Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8513, for Isum Peacock, North Carolina
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Service N.C.
Peacock, Isum or Isham
Lydia
Number W.8513
B.L. Wt 58687-160-55
Contents [no information]
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Florida  16.829

Isum Peacock
of Tatnall in the State of Ga.
who was a prt. in the__ commanded
by Captain___- of the Res. commanded by Col. Love in the No Ca
line for 8 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 26. dollars and 66 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1834.

Certificate of Pension ifsued the Sept. 1833   66.65
semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34         13.33
                                                                    $7998
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Nath: Rice Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 100

Paid at the Treasury dunder the act of the 6th April 1838
from 4 Sept 1837 to 4 March 1838, Age notified 25 Jany [?]1839
_____
Paid as above from 4 Sep 1840 to March 1861. Age notified 25 Feby 1842
_____
Cis to Pew Sgt. 3 Dec '45
______
To Jacksonville Florida from 4 Sep 1844. 19 Dec 1845 notification to Parisian Agents Jacksonville Florida
______
Edwan Hofkesm [Spelling] Nov. 9, 1854
(From .... for widow's declaration)
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Date of death (illegible)


3.277
Florida Jacksonville
Lydia Peacock
widow of Isum Peacock
who served in the Revolutionary war
, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 26
dollars 66
cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued
15th
day of June 1833
and sent to
JW Price
Jacksonville
& Florida
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853,
Page 198. Vol. A
(32)
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268. 756
[illegible] Mar. 3. '55
End P
Sophia Peacock [illegible]
Thomas Peacock [illegible]
58687 of Mar  47 [written over above]
William Mch 13/57
[illegible]
[illegible] War.
Pens Oct 3. Feb '53-5277
Special by [2 words illegible]
W. C. Cox [illegible 16. -
[illegible] B. Frisbee. 
Middleburg [illegible]
Vol. P. 68


Peacock, and
Peacock, pre
AD: 160 Ac Mch 13/57
Boyle
Reeve
and
Pensd Oct 3. Feb. 53-527
Special
Cal
in
of Chelle.
Feb. 16. 57
B. Frisbee
Middleburg
No.
Vol
End
P
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State of Florida
SS
County of Duval

On this the 29th day of April
AD 1855 before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid personally
appeared Lydia Peacock aged 94 years (illegible)
dent of Duval County Florida, who being duly
Sworn according to Law do on her oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits
of the provision made by an act of Congress passed
on the 3rd of February AD 1853 granting pensions to
widows of person who served in the Revolutionary war
that she is the widow of Isham Peacock deceased
who was pensioner and drew his Pension at the Agency
in Jacksonville Duval County Florida from Arthur M
Reed Pension agent. she says that she does not
know in what company or any thing about his service.
She further says that she was married to the said
Isham Peacock in Ware County State of Georgia on
the Twenty second day of March  AD1835, by one┃
Benjamin James

a Judge of the inferior Court and
that her name, before her said marriage was Lydia
Bennett
and that her said husband died
at
ware County
on the she does not know the (illegible) day of
February A D 1851
That she was not married
to the said Isham Peacock prior to the second of January
Eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated, she
further says that there is no public record of her marriage as she knows of and there is
Private
record of her
marriage
That she cannot file herewith his certificate of 
discharge for the reason that she has never had it
in her possession and further declares that
she is now a widow

She hereby appoints John W Price of Jacksonville
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Duval County Florida her true and lawful Attorney
with power of substition to prosecute this her claim for a
Pension to receive the certificate when issued and to all
other lawful acts necessary in the premises
Witness
Elisha Padgett
Lydia
Peacock
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day
and year first above written,
And I hereby certify
that I know the said deponent Lydia Peacock and believe
and believe her to be as above stated and that she is of
the age above stated and further that she from bodily
infirmity is unable to attend a Court of Record and
further that I am not interested in this her claim
as Attorney or otherwise
Witness my hand and seal (private)
JC Prescott J.P.


State of Florida
County of Duval
April
On this the 29th day of April
AD 1855 personally appeared before
me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and
State aforesaid duly authorized to administer oaths
Elisha Padgett
a resident of Duval County
State aforesaid, to me well known as a creditable witness and who being by me first duly sworn doth on his
oath state that he acquainted with Mrs Lydia Peacock
the above named applicant for a pension - that
he has known her for 40 years last past that he
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has examined her family records that he believes the same
to be genuine _ that
it is contained in a Book purporting
to be the Family Bible or Record
and printed
in the year Eighteen hundred & Eight and that said Record
so far as it relates to the marriage of said Applicant
and the soldier afore named and his death, is as follows,
and is an exact and true copy of all the entries in said
Record
and that this said deponent is not interested in this
Claim
his
Elisha X Padgett
mark

Subscribed and Sworn to the day and
year first above
written before me, and I certify that I am in no way
interest
DG Prescott J.P.

State of Florida ⎬ ss
County of Duval
On this the 29th day of
April AD 1855 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and forsaid County
Elias Padgett
and William Padgett
who
are to me well known and who are creditable witnesses and
who being by me duly sworn depose and say that they are
each well acquainted with Lydia Peacock the above applicant for a Pension_

that they have known her for 15 years past.

That they were acquainted with said Isham Peacock, having known him for 15 years before his death; That they he said Isham Peacock and 
Lydia Peacock lived together as husband and wife and
were reputed so to be
That deponents never heard
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the
the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned, That he
said Isham Peacock died on the
day of February
A D 1851, and the said Lydia Peacock has been since
that day and still is reputed to be the widow of Isham Peacock
which deponents believe to be the fact
That she has never
married since her said husbands death, and still is his
widow
and that her husband was the identical man
mentioned as a pensioner in her declaration above and
further, that they were present and saw Elisha
Padgett making his mark
to the foregoing declaration and
making oath thereto in due form of Law and that they
deponents do reside within the County aforesaid
Elias Padgett
William Padgett
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year
aforesaid
D.C. Prescott
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268.756
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State of Florida ⎬ SS.
County of Duval
⎬
On this 24th day of January, A.D.
one thousand Eight hundred
& fifty seven, personally
appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within
& for the County & State aforesaid, Lydia Peacock,
aged 85 years, a resident of Duval County in
the State of Florida, who, being duly sworn according
to law, declares that she is the widow
of Isham Peacock, deceased, who was a private
in the revolutionary war, that she does not
know what company or Regiment, or corps he
served in, nor the date of his service, nor the
length of his service, but relies for proof on
her pension certificate of a Pension granted her
for the services of her said deceased husband the
following being an exact copy of said certificate
---
"Department of the Interior.
Widow's
Pension
"
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d
Section of the act of February 3, 1853, Lydia
Peacock, widow of Isham Peacock, who
was a private, in the revolutionary war, is
inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of
twenty-six dollars & sixty-six cents per annum,
Commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and
continuing for life, unless she should again marry;
in which case the Pension is not payable after
the time of such marriage.
of the
Department of the Interior,
(Seal)
Given at the Department of the Interior
 this Fifteenth day of June
one thousand Eight hundred & fifty-five.
Examined & countersigned (signed, "Geo C Whiting
Acting Secretary of the Interior,
L P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
(over)
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Which said certificate has endorsed on it
the number "(5.277)" & further thus "Payment
to be made at Jacksonville by A M. Reed
Esq. agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency
of Florida, payable on the 4th September and
4th March
Recorded in the Pension
Office on the Roll of Pensioner under act
February 3d 1853, Page 198, Vol. A
21"
(signed) "G.T. Getty Clerk."

She further states that she was married
to the said Isham Peacock in Ware County, Geo:
on the __day of__A.D.__in
James
by one Benjamin James
that her name before her
said Marriage was Lydia Bennett, that her
said husband died in Ware County Geo. on the __day
of __
A.D.__ & 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 3.
1855. "And she further declares that she has
not received or applied for bounty land under
this or any other act of Congress
her
Lydia X Peacock
mark
We, William Pagett and Elias Paget, residents
of
Duval County, State of Florida, upon our oaths
declare that the foregoing declaration was
Signed & acknowledged by Lydia Peacock in
our presence; and that we know she is the
identical person she represents herself to be and
is still a widow
his
William X Paget
mark
Elias Paget
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The foregoing declaration & affidavit were
Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day &
year first herein written: & I certify that I
know the affiants to be credible persons: he
the claimant is the person she represents
herself to be, & is still a widow, & that I
have no interest in the claim - And I further
certify that the foregoing copy of Pension Certificate
is a correct copy from the original which is now
before me.
R. Frisbee,-
Justice of the Peace.
in & for said County,
at
the
cute
State of
Florida
County of
Duval
I George Stone Clerk of the
Circuit Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that
Frisbee whose word is subscribed to the foregoing affidant
is and was at the time of subscribing his name thereto and  acting

Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified
and Commissioned and that his signature thereto is giving
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of said Court this 30
day of January AD 1857
Geo Stone Clerk
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Isham Peacock
(illegible)
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State of Georgia ⎬ On this eleventh day of February 1833
County of Tattnall personally appeared in open Court before
the Justices thereof now sitting Isum
Peacock a resident of the County and State aforesaid, aged
ninety years, who being first duly sworn according to law
doth on his oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7
1832-
that he intend the service of the United States
under the
following named officers and served as herein
stated to wit that he was drafted about the commencement
of the war in Anson County and State of North Carolina, that
to
he served under Col. Love and Genl Sumpter and served
between two and three months service. that he served seven
tours of duty as a volunteer under Col. Culp, Col Robeson,
Col. Murphy and Captains Council & Pate. That he resided
in in Anson County North Carolina
at the time of his entry into the service by said draft
that he marched the various part of North Carolina but
was in no battles that he has no ducomentary Evidence
and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can
procure who can testify to his services-
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoe 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
the following Interrogatories were then founded
by the Court
Quest 1st when and in what year were you born?
Ans 1st in Dobbs County & State of North Carolina on the
8th day of October 42-
Ques. 2nd
have you any record of your age; if so when
is it
Ans 2nd I have none-
Quest 3rd Where were you living when called into service
where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
and when do you now live?
Ans 3rd. when called into service I was living in Anson
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County State of North Carolina - and since this war I have lived a part of my time in South Carolina and for about the last thirty or thirty five years I have lived where I now do to wit in the County and State first aforesaid. 

Ques 4 How were you called into service; were you drafted did you volunteer or were you  a substitute-
Ans 4 I was first drafted for a short tour and afterward
served several tours as a volunteer
Qest 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 service?
5
I refer for answer to this interrogatory to the (illegible) made in the declaration.
Ques 6 - Did you ever receive a discharge from the service,
and if so by whom was it given & what has become of it?
Ans 6 - I did receive a discharge from Col. David Love
which was afterwards together with other papers
taken from me by violence by the Tories whilst
I was their prisoner-
Quest 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
Ans 7 John Coward, John Taylor - Lewis Strickland
Nathan Smart and John Tull -
Sworn to and subscribed
Isum Clock
the day and year aforesaid
Jas. Perry (illegible)
John
Coward (illegible)
S. S (illegible)
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Mr John Coward a Clergyman residing in the County and
State first aforesaid and Nathan Smart residing in the same
place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Isum Peacock who has subscribed & sworn to
the aforesaid declaration; that we believe him
to
be ninety years of age; that he is reputed and
believed, in the neighborhood when
be resides to have
been a soldier of the
revolution
and that we concur
in that opinion
John Coward
Nathan (illegible)
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 John
Coward who has signed the preceding certificate is a
Clergyman resident in the County and State first aforesaid and that Nathan Smart who has also
signed the same is a resident in the County and
State first aforesaid and is a credible person &
that their statement is entitled to credit
John Cowan J.C.C
Jas. Perry J.J.C
(illegible)
I Phillip H. M. Tippins, Clerk of the Inferior Court of the
County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the
said Court in the matter of the application of Isum
Peacock for a pension-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and private seal (there being no public seal
of office) this 11th day of Feb. 1833
P.H. M. Tippens (illegible)
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I hereby
certify that Phillip Hall (illegible)
his is as he has subscribed
himself
above Clerk of the Inferior Court of
Tattnall County M Group
(illegible)
Isum Peacock
23430
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No 2
3406



No 23436
Isum
Peacock
Tattnall Co
Georgia
(illegible)
8 mo
$2666
D.C.
P.H. M
Tippins Clk
Perry Mills
Tattnall Co
Georgia
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 183
Sir: The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832 has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:]). you will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Iram Peacock Tattnall Co Georgia 
[Column headings follow]
Period when the service was rendered
Duration of the claimant's service
Years. Months. Days.
Rank of the claimant.
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Country through which he marched.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
draft commencement of the war & that he served several tours as a volunteer
20 [illeigble] mo
time not started
Private
Captains Council Place
Coldove [illegible] Col Culp Cole [several words illegible]
90 years
Anson County N. Carolina
Traditional Evidence
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 officers, 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
County of
day of 
ss
On this   day of    personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of    in the county of
and State, Territory or District of  aged (c)
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion 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 enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I   of the court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of     for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of     & c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
  , who had 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 day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B  who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the     and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of these
vices of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there
subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier.{ Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
    To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he 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 a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
  No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity ; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or other must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in the language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affida vit in tof old age, and 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 consequencesuent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:-For____ year___months, 
and __days, I served as a_____. For ___months, and___days, I served as a ___; and for such service I claim a pension."  
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law 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 offices 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 it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office the certificate of a Member of Congress proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses. who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes for [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the  cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. 
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
John Northton
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August 13, 1936

Isum Peacock-W.8513
BA-J/AWF

A. G. DeLoach, M. D.
639 Citizens and Southern Bank Bldg.
Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of Isham or
Isum Peacock, who was granted a pension while living
in Tatnall County, Georgia.

The data furnished herein were obtained from
papers on file in pension claim, W. 8513, based upon
the service of Isham (Isum) Peacock in the Revolutionary War.

Isham ( Isum ) Peacock was born October 8, 1742
in Dobbs County, NC, names of his parents not given.

While residing in Anson County, North Carolina,
he served four tours of two months each as a private
under Captains Hoy, Council, Pate, Colonels Robeson
or Robenson, Culp, and Murphy, with the North Carolina
troops. He stated that he was taken prisoner by
the Tories, no further details given, and there are no
definite dates of his service shown.

He lived in South Carolina sometime after the
Revolution. He was allowed pension on his application
executed, February 11, 1833, at which time he was a
resident of Tatnall County, Georgia. His signature
then " Isum Peacock"

He had moved in 1845 from Tatnall County, to
Florida. He died in the month of February, 1851 in
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Ware County, Georgia, while on a visit there to "some
of his grandchildren"; names of grandchildren not
given.

The soldier, Isum Peacock, married March 22, 1835
in Ware County, Georgia, Lydia Bennett.

The widow, Lydia Peacock, was allowed pension
on her application executed April 29, 1855, then a
resident of Duval County, Florida, and gave her age,
ninety-four years. She gave her age in 1857 as
eighty-five years, then living in Duval County, with
relatives, names not given. There is no explanation
given as to the discrepancy in her age.

In order to obtain information relative to the
last payment of pension, name and address of person
paid, and possibly the date of death of the widow,
Lydia Peacock, you should address The Comptroller
General, General Accounting Office, Records Division,
Washington, D. C., and give the following:

Lydia Peacock, widow of Isum Peacock
Certificate # 5277
Issued June 15, 1855
Rate $26.66 per annum
To commence February 3, 1853
Act of February 3, 1853
Florida (Jacksonville) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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in the case of Lydia Peacock wid of of Isham
Duvall County and State of Florida,
act 3rd Feby. 1853
Claim, (original ",
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was pensioner under the Act of 7 June, 1832,  @ the
rate of $ 26.66 per an: Two Witnesses testify to general reputation
of Marriage & Cohabitator over fifteen years pensioner (illegible)
Feby: 1857. as per two witnesses report of the Third Auditor.
Widowhood identity is established by the affidavits
of two Credible witnesses
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Jno. W. Price Esqr
Jacksonville
Name and residence of Agent
E Florida
(illegible)
Examining Clerk
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charge to D.C. ⎬
John W. Pence Esqr
Jacksonville E. Fla

(illegible)
Jun
1
Flo
Page 26


State of Florida
County of Duval I do hearby certify that Lydia
Peacock was present when I signed her name to her
declaration to obtain her pension and authorized me
to sign her name as she could not see to write and that
I was her agent to transact her business and had been
for several years and for me to act as her agent in this
matter and sign her name when ever nessisary as she could
not write and if she could she could not see to write
May 31st 1853
D.C. Prescott

State of Florida
County of Deval
I Geo Stone Clerk of the Circuit
Court within and for said County 
do hereby certify that Darling C Prescott
who made the foregoing certificate is now and was
at the time of making the same a Justice of the Peace
within and for said County duly commissioned and
Sworn and that his signature thereto is genuine

In testimony whereof I
have hereunto signed my name and
affixed my seal of office this 1st
day of June AD 1855
Geo Stone Clerk
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Dec 15 45

Savannah
DEC
9
GEO

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC

Mr Evary
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Pension Agency Planters Bank
Savannah 9th Decr 1845

Sir

In reply to yours of the (ILLEGIBLE) Isum Peacock
a pensioner on the Roll of this Agency under the act of
7 June 1832 at Twenty Six (illegible) dollars per annum
was last paid on the 19 Oct 1844 to the 4 September 1844
Respectfully
(illegible) Obs Sevt

H McMercer
(illegible)

Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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Isum Peacock
Florida (illegible)1832

Mr Cole
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Long Port Mills East Florida 
October 15th 1854
Sir
I am requested to enquire if the US does not
allow to the widow of deceased soldiers of the Revolutionary War, as also of that of 12 the pension accorded
to her husbands for a certain number of years

In this county resides the widow of Isum Peacock
formerly of Effingham County Georgia - for the last (illegible)
years she has not received her pension. I should
be pleased if she is entitled to have a blank form
sent which she can fill & appoint an
Agent to receive the same as I am & shall not
be farther intended shall to satisfy her whether
or not she is entitled
A (illegible) would be gratifying
to her in by event
I am Sir
(illegible)
Edward (Ilegible)
Chief of the Pension Bureau
Washington City
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Jacksonville, E Fl
May 7th 1855

Hon L. P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions
Washington City

Sir
I herewith enclose to you the
declaration of Lydia Peacock for Pension
which please file and have it attended to and
forward certificate to me,
and Oblige
Yours Respectfully
Jno W Price
Atty (illegible)
Page 32

[illegible] & Co.: [illegible]15 years [illegible] Feb 51 Unit 2 [illegible] Blythe
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State of Florida ⎬ SS
County of Duval
I Geo Stone, Clerk of the Circuit
Court of the County and State aforesaid do here
by certify that Darling C Prescott before whom
the foregoing Declaration and affidavits were
made and who has signed his name thereto is and
was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace within
and for said County duly commissioned and sworn
and that his signature thereto genuine
In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto signed my name
and affixed my seal of office
this third day of May A D
1855
-
(illegible)Clerk
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office
Feby 9th 1842.

Sir:

  Under the date 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," Isum Peacock - 
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia Agency, at
the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and sixty six Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7 June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the
4 of Sept. 1840
to the 4th March 1841-
Respectfully, yours,

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office
January 18th,1839.

Sir:

  Under the date 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," Isum Peacock - 
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Savannah Georgia Agency, at
the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and sixty six Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7 June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the
4 of Sept. 1840
to the 4th March 1838-
Respectfully, yours,

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Middleburg, Duval Co. Flor
2 Feby. 1857
To the Commissioner of Pensions 
Pension Office-
Washington D.C.

Sir
Herewith
I send you the application of Mrs. Lydia
Peacock
You will perceive by the filling up of
part of the affidavit, that the old lady cannot
remember every thing-
Indeed, it is a
wonder that she can remember any thing.
I have been acquainted with her full fifteen
years - they lived here during this time-- & the
way the old man came to die in Georgia, is
that some of his grand children live there
& he went there to visit them--
I suppose the
witnesses could have told when he died-- but I asked
them no questions-
The same proof that gives
her her pension, will according to your printed
instructions, give her the warrant.-
During all the time of getting Bounty land
Warrants, I have troubled you but three
times-- this will be the fourth-- one for myself,
once for Mr. Roach whose application had been
at your office nearly 3 years when he called on
me & once for the Widow Snowden - So
you see I do not follow this business for a
living-- & I charge nothing for what I am
now doing-- but take this trouble for this
old lady, because she asked me to - And I
fear now that I am writing more than you
want to read, but I want to write more yet-
The pension is so very small that
it goes but a little way in supporting her &
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making her comfortable-- she is entirely
helpless, except that she can move about the
house & yard, she can neither wash nor
Cook, nor make her clothing, & is dependent
on her friends where she lives, who are her
relatives, & who are poor with large families,
but do all they can to make her comfortable.
Under these circumstances, I beg leave to
suggest that if her case is made out so
that you can issue a warrant at all, &
there be a possibility for you to issue it
sooner than to wait for its turn on the fill-
and you will & do issue it immediately
you will confer a great benefit on the
old lady; for she may not live to receive
it in due course of the list - and if she
had it now she could get many little conveniencies
which she now cannot get, & which of course
would soften the asperity of her extreme age,
In the hope that you will consider her
case favorably

I remain
Your Obt Servant
B. Frisbee
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Dec 45
Mr Evary
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
Page 39

Jacksonville
State of Florida
Duval County

on this 24th day of November 1845.
before me the subscriber, agent for paying Pensions
personally appeared Iuam Peacock, who in his
oath declares that he is the same person named in the original pension certificate in his possession, Exhibited before
me, numbered 16.829. Signed by John Robb, acting
Secretary of War & dated at the War office of the
US the 5th day of October 1833 - that his name
was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Georgia
from whence he has lately (illegible)-- that he now
resides in the State of Florida, where he intends
to remain & wishes his pension to be payable at the
Jacksonville Fla Agency in future
Sworn & subscribed
this 24th day of Nov. 1845
his
Isum X Peacock
mark
(illegible) Reid
Pension agent
Witness-
W. T. Harris
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Pension Agency
Jacksonville, Florida
Mar. 14 1845.
Sir
I enclose herein my report of Pensions
which had remained due & unclaimed for
fourteen months, on the 4th (illegible)
I also enclose the request of Isum
Peacock, a Revolutionary Pensioner, to be transfered
from the Savannah agency to this-
I am sir
Very Respy
Yr Ob Sert
(illegible) Reed
Pension Agent

J L Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington O.
Page 41

George ⎬

Tattnall County
On this twelfth day of August 1833
personally appeared in open Court before
the Justices of the Inferior Court
of said County now sitting Isham Peacock a resident
of the County and State aforesaid, who being first duly
sworn according to law doth on his oath make the
following amendment to his declaration, made
the 11th day of Febry 1833, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress
passed June 7 1832 that about the commencement
of the war, he was drafted for a three months tour
but served only two months, that he served under Col
Love & Capt. Hay & was marched from Anson County
N.C. the place where he was drafted, to the
mountains in the upper country & was commanded by Genl Sumpter
received a discharge from either Col
Love & Capt Hay - That immediately after his
return to Anson County that he volunteered and
served a two months tour under Capt Pate and
Col Robeson - marched to the fork of Drowning Creek
and little after & was then joined by Col. Wingate
that he received a discharge from either Col. Robeson or
Capt Pate at Bear Swan S.C. having served a two
months tour - That he again volunteered for
another two months tour under Capt Pate & served
under Capt Pate & council Col Culp & Murphy
that he was marched to Cheraw Hill S.C.
and from there up Drowning Creek to near
Lees ferry & from there to the muster ground in the district where I lived in Anson
County where I received a discharge from Capt
Pate and on the very same day at the same place that he
again volunteered under the same officers & served
Capt Pate, Col. Culp Robeson & that he got
no discharge for this last service, and that his
other discharges were taken from him by the tories
Whilst he was their prisoner
That he served
in all a servitude of Eight months- that is he
first served two months under a draft and then
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served three two months tour in (illegible)
as a volunteer

Isum Peacock

Sworn to & subscribed before us
open Court this 12 August 1833

H.A. smith J. J. P.
William Deloatchy J.J. P.
S. (illegible)  J.J.P.

I Phillip H. M. Tippins Clerk of the Inferior
Court in & for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the
Original proceedings in the matter of the
Amendment to the declaration
made by Isham Peacock in order
to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the act of Congress passed 7
June 1832
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and private seal, there being
no public seal of office this 12 Augt 1833
P H M Tippins Clc
I certify that the above subscription of
P H M Tippins  Clc of the Inferior Court of
Tatnall County is correct &
according to law
(illegible)
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Lydia Peacock

June 9 1833

FREE

Jacksonville
Jun 
2
Flor


Hon L. P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D C
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58.687
(illegible)
Page 45

5702
Lydia Peacock
Wid: of
Isham
Sent to Jno.W. Price. May 14 /55

(illegible)
Page 46

Lydia Peacock
Wid: of
Isham
Duvall
for
(illegible)
(illegible)
$26.66/100 per An
Com: Feb. 3. 1853
(illegible)
Jno. W. Price
Jacksonville
E. Flor
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pension Office, Official Business
Commissioner
Page 47

(illegible) Office
June 14 1855
Sir. Please of the time
which the within named pension
was paid on the date of his death.
Very Respectfully
(illegible)
Commissioner
(illegible)
R. J. Atkinson Esqr
(illegible)
Isum Peacock paid to 4 Sept 1849
Rob J (ILLEGIBLE)
Auditor
Page 48

(illegible)
Lydia Peacock
wid  13829
Isham

FREE
Savannah
May
9
GEO     STEAM BOAT

Boynton
May 12, 1833

Hon L P Waldo
Commissioner of Pension
Washington City D. C.
Page 49

Official Business

(illegible)

To
The Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington D. C.
Page 50

Revolution
North Carolina
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8513
Lydia Peacock
Wid
Isum Peacock
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 120
Pri Rev War
Act: Febry 3d 1853
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1924. Apr. 23 - Hist to Honorable
H. J. Draw for Mr. J.M. N. Peacock
J. Jacksonville Fla. (illegible)
1925 Apr. 27 - Hist to J. P Mott - see
letter in Abner Bickham S.30271
1935 Oct 8. Hist to Mr Asa G. DeLoach  (illegible)
1936. Aug. 13 - Hist to A. G. Deloach M.D.
Page 51

HERBERT J. DRANE
George W. Safford
IST DIST FLORIDA
Secretary
House of Representatives U.S.
Washington, D. C.
April 22, 1924.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Commissioner:-

I am taking the liberty of handing you,
herewith, a letter which I received from Mr. J. M. N. Peacock of Jacksonville, Fla., attached to which is a
copy of a letter from the Adjutant General, both of
which explain themselves.

Will you please give me whatever information
you can returning the enclosures at the same time?

Yours very truly,
Geo. W. Safford Sectry
to
H. J Dane, M (illegible)
Pension
APR
U. 13 S.
1924
Office
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Atlanta, Georgia
Sept 26, 1935
Pension Department
Dear Sir,
Will you please be so kind as
to send me at your earliest
convenience the Revolutionary
pension record of Isham
Peacock from Tattnall Co. Ga.
-
-
He served in the Revolutionary War
but I do not hear the
period of his service, her
rank or his company
and your records will give
these facts and also show
the year he died by the discontinuance
of his pension
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Any information you can give
me of Isham Peacock I will appreciate
for my husband
Dr. Asa G. DeLoach awaits this
data to use for the paper he
is filling out to join the sons
of the American Revolution
Thanking you for your reply
I am Sincerely
Mrs Asa G. DeLoach
763 Penn Ave
Atlanta Ga.
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A. G. DELOACH, M.D.
639 CITIZENS AND SOUTHERN BANK BLDG.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
August 2, 1936.

RECEIVED
AUG  1936
MAIL SUB.DIV.
VETS ADM 
READER # 35


Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

I am very desirous of obtaining the Revolutionary War history
of Isham Peacock or Isom Peacock as he was also known. It is my
understanding that he applied for and was granted a pension while
he lived in Tatnall County, Ga. He later lived in Florida and I
am informed that he died in Ware County, Ga when he was approximately
107 years old.
Will you please send me a copy of his pension record as it will
show names of his family perhaps and will show the date of his death
when said pension stopped or transfer of same to his wife.
Hope to hear from you at your earliest convenience as I am trying
to complete a Revolutionary paper for the S. A. R and would like so much
to have the data that the pension record at your office will give
Thanking you, I am
Yours Truly,
A G DeLoach
763 Penn Ave
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.

April 27, 1925.

J. P. Mott
Valdosta, P. O. Box 105
Ga
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in
the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.8513, it
appears that Isum or Isham Peacock was born October
8, 1743 in Dobbs County, North Carolina.
While residing in Anson County, North Carolina
, he enlisted about the commencement of the War
and served at various times under Captains Hoy, Council,
and Pate, Colonels Love, Robeson or Robenson, Culp and
Murphy in the North Carolina Troops, amounting in all
to eight months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
February 11, 1833, while a resident of Tattnall County, Georgia.
In 1845, he was living in Duval County, Flor
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ida. He dies in February 1851
Soldier married March 22, 1835 in Ware County,
Georgia, Lydia Bennett. She was allowed pension on
her application executed April 29, 1855, while a
resident of Duval County, Florida, aged ninety-four
years.
Grand children are referred to as living in
Georgia in 1851, no names are stated and there is
no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
WILDER S. METCALF
Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.

April 23, 1924.

Honorable Herbert J. Drane,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Drane;

In response to your letter of the twenty second
instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the
papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 8513,
it appears that Isum or Isham Peacock was born October 8,
1742 in Dobbs County, North Carolina.
While residing in Anson County, North Carolina,
he enlisted about the commencement of the War and served
at various times under Captains Hoy, Council and Pate, Colonels
Love, Robeson or Robenson, Culp and Murphy in the North Carolina
Troops amounting in all to eight months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
February 11, 1833, while a resident of Tattnall County,
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Georgia. He died in February 1851.
Soldier married March 22, 1835 in Ware County,
Georgia, Lydia Bennett, she was allowed pension on her
application executed April 29, 1855, while a resident of
Duval County, Florida, aged ninety four years.
Grand children are referred to as living in
Georgia in 1851, no names are stated and there is no
further family data on file.
Sincerely,
Commissioner.
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October 8, 1935

Isum Peacock-W.8513
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Asa G. DeLoach
763 Penn Avenue
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of Isham Peacock
of Tatnall County, Georgia.
The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, W. 8513, based
upon the service of Isum ( Isham ) Peacock in the
Revolutionary War.
Isum ( Isham ) Peacock was born October 8, 1742
in Dobbs County, Georgia, names of his parents not
given.

While residing in Anson County, North Carolina,
he served four tours of two months each as private
under Captains Hoy, Council, Pate, Colonels Robeson
or Robenson, Culp, and Murphy, with the North Carolina
troops. He stated that he was taken prisoner by the
Tories, no further details given, and there are no definite dates of any of his service given.

He lived in South Carolina sometime after the
Revolution. He was allowed pension on his application
executed February 11, 1833, at which time he
was a resident of Tatnall County, Georgia. His signature
then "Isum Peacock

He in 1845 had moved from Tatnall County to
Florida. He died in the month of February, 1851 in
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Ware County, Georgia, while on a visit there to "some
of his grandchildren"; names of grandchildren not given.
Isum Peacock married March 22, 1835 in Ware
County, Georgia, Lydia Bennett.
The widow, Lydia Peacock, was allowed pension
on her application executed April 29, 1855, then a
resident of Duval County, Florida, and gave her age,
ninety-four years. She gave her age in 1857 as
eighty-five years, then living in Duval County, with
relatives, names not given, nor is there any explanation
as to the discrepancy in her age.

In order to obtain information relative to the
date of last payment of pension of the widow, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of her death, you should address The Comptroller
General, General Accounting Office, Records Division,
Washington, D. C., and cite the following data;
Lydia Peacock, widow of Isum Peacock
Certificate 5277
Issued June 15, 1855
Rate $26.66 per annum
To commence February 3, 1853
Act of February 3, 1853
Florida (Jacksonville) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator