Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 78, Stephen Farley, Va.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Va.
Farley, Stephen
           Mary.

NUMBER
W.78.

CONTENTS
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West Tennessee   13819

Stephen Farley of White Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Brook of the regiment commanded by Col. Meriwether in the Virginia line for 7 months  private

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of June 1833 and Sent to Mellan A Anderson Sparta
Arrears to the 4th of March               46 66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4Sept     11 66
                                                          $58.32
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Daniel Dayd Clerk, Book E  Vol. 7
Page 78
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State of Tennessee
White County

On this 12th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the justices of appeals and quarter sessions for said court Stephen Farley, a resident of White County aged about seventy-one years of age, who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration n order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832.

That he entered the services of the United States under the following named officers and served as here in stated.

He thinks, from the best estimate he can form, that it was in the spring of the year 1778 he was drafted in the County of Amelia and State of Virginia, where he then resided. He was very young, not exceeding seventeen years of age and although the draft was for three months, the company to which he was attached only marched a short distance below Petersburg, and an express came and informed them that they would not be needed, and they returned home-- not having been out more than one month. He has no recollection of his officers.
Sometime after this, how long he is unable to say, but it was not very long, his brother William Farley was drafted, in the said County of Amelia, his brother was not in a condition to go, and this declarant went out in his place, as a substitute in the Company commanded by Captain Sherwood Walton. His Lieutenant’s name was John Cumpton. The name of his Ensign he has forgotten. Capt. Walton's
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and company was ordered to a place called “Cabin Point” to guard a magazine. this duty was performed by Captain Walton's men, and some troops from Brunswick, but how in any or who commanded the "Brunswick troops”, he does not remember. He remained here for three months, and on the expiration of his time, returned home. He States that none of the company received a written discharge.
His third tour of duty was shortly after the second he does not know how long. He was on this occasion drafted himself for three months. He believes the company commanded by Captain Edmund Booker, also of Amelia County. From Amelia Courthouse Capt. Booker marched his company by the way of Petersburg to Richmond where he joined Col. Merriweather's or Mayweather’s Regiment. The British. troops were then in possession of Manchester - Capt. of Booker's company crossed James River at Tuckahoe ferry, above the falls, in order to join the army at Richmond. This declarant now is and always has been illiterate. He has no recollection who commanded the British at Manchester, and in that part of Virginia, nor does he remember who had the chief command of our own troops at Richmond-- But thinks at that time it was Genl. Lafayette. He was there, this declarant frequently saw him and is of the opinion that he had the chief command but expected shortly to be joined by Genl. Washington. He recollects the general fact that the American army fled before the enemy and was frequently pursued. But he says that Genl. Lafayette had orders not to Hazard a Battle, if he could possibly avoid it. This was not very long before the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, but how long, he cannot say.
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This declarant in all was in the service seven months, his first and second tour being for three months each. His last tour he served out without being in any battle, although he suffered much from fatigue and in hurried retreats from the enemy.  He has no documentary evidence which he can prove the foregoing facts, nor does he know of any living witness by whom the same can be established. He hereby relinquishes every claim to pension or declares his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.
 Answer to the Interrogatories prescribed by it the War Department 
1st - He was born in Amelia County Virginia on the 18th day of June 1762 
2nd - He has now in his possession a family Bible which formerly belonged to his father, it contains a record of his age.
3rd - When called into the service, he lived in Amelia County Virginia. Since the Revolutionary War he removed from Amelia to Franklin County Virginia where he lived six years- from there he removed to Rowan County North Carolina where he remained about two years. From there he returned to Virginia and settled in Lunenburg County, where he remained about four years- from there he went to Nottoway County where he remained about two years- from there he went to Prince Edward County Va. where he remained about three years- from there he removed to Caswell County N.C. From there he removed to White County Tennessee where he now resides and has resided ever since.
4th - Onto the manner of calling into service. He was drafted the first and third times-- the second time he was substituted for his brother as above stated. 
5th - He cannot state the names of any of the regular Officers as he belonged to the militia, nor the Number of any of the Regiments, as to the “general circumstances of his service”, he has stated them as fully as he can.
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6 - He never received any written discharge but was "dismissed, at the expiration of his respective terms of service.
7 - He states the names of the following persons in his present neighborhood, to whom he is known, and who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
Isaac Hutson, Moses Linville, Isaac Taylor and Revd. Hezekiah Dildine & Thomas Talent 
He herby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court 12 Oct 1832 
Stephen (his mark) Farley
Test Jacob A Lane - clerk
by N Oldham 
We Hezekiah Dildine a clergyman resident in White County Tennessee and Thomas Talent residing in the same do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Farley who has sworn to and subscribed the above Declaration that we believe him to be about seventy one years and 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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 12 Oct 1832
Hezekiah (his mark) Dildine 
Thomas Tallant
Jacob A Lane - Clerk
by N Oldham 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the in 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 Hezekiah Dildine who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in said County and that Thomas Talent who has also signed the same is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit 

John Jett
Henry Burton 
Elijah Frost
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State of Tennessee White County
I Jacob A Lane clerk of the court of pleas and Quarter session in and for said County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Farley for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed thereto the seal of said Court. at office the 27 day of October A.D. 1832 And Independence of the union state the fifty seventh
Test. N. Olham D.C. of Jacob A Lane clerk
white County court
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Stephen Farley
18791

One [written below and upside down]
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State of Tennessee White County
March the 26th A. D. 1833 -
Personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace for said County. Stephen Farley who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and consequent loss of memory he is unable after making every exertion to give any additional information as to the officers under whom he served. He is unable also to state with any degree of accuracy the "periods of the War where he served. He still believes that he entered the service in the spring of 1778 as stated in his Declaration now present. Since reflecting upon the subject the best estimate which he is able to form from recollection is that his second tour of duty as a substitute for his brother William Farley under Captain Sherwood Walton, was performed in the fall of the year 1778 - His third and last service under Captain Edmund Booker weas as well as applicant can recollect shortly after the end of his second tour but how long he is unable to state. He is satisfied of the fact that the surrender of Lord Cornwallis was shortly after he returned from his las tour of duty - He states that he was quite young when he first entered the service of his Country and indeed was young when his last service was performed - He states that the above is the best information he is able to impart - In his recollection as to the "periods" of his service he may be inaccurate - He claims pay for Seven months being the length of time actually served by him in the service of his country -
[signed] Waman Leftwich Justice of the Peace
[signed] Stephen Farley
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State of Tennessee  White County
I Jacob A Lane clerk of the court of pleas and Quarter sessions in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Waman Leftwich whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit of Stephen Farley as Justice of the peace was at the time of subscribing the same in acting Justice of the peace in and for the county of White legally commissioned and Qualified that his signature in his own proper hand and seal that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office the 9th day of April A.D. 1833 And of the Independence of the United States the fifty seventh
Test Jacob A Lane clerk of White County Court by W. Oldham W County
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State of Tennessee  White County
I Jacob A Lane clerk of the court of pleas and Quarter sessions in and for said county do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Farley for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed thereto the seal of said Court. at office the 27 day of October A.D. 1832 And Independence of the united states the fifty seventh
Test N. Olham D.C. of Jacob A Lane clerk
White County Court
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18791
Stephen Farley
fro 1778 private 
7 month.
46.16  $23.33
P - 268
Neb. 25
West
Hon J.C. Isaacks [line crossed out]
Nelson L Anderson
Sparta, Ten.
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BRIEF in the case of Stephen Farley County of White in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 71
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period       

drafted in the spring  in 1778
some time after
Shortly after

Duration of Service
1 month
3 months
3 months

Rank
Private
Substitute for Wm Farley
Private

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Not stated, Virginia troops
Capt. Sherwood Walton Virginia troops
Col. Meriwether  Virginia troops
Capt Edmund Booker Virginia troops

5. In what battles was he engaged? not any
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Amelia Coy, Virginia
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? and if so, in what respect?
not properly attached
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[signed] Chas. G Wilcox Examining Clerk.
22d. Feby 1833
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Tennessee   5744
Mary Farley
widow of Stephen Farley, decd who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832, and who died on the 5th July 1838, of White Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain Brooks of the regt commanded by Col Merewether in the Virginia line for 7 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville at the rate of 23 Dollars. 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 5th July 1838.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Septr 1840, & sent to W.G. Sims, Esq Sparta, Tenn.
Arrears to the 4th of Septr 1840   $50.56
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 
March 41                                         11.66
                                                       $62.22

{Act July 7, 1838}
Recorded by D.M. Curdy, Clerk 
Book A, Vol 2. Page 207.
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let 8 Oct '40
J. B. McCormick
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State of Tennessee ⎬ August Term of White County
White County Court AD 1840
The Amended Declaration of Mary
Farley Widow of Stephen Farley Dec'd States in addition to her Declaration already made and now filed in
the war office of the United States that the family
record herewith inclosed [sic] and attached to this shut is
the Identical family Record or that part cut
out of the Book containing the record & Date of
the marriage between her & Deceased Husband Stephen
Farley who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States
and she prays that the same be taken as a
part of her Declaration which is now filed as before
Stated. She further states that there was no record
made of her said Husbands death but that she
distinctly recollects that he died on the 5th day of
July 1838 as stated in her other Declaration
and that the Book which contained the family
record out of which attached record was taken, was
Kept by her said husband Stephen Farley in his
possession up to the time of his death since which
time said Book has been in her possession partly part of the time it has been in the possession
and care of William Glenn & William G. Sims
who has been attending this business for her
and that the same has not been altered in any way
whatever-
Sworn to and subscribed in
Open Court this 3rd day of
August 1840
N. Oldham Clk
of White County Court.}
Mary Farley
X
her mark
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State of Tennessee
White County}
Personally appeared in open Court
before the Justices of the
County Court of said County Thomas Tallant and
Jeremiah Farley and being duly sworn according to
law depose and say that they believe the attached
family Record of Stephen Farley Deceased and containing
the date of the Marriage of said Stephen Farley & his
wife Mary Farley is in the hand writing of the said
Stephen Farley
-
Sworn to and subscribed in
Open Court this 3rd day of
August 1840.
N. Oldham Clk
of White County Court}
Thomas Gallant
Jeremiah Farley
--------
Stephen Harley
and Mary his wife
was married Jenensary
the 2 day in the year
of our Lord God 1788
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State of Tennessee
White County}
Set
We David Snodgrass. Sirus Dearing
and John Bryan Justices of the
County Court of said County hereby certify that the
foregoing Declaration of Mary Farley widow of Stephen
Farley Deceased was subscribed & Sworn to in open Court before us this 3rd day of August 1840 and that the said
Mary Farley is entitled to full Credit on oath in a
Court of Justice and is a person of good name and
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fame, and we further certify that the affidavit
hereto annext of Thomas Tallant and Jeremiah
Farley was subscribed and sworn to in open Court
before us on this 3rd day of August 1840 and that
they are men of good name & fame and we
believe are intitled to full faith and credit upon
their oath in a Court of Justice Given under
our hands and seals this 3rd day of August 1840
David Snodgrass (Seal)
Sims Dearing (Seal)
John Bryan (Seal)
}Justices
-------
State of Tennessee
When County
{I Nicholas Oldham
Clerk of White County Court
hereby certify that the foregoing is the original
Amended Declaration of Mary Farley and
the proceedings had thereon in said Court at the
August [indecipherable] A. D. 1840 thereof in the matter 
of the said Mary Farley application for a
Pension of the United States of America.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my name
and affixed the Seal of said
Court at office in Sparta on
the 5th day of August AD
1840 and of the Independence
of the United States of America
the sixty fifth year
Test N Oldham Clerk
of White County Court
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V7142
Mary Farley
Stephen
Tennessee

[Indecipherable} County Court
[written vertically in right hand margin, but top half cut off]
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State of Tennessee
White County}
{June Term of the County Court
for White County in said State
A D 1840.
On this first day ["May" lined out] June1840. Personally appeared
in Open Court before the Justices of said Court Mary
Farley a resident of the State of Tennessee in
the County of White aged twenty three years the 2nd day of January last
who being first duly sworn according to law doth
on her oath make the following Declaration in
order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by
the act of Congress passed July the 7th 1838 intitled
an act granting half pay and pensions to certain
widows That she is the widow of Stephen Farley
the Identical person named in the certificate hereto
annexed exhibit A. and here made a part of
this her declaration she further declares that
she was married to the said Stephen Farley on
the 2nd day of January Seventeen hundred and
Eighty eight and that her husband the aforesaid
Stephen Farley died on the fifth day of July
Eighteen hundred and thirty eight that she was
not married to him prior to his leaving the
service but the marriage took place previous
to the 1st of January Seventeen hundred and
ninety four viz at the time above stated
Sworn to and subscribed in
Open Court on the day
and year above written
N. Oldham Clerk
of the County Court
State of Tennessee
White County
{Mary her X mark Farley
{Personally appeared before
Mr. John Pennington
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am of the acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of White in the estate of ones aid Judith Farley who was the wife of John Farley Brother to the said Stephen Farley named in the foregoing Declaration and after being duly sworn by me according laws states on her oath that the said Stephen Farley and his wife Mary came to her house in a few days after their winter marriage which was in January in the year 1788
Sworn to and subscribed before
me on this 29th day of 
May 1840
[signature] John Pennington [followed by the word seal within a drawn circle] 
Justice of the Peace

[squiggle mark] Judith Farley her x mark

Seals of Transfer
White County.  I John Pennington acting Justice of the Peace for said County do hereby hereby certify that the writings above to wit Judith Farley by reason of bodily infirmity and old age is wholy unable to appear in open Court to give said testimony. Given under my hand and seal this 29th. day of May 1840
John Pennington [followed by the word seal within a drawn circle]
Justice of the Peace for White County

Seals of Transfer
White County   [squiggle mark] Personally appeared in open Court before the Justices thereof on this first day of June 1840. Isham Farley and after being sworn according to law states that the said Stephen Farley and his wife Mary C[rest illegible] to his Father within two or three days of their winter marriage which was in January 1788 and the Family Record of the Farleys which is here now produced in open Court belonged to his Father John Farley who gave it to his mother who lived with her son Stephen untill
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her death in whose possession the Book remained untill his death
Sworn to and Subscribed in
open court the date first
above written
N. Oldham Clerk
of White County Court
[squiggle mark] [illegible] Farley

State of [illegible] [smudged]
White County [squiggle mark] James [illegible, starts Le] of the County Court for [illegible] County 1840
This day being the 1st day of June 1840. Personally appeared in open Court before us the undersigned Justices thereof Mary Farley and Isham Farley the Deponants in the foregoing affidavits to the Court personally known to be citizens of the Count of White aforesaid and of good name [illegible] and forms and are fully [illegible] to credit in any court of Justice the Court therefore think fit to order [illegible] so direct that the Clerk of this Court certify the [illegible] under the Seal of this Court Given under am hands and seals this [1st day of crossed out] date above written
David Snodgrass [word seal inside drawn circle]
[illegible] Dear?y [word seal inside drawn circle]
John Bryan [?] [word seal inside drawn circle]

State of Transfer
White County [squiggle mark] I Nicholas Oldham Clerk of White County Court do hereby certify that John Pennington Esquire whose [illegible] to the foregoing affidavit as Justice of the Peace is not and was at the time of executing the same, one of the acting Justice of the peace in another said
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county legally commissioned and sworn and his acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine--- I further certify that David Snodgrass, Sims Dearing and John Bryan Esquires are Justices of the County court of said County of White (the same being a court of record) legally appointed, commissioned and sworn and presiding in said Court at the time the foregoing proceedings were had, that their signatures are genuine and further that the foregoing is the original Declaration of Mary Farley and the proceedings had in said Court in the matter of the application of the said Mary Farley for Pension from the United States.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Sparta the 10th. day of June A. D. 1840.  Test N. Oldham clerk of White County Court 7142 Mary Farley of Stephen Tennessee
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March 17, 1932 BA-J/AWF Miss Myrtie Bolton Denton, C-& A-Station, Box 1077 Texas.  Dear Madam:  Reference is made to your letter relative to Stephen Farley, a Soldier of the Revolutionary War.  The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 78, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Stephen Farley.  He was born June 18, 1762 in Amelia County, Virginia.  While residing in Amelia County, he served as a private with the Virginia troops, as follows-- in the spring of 1778, one month, officers not recollected; in the fall of 1778, as substitute for his brother, William Farley, three months in Captain Sherwood Walton's company; and later, three months in Captain Edmund Booker's company in Colonel Meriwether's regiment.  After the Revolution he lived in Rowan County, North Carolina, Lunenburg County, Virginia, Nottoway County, Virginia, Prince Edward County, Virginia, Caswell County, North Carolina, and from there to White County, Tennessee.  He was allowed pension on his application executed October 12, 1832, then a resident of White County, Tennessee.  He died July 5, 1838.  The soldier married January 2, 1788, Mary, her
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maiden name is not stated.  She was born January 2, 1767, place not shown, nor is it stated where they were married.  The widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed June 1, 1840, then a resident of White County, Tennessee.  Judith Farley, the widow of John Farley (brother of the soldier), was living in 1840 in White County, Tennessee.  Isham Farley, the son of John Farley, was living in 1840 in White County, Tennessee.  Jeremiah Farley was living in 1840 in White County, Tennessee.  It is not stated whether Stephen Farley and his wife, Mary, had any children.  Very truly yours A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator
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78 Revy WIDOW, &c.  File No. 78 Mary Farley Widow Stephen Farley Priv. Va. Line Act:  July 7th, 1838 Index.-- Vol. A,  Page 226 [Arrangement of 1870.]
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1918 Jan'y 8 Hist. to Lenise F. Suddick 1932-Mch. 17-" " Miss Myrtie Botton Amy
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Mary Farley of Stephen Tennessee suspended See Let 24 Jun 1840 Hon. W. B. Campbell Act 7 July 1838
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Sparta April 15-1833 Dear Sir, Enclosed I return you the pension papers of William Price-Stephen Farley Henry Marsh-The proper corrections have been made-I presume all is now right.  Respectfully J S. Edwards Esq.} Richard Nelson of the firm of Nelson S. Anderson
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Stephen Farley Payments to be made at Nashville 1166 by the Prest of U J B Bank Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of West Tennessee A.  Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book C Vol. 7 Page 78 by Dan Boyd Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.  Revolutionary Claim.  I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Stephen Farley--of the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty-three dollars and Thirty-three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.  GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Twentysecond day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three John Robb Acting Secretary of War.  Examined and Countersigned.} J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
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Sparta August 8th. 1840 J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir I herewith in close you the amended Declaration of Mary Farley Widow of Stephen Farley Decd. who was a revolutionary pensioner together with that part of the Family Record Containing the date of their marriage.  I will in a short time send to you the amended Declaration of Mrs. Hargis who also has some time since filed her Declaration which I hope will be right--if Mrs. Farleys papers and formal and the proof sufficient I would like that her certifficate [certificate] be sent to me at Sparta as soon as you can make it convenient Yours Verry Respectfully W. G. Sims
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Ed'd Stephen Farley
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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 Stephen Farley which require further proof or 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?  No 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?  No 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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2 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?  Yes XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  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?  Yes XIV.  t 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?  No XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  Yes 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, pensioner and the length of his service. The use of and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of 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 able. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration
his form of a declaration is highly objection
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 officer 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 pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached t 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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Hon. W. B. Campbell
24 June 1840
O C
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366 Pen. Officer June 24, 1840 Sir, The declaration and testimony in the case of Mrs. Mary Farley widow of Stephen Farley decd. have been examined and filed with suspended cases.  The sheet containing the family records referred to in the affidavit of Isham Farley, should be transmitted to this office, as required in note c. in the enclosed printed sheet.  Satisfactory proof of the period of her husbands death should also be exhibited.  Hon. W. B. Campbell H. R. oc 7142 act 38
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Stephen Farley Widow act of June 1832 to what time paid?  Pen: Officer June 23, 1840 $23.33 decd 1838 [illegible] t. 4 March 1838 JH
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Washington June 20th 1840 Sir, I have enclosed you the declarations of Elizabeth Hargis & Mary Farley of the County of White, Tenn. for pension. Your early attention to them will oblige your obt svt WB Campbell JS Edwards Esq. Com. of Pensions}
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7142 Mary Farley of Stephen Tennessee admitted Pr. 7 mos -$23.33 Cap. Sherwood Col. Merewether. Va. dec'd 5 July 1838, Act of July 1838  W. G. Sims Sparta. Ten:  41.3. 4 38.7.5---2. 7. 30 23.33 2 2/3= 3-1/3--69.99 7.77--62.22
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Re See H Mrs. Louise Farley Suddick.  De Soto, Mo.  January 31, 1918.  Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.  Concerning Records of the FARLEY family.  Gentlemen:-  Will you kindly advise me if there was a soldier served in the Revolutionary War named Farley.  I have heard my father James L. Farley (now deceased) say that grand-father or great-grandfather of his was a Revolutionary soldier.  He came either from Tennessee or North Carolina -- I think from Tennessee.  My grand-father Stephen Farley lived in White County Tennessee in his early years, but later same to Arkansas.  He died in about 1895-6 in Van Buren County, Ark.  I never knew personally any of my father's ancestors, my own father having come to Missouri when quite a young man.  If you can furnish me the names of any ancestors of Stephen Farley, or their brothers or sisters I shall appreciate it.  Linnville or Lynville Ancestors.  Also lease find if you can the name Linnville or Lynville, who in Revolutionary times lived in Tennessee in or near White County Tenn., and some time subsequent to the Revolution.  They were my grand-mother's family on my father's side, grand-father Stephen Farley having married Elizabeth Linnville (or Lynville.) I do not have the name of any other member of that family.  I shall be greatly obliged for any records you may be able to give.  Thanking your for the favor, I am, sincerely, Mrs. L. F. Suddick.
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Denton, Tex
Feb. 15, 1932 -
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please give me what information
you have in regard to Stephen Farley,
who had service in the Revolution from Virginia, but who was living in Tennessee at the time the pension was granted - in 1835 - and think.
Thanking you to give me what you
have in regard to him or his family, & [illegible]

Very truly yours,
Miss Myrtie Bolton
Box 1077
C. +. A. Station
Denton, Tex.

[stamped with a round stamp with an arrow pointing to 2, received Feb 19 1932 pension [illegible]]
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
No. 78
Washington, D.C., _, 19_

In reply to your request of _, received _ for a statement of the military history of Stephen Farley a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will fined below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[column headings: Date of Enlistment or Appointment, Length of Service., Rank., Officers under whom service was rendered. Captain., Officers under whom service was rendered. colonel., State.]

1.   Spring 1778 | 1 mo. | Pat. | no officers to be collected | (blank) | Va.
[* asterisk hand drawn] 2. Fall 1178 | 3 mos. | (blank) | Sherwood Walton | (blank) | (blank) 
3. [illegible]. | 3 mos. | (blank) | Edmund Booker | Meriweather | (blank)

[* asterisk reference] * Substituted for his brother William

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Amelia County Va.
Date of application for pension, Oct 12. 1853. His [illegible] was al.
Residence at date of application, white County, Tennessee
Age at date of application, born June 18, 1762 in  Amelia Co. Va died July 5, 1838

Remarks: He married Jany 2, 1788 Mary --- who was born Jany 2. 1767. She was of pers [illegible] on an app. ex June 1. 1840 while a resident of White Co. Tennessee. Since the revolution solder lived in Rowan Co. N.C. , [illegible] Co Va. [illegible] Co. Va. Prince Edward Co. Va., Caswell Co. N.C. & [illegible] [illegbile] to White Co. Tenn.

Respectfully,

Brothers William Farley & John who was [illegible] In 1840 Mrs. [illegible signature]
Jerimiah Farley, Isliam Farley 

Comisioner N Jirer 1840 White Co