Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7,714, Joseph Henry, N.C.
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N.C.          Henry, Joseph        W.7714
                            Mary
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11,407

N. Carolina, Asheville
Mary Henry 
widow of Joseph Henry decd.
who died in the year 1816
of Buncombe Co. in the State of N.C.
who was a private in the ____commanded
by Captain _____of the _____ commanded
by _______ in the Revolution for two years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Asheville
at the rate of 80 Dollars  00  Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of
Nov. 1852 and sent to
Hon. J.F. Strother
Arrears to the 4th of Rappahannoc C.H. Virginia
Semi-annual allowance ending

{Revolutionary claim, Act July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by H.R. Weightman clerk
Book D, Vol. 1, Page 291
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Joseph Henry & Mary McCashland was marriaged the 17th of May 1792.
John Henry Was Born on Wednesday the 13th of November 1893
Joseph Henry Was Born on Sunday night the 28h day of August 1796
Nancy Henry Was Born Between 4 & 5, o' the clock on Wednesday Morning the 14th of November 1798
James Henry Was Born Between 5 & 6 o' the clock on Saturday Morning the 24th of January 1805
William Henry Was about 3 o' the clock on Thursday morning the 9th of June 1803
Farmer Henry was Born on Tuesday the 27th of May 1806 between 11 & 12 o' the clock in the morning
Farmer Henry dyed on Friday the 3rd of June 1808 about 3: o' the clock in the afternoon
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The end of the Apocrypha.

EDINBURGH.
Printed by ALEXANDER KINCAID His Majesty's Printer
MDCCLXII
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State of North Carolina Buncombe County: SS 

On this 7th day of October 1845 personally appeared before me Jonathan Merrell a 
Magistrate and one of the Judges of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the 
County of Buncombe Mary Henry a Resident of said County aged seventy-three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth upon her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 Entitled an act granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows.  That she is the widow of Joseph Henry who served as a private Soldier, a Wagon Master and as a Commissary, although at different periods in the Army of the Revolution.  That he entered the Service of the United States in Lincoln County North Carolina as a private at what precise date she does not recollect to have heard him say or whether he was drafted or volunteered into that service She cannot recollect to have heard him say but she does recollect to have heard him say that at some of his subsequent services he was a volunteer how long he served the first Tour she does not know, she thinks 3 months, she recollects he afterwards served as Wagon Master, how long he served in that capacity she does not recollect to have heard him say, though Immediately after he ceased to act 
in that Capacity he served as Commissary and that he remained in that service until the close of the War how long that was she cannot State though she has often heard him say that he was in the Army pretty much all the time after his first
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entering the service until the close of the War 
further fax Respecting his Services she cannot state, as her said husband was much in public 
business all the time after her marriage to him until his death and did not talk very much about his Revolutionary Services.  She Recollects to have heard him say that he served under Captain Guilkey and the Regiment to which he belonged was commanded by 
Colonel Hamrite  and he often spoke of Colonel Hampton, and of his being in the service, though whether as his commander or not she cannot Recollect.  She has heard him say that he was in the battle at Whitsons Mills and at Guilford Court House.  She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Henry in Lincoln County North Carolina on the 17th Day of May in the year 1792 And that her Husband the aforesaid Joseph Henry died in Buncombe County North Carolina on the 22nd day of September 1816.  That she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794 that he has at the time above stated.  That she is now a Widow and has not married since the death of her said husband.  She further declares that she has a record of her said marriage and of the ages of her Children which he believes to be in the Handwriting of her husband the aforesaid Joseph Henry and which is extracted from her family Bible and is hereunto annexed – And she further Declares that the Reason why she has not applied for her pension before this time is that she has been advised that it could not be obtained unless he could prove her husband's Services by living Witnesses
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and not knowing of any such witnesses she despaired of ever obtaining anything, but recently being advised that there are living witnesses by whom her husband's services can be proven in part and that the balance might be established by the archives in the executive Departments, she now makes the present 
Declaration hoping to obtain what in right she believes she all to have. 

Sworn to and subscribed before me this day & date above written. 

Attest
J. Merrell, JP                          Mary X Henry
(seal)                                        (her mark)

State of North Carolina
Buncombe County
     I Jonathan Merrell a Magistrate and one of the Judges of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that Mary Henry who has this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing Declaration is a respectable and intelligent old lady, and one whose statements are entitled to Credit and one who is to be believed on oath.  i also certify that she is unable to appear before the Court at the Place of its holding its regular sessions by leave of old age and bodily infirmity to make this her said Declaration.  I further certify that Joseph Henry her said husband was personally known to me many years before his death, that he died in Buncombe County in the year 1816, that he was Respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he lived to have been a soldier of the Revolution, that Mary Henry his widow, the present applicant has never married since the death of her said Husband, but remains the widow of the said Joseph Henry.  I further certify that the Record of the marriage
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of the said Joseph Henry to the present applicant his wife Mary, together with the ages of their Children, is in the handwriting of the said Joseph Henry, and that it was this day extracted from the said Mary's Family Bible by my own hand, and in so doing I cut through the Record of the said marriage, but have extracted the other first and have attached the whole Record together and it is hereunto appended, and Bears its Precise Original Representation except that the cut is through it.
     In witness where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal this seventh day of October A.D. 1845.
                      J. Merrell JP  (seal)


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Court of Please and Quarter Sessions
October Sessions 1845

     I Alexander Henry, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in & for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Declaration of Mary Henry the present applicant for a Pension was this day laid before the Court aforesaid now sitting in Ashville was examined and approved by the Court.  Where upon it was ordered by said Court that the Clerk Certify the Same to the War Department.
   I also Certify that it is shown in evidence to the satisfaction of the Court that Joseph Henry husband of said Declarant was respected in the neighbourhood where he lived to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, that it was so reputed and believed for many years before his Death.  It was also reputed and believed that he acted as commissary in said Army.  I further certify that it has shown in evidence to the Satisfaction of the Court that the said Joseph Henry Departed this life in this County on the 22nd day of September Eighteen Hundred and sixteen (1816) leaving the present applicant Mary Henry his wife a Widow, and that she has never since married but is still the widow of the said Joseph Henry, and it is further shown in evidence to the satisfaction of the Court that Mary Henry the present applicant is by Reason of old age and bodily infirmity unable to appear before the Court to make this  her Declaration.

     In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at my office in the Town of Asheville this 7th Day of October A.D. 1845.
                         A. Henry Clerk of
                         Buncombe County Court
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State of North Carolina
Henderson County
     On this 1st Day of April one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared before the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in and for the State and County aforesaid Alexander Henry, Aged forty two years a Resident of Said County, who being duely sworn according to Laws doth uppon his oath makes the following Declaration in order to obtain the amount of Pension which accrued and fell due to Mary Henry, Decst. (his Mother) under the provisions of the Act of Congress Passed July 7th 1838.  Entitled an Act Granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.  That he is the Son and heir at Law of the said Mary Henry who was the widow and Relict of Joseph Henry decsd. who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and for his services and the time of his Deceased he refers to the Declaration of his said Mother and Proof which accompany the same now on file in the Pension Office of the United States.  He further declares that his Mother the aforesaid Mary Henry Departed this life on the Eighth Day of May one thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Eight (1848) without having ever obtained her pension and that she left surviving her the following named children (to wit) Nancy, who intermarried with William Gudger, James Henry and this present applicant, the only surviving Children and heirs at
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Law of the said Mary Henry Decst. and for the marriage of his Mother the said Mary Henry to his Father the said Joseph Henry Decst. he also Refers to the said Declaration of his Mother on file in the pension office as aforesaid.
     He further declares in answer to the Requirements of the Letter of Col. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions of 28th June 1847.  That his mother the said Mary Henry Decst. was enabled to make the additional statement of the facts set out in her Duplicate, or supplimental statement which is on file in the Pension Office  from their having been brought to her mind by the Statements of Mr. James Owenby & Mr. Jesse Palmer who testified in the case uppon hearing their statements, she was enabled to recollect to having heard her Husband speak of the facts, as she has stated them, this he recollects distinctly is the Manner is which he heard his mother the said Mary, speak of the facts about the time of her making Duplicate Statements, and those statements he believes to be true.
                             Alex Henry

Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court the day and date above written.
Test
R.W. Allen Clk.
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State of North Carolina
Henderson County

Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
March Session 1837

I R.W. Allen Clerk of the court aforesaid do hereby certify that it has been made appear in evidence to the satisfaction of the Court that Mary Henry the Mother of Alexander Henry the present applicant for the amount of Pension which accrued and feel due to his Mother the said Mary Departed this life on the Eighth day of May One Thousand Eight Hundred and forty Eight (1848) leaving surviving her Nancy who intermarried with William Gudger, James Henry & Alexander Henry the present applicant the only surviving children and heirs at Law of the said Mary Henry Decsd.
     I further certify that the foregoing contained the original proceedings had int he application of the said Alexander Henry in the case of his application for the amount of Pension which acrued and feel due to his Mother the said Mary Henry under the provisions of the Act of congress passed July 7th 1838 Entitled an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.
     in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at my office in the town of Hendersonville this 1st Day of April 1857.
             R.W. Allen CCC
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                              October 9, 1935
                               xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Mrs. R.W. Van Valin
Newberg, Oregon                JOSEPH HENRY
                                             W. 7714
                                             BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:
     The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 7714, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Joseph Henry.
     The date and place of this soldier's birth and names of his parents are not shown.
     Joseph Henry enlisted early in December, 1779, in Lincoln County, North Carolina, and served two years as a private in the Revolution, and during his service was in the battles of Whitsall's Mills and Guilford Court house.  It was stated that he served part of the time under Captain Robert Gilkey and Colonel Hambright int he North Carolina troops, as wagonmaster, also as commissary under Robert Alexander.
     The soldier died in Buncombe County, North Carolina, September 22, 1816.
     Joseph Henry married in Lincoln County, North Carolina, May 17, 1792, Mary McCasland;  the date and place of her birth and names of parents are not given.  They resided in Lincoln County for some time after marriage then moved to Buncombe County, North Carolina.  No reference was made to any other wife of soldier.
     Soldier's widow, Mary Henry, applied for pension October 7, 1845, at which time she was aged seventy-three years and a resident of Buncombe County, North Carolina.  Her claim was allowed.  She died Mary 8, 1848.
     The following names of children of Joseph Henry and his wife, Mary, are shown in the claims

John Henry,     Born November 15, 1795
Joseph "            "      August 28, 1798
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Children continued - 

Nancey Henry,   born November 14, 1796;  
   married William Gudgen (date not given)
James   "              "      January 24, 1801
William "              "    June 9, 1803
Farmer  "               "   May 27, 1805; died June 
                                   3, 1808
Alexander "           who in 1851 was aged forty-two years and a resident of Henderson County, North Carolina
     The only children who survived their mother, Mary Henry, were Nancey Gudgen, James Henry and Alexander Henry.
     In 1845, one Alexander Henry was Clerk of the Buncombe County Court of North Carolina, his relationship to the family not stated.
     In 1846, one James Gudgen was residing in Buncombe County, North Carolina, his relationship to William Gudgen, husband of soldier's daughter, Nancey, not shown.

        Very truly yours
        

         A.D. HILLER
         Executive Assistant to the 
         Administrator
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May 7/52
No Car

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T L Clingman
J.E. Heath
Comm. of Pensions
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123/4
(all below writing were crossed off)
Let. N Leake    Jany 2 46
E. King  Aug 5
Same Apl (illegible)
Same May 17th '47
E.F. Brown  Jan (illegible) '47
(illegible)
July 19 1851
(illegible)
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12,314
Mary Henry
N.C.

(the next two lines are crossed off)
Let to Hon. T.L. Clingman 19 May '52
"                  J.F. Strother    25  "   "

Act 7 July 1838
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Smith & Jones Feby. 24/5

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6005
N. Carolina, Asheville
Mary Henry decd.
widow of P. Joseph Henry NC
who served in the Revolutionary War, as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1848.

(torn) 8 May 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of Nov. 1852 and sent to
Hon. J.F. Strother
Rappahannock C.H.
Virginia
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 211.  Vol. 1
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9.293
N. Carolina, Asheville
Mary Henry decd,
widow of Joseph who was a Private in the Revolution
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 15th day of November 1852 and sent to
Hon J.F. Strother
Rappahannock C.H.
Virginia

[Acts of March 3, 1843 & June 17, 1844.]

Recorded in Book A, Vol. 2, Page 135
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1935 Oct 9  Hist to Mrs. R. Van Valin -- MR

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Revy WIDOW, & c.
File No 7714
Mary Henry
Widow
Joseph Henry
Pvt. Rev. War

Act:  Feby. 2nd/48
index:-Vol A, Page 324
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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                            Pension Office
                            Jany 2, 1846

Sir,
     The papers in the case of Mary Henry widow of Joseph Henry under the Act of 7 July 1838 have been examined and filed.
     This claim is made for service in the militia as a private, wagon master and commissary of North Carolina no one term of which however has been specified as required by the rules.  The certificate of the Comptroller of that State shows a number of payments made to Joseph Henry for military service, but there is no record to show in what capacity that service was rendered, or to identify that individual with claimants husband.  The two witnesses who have testified to the service of Henry have both had their own pensions suspended.  Before any satisfactory adjustment of this claim can be made the date of the commencement and the duration of each tour, with the names of the Company and said officers under whom the service was performed must be clearly (illegible) and his service in the staff established by his commission or by some other kind of documentary evidence.
     The date of the (illegible) is satisfactorily established 

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Nathan Leake Esq.  Present
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March 26/47

Recd of
Mary Henry

(written vertically)
Hendersonville N.C.
March 18th 1847

(written vertically)
J.L. Edwards 
Coms. of Pensions
Washington City
D. Columbia

mail
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                Hendersonville 18th March 1847.

Dear Sir
     I understand from E.F. Brown Esq. that you are unwilling to Report the Claim of Mrs. Mary Henry of Buncombe County N. Ca. to him.  I was not aware that you would care who you reported the case to and Mr. Leake not having been punctual in informing me or Reports, I determined to decline his agency.
     In as much as you declined Reporting to Mr. Brown, I am sorry it was not Reported to me, so that the old Lady (Mrs. Henry) might have been in the Receipt of her Pension.  I hope after the Character of the witness Mr. Palmer has been so fully and amply sustained, that the Proof of identity will be sufficiently satisfactory to show that Claimants husband did serve enough for the widow to be entitled to a pension if you will grant her an allowance for one year as Wagon Master as Proven by Owenby, one Year as a Private as proven by Palmer, and one Year as Commissary (as Palmer swears he saw Jos. Henry in the service as commissary)  that will satisfy claimant, that he Rendered Commissary Service is Plain from the Statement of Both Palmer & old Major Farney:  the latter states that he Recd a large amount of Indents for Commissary Service.  I hope you will be pleased to allow us what we ask in this case.
                   I am Very Respectfully
                           Your Obt. Servant,
                           Elisha King

J.L. Edwards Esq.
      Washington City
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(letterhead)
EDMUND F. BROWN, Attorney and Agent for Claimants, Notary Public and Commissioner to Virginia, Illinois, and Alabama, &c., continues to attend to the settlement of business before Congress and the several Departments of the General Government, and particularly claims for Pensions, Patents, Lands Contracts, &c.
Office on Seventh street, two doors above the City Post Office.
Letters (postage paid) may be addressed, E.F. Brown, Box 103, P.O. Box Washington City.


U.S. Agency, Notarial, and Commissioner's Office
Washington City, 12. Nov., 1846.'
Established in 1843.

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Comm. of Pensions

Sir:
     In the case of Mary Henry, Widow of Joseph, of N. Carolina, please inform me whether the evidence filed last month by Elisha King Esq. is deemed satisfactory.
     I enclose Mr. King's letter to me, authorizing me to act in the case, and am
                       Very Respectfully,
                        Yr. Ob. Sv.
                               Edm. F. Brown
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(letterhead)
EDMUND F. BROWN, Attorney and Agent for Claimants, Notary Public and Commissioner to Virginia, Illinois, and Alabama, &c., continues to attend to the settlement of business before Congress and the several Departments of the General Government, and particularly claims for Pensions, Patents, Lands Contracts, &c.
Office on Seventh street, two doors above the City Post Office.
Letters (postage paid) may be addressed, E.F. Brown, Box 103, P.O. Box Washington City.

              U.S. Agency, Notarial, and 
              Commissioner's Office,
              Washington City, 8th June, 1847.

               Established in 1843.

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Comm. of Pensions.
Sir:  I am requested by Elisha King Esq. to urge upon you a re-examination of all the papers in the case of Mary Henty.
     He thinks it very hard that he can get no other answer from you than that you have given a reply to me - see your letter to him of 17 May 1847, when your letter to me (which I forwarded him) did not show that state of the claim, and when he thinks you have not examined the supplementary papers which he sent you on 30th Oct. last.
     If you have not recently informed him, please let me know the state of the claim.
                    Very Respectfully Your Ob. Sv.
                     Edm. F. Brown
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Elisha King
May 17 47
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                    Pen Off
                    May 17, '47

Sir
     Your communication in Oct last in the case of Mary Henry was immediately followed by your employment of Mr. Brown of this city to whom as reply was given.




Elisha King Esq.
Hendersonville, N.C.
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E.F. Brown
June 22, 47
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302
Pen Off
June 22 '47

Sir
     In reply to yours of 8 inst in the case of Mary Henry in which you say that "Elisha King Esq thinks it very hard that he can get no other answer than that you have given to me"  I would remark that he is already informed that he is not recognized as the attno in the case which the correspondence is going on with another.  This claim was originally submitted by Mr. Leake then sustained by addl proofs by Mr. King and afterwards turned over to you by Mr. King.  There is no obstacle in the way of the actual attno as you know, to obtain full information as to the action of this office upon any claim pending before it, but claim has no right to burden the office with a correspondence with several attorneys.

E.F. Brown Esq.
Present
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358
Pension Office
June 28 1847

Sir;
     The supplemental declaration of Mary Henry widow of Joseph Henry, transmitted by Elisha King sometime last fall, so far from removing the objection to the admission of her claim, involves her case in greater difficulty.
     In her original declaration she states that her husband served in the Militia in North Carolina as a private soldier, wagon master and Commissary but of the period or duration of the different tours she has no knowledge.  How she is enabled at this time not only to set forth the date and grade of the service but to specify the particular year and month each of his times commenced required some satisfactory explanation.  She should show the manner of obtaining a knowledge of her husband's service which was out of her command when her original application was made.  This explanation is the more important as Mrs. Henry it appears cannot write her name
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and can therefore have no recourse to records with a view of refreshing her memory as regards the particular date if an event of which she stated under oath in 1845 she knew nothing.  The affidavits of James Gudger and James Sowry which accompanied Mrs. Henrys amended statement relate to the character of Jesse Palmer.  They offer no additional evidence of Henry's service.  The requisitioning in my letter to N Leake of 2nd January 1846 should be complied with--

Edmund F. Brown Esq.
Present

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E.F. Brown
June 28 '47
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General
Elisha King
Mary Henry
Mar 28/50
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                            802
                            Pension Office
                            March 28 1850

Sir,
     In reply to your letter of the 23rd instant, respecting the case of Mary Henry.  I have to inform you that at as early a period as the Business of the Office will permit, I shall personally investigate the merits of the claim and acquaint you with the result.
                              I am Ser
                              & c


Elisha King Esq
Adairsville, Cass County
Georgia
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(This page is faded and words are written on top of each other.)

(written vertically)
Adairsville, Ga
Aug 26

Col J.L. Edwards Comm of Pensions
Washington City
D. Columbia

mail

Got papers

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Aug 31/
Mary Henry
N.C.
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                             Adairsville Ga. 26th Augt. 1850

Col. J. L. Edwards
       Dear Sir
              On the 23rd of March last I wrote you requesting you to give the papers in the case of Mrs. Mary Henry of Buncombe County N.C. your own personal examination to which you replied that you would do so as soon as the duties of your office would permit.  From the length of time which has lapsed I have been fearful my letter containing the Request has been lost of mislaid.
     I hope you may find it convenient to examine this case soon.  I must think the evidence adduced will satisfy your mind that the claimant is entitled to an allowance.  The examining Clerk in this case has fallen into one of two egregious errors, which are pointed out in my letter of the 22nd March last which letter I hope you will be able to lay your hand upon & which will receive your particular consideration.
                   I am Very Respectfully
                          Your obt. Servant
                           Elisha King

Col. J.L. Edwards
Washington City
DC
I hope you will not address me at Hendersonville from the original papers being forwarded from that office.
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Elisha King
Sept 2/50
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                                      Pension Office
                                      September 2, 1850

Sir,
      I have again examined the case of Mary Henry, widow of Joseph Henry, deceased, and I can discover no reason whatever why we should not ask for the explanation required in my letter of the 28th June 1847.  So soon as that explanation shall have been received here the case will again be taken up.

Elisha King Esq.
Adairsville, 
Georgia

(written on a slant)
No. 12314
Act of July '38
N. Carolina 
Cass
Enter this
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                            (Copy)

                         Pension Office
                                July 10th, 1851

Sir,
     The claim of Mary Henry cannot be allowed upon the evidence presented.  As a private it may be conceded he served 3 months, but no witness attempts to show how long he was commissary, and his Wagon Master's service is not sufficiently proven.  It is declared that he served in the last named capacity 3 months under Capt. Guilly.  But no such officer was ever attached to a single company or under the command of a Captain.

                      (Signed)   L.F. Evans
                                      for Commission

E. King Esq.
Adairsville, Ga.
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                                       288
                                       Pens. Office
                                       Feby. 27 1832

Sir:
     I have the honor to return Mr. King's letter and to inform you that after a careful review of the case I feel compelled to adhere to the decision (illegible) in the case of Mary Henry.  The reasons for this decision have been communicated to Mr. King and need not be recapitulated.

Hon. A.A. Stephens
(illegible)
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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County

Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions March Session 1852.

I, Robert B. Vance, clerk of our said Court, certify that Alexander Henry Esq. was at that this time of the Court appointed Administrator on the Estate of Mary Henry dec. who filed bond in the sum of $1000. for the tour performance thereof.

Witness Robert B. Vance, Clerk of our said Court at office in Asheville the 31st March 1852, in testimony whereof, I have signed my name & affixed the seal of our said Court.
                  R.B. Vance Clk.

(seal)
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                      April 20, 1852

Sir
     Early this session I had to trouble you by calling your attention to the case of Alexander Henry for a pension.  I have recently reserved a certificate showing that letters of administration on the estate of Nancy Henry have been taken out by the said Alexander Henry, which is herewith filed.
     Allow me to request again that this case may be examined as soon as convenient, and if allowed that the certificate may be issued in the name of the admd, made payable here and enclosed to me.
                         Very Respectfully
                         Your Obt. Servt.

                          Jas. F. Strother
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                   Abv. Ref May 6th 1852

Sir
     A witness of mine Mr. Alexander Henry writes to me concerning a pension claim for his mother Mary Henry.
     From his statements to me as well as my knowledge of the parties I am of opinion that the claim is well provided.  May I then say as he desires, expect that it may be examined and (illegible) when at your earliest convenience.
                    Very respectfully

                             T.L. Clingman



Mr. J.E. Heath
Com. of Pensions
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                                                 218
                                                 May 19, 1837

Sir
     In answer to your letter of the 11 last respecting the case of Mary Henry, widow of Joseph Henry 
I have to inform you that the claim was forexecuted some years service but was not allowed.  The enclosed following extract of my letter to Elisha King Esq. will show the objections to the (illegible) of the claim.
     "The claim of Mary Henry cannot be allowed upon the evidence forexecuted.  As a private it may be conceded he service there months, but no witness attempts to show how long he was commissary, and his wagon master service is not sufficiently proved.  It is declared that his service in the last served capacity three months under Capt. Guilly, but no such officer was ever attached to a single company, or under the command of a Captain"

Hon. T.L. Clingman
Ho of R                                            Rev
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                                   297
                                   Pension Office
                                   May 25, 1832

Sir:
     In answer to your letter of the 20th last respecting the case of Mary Henry, widow of Joseph Henry, I have to inform you that my letter of the 19th last to the Hon. T.L. Clingman, a copy of which is herewith enclosed, will show the situation of the claim.

Hon J.F. Strother
Ho. of R.                                                        Rev
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85
Washington
May 28th 1852
James F. Strother

Appeal from the decision of Com of Pension in the case of Mary Henry widow of Joseph applicant for revoly pension.

Kirby
Pension allowed for two years service (see paper filed)
Alex. H. H. Stuart
9th Nov. 1852
ref. to Commissioner of Pension for a Report
Dept. Into.
May 29/52

May 29, 1852
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                           Washington May 28th 1852

Sir
     I have had occasion to press upon the attention of the Pension Office the claim of Mary Henry, widow of Joseph Henry of North Carolina, for a revolutionary pension and learn by a letter of the 25th last that the claim is rejected.  Now I am convinced that the claim is a good one - the service is proved by two or more revolutionary pensioners one of whom served with Henry and knew him as a Commissionary, in which capacity he must have served more than six months.  The second of A.C when payments amounting altogether to upwards of 150 to the said Henry, and the whole testimony is conclusive of service, the length of which cannot be less than the period required to entitle the claimant.
     I desire to appeal from the Commissioner of Pensions in this case and to request that you will give it your personal attention as soon as may be convenient.  The rejection of the claim needs to be adhered to under a decision of Com. Edwards, in which he says "As a private it may be conceded he served three months, but no witness attempts to show how long he was commissary and his wagon masters' service is not sufficiently proved."
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In reply to this I beg leave to call attention to the post that although the witnesses are too conscientious to swear as to foresaid dates, the second of North Carolina show such an amount of payment to Henry as to warrant the conclusion that the witnesses are truthful and the claim is just.  Furthermore, Mr. Clingman, whose constituents are the parties interested has recently certified his belief to the office from his own knowledge of the parties, that this claim is well founded.

                          Very Respectfully
                          Yr. Ob. Servt.
                           Jas. F. Strother

Hon. A. H.H. Stuart
: Sect Dept. Interior.
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Mary Henry 
widow of
Joseph Henry

NC service

Smith & Jones
Attorneys
Nashville
Tennessee
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                             Adairsville Georgia
                             August 26 1852

To the Comm. of Pensions
Washington City
DC

Sir,
     I hereby authorize & empower Smith & Jones of Nashville Tennessee to prosecute the claim of Revy Pension of Mary Henry, widow of Joseph Henry decd, Act 7 July 38 and to receive the certificates therefor.
                         Respectfully
                         Your obt Servant
                         Elisha King Atto.

Sent from
Hendersonville N. C.
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(stamp)
SEP 30 1935
OREGON

                                Newberg, Oregon,
                                Sept. 25, 1935.

Pension Bureau
Dept. of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:-
     Will you kindly give me Pension Record of the following:-

Joseph Henry, born 1765, died 1816, served as private in North Carolina Troops.  His widow received a pension.  Was born in Lincoln County, died in Buncombe County, N.C. married in 1792 to Susan Harper 1812, 1893.  There was one son named Ephraim Henry, but do not know names of other children, nor do I know the exact service in Revolution.

James Henry of Lincoln County, N.C.  Was a soldier in the Revolution, and was a Pensioner on June 1, 1840 - Name of widow and children unknown, but these are needed for D.A.R. Application papers.

                              Very truly yours,
                              Minnie D. Van Valin
                              Regent, Champoeg Chapter, 
                              D.A.R.

(Mrs. R.W. Van Valin)
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                              October 8, 1935
                               xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

                               James Henry, W. (smudged)
                               Joseph Henry, W.7714
                               BA-J/MB

Mrs. R.W. Van Valin
Newberg, Oregon

Dear Madam:
     Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War pension records of James Henry, of Lincoln County, North Carolina, and Joseph Henry, born 1865, in Lincoln County, North Carolina, served from that state, married in 1792, died in 1816 in Buncombe County, North Carolina, and his wife received a pension.
     Their records are furnished herewith.

                                Very truly yours

                                 A.D. HILLER
                                 Executive Assistant to the 
                                 Administrator
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                           State of North Carolina
                           Comptroller's Office
     I, William J. Clarke, Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears of record in my office, among the payments made by said State to sundry persons for Military services in the Revolutionary War, as follows, to wit:
Joseph Henry
Indent or Army certificate issued by the auditors of Salisbury District No. 317 June 6th 1781 205h currency  equal to 5S17D5 specie

Ditto No. 145 Upper Board to Salisbury District Septm 20th 1781 23S5specie
Ditto, auditors of Morgan District No. 1189 53S9 specie March 27th 1783 --
ditto for Ditto No. 1190, 4hS16specie March 27, 1783
Ditto for ditto No. 2039 10S2D6specie September 1783
Ditto auditors of Washington & Sullivan Counties No. 1052, June 10th. 1783, 7SD6 specie
Book No. 10 page 2 9S9 specie
Book No 2 page 4 9S4 specie
     I furthermore certify that Joseph Henry appears on Book J which is a Register of officers as WM Ma (Wagon Master, Militia) and A.I C. L. D. (Assistant Issuing Commissary for Light Dragoons).
      In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office, this 9th day of September A.D. 1852.
                          Wm. J. Clarke Comptr.
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State of North Carolina Catawba County: 
On this 19th day of May 1846 personally appeared before me Jacob Helderman a Magistrate in and for the County aforesaid Abraham Forney a citizen of said County & a Pensioner of the United States at the Rate of $144 per annum and after being duly sworn doth upon his oath make the following Statements. 
      That he was personally acquainted with Joseph Henry the Husband of Mary Henry 
(formerly Mary McCashland) now Residing in Buncombe County in this State & who is an 
applicant for a Pension, and that he was so acquainted with the said Joseph Henry in the years 1779, 80 and 81.  That he then resided in this County and during that time Rendered a great deal of Service in the war of the Revolution, though never having served anyone Tour of service immediately with him the said Joseph Henry, he cannot describe any one Tour of his service, he knows a good portion of his services was rendered as commissary he further states that he the said Joseph Henry received his Indents for his services about the same time he received indents himself.  The amount of Indents he the said Henry did receive however he is not now able to state though they were a considerable amount. 
      Sworn to and subscribed before me the day 
      and date above. 
                              Abraham A Forney
                                     (A his mark)

J. Helderman JP
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State of North Carolina
Catawba County
    I Jacob Helderman magistrate in & for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Abraham Forney who has this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit before me is personally and intimately known to me and that he is a man of Truth and Veracity and one whose statements are entitled to credit.
     In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 19th day of May 1846, I further certify that the County of Lincoln was Scratched out in the foregoing Affidavit & this certificate & the word of County of Catawba Inserted before sworn to and subscribed.  I further certify the applicant formally wrote his name but is now so Palsied from old age that he makes his mark.
                      J. Helderman JP (seal)

State of North Carolina
Catawba County
County Court Clerks Office

     I Geo Setger Clerk of the Court of Please and Quarter Sessions in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Jacob Helderman whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit & Certificate is an acting magistrate in and for said County and that the Signatures thereunto annexed purporting to be his are genuine and are entitled to full faith and credit as such.
                       In testimony whereof I have 
                       hereunto set my hand and affixed 
                        the seal of said Court at my office 
                        in the Town of Newton this 26 day 
                        of May AD 1846.

                                    Geo Setger Cl.
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                              Adairsville Ga 15th April 1851

Col J.E. Heath

Dear Sir
     I have been required by your predecessor Col Edwards to Render, in the case of Mrs. Mary Henry, application for a Pension, the Rason why it was that She was enabled to set out with more speciality in her supplimental Declaration the services of her Husband than in her original statements.
     Uppon  being Requested to give the papers in the case his personal examination, Col. Edwards in a Letter Dated Sept. 2nd 1850 says he sees no reason why the explanation Required in his Letter of 28th June 1847, Should not be asked for & when that is done the case will again be taken up.  As you will perceive from the Inclosed Declaration that Mrs. Mary Henry is Dead consequently cannot make the explanations but her son having heard her statements at the time is able to give & has in the Inclosed Declaration given her reasons, which I hope will be satisfactory, & having drawn up both of her Declarations myself I know the statement of her son is true and I hope and believe after you shall have examined all the proof on file in the case that you will be satisfied to grant her surviving
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Children an allowance in the case.
              I am Very Respectfully
                 Your obt. Servant
                          Elisha King

Col J.E. Heath Com. of Pension
Washington City
D.C.
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                    Department of the Interior
                    Washington November 10, 1832

Sir
     I have examined the testimony in the case of Mary Henry an applicant for a pension under the Act of July 7th 1832 and am of the opinion that it satisfactorily established the Services of her husband for three months in the Quarter Masters department, and for three months as a private in the line.  With regard to the Service as commissary, there is no proof either of the length or duration.  The payments made to Joseph Henry, however, clearly show a much larger amount of Service than is admitted, although in the higher grade than that of a private.  I, therefore, concluded that the titles given him of "Wagon Master" and "Commissary" are misnomers.  The probability is that he was detailed from the ranks, in the one case, as wagoner or wagon conductor, and in the other as commissary in Quarter Masters Sergeant, and that his services should accordingly be computed for the whole period as that of a private.  In order to ascertain his probable length of his Service then I take the amount received by Henry for Military Services as
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Stated in the Comptrollers Certificate  $380.06
From which deduct his pay for three months as Wagoner or Wagon Conductor, at 20Cs per month.............................$60
Do pay three months as private a 8 1/25 85.00
Which would leave a balance of ................$295.06
applicable to Commissary Sergeants Service, which at $10 per month would be pay for over two years and give months Service.
     There is not a doubt that a large amount of Service was rendered by the claimants husband, but what was its precise nature is not satisfactorily shown.  The payments made to him, however, are conclusive of the fact that the Service was rendered.  I deem it, therefore, but equitable that the claim should be allowed for the maximum period as directed by the Act of June 7th 1832, namely two years as a private.  The papers in the case are herewith.
                   I am very respectfully
                      Your obedient Servant
                          Alex H.H. Stuart
                               Secretary

James E. Heath Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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     Adairsville Cass County Ga 23rd March 1850

Col J.L. Edwards

Dear Sir,
     From the proof adduced in the application of Mrs. Mary Henry of Buncombe County, NC for a Pension under Act of 7th July 1838, I am forced to believe that she ought to have an allowance, and as there is evidently some misapprehensions taken up by the clerk who has reported her case suffer now to beg of you the favour, to review the papers in her case yourself personally, while I point out the misapprehensions imbibed in the case, by the reporting clerk.
     The first report on this claim was made 2nd Jany 1826, in which the Reporter says the certificate of the Compt. of that state shows a number of payments made to Joseph Henry for Militia Service, but there is no evidence to show in what capacity that service was rendered or to  identify that individual with claimants Husband, the two witnesses who have testified to the service of Henry, have both had their Pensions Suspended.  Suffer me to correct you. James Owenby proves that Joseph Henry (Claimants Husband) Served a three months tour under Capt. Guilky as a Wagon Master & that he (witness) served under Capt. Guilky the same tour, he gives the date of the commencement duration & ending of the service, and Owenby was in the Receipt of a Pension at the time he made the affidavits, is now receiving
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a Pension and his pension never has been suspended and must certainly be a competent witness to Identify the Claimants Husband with the soldier named in the Compt. Certificate.  The other witness Jesse Palmer swears that he served a three months tour with Claimants Husband as a Private Soldier that he was one of his Messmates, that they entered the service in January 1781 and was Discharged at the expiration of three months Service, when Witness Palmer returned home from the Service leaving his messmate Henry behind & witness remained at home until Autumn, when he again entered the service and uppon being marched to headQuarters.  There he found his old friend Joseph Henry engaged in the service as commissary.  How long he had been engaged in that service or how long he remained in it Palmer cannot testify--
     This Proof seems to me to be amply & Possitive as to the service of Claimants Husband, three months as a private, and I think ought to identify him with the soldier to whom one of the other payments were made at least.
     It is true.  Witness Palmer has had his Pension suspended but his character for veracity is well established by the affidavits of James Gudgen Esq. & Col James Lowry, both of whom are as respectable Gentleman as the County of Buncombe affords & who testify that they have been familiarly acquainted with Witness Jesse Palmer for forty years.
     In your report of 28th June 1847 You say that Mrs. Henry's amended Declaration Involves her claim in greater difficulty
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atty. in her original Declaration.  She states her Husband Served in the Militia of N. Carolina as a Private Soldier, Waggon Master and as a Commissary, but of the Period or Duration of the Different Tours she has no knowledge how she is enabled at this time not only to set forth the date & Grade of the Service but to specify the particular Year & Month in which each of his tours commenced require some Satisfactory explanation.  She should show the means of attaining a knowledge of her Husbands service.  She only sets out the two tours proven by Owenby & Palmer and they were brought to her Declaration by the witnesses, and the witnesses not being examined Previous to her making out her first Declaration.  She had forgotten the Particulars of the service, but after she heard their statements she said she had a Recollection to have heard her husband speak of that particular service, and from the requirement of your Letter of 2nd Jany 1846.  I told her I thought it necessary for her to set out the particulars so far as she could be satisfied they are correct & I think you will find it set out in her supplemental statement, that those facts were brought to her knowledge a Recollection by the Witnesses.  If it not set out it is an omission of my own.
     I have no knowledge of any means by which further light can be shown uppon this claim, suffer me here however, to refer to the affidavit of Abraham Forney a pensioner of Lincoln County N. Carolina, whose affidavit is also on file in this case, he sweats that he was present & saw Jos. Henry Claimants Husband receive Indents, and that a good
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Large portion of theirs were Received for Commissary Service this certain is strong proof of Identity - and as I wright I grow more strong in the belief that when you shall have given the papers on file a careful Personal examination you will be satisfied to make sure any allowance in favour of Mrs. Henry.  I shall with patience wait a reply.
               I am Very Respectfully
                   Your Obt. Servant
                      Elisha King

P.S. I hope the original Papers on file will not lead you into a mistake as to my address as has been the case in one instance heretofore.

Col J.L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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Hendersonville NC
Oct 30th 1846

J.L. Edwards Comm of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

(horizontal)
Nov. 11, 1846
(illegible)
Mary Henry
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                      Hendersonville 30th Oct 1846.

Dear Sir
     Inclosed you have the supplemental Declaration of Mary Henry Widow of Joseph Henry Decst, upon much reflection she has been able to Recollect a little more of her Husband's Services than when she subscribed her former Declaration, but nothing more can she recollect and I cannot see how it can be expected of a widow who was married to her husband six or eight years after the war.  Different Tours of her husbands service & to give the date of the commencement & ending of the Tours with the Names of Officers.  I have never seen one yet who could come anyways near it, they cannot do it, it is utterly impossible.
     The affidavit of Jesse Palmer in this case which is on file with the former Declaration proves that Mr. Joseph Henry served one tour of three months as a private:  and that he (witness) after Remaining at home some time after such service, was again Drafted & on returning to the Army found Henry in the service as a commissary.  This proves that he did serve as commissary, & this proof of Old Capt. Fourney certainly will entitle the widow to at least one Tour of Commissary Service if none (word off edge of page) then the affidavit of James Owenby proves a three month tour.  In your letter of 2nd Jany. last that the pensions of those two witnesses (Palmer & Owenby) have been taped (& I understand it to be thereby Implied that they are not entitled to credit) I must again inform you that this is a mistake as to Owenby, & in order to convince you that Jesse Palmer is entitled to credit I have forwarded the affidavits of two
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of the most Respectable citizens in Buncombe County who have long been personally & Intimately acquainted with the Old Man & who can & have given his personal character, by this you will see that if any man is entitled to credit, Old Mr. Palmer is.
     Mrs. Henry is very Desirious of her Pension, and wishes his case to be disposed of in some way so as to attain her at least pay for the Services she has proved in.  I should be glad if the Department could make her a Liberal allowance. I think shurely the proof is complete.
                            I am very
                                     Respectfully your
                                     Obt. Servant
                                        Elisha King

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Washington City
D.C.
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June 11 1846
(illegible)
Mary Henry

(written vertically)
Hendersonville N.C.
(illegible) 1846

(written vertically)
J.L. Edwards Com. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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                            Hendersonville 3rd June 1846

Dear Sir
     It is impossible for Mrs. Mary Henry of Buncombe County No. Ca. to set out the different Tours of Service Rendered in the Revolution by her Husband as she was married to him many years after his service was Rendered.  She knows however that he did serve (according to his own Declaration) as set and in her Declaration and according to the affidavits of both Owenby & Palmer.  Jos. Henry served 6 mo.  I think you are mistaken with regard to the Pension of the former being stopped as stated in your Report on Mrs. Henrys case, of Jany last, Mr. James Owenby has applied for an Increase of Pension & that circumstance may have led to the mistake.  Mr. Palmers has been stopped, but he is nevertheless a man of avouched credibility & unimpeachable character.  So likewise is the former Mr. James Owenby.  You also have here inclosed the affidavit of Abraham Farney (a man of avouched Credibility) who was well acquainted with Claimants Husband in time of the war and knows he served, but not having served any one Tour with him he cannot describe his service, he however knows that he received Indents for his service and that to a considerable amount.  This Proof I hope will satisfactorily Identify him with the Record in the case.
   Owing to the great desolution of the Old Revolutionary Veterans this is the best proof can be adduced in the case and from the Proof adduced it is clear that he did serve one 3 mo Tour as waggon Master & that he Rendered some service as commissary, the amount of that kind of service is not nor cannot be described at this time, satisfactorily
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thought it is clear that he served one or more Tours as Commissary.  Mr. Palmer States that after he had served one Tour with him & Returned home he was again drafter & when he returned to head Quarters he there found Henry acting as Commissary.  Mr. Farny whose affidavit is herewith Inclosed says a good portion of Henrys service was Commissary Service.
     We submit the whole to your decision with the belief that you know best what is right allow us what you think Just according to present exhibits & we will be therewith content as we have thrown all the light on the subject we are able to do.
                     I have the Honor to be
                          Very Respectfully
                             Your obt Servant
                                  Elisha King

N.B. You will please Report to me & not to an agent.

J.L. Edwards, Comm. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Dec 26, 1845
(illegible)
Mary Henry
N.C.

(vertically written)
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
Present
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                         Washington Dec 26 1845

Sir
I enclose additional proof in the case of Mrs. Mary Henry of North Carolina whose case I had the honor to call your attention to some time since hoping you will find this altogether satisfactory in the adjustment of her claim.  It is submitted for your consideration without further remark.  Your early action will oblige
                          Yours Very Respectfully,
                             Nathan Leake
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                                Raleigh NC
                                Comptrollers Office
     I William F. Collins Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify that the name of Joseph Henry appears of Record in this office as having been issued the following specia certificates in his name for Military Service;  Viz one for Twenty Three Pounds, Five Shillings (23.5) in Book No 2 page 4, another for Forty Six Pounds Sixteen Shillings (46.16) in same Book and page.  Also in same Book and page another for Ten Pounds, Two Shillings and Six pence (10.2.6).  Also in same Book and Page another for Nine Pounds, Four Shillings (9.4).  Also in Book No 10 page 5 another for Fifty Three Pounds Nine Shillings (53.9), also another in Book S No 26 page 12 for Nine Pounds four Shillings (9.4).  Given under my hand and seal this 5th December 1848.
                       Wm. F Collins Compt
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State of North Carolina McDowell County
      This day personally appeared before me Thomas Ledbetter an acting Magistrate in and for the County aforesaid.   James Ownbey a Citizen of said County and a Pensioner of the United States and after being duly sworn doth upon his oath declare that early in the month of December in the year 1779, he entered the service of the United States as a Soldier of the Revolution under one Captain Robert Gilkey for a Tour of 3 months, and was marched to Charleston South Carolina there served out his said Tour of 3 months and was regularly Discharge.  He further declares upon his oath as aforesaid, that Joseph Henry formerly of Buncombe County North Carolina who departed this life in the said County of Buncombe about 25 or 30 years ago leaving his wife Mary Henry a widow whom he now understands is an applicant for a Pension – entered the service at the same time as Waggon Master under the Command and control of the same said Captain Gilkey and that he the said Joseph Henry, served out the same Tour of 3 months in the said Capacity of Wagon Master and was discharged at the same time that he himself was Discharged. 
     The word N. Carolina as above interlined was inserted before signing the sworn to. 
                           James Owenby 
                           
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th day of November A.D. 1845 
Attest  Thos. Ledbetter, JP    
(seal)
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State of North Carolina
McDowell County
I Thomas Ledbetter a magistrate in & for the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that I am intimately acquainted with James Owenby who has this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit that he is a person of Truth & verasity and one whose statements are entitled to Credit.
     In witness where of I have hereunto set my hand and private seal this 10th Day of November A.D. 1845.
          Thos. Ledbetter JP (seal)

State of North Carolina
McDowell County
     I Saml  J Neal Clerk of the court of Please and Quarter session for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas Ledbetter is Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
     In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 11th day of November A.D. 1845
                                 S.J. Neal Clk
                                 by A.M. Finley D. Clk

(seal)
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(bleedthrough on this page)
(horizontally written)
12314.
Oct. 28/'45
Mrs. Mary Henry
Aug. 1, 1838

N. Leake

(vertically written)

Hendersonville
NC Oct 21

Col J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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             Hendersonville 20th Oct. 1845

Dear Sir,
     Inclosed you have the Declaration of Mrs. Mary Henry.  Though you have a good chance of Proof accompanying I hope still you have more on by the Time the case may be on for Consideration.  I expect to prove by one of Mr. Joseph Henry's Contemporaries another portion of his services, as to the proof of Marriage I suppose there is enough said on that subject by the Family Record supported by the affidavit of Mrs. Harrison, you will also observe that the Family Record is certified by Esq. Merrill before whom the Declaration is filed, to be in the handwriting of the Declarants Husband , you have Mr. Jesse Palmers affidavit proving three months actual Service of Mr. Henry.  This also leaves Mr. Henry in the army & after the Mr. Palmer being absent some five or six months, he returned to the army & found Mr. Joseph Henry still there & he was there acting as commissary.  I hope to obtain a Comptroller Certificate in favor of Mrs. Joseph Henry which may I hope prove all his services.  The only think I fear is that it may not discriminate services so as to enable the Department to allow Mrs. Henry the greatest amount possible according to the grade in which her husband served in the army.  It may however discriminate & I may be relieved from that fear.  Should it not, however I will Instruct you what services we claim for in my next on this subject.
                I am with due Respect your
                            Obt. Servant
                             Elisha King

J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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State of North Carolina
Lincoln County
           I, Cyrus S. Hunter, Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Lincoln County State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that I have made diligent search in my office for the marriage bond of Joseph Henry with Mary McCasland, and that said bond could not be found.
                        Given under my hand, and seal of office
                        at Lincolnton, the 17th day of July 1845.
                                          C.S. Hunter, Clk.
                                          By R. Williamson, DC
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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County
I Jonathan Merrell a magistrate in and for the County aforesaid before whom the annexed Declaration was sworn to and subscribed, do hereby certify that the said annexed Declaration was Read to Mary Henry the Declarant.  Therein named and by her understood before sworn to  and subscribed.
     In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 8th Day of October A.D. 1845.
                             J Merrell JP  (seal)

State of North Carolina
Buncombe County
County Court Clerks Office
     I Alexander Henry Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Johnathan Merrell is an acting Magistrate and one of the Judges of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in and for the County aforesaid and that the Signatures to the Several certificates hereunto annexed purporting to be his is genuine and are entitled to full faith and Credit as Such.
     In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and attached the Seal of said Court at my office in the Town of Asheville this 8th Day of October 1848.
                                   A Henry Clerk of
                                   Buncombe County Court

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State of North Carolina Buncombe County: SS 

      On the 8th day of October A.D. 1845 Personally appeared before me George Debord a Magistrate in and for the County aforesaid Jesse Palmer a Citizen of said County a 
Revolutionary Soldier and formally a Pensioner of the United States But whose Claim stands 
now Suspended or rejected Affiant does not know which and after being duly sworn doth upon his oath declare that sometime in the month of January 1780 or '81, he having been previously drafted marched in the services of the United States to head quarters near Charlotte in Mecklenburg County in this State and upon arriving at that place, he met with Joseph Henry formerly of this County & who died in the County about 25 or 30 years ago leaving his wife Mary Henry a widow who now resides in this County and who is an applicant for a Pension and after meeting with the said Joseph Henry there, he and this affiant were both joined to the same Captain's Company were made messmates and served side-by-side throughout one whole 3 months Tour During which time they marched from headquarters to Beatties Ford on the Catawba River where they came near to the British they then marched backwards and forwards through the Country they sometimes pursuing the British and the British sometimes pursuing them until at length they met at a place called Whitson's Mills  where they had a Scurmage with the British in which the Americans were forced back by the superiority of the British numbers some short time afterwards they met again at Guilford Court House in the month of March when they had another engagement with the British some few days
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after which the said Joseph Henry and himself were both Discharged from the Service having served out his said Tour of three months.  This Affiant then returned home where he remained until the latter part of the month of September next ensuing at which time there was a call in his neighborhood for volunteers he then volunteered and entered again into the service was marched to the place of rendezvous at one Alexander's in Lincoln County North Carolina where he again met with his old friend the aforesaid Joseph Henry, who was then acting as commissary to the Army, how long he had been there this Affiant knows not nor how long he Remained there or continued to act in that Capacity as he himself was marched off down the Country leaving the said Joseph there, and he does not recollect ever 
afterwards to have seen him, until after peace was declared.  Soon after which the said Joseph 
Henry and himself settled in Lincoln County North Carolina within about twelve miles of each other frequently seen each other and remained to be well acquainted with each other until the decease of the said Joseph Henry which took place about the time above stated. The eracement was made and the word Charlotte written on the opposite page before signed.  

                          Jesse O Palmer
                             (O his mark)

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above.
 
George Debord, JP    (seal)
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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County

I George Debord a magistrate in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Jesse Palmer who has this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit before me is personally and Intimately known to me and that he is a Respectable worthy old man and whose statements are entitled to Credit.  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eighth day of October A.D. 1863.
                        Judge Debord (seal)

     I George Debord the magistrate aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit which has this day been sworn to and subscribed before me by Jesse Palmer was Read to and by him understood before signed.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 8th Day of October A.D. 1863.
                                George Debord  JP (seal)


State of North Carolina
Buncombe County   County Court Clerks Office

    I Alexander Henry Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that George Debord whose name appears to the foregoing Declaration certificates is an acting Magistrate in and fore the County aforesaid and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine and are entitled to full faith and Credit as such.   In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at my office in Asheville this 10th Day of October A.D. 1863.
                        A Henry Clk
                        Buncombe County Court
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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County
     On this the 16th day of October one thousand Eight Hundred and forty six personally appeared before me J.W. Patton a Magistrate in and for the County aforesaid Col. James Lowry a Resident Citizen of said County and after being duly sworn doth uppon his oath make the following Statements.
     That he is & has for the space of forty years or thereabout been personally and Intimately acquainted with Jesse Palmer a highly respectable citizen of said County (& who has heretofore made an affidavit in the case of Mary Henrys application for a Pension in (illegible) of her husband Joseph Henry) and that during all his acquaintance with the said Jesse Palmer he has maintained the Character for a Strict, Honest, Correct & Industrious Citizen and a man of Strict Truth and Veracity, and that he believes him to be strictly and amply entitled to the Character given him by his Neighbours and acquaintances & that he believes him to be a Man of Strict Truth & Veracity.  He further states that he has often heard him the said Jesse Palmer speak of service a tour of three months in the War of the Revolution with the said Joseph Henry the Husband of Mary Henry.  The said applicant and he has heard him speak of those things soon after his first acquaintance with him.
                                    James Lowry

Sworn to subscribed before me
the day & date above
Attest  Jas. W. Patton JP (seal)
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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County

Court of Pleas & Quarter Session
October Session A.D. 1846

I Alexander Henry Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that James W. Patton whose name appears to the foregoing affidavits is a magistrate in and for the County aforesaid and that the signature annexed to each of the annexed affidavits & certificates purporting to be his are genuine and are entitled to full faith and credit as such.
     In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at my office in the Town of Asheville this 17th day of October A.D. 1846.
              Alex. Henry Clerk of
              Buncombe County Court
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Elisha King
Apl 10 1849
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158                       
                                    Pen Office
                                    Apl 10 '47

Sir
     In reply to your of letter you are informed that the Dept can correspond with but one agent at a time in a pending claim & that no papers have been filed in the case of Mary Henry since my letter to you of 5 August last --

Elisha King Esq
Hendersonville
N.C.
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May 1 1847
Recd of
Mary Henry

(written vertically)
Hendersonville N.C.
April 23rd 1847

J.L. Edwards Com of Pensions
Washington City
DC

mail
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                  Hendersonville 23rd April 1847

My Dear Sir,
     I must inform you that your favour of 10th last is before me & that there has been papers forwarded in the case of Mary Henry since your Letter to me of 5th Aug last.
     On the 30th of Oct. last I mailed to your address a supplemental Declaration with a view to remove your objections to the claim with regard to the Period of Service rendered by claimants Husband &c.  (so far as was in the claimant power.)  
     I also mailed in the same package the affidavits of two of as respectable men as reside in Buncombe County in support of the character of Jesse Palmer and of the witnesses who testify to the services of Joseph Henry as he seems to be discredited on account of his pension being suspended &c.
     You say in your letter of 2nd Jany 1846 that the pension of Both the Witnesses who testify as to the services of Claimants Husband have been stopped in this you are also mistaken as Owenbys Pension has not been stopped.
     In the case of Comptrollers Certificate show payments to Claimants Husband for a large amount, & he has been Identified as being the service by two witnesses who served with him, also, by another as having Received Indents at the same time he (wit Recd Inds for his service, And I think shurely this Proof will be satisfactory at least for the allowance I ask for in my letter to you of 18th last.
     It is impossible at this late date for Mrs. Henry to Prove all the Services Rendered by her Husband, as there are
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but few persons living who can prove services for anyone in the War of the Revolution.
     But from the proof adduced there can be no doubt but that Joseph Henry did serve much in the Army but as the service can not be all particularly Described she therefore Proposes to take Pay for the time proposed in my letter 18th last which I know must be less than half the service so Rendered.  I hope you will feel more than warranted in coming to this proposition, & that her case will now be disposed of.
                I am Respectfully
                              Elisha King

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Washington City
D.C.
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Elisha King
Aug 2 1846
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                                                    49
                       Pension Office
                       Aug 5, 1846

Sir,
     The claim of Mary Henry has been examined upon the additional testimony submitted by you.  The objections printed out in my letter of 2nd January last are not removed.  The length, period and grade of her husband's service together with the names of his company and Regimental officers must be clearly set forth, and the service alleged to have been performed by him in the staff much be established by record or document any evidence.

Elisha King
Hendersonville
NC
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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County S.S.
On this sixteenth day of October One thousand Eight hundred and forty six personally appeared before me Jonathan Merrill one of the Judges of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Buncombe Mary Henry a resident of said County aged 74 years (seventy-four years) who being first duely sworn according to Law doth uppon her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Pensions of the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows.  This Declaration being also supplemental to a Declaration by her filed before me the said magistrate on this sixth day of October one thousand Eight hundred and forty five and which is now before the War Department of the United States.  That she is the widow of Joseph Henry who served in the war of the Revolution as a Private as a Waggon Master and as a Commissary, that he entered the service of the United States on Lincoln County N. Carolina as a Waggon Master in the month of December Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Nine under Captain Guilkey and after service a tour of three months as a Waggon Master was discharged some time in the month of March following.  On this tour he was marched to Charleston South Carolina and after returning home he remained there until some time in the month of January Seventeen Hundred and eighty one he again volunteered as a Private Soldier in the Service of the United States for another tour of three months in the said County of Lincoln and served out that tour & Received a Discharge.  Immediately after which he entered the
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Service again as a Commissary under Robert Alexander and how long he served in that capacity she does not recollect though she knows he served a long time, as she has heard him say.  These facts have been now particularly brought to her mind since the filing of her former Declaration and she has studdied & thought much of her husbands services since filing said Declaration, but cannot specify his service any further than as above stated as to her marriage &c she refers to her former Declaration.
                           Mary X Henry
                            (X her mark)

Sworn to & subscribed the day and Date above - the word Waggon Master a little Blotted & Interlined before sworn to and subscribed.
J Merrell JP (seal)

I Jonathan Merrell the Magistrate before whom the foregoing Declaration was sworn to and subscribed do hereby certify that the same was read aloud to the Declarant therein named and by her understood before sworn to and subscribed, I further certify that the said Mary Henry is unable to appear before the Court to make this her Declaration on a account of old age and bodily Infirmity, and I also certify that she is a Woman of Truth & Veracity and one whose statements are entitled to credit --
                          J Merrell JP (seal)
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State of North Carolina     
Buncombe County

Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
October Session AD 1846

I Alexander Henry Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Session in and for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that Jonathan Merrill is and was at the signing of the foregoing certificate an acting magistrate in and for the County aforesaid and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine and is entitled to full faith and Credit as such.  I further certify that the foregoing Declaration was this day laid before the Court and was examined and approved by the Court.  I further certify that it was shows to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Mary Henry is on account of old age and bodily infirmity unable to appear before the Court to make this her Declaration and that the Court ordered the Clerk to certify the same to the war Department, all of which is hereby certified.
                A Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Office in the Town of Asheville this 17th day of October A.D. 1846.  The word signatures above Interlined before signed.
                       Alex. Henry Clerk of
                       Buncombe County Court
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12316
Mary Henry
Widow of Joseph
Oct. 28, 1845
NC
Act 7 July 1838

Married in 1792
Husband died 1816

Adm by Secy of the Interior 

2 yrs Pri 80 per annum
comm'g 4 Mch 1831, & ending
8 May 1848, payable to
Alexander Henry, Adm
for the benefit of himself
Nancy Gudger &
James Henry, only
surv'g children
Acts
38
43 & 44
48
Payable at Asheville

Hon J.F. Strother
Rappahannock CH
Va
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State of North Carolina:
Lincoln County
     This day personally appeared before me, J.T. Alexander, a Justice of the Peace for said county, Joseph Morris, a citizen of said county, who, after being duly sworn, doth upon his oath declare that he was well acquainted with Joseph Henry dec, and his wife Mary, whose maiden name was McCasland and that the said Joseph Henry was married to the said Mary McCasland about the year 1790-1793 in the county, and after living together as man and wife for some time in the county, they removed to Buncombe County is this state, where the said Joseph died, and where the said Mary, his wife still resides and is an applicant for a pensions, as affiant understands.  She further states, that during his acquaintance with him, the said Joseph Henry was reputed to have done service in the tour of the Revolution, though he cannot affirm positively that he, the said Henry soldier of the line.

                                 Joseph Morris
Sworn to and subscribed before 
me, the 23 day of July 1845.
        J.T. Alexander JP (seal)

State of North Carolina
Lincoln County
     I, J.T. Alexander, a magistrate in and for the county foresaid, do hereby certify that Joseph Morris, who has this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit is a person with whom I am well acquainted, and one whose statement is entitled to faith and credit certified by me the 23rd day of July 1848.

                      J.T. Alexander  JP (seal)
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State of North Carolina
Lincoln County
     I Cyrus L. Hunter, Clerk of the Court Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said county, do hereby certify that James T. Alexander, Esq, is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Lincoln, as before stated, and that as such his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit;  moreover, that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
     A testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of my office, at office in Lincolnton, this 25th day of July 1845.

                                   C.L. Hunter Clk
                                    By R. Williamson, DC