Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5483, for John Ingram, South Carolina
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(8-1776)

Service
S.C.

Ingram, John 
Ruth 

Number
R.5483

Contents
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State of Georgia
County of Union 
Be It known that I
Little Ingram of the County and State aforesaid do
hereby Irevocably constitute appoint and fully empower
William R. Query and Henry H. Walker of Stock Hill
Georgia my true and lawful Attorneys for me and in
my name and stead to examine into to prosecute to
demand and receive from the Government Officers
of the United States all my rights in any manner of
claim to pension or arrears of pension that may be due
Me and Gilman Ingram and Elizabeth Riley, as  only surviving children of John Ingram who was a Revolutionary Soldier from the State of South Carolina. 
And I hereby revoke any and all former Power of
Attorney that may have been given for the prosecution
of the above named claim to pension. Hereby confirming all that my said Attornies may legally
do in the prosecution of the above named claim to
pension in right of the services of the said John Ingram in the War of the Revolution. 
In Presence of as   Witness my hand and Seal this 26th day of October A.D. 1854. 
Little Ingram  his X mark 
J L Haynes
John Martin   J P 

State of Georgia
County of Union 
Be It Known that on this 26th day of
October A.D. 1854. Before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Little Ingram and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and Official signature on the day and Year above mentioned. 
John Martin   J P
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At the same time and place. 

State of Georgia
Union County
I John S Fain Ordinary of
of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify
that John Martin Esq. before whom the foregoing
Power of Attorney and acknowledgement was made
is and was at the time of the signing thereof an
acting Justice of the Peace within and for the
County and State aforesaid duly commissioned
and sworn and that full faith and credit is
and ought to be given to all his official acts as
such, and that his signatures thereto are genuine. 
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand seal of my Office this
26th day of October A.D. 1854. 
J. S. Fain Ordinary 
By G. Hughes Dept Ordinary
Union County Ga
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No 6953
June 28 / 47
Ruth Ingram
S. C
Act 4 July 1836. 


483
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Declaration 
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836.

State of Georgia 
Cherokee County ⎬ SS. 

On this 5th day of March 1847, personally appeared before Elias E. Field one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of the County aforesaid; Mrs. Ruthe Ingram, a resident of the same County and State, aged as near as she can calculate Eighty nine years; (who I certify is unable by bodily infirmity to attend in open court) who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress, passed July 4th 1836: That she is the widow of John Ingram, who was (as she believes a private) in the War of the Revolution, that they then resided in Union District in South Carolina, she cannot state the circumstances of his entering the service, but he served under Captain John Pulman in Col. Brandon's Regiment, (of Militia she believes). She cannot at her advanced age, state with precision the date of his entering the service of the time of his leaving, or any of the other Officers under whom he served, think most or perhaps all of his service was performed in South Carolina, she does not know as to his being in battle, but thinks he was in the battle at Kings Mountain & at Cowpens thinks, he was a volunteer. He had a discharge, but it is long since lost. She knows of no documentary evidence to sustain her claim, but is informed that such things are recorded in Columbia S.C. where she hopes something may be found.

She further declares that she was
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married to the said John Ingram in Union
District in the State of South Carolina on the 19th day of July after she was twenty one years old, which from calculation would make it in the year 1778; (crossed out writing here) 
she was married by a Baptist Preacher by the
name of Crowder, she further declares 
that her said husband the aforesaid John Ingram died in Hall County in the state of Georgia on the sixteenth day of September 
Eighteen hundred & Twenty Eight 
and that she has remained a widow ever since
that period, as will more fully appear by
reference to the proof herewith sent. 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and
year above written before me. 
Ruth Ingram   her X mark 
Elias E. Field   J.J.C. 

State of Georgia
Cherokee County 
I, William A. Williams Clerk of the Inferior
Court for the County above named, do certify that Elias E Field is one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of the said County, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my private seal (there being no seal of office)   and subscribed my name, this eighth day of March Eighteen hundred & forty seven. 
William A. Williams  C. T.
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South Carolina 
Pickens District 
Mrs. Abarilla Wilbanks, whose character
for veracity and respectability is good:
appeared personally before me and made oath in due form of Law. that she was well acquainted with John & Ruth Ingram, before during and after the Revolutionary War, they then resided in Union District S.C. where deponent also resided, they were near neighbours. John Ingram was a (illegible)
of deponents husband in the service of his country in the war of the Revolution and bore the character of a good soldier,  she was not present at their marriage, but reccollects to have heard of it and that they were married by Parson Crowder a Baptist Minister who supplied Fair Forrest Church,   she knew them both before and after marriage, but can
not reccollect the date at which the Marriage
took place but is sure it was previous to the
service of Ingram, no doubt about 1778 as stated by Mrs Ingram.  they had at the close of the War one child or more.   her maiden name was Ruth White.  she has heard that John Ingram is dead and that his Widow Ruth Ingram now resides in Cherokee County Georgia. 
Abarilla Wilbanks    her X mark 
Sworn to before me 22 June 1847
W.D. Steele
Ordinary & Ex off
M. P. D.
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I, William L. Keith Clerk of the Court of
Pickens District S.C. do hereby certify that William D. Steele whose signature appears in his own genuine hand writing to the foregoing affidavit is Ordinary and by virtue of Office a magistrate in and for this District, and also that the character of the affiant Abarilla Wilbank is good. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed my
seal of Office, this 22 day of June 1847. 
W. L. Keith
Clerk of the Court of
Pickens District
So. Ca.
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January 4, 1939. 

BA-J/ILL
John Ingram
R. 5483

Mr. John C. Ingram
Trinity Texas. 

Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War record of your ancestor, John Ingram (R. 5483).
All papers in this claim for pension, based upon his service in the
Revolutionary War, have been examined very carefully and the data
found therein follow.
John Ingram resided in Union District, South Carolina, some
time previous to 1778. His age, the date and place of his birth and
the names of his parents are not shown.
John Ingram married in Union District, South Carolina, Ruth
White; her name is shown also as Rutha and Ruthe. They were married
by the Baptist Minister who supplied Fair Forest Church. Ruth stated
that she was married in Union District in the State of South Carolina
on the 19th day of July after she was twenty - one years old, which
from calculation would make it in the year 1778; the names of her
parents and the day of her birth are not shown. They were living in
Union District at the close of John Ingram's service in the Revolution
ary War, at which time they had two children, their names not designated.
John Ingram died September 16, 1828 in Hall County, Georgia.
March 5, 1847, Ruth Ingram, the widow of John Ingram, applied
for the pension which might have been due on account of his service in
the Revolutionary War, at which time she resided in Cherokee County,
Georgia. She calculated her age then as eighty-nine years. It was stated
then that John Ingram volunteered in Union District, South Carolina, that
he served in Captain John Putnam's company, Colonel Brandon's regiment
of South Carolina militia, that he was in service much of the time after
July 1778, and was in the battle of King's Mountain and at Cowpens. Her
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claim for pension was not allowed as proof of service was not
furnished in accordance with the requirements of the pension laws.
The date of death of Ruth Ingram, widow of John Ingram, is
not shown. It was prior to October 1854.
In 1854, Little Ingram, of Union County, Georgia, Tilmon Ingram
and Elizabeth Riley were the only surviving children of John Ingram,
the Revolutionary War soldier of South Carolina.
In 1880, Isaac Ingram resided in Canton, Georgia; no relation
ship to the soldier's family was stated.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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1908 May 28 Hist to Mrs H.L. Foer  V.L.M.
1938 Jan 20. Hist. to James R. Ingram   I.L.L.
1938. June 24. John C. Ingram    add. 
cost of the photos, ??? 
1939. Jan. 4. Hist to John C. Ingram   I.L.L. 
1939 July 13 John C. Ingram adv'f this is only
rec. of John Ingram of S.C. Troops.   M.B.??? 


Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
5483
P. O.    Ruth Ingram
Service; 
Enlisted:    REJECTED    , 18__
Discharged: __________, 18__ 
Printed Volume, Rejected, & suspended pension  
page 295. Suspended under act of July 4, 1836, residing in South Carolina. 
Application filed: (crossed out), 18__. 
Ruth Ingram, wid. of John Ingram, Pickens CH (illegible), Proof of service and of the marriage prior thereafter. 
Alleges: 
Re enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
_______ Recognized. ________ Contract. 
_____ Cert. of Dis.     Searched for _____, 18__
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Stock Hill Ga       free 
(illegible) 

Hon. G.C. Whiting
Comr. of Pensions
Department of the Interm
Washington City
D C
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V      6953. 
Ruth Ingram   wid
wid. of S. C.  John
Let. to Miles M. Martin
July 7th 1847
to same Aug 6 47 
Query & Walker 9th Nov. 1854.
Let. H. H. Walker  Jun 20 / 57 
Isaac Ingram June 30 / 60
Act 4 July '36
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Ruth Ingram widow of John Ingram 
4 July 36 So Ca   Suspended

(illegible)
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Stock Hill Geo 
Oct 30th

Official Business

Hon L. P. Waldo Commissioner
Department of the Interior
Washington City
D. C. 

Ruth Ingram wid of John   S.C.  iss 1836
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July 13, 1939 

JOHN INGRAM
R. 5485
BA-J/AHF: MLB 

Mr. John J. Ingram
Trinity
Texas 

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War records of all soldiers with the surname Ingram
who served from South Carolina, and in which you express appreciation
for the record of John Ingram of that state.
The record of John Ingram, R. 5485, which was furnished you
January 4, 1939, is that of the only soldier with surname Ingram or
Ingraham who served in the South Carolina troops that is found on
the Revolutionary War pension records of this office. It is gratifying
to know that that record has aided you.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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June 24, 1938

JOHN INGRAM
R. 5483
BA-J/MMHFIMLB

Mr. John C. Ingram
Trinity
Texas 

Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request a complete
transcript of the papers on file in the application for pension of
Rutha Ingram, of Cherokee County, Georgia, widow of John Ingram (R. 5483).
Photostatic copies of Revolutionary War claims for pension are
furnished at the rate of twenty-five cents a page. The number of
pages to be copied is eighteen, making the total cost $4.50.
Remittance should be made by money order drawn to the order of
The Treasurer of the United States and mailed to the Veterans Administration, Arlington Building, this city.
It may be stated that, instead of the photostatic copies, all
papers in this claim will be examined carefully and a very full abstract
of the contents furnished you without charge,
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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January 20, 1938.

BA-J/ILL
John Ingram
R. 5483 

Mr. James R. Ingram
310 Stewart Building
Houston, Texas. 

Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your letter of December 30, 1937, addressed to the Census Bureau, and received by transfer on this
date by the Veterans Administration for reply, 
in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Ingram, whose widow, Ruth,
applied for pension in Cherokee County, Georgia.
The record of John Ingram follows as found in the claim
for pension, R. 5483, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. 
John Ingram resided in Union District, South Carolina, some
time previous to 1778; his age is not shown, nor the date and place
of his birth and names of his parents. 
John Ingram married in Union District, South Carolina, Ruth
White; they were married by the Baptist Minister who supplied "Fair
forest Church. Ruth stated that she was married in Union District
in the State of South Carolina on the 19th day of July after she was
twenty - one years old, which from calculation would make it in the year
1778; the names of her parents and the day of her birth are not shown.
They were living in Union District at the close of John Ingram's
service in the Revolutionary War, at which time they had two children.
their names not designated. Her name is shown also as Rutha & Ruthe. 
John Ingram died September 16, 1828, in Hall County, Georgia. 
March 5, 1847, Ruth Ingram, the widow of John Ingram, applied
for the pension which might have been due on account of his service in
the Revolutionary War, at which time she resided in Cherokee County,
Georgia. She calculated her age then as eighty-nine years. It was stated
then that John Ingram volunteered in Union District, South Carolina, that
he served in Captain John Putnam's company, Colonel Brandon's regiment
of South Carolina militia, that he was in service much of the time after
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July 1778, and was in the battle of King's Mountain and at Cowpens.
Her claim for pension was not allowed as proof of service was not
furnished in accordance with the requirements of the pension laws.
The date of death of Ruth Ingram, widow of John Ingram, is not
shown. It was prior to October 1854.
In October 1854, Little Ingram, of Union County, Georgia, Tilmon
Ingram, and Elizabeth Riley were the only surviving children of John
Ingram, the Revolutionary War soldier of South Carolina.
In 1860, Isaac Ingram resided in Canton, Georgia, his relationship
to the family of John Ingram and his wife, Ruth, was not stated.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator. 

How do we know? 
Abarilla Wilbanks whose deposition is in this
case, is not related to Ruth or John Ingram. 
Her own claim is in our file, William
Wilbanks  R.11508
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sion on file in this Bureau. 
John Ingram   Ref. 5483
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 
RANK.  Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
CAPTAIN. John Putnam 
COLONEL. Brandon 
STATE.  S.C. 
Battles engaged in, Kings Mountain and Cowpers. 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, 
Union Dist S.C. 
Date of application for pension, Mar. 5 1847 
Residence at date of application, 
Cherokee Co Ga. 
Age at date of application, 89 years old. 
Remarks:  Soldier married in Union Dist. S.C. July 19, 1778. Ruth White. (illegible) Little, Tilman and Elizabeth Riley only surviving chidren 1854. Soldier died in Hall Co Ga Sept 16, 1828. (illegible) was not allowed not sufficient proof of service or of marriage prior to service as required by law. 

Very respectfully,
Commissioner. 
317936510 - 07
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8-4561
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
WASHINGTON 

Date: January 14, 1938. 

Respectfully referred to
U. S. Veterans' Administration
Washington, D. C. 

and the writer so informed. 

From
James R. Ingram,
310 Stewart Building.
Houston,
Texas.

Subject:
to secure copy of application for
Pension. 

(illegible)   Chief Clerk. 

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1934
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Trinity, Texas
12 -2 -38 

Mr. A. D. Hiller
Executive assister to the Administractor,
Veterans Administration,
Washington D.C. 

Dear Sir:
In a recent letter you stated that
a full abstract of contents of papers in reference to 
John Ingram of S.C. Revolutionary War soldier, and his wife Ruthe's 
application for her pension would be sent to me on request. This
John Ingram, R.5483 was
my great-great grandfather. I would appreciate your sending me the abstact of the contents. 
Thank you,
yours truly
John C. Ingram 
(stamped) RECEIVED DEC 5 1938  MAIL SUB-DIV.  VETS. ADM.
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Trinity Texas
12-2-38. 

Veterans Administration, 
Washington, D.C

Dear Sirs: 
Do your records have that the following
men served in the War of 1812? 

Tilman Ingram of Georgia, Franklin Co., 
George Ingram    "   "    "
William Ingram    "   "   " 

Do your records show that John Stell
(or probably John Still) served
from Newberry
District in the Revolutionary War? 
Yours truly, 
John C. Ingram 

(stamped) Received Dec 5 1938
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Trinity, Texas
4-2-38 

Veterans Administration,
Mr. A D Hiller Executive Assistant,
Washington D.C. 
File No. B.H. Ill. 
John Ingram
R. 5483. 

Dear Sir:  Please advise me what will be
your charges for a complete transcept
of the record of John Ingram, application for
Persion by his wife Rutha Ingram of 
Cherokee Co. Ga. 1857. 
yours truly
John C. Ingram
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BUREAU OF CENSUS 
1938 JAN 3     AM 8 47 
CHIEF CLERK
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JAMES R. INGRAM
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
310 STEWART BUILDING
HOUSTON, TEXAS 

December 30, 1937.
RE RUTH WHITE INGRAM, wife of JOHN INGRAM. 

The Census Bureau,
Pension Department,
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sir: 
Reference is here made to the above subject, whose husband, John
Ingram was a soldier in the American Revolution, having served in Brandon's
Regiment in South Carolina.
Your records will show that, Ruth Ingram applied for pension in
Cherokee County, Ga., in 1847 at the age of 89.
Will you please advise the expense or amount necessary to be remitted
in order to secure copy of application for Pension.
Very truly yours,
James R. Ingram
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3 -- 595.
Record Division.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
May 23, 1908
Searched by L. D. Lamparter
Original No.
Certificate No.
Claimant,
Soldier, John Ingram
Service, S.C.
Rev. War
Remarks: No claim as above
except Rej. 5483 

2749864 m2 - 07 

Chief of Division.
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Graysport Miss
May 19, 1908. 
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C 

Dear Sir: 
Can you give me any
information about the service
of
Arthur Ingram and John Ingram of South Carolina in the Revo
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lutionary War? 
If so I shall greatly appreciate it. 
Yours respectfully, 
Maggie Ingram Noel 
(Mrs. H. L. Noel) 

(stamped) US PENSION A OFFICE  May 21 1908
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Comptroller General's Office
Columbia S.C. 27 March 1847 

I do hereby certify that the Records of this
office furnish the following evidence of the
services of John Ingram. 
Book K 
No. 2923 
"Issued to Mr. John Ingram for ten pounds sterling, duty in Brandons Regt
per afc audited 5th June 1786."
The account, being referred to, states
Militia duty in Brandon's Regt since the
fall of Charlestown per Anderson's Return
amounting to currency. 
Stg  L70 / L10 

William C. Black
Comptr Genl
per Derrill A Hart, Depty
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Pension Office
9th Nov. 1854. 

Gentlemen, 
The Declaration of Ruth Ingram widow of John of South Carolina,
appears to have been filed 28th June 1847, 
by Miles M. Norton Esqr. I enclose you a copy of 
a letter from this office to Mr. Norton of
date 7th July 1847, which will explain
the condition of the claim. 

Messrs Query & Walker
Stock Hill
Georgia.
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Stock Hill Ga
Oct. 28th 1854

Dear Sir 
You will find enclosed a
Power of Attorney made to us in order
to have the claim of the children of John Ingram,  deceased examined. 
He would respectfully ask you to inform us
When the declaration of the Children of John
Ingram was filed and who by if filed at all;
and also what was the reason said claim could
not be allowed. Will you also please state what
kind of proof was offered in support of said
claim. 
Let us hear from you on this case
as soon as practicable. 
We are very respectfully
Your Obedient Servants
Query Walker. 

Hon L P Waldo
Comr. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Pension Office 
Jan 20. 1857 

Sir
In reply to your letter of the
(illegible) 9 November ult. ye are informed
that the claim applied by Ruth Ingram, widow of John, that the Act of (?) 4, 1836, was not sustained by the  required proof, either or to serve a (illegible). She alleges that her husband served aCapt Putnam's company of Col. Brandon's Regiment of the militia of South Carolina, 

(illegible) could not furnish any particulars of his service but knew that he was "much from home" after their marriage which took place in 1778. 
We recall proof of name and marriage and unless it is added the claim will not be admitted. The whole proof as to either (illegible) filed. 

H. H. Walter Esq
Stock Hill, Geo.
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Pension Office, June 30, 1860. 

Sir
In reply to your enquiry of the 22d
instant, I have to inform
you that the claim of the heirs of John
and Ruth Ingram for pension has
not been allowed; and of course, no
money has been paid to H. A. Walker
or any one else, in that behalf. 

Isaac Ingram Esq
Canton 
Georgia
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Pension Office
August 6 1847 

Sir 
In answer to your communication
of the 15 ulto I have to state that the positions 
in my letter to you of the 7 of last month
in the case of Ruth Ingram, were carefully
considered and understandingly taken, and
as they are in (illegible) conformity with
the regulations for the adjustment of claims in
this office cannot be modified. 

Miles M Norton Esq
Pickens CH
S. C
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Pickens C.H. 
22 June 

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington City 
D.C. 

No. 6953 
June 28 / 47 
Ruth Ingram
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Pickens S.C. 
22 June 1847. 

Hon. J. L. Edward
Comr of Pensions 

Dear Sir
Herewith you will receive the Declaration of 
of Mrs. Ruth Ingram for a Pension. 
please examine and if found
sufficient forward certificate, if not please inform
me what is needed, and particularly whether
the Certificate of the Comp Genl prove a sufficienty of service to entitle her to a pension. 

Very respectfully
Your Obt. St 
Miles M Norton
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Gen    off 
July 7th,  47 

Sir 
The declaration of Ruth Ingram has been examined & filed.  
Altho she asserts that she was married before her husbands service she yet is unable to afford any information which would impart
to it specific features of period, length, stations, officers &c as required by the rules. If she is so superannuated as to be unable to recollect such important & impressive events as the absence of her husband in a service
of peril & privation there could be no
propriety in obtaining her oath & cross mark to a declaration. Her claim upon that supposition eh?  have been
aparted by a Guardian, But if her faciilities are such as to have enabled her to make the declaration filed in her name, the ignorance she processes as
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to her husbands service affords a strong 
presumption against her claim. 
If it were admd. that the 10Lp to John Ingram 
was available to her it would not shew as
much as 6 mo service in any other
grade than that of private & the Indent
is silent as to the grade. 
The proof of the date of the marriage
is altogether unsatisfactory & the declaration is not authenticated under the official seal of the Clerk. 

Miles M. Norton Esq. 
Pickens C.H.
S.C.
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Pickens C.H.
16 July 

J. L. Edward
Comr. of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

July 23
Ruth Ingrham
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Pickens C.H. S.C. 
15th July 1847 

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions, Dear Sir, 
I am in receipt of yours of the 7th Inst. in answer to the application of Ruth Ingram. Your rules are certainly much more strict now, than two years ago, the cause of which I am unable to discern. 
I have not in the course of my experience in this agency been able to find any aged woman, who professed to be entitled to a pension, that could state with any precision the "specific features of period, length, station, Officers, etc." of her husbands service as required by your Letter. 
Mrs. Ingram has probably her reasoning faculties as well as any woman of her age and natural sense, without education. 
The Declaration was made
out by myself, from a memorandum made at the time of a conversation with her, and from facts stated by her altogether, without suggestions from me; it was their forwarded to a Judge of the Inferior Court in her county, who it appears made some alterations, of course, at her suggestion, as I was not present when the Declaration was sworn to. 
In all cases where the Indent does not specify
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that the husband of the applicant was an Officer
it has been heretofore admitted that he was a
private, and all she ask is that she be allowed
pay accordingly, as she is sure he held no office
which gave him a title. 
I was answered that the proof of the
date of marriage was not such as might be
required, and my object was not to expend
any thing more in hunting proof unless the
service was admitted, nor do I now understand
whether that is the case or not. 
The Clerk of the Inferior Court of Cherokee
County has no seal of Office, I hope therefore
the objection on that score will be withdrawn.
Very respectfully
your Obt Servt
Miles M. Norton
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Stock Hill Ga
N. 29th 1836. 

Sir
The Aministrator of the estate of Rutha
Ingram, Widow of John Ingram, a Revolutionary Soldier from the State of South Carolina, desires to, as a part of Official duty, to present a Claim, for the arrears of pension that accrued in the Right of said Widow.  the husband having died before the 4th March, 1831.  we understand there would be no claim in his Right. 
From a note directed from your Office to
Me the 9" Nov. 1834, I am informed the Widow Rutha Ingram, asserted a claim in 1847. 
which was not satisfactory. 
In order to Expedite a settlement of this claim
with as little trouble to the Administrar, and to
save labor, and trouble at your office also,
I desire you, to state to me, What was proven
by the Widow on her application,  if she stated
and proved the date of her marriage to the satisfaction
of the office. 
Please state specifically the points necessary for the Administrator to meet, in order to effect the allowance of said claim. 
This much, I am informed by a Revolutionary
pensioner from the State of S.C. that her husband
did actually serve in the Revolutionary War. 
I am very respectfully 
Your os 
H.H. Walker 
For the Admint. of the Estate of Rutha Ingram (Deceased) 

Hon. G. C. Whiting 
Comr of Pensions.