Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8725, for Isham Simmons, North Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE			NUMBER
N.C.	Simmons, Isham	W 8725
Nancy
CONTENTS
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[typed form, handwritten responses]
Kentucky 27.532
Isham Simmons,
of Hanne Co. in the State of Ky
who was a private in the Company command
by Captain Dixon of the Regt command
Col Nash in the N. Carolina 
for a Militia.
16 Mo Pr $53.33
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23d day of Sept
and sent to 
'34 Wm Butler, Clk, Tomkinsville, Ky
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 24                 185.66
Semi anl. allowance ending 4 Mch 35  26.66
$213.32
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by John [illegible] Clerk
Book [illegible] Vol. 7 Page 45-
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[handwritten letter]
State of Kentucky
County of Monroe } s.s.      March
On this third day of  [crossed out]1834
personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Monroe
County now sitting Isham Simmons a resident of
Monroe County and state of Kentucky Aged 78 years
who being first duly sworn according to Law doth
on his oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of an Act of Congress passed June
7, 1832  That he entered the service of the united States
as a private volunteer Militiaman from the
County of Guildford North Carolina under the com
mand of Captain Henry Dixon the Number of the
Regiment not recollected but was commanded
by Col Nashe - The claimant cannot state as
to the day or month when he entered the
service but recollects it was the later part of
the year 1776 they rendezvous at Captain Dix
ons own house we were marched down near
[29.965 handwritten perpendicular on page] 
Wilmington on the Cape fear River where we
Continued untill untill the spring of the
year 1777 having served six month and
was Marched back to our own County with
out having any engage ment during this tour
and was Discharge by Captain Dixon - he far
ther states that he volunteered as a private
in the Militia from the same County and
State above mentioned and under the same
Captain and Colonel about the first of July
1777 for six months in General Moores Brigade
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[handwritten letter]
me rendezvous at
Captain Dixon owen house and
and was marched Down the Cape fear river when
we learned the tories was embodied near Moores
Bridge we were marched towards them but
before we reach said Bridge Genl Caswell
defeated them thence we were marched to
Wilmington N.C. Thence to Charlestown Thence
to Brunswich where we had an engagement with
the British and was defeated by them after firing
three or four round we retreated to Fort Johnson 
we was marched to Wilmington some time in
the month of December and his captain went home
and Did not return to ourcCamps untill
in the month of February when he was dis
chargedcby his Captain which Discharge he recol
lects was given for seven months and eight
Days
---
The Claimant farther declares he was Draf
ted from the same County and State and
served as a private in the Militia under the
Command of Captain Davis and Colonet
McDowell for the term of four months he
is of the opinion in the year 1780 but the
day nor month is he certain of or even
the year During this tour they had an engage
ment with the British at a bridge Called
and was discharged by Col McDowel
Beacons bridge ^ The Claimant farther declar
he is not positive as to the dates of any
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[handwritten letter]

term of service for he is now old and
infirm Consequently a great loss of memory ┃
he cannot swear positively to any of the
dates but he is Certain as to the length of
each your as set forth in this declaration
all of the aforesaid Discharges is lost and that
he has no other Documentary evidence whatever
and that he knows of no persons whose eviden
he can procure who can testify as to his
services
He hereby relinquishes every Clain whatever to a
pension or annuity except the present and Declares
his name is not on the pension roll of any
State or Territory
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Isham [his X mark] Simmons
mark
We Isaac Dunton a Clergyman in Jackson
County Tennessee and A T. Marry residing in
the County of Monroe and State Kentucky
[crossed out]
The two aforesaid witness liveing in a few
miles of each other Do hereby certify that ┃
that we are well acquainted with Isham
Simmons who has subscribed to the above Dec
laration that we believe him to be the age he
represents himself to be that he is reputed &
believed in the neighbourhood where he resides
to have been a soldier of the revolution
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[handwritten letter]
and that we concur in that opinion having
never heard it Doubted and each of us has
been acquainted with him for at least
thirty years
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
aforesaid
Isaac Denton
J. T. Marrs
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the Investigation of the matter and after putting
the Interrogatories prescribed by the war Department
that the above named applicant was a soldier of
the Revolution and served as he states And the
Court further Certifies that it appears to them
that Isaac Denton who has signed the preceeding
Certificate is a Clergyman residing in Jackson
County Tennessee (adjoining Monroe County Ky )
that A. T. Marrs
who has also signed the same
is a resident in the County of Monroe and state 
of Kentucky and is a creditable person and that
their statement isventitled to Credit
I will Butler Clerk of the Court of Monroe
County do Certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of Isham Simmons for a pension
In testimony whereof I have have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my
seal of office this third day of March
1834  Will Bultler Clk
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[handwritten, left side of page]
Repd
2 Cetfs.
Act : 1838 & [illegible] Res.
1843 &1844.
[handwritten embelishment]

[printed form, handwritten responses]
7967
Kentucky

Nancy Simmons
widow of Isham Simmons
who was a Private
in the N. Carolina Line
Husb. died July 18, 1836.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
30 Dollars
---
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
first day of Octo. 1846
and sent to
A. J. Marrs
Tompkinsville,
Kentucky
[Acts of March 3, 1843]
and June 17 1844.
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 186.
D. H. Wood Clk
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[handwritten]
5529
V
Nancy Simmons
of Isham
[crossed out]
Kentucky
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[handwritten letter]
State of Kentucky Monroe County Court May Term 1839
On this 27 day of May 1839 personally appeared in open Court
Nancy Simmons a Resident of Monroe County and state of
Kentucky Aged 68 years who being first duly Sworn according to
law doth on her oath make the following declaration in
order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the Act 
of Congress passed July 4, 1836 and the Joint Resolution of July
7, 1838 that she is the widow of Isham Simmons who was
a private in the Army of the Revolution and is the Identical
Isham Simmons who made a declaration of his services in
the year *Eighteen hundred and thirty four and the County
Court of Monroe Ky and received a Pension Certificate
Dated September 23rd, *Eighteen hundred and thirty four and
signed by Mahlen Dickerson Acting Secretary of war
Numbered 27.632 for the sum of fifty=three Dollars and
thirty three cents per annum and that the aforesaid
Isham Simmons Drew the Amount due him to the
4th day of March 1836 and that she the aforesaid
Nancy Simmons Drew the amount due her from
the 4th day of March to the 18th day of July 1836 by
her Attorney on the Account of the death of her hus
band Isham Simmons she farther Declares that she was
married to the said Isham Simmons on the 20th day of
March seventeen hundred and ninety three and the
knows of no person but one in this part of the Countrey
who was present when she was married at this time
and that her husband the aforesaid Isham Simmons
died on the 18th day of July Eighteen hundred and thirty six
and that she has remained a widow ever since that
period as will appear more fully by a refference to
the Proof hereto Annexed
Nancy [her X mark] Simmons
Sworn to and subscribed on the
day and year above writen before
the Justices of Monroe County Court
*Eighteen in two places writen on an erasure
before signed  Phillip Emment  sent J.P.
Abijah T Marrs
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[handwritten]
Richard Tadlock residing in the County of Monroe
and State of Kentucky hereby certify that I that I have been
well acquainted with Nancy Simmons in the States of Tennessee
and Kentucky for more than forty years who has sworn to
and subscribed to the foregoing Declaration and was present
when she was Married to Isham Simmons Deceased of Monroe
County Kentucky who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and
the two lived together as husband and wife until the
Death of the aforesaid Isham Simmons and farther I
have no hesitation in saying that I believe the
time as to her Marriage as well as the Death of
her husband is Correctly stated in her Declaration
and that she has remained a widow ever since
the Death of her husband
Sworn and subscribed the day and years   Richard [his X mark] Tadlock
first written in the Declaration before
the Justices of Monroe County Court
Philip Emmett serve  J.P.
Abijah T. Marrs
Here follows the proof at a former Court
State of Kentucky Monroe County Court Sept Term 1836
on this 26th day of September 1836 satisfactory proof
was this day made in open Court by the oath of Benjamin
Guffee and John Simmons respectable persons that Isham
Simmons late a Pensioner of the united states departed this
life on the 18th day of July 1836 and that the said Isham
Simmons was the Identical person named in an original
Certificate now here shewn to the Court bearing
date the 23rd day of September 1834 and signed by
Mahlen Dickerson Acting Secretary of War Granting
to the said Isham Simmons a pension of fifty=three
Dollars thirty=three cents per Certificate and Numbered
27.632 and was farther proven to the satisfaction
of the Court that Nancy Simmons is the widow
of the said Isham Simmons and that she is now living
a copy of the Record Teste Will Butler Clk
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[handwritten letter]
And the said Court after hearing the Testimony
Richard Tadlock a respectable person who signed
first certificate and likewise after hearing the
Certificate of the Clerk of our said Court annexed
Hereto Read Declare our opinion that Nancy Sim
ons who hath this day appeared in open Court
and was sworn to and subscribed to the foregoing
Declaration is the legal widow of Isham Simmons
late a Pensioner of the united states and farther
she is a Creditable person Philip Emmet sevd J.P.

I Willam Butler Clerk of the 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 Nancy Simmons for a pension
In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and seal of
office this 27th day of May 1839
Will Butler
Clerk of the Court of Monroe County
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[printed page]
THE 
FIRST PART 
OF AN 
EQUAL [illegible]
TO 
Pharissaissm and Antinomianissn

CONTAINING,
I. AN HISTORICAL ESSAY on the danger of parting Faith and Works.
II. Salvation be the covemamt of grace. A DISCOURSE

[portion of typed page of illegible words horizontally across page]

III. A SCRIPTURAL 
of works, according to the covenant of grace. 
IV. An ESSAY ON TRUTH, or, A rational Vindication of the doctrine of salvation by Faith.

By the Author of the CHECKS TO ANTINOMIANISM.
The armour of righteousness on the right-hand and on the left.
2 Cor. vi.
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[handwritten]
29.965
Isham Simmons
Kentucky
j
f [illegible] 1776 [illegible] 16 mo
$53.33/100

53.33
3 ½
—-----
160.00
26.66 ½    53.33
—------
186.66 	4
	    —------
	  [illegible] 13.33

William Butler
clk Monroe Co;
Tompkinsville
Ken
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[printed page, handwritten responses in columns]

Sir
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, showing the service of Isham Simmons
[column headings: Period when the service was rendered., Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.]

1776. 6. Pr. Captain Dixon, Col Nash. 78. N.C. Traditionary.
1777. *.6. Pr. ""
1780. 4. Pr. Cap Davis, Col McDowell.

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
*take Notice this tours Mr 
Isham Simmons served 7 months and 8 days
although he volunteered for 6 months see
his Declaration Second page
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
The Regular Troops.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
 Persons employed in the Naval Service.
 Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss.
County of
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank]
A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged [blank] 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank],
with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers: [blank]

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and state in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [hand pointing left] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.			A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I [blank]  of the Court of [blank]
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank]
day of [blank] & c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their 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 Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
[blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this [blank] day of [blank] & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his.
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each
person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.

6.{To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
   {To an Officer.{Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?

7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to the questions are embodied in the declaration requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a]The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow
the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b]The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
[c]The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d]The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e]Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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, 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 that the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, and —--days, I served as a [blank]  and for such service I claim a pension."
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 that 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
objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown 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.
[f]The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g]The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h]The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i]The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubthe
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
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 papers 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.
							Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on her department, he must prove his service by two credible witness
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's 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.
[hand pointing to additional typed passage]  The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is note 
[j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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[handwritten]
To J. L. Edwards
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[handwritten]
Tompkinsville Ky Sept 8th 1846
Sir agreeable to instruction I send enclosed the
original Certificate of Mrs Nancy Simmons
and also her Declaration under the Act of
Congress 3rd March 1843 - send her certificate
enclosed to me at the above named office I
am yours &
A.T. Marrs
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[handwritten]

Isham Simmons Ken: Act 7 June 1832
to what time paid?
Pen: Office
August 31. 1839
Died 18th July 1836 paid to that pered
JH
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[handwritten]
Nancy Simmons
Kentucky
[crossed out]
Suspended
Se let. 2d Sep 1839
W. Bulter Clk. same
Oct 11 1839
let: 3 July 1840 A.
T. Marrs.
Act 7 July 1838
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[printed form, handwritten responses]
496. [handwritten embellishments]
Kentucky.
Nancy Simmons
Widow of Isham Simmons who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832-
and who died on the 18th July 1836
of Monroe^ Co in the State of Kentucky
who was a Private in the Compy
commanded by Captain Dixon of the
Regt commanded by Col Nash in
the N. C. line for 9 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Louisville
at the rate of 30 Dollars ~
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836 & end 18th July
1836 when For pen, com-
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of
Oct. 1846 and sent to A.T.
Marrs, Tompkinsville, Ky. -
Total amount, $ [blank]
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Joint Res. 23 Jay '43
Recorded by [illegible] wood,
Book D. Vol. 1. Page 377
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[printed form, handwritten responses]
[Left side of page]
Kentucky 5705
Nancy Summons 
widow of Isham Simmons decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832,
and who died on the18 July 1836
of Monroe Co in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Dixon of the regt commanded
by Col Nash in the N. Carola.
line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum
commence on the 18 day of May 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Septr
1840, & sent to A.T. Marrs
Tompkinsville Kentucky.
Arrears to the 4th of Septr 1840 $123.92
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 41 15.00
---
$138.92
{Act July 7, 1838.}
orded by D. McCurdy, Clerk
Vol. 2. Page 213

[right side of page, handwritten]
let 23d Nov
to A. Ferguson
let 15 Jany 1841
to A. T. Marrs.

Duplicate Certificates: [illegible]
18th Feby 1841. and sent to
T. Marrs. Tompkinsville
let; 20 Feb 41 Hon.
J. R. Underwood
let: 24 Augt 1841 to
A.T. Marrs
[illegible] same June 10'46
Page 23

[handwritten letter]
Tompkinsville Monroe County Ky June 1st 1846
Sir the widow of Isham Simmons^ Decd. late a
Pensioner of the United States of this County
viz Nancy Simmons obtained a Pension Certificate the 5th day of September 1840 for
the sum of thirty^ dollars per Annum agreeably to the Act of July 7th 1838 she continued to draw to the 4th of March 1841 when the time of said Certificate expired-(see said certificate Book A Vol  2 Page 213) she now is desirous to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 3rd of March 1843 as well as the Act of the 17th of June 1844 you will please to send me the instructions of the department so as put her on the Roll
The reason why she have not applied before I was of the opinion she had removed to
an other County in this State But a son of hers was here a few Days ago when he informed me that she never had removed and was still a citizen
of Monroe County Ky they live in a remote part of said County and never had
known until lately that she was entitled the benefit of the two Acts above recited
I am yours H
To J.L. Edwards Esq A.T. Marrs
commissioner of Pension Washington City D.C.
Page 24

[handwritten]
[left side of page, perpendicular]
27 Aug 1846
Nancy Simmons
Ky -
5705 - 38

[right side of page]
Tompkinsville Ky	10 [crossed out]
Augt. 18th		[crossed out]
J L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.  C.
Page 25

[handwritten letter]
Tompkinsville Ky Aug. 18th 1846
Sir I wrote you the first of June last respecting the claim of Nancy Simmons widow of
Isham Simmons. She drew a pension up to the 4th of March 1841 as she informs me - scince she
have not made application to Draw any 
money whatever, now the wishes to draw
agreeable to the act of Congress passed 3rd March 
1843 as well as under the Act of the 17 June 1844 
I have now before me her original Certificate 
Dated at the War office of the United States the 5th 
day of September 1840 the original Certificate Did
not come to hand until a copy had been
procured and the last draw had been made
and the copy surrendered to the Pension agent
J.A. Grinstead of Lexington Ky being more than
one year after it had been issued
which she has been in the possession of ever since
will account for this certificate being now in
her possession. I have not gotten a letter in [illegible] to the
above I now wish the instruction of the Depart
ment how to Draw her Pension under the
two above recited Act of Congress I am
Yours &c.
Abijah T. Marrs
Page 26

[handwritten letter]

Pension Office.
July 3 1840.
Sir,
The additional testimony in the case
of Mrs. Nancy Simmons, widow of Ishaw Sim
mons, decd, has been examined and filed with
her other papers. Upon referring to her husband's
declaration under act 7th June 1832, it is found
that he has alleged three tours of six months
each, as a militia man of North Carolina. It
has been ascertained that the usual tour of
service was three months. Unless therefore, it
can be shewn by record or documentary
proof that six months service was performed
in each tour, the claimant will be allowed
for three months service only in each tour.
I am, Very Respectfully
Your Obt: Servant.
J L Edwards

Mrs. Simmons request me to day Issue her Certificate as above A. J. Marrs  A. J. Marrs, Esqr. Care of William Butler, Esqr Tompkinsville, Kentucky.}
Page 27

[handwritten, left side of page]
5529
Nancy Simmons
of Isham
Kentucky
---
admitted
Pr. 9[illegible] $30.-
Cap. Dixon Col.
Nash, N.C.
died 12 July 1836.
Act 7th July 1838
A.T. Marrs
Tompkinsville
Ken:

[right side of page]
40  9  4
36. 7. 18
4. 1. 17
1.5666
4.13055
30
123.91650
Page 28

[printed page, handwritten responses]
Payment to be made
at Lexington
by J.A. Grinstead,
Agent for paying pension
ers, in the Agency of-
Kentucky
Payable on the
[crossed out section]
4th March next
Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book A. Vol. 2,
Page 213 By D. M: Curdy
Clerk.

[handwritten, top corner or right side of page]
3d. March
1843  58
---
17 June 101
1844
Page 29

[printed form, handwritten respones]
WAR DEPARTMENT
Five years' Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838,
Nancy Simmons of Kentucky
widow of Isham Simmons, decd
who was a private in the Revolution
and died on the 18th day of July 1836,
is entitled to receive a pension at the rate of Thirty -
dollars and [crossed out] per annum, commencing on the
18th day of July 1836; and in case of the
death or marriage of said widow before the 4th of March, 1841,
the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death
Given at the War Office of the United 
States, this fifth day of
September one thousand
eight hundred and forty
[crossed out]
Secretary of War.

[Paper seal at bottom left side]
Examined and Countersigned.} J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

[perpendicular on left upper side of paper]
Conceled a duplicate an issued on 18 Feby 1841
Page 30

[typed form, handwritten responses]
Revolution North Carolina.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8725
Nancy Simmons
Wid. of 
Isham Simmons
Prt N. C. line
Act: Mch, 3d 43, & June 17 '44
Index: - Vol. M, Page 214
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 31

[handwritten letter]
I believe the enclosed Amended Decla
ration of Nancy Simmons is the best evidence
she is able to make as the Witness in her
first case has removed from the Country
but the Evidence I think is sufficient as it
now stands her Record has been Defaced by
fire so that her two Eldest sons can be
made out Destinctly but her two youngest
viz Isham Simmons Jr and Nancy Simmons cannot ┃
be I am yours &c
A.T. Marrs agent
Page 32

[handwritten perpendicular on left side page]
17. Aug 1841
Case Nancy Simmons
Mr Allison

[top left side of page, horizontal]
Tompkinsville Ky
Aug 6

[right side of page]
Free
L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 33

[handwritten letter]

Tompkinsville Ky Aug. 6th 1841
Sir
I Drew a Pension for Mrs
Nancy Simmons of this County of
to the 4th day of March 1841 when
the Pension Agent required her Certificate
to be surrendered which I did although she
had not drawn her five years
on the Account of the way the Certifi
cate read which certificate was in
Lieu of one [crossed out] issued September 5th
1840 scince the surrender of the Certificate
the original Certificate has come to hand
in which it gives her five years pay
&c she is entitled to Draw from the
4th day of March to the 14th day of
Last month to fill her five years
she is still the widow of Isham
Simmons - Can she now Draw
the balance on her original Certificate
without farther proceedings in the Pension
office
I am yours &c
A.T. Marrs
Page 34

[handwritten letter]
State of Kentucky Monroe County} S.S
Be it known that before
the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for
the County and State aforesaid personally appeared
Abijah T. Marrs and made oath in due form
of Law that he received a letter from the
Commissioner of the Pensions setting forth in
substance that a Pension Certificate had
issued to Nancy Simmons on the 5th day
of September 1840 and had been enclosed
Directed to him (Alijah T. Marrs at Tomp
Kinsville Kentucky) Now the aforesaid Deponent
farther saith on oath he has never receivd
such Certificate (who is Post Master at
Tompkinsville Ky) to all of which I am fully
satisfied February 1st 1841
Abijah T. Marrs
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day
and year last above mentioned
W. H. Wooten J. P. 
State of Kentucky Monroe County Set
I Will Butler Clerk of the Court of Monroe
County Certify that W.H. Wooten is a Magistrate
as above and that the signature purporting to
be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto affixed my seal
of office and subscribed my
name this 1st day of February
1841
Will Butter
Clerk of the Court of Monroe County
Turn over
[paper seal to the left of signature]
Page 35

[handwritten letter]
Tompkinsville Ky Feby 1st 1841
Sir yours of the 15 ult is at hand
informing me that a Pension Certificate was
issued on the 5 of September last and sent to
me for Mrs Nancy Simmons widow of
Isham Simmons deceased I have made
a deposition herewith sent that it has
not Come to hand therefore I presume
it has been lost or it would certainly
have come to hand Therefore I shall have
to request a copy to be issued to her
and sent to me I am yours &c
A.T. Marrs
Page 36

[handwritten letter]
[illegible]
Madisonville Monroe county Tn
There is no Such man as Wm Butler
Clerk of any court in this county
nor do I believe there is a man of that
name in the county 
Ja. W. Birkwell
[illegible]

[written upside down on page]
[circular stamp, upside down at top right hand side of page] MADISONVILLE Te OCT 1

J L Edwards
[circular stamp at left upside of page]
WASHINGTION CITY D.C. SEP 2 		Hon J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions
								Washington City DC
[crossed out section]
William Butler Esqr
Clerk of the Court of Monroe County
Madisonville, Tenn
Page 37

[handwritten]
[left side, perpendicular writing]
Jan 15.41
Nancy Simmons
[illegible] 
pa. [crossed out]
Ken. 

[left top side of page, horizontal writing]
Tompkinsville Ky
Jan 6th 1841
[right top corner of page]
Free

L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
Page 38

[handwritten letter]

Tompkinsville Ky Jany 6th 1841

Sir,
I wrote to you to Issue a Pension
Certificate for Nancy Simmons for three
tours of three months as her husband Claimed
three 6 months tours if you will examine
his Declaration I think you will find
that he Claimed nineteen months as he at 
one time served one month after his regular
tour had recievd and so proven by his
witnesses who proved his services- this I speak
from recollection-- which will agreeable to
the decision of Department make nine [illegible]
of the regular tours and one month of extra
service in all 10 months pay to said Nancy
Simmons in each year but if an examination
of the papers refered to they will not
admit of such a construction-- Issue her
Certificate for the nine months in each
year agreeable to your former decision
I am yours &c
A. J. Marrs
Page 39

[handwritten letter]
State of Tennessee
Grainger County
On this ninth day of September 1834
Personally appeared William Norris aged about
Eighty one years before the undersigned Justice
of the peace in and for the County aforesaid
who being duly sworn according to law deposeth
and saith, that he was well acquainted with
Isham Simmons whose declaration was taken in
the County of Monroe and State of Kentucky
on the third day of March 1834 and is here
with annexed, the affiant states that he was
well acquainted with said Isham Simmons
During the time of his first and second tours in
the army of the revolution and Dues believe
that he served as he states in his Decleration having
a knowledge of his being gone from home During 
the same period and never heard it doubted but
what he was in the army, he farther states that 
he served with [illegible] Simmons during the third tower
and he recollects that Simmons was under Capt
Davis as stated in the Declaration
Sworn to and subscribed			William [his X mark] Norris
before me the day and date
above written
John Chesney  [handwritten seal]
Justice of the peace
for Grainger County
State of Tennessee
Grain County ⎬
on this Day of September 1834
Personally appeared John Lovell aged near Eighty
years old before the undersigned Justice of Peace
Page 40

[handwritten letter]
peace in and for the County aforesaid who
being duly sworn deposeth and saith that
he was well acquainted with Isham Simmon
who has made a declaration agreeable to the
affidavit of William Norris and knew of his
Sd Simmons services in the army of the revolutio
agreeable to his own Declaration but cannot
State positively to the time of his services
Sworn to and subscribed		John [his X mark] Lovel
before me the day and date
above John Chesney [handwritten seal]
Justice of the peace
for Grainger County
State of Tennessee
Grainger County

I John Chesney as a Justice
of the peace Do certify that it appears to me
that William Norris and John Lovel who
his signed preceding affidavits is residents of
this County and their statements is Entitled to
Credit Given under my hand this 9th Day 
of September 1834
John Chesney
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee ⎬ SS
County of Grainger          Be it Known that before the subscribed
a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid person
ally appeard John Simmons of said County aged 82 years
who being duly sworn according to Law Deposeth and
saith that he was well acquainted with Isham Simmons
of Monroe County Kentucky in time of the revolution
any war and that he knows of the services of said
Page 41

[handwritten letter]
Isham Simmons in the army of the Revolution and
believes that he^has set it forth Correctly in his own dec
laration Sworn to and subscribed this
tenth day of September 1834
John Simmons

James T. West
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee ⎬ I John Cooke Clerk
Grainger County ⎬ of the Court of pleas
and quarter sessions for the County aforesaid
do certify that I am personally acquainted
with James S West and John Chesney the
above named Justices and that they are
duly commissioned and sworn
acting Justices of the peace^ in and for the
County of Grainger aforesaid and that
they were at the date thereof and that
full faith and credit ought to be given
to their official acts as such
Given under my hand and seal of office
at office in Rutledge this 10th Sept 1834
John Cole Clk
By Thomas [illegible]
Page 42

[handwritten]
9047 } 1233.
484.
Nancy Simmons
wow of Isham
Ky
Act [illegible] March 1843 and 17
June 1844
aonew 9 mo prir
$30.00  pr am

Issue a certificate under the
joint resolution of 23d June 1845
at the rate of $30th pr am
from 4 March to 18 July 1836
from which date she has been
hand under the act of 7 July 1838
A. T. Marris
Tompkinsville
Ky
Page 43

[handwritten letter]
State of Kentucky ⎬ SS.
Monroe County
Be it known that on the
8th day of September 1846 before me Philip Emmert
a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and
State aforesaid personally appeared Mrs Nancy Sim
mons of the same County and State aged about 78
years who being first duly sworn according to
law Doth on her oath make the following declara
tion in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the Act of Congress pased the 3d March
1843 granting Pensions to widows of persons who served
during the Revolutionary war
That she now is the widow of Isham Simmons
late a Pensioner of Monroe County Kentucky, who
served as a private in the Army of the Revolution
but whether he served in the Militia or Regular
Army or ^ what Regiment she does not recollect. she
further declares that she received a Pension of
thirty dollars per annum under the Act of Congress
passed the 7 July 1838
Sworn to and subscribed on the 	Nancy [her X mark] Simmons
day and year above writen
before me
Philip Emmert J.P.
A.T. Marrs

State of Kentucky} Set
Monroe County}
Be it known that on this 8th day of September 1846
before the Subscriber a Magistrate in and for the County
and State aforesaid Certify that Nancy Simmons
who have signed and was sworn to the foregoing
Declaration before me is personally known to me
as the widow of Isham Simmons late a Pensioner
of the United States of the County and State aforesaid and
is a creditable persons Given under my hand the
day and year last above writen
Philip Emmett J.P.
Page 44

[handwritten letter]
State of
Kentucky Monroe County Set
I will Butler Clerk of the Court of Monroe
County Certify that Philip Emmet is a Magistrate
and his signatures to the two within Declaration and
Certificate also-- purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed my seal of office and subscri
bed my name this 8th day of Sep
tember 1846
Will Butler
Clerk of the Court of Monroe County
Page 45

[handwritten letter]State of Kentucky Monroe County Court S.S.
On this 27th day of January 1840 Personally appeared
in open Court now sitting Nancy Simmons a res-
ident of said County who being first duly sworn
according to law Doth on her oath make the
following declaration by the way of an Amend
ment to one she made at the May term of
this Court 1839 That she hath no family
Record of her Marriage to Isham Simmons
but hath a family Record of the births of her
Children by the aforesaid Isham Simmons here
with sent marked A which record was taken out of
an old book in Court and has been Defaced by
Children throwing the book into
the fire and was taken out by herself (Nancy
Simmons) before it was destroyed she farther
Declares she was married March the 20th day
Seventeen hundred and ninety two and nine
months and thirteen days^ there after their Eldest son
Joseph Simmons was born on the Second
day of January
Seventeen hundred and ninety
three. She is not Certain in whose hand writing
the Record was made but belive the two first
Children was in the hand writing of her Brotherin
Law John Simmons but her recollection serves
her to say that the afore described record is genuine
as to the day and Date of her Childrens ages
she further declares that the witness who testified
as to her Marriage has removed from the State
so she is deprived of the opportunity of an
amendment to his Affidavit but she has
found a gentleman by the name of Philip Con-
Page 46

[handwritten letter]
a whose afadavit you are [illegible] to here
annesed and she further declares she still remains
the widow of the aforesaid Isham Simmons
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year first written
Nancy [her X mark] Simmons

on the 27th day of January 1840 personally
appeared in open Court Philip Condra a Creditable
person who being duly sworn according to Law Doth
on his oath say he was present when Isham Simmons
Pensioner of the United States was Married to the
above named Nancy Simmons and is perfectly
enabled to fix the year when they were married
living to his (Condras) Mother dying the same year
which is recorded in his fathers Register August 10th 1792
and said and saith he went to live with the
Justice of the peace March the 10th day 1792 who
Married them and in few Days thereafter the above
Marriage took place but the Day he cannot
fix with Certainty but the day he went to
live with the Justice is Marked by a Receipt
in his possession given him for washing his
Clothes which Receipt is dated December 10th 1792
and a very short time thereafter Joseph Simmons
was born I have often seen the Record of Isham
Simmons and Nancy Simmons, Children and believe
the one presented now in court is a genuine Record
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year first
above writen before the Court of Monroe County
Philip Condra
Page 47

[handwritten letter]
I William Butler Clerk of the Court of Monroe
County Certify that the foregoing contains the
original Proceedings of said Court in the Matter
of Nancy Simmons, Amended Declaration
for a Pension and I farther certify that Philip
Condra the witness had in her case is a man of
good character and standing
I Testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed my seal of office and subscribed
my name this 27th day of
January one thousand eight hun
dred and forty
Will Butler
Clerk of the Court of Monroe County
Page 48

[typed page, handwritten responses]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51-
12 - 5 - 41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME Simmons, Isles  GRADE Private  LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER  10424  ACREAGE  100  ISSUED April 3, 1798
to [illegible] not shown —





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*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archieves.