Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7645, Charles Harman, Va.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE 
Va.         
Harman, Charles.
Harmon, or Piercy

NUMBER         
W. 7645
   
 B.L.Wt. 31280-160-55
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26558           
West Tennessee      
Charles Harman of Overton Co. in the State of Tennessee  who was a private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Woodson of the Regt commanded by Col. Buford in the Virginia line for 1 year and 9 months              
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee  at the rate of 70 Dollars and – Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.      
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Mar 1834  and Hon. Luke Lee House of Reps.       
Arrears to the 4th of March    210.00
Semi-anl. Allowance ending 4 Sepr    35.00
$ 245.00
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7 1832}
Recorded by Danl Boyd   Clerk
Book  E  Vol  7 Page 83
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3174               
Kentucky      
Piercy Harman widow of Charles Harman who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 70~ Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.                 
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Decr. 1853 and sent to James H. Spurlock Gainesboro Jackson Co Ten              
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853,                 
Page 182. Vol. A   
(32) 
Reg Mar 3.33 190.856         
1855 May 7   duplicate issued and sent to J. H. Spurlock  Gainsboro Ten.
James A. Spurlock  Dec 12 / 56     
1864 Nov 25  Transferred to Ky from     
4 March 1861
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190866 Act Mar 2  July 7 /  '56   
July 3 / 56          
Piercy Harman  wid          
Charles Harmon Harman Private        
No. 31280  pr
Revolutionary War      
Rec’d Pension               
Lety  53 – 3174              
AW:  160 ac pr 30 / 56
Boynton
Racm
Jas. A. Spurloock
Gainsboro Tenn
July 28 / 58 – W.L. ret’d & remailed to agent Gainsboro    JR
Vol. H 1 page 33
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act
of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State of Tennessee}
Overton County} February sessions of
the County Court of the county of Overton
in said state 1834
On this 8th day of February AD 1834
personally appeared Charles Harman a resident
citizen of the County and State aforesaid
before us Adam Winninghan James Dennis James Harrison acting Justices of the peace commissioned and qualified to hold the courts of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions in and for said county who after
being first duly sworn according to Law
being of the age of 71 years 
doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832 That he enlisted in the army of the united
states in the year 1779 under Capt Hugh
Woodson and under Lieutenant Proster
and served in the 5th Regiment of the
Verginia LIne under the following named
officers Col Abriham Bluford Capt
Hugh Woodson Lieutenant Proster he
states that he enlisted in the County of 
Bedford State of Verginia on or about the
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tenth day of April in the year 1779 and was mustered in to service at Petersburgh and sworn to obey the commanding officers for the time of Eighteen months which was the term for which he enlisted he was then marched to South carolina to the hanging Rock and was in that Battle     Col A Bluford was the highest in command at the place the Battle was fought in 1780 in the Spring of the year dont recollect the day or month but recollected they were defeated but made their escape from the enemy and were not take prisoners this battle was with the British Latten was the British commander as he understood at that place of their light horse a great many of the men lost there fire arms in that Battle or in making there escape from the battle there commander Broke from them the first or second fire as he understood and the balance of us soon found that we were over powered with the many and we fled also each man according to his own notion and he did not see his officer there in his captain any more for a long time that himself and Jacob Fear and one Morgan went back to Bedford County Verginia he states that he then went to Chestirfild [Chesterfield] Court House and there found his captain and there gained the 5th Verginia Regiment again and then placed under the command of Col William Davis dont recollect the name of the Captain that he was then placed under for he was not placed under his old one with whom he had enlisted for the old one had resigned as well as he recollects or else his time in as out for which he went in to the service the remained at Chesterfield until in October 1780 about the fifteenth or twentieth of the month he was then discharged
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By Col William Davis together with John Turner who had enlisted with him and at the same time this tower [tour] of service was for 18 months but he served five or ten days longer but only claims for 18 months since which did perform with out any doubt he states that he had put his discharge in to his vest coat pocket and shortly after returning home one of his sisters washed it up in said jacket in washing his clothes after receiving his discharge he returned home again to bedford county Virginia and in the year 1781 in February as well as he recollects and about the 2et or 3th day he substituted in the room of one Jonathan Landers who had been drafted he was placed under Lieutenant George Deiling Capt Auty of Bedford County Verginia in the Verginia Malitia and was marched to pourtsmouth, fourt [fort] or near there on the western branch the British had possession of that fort at that time and between Pourtsmouth fourt and the long bridges fourt I was at the taking of a two gun [unreadable] Boat they killed one British man and took ten of them prisoners and caried them to head Quarters 2 or 3 miles from where we captured them and on the next day they were given in exchange for some of our own men as he was informed he was then continued stationed near fourt Pourtsmouth untill in april about the 3d day he believed precisely for that day he was discharged by Capt Auty and then returned home has lossed that discharge also this tower added to his 18 months tower makes 21 months which service he did perform and for in his he claims a pension
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he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declairs that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any state   Charles Harmon his mark
Sworn to and Subscribed
in open Court the 8th day of
February 1834
William Gore clerk

and the said court do hereby declair their opinion that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolutionary and sirved as he states     Jas Harrison JP
James Dennis JP
A Winningham JP

State of Tenneesee }
Overton County}.  I William Gore clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application
of Charles Harmon for a pension In Testimony
Whereof I have hereunto set my
and and seal of office this
8th day of February 1834
William Gore clerk
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1
State of Tennessee
Overton County
March Term 1825

Overton Circuit Court on the 15th day of March in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Twenty five. Personally appeared in Open Court it being a Court of Record proceding according to the Course of the common Law denominated the Circuit Court held for the County of Overton and State of Tennessee. Charles Harmon 62 Years of age Residant in the said County of Overton. Who being first duly sworn upon the holy evangelist of almighty God according to the Laws of the Land, doth upon his oath declare and State that he Enlisted and served as a Revolutionary soldier in the revolutionary war of the United States of America in the Continental Establishment as follows (To wit) that is to say he [unreadable] as a Regular Soldier in the United States service under Captain [unreadable] or Woodson on the 15th day of April 1779. for the [unreadable] of 18 Months and that he served the full term and tour of 18 months, he states that he served part of the time in the 5th Virginia Regiment, which was at that time Commanded by Col. Abram Buford or Bluford and that he was mustered into service at Petersberg in the state of Virginia, the state that he was in the Battle which was fought at the hanging Rock in the state of South Carolina, and that at said battle the American troops were repulsed and they retreated some of them to Chesterfield Court house in the state of Virginia he also states that he was then attached to the 3rd Virginia Regiment (as he believes) which Regiment was then under the Command of Col. William Davis and that he was disengaged from service by said Col. William Davis at the said Chesterfield Court house aforesaid in the State of Virginia on or about the 22nd. or 23rd. days of October 1780. he further states that his discharge has been lost by casulty (torred) that is to say it was washed to pieces in his waistcoat pocket shortly after his return from service he states that there are several persons by whom he could prove his enlistment and service but they live at a considerable distance from this tho he states that he has procured one person by whom he can prove that he was the actual person that Enlisted and performed the services which are
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2  claimed in the foregoing (To wit) Babery Luster living in Orange County in the State of Kentucky whose affidavit to that effect is herewith annexed together with the affidavits of Francis Hall stating that the person herein named (To wit) Barbery Luster who has made oath to the Enlistment and services of Charles Harman is a person of good moral character and that the said Barber Luster’s Oath should be entitled to credit in a Court of Justice, said Harmon further states that in January 1781. he entered into the service in a company of Militia which Company was commanded by Captain    Oaty and he believes that it was attached to the 7 or 8th Regiment which Regiment was commanded by Col.      Dick, and was under the general command of Gen’l Muhlenburgh and that he was at the taking of a two gun boat which action took place between the long bridge fort and Pourtsmouth port and that the party that took the boat was commanded by Gen. George Dooley in a boat named [unreadable]
he states that he served 3 months and was discharged from service by Capt Oaty.
Charles Harmon further maketh oath that he [obscured] of the United States of America on the 18th day of March 1818.
and that he has not since that time by Gift Sale or in any other way whatsoever disposed of his property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish the same so as to bring himself within the provisions of the acts of the Congress of the United States of America passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and on or about the 1st day of May 1820 made for the benefit of certain persons who were engaged in the Land and naval services of the United States of America in the Revolutionary war and that he has not himself nor has any one in trust for him either directly or indirectly any property securities or contract
Debts or deeds of any kind or description whatsoever save what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed which is a true and perfect inventory of his the said Charles Harmon’s hole Estate of every kind and description (To wit) One horse worth about $60.00
One mare March about $15.00
he also states that he has a wife and family and that his wife is about 56. or 57 years of age and that his children’s names are
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(3)    
as follows (To wit) Dotia Harmon (now Dotia Belyer) Elizabeth Harmon (now Elizabeth Elen)   George Harmon Benjamin Harmon Pheby Harmon (Now Pheby Daniel) Margaret Harmon (now Margaret Ramsey.) Jensy Harmon. Charles Harmon and. Maryann Harmon, he the said Charles Harmon further States that his children are all of them in poore and indigent Circumstances so much so that they are not able to give him a decent Support and he further more states that from his bad health that he is not able to get a support by his labour,              
Again he the said Charles Harmon further more States that his papers were certifyed by Parry W. Humphrees one of the Circuit Judges of the State of Tennessee in September 1818, And that they were sent by mail to the ware Department for inspection and for some Omition [Omission]  in the dates of his papers they were returned to the Post Office in Overton County (as he is informed by a Letter from J. L. Edward headed ware Department Pention Office and dated the 8th day of August 1822. which Letter I herewith enclose you as proof of my information) The said Charles. Harmon further States that he has since he Received this Letter from J. L. Edwards been to see Parry W Humphrees respecting his papers and the said Humphrees told him that he did not recollect to have received his papers Or that he had had any thing to do with them Sence he certifyed them in September 1818. at Monroe Overton County,                    Charles Harmon  his mark
Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court 15th March 1825.              
Henry H Atkinson Clerk
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State of Tennessee}
Overton County} March Term 1825
This 15th day of March 1825 Personally appeared
Barbery Luster (a Citizen of the County of Wayne and State
of Kentucky) in open court and made oath in due form
of Law that the aforesaid Charles Harmon is the Identical
person that enlisted and performed the Services which are sworn
to by him in the foregoing.       Barbery X ^his mark^ Luster
Sworn to and Subscribed in 
open court 15th March 1825.
Henry H Atkinson Clerk

State of Tennessee}
Overton County} March Term 1825.
This 15th day of March 1825 Personally appeared
Frances Hall in open court and made oath in due form of
Law that Barbery Luster the person named in the foregoing affi
=davit is a person of good moral character and her oath is
entitled to credit in a court of Justice
Sworn to and subscribed in     Frances X ^her mark^ Hall
open court 15th March 1825.
Henry H Atkinson Clerk
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State of Tennessee} S.S. On this the 11 day of 
County of Jackson} November 1853 A.D. personally
appeared before me James Pharis an acting
Justice of the peace for and within the county of 
Jackson & state of Tennessee. Peircy Harmon
a resident of Civil District No 80 in the county of
Jackson & state of Tennessee aged about fifty
Eight years. who first being by me duly sworn
according to law doth on her oath makes the 
following declaration in order to obtain the
benefits of the provisions of an act of Congress
passed on the 3rd of February A.D. 1853. granting
pensions to widows of persons who served during 
the Revolutionary war She declares on her oath
that she is the widow of Charles Harmon
deceased who was a Soldier of the Revolutionary
War= That she cannot [illegible] what Rank said
Charles harmon served in nor how long as
his said services were rendered upon her [illegible]
but his heard him say he served for a long
period of time and his also heard him state about
the particulars or at least some of them but that
she herself is old & worn out in a manner so
by Rheumatism and has thus in a great [illegible]
him tormented until she cannot recollect and
tell correctly what she learned from him
-Her recollection is that he drew a pension for
Seventy two or sise dollars per month dollars per annum that 
the sum was payable at Nashville Tennessee
by Nail Smith - for services performed in the
Revolution. But cannot state when he entered 
the army. How long he served or what Rank
he held in the army But believes He did serve
faithfully for a long time from what he told
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him she also states that she has been allowed twelve
dollars & 44 cents by the 3rd Auditor as widow of
said Charles Harmon deceased and refers to the
proof made by him in said office for [illegible]
of pension due him -
She further declares that she was married to the 
said Charles Harmon the identical person who
was a pensioner and who is now dead in the county
of Wayne State of Kentucky by Esyr Hancock
a Justice of the peace for said county on or about
13th of December 1833. A.D. and that her
maiden name was Peircy Flowers. Note she was not married to him prior to the second of January Eighteen Hundred but about the time above stated and she further declares that she is now a widow and that said Charles Harmon
died in Overton County Tennessee on the seventhday one Thousand Eight hundred
and forty seven - and that she has never since
married. That he  resided in Overton County
Tennessee ever since she knew him and 
died there - also that she sent on his certificate of pension & their marriage certificate &c to 
the commissioner of pensions in March lost
by James A Spurlock to whom she now
claims her pension certificate forwarded
payable at Nashville Tennessee who is duly
authorized to prosecute her claim - and 
she refers to the proof [illegible] filed by 
him in this case. 
Sworn to and subscribed before me
This November the 11th. A.D 1853.
James Pharris [JP]
for said County & state
Peircy Harmon her mark
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State of Tennessee} On this the 7th day of June 1855
County of Jackson} Personally appeared before me Michael
Ghormley an acting Justice of the peace for & within
said County & State Peircy Harmon aged about
[blank] years who being first duly sworn according to Law
on her oath declares -
That she is the widow of the same identical
Charles harmon who was a Soldier of the Revolution
and a pensioner of the United States at the rate of 
Seventy dollars per annum. payable at Nashville
State of Tennessee - That she is the identical person 
to whom was issued a certificate of pension under
the act of February the 3rd 1853 as widow of said
Charles harmon deceased payable at Nashville Tennessee
for life as widowhood at the rate of Seventy dollars
per annum - That said certificate bears date
the one thousand Eight hundred & fifty
three -
Note the deceased Charles harmon resided in Overton Coun
-ty for a great many years before his death
That she was married to the said Charles Harmon
in the county of Wayne and State of Kentucky by one Esyr Hancock a justice of the peace on the 13th day
of December 1833 A.D. and that her name before her 
said Marriage was Peircy Flowers - That said Charles
Harmon died in Overton county State of Tennessee
on the 7th day of May 1847. A.D. and she is still
a widow never having since married
She further states that she has no means known to
her by which she can ascertain the company or Regiment
in which her said husband served. That she knows 
of no witness or record by which she can prove the
some escept by his application for a pension now
on file in your office to which she refers for proof
of the same.
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She also refers to her papers in application for her pension as to proof of Marriage where will be found a certified copy of her marriage which is the only record evidence she has of her said marriage She further states that she has never received or applied for any Bounty Land Warrant under this or any other act of congress till this application She makes this declaration in order to obtain a Bounty Land Warrant under the act of Congress approved March the 3rd 1855 She further states that this is as plain a Declaration as she can make for she has been tortured in body & mind having been confined to bed with Rheumatism for many years - So she has lost her recollection and cannot recollect the particulars of her said Husbands service and she asks that her claim be not rejected       
Peircy Harmon her mark         
We Samuel Flatt  his mark and Nancy Jane Flowers her mark  Residents of Jackson County State of Tennessee on our oaths declare that the foregoing Declaration was signed and acknowledged in our presence by Peircy Harmon the applicant and that we know she is the identical person she represents herself to be - we further swear that we are well acquainted with the applicant Peircy Harmon and were well acquainted with Charles Harmon who was a Soldier of the Revolution and pensioner of the United States payable at Nashville Tennessee at the rate of Seventy dollars per annum and they were married in the presence of officiants in Wayne County State of Kentucky on the 13th day of December 1833 by Esyr Hancock a Justice of the Peace for said County –
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That said Charles harmon died in Overton County State of Tennessee about the 7th day of May 1847 - and that his widow Peircy Harmon is now a widow never having since married. She is also the identical person who applied for a received a certificate of pension as a widow of said Charles Harmon deceased payable at Nashville Tennessee at the rate of Seventy dollars per annum - under the act of February the 3rd 1853. and witnesses have no interest in this claim.       
 Samuel Flatt his mark   - Nancy Janes Flowers her mark      
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know affiants to be credible persons and that the applicant is the person she represents herself to be - She is also a Resident of Jackson County state of Tennessee and I have no interest in this Claim.              
Michael Ghormley [JP]      for said County                      
Commissioner of Pensions Will please examine my claim and if I am entitled please forward my Warrant to James A Spurlock Gainesboro Jackson County Tennessee -              
Peircy Harmon [seal]
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State of Tennessee} I Sampshon W. Cassetty Clerk of Jackson
Jackson County}    County Court hereby Certify that Micheal Ghormley whose geiuine signiture appears to the foregoing declaration affidavit is and was at the time of so doing an acting Justice of the peace in and ofr the  County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and
Sworn as such.    In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the Seal of said Court at office
in Gainesboro on this 9th day of 
June 1855
S.W. Cassetty [clerk]
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This is to Certify that I
Ben Hancock, did on the
thirteenth day of December
Eighteen hundred and thirty three
Celebrate Marriage between
Charles harmon and Piercy 
Flowers
B. Hancock JP.

State of Kentucky Wayne County Sct
Wm Simpson
Clerk of the Wayne County Court
do Certify that the foregoing
Contains a true copy of the
record of the Marriage of
Charles Harmon and Piercy
Flowers as now in my 
office

Given under my hand 
and Seal of office this
13th day of December
1852
Wm Simpson Clk
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Charles Harmon
proof pension
fr-- pr 21
#70.-


Hon. L. Lea
H.R,
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Apl 11, 1833

Sir,
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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Charles Harman
Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. : Years. Months. Days. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
The applicant should himself make
a statement under oath, setting forth his
service, the place of his residence when
he entered the service and the place of 
his present residence. The accompanying
regulations should also be patiently attended
to as required in the above printed letter
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J.L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Apl 11, 1833

Sir,
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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Charles Harman
Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. : Years. Months. Days. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
The applicant should himself make
a statement under oath, setting forth his
service, the place of his residence when
he entered the service and the place of
his present residence. The accompanying
regulations should also be patiently attended
to as required in the above printed letter
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J.L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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:
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval service.
4.  Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claim-
ing the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in-
stance, 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}
County of } ss.
On this [blank] day of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District 
of [blank] aged (c) 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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed
served in the  (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers: 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he serv-
ed 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. >This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and per-
sons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquished 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 revolu-
tionary 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) W, 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; the 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 day 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 Revo-
lutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
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 commis-
sion; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, fi
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the ser-
vices of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to thro 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
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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 at-
tempted; 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 declaration above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propoand 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 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 giv-
                            { en 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 tes-
tify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
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 char-
acter 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 
enquiry 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 be-
fore required, and submit to the examination, before 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
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 pro-
cure, 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 fol-
low 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 invariable 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 ot 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, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: - For --- year --- months, and ---
days, I served as a ----- . For --- months and --- days, I served as a -----; and for such service I claim a pension."
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
direct 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 tow years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly 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 au-
thority; 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 pub-}
lic 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 the 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 con-
tains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a peice 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 the records of the Department, he must prove his service by tow credible witnesses,
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 wit-
nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
> 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 in
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.
Page 25

Revy WIDOW, &C.


File No. 4645
Piercy Harmon
Widow
Charles Harmon
Pri. Rev. War

Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index :—Vol. A, Page 304

[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 26

REJECTED

4619
Charles Harmon
Page 27

31280

Not adm. [admitted]
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Gainesboro Ten
March 18th

Frm
Division C Cain

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Per mail
Page 29

Pension Office
27. May. 1853.

Sir,

The declaration of Mrs Piercy Harmon
who claims a pension as the widow of
Charles Harmon, is not signed or subscribed
to. She must make a new declaration "before
a court of record" in open court, or if she is
unable from bodily infirmity to appear before
Such court, the judge before whom she makes
the declaration must certify that fact. It is
hoped that she will be minute in her averment
in her declaration. The declaration heretofore
filed, would be returned if her signature alone
was wanted.

The claim is necessarily Suspended.
Very Respectfully
L P Waldo
Commissioner

Jas. A. Spurlock. Esq
Jackson Co.
Tenn.
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Free
Luke Lea

Co. James S. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Page 31

House Repts
March 13th 1834.

Colo. James S. Edwards,

Sir,

I have the honor to return
the papers of Charles Harmon, with my
certificate as requested —

Very respectfully
your obt servt
Luke Lea
Page 32

State of Tennessee
County of Jackson

I Sampson W Cassitty
clerk of Jackson County
court do hereby certify that ample & satisfactory
proof has been exhibited to the county court of
Jackson County aforesaid. That Piercy Harmon
the applicant is the identical widow of Charles
Harmon deceased who was a solider of the Revolution
and who drew a pension at the rates of six dollars
per month and that he did in Overton County state
of Tennessee on the 7th day of May 1847- and
that said Peircy his widow has never since married
also that she is old & from bodily infirmity cannot
personally attend court. having been severely of
flicted with Rheumatism for several years

I do further certify that James Pharris before
whom the said declaration power of attorney
was made & who made the foregoing certificate
of her Bodily infirmity is and was at the time of doing
the same are acting Justices of the Peace for & within
the County of Jackson & state of Tennessee duly
authorized sworn & Commissioned That his com
mission [illegible] date on the 23d day of March 1851 and will expire on the 1st monday in April 1854 and that full
faith & evidet are [illegible] his said official acts and
I further certify that all of his said signatures
are ginuine and that the county court of
Jackson County state of Tennessee is a event
of Record –

In testimony whereof I. have hereu-
nto set my hand and affixed the seal
of office at office in Gainesboro on
this 18th day of November 1853
S W. Cassetty clerk
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Commissioner of Reviews will please examine the within papers & reopen for proof of marriage &c to the old file and if the applicant is entitled forward papers to me. I do not send proof of the marriage &c as I believed the old file would suffice If now proof is required address James A. Spurlock Gainesboro – Tennessee [dont send it to Jonesboro –]
Page 34

Greensboro Ten
November. 21

Peircy Harmon
New proof Pension
Claim

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C.

Official Business
[unreadable]


Piercy Harmon
wid
Charles
Geddes 1853
Page 35

Pension Office
Nov 2nd 1833.

Sir,

In reply to your letter of the 21st
Ultimo, relative to the claim of Mrs. Piercy
Harmon, you are informed that on the
27th day of May last, her claim was ex-
-amined & the following letter addressed to
you of that date relative to its suspension.

"Pension Office,
May 27th 1833.

"Sir:

"The declaration of Mrs. Piercy Harmon,
"who claims a pension as the evidenc of Charles
"Harmon, is not signed or subscribed to,
"She must make a new declaration "before
"a court of record" in open court, or if she
"is unable from bodily infirmity to appear
"before such court, the Judge before whom
"she makes the declaration, must certify that
"fact, It is hoped that she will be minute
"in her averments in her declaration, Her
"declaration heretofore filed, would be returned
Page 36

"if her signature alone was wanting.
"The claim is necessarily suspended,"

Since
the above letter was written to you, nothing
has been heard upon the subject, consequent-
-ly her case remains yet suspended,

Very Respectfully
J P Waldo
Commissioner
Page 37

Pierce Harrow
Office of Mangles
Savannah Ga.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Turn
Officer’s Examining

M. N. Rue

Received bureaus Man Service General
Page 38

John Minor

John Minor

Personally appeard [Bennett Storn before
me in the Town of Gainesborough.

Personally appeared Bennitt
Page 39

4 Nov 1861

DEPARTMENT
OF THE
INTERIOR
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Page 40

Joseph H. Barrett Esq
Inclosed you will
find the application of
Piercy Harman for
transfer from the pension
office at Nashville Tenn
to the office at Louisville
Ky You will please
examin and communicate 
to me as soon as possable
Yours Truly GW Hurt
Page 41

Nashville March 15th 55
Mr James A Spurlock
[illegible]
Tenn
Dr Sir
Your [illegible] of 10th [illegible]
is at hand and [illegible] would say that we
mailed you the pension papers at the same time
that we [illegible] you that Mr Settle would pay you
if you will refer to our letter of that date you
will see that we mailed them
Your Respectfully
Morris J Matthews
By W.H.Harris
Page 42

Brief in the case of Piercy Harman. Widow of
Charles | Jackson County and State of Tennessee, 
act 3d, Feby: 1853.
____________________
Claim, ("original," [crossed out: or "for increase."])
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act 
of 7" June, 1832.
Record evidence & parole
proof of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim If so, what?


James A. Spurlock Esqr...
Gainesboro,
Jackson Co:
Tenn:
Name and residence of Agent

S.C. Boynton
Examining Clerk.
Page 43

BRIEF IN THE CASE OF Piercy Harman, Revolutionary
County and State of Tennissee
2d Sect, act 3d February 1833

CLAIM, (Original," or "for increase.")

PROOF EXHIBITED, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Duplicate
[crossed out: (If for increase.)]
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Same testimony as in case of Sarah
Gentry, shown that original pension certificate
has miscarried & been lost in the transit
through the mail, having been sent to an
attorney to claim the arrears of pension

Name and residence of Agent
James A Spurlock
Gainesboro
Jackson Co.
Tennessee

R. N. RACE Examining Clerk.
Page 44

Albany Ky Apl 5, 1862.
Comm of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sis my mother Piercy
Harman is inscribed on the Pension Rolls at $70
per annum for the Services of her late husband Charles
Harman who was a private in the Revolutionary
War_ She has recieved in pay for 12 months
The agency being at Nashville Tennessee
where she draws her pay - She wishes the agency
Changed to Louisville Ky - her Pension com
minded on the 3d February 1853 - as you
will find by record - She asks you when the
Change of the Agency is made from Nashville
to Louisville to write to her at this place 
so she can get her pay. She lives in Clinton 
County Ky -
Respy
J.P. Flowers
Page 45

3174

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.

Kentucky
County of Clinton
ss.

On this the 21 day of June, 1864, before
me, a Abner Beaty a justice of the Peace
personally appeared Piercy Harman, a resident
of Clinton County, who, being duly sworn, declareth
that she is the same person whose name was placed, on the 10th day
of December, 1853, upon the list of Revolutionary
Pensions, at the rate of Seventy dollars
[blank] cents per month, from the 3rd day
of Febuary, 1853.

That said Piercy Harman was last paid
at the rate of Seventy dollars per Annum Pension Agency
at Nashville Tenn up to the [blank] day of
[blank], 18[blank], inclusive, but now desires and applies
for the payment of said pension at, and the transfer of her name
to the roll of, the revolutionary war Pension Agency
at Louisville

Sworn and subscribed before me,
the day and year aforesaid.

Piercy her + mark  Harmon

Abner Beaty J. P.


EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY.

STATE OF Kentucky, COUNTY OF Clinton, ss.

I, Abner Beaty a Justice of the Peace, in the county above
named, do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence. * viz:

I P. Flowers
N. I. Hill
Abner Beaty
that Piercy Harmon, who has this day appeared before me
to take the oath of identity, is the identical person named in the pension Duplicate certificate, which she has
exhibited before men, numbered 3174, and bearing date at the [blank]
the 7th day of May, 1855, and
signed by R McClelland, Secretary of The Interior.

GIVEN under my hand at Clinton County this 21st day of June, 1855.

Abner Beaty J. P.

N. B.—When the pensioner is personally known to the agent, and he will certify to his identity, the annexed form may be
dispensed with. The number of pension certificate is sometimes on the back of it

*Here state what the evidence is—whether personal knowledge, or the affidavits of respectable persons, giving their names.
Page 46

State of Kentucky
Clinton County Set

I H M Hurt clerk of the Clinton
County Court certify that Abner Beaty who
has signed the foregoing certification and affidavits is and
was at the time of so doing an acting Justice of the peace
within and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned
and qualified, that his official acts are entitled to full faith
and credit and the signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and
affixed my seal of office, done at office in Albany
This 22 day of June 1864.

H. M. Hurt Clerk


[official stamp]
DEPARTMENT
OF THE
INTERIOR.
July 6 1864
PENSION OFFICE


[upside down printed text]
The official character and signature of the person before whom the affidavit is made, must be
certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

When the fact is personally known to the agent, he is permitted to certify to the official character of a magistrate, and will be held responsible for it.
Page 47

[official stamp]
DEPARTMENT
OF THE
INTERIOR.
Sept 19 1864
PENSION OFFICE
Page 48

Clinton co Ky

Sepr 9th 1864

Sir inclosed you find the proof of
Pearcy Harmon's Loyalty, but I am sorrow
to say that we have a Justice of the peace
in this county that has no judgment about
[crossed out: although] business but his acts are Legal &
he is honest, you will please exam-
ine an communicate to me as early as
possable, as to the old Ladie's Loyalty it is
undisputable and she is a cripable [cripple] and
has not stood on her feet for the Last
20 years

Yours respetfuly G. W. Hurt
Page 49

Department of the Interior
Pension Office
1st August 1864

Sir:

In reply to the application of Piercy Harman for
transfer of her pension, it is necessary that she should
prove her past and present loyalty by the most indubitable
evidence

Very respectfully
Wm Helmich
For Commissioner

G. W. Hurt Esq
Creelsboro
Ky
Page 50

The William Kogar and J. B Predo resident
Citizens of Clinton County Kentucky, upon
our oaths state that we have been acquainted
with Piercy Harman of said County for
Six years, that she does now and
has resided in the same neighborhood that
we do for six years, and we know
that she is loyal and always has been to the
Constitution, Government and laws of the
United States, that we have never heard
her Loyalty questioned by any person
and that we are disinterested in the claim. William X ^his mark^ Kogar
J.B X ^his mark^ Predo

Subscribed & Sworn to before me by William
X ^his mark^ Kogar and J.B.X ^his mark^ Predo this 3d day of August 1854
and I have been acquainted with Piercy [illegible]
[illegible] for full 3 years She lives now in the same neigh
borhood that I do and has for five years past
and I know her to be [illegible] & always has been
loyal to the Government of the United States
Abner Beaty J.P.
Page 51

State of Kentucky
County of Clinton Sct
I HM Hurt clerk of the county court
of the county aforesaid hereby certify that
Abner Beaty whose genuine signature
appears to the foregoing affidavit is
and was at the time of signing the Same
an acting Justice of the peace within and 
for the County aforesaid duly commissioned
and qualified & that his official acts are
entitled to full faith and credit
In Testimony whereof I have hereto
set my hand and affixed my
seal of office at Albany Ky this 
6th day of September 1862
HM Hurt Clk

[at the bottom of the page; a black stamp in the shape of a highway shield; DEPARTMENT
OF THE 
INTERIOR
Sept 19 1864
PENSION OFFICE]
Page 52

War Department,
Pension Office,
Augt 8th.. 1822.
Sir,
I herewith return the schedule of your proper=
ty, and have to state, that it does not appear from our records, that
your name was ever inscribed on the roll of the West Tennessee A=
gency. It appears that the declaration of a person of your name
was exhibited to this Department, and that it was returned
to Parry W. Humphreys, Esqr. at Monroe, Tennessee, for further
evidence, on the erd of June 1819. It does not appear to have been
received at this Office since.

I am, respectfully,
Yr. Obt: Sert:
J.L. Edwards


Mr Charles Harman,
Elkton, 
Ky.
Page 53

State of Tennessee}.  Be it known that on this the
County of Jackson}    seventh day of March
one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally
appeared before me James Pharris an acting Justice
of the peace in and for said county duly authorized and
commissioned to administer oaths Piercy Harmon
aged about fifty 57 years a citizen of said county
and State who being first duly sworn according to 
Law on her oath declares that she is the widow
of the same identical Charles Harmon who was a 
Pensioner and who is now dead and who received a
pension for Revolutionary services at the rate of seventy
dollars per annum and that she is the lawful Widow
of the same identical Charles Harmon who drew a 
Pension on the enclosed certificate of Pension issued to
him on the 15th day of March A.D. 1834. signed by Lewis Cass
secritery of War and countersigned by J.L. Edwards Commissioner
of Pensions which certificate is recorded in the pension
office in book E volume 7 page 83. Which is here filed
as proof and hereby surrendered. That said Charles
Harmon her husband resided in Overton County and the
State of Tennessee for the span of a great many
years before his death and that previous thinks he resided
in North Carolina or Virginia
as she is informed and believes but does not know for certain
She discloses that she was lawfully married to the said
Charles Harmon by Benjamin Hancock a Justice of the
peace for Wayne County Kentucky. In Wayne County State
of Kentucky on thirteenth day of December one thousand
eight hundred & thirty three and that her maiden name
was Piercy Flowers and that her said Husband departed 
this life in Overton County Tennessee on the seventh day
of May one thousand eight hundred and forty 1847 A.D.
Page 54

which said marriage will appear by the certificate and
proof arreayrs - she obtained said certificate to draw
the arreayrs of Pension of said Charles Harmon and
is advised by Mr Smith of Nashville the Pension agent that
she is entitled to a pension as widow of said Charles Har
-mon also that the  [illegible] of pension must be drawn
at your offices in Washington as her husband has been
dead several years - She further states that she is still
a Widow never having since married and makes
this Declaration in order to obtain a Pension under
the Act of Congress passed February the 3rd 1853 A. D.
and any on all other acts by which she may be entitled
She Requests her claim to be carefully examined and if
she is entitled she directs her pension Certificate to be
sent to Care of James A. Spurlock at Gainesboro
Jackson County Tennessee in which county she
resides and wishes her pension payable at Nashville
with the exception of arreayrs which she directs to be
sent to James A Spurlock at Gainsboro Tennessee
who is hereby authorized to receipt in my name for the same
Sworn to and subscribed before me in
open Court This [seven?] the March
day 1853.

James Pherris J P
for said County of Jackson


State of Tennessee
Jackson County

Be it known that on this the Seventh day of
March one thousand eight hundred
and fifty three Personally appeared before me James  Pherriss
an acting Justice of the Peace for and within said state
& county Jesse P Flowers and Nancy Flowers
who are citizens of said state
Page 55

and county and who on are well know to me and who are
persons of good and undoubted credibility & Respectability
who being first duly sworn according to law on their
oaths do say - That they are well acquainted with Piercy
Harmon the foregoing declarant and that they were well
acquainted with Charles Harmon deceased who drew
a pension for Revolutionary services on the certificate
of Pension here enclosed = That said Charles Harmon
and Piercy Harmon the declarant was Lawfully married
in Wayne County state of Kentucky by Ben Hancock
a Justice of the peace for said County about the month
of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty
three - That said Charles Harmon died in Overton
County state of Tennessee on the seventh day of May
one thousand eight hundred & forty 1847 and
that said Piercy Harmon is still a widow never
having since married and resides in Jackson County
Tennessee and is about fifty 57 years old - That said
Piercy Harmon the applicant is the widow of the same
identical Charles Harmon who resided in Overton
County Tennessee and who drew a pension on
the certificate herewith filed - which certificate has been
kept by administrator of said Charles Harmon till
a few weeks back - Witnesses state positively that the
said Piercy Harmon is the lawful widow of said
Charles Harmon who died as aforesaid and that the [fact?]
and validity of their marriage has never been dis
-puted and that they are disinterested witnesses
sworn to & subscribed before me
this march the 7th 1853
James Pherriss J P
for said County of Jackson

J P Flowers
Nancy her + mark flowers
Page 56

Peircy Harmon widow
of Charles Harmon
additional Proof
Page 57

State of Tennessee
Jackson County

I James Pharis an
acting Justice of the Peace
for & with said County do hereby certify that
I am well acquainted with Peircy Harmon
widow of Charles Harmon deceased who was
a soldier of the Revolution I further certify
that she made her declaration before me for a
Pension some few weeks ago and that from
her bodily infirmity she was then and is now
unable to attend court. That she has been
afflicted with Rheumatism and confined
to her Bed for several years and probably
will never be able to get to court or leave
her Bed Given under my hand & seal
This May the 2nd 1853

James Pharris JP
for said County
Page 58

Affidavit
Page 59

State of Tennessee Manard County }   This day personally appeard the wido harmon and John Carter before me Benjamine Parker one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the county and State aforesaid and after having first duly Sworn an the Holy Evegalist of all Mighty God deposeth and saith that they were well acquainted with Charles Harman of Bedford County and State of Virginia during the Revolutionary war and that the said Charles Herman did Enlist under Captain Hugh Woodsan in the 5th Ridgment [Regiment] of the Virginia line in the continental establishment on or about the 10th day of April 1778 for the sum of Eighteen months and that the said Charles Harman did then and there enter upon and serve out said Tower [tour] of duty in war of the united states of America against Great Britain and that the said Harman was then discharged at Chesterfield court House in virginia at the end of the said Term in October in the year 1780 by Col William Davis and they further state that the said Charles Harman after he Returned home to Bedford County he then substituted and served a three months tower [tour] of duty in the place of a certain Jonathan Landers in Capt. Autys company of Bedford county
Page 60

in the Ridgment of the verginia militia
commanded by Col Dick and that he was then
honourably discharged by Capt Auty in the county of Bedford on the 3 day of April 1781
I have bin a quanted [acquainted] with Thomas Harmon and John Carter for many years and I know not but what that oath & lands stands as faire  as enny other Given under my hand and seale this 18- day of July - 1832

Benjamin Parker
Justis of the pece

State of Tennessee

I William S. Callaway clerk of the Court
of pleas and quarter session in and for Manard County, Do certify that Benjamin Parker whose name is signing to the foregoing affidavit is now and was at the time he signed the same  an acting Justice
of the peace for said County. duly commissioned and
sworn and that due faith and credit is to be given to his official acts as such —

Given under my hand and (private) seal
having no seal of Office in Madisonville
July 19th 1832—

Wm S Callaway clerk
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Tennessee State
Monroe County

I William Bayles the
Presiding Justice for
the Court of pleas and quarter for said
County do certify that William J. Callaway
who has signed the foregoing certifiacte
is and was at the time of signing the same the
acting Clerk for said Court and that due faith
and credit is and ought to be given to his
Official act as such. Given under my
hand and seal this 21 day of July 1832.

Wm. Bayles seal

Presiding Justice
and Chairman for said Court


Affidavit

I Luke Lea a member of congress from the third congressional District in Tennesee, do hereby certify
that William S. Callaway, was at the time of
signing the foregoing, certificate, and I presume
now is the clerk of the Cout of pleas & quarter
sessions for the county of Monroe, Tennessee, and
that his name is in his own proper hand
Writing – witness my hand this 13th day of
March 1834 —

Luke Lea
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State of Tennessee
Jackson County

Personally appeared before me
James Pharris an acting
Justice of the Peace for said county and state
duly authorized & empowered by law to admin
ister oaths

who having [print?] duly sworn
according to law on their oaths do say,
That Piercy Harmon the foregoing applicant
is the widow of Charles Harman deceased who
was a soldier of a Revolution and drew a
pension from the United states at the rates
of [obscured with black smudge] dollars per month or seventy two
dollars per annum. That she was actually
married by Esqr Hancock a Justice of
the peace for Wayne County Kentucky
on the 13th of December 1833 - in said County
& state to the said Charles Harmon, who is
now dead- and that said Charles Harmon
died in Overton County Tennessee on the
seventh day May 1847, and had resided
in said county of Overton [illegible] years
before his death - They also states he the
said Charles Harmon drew his pension
at Nashville Tennessee - and is the identical
person who the applicant married in
Wayne County Kentucky - and that this widow
Piercy Harmon has been confined for ten
years to her bed of Rheumatism - and would
not safely come to court she has been afflicted
within it severely for 14 years - and that they are
disinterested witnesses and she is still a widow
Sworn to & subscribed before me
this November [destroyed text] 1853.
[illegible signature]
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State of Tennessee
Jackson County I, James Harrison acting Justice of the Peace for the County & state aforesaid, upon his solemn affirmation do certify that being sworn makes due oath and says that Pincy Harmon, the applicant, is unable to attend court from bodily infirmity; that she is unable to work and has been afflicted with Rheumatism for many years back, and that she lives about 12 miles from the County Court House of Jackson County, Tennessee. Given under my hand and seal November the 11th, 1853.

James Harrison, J.P.

Know all men that I, Pincy Harmon, widow of Christy Harmon, deceased, do hereby authorize James H. Spurlock of Bloomington, Tennessee, to prosecute my claims for a pension as widow and to receive my certificate of pension payable at Nashville Tenn. and such back pay as may belong to me as such widow he having been to me my true & lawful attorney in fact to the above. Given under my hand & seal this Nov 11th 1853.

Pincy Harmon 
Attest:
	1.	James Bell
	2.	Nancy Schauerer
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Pincy Harmon
widow of Charles Harmon

James Harmon
Nancy Harmon
Amaly Harmon
Cunningham of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Filed 1853
Gainesboro, Tenn. August 2, 1853
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Gainesboro, Tenn. August 22nd, 1853

Dear Sir,

I enclosed the land Warrant No 48726 to your office two weeks ago. Mrs. Virginia would be glad to have that you have corrected the mistake. If the 80 acre warrant does not arrive to hand, please inform me and I will attend to it. There is no sale or transfer of it; I have the Post Master’s receipt for it.

What has become of the application of Ann Brien, widow of Joseph Brien, Lieutenant of Capt. Buckley & Rutledge Company of Separate Battalion Tenn. Militia war 1812? This claim was forwarded about Nov 1850. She filed her declaration before Esqr. William Gipson and made proof before another justice as Esqr. Gipson was a witness to her marriage and the service. Her husband was also a substitute for Esqr. Gipson.

The claim was sent back on the clerk in certifying as to the official character of the justice, our Washington post that the proof was made before one justice and the declaration before another. The clerk made another certificate certifying the official character of both and since 2 or 3 months ago the claim was sent to your office again — what has become of the claim? Pincy Harmon widow of Charles Harmon deceased a soldier of the Revolution. Her declaration was made before a justice owing to old age and Rheumatism. I send two justices’ certificates to this fact which was omitted at first.

There is another claim or two of poor has been overlooked by the department but at present will give you more time.

Yours &c,
James H. Spurlock
Gainesboro, Tennessee
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Charles Harmon
Payments to Widow
by the Agent for paying Pensions
in the Agency of West Tennessee.


Recorded in the Pension Office,
in Book E, Vol 7,
Page 53 by Dan Boyd, Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Charles Harmon of the State of Tennessee, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is entitled to receive Seventy dollars and ___ cents per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this Eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four.

Lewis Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned:
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Old Case: 29464
Charles Harmon
Revolutionary Claim
Overton Co. Tenn.
Susp.

Claimant: Monroe, Ala.
Rejected 29 Dec 1825

Letter filed 23 April 1828

Letter to claimant’s Rep. by A.G. Gabbett.
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Monroe County, Alabama
11th October 1825

To the Secretary of the War Department.

Dear Sir,
I herewith enclose to you my declaration, which is intended to have me placed upon the United States pension list. You will see from my declaration, that an application was made by me in September 1818 and that my papers have been managed in such a way that it has been entirely out of my power to gain possession of them.

You will also see that in March last I have prepared my papers to send on but (finding) or being convinced that they were not properly arranged, I have waited until September to send them for the purpose of preparing the papers meant to accompany my original declaration, which is herewith enclosed and made a part of the original declaration aforesaid.

Also I enclose you a letter from J.L. Edwards, showing that my papers have
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been received at the War Department, but was returned to Perry & W. Brouns office for further proof &c. If these papers should be sufficient to answer my purpose, you will be pleased to give me the earliest notice of it, & if they should not, you will be pleased to let me know what is wanting.

Please address your response either to Major Richard C.S. Brown of Monroe or to Lawrence County, Tennessee, as will come safe to hand.

Respectfully, your obedient servant,
Charles Harmon

James Barbour
Secretary of the War Department, City of Washington
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Department of the Interior,
Pension Office, Official Business.
J Minnot

J. A. Spurlock Esq
Gainesville
Tenn

31280 - 
WR
Chas Harmon Decd.
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State of Tennessee
Overton County
September Term 1835

Overton County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions on the 7th day of September 1835, personally appeared in open Court, it being a Court of Record held for the County and State aforesaid, Charles Harmon, resident in said County and State, aged 62 years, being first duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God, and according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in addition to his original declaration made and sworn to at the March Term of this Court in the year 1833, and authenticated copy of which is herewith enclosed and considered by the applicant (Charles Harmon) as part of his declaration, in order to place his name on the roll of the pensioners of the United States of America the first paper the 18th day of March 1819 and the second paper the 7th day of May 1830.

First, the said Charles Harmon in open Court states that the occupation he has heretofore followed is that of a gunsmith and is yet when he is able to do anything. The said Charles Harmon makes the following statement as to his estate on the 3rd day of August 1818. He was proprietor of the following described property (viz.) a horse and bridle worth $75.00 and two cows both worth $10.00 each. He also states that all that time some debts were owing to him and that they have been collected and disposed of for the purpose of paying his debts. He further states that since the 3rd day of August 1818, his property has very much changed and that he has at no time since the 3rd day of August 1818, to the present time been possessed of more property than
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Law allows him  he also states that the horse which was rated at $60.00 as stated in that part of his Decleration sworn to at the last March Term of this Court has since that time been disposed of to discharge a Just debt and the mare which is rated at $15.00 as stated in that part of his Decleration sworn to at March Term of this Court in the year 1835. he yet owns   and lastly he the said Charles Harmon upon his oath Declairs and says that this is all the claim that he has upon the United States for a pention.- 
Charles [X his mark] Harmon

Sworn to and Subscribed in Open Court 17th Sept. 1835.
Henry H. Atkinson Clerk

State of Tennessee}
Overton County}  September Term 1835.

William Daniel James Dennis Levi Dennis makes oath that Charles Harmon was a Citizen of the United States of America before and on the 1st day of March 1818.  that he still continues to be a Citizen of the United States.  that he is a man of good moral character and entitled as they believe to ful credit in a Court of Justice on oath
William David
James Dennis
Levi Dennis

Sworn to in Open Court Sept. 17th, 1835
Henry H. Atkinson Clerk
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State of Tennessee}
Overton County}

I Henry H. Atkinson Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Overton in the State of Tennessee do as such hereby Certify that the foregoing is a true Copy of the Original Declaration of Charles Harmon which is filed in my said Office.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal this 11th day of October 1825. and in the 50th year year of our Independance.  There being no public seal of said Court yet provided
Henry H Atkinson  Clerk   {Seal}
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Piercy Harmon

Renewal of Pension

Issue Duplicate & Send to
James A Spurlock
Gainesboro
Jackson Co.
Tenn.
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State of Tennessee
County of Jackson

On this the  day of April 1854. before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said County Personally appeared Piercy Harmon widow of Charles Harmon deceased a Soldier of the Revolution who on her oath Declares that she is the widow of the identical Charles Harmon who was a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of the the United States at the rate of seventy dollars per annum - payable at Nashville Tennessee  That she is the identical person to whom a certificate of Pension was issued on the [blank] day of [blank] 1853 under the act of February 3 1853 payable at Nashville Tennessee commencing February the 3rd 1853 and ever timing during life or until her marriage at the rate of Seventy dollars per annum - as widow of said Charles Harmon deceased = which certificate has been lost or miscarried as follows
about the month of september 1855 said pension certificate oath of identity power of attorney &c was mailed by James A. Spurlock of Gainesboro Tennessee to Messrs Morris & Matthews at Nashville Tennessee in order to draw her semi annual payment - said payment was made to messrs Morris & Matthews and the pension papers or certificate mailed to James A Spurlock at Gainesboro Tennessee - and have never come to his hands as she is informed & believes - so that the same has been lost - This certificate was lost about the month of October 1854. She makes this application in order to get a new certificate which she requests to be sent to care of James A Spurlock at Gainesboro Jackson County Tennessee 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this April the 3rd. 1855.
Piercy Harman her mark

Michael Ghormley JP
for said County of Jackson
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State of Tennessee}
Jackson County}

On this 13th day of April 1855 Personally appeared before me an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said State & County James A Spurlock a resident of Jackson County Tennessee who being first duly sworn according to Law on his oath states
That Mrs. Piercy Harmon sent her pension Certificate by mail to Messrs Morris & Mathews of Nashville Tennessee and oath of identity power of attorney &c in order to draw the semi annual payment of her pension -
She made application & sent her original pension certificate in Sept or October 1854 and the money was drawn and a check given to James A Spurlock for the use of Piercy Harmon upon Joel W Little of Gainesboro for thirty five dollars except twenty five cents the fee taken by agent for administering the oath to the attorney as affiant recollects - affiant does not of his own knowledge know that the money was drawn or the check sent - but was told by Mr Settle that it was and that he would pay the check when presented - The check nor pension papers never come to affiants hand when addressed to him by Messrs Morris & Matthews - He told Mr Settle that they had not come - and Mr Settle paid him the amount of the check & affiant paid Mrs Harmon the money but has lost her pension certificate and cannot draw her pay without a new one - He again repeats that the pension certificate never come to his hands when mailed by Messrs Morris & Matthews of Nashville Tennessee and that he is a disinterested witness - Mrs Piercy Harmon drew a pension for $70. per annum as widow of Charles Harmon deceased a soldier of the Revolution under the act of Feby 3 1853
James A. Spurlock

Sworn to and Subscribed to}
before me Day and date}
above written}
Thos. D. Cassetty JP}
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State of Tennessee}
Jackson County}

I Sampson W Cassetty Clerk of Jackson County Court hereby Certify that Micheal Ghormley & Thos D. Cassetty whose genuine Signature appears to the foregoing declaration affidavit are acting Justices of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly Commissioned and Sworn that these Commission [sic] was dated on the 20th of March 1854 and will expire on the first monday in April 1860.
Given under my hand at office and seal of office in Gainesboro on this 13th day of April 1855
S. W. Cassetty  Clerk
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Know all men by these presents that I Peircy Harmon of the County of Jackson & state of Tennessee and the widow of Charles Harmon deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint James A. Spurlock my true & Lawful Attorney & agent for me and in my name to receive draw and obtain from the agent of the United States at Washington, D. C. or Nashville Tennessee for the paying of Pensions  the certificate arrearages of Pension all pension monies that may be due me as the widow of said Charles Harmon deceased.  That is to draw all pension monies that may be due me from the death of the said Charles Harmon up to the date of this my power of attorney and to draw all arrearages due me as widow of the said Charles Harmon deceased which was due him and not drawn before his death and I request that all the arrearages of pension be sent to his care at Gainesboro Tennessee and that my pension certificate be forwarded to him - I also empower and authorize him to prosecute my said Claim for a pension as the widow of Charles Harmon decd.
Witness my hand & seal this the [sic] March the Seventh day of 1853 A. D.
Peircy Harmon  her mark     {Seal}
Signed & delivered in presence of
T P Flowers
Nancy Flowers her mark
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State of Tennessee}
Jackson County}

Be it known that on this the Seventh day of March 1853 A. D. before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said County and state duly authorized to administer oaths personally appeared Piercy Harmon widow of Charles Harmon deceased to me well known and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this March the Seventh 1853 A. D.
James Pharis J P for said County

State of Tennessee}
County of Jackson}

Be it known that on this the seventh day of March 1853 before the subscriber a justice pf the peace within and for said County &  state duly authorized to administer oaths personally appeared James A. Spurlock the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney and made oath that he has no interest whatever in the money he is authorized to receive by virtue of the foregoing power of attorney either by any Pledge Mortgage sale assignment or transfer and that he does not know or believe that same has been so disposed of to any other person whatever
Sworn to & subscribed before me this Seventh the [sic] of March 1853.
James Pharis J P for said County
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State of Tennesee}
County of Jackson}
I Sampson W Cassetty Clerk of the County court of Jackson County Tennessee do hereby Certify that ample & satisfactory proof and evidence has on this the Sixth day of March one thousand Eight hundred & fifty there been exhibited before the County Court of Jackson County in session at Gainsboro Tennessee  that Charles Harmon was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of seventy dollars per annum.  That he was a Resident of Overton County state of Tennessee and departed this life in the County of Overton & state of Tennessee on the seventh day of May one thousand Eight hundred and forty seven   that he left a [sic] whose name is Piercy Harmon who comes here before the court and proves satisfactorily by the oaths of credible & respectable witnesses that she is the widow of said Charles Harmon who was a Revolutionary pensioner and who died in Overton County Tennessee on the 7th day of May 1847   that she was married to him in 1833 in Wayne County Kentucky and that she is still a widow never having since been married and makes the foregoing declaration to obtain a pension & arrearages of pension under the act of July the 3rd 1853 and other acts   I further certify that James Pharis whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration affidavits power of attorney certificates &c is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Jackson & state of Tennessee ^duly commissioned and that full faith and credit are due his official acts and I further certify that the county court of Jackson County aforesaid is a court of Record having general Jurisdiction
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as a Probate Court per witness where of I have here unto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Gainesboro, on this the 15th day of March 1853 A. D.
H. W. Cassety Clerk

Commissioner of Pensions will please examine  the Claim & forward to me if same is valid the arreages & pension money due said Peircy Harmon also his certificate of Pension at Gainesboro Tennessee
March 16th 1853.
James A Spurwell
Att
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Pen. Off:
5" Dec. / 53.

Sir:
Please Certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid on the date of his death.
Very Respectfully,
E. Cole
Forth Commissioner.

Charles Harman, Act 1832. - $70.00 -  per an. -
Died 7th May 1847.  Paid to his death.
F. Burt
Auditor.

Francis Burt, Esqr,
Third Auditor, Treasury
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(Copy) Department of Interior.
Washington. Nov: 25" 1853

Sir.
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March 30 1853
Appl. of Piercy Harman widow of Charles.

Tennessee
26538

Act 3d Feby: 1853
$70.00 Re An "
Com: Feb: 3d, 1853
Re[illegible]

James A. Spurlock
Jackson Co. Tennessee

Right margin: Department of the Inter[cut off] Pension Office, Official Business
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No 729
Piercy Harman
Widow of Charles
Gens.

Lot to Jas. A. Spurlock
May 27/53
Nov. 22/53

Act. Febr'y 3 /53