Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6199, for John Lawson, North Carolina
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State of Tennesee
Morgan Colunty to wit;
On this 15th day of April, 1833 personallyy appeared in Open Court before the court of peace and quarter upon never... John Lawson was dead in the county of Morgan aforesaid in the state of Tennessee after aged seventy-eight years as he believes not having any to... of his age from the past information of hisposants, as he is inquired... in the State of Virginia in... Confidence papers June 3rd 1832.
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John Lawson... Act of June 1832
to what is given
Pension Office
Died 4th January 1838
June 7, 1839
Revolutionary service.
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Morgan Courthouaw Tennessee
May 29th, 1838
Enclosed is the Declaration of Mrs. Anna Lawson, widow of John Lawson, deceased late, a Revolutionary Pensioner of this County, and... is the affidant of the daughter of said John and Anna together with a certified copy of the Record of the County council of Morgan aforesaid made beretofore and learn with a view to obtain the announcement due said widow in Right of her said husband at the time of his Death I shall do no injustice in stating that the appearance of Mrs. Lawson her agents inquests to me that much Dealy of her Right would in all probability be equivalent to a denial of the same I had been under promise to see her relation to her pensioner claimso post but could not attend okease to give me intelligence etc as quick as consistent.
Your most humble servant,
Robert A. Dabney.
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Albany Ky April 11th 1844

Sir I herein enclose the affidavit of Randolph Lawson concerning the marriage of Anna Lawson and John Lawson Mrs Lawson is yet living and prays a resolution of her claim she is living
[illegible] Morgan Co, On her Behalf

I am your Humble servt

William J Dabury

J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pension
Washington City
D.C.
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affiant convessed with said Randolph about the foregoing matters before he had any conversation with the widow of John Lawson about her Pension. I am from the appearance of said Randolph and from the appearance of Anna Lawson widow of John Lawson supposed they were both of them more than eighty years of age.

Swon and subscribed this 20th day of February 1840 before me.

Robert A. Dabney

Thomas Jack,
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee
Morgan County SS

I Samuel P. Vaughn Clerk of the County court of Morgan aforesaid certify that Thomas Jack Cogi is a Justice of the peace as above setforth I further certify that the foregoing signature [illegible] to be his are genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 22 February AD 1840.

Samuel P. Vaughn Clerk
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State of Tennessee
Morgan County SS

on this the 20th day of February 1840, personally appeared before me Thomas Jack [?] a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Anna Lawson, Widow of John Lawson, deceased Pensioner of Morgan County and after being duly sworn for that purpose on her oath states that she has record of her marriage and the ages or birth of her children positively states that the oldest child of the bodies of said John Lawson and herself was named Betsy and the second was named John,, the third, Joshua, 4th Lydia, 5th Patsey, 6th Runels, 7th William, 8th Staphen, 9th Melida, who to her under that calculation is 44 years of age she believes that her said oldest child was born sixty four or sixty three years past, positively states that she was married and had three or four children before the close of the war, to her best belief she was married in the year 1775. She states that her said husband, John Lawson has a brother Randolph Lawson, aged to her best
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 22nd day of February AD 1840

Samuel R. Vaughn, Clerk
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Amy Lawson
Ten.
Act. 4, July '36 -

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Robt J. Dabney
Jamestown, Ten.
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State of Tennessee
... County. On this, the 8th day of August  1842, personally appeared before me, James L. Kennedy, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, William Lawson, with whom I am personally acquainted, do.. in Lass than accompanied him his statement being entitled to well andit and on his oath states that he has no word of his age but that from undeniable acclamation he is fifty-four years of age it agreeing with the account he... was the son of John Lawson, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner in Morgan County, Tennessee, and stated died leaving his widow, Anna lawson, alliant, and then in said County the Morgan she now resides, affidant have a Recollections of her... of his brothers and sisters older than he...
a little before afficant married John Bolin in... by Tennessee, a year or more before the affidant into the service, applicant going into the service, a volunteer private...
when applicant went into said service, he was a minute man and
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had been married more than one year. Applicant's wife having one son named Thomas Lawson who was married about eight years past and was a man of a family before he died and has been dead about five years. Applicant from every calculation of things within his own knowledge and takes into concession with the account he has had for his said servants, and from the information of the Relations is bouniced that it must be seventy-six years past at least since his said father and mother was narrued,
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above mentioned.
William Lawson.
mark.
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Kentucky Clinton County, Set
I, Alice Mxey, Clerk of the Clinton County Court, vcertify that Shenod M. Keaton whose name is signed to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such and that hisi said signature is genuine.
In witness whereof I have herwith set my hand and private seal, there being no seal of office provided of the Clerks.
View this 8th day of August, 1842.
Alice Maxey, Clerk.
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State of Kentucky, Cumberland County
On this, the 2nd day of April, 1844, personally appeared before me... a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Randolph Samson, aged ninety years, his statements being enlisted. To fall credit and on oath state that he is the idea... Randolph Samson that has heretofore depored to the marriage of a John Lawson, afficant, to other, to his wife Anna Lawson in Morgan County, Tennessee afficant to wit remembers that they were married before the Revolutionay War. Review of the marriage at the time of and thought witness was not at the marriage, affidant familiar State that they were a social member of Children, before the close of the Revolutionary War, John Lawson was in Morgan County, Tennessee being in the recipt of a pension at the time before his death.
Randolph Lawson.