Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11491, Jarratt Whittington, S. C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S. C. 

Whittington, Jarratt
Polly or
Mary

NUMBER 
R. 11491
B.L. Wt. 44808-160-55

CONTENTS
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1858
Mississippi
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Jarratt Whittington
Private
Captain C Hinson's company of the Regt.
S. Carolina Militia commd. by Col. Saml
Benton.
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Ratio of disability,  one half
Date of discharge,  [blank]
Time of closing testimony,  15th Oct. 1827
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Inscribed on the Roll of the Mississippi Agency
at four dollar per month, to commence on the 
15th of October 1827.
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Certificate of pension issued the 4th of Dec. 1827
and sent to the Hon. Wm. Haile, H. Reps.
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Arrears to 4th March 1828     $18.58
Semi-anl. all'ce ending  [blank]
                                               $18.58

Act of the 4th Feb. 1822.

11491


[note on the upper right side of page]
Letter to 
Geo. F. Webb  19th May 1853.
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Saml B Marsh Esqr
Attorney at Law
Liberty
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Original Claim
United States
Mississippi District ss.

I Peter Randolph Judge of the District
Court of the United States of America for the 
Mississippi District; by authority of an act of Congress
passed the 25th day of April 1812, entitled, 'an act to 
revive and continue in force an act to provide for 
persons who were disabled by known wounds received
in the Revolutionary War, and for other purposes'
do hereby especially authorise and commission Gabriel 
Felder of the County of Amite and district of Mississippi 
to take all evidence pursuant to the rules and 
regulations of the said act for substantiating the claim 
of Jared [Jarratt] Whittington of the County of Amite and 
district of Mississippi, to be placed on the pension 
list of the United States by reason of known wounds
received in said war or since (as prescribed by the fourth section 
of "An act concerning invalid pensioners" passed
the 25th of April 1808.) while in the actual service
of the United States, and in the line of his duty.  And, 
when the same shall be completed, to return the 
evidence, affidavits certificates and proceedings
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had hereupon together with the commission to the Secretary
for the Department of War.
Given under my hand and seal 
at Woodville in the District aforesaid
this eleventh day of August in 
the year one thousand eight hundred
and twenty seven

Peter Randolph
Dis. Judge Miss. Dis.
(Seal)
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Wilkinson  Aug. 11th 1827

Dear Sir,

Being with my family at the Caledonean
Springs when your letter dated Liberty  [blank] 22nd 1827
and post mark July 30th arrived, some delay has been 
occasioned in the answer, which I hope will produce
no serious inconvenience to the Revolutionary soldier
The paper which you were kind enough to send
me containing the form of the commission you desired
I perceive is headed "War Department. Pension Office"
and dated "Feby 9th 1822", Five days after my last
papers of the
act of congress upon that immediate subject before
us.  This authoritative aspect of the paper has induced
me to copy, literally, the printed form of the 
commission thereto annexed.  If however I had been 
left to myself I should not have referred to the 
Act of 25th Apl 1812, as my authority for issuing
the commission, as that act expired by its own terms
nearly ten years ago, and the act of 1806, under 
which the old soldier applies has been revived
by two different statutes since the Act of 1812
expired.  It will always afford me much pleasure to render 
any assistance in my power to an old Revolutionary soldier, in obtaining a 
pension to which he may be entitled.

I am Sir
your obt servt
Peter Randolph
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To the Honorable E. Randolph District
Judge of the United States of America
for the District of Mississippi

Respectfully shewith unto your 
Honor some petitioner Jared [Jarratt]
Whittington of the County of Amite
& District aforesaid that he was
and has ever since continued to 
be greatly disabled from performing
bodily labor by a wound in the 
heel & side of the right foot
which would was recd. in a battle
fought during the revolutionary war
in the State of South Carolina
& which your petitioner was
fighting on the American side
against the common enemy.  Your
petitioner further states that he 
is extremely poor & unable to 
obtain a subsistence without the 
aid of others.
He prays your Honor
to appoint a commissioner with
full power to enquire into his 
case & make report thereof
to the United States authority that 
he may thereby be enabled
to receive the benefit provided 
by an act of Congress for
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the relief of persons disabled by
known wounds recd. in the revolutionary
war,
& to do such other & further
acts in the premises as may be 
deemed necessary.
6th Augt. 1827

[illegible - Sir/yrs in respt &c?]
Jarratt Whittington

Test
Saml. B. Marsh
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State of Mississippi
Amite County

It is hereby certified that Jarard [Jarratt]
Whittington formerly a private in the 
company of Claiborne Hinson in Colonel
Samuel Bentons Regiment of South Carolina
Militia is rendered incapable of performing
the duties of a soldier by reason of a wound
inflicted while he was in the service aforesaid
and in the line of his duty
By satisfactory evidence & accurate
examination it appears that in time of the 
Revolutionary War being engaged at or near 
a place called little Pedee in the State of 
South Carolina he received on his right foot
a wound the ball from the os calcis or heel bone
passing in an oblique direction so as to come in 
contact with several of the smaller bones employed 
in making up the ancle joint occasioned this removal
by the ordinary process of suppuration, a permanent
lameness ensued as a necessary consequence of such 
injury and he is thereby not only incapacitated
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for military duty but in the opinion of 
the undersigned is one half disabled from
obtaining his subsistence by manual labour

W. Lea


State of Miss
Amite County 

Personally appeared before the 
undersigned Commissioner appointed 
to take testimony in support of the 
claim of Jarord [Jarratt] Whittington who is
desirous of being placed on the pension 
list of the U. States the above named 
W. Lea who says on oath that the above
certificate by him made is true to the 
best of his knowledge & belief

W. Lea

Sworn to & subscribed 
before me the 15th Day 
of Oct 1827

Gab. Felder Clk. of 
the Circuit Court & 
Commissioner &c.
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State of Mississippi
Amite County

I Gabriel Felder, appointed by the Honorable
Peter Randolph Esqr district Judge of the 
United States for the district of Mississippi, commissioner to take
evidence on behalf of Jared  [Jarratt] Whittington a revolutionary soldier
claiming a pension from the United States by virtue of the several
acts of Congress making provision for persons who were disabled by
known wounds received in the revolutionary war &c., do hereby certify
that William Lea, who made and subscribed the above certificate
and affidavit is a reputable physician & surgeon and is entitled 
to full faith and credit.  Given under my hand and Seal 
this 15th day of October 1827

Gabl. Felder Com. &c. (seal)
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By virtue of the powers in me vested
by a commission from the Hon. Peter
Randolph District Judge of the 
United States of America for the 
Mississippi District dated Augt.
1827 - I have sworn on the Evangelist
of almighty God Jared [Jarratt] Whittington
who claims to be placed on the 
pension list of the United States.
Said claimant deposes & says
that the wound in his right heel
which now disables him & has
so disabled ever since our revolutionary
war was [ended?] which he was
fighting the common enemy & 
that his term of service expired
before he was able to walk
after incurring sd. wound - which 
he was confined upwards of eighteen 
months.  He recd. a pension of 
twenty five dollars a year
from the State of South Carolina
for three or four years - but 
ceased to draw it before leaving 
the state.  He does not know when 
he removed from So. Carolina he
was informed that he had forfeited
his right to his pension & has 
never since received it - He never
knew until 8 or nine years ago 
that he was entitled to any
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assistance from the United States
altho he stood greatly in need of it.
about that time Mr. Williams one 
of our Senators in Congress informed
him of his right & gave him 
some acts of Congress on the subject
& he immediately got [Judge?] C D Turner[?] to apply
& have been trying to get something
ever since but have not 
succeeded.  He further states
that he is not on the pension list
of any state that he knows of 
& if he is he does not get a 
cent in consequence of it - but 
believes that he is not on any
pension list whatever.

Jarratt Whittington

Sworn to and subscribed 
before me this 24th day 
of September 1827.

Gabl. Felder Comm.
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The testimony of Grief Whittington taken before me the 
undersigned commissioner, duly and specially authorised to take
evidence in support of the claim of Jared [Jarratt] Whittington, who 
is desirous of being placed on the pension list of the United
States of America.

Grief Whittington being duly sworn 
saith that he is a cousin to the applicant, and also to 
Richard Whittington the other witness on behalf of the 
said applicant.  We all lived in the State of South Carolina
at the commencement of the revolutionary war, and 
lived there until about eighteen years ago when we moved
to this country, and settled within six miles of Liberty in 
the County of Amite and State of Mississippi, where we have 
resided ever since and where we now reside.  I entered the 
service of South Carolina Militia as a private when the 
revolution first broke out - in the course of about two or 
three years afterwards Jared [Jarratt] Whittington joined the service
at first we were relieved every two months, but after a while
we were [keped? - kept] out almost constant in a battle fought at
Rouses ferry on little Peedee [Pee Dee river] against some British and 
Torys.  Jared Whittington the present applicant while 
fighting against the common enemy was shot in his 
right heel about the first fire, with a ball.  it disabled him 
& he was taken from his horse & after we whipped the British
& Torys he was carried to his fathers in Cheraw District, where
he was confined a long time with his wound.  And was
not able to march or ride a horse well, during the War
and did not serve any more, his term of service was 
out long before he was able to go about.  I know that he 
has ever since & is now greatly disabled by said wound
from walking well or working; his life has been very
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orderly at all times  he has always been a poor man 
and is not able by his labour to support himself.  The 
principal work that he does is at the coopers trade.  I 
do not remember at what time the battle was fought
in which the wound was received, but it was not long 
after General Gates & DeKalb were defeated at Camden
on Wateree [river] in 1780 for after this battle the Torys were
very saucy and we were obliged to be going from one 
swamp to another pretty constantly & when ever we 
could hear of a party, we just dashed upon them.  From
the weather being warm & corn first beginning to get hard
in the field, I think the battle must have been fought
in September or early in October.  Jared Whittington &
myself at the time Jared was shot belonged as privates
to Captain Hinsons company in Col. Lemuel Bentons 
Regiment.  We all had horses, who were together at the 
time of this battle.  Col. Murphey, who was second in 
command, commanded on the day of the battle on 
little peedee where Jared was shot.

Grief Whittington

Examined, sworn to & subscribed
before me this 10th day of 
September 1827.

Gabl. Felder Comm.
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The testimony of Richard Whittington taken
before me the undersigned commissioner, duly authorised
by a commission from the Hon. Peter Randolph, District
Judge of the United States of America for the district of 
Mississippi, in support of the claim of Jared [Jarratt] Whittington
who is desirous of being placed on the pension list of [thereof?]
By virtue of the powers in me vested I have caused
Richard Whittington to come before me, who states as 
follows.  I embarked in the war immediately after the 
war of the revolution commenced, as a private; after
Gateses defeat I was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
in Captain Claiborn Hinsons company.  our company
belonged to Col Lemuel Bentons Regiment, Jared Whittington,
the applicant for a pension from the United States
Government, is a cousin to me, and was in the company
to which I was attached for a considerable time in 
the capacity of a private soldier.  We were attached to 
the South Carolina Militia until the year eighty, soon
after Gates' defeat at Camden.  We were engaged on little
Peedee where we were then encamped, by the British and some
Torys (our common enemy) during the engagement Jared
Whittington, while fitting [fighting] on his horse received a wound in 
his right heel which has ever since disabled him in a 
great measure.  he was immediately taken from his horse
and carried off the field, and I went with him to his fathers
house where he was confined with said wound for a long
time.  In the engagement our side whipped our enemies.
Jared was not able, on account of his wound, to perform
any other military duty during the War.  And has been 
unable to perform ordinary manual labour in 
consequence of it ever since.  I do not recollect the date of
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the battle, but the disaffected began to hold up their
heads after Gates was beat at Camden, and this wound
was received soon after.  I know it was before the cold
weather commenced and after the battle of Camden, but
I cannot state the month; the battle was fought at 
Rouses ferry on little peedee [river] about five miles from the 
North Carolina line.  I lived in South Carolina and so 
did Jared Whittington for twenty odd years after the 
war when we both removed to this country, and have always
lived neighbors, except one year, on my way
to the Mississippi, which I lived on Tombecbee.  our place
of residence in South Carolina was Cheraw district, cashwaw [?]
creek.  And since reaching this country
have ever since lived within six miles of Liberty in the County 
of Amite.  Jared Whittington has generally followed
farming by the work of his children.  The principle
work that he does himself is coopering.
Jared Whittington now lives six miles from 
Liberty on the upper Natchez road.

Richard Whittington

Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 24th day of 
September 1827

Gabl. Felder Comm.
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State of Mississippi
Amite County

I Gabriel Felder appointed by the 
Hon. Peter Randolph Esqr district Judge of the United
States for the district of Mississippi, commissioner to take
evidence on behalf a Jared [Jarratt] Whittington a revolutionary
soldier claiming a pension from the United States by
virtue to the several acts of Congress making provision
for pensions who were disabled by known wounds received
in the revolutionary war &c, do hereby certify that the 
foregoing sixteen pages contains the proceedings had 
before me as such commissioner as aforesaid on the 
several days therein mentioned at my [illegible] in the 
county aforesaid, including my commission from the 
said Judge & the claimants petition to him.  I do 
further certify that the witnesses examined as aforesd.
are worthy of credit and in my opinion ought to be 
believed and that the examination aforesaid was close 
on the fifteenth day of October Inst.
Given under my hand and Seal this
15th day of October 1827.

Gabl. Felder Comm. &c.  (Seal)
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1333
For the purpose of obtaining the amount of pay accruing to me 
for the half year ending on the 3d day of September 1828
under the act entitled "An Act for the relief of certain
surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" 
approved 15 May 1828.  I Jarrett Whittington of Zion Hill
Settlement, in the County of Amite in the State of Mississippi 
Do hereby declare that I was a private soldier in the 
South Carolina Infantry (or Troops of the Army of the 
Revolution in the Continental line) as was more fully set
forth on my application for the benefits of the said act
and that I have been found entitled by the Secretary of the 
Treasury under the act to the pay of a private soldier in 
the said line.  Witness my hand this 5 day of 
December 1828

Jarratt Whittington
Isaiah Cain J. P.

Before me Isaiah Cain a Justice of peace for the 
County of Amite in the State of Mississippi Personally
appeared this day Richd. Whittington and Grief Whittington
of said County who did severally make oath that Jarrett [Jarratt]
Whittington by whom the foregoing declaration was made
and subscribed is well known to them to be the person
therein described, and that he is generally reputed and 
believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution
in manner as therein stated, and that the said declaration
was made and subscribed by the said Jarrett Whittington in 
their presence and on the day of the date thereof
Witness my hand this 5th day of December in the year 
one thousand Eight hundred and twenty eight.

Richd Whittington
Grief Whittington

Sworn to before me this 5 of Decr. 1828

Isaiah Cain, J.P.
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I Thomas Batchelor Clerk of the Court of the 
County of Amite in the State of Mississippi do hereby
certify that Isaiah Cain Esquire before whom the foregoing
affidavits were sworn, was at the time a Justice of the peace
for Said County and duly empowered to Administer Oaths.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal of the 
Said County this 8th day of December
in the year one thousand eight hundred
and twenty eight.

Tho. Batchelor Clk.
[seal]


Pay to be sent in Draft on 
Paymaster at Washington
Miss or Draft on [Orleans?]
at S Bank [illegible] to
Liberty Amite Cty. Miss.
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Mar 3
217548    Oct 12/55
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Polly Whittington
wid of 
Jarrett Whittington
[penr?]
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Capt
Col
S. C. Continental Line
Ent
Dis
Private
S.C. Mila.
Revolution
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Miss. Issued 
La [illegible] Feby 53
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Ad. 160 acs. Oct 20/56
Dodge
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C C Tucker
Present



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State of Mississippi
Amite County ss.

Before me Kinchen R. Webb, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for 
the State and County aforesaid Personally appeared Mary Whittington
widow of Jarret [Jarratt] Whittington, deceased, and made oath in due form of 
Law that she is the widow of the identical Jarret Whittington mentioned as an invalid
pensioner from said state and county in his Certificate of Pension now on file in [the?]
proper department of this Government, which said Certificate bears date the day of 
[blank] 182[blank], and signed by [blank] he then acting Secretary to which said
Certificate she begs leave to make repense in which said Certificate her said husband
drew in his lifetime four dollars per month as such invalid pensioner.  That
this affiant has never before made application for Pension since the death of her
said husband Jarret Whittington (except what arrears were due him at the 
time of his death that [since?] she received and receipted for as will appear by 
reference to said papers on file)  That she has never intermarried since the death
of the said Jarret Whittington her husband, but still continues his widow.  That her
said husband Jarret Whittington came to his death in Amite County in said state
by drowning on the 12th day of December AD 1833 as will appear by reference to 
proof herewith filed relative to his death and identity.  That this affiant was lawfully
married to the said Jarret Whittington in Hancock County in the State of Georgia in 
the month of March 1798, by the reverend Thomas Marin[Main/Mann?] a Baptist Minister of the Gospel.
That she knows of but two persons living who were present at her marriage one of whom
has herewith filed an affidavit of the fact (Namely Sarah Johnson, of Amite
County Mississippi and the other is Elizabeth Walis[Wales?] of St Helena Parish
Louisiana[)]  That this affiant has no record of said marriage either public 
or private, but she refers to proof of her long living with the said Jarret Whittington
as his wife.  Her said husband Jarret Whittington drew his last pension at 
the City of Natchez Mississippi, about one year before his death on said 
Certificate.  The exact dates of most of these transactions she does not know
the long lapse of time having faded them from her memory, but she again
refers to the said documents on file.  Her said husband resided in South Carolina
on Big Pedee [Pee Dee river] at the time he rendered his service in the Revolutionary War
and served two terms as a substitute His balance of the time in his own
place, but this affiant cannot state the length of time or the names of 
his officers but supposes that they are set forth in the proof made at
the time he obtained his Certificate of Pension.  She has never seen or known
of any discharges of her husband, and thinks he never received any having been 
wounded and then taken immediately to quarters, and [left among the wounded?] 
Since the service of her said husband he has resided in Amite County Mississippi
and in the States of Georgia or South Carolina but
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she cannot give the exact length of time he lived at each particular
place but she refers as proof here of his [illegible] in Mississippi; see the 
affidavit of Washington Johnson and Sarah Johnson on file.  She 
knows of no witnesses by whom she can prove his services, but she refers
to the proof he introduced at the time he obtained his certificate
[illegible] have him [illegible] introduce it.

Mary Whittington  X  her mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me 
this 8th day of December 1852

K. R. Webb JP  (seal)



State of Mississippi
Amite County ss.

Personally appeared before the undersigned Justice of the Peace
in and for the State and County aforesaid Sarah Johnson
of said State and County and made oath that she was present at 
the marriage of the said Jarret [Jarratt] Whittington and Mary Whittington, that
they were joined in Matrimony in Hancock County in the State of Georgia by
one Thomas Mercer[?] a Baptist Minister of the Gospel, that said
marriage took place about the year 1798, and that she 
was intimately acquainted with said Jarret & Mary Whittington
as husband and wife from the date of their marriage up to the 
time the said Jarret Whittington was drowned, which took 
place in the year 1833, about the close of the year.  She knows 
that the said Mary Whittington was lawfully married as above set
forth, to the said Jarret Whittington, and that she is still his widow.

Sarah Johnson  X  her mark

Sworn to before me this 8th day of 
December 1852, and I certify that 
said witness is credible and that her statement is entitled 
to full credit.

K. R. Webb J.P.  (seal)
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State of Mississippi
Amite County ss.

Personally appeared before me the undersigned
Justice of the Peace in and for 
the State and County aforesaid Washington Johnson who 
says on oath that he has been intimately and well acquainted
with within named Jarret [Jarratt] Whittington and 
Mary Whittington since the year 1810, that he knew
them to be living together as man and wife up to the 
date of his death which took place late in the year
1833, the said Jarret Whittington came to his death
by drowning in Amite County Mississippi; that they
were always recognized as husband and wife during the 
period he knew them which was from the said year 1810
to the time of his death in 1833.

Washington Johnson

Sworn to and subscribed before me 
this 8th day of December 1852 and 
I further certify that said witness is credible and that 
his statement is entitled to full credit.

K. R. Webb J.P. (seal)


The State of Mississippi
Amite County

I Bartled W Smith Clerk
of the Probate Court in and for the County of 
Amite & State aforesaid do hereby certify that
Kinchen R Webb whose genuine signature
appears to the foregoing certificates and attestations
is and was at the date thereof an acting Justice of 
the peace in and for said county duly elected
qualified and commissioned and that all of his 
acts in the premises as such aught to be entitled
to full faith and credit in judication & thereout
Given under my hand and the 
seal of said court this 9th
day of December AD 1852

B W Smith Clk

[seal]
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State of Louisiana
Parish of Caddo

Before me the undersigned
an acting Justice of the Peace
in & for the Parish & State aforesaid, Personally came
Willis F. Williams a resident of the Parish & State aforesaid
and to me well known as a credible witness, who being
duly sworn declares that he is Personally acquainted
with Polly Whittington, widow of Jarrett {Jarratt] Whittington
who has made & subscribed the foregoing Declaration 
that he was not acquainted with Jarrett Whittington during 
his life time but he verily believes from good reasons that 
Polly Whittington is the widow of said Jarrett Whittington
who performed the service mentioned in the foregoing
declaration and that said Polly Whittington is a lady
of Respectability and further that he is a disinterested
witness

W. F. Williams

Sworn to and subscribed before me in the Parish of 
Caddo State of Louisiana this 30th day of August AD 1855

W. H. Erwin Justice Peace
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Declaration to be made by a Widow who has never received Bounty Land.
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STATE OF Louisiana
Caddo COUNTY, ss.

On this 30th day of August 1855, before me, a Justice of the Peace
in and for the County and State above named, personally appeared (1) Polly Whittington
aged 75 years, a resident of Caddo Parish La, who being duly sworn according
to law, declares that she is the widow of (2) Jarrett [Jarratt] Whittington who was a (3)
private of the South Carolina Continental Line in the Revolutionary 
War and an Invalid Pensioner on the Mississippi roll
that he (4) [blank] at [blank] in the State of [blank]
on or about the [blank] day of [blank] 18[blank], and continued in actual service fourteen
days, and was honorably discharged at [blank] on or about the [blank] day of 
[blank] 18[blank], and (5) [blank]
She further states that she was married to the said (2) Jarrett Whittington
at Hancock Co Ga on the [blank] day of March, A.D. 1797 or 8 by one
Rev. Thos. Mercer that her name, before her said marriage, was Polly Rhodes
that her said husband died at Amite Cty - Mississippi on the 13th day of December 1830
and she is now a widow.  (6) and has never before made an application 
for Bounty Land.

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she is entitled under
the act of March 3, 1855, never having received Bounty Land or knowing that she is entitled except for the
above service; and she hereby constitutes and appoints CHAS. C. TUCKER, of Washington, D.C., her 
attorney to prosecute her claim and procure her warrant.  Hereby authorizing and empowering her said 
attorney to obtain from the proper authorities at Washington City or elsewhere, certified copies of any Army
or Navy records or documents in which her said husband's services may be recorded, and to procure any
and all other evidence that may be necessary to establish her claim, as fully as if personally present;  and
revoking and countermanding all former authority that may have been given for the above specified purpose.

(7)  Polly Whittington  X  her mark

Sworn to, subscribed, and acknowledged before me the day and year first above written; and on the 
same day personally came before me Eliott Johnson, a resident of 
Caddo County, in the State above named, and [blank], a resident of 
[blank] County, in said State, to me known as a credible witness, who being duly sworn, 
declares that he is personally acquainted with (1) Polly Whittington widow of (2)
Jarrett Whittington, who has made and subscribed the foregoing declaration;
that he was personally acquainted with (2) Jarrett Whittington and his wife
during the lifetime of the former, and know that they lived together as man and wife, and were so reputed;
and he believes that the husband of the said (1) Polly Whittington was the identical 
person who performed the service mentioned in the above declaration; that the above named (2)
Jarrett Whittington is now dead, and the said (1) Polly Whittington
is now a widow.  And he further swears, that he is disinterested in this claim.

(8) Eliott Johnson

Sworn to and subscribed before me, and I certify that I am not interested in the claim or concerned in 
its prosecution.

(9) W. H. Erwin Justice Peace
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STATE OF Louisiana
Parrish of Caddo ss.
Jan 18th District Court

I, W. G. Kerley Clerk of the District Court in and for the 
County and State above named, do hereby certify that W H Erwin
Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the 
time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above
named, duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit,
and that his signature thereto is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 13th
day of September 1855

W. G. Kerley Clk

[seal]

Forwarded by [blank]

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217546
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
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ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
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ORIGINAL CLAIM FOR LAND WARRANT.
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MRS. Polly Whittington
WIDOW OF Jarrett [Jarratt]
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CHAS. C. TUCKER, 
Att'y for Claimant, 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 


[back to the same direction on the page as the beginning]
INSTRUCTIONS.

1.  Claimant's name.
2.  Soldier's name.
3.  Here specify the service as follows: "in the company commanded by Captain [blank] in the [blank] regiment of 
[blank] commanded by Col. [blank]," or "a [blank] on board of the United States ship
commanded by [blank] in the year of [blank]," or as the case may be.
4.  Enlisted, volunteered, was drafted, or shipped.
5.  "Add," that she has never before made application for Bounty Land," or "that she made an application for Bounty Land for said
service, and her claim was rejected or suspended."
6.  The claimant will here state that no public or private record of her marriage exists, or can be obtained, if such is the case.
If there is a County, Town, or Church record of the marriage, a duly certified copy of such record must be sent.  If there is no 
public, but a private or family record containing the marriage or the births of children, a copy of such record must be sent, and the 
magistrate will certify that it is a correct copy of the original.  Parol evidence of the marriage or of co-habitation, is not admissible 
until the absence of record evidence is accounted for.
7.  Claimant's signature.
8.  Witnesses signatures.
9.  Magistrate's signature.
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H. M. Paytons
Nov. 30. 1827 

Dr Sir,

I enclose you the evidence of a 
claim for a Pension for Revolutionary
services.  I should be glad to hear 
the decision that you make upon it
and will be glad to receive any
further information that  you may
be disposed to give.

Respectfully
M Haile



Mr. Barbour
Sec. War.  U.S.
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44.808


[illegible name]
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T Torrance
for 
J Whittington  1330 [or last number might be 2?]
Recd 13 July 1829
178
Mr F A Jenkins will 
[illegible] to 
information when the 
applicant was placed 
on the pension list
Placed on the the Pension 
Roll 4 Decr 1827
to commence 15 Oct
Pension Office
July 25 182[?]
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No 5955
Polly Whitting[edge torn]
widow of Jarrott [Jarratt]
Miss
C. C. Tucker Aug 15 [edge torn]
Tucker [alleged?] Mch 2[edge torn]
"  "  June 18/60

Act Feb. 3, '53
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Sparta, Ga.  Jan 26. 1855

C. C. Tucker Esq
Washington D. C.

Sir

In reply to yours of the 23d have 
to say that their is no record of marriage in this 
Hancock Co. prior to 1806 and that this Co. was 
organized 1 Feby 1794 from Greene Co.
I therefore have ford. your letter & stamps[?] to 
the Ordinary of Greene Co. Greensboro Ga and
requested him to answer you - Revd. Tho. Mercer
lived in Greene Co.

I am yours &c
F A Rudas [Andas?] Clk
Han. Supr. Court
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Court of Ordinary
Greenesboro Ga
June 27th 1855

C. C. Tucker Esqr

Dear Sir

I received this day a Letter of yours
directed to the Clk of the County
Hancock by you making inquiry
for the marriage of Jarratt Whittington &
Polly Rhodes married in 1793 or about 
then  Sir I have looked over
the Records of the Marriages
from 1st August 1801 to Jany 1804
(and these are the earliest records
kept in this office) and there 
is no record here of such marriage.

I Remain yours Respty
Jas. W Godkin
Ordinary
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.

11,491
Polly Whittington
P. O.  [blank]
Service:  [blank]
wid. of Jarratt
REJECTED
Enlisted:  [blank date]
Discharged:  [blank date]
Application filed:  [blank date]
Alleges:  [blank]
Re-enlisted:  [blank]
Attorney:  [blank]
P. O.  [blank]
[blank]  Recognized.   [blank] Contract.
[blank]  Cert. of Dis.  Searched for  [blank date]


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1934 March 28 - information for Hon. Wm W Whit
tington - See corres. in Richard Whittington W.535 [illegible - possibly initials]
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Liberty  28th Oct. 1827

Hon. Wm Haile Esq

Dr Sir

I herewith send you some 
documents in support of the claim
of one of our constituents to a pension 
from the United States.  Mr. Whittington
is in great need & will unless he 
is placed on the pension list & receives
his money by the 4th March next loose
his land - He is unquestionably entitled
to a pension - will you have the goodness
to present the papers to the jury & inform 
me immediately of the result - No 
news here except the death of Howd [Howel?]
[Cross?] - I do not know who will 
succeed him in the office of Supreme
Court Clerk.

Your fd. & obt servt
Saml. B. Marsh
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Pension Office
December 28, 1852

Sir:

The papers in the case of Jane  Whittington, 
widow of Jarratt Whittington, are herewith returned.
If you will address a letter to J. S. Gallaher, Esq. Third 
Auditor of the Treasury, he will inform you to what time the 
pension of her husband was last paid; and if any arrears
be due, the course of procedure to enable her to obtain 
it.
The soldier belonged to the South Carolina Militia
during the war of the revolution and was wounded in the 
heel, for which a pension was allowed at the rate of 
$4 per month, to take effect on the 13th October, 1827,
when the testimony was completed.  The papers
do not shew what length of time he was in 
actual service.  If she could establish the fact
that he performed at least six months actual military
service, she might, perhaps, obtain a pension
under the Act of July 29th, 1848; otherwise there can be 
nothing due to her on account of the service of her dec'd
husband, save any arrears of invalid pension; which
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may have been undrawn at the time of his death, of 
which the Third Auditor, will be able to inform her.

I am respectfully
Your obedient servant,
J E Heath Commr.




George R. Webb, Esq.,
Liberty,
Missouri.

J. D. W.
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Pen Off   Dec 28th 1852

The papers in the case of Jane 
Whittington, widow of Jarratt Whittington
are herewith returned.  If you will 
address a letter to J. S. Gallaher, esq
Third Auditor of the Treasury, he will 
inform you to what time the pension of
her husband was last paid, and if 
any arrears be due, the course of 
procedure to enable her to obtain 
it.  
The soldier belong to the South 
Carolina militia during the war of 
the revolution, and was wounded in the 
heel, for which a pension was allowed,
at the rate of $4 per month, to take affect
on the 13th October 1827 when the testimony
was completed.  The papers do not shew
what length of time he was in actual
service.  If she could establish
the fact that he performed at least six
months actual military service, she 
might, perhaps, obtain a pension under
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the act of July 29, 1848; otherwise there can 
be nothing [due?] to her on account of the 
service of her decd husband, save any
arrears of invalid pension which may
have been undrawn at his death, of 
which the 3d Auditor will be able to 
inform.

Geo R Webb, Esq.
Liberty
Missouri
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James E. Heath, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Liberty  Decr. 9th 1852

J. E. Heath Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir

Enclosed you will please find
the application of Mary Whittington, the widow of Jarret [Jarratt] Whittington
Decd who was an invalid Pensioner from Amite County Miss.
Her husband only drew $4 per month as an invalid Pensioner.
Now this application on his widow is to receive whatever she may
be entitled to under the Certificate of Pension granted her husband
in his lifetime.  But she wishes to know whither or not she can 
recover any thing for her husbands services.  The proof that her
husband made at the time he was pensioned I would suppose
could be used in an application for pay for his services as 
a soldier, in addition to what she is entitled to under his said
Certificate.  Will you have the kindness to examine the proof 
made by said Jarret Whittington and inform me of what it 
proves.  Her husband was long in the service, and wounded
to as to be mamed for life, and I should be pleased to see
his aged widow receive pay for his services if they can be 
proven, which I think can be done provided she can use the 
proof filed in your office or department.
Please acknowledge
receipt of this application and inform me of the probable result 
of this, and of an application for his pay as a soldier.
You can [conspired?] with one in this 
matter as Mrs Whittington cannot write.

Very Respectfully
Geo. R. Webb
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Mi
Liberty  March 7 1853

To the Commissioner of
Pensions, Washington City

Dear Sir

Early in Decr. I mailed
to your address the Declaration of Polly Whittington, the
widow of Jarret [Jarratt] Whittington, decd who was an invalid
Pensioner  since that time, I have not heard of this
claim being received by you, hearing that it may 
have been miscarried en route.  I write you for 
information whether it has been received, and if so, what she will 
be entitled to receive.

Please inform by return mail
& oblige  
Very Respectfully
your obt. servt.
Geo. F. Webb
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Washington D.C.  August 11. 1855.

Hon. J. Minot
Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir - 

Enclosed please find the claim for a Revolutionary Pension
of Mrs Polly Whittington, widow of Jarratt Whittington
of Mississippi.
Mrs Whittington states in her declaration that 
she was married in 1793 but as we are unable to 
present sufficient testimony that the marriage took 
place in that year, the claim is now made under 
the Act of Feb 3. 1855. - 

Very respectfully
your obt servt.
Chas. C. Tucker. -
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Washington D.C.  April 26. '66

Hon. Geo. C. Whiting
Comr. of Pensions

Sir

As requested 
the 26th let. I send herewith enclosed
new [illegible] material testimony 
in the case of Polly Wittington
widow of Jarratt, applicant for 
Revolutionary Pension placed by
you under Act of 1853, but which 
no claim under Oct of 1848 or 1848.
The enclosed testimony finaly
shows six months service.
For further proof we refer you 
to the papers on which she received
land warrant No 44.808 for 160 
acres under Act of 1855.

Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
Tucker & Lloyd
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Washington D.C.  March 13 "60

Hon. Geo. C. Whiting,
Comr of Pensions

Sir

We 
respectfully request a re-examination
of the Revolutionary Pension
claim of Polly, widow of Jarrett [Jarratt] 
Whittington or Wittington, filed 
under Act of Feby. 3rd 1853.
Claimants husband was an 
Invalid Pensioner on the Amite
County, Mississippi roll and was 
a private of the South Carolina
Continentals, during the War of the 
Revolution.
The soldier being attached 
to the Continental line is prima
facio evidence that he served 
the required period.
We believe that no other respects
of the claim is made out.

Very Respectfully
Tucker & Lloyd

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Mrs Whittington had received [illegible] warrant
No 44.808 for 160 acres 
on account of husbands services
Act of 1855.
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Amite County, State of Mississippi
June 17, 1827

Sir,

Mr. Jared [Jarratt] Whittington, an old and respected
neighbor of mine, after several attempts, succeeded in 
obtaining a pension of $4 per month, for a wound
which he received in the revolutionary war.  It immediately
and very properly occurred to him, that it 
would be more to his interest to apply for a pension for 
his services, which he informs me he did do, in the month
of October last.  To this last application he has received 
no answer of any kind; and as it was made by our Judge
of Probate (V. T. Crawford, esquire) the presumption is 
reasonable, that his case was fairly made out.  Knowing his 
case to be one that I consider sacredly entitled to relief
I have taken the liberty of addressing you this, to invite
your attention to the subject, and if any thing is amiss
in the application, to ask the favor of you to instruct
some one of your officers to point it out.

With great respect,
I am, &c. &c.
Tho. Torrance


The Secretary of the Treasury.
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Comptroller Genl's. Office
Columbia S.C.
April 21st 1860.

"No 679
Lib X
Issued the 21st September 1785 to Jerrard
say Jarratt Whittington for nine pounds,
six shillings & Eight pence for 6 months
pay in 1779 & 1780 per [apo/apd?] from coms.
Principal £9.6.8 Int. £0:13.0. No 65."

I do hereby certify the foregoing to be a 
true copy from the Revolutionary Records
in this Office, the account No 679 X being lost
it being that upon which the Indent 697X was 
issued - and I further certify from copies
of the "Pay Roll of Capt Uriah Goodwyn's Company
in 3d So. Carolina Regiment of Continental
Troops commanded by Col. William [Thornton?]"
it is shows that "Jarod Whittington" was was paid for
105 days duty in said Company to 1st July 1779 & by Rolls 
of same Co "Jarrod Whittington" was paid for 30 days to 1 Augt.
1779 & by same "Jarod Whittington" to 18th Augt 1779 and 
by same "Jerrard Whittington" one month for the month 
of August 1779 and that it would appear that 
these copy Rolls are copies of the monthly Pay Rolls of 
Captain Goodwyn's Company during the times stated
fixing the amt. each member of the company
was entitled during the same - That "Jarod Whittington
name though "Jarrod or Jerrod" must refer to the same person
and that the Indent above may have included all this 
"Continental" duty.

For Comptroller Genl.
Wm. R. Bluntt

(No seal of Office)
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Declaration of Mrs Polly Whittington widow
of Jarratt Whittington Deceased who was an invalid
Pensioner of the Revolutionary War
For Revolutionary Pension under the Act of [blank]


State of Louisiana
Parish of Caddo

On this 9th Day of April
1855 personally appeared before me Tho T Land
Judge of the 18" Judicial District of the Parish and 
State above named, Polly Whittington, a Resident
of the Parish of Caddo in the State of Louisiana
late a Resident of Amite County in the State of 
Mississippi aged 75 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 July the 4th 1836 granting
Pensions to Widows of persons who served during 
the Revolutionary War, that She is the widow of 
Jarratt Whittington who was a Private Soldier
in the South Carolina Continental Line in the 
War of the Revolution and who was an invalid
pensioner of the United States on the Mississippi
Roll at the Rate of Forty Eight Dollars per 
annum.
She further declares that She was married
to the said Jarratt Whittington on the 
[blank] Day of [blank] AD One Thousand
Seven Hundred and Ninety Three at
Hancock Cty Georgia by one Thomas Merci a Babtist
Minister that her name before her
said marriage was Polly Rhodes.

M. P. Bates, Clk

[squeezed in at the bottom of page]
and state above named do hereby certify that Joseph Lumpkin Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit [runs off right edge]
[runs off left edge] igned his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the State & County above named [runs off right edge]
[runs off left edge] his signature thereto is genuine
[runs off left edge] 4th day of May A.D. 1855
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That her Husband the aforesaid Jarret [Jarratt] Whittington
died at Amite County Mississippi on the 
13 Day of December AD 1830 and that She 
has remained a widow since the Death of her said 
Husband

Polly Whittington  X  her mark

Sworn to and subscribed before 
me this the 9th day of April A. D. 1855  
Thos.T. Land
Judge 18th District


Know all men by these Presents that I Polly
Whittington of the Parish of Caddo and State of 
Louisiana late of the County of Amite and 
State of Mississippi do hereby constitute and 
appoint Chas. C. Tucker of Washinton D.C.
my true and lawful agent and attorney for 
me and in my name to prepare and prosecute
my claim for a Revolutionary Pension by Reason 
of the Services of my deceased husband, and 
I hereby empower my said Attorney to examine all 
Records and documents in Reference to said Claim
on file in the Departments at Washington to file
additional arguments and Evidence and to do all 
lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the 
premises, with full powers of Substitution,
Hereby revoking and Countermanding all former
powers of Attorney that may have been given by me
for the above specified purpose
Witness my hand and Seal this 
9th Day of April 1855

Polly Whittington  X  her mark


State of Louisiana 
Parish of Caddo

On this 9th day of April
1855 personally appeared before me Thos. T. Land
Judge and acknowledged the foregoing power of 
attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein 
mentioned.  Given under my hand and seal this the 9
day of April AD 1855

Thos T Land
Judge 18th District

[no seal visible]
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The State of Louisiana
Parish of Caddo

In 18th Judicial District court.

I William G. Kerley Clerk of the District
Court in and for the Parish and State aforesaid
do hereby certify that Thos. T. Land whose genuine 
signature appears to the foregoing Affidavit, and 
acknowledgement, is and was at the time of Signing
the same Judge of the 18th Judicial District of the 
State of Louisiana within which said District the 
Paris of Caddo is embraced - duly elected, commissioned
and sworn.
Given under my hand and Seal 
of Office this 9th Day of April
AD 1855

W. G. Kerley Clk
[seal]

[The lower portion of this page is extremely faint and very hard to read.]
State of Mississippi
Amite County ss

On this the 4th day of May A.D. 1855, Personally appeared before me an acting Justice 
of the Peace in and for the state and county aforesaid Washington Johnson [illegible]
being duly sworn according to law says on oath that he is well acquainted [illegible] the above named [illegible]
Whittington [illegible] pensioner [the remainder of line illegible] 
ever since the year 1808 or 1809 [the remainder of line illegible]
[the entire next line illegible]
all in the next line other than Whittington is illegible]
on the Mississippi roll, that the said Jarratt Whittington & Polly Whittington were [illegible]
[entire line illegible]
[illegible] above date of [illegible] until the year 1820 about that 
time [illegible] time the said Jarret Whittington came to his death by drowning [illegible]
[illegible] the said Jarret Whittington after his death [illegible]
[illegible] and that the said Polly Whittington is his identical widow and that she has remained since
the death of her said husband, and that the said Polly Whittington is [illegible]
[illegible] and is entitled to full credit and [illegible] 
[entire next line illegible]
said P[?] W[?]   

Washington Johnson



Sworn before me this 4th day of 
[May?] A.D. 1855

Jos. Lumpkin
J. P. (seal)
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State of Mississippi
Amite County

Personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace
in and for the State and County aforesaid Sarah Johnson aged about sixty nine
years who after being duly sworn according to law says on oath that she has been well acquainted
with the within named Jarret [Jarratt] and Polly Whittington ever since her earliest recollections commencing
about the year 1790 with the said Jarret Whittington and with the said Polly Whittington 
an earlier date, that she knows of her own knowledge that the said Jarret Whittington and Polly
Whittington were lawfully married in the State of Georgia Hancock County by one Thomas
Mercer a Baptist Minister of the Gospel, that said marriage took place about the time 
set forth in the declaration of the said Polly Whittington, that this affiant was present
at the [illegible] of the said Jarret Whittington & Polly Whittington where she saw [illegible]
that the maiden name of the said Polly Whittington before her marriage was Polly Rhodes
that her acquaintance with both the said Jarret Whittington and Polly Whittington has
been interrupted up to about the year 1830 or 1831 or 1832 at which time the 
said Jarret Whittington came to his death by drowning in the Amite River, that the
said Polly Whittington is the identical person she represents [remainder of line illegible]
and has been the widow of the said Jarret Whittington ever since the death
of the said Jarret Whittington who was an invalid pensioner on the Mississippi
Roll, that said Jarret Whittington came to his death as above set forth in said Amite
County and that said Polly Whittington continued to reside in said Amite County
until some [illegible] year since when she removed to Caddo Parish in the state of 
Louisiana when she is now living that she the said Polly Whittington is known to this 
affiant as a credible person and that the [remainder of line illegible]
to be true as made by the said Polly Whittington in her said Declaration
this affiant further states she is not interested any [illegible] a 
pension for said Polly Whittington -

Sarah Johnson  X  her mark

Sworn to before me this 4th day of May
1855

Jos. Lumpkin J.P. [seal?]
 

The State of Mississippi
Amite County ss.

I Marshall P. Bates Clerk of the Probate Court in and for the County and [runs off edge]
made by Washington Johnson and Sarah Johnson and who has thereunto [runs off edge]
commissioned & [sworn?] that all his official acts are entitled to full faith & credit and [runs off edge]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Official Seal & signed my name [runs off bottom of page]