Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 7986, for John King, Virginia
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Va

King, John
Eleanor

NUMBER
W. 7986
B.L.Wt. 26694-160-55

CONTENTS
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[printed document form with handwritten entries. Divided down center by solid line, left and right sides. Printed pattern border]

[top center of page, printed scroll type:] Family Record

[top left, printed type:] BIRTHS

[NOTE: in the following text, ANNO is Latin for "in the year"]

John King was married to his wife Eleoner [sic] May 17th Anno 1792. 3 y when he has issues.
Jenny McDowell [?] King born Feby [February] 13th Anno 1793.-
John King Born Feby [February] 5th Anno 1795. -
Peggy King Born Sept 30th Anno 1799 -  
David Kerr King Born Dec [December] 20th Anno 1801___
Abigail King Born 7th March Anno 1804 _
James King Born March 19th Anno 1806

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[above column:] Births

Lovey King Born May 24th 1808

Eleoner [sic] Elisab [Elizabeth?] King Born Nov [November] 18th anno 1811

[bottom left - almost looks like a scan of a separate page in another hand that was below this page]
State if Georgia
[illegible] County
on the 22nd day Sept [September] 1843 personally appeared before the [illegible]
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16.127

Bounty Land Act March 3rd / 55 Mrs. Eleanor [spelled "Eleonor" in family documents] King Widow of John King, War of the Revolution. 

I. J. McCullough Augst 
Jefferson Georgia.
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State of Georgia
County of Jackson [initials entered:] ss
On this Seventeenth day of March
A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Eleanor King aged 85
years, a resident of Jackson County in the State of Georgia, who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the widow of John
King deceased who was a private in the revolutionary war and drew a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per annum under the
act of 7th June 1832, that she is now drawing a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per annum, in conformity with
the act of February 2nd 1848 and is the identical person mentioned in an original certificate now in her possession
No 2759 dated at the War office of the United States on the 4th day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty nine, signed by W.L. Marcy Secretary of
War and Examined and countersigned by J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions, and she refers to the declaration of her husband the said John King under the act of 1832 and her declaration and proofs, filed in the Pension Office, under the act of 2nd February 1848 for evidence of her husband's service, her marriage and her husband's death &c. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under act approved March 3d
1855, she also declares that she has never received nor applied for Bounty Land under this or any [end of page one of three]
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other act of Congress, and that she is still the widow of the said John King at the time of executing this declaration
[Mark "X" entered between Written Name:] Eleanor 'her mark X' King

 Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and I
certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in said claim

Wynn A. Worsham
State of Georgia County of Jackson [initials:] SS On this Seventeenth day of March
A.D. one thousand eight hundred and
fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Charley Witt and Robert Espey who are credible and respectable witnesses, and being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally and well acquainted with Mrs. Eleanor King and saw her sign her name, by her mark, to the foregoing declaration, that they know her to be the identical person therein represented, and that she is now a widow; and they further swear that they are disinterested witnesses -
[Signature of] Charles Will
[Signature of] Robert Espy
Sworn to and
subscribed before me the day and date
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above written; and I certify that
Charles Witt and Robert Espey are citizens
of Jackson County in the State of Georgia and are credible witnesses
Wynn, A. Wosrham J.P

State of Georgia
County of Jackson 
I, P. F. Hinton Clerk of the Inferior Court for the County and State aforesaid, do certify that Wynn A Worsham Esqr. [Esquire] before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made, and who witnessed the same, is and was at the time of so doing a Justice of the peace in and for said County, legally commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to administer oaths and that his official signatures to the same are genuine-
Given under my hand and
the seal of said Inferior Court
this Seventeenth day of March
one thousand eight hundred
and fifty five-
P. F. Hinton  Clerk

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Georgia 12.624
[double line below this text across page]
John King
of Jackson in the State of Georgia
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Moffat of the regt [regiment] commanded by Col. [Colonel] Mathews in the [the word "Georgia" is lined out] Va [Virginia]
line for nine months
[double line below this text across page]
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 30 Dollars [the word "cents" is lined out] per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
[double line below this text across page]
Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of May 83 [1883]
and sent Hon. A. J. Clayton Athens Ga [Georgia]
[double line below this text across page]
Arrears to the 4th of March 33_ 60.00 [dollars -amount is double underlined]
Semi-anl. [semi-annual] allowance ending 4th Sept. 15.00 [dollars -amount is double underlined]
75.00  [dollars total - amount is double underlined]

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Rush Newman, Clerk
Book 6 Vol. 6 Page 95
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Eleanor King, widow
of John.  Georgia
well act March 3
1843, at $30 per Ann [annuum]
from 4 March 1843
Thomas Green
Richmond
Va [Virginia]

[in the left margin is this number:] 4925
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Declaration 
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 3rd March 1843 granting pensions for one year - to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7 1838

State of Georgia Jackson County SS
On this twenty second day of September 1843 personally appeared before me Robert Espy a Justice of the Inferior Court for said County and state Eleanor King a resident of said County and state aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Acts of Congress passed the 3rd day of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of John King who was a soldier in the war of the revolution and was a pensioner of the United States under the act of 7 June 1832 at the rate of $30.00 per annum in Jackson County Georgia. That she was married to the said John King on the 17th day of May 1792 that he died on the 22nd day of June 1840 leaving her as his widow and that she is still his widow
Eleanor King X her mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me & I further certify that Mrs Eleanor King is personally know to me. In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name the 22 Sept 1843
Robert Espy J.P.C.

State of Georgia Jackson County 
I John J McCullock Clerk of the Inferior Court of Jackson County Georgia do certify that Robert Espy is an acting Justice of said court and that the above signature purporting to be his signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my private seal there being no seal of office this 22nd day of September 1813
J. McCullock Clk
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I certify that John J McCullock is Clerk of the Inferior Court of Jackson Co Geo. and that I believe the written signature to be his handwriting
11th Jany 1844
Howell Cobb
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[Bifold document vertical divide]
[left side handwritten text]
1918 June 28 Hist. to Miss
Maud Mobley
1920 March 29 Photo copies [sic] sent
Mrs. [Missus] Florence G. Young 
857 W. [West] 58 St. [Street] N. Y. [New York] City Set asking for payment in Charles Bulkel [sic - illegible - dark smear down center of document]] 
P12349.
1934 Jan [January] 13 - Hist to Mrs. [illegible name]

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Reg  WIDOW, & c.
File Number 7986
Eleanor King
Widow
John King
Pvt. [private] Rev. [Revolutionary] War
Act: Feby [February] 2 [illegible]
Index: - Vol. [volume] A Page 400

[Note: The following bracketed text was printed at the bottom of the form with the brackets - this is not an editorial comment:]

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1 page of bible record
1 " [page] of marriage " [record]
2 " [page] declaration Nov. [November] 6, 1832
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Conn
Social Circle Ga [Georgia] 
June 21, 1918
To Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
DC [District of Columbia]

Dear Sir -
Can you send me the proof that John King fought in the Revolutionary War, and that his wife Eleanor, drew a pension.
I am very anxious or
this at once, so thanking
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[to the right of the text next to Dear Sir is a round seal - a circle with internal text and a date. The seal is aligned with the top at the 7 O'clock position relative to an analog clock face - this is the text in the orientation of the seal:]

PENSION 
O [this is a circle - may not be a letter or number]
Jun [June]
U. 24 S.
1918
OFFICE

[realigned text:]
Pension Office
O
U.S.
Jun [June] 24 1918
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you in advance I am
Very truly
(Miss) Maud Mobley
Social Circle
Ga [Georgia]
He was from Va [Virginia]
but I am not sure what town
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This text runs over the right edge of the page - possibly torn or folded edge]

Jefferson Ga [Georgia] [illegible/ missing]
Act. 4th [illegible/ missing]
Com. of [illegible/ missing]
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Jefferson Ga [Georgia]
Oct. 3rd 1848
Sir - Inclosed [sic; enclosed] I send you the
declaration of Mrs. King the widow of John King who was a revolutionary pensioner
You will please when you shall have examined her Claim address me at this place.
I am with the utmost respect
Your most Obedt. [obedient] Servt [servant]
John S. McCulloch
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8017.
Georgia
Eleanor King
widow of John King
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7th June '32 [1832]
and who died on the 22d day of June '40 
[1840] of Jackson in the State of Georgia
who was a private in the Company
commanded by Captain Moffit
of the Regiment commanded by Col [Colonel] Matthews in the [Georgia was entered but lined out] line for nine months
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of
30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the thirteenth day
January 1844 and sent to
Thomas Green Washington
Total Amount,
$150.00
{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by F. H. [illegible] Clerk,

Book D Vol [volume] 1 Page 32[last number or numbers following the '2' illegible]

Paid at the Treasury under
the Act 6. April 1838 from
4. March 22 June 1840
Agt Notice 17 Oct 1844
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Col J. L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Richmond Col J. L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Richmond 11 Oct. 1843
Col. [Colonel] J. L. Edwards  Commis. [Commissioner] of Pensions

Sir
Enclosed
I send you the application of Mrs Eleanor King
of John King, (late pensioner) - for her pension under the act 7 July 1838.
You will find the original
certificate of Marriage in
1792 & the record
from the family Bible. John King dec'd [deceased]
$30 per annum under the act of 1832 in [illegible][
County Georgia.
I am yr [your] obt [obedient] svt [servant]
Thomas Green
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Georgia 6786
Eleanor King
widow of John King
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the role at the rate of 30 Dollars
-- Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
16 day of April [no year] and sent to Thomas Green, Esq [Esquire] Richmond, Va
[Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 174
Ref?
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State of Georgia
Jackson County  [initials:] SS

On this fifth day of September
1848 personally appeared before the subscribed
a Justice of the Inferior Court for said
County Eleanor King a resident of Jackson
County Georgia aged Seventy Seven years
who being first duly sworn according to law
doth on her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefits of the
provision made by the act of Congress passed
on the 2d February 1848 Granting pensions to
widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary
war. That she is the widow of John
King who was a private in the war of the
Revolution & a United States pensioner at the
time of his death at the rate of Thirty dollars
per annum and died in the County of Jackson
State of Georgia. That she drew a pension
of thirty dollars per annum under the act of
Congress passed 17th June 1844, she further declares that she is still a widow,

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Robert Espy J.J.C.
Eleanor [her mark] King

I do certify that Eleanor King the above
declarant is personally known to me
and that she is the identical Eleanor King
she represents herself to hand [illegible word]
a pension as stated by her
Robert Espy J.J.C.
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State of Georgia
Jackson County
I, P. F. Hinton Clerk of
the Inferior Court of the
County and State aforesaid do hereby certify
that Robert Espey is a Justice of
Inferior Court in and for said County
duly commissioned and qualified that
his commission soon was dated on the
15th of January 1845 and will expire
on the first Monday in January 1849
or as soon thereafter as his successor
shall be elected and qualified
and that his signature above written is genuine
Given under my
hand and private seal
having no seal of office
This
sixth day of
September one thousand
eight hundred and forty eight
P F Hinton [Illegible initials] [hand entered Seal - a cloud with letters inside following his signature] 

I certify that P F Hinton is Clerk of the Inferior Court of Jackson County & I [illegible] the above to be his signature 
[illegible signature] M.C.
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Treasury Department
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Dec. 20th 1843
Sir
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners,
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States
, and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of John King, decd [deceased] a Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars
and [underlined field in printed document lined out] Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March to the 22d June 1840
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K Parris [ K - Keith]
Comptroller.

To the commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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Richmond 24 Nov. 1843
Col. [Colonel] J.L. Edward
Washington
Sir
Enclosed is the application of Mrs. {Misses] Eleanor King widow of John King
[illegible] for the sixth year to [illegible]
to herself under the act of 3 March 1843.
I am V in [illegible]
Thomas Green
P.S. [post script] Her application for the pension under the act of 7 July 1838
I sent you on the 11th Oct. [October]
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Richmond 5 April 1845
Col [Colonel] J.L. Edwards

D [Dear] Sir 

On the 11 Oct. 1843 I sent
you the application of Eleanor King of Ga {Georgia] widow of John, for a pension under act 1838.
On the 24th Nov. [November] 1843. I sent you the affidavit of R. Espy [Robert Espey is a 
Justice of Inferior Court] to sustain the case and also sent the application for the 6th year [illegible].
In January 1844 you gave or sent me
the certificate under the act of 7 July 1838. I find I forwarded it on the 4th Feb [February].
But I have recd [received] no certificate under the act of 3rd March 1843.
Please to inform of any action was
ever had on it? possibly the papers may accidentally have been filed with those of 1838.
I am written to [illegible] subject & know not what answer to give.
your attention [next five words are illegible]
Thomas Green
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Jefferson Ga [Georgia]
No. 16. 127 May 23rd 1836
Sir - The claim of Mrs. Eleanor King widow
of John, a Revolutionary soldier & Pensioner
for Bounty land under the Act of 3rd of
March 1835, having been suspended
for want of Record proof of the services
of John as required by the 3rd Sect [section] of the said act is again presented, under the
recent amendatory act of Congress, and
a reconsideration of her claim respectfully
requested-
Your most obt. [obedient] Servt. [servant]
John
John R. McCulloch
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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[bifold page, text on left side]

[year date - possibly 1876]

Eleanor King
Ga [Georgia]
act 7 July 3rd

Admt [correct letters - unknown what this means]

9 mo pri [possibly John King service and rank: 9 months private?]
$30
[to the left of and below the $30 is this number entered in portrait orientation]  9776

Thos [Thomas] Green
[illegible word]
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State of North Carolina
Rowan County
I do hereby
certify that by virtue of a [illegible word]
to me directed, I have joined together
in the banns of Holy Matrimony
Mr [mister] John King and Miss Elenor Kerr
daughter to Mr [mister] David Kerr of
Coddle Creek Settlement given under my hand
this 17th of May 1792
Walt Brady JP [justice of the peace]

This May certify that the above named
Elenor Kerr having lived in this congregation from her infancy, has always behaved prudently and has been  [illegible word] as a member in full communion in the church 
and at her & [illegible word] is free of any
[illegible word] at Coddle Creek
John Braly [illegible]
May 25th 1792
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Col. [Colonel] J. L. Edwards [James L. Edwards]
Richmond 24th Nov. [November] 1843
Comm [Commissioner] of Pensions
Sir
Enclosed is the affidavit of Robert Espy to sustain the application of Elanor King widow of John
of Georgia for a pension under the
act of 7 July 1838 which I sent to you on the11th October last.
I am yr [your] obt. [obedient] servt. [servant]
Thomas Green
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To Explain and amend his declaration for a pension
Georgia State Jackson County 
Personally appeared before me the
under signed [sic] a Justice of the Inferior Court of the County aforesaid, John King who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by old age and the consequent loss of memory
he cannot swear positively as to the length of time he served
but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than nine months. As a privet in the militia the whole of the four tours stated in his declaration, and for such service he claim [sic] a pension. Also he further deposeth and saith that he relinquish every claim to any other pension than the one under the act of June 7th 1832 
Furthermore deponant [sic] saith that his sister had no knowledge as recollection of the service activly [sic] done, she only recollected
he was out on the different tours specified in her affidavit that there was no contradiction in his and her declarations as he was the only one that had acknowledge [sic] of the service
done as he knew of in this state,, also his sister Jane McCutchen was of mature age in the time of revolutionary war, and always appeared to stand fair and one [unknown word] among her acquaintances.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 23d day of April 1833
Edward Adams J. I. C. [Justice of the Inferior Court]
State of Georgia
Jackson County

[written in another hand to the right of Edward Adams' Sworn statement and signature is the signature of John King]
John King

I Edward Adams one of the Justices
of the Inferior Court for the County of Jackson
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file with papers of Elinor [sic] King [Eleanore]
Ga
act 7 July 38 [act of July 7, 1838]
8017
[signature or comment - faint and unreadable]
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State of Georgia
Jackson County [initials to the right of this - appears to be "P.P." which does not match any of the signatories]

Be it known that on the 18th day of
November 1843 personally appeared before me Robert Espey a Justice of the Inferior Court for the County and State aforesaid
John Espy aged Eighty four - years of said County and state being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the
following statement that he has been acquainted with John King (who was a pensioner of the United States under the act of 7 June 1832 in Jackson County Georgia) and Elener [sic] [spelled in multiple documents as "Eleanor "]  King (his widow) for
the span of fifty years or more part and that they have been living together peaceably as man and wife from his first acquittance with them and were always reputed and believed in
their neighbourhood [sic] where they have resided to have been legally married and he concur in that opinion and this deponent
further saith that the aforesaid John King died on the 22nd day of June 1840 in the County and State aforesaid leaving Mrs Elener [sic] [spelled in multiple documents as "Eleanor"] King as his widow
John Espy
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
before me. I further certify that the said John Espy is a respectable person and creditable witness In [sic] testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of November 1843
Robert Espy J.G.C

State of Georgia 
Jackson County
I John J. McCulloch Clerk of the Inferior
Jackson County Court of Jackson County State of Georgia do hereby certify that Robert Espy is an acting Justice of said Court duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal their being no seal of office this 18th day of November 1843

John J. McCulloch Clk [clerk] [ next to this signature to the right is a hand drawn seal squiggled circle with two letters possible "L" and "G" inside]
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 July 1838
entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows.
State of Georgia
Jackson County [squiggled lines follow then initials:] S.S.

on this 21st day of September 1843 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Inferior Court for the County and State aforesaid Elioner [sic - Elenor] King a resident of Jackson County and State of Georgia aged Seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress for the 7 July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows; That she is the Widow of John King of the County and State aforesaid the identical person named an original certificate of which the following is a true copy.

War Department
Revolutionary Claim

I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th
June 1832 John King of the State of Georgia who was a private in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive Thirty Dollars per anum [sic - annum]  during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and pay all semi annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year -
Given at the War office of the United States this 15th day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty three [1833]
Lew [sic Lewis] Cass
Secretary of War

[hand drawn seal squiggled circle with "LD" and 'the place of seal' internal to the circle]

[two illegible words followed by a squiggled line at the end of both]

J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
That said John King was a private and served in the War of the Revolution and for proof of his services she refers to the evidence in which in which [sic - "in which was repeated in the sentence] he drew his pension. And this deponent further states that the said John King
died on the 22nd day of June Eighteen hundred and forty [1840] in the County of
Jackson and State of Georgia. And this deponent further declares that she was
married to the said John King on the 17th day of May Seventeen hundred and
ninety two [1792] in the County of Roan North carolina [sic] and that her husband
died on the day aforesaid that she has no Documentary evidence further than
the Record in their Family Bible in her husband own hand writing and the certificate of marriage license that she knows of no person living who could testify to the first - That she has remained a widow ever since the period of her husbands death that she was not married prior to her husbands last service but was married prior to the 1st day of January 1794 [unknown mark - looks like r slash oz or Voz] at the time above stated as will fully appear by proof hereunto amended
Eleoner [sic Eleanor] "her 'X' mark" King

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
and I further Certify that Mrs Eleoner [sic Eleanor] King from [illegible word] infirmity
is unable to attend Court In testimony whereof I have hereunto [missing text - page torn] my hand this 1st day of September 1843
Robt [Robert] Espy JIC [Justice of Inferior Court]
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[note - right side of page is torn or deteriorated and some words on lower portion of document are missing or partial]

State of Georgia
Jackson County [initials or an abbreviation:] P [two dots with a Q or O]
Be it Known that on 21st day of September 1840 personally appeared before me Robert Espy a Justice of the Inferior Ct [court]
in and for the County and State aforesaid John Espy aged Eighty four year  of said County and State being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following statement. That he has been acquainted with John  King and Eleaner [sic Eleonor] King for the space of Fifty years or more part [Illegible word - split on two lines of separate sentences]
 have been living together peaceably as man and wife from his first [illegible word]
and with them and were always reputed and believed in their neighborhood when they have resided to have been legally married and he he  [sic - "he" is repeated] concerning opinion this deponent further saith that John King died on the 22nd day of June 1840 the County and State aforesaid Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me I further Certify that the said John Espy is a respectable person and Credible  Witness
John Espy 

Term 1843
State of Georgia 
Jackson County
Called Court the 28 day September 84 [1884]
 The Declaration of Mrs Eleoner [sic - Eleonor] King widow of
John King for a pension under the
act of July 1838 de [rest of word missing - torn page]
Certified by Robert Espy a Justice of the Inferior Court of Ja [torn page - assume JACKSON]
County having been submitted to the Court it doth approved
acts and proceedings
John J McCulloch Clk [clerk]

Middleton Witt J.J.C.
T Harrison J..J. C.
N.C. Jarrett J.J.C.
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Mr. [Mister] John Harrison a Clergyman residing in Jackson County Georgia & J. T. Cunningham residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John King who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 78 years of age; & that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood when he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
John Harrison
Joseph T. Cunningham

And the said Court do hereby declare
their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories
by the War Department, that the above named applicant John King was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. And it further appears to them that John Harrison who has signed the preceeding [sic] certificate is a Clergyman residing in the County of Jackson Georgia & that Joseph T. Cunninghan who has also signed the same, is also a resident of the same place is a credible person that their statements  is entitled to credit the 6th Nov [November] 1832

Joseph Hampton [hand drawn round squiggled seal letters J.J.G inside]
Meyr J. Brown [initials] JJG [hand drawn round squiggled seal letters J.J.G inside]
David Witt  [initials] JJG [hand drawn round squiggled seal letters unreadable]
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I Sylvanus Ripley Clerk of the Inferior Court of
Jackson County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of John King for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office this 6th day of November 1832
Sylvanus Ripley

I certify that Sylvanus Ripley is Clerk
of the Inferior Court of Jackson County, Geo. [Georgia] & was
at the time of making the above attestation
May 4th 1833.
M. Clayton M.C.
N.B. He refers to the following persons
in his present Neighborhood who will
testify as to his character for veracity & their
belief of his services as a soldier of
the revolution - Wm [William} Mathews,  Russell Jones, Allan Mathews,[Illegible name],  Joseph Crawford
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Wm. [William] Gordon esq. [Esquire]
[illegible letters] War Department
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The Hon [Honorable] J. Richardson 
Apr [April] 9. 1830.

[in another hand - pencil]
[illegible]
[illegible]_26.699-160
John King
[illegible]
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War Dept [department] Bounty Land Office
Apl [April] 9th 1830
The Honl [Honorable]
J. Richardson
Sir
Yours of yesterdays [sic] date, informing me that the inquiry submitted in your letter of the 2nd Inst [sic] was intended for John King, and not (as therein stated) for William King -
I have therefore to acquaint you that, a like careful examination of the records of the Massachusetts line has been made, under the present, as was made under the former, the result of which is that the name of John King was not returned at the close of the War on the records of the line aforesaid, among those entitled to Bounty Lands from the U. [united] States

Yours [illegible]
(signed)
Wm. [William] Gordon
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Washington Apl. [April] 8. 1830
to Wm. [William] Gordon esq. [esquire]
B. L. Office
Sir,
It was John [John is underlined for emphasis] King instead William King where heirs claim that they are entitled to bounty
land on account of the services of their father in the war of the Revolution. 
I believe the error was mine in giving the
wring name for inquiry
Pardon me for giving you the trouble of making another inquiry for the name of John King of Mass. [Massachusetts] supposed to have belonged to Baley's or  Jacksons Regiment to ascertain if he was entitled to bounty land
Yours very respectfully
J. Richardson
H. Reps. [possibly House of Representatives]
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Georgia State
Hall County
Sept 15th 1832
This day personally came Jane McCutchen before me a justice assigned to keep the peace in said county and [illegible] and saith that she lived in Virginia Augusta County the time of the Revolutionary War at her Father's, and that John King has Brother, place of residence was there also and she the said deponent knew that her Brother John was two tours on the frontier of the aforesaid county against the Indians and also two tours against the British towards the end of the war. Further more deponent saith not. 

Jane McCutchen x her mark
Sworn to and subscribed this 15th day of Sept. 1832
 [illegible]James Rupee [illegible]
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[page folded in half portrait orientation, text on left]

John King

Admit as a private
for nine months $30

Hon [honorable] A S Clayton
[illegible
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John King which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes.
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? No.*
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes.
IX. Had the Clerk given his certificate? Yes.
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes.
*The relinquishment is now mas as will be seen by the amended declaration -
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes.

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? --

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes. yet has his sister's testimony+

XIV. [t]If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No. [footnote symbol]
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? No. [footnote symbol]

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No *They are now properly authenticated.

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 2 [crossed out] [illegible] 5.

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Explanatory notes.

Quere V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, ^ A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the nest of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades : For ____ year ___months and ____days, I serves as a ____. For months and ____days, I served as a ____; and for such service, I claim a pension."

+ Explained in the amendment
[footnote symbol] That fact is now certified at this witness, being a female, it is shown that as far as such a character could know of such service, she must have known it.
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[Written in another hand:] Mrs. King's
Claim

[original hand]
Sir
Jefferson Ga
August 21st 1855
Yours of the 10th Inst. [abbreviation for instante mense, meaning a date of the current month] notifying me that the claim of Mrs. Eleanor King, widow of John, No. [number] 16.127 act 3d March /55 [1855], was
still suspended, was unexpected, not with
standing your former notice of June 25.
In your circular of April 1855, I am
informed in regard to evidence already
furnished.- "In the case of a person
applying for additional land, under the
new act, " (or an original claim for land
I suppose) "cc [unknown abbreviation] repetition of evidence is not required. Where the necessary evidence is on file in this or any other executive office at the seat of Government, a reference in the application to such a state of facts will be sufficient." This is on file in your Office, evidence that John King served seven months, upon which he drew a pension and on which Mrs. King now draws a
pension, of thirty dollars per annum.
In Mrs. King's application for land she
is identified and I think reference
clearly made to these facts. again [underlined, not capitalized] To the first of your circular, "any entry made by a person in the day and time said service was rendered, whose duty it was to notice and register the fact" , "the records of many towns" "historical Societies" "will accredited histories, " and such like proofs of service are not to be disregarded "
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and yet the evidence, upon which a
soldier has drawn pension, made before
your predecessor, and now on file in
your office, is to be considered of less
dignity, that evidence procured from
the (less reliable) sources, before enumerated, It is often said,
"Convince a man against his will
Held of the same opinion still"
I have all the time, and still entertain
the same opinion, in construing the 3d
section, That the applicant who served
fourteen days or more may prove
service either by record or parole [Parole is underlined] testimony, but when the service was less than fourteen days he would
be held down to record testimony.
Why mention fourteen days unless there
was to be observed a difference between
him who served fourteen days or more
and him who served less than fourteen
"except", "and unless" in the 3d sec. have
reference to claimants who served less
than fourteen days, and to no others.
Shall I hear from you again? or shall
I be deemed impertinent?
Most respectfully
Your obt [obedient] sevt,[servant]
John J McCulloch 
Comr [commissioner] of Pensions
Washington DC.