Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3984, Sherrod Harris, N.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE           NUMBER

[handwritten]N.C.  Harris, Sherrod (or Sherwood) W. 3984 
[handwritten] Martha    B.L.Wt. 10300-160-55
[handwritten] or^ Patty
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letter Wm. Hunt  5 May 1851
Duplicate Issued
18 Dec 1851
& sent to Wm. Hunt
Present
Date of death not on  viz


North Carolina

Martha Harris or Patty
widow of Sherrod Harris [illegible Mass or Maj] who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Nov. 1847 and sent to J. H. Kirkham, Raleigh N.C. 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 211, Vol. 1.
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89.602 Act Mar 3d/55
April 23d/55
Martha, or Patsey Harris
widow
Sherwood Harris  Pri
N.C. Contl line
Revolutionary Pensioner
N. Carolina Roll
of U.S. Revolutionary
Pensions
[illegible]: 160 acres Nov: 20/55
[Signature] B [illegible]

Wm. Hunt
Washington City
D.C.
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9995
Martha Harris
NC
Act 7 July 38
aomd
2 yrs [per?]
$80
also at 3 [March?]
43
$80
[Signed] Clement Wilkens
Tranquility
N.C.
[Signed] Hon: R. M. Saunders
Raleigh
N.C.
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State of North Carolina }
Granville County } November the 21st day 1843 - 
Personally appeared before me Jonathan
M. Stone one of the acting Justices at this 
day for said County, Frances Cavner of said
County aged about seventy eight Years
who after Being duly sworn deposed &
saith that she is well acquainted with
Martha or Patty Harris who has made the a
Foresaid Declaration and that she knows her
to be the widow of the aforesaid Sherrod Harris Deceased and that
the said Sherrod has always been recognised 
as a Revolutionary soldier and she was present
When the said Sherrod and Martha or Patty was married and she believes that the marriage took place about the date of 1787 and they were married by the bonds of matrimony being published and solemnised by John Pope Esqr of said County
Further this Deponant sayith not 
sworn and subscribed to in my
presents the day and date above Written
teste
[Signed] J M Stone J P
Frances Cavner [signed with an X and "her mark"]
State of North Carolina }
Granville County }
I Jonathan M. Stone have been acquainted with Mrs. Frances Cavner who has sworn to the above affadavid for a number of Years and believe her in all Respects entitled to credit and I further certify  [illegible] not able to appear in Open Court to make the above statement given under my hand and seal
This 21st day of November 1843
J. M. Stone 

I Jonathan M Stone do hereby Certify that I 
have been acquainted with Mrs Frances Cavner
who has sworn to the above affidavid for a
number of Years and believe her in all respects
entitled to credit and I further certify [ink blot]
not able to appear in Open Court to make the
above statement given under my hand and seal
This 21th day of November 1843
[Signed] JM Stone
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State of N Carolina Granville County }
November the 23rd 1843
Personally appeared before me James Beasly one
of Justices of the peace in and for said County
Samuel Chapelle a resident of said County
aged eighty four [word crossed out] or eigth years of age
and a Pensioner, who first being duly sworn
according to law deposeth and sayeth
that he was well acquainted with
Sherod Harris in the time of the revolutionary
war, and that said Sherod Harris was a Private Soldier
in said war, in the Regular army. He thinks
he was attached to the Second regiment, and that
he does not now recollect who was his officer
but was inclined to think that Col. Moore did command his regiment - but is not - positive viz to that
He further deposeth that he thinks the said Harris
served at least two years or moore [sic] in
said army, farther this deponent sayeth not - 
Sworn to and subscribed this day and
Year above written
[Signed] Jas Beasly JP
Samuel Chapelle [signed with an X and "his mark"]

State of North Carolina Granville County }
I do hereby certify that I have been acquainted
with Samuel Chapelle for many years and
believe his statement above is entitled to full credit
sworn under my hand this 23rd Novr. 1843
Jas Beasly JP
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North Carolina
Granville County } ss
I James M Wiggins, Clerk of the
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the county & State aforesaid, hereby certify that Elijah Hester, Jonathan 
M Stone & James Beasly Esquires whose sig-
natures appear to the foregoing affidavits and
certificates are and were at the signing thereof
acting Justices of the Peace in and for Granville
County; and that to all their official acts as 
such faith & credit should be given
[Seal of office]
In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto subscribed my name 
and affixed the seal of my
office at Oxford, the 30th day
of November, AD, 1843.
[Signed] Jas M Wiggins, Clk
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State of North Carolina
County of Granville
} Courts of Pleas and Quarter Sessions November term 1843
On this the first Monday of November
A.D. 1843, personally appeared before the worshipful, the Justices for the County of Granville
holding the Court aforesaid, Martha, or
Patty Harris, a resident of North Carolina
in the County of Granville aged 78 years who being first.
duly sworn according to law, doth on her
oath make the following declaration, in
order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th
1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay
& pensions to certain widows:" that she is
the widow of Sherrod Harris who was a soldier 
in the regular American Army, in the war of the
Revolution, commenced in 1776; that he served
as a regular soldier, to the best of her knowledge and belief eight months at one time, & three?
months in another& was in one engage=
ment with the enemy:
She further declares that she was married
to the said Sherrod Harris, in the year [crossed out]
[crossed out] one thousand seven hundred and eighty
seven or thereabout, and that her husband
the aforesaid Sherrod died about the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
& thirty three, of what his [illegible]
she cannot recollect now this day of his death; that she was
not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place prior to the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred & ninety four
to [illegible] at the
time above stated.
Martha Harris [signed with an X and "her mark"]
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State of North Carolina
County of Granville
Court of Pleas &  Quarter Sessions 
November Term  A. D. 1803.
The above named Martha Harris, personally appeared in open Court on this the first Monday of November 1803 & sown to & subscribed the above declaration before the  [illegible worshippful] the Justices holding said court.


Thos. B. Littlejohn Chairman


North Carolina
Granville County

I, James M Wiggins, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County and State aforesaid hereby certify that Thomas B. Littlejohn Esquire whose signature appears to the forgoing certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for Granville County. And that he is the chairman of the said Court. and that to all his official acts as such full faith and credit should be given. 
[SEAL] In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of my office at Oxford the 8 day of November AD 1843.

Jas M. Wiggins, Clerk
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State of North Carolina
Granville County } November term 1843
Personaly appeared in open Court this 8 day
of November Stephen Bridges a resident 
of said county of Granville aged seventy
one years who being first duly sworn
deposeth + sayeth that he is well acquainted
with Martha or Patty Harris, who has
made the foregoing declaration that he
knows her to be the widow of Sherrod
Harris decd. who he believes to have bin [sic]
a soalder [sic] in war of Revolution that he
was present when the said Sherrod +
Martha or Patty was married the date
when the mariage took place he cannot
recolect but believs it to have bin
Between the years 1785 + 1788 - that they was
marrid by the Bonds of mattramoney
Being published. furth[er] this [offiant?]
sayeth not. sworn + subscribe in 
open court the [ag + pan?] above written
[Signed] Stephen Bridges
State of North Carolina
Granville County - } November Term AD 1843
The above named Stephen Bridges personally appeared.
in Open Court on this 8th day of November 1843, + was sworn to and
subscribed the above affidavit - 
[Signed] Tho. B. Littlejohn Chairman
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State of North Carolina
Granville County } November the 13 Aug 1843
Personaly appeared before me E Hester 
one of the Justices of the Peace in and
for said County; Peter Cash a resident
of said county. aged thirty years and
a Pensioner who being first duly sworn
according to law deposeth and sayeth that
he was well acquainted in the time
of the Revolution with Sherrod Harris
who was a soalder [sic] in war of the Revolution
that he and said Harris was attached
to the same Reagment [sic] the no he does not
Recalect [sic] but Wm. Moore commanded
as Capt. That he a said Harris was
not under the same Captain. That he
believs said Harris served under Captan
Harrison. further this offiant
sayeth not. sworn + subscribe the
day + year above written [Signature] Peter Cash
[illegible] E Hester

State of North Carolina
Granville County } I E Hester do
hereby certify that I have known.
Peter Cash who has sworn to the above
affidavit for many years. I believe him in
all respects entitled to credit. I further
certify that I believe him not able to
appear in open court to make the above
statement given under my hand this
13 day of November 1843 -- 
[Signed] E Hester (JP)
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89602
Martha or Patsey Harris
(widow of Sherwood Harris
a Revolutionary Soldier)
Bounty Land Claim
Act March 3 1855

She's [receiving?] a
Revolutionary Pension
N.C. Roll

[Attorney?]
William Hunt
Washington City
DC,
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State of North Carolina
County of Granville } ss
On this the 2nd day of April AD one thousand eight hundred
and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace
within and for the County and State aforesaid Martha alias Patsey
Harris aged eighty - years a resident of Granville County
in the State of North Carolina who being duly sworn according
to law declares that she is the identical widow of Sherrod Harris
and that she is receiving a pension of eighty dollars per annum
on account of her said Husbands services in the war of the
revolution that she is on the North Carolina roll of U.S Revolutionary
Pensions. She declares she has not married again since the death
of the said Sherwood Harris but is still a widow
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the
Bounty land granted by the act passed March 3rd 1855. and
she hereby declares that she has not applied for or received
and she believes she is not entitled to Bounty land except
as above stated; and she hereby appoints William Hunt
attorney at law of Washington City D.C to prosecute this
Claim and receive this warrant when issued; This is her
first and only application under the act of March 3rd 1855
or of any other act for Bounty land
witness [signature] NM Lawrance
witness [signature] Jubilee R. Jones
Martha Harris [signed with an X and "her mark"]

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above
written and I certify that I have no interest in the above
claim and am not concerned in its prosecution also that
I know the applicant to be the identical person she represents
herself to be 
[Signature] A Lawrence JP
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State of North Carolina
County of Granville }
Personally came Nathaniel M Lawrence + Jubilee Jones
residents of the County of Granville State of North Carolina
persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit
and who being duly sworn say that they were present and
saw Martha or Patsey Harris sign her name to the forgoing
declaration; and they further swear that they have every
reason to believe from their own knowledge and the appearance
of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents
herself to be and who has received a pension for her husbands
services in the war of the Revolution and they deponents do
reside in the County of Granville and State of North Carolina
They also swear that they are disinterested witnesses and that
she has not married again since the death of the said Sherrod
Harris but is still a widow
[Signature] NM Lawrence
[Signature] Jubilee R Jones 

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2nd day of April 1855
[Signature] A Lawrence JP

State of North Carolina
County of Granville }
I Augustine Landis Clerk of Court of Pleas
and Quarter Sessions of the County and state
aforsaid do hereby certify that Abraham
Lawrence, whose Genuine signature appears
to the foregoing declaration and affidavit
is now and was at the date of signing the
same an acting Justice of the Peace in
said County. duly appointed commissioned
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and Sworn, and to all his official acts as 
such full faith and credit is due and 
should be given.
[Seal of office attached]

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court of office in Oxford the 4 day of April in 1855.

A. Landis, Clk
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Rev and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/cel
August 6, 1929

Mrs. J.B. Stroud
Greenwood 
Mississippi
Dear Madams
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 2984, it appears that Sherrod or Sherwood Harris served about two years as a private with the North Carolina Troops and was in an engagement with the enemy, a part of the time under Captain Harrison and Colonels William Moore and Dickerson. There are no specific dates of service given. 
He married between the years 1785 and 1788, Martha or Patty, her maiden name is not stated. 
He died about 1833 in Granville County, North Carolina.
She was allowed pension on her application executed November, 8 1843, at which time she was a resident of Granville County, North Carolina, aged seventy-six years. 
Children are referred to, their names are not given.
Very truly yours,
Earld D Church
oner.
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[Left side of page]
Revy [printed] WIDOW, &C.
File no. [written] 3984
Martha Harris or Patty
Wid.
Sherrod Harris
Pvt Rev. War
Act:
Index: -Vol. [written] a, Page 303
[Arrangement of 1870.]
[Handwritten on right side of page]
1929 - Aug 6 - Hill, C Mrs
J.B. Stroud au7
[text cut off] 35: May 4 [illegible] Mrs Carrie
more Aug
35 Aug 14 - bid Mrs Ella N
[Val]lentine Au7
 - Dec 6 Hish, H.T. Carpenter
Au7 - C.C.
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[illegible] act 2d Feb: 48 [illegible]
[Signature] Boynton
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Illegible page
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August 14, 1935
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Sherrod Harris-W.3984
BA-3/AWF.

Mrs. Ella N. Valentine
449 East King Street
Franklin, Indiana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Sherrod Harris, soldier of the War of the Revolution from North Carolina.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W.  3984, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Sherrod or Sherwood Harris.  

The date and place of birth of this soldier are not shown in the claim, nor are the names of his parents given.

Sherrod (Sherwood) Harris served about two years as a private with the North Carolina troops, was in an engagement with the enemy, a part of the  time he served under Captain Harrison and Colonels William Moore and Dickerson.  It is not shown where he enlisted and there are no dates of service given.

He married between the years 1785 and 1788, Martha or Patty, her maiden name not stated; they were married in Granville County, North Carolina. He died about the year 1833 in Granville County.

His widow, Martha (Patty), was allowed pension on her application executed, November 8, 1843, at which time she was a resident of Granville County, North Carolina,
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and aged about seventy-six years.  She was living in 1855 in Granville County, North Carolina.

Reference was made to the children of the soldier and his wife, Martha (Patty); a son was born prior to 1793 and referred to in 1844 as deceased.  The names of children were not stated.

There are no further data in this claim relative to the family of Sherrod (Sherwood) Harris.

Very truly yours


A.  D.  Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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May 4, 1935
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Sherrod Harris W.3984
BA-J/AWF


Mrs. Carrie P. Moore
527 Camp Avenue
Gulfport, Mississippi

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Sherwood Harris of Granville County, North Carolina.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W.  3984, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Sherwod (Sherwood) Harris.  

The date and place of birth of this soldier are not shown in the claim, nor are the names of his parents given.

Sherrod (Sherwood) Harris served about two years as a private with the North Carolina troops, was in an engagement with the enemy, a part of the time under Captain Harrison and Colonels William Moore and Dickerson.  It is not shown where he enlisted and there are no dates of service given.

He married between the years 1785 and 1788, Martha or Patty, her maiden name not stated; they were married in Granville County, North Carolina. He died about the year 1833 in Granville County.

His widow, Martha (Patty) Harris, was allowed pension on her application executed, November 8, 1843,
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at which time she was a resident of Granville County, North Carolina, aged about seventy-six years.  She was living in 1855 in Granville County.

Reference was made to their children, a son was born prior to 1793 and referred to in 1844 as deceased; no names of children were given.

There are no further data in this claim relative to family.

Very truly yours


A.  D.  Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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December 6, 1938
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BA-J/AWF/CC [illegible hand notation]
Sherrod Harris W.3984

Mr.Henry T. Carpenter
Genealogical Research Bureau.
156 -5th Avenue,
New York, N.Y.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Sherrod Harris, soldier of the War of the Revolution from North Carolina.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W.3984, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Sherrod or Sherwood Harris.  There is no charge for this data.

The date and place of birth of this soldier are not shown in the claim, nor are the names of his parents given.

Sherrod (Sherwood) Harris served about two years as a private with the North Carolina troops, was in an engagement with the enemy, a part of the  time he served under Captain Harrison and Colonels William Moore and Dickerson.  It is not shown where he enlisted and there are no dates of service given.

He married between the years 1785 and 1788, Martha or Patty, her maiden name not stated; they were married in Granville County, North Carolina. He died about the year 1833 in Granville County.

His widow, Martha (Patty), was allowed pension on her application executed, November 8, 1843, at which time she was a resident of Granville County, North Carolina, and aged about seventy-six years. She was living in 1855 in Granville County, North Carolina.
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Reference was made to the children of the soldier and his wife, Martha (Patty); a son was born prior to 1793 and referred to in 1844 as deceased.  The names of children were not stated.

There are no further data in this claim relative to the family of Sherrod (Sherwood) Harris.

Very truly yours,

A.  D.  Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Telephone: 
Chelsea 2-6855

Henry Talcott Carpenter
Genealogist-Historian

Genealogical Research Bureau
One Hundred and Fifty-six Fifth Avenue
New York
October 24 1938


Mr A D Hillerm
Executive Assistant to the Adminis trator,
Vertarns Bureau ,
Washington D C.

Dear Sir:
In connection with some work which I 
am doing - my client is especially
anxious to learn from your department,
if you have any Revolutionary records
covering one, Sherwood ( or Sherrod - 
or Sherward) Harris.

He is supposed to have served in the
Revolutionary War from North Carolina

I shall appreciate your giving me a 
transcript of any information you
may have - and if there is any charge
in connection therewith shall be glad
to immediately remit

Yours very truly,
H. T. Carpenter

HTC/M

Stamp
Received
Oct 25 1938
MAIL ...-DIV.
VETS ADM ... 11
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MRS. ELLA N. VALENTINE
449 EAST KING STREET
FRANKLIN, INDIANA
June 27 1935

Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.

My Dear Sir - Will you please send
me the Pension claim of Sherrod
Harris who served in the Revolutionary
War from the State of North Carolina.

Thanking you
I am yours Truly
(Mrs) Ella N. Valentine
449 E. King St.
Franklin Ind.

Stamp
Received
June 29 1935
Mail ...
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GULFPORT, MISS.

527 Camp ave
Gulfport, Miss,

Dear Sir
[checkmark] Sherwood Harris was
my Great Grandfather He
fought in the Rev. war in 1778
He was from Granville County
N.C. National No. 195-601. He was 
Justice of Peace for Granville County
from 1769 to 1778

Thanking you fro this record I am
Mrs. Carrie Palmer Moore

[Stamp]
Received
April 11, 1935
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Union Compress & Warehouse Co.
Greenwood, Mississippi
May 23, 1929

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
Dear sir. 
Do you have any record on file in your office of ever having issuing a
Pension, to kindred of Sherwood [written above "Sherrod"] Harris a
Revolutionary Soldier, from Granville Co. N.C.
Thanking you. I am
Respt
Mrs J.B Stroud.

[Stamp] Pension U.S. Office
May 27 1929
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Greenwood, Miss
April 28, 1929
Commissioner of pensions
Pension Burreau 
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir
I am anxious to secure data concerning one Sherwood Harris of Grauville CO North Carolina. Who served as a Sargeant under Samuel Ashe in 1778.
Do you have any record of haveing issued a Pension to his heirs
Do you have a Date of his enlistment or discharge

Thanking you I am
Mrs. J.B. Stroud


Stamp of US Pension Department
Apr 29, 1929
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[Handwritten]
Application of Martha Harriss
Rev Pension
for new Certificate
North Carolina Agency

Attorney
William Hunt
Washington City
D.C.
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State of North Carolina}
County of Wake }SS

Be it known that before me, Peleg S Rogers, a Justice of the Peace in and for this County aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Martha or Patsey Harris, the widow of Sherwood Harris a Revolutionary Soldier, and made oath in due form of law that she is the identical Martha Harris named in an original pension certificate now illegally with held by one J. H Kirkham, that her pension certificate entitling her to $80 per annum was delivered to said, J H Kirkham on the 30th of November 1849; that the act under which  the certificate was issued was 2 Feb 1848, and that for more than [underline] eighteen months [/underline] she has not received any pension, although the same has, she is informed been regularly paid at the Pension Agency at Fayetteville North Carolina, that she is in a state of destitution and in want of the common necessaries of life; that she now resides in the County of Granville, State of North Carolina, and has resided there ever since the death of her husband and that she is still a widow. She has made the declaration before P S Rogers Esq. because she is too poor to pay the fees for the execution of the papers in her new Court, the said P S Rogers, being a friend who has attended to the matter without charge, She also requests the Commissioner of Pensions to deliver the new certificate to William Hunt of Washington City D.C. who will forward it to her.
Sworn and subscribed this 29th day of November 1851
[Signature] Martha or Patsey + Harriss
[signed with an x and "her mark"]

In presence of
[Signature] Peleg. S. Rogers [illegible].}
[Signature] John Emory} 2 witnesses

State of North Carolina}
County of Wake} SS

Confomably to the regulations of the War Department of the 27th of Oct 1852, I Peleg J Rogers, a Magistrate in the County above names, do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence from my own personal knowledge, that Martha Harris who this [illegible] appeared before me to take the oath of identity, is the identical pensioner she declares herself to be in the annexed affidavit, and I am also satisfied from my personal knowledge of the facts, that the statement made by her in relation to the pension certificate is true. Since under my hand and seal this day and year above written
Your [illegible]
[Signature] Peleg J. Rogers [illegible]
[in drawn border] sert

State of North Carolina}
County of Wake} SS

L. James J Marriott, Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, for the County of Wake aforesaid, do hereby certify that Peleg. S Rogers, is a Magistrate in and for the said County, and that the foregoing certificate purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of office, and subscribed my name, the Second day of December 1851
[Signature] James J. Marriott, Clerk
[illegible]
[circled] Court Seal [/circled]
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State of North Carolina Granville County
Oct 26 the 1849 This day personally appeared Before me
the Undersigned an acting Justice of the Court of Please
and quarter sessions for said county and state aforesaid
Patty Harris of said county widow of Sherwood Harris ded
of said county who being first duly sworn according to 
law. make this her declaration in order to continue to
draw her pension under act of Congress 2 of Feb 1848
That she is the Identical widow who Recd a
pension up to the 4 day of March 1848 under
act of Congress passed [June?] 17 the 1844 of $80 per annum
eight dollars. for the Revolutionary Services of her decd husband
who was a private in said war and that she is the 
Identical widow - as above stated and has not married
Since her said husbands death Sherwood [word crossed out] Harris
who was a private in the [illegible] in N. Carolina
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day and date first above written
[Signature} A Lawrence JP
Patty Harris [signed with an X and "her mark"]

I Abraham Lawrence do hereby further certify as an acting Justice
of the Court of Please and quarter sessions for said county +
state aforesaid that Patty Harris came before me this day +
date above written and made the said declaration in
order to continue to get her pension that she is the
Identical widow as stated by her above. who did rece
a pension up to the 4 day of March 1848 of $80 - 
per annum and that she continues to be the
widow of the Identical Sherwood Harris ded and
that she resides in said county as [witness?] my hand
and seal the 26 day of Oct 1849
[Signature] A Lawrence JP
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State of North Carolina
Granville County }
I, Augustine Landis Clerk
of the Court of pleas and quarter session of
Granville County in the State of North Carolina
hereby certify that A Lawrence Esqr whose
name in his propper hand writing appears
to the foregowing Affidavit of Declaration
of Patty Harris also to his own Certificate was
at that date an acting Justice of the peace
in for said County duly Commisioned and sworn
according to law and that full faith and 
credit are due to all his official acts as such
in testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my 
hand & seal of office at office in oxford
Granville County on this 25 day of November 1849
[Signature] A Landis Clk
[Seal of office attached]
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State of N. Carolina
Wake County

Nathaniel Estes this day came before me Abner Peace one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said County. After being duly sworn diposeth and sayeth that he was well acquainted with Sherwood Harris that he was the husband of Martha or Patty Harris that he has known them for thirty nine year he has frequently visited their house. and has frequently heard the said Sherwood Harris speak of being in the revolution war and he left an impresion on my mind that he served at most during the war. but do not recolect what officer he said he served under 

I am unable to state in my conversation with him I ast him why he had not petition for a pension. he gave as his reason that he had frequently seen pensioners petitioning. who he thought were not entitled and that he felt rather above beging.

I am unable to state the date of the marage [marriage] but I well recolect his having a son [buried?] at my house which I believe to be older than one of my sons which was born in the year 1793. This the said Sherwood Harris nor his wife could within read nor write and was unable to keep a Register of the ages of their Children.

Turn over.
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witness
Abner . Peace [signature to the right]

[on left-hand corner of page " Nal Estes"]

I Abner Peace hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Nathaniel Estes for thirty year that he is a preacher of the gospell in full Fellowship with his church that he is a man of undoutable verasity therefore his statement is entitled to full credit. given under my hand
this 15 day of August 1844.

Abner Peace

State of North Carolina}
Wake County} I James T. Marriott Clerk of the Court of Pleas + Quarter Sesions for the County of Wake aforesaid do hereby certify that Abner Peace is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In Testimony whereof I have here to affixed the Seal of Said Court
Subscribed any name at office in Raleigh this 20th August 1844

Jas T. Marriott Clk
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State of No Carolina
Granville County } This day personally appeard before
Stephen Bridges of the county &  State aforesaid
and after having ben duly sworn deposeth
and sayeth that he is well acquainted with
Martha or Patty Harris that she is the widow
of Sherwood Harris Decd that from [illegible record] of,
the birth of my sister Fanny Cavender now in
my [possion?] in a bible which I believe to be
correct I am enabled to state that the mariage
of Sherwood + Martha or Patty Harris occurd
more than fifty seven years back that he
has lived near said Sherwood & Patty from
child hood frequently visited the house of said
Sherwood & often hurd him speak of being in
the Revolutionary War have heard him speak
of being with my Father + one of my Brothers
from what he told me I was led to believe
he was out nearly During the war that he served
apart of his time under Col Dickerson of
Granville the said Sherwood or wife could
neither read or wright& further this deponant
saith not sworn to & subscribed before me
Abraham Lawrence one of acting Justices in
& for the County aforesaid this 27 of August 1844
[Signature] A Lawrence JP [signature] Stephen Bridges
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State of No Carolina
Granville County } I Abraham Lawrence do certify that I
have known the within named Deponant
Stephen Bridges for a number of years +
believe his statement is entitled to credit
this 27 of August 1844 [signature] A Lawrence

North Carolina
Granville County }
I James M Wiggins, Clerk of
the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the county
and state aforsaid. hereby certify. that Abraham
Lawrence, Esquire, whose signature appears to the affi-
davits of Fanny Cavender + Stephen Bridges and
the Certificates thereto, is and was the the signing
thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and
for Granville County; and that to all his official
acts as such full faith and credit should be given
[Seal of office affixed]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name,
and affixed the seal of my office at Oxford the 3d day
of September AD 1844
[Signature] Jas M Wiggins, Clk
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State of  No Carolina
Granville County } I Abraham Lawrence do
certify that I have been personnally
acquainted with Mrs Fanny Cavender for
thirty years & believe that full faith & credit
is due to her statement this 27 of August 1844
[Signature] A Lawrence
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State of No Carolina
Granville County } This day Personnally appeard before Mrs Fanny
Cavander of the county + state afore said + after
having bin duly sworn deposeth + sayeth
that from a register which I have lately discovered
in an old Bible in the possesion of my brother
Stephen Bridges I find that I was born in the
year seventeen hundred + sixty five that as near
as I can recollect I was about twenty five
years old when maried + that I was presant at
the mariage of Sherwood + Patty Harris + I
believe said Harris was maried some three
years before I was and that I am well
acquainted with Patty Harris widow + [illegible]
of Sherrwood Harris decd and I well recollect to
have bin presant when the wrights of matri
=mony were solemnized between said parties
by John Pope Esqr one of the Justices of
the Peace for this county + further this deponant
sayeth sworn to + subscribed before me
Abraham Lawrence one of the Justices of
the Peace in + for the County + State afore
said this 27 of August 1844
[Signature] A Lawrence JP
Fanny Cavander [signed with an X and "her mark"]
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No. 89602

Act of March 3, 1855.

Received April 23rd, 1875.

Sherwood Harris Dec. Pri.

N.C. Cont. Line

Rev. War



10300-160-55

Wm Hunt
Washington D.C.
Page 42

State of N Carolina
Granville County } George Petiford a resident
of said county came before Mr Clement Wilkins
one of the acting Justices of the Peace of said county
and after being duly sworn deposeth and sayeth that
he was well acquainted with Sherwood Harris in
the Revolutionary War that he saw the said Sherwood
Harris in the servis [sic] some time before the [Battle?]
Gilford in the state of N Carolina that he the said Petiford went out
to the south and was does not recollect seeing him any more
untill after the War when they both settled them
selves in Granville County and have remaind there
ever since untill the death of said Sherwood Harris
who died in said county Further the deponant sayeth not
Witness
Sept 4 1844
Clement Wilkins JP
George Petiford [signed with an X and "his mark"]

I certify that I am well acquainted with George
Petiford and believe him to be an honest man and a
man of truth therefore his statement is entitled to credit
given under my hand and seal this 4 day of Sept AD 1844
Clement Wilkins (JP)

North Carolina 
Granville County }
I James M Wiggins, Clerk of the Court of
Pleas and Quarter Session for the county and state aforesaid
hereby certify, that Clement Wilkins esquire, whose signature
appears to the affidavit of George Pettiford and the certificate thereto
is and was at the signing thereof an acting Justice of the Peace
in and for Granville County, and that to all his official acts as
such full faith and credit should be given [words crossed out]
Page 43


Nov 28/49
Patty or Martha
Harris - Papers
Widow of Sherwood Harris
For a Pension

Your early attention is respectfully
requested in this
From J.H. Kirkham
Raleigh NC
Page 44

Pension Office
July 9 1844
Sir, The papers in the case of Martha or Patty
Harris widow or Sherrod Harris under the
act of July 1838, have been examined and filed
Mrs Harris asserts a claim for 8 months service
at one time, and three months at another in 1776, without
designating the company, regiment, or Line in which
the service was performed, or giving the names of the officers
under which her husband served. The Militia Service in
North Carolina was performed in short tours, rarely
exceeding a month at any one time. If Sherrod Harris
the husband of claimant performed as much as 8
months service in one tour in N. Carolina, it will be
necessary to shew under what authority the enlistment
was made, and to produce the certificate of the Secretary
of that state shewing the length of each tour actually
performed and the amount of pay received. The Sher
wood Harris who received 228 acres of Land for
two and a half years service in the Continental Line from the
State of North Carolina could not have been her husband
such service being entirely inconsistent with that set
forth in her own declaration. Some better and more [illegible] proof
Page 45

of the marriage must be produced. The witness must
be able to shew by some event in their own history
which has calculated to make an impression on their
mind strong, that they cannot be mistaken as to the
date at which the marriage took place Neither the proof
of service nor the date of marriage is established as the
rules require

In the case of Mimre Harris who asserts a 
claim under the act of 7 July 1838 for six months ser-
vice of her husband Robert Hood Harris in the Cavalry
of North Carolina, the same objections will apply with
equal force to the service in that case, as in that of Martha
Harris, and it will likewise be necessary to establish the
same by the certificate from the office of the Secretary 
of that State. The proof of the marriage is satisfactory.
[Signature] Clement Wilkins Esq
Tranquility N.C.
[Written in the other direction] To Wilkins July 9 1844
Page 46

8109
N. Carolina 
Martha Harris or Patty
widow of Sherrod Harris
who was a Pri
in the NC Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843
Certificate of Pension issued the
12 day of Sept 1844
and sent to 
Hon. R.M. Sanders Raleigh NC
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in the book A
Vol. 2 Page 155

[Written upside down on right side]
2 Certs
1838
1843 } revd
Page 47

[Printed form with blanks filled by hand]
8713
N. Carolina
Martha Harris or Patty
widow of Sherrod Harris
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1833
and who died on the --
of [blank] in the State of
who was a Pri in the Co
commanded by Captain -- of the
reg commanded by -- in
the NC line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of NC D
at the rate of 80 Dollars --
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of
Sept 1844 and Sent to Hon RM Saunders Raleigh NC
Total Amount, $400.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by F.L Swann Clerk,
Book D Vol 1 Page 291
Page 48

Decem 16 1843
No 6417 Act 1843
N.C.

Martha Harris }
Mimre Harris } July 1838

Clement Wilkins
Tranquility NC
Page 49

[Written crosswise at top of page]
J.L. Edwards Esq
Mr Wilkins } Care of

Dr. Sir - This will be handed you by
Mr. Clement Wilkins of N. Carolina
a respectable citizen - who has
some business with your office - 
yrs
N.M. Saunders
J.L Edwards Esq
[illegible]
Page 50

July 8 44
Tranquility N.C.
June 15
                                                              Free
Commissioner of Pensions
James L Edwards
Washington City DC
Page 51

Tranquility Granville County NC 1844
June 15
Dear Sir
I have been waiting with intense
anxiety to hear from the papers of Patty Harris
and Mima Harris left in your office in December
last by me asking pensions for the services
of their Husband in the Revolution War, I hope
Sir you will inform me of their fate and
whether they have been acted on the widows 
for whose benefit they are drawn is continuously
after me and I am unable to give them any
satisfaction
I Remain Your Obt Servant
Clement Wilkins

JL Edwards
Coms of Pensions
Washington City DC
Page 52

Hon W.H. Haywood
Aug 15 '44
Page 53

Pen Off
Aug 13th 44
Sir
In reply to yours of
10 inst I have the honor to enclose
you a copy of my letter of 9 [July?]
to C Wilkins Esqr indicating the
objections to the admission of the
claims of Martha Harris + Mima
Harris - 
Hon. W.H. Haywood
Raleigh N.C
Page 54

Raleigh NC
10 Aug 1844
My Dear Sir
Clem: Wilkins left at your
Dept: certain claims for Pensions
last winter and wrote to me before
Congress adjourned to enquire
after them - I neglected the
request - Pray let me know
how to answer him in respect
to the following applications as
soon as possible [illegible]

Martha Harris widow of Sher
=wood Harris - soldier +c
Dec 16th
Mima Harris widow of Robin
H Harris - Cavalry Private etc
Resps Will H Haywood
Page 55

State of North Carolina
Office of Secretary of State

I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the state of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that it appears of record in this office, that a warrant for 228 acres bounty land was issued for the services of Sherwood Harris, a private in the continental line of this state in the revolutionary war, the quantity of land allowed for two and a half years services, the warrant is No.4794, dated 23rd Nov. 1797.

Given under my hand
this 7th day of Dec. 1843
William Hill
Page 56

State of North Carolina
Office of Secretary of State

I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State of
North Carolina, do hereby certify, that it appears from a
book of settlements of the accounts of the Officer, and 
soldiers of the continental line of their state in the re
volutionary war, that Sherwood Harris a private sol-
dier in said line was allowed for his services by a 
a Board of Commissioners which sat at Warrenton
in 1786, the sum of sixty four pounds and two pence,
(￡65.0.2)
Given under my hand
this 20th day of August
1844.
William Hill Secretary
of State
Page 57

Washington City DC, June 28 1851
Sir, 
The Port Master at New Light, North Carolina has
written to me on behalf of a widow in his plea who thinks her
agent has acted unfairly, I enclose the letter, and
any information you may be pleased to give will oblige
Respectfully Yours
William Hunt

Hon JE Heath
Comm Pens
Page 58

Payable at the North Carolina Agency Fayetteville, Revolutionary Pension

Washington City D.C., Dec 11, 1851
Sir
I herewith present the application of Martha or Patsey Harriss
for a new certificate, in lieu of the certificate which was issued [words crossed out]
Nov 30 1849 to J H Kirkham entitling her to a pension of $80 per annum, the said
certificate being illegally withheld from her, and she having received none of
her pension for more than eighteen months, being in a state of great destitution.
She was pensioned under the act of Feb 2 1848,
I have written two letters to the Pension Agent at Fayetteville North
Carolina, where the pension is payable, asking for information as to who
has drawn the pension, but he does not appear disposed to
take any notice of the application.
I have ascertained from the Office of the Third Auditor that the
pension has been paid to some one up to the 4th of March 1851, and it
is probable it has been drawn up to the present time.
Respectfully
Your obdt Sr
William Hunt
Attorney for Claimant

Hon J E Heath
Comm Pension
Page 59

[handwritten]

Sepr 6 -  '44
Sir - 
I am requested to forward sound additional proofs in the case of Martha or Patty Harris -
1. Marriage [underlined] - the Insuranses now offered are [illegible], I [illegible] any to this date [underlined] of [their?] marriage
2. Service - the certificate of Mr [illegible] states - [illegible] Sherrod Harris was [illegible] as a private soldier in [illegible] Line - His name does not appear on the rolls - Tho' this is the case with [illegible] many others - [illegible] fact of [illegible]
3- [illegible] the applicant is the widow of Mr. Sherwood Harris who was [illegible]
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[handwritten]

The applicant [illegible] of the name of Sherrod & note the husband was a soldier - note many saw him in service - The applicant of George Petiford [illegible] that he was the person he saw in service - I should think this would establish the fact [underlined] of service & judgement render for the same for the length of his service
Very Respectfully
R. M. Saunders

J. L. Edwards Esqr
[illegible]