Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6858, for Stephen Penn, Maryland
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SERVICE Ma. ["Maryland"]
NUMBER W. 6858.
Penn, Stephen
Mary

This Envelope Includes
[handwritten: "RP"]
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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7983
Alabama
Stephen Penn, of [blank] in the State of Alabama, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Dent of the Regiment commanded by Col. Winder, in the Maryland line for 9 months 12 days.
$31.33
Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama, at the rate of 31 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of May, 1833 and sent to
Peter W. Taylor, Courtland. A.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833. $62.66
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. $15.66
$78.32
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer, Clerk
Book E Vol. 8. Page 49
name placed on the Decatur agency
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5727
Alabama Huntsville
May Penn widow of Stephen Md Penn who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 31 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848 Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of July 1837 and sent to Hon J. R. Young Marshall. Illinois Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under net February 2, 1848, Page 356 Vol. 3.
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Family Record
BIRTHS.
Stephen Penn was born January 25th in the year 1760
Mary Penn, his wife, was born May the 3rd, 1767
Sary Penn, their daughter, was born November the 30th, 1786
William Penn, their son, was born May the 3rd, 1797
Stephen C. Penn, their son, was born May the 5th, 1800
Elizabeth Penn, their daughter, was born September the 22nd, 1802
John Penn was born October the 5th, 1806
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State of Maryland Charles County Sct:
I hereby certify that it appears from the Record of Marriage License granted in Charles County Maryland, that such License was granted by the Clerk of Charles County Court to Stephen Penn and Mary McKay on the 16th day of February the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six.
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of Charles County Court this seventeenth day of June, Anno Domini 1850.
Rich S. H. Mitchell
Charles County Court
Cost of cert 43 ¾
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State of Alabama
Lawrence County SS.
On this the Eighteenth day of July in the year one thousand Eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared before the Judge of the County Court of Lawrence  County, State of Alabama, Mary Penn, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, aged Seventy-Six 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, etc. That she is the widow of Stephen Penn, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, and that said Stephen Penn was a pensioner as will more fully appear, reference being had to the names of those who are enrolled on the pension list.
She further declares that she was married to the said Stephen Penn on the eighteenth day of February in the year 1786, that her husband, the aforesaid Stephen Penn, died on the ninth day of March in the year Eighteen Hundred and thirty-nine. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, Seventeen Hundred and ninety-four, that is to say at the time above stated.
Mary Penn [her mark]
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.
David P. Lewis, Judge, County Court of Lawrence County, State of Alabama
State of Alabama
Lawrence County
We, Wiley Gallaway, residing in the County of Lawrence, State of Alabama, and Thomas Simpson, a citizen of the County of Lawrence, State of Alabama, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
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Mary Penn, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe her to be Seventy-Six years of age, that she is reputed and believed to be a woman of truth in the neighborhood where she resides and to be the widow of Stephen Penn, and that we fully concur in that opinion.
Wiley Gallaway
Thomas Simpson
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me.
David P Lewis, Judge, County Court
Lawrence County, State of Alabama
And the Court does hereby certify that after the investigation of the matter, that the said Mary Penn is the widow of the said Stephen Penn, and the Court believes her to be seventy-six years of age, and the Court has implicit confidence in her statement in regard to her marriage with the said Stephen Penn, and the Court further certifies that it appears to it that Wiley Gallaway and Thomas Simpson, who have signed the above and foregoing certificates, are resident citizens of Lawrence County, State of Alabama, and that they are both credible persons, and their testimony is entitled to credit.
David P. Lewis, Judge
County Court Lawrence County
State of Alabama
State of Alabama
Lawrence County
I, Wiley Gallaway, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mary Penn.
In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my name at office at Moulton and affix the seal of said County Court the 18th day of July 1843 and of American Independence the 68th year.
Wiley Galloway, Clerk
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Know all men by these presents that I, Mary Penn, of the County of Lawrence and State of Alabama, widow of Stephen Penn, Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint John Penn my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive from the agent of the United States for paying Pensions in Huntsville in the State of Alabama, the balance of said Pension from the 4th day of March 1838 to the 9th day of March 1839, being the day of his death.
Witness my hand and seal this 23rd day of April 1839.
Mary Penn [her mark] [seal]
Sealed and delivered in presence of Morris Simpson
The State of Alabama, Lawrence County SS
Be it known that on the 23rd day of April 1839, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared the above-named Mary Penn and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned. 
Zadock McVay, J.P. [seal]
The State of Alabama, Lawrence County SS
Be it that on the 23rd day of April 1839, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared John Penn, the Attorney named in the foregoing power of Attorney and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any sale, transfer or mortgage, of the Pension or arrears of pension therein authorized to be received by him.
John Penn [seal]
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year last above mentioned.
Zadock McVay, J.P. [seal]
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FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
The State of Alabama
Lawrence County SS 
Be it known that before me, Zadock McVay, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Mary Penn and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of Stephen Penn, the identical person who was a pensioner and is now dead, and to whom a certificate of Pension was issued of which the following is a true copy.
War Department,
Revolutionary Claim,
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832, Stephen Penn of the State of Alabama who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, is entitled to receive thirty one dollars and thirty three cents per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year. Given at the War Office of the United States this 2nd day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
Lew Cass
Secretary of War
Examined and Countersigned
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
That the deceased pensioner resided in Lawrence County in the State of Alabama for the space of twenty-one years before his death and that previous thereto, he resided in Bledsoe County in the State of Tennessee.
Mary Penn [her mark] [seal]
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 23 day of April 1839
Zadock McVay, J.P. [seal]
Richard Day
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Huntsville, Alabama May 1st 1839
Received of Bartley M. Lowe, Agent for paying pensions, thirty-one dollars and 75 cents in specie, being for twelve months and five days pension due to me as the widow of Stephen Penn deceased, a Revolutionary pensioner, from the fourth day of March 1838 to the ninth day of March 1839, the day of his death, for which I have signed duplicate receipts.
Mary Penn widow of Stephen Penn, deceased
by her atty in fact
John Penn
$31.75
Original
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10.338 7983
Stephen Penn
Sent to G. C. Brewer
Admitted for 9 months and 12 days from 1778
9 - 30.
10. - 1.11
22
31.33
Peter W Taylor, Agent
Courtland, Alabama
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10,338
BRIEF in the case of Stephen Penn (now a Clergyman) of [blank] in the State of [blank]
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3. How old is he? 72 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period | Duration of Service (Years, Months, Days) | Rank | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served
May In 1778 | [blank], 9, [blank] | Private | General Green, Major Winder, Capt Gaiter (Substitute)
not stated | not recollected | Private | Capt Waters (Substitute)
not stated | not recollected | Private | Capt Dent (Volunteer)
5. In what battles was he engaged? Monmouth Co.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? St. Mary's Co. Maryland
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By the traditionary evidence of several witnesses, certified by the Court to be credible persons.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. Stephens
Examining Clerk.
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10.338
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of Alabama
Lawrence County SS.
On this day of August in the year 1832, personally appeared in open court before James B Wallace, judge of the county court of said county of Lawrence, at a stated session of said court now sitting at the Courthouse in said County, Stephen Penn, aged seventy-two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
The said Stephen Penn states that in the County of St Mary in the State of Maryland, in the month of May in the year 1778, he became a substitute and took the place of William Crumpton in the first Maryland Regiment under Capt. Gaiter, the lieutenant being Samuel McPherson; that he marched from Maryland under said McPherson to a place called the Valley Forge in the State of Pennsylvania, this service was for nine months according to the contract of engagement, but he was not discharged until the month of March 1779. At the time of his discharge, he was in the state of [sp: Virginia]. The discharge was given by Gen. Green who had the command at the time. He did not get home for two or more weeks after being discharged. He was in the battle at Monmouth Courthouse, fought in the month of June after he joined the army. Gaiter was Capt. commandant at the time of the battle, the Major at the time was by the name of Winder. His understanding was that Gen. Washington himself was Commander in Chief at this place. He has lost his discharge and has no documentary evidence of his service and does not know of any person by whom he can prove his service. This
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nine months service was as a regular soldier on the continental establishment. After this nine month's service, he again he the said Stephen Penn, again went into the Army as a substitute for a man by the name of Hezekiah Barber, who had been drafted for three months under Capt. Waters. I believe his given name was William. This was in Maryland in the County of St. Mary. He marched in this Company to a place called Point Lookout in said county. The object was at this place to prevent the British from landing. He does not recollect how long the company continued in service but recollects that the company was out of service a part of the time, but they were not discharged but were in constant readiness to the end of the three months. At the end of the three months his time was out and the Company not being at that time in actual service, he did not receive a written discharge, but the company was considered discharged. After the expiration of the Company of Capt. Waters, he volunteered under Capt. Henry Dent in Charles County, Maryland for a length of time not recollected, but the time of actual service under Capt. Dent was but a few weeks as the British went off. He has no documentary evidence of his service and cannot prove the same except from reputation and his own oath. This was the last of his service in the Revolutionary war. He does not recollect the time of the expiration of his service.  After his service expired, he lived in Maryland eight or ten years, in North Carolina five, six or seven years, in [illegible] seven or eight years, in Tennessee eight or nine years, and in Alabama in the county of Morgan, a part of one year, and in Lawrence County in said state, fourteen years. He hereby relinquishes every whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not
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on the pension roll of the Agency of any state.
Stephen Penn
Sworn to and subscribed in open court, the day and year aforesaid.
We, John Harris, Moses Simpson and James Hitchens, residing in said county of Lawrence, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Penn who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy-two years old as he states, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion, and further that said Stephen Penn is a regular Clergyman of the Baptist church and that he is a man of good character and reputation in his neighborhood.
John Harris
James Hitchens
Moses Simpson
And the said court do hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above-named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
And the county further certifies that it appears to it that John Harris, James Hitchens and Moses Simpson, who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents of said County of Lawrence and are credible and reputable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and further that said Stephen Penn, he applicant, is a clergyman and a reputable person. It appears to the Court to be inconvenient for the said Penn to get a clergyman to certify as to the reputation of his service.
James B. Wallace
Judge, County Court
I, John Gregg, Clerk of the county court of the county of Lawrence, Alabama, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
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the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Penn for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20th day of August 1832.
John Gregg, Clerk
10.338
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., [blank], 19[blank]
W.F. 6858
In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Stephen Penn, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. (CAPTAIN., COLONEL.) | STATE.
May 16, 1778 | February 28, 1779 | Private |  Gaither, Major Winder | Maryland
[same] | 3 months | | William Waters, [same] | [blank]
[same] | a few weeks | | Henry Dent, [same] | [blank]
Battles engaged in, Monmouth
Residence of soldier at enlistment, entered service in St. Mary's County, Maryland
Date of application for pension, Aug 20, 1832 His [illegible] was al.
Residence at date of application, Lawrence County, Alabama
Age at date of application, born January 25 1760, died March 9. 1839.
Remarks: He married Feb 18, 1786 in (Petermaxing?) County, Maryland, Mary McKay who was born May 3. 1767. She was also pensioned on an application ex. July 18 1843, while a resident of Lawrence County, Alabama. Their children were: Sary, born Nov. 30, 1786, William, born May 3, 1797, Stephen C. born May 5, 1800, Elizabeth born Sept. 22. 1802, John born Oct. 5, 1806.
Respectfully,
[blank]
Commissioner.
6-2856
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J L Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
free
9577 September 7, 1838
July 7, 1838
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Sommerville, Alabama
August 21st 1843
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Dear sir
I herewith enclose you the application of Mary Penn, Sarah McDowell and Phebe Livingston, who are the widows of Pensioners and are desirous to receive such pension as they are entitled to.
This is amongst my first attempts in this kind of business, and if it be informal, you will please inform me, and let me know in what respect it is necessary to particularize. You may be assured that the evidence adduced in the above cases is the best that can be attained. All communications on the subject will be made to this office, and all information relative to the mode of procedure in the cases of pensions will be thankfully received.
Respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
John D Rather
P. S. Perhaps at some future period I may have to address you again, and that you may not be deceived. I will inform you that it is through a third person that I now communicate from the fact of a broken arm.
J. D. R.
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Marshall, Illinois
April 18th, 1851
Sir
Some 12 months since Hon. T.R. Young placed in your offer the claim of Mrs. Mary Penn of Alabama, widow of Stephen Penn for a Pension under Act 7 July 1838. The claim was at the time not allowed because her husband had died since the 7th July 1838, but that objection was fully removed by the joint Resolution of 2d March 1851. Mr. Young informed me that he had the promise of a needy allowance of the claim that I can get no information in relation to it. The proof is full and complete and
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I will feel obliged if the claim of Mrs. Penn can be allowed and sent to me.
I placed the claim in the hands of Mr. Young as the attorney and agent of the claimant.
Very Respectfully,
H Manly
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State of Alabama
Lawrence County SS
On this 11th day of April 1851, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Mary Penn and made oath in due form of law, that she is the Widow of Stephen Penn who was a Pensioner of the United States, that she has filed her claim to the benefits of the "Acts of 7th July 1838, March 3rd 1843 and 17th June 1844" and that she now claims the benefits of the joint Resolution of March 2nd 1851, explanatory of the Acts aforesaid.
Mary Penn [her mark]
Subscribed and sworn to this 11th day of April 1851.
Edmund Dutton J. P.
The State of Alabama
Lawrence County SS.
I, Henry A. McGhee, Judge of the Court of Probate of said County, do hereby certify that Edmund Dutton, whose name appears to the above and foregoing Declaration, now is and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such, and the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said Court, at office at Mouther in said County, this 17th day of April 1851, and of the Independence of the United States of America the 75th year.
H. A. McGhee P.J.
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Washington
June 14 1850
Sir,
Enclosed please find application of Mary Penn for pension. Also, the requisite proof in the case of Prudence Cochran of Illinois, whose application was filed by me about the first of March last.
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant,
T R Young
Hon J L Edwards
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Washington
July 4, 1850
Sir
Enclosed please find additional testimony in the case of Mrs. Mary Penn, in her application for revolutionary pension filed by me a short time since.
Very Respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant,
T R Young
Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Marshall, Illinois
August 6, 1851
Sir
In 1850, I placed the hands of Hon. T. R. Young the claim of Mary Penn of Alabama, widow of Stephen Penn, under Act 7 July 1838, and the Resolution of March 1851.
Further proof was submitted months ago and all that is required is to take up and allow the claim.
Mrs. Penn is much distressed at the delay, and you will oblige her if you will allow her claim.
Respectfully,
H Manly
J E Heath
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9571
Mary Penn
Application for Pension
Alabama
Act July 7th 1838.
Married 1784
Husband died 1839
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LAND OFFICE,
Annapolis, April 15th, 1883
I Certify, that it appears by the Muster Rolls remaining in the Office, that Stephen Penn enlisted as a private in the first Maryland Regiment, on the 16th day of May 1778, and was discharged on the 28th day of February 1779.
George G. Brewer
Register Land Office, W. S. Md.
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10.338
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Stephen Penn which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? No
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? not shewn
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [blank]
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No.
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? [blank]
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? [blank]
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? [blank]
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? [blank]
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? [blank]
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No clergyman - but others
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? it appears to the Court to be inconvenient to get a clergyman to certify &c
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? no Witness produced
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? [blank]
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? [blank]
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? [blank]
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? [blank]
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Nos. 1st, 2nd and 7th
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ______ year _______ months, and ______ days, I served as a __________ for _______ months and _______ days, I served as a ________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate
must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Marshall
May 1, 1851
Hon J E Heath
Sir
Enclosed please find additional testimony in the case of Mary Penn of Alabama.
Very Respectfully
Your obedient servant,
T R Young
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Mary Penn
widow of Stephen
Alabama
Acts 7 July 1838 & c
$31.33 per annum from 9th March 1839 when he died.
Payable to her
Hon T.R. Young
Marshall, Illinois
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Husband died 9 March 1839
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No 23
Stephen Penn's widow
Huntsville, Alabama
2nd Sep. 1839
Bdl. 7 15
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FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
The State of Alabama
Lawrence County SS
I, Wiley Gallaway, Clerk of the County Court of said County, certify that Zadoc McVay, whose name is signed to the within certificate, now is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Lawrence aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said County Court at Office in Moulton the 24th day of April A.D. 1839, and of American Independence the 63rd year.
Wiley Gallaway, Clerk
State of Alabama
County of Lawrence
I Wiley Galloway, Clerk of the County Court of Lawrence County, Alabama, holden at Moulton in and for said County do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, that Stephen Penn was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Thirty one dollars and 33 cents per annum, was a resident of the County of Lawrence in the State of Alabama, and died in the County of Lawrence in the State of Alabama, on the Ninth day of March Eighteen hundred and thirty-nine (March 9th 1839) and left a widow whose name is Mary Penn.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Moulton, Lawrence County, Alabama, the 29th day of April in the year of our Lord 1839.
Wiley Gallaway, Clerk
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Courtland August 30th 1832
The answer to the enclosed may be addressed to the applicant Mr. Stephen Penn at Moulton, or to the Clerk of the county court at Moulton or to the undersigned at this place. 
Respectfully,
Peter W. Taylor
To the Pension Bureau
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The State of Alabama
Lawrence County SS.
Before the Subscriber, an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, personally appeared Mary Penn, who being sworn according to law, says that she applied for a Pension under the act of 7th July 1838, that she is the widow of Stephen Penn and refer to her said application on file, and that she now claims the benefit of the joint Resolution of Congress passed on [blank] of September 1850.
Mary Penn [her mark]
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of November 1850.
Samuel A Lindsey J.P.
The State of Alabama
Lawrence County SS.
I, Henry A. McGhee, Judge of the Court of Probate of said County do hereby certify that Samuel A. Lindsey whose name appears to the above and foregoing Declaration, is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such, and the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my name at Office at Moulton and affix the official seal of said Probate Court the 7th day of November 1850, and of the Independence of the United States of America the 75th year.
H. A. McGhee
Probate Judge
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9.046
Alabama, Huntsville
Mary Penn, widow of Stephen who was a private in the Revolution.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 31. Dollars 33. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of July 1857 and sent to Hon T.R. Young, Marshall, Illinois
Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.
Recorded in Book A, Vol 2, Page 231
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11.155
Alabama Huntsville
Mary Penn, widow of Stephen Penn who died in the year 1839, Lawrence County in the State of Alabama, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] by the Regiment commanded by Col. [blank] in the Revolution.
Inscribed on the Roll of Huntsville at the rate of 31 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 9th day of March, 1839 when he died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of July 1857 and sent to Hon T.R. Young, Marshall, Illinois
Arrears to the 4th of [blank]
Semi-annual allowance ending [blank]
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838
Recorded by H. R. Weightman, Clerk
Book I Vol. 1, Page 335
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Payments to be made at Mobile by [illegible] Br. Bank, Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Alabama
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E Vol. 8, Page 49 by Wm. R. Palmer, Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Stephen Penn of the State of Alabama, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Thirty one dollars and thirty-three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 2nd day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Brief in the case of Mary Penn, widow of Stephen
[blank] County and State of Alabama
Act 7 July 1838 and subsequent ones
Claim, (original, [strikethrough: or for increase.])
Proof exhibited, (if original.) of Marriage Record
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832 at $31.33 per annum. Died 9 March 1839
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
F. F. Kirby
Examining Clerk.
Name and residence of Agent.
Hon T. R. Young
Marshall, Illinois
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1920 Mch. 9. Hist to Mrs. Vera Penn
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6858
Mary Penn, Widow
Stephen Penn
Private Rev War
Act: Feb. 3rd 1848
Index: Vol. M, Page 120
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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MONTICELLO, GA., FEBRUARY 17, 1920.
COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
SIR:
DO YOUR RECORDS SHOW THE REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE OF STEPHEN PENN, OF MARYLAND, AND WILL YOU SEND ME COPY OF SAME?
RESPECTFULLY.
Mrs. Vera Penn
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State of Alabama
Lawrence County SS.
On this 9th day of April, One thousand eight hundred and fifty, before the Subscriber Judge of the County Court in and for said County, personally appeared Mary Penn, a resident of said County, aged Eighty three years, who, being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Acts of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, March 3. 1843, and June 17, 1844, granting Pensions and Half pay to certain Widows: That she is the widow of Stephen Penn, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution. That he was a Pensioner at the rate of [blank] dollars and [blank] cents, on the Roll of the State of Alabama, and reference is here made to his application on file for the particulars of his services.
She further declares that she was married to the said Stephen Penn, on the 18th day of February in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty-six, in the County of Peterwaring, in the State of Maryland, by License, and that her husband, the aforesaid Stephen Penn, died on the 9th day of March 1839, One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine and that she still remains his widow. She further declares that she was not married to the said Stephen Penn, prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, Seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated.
Mary Penn [her mark]
Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year first above written.
W. C. Graham, Judge
I certify that Mary Penn, the above Declarant who has this day subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration before me, is unable from old age and bodily infirmity to attend said Court.
W. C. Graham, Judge
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The State of Alabama,
Lawrence County SS:
This day personally appeared before me William C. Graham, Judge of the County Court of said County, Richard Day and Elizabeth Day, who after being sworn in due form of law, deposeth and saith, that they were well acquainted with Stephen Penn in his lifetime and had been for some twenty years previous to his death, that he departed this life the 9th day of March 1839. That Mary Penn, the within Declarant, is still his widow, and that the witnesses believes of their our knowledge, the annexed family Record to be genuine, and that it has been in their keeping and custody since the time of the said decedent's death, that they believe it to have been written by himself, or under his immediate and personal direction, from the fact of often hearing him refer to it, and that it must have been written for a long series of years previous to his death.
Michael Day
Elizabeth Day [her mark]
Subscribed and sworn to before me the 9th day of April 1850.
W. C. Graham, Judge
I certify that Richard Day and Elizabeth Day, the above affiants, are credible witnesses, which is certified from my own personal knowledge.
W. C. Graham, Judge
State of Alabama,
Lawrence County SS.
I, Wiley Gallaway, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County (the same being a Court of Record and so declared by the law creating it) do hereby certify that William C. Graham is Judge of the County Court of Lawrence County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the several foregoing Signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said Court, this 9th day of April One thousand eight hundred and fifty.
Wiley Gallaway, Clerk