Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10046, John Garrett, S.C.
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33-305
South Carolina -
John Catlett Garrett decd,
of 
in the State of 
who was a private in the 
commanded
by Captain
of the
commanded
by
in the Revolution
line for 13 months & 2 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Charleston
at the rate of 43 - Dollars 55 - Cents per
and end 9th February 1833 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of
May 1855 and sent to
Thomas G. Key
Edgefield C. H. 
S.C
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832.
Clerk
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-ant. allowance ending 
Recorded by G. T. Getty
Book E Vol. 6 Page 68 -
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11.755
South Carolina
Elizabeth Garrett [?]
widow of John Catlett Garrett
who died on the 9th Febry[?] 1833
who was a private in the Revolution line for 13 months and 2 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Charleston at the rate of 43 dollars 55 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836

Certificate of Pension [?] the 25th day of May 1855 and sent to

Arrears to the 4th of [?]
Semi-annual allowance ending

Edgefield C. N.
I.C

Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838

Recorded by G.J. Getty 
Book [?] vol. [?] page 307
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State of South Carolina
Edgefield District 
S.S.
On this the third day of January A.D. 1854, personally appeared before me, Henry T. Wright, Judge of the Court of Ordinary on the District and State aforesaid Thomas Garrett a resident of the district and State aforesaid and the some and only child of Elizabeth & Catlet Garrett both deceased who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled: "An Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows": That he is the only living child of Elizabeth Garrett deceased who was the widow of Catlet Garrett, who was a private in the Revolutionary Army in the militia of the State of South Carolina and in the Regiment commanded by Colonel LeRoy Hammond, as by a rifleman to the enclosed certificate will more fully appear.
He further declares that his mother and father were married on the     [blank]  day of A.D. 1[blank]; that his father the aforementioned Catlet Garrett died on the ninth day of February A.D. 1833; and that his mother the aforesaid Elizabeth Garrett died on the 13th day of October A.D. 1843; and that neither his father nor mother received and pension in their lifetime, nor were they applicants for a pension; and that his mother was the widow of Catlet Garrett at the time of her death Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
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above written before me. The words "time of her death" having been first interlined
Henry T. Wright
Ordinary
Thomas Garrett

State of South Carolina
Edgefield District
Know all men by these presents, that I Thomas Garrett, the son and only child of Catlet & Elizabeth Garrett both of this state and District lately deceased, hereby irrevocable constitute and appoint Thomas G. Key, of Edgefield District South Carolina my true and careful Agent and Attorney to prosecute my claim for any amount of Revolutionary Pension that may be due me, to file any evidence or arguments necessary therein; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said claims; and to appoint me or mere 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 Attorney & Agent, shall lawfully do in the premises and revoking all former powers.
Witness my hand and seal, this the 3rd day of January A.D. 1854
Signed and sealed in the presence of Elbert Bland, John A Addison
Thomas Garrett H.S.
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[ State of South Carolina Edgefield District ] Be it know  that on this the 3rd day of January  A.D. 1854  before the undersigned a Magistrate in and for the District and State aforesaid , personally  appeared Thomas Garrett , a resident of the  District & State named above , and made oath  according to law that he is the identical person who executed  the foregoing  power of Attorney , and that he is directly interested in said claim, and makes this affidavit  to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as said   Agent may use in prosecuting said claim. Sworn to and subscribed  the day & year aforesaid before me .   Thomas Garrett ( signed )  W. H. Atkinson ( signed  ) Magistrate E.D.  I, W. H. Atkinson  Magistrate in and for said District , do hereby certify  that Thomas Garrett who executed the  foregoing paper is a respectable resident of said District , and is I believe directly interested in said claim as therein set forth . W. H. Atkinson ( signed) Magistrate  E.D.  I Thomas G. Bacon clerk of the Court for the  District and State aforesaid do hereby certify that W.H. Atkinson  before whom the foregoing papers were executed  , was at  the  date of the same a Magistrate in and for said District  duly authorized  by law to administer oaths , and the name thereto subscribed is his signature. Tho. G . Bacon ( signed / sealed )  Clk C.P.
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[ State of South Carolina Edgefield District ] Personally  appeared before me  Mrs. Mary Hammond an  aged and highly respectable resident of this District  who  being first duly and regularly sworn  according to law  deposes as follows viz. That her age is about  seventy seven years, That she was well acquainted with both Catlet  Garret and Elizabeth his wife the former having been her half brother , and both of them her near neighbors for more than fifty years and until the time of their respective deaths . That Catlet Garrett and Elizabeth his wife ( whose maiden name was Ware )  were married shortly after the close of the Revolutionary War she was present at their marriage but was too small to recollect  the date, but from  the best of her recollection it must have been  previous to the year 1794  and that their oldest child Robert if now alive would be upwards of sixty years of age. This deponent has no precise and positive knowledge  herself of the fact that said Catlet Garrett was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, except that it was generally spoken of  and believed in the family and  never doubted by anyone. That she had frequently heard it spoken of  his having received a wound while doin duty in the  Regiment commanded by Col. Le Roy Hammond of the Militia of this State and that she has every reason for believing  that he is the Identical person   who performed the service as specified in the transcript  from the books of the Comptroller General's office which accompanies this paper. Deponent further says that all of the children of the said Catlet and Elizabeth Garrett are dead but Thomas Garrett  and that he is their only surviving  child. Deponent further
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states that she never knew or heard of any other Catlet Garrett.  Mary Hammond ( her mark X ) Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 1st day of February A.D. 1854. S. Broadwater ( signed . sealed )[ State of South Carolina Edgefield District ] I, Thomas G. Bacon clerk of the  Court of Common Pleas   for the  District and State aforesaid  and keeper of the  Rolls of Magistrates  for said District , do hereby certify  that  S. Broadwater Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit was made is and was at the date thereof a Magistrate for said District duly commissioned  and sworn and full and credit are due to his official acts as such office - and that he  signature purporting to be his is genuine .  I further certify  that no  Registry of Marriages has ever been kept in this  State . Given under my hand and seal  of office  this the 14th day of  February  A.D. 1854 Tho. G. Bacon ( signed / sealed )  Clk  C.P.
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Robert Garrell the son of John C. G. E. Garrett was born
the 27th of January 1792.
Mary Garrett the daughter of John C. G. E. Garrett
was born the 22nd of September 1795.
Henry W Garrett the son of John C. G. E. Garrett
was born the 14th of August 1799.
Eliza C Garrett the daughter of John C. G. E. Garrett
was born the 30th of October 1803.
Thomas Garrett the son of John C. G. E. Garrett
was born the 27th of July 1808.
John C. Garrett died on the 9th of February 1833.
Henry W Garrett died July 29th 1839.
Elizabeth Garrett died October 13th 1843.

South Carolina
Edgefield District
I S. Broadwater one of the
Magistrates in and for the
district aforesaid, do hereby certify unto all whom 
it may concern. That the foregoing transcript is 
a true and perfect copy taken by me from the
Family Bible of John Catlet Garrett deceased.
And I further certify that I have no interest
whatever in this matter. In witness whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal this the 1st day of July AD 1854
S. Broadwater May
E D
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[ State of South Carolina ] I, Thomas G. Bacon clerk of the  Court of Sessions and General Pleas for the  District  and State aforesaid  and keeper of the Roll of Magistrates for said District, do hereby certify  that S. Broadwater  whose name appears to the annexed certificate is , and was at the  time of the signing thereof a Magistrate for said District , regularly and duly commissioned and sworn  and that full faith and credit are due to is official acts as such  officer. I further certify that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. Given under my hand and seal of office this the fourth day of July A.D. 1854. Tho. G. Bacon ( signed / sealed ) Clk C.P.
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M.C.S.
Rev. & 1812 War Section
February 27, 1925
Mrs. W. M. Hays
Douglasville
Ga.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolution-
ary War pension claim, W.10046, it appears that John Catlett Garrett,
while living in the neighborhood of "Snow Hill", the residence of
Colonel LeRoy Hammond, served thirteen months and two days as private
in said Colonel's South Carolina Regiment, dates of service not stated.
He married Elizabeth Ware, date not stated. He died February 9,
1833, and she died October 13, 1843.
They had the following children:
Robert born January 27, 1792.
Mary " September 22, 1795.
Henry W. " August 14, 1799, died July 29, 1839.
Eliza C. " October 30, 1803.
Thomas " July 27, 1808.
Thomas, a resident of Edgefield District, South Carolina, and
the only surviving child of Elizabeth and John Catlett Carrett, was
allowed the pension due on account of the services of his father, on
his application executed January 3, 1854.
The above mentioned is the only John Garrett of South Carolina,
found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Commissioner
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( left page ) Let. to Hon. M.L. Bonham April 4/60  ( right page )                                               South Carolina 9602
Elizabeth Garrett decd
widow of John Catlett Garrett
who was a private
in the Revolution
S.C.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 43 Dollars 55
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843.
and end October 13th 1843
Certificate of Pension issued
the 25th day of May 1855.
and sent to 
Thomas G. Key
Edgefield Ct Ho. D. C.
Acts of March 3, 1843, and
June 17, 1844.
Recorded in Book: A
Vol. 2 Page 166
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DOUGLASVILLE GA. Dec 12 1924
Dept of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions Washington
Dear Sirs,
John Garrett Rev. War sol. lived in
South Carolina. Most likely drew family from Georgia.
The following children-
Rachael, Edward ,Thomas, Johnathan, Elisha William, Jessie, Pattie, Hosea, John,
Isaac. Kindly send me my record you
might have of him
Respectfully
Mrs. W. M. Hays     ( post mark ) [ DEPUTY COMMISSIONER S  JAN 21 1925 ]
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( post mark ) [ DEPUTY COMMISSIONER JAN 21 1925 ] M.E.R.  Douglasville, Ga. Jan 19 1924 Haye Haymaker  Acting Commissioner  Washington D.C.  Dear Sir - Ezekiel Causey was a soldier in the Revolutionary War . He enlisted while a resident of Drummond's Branch  about twelves miles west of  Snow Hill and about  eight miles east of Salisbury  Maryland. Just after the war of the Revolution he came to Jefferson  Co. Georgia and lived until his death near the town of  Louisville  Ga.  He married in Maryland  an Elizabeth Clary . They had ten children . He was born  about 1760 and died about 1840  John Garrett  Rev. War soldier married Sarah Baldwin . He was born  6-7- 1762  & died 1763. He lived and died in Edgefield District  near Laurens , South Carolina . William Ball Rev. War sol. mar. Lily Ann . He was born about 1740 & died about 1820 . He lived & died in Laurens Co. South Carolina . Please send me  all you have on them. Mrs. W. M Haye ( signed )
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1925 Feb. 27 Hish[illegible]
Mrs. W. M. Hays [illegible]
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18046
Elizabeth Garrett
Wid
John Catlett Garrett
Privt Rev. War
Act: March 31/ 43
Index: Vol. A, Page 263
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Washington Apl.  2. 60 Hon. Geo C. Whiting Com. Pen. Sir, Please see  if the  within named Catlett Garrett is on the Pension rolls or if  his widow or children have drawn a pension  & to whom it was  paid & return me the letter of Mr. Houston with all the information you can give me. I am Sir very respectfully yours  M.L. Bonham ( signed )
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Returned,
Papers from the Dept Interior
Elizabeth Garrett child of John
Catlett Garrett.
Department of the Interior
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Chief Clerk
Commissioner of Pensions
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No. 38.701 John Catlett Garrett dec'd  South Carolina  Let Hon  Thomas G. Key Feb 28/54 Rev Act June 7, 1832
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No. 15.114 Elizabeth Garrett dec'd  widow of John Catlett South Carolina  Let to Thos. G. Key Feb 23/54 Rev Act July 7 1838
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( post mark ) [ EDGEFIELD C. HOS. MAY 31 ]  ... ( illegible ) Business      FREE                                   Honl L. P. Waldo Comm Pensions Washington City D.C. ( vertical note ) ( Elizabeth Garrett widow of John C. S.C. 1843 ) File .. ( illegible )
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( post mark ) [ EDGEFIELD C. HOUSE MAY 11 ] Official Business   Free L. P. Waldo Comr Pensions Washington City D.C.  ( vertical note ) (  Elizabeth Garrett SC Jul 1838 ) Has found name ... ( illegible )
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John Catlett Garrett , deceased South Carolina  Adm'd act June 7 , 1832  13 months and 2 days as private at rate of  $ 43.55 c per annum from 4th March  1831 to 9th  February 1833  when he died .   Elizabeth Garrett , deceased , widow of above John Catlett Garrett , deceased. Adm'd  acts July 7, 1838 & March 3, 1843 - 13 mos and 2 days , as private  rate of $43.55  from 4th March 1836 to October 13, 1843  when she died ( excepting two years ) Pay to Thomas Garrett only surviving child. Certificate to  Thomas G. Key Esq. Edgefield C.H. South Carolina
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[ State of South Carolina
Edgefield District ]
I Henry T.
Wright Judge
of the Court of
Ordinary for the District and State aforesaid,
do hereby certify to all whom it may concern,
that satisfactory proof has been exhibited
before me, that Catlett Garett late of
this District departed this life on the ninth
day of February A.D. 1833; and that
Elizabeth Garrett his wife survived him
and died on the thirteenth day of October
A.D. 1843
I further certify, that it has been
satisfactorily proved before me that the said
Elizabeth Garnett was never remarried, but
that she continued the widow of the said
Catlett Garrett to the day of her death;
and that Thomas Garrett of this District is
their only surviving, child
Given under my hand and seal
of Office, this the Fourteenth day of February
A.D. 1854.
H. T. Wright ( signed / sealed ) OED
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L.P. Waldo Esq Com of Pensions
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Edgefield C. H. So. Ca. February 14th  1854 Dear Sir : Enclosed  please find a certificate from the Comptroller Genl Office of this State and the necessary  proof  of identity  and heirship to establish the claim of Thomas Garrett  to a pension as the only surviving child of Catlett & Elizabeth Garrett dec'd. I hope the papers are in proper form and will be satisfactory . It is true that I have been able to ans .  particulars that the marriage of these persons took  place previous to the year 1794  as we have no  Registry of marriages in this State ( to which  you will  perceive the Clerk has certified ) Yes I think there is no doubt of the fact  from the age of the eldest child if alive , and from the time of the marriage  as certified by Mr. Bussey . Those parties are all  highly respectable of which said  Jacob Butler will certify  if necessary . You will herein  from the date of the death of  Catlett Garrett, that he himself was entitled to a pension in his life time under the act of  1832 , but never applied  & which I suppose will now be allowed to his son. Very respectfully your obt servant.  Thomas G. Key ( signed ) Attorney at Law          L. P. Waldo Esq. Comr. Pensions
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Comptroller General's Office Columbia So. Ca. Jany 6th 1854 [ N 647 Lib: U ] Issued the 18th  July 1785 to Catlet Garret for twenty pounds seven shillings and one penny for Militia duty  per account audited Principal Lbs 20 : 7 1/2 Annual Interest Lb 1.8.5 No. 50  [ No 50 U 647 ]  18th July 1785 Mr. Catlet Garret  his account of Duty in the Militia as Private  since the reduction of Charleston  amotg to Curry Lbs 142.11 S  Stg Lbs 20.7 1/2 State of So. Carolina  Dr to Catlet Garret for duty pr Col. Anderson's return  Lbs 142.11 S Stg Lbs 20: 7 : 1 1/2 Sepr 5th 1785 Gentlemen  please deliver to Mr. edmond Martin  the Indent due me  from the public of South Carolina for doing duty  in  Col. Le Roy Hammon Redgt of Militia  ( signed ) Catlet Garrett  To Edward Black  & Peter Boquet  Esqrs. Commissioners of the Treasury  [ State of South Carolina Ninety Six District ] Before me  Aquila Miles one of the Justices for the  District aforesaid  personally appeared Catlet Garrett and made oath that he hath not given
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any other order except the above nor disposed
of his Indent to any person or persons whatsoever
Sworn this 5th day of Sept 1785
Before (signed) Catlett Garrett
Aquila Miles J.P.
Received 18th July 1785 full satisfaction for this
account in an [amount] N 647 Book M by an
order (signed) Edmd Martin
I do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true
Copy as taken from the Records of this
office. For Comptroller Gen.
James A Black
Dep
( No seal of office )
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[ State of South Carolina Edgefield District ] Personally came before me  Abiah Morgan who being duly sworn says that his age is eighty eight  year 27th  day of next October  that he was well acquainted with  Catlett Garrett late of this district  dec'd  and whose name appears in the certificate of the Comptroller General  which  accompanies this affidavit . The deponent knows the fact of his own knowledge  that Catlett Garrett late of this district dec'd was in the war of the Revolution and in the militia of South Carolina commanded by  Col. Leroy Hammonds and he has no doubt he is the identical  Catlett  Garrett who performed  the service which is specified in the certificate of the Comptroller General which accompanies  this affidavit, he has never known any other person  that  name in this district . Deponent  further swears that  Thomas Garrett of this District who is applying for a Pension for the said Catlett Garrett 's services  as a soldier  in the Revolutionary War  is the only surviving child of the said  Catlett Garrett deponent says that this said  Catlett  Garrett might have had a double name but he was always called Catlett  Garrett and he further swears that he is not in any manner interested in this matter . Sworn to & subscribed this the 7th day of April  A.D. 1855 before me. Abiah Morgan ( his mark A )  S. Broadwater ( signed / sealed )  MED
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[ State of South Carolina Edgefield District ] I hereby certify  that S. Broadwater  Esq.  before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is now and was at the time of taking the same  an acting Magistrate  within and for the  District and  State aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that his signature  thereto is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed  the seal of my office this 9th day of May  A.D. 1855 . Tho. G. Bacon ( signed ) Clk C.P.
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( identical to page 25 )
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( identical to page 26 )
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[ State of South Carolina Edgefield  District ] Personally came before me  Wm . H. Atkinson a Magistrate in and for the District and State aforesaid , Scarborough Broadwater , Esq, a  respectable Magistrate of this District and a credible person , who being duly sworn according to law , deposes as follows , viz :  That he was a near neighbor of Catlett Garrett , late of this District deceased, and well acquainted with his hand writing , having had frequent business  transactions with him ;  that he has no doubt from an inspection of the  facsimile's  which  accompany  this affidavit, that the said Catlett Garrett , wrote the original signatures of which these are facsimiles . Deponent further swears  that he has  compared those facsimiles with the signature of the said Catlett Garrett ( which he knows to be genuine ) to a land paper dated in the year  1785 , now in the possession of his son Thomas Garrett of this District, and they they are almost identical ; but  that the said paper is of value , and cannot be given up. Deponent further swears  that the said Catlett Garrett died as he thinks  in the year 1832, leaving a widow named Elizabeth , who  survived him many years and died as  deponent believes , sometime  during the year 1848 .  ( over )
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Deponent further swears that  Thomas Garrett of this District is the only surviving child of the  said Catlett and  Elizabeth Garrett ; and further that he has no interest whatever in establishing this claim.  Deponent further swears that the  real name of the said Catlett Garrett was : " John Catlett Garrett ,"  and was  universally known and called  by the latter name above  and that he had neighbors , who never knew him by any other name that that of Catlett Garrett.  Sworn to  and subscribed before me  this the eighth day of May 1855 . The word "name "  having been underlined before the  signing by the deponent.  S. Broadwater ( signed )  W. H. Atkinson ( signed ) Magistrate E.D.
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[ State of South Carolina Edgefield District ] I , Thomas G. Bacon clerk  of the Court of Sessions and Common Pleas for the  District and State aforesaid , do hereby certify   that William H. Atkinson   Esq.  before whom the  annexed affidavit was made is and was at the time of taking  the same a Magistrate within and for this District & State  regularly  and duly commissioned  and sworn , and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. Given under my hand and seal of office this the ninth day of May A.D. 1855 . Tho. G. Bacon ( signed / sealed ) Clk C.P.
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Comptroller Generals Office Columbia  So. Ca. February 14th 1855. It is hereby certified  that the following are exact facsimiles as near a I was able to take them of the signatures of Catlett Garrett to his order in favor of  Edmond Martin  for his  Indent No 647 Book U  to his affidavit before Aquila Miles J.P.  in connection with said order on file in this office viz. facsimile  of said signature to said order. " Catlett Garrett " and facsimile of said signature  to said affidavit " Catlett Garret" For Comptroller General P.S. Jacobs deputy  ( No seal of office )
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Hon. L. P. Waldo
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Dear Sir , I have the pleasure at length  of  transmitting you the additional papers in support of the claim to a pension of Thomas Garrett  only surviving child of the late Catlett Garrett  of this District. I have complied as near as possible with the suggestions   contained in your letter of 23rd Feby 1854 . For instance ; I have  proved by the Family record , that the marriage took place previous to the year 1794 , as  their eldest child was born previous to that date. I have proved by a  respectable witness, that he  facsimile is the signature of Catlett Garrett  and by old Mr. Morgan  that our Catlett , was actually a member of  Col. LeRoy Hammond's Regiment in the revolutionary war, and that  Thomas Garrett is his only surviving child , and by record evidence the precise dates of their death  - founded in the testimony of  a brother of Catlett Garrett. I have also the pleasure of sending you the testimony of our Senator  Hon A. P. Butler in it's behalf , contained in his letter of their date  addressed to you , which I hope will be satisfactory as to the  acceptability
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and credibility of the affiants. In proof of the marriage of Catlett  & Elizabeth Garrett , and of their having  been in  this relation to each other , I  beg to refer you to the affidavit of Mrs. Hammond  and others already on file in your department. I need scarcely add , that I would be glad to have a decision as soon as circumstances will allow. Respectfully , your obt servt. Thomas G. Key ( signed )  Edgefield  C.H. S.C. May 10 1855.  L. P. Waldo Esq Washington  D.C.
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[ State of South Carolina Edgefield District ] I, Arthur Simkins Commissioner of the Court of  Equity for the  District and State aforesaid  do hereby certify  that it is a matter of record in my office and  proved on the oath of Captain William Garrett, late of this  District , deceased a highly respectable  person  and a half brother of the late Catlett Garrett dec'd - that  the said Catlett Garrett died on the ninth  (9) day of February  A.D. 1833, leaving a widow , Elizabeth , who died the 13th day of October  A.D. 1843 : and that the siad testimony was given in the trial of a cause in this Court, entitled " John E. Garrett vs Thomas Garrett. " Given under my hand & seal of office this the tenth (10th ) day of May Anno Domini 1855 A. Simkins ( signed ) C.E.E.D.
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Brief in the case of John Catlett Garrett dec'd & Elizabeth Garrett, deceased.
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Brief in the case of Catlett Garrett , deceased, under act June 7, 1832  and Elizabeth  Garrett, deceased , widow of  said John Catlett Garrett , under act of July 7, 1835 and March 3, 1843. Edgefield District State of South Carolina . John Catlett Garrett served 13 months and 2 days as private in  revolutionary war, as shown by  record evidence  certified from the office of the  Comptroller General  of  South Carolina . He died 9th  February 1833. Elizabeth Garrett was married to the above named  & widow  before January 1794  , as is shown by private record proof of the birth of their first child in 1792 - She died October 13,1843. The date of the deaths of the parties is proved by  verified copy of  record in Family Bible. That Thomas Garrett , the claimant in this case ; is the only surviving child of the  above parties as as shown by the  required certificate of Court , forwarded upon  accompanying affidavits , and that his father was the identical soldier named in the certificate of the  Comptroller General of south Carolina  in proved by parol evidence  and by comparing the signature of the  Indent  appended to his receipt for his indent with
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those known to be the original signatures of his said father . Allowance has been made to claimant  of arrears of pension due his father, under the act of  June 7, 1832 at rate of $ 43.55 c  per annum  from 4th March 1831, to 9th February  1833  , and of arrears at same rate , due his mother under  acts July , 1838 and March 3, 1843 , from March 4th 1836 to October 13 1843 ( excepting two years , viz: from 4th March 1841 to 4th March 1843. ) R. Geddis ( signed ) Examining Clerk Pension Office May 24, 1855 .                                 Certificate to - Thomas G. Key Esq Edgefield Court House South Carolina
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To. L.P. Waldo Esqr. Comr. of Pensions  Sir - at the instance of  Thos. G. Key  Esq. with whom I am personally acquainted , and who is a gentleman of high character, I have read an affidavit of  S. Broadwater ; and also the affidavit of Abiah Morgan - They are persons of unimpeachable  character and their statements made on oath  are entitled to full faith and credit. I was well acquainted with Catlet Garrett, in his lifetime - He was a member of one of the most  respectable
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families of this section of the County . distinguished  for ..( illegible ) spirit, for wisdom and personal integrity. I knew three brothers , William , Stephan & Catlet; and they live in the neighbor hood of Snow Hill, the residence of Col. Leroy Hammond, who commanded a Regiment of Militia during the revolution- and I have little doubt  but that Catlet Garrett was attached to the  Regt from the information before me. A. P. Butler ( signed ) May 10th 1855.
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Department of the Interior Washington  , June 8th 1855. Sir, I return herewith the papers in the case of Thomas Garrett, only surviving child of Elizabeth  Garrett  widow of John Catlett Garrett, deceased, of South Carolina , for arrears of pension due the said Elizabeth , at the time of her decease, under the act of July 7th , 1838 , which accompanies your report  of the 5th inst : For your information as to the action of the  Department in this case, I enclose herewith a copy of a letter this day addressed to Thos. G. Key  Esq, Edgefield ,  So Carolina , who took an appeal from your decision  in the case. I am Sir, very respectfully your obt servant. Geo. C. Whiting ( signed )  Acting Secretary    Commissioner of Pensions
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Copy  Department of the Interior Washington  June 8, 1855. Sir : Since the receipt of your letter of the 30th ultimo , the action  of the Pension office in the case of Elizabet , the widow of John Catlett Garrett , has be reviewed. That claim was presented and allowed under the act of July 7th 1838 , and not the act of 1836 , as you seem to suppose. The point involved in  your appeal , is as to the date of the commencement of the pension ; it being contended  that it should have been the 9th of February  1833 , when the soldier died, instead of the period from which it was allowed viz : 4th March 1836. You will find by reference to the act of 1838 , that the 4th March 1836 is therein expressly fixed as the period  when the pension thereby granted shall commence , and consequently , that an appeal  on the point cannot be entertained. I am Sir very respectfully your  obt servant, Geo. C. Whiting Acting Secretary            Thomas G. Key Esq Edgefield South Carolina
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[ State of South  Carolina Edgefield District ] Personally appeared before me  Mr. Demcy Bussey  Senr  an aged and highly respectable resident of this District  who being first duly sworn  and regularly sworn  according to law, deposes as follows : viz That his age  is eighty seven  years the 21st of  next June  , That he was well acquainted with both Catlet Garrett and  Elizabeth his wife  they having been his near neighbors for a period of  sixty five years and until the time of their respective deaths : That Catlet Garrett and Elizabeth his wife ( whose maiden name was Ware ) were  married according to deponent's recollection  shortly after the close of the Revolutionary  War and he is quite certain that they were married previous to the year 1794 . This deponent  has no positive knowledge himself of the fact  that the said Catlet Garrett  was a soldier in the  Revolutionary war, except that he had frequently heard it spoken of by the  said Catlet Garrett  and others who were in the service speak of a wound which he received while doing duty  in the  Regiment of South Carolina Militia , and he never heard it doubted by anyone . This deponent  has every reason for believing that he is the identical person  who performed  the service as specified in the transcript  from the books  of the  Comptroller Generals office which accompanies this paper as he never knew any other Catlet Garrett  . Deponent  further says  that all of the children of the said Catlet & Elizabeth Garrett are dead but one Thomas Garrett and that he is their only surviving child . Demcy Bussey Senior ( signed) Sworn to  and subscribed before me this 31st day of January A.D. 1854 S. Broadwater ( signed / sealed ) MED.
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[ State of South Carolina Edgefield District ] I, Thomas G. Bacon Clerk of the Court of  Common Pleas for the district and State aforesaid  and keeper of the  Rolls of Magistrates for said District,  do hereby certify  that  S. Broadwater  Esq. before whom the  annexed affidavit was made is , and who at the time that it was signed , a Magistrate for said  District duly commissioned and sworn ,  and that full faith and credit  are due to his official acts as such officer and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. I further certify that no registry of marriages has ever been kept in this  State. Given under my hand and seal of office , this the 14th day of  February  A.D. 1854.  Tho. G. Bacon ( signed/ sealed ) Clk C.P.
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In the matter of the Pension claim of Thomas Garrett only surviving child of  Catlett & Elizabeth Garrett  both deceased and late of Edgefield District South Carolina : Extract from the  certificate issued  to Thomas Garrett. " I certify that n conformity  with the law  of the United States of the 7 July 1838 , Elizabeth Garrett deceased, widow of John Catlett Garrett  , who was a  private in the  Revolution, was entitled to a pension, and having died on the 13th day of October 1843, her only surviving  child Thomas Garrett , is entitled to the amount at the rate of forty dollars and fifty five cents per annum, commencing  4th March 1836 , and ending  4th March  1841 . Also act  3rd March  1843 , at the same rate commencing  4th March  1843  and ending 13th October 1843 , when she died. " " I certify  that in conformity with  the law of the United States  of the 7th June 1832  John Catlett  Garrett deceased who was a private in the Revolution , was entitled to a pension and having died on the 9th February  1833 his only surviving child  Thomas Garrett is entitled to the amount  at the rate of forty three dollars and fifty five cents per annum , commencing 4th March 1831, and ending  9th February 1833 , when he died ."
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The claimant Thomas Garrett , would respectfully beg leave to appeal from the decision of the Commissioner of Pensions in his case on the ground  and for the reason , that the allowance to  Elizabeth  Garrett, should have commenced from the death of her husband Catlet Garrett, 9th February  1833 , and have been continued uninterruptedly to the death of the said Elizabeth  Garrett, which occurred on the 13th October 1843. Edgefield District C.H. S. C.  Thomas G. Key ( signed ) Attorney in fact  for Thomas Garrett
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Sir ; I herewith furnish you with a copy of the grounds of an  official from your decision in which yo had allowed a pension to  Elizabeth Garrett  from the 4th March  1836 only and suspending it from  4 March 1840 to 4 March 1843. I think that according to an equitable construction of the act of 1838, the previous should commence from the date of the husband's death , at all events . I have been informed  that such was the  interpretation  put before  the act by your predecessor  as I know of cases under the act of 1836 , in which  he allowed pensions to widows who died in 1839, to be  compensated from 4 March 1831 to the date of their death. Respectfully , your obt servant, Thomas G. Key ( signed ) 30 May 1855.  Honl L. P. Waldo Washington .  N.B. I forward a copy of this paper to the Secretary of the Interior by this mail
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Form  VAN-51 12-5-41  BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD * Division of Veteran's Administration Archives  NAME Garrett, Robert GRADE Drummer LINE Pennsylvania WARRANT NUMBER 9464 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 29, 1789 to M. McConnell , assignee