Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1511, Jacob Elledge, N.C.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
NUMBER

N.C
Elledge, Jacob
S.1511.

carded
CONTENTS
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To Knoxville, E Ten.
No 23894
Jacob Elledge
way Co. in the State of Georgia
was a Private in the -- commanded
Captain -- of the Regt. commanded
Cleveland in the N. Carolina Mil.
for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of April
1834 and sent to Hon. J. Standifer
H. R.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834  60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep " 10
$70.00

  Revolutionary Claim, 
⎨ Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 Page 89
"  "  2. " 7 " 62

Sate Law Trawhitt July 17[Illegible]
Tra_ Cer_ -do-
Transf to Knoxville 5. August
1837, from 4th March 1835
New certif issued & sent to Levi
Trawhitt, Esq. Cleaveland [sic], Ten.
-
Order to pay 16. Feby 1838
1860. April 2nd [Illegible] to pay
1860 July 17 [Illegible]
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Affadavit of [sic]
Jackob Elledge
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State of Tennessee
Bradley County
On this 12th day of July 1837 before the
Subscriber a justice of the peace for the said
County of Bradley personally appeared Jacob
Elledge who on his oath declares that he
is the same person who formerly belonged to
the company commanded by Captain Lewis
Demoss in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Cleaveland [sic] in the service
of the United States, that his name be placed
on the pension Roll of the State of Georgia
from whence he has lately removed that he
now resides in Bradley County State of Tennessee where he intends to remain, and wishes
his pension to be there payable in future
the following are his reasons for removeiness from
Georgia to Tennessee to wit that he is old &
infirm that he was unable to take care of himself
and that he was taken to the care protection & attention of his son James Elledge who
at the time his pension also allowed him lived in
Murray County State of Georgia but has
since that time moved into the County of Bradley
state of Tennessee & has there touted his self,
and Deponent is beholden to his son for protection attention maintainance [sic] as above stated
and therefor is compelled to live in the County
& State last above named

Sworn & subscribed to before
before me the day and year ⎬   James Elledge
aforesaid Jesse Pae
Justice of the peace for Bradley Cnty
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State of Tennessee
Bradley County ⎬ SS
On this 12th day of July 1837 before me,
the subscribed Justice of the peace for the
said County of Bradley formally appeared
John H Robertson who is a man of undaunted [?]
Veracity and entitled to full credit upon
oath, and who, on his oath declares, that
Jacob Elledge who has sworn & subscribed the
within affidavit as the same Indentical [sic] Jacob Elledge named and described in the
within affidavit
John H Robertson
Sworn and subscribed
to before me, the day
and year aforesaid
Jesse Pae
Justice of the peace for Bradley County
I Jessee Pae - the foregoing & above
named Justice of the peace do hereby certify
that John H Robertson - was here taken and 
subscribed above oath is [Illegible] of
understood veracity and intitled to credit
Given under my hand this 12 day
of July 1837.
Jesse Pae
Justice of the peace for 18 cnty
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John
State of Tennessee
Bradley County ⎬ SS
I John H Robertson Clerk of
the County Court for the County
aforesaid do herby certify
that Jesse Pae
before whom the foregoing
affidavits was made and who
has given the foregoing
certificate was at the date thereof and now is
an acting Justice of the peace for the County
and State aforesaid duly commissioned & sworn
and that his signature severally thereto is Genuine
in his own proper hand writing
Given under my hand & Seal
of office at office this 12th day
of July A D. 1837
John H. Robertson
C.Clk
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act act of Congress of June
the 7th 1832

State of Georgia
Maurry [sic]
Superior Court
March Term 1834
On this twenty ^fourth day of March personally appeared before the 
honorable the Inferior Court for the County and State aforesaid ^ at being a county of record, Jacob
Elledge[sic], resident of the County of Maurry [sic] and the State aforesaid
aged ninety years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth
on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the
benefit of the provisions made by the dit of Congress passed June
7th 1832. He states that he entered the services of the United States
in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven a volunteer
in the Malitia of the State of Northcarolina and served as herein
after stated. He says that he was born on the 21st day of January
1774 in the County of Baltimore in the State of Maryland, and
lived at the time he performed the services herein after State
in Wilks County in the State of Northcarolina, and that he now
lives in Maurry [sic] County in the State of Georgia.
He says that he served six months in the revolutionary war,
two toures, three months each toure.
He says that he be entered the service
of the United States a volunteer in the malitia of the State of Northcarolina
in County of Wills in the year 1777 the day & month he does not
at this time recolect, and marched under the command of Capt
Lewis D Moss from the County and State last aforesaid, against the Cherokee Indians, and that they were stationed a part of the time, employed
in this toure, on the stoney fork of the Adkin River, and was there discharged
He ^says his second toure was command on the first of October
eight 1780 under the command of Col. Benjamin Cleaveland
and Capt Hartgroves, and that they marched from Wilks County
in the State of Northcarolina, as one of the guards of the prisoners
[that] were taken at the Battle fought at the Kings mountain

No 29.043
Jacob Elledge, Georgia
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to the Moravian towns in the State last named, and was
there discharged. He says that he never was in a Battle during
his service, but was under arms at the time the Battle
was fought at the Kings Mountain which was on the 13th
day of October 1780 and he says the reason why he was not
in that Battle, was because he belonged to  a Company
of footmen; and that the battle was fought by the cavalry alone.
He states he got a discharge in writing
at the end of each toure; the first discharge was given by
Capt Lewis D Moss, and his second discharge was given
by Col Benjamin Cleveland, at the Moravian towns
in the State of Northcarolina; but they are at this time
both lost or destroyed, and he does not know by what means
or in what manner they did go.
He says that he has no documentary evidence, and
that he knows of no person now living, whose testimony he ^ can procure
that can testify to his services as a soldier of the Revolution
He says he is known by
who are his neighbours, in his present neighbourhood, and
that they can testify to his character for veracity, and their
belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution
He says there is not to ^ his knowledge a Clergyman living in
the bounds of this County, it having been recently organized
and is just begining [sic] to be settled by the white people
He long Relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is
not on the pension roll of any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court
Jacob

W. Philip Cox & Samuel McGauhy do hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with Jacob Elladge [sic] who have
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subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe
him to be Ninety years of age; that he is reputed and believed
the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the revolution; and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to in open Court this day and year aforesaid
Phillip Cox
Saml McGughly
William N. Bishop Clk

And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and
after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war
department, that the above named applicant was a
Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the
Court further certifies that there is no Clergyman in
this County, and the said Court further certifies that it
appears to them that Philip Cox & Samuel McGaughy
who have signed the preceeding [sic] certificate are residents in
this County, and are credible persons, and their statement
is entitled to credit
John W Hopper J.S.C.C.C.

Georgia
Murray County

I William N Bishop the Clerk of the Superior Court
for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the
forgoing contains the original proceedings of the
said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob
Elladge [sic] for a pension

Elledge

In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
of office this 24th day of March
eighteen hundred and thirty four
William N. Bishop
Clerk
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Interrogatories
1 Where and in what year were you born?
1 Answer. I was born in Baltimore County in the
State of Maryland on the 21st day of January
Seventeen hundred and forty four

2 Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
2 Answer. I have saw the record of my age in
my Fathers Bible - from which record I took and
transcribed in to my pocket Book - which book
I now have

3 Where were you living when called in to the service,
where have you live since the Revolutionary war, and
where do you now live?
3 Answer I was living in Wilks County in the State of Northcarolina, and since that time, I have lived in
Marian County in the State of Tennessee
and I now live in Maurry County in the
State of Georgia

4 How were you called in to the service; were you drafted, did
you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
4 Answer I went in to the service a volunteer

5 State the name of some of the regular officers who were with
the troops, where you served; such continential  [?] and
Malitia [sic] Regiments as you can recollect; and the general
circumstances of your services?
Answer there were Col Cleveland and Col Campbell
who come in with a small army from the State of Virginia and found the army of Col Cleavland
before the Battle of Kings Mountain was fought & that the two armies fought together in that battle. I do not at this time recollect the No of any
of the contintial [?] or Malitia [sic] regiments at this time
and as respects my services, I entered the services ^ of the United States of ^ in North Carolina, a volunteer in the Militia of that State, and
served two tours ^three months each toure one in 1777 against the Cherokee Indians and 
another toure was in 1780 and was employed a part of
that once as one of the guards of the prisioners that toure as one of the guards of the prisioners [sic] that was
taken at the Battle that was fought a Kings Mountain
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No 29.043-
Jacob Elledge
Georgia
a.i.
Admitted as private
6 months $20

Hon. James Sandefer
of Samper
N.R.
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Hon J. Standifer
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by compling [sic] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Jacob Elledge

Period when the service was rendered.

Duration of the claimant's service.
Years. Months. Days.

Rank of the claimant.

Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.

Age at present,
and place of abode
when he entered
the service.

Proof by which the declaration is supported.

1777 3  Pr Capt Moss  89  Traditionary
1781 3  "  Col. Cleveland  N.C.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular
places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of

On this day of personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of  in the county of
and State, Territory or District
of  aged (c)  years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)  , with  and
served in the  (e) regiment of the  line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.   A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I   of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of    for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of   & c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the  and C.D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with  , who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I,   Clerk of the Court of  do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of  
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this  day of  &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier.
{Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer.
{Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry whether the bene is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d]The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state,
with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, and ---
days I served as a ---, for --- months and --- days. I served as a ---; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow 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 to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Rev War
INVALID.
File No. 1511.
Jacob Elledge.
Pris N. C. Mil
Act June 7 1832.
Index:-Vol. A, Page 112
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Cleaveland Ten
16th July     free

Secretary of War-
Washington City
D. C
Pension office
Department ⎬

July 31
Jacob Elledge
Geo Vol [Illegible] Cert
23894
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Issue a new certificate &
Transfer him to Knoxville
take effect from 4
March 1835

J. L. Edward
Com. of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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Cleaveland [sic] Tennessee
July 13th 1837

Dear Sir
I here enclose to the Department
the affants [sic] of Jacob Elledge & his acomipanying [sic] evidence for a duplicate Certificate
and to change the place of payment from
Savannah Georgia to Knoxville East Tennessee
there is arrearages due from the 4th Sept
1835 up to this time I solicit your
attention to that point as ask for such
instruction to be given to the pension agent
at Knoxville Tn while autherian said
agent to pay said arrearages of pension
I wish you would be so
kind as to enclose answer and the duplicate certificate to me at Cleveland
Tennessee with such information as may
his nessary [sic] to obtain the above arrears
of pension I am with respect your
Most Humble Servt
Levi Trewhite

J L Edwards Comm
of Pension Washington City D.C.
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Sarah Elledge

Cleaveland Jun
18th June

Secretary
of War of
Pension Office Department
Washington City D.C.

Geo
to
Tax
&
Cert

July 1 
Mr Evans
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Cleaveland Tennessee
June 15th 1837

Dear Sir
I here enclose to the Department the
affadavit [sic] of Jacob Elledge touching
the Loss of his pension certificate, and
have to ask of the department an answers
to the same. if the proof is not formal
I hope the Department will give such information as will be nessary [sic] to enable
him to have his buisness [sic] transacted
so as to obtain that portion of his
pension which is unpaid to him &
have the place of payment at
Knoxville East Tennessee and
that the same may be answered to
me at Cleaveland [sic] Tennessee
Levi Trewhite

To the Commissioner of
pension at Washington
City D C
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FREE
J L Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
Washington

July 15
Jacob Elleage [sic]
for transfer
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Pension Office Planters Bank
Savannah 8 July 1837.

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Jacob Elliage [sic], [Illegible]
during the Revolutionary War a Pensioner on the
Roll of this Agency under the act of 7th June 1832
at twenty dollars per annum was last paid on the
26 May 1835 up to 4th of March 1835 there is now
due him forty dollars from 4 March 1835 to 4th
March 1837

Respectfully
Cfl Obl Seal
Marshall Cashier
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James Standefer
Washington
City
Columbia D C

Ka[Illegible]
Geo
Hon. J. Standefer
HR
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Spring place Ga
March 26th 1833
Dear sir
Enclosed you will ^ find Jacob Elledge's
Pension papers. The reason why they have
not sooner been returned, was, because there
has not been any court before which he could
be examined, and I had determined not to
haggard an examination before a Justice of
the peace again, the difficulty of having the
papers authenticated was to great, the old man
is very feeble, & it was with much difficulty
that he could be got to the place of holding the
Superior Court. The declaration is a new one
perhaps you may not understand the initial
letters to Judge Hoopers Name - they stand for the Judge
of the Superior Court of the Cherokee Circuit
which you must explain to Commissioner
of Pensions
About 1200 hundred Cherokees
have gone to Arkansas this spring & 6 or 7 hundred more to go.-- It appears that you have
a stormy ^ time in Congress this session respecting
the government deposits &c
I remain with great respect
your most obedient servent [sic]
James Rogers
Honorble [sic]
James Standerfer
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affadvit [sic] of
Jacob Elledge
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for Duplicate
Certificate
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State of Tennessee
Bradley County
On this 12th day of July 1837 before me the
subscriber a justice of the peace for the said
County of Bradley personally appeared Jacob Elledge
who on his oath, declares, that he is the same
person who formerly belonged to the company
commanded by Captain Lewis Demass in
the regiment commanded by Colonel Cleaveland
in the service of the United States, that his name
was placed on the pension Roll of the State of
Georgia that he received a certificate of that fact
under the signature and seal of the Secretary of
War which certificate on or about the
day of January   1837  at an
on the Rout from Cleaveland Tennessee to
Savannah Georgia he lost (the same being transmitted by mail the same being Enveloped and not
having reached the proper place of destination) &
entirely lost & gone from Dissonant
Jacob Elledge

Sworn and subscribed
to before me the day ⎬
year aforesaid 
Jesse Pae
Justice of the peace for Bradly County
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State of Tennessee
Bradley County SS
On this 12th day of July 1837, before me the Subscribed a justice of the peace for the said County
of Bradley personally John H Robertson
a man of undoubted veracity
and entitled
to full credit upon oath who upon his oath
declares that he is well acquainted with Jacob
Elledge who has made sworn & subscribed the
within and foregoing affidavit and well knows
him to be the same Identical Jacob Elledge
Named & described in the written affadavit [sic]
John. H. Robertson

Sworn and subscribed
to before me the day &
year aforesaid
Jesse Poe Justice of the peace for Bradly Cty

I Jesse Poe the foregoing and
above named Justice of the peace do hereby certify
John H Robertson - who has taken
and subscribed the above oath is a man of
undoubted veracity and entitled to credit upon
his oath Given under my hand this 12th
day of July 1837
Jesse Poe
Justice of the peace for B Cnty
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State of Tennessee
Bradley County SS.

I John H Robertson of the County
Court for the County aforesaid do
hereby certify that Jesse Poe
before ^whom this foregoing affadavits was
made and who has given the foregoing certificate was at the date
thereof and now is an acting Justice
of the peace for the County and State aforesaid
duly commissioned and sworn and that his
Signature formally thereto is genuine in his
own proper hand write Given under my
hand & seal of office at office this 12th
day of July A D 1837
John H. Robertson
Clk
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23.894
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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, Jacob Elledge
of the State of Georgia
who was a Private in the Revolutionary War
is entitled to receive Twenty dollars and
cent 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.
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Given at the War Office of the United
States this 19th day of
April one thousand eight
hundred and thirty= four

Examined and
Countersigned.
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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affidavit of
Jacob Elledge
Revolutionary
Pensioner
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State of Tennessee
Bradley County
This day personally appeared before me
Jesse Poe an acting Justice of the peace aforesaid County Jacob Elledge and made
oath in due form of law that he is the Identical
Jacob Elledge that was named in an original Pension
certificate Issued by the War Department to him
the 19th day of April 1834 for Twenty dollars per year for revolutionary services by him [Illegible]
to the United States during the revolutionary War
and made payable at Savannah in the State of
Georgia that after he obtained his pension
certificate he lived in Murry county
State of
George that after he obtained the same to wit,
some time in January last (1837).
he executed a power of attorney & ^ Enclosed the certificate
therein to John F Loyd of Savannah
George authorising him to draw Deponants
pension from the 4th
day of March 1835
to the 4th day of September
1836, and sint [sic] the
same by mail directed to ^ said Loyd, by means
of which Deponant has lost his said certificate
that if said Loyd received the certificate &
Drew the money he retains the money as
will [sic] as the [Illegible] fails to answer
the deponant as to rithrs [?]
Deponent states that
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he does not know whether ^ it is the miscarraige [sic] is
in the mail or Said Loyd,
Deponent States
that he now resides in Bradley City State of
Tennessee, that he prays a duplicate Certificate or if his name is discontinued upon
the pension Roll to be reinstated and his said
pension made payable for the future at the
agency for paying pensions at Knoxville
East Tennessee, and further prays that
if he is entitled to his pension from
from the 4th day March 1835 to the
day of March 1837 it being the times
which he has not drawn his pension except
it be drawn by John F Loyd his agent for
said who was authorised [sic] to draw the same
and ^ as above stated has now failed to give deponent any
account of the same. Deponant prays instruction from the depout as to the manner
or process by which he may be enabled to
obtain the object above prayed for. Deponant prays that the agent for paying pensions
at Savannah Georgia be instructed to give
deponent information with regard to his pension
whether or not said pension was drawn
by said Loyd
Jacob Elledge

Sworn & subscribed this 15th
day of June 1837 before me
Jesse Poe Justice of the peace
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State of Tennessee
Bradley County
This day personally appeared
before me Jesse Poe
an acting
Justice of the peace for said County
Levi Trewhitt and made oath that he filled
the affadavit [sic] & power of attorney named
& refered [sic] in the foregoing affdavit [sic] and saw the said Jacob Elledge
sworn to and sign the same and believes
him to be the Identical person named in
the original certificate therein named
Levi Trewhitt
Sworn and subscribed
this 15th day of June
1837 before me
Jesse Poe
Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee
Bradley County
I John H Robertson Clerk of the
Court for the County of Bradley
aforesaid do hereby certify that Jesse Poe before
whom the foregoing affadavits was made seen
at the date thereof & now is an acting
Justice of the
peace for said county duly commissioned and
and sworn and that his signature thereto is in his
own proper hand writing Given under my hand
and private seal of office at office, not having having
any public seal this 15th day of June 1837
John H. Robertson Clk
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Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book E. Vol. 6
Page 89 by D. Brown
Clerk