Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,383, for Morris Richards, North Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.C.

Richards, Morris
or Maurice,
Sarah

NUMBER
W. 26,383
BLM. 24913-160-55

Born in NC
CONTENTS
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Certified to H M Waugh that had Certificate of pension was issued as Stated on the [?] - 12 June 1833

12.020

North Carolina
Morris Richards of Surry in the State of N. Car. who was a pri - in the - commanded by Captain - in the Regt commanded by Col: Lytle in the N. Car. line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 80 Dollars --- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of March 1833 and Sent to D W Courts, Huntsville, Nc-

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833                 160-
Semi-annl. allowance ending 4th Sept 1833 40-
                                                                     --------
                                                                     $200-

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 53 -
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Cir. P. C. Jurney Dec 8/55

99301  act March 3/55
                    April 26/55

Sarah Richards Widow of Morris Richards 

Pensioner 
N. C. Contl. line
Cer No. 3635
Rev. War

:160 Ac May 11/56
N Car   3635

No 24.913 of May 14/56
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Increase  No. 3635
Tennessee

Sarah Richards widow of Morris who served in the Revolutionary war as a Private

Knoxville agency.
Rate 96 Dollars 00 cents per annum.

Commencing July 27 - 1868
Deduct payments made since

Certificate dated Sept 1st 1869 and sent to Spencer Munson Knoxville Tenn

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 256 Vol. 26
July 27/68. [?]

1887 Aug [?] Agt reports died May 13. 1883 (living in Roane Co Ten of then 87 years old)
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Morris Richards
Surry County
N Carolina
2989

Admit for two years from 1779  parole 80.00 
Capt Finegood 
Col Lytle

XIII.
Int. 1.2.
Let. Nov 22 1832
D. W. Courts 
Huntsville
N. C. 
Page 82
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BRIEF in the case of Morris Richards of Surry County in the State of North Carolina
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court,

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3.  How old is he? Seventy one years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
6 column table
|Period. | Duration of Service. Years. | Duration of Service. Months. | Duration of Service. Days. | Rank. As a | Names of General and field Officers under whom he served. |

|early in 1779 | - | 9 | - | Priv | Col Archibald Lytle |
| 1780 | - | 3 | - | Priv | Col Archibald Lytle |
| 1780 | - | 3 | - | Priv | Tho Taylor |
| 1780 | - | 3 | - | Priv | Tho Taylor |
| 1780 | 0 | 10 | - | Priv | Capt. Finegood & Capt. Mahon. |
             | 2 | 4 | - |

5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of  --- near Savannah Gorge Battle of Guilford with Genl Green

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Orange County N. C.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? No. The discharge mentioned in the [?] or hearing, accompanied it, do not appear.

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Henry H. Sylarts  Examining Clerk.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

State of North Carolina
County of Surry

On this 14th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the court of Surry County now sitting Morris Richards a resident of said County & State aged 72 years next June who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated He entered in the early part of the year 1879 for the time of 9 months under Col. Archibald Lyttle and Left the service in the latter part of said year was in the battle of Stono if his recollection is correct as to the name of the battle as Savannah in Georgia when he entered the service he was a resident of Orange County NC he volunteered 

He next volunteered in Orange County NC
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under Capt Trousdel & Col Archibald Lyttle for the term of three months & marched to Charleston was in several skirmishes This was during the year 1780 During the same year and in the same County of Orange he volunteered for three months under Capt Hodge & Col Lamar Taylor marched to South Carolina was engaged frequently during this time against the British & Tories he has lost his discharge for that time

He next volunteered in Orange County NC for three months under Capt Gwin & Col Thos Taylor & fought under Genl Greene at the battle of Guilford 

He afterwards volunteered in Orange aforesaid for 12 months the of which he served part of the time under Capt Finegood & the balance under Capt Mahon for the remainder of the time he hired a substitute by the name of Wyatt He was slightly wounded by a British dragoon a few months before the battle of Guilford four of his discharge he herewith incloses

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity
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except the present & declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or (if any) only are that of the agency of the State of North Carolina
Maurice Richard

Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
John Wright CC
by FK Armstrong DC

One Jesse Briggs a Clergyman residing in the County of Surry NC and Jesse Howard residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Maurice Richards who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration That we believe him to be 71 years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Jesse Briggs
Jesse Howard

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
John Wright CC
by FK Armstrong DC

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named affiant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states & the court further certifies that it appears to them that Jesse Briggs who has signed the preceding certificate
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is a clergyman resident in the County of Surry as aforesaid and that Jesse Howard who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Surry aforesaid and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit
Thm G Maclin
J Whitaker
K. Harken offc

John Wright CC
by FK Armstrong DC

I john Wright clerk of the court of Surry County N Carolina do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the [strikethrough] said [strikethrough] matter of the application of Morris Richards for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my office this 14tth day of August 1832
John Wright Clk
by F K Armstrong DC

No 2,9.89
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State of North Carolina
Surry County}

This day personally appeared before me James Lovill one of the acting Justices for Surry County Sarah Richards & made oath in due form of law that she is the identical widow of Maurice Richards deceased who was a soldier of the Revolution army & who she certifies drew a pension of Eighty Dollars every year until the day of his death which she says took place the (29th day of Oct 1844) Twenty ninth day of October one Thousand Eight hundred & forty four and She furthermore Swares that she was married to the said Maurice Richards on the 923rd April 1834) Twenty third day of April one Thousand Eight hundred & thirty four. She makes this declaration in order to obtain a pention under an act passed the (3rd February 1853) Third February one thousand Eight hundred and fifty three entitled an act granting pensions to widows of soldiers of the revolution army married at any time whatsoever. That she is yet a widow
X her mark
Sarah Richards

Sworn to and subscribed before me the 20th June 1853
James Lovill LP
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State of North Carolina
Surry County

I certify That I was well acquainted with Maurice Richards and am with his wife Sarah & That They lived together as man & wife til the day of his death which took place of the day & date before mentioned & know That the foregoing declaration was made by the Identical widow of Maurice Richards the Soldier
James Lovill
This 20th June 1853

This is to certify that I am well acquainted with Maurice Richards & am with his wife Sarah & further that I am the man that solemnized the rites of matrimony between them: I further certify that the said Maurice Richards drew a pension for some years before his death also that he died about the time before mentioned & that his wife Sarah is yet a widow
J. Whitiker JP
20th June 1853
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State of North Carolina
Surry County}

This day personally appeared before me James Lovill one of the acting Justices for Surry County Charlotte Spainhour and made oath in due form of law That she was well acquainted with Maurice Richards and am with his wife Sarah That they lived together as man & wife till the day of his death which took place 29th Oct 1844) Twenty ninth day of October one thousand Eight hundred & forty four & know that the foregoing declaration was made by the Identical widow of Maurice Richards the Soldier
Charlotte Spainhour

Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 14th day July 1853 
Wit
James Lovill JP

State of North Carolina
Surry County} 

I John A Dobson Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions on and for said County of Surry do hereby certify that James Lovell whose genuine signature appeared to the foregoing certificates and affidavits was at the date thereof duly commissioned and qualified and an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and authorized to take acknowledge and affidavits for such purposes
On Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court at office this 9th day of August 1853
JA Dobson clk
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State of North Carolina
Surry County}

Know all men by these presents that two Morris Richards & Wm D Somers in the State aforesaid are held and firmly bound unto the Governors of the State of North Carolina for the time being in the just and full sum of five hundred pounds, current money of the State to be paid to the said Governor or his successors or assigns to the which payment well and truly to be made and done. We bind ourselves and heirs Executors and Administrators. Sealed with our seals and dated this 17th da of April Anno Domino 1834.

The conditions of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bound as Morris Richards hath made application for a license for a marriage to be celebrated between him and Sally Dezern of the County aforesaid 

Now in case it shall not appear hereafter that there is any lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then the above obligation to be void otherwise to remain in full force and virtue
Morris Richards (hand drawn seal)
Wm D Somers (hand drawn seal)

State of North Carolina
Surry County}

I Francis K Armstrong Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions in and for said County of Surry, do hereby certify that the foregoing transcript is a true copy in word and figure of the marriage License bond of Morris Richards and Sally Dezern on file in my office,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at office the 20th day of June AD 1853
FK. Armstrong Clk
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Act 3rd March 1855
Sarah Richards
Widow of Morris Richards
Bounty land
99301
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State of North Carolina
County of Stokes}

On this 11th day of April one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County & State aforesaid Sarah Richards aged fifty nine years a resident of Stokes County in the State of N. Carolina She being duly Sworn according to law declares That she is the widow of Morris Richards deceased who was a soldier in The Revolutionary war declared by the United States on the 4th day of July 1776. That her said husband was in the Battle of Guilford Court House That he remained in actual service for at least 14 days & was honorably discharged at --- on the day of 17

She further states that she was married to the said Morris Richards in Surry County on the 23rd day of April AD 1834 by one Jonathan Whitaker a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Sarah Dezern that her husband died at home in Stokes County on the 29 day of October AD 1844 & That her said husband drew a pension in his lifetime and that she is now a pensioner for life at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum to which she now refers for particulars of her husbands service & for proof of her marriage and the number of her pension certificate is 3635
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She further states that she has never made application for Bounty land under any act of congress

She makes This declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under act passed the 8th day of March 1855
X her mark
Sarah Richards {there is a hand drawn seal}

We Jacob Spainhour & John W. Barr residents of Stokes county in the State of N. Carolina upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by Sarah Richards in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the Identical person she represents herself to be
J. Spainhour [there is a hand drawn seal}
J.W. Barr {there is a hand drawn seal}

The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written & I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be & That I have no Interest in this claim.
George Nicholas {there is a hand drawn seal}
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State of North Carolina
Stokes County}

I John Hill clerk of the court of pleas and quarter session for Stokes do hereby certify that George Nicholas whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for our said County of Stokes, duly commissioned and qualified, and as such is authorized by Law to administer oaths for general purposes, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of our said court at office in Danbury and Subscribed my name this the 15th day of April AD 1855
Jno Hill 
By Sam’l H. Taylor D.C
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Widow, & c.
File No. 26.383
Sarah Richards
wid of
Morris Richards
Pri Rev War

Act Feb 3d 53 & July 27th 68
Index: Vol M. Page 165

{Arrangement of 1870}
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Reimbursement ST 4718, R. S.

Requisition for $18.67 to the Secretary as requested by the Auditor. 3006.
Oct. 18/83 N.G.C.
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I have examined the within and direct all communications to P. C. Jurney; Siloam Surry County N.C.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Pension Office, Official Business

Oct 1 1853
Sarah Richards 
widow of 
Maurice Richards 
Surry Co NC.
Revy.
Act 3rd Feby 1853
$80.00 Per an:
Com: Feby: 3rd. 1853

J. E. Reeves
Siloam
N. C.
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Tennessee [strikethrough] 3635 [strikethrough]
[strikethrough] North Carolina [strikethrough] Fay’tte

Sarah Richards
Widow of Morris
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00- Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853

Certificate of Pension issued 10th day of Feby 1854 and sent to J. E. Reeves Siloam N. C.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853. Page 138 Vol. A

Reg’d m 55 99300

1858 Augt 21. Let to P. M Henry
1858 Sept. 2 cer. to [?]
1858 - Nov 5 Transferred from North Carolina to Knoxville Transferred from 4 March 1858 notice sent to law of PM Henry 
Present
R. R. Butler Nov: 29”/65
3: Md’r. Apl. 30th 66,

[?] Jas Wright, June 27, 1860
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Tennessee Knoxville
Sarah Richard
Widow of Morris 
who served in the Revolutionary was, as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 dollars -- cents per annum, to commence oo the [strikethrough] 3d February, 1853. [strikethrough] 4th March 1861

Certificate of Pension issued 9 day of May 1866 and sent to Butler Smith Knoxville Tenn

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 256 Vol. H
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99306
Morris, Richards
[strikethrough] MC [strikethrough] Boynton
Comm. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Charlotte N.C.
Boynton
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24.913
[?]
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Pension Office
7 Feby: 19554

Sir 
Please Certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid on the date of his death.
Yours Respectfully
S Cole

For the Commissioner
Morris Richards, act 1832
$80 per annum Died 29 Oct 1844
Paid:

F Burt
Auditor

Francis Burt Esq
[?] Auditor, Treasury
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Siloam NC
22 April

Free

99301

Commissioner of Pension
Washington City DC
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

State of North Carolina
Surry County

On this 13th day of February 1833 personally appeared in open court before J. Calloway Wm Mackey CB Tucker justices of the County of Surry now sitting Maurice Richards resident of said county and state aged 72 years next June who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress June 7th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States as a Volunteer under the following named officers and served as herein after stated he entered in the early part of the year 1779 for the term of nine months as a private under Col Archibald Lyttle and left the service in the latter part of said year, was in the battle of Stono if his recollection is correct as to the name of the battle near Savannah in Georgia, When he entered the service he was a resident of orange County NCarolina he next volunteered in Orange County NCarolina where he then resided under Capt Trousdel and Col Archibald Lytle for the term of three months & marched to Charleston, was in several skirmished this was during the year 1780 Suring the same term and in orange aforesaid he volunteered for three months under Capt Hudge and Col Thomas Taylor marched to South Carolina was engaged frequently during this term against the British & Tories
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He has lost his discharge for this term he request it from Col Lyttle

He next volunteered in Orange aforesaid for three months under Capt Greene at the battle of Guilford. He afterwards volunteered in Orange aforesaid [strikethrough] for three months [strikethrough] for the term of 12 months ten of which he served part of the time under Capt Finegood and the balance under Capt Mebane for the other two months he hired a substitute by the name of Wyatt He was slightly wounded by a British dragoon a few months before the battle of Guilford Four of his discharges he has heretofore enclosed by [?] to the war department they will show & from whom received he has said further documentary evidence upon the subject of his service 

He know of no person whose testimony he can procure to testify to his service He was born in Amherst County Virginia in 1761. His age is recorded in the bible which he has at his house in Surry County NCarolina There is no Clergyman living in his neighbourhood where testimony he can procure he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension of annuity except the present& he states that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Maurice Richards

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
MO Wright CC

We H. M. Waugh & Jonathan Whitaker both residing in the County of Surry North Carolina certify that we are well acquainted with Maurice Richards who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be of 72 years of age next June that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
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Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
HM Waugh
J. Whitaker
MO Wright CC

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the examination of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary solder and served as he states. And the court further certified that it appears to them that H. M. Waugh and Jonathan Whitaker who have signed the proceeding certificate are residents of the County of Surry NCarolina that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
J Calloway JP
Wm Mackey JP
CB Tucker JP

I John Wright clerk of the court of Surry County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Maurice Richards for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 13th day of February AD. 1833
John Wright CCl
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Huntsville NC
Febry 20 1833
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Free
Edwards Esq
War Department
Washington City
D.C.

Huntsville NC
Feby 17th 1833
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Huntsville NC   Febr 17th 1833

Sir
I enclose you hereunto the amended declaration of Jno D Reeves Maurice Richards and Jno Riggs I inclose also their original declaration with your instructions in relation to them, in order that you may discern that I have attended particularly to your instructions and have not changed the original except where you required it

I inclosed to you some months since the discharges of which Richards speaks in relation to myself I inclosed also sometime since a letter from the hand of A H Sheppard If further information is desired you can call upon him Lewis Williams of this duty

These discharges were through mistake on [?] accident not inclosed in Richards declaration but sent on to [?] in a letter from myself they will upon being examined speak for themselves I have as yet heard nothing of the declaration of Robert Davis I think his name is, sent from this county by me

Very respectfully yours
Daniel Courts

J. L. Edwards Esq
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered to the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Morris Richards which require further proof or explanation

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resided? yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resided? yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? ---

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods in the war when he served? yes

V.+ Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, is language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, is conformity with  the regulations? yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes

X. Is the Clerk’s seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes

XII. If the clergyman’s affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? ---

XIII. If the application has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No
#

XIV. ++ If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant’s service?

XVI. +++ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 3.4.5.6ly are answered in the body of the Dec’l No 1.2 not answered

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

+Quere V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
 Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For--- year --- months and --- days. I served as a ---. For --- months and --- days, I served as a ---: and for such service I claim a pension. “
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3
 It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension o be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

++QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

+++QUERE XVI. Made of authenticating papers
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavits, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached therein by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

# Says he encloses from discharges they do not appear to be with his declaration. Perhaps the Secretary of State of N. Carolina can give a certificate to part of his service
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Increase 3635
Brief in the Case of Sarah Richards Widow of Morris Richards Private Revy War Lenox Station Reave County and State of Tennessee
Act 2’d Sec 

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE
PROOF EXHIBITED

Pension at $80 per Annum Certificate Submitted

Claim for increase under 11th Sec Act July 27, 1868

Identity and continued Widowhood claim

Admitted Aug 16 1869 to pension of $96 per annum to commence July 27 1868 deducting pay since

Name and residence of Agent
Spencer Munson
Knoxville Tennessee
Appd 2ASM

W. C. Trask
Examining Clerk
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State of North Carolina
County of Surry County}

Be it Known that on this the 20th day of June A. D. 1853 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, 1 Sarah Richards resident of 2 Old Richmond in said County, and made oath according to laws that 3 She is the Widow the identical 4 Maurice Richards whose name, under Act of 5 --- has been placed on the 6 North Carolina Pension Roll at the rate of 7 Eighty dollars Dollars per annum.

That 8 She is credibly informed that the said Pension may and ought to be increased from its commencement and during its continuance; that 8 She is directly interested as a claimant in said increase, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.

Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint [strikethrough] illegible Washington City, [strikethrough] Jer E Reeves of Surry County N Carolina my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of 9 Maurice Richards for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or INCREASE OF PENSION, that may be due: and for the purpose of establishing additional service by the soldier for whose military duty in the Revolution the aforesaid Pension was granted. I hereby authorize my said Attorney to apply for and obtain from State archives or other sources, certified proofs of such service. To examine all papers or documents in relation to said service on file in the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere: to file additional evidence or arguments, and to received for my benefit the Certificate for INCREASE which may be issued in satisfaction of said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Pension Agency of this State: to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Agent and Attorney shall lawfully do in the premises.

X her mark
Sarah Richards

Sworn fs. Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Sarah Richards to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged, in whose claim I am in no wise interested.
James Lovill J P

State of North Carolina
County of Surry}

It is Hereby Certified, That satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Surry County that 10 Morris Richards was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, at the rate of $80 eighty dollars per annum, * and that he died on the twenty ninth day of October Eighteen Hundred and forty four leaving surviving the following named (widow and) children and none other, to wit: 11 Sarah Richards

It is further certified that 12 James Lovill Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was at the time of so doing a duly authorized Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine; and further, that in the within claim for Increase of Pension I am in no degree interested.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this tenth day of August 1853
13 J H Dobson CCC

1. Claimant’s name or names in full. 2. Post Office address. 3. “That he is the,” or “that she is the,” or “that she is the widow of,” or “that he, she or they are the child or children of,” &c. 4. Pensioner’s full name, - 5. State the Act if known, - 6. Give the State where pensioned. - 7. Name the yearly amount received. - 8. “He is,” “she is,” or “they are,” 9. Claimant’s signature. - 10. Magistrate’s signature. - “If the Pensioner be living, this part of the Clerk’s certificate should be omitted. 11. Here name each of the survivors. - 12. Magistrate’s name, - 13. - Clerk’s signature. 
N.B. - Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the pleural should be substituted for the singular number.
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Brief in the case of Sarah Richards widow of Morris Surry County and State of N.C.
act 3rd Feby 1853

Claim, (“original” [strikethrough] or “for increase” [strikethrough] )

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 7th June 1832. Record Evidence of Marriage

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? 

J.E. Reeves. Es	.
Siloam 
Name and residence of Agent

J. C. Boynton
Examining Clerk
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Siloam NC Sept 23rd 1853

Mr J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions

Sir enclosed you will find a declaration for pension by Sarah Richards widow of Maurice Richards who was a soldier of the Revolutionary Army and who drew a pension till his death

You will please refer to the old files in the pension office for further proof. I send you the power of atty where she had made me for the prosecution of the claim

Please answer me and let me know whether or not any other proof will be required and when the said claim will be allowed [strikethrough] what [strikethrough] and whether the widow will draw from the death of the soldier or from the date of the Act

The said widow is very Needy please push the claim
Your Obt Svt 
Jes E Reeves

J L Edwards
Commissioner}
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State of North Carolina
Surry County}

On this 16th day of Nov. AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared [strikethrough] ?? [strikethrough] in open court at Surry [?] Dobson at our November term of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for said County Sarah Richards aged fifty six years and made oath in due form of law to the following declaration That she is the widow of Morris Richards who was a Revolutionary soldier and who as such drew a pension of Eighty dollars per annum during his lifetime until the time of his death which took place on the 29th day of October AD one thousand eight hundred and forty four Also that she was marred to the said Morris Richards on the 23rd day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty four in the county of Surry and that she has remained a widow since the death of her said husband and is now a widow She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act of Congress passed for the benefit of the widows of Revolutionary Soldiers.
X her Mark
Sarah Richards

Test
[strikethrough] T. V. Hamelin [strikethrough]

Sworn to and Subscribed in open court on the 16th day of November A.D. 1853
H. M. Waugh Ckm
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State of North Carolina
Surry County}

This is to certify that Charlotte Spainhour who was the witness in the pension claim of Sarah Richards widow of Morris Richards is of unexceptional character for truth & veracity.
W.W.Wolff

Sworn to & subscribed before me this the fifteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred & fifty three 15th Nov. 1853 given under my hand & seal
John Hamlin JP

This is to certify that I Jonathan Whitaker of the County of Surry did solemnize the Rites of Matrimony between Maurice Richards and Sarah Dezern at the time reference in the foregoing and further that the before mentioned declaration Sarah Richards is the Identical Widow of Maurice Richards the soldier.
J, Whitaker JP

Sworn to and Subscribed before me the 28th November 1853
EF Lovell JP
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North Carolina
Surry County}

I john H. Dobson clerk of the county court of Surry County do hereby certify That the declaration of Sarah Richards was sworn to in open court and signed by the claimant of said court at November Term AD 1853

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of Said court this the 24th day of January 1854
John H Dobson clerk
By T.V. Hamlin DC.

North Carolina
Surry County}

I John H. Dobson clerk of the county court of Surry County do hereby certify That William W. Wolff John Hamlin Jonathan Whitaker & EF Lovill are all acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of Said court this the 24th day of January 1854
John H Dobson clerk
By T.V. Hamlin DC.
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Knoxville 3635
Brief in the Case of Sarah Richards widow of Morris for Restoration
Monroe County and State of Tennessee

Act 5. Feby: 1853. the 2nd Section

CLAIM FOR A NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,

PROOF EXHIBITED,
Claimant was pensioner on the Tennessee roll at the rate of $80, per An: Her widowhood & identity is Established by two Credible Affiants & the Surrender of her pension Certificate. Loyalty is shown by two credible witnesses. Claimant was supported by Charity. The Auditor reports her pension paid to 4th March 1861.

Claim is allowed at the rate of $80. per An to Commence March 4th 1861 and to continue during widowhood.

May 8th 1866

Name and residence of Agent.s
Butler & Smith
Knoxville, Tenn.

Boynton
Examining Clerk.
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Commissioner of Pensions

Sir enclosed you will find the declaration of Sarah Richards widow of Maurice Richards executed as you directed If there is any more proof required you will find it by reference to the Pensions Rolls.

Please speed the claim as the widow is in great need.

Yours Respectfully
Jeremiah E Reeves
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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,
Sarah Richards, widow of Morris Richards, who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and --- [strikethrough] cents [strikethrough] 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 Tenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
R McClelland
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and Countersigned.
LP Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Pension Office
Fayetteville N.C.
6. Oct: 1858.

To Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Sir,
Your favor of the 29th was duly rec’d & my reply has been unavoidably delayed. -

Sarah Richards “widow of Morris” was last paid, to the 4 March 1858.-

And now Stands.
     Transferred to Agency at Knoxville, Tenn by instructions 29. Sep 1858.

Your Obt Servt
W.G. Broadfoot
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State of Tennessee
County of Monroe}
On this 10th day of Sept 1858, before me, a Justice of the peace for the said County and State, personally appeared Sarah Richards widow of Morris Richards who was a private in the Revolution, who, on her oath declares that she is the identical person whose name was placed on the pension roll of the State of North Carolina where she has lately removed, under the act of February 3, 1853, second section, at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, Certificate no: 3635 dated February 10, 1854; That she now resides in the County of Monroe, State of Tennessee where she intends to remain, and wishes her pension to be there payable in future. The following are her reasons for remaining from North Carolina to Tennessee; because she thought she could do better in Tennessee than in N’Carolina and that some of her relatives wished her to remove to Tennessee with them

In testimony whereof she affixes her signature
X her mark
Sarah Richards {There is a hand drawn seal}

Be it known that I GA Spillman of the county and state aforesaid do hereby declare on oath that Sarah Richard who has taken the above oath and made the above affidavit
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is the identical person mentioned therein, and that I have no interest in this application she now makes
GA Spillman {There is a hand drawn seal}

State of Tennessee,
County of Monroe,}
On this 10 day of Sept. 1858, before me personally came Sarah Richards and GA Spillman the affiant duly sworn to the above, and Testify that they are both known to me as reputable and credible persons.
N.J. Spillman J. P.

([?] follows court Clerks [?])
State of Tennessee
Monroe County} 
I A.T. Hicks of the county court of the court aforesaid do hereby certify that N.J. Spillman before whom the foregoing declaration & affidavit was made is and was at the time of so doing an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified & That his signature above is genuine. Given under my hand and official seal at office in Madisonville the 21st September
A.T. Hicks Clk
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Madisonville Tennessee June 19th 1860

Hon Geo C Whiting
Commissioner of Pension
Washington City D.C.

Dear sir sometime in the spring of 1859 N. J. Spillman of Mt Vernon of this county made an application for Sarah [strikethrough] Morris [strikethrough] Richards widow of Morris Richards a revolutionary soldier for back pay for some five or six years which she had failed to draw

Sarah Morris is now a revolutionary pensioner and draws her pension at Knoxville Tennessee having been transferred from N.C. Several years ago - shortly after Spillman filed her application he (Spillman) died since which time Sarah Richards has heard nothing from her said claim You will confer a great favor on her as well as myself to let us know the result of the application as made by Spillman by referred to her pension records you will I suppose see the name of the offices under whom her and husband served.

Your attention to the claim, will greatly oblige your obdt sevt
Jas Wright
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Widow Application for Restoration to the Pension Rolls

Mrs Sarah Richards wid of Morris Richards Priv in Revolutionary War

2’d Dec /53 NC
3635
Applicants Address
Sweetwater
Monroe County Tenn.

Attorneys Address
R. R. Butler
Knoxville Tenn

There is a stamp
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[?] 16 [?]
PENSION OFFICE
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State of Tennessee
Knox County}

On this 9th day of August AD one thousand eight hundred and Sixty five personally appeared before me William F Seay Clerk of the County Court of said County it being a Court of Record Sarah Richards Aged Seventy years a resident of Monroe County State of Tennessee who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the identical Sarah Richards and a pensioner on the roll of the agency at Fayetteville State of North Carolina but was paid at Knoxville State of Tennessee since the first day of January AD 1861 in Monroe County late of Tennessee that living this period her means of Subsistence have been furnished by her Son in law in whose family she has lived for ten years Past. She has not in any manner encouraged the rebels or manifested a sympathy with their Cause and that She was last paid for her pension on the 4th day of March AD 1861

This application is made for the purpose of having a restoration of her name in the pension rolls and of claiming a new pension certificate Such as she may
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be entitled to under [??] reference being made to the evidence heretofore filed in the pension office to Substantiate her claim originally done that she is still a widow
X her mark
Sarah Richards

Also personally appeared Charles Nichols and George Nichols residents of Monroe County State of Tennessee persons which I certify to reputable and entitled to credit and were by me being duly sworn say they were present and saw Sarah Richards make her mark to the foregoing declaration and they further Swear that from a long acquaintance with the applicant that they know her to be the Identical person she represents herself to be and that She is Still a widow and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim
George Nichols
Charles Nichols

Sworn and Subscribed to before me on the 9th day of August AD 1865 and I hereby certify that I have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of the claim
Wm F. Seay Clerk
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I Sarah Richards do Solemnly Swear in the presence of Almighty God that I will faithfully Support protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunto that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the [??] with respect to the manumission of Slaves So help me God
X her mark
Sarah Richards

Sworn and Subscribed before me this 9th day of August AD 1865 And I certify that the County Court of Knox County is a Court of Record

In testimony whereof I herewith affix the Seal of Said Court at office in the City of Knoxville the day and year aforementioned
Wm F Seay Clerk
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Department of the Interior
Pension Office
Nov: 29th 1865

Sir.
I have examined and suspended the claim of Mrs Sarah Richards for a restoration to the pension roll

The clerk of the Court Mr. Wm F. Seay, who administered to the claimant the oath, should certify that the contents of her declaration were made known to her before signing. Claimant signed her name by making her mark. This requires such a certificate necessary.

Proof is required that the claimant has not in any manner encouraged the rebels or manifests a sympathy with their cause.

It must be shown Satisfactorily how and by what means she has gained a Support during the rebellion.

Yours Very Respectfully
J. H. Barrett
Commissioner

R.R. Butler Esq
Knoxville Tenn
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Sarah Richards
Widow of Morris
[?]
Revs Cl for Restoration

[?] Cert for $80. per Ann under 2’d Secs Act 3rd Feb 1853 to Coms: March 4th 1861 & to Continue during her widowhood

Boynton

Cert: to 
Butler & Smith
Knoxville Tenn
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Brief in the Case of Sarah Richards widow of Morris Richards, for Restoration
Morris County, and State of Tennessee
Act 3: Feby: 1853 the 2: Section

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE.

PROOF EXHIBITED.
Claimant was pensioner on the Tennessee roll at the rate of $80. per An: Her widowhood & identity is shown by two Credible affiants & surrender of pension Cert: Loyalty established by two credible witnesses. Her support during the rebellion by Charity.

The Auditor reports her pension paid to 4th March 1861. 

[strikethrough] claim at the rate of [strikethrough]

Claim committee at the 

Name and Residence of Agent.

Examining Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW’S PENSION.
3635   Restoration

I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853, Sarah Richards widow of Morris Richards who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the Pension List at the rate of Eighty dollars and --- cents per annum commencing on the [strikethrough] 3d of February, 1853 [strikethrough] 4th of March 1861 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 Ninth day of May one thousand eight hundred and Sixty Six.
W. T. Otto
Acting Secretary of the Interior

Examined and countersigned.
Joseph H. Barrett
Commissioner of Pensions
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Treasury Department,
Third Auditor’s Office
May 3rd 1866.

Sir,
In reply to your inquiry of the 30th ult. I have to inform you that the pension of Mrs Sarah Richards was transferred from the Fayetteville N. C. to the Knoxville Tenn Roll, from and after 4th March 1858, at which agency she was last paid as appears by the books of this office to 4th March 1861 under 2” sec. of act 3” Feby 1853.

Very Respectfully
John Wilson
Auditor

Hon. Jos. H. Barrett
Comm of Pensions

J.C.K.
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Stamp

DEPARTMENT 
OF THE 
INTERIOR
Ma 5 1866
PENSION OFFICE
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State of Tennessee
Knox County}

On this 19 day of March one thousand eight hundred and sixty six personally appeared before me Clerk of the County Court in Said State and County the same being a County of record Mrs Sarah Richards aged 76 years, a resident of Roane County Tennessee after being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Sarah Richards who was a pensioner on the roll of the agency at Knoxville East Tennessee and whose Pension Certificate has been returned to the to the Pension Office on an application made prior to them that She has resided since the first day of January AD 1861 as Follows: Since 1st January 1861 to February 1866 in Monroe County Tennessee and Since that time in Roane County Tennessee That during this period this widow of subsistence have been as follows: Upon the charity of her children and that she has not in any manner encouraged the rebels or manifested a sympathetic with their cause: and That she was last paid his pension on the 4th March 1861.

This application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of her name to the pension rolls and of obtaining a new pension and Certificate such as she may be entitled to under existing Signs” reference being made to the evidence heretofore filed at the Pension Office to Substantiate her original claim: She appointed Butler & Smith Esq attorneys with full power of Representing her said behalf and authorizes them to receive the Pension Certificate when issued”
X her mark
Sarah Richards

I Sarah Richards do solemnly swear in the presence of Almighty God that I will henceforth faithfully support protect and defend the Constitution
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of the United States: and the union of the States thereunder: That I will in like manner abide by and Faithfully support all Laws and Proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to Slaves.
So help me God.
X her mark
Sarah Richards

Also Personally appeared George Nichols & Joel F Nichols residing Roane County State of Tennessee persons whom I certify to be reputable and entitled to credit and who being by me duly sworn say that they were present and heard the [?] of the foregoing declaration read to Sarah Richards and say she signed her name by making her mark thereto; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents her self to be : and they further swear from their own personal knowledge that her means of support have been as stated and her declaration, and that she has not in any manner encouraged the rebels or manifested a sympathy with their cause and that they have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim:
George Nichols
Joel F Nichols

Sworn to and Subscribed before me on this 19 day of March 1966: and I hereby certify that the contents of the foregoing declaration and affidavits
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were read over to and understood by the respective parties before signing the same and that I have no interest in the prosecution of this claim:
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the said court at Office in Knoxville this 17 March 1866
J.J. Crawford
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A stamp

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Mar 24 1866
PENSION OFFICE
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Knoxville Tennessee
August 12th 1869

Hon H Vanarnam
Comm of Pensions
Washington DC

Dear Sir
I have the honor to so herewith enclosed application of Sarah Richards widow of Morris Richards in the war of the Revolution for Increase of Pension from $80 to $96’00 per annum

She also surrendered her certificate no 3635 dated May 9th 1866

Yours Respectfully
Spencer Munson
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A stamp

DEPARTMENT
AUG
PENSION

Most of the stamp is too faint
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CLAIM FOR INCREASE OF PENSION

No.

Mrs. Sarah Richards
Widow of Morris Richards

A stamp
DEPARTMENT 
AUG 29
PENSION

Spencer Munson 
Knoxville Tennessee

Printed and sold by Brownlow, Haws & Co., Knoxville.

Affidavits to be made before a Judge or Clerk of a Court of Record. No Revenue Stamps are required.

AN ACT. Increasing the pensions of Widows and Orphans, and for other purposes:- Approved July 25, 1866

Sec. 2 Be it further enacted. That the pensions to widows of deceased soldiers and sailors, having children by such deceased soldiers and sailors, be increased at the rate of two dollars per month for each child of such soldier or sailor under the age of sixteen years. And in all cases in which there shall be more than one child of any deceased soldier or sailor leaving no widow, or where his widow has died or remarried again, the pension granted to such children under sixteen years of age, by existing laws, shall be increased to the same amount per month than one pension be allowed to the same person.
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Widow’s Declaration for Increase of Pension
State of Tennessee
Roane County} ss.

ON THIS 12th day of August, 1869 before me Jno. Sturges, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above named, personally appeared Mrs. Sarah Richards aged 73 years, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that her Post Office address is Sevier’s Station, in the county of Roane and State of Tennessee, that she is the widow of Morris Richards formerly in the service of the United States, and that by reason of the service and death of her said husband she is a pensioner of the United States on the roll of the Knoxville Agency at a 80.00 per [strikethrough] month [strikethrough] year as will appear by her pension certificate herewith presented.

[strikethrough] She further states that she has now living the following named children, under the age of sixteen years: the said children being also the children of her late husband named above, and are of the ages respectively named: --- [strikethrough]

That the soldier left no children by any former marriage.

She avers that she has not married since the death of her husband, nor abandoned the support of any one of their children under sixteen years of age, nor permitted any one for whom increase is claimed to be adopted by any person or persons, and that they are the only legitimate children of herself and her deceased husband now living.

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the increased pension to which she is entitled under the provisions of the Act approved July 25th, 1866 and hereby constitutes and appoints Spencer Munson her Attorney to prosecute her claim. and procure her pension certificates, and revokes and countermands all former authority that may have been given for the above specified purpose.
X her mark
Sarah Richards

Witnesses 
James F. Nichols
Joel C. Nichols

Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged before me, and also personally appeared Jos. F. Nichols a resident of 4th Dist Roane County, and Joel C. Nichols, a resident of same place, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally acquainted with Mrs. Sarah Richards, widow of Morris Richards, who has made the foregoing declaration, and know that she is in receipt of a pension as stated in said declaration, [strikethrough] and that her statement of the names and ages of her children are true. That their knowledge of her identity as the pensioner named, and of the names and ages of her children is derived from [strikethrough]
James F. Nichols
Joel C. Nichols
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And they further testify that they are not interested in this claim nor engaged in its prosecution.
James F. Nichols
Joel C. Nichols

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 12th day of August, 1869 and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim. And that the contents of the above were fully made known and explained to the claimant and witnesses before signing.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, and affixed my official seal the foregoing erasures are made before signing.
Jas M Sturges, Clerk of the County Court.

CLAIM FOR INCREASE OF PENSION

No.

Mrs. Sarah Richards
Widow of Morris Richards

A stamp
DEPARTMENT 
AUG 29
PENSION

Spencer Munson 
Knoxville Tennessee

Printed and sold by Brownlow, Haws & Co., Knoxville.

Affidavits to be made before a Judge or Clerk of a Court of Record. No Revenue Stamps are required.

AN ACT. Increasing the pensions of Widows and Orphans, and for other purposes:- Approved July 25, 1866

Sec. 2 Be it further enacted. That the pensions to widows of deceased soldiers and sailors, having children by such deceased soldiers and sailors, be increased at the rate of two dollars per month for each child of such soldier or sailor under the age of sixteen years. And in all cases in which there shall be more than one child of any deceased soldier or sailor leaving no widow, or where his widow has died or remarried again, the pension granted to such children under sixteen years of age, by existing laws, shall be increased to the same amount per month than one pension be allowed to the same person.
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Additional Evidence
Act March 3. 1835
Bounty Land
No. 99.306.

Filed by R.C. Purgeon [?]
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State of North Carolina
Office of Secretary of State

I, William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that it appears from a Book of Settlements of the accounts of the officers and Soldiers of the Continental line of this State in the Revolutionary war, that Morris Richards a Soldier of said line was allowed for his services the sum of Forty pounds ten shillings and four pence, by a Board of Commissions, which sat at Halifax in 1784 & 5.

Given under my hand this 15th day of April 1856.
W. Hill Secretary of State