Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,069, for William Slade, North Carolina
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No. 6 Slade, William W.4069
Martha.
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North Carolina
William Slade Sen.
of Cornwall in the State of North Carolina, who was a Private in the County commanded by Captain Turner of the Regiment commanded by Colonel McDowell in the North Carolina line for G. Mounts from 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 30 dollars and ___ cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of January
Shipped Home of Refuge
Means to the 4th of March, 1832 45
Permenant allowance ending 4 March 1833 15
$60
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832.
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[Printed document with handwritten entries]

[Left side of document]
Reported Jany 11/49

[Right side of document]
2923 2923 
North Caroline Martha Slade widow of Wm Slade Senr N C who served in the Revolutionary war as a private.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars-
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Jany 1840 and sent to James A. Craig Ruffins Mills
N.C

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 235 Vol. 1.
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North Carolina
Caswell County
William Slade's
Declaration
19375
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Declaration of William Slade Senr

State of North Carolina}
County of Caswell} Set

On this 7th day of November 1832 personally appeared in open Court before James Martin Esq. Judge of the Superior Court of Law of the County of Caswell and State of North Carolina now sitting William Slade a resident of the said County of Caswell and State of North Carolina aged Seventy four years on the 10th day of
June last 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 7th 1832, That That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers
and served as herein stated - Some time in the month of March 1779. and this declarant thinks on the Sixth day of March he volunteered under Captain Barry Turner of the County of Caswell and State of North Carolina in the company or Regiment commanded by Col. McDowell + Lt. Col. Turner and was marched through the said State by Salisbury and Charlotte and into the State of South Carolina to a place on the Saluda River and thence to a place called Horse Creek, and from there by Augusta in Georgia to a place called Racoons and from thence down in the neighbourhood of Charlestown to [illegible] the enemy a half their supplies and continued until the time for which this Declarant volunteered expired, to wit three months when he was discharges and returned home, he thinks in the month of June, he received a written discharge from Coll McDowell, that the same is now destroyed, and his declarant
thinks it was destroyed some few years ago, when his house was Robbed and his valuable paper destroyed.  - This Declarant continued at Home (Caswell County North Carolina), until after Battle of Camden, and when the Enemy under Lord Cornwallis pursued the American Army under the commanded Genl Green through Caswell County and over Dan River in
the State of Virginia - this Declarant  volunteered himself and Joined Genl Greens army in their [illegible] into
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Virginia, he thinks it near in the Center and about the first of the year 1781. He has put under the command of a Captain Oldham as well as this declarant now recollects in the Regiment commanded by Col William Moore was with Genl Greens army and under Genl. Butler, when they retreated into Virginia and until they (in their time after getting reinforcements) pursued Lord Cornwallis as far as Guilford, where they overtook the enemy and fought the Battle of Guilford This Declarant was in the engagement and fought
during the Battle, though his time expired on the Very day of the Battle; after the engagements he applied for and obtained his discharge from Colo. Moore, and returned home, some time in the spring of the year 1787. The precise day this Declarant Cannot
now recollect, nor is he willing to State for it is
impossible at this distant day to remember with any degree of certainty. This written discharge he also lost at the same time that he lost his other discharge as spoken before he now thinks some time in the month of August following 1781; this Declarant again volunteered in a company under the  command of Captain Allan Sanders and Lieutenant M. Lea under the command of Colo. William Moore and Major Dudley Reynolds, were marched by Hillsboro and to Fayetteville, and from thence down to the lower part of the State near Wilmington, in pursuit of the British and tories who had just before Captured and taken our Governor, (Burke) prisoner, we followed him to a place called the White Marsh where we overtook them and made an attack, But were compelled
to retreat and were marched, from place to place and back again to Fayetteville, and from thence, a circuitous route back again to near Wilmington and was in the neighbourhood of Wilmington, on the Cape Fear
River
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River when we heard of the Capture of the Enemy at Yorktown, and fired several rounds at the Glorious event; This Declarant continued with the troops until his time expired+ was then discharged and his discharge from his Colo. Thomas Owen the 16th day of November 1781. Which discharge he now has 
in his possession and which is in these words to wit. "

Camp Rocky Point - November 16th 1781.
This may Certify, that William Slade, hath
Compleated his tour of duty in General Butlers Brigade
Thos Owen Lt Colo."

This declarant returned home and has never afterward called to service-  Their the whole
there in the whole time which this declarant served his country during the revolutionary:  near nine months as well as he could state -

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State,

The following interrogatories propounded by Court to the applicant and answers

Question 1st. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer-I was born in Baltimore County in the
State of Maryland on the 10th day of June 1758

Question 2d: Have you any record of your age if so where is it?
Answer-I have no record of my age and know it only from What I have always heard to be my age, and which I have retained in my memory

Question 3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary War and where do you now live?
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Answer. I was living in the County of Caswell
When I was called into service, + have lived
in said County ever since, and I now live
of in the same County where expect to live
as long as I do live-

Question 4th How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute + if a substitute, for whom?
Answer- Iwas a volunteer in every case

Question 5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served, such as Continental and militia regiments as you can recollect + the general circumstances of your service}
Answer- I was with Genl Green. Genl Lincoln, Genl Butler, Col Dixon Col Lytte, and Capt
Leyttle, and others. I was with Colo Denoas
Regiment and Col. Lytle regiment of the
regulars, Colo Moores, Colo W Dowell, + others [illegible] Mueller The General Circumstances of my services I have in some degree before detailed-

Question 6th Did you ever receive a discharge if so by whom was it given + what has become of it?
Answer-I received three discharges, two of which I think I lost when my house hear broken

[Several lines are covered over by a document placed over them, containing:
Camp Rockey Point Novmbr 16th 1781
This may Certify that William Slade hath completed his Tour of Duty in Gen Butlers Brigade. Tho Owen Lt Co.

The other
The First was
Second by Colo.

Question 7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, who can testify as to your character for veracity + good behaviour, your service as a soldier of the Revolution?
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Answer. I was living in the County of Caswell When I was called into service, + have lived in said County ever since, and I now live of in the same County where expect to live as long as I do live-

Question 4th How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute + if a substitute, for whom?
Answer- I was a volunteer in every case

Question 5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served, such as Continental and militia regiments as you can recollect + the general circumstances of your service}
Answer- I was with Genl Green. Genl Lincoln, Genl Butler, Col Dixon Col Lytte, and Capt
Leyttle, and others. I was with Colo Denoas
Regiment and Col. Lytle regiment of the
regulars, Colo Moores, Colo W Dowell, + others [illegible] Mueller The General Circumstances of my services I have in some degree before detailed-

Question 6th Did you ever receive a discharge if so by whom was it given + what has become of it?
Answer-I received three discharges, two of which I think I lost when my house hear  broken  open + my papers destroyed - The first was given by Colo. W Dowell, the second by Colo. Moore + the last by Colo. Owen

Question 7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, who can testify as to your character for veracity + good behaviour, your service as a soldier of the Revolution?
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Answer- I have lived in Caswell County NC where I know live for sixty years with the exception of a year or two years ago and and  known to nearly all the old men in the County
to any or all of whom I am willing to trust my character for truth + good behaviour I am known to Genl B. Grover James Rainey - + they I expects I can prove my services by
Nathaniel Slade, Elisha Evans, Daniel Merritt
& others    
                                     
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid

Elisah Evans NC | William his X mark Slade Sen.

We Richard Martin a Clergyman residing in the County of Caswell and State of North Carolina and Paul A Haroldson residing in the County and State aforesaid, hereby certify that we
well acquainted with William Slade, who has subscribed + Sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy four years of age as he states that he is reputed and believed the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that he concur in that opinion - Sworn to and
subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jeremiah Graves | Richard Martin
Paul A. Haroldson

And the 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 Certified that it appears to them that Richard Martin who has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman residing in
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the County of Caswell and State of North Carolina and that Paul A. Haroldson who has also signed the same is a resident in the said County of Caswell and State aforesaid and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

James {illegible] [illegible]

I, Jeremiah Graves, Clerk of the Superior Court of Law of the County and State and that and state aforesaid, the County of Cornwall and state of North Carolina, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of William Slade for a pension.

In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and applied my seal of office this 7th day of November, Anno Domini 1832.

Jeremiah Grave, CSCC

I, Jeremiah Graves Clerk of the Superior Court of Law of the County and State and State aforesaid (to wit)
the County of Caswell and State of North Carolina, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the
matter of the application of William Slade for a pension

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my seal of office this 17th
day of November AD 1832

Jeremiah Graves

I certify that upon looking over the foregoing declaration+& the accompanying affidavit I find them all except the to be in the hand writing of Paul A Haroldson Clerk of the County Court I further certify that I am well
acquainted with the signature of Jeremiah Graves the Clerk of the Superior Court of Caswell + know that the signature
accompanying in the case to be his proper hand writing I was present at the hour of reading the declaration in Court + do not doubt that all and every part contained in the forgoing sheets is genuine

A. H. Shepherd
4 Jany 1833
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838, entitled ""An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."

State of North Carolina}
Caswell County}

On this the 11th day of June, 1840 personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Justices of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for the aforesaid County, Martha Slade a resident of the aforesaid County aged 76 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 act of Congress,
passed July 7, 1838 entitled" An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows";

And the Declarant the said Martha Slade set
forth upon her said oath that she is the widow of William Slade Senr of the aforesaid County, Deed who was an unite pensioner, under the act of Congress passed the 7th June, 1832- That he received an annual [illegible] line of thirty Dollar  per: annum.

That to the last of this Declarant recollection
her husband was allowed a stipend for Nine months or thereabouts as a private Soldier in the Militia that said William Slade Sent became a pensioner some time in the winter after the passage of the above pension Law. (1832)

This Declarant does not remember the names of all the officers
she has heard her Decd husband speaking of
But remembers of hearing him speak of General Butler Col. Mebane + others.

This Declarant further states upon her said oath that her maiden name was Herr and that she and the said William Slade Senr (pensioner as aforesaid) were married in the County of Caswell aforesaid by Thomas Bi{cut off]
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Esquire, some time in the year of 1789 to the best of this Declarant knowledge and belief.

That she has no record of her marriage. That she has never had any children. That from infirmity of body is unable to attend Court to make this Declaration. That her husband the aforesaid William Slade Sr. died some time in the year of 1836, and believes it was on the 31 day of August of that year; that she was not married to him prior to his having the service
but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and Ninety four, viz: at the time be stated. See aff: marked A.

Sworn and subscribed, on the day and year above written before me}
Howell Boswell Peace}

Martha her X mark Slade

And I the said Justice do hereby declare my opinion after investigating the matter and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the aforesaid Martha
Slade is the widow of the Identical William Slade Senr who was an United Pensioner residing in the County of Caswell aforesaid.

I also further certify that the above Declarant is a woman of truth and veracity, and that from old age + infirmity of body cannot and attend Court to make this Declaration

Also that the affidavit of Mary Belsire and
and Sarah Thompson, hereto annexed, the undersigned believes are genuine and true.

In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal, this the 1st day of June, in the year of 1840.

Howell Boswell J. Peace [the word Seal is outlined]
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State of North Carolina
Caswell County
S.S. I Paul A Haralson
Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions of the
County of Caswell and State of North Carolina do hereby
certify that Howell Roswell Esq before whom the foregoing
or within Decleration was made and who certified the same
as to the fact of the declarant being the widow of
the deceased pensioner mentioned in said declaration is and
was at the time of signing and certifying the same a acting
Justice of the peace in and for said County of Coswell
duly commissioned and sworn according to Law, and
as such due faith and credit should be paid to his
Official act
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal of
Office of said Court this first day
of June AD. 1840
Paul A Haralson Clk
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Slade has Slade are held and firmly bound
unto his Excelly Richard Caswell Esquire Governor in the full sum of Five Hundred and
to be paid unto the the said Richard Caswell
Esq his successors and assigns. To the which
payment is well and truly to be made we
bind ourselves. our Heirs Execr & admr Jointly
firmly by these presents + Sealed with our seals + dated this 22d day of Decr Anno Dom One thousand seven hundred and Eighty Six -

The Condition of this Obligation is such that
whereas the above Bonded William Slade, hath of the day of the state hereof obtained a [illegible] to be joined in Holy Matrimony with Martha Kerr If therefore he shall be so
lawful Impediment why the said William
Slade + Martha Kerr should not be joined
Together in Holy Matrimony then the above
obligation to be said otherwise to remain
full force + effect.

Thos. Slade Slade

Signed Sealed + Delivered in Casewell.
A.E. Murphy, C.C.

State of North Carolina}
Casewell County} Sct.

I Paul A Haralson Clerk of the Court pleas and quarter sessions of the County of Caswell and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a Copy of the marriage and of William Slade to Martha Karr (with the
Exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures. this 22d day of Decr Anno Dom 1786, on file in office.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office of said County the 24th day August A Dom 1840.

Paul A Haralson
Clerk

[Possible image of a seal, very faint]
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[Printed document with handwritten entries]

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application file in this Bureau. William Slade Sr. Wid. File 4069

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. | STATE.

March 6, 1779 | 3 months |, Pvt. | Berry Turner | McDowell | NC
May 15, 1781 | Oldham |, William Moore
Aug. 1781 | Adam Sanders | William Moore
served in all 9 months

Battles engaged in, Georgetown, Yorktown, H.
Residence of soldier at enlistment: Casewell Co N.C.
Date of application for pension August, 1838. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application: Casewell Co NC.
Age at date of application: Born June 10, 1758 Baltimore Co Md
Remarks: Soldier married in Casewell Co N.C. 1789 (marriage bond dated Dec. 22, 17860 Martha Kerr she was allowed pension on an application executed June 1. 1840 while a resident of Caswell Co NC aged 76 yrs. She had no children. He died Aug 31. 1836

Very respectfully,
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North Carolina
Martha Slade
widow of William Slade
who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 dollars ____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of December 1843 and sent to James A. Craig
act of March 3rd, 1843
Recorded in Book A
Vol, 1. Page 205.
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7122
Martha Slade
Widow of William Slade
Letter to Hon. Bedford Brown
June 17, 1840
NC
Act of July 1838.
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[Printed document with handwritten entries]

North Carolina, 5693
Martha Slade widow of William Slade Senr.
who was a pensioner under the Act of January 1832 and who died on the 31st of August 1836 of Cornwall Co. in the State of Virginia who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Turner of the regt. commanded by Col. McDowell in the NC line for 9 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 30 dollars ______ Cents per annum to commence on the 1st of September 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Sep. 1840 and sent to J. A. Craig
Appears to the 4th of March, 1841, $168.00
Semi=annual allowance ending______________

{Act July 7, 1838}

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Boo A  Vol. 2. Page 189
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William Slade served NC January 81.
When published, d. 1836.
Died 31 Augm 1836.
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[stamp] PENSION OFFICE U.S. E JUL 5 1910
[stamp] RECORD DIVISION JUL 6 1910
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[Printed crest at top of document, blurred, contains: HOTEL FROME COLUMIA, S.C. Proprietors]

June 30 1910
Com. of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir,
Will you please send me the record of services in Revolutionary War of Jonathan Taylor a pensioner in Edgefield Co, S. C. in 1818, and of William Slade, Sr. a pensioner of Caswell Co. NC in 1833, and greatly olidge.
Yours truly,
Mrs. C. G. Bradely, Scotland Neck.
Halifax Co, NC.
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3-871
Record Division
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Briefed by A. Martha 4/7/10
Claim No. ______
Cetificate No. ___________
Claimant ______________
Soldier: William Slade
Service: NC
Additional Service: RW
No. ____ claim, State Records __________ 191
No claim, combination records ____________ 191
Remarks:
No, 9 wv 7th NV
Wid File No. 4069
No within
No Ry
________________ Chief Division.
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Revy Widow &c.
File No. 4069
Martha Slade
Widow
Wm Slade
Pvt. Rev. War
Act. July 2nd, 1838
Index:- Vol M, Page 217
[Arrangement of 1870}
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Ruffin Mills N.C.
28, Nov, 1848

Sir,
I herewith enclose you the declaration of Mrs. Martha Slade of Caswell County. Mrs. S. was a pensioner under act of 17 June 1846.

When a decision is had on this claim please address me at this post office.

Yours Respectfully,
yo: obet: Sevt:
James A. Craig.
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William Slade
fro 1779 private
#30.
A. H. Shepperd.
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[Printed document with handwritten entries]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
William Slade 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 as signed for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes
he is entitled? 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? yes
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? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has 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 from distinguished any other seal? yes
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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?
has a witness
XIV. +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 And is the official character and signature of the magistrate 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? yes
XVI. +Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? ans.

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, &c. 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 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 ____ for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and in particular the rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
Quere XIV: Proof of Service.
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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of 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.
Quere XVI: Mod of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto bya piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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Pension Office,
Jun 14, 1840
Sir,
I have examined the claims of Mrs. Martha Slade, widow of William Slade, Senr. dec'd, and have placed her papers upon our files.
The proof in support of the date of her marriage is not satisfactory if no record or family register can be found by which the fact can be established, documentary, proof, showing, that they lived together as husband and wife, at any period prior to January 4, 1794 should be produced.
The papers were enclosed to you by Dr. J. A. Craig of Howe River, S. C.
I have the honor to be,
Very Respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant,
J. L. Edwards.
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Martha Slade
widow of William
NC
Married 1786
died 1836
Allownace of $30
from August 31 1836
J. A. Craig, Esq.
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Ruffin Hills, North Carolina
12 September, 1823.

Sir.

I have sent enclosed you the Declaration of Mrs. Martha Slade of Cornwall County, who was a pensioner under the act of July, 1838.

Any communication on her claim please address to me Ruffin Hills, NC.

I remain, Sir,
Very Respectfully your
Obt Serv-
James A. Craig.
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P.S.

while in Fayetteville last week, W Huske the Pension Agent informed me that Elizabeth Campbell of Caswell was admitted to a pension. Mrs C. requests that the Pension
Certificate be sent to me, her Agent.

J.A. Craig
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New River, North Carolina
31st August, 1840
Sir,
A few days since Mrs. Martha Slade of Caswell County, forwarded to me this enclosed papers containing this office of James No. & Thomas Lea, making the answer to the query in your letter of this 17th June last, by this November 13, B. Brown
I remain, sir,
Your obedient servant,
James A. Craig.
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838.

State of Carolina}
Caswell County} s.s.

On this the 28 day of August 1843 personally appeared before the undersigned one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said
County, Martha Slade a resident of said County, aged 78 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 Act of Congress, passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons
served during the Revolutionary war.

That she is the widow of William Slade Senr was a private of Infantry in the United States Service in the war of the Revolution and served about nine months, as is more fully set forth in the declaration of said William Slade Senr. now on file in the Pension Office.

And that this Declarant received an annual pension of thirty Dollars under the Act of July 7. 1838

She further declares that she is still a widow.

Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year
above written before me}

Howell Boswell J.P.

Martha her X mark Slade

I certify that the Declarant is personally known to me, and that she is person of good character + entitled to full credit + belief.

Howell Boswell J.P.
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State of North Carolina
Caswell County
I Abisha Slade, Clerk of the Court of Please and quarters sessions for Caswell County Certify that Howell Boswell is a magistrate as above
Given under my hand and official seal this 6th day of September 1843.

A. Slade Clk
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Declaration

In order to obtain arrears of pension due from March 4th 1836. under Act of July 7. 1838.

State of North Carolina}
Caswell County} S.S.

On the the 28 day of August 1843 personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Justices of the peace in and for said county Martha Slade, a resident of said County of Caswell aged 78 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the amount of Pension which she claims from of March 1836 to the 1st September, 1836, from which period she 
has already been paid under the Act of the 7th July 1838. And the claimant further alleges that she is still the widow of William Slade Senr who who was a private during the Revolutionary that her pension was allowed at the rate of Thirty Dollars for annum, and was paid her at the Agency in Fayetteville, State of North Carolina.  And further saith not.

Martha her X mark Slade

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day + year above written before me
Howell Boswell J.P.

I the said Justice do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted the Declarant Martha Slade is a person of good character and entitled to full credit 

Howell Boswell J.P.
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State of North Carolina
Cornwall County
I, Abisha Slade, Clerk of the Court of Law and Justice of the Peace for the County of Cornwall, Certify that Howell Boswell is a magistrate as above.
Given under my hand and affiliate seal this 7th September 1843. A. Slade.
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A.
State of North Carolina}
Caswell County} ss

On this the 25th day of May 1840 personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Mary  Blesire and Sarah
Thompson residents of the said County Mary Belsire aged 76 years and Sarah Thompson aged 70 years who being first duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that they have since their youth lived or to and been
intimately acquainted with Martha Slade of the aforesaid County, widow of the late William Slade Senior who was on United States pensioner and died some three or four years since. These deponents further states upon their said oath that they were present and saw the aforesaid William Slade married to the aforesaid Martha (whose maiden name was Kerr) that they were married in the County of Caswell by Thomas Rice in the year of 1789 to the best of these deponents recollection and belief that to these deponents knowledge they lived together as man and wife till the death of the aforesaid William Slade Senr as stated above, and that the said Martha Slade has not married since the death of her husband the aforesaid William Slade but still remains his widow
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Sworn to and subscribed the day and date first above written before me}
F. Leath J P

Mary her X mark Belsire
Sarah her X mark Thompson

And I the said Justice do hereby certify that the above deponents Mary Belsire and Sarah Thompson are women of truth and veracity

F. Leath JP

State of North Carolina}
Caswell County} S.S.

I Paul A Haralson Clerk of the Court of pleas
and quarter Sessions of the County of Caswell and State of North Carolina do hereby certify that Freeman Leath Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and who certified the same as to the veracity of the affiants who made said affidavit, is and was at the time that the said affidavit was made and the same certified a acting Justice of the peace in and for said County of Caswell duly
commissioned and sworn according to Law, and as such due faith and credit should be paid to his official acts.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office of said Court this first day of June A. D. 1840

Paul A Haralson Clk
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State of North Carolina}
Caswell County}
Superior Court of Law November Term 1832.

Personally appeared in open Court before the
Honble James Martin, now in session. Daniel
Merritt who being duly sworn deposeth and sayeth that he was a soldier in the army of the revolution and that he well recolects William Slade Senr; That he this affiant was with him and served a tour with him in the State of South Carolina on the Saluda River, at a place called Bacon Bridge, at Augusta in Georgia, and near Charleston in South Carolina

That he has also with the said William Slade at the Battle of Guilford Court House in North Carolina and served his tour of duty as a Volunteer-

He also knows that he served another tour of
duty with the said William Slade in the Lower part of North Carolina and was with him and fought with him at the battle of the White Marsh near Wellmington and that he was 
discharged at a place called Rock Point as well as this affiant now recollects,

Danl Merritt

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court 7th Novr 1832

Jeremiah Graves C.S.C.
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State of North Carolina} Superior Court of Law
County of Caswell-} November Term 1832.

Jeremiah Graves Clerk of the Superior Court of Law of the County and State aforesaid do
hereby certify that the within affidavit of Daniel Merritt was duly sworn to and subscribed in open Court by the said Daniel Merritt at the Term aforesaid James Martin [illegible] presiding.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand + seal this 7th day of November
1832.

Jeremiah Graves CSC

I certify that Danl Merrit who has made the forgoing affidavit is a respectable witness and entitled to full credit on oath

A H Shepperd
4 Jany 1843
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State of North Carolina}
Caswell County}

This day came Thomas Lea and James M Lea
before me Thomas W. Graves are of the acting Justices of the peace in + for the County aforesaid and made path they was personally acquainted with William Slade + his wife Martha and that they was married + lived together prior to the year seventeen
hundred and ninety four as man + wife + always thereaater untill the death of the said
William Slade in 1836. as such sworn to + subscribed before me Given under my hand at Yanceyville this the 14th of August 1840.

James M Lea
Thomas Lea

Teste: Tho W Graves J.P.

I certify that the above named James M Lea and Thomas Lea are men of truth and veracity
Given under my hand at Yanceyville 14th August 1840

Tho W Graves J.P.
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State of North Carolina}
Caswell County} Sct.

I Paul A Haralson Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Session of
the County of Caswell and State aforesaid
do Hereby Certify that Thomas W Graves
Esq a Justice of the peace of said County
who tested and certifyed the foregoing
affidavit is and was at the time of the Testing and certifying the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County of Caswell
 duly commissioned and sworn according to Law and as such due faith and Credit ought to be paid to his official acts.

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office of said County this 14th day of August 1840.

Paul A. Haralson Clk
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Declaration of Martha Slade Caswell Co N.C.
au
Return to be made to James A. Craig
Ruffins Mills, N.C.
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Declaration,

In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of February 2d 1848, entitled "An Act making further provisions for surviving widows and Soldiers of the Revolution.

State of North Carolina,}
Caswell County.}

On this the [left blank] day [left blank] day
of 1848, personally appeared before the Subscriber, a Justice of the peace in and for said County Martha Slade a resident of Caswell County, aged 85 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
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 William Slade Senr who was a private and that she now draws a pension of thirty dollars per annum, under the Act of 17th of June, 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.

Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written,

Martha her X mark Slade [the word Seal is outlined]

before me}
Howell Baswell J. Peace}
Witness- William Barker}
Witness James Barker}

I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me, and that she is the Identical person as represented by her, in the annexed declaration.
 Howard Boswell +J. Peace [the word Seal is outlined]
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State of North Carolina}
Caswell County,}

I, Abisha Slade, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Howell Boswell is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Caswell duly qualified according to Law, and that full faith and credit is due and of [illegible] ought to be paid to all his official acts and that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 25th day of November 1848

A. Slade Clk