guess died on the 18th of April 1818 and that the said Sophia Guess has not intermarried with any other person since the death of her husband Henry Guess...( B.2 ) 

Certificate of the Justices of the Court that they are well acquainted with James & William Guess that they are citizens of respectability and entitled to full faith and credit. 

Margaret Fendley sworn says she was present and saw Henry Guess & Sophia Guess (the present applicant for a Pension) legally joined in Matrimony in the fall of the year 1789; the precise day & month not recollected and that said marriage took in Edgefiled district, S. Carolina, and that they lived together as man and wife untill the death of Said Henry Certificate of Justices of said Court, that Margaret Fendley is a person
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of unquestionable respectability and that she is entitled to full faith and credit. ([letter crossed-out])

Indent Book 
U No 625:
Issued 16th July 1785 to Henry Guess for twelve pounds eight shillings & ten pence for militia duty - sealed. audited-

State of South Carolina 
To Henry Guess                           or.
No2. For duty for Col Anderson's return ---£87.0.0
Sterling £ 12. 8. 6 3/4

Certificate of the Comptroller General of South Carolina that the above memorandum is a true copy taken from the margin of indent Book No 635 deposited in his office -  and that No 2 is a true copy of the account audited to which the said memorandum refers.  D
 
The only evidence offered by the widow of Henry Guess in her application for a pension is that of the certificate of the Comptroller General of South Carolina in proof of service. from which it appears he settled his account against the in 1785. and received an Indent for £87. 0. 0 currency The pay of a private soldier in South Carolina during the war of revolution was ten Shillings per day currency- computing his service at this rate & amount to 174 days being 6 days less than 6 months - the minimum for which pension by law is allowed - The claim was therefore rejected- See Letter of Commissioner of Pension to Honb.l [Honorable] W. C. Dawson 28 January 1841

Since the rejection of the original application of Sophia Guess widow of Henry Guess no additional testimony has been offered and the application of the son William Guess was rejected for the same reason see letter & Commissioner addressed to I Varnum 1 October 1850.