Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 31515, Jeremiah Alexander, Va.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE                                           NUMBER
Va.              Alexander, Jeremiah        S. 31515

CONTENTS

This Envelope Includes
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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19.8024
Alabama
Jeremiah Alexander
Morgan in the State of Alabama he was a private in the Comp. commanded Captain Neile of the Reg commanded Col. Campbell in the Va line for 10 Month

Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence of the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Sept. 1833 and Sent M. M. MacKenzie Somerville

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 33     $83.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 36     $16.66
Died Jan 26, 1847       $99.99

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Go. Cotely Clerk,
Book E. Vol 8. Page 43
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Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 March to 4th Sep 1839. Agent notified 8th Oct 1840.
 
Letter to P [illegible]  2 Nov 1840
Paid as above from 4 Sep 1839 to 4 March 1840. Agt notified 4 July 1841.

Lets  to  2 Comptroller and P. agent at Huntsville, Feb 11 1841
Letter to J. D. Beauch Comp.& 3 Audr 9th July 1841.

Paid as above from 4 March to 4 Sep 1840 agt notified 21 July 1841.

To Mobile from Tuskaloosa from 4 Sep 1841. * Nov 1842. Notification + letter to A Barton.
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The State of Alabama
Morgan County SS

On this twenty Eighth day of August one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the County Court of Morgan County Ala now sitting Jeremiah Alexander a resident citizen of the County of Morgan and State of Alabama aged about Sixty nine 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that he entered service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated that he was ordered and in the month of April 1780 under Lieutenant Smith Captain Montgomery from the County of Washington State of Virginia with some other men to guard some provisions when he continued in service for about three months on this occasion he had no fighting and marched from the said county of Washington about thirty miles and was discharged about June of the same year. After this he was ordered out in a ranging party under Lieutenant Davidson in June of the same year and continued in this kind of service until September of that year when he was ordered under Col. Campbell commandant of the regiment (Maj. not recollected) Capt Niel Lieutenant Crabtree (Ensign not recollected) from Washington County Virginia to North Carolina in
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in this tour he was on his way and within a few
mi[?] of the celebrated Kings Mountain when the news was received that the battle was over. during this service he passed through part of the State of Virginia into the State of North Carolina through which state he marched considerably and was discharged sometime in November of that year. After this he volunteered under Captain Montgomery  Lieutenant Doran from the county of Washington and marched from there in January 1781 under Col. Campbell and joined Genl. Greens Army in Guilford County North Carolina  in this tour he served until March of the same year. During this service he was in a battle upon the Reedy fork of Haw river at one Whitsells mill. During which tour he lost his horn saddle &c for which he rec’d no compensation. in this duty he passed through Salem in North Carolina then called Moravians town. And through much of said state from Washington county Virginia. That he was well acquainted with Colonel Lee. that he has no documentary evidence of his service and knows of no person except John Craig with whom he served by whom he can establish that fact the affidavit of said Craig is hereto annexed proving that fact. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State.
     Jeremiah S Alexander
         (X his mark)

Sworn to and subscribed in open court on the day and year first aforesaid.
         M.M. MacKenzie Clk

     This day personally appeared in open court also John Craig of Livingston County aged about sixty seven years who after being duly sworn states on oath that he has known the said Jeremiah Alexander from his earliest youth up to the present day having been raised in the same neighbourhood with him and
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He also states on oath that he served in the tours of duty under Col. Campbell during the Revolutionary War with the said Alexander and knows the facts in his declaration above to be true.
                  Jno Craig
     Sworn to and subscribed in open court on the day and year first stated.
    M.M. MacKenzie Clk

Mr. Daniel McClung a clergyman residing in the court and state aforesaid and Matthew C. Houston also residing in said court and state hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah Alexander who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
                         David McClung
                         M.C. Houston

Sworn to and subscribed in open court on the day and year above first written.
                M.M. MacKenzie Clerk

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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further testifies that it appears to him that David McClung who signs the foregoing Certifficate (sic) is a clergyman of the County of Morgan and that him and said M.C. Houston who signs the foregoing Certificate are resident Citizens of said County of Morgan and are credible persons and that their statements are entittled (sic)to benefit.
                    Chas. Peters Judge
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State of Alabama
Morgan County

I M.M. MacKenzie Clerk of the County Court of Morgan County in the state of Alabama do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of James Alexander for a pension.
(seal)
     In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court at office this 28th day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two and the fifty seventh year of American Independence.
                  M.M. MacKenzie Clk.

Declaration of Jeremiah Alexander
7374
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7347
Jeremiah Alexander
Alabama

Adm 10 months

6666
1680
(illegible)

MM MacKenzie
Clk

Morgan County
Alabama
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
12th Aug 1833

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 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.  These 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 with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Jeremiah Alexander

Period when service was rendered.

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

-2-10
- 5-10
-2-10

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.
69 years
Washington C., Va.

Proof by which the declaration is supported.

     I am, respectfully,
         Your obedient servant,
             J.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 offices, musicians 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 

     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 first being 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, if 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 or any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____.                         A.B.
     Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
     [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) herby 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. 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 product 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
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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 or 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 ex-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?
     How were you called into service;  were you drafted, did you volution, 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 enquiry whether the belief 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 the 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.

(The following are small type footnotes at the bottom of the page.)

[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 claim cannot be had.  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 Just of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that, by reason 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 ribbons, 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.
     [j]  The notes from [a] to [i] are 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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The State of Alabama
Morgan County
     On this 13 day of May 1833 personally appeared before the Hon’l. Charles W. Peters sole Judge of the orphans court of said County in open court now sitting Jeremiah Alexander who being duly sworn according to law makes the following statement as his amended declaration to his original declaration filed on the 28 day of August 1832 in the county court of said county in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832  this
statement being as a supplement to said original declaration and to accompany the same. This affiant states on oath that he served as a private during the Revolutionary war in the first of April 1780 in the manner he has stated and was discharged on the 10 day of June in the same year during which tour he served for two months and ten days in a regular corps embodied and called into service by the competent authorities of the Commonwealth of Virginia. That he was on the 20 day of June 1780 having been discharged but a few days from his first tour again ordered out and actually entered the service
under Capt. Neil as stated in his declaration who then commanded a company of Rangers embodied by order of the Government and marched as he has stated & was discharged on the 30 day of November of the same year 1780. during this tour he served for five months and ten days. That after this he entered the service as a volunteer in a volunteer company commanded by Capt. Montgomery and entered the service on the fifth day of January 1781 and marched with said company ordered out by the state and joined Genl. Greens Army as set forth in the original declaration and was discharged on the fifteenth
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day of March of the same year 1781  in this tour he served in the army from the 5 day of January till the fifteenth day of March 1781 being two months and ten days and making in the several tours mentioned above ten months
actual service during which time he was engaged in no civil employment but was a soldier in actual service embodied under competent authority. that he served during the periods of the revolutionary war mentioned in this supplement and in his original declaration  that he received no written discharge but was
only dismissed from service after the end of his several tours as stated above that he has no documentary evidence of his service and such proof cannot be had nor can he get the
testimony of any person whatever  that at the time of filing his original declaration he obtained the proof which appears in the affidavit of John Craig annexed but from whom he can get no further or explanetary
proof to what appears therein that said Craig resides at a great distance and is in such feble health that he is not able to attend or make any further proofs In answer to the 1 interrogatory presented by the war department he answers that he was born on the 4 day of July 1763 in the State of Maryland. To the 2 he says he has no record of his age but has a perfect recollection the date from the memorable day of the month on which he was born and keeping his age by the statement of his parents  To the 3 he answers that he was living in Washington County Virginia when called into service first and resided there until the close of the war  Afterwards he removed into the now State of Tennessee
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 and then removed to the State of North Carolina from there to the County of Morgan State of Alabama where he now resides and has resided for thirty years past. That he was when called into service for the two first tours mentioned in his original and this amended declaration he was drafted for the last tour he was a volunteer that he was never a substitute
To the fifth he answers that he was acquainted with Col Lee of the Cavalry with Genl. Pickens
and Genl. Green that he cannot state at this distant day the particular numbers of the regiments in the Continental and malitia (illegible) with which he was at that day(illegible) nor all the officers with whom he was acquainted. To the 6 he answers that he received no discharge in writing when he left the service To the 7 he answers that he is acquainted with most of the respectable Citizens not only in his immediate
neighbourhood but in the County in which he lives all of whom know the character he sustains. Among those in his neighbourhood he will mention the names of Robert F Houston Esquire a member of the Genl. Assembly from this county to whom he is well known and who is a near neighbour. And John
Elliott both of whom are now present and he will again refer to David McClung a clergyman who is his neighbour and Matthew C. Houston both of whom have testified as set forth in his original declaration to whom this affiant is well known.
            Jeremiah X Alexander
                      (X his mark)

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
M.M. MacKenzie Clk O.C.
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This day personally appeared in open county court the two witnesses referred to in the foregoing declaration to wit the said Robert F Houston & the said John Elliott who after being duly sworn say they are now neighbours and are well acquainted with the said Jeremiah Alexander who inscribed and swore to the foregoing declaration and believe him to be sixty nine years old and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we wholly concur in that opinion.
                   Robert F. Houston
                   John Elliott
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 13th May 1833.
      M.M. MacKenzie Clk O.C.

I Charles W. Peters Judge of the Orphants (sic) Court of Morgan County State of Alabama before whom the above witnesses were sworn do certify that said witnesses are creditable persons.  Given under my hand and seal this 13th May 1833
           Charles W. Peters Judge

State of Alabama
Morgan County
     I M.M. MacKenzie Clerk of the Orphans Court of Morgan County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original amended proceeding had by the said court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Alexander for a pension.
(seal)
     In testimony of which I hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office this 14th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight-hundred and thirty three and of American independence the fifty seventy year.
Teste  M.M. MacKenzie Clk. O.C.
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State of Alabama
County of Walker
     Be it known, That before me William Nesmith a Justice of the Peace, and in for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Martin Orear and made oath in due form of law that he is a son in law and the administrator late of Jeremiah Alexander deceased, the identical person who was a Pension of the United States, at the rate of 33.33/100 dollars per annum, and to whom a Certificate of Pension was issued, which is lost or destroyed.  He died on the 26th day of January 1847.  He left no widow, but Five children only, whose names are here written.  Luticia Orear, Easter Stephenson, John Alexander, Martha Inman and Abigail Randolph of the truth of which statements I am fully satisfied.   
              Martin Orear (seal)
Sworn and subscribed this 26th day of December 1854, before me                 
William Nesmith Justice of the Peace

     Know all men by these presents, That Martin Orear, a son in law and the administrator late of Jeremiah Alexander County, State & above named, do hereby constitute and appoint R.L. SMALLWOOD, of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to receive from the Treasury of the United States a draft, or all money, payable to my order for the arrears of pension of deceased from the last annual payment to the 26th day of January 1847 when he died.
     Witness my hand and seal this the 26th day of December 1854.
                       Martin Orear (seal)

SEALED AND DELIVERED IN PRESENCE OF
TWO WITNESSES
William Nesmith
Thomas D. Lockhart

State of Alabama
County of Walker SS
     Be it known, that on the 26th Dec. 1854 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, personally appeared Martin Orear a son in law and the administrator late of Jeremiah Alexander dec above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed.
     In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year last above mentioned.
           William Nesmith
           Justice of the Peace.


FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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State of Alabama
County of Walker
I Thos. M. Gabbert Judge of the Court of Probate holden at Hasper in and for the County of Walker and State aforesaid do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Jeremiah Alexander was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of 33 33/100 dollars per annum;  was a resident of the County of Walker in the State of Alabama and died in the County of Walker and State of Alabama in the year 1847 and on the 26 day of January and that he left no widow, but the following named children, to wit:  Luticia Orear, Esther Stephenson, John Alexander, Martha Inman and Abigail Randolph who is the only surviving children of said decedent, and that Martin Orear is the administrator of the deceased Pensioner.
     I further certify that William Nesmith Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit and Power of Attorney were executed, was at the date of execution thereof a duly appointed Justice of the Peace within and for Walker County, his signature thereto I believe to be genuine.
     In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Jasper this 3d day of January A.D. 1855
                      Thos. M. Gabbert
                      Judge of Probate
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FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

Washington D.C.
Jany 13th / 55

R.S. Smallwood
Recd. Jany 16th / 55

Which now Act 7th June '32.  Pay the admr. (faded)
to 26th Jany '47
Case of (faded)
4046
26 Jany 47
33.33

Wm Randall
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                   Washington Jan 15 1853

To the Third Auditor
of the Treasury
Sir
     Enclosed you will find the application from the heirs of Jeremiah Alexander for arrears of pension due their deceased Father.  Please examine and report to me. 
                        I am Sir yours
                        Respectfully
                          R.S. Smallwood

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

No. 7036.  Entd
Jeremiah Alexander
(Admr of)

Ala (Act 1832)
$13.25

Rept. Jany 17 1855
Ret " 19 - "

Regr. No 3534 dated
24th & Sent to Treasury
25th January, 1855
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STATEMENT.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE
...185 .

The United States
To the Admr of
Jeremiah Alexander dec

pensioner of the Mobile Agency, per Act of Congress of 7 June 1832
for his pension from 4 Sept 1846 to 26 Jany 1847 at #33.33 per Annum   $13.25

Stated, Jany 17, 1855 by W.S.R. Saffell, Clerk.

Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
Examined, Jan 19 1855 by
Jos. T. Adams Clerk.

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
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         March 21, 1933
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         BA-J/KEL
         OWN
         Jeremiah Alexander - S.31515
         Andrew Wilson - S.31878

Mr. J.M. Dombhart
Parriah
Alabama

Dear Sir:
     Reference is made to you letter in which you request the records of Jeremiah Alexander, David Walling, Stephen Garrison, Mathey Payne, Andrew Nelson and Varder Mabgly, reported in 1840 as pensioners of Walker County, Alabama, to aid you in your historical work in that county.
     Requests similar to yours are received daily and the clerical force available for furnishing like information is very limited, therefore, it has not been possible to make a series of investigations and reports pertaining to soldiers of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and the Indian Wars between, for one person or organization.
     The records of two pensioners named on your list are given below as found in their respective claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.

Jeremiah Alexander
S.31515

     Jeremiah Alexander was born July 4, 1763, in the state of Maryland.
     While residing in Washington County, Virginia, he enlisted and served as a private with the Virginia Troops as follows:  from April 1, 1780 to June 10, 1780, in Captain Montgomery's Company:  from June 20, 1780 to November 30, 1780, under ;lieutenant Davidson and Captain Neil and Colonel Campbell:  from January 5, 1781 to March 15, 1781, under Captain Montgomery and Colonel Campbell and was in an engagement at Whitsitt's Mill on Reedy Fork of the Haw River in North Carolina.

(In margin: M.M.F., Could not identify officers)
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     After the Revolution, Jeremiah Alexander moved from Washington County, Virginia, to the state of Tennessee, thence to the state of North Carolina and thence to Morgan County, Alabama, where he had resided for thirteen years when he was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832.  In 1840, he was residing in Walker County, Alabama.
     He died January 26, 1847.  (from AB)
     There are no data as to soldier's family.

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Andrew Nilson
S.31878
     Andrew Wilson was born in 1762, in York County, Pennsylvania.  His name also appears as Nelson;  he signed Nilson.
     While residing in Augusta County, Virginia, he volunteered and served as a private with the Virginia Troops as follows:  from June 15, 1779 to September 15, 1779, in Captain John Cunningham's Company:  from May 11, 1780 to August 15, 1780, in Captain John McKitterick's Company and was out against the Indians in northwestern Virginia:  from December 15, 1780 to May 1, 1781, in Captain James Tate's Company under colonel Campbell, marched to North Carolina and was in the battle of Guilford.
(in margin:  Could not identify Capt. McKitterick nor Capt. Jas Tate as of Va)
     He was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1831, while residing in Morgan County, Alabama.
     It is not stated that the soldier was ever married.
     In 1832, one Joseph Nelson was a resident of Madison County Alabama and aged about seventy-six years:  no relationship to the soldier was stated.
     In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Andrew Nilson or Nelson (S.31878), you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records
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Division, this city, citing all of the following data:
     Andrew Nelson or Nilson, Certificate No. 13345, issued July 2, 1833, rate $35.44 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Alabama Agency.
               Very truly yours
               A.D. HILLER
               Assistant to Administrator.

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1933-Mar 21 - Hist. to JM. Dombhart BBL

31515
Revy
INVALID.
File No. 31515

Jeremiah Alexander 
Pri Rev War

Act:  June 7 32

Index: - Vol. 2, Page 6

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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NAME
ALEXANDER, Jeremiah  7036 Chgd out

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER RECEIVED FROM 
THE GENERAL ACCOUNT OFFICE

AGENCY OF PAYMENT  Mobile, Alabama
DATE OF ACT  June 7, 1832
DATE OF PAYMENT  January 1855 1st
DATE OF DEATH  January, 26, 1847

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE
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No. 7036
Alexander, Jeremiah
Administrator of
January - 1855
Act - Apr. 6th 1838
Alabama
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Jeremiah Alexander, Ala. Tuskaloosa Agency
Act 7th June 1832 -- $33. 33/100 per ann
To what time last paid
Pension Office
8th Nov 1842

4 Sep 1841
DH
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 23d, 1840.

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." Jeremiah Alexander, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Huntsville, AL Agency, at the rate of Thirty three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1839 to the 4th March 1840.
       Respectfully yours,
       Albion K. Parris

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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              Ho of Reps
              28th Feby 1856

Dear Sir
     I am requested to learn of you the condition of the following application for Bounty Land - Mary Wilson - Jemima Day & Silas P Rose - The last named case is I think one of the Cherokee cases - I am not furnished with the numbers of either of the above cases.
                    Mrs. R. Geo. S. Houston (?)


Hon J. Minot
Pension Office
D.C.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 2d, 1840.

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,"  Jeremiah Alexander, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Huntsville, AL Agency, at the rate of thirty three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 4th Sept. 1839.
              Respectfully yours,
                      J. Seavers
                      Acting Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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             Huntsville Jany 13, 1840
Sir
     Your favour of 31 ult. is just to hand - According to my book Hillary Hendrick, a pensioner of "7 June 1832" was last paid to the 4 September 1839 at Washington.
     I take this opportunity to advise you that a few days ago I recd advice from A,K, Parris of a payment being made to Jeremiah Alexander, a pensioner of "7 June 1832" at the rate of 33.33 per annum.  This pensioner has been transferred to the Tuscaloosa District at the time of the general transfer made by this agency, of which A.K. Parris shared the application.
             I am very Respectfully Your
             Most Obt. Servant
                 B.M. Lowe
                 Pension Agency

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington
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Be pleased to say on which of the Alabama Agencies Jeremiah alexander (a pensioner under the Act of June 7, 1832 at $33.33 per annum) appears, and in what county he resided when he was last paid
Pension Office
Jan 29 1841


Mr. Alexander was paid at the Treasury as a Huntsville pensioner 29 Dec 1840, he resided in Walker Co, Ala
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 12, 1841

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," Jeremiah Alexander, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Tuscaloosa, AL Agency, at the rate of Thirty three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 4th Sept. 1839.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Jasper 24th September 1842
To J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir
     Enclosed is an application for Jeremiah Alexander of Walker County and State of Alabama a Revolutionary Pensioner for his Pension from the 4th of September 1841 up to 4th Sept. 1842.  He has made application to the pention office at Tuscaloosa, Ala.  Recently and in consequence of the Pention agency having died he failed to draw his money you will pleas forward him a Draft. so that he can get his mony as Early as possible as his necessities are great.  Address to this office.
    I am Sir with (illegible) Respect
    Your Obt Servant
          Absalom Barton

PS 
     I would say to you that I was the Attorney appointed to Draw Jeremiah Alexander Pension and that from some small error in the papers he failed to draw his Pension from the 4th of September 1841 up to the 4th of March 1842.  And owing to the death of the Agency he failed to draw from the 4th of March 1842 up to the 4th September 1842.  (illegible)
                   Moses Camak
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The State of Alabama
Walker County SS
     Be it known that before me Absolom Barton a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Jeremiah Alexander and made oath in due form of law that he is the identical person named in an original certificate in his possession of which the follow (I certify) is a true copy.
     War Department Revolutionary claims I certify that in conformity with the laws of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Jeremiah Alexander of the State of Alabama who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year.
     Given at the war office of the United States this 17th day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
                     Lew Cass
                     Secretary of War

Examined and countersigned
     J.L. Edwards commissioner in Pensions Numbered 19,802 and endorsed on the back payment to be at Mobile by Pres - US Br Bank Agent for paying pensions in the Agency of Alabama Recorded in the Pension office in Book E Vol 8 Page 48 by Georg. C. Styles Clerk.  That he now resides in Waker County and has resided there for the space of three years past and that previous thereto
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he resided in Morgan County
Sworn to and subscribed
this 34th day of September 1842.
                   Jeremiah Alexander
G. Wm Donald
Manley Stewart

The State of Alabama
Walker County
September 24th AD 1833
     I Absolom Barton a magistrate in the county above named do hearby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence to wit my own knowledge as well as the oath of the said Jeremiah Alexander that Jeremiah Alexander who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of Identity is the identical person named in the pention certificate which he has exhibited before me numbered 19.803 and bearing unto at the war office the seventeenth day of September AD 1833 & signed by Lew Cass Secretary of War.  Given under my hand at Walker County on the day and year above written.
               Absolom Barton
               Justice of the Peace WC

I Moses Camak Clerk of the County Court of Walker County certify that Absolom Barton is a magistrate as above and that the signature purporting to be his are genuine.
(seal)
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 24th day of September AD 1842.
                 Moses Camak Clerk
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                 Parrish Ala. February 14, 1932.

U.S. Pension Office.
Washington, D.C.

(stamp)
RECEIVED
FEB 18 1933
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS ADM
Reader #3

Gentlemen:
     The undersigned is engaged in writing a history of Walker County, Alabama, and its people.
     In looking over the government census of June 1, 1840, I find that there were six government pensioners residing in Walker County at that time, viz:
     Jeremiah Alexander
     David Wallling
     Stephen Garrison
     Mathey Payne
     Andrew Nelson
     Varder Mabgly
    
     Can you furnish me with any information regarding these men, there postoffice addresses, a short sketch of their lives, their military records.
     Is there any publication that you know of, that is available to me, which would given this kind of information on pensioners from the Revolutionary War or the War of 1812, who resided in this county.
     Thanking you in advance, I am,
                    Yours very truly,
                    J.M. Dombhart,
                        Parrish, Ala.