Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5687, for Joseph Jolly, South Carolina
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
S.C. 
NUMBER
R.5687
Jolly, Joseph 
Elizabeth

CONTENTS
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Declaration
of
Henry Jolly
son of
Mrs Elizabeth Jolly
widow of Joseph
Jolly.
Oct 4th July 1836.

James A Black
Atty
Columbia S.C.
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The State of South Carolina] SS
District of Anderson  On this twenty third day of February in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared in open court before the undersigned Judge of the Court of Ordinary in & for said District & which is a Court of Record Henry Jolly a resident of said District & State aged Seventy years who 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 July 4, 1836 and such other Acts and resolutions of Congress as apply to his case.  That he is the son & heir at law of Mrs Elizabeth Jolly deceased who was the widow of Joseph Jolly deceased who entered the service of the United States as deponent has been informed & believes, under the following officers in the war of the Revolution.  That at the time of the war his said father resided near Broad River in what is now Union District South Carolina and that (his brother/crossed out) Wilson Jolly not a brother but a cousin 
Benjamin Jolly the latter of whom was an officer in the militia & Captain Jeffreys, Montgomery & Steen Colonels Thomas Brandon & Wm Farr & Major McJunklir all belonged to & resided in the said section in this State and that Colonel John Thomas & Colonel Roebuck resided in what is now Spartanburg District in the State and adjoins the District of Union aforesaid. That this deponent's said father volunteered & served for a considerable length of time as private horseman first under Captain James Steen, Captain Jefferys & Captain Montgomery all of whom were from his said father's immediate neighborhood & who served either in the Regiment commanded by Col. Brandon or Colonels Roebuck & Thomas - That his said father served over twelve months as private hor
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seman under said Captains and also acted a short while as Sergeant of Infantry under the same.  That after this was closed his said father removed from said section to this (Anderson) District and died in the same on the twenty fifth of Nov. 1833 leaving declarant's mother said Mrs  Elizabeth Jolly a widow who remained such until her death in this District on the twentieth day of June Eighteen hundred and forty five: That his said father and mother were married in Union District as it is now known before the commencement of the was say about the year Seventeen hundred and seventy two deponent having no family record showing the date of their marriage but from the age of their eldest child up to this time he is enabled to fix the date of their marriage as above given: That his said mother was a widow on the 4th day of July 1836 and remained such until her death at the time above stated: That in support of these allegations this Declarant begs leave to refer both proofs herewith and such as maybe hereafter submitted in this claim.  Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before 
me as witness my hand &                  his       
the seal of said Court                   Henry X Jolly 
& I certify that I am personally              mark
acquainted with this declarant
and that he is a gentleman to whose 
statements are due full faith & credit
Herbert Hammond 
Judge of the 
Court of Ordinary 
Anderson District
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The words "not a brother. but a cousin" Interlined before signed
Herbert Hammond
O. A. D.
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Affidavit of Joseph Guyton 
in his seventyninth year of age, neighbor of Jos & Elizabeth Jolly formerly of Union Dist and latterly of Anderson Dist. So Ca: of their living together & being received & believed as husband & wife - that Deponent is 4 years (cross out) older than Amy, the oldest child of said parties - Jos. Jolly's reputation as a soldier of the Revolution. 

So that were Amy Jolly now alive she would be about 75 years of age then her birth must have taken place in 1780 and the marriage of her parents say 12 months before [illegible] in 1779.  Wilson Jolly was Joseph Jolly's brother. 
Mr. Guyton's credibility being fully established, & he having from the close of the was till their removal to Anderson Dist. been a neighbor in a country community, knew Joseph Jolly's reputation as a soldier & of his & his wife Elizabeth being regarded as husband & wife in that community.
In the absence of any public or private record of their marriage this is the strongest proof to be had or for as now known.
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The State of South Carolina
Union District
Pirsonally Apearing
Joseph Guyton, before me A Magistrate 
for the said district who upon his oath says that he is in his seventy ninth year of his age and has ever resided in the District of Union and on the plantation of which he now resides for seventy seven years. That he knew one Joseph Jolley who as this deponent has no doubt was a Revolutionary Soldier. He the said Joseph Jolly (Now deceased)  was always reputed & believed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War This deponent lived within four miles of said Jolly & wife Elizabeth Jolly (whos maiden name was Smith) and that to this deponents personal knowledge Joseph and Elizabeth Jolly lived together for thirty years or more as man and wife  They were so taken & reputed by all the neighbors.  This Deponent remembers three of the oldest children [illegible] Amy Roda & Henry that he thinks Amy the oldest was about four years younger than this deponent  The Jollys (Joseph and Wilson his brother) afterward moved to Pendleton District in this State This Deponent has seen Joseph Jolly & Elizabeth living together as man & wife after they moved to Pendleton District and that Joseph Jolly died in the District of Pendleton (now Anderson District)
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This deponent further swears that Nickolas Corry John Jeffers, and Moses Guyton all lived in this neighborhood. John Jeffers, Nicolas Coory and Aaron Guyton all drew pensions from the United States as revolutionary soldiers
That he has heretobefore  & is now wholey Disinterested in giving this evidence 
Sworn to & subscribed before me this the [illegible] day of May AD. 1855
Wm M Dunn
Magstrait 
Joseph Guyton 

We John A Smith and Silus R Parker residents of Union District upon our oaths say that we saw Joseph Guyton sign the above affidavit and that he is a man to whose statement upon oath are due full faith and credit
We are disinterested in giving this testimony.
John A. Smith
S.R. Parker

I the Magstrait before whom the above affadaveds was signed do certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph Guyton John A Smith & S.R. Parker that they are gentelmen of truth and character
Wm M Dunn
Magstrait
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State of South Carolina
Union District  
I J. G. Mckissick clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for Union District in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William M Dunn before whom the within affidavit was taken and whose certificate likewise (appears/crossed out) is thereunto annexed (as appears by his name in his own hand writing  attesting the same) is and was at the date thereof an acting Magistrate in and for the District aforesaid duly appointed and qualified and had signed the Roll kept according to Law in my office and all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit-
(seal attached)
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the said Court at Union Court House the fourth day of June AD one Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty five__
JGmckissick
C.C.P.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 
December 1, 1925
Mrs. E. E. Willis
Riverside Hotel
Shawneetown, Ill. 
Madam:
I have to advise you from the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau it appears that JOSEPH JOLLY, while residing near Broad River in what was later Union District, South Carolina, enlisted and served over twelve months, exact time not stated, as a private and sergeant with the South Carolina Troops under Captains James Steen, Jeffrys, and Montgomery, and Colonel Brandon.
He married in Union District, South Carolina, about the year 1772, Elizabeth Smith.  He died in Anderson District, South Carolina, November 25, 1833.  His widow, Elizabeth, died in Anderson District, South Carolina, June 20, 1845. 
Their children were:  Amy, Rhoda, and Henry. 
On February 23, 1855, the above mentioned Henry Jolly, while a resident of Anderson District, South Carolina, aged seventy years, applied for pension on account of the Revolutionary War service of his father, Joseph Jolly, but his claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension laws.
The above noted is the only Joseph Jolly found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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1916 Apr. 19 Hist. to
Mrs G. E. Bolin Jr. V. L. M.
1925 Dec. 1, hist to 
Mrs. E. E. Willis 
W. C. S. 
5687
P.O. Elizabeth Jolly
Service: Wid. of Joseph Jolly 
Enlisted: ____ ,18
Discharged:   REJECTED (in black stamp) ,18 
Application filed: ___ ,18
Alleges: ____
Re-enlisted: ____
Attorney: ____
P.O. ____
Recognized.:  ____Contra____ 
____ Cert. of Dis.| Searched for ____ ,18
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No. 8120 
Elizabeth Jolly decd
widow of Joseph
So Ca
 Jms A Black [illegible] [illegible] 27 18[illegible] 
To Same June 19/55.
Same Nov 19 1855
Same Dec. 10/55
v-687
July 4 1836
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Joseph Jolly died Nov 25 1833. ] married
Elizabeth Jolly died June 2 1845 ] 1772
Henry Jolly
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Comptroller
General's Certificate of
Joseph Jolley's service.
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Comptroller Genl's Office
Columbia So. Ca.
March 19th 1855
"No 3214   Issued 4 July 86 to Joseph Jolley for 
Lib X        £55: 8: 6¾ Sterling duty in Brandon's Regt. pap. audited No108
Principal £55: 8: 6¾
Interest 3: 17: 7 
3214X No 108 4 July 86 Joseph Jolly for 378 days duty as a Horseman, and 16 days as Sergeant of Foot from 14 March 1779 to January 1783 in Captain Steen, Jeffry's and Montgomery's company's Colo. Brandon's Regiment and charg?  Currency £387:10
add on 2 charge                                   10
                                                    £388:00
                             Sterling           £ 55: 8: 6¾
The State of South Carolina to Joseph Jolley [illegible]
To 98 Days duty as Horseman from the 14 March to the 16th July 1779 both days included ppaybill of Capt. Steen [illegible] Colo. Brandon    £9 
To 16 days duty as Sergt. of Foot from 
                    say 19th (written between lines)
the 4th to the 17th of Sept 1778 
{2day [illegible] [illegible} written in the margin}
both days included ppay Bill of Lt. Jeffries 9.10
To 280 Days Duty as Horseman from the 12th of May 1780 to January 1783 ppay Bill of Capt. Montgomery 280 __ 
[illegible] Colo. Brandon £387:10
                          [illegible]   £5:7:1½
I do hereby request the Commissioner of the Treasury of South Carolina to deliver my account against
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the public to Mr. Robert Lusk it being for value recieved of the said Robert Lusk and this shall be sufficient from gentlemen  Your Humble Servant 
October 18th 1785
Tho. Miles J. P.    (Signed) Joseph Jolley"
Recd. 4 July 1786 full satisfaction for the within
in an Indent P3214X p. order. (Signed/Robert Lusk."
I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy taken from the Records of this Office.
Thos P. Walker 
Deputy Comptroller
So. Carolina
(No Seal of office.)
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Columbia So. Ca.
Oct. 29th. 1855.
Hon. J. Minot
Court of Pensions,
Dear Sir,
In reply to the letter of your predecessor 19th June last I forward herewith testimony in the case of Elizabeth Jolly decd. widow of Josep Jolly act 4th July 1836.  The comptroller's certificate shows 378 days a horseman, 16 as Sergt. from 1779 to January 1783 in Steen's Jeffreys & Montgomery's Companies of Brandon's regiment. An Indent was issued to Jos. Jolly for this service for which he gave an order in favor of Robert Lusk & the comptroller upon comparing Jolly's signature on Record with one proven to be that of Claimant's husband certified that he had "no hesitation in believing that they are in the handwriting of the same person"_ This ought to be sufficient it would seem, on the point of his identity_ No notice is taken of this fact in the letter above alluded to.  I now send the affidavit of Wm Goudelock Esq an aged & highly respectible gentleman showing that the several officers mentioned above belonged to his neighborhood as also the Joseph Jolley under whom this claim is made, & his  reputation  as a Soldier of the Revolutionary was, and also that Robert Lusk (he received Jolly's Indent) was of that section, & one of the old whigs of the same.  Mr. Goudelock has been one of the old Justices of the Peace of his section & is a man of intelligence, his brother Davis Goudelock being in his lifetime a pensioner of the United States & by reference to his papers as well as to John Jeffries & Nicholas Curry's doubtless full & sufficient proof will appear as to the locality & Service of the officers above named. Mr. Goudelock's testimony is based on a record fact that of his birth & his acquaintance with Jos. Jolley & his brother Wilson during & after the war & after their removal to Pendleton (now Anderson) District in this State, renders it beyond
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question that the Joseph Jolley under which we claim, was a soldier of the Revolution, the testimony of Joseph Guyton herewith whose credibility is certified, & whose family were directly connected by three marriages with Jos. & Elizabeth Jolley renders it as full as it seems possible a matter of this kind need be.  Messrs. Goudelock & Guyton who both have the dates of their births in their family Bibles swear that Jos & Elizth Jolley lived together as husband & wife from their earliest recollection- enjoyed the undisputed reputation as such & removed to Anderton, & Jos Guyton born in Oct 1779 says their oldest child was about 4 years younger than he which would make her birth to have taken place in 1783, to January of which year Joseph served. So that the marriage must have taken place in 1782, & indeed both witnesses testify that they "feel confident that they were living together as husband & wife before the close" of that war.  Mr. Guyton's testimony further identifies Henry Jolly this claimant as the son of these parties, of whom his father Joseph Jolley, both testify as to his reputation of having served in the whig service, living near the very officers shown by the Comptroller's records.  Taking these proofs & the comptroller's certificate as to the service & handwriting of Joseph Jolly all into careful consideration it does seem conclusive that equitably his identity is fully established. If upon a review of the evidence filed, with an examination of this now sent, you are satisfied please so inform me and I will then [illegible] the names of their now living children & meet such other requisitions as you may make.
I am very respectfully
Your Obs. Sevt.
James A. Black
for Heirs of Elizth Jolley decd.
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Jms. A Black
Dec 10, 1835
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Pension Office,
December 15, 1855.
Sir,
The certificate by the Comptroller General of South Carolina of certain service of Wilson Jolly in the war of the revolution, filed as evidence in the case of Elizabeth Jolly, widow of Joseph, does not remove the objections to the admission of her claim, suggested in my letter of the 9th. [illegible] - It cannot be stated what the effect of the testimony you refer to would have before this claim until it is produced. 
I am 
 VC

James A Black Esq
Columbia, 
South Carolina
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Wilson Jolley.
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Comptroller Genl's Office
Columbia So. Ca.
November 12th1855.
This is to certify that it appears from Account no. 3215 Book X on file in this Office that Wilson Jolley was paid "for 9 Days Duty as Sergt. of Horse from the 7th to the 15th"
"February 1779 in Captain James Steen's company, & 280 Days"
"Duty as Horseman from the12th May 1780 to January 1783, 
"alternately in Captain Montgomery Company Colo. Brandon's 
"Regiment"
For Comptroller Genl.
Thos P. Walker
Deputy C.G.
(No Seal of Office)
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Pension Office,
June 19, 1855.
Sir,
I have received and examined the additional evidence transmitted by you in support of the claim of the heirs of Elizabeth Jolly dec'd. widow of Joseph Jolly, an alleged revolutionary soldier.
This evidence in no respect obviates the objections urged in my letter of the 27th March last. The father of the claimant is not identified as the soldier certified to have performed service by the Comptroller of South Carolina, nor do the witnesses particularize how they are enabled to determine the age of the [children/crossed out] oldest child of the party in whose right this claim is asserted. When it is sought to fix the date of a marriage by the ages of the children, the latter must be proven beyond doubt.
The date of the death of the alleged soldier
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and his widow have not been properly proven, nor have the names of the living children been shown by certificate of Court, as required by our rules.
Very [illegible]
VC

June 19/55 [written sideways on right edge]
 
James A. Black Esq.
Columbia, 
South Carolina
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March 27/55
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Pension Office
March 27 1855
Sir
The application of Elizabeth Jolly decd widow of Joseph Jolly of S.C. has been examined and filed under the act of July 4 1836.
Her husband must be identified with the service shown by the Record to have been rendered by a man of his name by witnesses who knew that he served as alleged. 
The date of her marriage must be established by the best attainable proof.
The date of her death and the number and names of her living children must be shown by 
disinterested witnesses. 
James A Black Esq
Columbia 
S. Ca
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Pension Office 
Nov 9 1855
Sir
The affidavits of Wm Goudeluck and Joseph Guyton filed in support of the case of Elizabeth Jolley decd widow of Joseph of S.C do not meet the objections to the admission of the claim pointed out in [my/crossed out] the letter of the 19th of June to you.  The service for which a pension is claimed and the date of the marriage must be proven by direct evidence. 
I must refer you to the correspondence heretofore held with you in relation to this case.
[1855/ written in left margin]
Jms. A Black Esq
Columbia
S.C
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Columbia So. Ca.
21st March 1855
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Comms. of Pensions
Dear Sir, 
Please find enclosed Declaration of Henry Jolley as son of Elizabeth Jolley decd. widow of Joseph Jolley act 4th July 1836, and proofs in support of the same.
I am,
very respectfully
Your Obt. Sevt.
James A Black
for the Heirs
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Washington City
20th Nov 1855
Hon: J Minot
Comm of Pensions, 
Dear Sir, 
In reply to your letter of 9th isst in the case of Elizabeth Jolley decd  widow of Joseph, I ask & file herewith Comptroller's Certificate showing that Wilson Jolley (proven to be his brother & to have removed from Union to Pendleton now Anderson District S.C.) served under the same officers as his brother Joseph. I have proven by three witnesses whose credibility is fully established and who give reasons for their knowledge, that the Joseph Jolley under whom this claim is preferred was from the immediate neighborhood (country population) of the Officers Shown in the Comptroller's Certificate in his case - that he had the undisputed reputation of having served in the Revolution & that he afterwards removed to Pendelton now Anderson Dist. S.C. All this you deem insufficient on the point of identity - What will be sufficient? Will proof that there was no other person of his name in Union Dist. who was reputed as a soldier at the close of the war answer? Unless you admit that this kind of proof & this now filled will remove your objections, the case cannot be otherwise established. I fear & it is of no use to be at further trouble about it. It does seem that such strong proof of reputation ought to be all that should be required. Please answer me at Columbia South Carolina & oblige,
Very respectfully
Your obs serv
James A Black 
of Columbia S. Caro.
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Columbia So. Ca.
11th June 1855
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Comms Pensions
Dear Sir,
In the matter of the claim of the heirs of Elizabeth Jolly decd. Act 4th July 1836, I now enclose the testimony of Joseph Guyton and Mrs. Susan Petty with such remarks made by myself thereon, as show the points proved and the construction it seems they warrant.  Now as there is no family Record of the marriage of the parties and or in our state no public record or license, (except a few Episcopal Church Entries) were necessary in such matters, it is hoped that this the strongest kind of secondary evidence will fully meet your requisitions on the point of their marriage before the expiration of Jos. Jolly's last term of service.  It will be remembered that in a country population and particularly soon after the Revolution where it was sparce that all the prominent facts in the history of anyone in such community & of his family, would be known generally nay almost by every one of the neighborhood.  It is therefore that due weight should be attached to these proofs.  The deponents prove the age of the eldest child, and hence the conclusion that the marriage must have taken place about the time alleged by the son in his Declaration. 
Awaiting a candid & fair adjudication herein.
I am
very respectfully,
James A Black
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State of South Carolina ss
Union District 
Personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting Magistrate in and for said District William Gondelock who being duly sworn according to law declares that he has a Record of the date of his birth which shows that event to have taken place on the 13th December Seventeen hundred and seventy five (1775) and was brought up and has ever resided in this District and within a few miles of where he now lives not more than twelve miles from Smith's Ford on Broad River. That the earliest circumstance of the Revolutionary war of which he has a distinct recollection was that of hearing the guns firing at the battle of Cowpens twenty miles from this Deponent's father's and that the British in their retreat passed by his father's place near which they dropped a [knapsack/crossed out] portmanteau which this Deponent found in the road near the house, and this deponent from that time was well acquainted with many of the whigs of his neighborhood among whom were Captain James Steen, Captain Robert Montgomery, Nathaniel Jeffers,  Robert & John Lusk, Nicholas Corry or Cury, Wilson Jolly & his brother Joseph Jolly with the latter of whom his acquaintance began from the event of the Cowpen's battle. That although this Deponent never actually saw the two brothers Wilson & Joseph Jolly in the service, yet this deponent is certain that from his earliest recollection they bore the undisputed reputation of having served in the American Service.  This deponent also knew Colonel Thomas Brandon who then lived in this
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District as it now is called Union. That from his first recollection Joseph & Wilson Jolley lived some six or seven miles from this Deponent's father's and that Joseph Jolly & his wife Elizabeth who before her marriage had been Elizabeth Smith of Smith's Ford neighborhood, were living together as husband & wife & bore the undisputed reputation as such in the community in which they lived and this deponent feels confident that they were such before the conclusion of the war aforesaid. That this Deponent's brother Davis Gondelock & John Jeffers or Jeffries were also whigs of this section & drew their pensions the latter of whom was a Justice of the Peace before Eighteenhundred:  That just before the year Eighteen hundred Wilson & Joseph Jolley aforesaid moved from this neighborhood to the then Pendleton District in this State and about thirty five or forty years ago this Deponent was at the house of said Wilson Jolley in Pendleton & learned from him that his brother Joseph Jolley aforesaid lived near him.  That this Deponent is wholly disinterested in giving this testimony Sworn to and subscribed this 8th day of October 1855 before me
Wm M Dunn              Wm Gondelock
Magistraite 
I certify upon oath that I am a practicing physician & that my father the deponent above lives with me & that he is of sound mind & memory & adequate to testify as afore.  8th October 1855 before me
Wm M Dunn               [illegible] Gondelock
Magistraite
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And I the said Magistrate do hereby certify that I have examined the Family Record of the Deponent above which said Record has been produced & sworn to as such, and find the entry of his birth to be as stated by him in the foregoing affidavit, and I further certify that the deponent is worthy of full faith & credit & of sound mind & memory - & that H. Goudlock is a respectible practising physician of this District & that I am disinterested in giving this certificate. Given under my hand & seal the day & year aforesaid.
Wm M Dunn [illegible]
Magistraite

State of South Carolina
Union District
Personally appeared before me an acting Magistrate in & for said District, Joseph Guyton who being duly sworn according to law declares that he has a record of his birth which shows that event to have taken place on the 19th day of October Seventeen hundred and seventy nine (1779) & is now nearly seventynine years of age.  That he was born in York District [illegible] this from about one year of age & brought up & has ever lived within three miles of Smith's Fort on Broad River in their District. That during the Revolutionary war two of his brothers Moses & Aaron Guyton were in the American Service the latter of whom afterwards drew a pension from the United States, he residing then in Anderson District in this State:  That this deponent was also well acquainted soon after the war with Captain James Steen, Captain Montgomery, Nathaniel & John Jefferies, Nicholas Curry, Davis Goudlock & others who were reputed as officers & soldiers of the Revolution in the American Service.  That this deponent from his earliest recollection knew Joseph Jolley & his wife Elizabeth who had been Elizabeth Smith of this neighborhood, three of her brothers having married sisters of this deponent.  That said Joseph Jolley & said wife were living then living about four miles of this deponent and deponent knew their children well the eldest of whom Amy was about four years younger than this deponent.  That about
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fifty years or upward ago said Joseph Jolley & his brother Wilson Jolley removed to the Pendleton District in this State and soon after said Joseph Jolley moved as aforesaid this deponent was in Pendleton (now Anderson) District & saw said Joseph Jolley & his brother living there near this deponent's brother's. -  That said Joseph Jolley was regarded among the old whigs as one who had served with them & this deponent never heard any other character given him: That from said Jolley & his said wife's age & that of their oldest child this deponent feels confident they must have been living together as husband & wife before the close of the war: that they so lived together and enjoyed the undisputed reputation of being such in this community.  That this deponent was also acquainted with the present Henry Jolley of Anderson District son of Joseph Jolley aforesaid. That this deponent is wholly disinterested in giving this testimony.  Sworn to and subscribed this 9th day of October 1855 
Before me
Wm M Dunn                 Joseph Guyton
Magistraite   

And I the said Magistrate do hereby certify that I have long been acquainted with the deponent above - that he is of sound mind & memory, & that I have examined his family Record and find the date of his birth correctly given in his affidavit (said Record having been produced & sworn to before me) and I further certify that the deponent is one to whose statements are due full faith & credit & that I am disinterested in giving this testimony.  Given under my hand the day & year aforesaid.
Wm M Dunn
Magistraite 
 
South Carolina
Union District
I J. Mckissick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for Union District in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that W. M Dunn Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits together with his certificates thereunto annexed, were made as appears by his name in his own hand writing attesting the same is and was at the date thereof, a magistrate in and for said District duly appointed and qualified, and all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
[Seal Attached} In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court at Union Court House the 18th October 1855.
J. Mckissick Clk
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Affidavit of Mrs. Susan Petty aged 75 years - was neighbor of & knew Jos. & Eliz.th Jolly - his reputation as a soldier - in the same community with the Corrys, Steens, Jeffreys & Pettys - that Jos & Eliz.th Jolly lived as husband & wife & were so received & believed - their eldest child was older than Mrs Petty so that she [eldest/inserted] must have been born in 1779 or 1780- They removed from Union Dist. to Anderson Dist. So. Ca. & continued to live together as husband & wife. 
Magistrate certifies as to her (Mrs. Petty's) credibility. 

So that this and Mr. Guyton's affidavit are the best (and certainly the only kind now to be had) proofs that is now known of the cohabitation of the parties as husband & wife -their reputation among those who knew them best in a country population were the prominent facts of individual history, & reputation are known to every member of the community, and it is therefore hoped that this will be satisfactory as to their marriage before the last term of Mr. Jolly's services
& as Mr. Guyton's testimony that Wilson Jolly was Jos. Jolly's brother, & as to Corry & Jeffers
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South Carolina
Union District    SS
Personally appeared before me a Magistrate within and for the District of Union State of South Carolina, Mrs Sisan Petty aged seventy five years a resident of Union District who being duly sworn says that she has lived for many years neighbor to Joseph Jolley & wife Elizabeth Jolley that they lived together as man & wife and he was reputed & believed to have been a Revolutionary Soldier.  That the Corry' Jeffers Steens & Pettys all lived in this neighborhood.  This deponent has often been at Joseph & Elizabeth Jolleys house and knew the children That the oldest was older than this deponent.  Joseph Jolley & wife moved to Pendleton (now Anderson) District South Carolina where she has been informed they lived together as man & wife until death.  This deponent is now and has heretobefore been disinterested in giving this testimony
Sworn to & subscribed to before me this the thirtyth day of May A. D. 1855
                                              her 
Wm M. Dunn                           X
Magstrit                           Susan Petty
                                               mark
Attest as to susan petty signature
John H.  Smith
Wm. L Black
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I the Magistrate before whom the above affidavit  were signed do herby certify that Mrs Susan Petty, John H Smith & Wm L Black are persons of truth and their signatures genuine.
May 30th 1855
Wm M Dunn Magstrait
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State of South Carolina
Union District    
I J Mckissick Clerk of the Court of the Common Pleas and General Sessions for Union District in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William M Dunn Esq before whom the within affidavit was made (as appears by his name in his own hand writing attesting the same) is and was at the date thereof an acting Magistrate in and for the District aforesaid duly appointed and qualified and had signed the Roll kept according to Law in my office, and all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the said Court at Union Court House the fourth day of June AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty five.
J. Mckissic 
C.C.P.
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State of South Carolina
Anderson District
Personally appeared before the undersigned and acting Magistrate in and for said District, Henry Jolly who being duly sworn according to law saith that he has seen his father Joseph Jolly who was a revolutionary soldier write and is acquainted with his handwriting and that the several specimens of his handwriting in his signatures to the papers hereunto attached are in the handwriting of his said father, who died in this District about twenty one years ago - That he has no family record showing the date of the marriage of his father Jos. Jolly aforesaid and his mother Elizabeth Jolly who survived her said husband & remained a widow until her death on the twentieth day of June Eighteen hundred and forty five - That from the Record of his own age he being seventy years old is enabled to know that the eldest child would be if now alive about Eighty two or three                                          his
                                       Henry   X   Jolly
Herbert Hammond                   mark                  
Ordinary & [illegible] off M.A.D.

Comptroller Gen Office
Columbia So Carolina
March 19th 1855
I do hereby certify that having compared the signature of Joseph Jolley to the note above attached to that of Joseph Jolley to his order in account No 3214 bk X on file in this office I have no hesitation in believing that they are in the handwriting of the same person
(No Seal Of Office)
Thos P. Walker
Deputy Comptroller
State So. Ca.
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I promise to pay to [illegible] [illegible] on order six dollars for value recd this  18th of March
Joseph Jolly
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[illegible] Jolley $6.0    [written vertically along left side]
by cash - $4.0
by cash -  1.0
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[PHOTO]   MODERN HEATING, LIGHTING 
LARGE SUNNY ROOMS 
BIG SAMPLE ROOM ON GROUND FLOOR
BELL TEL. 10-J
Docker's Riverside Hotel
(AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN)
MINNIE SMYTH, OWNER
SUPERIOR BATHING, FISHING, HUNTING
SHAWNEETOWN, ILL.  Oct. 26 1925
[ink stamp - U.S. PENSION OFFICE OCT 28 1925]

Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me a certified copy of the pay issued to a Rev. soldier by the name of Benjaman Jolley also a certified copy of one issued to Capt Joseph Jolley who served with Colonel Lewel Benton in his "Yellow Jacket" regiment he was also with Colonel Thomas Brandon, Major McJunkin General Furgason of the 96 district S.C.  Benjaman Jolley served with the same officers prior to 1776 to 1782
Benjaman Jolleys Widow lived in Union S.C. 1837 with her son-in-law Abram McJunkin
Abram McJunkin was a son of Major McJunkin
I will appreciate and thank you for an early reply.
E. E. Willis Riverside Hotel Shawneetown Illinois
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[ink stamp]

PENSION
     D
    APR
U.  11   S.
   1913
  OFFICE
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FORTY SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

CHARLES E. BOLIN,
36TH DISTRICT, 
MILTON,

Milton, Ill. April 8, 1913
Com. of Pensions
Wash. D. C. 
Dear Sir, 
Will you please furnish me the Revolutionary Pension Record of Wilson William Maxberry, James and Joseph Jolly, also Joseph and John Johnson who enlisted from Union & Pendleton Co's. in North Western S. Carolina.
Yours truly
Mrs. C. E. Bolin Jr. 

[something illegible written above William, Maxberry, James, Joseph and John(Johnson)]