Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4684, Simon Harris, Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                                                                            NUMBER
VA                                     Harris, Simon                          R. 4684.
                                                     Rebecca                    B.L.Reg 82807-55
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CONTENTS 
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82-804      Act MAR 3 | [missing]                      Ser Kain & Jones Nov 12/55
                        April 19 | 55
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                 Rebecca Harris
         Widow of Simon Harris
                                              mi
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Revolutionary
                     War
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No Passers
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Boynton
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Kain&Jones 
           Knoxville 
                    Tenn.
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Application for                        [A faded seal is centered over crease]
pension by Widow of 
Revolutionary Soldier
_______________________

Address
Kain + Jones
Knoxville
Tennessee
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Application for Pension by Rebecca Harris widow of Simon Harris Deceased a Revolutionary Soldier.

State of Tennessee | On this 12th day of April 1833 personally
Knox County             | appeared before me (the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of and for said County and State) Rebecca Harris to me well and personally known, a credible witnes [sic] and a person of respectability who having been first sworn by me in due form of law makes the following declaration in order to obtain a pension from the United States, on account of the services of her deceased husband. She is Eighty one years old and the widow of Simon Harris, she was informed by her husband frequently during his life time that he had been a soldier of the Revolution, for at least Six months, that he was in service at the time Peace was declared and was in the battle of York town when Cornwallis surrendered. She is unable to give the names of he officers under whom he served, he went from Greensville County and State of Virginia, she was married to him in that County and State March 1st A.D. Seventeen Hundred and ninety five. She removed with her husband to this County May 11th 1831 - she is now a widow and has been ever since the death of her said husband.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of ["obt" has been crossed out] being placed of the pension roll of the Knoxville Tennessee ageway at such rate per annum as she may be entitled, under any and all acts of Am-
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goes granting pensions to the widows of revolutionary soldiers. She has no [illegible] of her marriage and knows of no public record thereof. She requests that her claim may be examined and a certificate issued and sent to her agents Messers Kain & Jones Knoxville Tennessee.
             her
Rebecca X Harris 
            mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written I further certify that the applicant owing to the infirmities of age can not attend the sessions of any court of record in this county - without great difficulty. I am wholly uninterested this claim. I well know Simon Harris and applicant in his life time, and have no doubt but they were man and wife.
William Mouldon
Justice the Peace for Knox County

We Alexander Adair and David Adair, on our oaths declare that we were well and personally acquainted with Simon Harris and the applicant in his life time and have since and again seem him recognizing, treating and acknowledging said Rebecca Harris as his wife and we have no sort of doubt but that they were married. They were universally esteemed and respected as man and wife. We both of us saw said Simon Harris after he was dead and saw him buried and believe the foregoing statement gives the correct date of his death, and we have no interest in this claim and reside in Knox Co. Tennessee.

Alexander Adair
David Adair
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Sworn to and subscribed before me Ap 12th, 1855 I know affiants to be highly respectable citizens and men of undoubted veracity.

William Moulden
Justice of the peace
for Knox County

State of Tennessee  
Knox county 
I certify that William Moulden Esq. before wherein the foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and [illegible] Genuine official Signature is thereto attached was at the time of signing, the same a Justice of the peace of and for said county and state and I have no interest in this claim.
Witness my hand and official seal of office in Knoxville this 12 day April 1855

Geo. W. C. Cox
Clerk county court of said county
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82.809

Widow's Claim.
Act 1855

Widow of Revolutionary soldiers

Deed Warrant to
Kain & Jones,
Knoxville, Tenn.
KINSLOX,  Printer, Knoxville
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STATE OF TENNESSEE

County of Knox

On this 12th day of April, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, personally appeared before me, a jutice of the pieace, wihin and for the county and State aforesdai, Rebecca Harris, aged eightyone years, a resident of Knox County, in the State of Tennessee, who, being duly sworn according to law, declared the she is the widow of Simon Harris, deceased, who was a Revolutionary soldier, and joined the Army from Greensville county in the (in the company commanded by Captain    , in the      crossed out) State of Virginia, was in service at the time place was at the battle (regiment of      , commanded by       , crossed out) of Yorktown he served as she believes at least six months in the war . She cannot state the names of the officers under whom he (that her said husband     at    , on or about the crossed out) served, but recollects that he frequently declared that he was at (     day of     , A.D.      crossed out) that battle, and was also at Jamestown while in the service (for the term of      S, and continued in actual service in said war      crossed out) s, and continued in actual service in said war for the term of six months, and was honorably discharged at termination of the war (on the     day of     , A.D. crossed out)

She further states that she was married to the said Simon Harris in Greensville Co. Va. on the 1st day of March, A.D. Seventeen hundred ninety-five, by one James Anderson, a Minister of the Gospel, and that her name before her said marriage was Rebecca Davis; that her said husband died at Knox Co., Tenn, on the 11th day of May, A.D. Eighteen hundred and thrity one, and that she is now a widow. She has no proof and knows of no public record of her marriage. 

She further declares that she has not heretofore made application for bounty land under (the act approved crossed out) army act [illegible], and obtained a land warrant for any sections of acres, (No. which she had legally disposed of and it cannot now be returned. crossed out)

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be intitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855" and requests that her Warrant may be sent to Kain & Jones, Knoxville, Tenn.
             her
Rebecca  X  Harris
            mark

We, Alexander Adair and David Adair
[illegible]
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[illegible]
(that her said husband     at    on or about the crossed out)
served, but recollect, that he frequently did and that he was at (    day of     , A.D.     crossed out)
that battle and was also at Jamestown while in the service (for the term of    x, crossed out) and continued in actual service in said war (for the term crossed out) of six months, and was honorably discharged at termination of the war (on the     day of     , A.D.      crossed out)

She further states that she was married to the said Simon Harris in Greensville Co Va on the 1st day of March, A.D., Seventeen hundred & ninety-five, by one James Anderson, a Minister of the Gospel, and that her name before her said marriage was Rebecca David; that her said husband died at Knox Co; Tenn., on the 11th day of May, A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty one, and that she is now a widow. She has no private and knows of no public record of her marriage.

She further declares that she has not heretofore made application for bounty land under (the act approved crossed out) any act non, (and crossed out) obtained a land warrant for any number of acres, (No.     , which she has legally disposed of, and it cannot now be returned. crossed out)

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855, " and requests that her Warrant may be sent to Kain & Jones, Knoxville, Tenn.
              her
Rebecca   X    Harris
              mark

We, Alexander Adair and David Adair, residents of Knox Co., in the State of Tennessee, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Rebecca Harris =, in our presence and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, for both know the applicant and Simon Harris to live together as man and wife,  raising a large and respectable family, and children as such they were so esteemed and respected by every one who knew them. We both of us saw said Simon Harris after he was dead and saw him buried, believe the above date correctly states the time of his death.

Alexander Adair
David Adair

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.

William Moulden, J. P.
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State of Tennessee}
Knox County         }

I certify that William Moulden Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to, and whose genuine official signature is thereto attached, was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace of and for said county and State, and I have no interest in this claim.

Witness my hand and official Seal at Office in Knoxville, this 12th day of April, 1855.

Geo W. C. Cox
Clerk County Court of said County

(symbol of Seal)
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December 5, 1929.

Mr. E. E. Carter
972 Irwin Avenue
Knoxville
Tennessee

Dear Sir;

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 4684, (underlined) it appears that Simon Harris (underlined) married March 1, 1796, in Greensville county, Virginia, Rebecca, whose maiden name is not given. ^? (circled) ^See County Land papers which were not with the pension papers when this history was written.

About 1817 they moved to Knox County, Tennessee.
The soldier died May 11, 1831 in said Knox County.

His widow, Rebecca, applied for pension April 12, 1855 while a resident of Knox County, Tennessee, aged eighty-one years, and stated that her husband, Simon Harris, went from Greensville County, Virginia, and served at least six months in the Revolution and was in the battle of Yorktown.

Her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish specific proof of his Military service.

The above noted is the only soldier named Simon Harris that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

Very truly yours, 

Earl D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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No. 1409
Rebecca Harris
Widow of Simon
Tenn
Kain & Jones April 21, 1855

4684

July 29, 1848
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section         MMHF

Re. and 1
Wars sect (paper torn)

December 24, 1925

Mrs. Charles L. Morgan
319 South Henry St.,
Morristown, Tennessee

Madam: 

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 4684 it appears that Simon Harris married March 1, 1795 in Greensville County, Virginia, Rebecca, whose maiden name is not given.

About 1817 they moved to Knox County, Tennessee. He died May 11, 1831 in said Knox County.

His widow Rebecca applied for pension April 12, 1855 while a resident of Knox County, Tennessee, aged eighty-one years, and stated that her husband, Simon Harris, went from Greensville County, Virginia and served at least six months in the Revolution and was in the battle of Yorktown.

Her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish specific proof os his military service.

Respectfully,

The above noted is the only sol named Simon Harris that is found in the Rev War records of this bureau.

Miss Wilson said I could transpose this in this way -

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner,
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Rev. War Section.                                    AWF

July 27, 1923.

Mrs. Claude Smith,
8 Miss. Ave., N. Chattanooga, Tenn.

Madam;

I have to advise you that on Apr. 12, 1855, Rebecca Harris aged 81 years and a resident of Knox County, Tenn.,.applied for pension and stated that her husband Simon Harris had been a soldier of the Revolution for at least six months and was in the battle of Yorktown.

She also stated that she married him in Greensville County, Va. March 1, 1975, that they moved to Knox Co., Tenn. about 1817 and that he died in Knox County, May 11, 1831. Her maiden name is not stated, nor is there any further data on file as to family.

Her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish specific proof of his military service.

Respectfully, 

Acting Commissioner.
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(paper torn) ev. War section. 
Record Division                                          AW

Nov. 28, 1921.

Hon. E. E. Patton,
Senate Chamber,
Knoxville, Tenn.

Sir:

In response to your letter of the 25" instant, you are advised that on April 12, 1855, Rebecca Harris aged 81 years and a resident of Knox County, Tenn., applied for pension and stated that her husband Simon Harris has been a soldier in the REvoluation for at least six months and was in the battle of Yorktown.

She also stated that she married him in Greensville County, Va. March 1, 1795, that they had moved to Knox County, Tenn. about 1817, and that he had died in Knox Coun ty, May 11, 1831. Her maiden name is not stated, nor is there any further data on file as to family.

Her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish to furnish (sic) specific proof of his military service.

Very truly yours, 

Washington Gardner
Commissioner.

No use to say anything about proof of marriage they only wanted to establish the date (underlined) of it
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Stamp Enclosed

PEARS
PLUMS
APPLES
GRAPES
PEACHES
CHERRIES

Welykit Fruit Farm
E.E. CARTER, Owner
972 Irwin Avenue

PHONE
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CITY, TENN.

Knoxville, Tenn. Oct 22 1929

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,
As a descendent of Simon Harris I am after some information as to his military record. He was a soldier of the Revolution, serving in Capt. Benjamin [Sphillar's?} company of the 2nd Va state Regiment commanded by Col Gregory Smith. 

Thanking you in advance for any information, I am,

Yours truly
E.E. Carter
972 Irwin Ave
Knoxville
Tenn
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Morristown, Tenn. Nove. 13, 1925.

Pension Department,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:

If you have any information of the Revolutionary War record of Simon Harris, of Southhampton County, Va., who served with a Virginia regiment, I would be pleased to have you send it to me as early as possible. 

He was my great, great grand-father and it is through him I hope to gain entrance into the Daughters of the American Revolution. Trusting you may have no difficulty in finding his record, I am, 

Respectfully, 
(Mrs.) Chas. L. Morgan

319 S. Henry St.,
Morristown, Tenn.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, November 22 1921.

Respectfully returned to

Hon. E. E. Patton.
Knoxville, Tennessee.

It does not appear from the records of this office that a man named Simon Harris served in any organization in service in the Revolutionary War. 

The collection of Revolutionary War records in this office is far from complete, and it is suggested as a possibility that the desired information can be obtained from the Librarian, Virginia State Library, Richmond, or from the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

P. C. Harris
The Adjutant General.
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Senate Chamber
State of Tennessee
Knoxville, Sept. 20, 1921.

E.E. Patton
Knoxville
Senator Knox County

Adjutant General,
United States Army,
Washington, D.C.

Sir:

Simon Harris was a native of Virginia and served in the Continental Army from that state, and the tradition is that he was at the surrender of Yorktown. 

Do your records show the service of this man?

Thanking you in advance for your courtesty in this matter, I am 

Sincerely yours,

E. E. Patton
Knoxville, Tenn.
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Senate Chamber
State of Tennessee

E.E. Patton
Knoxville
Senator Know County

Knoxville, November 25, 1921

U.S. Commisioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Sir: 

Please read the enclosed correspondence and let me know if you have any record of the service of Simon Harris in the Revolutionary War. 

Thanking you, I am
Very truly yours,
E.E. Patton
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REJECTED
4684.
P.O.
Rebecca Harris
Service: Simion Va.

Enlisted: ____, 18
Discharged: ____, 18

Application filed: ____, 18

Alleges: Claim filed too late to have cause of rejection
Re-enlisted: on printed list of 1832
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April 21/33.
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Pension Office
April 21 1853

Gentlemen,
The [crossed out: informal] application of Rebecca Harris widow of Simon has been filed under the Act of July 29 1848.

She must prove that her husband served six months, as she claims, by witnesses who served with him or who were in a position to know that he did serve. 

She must establish the date of her marriage by Record, public or private, or account for its absence. When the testimony of witnesses will be considered.

Messer Kain & Jones
Knoxville
Tenn
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The National Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name Harris, Solomon Grade Private Line New Hampshire

Warrant Number 3192 Acreage 100 Issued Feb. 22, 1792 to John Peck, assignee

*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-comissioned 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 Archives.