Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6602, for Andrew Mc Allister, South Carolina
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SERVICE  SC
McAllister, Andrew
McCallister
Elizabeth
NUMBER R.6602
BLWt34.665.160.55
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87.373 Act Mar 3d /55
April 21st /55
Elizabeth McAllister Widow
Andrew McAllister priv
Capt John Ervins [Erwin]
Conl McCoul [sic]
Genl [Andrew] Williamson
Private
Revolutionary Pension
See former application
Tenn sus. 1836 -
Ad. 160 ac's July 16 /56
Dodge
Jonah J. Wright
Madisonville
Tenn

Cir J. J. Wright Nov 17/55
Vol M =1 =106
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Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of benefits of the 4th July 1836
State of Tennessee Monroe County
 On this 2nd day of March 1846 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the
peace for the County and State aforesaid Mrs. Elizabeth McAllister a resident of said County and State aged 78 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 the 4th of July 1836. That she is the widow of Andrew McAllister who was a private in the war of the revolution he entered the Service as a volunteer in Abbeville district South Carolina in the company commanded by Capt. John Irwin. She does not remember the year he entered the Service but knows he served at intervals to the end of the war -- he was in the battle
of Kings Mountain,  Cowpens and at Augusta and also at Savannah. he was a pensioner in Pickens district South Carolina. She further declares that she was married to the said Andrew McAllister in the month of March 1782 in Abbeville district
South Carolina and that her husband the said Andrew McAllister died in Pendleton district on the 2nd day of September 1831 and that after his death she removed to Monroe County State of Tennessee which she now resides. That she has no mean or documentary evidence of her
marriage, that the family Bible containing the date of her marriage and the births of her children has been destroyed by fire -- and that she has remained a widow ever since the period of her said husband's death as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
 S/ Elizabeth McAllister, X her mark

Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written before me a Justice of the peace for said County and I further Certify that the said Mrs Elizabeth McCallister is from bodily
infirmity unable to attend Court. In witness where of I have hereunto set my hand this 2 day of March 1846
s/ James Montgomery
Justice of the peace Monroe County

State of Tennessee Monroe County ⎬ March Term 1846 County Court
The declaration of Mrs Elizabeth G McAllister Certified on the 2d day of March 1846, by James Montgomery
a Justice of the peace for said County, being submitted to the
Court the said Court approve his proceedings and acts in said Case and hereby direct the Clerk to endorse the approval on the papers
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State of Tennessee Monroe County
 I John A Stephens Clerk of the County Court of Monroe County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mrs Elizabeth G. McAllister for a pension and I further certify that James Montgomery whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is and
was at the time of subscribing the same a Justice of the peace duly commissioned and qualified
according to law, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony where of I have hereunto
Subscribed my name and affixed the
Seal of my office this 3rd day of March 1846
John A Stephens Clerk
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State of Tennessee Monroe County
On this the 26th day of March 1855 personally appeared before me an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Elizabeth McAllister
who being duly sworn according to law Declares that she is the widow of Andrew McAllister deceased aged about 87 or 88 years a resident of Monroe County Tennessee and
that her said husband Andrew McAllister deceased was a private in Captain John Erwins Company in a regiment commanded by Col McCoul [sic] until he was killed and
they were commanded by Gen [Andrew] Williamson first and then General Sumpter [Thomas Sumter] as she now recollects. She states further that her first husband was an invalid Pensioner in the State of South Carolina from Decr 1800 for several years and was then transferred to
the pension Roll of the United States and drew a pension until the day of his death she thinks he drew $96 per year from the General Government
that her said husband was thus a private in the Revolutionary war and that he served she thinks all the time of said war except the year 1782 which was the year in which
she was married to her said husband
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She further makes oath that her said
husband belonged to the state troops
of South Carolina. That they first lived
in Abbeville District South Carolina which was afterwards called Pickens District it being divided. She makes oath that she was married to the said Andrew McAllister in Abbeville District South Carolina on or about the 29th day of March 1782
Declarent was then about 15 years of age and that her said husband died in
Pickins District S.C. about the 1st day of Sept 1831- that she was married to
him at the time aforesaid by one
White a justice of the peace she states that she as never received a bounty land warrant of any kind nor at any time and makes this application for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under act of Congress passed March 3 1855. She states further that truth of all she states here will be proven by reference to her declaration for pension which is now on file and pending before the Department and has been pending for something like one year. that all the proof of Marriage [Illegible] service &c
and that her evidences of these things & for char-
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at Washington which this declarant
had hunted up and filed in the [Illegible] that she may obtain her just dues that she is thus the widow of a revolutionary solder and has nothing to sustain her except as the hand of charity may drop her relief she therefore prays that the Department of the Interior will kindly refer to said file of papers now pending before the Department for proof of Marriage [Illegible] as it is all these
as well as the proof of respectabiity and credibility herewith filed
Elizabeth McAllister X her mark

Sworn to & subscribed before me the day and date first above written and I certify that I believe that Elizabeth McAllister is the person she represents herself to be that she is credible and respectable and that I have no interest in this claim
John William andJustice of the Peace

State of Tennessee Monroe County
personally appeared before me
JL Wyte and Wm L Eakin and
made oath in due form of law that
they are personally and well acquainted with Elizabeth McAllister who is now present and
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subscribed and executed the within
Declaration and that she is credible
JL Wyte
W. L. Eakin
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th day of March 1855 & I certify that JL Wyte and Wm L Eakin
who made the foregoing affidavit are  respectable and credible citizens
and that I have no intent in this claim
Wm Williams  JP

State of Tennessee Monroe County
I John A Stephens Clerk of the County Court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that William Williams
before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made and who has thereunto subscribed his name is and was at the time of so doing an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly elected commissioned and sworn and his signature is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at office in Madisonville this 30th March 1855
John A Stephens Clk
by AT Hicks D Clk
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6602
Elizabeth McAllister
REJECTED
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Inv. and Rej W
Printed list S.C. pr 8
claims Andrew McAllister
invalid pens & star
to indicate that papers
were destroyed in war
Dept fire
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34,665
[Illegible] Aud
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6862
Elizabeth McCallister
Tenn
Let to Thomas Green
Decr 7th 1846
Eakin & Wright Sept 20. 1854
Josiah J Wright Apl 3 1855
Same May 14 1855
Eakin & Wright July 24 1855
Hon SA. Smith Jany 2 1856
Act 4th July, 1836.
87373
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No. 6862
Elizabeth McCallister
widow of Andrew
Tenn
Let to
Thomas Green Dec 7/46
Eakin & Wright Sept 20/54
Jonah J Wright Mar 3/55
Same May 14/55
Eakin & Wright July 24/55
Hon SA. Smith Jany 2/56
HL Tinley Aug 13/59
6602
act 4 July 1836
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Interrogatories propounded to Jeptha
Norton of Pickens District South Carolina by J.L. Wright Attorney for Elizabeth McAllister of Monroe County Tennessee

Question 1st Please state if you ever
knew one Andrew McAllister, in
the State of South Carolina if so when
did you know him and in what part of
the state did he reside, and for what
length of time were you acquainted with him. Please to state fully  what were your opportunities for knowing
& being well acquainted with him.
Ques. 2d If he is dead please state the time and place of his decease as near as you can?
Ques. 3 If you know of your own knowledge that he was for some years before his death an [Illegible] revolutionary pensioner of the United States, [Illegible] to state the facts and what were your opportunities for obtaining the knowledge on this subject also please to State if ever
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any money due the said Andrew as a pension passed though your hands in any way whatever Together with any other facts within your knowledge which confirm you in the belief
that he was a pensioner?
Ques 4 If he was generally reputed to have drawn a pension please to so State?
Ques 5th If the said Andrew be dead
did he leave any widow; If so what was her given name. Did she continue to reside in the State of S. Carolina or did she leave that state and at what time & to what state did she emigrate and where does she now reside. If you do not know of your own knowledge where her residence is please state your information.
Question 6th If he left a widow did they live together as man and wife and for how long within your knowledge were they refuted to be man and wife of the community generally who knew them did they have any children, and if they had were any of their children married and to whom at the death of the said Andrew, Also State any other facts within your knowledge
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tending to show the facts in this case
Ques. 7th what is your age, where do you now reside & are you in any manner interested in the prosecution
of this claim
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State of South Carolina _ District
On this 11th day of April
in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred & fifty four before me one of the acting Justices of the peace within & for the District and State aforesaid personally appeared Jeptha Norton
who being duly sworn according to law doth upon his oath aforesaid make the following answer to the Interrogatories herewith filed in the case of Elizabeth McAllister widow of Andrew McAllister, and says
Given under my hand
& seal the day & date above within
E M Keith
Magistrate Pickens District So Carolina
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State of South Carolina Pickens District I W. L. Keith Clerk of the
Court of Pickens District in
the State of South Carolina, do hereby certify that E. M. Keith whose signature appears to the above
Declaration of answers is genuine he was at the date thereof a magistrata for Pickens District duly
appointed commissioned and qualified and all due faith and credit is due and ought to be given
to all his official acts as such officer, I further certify that I was somewhat acquainted with Andrew McCallister above mentioned I am satisfied
that he did draw a pension, I can further say that I am well acquainted with Col. Jedediah Norton who made the above statement he is a worthy
citizen and a Gentleman of high standing for veracity
Given under my hand and seal
of the Court at Pickens Court House
this 11 day of April A.D. 1854
W. L. Keith Clerk
of the Court of
Pickens District
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Answers of Jeptha Norton to the
questions propounded in behalf of
Elizabeth McAllister
Ansr to Inter 1st I did become acquainted with one Andrew McAllister of South
Carolina Pickens District (then Pendleton) about fifty years ago. He resid d in the then District of Pendleton (now Pickens) in
this State - I was well acquainted with
Andrew McAllister from that time till he died, living in the same neighborhood with him and seeing him very frequently
Ans to Inter 2- Andrew McAllister
died in Pickens District South Carolina something over twenty
years since, as near I can recollect.
Ansr to Inter. 3d I do not know of
my own knowledge that Andrew McAllister was an enrolled Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, but I have reasons
to believe from general reputation that he was
Ans to Inter 4th. Andrew McAllister
left at his death a widow, whose given
name was Elizabeth. The widow Elizabeth McAllister left the State of South Carolina I think shortly after the death of her husband
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I do not know where she emigrated
but am informed that she now resides in the State of Tennessee
Ansr to Inter 5 - Andrew McAllister
and his widow Elizabeth lived together as man and wife for a number of years and were always reputed by the Community generally to be husband and wife and treated as such they had several children I do not remember the number. I do not know if any of them were married at McAllisters death
Ans to 6th Inter I am now near
seventy five years old. I reside in
Pickens District South Carolina
at Cravens Ford on Keowee River and
am not interested in any manner in
the prosecution of this claim.
s/ Jephtha Norton
Sworn to before me this 11 April
1834 s/ E M Keith
Magistrate for
Pickens District
South Carolina
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Madisonville Tennessee July 10th 1855  Dear Sir
In the case of Elizabeth McAllister
widow of Andrew McAllister (Revolutionary soldier) your letter in relation thereto was duly received 
and considered of - from your letter and from my knowledge of the proof-- which we have been for many months collecting we understand alike that the case is well made with this
exception on your part, that the length of time served by Andrew McAllister has not been sufficiently established. His captain as you will see per file of paper certifies that Andrew McAllister served during all the war up to & through the Florida expedition.
We admit that this statement of his commanding officer is some what vague and undefined- but it certainly means more than two years-- When we remember that the Florida Expedition was towards the latter end of the war-- and when we remember
that McAllister and his captures are sustained by the affidavits of Calhoun
and others-- the best citizens of South Carolina are informed by the Wm F. Arthur Comptroller of South Carolina then the rolls of SC Troops are on file in Washington city-- and while we
still look to south Carolina for more definite proof
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as to time we submit the question
with due deference to your opinion and your officers under you)-- whether or not the voluminous & pointed proof in this cause together with the fact South Carolina had placed Andrew McAllister on her pension list in 1800 & in 1808 or 9 [Illegible] him to the pension list roll at Washington - when he still drew his pension - are not all these facts and particularly the last sufficient proof that Andrew McAllister had served the time required - is not this fact prima fracia proof of service - what other presumption can arise and is it not a legal presumption in form of his widow- Here now is Andrew McAllister the claimants husband in
1800 upon satisfactory proof
placed upon the the pension Roll
of South Carolina in 1808 or somewhere then transferred to the general Government and continued to draw his pension increased until
the day of his death as pr records in Washington City  is not that sufficient
proof & presumption that he served as his widow states and as his officer certifies please let us hear from you soon Respectfully your obt servts
Eakin & Wright
LP Waldo Com of Pensions
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P. S.
we would again refer you to capt Irwin certificate as to the time be as Mr Arthur says that the roll of said company are on file in your Department
Respectfully your obt srvts
Eakin & White
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Suspended
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Elizabeth McAllister
State of Tennessee
to
P. M. HENRY,
of
WASHINGTON CITY
Act July 1838.
PM Henry
present
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POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all men by these presents: That I Josiah J. Wright of the county of Monroe and State of Tennessee
the Attorney of Elizabeth McCallister
whose claim for pension under the act of Congress, approved the 7th day of July 1838, has been suspended for further proof (She has already received warrant for 160 acres per act March 1835) do hereby constitute and appoint Captain P. M. Henry of
Washington D.C. my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably for me, and in my name and place, and with power of substitution to examine all the records, letters, affidavits, and other documents and papers connected with the aforesaid claim now on file in the Pension Office as well as all the Muster Rolls and other records that may show the military services of Andrew McCallister her husband and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever, touching the premises, in order to prosecute said claim to some result, and to receive the certificate when issued hereby revoking all powers of attorney heretofore given for a like purpose, and confirming whatsoever my said attorney shall, in my name legally do in the premises: In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal, this 17th day of Augt 1857
s/ W L Eakin  Josiah I Wright [SEAL.]

Acknowledged and subscribed before Justice of the Peace, for the aforesaid county of Monroe and State of Tennessee and I do certify that of
my own personal knowledge the aforesaid is Josiah I Wright is the person he represents himself to be
Witness my hand and seal this  17th
day of August 1857
s/ Wm Williams JP SEAL

STATE OF Tennessee
COUNTY OF Monroe
I do certify, that Wm. Williams Esquire, before whom the foregoing
acknowledgment was made, was, at the time of it being made a Justice of the Peace for said county, duly commissioned and qualified.
Witness my hand and the seal of the
this court for said county, this 17th
day of Augt 1857
s/ A.T. Hicks Clerk
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6862
Elizabeth McAllister
Ten
act 4 July 36
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State of Tennessee Monroe County
This 3d day of March 1846 personally appeared before me Martin Henderson a Justice of the peace for said County Sarah Bayless aged about 77 years and made oath that
that she is well acquainted with Elizabeth G Mcallister whose
name appears to the foregoing declaration and that the said
Elizabeth was married to Andrew McAllister in Abbeville District
South Carolina before the termination of the war of the Revolution
as affiant believes affiant states she was married in 1783 on the
8th day of January and from the best of her recollection knowledge and
belief the said Elizabeth G. McAllister
was married to the said Andrew
McAllister before that time - this affiant states that she was acqainted with the said Elizabeth McAllister both before and after her marriage as her and the said Elizabeth both belonged to the presbyterian church and seen each other frequently at
Church. This affiant states that she was not present at the said
marriage of the said Elizabeth but she has frequently seen the said Elizabeth and her said husband Andrew together and as before stated from the information received in the County where the said marriage took place and from other circumstances
known to this affiant the marriage of the said Elizabeth to the said Andrew took place at the time before stated that is some time before the marriage of affiant. This affiant further states
that it was understood in the County where the said Andrew McAllister lived that he was a revolutionary soldier and that he drew a pension this affiant recollects to have seen the said Andrew and he told her he was going to a place Called 96 to draw his pension
Sarah Bayles X her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the date above written
s/ Martin Henderson
Justice of the peace Monroe County

State of Tennessee Monroe County ⎬
I John A Stephens Clerk of the County
Court of Monroe County do hereby certify that Martin Henderson whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate is now and was at the time
of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace for that full faith and credit is due to his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Madisonville this 3d day of March 1846
s/ John A Stephens Clerk
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State of Tennessee Monroe County ⎬ I John Carson Chairman of the
County Court of Monroe County hereby certify that John A Stephens whose name appears to the
foregoing certificate was at the time of signing the same and now is Clerk of the County Court of Monroe County and that full faith and
Credit is due to his official acts as such
Given under my hand March 3d 1846
s/ John Carson
Chairman of
said County
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State of Tennessee. Monroe County ⎬
This 2d day of March 1846 personally appeared before me James Montgomery an acting Justice of the
peace for said county William S McAllister and after being duly sworn according to law, says he was well
acquainted with Andrew McAllister and Elizabeth G. McAllister whose
name appears to the foregoing declaration and that the said
Andrew McAllister died in the month of September 1831 and that the
said Elizabeth G McAllister has remained a widow ever since
affiant further states that the said Andrew and Elizabeth McAllister
lived together as man and wife and he has been informed and believes that they were legally married
William S. McAllister X his mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & date above written
s/ James Montgomery
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee Monroe County ⎬ 
I John A Stephens Clerk of the County
Court of Monroe County do hereby certify that James Montgomery whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an
acting Justice of the peace for said County and that full faith and credit is due his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Madisonville this 2 day of March 1846
s/ John A Stephens Clerk

State of Tennessee Monroe County I John Carson Chairman of the County
Court of said County do hereby certify
that John Stephens whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of signing the same Clerk of the County Court of Monroe County and that full
faith and credit is due to his official acts as such
This 3d day of March 1846
s/ John Carson
Chairman of
said County
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POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all men by these presents, That I, Elizabeth McCallister of the County of Monroe and State of Tennessee and the widow  of Andrew McCallister
deceased, who was a Revolutionary soldier, do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint John T Neely of Washington City my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to examine into and prosecute any claim
for a Pension, & c., against the General Government, which may be due me by virtue of my deceased
husband's service in the Revolutionary war, and the several acts of Congress relative thereto, and to receive the certificate of Pension, &c., when issued by the Department. I hereby confirm whatsoever my said attorney may do or cause to be legally done, either in person or by substitution, in the prosecution
of said claim, except drawing money in my favor, I revoking any other authority I may have given to any other person or persons in the premises whatsoever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this
4th day of December 1852
Elizabeth McCallister X her mark
Signed in presence of
DM Key J P. Rudd

STATE of Tennessee
County of Monroe
On this fourth day of December
in the year 1852 personally
appeared before me, Elizabeth McCallister and acknowledged the within Power of Attorney to be her act and deed; and I certify that I well know the said Elizabeth McCallister
that she is the person now present, and who executed the above Power of Attorney.
s/ Wm Williams J P
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State of Tennessee Monroe County ⎬
I John A. Stephens Clerk of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid certify that Wm Williams Esq. before whom the foregoing acknowledgement was made and taken and who has signed his name thereto is now and was, at the
time of subscribing the same a Justice of the Peace, in and
for said county, duly elected, commissioned and qualified
and that his said signature is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
at my hand and affixed my seal of
office, at office in Madisonville
this 4th day of December, 1852
s/ JA. Stephens Clerk
By A. G. Hicks  D. Clk

Elizabeth McAllister 
widow of Andrew
StaTE of Tenn
Jno T Neely
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Knoxville Tennessee
July 28th /59
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
Dear Sir
Enclosed I hand you power of Attorney in my favor from Mrs Elizabeth McAllister Widow
of Andrew McAllister Deceased who was a Revolutionary Soldier of South Carolina and pensioned at the Roll of $96 per an, payed at the Columbia S. C. Agency to 4th of Sept 1830. she has filed a claim for pension but has not received it. I suppose her claim is suspended. pleas inform me of the present condition of the case and what is Required to establish it.
very Respectfully
Hugh L Tinley
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6862 Nov 14 1846
Elizabeth G McAllister
July 4 1836
Col JL Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington City DC
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Richmond 10 Nov. 1846
Col. J. L. Edwards
Washington Sir
Enclosed is the application
of Mrs Elizabeth J. McAllister for a pension under act 4 July 1836, as widow of Andrew McAllister of
So. Carolina - she was married in March 1782, in Abbeville District S.C.
He died 3 Sept 1831.
I fear the proof of service is not sufficient unless a record will declare it I am Obt set
Thomas Green
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Charleston Tennessee
April 24 1855
Hon L P Waldo
Com of Pensions
Dear sir
I have the honor to recommend
to your favour JL Wright of Madisonville Tennessee, as an agent for prosecuting Claims for Bounty Land and pensions before your Bureanu.
He is a man of ability and integrity. And whatever statements he may make may be implicitly relied upon by
the Department.
verry Respectfully
your obt ser
SA Smith
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Madisonville Tennessee Mch 24 1855
Dear Sir
Enclosed you will please find additional evidence in the case of Elizabeth McAllister Application for pension as widow of Andrew McAllister Revolutionary soldier, and Revolutionary Pensioner.
Transferred from the pension list Roll
of South Carolina to the General Pension Roll at Washington City which you will please file with the papers of that case in a short time will be enable to send and addition record properly certified from the State records of South Carolina
which will complete the proof as I understand from Auditors report which stated that they wanted new evidence of the service on which her Husband was pensioned as I have sent to Columbia S.C. for it if it should not be there it must be on file in Washington City with his papers - please acknowledge receipt
of enclosed certificate
Josiah I Wright
LP Waldo Com of Pensions Washington City DC
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Elizabeth McAllister
widow of
Andrew McAllister
deceased
pri Tenn
Presented by
F. L. Brockett
at the request
of E. B. Grayson Esq
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Know all men of these presents
that Elizabeth McAllister to hereby
Constitute & appoint E B Grayson of Washington City my true & lawful Attorney for and in my name to prosecute my claim for pension on account of the services of my husband Andrew McAllister desd Both in the war of the revolution & the war of 1812 or either empowering him to examine & take into possession, if need be, any papers that may be on file before the pension department of the Government, hereby revoking all former powers of Attorney that I may have given and confirming whatsoever my said Attorney may do in the premises, he having full authority to do for me whatever is necessary for the successful prosecution of said business And for & in coordination of my said attorneys services he may retain one fourth of whatever he may recover. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 7th April 1852. Elizabeth McAllister
Attest Wm. P Caldwell
WL Eakin
State of Tennessee Monroe County
personally appeared before me the
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the undesigned an acting Justice of the Peace for the County & State aforesaid Elizabeth McAllister & acknowledged the foregoing
power of Attorney to be the act and 
deed for the purposes therein contained This 7th April 1852
Wm Williams 
Justice of the Peace
for Monroe County Tennessee

State of Tennessee Monroe County⎬ 
I John A Stephens Clerk  of the county court of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that
whose genuine signature appears
to the foregoing acknowledgement was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice the for the County & State aforesd duly elected & 
authorized to administer oaths & take acknowledgements & that full faith & credit are to be given to his official acts. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand as Clerk
and affixed the seal of the County Court of the County aforesaid
this April 7th 1842
J A Stephens Clerk
By Jno L. Hopkins D Clk
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Declaration of Elizabeth McAllister
In order to obtain the benefits
of the acts of Congress passed 4th July 1836 of 7th July 1838 and
1st July 1848

State of Tennessee County of Monroe
On this 5th day of December 1853 before me John Carson Chairman of the County Court for the County of Monroe and State aforesaid in open Court personally Elizabeth
McAllister a resident of Monroe County and State of Tennessee aged eighty five years & four months
who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following Declaration in order
to obtain the benefits of acts of Congress passed July 4th 1836 July 7th 1838, July 1st 1848
That she is the widow of Andrew
McAllister who was an invalid (revolutionary) pensioner in the State of South Carolina
She further declares that she was
married to the said Andrew McAllister
decd on the 29th day of March (1782) one thousand seven hundred & eighty two in Abbeville District South Carolina by one Robert White
a Justice of the Peace for said District that they lived together as man and wife until the death of the said Andrew which occurred on the 1st day of September (1831)
one thousand eight hundred and thirty one in Pickens District South Carolina and that she has ever since remained
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and is now a widow. She further states that she is informed that that there is no public record of Marriages kept in the State of South Carolina. she further says that she has no private record of her marriage
with the said Andrew deceased. Her papers being lost,  destroyed and mislaid.
Elizabeth McAllister E her mark
Witnesses WL Eakin, W. C. King
of Madisonville Tennessee
Sworn and subscribed before me in Open court the day and date above written & I hereby certify that W Eakin & W King who have witnessed are here of respectability & entitled to full credit & belief s/ John Carron
Chairman of the County
Court of Monroe County Tennessee
I John A Stephens Clerk of the County Court of County aforesaid do hereby
certify that Elizabeth McAllister who has signed the foregoing declaration
personally appeared in open Court
before the  worshipful John Carson
Chairman presiding and made oath
that the statements contained in
her said declaration are true, the
day & year it bears date & I hereby
certify that aforesaid John Carson
was at that time and still is
Chairman of the County Court for
Monroe & State of Tennessee & that full faith and credit are due his office
acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand as Clerk & affixed the seal of the County Court February 1st 1854
s/ John A Stephens Clerk
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State of Tennessee Monroe County
I John A Stephens Clerk of the County Court the County of Monroe and
State aforesaid do hereby certify that James Montgomery & Wm Williams whose signatures appear to the foregoing affidavits are and
were at the time of signing the acting Justices of the peace within and for the County and state aforesaid duly commissioned and authorized to administer oath and that
their signature thereto are true and genuine. Given under my hand and
seal of Office at office in Madisonville
September 13th 1852
J A Stephens Clk
By A G Hicks DC
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The Humble Petition of Andrew McAllister Humbly Sheweth
 That your Petitioner entered early into the Service of his Country under Capt. John Irvin [Erwin] as his certificate annexed:
That he was a friend to his country in the late American war, fought frequently in its Battles and acted on all occasions as an American Soldier ought. That he was on the Florida
expedition  & by great fatigue & hardship in the Camp he is now so disabled as to be incapable of gaining by his daily labor subsistence for himself and family that in consequence of his losing
the use of one arm & one leg he cannot now make those active exertions which he was able to do
formerly -- Your Petitioner therefore humbly prayeth that your honorable House will take into
due consideration his case & deplorable situation and make him such donations as they might
think proper & hopes they will put him
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on the army list.
Your Petitioner will ever pray
s/ Andrew McAllister

To the Honorable the President of the Senate & the Honorable the members of that Honorable House
State of South Carolina Abbeville District: Personally came before me Andrew McAllister & being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he was a friend to the American cause from
the beginning of the war & still remained so & also saith that he was in the Florida expedition and Capt. John Erwin's Company under the command of General Andrew Williamson.  And this Deponent further saith that he took sick in the time of the said Expedition in the
actual Service of the State aforesaid & that the said sickness continued until this deponent lost the use of one side & that he  still continues to want the proper use of his side. This deponent further saith that he had no Negroes or land at the time nor has none at this time & at the time of
this deponent took sick
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he had one child & said child lived till about 4 years of age, & that he never received any other annuity that he has been allowed by law and saith that he is still an inhabitant of the State & County aforesaid. Andrew McAllister
Sworn & subscribed this 11th day November 1793 Before me
S/ Saml. Watt, JP

We certify that we believe the above
affidavit to be true. s/Andrew Hamilton,  Jno DeLaHowe, Pat Calhoun

South Carolina Cambridge 21 November 1793
I do hereby certify that Andrew McAllister a militia Soldier was in my Company from
the beginning of the war until the Florida Expedition and was a very active man in the American
cause, the hardships and fatigue he had in the said expedition was the sole cause of his being a
cripple until this day.
Certified by me
 S/ John Irwin, Capt.
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The Committee on Pensions to whom were referred the petitions of Thomas Miller & Andrew McAllister, Report, That they have considered the same & recommend that they be allowed the same pension that maimed & disabled Soldiers are entitled to.
Agreed to & sent to the House of Representatives for their concurrence
13th
Office of Clerk of the Senate of the State of South Carolina
I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the Petition of Andrew McAllister praying to be placed on the Army list, also the accompanying papers –
Given under my hand 29th March 1855
 S/ W. F. Arthur
 S. Librarian & State House Keeper
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To the Honorable the Senate
and the rest of the Honorable
members
The Petition of Andrew McAllister
I Humbly Sheweth That
he was disabled in the service
of his country during the late war
that he is at present incapable
of getting subsistence by his
daily labour that he petitioned
your honorable house did
think proper to place him
on annuity list and did allow annuities commencing on in December last, Now therefore your Petitioner humbly prayeth that your honourable
House will direct the Treasurer
to pay him the arrears of Pension which are justly due unto him & which some how or other was neglected to be provided for at your last session,
your petitioner will ever yours &c
Andr McAllister
Columbia 20 Nov 1801
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On the Petition of Andrew McAllister
they are of opinion that as he was placed on the pension list last year no further provision ought to be made for him
Office of Clerk of the Senate of
the State of Tennessee
26 Oct 1854 I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy
of the petition of Andrew McAllister
now on file in this office
Given under my hand
there being no seal of office
WF. Arthur
L. Librarian & State House Keeper
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Madisonville Tenn.
April 22d 1853
L P Waldo Com pensions
Washington City DC
In reply to yours of the 13th just requiring some evidence to be
offered, of the length of the term of
service performed by Andrew McAllister husband of Elizabeth and applicant for pension from this State under the act 4th July 1836 & subsequent, before her claim is admitted. I have just received
and will enclose a record from the Office of the speaker senate South Carolina, & which I am happy to say of affords not only indubitable proof of six months service but a sufficient length of time to entitle his widow Elizabeth to the full pay of a private of Infantry in the regular army, that is for 2 whole years at any time during the war. I will call your attention first to the sworn petition of Andrew McAllister made recently after the close of the war when he dare not state a falsehood, to a legislative
body many of whom had in all
probability been engaged in like service and who had a personal knowledge of the facts as stated by petitioner Nov 1793.
He states that he had ever been a friend active in the American cause, had fought frequently in the battles of his county. and had been engaged in the Florida
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Expedition Campaign under Capt John Erwin & Gen. Williamson, all of which is corroborated by the affidavits of Andrew Hamilton, MCS
Howe & Pat Calhoun, Citizens of
Abbeville District neighbors of the said Andrew McAllister, the last probably of the father of South Carolina's [Illegible] Statesman, who in all probability did know the truth of the statements made by the
said Andrew. They lived at a time
when the services of those who fought in the revolution were fresh in the memory of all according to Capt John Irwin, Andrew was in the service of his county during all the war, from the beginning up to the time of the Florida Expedition, and then went in that tour. It is time the term all
the war is somewhat indefinite, but at
the same time it indicates a very considerable period, and then we have the Florida Expedition, which must have required to make so long a march from the extreme upper part of South Carolina and in those days when there were no other modes of travel, it must have required a very considerable time and Capt Irwin speaks of the fatigue, the hardship
& sickness of the camp, from which Andrew was a cripple in 1793.
Doubtless he was in the actual service of his county for two whole
years during the time of said war
But suppose he was in the service
for a less period than two years
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Capt Irwinn prove that he was in the
service during all the war, up to the
time of the Florida Expedition when
he was disabled by the hardship
& fatigues of the camp, and if I do not
greatly mistake the interpretation
of the rules of the pension office she
would be entitled to as much as
she would had he served until
the close of the war. he was disabled
by disease contracted while in the
line of his duty and in the actual
service in Capt Irwin's Company in said War, and as I conceive would if
living at the time of the passage of
of the act of June 17th 1832 would
have drawn full pay, and by the
act of July 4th 1836 Section 3d his widow Elizabeth Comes under the provision of full pay.
again the marriage is more fully proved. Andrew in his petition
swears that at the time of the Florida Expedition, he had one child which lived until it was four years old and Elizabeth swears that their marriage was celebrated in 1782, this period of service must have been near the close of the war and is in my opinion proof conclusive of his having served at least two years.
The petition of Andrew was submitted to a committee of the Legislature of South Carolina who must
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have been well satisfied of the truth
of the statements made in the petition or they would not have recommended its being allowed.
under the act of March 18th 1818
Andrew, a private would have been
entitled to draw $96.00 dollars per
annum and this is the amount
that Elizabeth Claims that her husband did draw per year, after he was placed in the invalid pension roll of the United States, which I think is true, and this I submit is the amount to which Elizabeth is entitled annually
from the death of her husband up to
the present time. as to the question of Interest I submit it for the consideration of the department.
Hoping and believing that her proof
if now complete and full as required
by the department I trust that
this claim will be immediately adjudicated as she is in indigent circumstances, and I very believe entitled to what she claims.
Enclosed please find letter
of Hon. S. A. Smith of this district
your obt set
Eakin & Wright
pr JI. Whyht
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State of Tennessee Monroe County
On this the 22d day of July 1854 personally appeared before me
James Montgomery one of the acting Justice of the Peace within and
for the County and State aforesaid Jemima Wight who being duly sworn according to law makes oath that she is about 38 years of age and that she was born and raised in Pickens
District South Carolina until she was about eleven years old. that her name was then Jemima Norton Daughter of Barak and Mary Norton and she further makes oath that at that age she was acquainted with Andrew McAllister and his wife Elizabeth
McAllister. about the age of Eleven Affiant removed to the State of North Carolina where she intermarried with one James Wright and about March 1848 affiant and her said husband removed to the state of Tennessee Monroe County and not long
afterwords (probably about two years). The said Elizabeth McAllister came to see affiant at her residence in Monroe County Tennessee
the said Elizabeth at that time told affiant that after the death of her husband the said Andrew McAllister she had removed to this country Affiant distinctly states that the said Elizabeth McAllister is the identical same Elizabeth McAllister whom
she knew in the State of South Carolina as the wife of the said Andrew McAllister who died as she is informed and believes in the State of South Carolina sometime about the year 1831 or 1832 . She further makes oath that about two or three years ago Mary Norton affiants mother come to her and her husband James Wright in Monroe County Tennessee and that her mother the
said Mary Norton and the said Elizabeth McAllister visit at James Wright her husbands residence
in said County of Monroe & State
aforesaid and at that time & place heard the said Mary Norton and the said
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Elizabeth McAllister converse about matters & occurrences which took place in the State of South Carolina of which they both had certain knowledge as well as affiant.
Affiant again distinctly states that she
knows the said Elizabeth McAllister to be the identical same Elizabeth McAllister who was wife of Andrew McAllister died in the State of South Carolina she further makes
oath that she has no intent what
ever in the result of this Claim and
that she is in no wise concerned in
its prosecutions
s/Jemima Wright
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day and date above written and I hereby certify that Jemima Wright is a lady of respectability whom I have known for about six years
and that her statements herein above
made may be relied upon without the
last hesitation I having lived a man
neighbor to her for about a year
s/ James Montgomery
Justice of the Peace for Monroe County
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State of North Carolina Jackson
County On this the 16 day of June
1854 personally appeared before
me James McKinney JP
an acting Justice of the peace for said County Barak Norton and Mary Norton who being duly sworn according to law to speak the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth in the case of Elizabeth McAllister widow of Andrew McAllister in her application to the Government of the United States for pension for the services of her said husband as a revolutionary soldier.
[Illegible] deposeth as follows
Andrew McAllister and Elizabeth McAllister is the wife of the revolutionary solder Andrew McAllister.
Interrogatory 1st by Attorney 
You will please state if you ever lived in the State of South Carolina & if
did you know or were you acquainted with one Andrew McAllister & wife Elizabeth McAllister - was said Andrew McAllister a Revolutionary soldier - did he draw a pension - was he and the said Elizabeth Known as husband and wife-- state all you know about them in South Carolina
and how long you knew them then.
State further if the fact be so if some
years ago you did not meet with the said Elizabeth McAllister at one James Wrights in Monroe County Tennessee and whether or not she is the identical said Elizabeth
McAllister whom you Knew in South Carolina as the wife of said Andrew
McAllister Revolutionary soldier as aforesaid.
Answer - We Barak Norton and Mary Norton Saith on our oaths that we knew the said Andrew McAllister and Elizabeth McAllister well about the years 1805 before that time and after and knows that the said Andrew McAllister Did draw a pension for a
number of years and untill he departed this life. I Mary Norton saith on my oath that I saw the said
Elizabeth McAllister at James Wrights in Monroe County Tennessee and know her to be the very same
person 
Turn over
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We Barak Norton and Mary Norton States on our oaths that we knew Andrew McAllister and Elizabeth McAllister in the State of South Carolina Pickens District and knew them for a number of years 
s/ Barak Norton Mary Norton
Sworn to and subscribed before me
James McKinney J.P

North Carolina Jackson County ⎬ I David Rogers Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions do hereby certify that James McKinney, before whom the foregoing declaration was made, is & was at the time of
signing the same a regular sworn Justice of the Peace in & for said County
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & private seal (there being no public seal of office at Webster) the 18th day of June AD 1854 s/ D Rogers Clk
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Power of Attorney
Elizabeth McAllister
Widow of
Andrew McAllister
Revolutionary Soldier
Pensioned & Paid at
Columbia South Carolina
in Agency
Presented by
Hugh L Tinley
Knoxville
Tennessee
[stamp] PENSION OFFICE AUG 1 1859
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State of Tennessee
MONROE County ⎬ SS
Know All Men By These Presents that I- Elizabeth McAllister of the County of Munroe and State of Tennessee the Widow of Andrew McAllister Deceased who was a Soldier of the American Revolution and drew a pension of Ninety Six Dollars
a year paid I believe of the Agency of
paying Pensions at Columbia South Carolina Believing that by Reason of the said services and
Decease of my aforesaid husband
Andrew McAllister that I am entitled
to a Pension under the various acts of
Congress granting Pensions to the Soldiers of the war of the Revolution and the surviving widows, which has not been allowed to me or adjusted so that I can obtain the benefits thereof, therefore I hereby Revoke any and all powers of Attorney or any other instrument of writing
whatsoever that was or may have been given by me to or in favor of Messers Akin or Eakin and Wright, Samuel A Smith member of Congress
or any other Person or Persons, controlling or attempting to controll or anywise interfere with my aforesaid claim for pension, and
By These Presents constitute and appoint Hugh L Tinley of Knoxville Tennessee my true and lawful Attorney Irrevocably for me and in my name and place and
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with power of substitution to examine all the Records. Letters, Affidavits and other Documents and papers connected with the aforesaid claim now on file in the Department of the Interior, as well as all the  muster Rolls and other Records that
may show the military services of the
said Andrew McAllister, and to make
all the proof necessary or required by the Department to establish
is excused my claim for or to said Pension, and generally to do all
Lawful acts and things whatsoever
touching the premises in order to prosecute said claim to some result and to receive the Certificate of Pension when issued or any communication relative to the same
and I hereby confirm whatsoever my
said Attorney shall in my name legally
do in the premises 
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this Twenty fifth day of July 1859
Elizabeth McAllister M her mark
Witness
J.J. Heiskell  Noah Mose

State of Tennessee
Munro County ⎬ SS,
Personally appeared before
the undersigned an acting
Justice of the Peace in and for the County and state aforesaid duly authorized to administer oath
Elizabeth McAllister who acknowledged
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the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein contained and I certify that I have been personally acquainted with Mrs Elizabeth McAllister aforesaid, for a number of years and that during all that time has been known as the Identical widow of Andrew McAllister Deceased and Remains the same widow at present. Witness my hand this 25th day of July 1859, the words "the same was interlined before signing. Wm Heiskell Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee
Munroe County ⎬ SS I A T Hicks Clerk
of the County Court of
Munroe County Tennessee do hereby
Certify that Wm Heiskell Esquire
before whom the foregoing acknowledgement was made and whose name appears thereunto
Officially was at time of signing the same and still is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified
that his signature above written is genuine and all his official acts entitled to full faith and credit Given
under my hand and official seal at
Madisonville July 25th 1859 A.T. Hicks Clk
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State of Tennessee Monroe County
On this the 11th day of February Eighteen Hundred & fifty four personally appeared before me William Williams an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County
of Monroe & State aforesaid Sarah Bayless aged about _ years who being first duly sworn according to law makes oath that she lived in the
State of South Carolina until about the year Eighteen hundred & nine or ten with William Dickson her
former husband that about that time witness and her said husband removed to the State of Tennessee
where she has ever since resided 
She further makes oath that she well knew Elizabeth McAllister
who is now applying pension and arrearages of Pension due her on account of the Revolutionary
services of her husband Andrew McAllister that she know her during the time of the war of the Revolution and that during that war or about the
close of it Andrew McAllister and the said Elizabeth were  married as she understood from creditable
persons though witness was not personally present at the celebration of the marriage she further makes
that she was well acquainted with the said Elizabeth McAllister and her said Husband Andrew McAllister from the time above referred to up the year 1809 or about that time and that they lived in Abbeville District South Carolina that they lived together as Husband & wife and were so known and recognized in the community in which they lived and that they were respectable & respected. She further
makes oath that the said Andrew McAllister was a revolutionary pensioner and that he was on the
Pension Roll of South Carolina until about the time affiant left that state she further make oath that
during the loss of some twenty five or thirty years she knew the said Elizabeth & the said Andrew McAllister in the State of South Carolina that they frequently stayed
all night with affiant and her said Husband Wm Dickson. She stated further that on one occasion she went with the said Andrew McAllister going to a place then called Ninety six with a wagon load of hay and
affiant asked him when he was going to draw his pension money affiant has frequently
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understood that the said Andrew McAllister was transferred to the Pension Roll of the United States
and drew as she now recollects about the sum of ninety six dollars a year after he was transferred to the Roll of the United States Affiant saw
nothing more of said Elizabeth and said Andrew McAllister until about the year Eighteen Hundred
& thirty two when she came across the said Elizabeth in Monroe County Tennessee at which time and
place she was told by the said Elizabeth that her husband was dead that they removed from
Abbeville District to Pendleton District South Carolina When her husband died and that her & him formerly wondered from place to place until they reached Monroe County Tennessee about the year 1832 or 1833 and affiant makes oath that she is the identical same Elizabeth McAllister who was wife to the
said Andrew McAllister Revolutionary soldier and pensioner as aforesaid and that she has known
the said Elizabeth ever since that she is now a very old lady reputable and respectable and that her statements are reliable & that I am not interested in the prosecution of this claim
Sarah Bayless X Her mark

Sworn to & subscribed before me the day and date above written & I hereby certify that Sarah Bayless who has
sworn to & subscribed the foregoing affidavit is a very respectable person and that her character for truth & veracity can in no wise be questioned & that although she is very old has a clear and retentive testimony
s/ Wm Williams
Justice of the Peace