Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1972, Zachariah Worley, Va
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(3–1773) 

SERVICE 
Va

Worley, Zachariah
Milley

NUMBER 
W. 1072
B.L. Wt. 18388-160-55

CONTENTS
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Restoration 886 386,
Tennessee.
Milley Worley
widow of Zachariah Worley
who served in the Revolutionary
Va
war, as a private
Nashville

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 71 Dollars 32
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, [crossed out] 1848.
1861.

Certificate of Pension issued the
28th day of March 1867
and sent to B. L. Hyam
Present - 

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
July 29, 1848, Page 252 Vol. 26,
J. N. Smith
Clerk
[illegible]

1869 Oct. 19 [illegible]
Aud 1866
1870 Jany 20 Atty
In acting claim as the
de’cd with having re’cd with
His claim
Secd De’cesed
of [illegible] Dec 18, 1869
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143740. Clerk 3 March
Milley   May 22/[illegible]

Milley Worley, widow
Zachariah Worley private

Tenn.
Va: Troops 

Revolutionary War

[diagonal] 
No 18388 iss Mar 18/56

[illegible]: 160 Claim, Mch: 13756,
Tenn [illegible] 48 - 386 — Revy 19.
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7526
West Tennessee
Zachariah Worley
& Smith Co in the State of W Tenn
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Waller of the Regt commanded
by Col Buforf in the Va
Line for 1729 mo 12 ds

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee
at the rate of 71 Dollars 32 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of April
1833 and Sent to J Pickett
Carthage

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $142.64
Semi-anl. Allowance ending 4 Sept. 35.66
						$178.30
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 101
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Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the
Act of 6, April 1838 from 4th
Sep to 27, Oct 1837. Agent
Notified 13 Decr 1844
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State of Tennessee
Smith County } Personally appeared before
Me John Jones an acting Justice
of the Peace in an for said county Zachariah
Davis and W. J. Hudson and made oath in due form
of Law that Milly Worley a resident of Smith
County died on ^ the 17th day of August in the year 1866
this 1st of August 1867 [illegible] Davis
William J. Hudson
Sworn to and subscribed to before me on the
1st day of August 1867
John Jones J.P. for
Smith County

State of Tennessee
Smith County } I E. W. Turner Clerk of Smith County
Court do certify that John Jones whose Signature
appears to the above affidavit is and was at the
time of Signing the same an acting Justice of the
peace duly qualified and commissioned (and his
Signature is genuine) and deserves full faith and
credit as such

In testimony [illegible] hereof I have hereto my hand and affixed the seal of
my County at office in Carthage this 2nd day of August 1867
E W Turner Clerk
of Smith County Court
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State of Tennessee Smith County
On this 9th day of August 1848, personally
appeared ^before me John W Paty a Justice of the peace
in and for said County Milley Worley a resident
of the County of Smith and State of Tennessee
aforesaid aged Seventy five years who being first duly
Sworn according to law doth on her oath make
the following Declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the provision made by the act
of Congress passed on the 29th day of July 1848 “for,
“the relief of certain surviving widows of officers & soldiers of the Revolution,”
That she is the widow of Zachariah Worley who was 
a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of
Eighty dollars per annum and drew his pension
in Nashville State of Tennessee

She further Declares that she was married to
the said Zachariah Worley on the first day of
June Seventeen hundred and ninety nine
That she was not married to him previous to his
leaving the Service but the marriage took place
previous to the last day of December   Seventeen
hundred and ninety nine to wit at the above mention
-ed period   That her husband the aforesaid
Zachariah Worley died on the 27th day of October
1837 and that she has remained a widow
ever since the above period as will more
fully appear by reference to the proof hereto
annexed.

Sworn to and subscribed before me the
day and year first above written
J. W. Paty J.P.
Justice of the peace

her
Milley x Worley
mark
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State of Tennessee Smith County
On this day personally appeared Thomas Sheppard
aged Sixty six years before me Rowland W. Newby
one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and
for the county aforesaid who being first duly
Sworn according to law Deposeth and says that
he was present at the Marriage of Zachariah
Worley and Milly DeWitt in Bedford county
State of Virginia They were married by a Baptist
Preacher by the name of Jeremiah Hatcher. This
affiant was at the weding and saw the rites of
Marriage celebrated as before stated affiant lived
at the time about one mile from Dewitt the
father of Mrs Worley and Zachariah Worley
lived within one half mile at the time
affiant was young at the time and in
about six years afterwards became connected
by Marry the sister of Mrs Worley. at the
time of the marriage affiant was planting
tobacco and they went out of the tobacco
patch and I rest and went to the weding
It was in June say about the 1st day of
June Seventeen hundred and ninety nine
affiant was married in 1804 and Zachariah
Worley and his wife Milly had at least four chil
-dren at that the last mentioned date. He knew
them well before the marriage and has known
them ever since as man and wife. Zachariah
Worley drew a Pension in his life time and
Milley Worley his wife has remained a widow
ever since his death
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
16th day of September 1848
Roland, W. Newby J.P. Thomas
Justice of the Peace
Shepherd
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State of Tennessee
Smith County } I Rowland W Newby one 
of the acting Justices of the peace
in and for the County aforesaid do hereby
certify that I am well acquainted with Thomas
Sheppard who has made the foregoing affidavit
before me that he is a man of truth and veracity
and that full faith and credit are due and of
Right ought to be given to his statements
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal this 16th day of September
1848   Roland W. Newby J.P.
Justice of the Peace for Sd comy.

State of Tennessee
Smith County } I William V R Hallum Clerk
of the County Court of said Smith County do
hereby certify that John W Patty and Rowland
W Newby whose name appear to the foregoing Declaration
of Milley Worley and the affidavit of Thomas
Sheppard and the accompanying certificates
and annexed power of attorney and ac-
knowledgement of the same is now and was
at the time their several attestations purport
to bear date acting Justices of the Peace and
Justices of the Peace of the county court being
a court of record and that full faith and
credit are due and ought to be given to them
official acts and that their signatures pur
-porting to be theirs are genuine

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court at office
this 4th day of August 1849
W. V. R. Hallum Clerk.
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No497
Milly Worley
wid of Zachariah
Trm
Act 29 July 1848
Married 1799
husb died 1834
Admd. 471 32 [illegible]
[illegible] 4 March 1848

A Ferguson Esq
Carthage
Trm
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Know all men by these presents that we Zachariah
Worley and James De witt and held and firmly
bound unto James Wood Esquire Governor or chief
Magistrate of the State of Virginia, in the sum of
One hundred and fifty dollars; to which payment
Is [illegible] and truly to be made to the said James Wood
or his successors, we bind ourselves and each of us
our and each of our king, Exors & adms. jointly
and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with
our seals and dated this 27th day of May 1799
The Condition of the above obligation is such that
whereas there is a marriage shortly intended to be
had and solemnized between the above bound Zachariah
Worley and Milly Dewitt. Now if there shall
be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage
then the above obligation to be void else to remain
in full force and virtue).
Signd & acknd.
in presence of } Zachariah Worley [illegible]
James Dewitt [illegible]

State of Virginia
Bedford County } Set.
I John R. Steploe Clerk of the County Court of said
County, in the State aforesaid; do hereby certify that the
above is a true copy of a marriage license bond
now on file amongst the records of said Court.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court this 21st day of July 1849.
Jno R. Steploe C.R.C.
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State of Tennessee Smith County August term of
the County Court 1849
Present the Worshipfull Josiah R. Smith Samuel
P Howard and John R James and others Esquires
On motion and it appearing to the satisfaction of
the court, that certain papers purporting to be the
Declaration and proof in suport of the claim
of Milley Worley for a pension was executed before
John W Paty and Rowland W Newby Justices of
this court and it further appearing by the
oaths of Thomas T Terry and Samuel Allison
two respectable witnesses citizens of said County
Sworn here in open court that the said Milley
Worley [crossed out] was the is the lawful widow of Zachariah
Worley deceased who was a Pensioner of the United 
States It is therefore ordered that the same be
recognized as the official acts of the said Justices
and that the same be certified to the Commis-
Ssioner of Pensions at Washington City

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of Said court at office this
7th day of August 1849
M. R. Hallum Clerk
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No. 12 370.
Zachariah Worley
Smith Co
Va Roll
On Roll
From 1779 private
1 yr. 9 mos. 12 days,

Walter 
Buford
Va

J. Pickett,
Carthage
Tennessee
23rd. Feb. 1833.
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BRIEF in the case of Zachariah Worley —
Of Smith County in the State of Tennessee —
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

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

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

3. How old is he?

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

[Table]
Period.
In 1779…
1781..

Duration of Service.
Years,
1
Months,
8
Days.
Six weeks.

Rank.
As a
private
…

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Col. Buford, Capt. Wallar [possibly Walton]
(Virginia line.) }
Capt. Gwalkin, Maj. John Calloway
Col. Chr. Lynd ——— }

5. In what battles was he engaged? Hanging rock. Guilford.

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Powhatan County, Virginia

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by 
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? - Refer to the Rolls of the Virginia
Troops in the War Office. 

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No.

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned. 
   B. F. Pleasants   Examining Clerk.
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State of Tennessee
Smith County } On this 31 day of September 1832
Personally appeared before the County Court of Smith
County now sitting Zachariah Worley a resident
of Smith County and State of Tennessee aged
70 years last June 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 in the year 1779
in February with Sergant Ellison dont recolect what
Regiment was under Col. Buford of the Virginia line
under the following named officers that he enlisted
in the service of the United States in Febuay 1779
in Powatan County State of Virginia from there
We marched to the edge of Pennsylvania there met
By Col. Parker, and sent back to the South reached
Petersburg Va. in July, there [crossed out] he was taken sick

12.370
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and placed in the Hospital and remained such until
it was to late for the season to march, he was
under Capt. Wallace while at Petersburg and also Col
Buford. In the year 1780 in the month of Febuary
one hundred and forty of the soldier with myself
under Capt Howard was marched in to South
Carolina near Munks Corner. there met by Col.
Washington. then we dodged about as we could
Until Col Buford came up with the ballance
of the regiment then I was placed under my old
Capt. Wallace, we ware then marched from this
Place down to Santee River S. C. and there we
remained until the troops at Charleston was taken
prisoner, from Santee River the Company that I 
was in retreated to the place called the Hanging
Rock South Carolina, where we ware attached
by Col Talton and his soldiers, and we ware there
Defeated had orders if defeated to mitt at Hilsborough
N. Carolina, and out of about 500 then was only [crossed out] about
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104 got there. I then was marched from Hilsboroug to
Richmond Va. and there I was taken to [illegible] a
Country Store until my time was out. Making
the time I served as a regular one year and
Eight months in the United States army. I recd. a
discharge, but have not got it now. My name
is to be found on “ the Roll of the Virgina troops in the
wars office as I have seen men that told me they
saw it, after I was discharged I then came to my
Farthers house in Bedford County Va, where he had
moved to while I was in servise. Then afterwards
in the month of Febuay 1781, in Bedford County Va
there was a Call for men to join Genl. Green for
Six weeks. I then volunteered under Capt Gwalkin
Maj. John Callaway and Col Charles Lynche all
of whom I was acquainted with. I was marched
to Genl. Greens army at Gilford Court House and
then I was in the Battle of Gilford. I have no
documentary evidence, know of no person whos tisemony he
can procure to prove his servises.
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He hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension
or any annuity except the present, and he declares that his
name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J. Pickett Clk
Zachariah Worley

And the said Court do hereby declare there opinion
that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier
and served as he states.

I Jonathan Pickett Clerk of said Court do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the application of
Zachariah Worley for a pension   In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office
the 6th day of September 1832 and 57th year of our
Independence ~
J. Pickett Clk
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APPLICATION
FOR RESTORATION TO THE
PENSION ROLLS,
Under Act of February 4, 1865.

APPLICANTS ADDRESS.
Mrs Milley Worley Applicant.
Alexandria
Term

Revy.

Filed by [crossed out] D D Hyam
UNION CLAIM AGENTS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
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Application for Restoration to the Pension Rolls
WHOSE
Names have been Dropped under the Act of February 4, 1862.
State of Tennessee
County of Smith } SS.
On this nineteenth day of July, A. D. one thousand eight
hundred and Sixty six, personally appeared before me (1) John James
a Justice, of the Peace [crossed out] Court in said State and County,
the [crossed out] same being a Court of Record, (2) Mrs Milley Worley
aged One Hundred years, a resident of Smith County
in the State of Tennessee, who, being duly sworn according to law, de-
clares that (2) She is the identical (2) Milley Worley
who was a pensioner on the roll of the agency at Nashville
Tenn, and whose pension certificate is herewith returned; that (2) she has
resided since the first day of January, A. D. 1861, as follows: at the house
of Benjamin Davis in Smith County Term
three miles from the Village of Alexandria in Dekolb Co Term.
that during this period (2) her means of subsistence have been (4 ½) entirely by
the charity and generosity of her friends, that she has no
property of any kind and is totally unable to labor or do anything-
To earn a [illegible] account of her great age & information
and that (2) She has not borne arms against the Government of the United States, or (2) she
has not in any manner encouraged the rebels, or manifested a sympathy with their cause;
and that (2) she was last paid (2) her pension on the or about the 4th day of
March, A. D. 1861.
This application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of (2) her name to
the pension rolls, and of obtaining a new pension certificate, such as (2) she may be entitled
to under existing laws, reference being made to the evidence heretofore filed in the Pension
Office to substantiate (2) her original claim. And I hereby appoint B. D. Hyam [crossed out] J. W. de KRAFFT
& CO., of WASHINGTON, D. C., my Attornies to present this my application, and perform all
that is necessary therein, without revocation, as well as to receive my Certificate when issued.
[illegible]
M. J. Davis
(5) her
Milley Worley
mark

Also personally appeared (6) J. N. Boon, a resident of
said County & State and (6) M J Davis
a resident of (7) said County and State, persons whom I certify to be re-
spectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were present
and saw (5) Milley Worley, make her mark to
the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from
the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with (2) her that (2) she is the iden-
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tical person (2) she represents (2) himself to be; and they further swear that they have
No interest in the prosecution of this claim.

(8) J. N. Boon
(8) M. J. Davis

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 19th day of July
A.D. 1866; and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution
of this claim. and that the name of W de Krafft Ho.and insertion
of B. D. Hyam was made before signing, and that shall [illegible]
interest in the claim - 
(1) John Jones JP
For Smith County

OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
I Milley Worley do solemnly swear,
(or affirm,) in the presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend the Consti-
Tuition of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder; that I will, in  like manner, abide by and faith-
fully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the
Emancipation of Slaves: So help me God. 
(2) her Milley x Worley mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 19th day of July
A.D. 1866. 
(1) John Jones J. P.
For Smith County

The State of Tennessee__ County of Smith, ss.
I, E. W. Turner Clerk of the County
Court within and for said County, do certify that John Jones
Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration, affidavits and acknowledgement were made, was, at
The time of taking the same, and still is an acting Justice of the Peace
Within and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that the several signatures, pur-
porting to be his, which are appended to said declaration, affidavits and acknowledgement, are
His genuine signatures.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereto set my hand and affix the Seal of our said Court,
At Carthage this 23rd day of July
A.D. 1866.
E. W. Turner Clerk
Smith County Court

[Stamp]
SEAL.
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INSTRUCTIONS.
FIGURE (1)—Judge, Justice of the Peace, or Clerk having seal. [Note—If a Judge or Justice of the Peace, authenticate the papers, the signature must be
verified in usual form by the Clerk of the Court.]
(2) He or She—Name of Applicant—His or Her—Him or Her—Himself or Herself, as the fact may be.
(3) Name the place or places at which claimant has resided since last paid, and during the time for which original Pension has not been drawn.
(4) Here name the employment or other means by which a livelihood has been gained. (4 ½) Means of subsistence.
(5) Signature of Applicant. If X is made, two witnesses must sign their names opposite the same, and who can write.
( 6 ) Names of Witnesses in full.
(7) State name of residences, City, Village, County, and State.
( 8 ) Signatures of Witnesses.

NOTES TO BE PARTICULARLY OBSERVED.
If the declarant, or any witness, signs by mark, the officer must certify, that the contents of the paper were made known to the affiant and witnesses before
signing.
In every case, the declaration of affidavit must be either signed by the affiant's own hand or else by mark, [X]. Signing by another hand, when the party is
able to write, or without a mark when the party is unable to write, is wholly inadmissable.
The allegations made in the applicant’s declaration, must be sustained by the testimony of two credible and disinterested witnesses, to be certified as such by
the officer before whom the testimony is taken. If the applicant be an Invalid Pensioner, he must be examined by an Army Surgeon, or by a Surgeon duly
appointed by the Pension Office, as to the continuance of the disability.
If a widow, she must prove, by two credible witnesses, (certified to in the usual manner, and under seal,) her continued widowhood.
If remarried, the minor children, (under 16,) through their guardian can apply for the Suspended Pension, and if the guardian of a minor child be newly
appointed, he or she must file the proper evidence of his or her appointment as such.
In all cases, the ORIGINAL Pension Certificate must be surrendered.
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State of Tennessee
County of Smith } On this 3rd day of May A.D
one thousand Eight hundred and
fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice
of the Peace within and for the County and
State aforesaid Milly Worley aged Seventy
seven years a resident of Smith County in
the State of Tennessee who being duly sworn
according to law declares that she is the widow
of Zachariah Worley deceased who was a private
in the Company commanded by Captain
. in the Regiment of drafted
commanded by Colonel in
in the Revolutionary war between the United 
States and Great Britain. that her said
husband -   at 

on or about the [blank] day of [blank] A.D.
177 [blank] for the term of 24 months and
continued in actual service in said war for
fourteen days and was honorably discharged at
- & Gilford Courthouse. on or about the
day of [blank] A.D.H.
she further states that she was married to the
said Zachariah Worley in Bedford County in the
state of Virginia by one Jeny [possibly Jery] Macher
a minister of the gospel and or about the 
day of [blank] A.D. [blank] that her
before her said marriage was Milly Dewit
that her said husband died in Smith
County in the State of Tennessee on the 27th day
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of October   A.D. 1837 and that she is now a
widow -   She makes this declaration for the purpose
of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be
entitled under the act approved March 3rd 1855
(For proof refer to Roll of Pensioners under act Feb'y 2nd 1848 page 359 Vol. 1
Book D.)
her
Milley Worley
mark 

Ms Benjamin C Davis and Jas.N. Boon residents
of Smith County in the State of Tennessee upon our
oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was
signed and acknowledged by Milly Worley in
our presence and that we believe from the
appearance and statements of the applicant that
she is the identical person she represents herself
to be
Benjamin C Davis
J. N. Boon

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were
sworn to and subscribed before me on the day
and year above written and I certify that I
know the affiants to be credible persons that the
claimant is the person she represents herself to
be and that I have no interest in this claim
J. W. Paty J.P.
for Smith County
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Tennessee
Smith County } I, William V. R. Hallum Clerk
of the County Court of Smith County do hereby certify
that John W. Patey whose name appears officially
To the foregoing affidavits & [illegible] is & was at the
times the same [illegible] date an acting Justice of
The peace in & for said County, duly commissioned
and qualified as the law objects.

In testimy whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the seal of my
office this 16" day of May 1855
WVR Hallum Clk
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF:MLB

July 21, 1930

Mrs. Henry Glass Oliver
Box 66
Chatham, Virginia

Dear Madam: 
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary 
War pension claim, W. 1972, that Zachariah Worley was born in June, 1762,
place not stated.

He enlisted in Powhatan County, Virginia, in February, 1779 and
served in Captain Wallace's Company, Colonel Buford's Virginia Regiment;
was taken sick at Petersburg, Virginia in July and was put in the hospital
there. He enlisted in February, 1780 and served in Captain Howard's
and Wallace's Companies, Colonel Buford's Virginia Regiment and was in
the battle of Hanging Rock. He stated that both of these services
amounted to one year and eight months.

After the above mentioned services he went to the house of his
father whose name is not given, in Bedford County, Virginia and enlisted
in February, 1781 and served six weeks in Captain Gwalkin's Company,
Colonel Charles Lynch's Virginia Regiment and was in the battle of
Guilford Court House.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 4, 1832,
at which time he was living in Smith County, Tennessee.
He died October 27, 1837.

The soldier married June 1, 1799 in Bedford County, Virginia, Milly
or Milley De Witt.

She was allowed pension on her application executed August 9, 1848,
at which time she was living in Smith County, Tennessee and was aged
seventy-five years.

In July, 1866 she stated that she was one hundred years of age and
was living in the home of Benjamin Davis in Smith County, Tennessee.
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She died August 27, 1866.
Their children are referred to but no names are given. 
Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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Reported
1 386
Tennes
Milley W
widow of Zachar
Who served in the Revolution
war, as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
71 Dollars 32
Cents per annum, to commence
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued th
24th day of Oct ‘49
and sent to
A. Ferguson
Carthge
Tennessee
Said to [illegible] 4/61
[illegible]
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State of Tennessee
County of DeKalb } S.S.
We D. H. Davis and G. E. Coatney
residents of Smith & DeKalb counties in said
State aged respectively 26 and 28 years
on oath state that we are and have
been well acquainted with Mrs Milley
Worley for several years, that she resides in
Smith County about three miles from the
Village of Alexandria in DeKalb County
all in said State - that she the said Milley
Worley is unmarried, and has not been
married since the 4th of March AD 1861.
D. H. Davis
G. E. Coatney

State of Tennessee
County of Dekalb } On this the 24 day
of July 1866, personally appeared before
one R W Yeargin an acting Justice
of the Peace in and for said County
and State D H Davis and G E Coatney,
who are to me well known and subscribed
and made oath in due form of law
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to the foregoing affidavit - And I hereby
certify that I am not interested in this
claim nor concerned in its prosecution
and that the said D H Davis
and G E Coating are respectable and
entitled to full faith and credit and
that the foregoing affidavit was read over
to them before they signed the same-
R W Yeargin JP

State of Tennessee
County of DeKalb } S.S.   I George W Eastham
Clerk of the County ^ Court within and for said
County do certify that R W Yeargin Esqr
before whom the foregoing affidavit was made
was at the time of taking the same and still is
an acting Justice of the Peace within and
for said County duly Commissioned and sworn
and that the signature purporting to be his
which is appended to said affidavit is his
genuine signature In testimony whereof, hereto
set my hand and affix the seal of our said
Court as office in Smithville this the 27th day
of July 1866.
George W Eastham Clerk
DeKalb County Court
Peace
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Letters of administration
To
David H. Davis

Issued June 3rd 1867
E W Turner [illegible]

[Stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
PENSION OFFICE
AUG 26 1867
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ADMINISTRATOR’S WARRANT    Printed and Sold by BARRY. WINDHAM & CO., Nashville, Tenn.
STATE OF TENNESSEE - - - Smith COUNTY

To David H Davis   A Citizen of Smith County.
Whereas, It appears to the Court now in session that Milley Worley
has died, leaving no will, and the Court being satisfied as your claim to the administration,
and you having given bond, and qualified as directed by law, and the Court having ordered
that letters of administration issued to you:
THESE ARE, THEREFORE, To authorize and empower you, the said David H.
Davis to take into your possession and control all the goods, chattels,
claims and papers of the said intestate, and return a true and perfect inventory thereof to
our next County Court, or within ninety days from the date hereof, to collect and pay all
debts, and to do and transact all the duties in relation to said estate, which lawfully devolves
on you as Administrator: and after having settled up said estate to deliver the residue
thereof to those who have a right thereto by law. HEREIN FAIL NOT.
Witness, E. W. Turner Clerk of said Court, at office, this 3rd day
of June 1867, and 91st year of American Independence.
E. W. Turner Clerk
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QUALITY
SERVICE

Cutlery
Enamel Ware

CHATHAM HARDWARE COMPANY
GENERAL HARDWARE, IMPLEMENTS, PAINTS & OILS
AGENTS FOR
SOUTH BEND MALLEABLE STEEL RANGE
CHATHAM, VA. May 28 1930

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I notice in your list of Revolutionary soldier who
received pensions appears the name of ZACHARIAH WORLEY. Please send
me the time that the pension was granted his birth, death dates, his
wifes name, in fact, any information that you can give me will be very
greatly appreciated.
If you have any information on James Henry Dewitt,
orJames that would help an awful lot too. I need just the above
to complete my D.A.R. papers.
Thanking you for the trouble that this may cause you,
I am
Yours very truly
Elizabeth R. Oliver
Mrs. Henry Glass Oliver
Chatham, Virginia.
Box 66

[Stamp] 
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
JUN.
2
1930

- L, Worley
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W.O.
UNION CLAIM AGENCY
Or
B. D. HYAM,
LATE
J. W. de KRAFFT 7 CO.

Hon: Comr: of Pensions   Washington, D. C., Aug 13th, 1866.
Sir,
Please receive application of Mrs.
Milley Worley of Alexandria Tenn. for restoration to
Pension Rolls with affidavit as to residence & present
Widowhood. Pension Certificate herewith returned.
Respectfully Yours,
B. D. Hyam
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Restoration   386   Nashville
Brief in the Case of Milley Worley, Widow of
Zachariah Worley, Alexandria
Smith County and State of Tennessee
Act July 29, 1848

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
Revolutionary
PROOF EXHIBITED,
Pensioned on the roll of Tennessee at $ To. 32
per annum & paid to March 4, 186[illegible] she has
Returned her old certificate — claims restoration
having complied with the requirements & proof
of loyalty widowhood. 

Restored March 22, 1864 to a pension of 
$41.32 per annum_ commencing March 4, 1861

Name and residence of Agent.
B D Hyam
Present

W E Trask
Examining Clerk.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE,
October 23, 1844.
Sir: 
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act
directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners,
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United 
States,” and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending
the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pen-
sion agents, The widow of Zachariah Worley,
ded., a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Ten.:
Agency, at the rate of Seventy one Dollars
and 32 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June
1832, has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of Sept.— to the 27th Oct. 1837.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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✓
18,388
[illegible]
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BRIEF objectives to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these
Answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Zachariah Worley - - - which require
further proof or explanation.

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

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

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

IV. Has the decarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes.

V. *Has mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension
he is entitled? Yes.

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

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension that the ine under the Act of 
June 7, 1832? Yes.

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes.

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes.

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

XII. If the clergyman’s affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain-
ing it?
No.

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

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

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

XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes.

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

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
Cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recol-
lection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For —
year — months, and —days, I served as a — For — months
and — days, I served as a —; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the
pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too in-
definite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objection-
able. It must in every case be clearly shewn 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 em-
ployed in any civil pursuit.
† QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must
prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of
the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the
regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths
must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magis-
trate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the cer-
tificate 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.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1972
Milley Worley
Widow
Zachariah Worley
Pri. Rev. War

Act: July 29, 1848
Index:—Vol.M, Page 352.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1917, June 16. History to
Jr. Mr. Genl. U. S. A. 
for tombstone   For
1930 - July 2 [crossed out] Hist to Mrs.
Henry Glass Oliver [illegible].
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[Transcript illegible.]

[Lower right side may include] 
of Pensions.
Washington City 
D.C.
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In the case of Milley Worley, deceased, amount
of pension can only be paid to her legal legal
heirs, if the left any. [crossed out/illegible]
Claim should be paid in the
usual form with part of loyalty & date of
death.
David H. Davis
Feb. 29. 1868
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Nashville Pens; Agency
Aug. 22nd, 1867

Joseph H. Barrett
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington,
D.C.

Sir,
As Administrator of the Estate of Milly Worley,
Widow of Zachariah Worley, a Private in the Revolu-
tionary War, and inscribed on the Pension list of
the Nashville, Tenn. Agency, at the rate of $71 32
pAnnum Commencing on this March ‘61 &C. dated
28th of ‘March, 1867, I this day applied to P.W.
Maxey, Pens. Agt. for payment, who informed he
could not pay it, as the Pensioner died anterior to
date of the Pension Certificate; and that it was
necessary to inform the Pension Office of the death
of the Pensioner giving the date thereof “and it of-
ficial action [illegible], before application [illegible]
Made for payment.” ‘I herewith, inclose to you
the affidavits of Zachariah Davis & William D.
Hudson, properly attested under Seal, and also
A Copy of my letters of Administrator. You will
please give me the necessary instructions that I
may draw the Arriers.
Respy.
P.S. My Post Office address
is Alexandria, Smith Co.
Tenn.

David. H. Davis
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[illegible] 29” July, Tenn;
Boyd [illegible]
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[Stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
PENSION OFFICE.
[Illegible]

Payment to be made at
Nashville by
Joel M. Smith

Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of
Tennessee

Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
2d, 1848, Page 359 Vol. 1
Burk D.
J. P. Chase Clerk.

Resided in Smith County, Tennessee 18
years past previous thereto resided in Franklin
— Virginia.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW’S PENSION.

I certify that in conformity with the act of [crossed out] February July 29th, 1848,
Milley Worley
widow of Zachariah Worley
who was a Private in the revolutionary war,
Is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Seventy one
Dollars and thirty two 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 24th day of October
One thousand eight hundred and
[illegible] nine.
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Carthage Tennessee
6th August 1849

Dear Sir
Inclosed Please find the Declaration and
proof in suport of the claim of Milley Worley
widow of Zachariah Worley deceased for a Pension
under act of 29th July 1848 which I trust
will be found to be one of these plain cases
which gives but little trouble in comming
to a satisfactory conclusion and favourable
decision. You will find the certified copy of the
original Marriage bond annexed and a power of
attorney attached authorising me to act
Be pleased to examine the claim without
delay, and if found to be satisfactory issue
her pension certificate and forward the same
to me at this place
Respectfully 
A Fergusson

N B official acts of the Magistrate
recognised agreable to rules of office by the
County Court see last page [illegible]

James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Know all men by these presents that I Milley Worly
of the County of Smith and State of Tennessee
do hereby constitute and appoint Adam Fergusson
my true and lawful attorney
of the same county and State aforesaid to pro-
Secute and obtain any pension now due ^ me
by any act of Congress now in existence or
that may hereafter be enacted for me or in
favour of widows of Revolutionary Pensioners
or any other claim for the Revolutionary
Service of my late Husband Zachariah Worly
And further to do and perform any act or acts
necessary to be done in as fully a manner as
if I were personally present hereby ratifying
and confirming all that my attorney shall
do by virtue hereof witness my hand and seal
this the 29th day of August 1848
interlined before signed in her Milley x Worley mark
fourth line "my true and lawful
attorney
attest J. W. Paty
Wm W. Fergusson

State of Tennessee
Smith County } I John W. Paty one of the
Acting Justice of the Peace in and for the
County aforesaid hereby certify that Milly Worly
is personally known to me and that she
has this day appeared before me and acknowl-
edged the foregoing power of attorney to
be her act and deed
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal
this 29th day of August 1848
J.W. Paty J.P.
for Smith County