Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7997, for George Keiser, North Carolina
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SERVICE NUMBER
N.C. Keiser, George W7997
Kiker or
Kiher or
CONTENTS
Elizabeth
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Georgia
Elizabeth Kiher
widow of George Kiher
was, as a Private
[illegible] 6052
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of March [illegible] and sent to
J. G. Reavis
Cawrlle
[illegible]
Recorded or Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 211 Vol. 3.
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Dead -
V Melvin 2y % 3 Co A[illegible]
May 31 1849
Letter John H Rice 10th Sept 1849
" same 30th Oct 1849
North Carolina .23. Co H
George Kiher
of Mecklg in the State of N.Car
who was a pr in the - command
by Captain [illegible] of the Rgt command
by Col Rutherford in the N.C.
line for 10 months -
Inscribed on the Roll of N Carolina - 
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Mar. [illegible]
and [illegible] Hm H.W.
Conner - H.R.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 100.-
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept - 16.67
$116.67
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nath Rice - Clerk, 
Book E Vol. 64 Page 62
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State of Georgia
Gordon County ⎬ On this the 27 of February 1852
Before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in for
said County personally appeared, Adam Lopson
and Matilda Kiker, who being duly sworn, according to
Law declares that George Kiker, spoken of in the
affidavit of his widow, Elizabeth Kiker, died on the
7 July 1844, and that they knew said George Kiker and
wife Elizabeth a number of years in North Carolina
and in Georgia and that they lived together and
Reputed to be man & wife we further state that the
German Bible of the family, whose Family
Record is therein set forth in German, was kept
by said George Kiker & family and that the Richard in 
his own hand writing of the ages of said wife & children
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.  
[illegible]
Matilda Kiker her mark

Henry Pittman 

State of Georgia
Gordon County ⎬ I Wm. M. Peeples Clerk of the superior
Court in for said County do hereby certify that Henry
Pitman Esqr whose signature is officially signed to
the annexed, and above affidavits, is an acting
Justice of the peace in & for said County, duly
Commissioned & sworn In Testimony whereof
I hereunto set my hand and affix the
Seal of Gordon County Superior Court
hereto on this the 5 day of March 1852
Wm M Peeples Clerk
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State of North Carolina
Mecklenburg County    ⎬
Court of pleas & quarter On this the 26th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred  and thirty two, personally appeared before said  court now sitting George Kiker a resident of the County & State aforesaid in the Seventy eighth year of his age who brings forth duly sworn according to law doth 
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 and served as hereafter stated.  Your petition states that he was born in the state of Pennsylvania, Bucks Count, in the year 1754, that his age is recorded in the Family Bible which he has at home. He was living in the county of Rowan & state of North Carolina when he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer, and has lived in Mecklenburg County & State aforesaid ever since the revolutionary War.  Your petition  further states that he entered the service as a volunteer in the year 1777 under Col. Rutherford who commanded the Regiment. He states that the name of his Captain was Windle Miller, that their Ensign of the company to which he belonged was named
Gilliam Roose, that they marched Salisbury Rowan County & State of North Carolina to river [illegible] that he was at the taking of a number of Tories near the before mentioned place, this campaign was called the [illegible] Campaign, that he served about six weeks in the first Tour in August 1778, he marched again from Salisbury against the Cherokee Indians  under Gen'l Rutherford Ledbetter was his Major, George Henry Banyon was his captain, this was a three months tour, that he was marched back to Salisbury, that he was then marched to South Carolina where he was at [illegible] & defeat is that he was sent off two or three days before the battle with about three hundred men to reinforce Gen'l [illegible]. the last mentioning was three months tour from South Carolina he came home, in a short time he again joined the army under Gen'l Davidson, where he served three months at that time.  Also joined the army again in the fall of 1781 under Gen'l Rutherford that he was marched from Montgomery Court house in the  State of North Carolina to Wilmington where he obtained a discharge which discharge is lost as he believes. That he served with no continentals. That no documentary evidence of his service he was discharged from the said army some time in the 1781 the precise time he does not recollect.   He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity other than the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension role of the Agency of any State,
Sworn to and Subscribed this 26th day of November AD 1832.
Sworn & Subscribed
[illegible names]
Clerk Clerk Clk
Clk
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State of North Carolina, we do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Kiker the
applicant named in the within petition who has subscribed his name thereto that we believe him to be
Seventy Eight years old that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have a Soldier of the Revolution, and a [illegible] and that we concur in that opinion
me to and subscribed this 27th day of November 1832,
David Karr
E. Alexander


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 before named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that
Col. David Karr & Evan Alexander who signed the preceding certificate are residents of the County of
Mecklenburg and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit

State of North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
I Isaac Alexander Clerk of the Court of pleas & quarter Sessions for
the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court
in the matter of the application of George Kiker for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixd the seal of said
Court at Office in Charlette this 27th day of November AD 1832, and in the 57th year of the American Independence

Isaac Alexander CMC

[this section crossed through and not all is legible -Signed Sealed delivered in the presence of
what is more then told
my hand and
Signed in the State]
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George Kiker
N.C
R
Admit as private
10 Mo.
$33.33
Hon H. W. Conner
H R
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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 a 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 shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).
You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A statement Showing the service of George Kiker, Mecklenburg Co. N.C.
Period when the service was rendered.
1777 vol:
 August 1778
fall 1781
Duration of the
claimant's service.
Years     Months     Days
about         1            12
    -             3
    -             3
    -             3
Rank of the claimant.
Pri.
Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Col. Rutherford
Maj. Ledbetter
Genl. Rutherford
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Age at present, 
and place of abode
when he entered
the service.
77 years
Rowan Co.
N.C.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary
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I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS.
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been 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 On this ____ day of ____ personally appeared (a) before ____ A. B. a resident (b) ____ of ____ aged (c) ____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ____, with and served in the ____ (e) regiment of the ____ line, under the following named officers: [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] - He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ____ Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion 
(g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. [____ 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 ____ of ____ & c. If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note 
(j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ____ and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the ____ and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, ____ Clerk of the Court of ____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of ____ for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ____ day of ____ & c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
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If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, 
(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his Case. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. To a Soldier: Did you ever receive a discharge from 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 services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
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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 in 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 or 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 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 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 ____ 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 in highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places 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 of the Court is always required. 
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 

MODE OF AUTHENTICATING PAPERS. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
PROOF OF SERVICE. 
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who 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. 
[k] The notes from [a] and [i] 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 [k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
State of Georgia,
By His Excellency GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor of said State.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:
know ye that Nathan Land
Whose Official signature appears to the within Instrument, was, at the time of affixing the same thereto, One of the acting Justices of the
Inferior Court in and for the County
of Cass and State of Georgia also
that
Elisha C B Christian whose
Official Signature appears
to the Same
Instrument was at the time of
affixing
the same
thereto the Clerk
Inferior Court in and for
the County of Cass and Said State
Which appear from the records of file in this Office - and that the same is in due form of law.
Therefore, all due faith credit and authority are and ought to be had and given to his
attestation as such
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the great Seal of the State
to be put and affixed.
Done at the Capitol, in and Milledgeville this 26th day of February
in the year of our
Lord eighteen hundred and fifty and of the Independence
of the United States of America the seventy fourth
BY THE GOVERNOR: Geo. W Hanison

SECRETARY OF STATE.
Executive Department, Georgia,
MILLEDGEVILLE, 26th February 1850
Registered J. M Patton
S. E. D.
[illegible word with altered orientation]
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Recd two 50/100 Dolls

W B Tinsley
Trea'r
Entered
E. L. Candler Comp'r. Gen'l.
Registering for the Ex. Dept. 25/
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Declaration of Elizabeth Kiker, and other
documents, made, to obtain the benefit of the
Act of Congress of 7th of July 1838.
State of Georgia
Cass County
On this nineteenth day of
November, eighteen hundred and forty nine
personally appeared before me Nathan Land
one of the Judges of the Inferior Court
for said County, Elizabeth Kiker a resident
of the County and State aforesaid, aged ninety
years, who being first duly sworn according to law
doth on her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838.
entitled "an act granting half pay on pensions to
certain widows." That she is the widow of George
Kiker who was a private in the army of the Revolution, that he was in the army about one year;
that he served in Captain Fredrick Bremingner's
Company, under the command of Co. or General
Rutherford; that he entered the service sometime
in the winter of the year 1779 and 1780; that
he was in camps at the time of the surrender
of Cornwallis; that when he entered the service
he resided in Rowan County North Carolina, but
removed to Mecklenburg County, that she believes he was a
volunteer, that she was married to George Kiker
in the month of May in the year 1781;
that her lawful husband the aforesaid George
Kiker
died on the eighth day of July in the year
1844; that her marriage took place prior to
the first day of January in the year 1794, and
after the last period of his service, to wit, in
the month and year aforesaid; that her husband
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George Kiker was a pensioner; that he was pensioned under the act of 7th of June, 1832,
for the amount of $33. 33 /100 dollars per
year and at the time his name was placed
upon the pension roll, he resided in
Mecklenburg Co North Carolina, as will more fully
appear, as also regards his service by reference
to the records of the war department, she
further swears that she is the lawful widow
of said George Kiker; that she is now a widow,
and that she has never before made application
for a pension 
 Elizabeth Kiker                
her mark
Sworn to and subscribed
before me, on the day and year above written
N. Land Judge Infr Court
Cass County Ga.

I hereby certify that Elizabeth Kiker the maker
of the above declaration, could not from bodily
infirmity and old age appear in open Court do
make the above declaration, but appeared in person
before me at her private residence. Given un
der my hand and official signature.
This November 19th 1849.
N. Land Judge
Infr Court Cass Ga
State of Georgia
Cass County
Know all men by these presents
that I Elizabeth Kiker, of the County and state
aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint John
H Rice my true and lawful attorney for me and
in my name to receive from the United States, or the agent thereof for paying pensions in
the state of Georgia and and all monies that
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4062
Elizabeth Kiker
Declaration of Elizabeth Kiker
and other documents under the
act of Congress of the
7th July, 1838,
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may be due me as pension under the act of Congress
of 7th July 1838, as according to that act is herein 
[illegible]
for Witness my hand and seal this 19th
day of November 1849.  Elizabeth Kiker  her mark
Signed Sealed and delivered ⎬
in presence of
N. Land Judge Inferior Court Cass Co.

State of Georgia,
Cass County ⎬ Be it known that on the 19th
day of November 1849 before me one of the
Judges of the Inferior Court for said County.
duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally
appeared Elizabeth Kiker and duly acknowledged
under oath the foregoing power of attorney to be her
act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and official signature the day and
year last above mentioned
N. Land Judge Infr.. Court
Cass County Ga
State of Georgia)
Cass County
Be it known that the 19th day
of November 1849, before me, a Judge of
the Inferior Court for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally
appeared John. H. Rice the attorney named in the
foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that he
has no interest in the money he is authorized to
receive by virtue of the foregoing power of Attorney, either
by any pledge. mortgage, sale assignment or transfer
and that he does not know or belief that the same
has been so dispose of to any other person whatever, Sworn to and subscribed
before me the year and day above written John D. Rice
N. Land Justice of Infr. Court
Cass County Ga.
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Clerks office Inferior Court of Cass County
I E. C. B. Christian
Clerk of the Inferior
Court of Cass County do hereby certify that
Nathan Land the person who attended the
accompanying declaration & other documents
is one of the Judge or Justices of the Inferior Court of Cass County which is a Court
of
of record, and that his signature thereunto
attached is his own proper hand & official
signature. Given under my hand and seal
having no real of office, at Cassville. This
November the 20th 1849.
E C. B Christian C.I.C.
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V.L.M.
March 11, 1913.
Hon. Joseph W. Byrns,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr Byrns:
In reply to your letter dated the eighth
and received the tenth instant, I have the honor to advise
you that from the papers in the claim Wid. File No. 7, 997,
Rev. War, it appears that George Keiser whose name also
pears as Kiker or Kiner, was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1754, and while residing in Rowan County, North Carolina
, volunteered in 1777, in Captain Windle Miller's company,
Colonel Rutherford's regiment and served six weeks.
In August, 1776, he marched in Captain George Henry Bunyon's company against the Cherokee Indians under General
Rutherford and served three months. He then marched to South Carolina, and was in the battle of Camden, served three months.
A short time afterwards he joined the army under General
Davidson and served three months, and again in the Fall of
1781, he was under General Rutherford and served three months.
He was allowed pension on an application executed November
26, 1832, while a resident of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He died July 7, 1844, place not stated. He married
May 8, 1781, Elizabeth -- she was allowed pension on an
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Wid. File No. 7, 997 - 2
application executed November 19, 1849, while a resident of
Cass County, Georgia, aged ninety years, children are referred
to, but no names are given. It is not stated that he was
wounded.
The records of Revolutionary War pensioners fail to show
a claim on file for a Mrs. Millie Kiker, Kiser or Miner,
Very respectfully,
J. C. Davenport
Commissioner.
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Cassville
Georgia Aug 28th 1849.
●
Col J L Edwards Com Pen
Dear Sir
As the attorney for
Elizabeth Kiker, I applied to the pension office
& have received a pension due George
Kiker up to the time of his death, which
was in July 1844. He was a pensioner
under act of June 7th 1832, on the
North Carolina roll
I now wish
to secure for the widow the Pension due
her from her husband up to this date,
I am at a loss how to proceed & I am
[illegible]  more so, by the last letter
received from the Third Auditor, which
I enclose to you, as the last clause
will better explain itself to you than
I could do, Mr. Hagner in that letter
informs me that she should establish
her claim as the widow of the pension office
It strikes me that the deponent is in possession
of that evidence in the application for the unpaid
pension due her husband. If not please
send me the blank form necessary
Respectfully your obedient ser't.

John H. Rice
Page 21


No 14062
Elizabeth Kiker
wid of George
Ga
act 7 July 1838
Married
1782
(See family Bible)
-
Hus dec'd 7 July 1844
Adm 10 mos for $33.33
per annum, [illegible]
7 July 1844
Also Act 2 Feb 1848
J G. Reavis
Cassville
Ga
Page 22

Cassville Geo. Nov. 22d 1849
Col. James L Edwards
Sir -
Inclosed I transmit
to your department the application of Elizabeth
Kiker, for a pension under the act of Congress
of 7th of July 1838, according to the directions
from your department. You will perceive
from her declaration that her husband George
Kiker was a pensioner under the act of 7th June
1832, as I drew some month or two ago, his arrearage
of pension up to his death for his wife Elizabeth
Kiker, who now make her application as the widow
I desire to call your attention to the act of
Congress of 20th of February 1848, giving widows
therein named a pension during life & to enquire, if such widows must make a separate
application under each act after their application is allowed under the act of 7th July 1838,
I do hope sir that this application will be soon
examined as the widow cannot in all probability
long survive, & as it must be a pleasure to
relieve the wants of those heroine of the Revolution, who husband achieved our liberation
Respectfully Yours &c
John, H. Rice
Col J L Edward
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C
Page 23

Cassville Geo. April 11th 1829
Col. J L Edwards

Sir
I have received a letter today from Hon. Andrew Johnson, addressed
to him by you, relative to Elizabeth Kiker's
pension claim. I first remark that
I send a copy of certificate of Pension
to the Pension office some months since
The name of Elizabeth Kiker's husband
was George Kiker, He lived in the State
of North Carolina, [illegible]
company commanded by Capt. Miller, in the
Reg commanded by Col Rutherford, during the
revolutionary war, and his name was
placed on the pension roll of North Carolina, some years after receiving his
certificate of Pension, & several years
he removed to the state of Georgia
Elizabeth Kiker the widow & Claimant
now, lives in Cass County
Georgia,
what law he was pensioned under I know
not
but I know he drew, Thirty three
dollars & thirty three cents per annum for
several years before he removed to this state
Please examine the North Carolina Pension roll
Your Obt. Servant
John H. Rice
Page 24

up against
J H Rice:
Page 25


(Copy)
Treasury Department,
Third Auditor's Office
July 8. 1849
Sir,
The Treasurer will remit to you
as attorney for the widow of George Kiker, dec,
formerly a pensioner, per Act 7 June 1832, on the
North Carolina roll - $128.16 (his pension from
4 Sept. 1840, to which time he was paid at
the Agency, to July 7. 1844, at $33.33 a year)
for which, when received, please forward your receipt
of the widow of the deceased (whose
name appears on our books, and in the pension
certificate as above-not Kiker), is entitled to
a pension, she must establish her claim, as
the widow, at the Pension Office

Respectfully your
Obt. Servant
P. Hagner
Auditor

Mr. John H. Rice
Cassville,
Ga
Page 26

Treasury Department
Third Auditor's office
July 3d 1849-
Sir,
The treasurer will remit to you, as
Atty for the widow of
George Kiker, deceased formerly
a pensioner per act June 7 1832,
on the North Carolina roll - $12816
(his pension from Sep: 1840-- to which time
the was paid at the agency- to July 7 1844,
at $3333 a year) for which, when rec'd,
please forward your receipt.
If the widow of the deceased (whose name
appears on our books, and in the
pension certificate, as above - not Riker
is entitled to a pension she must establish
her claim, as
the widow, at the pension office

Respectfully,
Your Obed. Servt
Peter Hagner Aud'r.
Mr. Jno. H. Rice
Cassville Ga

Inexplicable
Page 27

Cassville Geo March 4th /50

Col. James L Edwards-
Commissioner of Pension
Dear Sir,
I herewith
return the Declaration of Elizabeth Kiker
made to obtain a pension under the act of
July 7 1838, with the certificate of the
Secretary of State, certifying to the official
character of the Judge and Clerk, whose names
appear on said Declaration
As soon as possible, I will forward to
your office, the further testimony in regard
to the date of Mrs. Kiker's marriage if attainable,
I should have tried to have procure some
more testimony, but was informed, from
a high source that it was not necessary,
Very respectfully
your Ob't. Ser't.
John H Rice
Page 28


Cassville Ga the 12th Jay 52
J E Heath coms'r.
Sir,
 I wrote to you 26 Dec. last in
answer to yours of 4 Dec., as to Mrs.
Elizabeth Kiker's pension Requesting
the Information as to the Reason of
its not being issued &c which is not
yet come to hand her husband
Riker Reed a pension and the the
J H Kiker. The bal, due him after his
Death now it appears strange the
certificate cannot be had for her
under the act if any other evidence
is Necessary please direct me what
we can ascertain whether She can comply
J G.  Reavis
Page 29

March 19 -52
Appl &c. in case
of Elizth Kiker
wid of Geo
See Family Bible
filed with the papers
March 19 -52
Page 30


Cassville Ga. the 12th of March 1854
To the Commissioner
of Pensions
Sir I herewith forward Mrs. Kiker's
claim for a pension her husband George
Kiker,( she says) was entitled (or served a longer
time and as Ensign a portion of his time) to more
pay that he rec'd. in his lifetime on his pension
this case has been presented before by Gen'l. John H Rice of Cassville under some other act, and was disallowed, I hope it will be acted on soon as the application by Rice has hung up so long J. G. Reavis
Page 31

Com of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
Page 32

Cassville Geo August 12 1852
To Commissioner of Pension &c
Dear Sir
I am the authorized agent by power of attorney and
prosecute the claim of Elizabeth
Kiker & being so situated
that I could not conveniently
attend to it-- I procured the
services of Dr. J G Reavis of
this place in corresponding with
him-- you are only corresponding
me, through him herein-
as I have authorized him
to prepare the rest of the
necessary
papers & [illegible] in
my stand-
Your correspondence
with J G Reavis [illegible] to this
claim
is my wish & also the
wish of the claimant My Kiker
who is an old friend of mine
my respectfully your
John H. Rice
Page 33


Cassville Ga 3rd Nov. 52
J E Heath
In answer to Mr Triplets of
26 June, Relation to the pension case
of Mrs. Kiker wid of Geo, di 'd. the
Power of atty is here enclosed
J G Reavis
Page 34

726.
Georgia
Elizabeth Kiker
widow of George
who was a private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 33 Dollars 33Cents per annum, to commence on
[the 4th day of March, 1843. crossed through]
7 of July 1844
Certificate of Pension issued the
4th day of March '53 and
sent to
J. G. Reaves
Cassville Ga
[Acts of March 3, 1843 & crossed through]
June 17, 1844.}
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2
Page 174,
Page 35

Cassville Ga 26 Dec 1832
To the Comsr of Pensions
Sir, in answer to yours of 4th Just, to
J H Rice Esq. Relative to the Recognition
of my agency for Mrs. Elizabeth Kikier I would
remark that the Rules & Requirement of this
Department must have under [illegible]
change or the certificate of Mrs. K would
be issued the old man Drew several
years what is the matter can you not
do me the favor to inform me of the
Reasons & what is wanting or lacking
the old Duch Richard sent in the bible
would appear conclusion, if read here correctly.
J G Reavis
●
Lee Family Bible on
my desk.
Mayo,
Page 36

Cassville Ga the 22 Feby 1833
J E Heath
Sir, as my case for Elizabeth Kiker for pension has been [illegible] delaid, I beg
leave to ask the Reason
for the delaying it her husband drew a pension
 several years, before his death, George K.
the old Bible was directed to be forwarded and
a power of attorney, as John H Rice Esq was
the atty, all of which was complied with
last [illegible], he was a Revolutioner I
think from N.C. he was (or she)  paid $128.16 his
pension from 4 Sept 1840, to July 7 1844 - Rect
forwarded to that office for J Rice for the
same, as per [illegible] letter of July 8,49.
the requisitions so far as known and 
complied with - the application been
made near or quite two years
with Respect
am your obt sert
J G Reavis
Page 37

Cassville Ga 5th March 1853
Jas E Heath
Comm of Pensions
Sir, I cannot but come to some (rather
awkward) conclusion relative to Pensions
for the Reason of Delay in many
cases I represent, then is fault to be
ascribed & some when seen
the claim of Elizabeth, Widow
of George Kiker Revo. soldier dec'd of
N.C. Rolls, has not been reported
to me, yet, a time sufficient to have
had an answer, and the fact of
some three Washington agents
sending their cards to Mrs. Kiker
soliciting her business (the [illegible]
)
it would appear that those
agents an favored in some way
This claim says one of these [illegible]
is suspended for want of proof that the
was a widow at the date of
the act strange suspicion that tho
if so I [illegible] to know it.
with due Regard Sir
J. G. Reavis
Page 38


Brief in the case of Elizabeth Kiker
Cass County and State of Ga
act 17 June 44 &
Claim, (original, or [or increase." crossed through]
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner
Record proof of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and Residence of agent
J. G. Reaves
Cassville Ga
S. Cole
Examining Clerk.
Page 39

It appears from the records of the Department, that the
Revolutionary pension claim of Elizabeth Kiker
has been " suspended or rejected,
for proof that she
was a widow at the date of the act
If she, or in case of her death, any one or more of
her children will forward me a power of attorney, and certificate of court in case he be dead, in the form herewith inclosed, together with the information called for in the notes
at the bottom of the pages 1 and 3, and also, if possible,
some material additional parole or record evidence, to remove
the official objections to the claim, as above stated, the claim, I have no doubt, be established

Respectfully,
M. Thompson
Washington, 1853
Page 40

FREE
Dec. 30 /52
Rel: case of Elizth
Kiker wid. of Geo.

J G Reavis
Cassville Ga.
Jno 8
See family bible on my desk
Mayo.
To the Comsr. of Pensions
Washington D.C. 
[stamp]
CASSVILLE GO
DEC 26
Page 41

Nov. 15th 1852
Pow. Atty. in case of
Elizth Kiker widow of George
James G. Reaves

Cassville
Georgia
See family bible filed in the above case on my desk.  Mayo
J. E Heath Com
Washington City 
[stamp]
CASSVILLE Ga. NOV 5
Page 42

Augt 18-52
Rel: to case of
Elizabeth Kiker

Jno. H. Rice
Cassville Ga
Comsr. of Pensions
Washington City
DC

[stamp]
CASSVILLE
Ga.
AUG 14
Page 43

FREE
J. E. Heath Comsr
Washington D. C. 
Cole
[stamp]
CASSVILLE Ga.
MAR 6
Page 44


No 14062
Elizabeth Kiker
Ga
Let to John H. Rice Feb. 14/50
to same 26 Oct 1850
" J G Reavis 25 June 1852
" J. H. Rice Dec 6 1832
Act 7 July 1838
Page 45

[portion above missing]
on file in this Bureau. George Keiser, Kiker, Kiher wid. File 7997
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
1777
Aug 1778
* [checkmark]
[checkmark]
Fall 1781
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
6 weeks
3 mos.
3 mos.
3 mos.
3 mos.

RANK.
Prt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.

Windle Miller
George Henry Banyon
no officers named
under Genl Davidson
Genl Rutherford
COLONEL.
Rutherford
STATE.
N.C
Battles engaged in, Gates Defeat
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Rowan Co. N. C
Date of application for pension, Nov. 26 1832 He cl. was allowed
Residence at date of application, Mecklenburg, Co. N. C.
Age at date of application, born in Bucks Co. Penn in 1754 died July 7. 1844
Remarks: Soldier Married May 8 1781, Elizabeth She was allowed
pension on an application executed Nov. 19 1849 while a resident
of Cass Co. Ga. aged 90 years
Children referred to but no names are stated
Widow alleges service under Capt. Fred [illegible] Winter 1779-1780
thinks soldiers statement as above is all that is necessary
Very respectfully,
Page 46

1909 Feby 4 Hist to
Mrs. H. C. Long. V.L.M.
1913 Mch. 11 Hist to Hon
Jos. W. Byrns. V.L.M.
Revolution, North Carolina
WIDOW. &c.
File No. 7997
Elizabeth Kiker
Widow 
Geo Kiker

Pvt. Rev War 

Act: Feby , 2nd 48
Index: -- Vol. A. Page 401
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 47

N.C. Revolutionary Pensioner
under acts of 1818-1832
as reported to Congress
in 1835
N.C. State Records V.22 P. 72
Military services
of
George Kiher

Patriot
Mrs. H. C. Long
1707 Boulevard Charlotte N. C. 
Feb 1st

7997

[stamp]
PENSION OFFICE
A
FEB
US 
3 1909
Page 48

SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS.

JOHN FITZGERALD, N. Y. CHAIRMAN.
ALBERTS BURLESON, TIX. JOSEPH C. CANNON, [illegible]
SWARAR SHERLEY, KY.
FREDERICK H. GILLETT, MASS
CHARLES L. BARTLETT, GA.
EDWARD L. TAYLOR, JR. OHIO
JOSEPH T. JOHNSON, S. C.
JOHN W. DWIGHT, N.Y.
ROBERT N. PAGE. N. C.
JAMES W. GOOD, IOWA.
E. W. SAUNDERS, VA.
MARLIN L. OLMSTED, PA.
JOHN G. Mc HENRY, PA.
FRANK W. MONDELL, WYO
GEORGE W. RAUCH, IND
JOSEPH W. BYRNS, TENN.
THOMAS UPTON SISSON, MISS.
EUGENE FKINKEAD, N.J.
JANES M. COX, OHIO
WILLIAM P. BORLAND, MO.
JAMES C. COURTS, CLERK.
MARCELLUS C. SHIELD   assistant clerks
WILLIAM ARYAN.

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
March 8, 1913.
Honorable J. L. Davenport,
Pension Commissioner.
My dear sir:

Will you please furnish me with the military record
of George Kiker, or Kiser, who served in the Revolutionary war.
It is thought that he enlisted from the State of North Carolina.
He died in Georgia and his wife, Mrs. Millie Kiker or Kiser applied
for and received a pension on account of wounds received by her
husband in the war,
Trusting that you will let me have this information
at the earliest date possible, I am,
Yours very truly,
Joseph W. Byrns
Page 49

State of North Carolina 
Mecklenburg County
Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions
November Sessions 1833.
Personally appeared in open Court George
Kiker before the Justices of said Court of
the 27th day of November and who being duly
Sworn according to Law made this his amendatory declaration having heretofore filed his
declaration for a pension before said Court,
at the November Sessions 1832, the 26th day of
November, which is to be appended to said
original declaration, who states that the last
tour mentioned in his original declaration when
he went to Wilmington under Genl. Rutherford
in the year 1781. was a tour of three months
and that he served the whole time and was discharged that in every case stated in his  original declaration
he was regularly discharged, that he never
left camp unless by permission of his Superior
officers, and that he has lost or mislaid all
of the discharges that he ever received.
That in his first tour as set forth in his original
declaration as well as in every other
tour as therein mentioned he served as a
volunteer that the whole time of his services
was thirteen months, and two weeks
that the officers under whom he served he
cannot remember further then stated in his
original declaration that from old age and
infirmity he cannot remember the names of
said officers, and that agreeable to the best of
his belief he served during the periods stated
and always as a private and volunteer,
petitioner believes that in this amended declaration
and original declaration, all the questions
prescribed by the War department and embodied
and answered-- and that he knows of no person
now living by whom he can prove his services as a
Soldier during the Revolutionary War-
Page 50

as alledged in his original and this his
amended declaration, declarent further states
that he is a member of the Luthern Church
and that those persons who preach to the congregate
of which he is a member reside in other
Counties and that he is unable to obtain the attendance
to certify to declarants character, or to the
character of declarant as being reputed to be
in his neighborhood a Revolutionary Soldier
Sworn to and subscribed
in open Court this 27th day of
November A.D. 1833
B. Oates Clerk. George Kiker
State of North Carolina
Mecklenburg County ⎬ I Bradley Oates Clerk
of the Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions for
the County aforesaid do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of said Court in the matter
of the amended declaration of George
Kiker for a pension,
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
Seal of said Court at office in Charlotte
27th day of November A.D. 1833,
in the 58th of the Independence
of the United States of America
B. Oates C.C.C.
Page 51

Mr. Kiker case

under act 7 July
/48

[illegible section on the left]
Page 52

State of Georgia
Cass County  On this the 27th day of February 1852
Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice the peace
[Inferior Court crossed through] in for said County, State Mrs. Elizabeth Kiker, a Resident of Gordon County aged Eighty
years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on
her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provisions made by the act
of Congress passed on the 29 July 1848 that she is the widow
of George Kiker deceased, who was a Pensioner, under
act of 7 June 1832, (at as she recollects) 33.33.1/3cts pr annum, and
that she was married to the said George Kiker on the 8th
day of May 1781, that her husband, the aforesaid George K---
died on the 7th day of July
1844 - that she was not
married to him prior to his leaving the service but the
marriage took place previous to the 2d of January 18 [missing word]
Viz at the time above stated. she further swears that
she is now a widow, and that she has never recd a
pension, Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
above written, Mrs. Kiker further swears ) I am of the
opinion, she is unable to appear in open court
Henry H. Pittman J. Peace
Elizabeth Kiker
her mark
I hereby certify that Mrs. Elizabeth Kiker has this the 27th of February
1852, made affidavit as above, and from her honorable character and standing, I believe she is the Identical wife or widow of George Kiker
deceased, & that her testimony above is just & true, and I further
state that I knew them some six years & that George Kiker &
the aforesaid Elizabeth Kiker Resided in the same Neighborhood
my Residence & was always reputed to be man & wife & I also certify
that she is not able to attend open court from bodily infirmity
Henry H. Pittman J. Peace
Page 53

State of Georgia
Cass County ⎬ On this the 27th day of February 1852
Personally appeared before the undersigned Justice the Peace
[the Court] in for said County State, Mrs. Elizabeth Kiker, a Resident of Gordon County aged Eighty
years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on
her oath make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the Provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 29 July 1848 that she is the widow
of George Kiker deceased, who was a Pensioner, under
act of 7 June 1832, (at as she recollects) 33.33.1/3 cts per annum and
that she was married to the said George Riker on the 8th
day of May 1781, that her husband, the aforesaid George K 
died on the 7th day of July 1844 - that she was not
married to him prior to his leaving the service but the
marriage took place previous to the 2d of January [missing word]
Viz at the time above stated. she further swears the
she is now a widow, and that she has never rec'd. a pension, Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
above written Mrs. Kiker further swears ) I am of the
opinion, she is unable to appear in open court
Henry H Pittman J. Peace
Elizabeth Kiker
her mark
I hereby certify that Mrs. Elizabeth Kiker has this the 27 of February
1852, made affidavit as above, and from her honorable character and standing, I believe she is the Identical wife or widow of George Kiker
deceased, & that her Testimony above is just & true and I further
State that I knew them some six years & that George Kicker &
the aforesaid Elizabeth Kiker Resided in the same Neighborhood
my Residence & was always reputed to be man & wife & I also certify
that she is not able to attend open court from Bodily infirmity Henry H. Pittman J. Peace
Page 54

State of Georgia
Gordon County ⎬ Know all men
by these presents that I Elizabeth
Kiker, widow of George Kiker deceased
who was a U.S. Pensioner do hereby
constitute James G. Reavis of Cassville
my true & Lawful attorney, to ask of
to prosecute a claim against the Goverment for a pension under the laws
provided in such case thereby Revoking
the power of attorney heretofore given
to John H. Rice or any other that may
exist, signed sealed and delivered
before me this the 28th of October 1882

Henry W Pittman J. P.
Charles Kiker
Elizabeth Kiker
her mark
State of Georgia SS.
Gordon County ⎬ I, William M Peeples-- Clerk
of the Superior Court in & for said County, do hereby
certify that Henry H Pittman Esq. before whom the
foregoing affidavit was made was an acting
Justice of the Peace, at the time of signing the same, duly qualified to administer oaths

Given under my hand and seal of
office at Calhoun, in said State and
County, on this the 3rd day of November
1852.

William M Peeples Clerk
Superior Court Gordon County
See Family Bible filed in this case
upon my desk.
Mayo