Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30620, for John Nix, Virginia
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(8-1776)
Service
Va
Nix, John
Number
S. 30620
Contents
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Kentucky
30411
John Nix
of Sand County in the state of Kentucky who was a private in the Infantry commanded by Captain Broom of the regiment commanded by Colonel Lamb in the VA line for six months form 1780.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky 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 February 1836 and sent to Honorable Sharod Williams H.R.
Arrears to the 4th of September 1836 $90
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 March 1836 $10
$100
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by William Allison Clerk
Book E2 Vol. 7 Page 36

Duplicated certificate issued 5 February 1840 and sent to Honorable John White House of Representatives
Letter to 3rd Auditor 11, September 1841
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6th April 1838 form 4 September 1837 to 4 September 1839. Agent notified 26 September 1840
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John Nix
admitted five months $20
Inform me of the result at Rockcastle County,
personally.
Elisha Smith
Hon. M Beaty
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State of Kentucky
Laurel Circuit Court

On this 4 day of March 1834 personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Joseph Eve Judge of the 15 Circuit John Nix a resident of said County State aforesaid ? aged being born on the 11 July 1756 who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in  addition to his  previously file in the county court of said county on 5th of November 1832 in order to obtain the benefit of the  beneficious made by the act of Congress of June 7 1832, that he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1776 for three years a private soldier, under Captain Brown in the line of the state of Virginia on Continental establishment in the regiment commanded by Colonel Lamb. He believes it was called the 4th Regiment. His Lieutenant was Rion Bowling His Major he has forgotten. He enlisted at Winchester in Virginia
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He was then marched to the North and he was in the Battle of Brandywine where his brother Francis who was first sergeant in the company was killed then he was marched to the White Plains & he was in the Battle there thence to (illegible) in Plan then back to VA thence in to North Carolina the to South Carolina & was at the Siege of 96 afterwards to the Eutaw where he was in the battle and after serving out his three years he was discharged at Bacons bridge South Carolina by Adjunct General Williams before he was discharged the regiment Colonel Lamb was  broke & Captain Brown's company was put under a Colonel Porter or Porterfield which he does not recollect was  ultimately who lived in the states as he now believes but North in what state he does
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not know. His discharge he has long since lost. He knows of no persons by whom he can prove his services. He kindly relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and has declares that his name is not on this pension roll of nay of any agency in a state. Sworn & subscribed to this 4 of March 1834.
John (X-his mark) Nix

He was born in New Jersey near Frank town the year he has given. He has a record of his age. Where he enlisted he lived in VA about 8 miles from Winchester since the Revolution he has lived in North Carolina, Rutherford County he now lives in Laurel County KY He enlisted as a Minute Soldier
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He remembers General Green and Agent Grant Williams he remembers General Ray Bingston as to his character he refers to Major John Freeman, David Weaver, William Haymen & Thomas Robertson, John Halesman, his neighbors.
John (X his mark) Nix

John Freeman aged  years living in Laurel county states upon oath that he has lived a neighbor to the aforesaid John Nix for about 14 years. From his good name of character he has no doubt his statement aforesaid is true. Many years ago he often heard him speak of his services in the Revolution Heard he had been a regular soldier for three years in the old war heard him say he had been in several battles It is believed in the neighborhood that he was a regular soldier in the old war & he concurs in that belief.
J. Freeman

[note: state of Freeman was "X" out on document]
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under his hand & seal this 4 of March 1834
John Freeman

We Thomas Robertson,  a clergyman residing in Laurel County & William Hasman in the same do hereby certify upon oath that we are well acquainted with John Nix who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be of the age he states and believe that he was a regular soldier and served in the Revolution as stated by him. Sworn and subscribed this 4 of March 1834.
Thomas Robertson
William M. Hasman

John Freemans deposition was erased not being in court to swear to it.
Lot Pitman clerk

Joseph Hide aged about 75 years & John Simpson aged about 76 years who being first sworn
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deposeth that they both for about fifteen years have  known John Nix, who sworn  & subscribed the above declaration. That  several years past they heard him say he had served three years as a regular soldier in the Revolution and spoke of being at the Eutaw Springs & other battles this took place before the pension law took place and they have no doubt his statement is true it is believed & generally reputed for years past by his neighbors that he served as a regular soldier in the  old war we concur in that opinion. He  is considered a man of truth & has a good character.
March 4, 1834
Joseph M. Hide (X-his mark)
John M. Simpson (X-his mark)
first
E. Smith
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
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was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to the court that Thomas Robertson who signed the presiding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Laurel aforesaid and William M. Hasman Joseph Hide and John Simpson who has also signed the foregoing certificates are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Lot Pitman clerk of the circuit court of Laurel do hereby certify that the  forgoing contains the original proceedings of the court in the matter of the application of John Nix for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 4 March 1834.
Lot Pitman Clerk
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John Nix
Kentucky

E. Smith [crossed out]
W. Brown Ken [crossed out]
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War Department Pension Office

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 tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be 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, showing the Service of John Nix

Period when the service was rendered
1776
Duration of the claimant's service
Years: 3
Months : 
Days:

Rank of the claimant
Private

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Captain Brown
Colonel Samuel, N.C. Line
Colonel Porterfield, VA state regiment

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service
77
VA

Proof by which the declaration is supported
Traditionary

Not on Roll, should prove his service as original in statement, Colonel Lamb belonged to the N. Carolina Line. It should be stated whether he enlisted to service in the N.C. Line and if so how he became attached to Colonel Porterfield regiment and at what time he joined his regiment and any other statement should be given that will shed light on the subject.
March 28, 1836

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:
The 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, 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 } S.S.

On this ___day of ___ personally appeared 9a) 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 act 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. 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 and 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 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 (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declarations; 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 is appears to them that A.B. 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 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 this claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. Avery full account of the services of each person
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3.

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 e 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; where 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.
G {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 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 service 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 very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to very particular in the inquiry 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 application 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 isa 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.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration is the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not 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 of soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. 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. If must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an 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 o 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 aper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.

[j] In 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 may administer the oath 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.
>The notes from [a] in [c] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] The 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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April 4, 1934
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BA-J/MCS
John Nix, S. 30620

Mrs. Earl Judson Fellows
1015 Grandview Street
Los Angeles
California

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 30620, based upon the Revolutionary War service of John Nix.

He was born July 11, 1756, in New Jersey. The name of his parents were not given.

While residing about eight miles from Winchester, Virginia, he enlisted in 1776 and served three years as private in Captain Brown's company in Colonels Lamb's and Porterfield's Virginia regiments: he was in the battle of the White Plains and the battle of Brandywine where his brother, Francis, who was first sergeant in the same company, was killed; he was also in the siege of Ninety-Six and the battle of Eutaw Springs.

After the Revolution he lived in Rutherford County, North Carolina, and Laurel County, Kentucky.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 4, 1834, at which time he was a resident of Laurel County, Kentucky.

The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family.

Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.

[handwritten on typed letter is the following:
Did not give town where soldier was born ours was illegible looked like Frank Town. Death not on Agency Book]
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Mabelle C. Nix married Earl J. Fellows my father Dr. E.M. Nix -married Marcia J. Tuttle
My Grandfather was John Nix born in Union Tennessee about 1814 he married Margaret Reynolds born in Richmond VA they were married  1834.
My Great Grand father's was William Nix who married Parmelia Barnes it has been said they were married in Christian County Kentucky February 23, 1808.
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30620
Revolution
Invalid
File No. 30620
John Nix
Private Revolutionary War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 298
[Arrangement of 1870]

1929  March 28 history to Mrs. S.R. Bakehouse
Pen Div. notified 75cents W.C.S. to be refunded
1934 April 4 History to Mrs. Earl Judson Fellows
1934 July 21 Mrs. Earl J. W.C.S. 
Fellows advised in her last payment of pension M.H.S.
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July 21, 1934.
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BA-J/MMHF/ady
John Nix 
S. 30620

Mrs. Earl Judson Fellows
1015 Grandview Street
Los Angeles, California

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your further request, through Mrs. Finch, which has been referred to this office for reply in regard to date of last payment of pension of John Nix, S.30620,20, whose record was furnished you April 6, 1934, and name and address of person paid.

In order to obtain the desired information, and possibly the date of soldier's death, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C. and cite all the following data:

"John Nix, Certificate No. 30411, issued February 18, 1836, rate $20.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency".

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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April 6, 1934
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BA-J/MHF:MLB

Mrs. Earl Judson Fellows
1015 Grandview Street
Los Angeles, California

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request through Mrs. E.M. Finch, this city, which has been referred to this office for reply in regard to soldiers with surname Nix who may have served in the Revolutionary War.  You state that your grandfather, john Nix, was born in Virginia or Tennessee, about 1814, and that your great-grandfather, William Nix, married February 23, 1806, in Christian County, Kentucky, Parmelia Barnes, and you desire to obtain information in regard to the Nix line.

The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched in the effort to aid you in your research.  The record of a John Nix has been found who served in the Virginia Troops and later lived in North Carolina and Kentucky.  No other Revolutionary War record of a Nix was found, who, it is shown lived in those three states.  It is hoped that this record will aid you.

Very truly yours,

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MCB/eel

March 28, 1929

Mrs. S.R. Bakehouse
Care Dr. G.A. Westfall
Harper, Kansas

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 30620, it appears that John Nix was born, July 11, 1766, near Franklin, New Jersey.

While residing near Winchester ["about 4 miles" is written on typed letter], Virginia, he enlisted in 1776, and served three years as a private in Captain Brown's Company, in colonels Lamb's and Porterfield's Virginia Regiments; he was in the battle of White Plains, and the battle of Brandywine where his brother, Francis, who was first sergeant in the same company, was killed; he was also in the Siege of Ninety Six and the battle of Eutaw Springs.

After the Revolution, he lived in Rutherford County, North Carolina, and Laurel County, Kentucky.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 4, 1834, at which time he was a resident of Laurel County, Kentucky.

There are no data on file relative to his family.

Respectfully,

E.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner

[Death not on  Q.B.-handwritten at bottom]
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Los Angeles, California
April 10, 1934

Mr. A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir:

Your letter of April 6th, 1934 was just received.

Please accept my sincere thanks for sending me the information regarding the record of John Nix who served in the Revolutionary War.

Again my thanks and appreciation I remain cordially
Mabelle Nix Fellows
Mrs. Earl Judson

1015 Grand View Street
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July 1934
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Mrs. Finch:

After filing Mr. Hellers letter this thought came to me what the expense would be to have a full copy of application for this John Nix pension and if the final claims at his death. To whom which his pension for Revolutionary services was last sent and where should you see Mr. Heller you might ask him, or you may give me this information.

I would like to have if this can be my John Nix.
M.C.F.
The pension claim, is S. 30620=John Nix as stated in Mr. Hellers letter.
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M.O. #135179-75cents

Finance Division
War Reference Desk
March 23, 1929
Record of Pensions

Harper, Kansas
March 20, 1929

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Pension U.S. War Office
March 23, 1929

Dear Sir:

Enclosed find money order for 75c for which kindly sent to me the data that may have been reported for Solomon Stansberry and John Nicks at the Census of 1840 Laurel County, Kentucky. As you stated you would in your letter of March 10th, and would you also send to me the name or names of some branch genealogist or research work that I might employ to obtain further information for me.

Very truly yours,
Mrs. S.R. Bakehouse
harper, Kansas

Address
c/o D.G.A. Westfall
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Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 16th, 1840.

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States" John Nix, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars [and cents crossed out] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of September 1837 to the 4th September 1839.

Respectfully yours
Albion K. Parris

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present
Comptroller
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J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions


February 4, 1840
Mr. Evans

Honorable John White
N.02
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State of Kentucky
County of Laurel Dist.

On this 13th day of January 1840 before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said county of Laurel personally appeared John Nix who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain James Brown in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Porterfield in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Kentucky that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the  Secretary of War which certificate on or about the 20th day of September 1838 at Sonders Laurel County Kentucky he lost the same.
John (X-his mark) Nix {Seal}
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid.
Benjamin Calking
J.P. L. C.

State of Kentucky
Laurel County } S.S.
Be it known that on the 13th day of January 1840 Thomas J. Freeman upon his oath stated that he well knew John Nix of Laurel County Kentucky who subscribed & swore to the foregoing affidavit to be the same person described in the above affidavit.
Sworn 7 subscribed to before me this day of January 1840 aforesaid. Thomas Freeman J.P.
Benjamin Calking J.P.
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State of Kentucky
Laurel County S.S.

I Benjamin Calking a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid do certify that Thomas Freeman who has deposed to the identity of John Nix as above is a person of veracity. 
Given under my hand at Sonders Laurel County, Kentucky this 13th day of January 1840.
Benjamin Calking J.P.

State of Kentucky
Laurel County Seat
I William H. Randall clerk of the court of Laurel County certify that is a magistrate before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this day of October 1839
William H. Randall
Clerk of the Court of Laurel County
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Loudon Ky.
June 25
25-

Honorable John White of Ky, H.R.
Washington City D.C.
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London Ky
January 22 1840

Honorable John White

Dear Sir

Enclosed I send you the application of John Nix for a duplicate certificate of a pension. I am satisfying the old man has finally lost his original certificate.

The old man is very needy and I have to request you to attend to his case he has drawn no money for some time be so good as to have a duplicate issued as soon as possible & forwarded to him. Or if the enclosed affidavit are not sufficient get from the War Department the necessary blanks & such & I will have them filled out.  There is no records in this county.

Your friend
B.H. Randall
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Rockcastle County, KY
October 24, 1835

Dear Sir,

I send you additional proof in the case of John Nix.  The first certificate I have either lost (if sent back) or it is in your department. I hope you will examine all the proof in connection with the additional letter enclosed which I finished myself will be satisfactory. Make known the result to the Honorable Sherman Williams ( Member of Congress for this district lately represented by W. Beaty on the meeting of Congress.

Elisha Smith
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W. Vernon Ky
October 4th

1.00 D.

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Office
Washington City

Free

Ky

John Nix 
KY
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No. 1

State of Kentucky
Whitley County Seat

Whereas John Nix of Laurel County Ky, has heretofore filed in the county Court of said county on the 5th November 1832 his reason for a pension under the act of the 7th of June 1832 likewise are additional one before the Laurel Circuit Court on the 4 day of March 1834 Now I Thomas Foley a Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that James Davis & Daniel Lewigg both of said county and Revolutionary Pensioners, and whom I certify to be credible witnesses appeared before me this day of September 1835 and after being sworn according to law, subscribed to in my presence the
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to the follow declaration upon oath to wit.

I James Rogers a citizen of Whitely County aged 72 have conversed with the aforesaid John Nix and having been a regular soldier in the Revolution and served the most of my time under General Green in the South and was in the Battles of the Eutaw Springs and Ninety Six (siege) and having conversed with John Nix about the particulars of those battles in which he told me he was I am satisfied and truly believe that he was there. He described the incidents of the Battles & the movements of the army so correctly and was known to me to be true that I think he must have been present. The  coordinate of officers on that day he spoke of which I knew to be true. I knew Colonel
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Porterfield, and Agent General Williams well that he speaks of.
James Rogers.

I Daniel Lewigg, a citizen of Whitley County & a regular soldier of the Revolutionary War and now a pensioner do state that I have conversed with the aforesaid John Nix and as I was in the following battles in which he says he was to wit, Gates defeat i was satisfied and sincerely believe that he must have been there. He described the movements of the army and the coordinates of officers of the day upon those occasions so correctly I could not doubt but what he waws there.   I was at the Valley Forge & White Plains the time he spoke of and I am convinced he must have
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been there from what he could tell me as to the movements of the army & the enemy. I knew Colonel Lamb, whose regiment was broke to my knowledge, and was permitted to return to N. Carolina to recruit and I was dispatched with him as a Murchison.

He lived near the seaboard in N. Carolina. I knew Porterfield and Agent General Williams well. I have no doubt from his conversation of those times he was a regular soldier.
Daniel Lewigg  

Kentucky: September 22, 1836
Whitley County Seat The foregoing was signed, subscribed sworn to before me this day & year aforesaid Given under my hand as Justice of the Peace aforesaid.
Thomas Foley J.P. W.C.

I Andrew Craig Clerk of the Whitley County Court, Kentucky
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do hereby certify that Thomas Foley who has subscribed his name as a Justice of the Peace to the affidavits of James Rogers and Daniel Lewigg, is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace for Whitley County Ky and that his certificate is in our form of law. Given under my hand as clerk aforesaid to which I have attached the seal of my office this 22 of September 1835.

Andrew Craig Clerk
of the Whitley County
Court KY