Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3567, for Burdett Leach, Virginia
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Service:  VA

Leach, Burdett
or Leech

Judith

Number:  W 3567
B.L. Mt. 38, 519-160-55

Contents:  (blank)
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(LEFT SIDE OF PAGE)
Texas 1,108 - N.O.
Georgia (crossed out)

Judith Leach
widow of Burdett Leach
who served in the Revolutionary
(VA is hand written under the word served)
war, as a Private acu Gunner
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
49 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
24th day of February 1834
and sent to
W.M. Varnum
Dahlonega
Georgia

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
July 29, 1848, Page 152 Vol. A

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1855 (crossed out?) Jane 8, 30 Deer Cinta P. Agt.
8: January:  Transferred from
in March 1855
Savannah GA to New Orleans 
noted with pension certificate
to Hon. G. Hillyer
5(could be 5 or 6) March 12 to Morris J Freeman
55 June 14 (unsure of name)
56 Dec 15 Blawdon?
57 May 6 Set for P. Act (con---ing
????? claiming a audit formly s???t
refile 3; ??, referred to ?????
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(left side of page)
Vol. L.58

(right side of page)
226.556
Act March 3.
Dec. 11.

VA 38.519 d/v age of 15/56(hand written on the diagonal cross the page)
_________________________________________

Judith Leach, wid
Burnett Leach, Mr. T. Gunn Leach

_________________________________________
Revol. war.
_________________________________________
Act July 1848

July 48-1168
_________________________________________
Wiloac Aug 12/56

Boynton
_________________________________________
Claimant Quitman
Tue.

(hand written on vertical) RuBr
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16.327
Georgia
Burdett Leach
of Franklin the State to Geo.
who was a pri: & gumim in the (blank) commander
by Captain (blank) of the Regt commander
by Col. Marshall in the VA
line for 1 year
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Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 49 Dollars ---- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

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Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of July
"33
and sent J.R.
Stanford Carnesville, Geo.

__________________________________________________________________________________
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833      98-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.  24.50
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                                                             $122.50
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{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832.     }

Recorded by N. Rice- Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 page 96
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Judith Leach and
(unreadable)
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Judith Cook Daughter of Joseph Cook and Rachel his wife was born the 12th day of August about Eight OClock at night in the year of our Lord 1779~

Betsey Leitch Daughter of Berdett Leech and Judith his wife was born on the 27th day of November in the year of our Lord 1799~

Polley Leitch was born the 12th day of August in the year of our Lord 1802

Patsey Leacch was born the July 7th 1805
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State of Georgia}
Franklin County }


On this 18th day of Janurary 
A.D. 1853 before the Inferior Court of said county
now sitting, personally appeared, Judith Leach a
resident of the county and State aforesaid. aged
seventy three (73) years, who after being
duly sworn
according to law, doth, upon his oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the provisions made by the act of Congress,
passed
29th, July, 1848.  That she is the widow of Burdett
Leach who was a revolutionary  soldier in the
State of Virginia and who was a Revolutionary
pensioner of the United States on the Roll of the
Georgia sequncy at the rate of 49 dollars per
annum, that he resided in Franklin County Georgia
while in the receipt of said pension.  She further
declares that she was married to the said Burdett Leach on the 4th day of February seventeen hundred and ninety eight (1798) in Wilkes County Georgia
by a Justice of the Peace named Ritchins,
She further declares that her husband the aforesaid
Burdett Leach died in Franklin County Georgia
on the seventh day of May 1835, that she was not
married to him prior to his last term of service
but the marriage took place previous to the second
day of January eighteen hundred ??? at the time
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above stated.  She further declares that she is informed
that there were no public records kept of marriages
in the County of  Nalkei ???? at the time she was married
that she knows of no person now living who witnessed
said event and that she and her husband kept
no Bible record, that she here with presents a
Record
in the hand writing of her Father of the date of her
own birth and the births of her three oldest children
that said record was made by her Father soon after
the birth of the youngest child therein named
rig in 1805 (or 1803)
that she refers to the ages of her children as the
best evidence of the date of her marriage as above
stated that she is now able to produce.  that she
by the aforesaid Burdett Leech eight children vig.
Betsy who was born in the year 1700, Polly in 1802,
Patsy in 1805, Susan in 1807, Milly in 1810,
Rachel in 1812, George in 1814, and William in
the 1816, and she further declares that her
name before her said marriage was Judith Cook
that she has never married since the death of
her husband the aforesaid Burdett Leech, that
she is now a widow and that she has never
before made any application for a pension.
(unintelligible)

Judith X Leech (with the word "her" above the X and the word "mark" below the X)
I was to and subscribe the day and year
above written before us in open court.

Personally appeared before the said court, Thomas
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Morris Esq. residing in Gainsville in said county and State who upon his oath certifies that
he has, for and in behalf of the said widow of
Burdett Leech, made dillegent search for living witnesses of her marriage by inquiring and by 
writing to the county in which said marriage 
took place. and that he is informed that such
witnesses are all dead or gone to parts unknown.

Who leorris ????(written between the lines)

Sworn to and subscribed the day and from
foresaid.   And the court do hereby certify that
evidence has been made before us that Burdett
Leich was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United
States on the Georgia Roll at the rate of 49 dollars
per annum.  that he died in Franklin County Georgia
on the seventh day of May 1835.  that person
who has made the foregoing declaration is his widow,
that she had by him the following children, vig.
Betsy coming the year 1799, Polly in 1802, Patsey
in 1805, Susan in 1807, Milley in 1810, Rachel
in 1812, George in 1814, and William in the year
1816. and that she is know to said court as ??
tilled to full credit.
(unreadable line)
?E. McCarter TTC
Nathaniel  H. White TTC
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Mrs. Judith Leech
Declaration
for Bounty Land

226.556
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The State of Texas
County of Wood

On this the 12th day of November AD 1855-before me
the undersigned H.A. Cooper as Justice of the Peace
in and for said County duly authorized by Law to Adminis-
ter oaths for general purposes-personally appeared Mrs. Judith
Leech aged 75 years. a Resident of Wood County &
State of Texas-who being duly sworn according to Law de-
Clares that She is the Widow of Burdett Leech who was a
private & Gunner in the Company_________
 Commanded
by Captain ___________ in the Regiment ________
Commanded by ____________ under General George Wash
-ington in the Revolutionary War.  That her said hus-
band Burdett Leech enlisted or entered the Service at
____________________ about the ________day of ____________ for the term
of ____________ and continued in actual Service in Said 
War for more than fourteen days and was honorably
discharged at____________ on the ________ day of _________________
 Affiant further States, that She is Still unmarried and the
widow of Said Burdett Leech, who served as aforesaid
and that she has no papers or Document in her 
possession
which would enable her to ascertain the precise dates of
her Said husbands Services, names of officers.  But for
further Identification Reference can be had to the Widows
pension office where her name is inscribed on the pension
List in Conformity with the act of July 1848, at the
Rate of $49 per annum on account of the Services aforesaid
She makes this Declaration for the purpose of
obtaining the Bounty Land to which She may be
entitled for her Said husbands Services under the
different Acts of Congress.  She further declares
that she has not heretofore applied for, nor
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received a Bounty Land Warrant under any
any act of Congress whatever.

Judith X.Leech (the words "her" written above the X and "mark" written under the X)

Sworn to and Subscribed before me on the day and
year first above mentioned and I hereby certify that
I believe the Said Deponent to be the Identical 
person She
Represents herself to be and that I an not Interested
in her claim
H.A. Cooper J.P.

We Nathan McDow and Mathew Spivy
Resident Citizens of Wood County State of Texas
do Solemnly swear that we were present and saw
Judith Leech execute the foregoing affidavit to the
due form of Law and we further swear that we
are acquainted with the said Judith Leech now
present and have every reason to believe from the
appearance and statements of the applicant that
she is the widow of Said Burdett Leech, who served
as aforesaid and further that we are not Inter-
tested in this claim
Nathan McDow
Mathew Spivy

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th
day of Nov. AD 1855. and I further Certi
fy that I am personally acquainted with
Nathan MCDow and Mathew Spivy
and that they are men of Respectability and Resi
dents of Wood County State of Texas

H.A. Cooper J.R.
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The State of Texas
County of Wood

J.A. Fitzgerald Clerk of the
County Court in and for
Said County and State do hereby certify that
H.A. Cooper ESQ before whom the foregoing Declar
-ation and affidavit were made and executed
was at the time of so doing now and is now
an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said Said
County and State duly commissioned & sworn and that to all his official acts as such, full faith
& credit should be given.

Given under my hand and Seal
of office at Quitman this the
19th day of November AD 1855
A. Fitzgerald
clerk Co. Ct. Wood Co. Tex
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Burdett Leich
Georgia

Aa----l as Private
3 mo ------      10
Gunner 9 mo.   39
                     ___________
                       $49.00

P332

Mario
JR Stanford
Rgm
?????sville
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BRIEF in the case of Burdett Leech
County of Franklin in the State of Georgia
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in court

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
(blank)

3.  How old is he?  70

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period:
October in 1780 Substitute
1781 volunteer

Duration of Service
(blank) years, 9 months, (blank) days.
(blank) years, 3 months, (blank) days.
                      ____
                        12
Rank:
As a artillery

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Cap Edwards, Col. Marshal
Cap. Banyon, Col Churchwell

5. In what battles was he engaged?
The siege of York

6. Where did he reside when  he entered the service? 
Virgina

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Traditionary

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  an if so, in what respect?
There are no witnesses of any kind.

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the
answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

George Payton
~3~
Examining Clerk.
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Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the
Act of Congress passed June 7 1832.

State of Georgia
County of Franklin

On this tenth day of September in
the year Eighteen hundred and thirty two personally 
appeared before the Superior Court for the County aforesaid
now sitting for ordinary purposes- Burdett
Leech -- a resident of Captain Guins District
in the County & state aforesaid, aged Seventy -- years
who being 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 7.1832-

That he entered the service of the
United States in the Virginia Artillery by 
abol????? (unreadble)
for his brother George Leech about 7 October 1780 (crossed out "two years before the")
(crossed out " close of")one year before the 
taking of Cornwallis, does not recollect the
date (^ undreadable) but he entered the Army
at Little York, Vir. under
Capt Edmunds in the regiment commander by Col
Thomas Marshall was marched to 
Williamsburg, and
the British Landed at Burrell Ferry and drove them
up into Albemerle County where they were joined by
sen. La Fayette and marched back to Williamsburg.
were we were stationed until we were joined by
General Washington & we were then marched down
to the siege of Little Yorke and there my brothers
time expired after I had served for him nine months.  was discharged by Capt. Blackwell/Edmunds
having been promoted to a Colonel) he then entered as a 
volunteer in the Virginia Militia at York afores aid under Capt. John Banyon, in the Regional commanded
by Col. Churchwell and served at York aforesaid 
under those officers until Cornwallis;  surrendered 19th
October 1787 and was changed having served 
thru most
-
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Served altogether Twelve months.

Does not recollect any person now living by when could prove his service.

He here relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except  present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state within his knowledge or belief.

Sworn to and ?nlatenber    
in open Court the day         } Burdett Leach
and year just above written}    

Thos King   Clerk

And she said Court Dr hereby declare their opinion
that the above name applicant was a Revolutionary
soldier and served as he stated.
William Lusk J26
Robt Pulliam J26
Charles F Jenkins Fule

Theo King  Clerk   

I Thomas King Clerk of the Court of Ordinary do 
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the 
original
proceedings in the matter of the application
of Burdett Leach for a pension~

In testimony whence & I have _____to
set my hand & seal of office this
12th day of September 1832~

Theo King C.C.O.
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State of Georgia
County of Franklin 88

On this sixth day of May
in the year eighteen hundred thirty three
personally appeared before the Inferior Court
of said County now sitting for ordinary purposes, the aforesaid declared
Burdett Leech, sho being sworn according to Law on his oath
makes the following addition to said Declaration to-wit-
XI. 7 That he is known to Nelson Osborn a
clergyman and to
Dennis Phillips a respectable citizen both residing in his
neighborhood; and who can testify to their belief of his age
and the general belief in the neighborhood of his revolutionary
services.
XIII. Declardant has no documentary evidence of his services,
nor does he know of any one now in life by whom
he could be prove his services.
XVII
1. Was born August 3, 1763 in Fa----- County Virginia
2. His age was recorded in the Register of ??, Father, which
was left in Virginia in the possession of his brother, Valentine.
(squiggly mark looks like a hand with 2 fingers)
Served Twelve Months.  Three Months as a private in
????, and nine months as a Gunner in
the Artillery.  That he served with a Corps regularly
called into service by  Bornsetest Anthony that
he was
either in  ?arris or in the field the whole time, and
was no part thereof employed in any private pursuit or
civil capacity.
Sworn to & insbocnbed in open court
this of & year first aforesaid.
Burdett Leach
Mr. Thos. King CCO


The Nelson Osborn a clergyman resigning in the county/ State
first aforesaid, and Dennis Phillips residing in said county
& that both in the neighborhood of Burdett Leech, the above Declarant
Hereby Certify That we are well acquainted with the said
Burdett who has subsenbed and sworn to the above De-
clarion that we believe him to be seventy years of age
that is reputed and believed in the neighborhood when
he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and 
that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & ??------ in open 
court the day & year above
written

Nelson Osborn
Dennis Phillips
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And the said Court or hereby declare their opinion after the
Investigation of the matter, and after putting the
Inferragtions
presented by the man departed that the above named
applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he
states.  And the court further certify that it appears to them
that Nelson Osborn who has signed the preceding certificate
is a clergyman Resident in the county & state
aforesaid
and that Dennis Phillips who has also signed the
same is a resident in the neighborhood of this said applicant
and is a credible person, and that their statement
is entitled to credit.
Teste This King CCO
Alvan Dean TTC
Noah Looney TTC
A.E. Whitten TTC
Robert Williams TTC

(written sideways) "Burdett Leach"
"10.375"

I Thomas King Clerk of the Court of Ordinary do hereby
Certify that the foregoing contains the additional proceedings
in the application of Burdet Leach for a Pension~
In testimony whereof I have hereinto it
my hand and seal of the office this
7th day of May 1833.

Thos King CCO
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38.519

Nev Cursy (???)
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Revy Widow, &c.

File no. 3567
Judith Leech
Widow
Burdett Leech

Pri. Rev.Chas

Act:  July 29, 1848

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Carnesville Ga  March 3rd 1855

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

Dear Sir
Some three months since we forwarded to Hon Junius Willyer, Representative of the 6th Congressional District of Georgia, an original Pension Certificate of Judith Leach, widow of Burdett Leach, payable at the Georgia Agency, with a request that he would present it to you and have another certificate issued in lieu of it, payable at the Texas Agency. The reason why we wished this change was that Mrs Judith Leach has removed to Texas. Judge Hillyer writes us that the Certificate was issued in accordance with our request and mailed to us at this place. It has never been received, and as a consequence Mrs Leach cannot draw the pension allowed her. You will please forward a duplicate Certificate in lieu of the last one; if you cannot do this, please instruct us how to proceed in order to secure to Mrs Leach her rights as a pensioner.
Respectfully
Morris + Freeman.
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State of Georgia
Wilkes County

I G. G. Norman Ordinary in + for said County do hereby certify that I have diligently searched the records in my office + cannot find any Evidence of the marriage of Burdit Leash and Judith Cook who were supposed to have been married in this (Wilkes) County about 1796, 97, or 98. + I further Certify that there is no record of marriages in my office for those years and that mine is the Proper office for said records to be kept.
Given under my hand + Seal of office this 14th day of August 1852

G G Norman   Ordinary
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8 January 1855

The application for transfer was [crossed out] consisted of [/] a letter to Hon J Hillyer M.C. stating that Mrs. Leich resided in Texas + wished to be transferred from Georgia.  Letter from Morris + Freeman, Carnesville, Ga.
This letter returned to Mr. Hillyer with the pension certificate which accompanied the application.

R. McRae
Clk
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Sat Jany 2nd 1835

Sir

The name of Judith Leech does not appear as a pensioner under the act of 2 Feby 1848 but under the act 29 July 1868. Judith Leech, mom of Burdette was paid on the 18 Apl 1834 to the 4 March 1854

Very Respy
Jos. Brony
Pens Agt

To

S Cole Esq.

for Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington City, DC
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No. 1,240
Judith Leech widow of Burditt.
Ga.
Letter to A. Rudolph 5th July 1853,
To M Varnum 23 Feb, 1854

Act 29th July, ,1848.
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ENVELOPE

Quitman Txs
Nov 21
To the Commr. Pension Office
Washington
D. C.

226.556
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ENVELOPE

April 5th 1853

Appt. of Judith
Leech widow of
Burdett Leech

Gvt
Act 29th July 1848

A. Rudolph
Dahlonega
GA

FREE

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C.
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Burdit Leech a Pensioner of the Georgia Roll

Mr. Anderson By the order of C. C. W. Cole

Col. Varnum
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Ga

Act 29 July 1848

Judith Leech
widow of Burdett,

Admitted $49 per ann
Commencing 2 March 1848

W. M. Varnum
Dahlonega
Ga.
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Burdett Leech

objections answered on 3rd & 4th page of the original

Stanford
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Burdette Leech which require further proof of explanation.

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  yes

II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  yes

III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  yes

V.  *Has he mentioned 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?  yes

VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  yes

VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  yes

VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?  yes

IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes

X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  yes
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  no

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not be produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  no

XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  no

XIV. *If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI.  *Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  yes

XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  No  1, 2, 7 not answered

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EXPLANATORY NOTES.

*QUERE V.  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.
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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 is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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.
*QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
*QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying office who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pas under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
-->In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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Judith Leech
Act 29 J 48
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Brief in the case of Judith Leech widow of Burdett
Franklin County and State of Georgia
act 29 July 1848.
================
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Husband pensioned at $49; Act 1832
Marriage before 1800, by family record
Showing birth of children & witnesses proving reputation of marriage. Death of husband by witnesses: date assigned agrees with our record

(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
Dahlonega
Ga

Mc Rae Examining Clerk.
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A. Rudolph
Agent

Dahlonega
Georgia
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State of Georgia }
Franklin County }

On this 17th day of January 1853 before me a Justice of the Peace of said County personally appeared George Thomason aged eighty one years a resident of said county and state, and known to me as entitled to credit, who after being duly sworn according to law states that he became acquainted with Burdett Leach, and his wife Judith Leech in the year 1803 or 1803, that they were at that time living peaceably together as husband and wife and had two children, that they were esteemed as respectable and exemplary persons in the community where they resided, and that no one ever expressed or entertained a doubt but that they had been honorably married as this deponant verily believes, that they continued to live together as aforesaid until the death of said Burdett Leech, that he died in Franklin County Georgia about the year 1835, that his widow the said Judith Leech has never since married, and now resides in said county and state and has applied for a pension as the widow of said Burdett Leech, and that he is a disinterested witness.

Attest
A. Rudolph   George X his mark Thomson

Sworn to and subscribed the day and y ear above written before me
Solomon D Thomason J P
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State of Georgia }
Franklin County }

On this 19th day of January in the year 1853 before me a Justice of the Inferior Court of said County personally appeared Pleasant Holley, a resident of the State and County aforesaid aged sixty five years and well known to me as entitled to credit who after being duly sworn according to law, states that about the year 1816 he became acquainted with Burdett Leech and his wife Judith Leech, that at that time they were living peaceably together as husband and wife, that they were esteemed by all who knew them as respectable and exemplary persons, that they there had several children some of whom were grown, that a doubt of their having been lawfully married was never entertained by any one as this deponant fully believes, that they continued to live together as aforesaid until the death of said Burdett Leech which occurred in the year 1835 in Franklin County Georgia, that his widow the said Judith Leech has never since married and still lives in said county & state and has applied for a pension as the widow of said Burdett Leech and that he is a disinterested witness.
Pleasant Holly
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
Solomon D. Thomason  J of P
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State of Georgia }
Franklin County }
I, William J. Oliver, clerk of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby certify that Henry Freeman, John E. McCarter and Nathaniel H. White are Justices of the The Inferior Court of said county duly commissioned and qualified, that their names as they appear to the foregoing declaration are their genuine signatures; I further certify that the foregoing is a true statement of the proceedings of said Court in the application of Judith Leech for a pension. I further certify that Solomon D. Thomason is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, that his signature as it appears to the foregoing affidavit is genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of said County this 19th day of January 1853.
William J. Oliver, C.I.C.
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No 5,106
Burdett Leech
application by his
widow - Judith Leech
her papers on file in Pension
Office
Act 3 Feb 1853

Boynton

W. M. Varnum
Dahlonega
Georgia
Recd Feby 18th 1834
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State of Georgia }
Franklin County }

On this 28th day of January 1854 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace of said County. Mrs. Judith Leech aged seventy four years, a resident of the county & state aforesaid who being sworn in due form of law declares that she is the widow of Burdett Leech who was a Revolutionary Soldier of Virginia, and a Pensioner of the United States on the Georgia Roll, at the rate of forty nine (49) dollars per annum, that she was married to the said Burdett Leech in Wilkes County Georgia on the fourth day of February 1798 but Esq. Kitchens. She further declares that her husband, the said [Burdett] Leech died in Franklin County Georgia on the seventh day of May 1835, that she had never since married but that she is still a widow.

She further declares that she made application a few months ago for a pension under the act of 29th July 1848 which was examined & suspended on the "5th July 1853," that she is unable to comply with the requisitions of that law, and she now makes this declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of 3rd February 1853, that she would refer to the evidence made and filed with her former application to establish her present claims, that the ages of her children as set [forth] in that
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application and the accompanying record, together with the certificate of the court and affidavits, constitutes the best evidence of her marriage to the said Burdett Leech, his death, and her present widowhood that she is able to produce.

Judith  X  (her mark)  Leech

Attest
Thos. Morris
Jno. M Freeman

Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year above  written. And I certify that the said Judith Leech is known to me as entitled to credit, and that I am in no way interested in the result of her claim.
Solomon D. Thomason J P

State of Georgia }
Franklin County}

On this 28th day of January 1854 before me a Justice of the Peace of said county personally appeared Pleasant Holly & Jno. H. Patrick both credible witnesses and residents of the county aforesaid, who being sworn in due form of the law, state that Judith Leech who has made the foregoing declaration is the widow of Burdett Leech who was a Revolutionary pensioner, that she was known in his lifetime as his wife, that he died in Franklin County Georgia in the Spring or summer of 1835, that she has never since married, and that they are disinterested witnesses.
Pleasant Holley
Jno. H. Patrick

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written
Solomon D. Thomason J. P.
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State of Georgia }
Franklin County }

I, Joseph N. Chandler, Clerk of the Inferior Court within and for the county and state aforesaid do hereby certify that Solomon D. Thomason Esq. whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration and certificate in and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and sworn and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full credit. I further certify that I have no interest whatever in the (illegible) of the application of Judith Leech for a pension.

Given under my hand & official signature this 28th Jany 1854

J. N. Chandler (illegible)
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Quitman, Texas         Paid }

Judith Leech
AD 29 8'48
[Illegible] 1108

Commissioner of Pension
Washington City 
D. C.

L McNae
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Quitman Wood County, Texas. May 21st 1855

Dear Sir
Judith Leech the undersigned
a widow Pensioner in April 1854 -
removed from Franklin County, Georgia
to Wood County Texas, where she now
resides. She has in possession her pension certificate from the Secretary of
the Interior countersigned by S. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions dated the 24th
of February A.D. 1854 & by the endorsment of H R Weightman's Clerk payment to be made at Savannah by James S Morsel, agent for paying pensioners in the agency of Georgia &
In consequence of her removal she has not been able to present her certificate to the agent at Savannah nor to receive any payment therein.
Under the circumstances she hopes
her certificate may be made payable
at New Orleans instead of Savannah & 
that your office may make the
necessary change on the pay rolls
& notify the agency at New Orleans
& in doing so apprize her of the
fact & transmit to her the proper
authority, if any should be deemed
necessary, to enable her to receive
of the agency at New Orleans the
amount now due on her pension
certificate, She hopes you will
have the kindness to attend to this
matter immediately as she is in
much need of the amount dill
No. "1108"
Judith Leech