Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2519, Zachariah Cross, N.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.C.

Cross, Zachariah
           Easter [Esther]

NUMBER
R. 2519
Charted

Born in Md.
CONTENTS
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25.765
Missouri
Zachariah Cross
St. Louis, Co. in the State of Mis.
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hicks of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Anderson in the N. Carolina line for Militia - 
1 Yr Private $40.-
Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri the rate of 40 Dollars, per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of Jan'y. and Sent to 1834 Hen 91m H Ashley, Ho. of D. Way
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1833 $100.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch '34 20 = $120.00
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by John T. Sprague Clerk,
Book E Vol. 8 Page 80

Let to D. Way Payt. Ju's Apl. 25 1838
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State of Missouri} In the County Court February 
County of St. Louis} SS.  Term 1833

On the Eight day of February in the year of our Lord 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the County Court of the  County of St. Louise Zacariah [Zachariah] Cross a resident of said County and of the State aforesaid age seventy two years; who being first duly sworn according to Law on his oath doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed  June the 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated. That on the 25th day of March in the year 1777 he entered as a Volunteer in William Hick's Company in Sullivan County in the State of North Carolina that the troops along with which this declarant served were commanded by Col. Isaac Shelby and Major Anthony  Bledsoe that he so remained and served for the space of three moths, that during that period he was not in any general action, but on one occasion was engaged in a Skirmish with Indians on Clinch River, that in the month of September in the year 1781 he again entered service as a volunteer under Capt. Thos. Wallace and served in the company commanded by said Wallace until the 24th day of December in the year last aforesaid during which time, he was in the State of  South Carolina and while there was present and engaged in an attack on a British
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fort which was carried and Eighty prisoners made who were taken to Cambden [Camden] in South Carolina. In the month of October in the year 1782 again entered service as a volunteer in the company of Capt. Hubbard that the troops were commanded by Col. Anderson and Col. Sevier that he served in said Company of Capt. Hubbard under the command of Colonels Anderson and Sevier from N. Carolina in the last mentioned year until late in the month of November following during which period of service they were engaged in hostile operations against the Cherokee Indians with whom  they had frequent skirmishes. That except in the expedition against the Cherokee the different companies in which he served were always under Col. Shelby as the commanding officer. That the whole of his military services were performed in that region of country now comprehended within the limits of the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. That he has never received a certificate of discharge from any of he officers commanding the different companies for which he served nor has ever received a certificate of discharge from any person, though he never left any company in which he served, without the same being regularly discharged from further duty, by the proper officer. That in the year 1783 declarant removed from Sullivan County aforesaid to the District of Country now know by the name of West Tennessee where he resided for four years, or nearly that time, that in the month of May in the year 1787 declarant left West Tennessee and went to Logan County in the State of Kentucky, within about three miles of the town of Russellville where he remained for forty years. that in the month of October in the year 1829 declarant came from Logan County aforesaid to the County of St. Louis in , the State of Missouri
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which place he now resides and has resided since he left Kentucky. That this declarant knows of no person now living by whom he can prove the facts herein set forth, no has he any documentary evidence by which he can prove the services by him performed  as above stated and is wholly unable to prove said services or any of them, by either oral, or written testimony. And this declarant hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. That declarant further states that he was born as he as been informed and believes on the 28th day of march in the year 1761 in Baltimore County State of Maryland. [Signature] Zacariah Cross X his mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written in open court. [signature] Henry Chouteau

And the said Court do hereby propound to the said Zacariah Cross the said declarant the following interrogatories which with the answers thereto make part and parcel of the above declaration. 

Question 1. Where & in what year were you born? 
A. on the 25th of March 1761 at Baltimore County Maryland
Ques. 2.  Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?  An. I have no record of my age in my possession there is a statement of my birth in a bible in the possession of my sister in Tennessee.
Ques. 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, & where do you now live?
An. I was living at the time I entered service at the place stated in the declaration above subscribed
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and sworn to by me, and have lived at the different places therein set forth and now live in the county of St. Louis aforesaid.

Que. 4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute. An: I served as a volunteer

Que. 5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect, & the general circumstances of your service 
An: Gen'l Greene was the only Regular officer, whose name I recollect as in command over the troops, while I was in service and this only during the time that I served in South Carolina as stated in my declaration. I do not recollect the names of any of the Continental Regiments with which the Regiment to which my company belonged served. My company formed as part of the  Regiment of Col. Shelby the general nature of the service in which I was engaged is truly stated in said declaration by me subscribed [Signature] Zacariah [Zachariah] Cross X his mark

Sworn to & subscribed before me in open court this 8th day of February 1833. 
[Signature] Henry Chouteau Clerk

State of Missouri}
County of St. Louis} SS. In the County Court February Term 1833
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State of Missouri}
County of St. Louis} SS. In the County Court February Term 1833
We the undersigned citizens of the County of               St. Louis and State of Missouri residing within the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Zachariah Cross who  has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be of the age of seventy years and upwards, that he is refuted and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we the undersigned George W. Call , Richard B. Dallam & Benjamin O'Fallon concur in that opinion - [Signatures] G.W. Call
Rich'd. B. Dallam
Benj'n Õ Fallon
Sworn to & subscribed 8th day of February 1833 in open Court. [Signature] Henry Chouteau Clerk

And the said 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 as he states - And the court further certifies that it appears that George W. Call, Richard B. Dallam, and Benjamin O'Fallon who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the County of St. Louis and State of Missouri and known by the Court to be persons of respectability and that their        statement is entitled to full credit.
[Signatures] M P. Alden, Presiding Justice County Court St. Louis County
I Henry Chouteau Clerk of the Court, County the County of St. Louis do hereby testify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Zachariah Cross for a pension In Testimony whereof I have
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hereunto set my hand and my seal of office this eighth day of February in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty-three.
[Signature] Henry Chouteau, Clerk
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Zachariah Cross
Missouri

Adm. 1 years
$40

Hon. Wm. H. Ashley
Ho. of Rep.

Commissioner of Pensions.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
9th Dec. 1833 
Sir:
 The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The note and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace ( this: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compiling with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Zachariah Cross.

[Headings]
Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. | Rank of the claimant. | Name and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.

1777. | 9 mos. | Private | Cap. Hicks Col. Shelby.| 72 years. Sullivan County No. Ca. | Traditionary

1779 2 mos. | [blank] | Cap. Maxwell Cap. Wallace | [blank] | [blank]1782 1 mos. | Cap. Hubbard Col. Anderson | [blank] | [blank] | 

I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [musicians] or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. State, Territory, or District of }
County of  } ss.
On this     day of     personally appeared (a) before    A. B. a resident (b) of    
in the county of     and State, Territory or District of    aged (c)     years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)    , with
and      served in the     (e) regiment of the
     line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. [hand pointing right] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.   A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.  I     of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of    for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of     & c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the    and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with    , 
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said 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 certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,    Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of     
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this   day of    & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known in the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected . All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his Case. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 1. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services 6. {To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? {To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what Office has become of it? 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed vey important in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which the low the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should not do so, he must answers of conforming to the rule. [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of he Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of 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. 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 -----; and for such service I claim a pension." It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served and the particular 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served with a embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who 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.
[hand pointed right] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is note [j] applies to continental troops only. [k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. [l]  If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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State of Illinois
White County Commissioner's Court
March term 1845
On this third day of March 1845. before the County Commissioner's Court for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Robert F. Cross a resident of said County of White, and being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain for the Children of Easter Cross. the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 7 July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows &c. That he is the son of Zachariah and Easter Cross. that his Father was a pensioner of the United States on the Roll of the Missouri agency at the rate of Forty dollars per annum and that he died on the 27th day of February 1838 in Wayne County State of Illinois and that Easter Cross his Mother lived a Widow untill the 21st day of December 1841 at which time he departed this life leaving at the time of her death the following Children (to wit) Rachel McDonald - William Cross - ay Funkhouser - Edney Reeves, James Cross, Oliver Cross, Robert F. Cross - that William Cross resides in the State of Alabama, Oliver (if living) in Missouri Territory, the others in the state of  Illinois he further states that he has reason to believe that his parents were lawfully married together in Logan County Kentucky in the year 1792.  [Signature] R't. Cross
Sworn to in Open Court on the day and year above written
Before me Jas. Ratcliff clk
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State of Illinois White County SS
This day James Cross a credible witness appeared before the Commissioner's Court for the County aforesaid and being duly sworn says that he corroborates his Brother's statements throughout, contained in the foregoing declaration. [Signature] James  Cross
Sworn to and subscribed this 3rd day of March 1845 Before me. [Signature] Ja's. Ratcliff clk

William S. Hay who is known to the Court to be a credible witness being duly sworn deposes and says that he was in the State of Kentucky last September that he had been requested by his Father to call at the Clerks office for the County of Logan and assertain whether the records of his office afforded evidence of the marriage of Zachariah Cross with Easter Johnson, which took place in the year 1792 - that he did so and an examination was made and that no records of marriages was found of an earlier date than 1805. [Signature] Wm. S. Hay
Sworn to and subscribed this 3rd day of March 1845 Before me
[Signature] Jas. Ratcliff clk

Note - The affidavit of Wm. S. Hay is to show that proper efforts have been made to obtain record evidence of the marriage - I had previously written to the clerk of Logan County Ky; and received no answer. [Signature] Daniel Hay
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November 6, 1931
BA-J/MCS ow

Mr. J. Andrew Smith
603 North Iola Avenue
Pueblo, Colorado

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of October 30, 1931, requesting information in regard to Zachariah Cross, a soldier of the Revolution, and Young Funkhouser, a soldier of the Mexican War.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the pension claim, R. 2519, based upon the military service of Zachariah Cross in the Revolution. He was born March 25, 1761, in Baltimore County, Maryland.
While living in Sullivan County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served as private with the North Carolina troops as follows: from March 25, 1777, nine months in Captain William Hicks' Company under Colonel Isaac Shelby and was in a skirmish with the Indians on the Clinch River; from September, 1779, two months in Captain Maxwell's Company under Colonel Isaac Shelby from September, 1781.
until December 24, 1781, in Captain Thomas Wallace's Company under Colonel Isaac Shelby and was in an attack on a British fort; from
October, 1782, until late in November, 1782, in Captain Hubbard's Company under Colonels Anderson and Sevier and was in a skirmish
with the Cherokee Indians.
He married about August 15, 1792, in Logan County, Kentucky, Easter Johnston.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 8, 1833, while living in Saint Louis County, Missouri. He died February 27, 1838, in Wayne County, Illinois.
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His widow, Easter, died December 21, 1841, leaving the following children Rachel McDonald", Mary Funkhouser, Edney Reeves, William, James Oliver V., and Robert F. who was living in White County, Illinois in 1846.
Your letter has been forwarded to the proper division for reply in regard to Young Funkhouser, a soldier of the Mexican War.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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11798
Esther Cross dec'd
widow of Zachariah Pvt. of N. C. 1845
Act July 1838
Cross
Rejected
husb. died 1838
widow died 1841
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State of Illinois}
White County} SS.
I James Ratcliff Clerk of the County Commissioners Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before said Court. That Easter Cross. Widow of Zachariah Cross departed this life on the 21st day of December 1841 and left at the time of her death the following Children (that is) Rachel McDonald, William Cross, Mary Funkhouser, Edney Reeves, James Cross, Oliver V. Cross, and Robert F. Cross
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said Court - done t Court in the County aforesaid this 3rd day of March A. D. 1845
[Signature] Jas. Ratcliff clk
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Letters to administrator
Robert F. Cross
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State of Illinois}
County of Wayne} Set. The people of the State of Illinois to all to whom their presents may come greetings. Know ye that whereas Easter Cross late of the County of Wayne and State of Illinois died, intestate as it is said on or about the 21st day of December 1841 having at the time of her death personal property in this state which ay be lost destroyed or diminished in value if speedy care be not taken of the same to the end therefore that said property may be collected an preserved for those who shall appear to have a legal right or interest therein we do hereby appoint Robert F. Cross of the County and State aforesaid administrator of all and singular the goods and chattel rights and credits which were of the said Easter Cross at the time of her decease with full power and authority to collect & secure, the said property and debts wherever the same may be found in this state and in general to do and preform all other acts which now are or may be required of him by law.
Witness John Brown Probate Justice of the Peace in and for said County at his office in Fairfield this 24th day of October 1844
[Signature[ John Brown P.J.S.
[seal]
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Cross, case J. Johnston affidavit
proof of marriage
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State of Illinois White  County SS.
Be it known that on the 1st day of June12844 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared John Johnston who I certify to be a credible witness and being duly sworn according to law  doth on his oath testify - that in his youthful days he had a sister whose name was Easter Johnston that she was married to Zachariah Cross, on or about the 15th day of August 1792 in Logan County, State of Kentucky. That he was present and saw them married by a clergyman named Grammar. [Signature] John Johnston
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written Before me
[Signature] Jehiel H. Reeves JP

State of Illinois}
White County} SS.
I James Ratcliff Clerk of the County Commissioner's Court in and for said County, do hereby certify that Jehiel H. Reeves before who the above affidavit purports to have made was on of the day of the date thereof and now is an acting Justice of the peace in and for Said County duly commissioned and Sworn into Office, and that as such full faith and credit are and of right ought to be given to all his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my and and affixed the seal of said Court at Carmi this 12th day of March A. D. 1845
[Signature] Ja's. Ratcliff clk [seal]
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No 11798
Esther Cross dec'd Ill.
Rejected
see let to Dan'l Hay
Let R. S.
2519
Act 7 July 1838
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March 7,1896
Soldier pensioned to Mr. L. P. Funkhouser
Omaha, Neb.
March 21/96 Date of birth A. L. Funkhouser, Omaha. Neb. N.E.L.
1926 Apr. 13 Hist. to Miss E. H. Withey aw
1926 -Aug. 12- Hist. to Hon. N.J. Harris -
1930 - June 20 J.Recktors  MMF
Data to Cens. Br. awf
1931 Nov. 6 hist. to Ur J. Andrew Smith, U.C.S.
2519
Esther Cross - Children of Zachariah
Enlisted:
Discharged:
REJECTED
Application filed:
The printed list of 1852 gives cause of rejection as: "Not a widow at the date of the act - died before Aug. 23,1842.
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized.
Contre
Cert. of Dis. 
Searched for
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WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE - OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON
JAN 13 1929
MEMORANDUM TO:
[ ] Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Washington D.C.
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[ ] Commandant U.S. Coast Guard, Treasury Building, Washington, D.C.
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[ ] The Surgeon General, Washington, D. C.

In order that headstones properly inscribed may be furnished, it is requested that the "Service" of the decedents named on the enclosed applications be verified and returned a soon as practicable to this office.
The regulations provide that the name of the State from which the decedents came be inscribed on the headstones. It is requested that this information be given and that any corrections be made in red ink on the form.
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[X] The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C. 
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[ ] The General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C. 
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In order that headstones properly inscribed may be furnished for the graves of the decedents named on the enclosed applications, it is requested that you furnish this office the correct spelling of the names and complete designation of the organizations.

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This came from Cen. Br. with application for Headstone & application for membership in D.A.R. for Mrs. Mary Vaught - Endicott of Kellogg-Idaho-Both-returned with-letter-also see letter to Cen. Br. with rl certif. was returned -
awF  June 21-30
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FRANCIS E. WARNEN WYO CHAIRMAN
REED SMOOT, UTAH
LEE S. OVERMAN, N.C.
WESLEY L. JONES, WASH. 
WILLIAM J. HARRIS, GA.
CHARLES CURTIS KANS.
CARTER GLASS, VA.
FREDERICK HALE, ME.
ANDRIEUS A. JONES, NEW MEX.
SELDEN . SPENCER, MO.
KENNETH D. Mc KELLAR, TENN.
LAWRENCE C. PHIPPS, COLO. 
EDWIN S. BROUSSARD, LA.
WILLIAM S. MC KINLEY. ILL.
THOMAS F. BAYARD, DEL.
IRVINE L. LENROOT, WIS.
M. M. NEELY, W. VA.
HENRY W. KEYES, N.H.
KENNEDY F. REA, CLERK

United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

August 9, 1926.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:

I am informed that Reese Porter, who served in
the Revolutionary War, was a pensioner and when his application was made the person who attended to this detached a page from his family bible with the information desired. His ancestors are anxious to ascertain if the page referred to was sent to the Bureau, and I would
thank you to advise me. 
Also please give me the pension record of Joseph Cross and Zachariah Cross. They both fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain,
Sincerely yours,
Wm J. Harris
[stamp U.S. PENSION OFFICE E AUG 11 1926]
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Springfield, Illinois
February 27, 1926.

Pension Department,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:

Will you be good enough to give me the
record of services of Zacharia [Zachariah] Cross in the War of the Revolution? He died in White County, Illinois and his widow Esther, applied for a pension. I will appreciate very much your interest in this matter.
Very truly yours,
Edith H. Withey [Signature]
(Miss) Edith H. Withey,
220 S. State St.
Springfield, Illinois.

[stamp- U.S. PENSION OFFICE L MAR 1 1926]
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Burnt Prairie Ills. Feby 10th 1854
Hon-Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C

Sir The undersigned a son of Zachariah
Cross a Revolutionary Pensioner on the Missouri Roll & who died in this State in Feby
1838- begs leave to represent that he has
lately Rec'd communications one from an
Attorney in Washington City & one in the
West Stating that there was yet something
Due my Father & propose collecting it for one half for the benefit of his heirs. I think it unreasonable to give half to get one's just claims presented and if not just we don't want it. I solicit therefore Sir your attention
in our case and if any thing is coming that
you will write & let me know. It was thought that my mother Esther Cross was entitled to something under an Act for the benefit of widows of Revolutionary Soldier but the Commissioner thought otherwise when we presented the claim in 1845 I have only to ask sir that you will Examine our case and do us justice.
Respectfully
Yours
R't Cross [Signature]
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Carmi Illinois 21st March 1845
Sir
I have send you the claim of the Children of Easter [Esther] Cross for a pension said Easter [Esther] was a Widow on the 7th July 1838 and as such was (I presume) entitled to the benefit of that act. Should the claim be allowed you will please make it payable to Robert  F. Cross her administrator. I am Respectfully your obt. srvt.
[Signature] Daniel Hay

James L. Edwards  Esq.
Commissioner of Pension
Washington City
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Pension Office
March 20 1854

Sir
In reply to your communication of the 10th ult. you are informed that the agents who have addressed you alledging that there now exists a pension due to you father, which they could obtain are not aware of the facts in the case. Your father, served 12 months service in the militia of North Carolina as a private and for which he received the highest rate of pension which can be awarded for that amount of service. Your mother had no claim at her death - for the reason that no widow was entitled to a pension under the Act of July 7, 1838, the act under which she applied unless she was alive on the 16th of  August 1892, prior to which date no widow was entitled under the said Act of July 7. 1838, unless she was a widow on the 7th June 1832 There are no arrears of pension due and it would not benefit you
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if the witness was committed to an age.

March 2/34


R. S. Cross, Esq.
Burnt Prairie
White Co. 
Illinois
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W apl 25.
- Cross
Jno.. 7 NC,
22766


Carmi Ill
10th Apl. 

James L. Edwards, Esq.
Com. Pen
Washington City
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Carmi Ill
Pension Agents Office
9 April 1838

Sir
I have just been applyed to for information in a certain case - and I conclude to refer the matter to you -- A Mr. Cross a Pensioner who resided in this State - (belonging to the Missouri Agency) - has lately deceased - his Widow resides in Kentucky and has been insane for 8 or 10 - what steps will be taken to draw the ballance due up to the day of death - any information you may give in this matter will be thankfully received by the family of the deceased.
I am very Respectfully your ob't. Srv.t.
Daniel Hay [Signature]

James L. Edwards Esq.
Com. Pen.
Washington City
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State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid do certify that the name of Zachariah Cross does no appear on the muster rolls of the continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, or any other document in this office affording evidence of service in said line.
Given under my hand this 14th day of December 1833.
W. Hill [Signature]

Th officers under whom he says he served were militia officers.  [Signature] W. Hill
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Zachariah Cross, Missouri Roll - act 7 June 1832.
Be please to say to what time he was last paid.
p of the 4 Sep. 1836 JH
Pension Office Ap.l 25. 1838
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Pension Office
May 31 1845

I have to inform you that previous to the passage of the act of the 23rd August 1842, no widow was entitled to a pension under the act of 7 July 1832, whose husband was living on the 7th June 1832. In the case of Esther Cross dec'd. widow of Zachariah Cross it appears from the declaration that her husband died in 1838 and that her own death took place in 1841. There was therefore, nothing due her at the time of her death under any of the pension laws. And as children, as such, have no claim in their own rights therefore nothing whatever is due to her heirs. The papers are filed with rejected Claim under the act of July 1838

Daniel Hay Esq.
Carmi
Ill
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section

MHF/HMM

January 21, 1930.

The Quarter Master General
Cemeterial Branch
War Department
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir:

From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 2519, it appears that Zachariah Cross was born March 25, 1761 in Baltimore County, Maryland. 
While living in Sullivan County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served as private with the North Carolina troops as follows: 
From March 25, 1777, nine months in Captain William Hicks' Company under Colonel Isaac Shelby and was in a skirmish with the Indians on the Clinch River.
From September, 1779, two months in Captain Maxwell's Company under Colonel Isaac Shelby.
From September, 1781 until December 24, 1781, in Captain Thomas Wallace's Company under Colonel Isaac Shelby and was in an attack on a British fort.
From October, 1782, until late in November, 1782, in Captain Hubbard's Company under Colonels Anderson and Sevier and was in a skirmish with the Cherokee Indians.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 8, 1833, while living in Saint Louis County, Missouri. He died February 27, 1838, in Wayne County, Illinois.
Herewith are returned the application for headstone and the application for membership to the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Mrs. Mary Vaught Endicott of Kellogg, Idaho.
Very truly yours,

EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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August 12, 1936

Honorable William J. Harris
United States Senate

My dear Senator:
in response to your letter of the 9th instant, I
have the honor to advise you that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his services. A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Reese Porter. With the information given this Bureau has been unable to identify the Joseph Cross, subject of your request,
as that name appears several times on the Revolutionary War records. The following data will aid materially in a proper search of said records for the Joseph Cross whose history you desire: approximate dates of birth and death,
places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
You are herewith furnished the history of the only soldier named Zachariah Cross found on said records.

From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim
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R. 2519it appears that Zachariah Cross was born March 25, 1761 in Baltimore County, Maryland.
While living in Sullivan County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served as a private in the North Carolina
Troops as  ollows:
From March 25, 1777, for nine months in Captain William Hick's Company under Colonel Isaac Shelby and was in a skirmish with Indians on the Clinch River.
From September 1779, for two months in Captain Maxwell's Company under Colonel Isaac Shelby.
From September 1781, to December 24, 1781, in Captain Thomas Wallace's Company under Colonel Isaac Shelby and was in an attack on a British Fort.
From October 1782 until late in November 1783 in Captain Hubbard's Company under Colonels Anderson and Sevier and was in a skirmish with Cherokee Indians.
He married about August 15, 1798 in Logan County, Kentucky, Easter [Esther] Johnston.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 9, 1833 while living in Saint Louis County, Missouri. He died February 27, 1838 in Wayne County, Illinois.
His widow Easter died December 21, 1841 leaving the following children: Rachel McDonold, Mary Funkhouser, Edney
Reeves, William, James, Oliver V., and Robert F. Cross. Said Robert F. Cross while living in White County, Illinois applied in behalf of the heirs,
for any pension that may have been due his mother, who died without making application for pension, but the claim was not allowed as the children had no title to pension.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars
Section.

April 13, 1926.

Miss B. H. Withey,
220 S. State St.
Springfield, Ills.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 2819, it appears that Zachariah Cross was born March 25, 1761 in Baltimore, Md. While living in Sullivan County, North Carolina, he
enlisted and served as a private in the North Carolina Troops as follows:
From March 25, 1777, for nine months in Captain William Hick's Company, under Colonel Isaac Shelby and was in skirmish with Indians on the Clinch River.
From September 1779, for two months in Captain Maxwell's Company, under Colonel Isaac Shelby. 
From September 1781, to December 24, 1781, in Captain Thomas Wallace's Company, under Colonel Isaac Shelby and was in an attack on a British Fort.
From October 1782, until late in November 1782 in Captain Hubbard's Company, under Colonels Anderson and Sevier and was in a skirmish with Cherokee Indians.
He married in Logan County, Kentucky, about August 15, 1792, Easter [Esther] Johnston.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 2, 1833, while living in Saint Louis County, Mo.
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He died February 27, 1838, in Wayne County, Illinois, and she died December 21, 1841, leaving the following McDonald, Mary Funkhouser, Edney Reeves, William, James, Oliver V., and Robert F. Cross, and said Robert F. while living in White County, Illinois, applied in behalf of the heirs, for any pension that may have been
due his mother, who died without making application for pension, but the claim was not allowed as the children had no title to pension.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.