Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7863, for Solomon Page, North Carolina
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SERVICE N. C. 
Page, Solomon
Mary
NUMBER R. 7863
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Application of
Mary Page for Pension
L. B. True
Present,
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State of Georgia
Washington County
on this the 26th day of July in the year one Thousand Eight hundred and Fifty Two personally appeared before the subscribers
Justices of the Inferior Court in and for the County of Washington in open Court Mary Page a resident of the County of Washington in the State of Georgia aged Eighty 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 That she is the widow of Solomon Page of North Carolina who was a volunteer in the Revolutionary war and Served in said was in the manner herein after set forth Viz: That he first entered the Revolutionary Service on or about the [left blank] day of [left blank] 1780
as [left blank] under [left blank] That he then served as Second Sergeant in the North Carolina Regiment under Gen Green That he then served as [left blank]  That he then served as [left blank] That he then served as [left blank]  That he then served as [left blank] That there is no living witness by whom to prove
her marriage That she has no marriage Certificate or Record of Marriage That she further declares That she was married to the said Solomon Page on the Ninth day of September in the year A.D. 1791 and that her husband the aforesaid Solomon Page died on the 4th day of December A D. 1823.
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and that she has remained a widow ever since that Period That her maiden name was Mary Horton 
Mary Page X her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before us in open Court on the day and year first above written
E.C. Williamson J.I.C.
Emanuel Brown J.I.C.
John Bland JIC
State of Georgia
Washington County
We certify that the declarant is Personally known to us and that She is the Same Individual She Represent herself to be in the foregoing affidavit
July the 26th 1852
E.C. Williamson J.I.C
Emanuel Brown J.I.C.
John Bland JIC
State of Georgia
County of Washington  SS
I Haywood Brookins Clerk of the Inferior Court
in and for said State and County above mentioned do hereby certify that E C
Williamson Emanuel Brown and John Bland whose genuine Signatures appears to the foregoing affadavit and Certificate are and was at the time of Signing the same Justices of the Inferior Court in and for the County and State aforesaid duly sworn and Commissioned as such that all their official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that the
aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record having general Jurisdiction Given under my hand and Seal of office at Sandersville Washington County Georgia August A.D. 1852
Haywood Brookins CLK
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State of Georgia
Washington County
On this the 30th day of July in the year A D 1852 Personally appeared before William B Warthen a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Persons came John E Maye John Purnell Resident of the County of Washington in the State of Georgia and made oath in due form of law that they were personally acquainted with Solomon Page who served in the Revolutionary war and that he was generally reputed and believed in the Neighbourh where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that they concur in this general Opinion.
J. E. Maye senor
John Pournel
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me W. B. Warthen J.P.
State of Georgia
County of Washington SS
I Haywood Brookins Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned do hereby certify that William B. Warthen whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing affidavit is and was at the time of Signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State foresaid duly commissioned and sworn that all his official
act as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record having general jurisdiction Given under my hand and seal of Office at
Sandersville Washington County Georgia August 5th AD 1852
Heywood Brookins Clk
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Application of Mary Page for Pension
Testimony of
Penelope Bryan
Sarah Hudson
Penelope Mage &
Sarah Maye
of
Filed by
L. B. True
Agent in the case
June 1853
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State of Georgia
Washington County
On this the 9 day of June in the year AD 1853
before me a Justice of the Peace duly qualified to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid Personally Came Penelope Bryan a Resident of the County of Washington in the State of Georgia who being duly sworn deposeth and saith That she is personally
acquainted with Mary Page Widow of Solomon Page late of Washington County & State of George Now deceased who is applying to the United States Goverment [Government] for a Widows Pension That deponent first became acquainted with the said Solomon Page Now deceased and the said Mary Page Widow of
the said Solomon Page Now deceased In the County of Washington and State of Georgi [Georgia] in the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety four 1794 That the said
Solomon Page and the said Mary Page now widow of the said Solomon Page decd at that time to wit in the year One thousand Seven hundred and Ninety four 1794 had one child a Daughter by the name of Martha which child was from two to three years old as that time to wit in the year 1794. That deponent has
been Intimately acquainted with the Family of Solomon Page and a Near Neighbour of the Page Family in the County of Washington & State of Georgi [Georgia] from the year
Seventeen Hundred and Ninety four (1794) to the Present time Sworn to and subscribed
before me the day and year first above written
Penelope Bryan X her mark
W. B. Warthen J.P.
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State of Georgia
Washington County
On this the 9th day of June in the year 1853
before me a Justice of the Peace duly Judified
to administer Oaths in and for the County
aforesaid Personally came Sarah Maye wife of
John E Maye a resident of the County of
Washington in the State of Georgia who being
duly sworn deposeth and Saith that She
deponant was the Second Child of Solomon Page late of said County Now decease and Mary Page the widow of the said Solomon Page deceased who now applying to the United States Government for a widows Pension. That the first child of the said Solomon and Mary Page was Named Martha and between two and three years older than this deponant That this deponent was Fifty Nine years of age on the 26th day of June
AD 1852
Sarah Maye
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day & year first above Written
W. B. Warthen J.P.
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State of Georgia
Washington County
On this the 16th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty three before me a Justice of the Peace duly Qualified to administer oaths within and for the County of aforesaid Personally appeared Penelope Maye a resident of Said County and State wife of Duren G Maye who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she is the daughter of Solomon Page late of said County Now deceased and of Mary Page Widow of the said deceased who is as this deponent is informed Now applying to the United States Government for a widow's pension that this deponent was the third child born after the marriage of the said Solomon Page that this deponent is now in his fifty seventh year that this deponants older Sister whose name was Martha was six years older than this deponant
Penelope Maye X her mark
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year
first above written
William, G. Bryan J.P.
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State of Georgia  
Washington County
On this the 4th day of June in the year AD 1853 before me a Justice of the Peace duly Qualified to administer oaths within and for the County aforesaid Personally appeared
Sarah Hudson a Resident of Washington County in the State of Georgia who being duly sworn deposeth and says that She is personally acquainted with Mary Page of the County of Washington in the State of Georgia Widow of Solomon Page Now deceased who is now applying to the United States Goverment [Government] for a widows Pension That deponant become acquainted with the said Solomon Now deceased and the said Mary Page Widow of the said Soloman Page deceased in the year AD 1800 That the said Solomon Page and the said Mary Page Now Widow of the said Solomon deceased then to wit in the year AD 1800 had four daughters (Viz, Martha the Eldest about Nine years old Sarah the second daughter about seven years old Penelope the third daughter about five years Old who is now the wife of Duren G Maye of the County of Washington in the State of Georgia Matilda the fourth daughter then having about three years old. That in the year AD 1800 the said Solomon and Mary Page had a son born that deponant recolects [recollects] his age by the age of deponents first Child which was a daughter born the same year that deponent was then and for many years
afterwards a Near Neighbour of the said
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Solomon Page Now deceased and the said Mary
Page Widow of the said Solom [Solomon] Page
deceased 
Sarah Hudson X her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the year and
first above written
William B. Warthen J.P.
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State of Georgia County of Washington
I Haywood Brookins Clerk of the Inferiour [Inferior] Court in and for said County do
hereby certify that William G Bryon and
William B Warthen whose genuine signiturs [signatures] appears to the attached declaration and affidavit, are acting Justices of the Peace
for said County and that full faith and credit ought to be had and given to their attestations as such
Sworn under my hand and Seal of said Court in Sandersville this 11 day of June 1853
Haywood Brookins Clk
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No 14.952
Mary Page
Wid of Soloman [Solomon]
Ga
7868
[illegible] Aug 26 1853
Same May 5/56
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[Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.] [crossed out]
7863
P.O.
Mary Page
Service: 
Enlisted:___, 18 
[stamped REJECTED]
Discharged:___, 18
Application filed:___, 18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.
Contract.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for___, 18
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Testimony in
Mary Page
application for
Pension
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State of Georgia
Washington County
On this the 14th day of February in the year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Fifty Six Personally appeared before me
the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer Oaths in and for the County aforesaid Joseph Harrison aged 74 years Goodson Davis aged 78 years John W Pate aged 61 years John Pournell 63 Wm Bailey 68 John E Maye 62 old and respectable citizens of said County and made oath in due form of law
that they well knew Solomon Page who lived for a long time in this community that he was ever believed and regarded by the Community here Especially by the aged people to have been a Soldier of the Revolutionary War in the North Carolina Continental line that the Said Solomon Page is Well known to have come from North Carolina Soon after the Revolutionary War Also that Mary Page the widow of the said Solomon Page decd was Ever believed and regarded as his lawfull [lawful] wife that their children are well known to us, that from their well known ages their said Parents must have been married some years before the year 1794 that though We Testify these things yet we have no interest in this Claim whatever but truly state whole we have ever heard and believed
Joseph Harrison
G. Davis
John W. Pate
John Pournel
W. Bailey
J. E. Maye
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year above written
Reuben Mayo J.P.
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State of Georgia
Washington County 
Clerks office Infr Court I Haywood Brookins Clerk of the Inferiour [Inferior] Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that
Reuben Mayo whose official name appears to the within affidavit of Joseph Harrison G Davis John W Pate, John Pournel William Bailey and J E Maye, is now and was at the time of signing his name to the same an acting Justice of the Peace for said County and that full faith and credit ought to be had and given to his attestations and all official business that he may transact as
such
Given under my hand and seal of said Court in Sandersville
this
15 day of February 1856
Haywood Brookins Clk
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State of Georgia
Thomas County
On this the tenth day of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and Fifty five Personally appeared before me this to Boston an acting Justice of the Peace duly Qualified by Law to administer Oaths, in and for said State and County Martha Chartain a Citizen of the County of Thomas in Said State who being duly Sworn deposeth and Saith that She is Seventy three 73 years of age that She has formerly resided in the County of Washington in said State that she was Well acquainted with Solomon Pages of the County
of Washington now decd a Revolutionary Soldier That She is well acquainted with Mary Page of the County of Washington Widow of the said Solomon Page deceased, who deponent is informed is applying to the United States Goverment [Government] for a Widows Pension for the Services of her deceased husband as a Revolutionary Soldier Deponant further States That She was present at the marriage of the said Solomon and Mary Page-- That they were Married in the County of Washington in said State by George Granbury a minister of the Gospel About the first of September One Thousand Seven Hundred and ninty [ninety] one That deponent is enabled to arive [arrive] at the date of said Marriage by Comparing her own age with the ages of other
members of her family and particarly [particularly] with that of a brother who deponent well recolects [recollects] was an Infant at that time not old Enough to walk
Deponant further Saith that she has no Pecuniary interest whatever in this claim but makes the Statement from a full Conviction of the Truth thereof Sworn to
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and subscribed before me the day and year first above written
Martha Chartain X her mark
Test T M Boston JP
I further certify that deponent is a Person of high Standing and whose Statements are
Entitled to full Confidence and that I have
no Pecuniary interest whatever in this Claim
Thos M Boston JP
State of Georgia
Thomas County
I Jarred Everett Clerk of the Inferior Court in
and for said County do hereby Certify that Thomas M Boston whose genuine Signature and attestation is Subscribed & The foregoing affadavit [affidavit] and Certificate is an acting
Justice of the Peace in and for the Court
aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified by Law to administer oaths and that the foregoing Certificate and Signature Purporting to be his are Genuine In Testimony whereof I have hereto affixed my Seal of Office and subscribed my Name This the Eleventh day of April in the year one Thousand eight hundred and fifty five
Jared Everett Clk I.C.
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Mary Page (Widow)
Application for Pension
Deposition of
Mary Ann Pournell
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State of Georgia
Washington County
On this the 28th day of February in the year of our Lord AD 1855 before me Reuben Maye a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Qualified by Law to adminster [administer] Oaths Personally came Mary Ann Pournell a Citizen of the County of Washington & State aforesaid who being duly Sworn Saith That she is 56 years of age that she was well acquainted with Solomon page of the County aforesaid (now deceased) That She is well acquainted with Mary Page of the County of Washington & State aforesaid Widow of the said Solomon
Page deceased who deponant is informed is applying to the United States Goverment [Government] for a Pension for the Services of the said Soloman Page deceased as a Revolutionary Soldier That this deponent was born and raised within one mile of The Page Family in Washington County. That she was raised up as a Companion of the Children of Solomon & Mary Page That she went to the same Neighbourhood School with them That the three first children of the said Solomon & Mary Page which were daughters were known to be and always regarded Older than this deponant. The fourth daughter of the said
Solomon & Mary Page was always regarded of the same age of this deponant deponant well recolects [recollects] when she was first sent to School at the age of six or seven years that The
Eldest daughter of the said Solomon & Mary Page who [home] [crossed out]  was attending the same school was a grown Young Woman
could not at that time of been less than fourteen or fifteen years of age deponant further states that she has no pecuniary interest whatever in this Claim but makes the
Statement from a full conviction of the truth thereof -
Subscribed & sworn to before me the day and year first above Written
Mary Ann Pounell
I further certify that the deponent is a person of high standing for truth & veracity in whose statements full confidence may be placed
Reuben Maye J. P.
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State of Georgia Washington County
I Haywood Brookins Clerk of the Inferiour Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Reuben Mayo whose genuine signature appears to the within Declaration is and was at the time of signing the Same an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, duly Commissioned and sworn according to Law, and that full faith and Credit ought to be had and given to his attestations as such
Given under my hand and seal of said Court in Sandersville this 8th day of March 1855
Haywood Brookins Clk
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James Gainer
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State of Georgia
Washington County
On this the 30th day of June AD 1853 before me a Justice of the Peace duly qualified to administer oaths within and for said County Personally appeared James Gainer a resident of Washington County in the State of Georgia who being duly Sworn deposeth and saith that he is personally acquainted with Mary Page Widow of Solomon Page late of said County now deceased, who this deponant is informed is making application to the United States Goverment [Government] for a Widows Pension that this deponant became acquainted with the said Soloman Page and the said Mary Page Now Widow of the said Solomon Page in the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety three. That the said Solomon Page and the said Mary Page Now Widow of the said Solomon Page then were living together as Husband and Wife in the County of Washington in the State of Georgia ; that this deponent has resided a Near Neighbour of the Family of the said Solomon and Mary Page from the year A D. 1793 to the the present time
James Gainer
Sworn to and subscribed before
me the day and year first above
Written
J. O. Hames J.P.
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State of Georgia Washington County
I Haywood Brooking Clerk of the Inferiour [Inferior] Court in and for the County and State
aforesaid do hereby certify that Alvin O Haines
and William B Warthen whose genuine signitures [signatures] appears to the within declarations are and were at the time of signing the same
acting Justices of the Peace for said County
duly commissioned and sworn according to law and are entitled to full faith and Credit as such
Given under my hand and Seal of said Court in Sandersville this 2nd day of July 1853
Heywood Brookins Clk
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State of Georgia
Washington County
On this the first day of July A D 1853 Personally appeared before me William B Warthen a Justice of the Peace duly qualified to administer oaths in and for the State and County aforesaid John W Rudisill atty at Law. J B Crofton attorney A A Cullens MD Resident of the County of Washington and State of Georgia who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that they are Personally acquainted with James Gainer whose Genuine Signature appears to the foregoing affadavit [affidavit] and that he stands undoubted for truth & veracity and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his Statements
S. B. Crafton Atty
A A Cullens M.D.
Jno W Rudisill, Atty
Sworn to and subscribed before me
the day and year above written
W. B. Warthen JP
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Celia Scoggins
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State of Georgia
Thomas County
On this the sixth day of [August] [crossed out] January in the year of our lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty three before me Absalom B. McGuire, a Justice of the Peace duly qualified to administer Oaths in and for said County Personally appeared Celia Scroggins a Resident of the Court of Thomas in the State of Georgia who being duly sworn doth depose and say that She is Personally acquainted with Mary Page Widow of Solomon Page deceased and has been acquainted with her since the year Seventeen thousand & eighty that the Name of the said Mary Page Widow of the said Solomon Page decease was Mary Horton That deponent was present at the Solemnization of Marriage and wedding of the said Mary Horton and Said Solomon Page now deceased The said Marriage Ceremony between said Mary Horton, and the said Solomon Page Now decease took place in the Court of Washington in the State of George and was performed On the fourth day of September in the year of Our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety One By George Granbury a Minister of the Gospel That deponent was personally acquainted with Solomon Page deceased during the lifetime of the said Solomon Page Now deceased and from the Marriage of said Solomon Page to the said Mary Horton and was an intimate friend of the Family and a Neighbour of the same That deponant did frequently hear said Solomon Page during his Lifetime state that he had been Engaged In Service in the Revolutionary army in the North Carolina line  and did frequently hear Said Solomon Page allude to Same which
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he had witnesses as a Soldier and while Engaged in such service in the Revolutionary army at that It was the General Opinion in the Neighborhood where the said Solomon Page resided during his Lifetime That said Solomon Page had been a Soldier in the Revolutionary army in the North Carolina line and that said Solomon Page one said Mary Horton, Now Widow of the said Solomon Page deceased were lawfully married man and wife in which General opinion deponent doth concur and deponent further States that the said Mary Page Widow of the said Solomon Page deceased is now a Resident of the County of Washington in the State of Georgia whom deponent is informed and believes is Now making an application to the Goverment [Government]  of the United States for A Widows Pension is the Identical Person stated above to have marred [married]  the said Solomon Page on the day and at the Place aforesaid
Celia Scoggins X her mark
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day and year first above Written
Absalom B. McGuire  J.P.
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State of Georgia
Thomas County
I Jared Everett Clerk of the County Court in and for said County and State above mentioned do hereby certify that Abasom [Absalom] B Mcquire
whose genuine Signature appears to the foregoing affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for
the County and State aforesaid duly commission
and Sworn and that his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record having General Jurisdiction 
Jared Everett Clk IC
Given under my hand and Seal of Office at Thomasville Thomas County Georgia this
[August the day A D 1852] [crossed out]
January the 6th day AD 1853
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6
28th May 1853
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State of North Carolina
Comptroller's Office
I, William J Clarke, Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears of record in my office among the payments made by said State to sundry persons for Military services in the Revolutionary War as follows, to wit: Solomon Page Vol. 10 payments to 18 months drafts 1782 $76.60 Seventy six dollars and sixty cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 28th day of May A.D. 1853.
Wm J. Clarke Comptr.
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No public Record
of Marriage
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State of Georgia
Washington County 
"Ordinaries Office"
I Haywood Brookins Ordinary in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that
I cannot find any recorded Evidence in this office
of the Marriage of Solomon Page to Mary Horton
Given under my hand and seal in Sandersville this 12 day of January 1853
Haywood Brookins Ordinary
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State of Georgia
Washington County
On this the 30th day of July in the year one thousand Eight hundred and fifty Two before
me William B Warthen A Justice of the Peace duly qualified to administer oaths within and for said County Personally appeared Robert Whitfield who being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is a resident of the County of
Washington in the State of Georgia That he is acquainted with Mary Page who is a resident of the County of Washington and State of Georgia That the said Mary Page is Widow of Solomon Page for whose Services in the war of the Revolution She is making application for a widows Pension That deponent has been acquainted with Said Mary Page Since the year AD 1790. That he was first acquainted with
her deceased husband Solomon Page on or
about the year AD 1775 and at the time Said
Solomon Page deceased entered the Revolutionary army and deponent did live as Neighbour to the Said Solomon Page deceased in the County of Burtee [Bertie}
in the State of North Carolina. That said Solomon Page deceased entered the Revolutionary army from said County of Burtee [Bertie] and State of North Carolina in the Continental line of said State about three or four years previous to the close of the war and
did serve in said army and said Continental line
until the close of said Revolutionary war and until Peace was declared That deponent moved from the State of North Carolina to the State of Georgia on or about the year 1790 and on or about the same year 1790 The said Solomon Page deceased did also move from the State of North Carolina to the State of Georgia That he the deponant
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lived thereafter a near Neighbour of the said Solomon Page decd in said State of Georgia until the death of the said Solomon page That said deponant remembers said Solomon Page decd to have left Burtee [Bertie]  County North Carolina about three or four years previous to the Close of the revolutionary War for the purpose of serving in the army of the Revolution and was informed by said Solomon Page deceased That it was the intention of him said Solomon Page decd to Join said Revolutionary Army That said Solomon Page
was absent from his home in Burtee [Bertie] County North Carolina for the period of about three or four years and that during this period It was the belief of deponent and the other Neighbours of the Page Family that said Solomon Page decd was in the Revolutionary Army and Engaged in service That on or about the close of the war and the declaration of Peace said Solomon Page returned home
and did State to deponent and Generally to other neighbours that he the said Solomon Page had been engaged during his abscence [absence] of three or four years as aforesaid in service in the Revolutionary army and North Carolina line. and during the subsequent Intimacy between said Solomon Page and deponent from the time of the return home of the said Solomon Page at the declaration of Peace until the Period of the death of the said Solomon Page said Solomon Page did frequently in Familiar Conversation with deponent State to said deponent that he Solomon Page had been engaged in Service in the war of the Revolution in the North Carolina
line and said Solomon Page did also at such
times frequently described and allude to events and scenes which had come to his Personal knowledge
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while Engaged in such Revolutionary service as aforesaid and is describe Skirmishes and actions in which he the said Solomon Page had been engaged while serving in said Revolutionary army in the North Carolina line. That the said Solomon Page died in the
County of Washington and State of George on
or about the [left blank]  of December in the year AD 1823 That he left Surviving him his Widow Mary Page which Said Widow
deponent is informed and believes is now making application for a Widows Pension to the Goverment [Government] of the United States on account of the Revolution services of her deceased husband said Solomon Page. That the name before Marriage of Mary Page Widow of Solomon Page decd was Mary Horton That said Solomon Page now deceased and said Mary Page were marred [married] in the County of Washington in the State of Georgia on or about the [left blank] day of [left blank] in the year 1790 That it is the geneal [general] opinion in the neighbourhood where the said Mary Page Widow of said Solomon Page resides the said Mary was married lawfully to said Solomon Page about the time and in the Court above mentioned and it is also the opinion and belief in the Neighbourhood where Solomon Page did reside until the time of his death that he had been a Soldier in the war of the Revolution in the North Carolina line and that he was pointed out as such upon Publick [Public]
occasions and in this general opinion deponant doth concur 
Robt Whitfield
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day & year first above written
W. B. Warthen J.P.
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State of Georgia
County of Washington SS
I Haywood Brookins Clerk of The County Court in and for Said County and State above mentioned do hereby certify that Wm B. Warthen whose genuine Signature appears to the foregoing affadavit is and was at the time of Signing the Same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid and duly Commissioned and Sworn that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that the foresaid County Court is a Court of Record having Genral Jurisdiction
Given under my hand and Seal of Office
Sandersville Washington County Georgia
This the 5th day of August AD 1852
Haywood Brookins Clk
[*Application of Mary Page for Pension*]
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Evidence in Application of Mary Page Widow of Solomon Page for Pension
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State of Georgia
Washington County
On this the 7th day of November in the year 
A D 1853 before me D. W. Harrison a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly qualified to administer Oaths Personally Came Mary Page Widow of Solomon Page late of said County deceased who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that She is now making application to the United States Goverment [Government]  for a Widows Pension which she claims for services rendered by her deceased Husban [Husband] Saloman [Solomon] Page as a Revolutionary Soldier Deponant further States that her deceased Husband the said
Solomon Page Left no discharge was no man living that was with him while in the army  deponent further states that she had heard say that the Rolls of the Revolution Wore [were] Burned by the British in the last War in 1814 and that there was no means of proving his services which she believed nor does She now believe it but that deponant has been [illegible] persuaded to make the trial
Mary Page X her mark
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day and year first above written
D. W. Harrison J.P.
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State of Georgia 
Washington County
On this 7th day of November A D 1853 before me D W Harrison a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified to admister [administer] Oaths Personally Came Robert Whitfield a Resident of Said State and County who being duly Sworn deposeth and Saith that he has Previous to this time made affidavit in the Case of the application of Mary Page to the United States Goverment [Government] for a widows Pension for Services rendered by Solomon Page her late husband as a Revolutionary Soldier that this deponant is 84 year old years of age that the Said Solomon
Page was Ever regarded and Considered a Revolutionary Soldier this deponent never heard it doubted
Robert Whitfield X his mark
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year first above written
D. W. Harrison J.P.
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State of Georgia
Washington County
On this the 20th day of December A D 1853 before me William B Warthen A Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly Qualified to Administer Oaths Personally Came
Gen Lewis A Jernigan Dr. James R Smith
Maj William Hodges & S A H Jones Sheriff
Residents of the County of Washington and
State of Georgia who being duly Sworn
Deposeth and Saith that they are Personally
acquainted with John E Maye Penelope Bryan James Garner Sarah Hudson and Robert Whitfield that they are all aged Persons residing in Said County & State who these deponents are informed have given evidence touching the application of Mary Page of Said County to the United States Goverment [Government] for a Widows Pension for Services Rendered by her late husband Solomon Page in the Revolutionary Army
deponants further state that Each and all of the aforesaid Persons Stand high as Persons of Trust and veracity and full faith and credit aught to be given to their attestation
Wm. Hodges
L A Jernigan Brig Genl 2 Brig 2 [illegible]
S.A.H. Jones Shff. W.C
James R Smith MD
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written
Wm. B. Warthen
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State of Georgia
Washington County 
I Haywood Brookins Clerk of the Inferiour [Inferior] Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that William B Warthen and Drury W Harrison whose genuine signatures appears to the within and attached attestations, was at the time of signing the same acting Justices of the Peace for said County duly Commissioned and Sworn according to law, and that full faith and Credit ought to be had and given to their attestations as such
Given under my hand and Seal of said Court in Sandersville this 5 day of January 1854,
Haywood Brookins Clk
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Application of Mary Page for Pension
James Gainer's
Bryant Whitfield
Reuben Whitfield &
Mary Page
[*Affadavits*] [Affidavits]
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State of Georgia
Washington County
On this the 7th day of July A D 1854 Personally came before me William G Bryan an acting
Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer Oaths in and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Page of said County Widow of Solomon page decd who is applying to the United States Goverment [Government] for a Pension for the services of her decd husband as a Revolutionary Soldier who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she has no Record of her Marriage with the said Solomon Page (now decd) Nether [neither] has she any record of the Birth of her children
Mary Page X her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above Written I also certify that I
have no interest in this case
Nor concerned in its prosecution
William G. Bryan, J. P.
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Georgia Washington County
Ordinares [Ordinaries] Office
I Haywood Brookins "Ordinary" in and for
the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify
that after careful examination of the records
of my office from the earliest date up to the
present time I am unable to find any record
of the marriage of Solomon & Mary Page the
widow of the said Solomon deceased, who is
applying to the United States Government for
a widows pention [pension] for services performed by the said Solomon in the war of the Revolution
Given under my hand and Seal of office in Sandersville this the 1st June 1854
Haywood Brookins Ordy
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State of Georgia
Washington County
On this the fourth day of July in the year AD 1854 Personally came before me William G Bryan an acting Justice of the Peace duly Qualified by law to administer Oaths &c in and for the County and State aforesaid the undersigned Reuben Whitfield and Bryant A
Whitfield & James Gainer who reside in the County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith
that they were well acquainted Will Solomon Page a Soldier of the North Carolina Continental line in the war of the Revolution that they ever believed and regarded him as such And that he was so regarded by the whole Community in which he resided Especiale [especially] on all publick [public] accasions [occasions] or days of National Celebration as fourth of July &c where he a Revolution Soldier made [illegible] as And that as such they never heard it Questioned and that there are many Aged Persons now living If called upon Could testify to the same, so notorious a person was he as such And further that they themselves have no interest whatsoever in the result of this Case
Ruben Whitfield Aged 66
Bryant A. Whitfield 64
James Gainer 70
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year above written before me I also certify that I have no
Personal interest in this case
No concerned in its prosecution
W. G. Bryan J P
State of Georgia
Washington County
I William G Bryant one the Justices of the Peace in and for the State and County aforesaid Do hereby certify that Reuben Whitfield Bryant Whitfield and James Garner whose names appear to the above
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are well known to me as Persons of high
standing for truth and veracity that
they are citizens of and residing in the County
and State aforesaid Given under my hand
and Seal this July the fourth 1854
W. G. Bryan J.
State of Georgia
Washington County  
I Haywood Brookins Clerk of the Inferiour [Inferior] Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that William G Bryant whose genuine signature appears to the above and attached have [half] sheet of paper at three differant [different] places is and was at the time an acting Justice of the peace for said County duly commissioned and sworn according to law and that full faith and credit ought to be had and given to his attestations as such
Given under my hand and seal of said Court this 17 July 1854
Haywood Brookins Clk
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Washington DC
April 12/56
[illegible]
Judge Minot
Com. Pen.
Sir:
I herewith enclose in the Case of Mary Page Wid of Solomon do of North Ca for Rev. Pensions, affidavits of the following named deponents viz: James Gaines (2 dep.) Bryant Whitefield, Reuben Whitefield & Mary Page,
John Harrison, G. Davis, John W. Pate
John Pournell, Wm Bailey, John E. Maye
Martha Cartain & Mary Ann Pournell. All of which evidence in the case I respectfully submit to your examination believing the case fully made out to your Satisfaction
I am Sir 
Most Obediently
Yours
 S.B. True
Present
N.B The Widow in this case is still living
I am S. B. True
Yours
B. True
Present