Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11577, for Jacob Sutton, South Carolina
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.
Sutton, Jacob
Nancy
NUMBER
W11577
CONTENTS

[stamp]
This Envelope Includes
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

RL
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19.175    R
Alabama Regiment
Jacob Sutton
of Lawrence Cy, in the state of Alabama who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain [William] Brown of the regiment commanded by Colonel Sumpter [Thomas Sumter] in the S. Carolina line for the term of one year
Inscribed on the roll of Alabama at the rate of 8 Dollars per month to commence on the 10 of November 1823. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 of Jany 1823 and sent to Hon Wm Rolly US Senator
[Illegible]
Semi anl allce ending March 1824 $30.03\Revolutionary Claim acts March 18 1818 and May 1 1820 & March 1 1823
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11.535 Alabama H Nancy Sutton  dec'd  widow of Jacob  who died on the 28 May  1836  of _SC_  in the State of __  who was a private in the __ commanded by __  by __  __ of the __ commanded by __ in the line for Revolution Inscribed on the Roll of Huntsville at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum , to commence on the28th day of May 1836. Certificate of Pension issued  the  5 day of Sept.  1853and sent to  W. Manly Marshall   Arrears to the 4th of __ Semi-annual allowance ending __ . {Revolutionary Claim Act July 7, 1838  } Recorded by R . McRae Clerk Book Vol. 1 Page 337
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Branch of the Bank of the State of Alabama, at Decatur September 6 1836  Received of Horace Greene, agent for paying Pensions, Twenty One Dollars 35 Cents, being for three months and 21 days months 
pension due to Jacob Sutton from the 4th day of March 1836 to the twenty fifth day of May 1836 for which I have signed duplicate receipts
$21.35
Nancy [her X mark] Sutton
JC Nelson
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Pension Agency Huntsville Alabama  14th October 1853. Received of William H Moore  , Agent for paying pensions two hundred twenty  two dollars and fifty seven cents  being for four  years and two hundred  and eighty one days pension due to me as Administrator of Nancy Sutton , deceased.  commencing  28 May  1836 , when her husband died and  ending 4 March 1841  for which I have required duplicate receipts. $ 222.57  Howard Roberts ( signed ) Adm of Nancy Sutton deceased
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Original claim of Transcript Jacob Sutton   Pensioner Hon J W Walker May 8 1822 Rejected  on  acct of property
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Original Claim District of Alabama SS. On this 8th day of January  1822 personally appeared  before me in open Court being a Court of record for the County of Lawrence  Jacob Sutton  resident in said County aged  sixty three or four years who being first duly sworn  according to laws doth on his oath make the following declaration  in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of  Congress  of the 18th  May  1820  that he is the said Jacob Sutton enlisted for the term of fifteen months on the__  day of  __ in the year  1776  in the State of South Carolina in the company commanded by Captain  William Brown in the  Regiment commanded by  Colonel Thomas Sumpter  in the line of the State of South Carolina  on the __ Continental establishment that he continued  to serve in said corps  until the first day of June 1777 when he was discharged from the said service in  __ in the State of South Carolina . That he was in the battles of__  and that he has no other evidence  now in his power of his said  services except his own oath and the affidavit of Owen Evans  hereunto annexed and by him subscribed -
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Affidavit [ State of Alabama  Lawrence County ] This day personally appeared  Owen Evans  before the Court aforesaid who after being  duly sworn  saith that he  served  in the same Company and Regiment  with Jacob Sutton  for fifteen months during the years seventeen hundred and seventy sis and seventeen hundred and seventy seven in the State of  South Carolina  in the company commanded by Captain William Brown in the Regiment commanded by  Colonel Thomas Sumpter and was discharged   with the aforesaid Sutton  on the first of June in the year seventeen hundred  and seventy seven and further tis deponent saith not.  Owen Evans ( signed ) Sworn  and subscribed to  in open Court  January  the 8th  1822. John Moseby ( signed )  Judge Lawrence County Court. And in the pursuance of the act of the first May 1820  I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States  on the 18th day of March 1818 - and that I have not since that time by gift ,   sale or in any manner  disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent  hereby to diminish it as to  bring myself within the  provisions of an act of Congress , entitled  An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval  service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the  18th day of March  1818 , And that I have  not nor has any person in trust for me any property  or securities, contracts or debts due to me
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nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed to wit -  Schedule - Four head of horses , thirteen or fourteen  head of cattle, an old wagon, one set of Black smith's  tools ,  the certificate of a half quarter section of land  in which the sum of eighty dollars has been paid - all of which  property   I do not think to be worth more than three hundred  and fifty dollars. That I am by occupation  a Blacksmith  and not of sufficient ability to procure a support from the pursuit of said occupation , that I have a wife aged fifty five years, who is  diseased, that I have two daughters , one named Ann aged twenty years, the other named Nancy aged eighteen years and a  son named Jacob aged thirteen years  living with me who are unable by their labor to support themselves.  
Jacob Sutton ( signed )  
Sworn to and declared on the 8th day of January before me John Moseby   Judge of the County Court  of the County of Lawrence.  
State of Alabama Lawrence County 
I Daniel  W. Wright  clerk of the County Court  aforesaid  do hereby certify  that the foregoing oath  and the schedule  thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court , and I do further certify that it is the opinion  of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property  exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is three hundred  & fifty dollars.
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court  on  9th  day of January  1822. Daniel W. Wright  ( signed / sealed ) Clerk of the County  Court of Lawrence County
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( left page ) Jacob Sutton  Act 18 Mar 1818  4 Mar  to 25 May 2 mo 21 days  $ 8 priv. $ 21.35  Decatur. Ala.3  M 1836 Box -5 C-5 ( right page ) FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received by GAO
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[ The State of Alabama Lawrence County ] County Curt in vacation  Sept 3, 1836 Be it known  that  in open Court  before James G. Calhoun  Judge of said  Court  personally appeared Nancy Sutton and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of Jacob Sutton  the identical person named in an original certificate in her possession of which I certify   the following is a true copy  War Department  Revolutionary  Claim . I certify that in  conformity with  the law of the United States of the 18th  March 1818  , May 1st 1820 , and March 1st 1828   Jacob Sutton ,  late, a private in the army of the Revolution is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of eight dollars per month  to commence on the tenth day of November  one thousand eight hundred and twenty three . Given at the War  Office of the United States , this twenty  fourth day of January one thousand eight hundred and  twenty four. J.G. Calhoun ( signed / sealed  ) Secretary of War  Said certificate numbered  19,175  and endorsed on the back . Payable on the 4th March and 4th September  every year by LeRoy Pope  Esq. President of the Planter's and Merchant's Bank at Huntsville. The first payment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of March 1824. Recorded by  H.H. Shaw  Clerk in book B Vol. 12. page 52. Examined and countersigned by  J. L. Edwards ( signed )
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That the said Jacob Sutton was entitled to a pension of eight dollars per month, on account of Services rendered to the United States during the Revolutionary War, that he resided in Walker County in this State, until his death
which took place on the 25th of May, 1836. and had resided there for the space of eighteen months and that previous thereto he resided in Lawrence County.
Sworn and subscribed in open
Court the day and year above written
her mark - Nancy Sutton
Test.
Wiley Gallaway Clerk
And the Court do hereby certify that it has the most satisfactory evidence to wit: the evidence of John Moore and Hugh Sutton, in addition to personal knowledge that the said Nancy Sutton is the widow of the aforementioned
Jacob Sutton, who was the pensioner named in said certificate, and that the said Jacob Sutton departed this life on the 25th May 1836
Signed
J B Wallace Judge of
the County Court
I Wiley Galloway Clerk of the County Court of Lawrence County Alabama do hereby certify that the foregoing proceedings were had this day in said County Court, before James B Wallace, Esqr. Judge of said Court in the matter of the application of Nancy Sutton to draw the arrears of pension due her as the widow of Jacob Sutton deceased.
In testimony whereof I have
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hereunto set my name and affixed my Seal of office this 3rd day of Sept. 1836.
Wiley Gallaway Clerk

A round seal

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
RECEIVED FROM GAO
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A copy of a page, most likely from a family bible.

Top has a half circle showing angels, a young woman, and a building. Centered toward the top is the word Marriage.
This is standing on two columns, one on each side. 

Names; Births: Month, Day, Year; Deaths: Month, Day, Year.    
 The only clear name is May Sutton, I believe I made out the next three correctly, they appear to all be Suttons - the months are illegible.
 
Mary Sutton was born March 30, 1784 Jacob Sutton died May the 25th 1836 aged about 80

Elizabeth Sutton was born August 26, 1786

Catherine Sutton was born June 24, 1788 

James Sutton was born [illegible] 25, 1790

Nancy Sutton was born [illegible] 3, 1792 - Nancy Sutton Died September 15, 1842
                                           Births
[illegible name & month] 22, 1793
     "       "       "                   29, 1797
     "        "       "                  23, 1799
     "        "       "                  21, 1801
     "        "       "                  10, 1804
      "       "       "                  16, 1808

Sydid S. Sutton Was Born April 1814
 Sarif liynid S. Sides Was Born the 8th day of December 1821
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Another page from a family bible

An arch at the top with a picture of people and a tree.
CHILDREN's MARRIAGES.
NAMES.   /  Month.  / Day.   /  Year.
 William R. Sutton was born Octo, 8, 1837
Mary Crenid Sutton was born March the first 1841
Jacob B. Sutton was born April the 7th 1845
Marthew Jane Sutton was born December 12, 1847
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A copy of a page, most likely from a family bible.

Top has a half circle showing angels, a young woman, and a building. Centered toward the top is the word Marriage.
This is standing on two columns, one on each side. 

NAMES.//BIRTHS -Month, Day, Year//DEATHS.- Month, Day, Year. 

Catharine Sutton was born December the 17, 1805
Sary M. Sutton was born July the 16, 1822
Nancy T. Sutton was born December 29, 1823
Polly C Sutton was born October 4, 1825
James R. Sutton was born Fabruary the 23, 1827
Martha A. Sutton was born Fabruary the 8, 1828
Margit C. Sutton was born November the 24, 1829
Licinda Sutton was born Fabruary the 17, 1832
Jacinda Sutton was born Fabruary the 17, 1832
Hugh Washington Sutton was born, 14 March 1834
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Completely illegible - it actually looks like the other side bled through.
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[ State of Alabama Madison County ] Be it known that before me  William H. Moore  Agent for paying pensions at  Huntsville in the State of Alabama  duly authorized by law to administer oaths to pensioners , attorneys of pensioners, etc.  this day personally appeared Howard Roberts, Administrator of the Estate of Nancy Sutton , deceased , who was widow of Jacob Sutton , deceased, a private in the Revolutionary War, and made oath in due form of law that he is the identical  person  named in an original Pension Certificate  as the administrator of said Nancy Sutton , deceased, in  his possession of which ( identify )  the following is a true copy  " Department  of the Interior Claim for Military Service. I  certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of  the 7  July 1838  Nancy Sutton , deceased, who was widow of Jacob Sutton a private in the Revolutionary War, was entitled to a pension of forty six dollars, sixty six cents per annum , commencing  28 May 1836, when her husband died  and ending 4 March 1841- And that the amount due is payable to her administrator Howard Roberts for the .. ( illegible ) of Mary Morrow, Elizabeth Burrows , Katherine Graham, Ann Warren  & Nancy Roberts, only surviving children of said Nancy Sutton , deceased. Given at the Department of the Interior this 5th day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty three. R McClelland ( signed / sealed ) Secretary of the Interior
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Examined and countersigned
SP Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
that he now resides in the county of Laurens in said state when he obtained his letters of administration
Howard Roberts
Actne of Nancy Sutton deceased
Often with of which statements I am fully ratified sworn to and subscribed before me this 14 October 1853
WH Moore, Pers agt }

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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5278
Nancy Sutton
of Jacob
Alabama
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[ The State of Alabama Walker County ] On this  18th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and  forty  personally appeared before me  the Orphan's Court & it being a Court of  record of Walker County , Nancy Sutton a resident in the County of Walker and State of Alabama aged seventy five 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 4, 1836. That she is the widow of  Jacob Sutton  who was Regular in the Revolutionary War. She further declares that she was married to the said Jacob Sutton  on the 1st day of Jany. in the year  seventeen hundred and eighty four  , that her husband the aforesaid Jacob Sutton  died on the 25 day of May  in  the year eighteen hundred and  thirty six , and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed and she further declares that her aforesaid husband  Jacob Sutton  was a pensioner at the time  of his death and was a pensioner for a number of years preceding his death and that her aforesaid husband  was living in Lawrence County in the  State of Alabama  when he first received his pension certificate and that he died in the County of Walker in said State. She further declares that she has only drawn twenty one  12/100 dollars since the death of her aforesaid husband Jacob Sutton  and that the Pension Agent at Decatur  Alabama paid  her the aforesaid amount of twenty one  12/100 dollars and retained the pension certificate of her aforesaid husband Jacob Sutton. Sworn to and subscribed before  the Orphan's Court of Walker County  this 18th day of December 1840 . Nancy Sutton ( her mark X ) John E. Clancey  ( signed ) Judge of  Walker County Court
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[ The State of Alabama Walker County ] Be it known  that before me  John E. Clancey  Judge of the County Court  of Walker County  personally came John Sutton  aged forty years and made oath in due form of law that he is the  son of & the lawful heir of  the within named Jacob Sutton  and the within named Nancy Sutton  ( who is an applicant for a pension  ) and says the said   Jacob Sutton  was a pensioner and that the within Nancy Sutton is the widow  of the aforesaid Jacob Sutton  and that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband Jacob Sutton . Sworn to  & subscribed before me 18th December 1840 . John E. Clancey ( signed ) Judge, etc. John Sutton ( his mark * ) [ The State of Alabama Walker County ] Be it known  that before me  John E. Clancey   Judge of the County Court of Walker County   personally came Levi Sides and made oath in due form of law that Nancy Sutton ( who is an applicant for a pension  ) is the widow of Jacob Sutton  deceased, who was a pension er at the time of his death and that she is a widow at this time and has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband Jacob Sutton . Sworn to  & subscribed before me  18th December  1840. John E. Clancey ( signed ) Judge , etc. Levi  Sides ( signed )
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[ The State of Alabama Walker County ] I, John E. Clancey Judge of  the County Court  and Orphan's Court of  Walker County do hereby certify that the following interlineations and erasures were made in the foregoing claim or  affidavits  before the execution thereof  viz. the words It being a Court of Record of Walker County  in the affidavit of Nancy Sutton between lines four & five , the words  eighty four , between lines thirteen and fourteen and also an erasure in line fourteen of said Affidavit also an erasure in the affidavit of John Sutton in line five is erased, also an erasure of the word  the in line five of Levi Side's affidavit. Given under my hand  & seal this 18th day of Dec. 1840. John E. Clancey ( signed / sealed ) Judge, etc.  [ The State of Alabama Walker County ] I Moses Camah clerk of the County Court of said  do hereby certify  that  John E. Clancey is Judge of the County Court of said  County and that the signature  to the foregoing  affidavits and certificate  ( purporting to be his  are genuine )  Given under my hand and seal of office at office this 18th day of Dec.  1840 . Moses Camah ( signed ) Clerk
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[ The State of Alabama Lawrence County] Before me  Henry A. McGhee  Judge of the Probate Court  of said County  began and held in Lawrence County  in the State of Alabama  at the Court House in  the town of Moulton  on the 14th day of February  1853  . personally appeared in open Court  Howard Roberts who is Administrator of the Estate of Nancy Sutton deceased, widow of Jacob Sutton , deceased who was a Revolutionary pensioner  in his lifetime at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum, who ager being duly sworn  according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration  for the use and benefit of the said Jacob and Nancy Sutton's heirs  herein after named to wit. Mary Morrow, formerly Sutton  who is intermarried with John Morrow, Elizabeth  Burress formerly  Sutton who is intermarried with  Joun Burress , Katherine Graham formerly Sutton who is intermarried with  John Graham, Ann Warren , formerly Sutton who is intermarried with   William Warren   and Nancy  Roberts formerly Sutton who is intermarried with  Howard Roberts ( declarant )  in  order to obtain for the aforesaid children  the benefits  of the provision s made by the Act of Congress  of 7th July  1838, and subsequent acts  of 30th arch  1843, and 17th June  1844. That  the said Jacob was a Pensioner in his lifetime will more fully  appear , reference being  had to the Pension Rolls of Washington City. Declarant  further declares that he has always been  informed  and believes that the said Jacob was a soldier in the  War of the Revolution  for upwards of two years  and refers to his Declaration of file  in the proper office at Washington City for the particulars of his services.
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That the said Jacob died on the 25th day of May 1838 in the County of Walker in the State of Alabama  and that the said widow the said Nancy died  September 15th  1842. Reference being had to the  Family record of the said Jacob and said Nancy  on first page thereof will full appear  and is hereto attached as proof and part of this Declaration  . Declarant further states that  he has often been informed by the said Jacob and Nancy  Sutton of the time and place of their marriage but cannot now  specifically state  the time or County , but  that  said marriage  took place in the State of South Carolina  and previous to , or in the commencement of the  year  1784. as will be seen  by the Record of the  birth of the aforesaid Mary Morrow, formerly Sutton , their oldest child  by reference to said  Family record hereto attached. That this application is made  for the purpose of obtaining  the arrears of Pension due to the same   Jacob and the same Nancy  his widow under the several acts of Congress  aforesaid and  any other subsequent acts. Subscribed  and sworn to in open Court . Howard Roberts ( signed ) Adm. H A McGhee ( signed ) J.I.  [ The State of Alabama Lawrence County ] I, Henry A. McGhee   Judge of the Probate Court  for said County do hereby certify that   that at  a term of said Court began and held for said County at the Court House in the town of Mouton  on the 14th day of February 1853 . satisfactory proof was exhibited  to said Court that Jacob  Sutton  is Revolutionary pensioner  of Walker County  in the  State of Alabama  is dead, that  he died the 25th day of May
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(2) 1836  that he left a widow  whose name was Nancy  and that she also died on the 15th day of September 1842, and that  she left the following named children  of the said Jacob that is to say. Mary Morrow formerly Sutton , who intermarried with John Morrow,  Elizabeth Burress formerly Sutton who intermarried with   John Buress , Katherine  Graham who intermarried with  John Graham,  Ann Warren , formerly Sutton who intermarried with   William Warren, and Nancy Roberts formerly Sutton who intermarried with Howard Roberts ( declarant )   also certify that the foregoing and the original proceedings of said Court  in  the matter of the application of the said Howard Roberts Administrator of  Nancy Sutton deceased for the Pension due her as the widow of the said Jacob Sutton deceased. In testimony whereof I have hereunto  set my name and affix the official seal of said Probate Court  at office at Moulton  the 7th day of March  1853, and of the United States  of American Independence the 77th year. H. A. McGhee ( signed ) P.J.
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[ The State of Alabama Lawrence County ] This day  in open Court  Matthew Roberts aged about fifty five  years and also appeared John Prewitt  aged about fifty  years both residents of said County and State, who  after being duly sworn according to law  deposeth and saith that they were well acquainted with  the aforesaid Jacob Sutton and Nancy Sutton  his wife in their lifetime , that they first became acquainted with them  about the year 1818 or 1819  in the said County of Lawrence aforesaid, that they  have often been  at the house of the said Jacob and Nancy  from the said years of 1818  or 1819   till  the time of the death of the said Jacob  which took place as affiants believes about the year  1836, in the County of Walker in the State of Alabama , that the said  Nancy died in said Walker County  about the year 1842, deponents further  depose and say that they were very  .. ( illegible ) in the family  of   the aforesaid Jacob & Nancy  and were well acquainted with their children  whose names will be found  by reference to the Family record  of the said Jacob   Nancy  hereto attached  , that they have often heard them recognize each other as husband and wife and have times without number  seen them  cohabit together and heard  them recognize  the aforesaid children  whose names appears on said family Record as their children as shown  on the first page of said family Record down to the name of Lydia T. Sutton , who is the grand child of  said Nancy & said Jacob  and children of Jacob  Sutton Jr. , also the second page  contains  the time of the Births of the children of the said Jacob Jr.  the third page shows the time of the Birth of Hugh Sutton 's children  ( except the
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first ,  Katherine Sutton  wife of  said Hugh Sutton  , dau. of said Jacob & Nancy  . Deponents further depose  and say that they  were  always from the first acquaintance with  them reputed and  acknowledged  to be husband and wife by the citizens of Lawrence County  where they lived for long term of years previous to their removal to Walker County  and never heard it doubted by any  after their said removal. Sworn to  and subscribed in open Court  John Pruet ( signed ) Matthew Roberts ( signed ) H.A. McGhee ( signed ) P.J.  I certify that I am well acquainted with the above affiants  who are credible witnesses  and I believe  them to be of the age aforesaid; H. A. McGhee ( signed ) P.J. [ The State of Alabama Lawrence County ] Appeared in open Court  Jesse B. Roberts a resident of said County aged about fifty seven years , who after being  duly  sworn  depose and say that he has heard the affidavit of John Prewitt and Matthew  Roberts read and knows of his own knowledge that the  facts contained therein  are true. Affiant further says that he was much in the habits of doing business with the aforesaid  Jacob Sutton  in his life time and that his intercourse in the family gave him free access to his papers and business generally , that he has examined the Family Record hereto attached and knows it to be the same he has often seen in the Family Bible of the said Jacob  & Nancy  Sutton  and to be in the hand writing of the said Jacob ( on first  page down to the name of Lydia Sutton ) And that  said family
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Record has remained in the hands of the said children of the said Jacob  and Nancy  since the death of he said Nancy Sutton  wife and widow of the said Jacob. Sworn to and subscribed in open Court.. Jesse B Roberts ( signed ) H.A. McGhee ( signed ) P.J.  I certify that the above affiant is well known to me and is a credible witness and I believe him to be of the age set forth  in his affidavit. H.A. McGhee ( signed ) P.J. [ The State of Alabama Lawrence County ] ss. I Henry A. McGhee  Judge of the Court of Probate of said County  selling for the transaction  of Orphan's business do hereby certify  that Howard Roberts whose name appears to the foregoing declaration is  Administrator of the Estate of Jacob  Sutton deceased, a Revolutionary pensioner in his life time. I further certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence  before me  that  all the allegations in declarant's declaration are true. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my name and affix the official seal of the said Court at office at Moulton the 7th day of March 1853  and of the Independence of the United States of America the 77th year. H.A. McGhee ( signed / sealed ) P.J.
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Payable on the 4th March and 4th September,
every Year by Le Roy Pope Esq
President of the Planter's and
Merchants Bank, at
Huntsville.
The first Paymenton this Certificate will be
made on the 4th of March
1824

Recorded by J.H. Henshaw
Clerk Book B. Vol. 12 page 52
Examined and Countersigned by
J.L. Edwards
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.

I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Laws of the United States, of the
18th of March, 1818, May 1st 1820, and, March 1st 1823,
Jacob Sutton late a Private--------
in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the
Alabama-------Agency, at the rate of
eight -----dollars per month, to commence on the
tenth ----- day of November one thousand
eight hundred and twenty three.  ---

SEAL

GIVEN at the War Office of the United States.
this twenty fourth day of
January one thousand eight
hundred and twenty four
J C Calhoun
SECRETARY OF WAR.
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Original Claim
Alabama
Jacob  Sutton,
private   Restore
1776 one year
Aged 65 years, by occupation a
Blacksmith unable to pursue
the same by reason of old age
and infirmities. wife aged 57
years afflicted with the rheumatism  2 daughters, age 21 & 18
years. Son aged 15 years.
Schedule dated 8 Jany 1822.
contains a certificate of half a
quarter section of land on which
the sum of $80 has been paid
4 Horses, 14 head of Cattle old waggon
Blacksmith tools Real and personal property valued by the Court at $350. on Schedule under act of March
1823 dated 10 November 1823.
Real property none - 
personal do amt to $200. on
that he is indebted     $80.
Hon William Kelly
U S Senate
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State of Alabama
Lawrence county
Orphans Court
November Term 1823
At an Orphans Court began and held at the court house in the town of Moulton on the 10th day of November in the year 1823 before Peter W Taylor Judge of the same being a court of record having power to fine and imprison and being exprely made a court of record by the law of the state which created said court
Jacob Sutton a resident of said county of Lawrence aged about sixty five years personally appeared in open court and being duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820 and 1st March 1823 that he the said Jacob in the month of March 1776 enlisted for the term of fifteen months in the state of South Carolina in the company of Captain William Brown in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Sumpter in the line of the state of South Carolina on the continental establishment and continued to serve in said company and regiment untill the expiration of his said term of enlistment when he was honorably discharged therefrom that during the remainder of the revolution he was engaged in the militia of South Carolina that during his service in the line and militia of that state he was in the battles of Fort Moultrie and Camden and other skirmishes and on an expedition against the Cherokee Indians and in pursuance of the act of 1 May 1820 the said Jacob makes the following
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Oath "I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, grant, salvor any other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War [illegible} on the 18 of March 1818, nor have I or any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other that that contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, which is follows to wit."
      Seven head of Cattle, two them milk       Cows, one a Steer and the other three       Calves.
      A set of Smiths tools
      an old waggan (wagon)
      a lean horse
      two Colts
      And that he is indebted Eighty dollars
                                               Jacob Sutton

He further safety his occupation is that of a Black Smith but by age infirmity and disease he in unable to pursue it as to gain a subsistence therefrom, that the many and ages if the family residing with him are his wife Nancy aged fifty seven, Anne aged twenty one years a Daughter Nancy about Eighteen years of age, and Jacob a Son about  fifteen years; that his said Wife is unable to support herself by her own labors being afflicted with rheumatism and is very infirm, that his two Daughters are able to support themselves and the family also, and that Jacob is not a healthy Boy and generally weekly and that but little aid to the family is derived from him, the said declarant furthers states that he knows of no there evidence of his enlistment and as above set forth than the affidavit of Owen Evary
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made in the circuit court of Morgan County at the last October Term of said court that is to say no other evidence in his the declarants power to procure he having lost his discharge Jacob Sutton
Personally appeared in open court being a court of record having power to fine and imprison and being expressly made a court of record by the law of said state which created said court John Roberts a credible witness and made affidavit that he is acquainted with Jacob Sutton his family and circumstances being a near neighbour and that the property named in said schedule is a true account of the property of said Sutton and that the situation and names of his family are correctly stated in said declaration and that said Sutton has given a true amount of the infirmity of himself his wife and you so far as he the Roberts is able to ascertain
State of Alabama
Lawrence County SS I John Gallagher clerk of the county & orphans court of Lawrence county aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the records of said court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in said schedule is two hundred dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at office this 13th day of November 1823
John Gallagher clk Cty ct
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Be it remembered that heretofore to wit at a probate court begun and held for Lawrence county in the state of Alabama at the courthouse in the town of Moulton on the second Monday in Frebuary 1853 it being the 14th day of said month Presnet Henry A McGhee Judge of said court among other things the following order was made by said court and ordered to be min uted to wit 
On the application of Howard Roberts for the administration of the estate of Nancy Sutton deceased widow of Jacob Sutton deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and he having entered into bond with William Warren and John Morrow as his securities in the penal sum of one thousand dollars conditioned as the law directs It is ordered by the judge of probate that he be appointed administrator of all and singular the goods and chattles reghts and credits lands and tenaments which was of the said Nancy Sutton deceased at the time of her death and it is further ordered that letters of administration issue to him accordingly
Know all men by these presents that we Howard Roberts as principal and William Warren and John Morrow as his securities are held and firmly bound unto Henry A McGhee Judge of the court of Probate of Lawrence County State of Alabama and his successors in office in the penal sum of one thousand dollars to which payment will and treaty to be made we and each of us to find ourselves our heirs &c firmly by these presents sealed with our
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seals and dated the 24th of February 1853 Now the condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bounder Howard Roberts has been duly appointed administrator of the estate of Nancy Sutton deceased Now if said Howard Roberts shall will and truly perform all the duties which are or may be by law required of him as administrator then the above obligaties to be void elsto remain in full force and virtue 
Howard Roberts Seal
William Warm Seal
John Morrow Seal
Witness our hands and seals the date above written
Approved by me this 24th day of February 1853
H A McGhee Judge of Probate
Recorded in Probate court Executed H Bend Book A Page 78

Letters of Administration 
The state of Alabama Lawrence County SS
I Henry A McGhee Judge of the Probate court of said county certify that letters of administration was on the 24th day of February 1853 on the estate of Nancy Sutton deceased granted to Howard Roberts who has duly qualified and given bond as such and is authorized to administer said estate dated this 24th day of February AD 1853
H A McGhee Judge PCC
The state of Alabama
Lawrence County SS } I Henry A McGhee Judge of the probate court of said county hereby certify that the foregoing exhibit
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is a true and perfect copy and transcript of the original order bond and letter of administration Appointing Howard Roberts administrator of the estate of Nancy Sutton deceased as the same is of file and of record in my office
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my name and affix the official seal of said probate court at office in Moretter this 10th day of October AD 1853 and of the Independence of the United States of America the 78th year
HA McGhee PJ

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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Marshall Illinois
Sept 7 1853
Sir
In reply to yours of 27th August let me request that you send me the certificate in the case of Nancy Sutton payable to her admr
Respectfully
W Manly
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Brief in the case of Nancy Sutton decd wid of Jacob
County and State Alabama
act June 7 1838
Claim (original)
Proof exhibited  (if original)
Is it documentary traditionary or supported by rolls? If either state the substance
Husband was a pensioner under the acts of 1818 & 1820 (service shewn in his papers)
Documentary proof of service
(If for increase)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so what?
Name and residence of Agent   
U Manly Esq
Marshall Ill

Thornton Tiplett
Examining Clerk
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No 74960
Nancy Sutton decd
widow of Jacob
Ala
Adm 
July 7 1838
14 mo pri $46.66
per annum from 
28 May 1836 when 
he died to 4 Mch 1841
[crossed out 15 Sep 1842
when he died]
Pay to Howard Roberts admr
for the benefit of Mary Morrow Elizabeth Burress Katharine Graham Ann Warren & Nancy Roberts children
cert to U Manly Esq
Marshall Ill
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payment to be made
at Huntsville Ala,
by W. H. Moore
Agent for paying pension=
ers in the Agency of
Huntsville

Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book D Vol=
ume  1 Page 337 by
R McRae Clerk.
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222.57

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
"
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States,
of the 7. July 1838, Nancy Sutton deceased,
who was widow of Jacob Sulton a Private in
the Revolutionary war, was entitled to a pension
of Forty Six Dollars sixty six cents per annum
commencing 28 May 1836 when her husband died
and ending 4 March 1841-   And that the
amount due is payable to her administrator
Howard Roberts for the benefit of Mary Marrow
Elizabeth Burress, Katherine Graham   Ann Warren
& Nancy Roberts, only surviving children of said
Nancy Sutton deceased
322.58

Given at the Department of the Interior,
this 5th day of   September  
one thousand eight hundred and fifty = three

[illegible] Clelland
Secretary of the Interior

S P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions.

Examined and   }
Countersigned. }
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J Marshall Ill
July 27 1853
Sir
You will excuse me for saying in reply to your letter of the 18th July the case of Howard Roberts adm of the widow y Jacob Sutton of Alabama that during the 17 years which I have ben engaged in such business it has never before been re joined that the court should state on what testimony it gave its certificate nor the amount of the adm bond
If any new rate of that kind has her adapted I should be glad to her on when & the terms of it
Mr Suttons case is made out
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and authenticate precisely as fifty other similar cases which I have prosecuted & have be allowed
I respectfully ask a reconsideration of the case
Respectfully 
W Many
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J Marshall Ill
July 17 1853
Sir
On 19 March last I sent you the claim of Howard Roberts son of Nancy Sutton widow of Jacob Sutton of Alabama
It seems to me it is time the claim not examined 
I hope the papers reached you in safety 
You will oblige the claimants by examining & allowing it is I suppose the case is fully made out
Respectfully
W Many
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Marshall Illinois
August 18 1853
Sir
I enclose all of in the case of Nancy Sutton of Alabama in compliance with your last letter to me in that case I believe I have now furnished all you have required an oh he you will at once send me her certificate & have also to request that the certificate be made payable to the adm for the and & c as this is the low and usually the practice of the department 
Respectfully
W Many
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The case is registered Howard Roberts Adm of Nancy Sutton widow of Jacob Sutton of Alabama
WM
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Marshall Ill
March 19 1853
Sir
I enclose you the claim of the Adm of Nancy Sutton of Alabama for the arrears due to the said heirs at the time of her death
In as much as none of the family know in what county she was named and a fan old family record is herewith submitted it is hoped and belives that the marrige is satisfactorly proved Please forward me the certificate as early as possible
Respectfully W Marely
atto for claimant
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Jacob  Sutton Died
25 May 1836,
Navy Sutter died
15 Sep 1842
________________
Mary Morrow,
Elizabeth Burress,
Katharine Graham,
Ann Warren,
Nancy Robert
__________________
[illegible]
14 Months,
Act '38
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Pension Office
July 15 1853
Sir
Jacob Sutton Alabama Rolls Acts 1818 & 1820 pensioner at $96 per annum. Please state to what time paid
Very Respectfully
LP Waldo
Comr of pensions

F Burhs
Auditor
Jacob Sutton Died 2d May 1836
Paid to his death
F Bush
Auditor
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Nancy  Sutton
of Jacob
Alabama
Rejected
See letter to Moses
[illegible] 26 Feb 1841
married after termination
of Rev War
[illegible] July 18 1853
Act 6 July 1836
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
-------------
No. 11577.
Nancy Shutton
Widow of
Jacob
Pri Rev War
-------
Act: July 7th / 38
Index:--Vol. M, Page 284
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Jan 9 1841

free

Watkin C H  Ala
[illegible]

P.. Hagner Esqr third
Aud: Treasury Dept
City of Washington
DC

5278               SEAL
Ala
July 4. 1836
Nancy Sutton
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[illegible] Dec 40
Nancy Sutton
Recd 7 Jany
[illegible] 8

Respectfully
[illegible] to the
Comr of Pensions
[illegible ] the widow so
in formed
3rd  [illegible] off
Jany 8 1841
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No. 12.
Nancy Sutton, decd
[illegible] '53

[large check mark]
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FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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Original Claim
Jacob Sutton
Wm Kelly
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State of Alabama
Ala Circuit Court began and held for Morgan county at the courthouse in Somerville on the twenty eighth day of October 1823 before the Hon Clement C Clay Judge &c the same being a court of Record having power to fine & imprison and proceeding according to the course of the common law Jacob Sutton a resident of Lawrence county aged sixty five years personally appeared in open court and being duly sworn doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of congress of the 18 March 1818 the 1 d May 1820 and 1 of March 1823
That he the said Jacob about the 1 of March 1776 enlisted for the term of 15 months in the state of South Carolina in the company commanded by Capt William Brown in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Sumpter [Sumter] in the line of the state of South Carolina on the continental establishment and continued to serve in said company and regiment until t he expiration of his said term of enlistment when he was honorably discharged therefrom that during the remaining years of the revolution he was engaged int he militia of South Carolina that during his service int he line & militia of that state he was in the battles of Fort Montre [Moultrie] & Camden other skirmishes and in an expedition against the Cherokees
And in pursuance of the act of the 1st of May 1820 the said Jacob makes the following oath
I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 day of March 1818 and that I have not since that
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time by gift grant sale or in any other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18 of March 1818 nor have I nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than that contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
The said Jacob also delivers the following schedule
No land 4 head of horses
3 milk cows
1 steer
3 calves
1 old waggon
1 old set smith tools Jacob Sutton
He further saith his occupation is that of black smith but by age infirmity and disease he is unable to pursue it so as to gain any sustenance therefrom that the names & ages of the family residing with him are his wife Nancy aged 57 Anne his daughter 22 years old Nancy his daughter 19 years & Jacob his son 16 years that his said wife is unable to support herself by her own labor that his two daughters are able to support themselves but not themselves & the family also and that as yet the family desires but little assistance from the boy Jacob The said declarant further states   that he knows of no other evidence of his enlistment and services as above set forth than the affidavit of Owen Evans hereto
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amended that is to say no other evidence in his the declarants power to produce
Jacob Sutton
Owen Evans of the age of 67 years personally appeared in the court aforesaid and being sworn saith that from March 1776 until June 1777 he served as a soldier with the above named Jacob Sutton in the company Regiment and line mentioned in the above Declaration and was with him in the affair of Fort Montre
Owen Evans
Sworn to and [crossed out subscribed] declared on the 29th day of October 1823 [crossed out before] in open court
Wm B McClellan
Clk CC
I William BM McClellan clerk of the court of Morgan county aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the foregoing schedule is 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
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Be it remembered that at a Probate Court began and held for Lawrence County in the state of Alabama at the court hose in the town of Mouten on the second Monday in February 1853 it being the 14th day of said month among other things the following order was made by said court and ordered to be ministered to wit
Order of appt
On the applicati of Howard Roberts for the administrati of the estate of nancy Sutton deceased (widow of Jacob Sutton deceased who was a revolutionary pensioner and he having entered into bond in the penal sum of one thousand dollars with William Warren and John Morrow as his securities conditioned as the law directs It is ordered that he be appointed administrator of all and singlar the good and chattles rights and credits Land and tenaments which were of said Nancy Sutton at the time of her death and it is further ordered that Letters of administrative issue to hem accordingly
Letter of adm The State of Alabama
Lawrence County SS } Probate Court
February Term 1853
I Henry A McGhee Judge of the probate court of Lawrence County do hereby certify that letters of administration on the estate of Nancy Sutton were on the 24th day of February 1853 granted to Howard Roberts who has been duly qualified and given bond as such and is authorized to administer the estate, dated the 24th day of February 1853 Lists H A McGhee PJ
Adm Bond
Know all men by these presents that Mr Howard Roberts as principal and William Warren and John Morrow ar his securities an held and firmly bound unto Henry A McGhee judge of the court of Probate of Lawrence County in the state of Alabama and his successors in office in the penal sum of one thousand dollars to which payment will and truly to be made we and each of us find ourselves our heirs  &c firmly by these presents Scaled with our real and
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dated the 24th day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
Now the condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bound Howard Roberts has been duely appointed administrator of the estate of Nancy Sutton deceased Now if said Howard Roberts shall will and truly purform all the duties which are or may be by law required of him as administrator then the above obligation to be void else to remian in full preand victe
Witness our hands and seals
Howard Roberts seal
William Warren seal
John Morrow seal
Approved by me this 24th day of February 1853
HA McGhee
Probate Judge
The state of Albama
Lawrence County SS } This day personally appeared before me Henry A McGhee Judge of the Probate court of said county William Warren and John Morrow the said Warren aged about sixty years and the said Morrow aged about thirty nine years both of whom are personally known to me and both of whom I certify to be credible witnesses who after first being duly sworn deposeth and saith that they were well acquainted with Jacob Sutton deceased in his lifetime who was a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner that he died in the county of Walker and state aforesaid on or about the 25th day of May 1836 that he left widow whose name was Nancy that she remained a widow untill her death and that she died on or about the 15th day of September 1842 deponents further depose and say that they were well acquainted with the said Jacob and Nancy Sutton for at least twenty five years and that they were always reputed to be husband and wife by a large and reputable community surrounding them Deponents further say that the said Nancy Sutton left the following named children living at the time of her death and nine others as they are informed and believe to wit May Morrow formerly Sutton who is married with John Morrow Elizabeth Burress formerly Sutton who intermarried with John Burress Katherine Graham formerly Sutton who intermarried with John Graham
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Ann Warren formerly Sutton who intermarried with William Warren and Nancy Roberts formerly Sutton who intermarried with Howard Roberts
William Warren
John Morrow
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of August 1853
HA McGhee PJ
The state of Alabama
Lawrence County SS } I Henry A McGhee judge of the probate court of said county and also clerk of said court do hereby certify that the foregoing exhibit contains a full true and perfect copy and transcript of the original order of said court in relation to the appointment of Howard Roberts as administrator of the Estate of Nancy Sutton deceased the administrators bond letter of administration and deposition of William Warren and John Morrow witnesses examined by me in relation to the time of the death of the aforesaid Jacob and Nancy Sutton and the names of the children living at date of the death of the said Nancy as the same is of record in my office
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my name and affix the official seal of said probate court at office at Moulten in said county this 9th day of August 1853 and of the Independence of the United States of America the 78th year
HA McGhee PJ