Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26445, for Nicholas Starnes, Virginia
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SERVICE NUMBER
Va. Starnes, Nicholas W. 26445
or
Starns, Rejected BL. 306817-55.
Barbary or Barbara
CONTENTS
This woman was really Barbara widow of John Hibbin or Hibben of the Ills Vols War 1812 
see Rej. B.L. 273759 (55) inside.
And the former widow of Nicholas Starnes
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State of Tennessee
Rhea County To any Minister of the Gospel or to any Justice of the Peace for said County Greeting -
You or any of you are hereby authorized to Celebrate the Rites of Matrimony between Nicholas Starnes and Barbary Winters and join them together as man and wife in the holy testate of Matrimony
Given under my hand at Office in Washington the 10th of October 1816
D. Rowlings Clerk
Rhea County Court
Endorsement - M. License - Nicholas Sterns & Barbory Winters Issued 10th Oct. 1816 
Justices Return - I joined together in the holy Estate of Matrimony Nicholass Starns & Barbary Winters on the 10th October 1816
J. Rice J.P.
State of Tennessee I Wm. H Bell Clerk of the
Rhea County County Court for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the above transcript is a true copy of the Marriage License of Nicholass Sterns and Barbory Winters with the endorsement and the Justices return who appears to have married them and that said License are and were acquired by the existing laws of the State as also the Justices return Thereon and in due form and to be found on file in my Office
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my Office at Office in Washington on the 20th day of July A.D. 1859
Wm. H. Bell Clerk
Mr. John L. Edwards Please remit fee in gold dollar ([illegible]) which is the fee and Oblige-
Wm. H. Bell Clerk
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Barbary Hibbins wid;
6657.
Arkansas Little Rock
Barbary Starnes,
widow of Nicholas,
Va Starns
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 27th day of July 1859.
and sent to
John L Edwards over
Present
read the statement of the back of this jacket,
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 30. Vol. 11
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It appears from a Declaration for Bounty Land, (Act '55, 13th ch 817) that the claimant supposed the fact that she had married a second time, & that by the death of second husband, the pension was, and [illegible] on Feby 3d 53, instead of Oct. 27 - '56, when last husband died. - She has been [illegible] See Pen. Agt. letter within. See also the application for bounty land [illegible], widow of John, & 306,817
Barbara Hibbin, form: wid: of Nicholas Starnes - May 10/60.
123205

1860 April 15 Pension agent
& 3d Auditor
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26,485
Alabama
Nicholas Starnes
of Jefferson Co in the State of NC
who was a Pr in the Company commanded by Captain Evans of the Regt. commanded by Col Campbell, in the Va line for
6c/6P $20.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18" day of July
and Sent to
34 M. H. Gillespie, Elizton &C
Arrears to the 4th of Mch '34 60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 10.00
$70.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. J. Prague, Clerk,
Book 6 Vol. 8 Page 51
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26,485
Alabama
Nicholas Starnes
of Jefferson Co in the State of NC
who was a Pr in the Company commanded by Captain Evans of the Regt. commanded by Col Campbell, in the Va line for
6c/6P $20.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18" day of July 
and Sent to
34 M. H. Gillespie, Elizton &C
Arrears to the 4th of Mch '34 60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 10.00
$70.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. J. Prague, Clerk,
Book 6 Vol. 8 Page 51
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State of Arkansas
County of Sebastian SS
On this the twenty fourth day of August A.D. 1851 personally appeared before The Circuit Court of said County of Sebastian in the state of Arkansas aforesaid in open Court, Barbory Starnes a resident of Scott County in the State aforesaid aged sixty six years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d day of February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Nicholas Starnes who was a private in Captain Evans Company in Colonel Campbells Regiment Virginia line and who served upwards of six months and that he was pensioned under the act of 7th of June 1832 in the state of Alabama at the rate of twenty dollars per annum. She further declares that she was married to the said Nicholas Starnes on the sixth day of October 1815 that her said husband died on the 22d day of May A.D. 1835, or about that day that she was not married to him prior to the 2d day of January 1800 but at the time above stated She further declares that she is now a widow and unmarried and that she knows of no record of her said marriage either public or private
Attest her
L. Gregg Barbary Starnes
C, C,Batson mark
I Felix J Batson Judge of the fourth judicial Circuit in the state of Arkansas of which the county of Sebastian Composes a part hereby Certify that the above and foregoing declaration was on the day and year above written duly sworn to and subscribed in open Court by said Barbor)
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and Caused the seal of said Court to be hereto affixed
F. J. Batson Judge
4th Judl. Ct Ark's
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Be it remembered that at a Circuit Court begun and held at the Court house in the County of Sebastian in the state of Arkansas on the third monday in February 1857 The following proceedings among others were had to wit
On this day appeared here in open Court Barbary Starnes a resident of Scott County in the state of Arkansas who on her oath then and there made and subscribed her declaration writing stating therein that she is the widow of Nicholas Starnes who was a private in Capt. Evans Company in Col. Campbells Regiment Virginia line and served upwards of six months and that he was pensioned under the act of 7th June 1832 in the state of Alabama at the rate of twenty dollars per annum and that she was married to said Starnes on the 6th. day of October 1815 that her said husband died on the 22d day of May A.D. 1835 That she was not married to him prior to the 2d day of Jany 1800 but at the time above stated and that she is now a widow which accompanied statement she makes for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress of 3d of February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war
State of Arkansas
County of Sebastian SS
I Charles C. Barton clerk of the Circuit Court of said said County of Sebastian do hereby Certify that the above and foregoing is a full true and complete transcript of the records of said Court in relation to the Declaration and statement of Barbary Starnes made in said Court, and I do further Certify that Hon Felix J. Batson whose name appears to the above and foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of making the same the duly Commissioned presiding Judge of the Court which is a Court of Record
In Testimony whereof I as such clerk have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at my office this the 24th day of August A.D. 1857.
C. C. Baston Clerk
State of Arkansas
County of Sebastian
Be it remembered that on this 24th day
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of August A.D. 1857 personally appeared before the undersigned an acting justice of the peace within and for said County Nancy Bradshaw who after being duly sworn according to law declares that she is personally well acquainted with Barbary Starnes who made the above declaration and she has been well acquainted with her over thirty years and [illegible] was not at the marriage of the said Barbary when she intermarried with the said Nicholas Starnes named in her said declaration but I Knew them to live and Cohabit together as man and wife for more than twelve years and that they were so living at the time of the death of the said Starnes and for more than twelve years I lived in the family of the said Nicholas Starnes & said Barbary and hence I well know that they always treated each other as man and wife and were so reputed by all persons who Knew them in the Country where they lived I know that the said Nicholas Starnes died about the time stated in said declaration (That is in May 1835) I did not see him die but I saw him shortly before said month of May & he was then I think about 80 years old perhaps 81 or 82 and in very frail health. soon thereafter I was advised that he was dead but I was some miles off and did not see him buried, but feel fully Confident and satisfied he did then die since that time I have been well acquainted with the said Barbary for the last eighteen years I have lived a near neighbor to her and Know of my own knowledge that she is now a widow and unmarried and that she is the identical person who is the widow of the said Nicholas Starnes late pensioner of the United States
Nancy Bradshaw x her mark
Attest
Lafayette Gregg
J. A. Eno
And at the same time and place above stated also appeared before me William M. Bradshaw who also being duly sworn according to law upon his oath declares and states as follows to wit, I am personally well acquainted with Barbary Starnes who made the foregoing declaration I have been well acquainted with her for thirty years I was not acquainted with her at the time of her said marriage with the said Nicholas Starnes named in her said declaration but I knew them to live together and Cohabit as man and wife for more than fifteen years and I know that the said Barbary and the said Starnes were living and cohabiting as man and wife and were reputed to be such by all who knew them for many years next before the death of the said Nicholas Starnes and up to the time of his death that I lived a near neighbor to the said Nicholas and his said wife Barbary for over 12 years before the death of the said Nicholas hence I well knew that they always treated each other as husband and wife and were so reputed. I had removed several miles distant from the resident of said Starnes shortly before his death
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and did not see him dead but I was soon after his death informed thereof and have no doubt the same was true, the last time I saw said Nicholas which was shortly before his said death that is to say shortly before the said 22d day of May 1835 he told me he was over 80 years of age which I have no doubt was true from the appearance of said Starnes he was then in a low state of health very frail and seemed to be rapidly declining in health, since the death of said Nicholas I have frequently been at the residence of said Barbary and for over sixteen years last past I have lived a neighbor to the said Barbary and have known her ever since the death of her said husband and I know of my own knowledge that she is now a widow and unmarried and that she is the identical person who is the widow of the said Nicholas Starnes now deceased late pensioner of the United States I am a resident of Sebastian County aforesaid and I know the above named Nancy Bradshaw to be a resident of Johnson County in said State and that she is the wife of my brother who has lately removed there
William M. Bradshaw.
State of Arkansas
County of Sebastian SS
I William D Puckett an acting justice of the peace within and for said County do hereby certify that the above and foregoing affidavit and statements of Nancy Bradshaw and William M Bradshaw were by them respectively before me duly sworn to and subscribed and I further Certify that the said Nancy Bradshaw and William M. Bradshaw are credible persons and Citizens of the Counties aforesaid, and that I have no interest in the above named Claim to a pension
Given under my hand as such justice the day and date first above written
William D. Puckett J.P.
State of Arkansas
County of Sebastian
I Charles A Burton Clerk of the Circuit Court and exofficio recorder within and for said County do hereby certify that William D. Puckett whose genuine signature appears to the above and foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of making the same an acting and duly Commissioned Justice of the peace within and for said County in the state aforesaid duly qualified to administer oaths &c
In testimony whereof I as such Clerk have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at my office this the 25th day of August A.D. 1857 C. C. Burton Clerk
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State of Alabama On this 13th day of May
Jefferson County SS in the year of Our Lord 1834
personally appeared in open court before me Samuel Chapman Judge of the seventh judicial circuit of said State, Nicholas Starnes, a resident of said County aged seventy eight years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration to obtain the benefit of an Act of Congress passed on the 7th of June 1832. That he was born on the 6th November 1756 in the County Creid in the state of Maryland & when one year old was taken by his parents, to the County of Fairfax in the state of Va where they remained until he was sixteen, when they removed to Craven District in the state of South Carolina where he lived, until the commencement of the Revolutionary War, when he again removed to that portion of the county now know as the County of Washington in the state of Va. after remaining there for some time, he did on the 15th of Septr 1775 volunteer under Col William Campbell in the service of the United States & was attached to Capt Crackens Company of mountaineers. at the time he was firs tcalld. out to serve in an expedition under Col Arthur Campbell against the tories who had assembled at one Coxe's new river - the object was to disperse them, but after marching fifty miles, information was read that the tories had abandoned their position there, we then returned home after an absence of two days. In the autumn of the same year he was again called into service, acting as sergeant in the same company & troop, commanded at this time by Col Wm Campbell,
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[illegible] for new river again, against the tories embodied at Coxes', in this expedition we crossed the Holston at Starney ford, marching to New River, then crossed, & met Col. Cleaveland's Troops, joining them we all marched down the river to Coxes' house, (which had been plundered) when we were informed that the tories had left three days previous; here the forces of Cols Campbell & Cleaveland separated, & commenced pursuit, Col. Campbell's came up with them at a place called the Big plane, the tories fled and we pursued about twelve miles, we then returned home, this expedition having lasted three weeks. In the latter end of Septr 1780 as well as he now remembers, he was again calld. into service against Col. Ferguson in the battle of Kings Mountain, in this expedition he acted as sergeant in the Company of Capt. Crabtree, having Col. William Campbell for their commander, they took up the line of march & crossed the Holston again at Starney ford, new river at the mulberry fields & the Catawba at a place the name of which is not now recollected. In this battle he had no Captain (Crabtree having left with about two hundred footmen in what was then called the rich valley,) he fought under the immediate command of Col. Campbell in [illegible]. After the battle of Kings Mountain the wounded were placed under his care, with three associates & they ordered to return home, this expedition lasted three months - In the autumn & winter of 80 & 81 - he volunteered & served as sergeant in Capt. [illegible]'s Company in an expedition against the Cherokee indians, in this expedition they marched about One Hundred miles crossed the Holston at Dawson's ford, thirty miles from which came up with Col. Seviere, we marched to the French road & down that to a little river called Tillico and after camping there a few days Capt Pruit's company marched to Highwasser, from there we rejoined Col Seviere at Tillico, & from thence we returned home. This expedition lasted five weeks & two days as well as he can now remember, in this expedition they killd. fourteen indians & burned sixteen Towns. From the 13th of Septr 1775 on to the
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A Statement showing the service of Nicholas Starnes
period when the service of rendered
13th Sept 1775
Octr "
Sep 1780
Dec & Jan 80 & 81
Duration of the claimants service
10 days
21 days
3 months, 37 days
Names & ranks of field officers under whom he served
Col A Campbell
" Wm Campbell
Col W Campbell " Seviere
Capt. Crabtree & Cap Pruit
age at present place of abode when he entered the service
seventy eight
Washington County Va
"
"
"
proof by which declaration is supported
Traditionary by 
by Jesse Ellis & Saml S Earle
"
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Interrogatories propounded by the Court to Nicholas Starnes, upon his application for a pension.
1st Where were you born?
Answered in the body of the application,
2nd Have you any record of your age, & if so where is it?
Ansr. I have none
3rd Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, & where do you live now?
Ans. I lived when going into service in what is now called Washington County in Va. since the revolution I have lived in different parts of Tennessee, until the year 1829 since which time I have lived in the County of Jefferson, Alabama
4th How were you calld. into service; where you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? if a substitute for whom?
5th State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the troops where you served, such continental & Malitia regiments, as you can recollect; & the general circumstances of your services.
Ansrd. in the body of the application as far memory serves
6th Did you ever receive a discharge for services if so by whom was it given?
Ansrd. in the application
7th State the names of the persons in your present neighborhood who can testify as to your character for truth & the belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution?
Ansd. by John Burford Capt Geo Green & Peter Crawford - Test Hugh Morrow Jr Clerk seal
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close of the revolutionary troubles, he always considered himself both & held himself ready to march at an hours warning in defense of the Country; inside serving this period his services were called for to act under Genl. St. Clair against the indians but owing to the active situation of his family at that time, he was compelled to him a substitute at one hundred Dollars, none of which has ever been returned to him at any time. After the close of the revolution he moved into the state of Tennessee in the valley of the same name, the County not remembered, in which state he lived until the 3rd of June 1829 when he removed to this County where he has ever since lived. He says that he cannot now remember to have ever read any discharge from service except from Capt. Pruit which has long since been lost. He has never had any commission during his service. He is personally known in his present neighborhood to John Burford, Capt. Geo Green & Peter Crawford. any or all of whom he thinks know well his character for truth & would testify to the same if reqd.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present; & he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any Agency in any state.
Sworn & subscribed to the day & his
year aforesaid Nicholas Starnes
mark
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. 
Saml. Chapman
I Hugh Morrow Clk of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County in the state aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nicholas Starnes for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal having no seal of office this 13th day of May 1834 H. Morrow Jr C Clerk seal
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We Jesse Ellis a clergyman residing in the County of Jefferson Alabama and Samuel S Earle of the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nicholas Starnes who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, & that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age, that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion. Jesse Ellis
Sworn & subscribed to the day & Saml. S. Earle
year aforesaid
H Morrow Jr Clk And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter & 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 said Court further certifies that Jesse Ellis who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Jefferson & that Samuel S Earle who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County & state & is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Saml. Chapman
I Hugh Morrow Clk of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nicholas Starnes for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal having no seal of office this 13th May 1834
H Morrow Jr Seal
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STATE OF ALABAMA.
JOHN GAYLE, GOVERNOR OF SAID STATE,
TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME.
Know Ye, That H Morrow junr was on the 13" day of May in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred & thirty four Clerk of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County - and that Samuel Chapman was at the same day & Year a Judge of the Circuit Courts of the State of Alabama presiding in the seventh Circuit, and that both said Clerk & Judge were duly Commissioned as such Judge & Clerk according to the Law & Constitution of the State of Alabama
THEREFORE, all due faith, credit, and authority are, and ought to be had and given. To these official Acts In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the State to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in Tuscaloosa, this 5th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four and of the Independence of the United States of American the fifty-eighth
BY THE GOVERNOR John Gayle
James J Thornton SECRETARY OF STATE.
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State of Arkansas
County of Scott SS
On this the 4th day of March AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Barbara Hibbin aged sixty seven years a resident of Scott County in the State of Arkansas who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of John Hibbin deceased who was a first sergeant in the Company Commanded by Captain Swin in the Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Commanded by Col Foggerson that he volunteered at the Saban Salt
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the forgoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the applicant to be credible person. That the claimant is the the [sic] person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
John C. Kuhn

State of Arkansas
County of Scott
We Walter Hodges and Samuel S. French upon our oaths declare that we are both present at the death of the above mentioned John Hibbin and that the statement above is correct and we knew the parties to claim as man & wife. Walter Hodges Samuel S. French
Sworn to and subscribed before me this they 4 day of March A.D. 1857
John C. Kuhn

State of Arkansas
County of Scott
I J.C. Gibson clerk of the Circuit Court, and the official clerk of the County Court, in and for the County of Scott aforesaid, do hereby certify that John C. Kuhn, whose [illegible] signature appears to the above and foregoing affidavits, is and was at the time of signing the same, a justice of the peace within and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Office in Waldron this March the 21st A.D. 1857.
J.C. Gibson clerk
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26,911
Nicholas Starnes
Alabama
from 1775 pri
6 months
Returned [illegible]
$20.

M.H. Gillespie
Elyton
Jefferson Co
Alabama
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War Department, Pension office, 25th Oct 1822
For: 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 notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show 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, (thus:}). You will, when you return your papers to this department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the service of Nicholas Starnes

Period [illegible] the service was performed.
13 Oct 1775
Duration of the claimant's service
5 years  3 months
Rank of the Claimant.
Serg.
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Col. Campbell
Cap. Crabtree
Cap. Evans
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
80 years
Washington County, Va.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.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 constructed 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 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, 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.
On this day of personally appeared (a) before 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 battlers, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. 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. Swore 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 person 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, who has 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 solider of the Revolution, and that we concur in opinion. Sworn and subs ribed 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 commision; 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, (I) 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 at 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 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 Country 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 live now?
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 as Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. To a Soldier. To an Officer. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? Did you ever receive a commision, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what 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.
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This is to certify, that the rites of Matrimony were duly solemnized, between John Hibbin and Barbara Starnes, on the 26th Day of January A D 1847, Booth of lawful age, and residents of Conway County Ark.

Given under my hand Feb 12th 1847

Wm L Gamble, J. P.

Filed and recorded according to Law

E. Morrell. Clerk & Exofficio
Recorder

(Clerks Fees paid 50 cts)

State of Arkansas
County of Conway

I John R Bell Clerk of the Circuit Court and exofficio recorder for the County aforesaid - do hereby certify that the foregoing Instrument of writing is a true and [illegible] transcript of the records now on file in my office.

[illegible] Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this the 26th day of March A D 1857

J. R. Bell (Clerk & 
Recorder of Conway Count Ark)
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K

(Seal)
Office of
AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
in replying quote initials

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON
February 12, 1915.

The Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir:

In reply to your letter of the 6th instant you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, at Little Rock, Ark. the records of this office show last payment to have been made to Barbary Starnes, Widow, War Rev., certificate No. 6657, at $20.00 per annum to Sept. 4, 1859, to Joseph L. Dickson,
attorney.  Dropped by letter of Commissioner of Pensions filed June 7, 1860.

Neither the cause of dropping nor date of death are shown. 
Letter herewith returned.
Respectfully
[illegible signature]
Auditor

[STAMP]
U.S. Pension Office
Feb 13 1915
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November 28, 1930
Mrs. F.M. Jeffries 
2915 Clairmont Avenue
Birmingham, Alabama
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section W. 26445 Nicholas Starnes or Starns AWF:MLB
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the record of this bureau that Nicholas Starnes or Starns was born in Cecil County, Maryland, November 6, 1756. While living in Washington County, Virginia, he volunteered September 13, 1775 and served ten days in Captain Crabtree's company. In the autumn of 1775 he served three weeks in the same company, under Colonel William Campbell, as a sergeant. From September, 1780, he served three months as sergeant under Captain Crabtree and Colonel Campbell, and was engaged in the battle of Kings Mountain. In the autumn of 1780, and the winter of 1780 and 1781, he served five weeks and two days as sergeant in Captain Truit's company, was in an expedition against the Cherokees under Colonel Sevier, which burned sixteen Indian towns. He was allowed pension on his application executed May 13, 1834, while living in Jefferson County, Alabama. He married in Rhea County, Tennessee, October 6, 1816, Miss Barbara or Barbary Winters. They had children; a daughter, Nancy Bradshaw, is the only name stated. He died May 22, 1835. His widow, Barbara, married January 26, 1847, John Hibben or Hibbin, who died October 27, 1856 (W. 26445). The War of 1812 records of this bureau do not show that a claim for pension was ever made on account of the services of Benjamin (Bennett) Brake or Nicholas Starnes. Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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306.817
Barbara Hibben
Starnes
Declaration
for B Laud
Act 3 March 1855


filed by John S Edwards
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State of Arkansas
County of Sebastian

On this 21st day of March 1860 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within & for the county & state aforesaid Barbara Hibben aged about sixty seven years a resident of the county of Sebastian in the State of Arkansas, who being duly sworn according to law deposed and says that she is the widow of Nicholas Starnes who was a soldier of the revolutionary war & for whose services she is now a pensioner of the United States under the 2nd Section of the act of 3rd of Feby. 1853 at the rate of twenty dollars per annum. She further states that she was married to the said Nicholas Starnes on the 6 day of October 1815 & that he died on or about the 22nd May 1835 & that her maiden name was Barbara Winters. She further states that she was subsequently married to John Hibben on the 26th January 1847 & that he died in Scott County Arkansas on the 27 October 1856 that she has not married since and is now a widow. She further states that when she applied for a pension as the widow of Nicholas Starnes, she was not aware that it was necessary to state that she was subsequently married to John Hibben, that it was only necessary to prove her marriage to Nicholas Starnes, his death and at the time of the application that she was a widow, her error in this matter she only found out when she applied for Bounty Land. For proof of her marriage to Nicholas Starnes & his death she refers to her papers on file in the pension office upon which a pension was allowed her under the 2nd section of the Act of 3rd Feby. 1833 & for proof of her marriages.
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to John Hibben & his death she refers to her [illegible] application for Bounty Land as his widow under act 3d March 1855 No 273.739  Barbry Hibben x her mark

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3rd 1855, and she further declares that she has not received bounty land under this or any other act of Congress nor made any other application except the one as the widow of John Hibben as above states.
Barbry Hibben x her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me William Bunch at the County of Sebastian the day and date above written
Wm Bunch J.P.

State of Arkansas
County of Sebastian
On this 21 day of March AD 1860 personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the peace within and for the County of Sebastian State of Arkansas EJ Bradshaw and Nancy Bradshaw two respectable and credible witnesses to me well known as such and being duly sworn by me deposes and says that they are well acquainted with Barbara Hibben who signed the foregoing Declaration, that she signed and acknowledged the same in their presence, and that they know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that she is still a widow.
EJ Bradshaw   x his mark
Nancy Bradshaw  x her mark
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worn to and subscribed before me Wm Burch
an acting and duly commissioned Justice of the
peace at the County of Sebastian the day and date above written March 21st 1860
Wm Bunch

J. S.
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CLERK'S CERTIFICATE. - HERALD PRINT, FORT 
SMITH.

STATE OF ARKANSAS,}
COUNTY OF Sebastian}

whose signature appears to the foregoing instrument of writing

commissioned Justice of the Peace, within and for said []County

faith and credit, and that his signature is genuine, as I verily
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Barbary widow of
Nicholas Stearns
for Rev Pension
2d sec Act 3 Feby 1853
from L Gregg
Fayetteville Ark
Ark - sus - 1853

Filed by John S Edwards
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State of Arkansas
County of Sebastian
Be it remembered that on this the 23d day of February A.D. 1859 personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting and duly commissioned justice of the peace within and for the county aforesaid Elisha J. Rhoades a resident of Scott County who being duly sworn according to law on his oath deposeth and says "I am acquainted with Barbary Starnes the widow of Nicholas Starnes deceased and I have known her for 25 or 30 years.  I knew of my own knowledge that she and the said Nicholas Starnes lived and cohabited together as husband and wife and they were so recognized and reputed throughout the country where they lived from about the date between 1824 and 1826 up to about 1832 that during that time the said Nicholas and Barbary Starnes lived in McNaury County in the state of Tennessee and I then during said time lived in Henderson County in said state of Tennessee and I have relatives and friends living in the immediate neighborhood of the said Starnes and was there verry frequently during all of said time and I was frequently during all of said time at the house of the said Nicholas Starnes and Barbary Starnes and saw and knew them to be living together as man and wife.  For about eleven years last past I have lived a near neighbor to the said Barbary Starnes and I know of my own knowledge that she is the widow of the identical Nicholas Starnes who was pensined as shown in her declaration made out in Sebastian County aforesaid over one year
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ago.  I now live in Scott Co. near the line of the county of Sebastian and in a few miles of the said Barbary Starnes and I know that she is still a widow and unmarried.  I did not know the said Nicholas & Barbary when they were first married but my first acquaintance with them was at the county of McNary aforesaid at the time aforesaid.  I am not of kin to said claimant.
E.J. Rhoades

And at the same time and place also appeared William M. Bradshaw a resident of the county of Sebastian aforesaid who after being likewise duly sworn according to law deposes and swears as follows.
"I am personally well acquainted with Barbary Starnes who over one year ago int he said county made application for a pension as the widow of Nicholas Starnes deceased  I now reside in Sebastian County aforesaid and in about three miles of said Barbary Starnes and I have lived thus near her in said County for about eleven years and I know that she is now a widow and unmarried.  I have known her about thirty years  I first knew her and her husband Nicholas Starnes in the County of McNary in the state of Tennessee.  I lived in the immediate neighborhood with them and was often at their residence and knew them to cohabit together as husband and wife but I did not know them when they married.  I lived thus in a few miles of them for about six years  I then moved into in Henderson County about forty or fifty miles distant from
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where the said Nicholas Starnes and Barbary then lived but  I knew them to live at the same place for about eight or nine years after I removed  I had relatives living near them and I was frequently back there and often at the residence of said Nicholas and Barbary during said last 8 or 9 years  I first knew them at the place aforesaid about the year 1817 and was so well acquainted with them both up to about 1832 and I am not of Kin to either of them.
William M. Bradshaw   x his mark

I hereby certify that the above and foregoing depositions of Elisha .J Rhoades and William M. Bradshaw were respectively duly signed and sworn to by them respectively before me on the day and date first above written and I certify that they are both credible witnesses and that said Rhoads is a resident of Scott County and said Bradshaw is a resident of Sebastian County aforesaid
Given under my hand as such Justice.
Jos. W. Head  J.P.

State of Arkansas
County of Sebastian
I Charles C. Burton as Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for said County of Sebastian do hereby certify that Joseph W. Head whose name appears to the above and foregoing certificate is and was at the time of making the same an acting and duly commissioned Justice of the peace within and for said County duly authorized to administer oaths take depositions &c and that his said signature thereto is genuine and that I have no interest in said claim to a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at my office in said Couny on this 23d day of February A.D. 1859
C.C. Burton   Clerk.
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[illegible]
County of Sebastian
Be it remembered that on this the 12th day of March A.D. 1859 personally appeared before the undersigned an acting and duly commissioned Justice of the peace within and for said County Barbary Starnes who is a resident of Scott County in said state, who being duly sworn according to law deposes and swears as follows, that is to say
"I Barbary Starnes do swear that I am the identical Barbary Starnes who more than one year ago made application for a pension as the widow of Nicholas Starnes deceased (who served in Capt Evans Company in Col. Campbells Regiment Virginia line and who was pensioned under the act of 1832 at $20 per annum which claim was by me made out and sworn to on the 24th day of August A.D. 1857) and that (as I am of [illegible] and now remember) I omotted to state in that Declaration when I was married, by whom I was married and what my maiden name was before I was married to the said Nicholas Starnes  But I do now state that I was married to the said Nicholas Starnes on the 6th day of October A.D. 1815 in the County of Ray in the state of Tennessee by one Daniel Rice a Justice of the peace in said County and we resided in said County about 4 or 5 years and that my maiden name before my married with the said Nicholas Starnes was Barbary Winters  we removed from said County to Blunt County in Alabama where we resided about 5 or 6 years and then removed to the county of McNary in the state of Tennessee and I and the said Nicholas Starnes there lived and cohabited together as man and wife for more than ten years next before his
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his death and that he then lived at the time of his death but was in the County of Taledego in the State of Alabama on on business and there died on or about the 22d day of May 1835 as stated in my former declaration.  My age is about sixty seven years the 24th of August 1858
I do further state that I now reside in the County of Scott in the state of Arkansas adjoining said County of Sebastian and near the county line and that I appeared before the Justice of the peace in said County of Sebastian because I have a neighbor therein who is a Justice of the peace and before whom I can more easily appear than before any Justice or other competent officer of said County of Scott and because from the loss of eye sight and general decline of health I am unable to attend before any Court of Record in either of said counties and I also state that I am still a widow and unmarried
Barbary Starnes  x her mark
Attest
Wm. Bunch
L. Gregg

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and date first above written and I certify that I am personally well acquainted with the said Barbary Starnes  that I know her to live in the County of Scott in Arkansas near the county line of Sebastian County aforesaid and that from her extreme flesyness and debility of health she is unable to attend upon or at  a Court of Record in either of said Counties and that she is the person she represents herself to be and that she is about the age by her above stated  Given under my hand as such Justice of the peace
Wm. Bunch  J.P.
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[illegible]
County of Sebastian
Be it remembered that on this the 12th day of March A.D. 1859 personally appeared before the undersigned Justice of the peace within and for said County of Sebastian Nancy Bradshaw who being duly sworn says that she knew Nicholas Starnes and Barbary his wife in the state of Alabama from about 1820 or 21 up to 1824 or 1825 and that they lived and cohabited together during said time as man and wife  I then removed to the County of McNary in the state of Tennessee and then knew the said Nicholas Starnes and said Barbary there to live and cohabit as man and wife for about eleven years and the said Nicholas Starnes died in Taledego County (as I now think the co was called) in the state of Alabama on or about May 1835 and I further state that I know Barbary Starnes whose amended application for a pension is hereto attached to be the identical person who was then the wife and who is the widow of said Nicholas Starnes.  I know her now to be a widow, and that she is in feeble health and that he lives near here in Scott County.
Nancy Bradshaw x her mark
attest
L. Gregg 
Wm. Bunch

And at the same time & place also appeared Elisha J. Bradshaw who being likewise duly sworn according to law says he know that the said Barbry Starnes and Nicholas Starnes above named lived and cohabited together as man and wife for over 10 years in the county of McNary in the state of Tennessee  that i lived there and knew them well from between the years 1822 or 23 and 1834 or 5 and I knew the
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said Nicholas Starnes departed this life in the County of Taledego in Alabama bout the spring of the year 1835 or 1836 during the time I knew the said Nicholas Starnes and said Barbary to live together as man and wife I lived in McNary County in Tennessee.  I now live in Sebastian County Arkansas.
Elisha J Bradshaw   x his mark
Attest
L. Gregg
Wm. Bunch

State of Arkansas
County of Sebastian
I William Bunch an acting justice of the peace for said County of Sebastian do hereby certify that the above and foregoing depositions of Nancy Bradshaw and Elisha J. Bradshaw were by them respectively duly sworn to and subscribed before me on this 12th day of March 1859 and that the said Nancy and Elisha J. are both credible witnesses and citizens of Sebastian County in Arkansas.
Wm. Bunch J.P.
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State of Arkansas
County of Sebastian
I Charles C. Burton as Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for said county and ex officio recorder thereof do hereby certify that William Bunch whose signature appears to the above and foregoing certificates is and was at the time of making the same an acting and duly commissioned justice of the peace within and for said county duly authorized to administer oaths take depositions &c and that his signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I as such Clerk have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at my office this March the 23 A.D. 1859
C.C. Burton Clerk
[SEAL]

State of Arkansas
County of Washington
I John M. Wilson as Judge of the 4th Judicial Circuit within and for the state of Arkansas of which circuit the County of Sebastian composes a part and said County of Washington  also composes a part do hereby certify that Charles C. Burton who made the above and foregoing certificate is and was at the time of making the same the acting and duly qualified Clerk and ex officio recorder within and for said County of Sebastian and that his said certificate is in due form of law and under the seal of said Court.  In witness whereof I as such Judge have hereunto set my hand and in vocation of said Court set my private seal April 25th 1859.
John M. Wilson  [handwritten seal]
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State of Arkansas
County of Washington
I Presley R. Smith as Clerk of the Circuit Court and ex officio recorder with and for said County of Washington do hereby certify that the Hon. John M. Wilson who has made and signed the last above and foregoing certificate is and was at the time of making the same the duly commissioned and qulified judge and acting judge of the fourth judicial circuit in the State of Arkansas of which Circuit the Counties of Washington and Sebastian compose a part and that his said signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Circuit Court at my office in Fayetteville the 25th day of April A.D. 1859
PR Smith Clerk
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No. 6844  Ala  [32?]
Barbary widow of
Nicholas Starnes
for Revolutionary
Pension
Act 3 Feby 1853

filed by
John S Edwards
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State of Arkansas
county of Sebastian
Be it remembered that on this the 26th day of August A.D. 1857 personally appeared before the undersigned Justice of the Peace Elisha Jefferson Rhodes who being duly sworn according to law deposes and states as follows to wit, I am a Citizen of Scott County in Arkansas but I live near the town of Greenwood the seat of Justice in Sebastian County from I do to tax County seat of said County of Scott I am personally well acquainted with Barbary Starnes whose declaration for a pension under an act of Congress is hereto annexed, I have known her over thirty years I was well acquainted with said Nicholas Starnes in his life time I knew him about 8 or 10 years before his death I know that he and the said Barbary lived and Cohabitated together as man and wife up tot he time of his death which took place in the spring of the year of 1835 and that the said Nicolas Starnes and the said Barbary raised up children as husband and wife and that they were reputed to be such by all who knew them, I have been acquainted with the said Barbary ever since the death of the said Nicholas and I now live hear bye her and know that she is now a widow and unmarried and that she is the identical person who is the widow of the said Nicholas Starnes now deceased late pensioner of the United States
E. J. Rhoades

I William D Puckett do hereby Certify that the above and foregoing affidavit of Elisha J. Rhodes was by him duly signed and sworn to before me as such Justice on the day and date first above written and that said Rhodes is a Credible person and entitled to full faith as a witness William D. Puckett J.P.
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State of Virginia
County of Sebastian
I Charles C. Burton as Clerk of the Circuit Court and ex officio recorder within and for said County of Sebastian do hereby Certify that the William D Puckett whose genuine signature appears to the above and foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of making the same an acting and duly commissioned Justice of the Peace within and for said County and that full faith are due his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office this the 27th day of August A.D. 1857
C, C, Burton Clerk.
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Jno. S. Edwards Esq
Sept 22 '57
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Pension Office,
Sept. 22, 1857

Sir:
The application of Barbary Starnes
widow of Nicholas, of Arkansas, for pension under the
act of February 3, 1853, has been examined.
The claimant has not alleged or proved where
she was married nor the place of her husband's
residence at and before the time of his death.
It is somewhat remarkable that, in addition to this
omission, the three witnesses, all residents of Sebastian
County, Arkansas, should have had so long an
acquaintance with a pensioner home on the pension
roll of Alabama.
The claim is suspended.

Jno. S. Edwards, Esq.
Present.
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Thos. Edwards,
May 10.
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Pension Office,
May 10th 1860.

Sir:-
Upon the return of the Pension
certificate that had been issued erroneously
in the name of Barbary Starnes, widow of
Nicholas, a letter was addressed to the Pension
Agent at Little Rock, Ark
to ascertain whether any portion
of the sum apparently due her had been
paid to which he has replied "that Barbary
Starnes, widow of Nicholas was paid
by me, on the 17th Jany. 1860 $131.66 the
amount due her from the 3d Feby. 1853 to the
4th day of Sept 1859."
You are aware that in making application for this pension she suppressed the
fact that subsequent to the death of Nicholas
Starnes she had married a second time a
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man by the name of John Hibben, who
she avers in her declaration filed by
you for bounty land Act '55, No 306.817,
died on the 27th October 1856. She has consequently overdrawn largely what was really due her as her pension should have
commenced from the date of the last husband's
death instead of from Feby 3 1853, and the
the warrant for bounty land due her with above 
mentioned application will be withheld
until she refunds the amount which she
has over overdrawn.
It is proper to inform you that she had
made a previous application for County
land as the widow of John Hibben and No
273.759. You are requested, also, at your
leisure to furnish the name of the person
from whom you received the Declaration
made by Mrs Hebben, as required by the
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rules of the office.

John S. Edwards, Esqr
Present.
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[STAMP]
Pension Office
Apr 27 1860

Pension agency at
Little Rock Arks.
April 20th, 1860

Agent states the Amt.
& for what time
Barbary Starnes
was paid, in
reply to com's.
Letter.
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Pension Agency at
Little Rock, Arks.
April 20th, 1860.

To the Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,
In reply to your Letter of the 13th Instant, I state, that Barbary Starnes, widow of Nicholas, was paid by me, on the 17th January, 1860, $131.66 the amount due her from the 3rd february, 1853, to the 4th of September, 1859.
with high respect,
your obt. svt.
P.T. Crutchfield Agent
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Washington D.C.
July 26. 1859

Sir
In reply to your letter of the 11th Inst. requiring a certificate of the record of the marriage of Barbara & Nicholas Stearns I enclose the same & ask as speedy action upon the case as possible as it has been a long time pending.
Respectfully
John S Edwards

Geo C Whiting Esq
Comr of Pensions
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J.S. Edwards.
July 11
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Pension Office
July 11, 1859

Sir:
In the additional affidavit of Barbara Starnes, widow of Nicholas, of Ark. for a pension, she states that she was married to Nicholas Starnes in Rhea county in Tennessee, on the 6th of October 1815 by one Daniel Rice a Justice of the peace.
As marriages in Tennessee are matters of public record, I must ask for a certificate of the record in this case


Jno. S. Edwards, Esq.
Present.
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If Mr. Dodge, after the [illegible] he has made, is still in doubt as to the real character of the claim of Barbara Starns, he had better require of the agent such further testimony as will resolve the doubt.
[illegible]
July 11, 1859
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Grand Junction, Tenee.
June 3d, 1859

Dr Sir:
I have, with some difficulty, found the neighborhood in which Barbara Starnes resided, as well as persons who knew her and her husband.  They say he was a very old and feeble man the last they saw of him - that for a number of years before his death he spent the greater part of his time in Alabama, as he stated with a son who was in good circumstances - that he was a shuttle-maker and travelled about making sale of his wares - that he and his wife did not agree very well;  and quite a joke was made of an  expression of the old man that "she could make him happy if she would."  The men from whom I received this account could not remember Starnes' name, nor with certainty that he bore the reputation
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of a revolutionary soldier, but he was old enough, and he disappeared about the time mentioned as the date of Starnes' death.  There seems to be no doubt that they were married.  Nancy Bradshaw, one of the witnesses is Barbara's daughter. Lafayette Gregg, supposed to be the one who is prosecuting this claim, is the son of Nancy Gregg, an unmarried woman but no harm is know of him in Tennee, excepting that he was, as they say, of a "trifling stock."  I am satisfied that Barbara is the widow of the pensioner, Nicholas Starnes, yet if it should be thought that this fact is not sufficiently established, the claimant's agent can be required to produce a certified copy of the marriage record from the clerk of Rhea county, where she says she was married, in 1815.
The heat has been very oppressive all this week.  Crops are looking very well.  election prospects also.
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In the course of a week I hope to be able to announce the close of the case of Strange.
I will enclose you the papers in the case of Starnes and those in three bounty land cases in which Gregg had some agency.
I am, Very respectfully & Truly
Your ob't ser't
S.G. Dodge


Hon Geo C. Whiting
Commr. of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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Whitlock
48
58 H
Thos Hampstead
1 A.
To er Capt. Joins
Set on roll fax +
Peter Evans.

273. 759
Act Mar 3. '11
April 28. '57
Barbara Hibbins wid.
John Hibbins. Serg.
Capt. Joins. (Evans)
Col. Ferguson
26. Va.
A. June 17/57 Saider
War 1812
Shwd Auditors Office
June 11, 1817.
"John Hibbin" is not found on the rolls of Capt "Owen Evans" of Ill's Mil.
No evidence of Capt "Joins" Ill Vols on file in this office
Ch. Grome
Claimant. for Auditor
Waldron

See 2d. Appl. 13. dd. Act '55, No. 296,817 Barbara Hibbin former wid. of Hibbons Stairns decd. Rev. Legion - April 17/60 MHW.
See Revolutionary correspondence, Let. May 10/60 to Jno. L. Edwards Esq
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Aug 15 '98
Thos. M. Owen,
Carrollton
Ala
1915, Feb 6. Aud. Int. for date of last payment of widows pension. AW.
1915 - Feb. 15. History to Mrs. E. Wilkins
1921 Oct. 4 Hist to Hon. John McDuffie. AW
1922 May 19, Hist to Chas. W. Ayar
1924 Dec 5 - " " Beth J. Carpenter
1929 - Nov. 27, Hist to Mrs. Fitzhugh Hoyle, M.E.E.
1930 Nov. 28 Hist to Mrs. F. M. Jeffries. See letter in John Buford S. 15259 AWF.
1931 Sept 12 - Mrs. J. M. Jeffries advised to apply to C. Gen'l for date of last payment MLB.

 Revy 
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2, 6, 445
Barbary Starnes
Widow of
Nicholas Stranes
Priv. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3" 1853
Index:-Vol. I, Page 251
Arrangement of 1870.
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OFFICE AUDITOR INTERIOR DEPT.
FEB 8 1915
3-397.
(Old No. 3-399.)
Rev. War Section AW, Ex'r.
Survivor File No 26445 Department of the Interior
Barbary widow of BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Nicholas Starnes
Rev Washington, D. C., Feb. 6, 1915
OFFICE AUDITOR INTERIOR DEPT.
FEB 8 1915
SIR:
For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of
Barbary widow of Nicholas Starnes
pensioned under the Act of Feb. 3, 1853, rate $20 per an. by certificate No. 6657, issued July 27, 1859, to commence Feb. 3, 1853 Agency, Little Rock Arkansas.
showing date of last payment of widow's pension, if paid to date of her death please so state giving date of death and names of persons paid. If suspended please give date and cause.
Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT,
Treasury Department.

U. S. PENSION OFFICE N
FEB 13 1915
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M Huster, Okla-
Jan. 27th '15
War Dep't
Washington D.C.
If possible, will you give me information as to the records of two soldiers which fought in war of 1776 or 1812. The names are Starnes and Hibbin or Hibben's
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Barbary Starnes given name was George. My great grandmother was the wife of Stairnes, their Mother, and drew a pension from both. While drawing Hibbins pension her residence was Ark. Sebastian County will give her lawyer name: Ben T. Duval, probably his name may be on some record. My Great grand mothers given name was Barbara (plus W 26445. Nicholas Starnes Va. RW.) Our records were last in Civil War, any information you can give will be appreciated. 
Am anxious to be a D.A.R.-
(over)
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Thank you.
Mrs. Elmo Wilkins
McAlester - McKlester
Okla.
725 South 3rd St.

U S. PENSION OFFICE. O
FEB 1 1915
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Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Briefed by A 2/2/15
B. L. 273 759 - Ry. - 55
Claim No. John Hibbin
Certificate No.
Barbara Hibben,
Claimant Hippen, or Hibbin.
Soldier -
Service 1812
Additional service
No Rev War claim
No - claim, State records -, 191
No claim, combination records -, 191
REMARKS:
No. 1812 war O.W.N in claim as Barbara Hibben, Hippen, or Hitten; and in old Navy again,
H C Bell
Chief Division.
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SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
S. WALLACE DEMPSEY, N. Y., CHAIRMAN
WILLIAM W. CHALMERS, OHIO.
HENRY Z. OSBORNE, CALIF. CHARLES G. BOND, N. Y.
RICHARD P. FREEMAN, CONN. WYNNE F. CLOUSE, TENN.
HATHAR L. STRONG, PA. VINCENT M. BRENNAN, MICH.
AMOS H. DADCLIFFE, N. J. SAMUEL M. TAYLOR, ARK.
CALEB R. LAYTON, DEL. N. GARLAND DUPREE, LA.
CLEVELAND A. NEWTON, MO. JAMES W. OVERSTREET, GA.
ALBERT A. BLAKENEY, MD. JOSEPH J. MANSFIELD, TEX.
JAMES J. CONNOLLY, PA. JOHN MCDUFFIE, ALA.
OSCAR J. LARSON, MINN. JOHN H. KINDRED, N. Y.
M. A. MICHAELSON, ILL.
JOSEPH H. MCCARR, CLERK.

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, D. C.
COMMITTEE ON RIVERS AND HARBORS
September 28, 1921.

Commissioner,
Bureau of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly furnish me with a copy of the pension granted to Mr. Nicolas Starnes? He was a resident of Jefferson County., a private in the Virginia Militia. 
Reference Pension Roll Vol. 14, Senate Document 514, 23rd Congress, 1st Session, 1833-34.
Thanking you for your early attention to this matter, I am,
Yours very truly,
John McDuffie

U. S. PENSION OFFICE
JUL 1 1921
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Washington, D. C.,
May 4, 1922.

To The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Will you kindly advise me if the records of your office, show a Nicholas or Frederick Starnes, or Stearns, or an Owen Lee, as having served in the Revolutionary War? It is presumed that both the individuals named entered the service from North Carolina, but that may not be the case. If you have a record of either or both of them, will you please give me as full a statement as to their service as the records show? There is no record of them in the files of The Adjutant General's Office, hence my inquiry to you. Family tradition has it that both of them served during the Revolutionary War.
Sincerely yours,
Charles W. Ayars
CHARLES W. AYARS
Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army,
Munitions Building.

U. S. PENSION OFFICE. 
MAY 16 1922
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Valdosta, Georgia.
Nov. 17th 1924.

United States Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen.,
Will you kindly give me some information concerning one NICHOLAS STARNES who made application for pension on May 13th 1834, at which time he was 78 years of age and resided in Jefferson County, Alabama. I understand that his pension was allowed for six months actual service as a private in the Virginia troops during the Revolutionary War. See Alabama Pension Rolls, P 14 Nicholas Starnes, Va., Militia. S. R. H Reg.Sec.
I especially want the date of the year he was married and to whom, also any other information that you can give me concerning him.
Thanking you for any assistance you can give me, I am,
Very truly yours,
Mrs. Beth J Carpenter

U. S. PENSION OFFICE C
NOV 19 1924
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Pension Office
Sept 19, 1857
Sir:
Nicholas Starnes, Ala. act 1832, at $20. when did he die, and if arrears to whom paid?
Very respectfully
F F Cole
for Commr
R. J. Atkinson, Esq.
Third Audr

3d Auditor's Office
Sept. 21. 1837.
Sir:
Nicholas Stearns, Decature Ala. Act June 7, 1832, at $20. - p. a, appears to have been paid to Sept: 4, 1835.
Very Resp'y
R J Atkinson
Auditor In
Geo: C. Whiting
Commnr. of Pensions
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Lincolnton, N. C.
Oct. 8, 1929
Bureau of Pensions
Washington
D.C. 
U. S. PENISON OFFICE O
OCT 10 1929
Dear sirs:-
I am trying to trace up my ancestors to get into the D.A.R's - My ancestor [illegible] Col. Abner McFee - He first lived in S.C. then went to Arkansas and later to Tenn. And at one time lived in North Carolina - I wonder if you could find anything about him on your records -
I thought probably he applied for a pension along about 1830 or 1835 -
Also please send me what information you have
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2
of Nicholas Starnes history 
We found some information about him in a book called Kings Mountain Men - A book from the Congressional Library - My ancestor as far back as I can know was Jacob Starnes but we do not know his fathers name so thought it might be Nicholas.
Thanking you for your information, I am
very truly yours
Mrs. Fitzhugh Hoyle
Lincolnton
Box #103
N.C.
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Birmingham, Ala.
Aug. 25th, 1931.

U.S. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear sir,
I am trying to locate the grave of Nicholas Starnes, Revolutionary Soldier who died in Jefferson Co. Ala. I thought perhaps the Rev. Pension Rolls embodied in Senate Doc.#514, 23rd Congress 1833. would give the exact address where his last pension was sent and by whom acknowledged. I want to prove that George was the son with whom he was living in Ala.
Any assistance will be grately appreciated.
Yours very truly,
Gertrude W. Jeffries.
Mrs. F. M. Jeffries,
2915 Clairmont Ave.

RECEIVED AUG 27 1931
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3-1854
Rev. and 1812 UNITED STATES
Wars Section DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
MEE/HM BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON November 27, 1929.

Mrs. Fitzhugh Hoyle
Lincolnton, Box 103
North Carolina.

Dear Madam:
From the records of this Bureau it appears that Nicholas Starnes or Starns was born in Cecil County, Maryland, November 6, 1756, and while living in Washington County, Virginia, volunteered September 13, 1775 and served ten days in Captain Crabtree's Company. In the autumn of 1775 he served three weeks in the same company, under Colonel William Campbell, as a sergeant. From September 1780 he served three months as Sergeant under Captain Crabtree and Colonel Campbell, and was engaged in the battle of Kings Mountain. In the autumn of 1780 and the winter of 1780 and 1781, he served five weeks and two days as Sergeant in Captain Truit's Company, was in an expedition against the Cherokee under Colonel Sevier, which burned sixteen Indian towns.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 13, 1834, while living in Jefferson County, Alabama.
He married in Rhea County, Tennessee, October 6, 1816, Miss Barbara or Barbary Winters: they had children, a daughter Nancy Bradshaw is the only name stated.
He died May 22, 1836.
His widow, Barbara, married January 26, 1847, John Hibben, or Hibbin, and he died October 27, 1856. (W. 26445).
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to any Abner Mc Fee.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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May 19, 1922.

Mr. Charles W. Ayars,
Office of the Surgeon General, U.S.A.
Munitions Building, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
In response to your letter of the 4" instant, you are advised, the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to a Frederick Starnes under any spelling of that name.
From the records of the Bureau it appears that Nicholas Starnes, or Starns was born in Cecil Co. Md. November 6, 1758, and while living in Washington Co. Va. volunteered Sept. 13, 1775 and served ten days in Captain Crabtree's Co. In the autumn of 1775, he served three weeks in the same company, under Colonel William Campbell, as a sergeant. From Sept. 1780, he served three months as Sergeant, under Captain Crabtree and Colonel Campbell, and was engaged in the battle of Kings Mountain. In the autumn of 1780, and the winter of 1780 and 1781, he served five weeks and two days, as Sergeant, in Captain Truit's Company, under Colonel Sevier, which burned sixteen Indian Towns.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 13, 1834, while living in Jefferson Co. Alabama.
He married in Rhea Co. Tennessee, October 6, 1816, Miss Barbara, or Barbary Winters, they had children, daughter Nancy Bradshaw, is the only name stated. He died May 22, 1835. 
His widow Barbara married January 26, 1847, John Hibben, or Hibbin and he died October 27, 1856.  (W. 26445)

In this letter I did not mention widow's pension and bounty land claims as the soldier got pension, and the service and legality of marriage were not questioned. AW.
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October 4, 1921.
Honorable John McDuffie
House of Representatives.
In re: Nicholas Starnes - W. File 26445,
Va. Troops, War of the Revolution.

You are advised that from the records of the Bureau it appears that Nicholas Starnes, or Starns was born in Cecil Co. Md. November 6, 1758, and while living in Washington Co. Va. volunteered Sept. 13, 1775 and served ten days in Captain Crabtree's Co. In the autumn of 1775, he served three weeks in the same company, under Colonel William Campbell, as a sergeant. From Sept. 1780, he served three months as Sergeant, under Captain Crabtree and Colonel Campbell, and was engaged in the battle of Kings Mountain. In the autumn of 1780, and the winter of 1780 and 1781, he served five weeks and two days, as Sergeant, in Captain Truit's Company, under Colonel Sevier, which burned sixteen Indian Towns.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed May 13, 1834, while living in Jefferson County, Alabama. He died May 22, 1835.
He married in Rhea County, Tennessee, October 6, 1816, Miss Barbara, or Barbary Winters. They had children, a daughter Nancy Bradshaw, is the only name stated. (& add name of 2" husband & date of his mar. & death here)
Said Barbara was allowed pension as his widow on her application executed August 24, 1857, under the name of Barbary Starnes, she was then living in Scott County, Arkansas aged sixty-six years. Her name was dropped from the pension roll for the reason that when she applied for bounty land on March 20, 1860, on account of the Revolutionary War services of Nicholas Starnes, she stated that she had married John Hibben, or Hibbin, on January 26, 1847, that he died October 27, 1856, and that when she applied for the above noted pension, she was not aware that it was necessary to state that she had subsequently married. Her bounty land claim was not allowed.
She also applied for bounty land March 4, 1857, under the name of Barbara Hibbin and alleged that her husband John Hibbin had served as Sergeant in Captain 
(Nicholas Starnes-2-)
(Omit unless some special question is asked
see letter of May 19, 1922)
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Ivins' Company, Colonel Foggerson's Regiment of Illinois Volunteers in 1812. This bounty land claim was not allowed as there was no proof of service.
Very truly yours,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner

(Nicholas Starnes-3-)
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Washington September 12, 1931
Mrs. F. M. Jeffries BA-J/MLB
2915 Clairmont Avenue Nicholas Starnes or Starns
Birmingham, Alabama W. 26445

Dear Madam:
In reply to your letter of recent date, you are advised that in order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, and the name and address of the person to whom paid, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following data:
Nicholas Starnes or Starns, Certificate No. 26485, issued July 18, 1834, rate $20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Alabama Agency.
Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

See 3" Aud. Report
at back of this corres-
F
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Payment to be made at Little Rock
by
P. T. Crutchfield,
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Arkansas.
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 30 Vol. H.
G. T. Getty Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,
Barbary Starnes,
widow of Nicholas Starnes,
who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Twenty dollars per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior,
this twenty seventh day of July
one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine
J. Thompson
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and countersigned
Geo C Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions.

Amount due on this certificate from 3d February 1853, to 3d March 18-- increase for Pension Office continuation, $121.66 1/3/100.
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Barbary Starnes
Arkansas
2d Sec Act Feb 3d. 1853
Brief
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Brief in the case of Barbary Starnes, widow of Nicholas
Scott County and State of Arkansas
2d Sec act Feby 3d. 1853

Claim, ("original,"
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Claimant's husband was a pensioner on the Alabama roll under the act of 1832 at $20 per annum, and died in 1835 or 1836 - the date not quite certain - but the fact and approximate date clearly established.
Marriage - proved by public record - Oct 10. 1816-

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Widowhood and identity - the subject of a special investigation - and placed beyond doubt.

S. G. Dodge
Examining Clerk.
Name and residence of Agent
John S. Edwards
Present
July 26, 1859
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No 6844
Barbary Starnes
widow of Nicholas
Arkansas.
Let Jno S. Edwards Sept. 22, 1857
Same July 11, 1859

Act February 3d, 1853
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306,817 Act Mar 3/55
April 9/60
Barbara Hibben
former wid of
Nicholas Decd
Starnes
Private

Revolutionary War
Ad 53 - No 6657
Let. to Pen: Agt: April 13/60.-
See 273759
John Hibben decd, Susp
June 16/57
John. S. Edwards Eq
Present
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No. 273,759 Barbara Hibben, widow of John Hibben of Buford Co. upon service in war of 1812. Suspended for want of service Jan --/57. [illegible]
April 17th, 1860 [illegible]
See Revolutionary correspondence, Let. Jno. S. Edwards Eq
May 10/--
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Barbary Starnes
widow of
Nicholas Starnes
(pensioner)
Arkansas Scott Co
2d Sec Act Feb 3d. 1853 -
Married Oct 10, 1816
Admitted
At $20 per
Annum - the rate of husband's pension - under Act of 1832.
from date of Act

Atty
Jno S. Edwards
Present