Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5365, for Notly Masters, South Carolina
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( 3- 1776 ) SERVICE S.C. Masters , Notly Mary NUMBER W. 5365 B.L.Wt. 24.170-150-55
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(left page ) 163967 Act Mar 3  June 9 '55 Mary Masters, wid  Notley Masters Priv. Notley S.C.  Enl Rev. War Pensioner S,C,  Feby '48 - 5408 Ad : 160 ac Apl. 15th 1856 Boynton  Cert, to Hon. Jas L. Orr Ho:Reps  ( notes across text ) (  No . 24170 iss Apl. 22/56 ) ( right page ) Vol. M - 16
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Restoration  5408 Georgia Mary Masters widow of Notley  Masters  S.C. who served in the Revolutionary  war as a Private . Washington City Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 26 Dollars 00 Cents per annum , to commence on the 4th day of March 1861 , ending June 11th 1865  and Payable to Charlotte Drennan  . Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of March 1868  and sent to  R W Walker Present . Recorded on  Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848 , Page 230 Vol. H  J. N. Smith Clerk sent
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12,848 Mary Masters S. Carolina  7 July 1838
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838  entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain  widows and the several acts in continuation thereof. [ South Carolina Pickens County ] SS. On this the first day of June 18346 personally appeared before me  William D. Steele Judge of the Court of Ordinary for said District. Mrs. Mary Masters a resident of the  State and District aforesaid  aged 70 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838  and the several acts in continuation thereof that she is the widow of Notly Masters who was a private in the War of the Revolution and entered the service in South Carolina  and was at the Battle at Musgrove's Mills, and she thinks he was  under  General Cazy  and recollects to have  hear her husband speak of being in several battles. She further states she was married tot Notly Masters on the 30th day of July 1793  and he deceased  Feby the 12th  1819  and she further states that she was married to Notly Masters in  Pendleton District so called at that time but now  Anderson District South Carolina and she was married by Wm. Bennett a Baptist  preacher and has remained a
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widow ever since the death of her said husband Notly Masters. Mary Masters ( her mark ) Sworn to  & subscribed before me the day & date above written. William D. Steele (  signed ) Judge of the Court of Ordinary for Pickens District South Carolina
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163967 Return warrant to  J. L. Orr M.C. Anderson So. Ca.
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The State of South Carolina Anderson District ] Be it known  that before me James L. Orr a Notary Public  & Ex-off. M. A. D.  personally came  Mary Masters who declares thatshe is the identical Mary Masters who is now  a pensioner of the United States as the  widow of Notly  Masters dec'd  , That the certificate  entitling her to said pension is now in her possession and the following is a copy of the same. " Department of the Interior. Widow's Pension " "I certify that in conformity  with the act of  February 2nd 1848  Mary Masters of South Carolina  widow of Notly Masters who was a private in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of twenty six dollars per annum commencing on the 4th of March 1848  and continuing for life unless she should again marry in which case the  pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.  Given at the Department of the Interior  this 8th day of April one thousand eight hundred and fifty . ( signed ) T. Ewing , Secretary of the Interior. Examined & countersigned J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions " which said certificate is numbered  5408  and under which said certificate  the declarant now semi annually  receives her pension of thirteen dollars. That she is still a widow never having  married since the death of the said Notly Masters her husband & that she does not now  furnish evidence of her marriage as it is already proven by the evidence on file in the pension office in her  own final application for pension, which was granted  & under which she is now drawing her pension as aforesaid. She makes this declaration to obtain the Bounty Land to which she is entitled under the acts
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of Congress passed at the last session giving to all the widows of revolutionary soldiers one hundred sixty acres of land . She further declares on oath that she has not heretofore received  under that or any other act of Congress any bounty land. This  the fourth day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty five. in presence of  J H Masters  ( signed ) Mary Masters ( her mark ) I, James L. Orr  Not. Pub & Ex-off. M.A.D.  certify that the foregoing declaration of Mary Masters was  sworn & subscribed  to before me the  date above set forth  & I further certify  from my more personal knowledge  that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and is now receiving a pension from the  government for the services of her husband Notly Masters dec'd  & I further certify that I have no interest in this claim and that she is still a widow. James L. Orr ( signed )  Not. Pub. & Ex-off. Magistrate for  Anderson Dist.  We Herbert Hamond and Andrew O. Norris  are acquainted with Mary Masters the declarant above and know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be and is now receiving a pension from the United States for the revolutionary services of her deceased husband Notly Masters, and that she is still a widow. Herbert Hammond ( signed ) Andrew O. Norris ( signed )
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[ State of South Carolina Anderson District ] I, Elijah Webb clerk of the Court of Sessions  & Common Pleas for Anderson District do hereby certify that  James L. Orr  Esquire before whom the foregoing  declaration was mad appears by his name in his own hand writing attesting the same, was at the time thereof a Magistrate  Ex officio  notary Public for Anderson District duly appointed as the Law directs. Given under my hand and seal of office this 4th June 1855. Elijah Webb ( signed ) C.C.A.D.
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hand and official seal this  December 6th 1867 . Wm H Nesbit ( signed ) C.I.C.  [ State of Georgia County of Milton ] ss. On this sixth day of December  A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty seven personally appeared before me Alfred H Teasley a Justice of the Inferior ( a Court of Record )  in said State and County  : ( the same being a Court of Record )  Charlotte Drennan aged 56 years a resident of Milton County in the State of Georgia , who being duly sworn according to Law declares that she is the daughter and heir of the identical Mary Masters ( widow of Notly Masters )  who was a pensioner on the Roll at the  Agency at Charleston South Carolina , and who is now dead, and whose pension certificate is herewith  returned that the deceased pensioner resided in Milton County  State of Georgia  at which place she died at the residence of Joseph W Drennan on the 11th day of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty five and that  previous thereto she resided in Pickens County State of South Carolina , and that during that period her means of subsistence was by the help of her friends: And the declarant  states that she or the deceased pensioner above named has not borne arms against the Government of the United States , or that either of them has not in any manner encouraged the rebels or manifested a sympathy with their causes and that said pensioner was last paid her pension on the 4th day of September  A.D. 1860 , and died at the date as aforesaid , and that she died at the date aforesaid, and that she left four
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children whose names are as follows William Masters, James Masters, Zachias Masters and Charlotte Drennan  only surviving children, but  that the said William Masters, James Masters, and Zachias Masters  taken up and born arms and aided inteh late Rebellion  against the Government  of the United States, and for whom no claim is made, but that this declarant  is loyal to said Government. This application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of the name of said deceased pensioner to the Pension Rolls and  for obtaining a new pension certificate such as may  be entitled to under existing laws; reference being made to the evidence heretofore filed in the Pension Office to substantiate her Mother's original claim. And for the purpose of prosecuting her claim  hereby appoints  Gee and R W Walker of Washington  City D.C.  irrevocably  with  power of substitution  to receive the Pension certificate and to do all other acts necessary in the premises. Charlotte Drennan ( signed ) Attest , A H Teasley ( signed ) J.I.C.  Also personally appeared  Azariah D Gentry and Milton Groover residents of Milton County in the State of Georgia , persons whom I certify to be respectable and  entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn  say that they were present and saw Charlotte Drennan make the  foregoing declaration by writing her name thereto and being duly sworn to the same
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And they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and they further swear that they were well acquainted with Mary Masters the identical person who was a  Revolutionary Pensioner and named in the foregoing declaration and who is now dead, having known her for at least 40 years previous to the time of her death in the year of A.D. 1865 . And  that she continued to be the widow of Notly Masters  from the 4th day of September 1860  to the time of her death as aforesaid , and did not remarry  , but continued a widow to the date of her said death. And that she was loyal to the Government of the United States  that she did not bear arms , aid or abet the Rebellion nor encourage  the rebels or manifest a sympathy with their cause - that deponent's means of knowing that she was loyal and oppose the Rebellion was such  as hearing her express herself and that such  expressions was always against the rebellion and never in favor of it. And that she the said deceased Pensioner left  William Masters, James Masters, Zachias Masters and Charlotte Drennan  four surviving children of the said Mary Masters deceased, that they are the children & heirs of said deceased pensioner and
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was always recognized and treated as such  by the said Mary Masters and believed to be by all their acquaintances , And that the said William Masters, James Masters and Zachias Masters  took up arms and aided and abetted in the late Rebellion against the Government of the United States, And that the said Zachias  and James Masters were soldiers in the rebel Army , but tht  Charlotte Drennan , the present claimant is loyal to said Government, has not  aided or abetted or born arms against the Government of the United states, that she has not in any manner encouraged the rebels or manifested a sympathy  with their cause . ( post mark over text ) [ DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PENSION OFFICE DEC 12 1867 ] Witnesses have heard her express  herself on the subject of the Rebellion and War, and such expressions were always in opposition to th e Rebellion  and were never in favor of the Rebellion, And further that the deponents have no interest in this claim. Azariah  D. Gentry ( signed ) Milton Groover ( signed )  Attest . A. H. Teasley ( signed ) J.I.C.  The foregoing declaration and joint affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written by the respective parties. And I hereby certify that  the same was read and explained to the declarant  & witnesses before they signed the same . And further that I have no interest in her  present or  prospects in this claim.  A. H. Teasley ( signed ) J.I.C.                 [ State of  Georgia Milton County ] I, W. H Nesbit  Clerk of the Inferior Court in  and for said County  do hereby certify that  Alfred H Teasley  is an acting Justice of the Inferior Court  in and for said County  duly commissioned  and sworn and that his signature above written is genuine. Given under my hand  and official seal this  December 6th 1867. Wm H Nesbit ( signed ) C.I.C.
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8804 South Carolina Mary Masters widow of Notly Masters who was a private in the Revolution . Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 dollars 00 Cents per annum , to commence on the 4th day of March 1843.Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Apl. 1850 and sent to  Hon James L. Orr House of Reps [ Acts of March 3, 1843 & June 17, 1844 . ] Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 167
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5408 South Carolina Mary Masters widow of Notly Masters who served in the Revolutionary war as a Private . In scribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1848. Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of April  1850  and sent to the Hon James L Orr. House of Reps . Recorded on the  Roll of Pensioners under act February  2, 1848 Page 319 Vol. 2 ( vertical margin note ) ( Reg 3 Mar. 55 763967 )
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10,886 South Carolina Mary Masters widow of Notly Masters who was a pensioner the Act of __ and who died on the 12 Feby 1819 of __ in the State of S.C.  who was a private  commanded by Captain  ___ of the __ line for __. Inscribed on the Roll of Charleston at the rate of 26 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th of March 1836. Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of April 1850  and sent to Hon James L. Orr HR Total amount __ [ Act July 7, 1838  ] Recorded by J P Chase Clerk  Book D Vol. 1 Page 309
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(left page ) Letter to Hon. James L. Orr Jany 7 : 1850 Let to same  18th Feb  1850 ( right page ) No. 12848 Mary Masters  SC  Let to W. Sanders  Aug. 5 ' 46 Let to same Dec 12 ' 46 Let to same Feby 25 ' 47 May 29 '47 same  Nov 22 ' 47  let to same Sept. 13 '48 Let to  ditto  June 6 ' 49 Act 7 July 1838
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Revy WIDOW &c. File No. 5365 Mary Masters widow  Notly Masters Pvt. Rev war Act : Feby 2, '48 Index: - Vol. M Page 3 [ Arrangement of 1870 ]
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24170 .. ( illegible )
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PS 2nd Feb '48 SC Boynton
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James F. Caradine Esq. Martin's Creek  P.O. Pickens Distr. So. Ca. ( illegible postmark )
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Comptroller Genl's Office Columbia S.C.  April 30th 1846  [ Book T Indent 155 ] Issued 24th June  1785 to Notly Masters for thirteen pounds 4 S : 3 1/4 D, Sterling for Militia duty  pr account audited. Prin. Lbs. 13 : 4 : 3 1/4 D Annual Intr. Lbs. 0: 18: 5 D  [ Book T Account 155 ] Notly Masters His account pf Militia duty before  and since the Reduction of Charleston. pr  Col. Anderson's return  Amount Sterling Lbs. 13 : 4: 3 1/4 D. I certify the above to be a true copy from the Records in this office For Comptroller Genl. J. Aug. Black ( signed )
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12,848 Mary Masters Wm. Sanders  Aug 5 '46 to same Dec.12 ' 46 same , Feb. 25, 1847  act 7th July 1838
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12,849 , 12, 848 Mary Masters widow of Notly S. Carolina h .d. Feb 12, 1819 admitted Private 7 m 24 days  $ 26.per annum  cim. 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841  from  43 to 48 from 48 for life Hon. James L. Orr H.R.
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Pension Agency  Charleston 1 Nov 1851 Sir, I herewith forward the vouchers of Mary Masters a pensioner under Act 2 Feby 1848  for authority to pay the same . I am Sir  respectfully your ob. servt. Jno . C. Cochran ( signed ) P Agt.  J.E. Heath Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington  D.C.
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( post mark ) [ ANDERSON S.C. JUN ] Free James L. Orr MC  Hon. Loren P  Waldo  Com. Pensions Washington D.C.  ( vertical note ) ( 163987 )
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[ South Carolina Pickens District ] Before me personally appeared  Rachel Anderson and stats that she is 69 or 70  years of age and who is a respectable and truthful lady of the District and State aforesaid  and made oath in due form of law that she was present at the marriage of Notly Masters to Mary  Hembree and states that it took place  in Pendleton District  so called at that time  now Anderson Dist. in this State South Carolina , and the marriage took place in the summer of 1793  and I cannot say  whether in June or July  , but I think in July & I was one of the attendants and Benjamin Dickson was the other attendant  and I recollect they were married just before dinner by Mr. Bennett a Baptist preacher , and neither of us was over seventeen  years of age that is Mary Hembree and myself  and I lived near the said lady almost ever since and she in living in Pickens District at this time  and has never since married but still remains single ever since the death of her husband which took place more than twenty years ago. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th  May 1846 . Rachel Anderson ( her mark X ) Wm. C Lee ( signed ) M.P.D. I, W. L. Keith  Clerk of the Court of Pickens District in the State of South Carolina  do herby certify that  Wm. C. Lee whose signature appears  to the above  affidavit purporting to be his signature is genuine, he is and was at the time of signing the same a Magistrate for said District duly appointed , commissioned and qualified and all due faith and credit  ought to be given to all his attestations as such. Given under my hand  & seal of office this 1st day of June 1846. W. L. Keith ( signed ) Clerk of  the Court of Pickens District S.C.
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[ South Carolina Anderson District ] Before me personally appeared Benjamin Dickson   Senr.  & states that he is in his seventy ninth year  who is a respectful & truthful man of the District aforesaid  & made oath in due form of law  that he was present at the marriage of Notley Masters to Mary Hembree  daughter of  old John Hembree  at Pickens  Mill  Rocky river Pendleton  County  & that  Rachel Anderson then Rachel  Rankin   together with myself  waited on the groom they were married by William Bennett a Baptist preacher  &  report informs me  that she is still living  & has never married since the death of her husband Notley Masters . Benj. Dickson ( signed ) Sworn to before me this twenty third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred  & forty six. James Gunnion ( signed ) M.A. D.  [ State of south Carolina  Anderson  District ] I, Elijah Webb clerk of the  Court of Common Pleas  for the District aforesaid do hereby certify that James Gunnion  whose signature is above and to the foregoing  affidavit . is an acting Magistrate for Anderson District and that  all due faith and credit  should be give to his attestations as such. Given under my hand and seal of office this 23rd day of May  1846 . Elijah Webb ( signed ) C.C.A.D.
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[ State of Georgia Milton County ] I, Wm H Nesbit  Clerk of the Superior Court of the County  of Milton in the State of Georgia  holden at Alpharetta in  and for the County and State aforesaid  do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Mary Masters ( widow of Notly Masters )  was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $ 96 per annum , was a resident of the County of Milton in the State of Georgia , and died on the 11th day of June A.D.  1865. That she left four surviving children  William Masters, James Masters, Zachias Masters and Charlotte Drennan only surviving children ; and that  Charlotte Drennan is only loyal heir to the Government of the United States. Such evidence to  be herewith submitted :  I further certify that Alfred H Teasley  Esquire  before whom the foregoing declaration and joint affidavits was made, and who genuine signature appears thereto is a Justice of the Inferior Court , within and for said County  ( A Court of Record ) duly commissioned  and sworn , and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit. In testimony whereof , I have hereunto affixed my seal of office , and subscribed my name this sixth day of December  A.D. 1867. W. H. Nesbit ( signed ) C.S.C.
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[ State of Georgia County of Milton ] On this 6th day of December  A.D. 1867 personally appeared before me , William H. Nesbit clerk of the Superior Court  in and for said County and State , Martha C. Nesbit and Buenavista Hicks  residents of Milton County  in the State of Georgia to me well known , and who I certify  to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn  according to law  saith that they were well acquainted with  Mary Masters, deceased, pensioner of the United States and that the said Mary Masters died at the residence of Joseph W Drennan  in the County of Milton and State of Georgia on the eleventh day of  June  A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty five, deponents being personally present  at the time of her decease ; and that she had not intermarried  but continued to be the widow of Notly Masters up to the time of her death; and that she was loyal and continued loyal  to the Government of the United States to the date of her death; and that her means of subsistence from the 1st of January 1811 to the 11th June  1865  was by the help of her daughter Charlotte Drennan and Joseph W. Drennan  who provided for and taken care of her  until the time of her death; and that Charlotte Drennan  the present applicant is the daughter and heir of the said Mary Masters, the deceased pensioner above named , and was always recognized
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and treated as such by the said deceased pensioner- that the fact of her having the daughter as above stated was never called in question by any of their acquaintances and that  the above named Mary Masters , or her daughter  Charlotte Drennan  has not born arms against the Government of the United states , that they have not aided or abetted the Rebellion and has not in any manner encouraged the rebels or manifested a sympathy their cause this statement is made from personal knowledge and acquaintance with the persons above named during the period of the existence of the Rebellion , and who they expressed their opinions or sentiments  that such was in opposition to the rebellion and was: and that we have no interest or interested in this claim. Martha C Nesbit ( signed ) Buena Vista Hicks ( signed ) Sworn to and subscribed before me this December 6th  1867 . W.H. Nesbit ( signed ) C.S.C. ( post stamp ) [ DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PENSION OFFICE DEC 12 1867 ]
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[Pickens District South Carolina ] Before me personally appeared Rachel  Anderson  a lady of high standing  and gave the following in due form of law that she was present a the marriage of Notly Masters to Mary Hembree and was one of the parties who  waited on said lady in the summer of 1793  about the last days of July . I cannot recollect the day of the month  precisely  thought it was in the last days of the month above stated, and she further states there  was one circumstance occurred on the day  Notly Masters  and Mary Hembree were married there was a dreadful report of thunder and lightning  and very slight appearance of any clouds  and I was so alarmed at such a circumstance, I never  shall forget it and she further states that after the marriage of said parties being named to her she has thought more about the matter  , and the age of my two oldest children , which being  the birth of Patsy Masters ,oldest daughter of Mary Masters to have been in 1794 . I think in June
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Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th of January  1848 . Rachel  Anderson ( her mark X ) JBE Caradine ( signed ) M.P.D.  Bachelor's retreat S.C.  I the undersigned do hereby certify that Rachel Anderson has been living several years last past in this neighborhood  and I have reason to believe that confidence may be reposed in her . Given under my hand  6th Jan. 1848 . Sworn to and subscribed before me tis 6th of January  1848 . JBE Caradine ( signed ) M.P.D. John Verner ( signed ) a Revolutionary soldier
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I, William L. Keith Clerk of the Court for the District of Pickens inthe State of South Carolina  do hereby certify that JBE Caradine whose signature appears to the foregoing affidavits purporting to be his   are genuine and that he is an acting Magistrate for Pickens District  duly appointed, commissioned, and qualified and all due  faith and credit is due and should be given to all his official acts . I further certify that I am personally acquainted with  John Verner  a Revolutionary pensioner  who made the affidavit as to the respectability  of  Rachel Anderson , that he is a gentleman of high standing  for veracity. Given under my hand and seal of the Court this the 10th day of January  A.D. 1848. W. L. Keith ( signed ) Clerk of the Court  of Pickens District So. Ca.
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[ South Carolina Pickens District ] Before me personally appeared   William Sanders a respectable citizen  and made oath that James F Caradine  drew Mrs. Mary Master's declaration  on the 8th day of March 1846  in my presence and Mrs. Mary Masters  wife of Notly Masters never could be brought before  the Ordinary of Pickens District  South Carolina  until the first  Monday in June last which was William B Steele  who drew up a new declaration  precisely like the first and dated it on the first Monday in June which was the first day of June and that was the same declaration I sent to J. L. Edwards together with Rachel Anderson's  and Benjamin Dickson's  affidavits, and that is the reason why the date of the declaration appeared behind the indents . The declaration was drawn some months before the indent was obtained. Sworn to  before me  this 14th November 1846. Edward Moon ( signed ) M.P.D. Wm. Sanders ( signed )
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I, W. L. Keith Clerk of the Court of Pickens District in the  State of South Carolina  do hereby certify that  Edward Moon whose name appears to the within affidavit  purporting to be his is genuine , he is an acting Magistrate for said District duly appointed, commissioned and  qualified  and all due faith and credit  is and ought to be given all his official acts, as such  . I further certify that  I am well acquainted with  William Sanders who made the within affidavit  he is a respectable citizen  of our District and a man of veracity. Given under my hand and seal of office this 18th day of Nov. 1846 . W. L. Keith ( signed ) Clerk of the Court of Pickens District S.C.
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[ State of South Carolina Pickens District ] Before me personally appeared  the Reverend (?) Benjamin Nabors and made oath and upon oath saith that himself and Notly Masters turned out volunteers  before the reduction of Charleston under Capt.. Thomas  Doggins and lieutenant  Levy Casey  and was in service three months with Notly Masters  and was personally acquainted with Notly Masters  and he said he knew nothing more of him  until peace was made and after peace was made he cam back  and shingled my brother's house and I knew him for some several years and he move away and out of the settlement.  I Benjamin Nabors  a State pensioner  do certify this to be a true  fact. Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 25th day  of December 1846.  R.T. Stewart ( signed / sealed ) M.P.D. Benjamin Nabors ( his mark X ) I, W. L. Keith Clerk of the Court of Pickens  District in the  state of South Carolina do hereby certify that  Robert Stewart whose name appears to the above affidavit purporting to be his is genuine, he is an acting Magistrate for Pickens District duly appointed, commissioned and qualified  and all due faith and credit ought to be given  to all his attestations as such. I further certify that I am well acquainted with Benj. Neighbors who made and subscribed the above affidavit  by mark, he is a pensioner of this State m a minister of the Gospel and a man of veracity. Given under my hand  and seal of the Court at Pickens C.H. the 25th day of Decr. 1846 . W. L. Keith ( signed ) clerk of the Court of Pickens District So. Ca.
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(4 ) Payment to be made at Charleston  John C. Cochran  Agent  for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of South Carolina  Payable on the 4th September and 4th March  . Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners  under act February 2nd, 1848 , Page 317  Vol. 2  J.P. Chase Clerk
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
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I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848,
Mary Master of South Carolina
widow of Notly Masters
who was a Private in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty Six dollars and _____cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again
marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior
this 8th day of April
one thousand eight hundred and fifty
[illegible]
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Treasury Department Third Auditor's Office March 4th 1868  Sir, In reply to your letter of the 29th ult.  I have to inform you that the pension of Mary Masters appears by the books of this office , to have been last paid  under Act 2 February  1848  South Carolina  roll to 4 March 1861. Very respectfully John Wilson (signed ) Auditor.  Hon. Joseph H . Barrett Commissioner of Pensions   JHB
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Martin's Creek SC  Nov 25 Dec 3, 1896 Add. to case Mary Masters  ( vertical on page ) 20 Hon. J. L. Edwards Washington City D.C.
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November the 25th  1846 Dear Sir, Your letter  informed me the declaration  I sent you form Mrs. Mary Masters  could not be received as it was proved before William D. Steele  ordinary also that the declaration was behind the Indent you will find the date of the declaration to be on the 8 of March 1846  and the affidavits of Rachel Anderson though in  1783  she is a lady of first rate  character and contends she is not mistaken and advised me to se Mrs. Chastain which I done and found their affidavit to  correspond. and as to further proof  of marriage , I do not think it can be obtained. Yours truly William Sanders ( signed )
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House of Reps 13th Feby 1850 Sir, I have the honor to enclose herewith the affidavit of John Anderson  to be used in the application of Mary Masters  widow of Notly Masters  for a pension. The declaration  and evidence is on file in your Department and was  suspended for want of further evidence. I request your consideration of the .. ( illegible )  added testimony . I have the honor to be very  respectfully your obt. servt. James L. Orr ( signed )
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( post mark  - illegible )  5  Mr. William Sanders Martin's Creek P.O. Pickens District So. Carolina
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Comptroller Genl. Office Columbia  19th  August 1847 I do hereby certify that only one  individual by the name of Notly Masters ever received an Indent  for Military services from the State of So. Carolina . Amount of Indent  Lbs 13.4.3 Ben. Hart ( signed )  For the Comptroller
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Jan 15, 1847  Addl to case Mary Masters  ( vertical on page ) Martin's Creek Jan 6th 1847  10  Hon. J. L. Edwards Washington City D.C.
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January the 6 1847 Dear Sir, I rec'd yours of 12 December  last which informed her the additional evidence furnished no poof of the date of marriage. I now send you the affidavit of  Benjamin Nabors a man of undoubted veracity  and also a  State pensioner you  stated in your letter  the fact of his services must be established by a fellow soldier here it is which you will see and the officers name in the declaration. The testimony of Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Chastain is testimony from the first character in the State ladies of unblemished character, as to record proof of marriages in this State that is in the Clerk's office there is nothing of that nature as individuals are married without a License in South Carolina, and Mary Masters  appears to have no family record., therefore  I hope the proof  I now send will  suffice in Mary Master's case as I do not know of any further proof I am able to obtain. I therefore subscribe myself yours truly. William Sanders ( signed )
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Jan 2, '48 Martin's Creek Decr. additional  evid. Mary Masters  W. Sanders  ( vertical on page ) Hon J. L. Edwards Washington City D.C.
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Dec the 23 1848 Pickens District So. Carolina Sir, Enclosed you will find the certificate of Capt. John  Andrews  & E.P. Verner in the case of Mary Masters. Yours respectfully  William Sanders ( signed )
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[ Pickens District South Carolina ] Before me personally appeared John Anderson aged eighty four and made oath i due form of law, that he became acquainted with  Mary Hembree  in 1792  and also with Notly Masters in the latter part of the same date, and shortly after Masters came into the settlement he  commenced courting Mary Hembree and in July the 30th  1793  they were married by William Bennett a Baptist preacher and in  1794  I returned from Newberry District and where I had made a crop and in the first of November 1795  I got married myself and lived in the same settlement  where they lived until they had three children Charlotte, Maetha , and Washington , I have no record of my marriage but recollects my eldest daughter  was born precisely  in  twelve months after I was married, I also recollect Notly Masters came from North Carolina in the date of 1792  I know I am not mistaken in those dates although  I have no record of those transactions my recollection was always good and the date of my living in Newberry District So. Carolina   Mary Masters is living about eighteen miles from me at this time and has never married since the death of her husband Notly Masters , but is still a widow. Sworn to  & subscribed before me this 28th  day of January  1850. JBE Caradine ( signed )  M.P.D. John Anderson ( signed )
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[ State of South Carolina Pickens District ] I, W. L. Keith  clerk of the Court for the District aforesaid in the  said State do hereby certify that  JBE Caradine  whose signature appears to the within affidavit  purporting to be his is genuine, he was at the time of signing the same and is at this time a Magistrate for Pickens District duly  appointed, commissioned and qualified and all due faith and credit  is due and ought to be give to all his official acts as such. Given under my hand and seal of the Court at Pickens Court House this  1st day of Feby. A.D. 1850 . W.L. Keith ( signed ) Clerk of the Court of Pickens District S.C.
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[ South Carolina Pickens District ] Before me  appeared the reverend Simeon Hembree a highly respectable minister of the Church of  Christ and made oath in due form of law that he has been acquainted with  Rachel Anderson for great many years  and never recollects  to have heard anything alleged to said lady's character only that she is a truthful woman and of good character  much esteemed  by all in whom she is acquainted, as to myself , I have not the smallest reasons to doubt the veracity of Rachel Anderson in any matter whatever as it respect his telling the truth and deponent states Rachel Anderson is a lady of exceeding strong mind of his age. Sworn to and subscribed  before me this 5 of May 1848 . Simeon Hembree ( signed ) JBE Caradine ( signed ) M.P.D.  I W. L. Keith Clerk of the Court of Pickens District in the State of South Carolina do hereby certify that JBE Caradine whose signature appears to the above affidavit  purporting to be his is genuine, he was at the time and is now an acting
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Magistrate for Pickens District  duly appointed, commissioned and qualified  and all due faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such and the  within is in due form of law. Given under my hand  & seal of the Court at Pickens Court House this 12th day of May A.D. 1847 W. L. Keith ( signed ) Clerk of the Court for Pickens District  S.C.
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Washington  Dec. 29th 1849 Sir: Will you do me the favor to inform me whether Mary Masters of South Carolina is on the pension roll . When she was placed there the amount of her annuity , the same if any now due, and if payments have been made to agents who were they , and when . I have the honor to be very respectfully  your obt. servt. James L. Orr ( signed )
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[ South Carolina Pickens District ] Before me personally appeared the Rev'd Edward Hembree a highly respectable minister of the Church of Christ and made oath in due form of law that he has been acquainted with Rachel Anderson  for a great many years and never recollects to have heard anything  alleged to said lady's character  only that she is a truthful woman and of good character  as to myself I have not the smallest reasons  to doubt the veracity of Rachel Anderson in any matter whatever as it respects his telling the truth and deponent states Rachel Anderson is a lady of  very good mind of her age. Sworn to and subscribed  before me this 10th of May 1843 . JBE Caradine ( signed ) M.P.D.  Edward Hembree ( signed )
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I, W. L. Keith  Clerk of the Court of Pickens District in the State of South Carolina do hereby certify that JBE Caradine  whose signature appears to the within affidavit as Magistrate are genuine he was at that time and is now an acting Magistrate for Pickens District duly appointed, commissioned and qualified and all due faith and credit ought to be given to all his official acts as such and the within is in due form of law. Given under my hand  and seal of the Court at Pickens C.H. this  12th day of May A.D.  1867. W. L. Keith ( signed ) Clerk of the Court of Pickens District S.C.
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Bachelor's Retreat Pickens Dist. S.C.  To whom it may concern, I certify that  I have been acquainted personally with Mr. John Anderson Senr. for several years past and have no kind of hesitation  in saying that he is  a sober, industrious, truthful and a man in whom I have confidence. this 12th  Dec. 1848 E.P. Verner ( signed )  I, William L. Keith  Clerk of the Court of Pickens District in the State of South Carolina do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with  E.P. Verner  whose name appears to the above certificate he is a citizen of Pickens District and a gentleman of high standing for veracity anything he may say or certify to can and ought to  fully be relied in. Given under my hand and seal of the Court at Pickens Court House this 18th day of December  A.D. 1848. W. L. Keith ( signed ) Clerk of the Court for Pickens District S.C.
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[South Carolina Pickens District ] Oct the 20 1847  dear Sir, I have been able to obtain  ore proof concerning the marriage of Mrs Masters wife of Notly Masters from Elizabeth Gilbert  who is a respectable  old lady and I was present when Mrs. Masters  first child was born which she say s was in the first of the year 1794  and is herself near eighty years old she also says from circumstances that occurred at that time with Mrs. Masters she thinks she will never forget. Sir,  I could find no individual who was in the  service with Notly Masters only Mr. Nabors and his certificate I suppose you rec'd  which states he was in the service  with Notly Masters three months only half the term for the last grade of pensioners , But the Indent shows more that six months Lbs. 13. 4.3. and the Comptroller General the same  from whose certificate you will see which most  agreeable to my understanding prove the actual services of Notly Masters . Yours most truly , William Sanders ( signed )
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[ South Carolina Pickens District ] Before me personally appeared  Elizabeth Gilbert  a holy  respectable old lady of the District and State  aforesaid and made oath i due form of law that she has been acquainted with  Notly Masters and his wife Mary  Masters for a great many years before they were married and after they were married  and after their marriage likewise and never heard the legality of their marriage doubted , but lived together as man and wife  and was considered as such  by all who  knew them. I was living in the State of South Carolina at the time I became acquainted with them and after marriage they continued in  So. Carolina and Mary Masters the wife of Notly Masters has never married since the death of her said husband , but continues a widow.  Deponent further declares she was present when Mary Masters first child was born and that was in the first of the date of seventeen hundred and ninety four so she must have been married in ninety three , and she is not living
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more than fifteen miles from me at this time in Pickens District  S. Carolina . Sworn to  and subscribed before me this 19th October 1847. John Nance ( signed ) M.P.D. Elizabeth Gilbert ( her mark )  [ State of South Carolina Pickens District ] I, W.L. Keith clerk of the Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas for the District of Pickens in the  State aforesaid do hereby certify that John Nance  whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit  is a Magistrate  duly appointed and  commissioned  for the District of Pickens - that the signature purporting to be his is genuine  and that  full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts  . Given under my hand  & seal of office at the  Clerk's office this the 19 day of October  Anno Domini  1847. W. L. Keith ( signed )   C.C.P.D.
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[ Anderson District South Carolina ] Before me personally appeared  Alexander Moorhead a respectable citizen of the District and State aforesaid  and made oath in due form of law that he became acquainted with  Notly Masters in 1798 , and I have no doubt  but he is the identical person the Indent was issued to for I never hear any other Notly Masters in the State of South Carolina. Deponent further declares that he has been acquainted with John Anderson for fifty years and he is a man  of confidence and Notly Masters would of been  over ninety years of age had he live  to this date. Sworn to and subscribed to this  27th March 1850 . James Mc Leskey ( signed ) M.A.D.  Alex. Moorhead ( signed )
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[ State of South Carolina Anderson District ] I , Elijah Webb Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Anderson District  do certify that  James Mc Leskey  whose  attestation is to the foregoing affidavit  is and was at the date  of his said signature  a Magistrate duly appointed by law for Anderson District and that all due faith and credit is due to him as such . Given under my hand & seal of office  this 28th day March  A.D. 1850. Elijah Webb ( signed ) C.C. & P.A.D.  I am well acquainted with Alexander Moorhead  Esq. the deponent within , he is  a gentleman of the highest character  & respectability and as concerns anywhere he testifies,  I know & state that he is a credible citizen. 6 April 1830 . James L. Orr ( signed ) ( vertical note ) ( Alex. Moorhead Certificate )
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Application for Restoration to the Pension Rolls under Act  Feby 4th 1865. Charlotte Drennan  daughter and heir of Mary Masters deceased widow of Notly Masters Private Revy War. On Agency at Charleston S.C. Received by me from  H.H. Walker  Cross keys Ga.  Filed by R.W. Walker Washington D.C.  Dec 11, '67
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R.W. WALKER ( Late of the Navy and War Departments ) General Claim Agent and Attorney  P.O. Box 559 OFFICE No. 10  CORNER OF SEVENTH AND F STREETS Washington, D.C. 186 _
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Third Auditor P.. ( illegible ) Feb 29
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5408 Restoration  Brief in the Case of Mary Masters widow of Notly Masters  Milton County  and State of Georgia  Act Feb 2, 1848  CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE  PROOF EXHIBITED.  A susp pension at $ 26.00 per ann. & paid up to  March 4  1st Certificate has been returned. Pensioner died 11th June 1865  Her loyalty , widowhood  is shown . Deceased left four children viz. Wm Masters, James  & Zachias  & Charlotte Drennan  claim for arrears are made by Charlotte as the only  loyal heir  the others are show to have been disloyal. Restored March 2 1868  to a pension  at $ 26.00 arrears commencing  March 4 1861  & terminating June 11, 1865  .. ( illegible ) to Charlotte Drennan. W. E Trask Examining Clerk Name and residence of Agent R.W. Walker Present
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13 July 1848 Mary Masters wid of Notly  SC Wm Sands ( Sanders ) Martin's Creek  SC  ( vertical on page ) ( Hon. J. L. Edwards Washington City D.C. )
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Pickens District
South Carolina
July the 1, 1848
Dear sir
 I hope you will me in answer to the case of Mary Masters wife of Notly Masters. as there appears to be no Dificulty (difficulty) with regard to the servis (services) of Notly Masters Husband of Mary Masters. The only Dificulty (difficulty) apears (appears) to be the mariage (marriage) therefore I hope you will answer the same yours truly
Williams Sanders

(there is some bleed through from the back of this page at the bottom)
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12.848
June 11, 1846 
To Mary Masters July 7, 1838
SC 20
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Washington City
DC
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Honorable J.L. Edward , I send you the declaration of Mrs. Mary Masters and the affidavits of Benjamin Dickson  and Rachel Anderson  people of high standing and I think it is all the proof can be obtained  I want for examination. in answer to this you will direct to Martin's Creek P.O.  Pickens District South Carolina .Yours very respectfully William Sanders ( signed )
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Hon. J.L. Edwards Washington  City D.C. ( vertical on page ) ( Martin's Creek January 12 Jany 22'48 Mary Masters wid of Notly )
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Pickens So. Carolina Jan 12, 1848 Sir,, I present to you  second affidavit from Rachel Anderson with John Verner's certificate stating the confidence he has in said lady  with the Rev. Edward Hembree , & Rev. Simeon Hembree , John Verner is a  revolutionary pensioner an done of the leading men of the County in which he resides . Edward Hembree  and Simeon Hembree  are themselves both ministers of the Gospel and of high standing . Elizabeth Gilbert  & Mrs. Chastain  both say they cannot  recollect the day  Notly Masters  and wife were married , but it was previous to 1784 . I think there is not further proof to be obtained. Yours respectfully William Sanders ( signed )
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Pickens C Hse. 14 May  Hon. J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington City D.C.  ( vertical notes ) ( Wm Sanders Pickens C.H. So. Car. ) ( May 20/ 47 Addl. testimony  in case of Mary Masters )
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Pickens S.C. 11th May 1847 Hon J. L. Edwards  Dear Sir, Yours of the 25th  Feby  was duly received . I supposed the evidence of  Benj. Nabors would sufficiently identify  the husband of Mary Masters with the Indent of the Compt. Genl. to allow him the full benefit of it, as the service proven by him  was previous to the reduction of Charleston & the Indent alluded to service both before and after . The affidavit of Rachel Anderson is forwarded at the same time, was certainly very full on the subject of the marriage and I now sent the affidavit of Edward Hembree  as to his veracity , which can be as full established as desired, these matters if properly looked into and understood , will it is hoped give the matter a favorable  termination. I am Sir , with the highest respect your obt. servt. Wm Sanders ( signed ) Send answer to Martin's Creek
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[ South Carolina Anderson District ] Before me personally appeared Elizabeth Chastain a highly respectable old lady of the District and State aforesaid , and made oath in due form of law that she has been long acquainted with Mrs. Mary Masters wife of Notly Masters who has been dec'd for a number of years at least eighteen or twenty years or perhaps longer and was married in Pendleton District South Carolina - now Anderson District and I am confident they was married in the date of 1793 though I did not see them married but has been acquainted with them both and they was living together as man and wife  previous to the date of 1794  and was always considered as husband and wife, and from my own age, I am certain of these facts above stated. And deponent further states that Mary Masters  wife of Notly Masters has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband and she further states that she has always  heard it said Mrs. Mary Masters was married by a gentleman by the name of Bennett, a Baptist preacher. Sworn to and subscribe to before me the twelfth day of November A.D. 1846. James Mc Leskey ( signed ) Magistrate A.D. Elizabeth Chastain ( signed )
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[ State of South Carolina Anderson District ] I, Elijah Webb Clerk of the Court for Anderson District do certify that James Mc Leskey  whose signature is to the  within affidavit is and was at the time of the signature an acting Magistrate for Anderson District and that all due faith and credit  should be given to all his attestations as such. Given under  my hand  and seal of office this 10th November  1846  . Elijah Webb ( signed ) C.C.A.D.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838  entitled an act granting half pay  and pensions to certain  widows and the several acts in continuation thereof.  [ State of South Carolina Pickens District ]SS. On this 3rd day of Nov. 1846 personally  appeared in open Court  before Josiah J. Evans  one of the Judges of the Court of General Sessions  and Common Pleas for the State aforesaid  Mrs. Mary Masters a resident of the District  and State aforesaid  aged 70 years , and who being first duly sworn according to law  doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed the 7th day of July 1838 and the several acts in continuation thereof  that she is the widow of Notly Masters who was a private in the war of the Revolution  and entered the service in  South Carolina and was at the Battle of Musgrove's Mills and she thinks he was under General  Caza and recollects to have heard her husband  speak of being in several battles . She further states she was married to Notley Masters on the  30th day of July 1793  and that  died on th e12th day of February  1819  and she further states that she was married to Notley Masters in Pendleton District so called at that time, but now Anderson District South Carolina and she was married to Notley Masters by  William Bennett a Baptist preacher
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and that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her late husband Notley Masters. Sworn to in open Court before me Josiah J. Evans ( signed ) presiding Judge  Mary Masters ( her mark )  I, William L. Keith Clerk of the Curt  of Pickens District in the State of South Carolina do hereby certify unto all whom it may concern that the Hon. Josiah J. Evans  whose signature appears to the above  within affidavit or declaration  for a pension  of Mary Masters  are genuine, he presided as  Judge of the Court of General Session s and Common Pleas for Pickens District at Fall Term  1846  and all due faith and credit  are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such. Given under my hand and seal of the Court at Pickens C.H. on this 6th day of Nov.  A.D. 1846 W. L. Keith ( signed ) Clerk of the Court of Pickens District S.C.
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Declaration  In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pension s to certain widows and the several acts in continuation thereof . [ State of South Carolina Pickens District ] SS. On the __ day of Nov 1846  Mrs. Mary Masters a resident of the State and District aforesaid aged 70years personally
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(ADDITIONAL.)
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OATH OF LOYALTY
____________
In the case of
______ dec'd,
late______ in Co. ______ of the
______ Reg't. _______
________________________
FILED BY
__________
Printed and Sold by W. H. Moore, 484 11th St., Washington, D.C

An oval shaped stamp - DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - PENSION OFFICE.
DEC 12 1867
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(FORM Uu.)

State of Georgia
COUNTY of Meilton SS.
I Charlotte Drennan Resident of Civil District
in the County of Meilton and State of Georgia, Daughter
and heir of Mary Master a Revolutionary Pensioner deceased, late
a Pensioner of U.S. on the Pension Roll of Charleston S.C.
do solemnly swear that I have never borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that I
have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto;
that I have neither sought nor accepted, or attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any
authority or pretended authority, in hostility to the United States; that I have not yielded a voluntary support to any
pretended government, authority, power, or constitution, within the United States, hostile or inimical thereto. And
I do further swear that, to the best of my knowledge and ability, I will support and defend the Constitution of the
United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that
I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. This oath to be filed in the 
Pension Office with my application now pending for the arrears of Pension due me as the Daughter & heir
of said Mary Masters deceased                                    Charlotte  Drennan

WITNESSES: W. H. Nesbit C.S.C.
Alfred H. Teasley J. P. C

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 
6th day of  December 1867.

Given under my hand and seal of Court
W. H. Nesbit C.S.C.

NOTE. -- Attach the certificate and seal of Court showing that the Notary Public or Justice of the Peace is duly authorized
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[ Pickens District South Carolina ] Personally appeared before me John Anderson of the District and state aforesaid  and made oath in due form of law that he became acquainted with  Mary Hembree  in 1793  and also with Notly Masters  in the latter part of the same date and shortly after  Masters came into  the settlement he commenced courting  Mary Hembree . I myself was courting  her at the same time an din January  seventeen hundred and ninety three  I moved to Newberry District  in South Carolina and stayed there until July when I returned back into the same settlement with the view of marrying Mary Hembree  and fund she was going to marry Notley Masters, and I waited until the day they were to be married which was the 30th day of July  1793  and went to the  wedding and the marriage ceremony  was performed by a Baptist preacher William Bennett . I on the next day went again to Newberry  and stayed until 1794  and returned back to  lived by them  until they had three children . Charlotte, Marth  & Washington , and she is now living  eighteen miles from me  and she has never married but is still the widow of Notley Masters. Sworn to & subscribed before this twelfth day of December  eighteen hundred 1848 . JBE Caradine ( signed ) M.P.D. John Anderson ( signed )
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[ State of South Carolina Pickens District ] I , W. L. Keith Clerk of the Court for the State and District aforesaid  do hereby certify that JBE Caradine whose name appears to the within affidavit purporting to be his is genuine , he is and was at the time of signing  the same an acting Magistrate for said District duly appointed, commissioned and qualified and all due faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such. Given under my hand  & seal of the Court at Pickens Court house this 18th day of Dec.  A.D. 1848 , W. L. Keith ( signed ) Clerk of the Court of Pickens District S.C.