Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 5623, John Andrew, Ga, S.C.
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SERVICE Ga S.C.  
Andrew, John    
Andrews         
Mary O.
Number W 5623
Contents
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Georgia
Mary O Andrews
widow of John Andrews
Geoa [Georgia]
who was a Quarter Master
in the Revolution
[?]
9673
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 133. Dollars 33 1/3.
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843.
and end January 26. 1846.
Certificate of Pension issued
the 6th day of Decr. 1856
and sent to
Hon. A.H. Stephens
H of R [House of Representatives]
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book [?]
Vol. [?] Page 220.
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1249
Mary O. Andrew
Ga
Act 7 July '38
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Georgia
Newton County S.S.
On this twenty fifth day of
December eighteen hundred and forty-five
personally appeared before the Justices
of the Superior Court of the County - State
aforesaid Mary O. Andrew a resident
of the said County of Newton and state aforesaid
aged seventy four 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 4th 1836.
That she is the widow of John Andrew
who was part of his time a private in the War
of the Revolution, a part of the time an Ensign
and a portion of his time an adgitant [Adjutant] of a regiment - she is unable to state who were the officers with whom and under whom her
husband served but is informed I believe that
he was with and under Col. Elbert, Brigadier 
Gen. Seriven and Maj. Gen. Sumpter.
She is not able to state the time her husband
entered the service, but is informed that he served
until the termination of the war _ he entered
the service in Liberty-County-Georgia _ he served
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as a volunteer _ he was in the battle at Brier [Briar] Creek in the State of Georgia was also in several skirmishes with and against the British and Tories He marched to Savannah, marched
into Carolina and remained there until
[?] defeat - he marched as far north
as Guilford North Carolina and that
she has no documentary evidence in support
of her claim. She further declares that
she was married to the said John Andrew
on the 10th day of December 17?1 in
the County of Elbert State of Georgia,
the aforesaid John Andrew died on the
10th day of March 1830 and that she
has remained a widow ever since that
period as will now fully appear by
[?] to the proof hereto annexed
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
above written upon.
Mary O her X mark Andrew
Manson Gloss JIC [Justice Inferior Court]
David Crawford JIC
Wm R. Henry JIC
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Georgia
Newton County
I William D Luckie
clerk of the Superior
Court in and for the County of Newton in
said state do hereby certify that Manson
Gloss, David Crawford and William
R. Henry are and were at the time
the time the oposite [opposite] instrument bears
date Acting Justices of the Superior
Court for the County of Newton in
said State of Georgia, and that
their signatures as Justices of the Superior
Court to said instrument is genuine,
given under my hand and seal
as officer this 6th day of January 1846.
Wm D Luckie Clk. I C [Inferior Court]
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Power of Attorney
H.H. Andrew
son of Mary O Andrew
widow of John.
Act July 7. 1838.
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State of Georgia
County of Newton Ss.
Be it known that before me
a Justice of the Peace in and for
the county aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer
oath personally appeared Harbert H Andrew a resident of
Newton County in the state aforesaid who being first duly
sworn according to law states that he is a son of John
Andrew late of the County of Clarke State of Georgia
deceased who was a revolutionary officer {and also that he
is the son of Mary O Andrew late of Newton County deceased
the forever unsuccessful applicant) and that he believes
the United States are still indebted under existing laws
for the pension that was due under the application heretofore
[?] and that he is directly interested as a claimant
in the pension for which application was heretofore made
as aforesaid and constitutes and appoints Isaac N
Coffin of Washington D.C. his here and lawful attorney
with irrevocable power to examine into investigate
and establish the claim for said pension and do all
acts necessary thereto. In witness whereof I Harbert H
Andrew has on the eleventh day of October 1852 
herewith signed my name and affixed my seal
Wm Brown HH Andrew [Seal]
A.W. Evans
Signed sealed acknowledged and sworn before
me on this eleventh day of October 1852
David Thompson J.P.
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State of Georgia
County of Newton
to wit
I William D Luckie clerk of
the Superior Court of the county and
state aforesaid do hereby certify that David Thompson
before whom the foregoing power of attorney was
acknowledged and affidavit made was at the time of so
doing a Justice of the Peace in and for said county
duly commissioned and sworn and that his signature
above written is genuine. In testimony hereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of said court this 11th day of October 1852
Wm D Luckie CIC [Clerk Inferior Court]
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Georgia
Wilkes County
Personally appeared before one Lewis
S Brown a Justice of the Superior
Court of said county {the same being
a court of record} Mrs Ann Pettus and Mrs
Ann W Stone, each of said county who being [?]
and sworn under [?] of law each of them deposes
and says that Rev John Andrew and Mary O Cosby
(by maiden name, thus known as Mrs Mary O Andrew}
were living together as man and wife at some time
between the years 1990 and 1795 and that they and each of
them knew both of the said parties after the
marriage, and never knew nor suspected any circumstance
to show that they were not lawfully married, and [?]
no doubt that they were lawfully married at some time
about the year 1790 -
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 24th August 1853
Lewis S. Brown [?]
Ann W Stone
Ann Pettus
Georgia
Wilkes County
I Lewis S Brown do certify that I am
well acquainted with the above named Ann W Stone and
Ann Pettus who have submitted the above statement, and
know them to be ladies of high standing in community
and that full credit should be given to their statement,
Sworn under my hand and official signature
this 25th day of August 1853.
Lewis S. Brown [?]
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State of Georgia
Wilkes County
I Royland Beasly clerk of
the Superior Court within and for said county do
certify that Lewis S Brown before whom the written
statement was [?] and [?] to and who has
also [?] to the respectability of said deponents
is a Justice of the Superior Court within and for
said County of Wilkes and I further certify that
the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine
Sworn under my hand and seal of office
this 25th day of August 1853
Royland Beasly [?]
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State of Georgia
County of Campbell SS
Personally appeared before me
me a Justice of the Peace in and
for said county and state, William
Davenport who after being
duly sworn upon oath saith, that
he was well acquainted with the
father of the Rt. Rev. James O.
Andrew Bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South; that
his name was John Andrew, he
was a Methodist preacher for a
number of years before his death,
and he knows that he drew land
in the Georgia lottery as a
revolutionary soldier, and that he
drew as such a lot of land
in the fifth district of Coweta
County - the number not recollected.
He gave deponent a power of
attorney to sell it; but before
he could effect the sale, it was
sold under a [?] in favor
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of Brig Haney. In regard to
his having served at some
period of the War of the Revolution,
In South Carolina,
deponent remembers to have
heard him repeatedly speak of
being there in the army in
company with Henry Hampton
who, deponent thinks was a
brother in law and that he served
under Col Wade Hampton; and
that he was Quarter Master;
but in what regiment or brigade,
deponent does not recollect.
He also remembered to have
heard him repeatedly give the
details of Sumter's defeat,
of which he was a witness,
being there with the army
under Sumter. Deponent's 
recollection is, that he was
at two different times in
South Carolina; and that it
was during one of these that his
[?] were driven off to
the British army, his stock
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Georgia
Campbell County
I AJ Camp clerk
of the Inferior Court
of said county
do certify that Thomas Jennings whose
signature appears on the foregoing
affidavit is and was at the time of signing
the same a Justice of the Peace for said
county duly commissioned and [?]
to take depositions and that his signature to
the foregoing is genuine and that due faith
and credit should be given all his attestations
as such that this Court is a court of
record given under my hand and seal of office
this June 2nd 1836 AJ Camp [?]
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State of Alabama
- County of Dallas S.s.
Personally appeared
before me Abner Jones
a Justice of the Peace in and for
said county in said state the Rt. Rev. James Osgood
Andrew, who after being duly sworn [?]
saith that he is the son of Mary O. Andrew
in whom belief a claim for pension is
now of file before the [?] department
at Washington City. His father's name was
John Andrew, and from what he has often
heard his father say, his history was as follows
He was born and raised in Liberty County
Georgia - when the War of the Revolution
broke out and its calamities were felt in
Georgia, he, in common with many others
left his home, and attached himself to what
was then known as the Georgia Refugees -
he served some time in South Carolina under
Sumter, and this deponent thinks, part
of the time in the regiment of Col Hampton
Deponent has heard him speak of his having
acted as Quarter Master some time during the
war - how long he acted in that capacity -
he does not know, but he remembers to have
heard him speak of its fact, as he would sit
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and tell of his warlike exploits and [?]
[?] - he was with Sumter at the
time of his defeat and has often given
deponent the history of that unfortunate
engagement; and also at Briar Creek in
Georgia, and so accurate was his description
of the [?] and [?] of that engagement,
that different [?] are to have
heard Charles H. Sanders of Covington Georgia
say, that when a few years since the [?]
that followed he recognized the [?] distinctly
from deponent's father's description of it -
he was also with Col. Clarke at Augusta -
of these matters deponent has a distinct
recollection; because his father's recital of them
used to afford him much pleasure in his boyish
days; and his father was like other old
soldiers who loved to fight their battles over -
At the close of the war he returned to his
house and found that nearly all his [?]
had been carried off by the British, and himself
reduced to [?] poverty - he
subsequently became an [?] Methodist preacher
till he married deponent's mother - this was in the year
After that he taught school
which [?] he continued [?] day
of his death: this succinct account, deponent
gives of his father's life. He has no doubt he
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was the John Andrew to whom the grant of
land was made by the State of Georgia; that
this was a matter talked of and understood
by the family; and deponent has never heard
of any other John Andrew who answered
the description. Deponent knows that when
Georgia lotteried off her public lands, his father
drew land as a Revolutionary soldier; and after 
his death his mother drew a lot of land in
the drawing as the widow of a Revolutionary
soldier. As to his mother's marriage to his father 
he believes there is no living witness who can
testify to having seen them married; but there
are some still living who recollect them being
together as man and wife from within a year
or two after their marriage until his death -
his mother died
She left children living as follows
Matilda, James, Hardy, William, Lucy, Elizabeth,
Caroline and Martha - of these Matilda,
James, William, Lucy, Elizabeth and Martha are still living - all these children were by
his father John Andrew - The oldest was born on 1792
James O Andrew
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 11th June 1856
Abner Jones J.P.
The State of Alabama
Dallas County
I Thos G Rainer
Judge of the Probate
Court for said county do hereby certify
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that Abner Jones whose genuine signature
appears to the foregoing application is
and was at the time of signing the
[?] acting Justice of the
Peace duly elected commissioned and
qualified and that all his official
acts are and should of right be entitled
to full faith and credit
Given under my hand
and seal of office
at [?] 27th day
of June AD 1856
Thos G Rainer
Judge of [?]
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Georgia Newton County
Personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace in & for said county, William H. Andrew of the said county & state and William Davenport of the county of Campbell in said state and, both being duly sworn Depose and say on oath, that they were both personally present at the death of Mrs. Mary O. Andrew widow of the late Rev John Andrew in said county of Newton, and that she Departed this life on the 26th day of January 1846.  Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of July 1856
W. H. Andrew
Presley F Christian J P    William Davenport

Georgia Newton County
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in & for said county. William H. Andrew of said county and William Davenport of the county of Campbell & state aforesaid and after being both duly sworn, say on oath that in the Family Bible, of the late Rev John Andrew now in the pofression of William H. Andrew, the Marriage of the said Rev. John Andrew to Mary O. Corby is recorded in the hand writing of the said John Andrew as follows vig: John Andrew Married to Mary Overton Corby, in Elbert County Georgia on the 11th December 1791 by Rev. Richard Ivey, 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th
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day of July 1856
W. H. Andrew
Presley F Christian
William Davenport

State of Georgia
Newton County

I William D Luckie Clerk of the Newton Superior Court for said county do hereby certify that Presley F. Christain whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit as a subscribing witness is an acting Justice of the peace for said county and that full faith and credit ought to be had and given to his [illegible] as such and that the service is in due form
Given under my hand and the [illegible] of the seal of my office this the 4th day of July 1856. 
William D. Luckie clerk
by CARR Evans
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[?] 1812
Wars Section
MCS:MLB
September 29, 1930
Hon. Ellison D. Smith
United States Senate
My dear Senator:
Reference is made to your letter of September 19, relative
to information desired by Mrs. J.B. Knight, 800 North Main
Street, Greenville, South Carolina.
You are advised that this bureau is unable to furnish the
history of a soldier of the Revolutionary War unless a claim
for pension or bounty land has been made to the United States
on account of the soldier's services.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records of this
bureau fails to show such claims on file on account of the
services of any soldiers named Richard Andrews and Charles Floyd;
or of a Joshua Jones of South Carolina, and Ebeneezer Smith and
Francis Smith of Georgia.
The history furnished herewith is that of the only soldier
by the name of John Andrews who served with the South Carolina
troops, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this
bureau.
It appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim, W. 5623, that John Andrew or Andrews was born and reared
in Liberty County, Georgia.
While residing in that county, he enlisted and served until
the close of the Revolution, and was with the Georgia troops under
Colonel Elbert, and with the South Carolina troops ten months
as quartermaster in Colonel Henry Hampton's regiment. He was in
the battles of Brier Creek and Fishing Creek and in many skirmishes.
The dates of the different enlistments are not shown.
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The soldier married December 11, 1791, in Elbert County,
Georgia, Mary Overton Cosby.
He died March 10, 1830 in Clarke County, Georgia.
His widow, Mary, applied for pension December 25, 1845,
while a resident of Newton County, Georgia, aged seventy years.
The pension was allowed.
The widow, Mary, died January 25, 1846, in Newton County,
Georgia.
The following are referred to as the children of John and
Mary Andrew or Andrews:- Bishop James Osgood Andrew (of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South); Hardy H, Andrew; Martha E.
Andrew; William H. Andrew; Matilda H. Spencer; Lucy G. Henry;
Elizabeth S. Davenport, and Carolina Andrew.
Very truly yours
E.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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1911 Nov. 15. Hist to Mrs. Alvah Weaver Jr. 
1913 Dec. 12. History to Mrs. Margaret Longino
1924 June 16 - Hist to Jona Davenport
1927 - Feb 14 - C Maurice Davenport
a history [illegible]
1930. Sept 29 hist. to H [illegible]
E.D. Smith for [illegible]
Knight [illegible]

Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 5623
Mary O. Andrews
Wid.
John Andrews
Qrt Master Rev: War
Act: Mch 24 / , June 17 / HH
Index: - Vol. A, Page 14

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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11 835
Georgia
Mary O. Andrews dec'd
widow of John Andrews
who died on the 
of   in the State of 
who was a Qtr Master in the   command
by Captain     of the      command
by     in the Revolution
line for 10 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Savannah
at the rate of 133 Dollars 33 1/3. Cents her annum to commence on the 4th day of 
March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension ifsued in the 6th day of Dec 1856 and Soct to
[illegible] A. H. Stephens
Arrears to the 4th of [illegible]
Semi - annual allowance ending

Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by G. T. Getty Clerk, 
Book 36 Vol. 1 Page 213.
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[illegible]
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[illegible]
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12,491

Mary O. Andrews
Widow of John 
GA

Hon A. H. Stephens Feb, 8 1866
Same clerk 19 1836 - 
Hon A. H. Stephens July 11/56



July 7 1838
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Georgia Rev,

Mary O. Andrews, ded
widow of John who was a Quarter chapter of Lumpters
[illegible]
[illegible] [illegible] July 7, 1838
March 1843 & June 17, 1844
And for ten month service as a Quarter Master,
$133.33 1/3 [illegible]
[illegible] March 4, 1836
[illegible] Jan 26, 1846 [illegible]
[illegible].
Use of James A. Andrew, Hardy H. Andrew, Nathan H. Andrews, Matilda H. Spencer, Lucy G. Henry, Elizabeth S. Davenport, & Martha G. Andrews. [illegible] surviving [illegible] & Honorable A. H. Stephens
H. Ref
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Georgia
Newton County

Before me personally came Charles. H Sanders and Jane Luckie both of said county who after bring duly sworn deporth  faith that they and each of them [illegible] time  [illegible] personally acquainted with Mary O. Andrews and her deceased husband John Andrews, that thru acquaintance commenced as early as the year sixteen hundred and fifteen with the said Mary O. [illegible] husband John Andrews and that they lived together as husband & wife from the period aforesaid to the time of the death of the said John Andrews, and that they were [illegible] and esteemed as husband & wife  in the community where they lived - and they further stated that the said John Andrews was always considered and believed to have been a good faithfull soldier of the Revolutionary War and that they each of them concur in that opinion. 
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 30th day of December 1842.
Charles H Sanders
Jane Luckie
Lawrence Baher J. P
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Georgia
Newton County
I William D Luckie clerk of the Inferior court in afor said county state do hereby certify that Lawrence Baher whose name appears to the attentation of the affidavit upon the oposite side of this paper, is and was at the time the same [illegible] date an acting Justice of the Peace in afor the county of Newton in the State of Georgia, and that his signature there to is genuine. Given under my hand and seal this office this 6th day of January 1846
Wm D. Luckie Clerk [illegible] C
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Addl. [illegible]
in case of
Mary O. Andrews
ciro: of John
Geo.
Ach 1838

Thompson A Wood
Present.
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State of Georgia
This is to certify that
John Andrews hath
steadfast done his duty from the
time of passing an act at Augusta,
to wit on the 20th of August 1787 -
until the total expulsion of the British
from this state, and said John
Andrews cannot to my knowledge
or belief be convicted of plundering
or distressing the country; and is
therefore under the said act entitled
to a bounty of two hundred and
fifty acres of good land, free from
tax for ten years
Given under my hand by
his order, August 7th 1784.
E Clarke [?]
[?]
State of Georgia
[?] the Honorable the John
Habsham and the members of Council
now sitting in Augusta for the
purpose of granting lands in the
two[?] counties of Franklin and
Washington
The petition of John Andrews
a citizen of the state aforesaid and
herewith, that your petitioner is entitled
to two hundred and fifty acres of
land, as a bounty for his service,
pursuant to the certificate hereunto
annexed: that your petitioner is [?]
[?] of taking up the said lands
in the County of Washington.
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may it therefore please your Honorable
Board to grant your petitioner the above
two hundred and fifty acres of land in
the County of Washington, on the right
aforesaid, and on his complying with
the terms mentioned in the late Land
Act; and your petitioner will [?]
John Andrews
Two hundred and fifty acres
Georgia.
These are to certify that John
Andrew, as a refugee, is entitled to two
hundred and fifty acres of land, as a
bounty, agreeable to an act and resolve
of the General Assembly, passed, at Augusta
tho____
Given under my hand, at
Savannah, the third day of April in
the year of our Lord, one thousand
seven hundred and eighty four.
J. Houstoun
[?]
State of Georgia.
To the Honorable the Governor
and the members of Council, now sitting
in Augusta for the purpose of granting
land in the two new counties of Franklin
and Washington.
The petition of John Andrew
a citizen of the state aforesaid, sheweth
that your petitioner is entitled to two
hundred and eighty seven and half acres of
land, as a bounty for his services. -
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pursuant to the certificate hereunto
annexed: that your petitioner is
desirous of taking up the said land
in the County of Washington.
May it therefore please your Honorable
Board to grant your petitioner
two hundred and eighty seven and half
acres of land in the County of Washington,
on the right aforesaid, and on his complying
with the terms mentioned in the
late Land Act; and your petitioner will
[?].
John Andrew
Executive Department Georgia
Milledgeville July 20th 1853
I do hereby certify, that the foregoing,
are true and correct copies of
original certificates which are on file
in this Department.
Given under my hand and
the Seal of the Executive
Department this the 20th day
of July A.D. 1853
[?] Dept.
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Addl. evidence
case of 
Mary O. Andrew
of John
Act 1838
Geo. Case

Thompson A Wood
Present.
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State of Georgia
Wilkes County
I G.G Norman [?] in
and for the county aforesaid do
certify that I have diligently searched the marriage
records in my office and cannot find any record of
the marriage of Rev John Andrew and Mary
Overton Cosby whom it is supposed were married
in the county about the year 1790 and I further
certify that at that date the laws of Georgia did
not require a record of marriages to be reported
Given under my hand and seal
of office this 29th day of August
1853
G.G. Norman [?]
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Cover of Atty from
heir of
Mary O. Andrews
wid of John
Geo Case
Act July 7 1838

Thompson A Wood
Present.
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PAGE 1.
POWER OF ATTORNEY - Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That we James O
Andrew and Hardy H Andrew sons of Capt
John Andrew [?] Revolutionary army of the
United States do
hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint M. Thompson, esq., of Washington City, D.C., our true
and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of Capt John Andrew
for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and we hereto
authorize our said Agent to examine all papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file
in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence in arguments
and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim; and to appoint one or more
substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that we might or could do
were we personally present. Hereby notifying and confirming all that our said Attorney and Agent
shall lawfully do in the premises, and revoking all former powers.
Witness our hands and Seals this 17th day June A.D. 1853
James O. Andrew
HH Andrew
Signed and Sealed in the presence of
AW Evans
Lawrence Baker JP
State of Georgia
County of Newton
On this eleventh day of June A.D., 1853.
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared
James O Andrew and Hardy H Andrew and acknowledged the foregoing Power
of Attorney to be [?] act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand,
the day and year aforesaid.
Lawrence Baker J. Peace.
*In this blank, if the Claimant be alive, he will insert his name, and execute the power. If
he be dead, the widow, if alive, will insert her name, (stating the fact that she is his widow,) and
execute the power. If both be dead, then any one of the children may insert his, or her, name,
(stating the fact that he or she is the son or daughter) and execute the power.
If there be neither father, mother, child, or children, then there is no person entitled under the
existing rules of the Department, and the power of Attorney need not be executed.
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PAGE 2.
Claim of Capt John Andrew
Act of June 7 1832
State of Georgia
County of Newton
Be it Known, That on this eleventh
day of June A.D., eighteen hundred and fifty three before the
undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared
James O Andrew and Hardy H Andrew a residents in said County, and
made oath according to law that they are the identical James O Andrew and
Hardy H Andrew who executed the foregoing
power of attorney, and that they are directly interested in said claim, and makes this affidavit to be
filed with such additional evidence or arguments as said Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and
year aforesaid, before
Lawrence Baker J. Peace.
James O Andrew
HH Andrew
I Lawrence Baker a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby
certify that James O Andrew and Hardy H Andrew who executed the foregoing paper are
respectable residents of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth
Lawrence Baker J. Peace.
I, William D Luckie Clerk of the Superior Court in the County and
State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Lawrence Baker before whom the foregoing
papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County,
duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and
affixed my official Seal, this seventh day of
June A.D. 1853.
Wm D Luckie Clerk.
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It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been established before me William D
Luckie Clerk of the Superior Court of the County
and State aforesaid that John Andrew =
died on the tenth day of March eighteen hundred and thirty
having surviving James O Andrew Hardy H Andrew William
H Andrew . sons . and Matilda H Spencer, Lucy G Henry Elizabeth S Davenport   
and Martha O Andrew are _________
the only surviving children of the aforesaid, John Andrew and that
Mary O Andrew the widow of said John Andrew to whom
she was married on the 11th December 1791. Survived him
until the 26th January 1846, at which time she died
and that the said John Andrew was his wife Mary O
Andrew nor the children have received any pension
but that the children are surely claimants
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal of office this [blank] day of [blank]
one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
Note - If the original Claimant or person in whose right the claim was made, be alive, then there
is no use for the above certificate, but simply the power of attorney. But if he or she (as the case may
be) be dead, then the exact period of his or her death must appear. If the widow execute the power
of attorney it must also appear when the marriage took place, and that she is still a widow. If there
be neither father nor mother, the period of the marriage, and of the death of each, must appear; and
also, the name, or names, of the surviving child, or children. If he, or she, (as the case may be)
was a pensioner, state that fact, and also the amount received per annum; but if a claimant merely,
state that fact.
The above certificate must be executed by the Clerk of the Court under his seal of office.
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STATE OF GEORGIA,
Newton County.
BY THE COURT OF ORDINARY FOR SAID COUNTY.
Whereas, Mary O Andrew late of
Newton County
deceased, died intestate, having while she lived, and at the time of her death,
divers estates, real and personal, within the said State, by means whereof
the full disposition and power granting the administration of the estate
of the said deceased, and also a final dismission from the same to the
Court aforesaid, does of right belong: And, they desiring that the same
may be well and truly administered, and legally disposed of, do hereby
grant unto William H Andrew
Administrator, full power, by the tenor of these presents, to administer
the entire estate, both real and personal, of said deceased, which to her in
her lifetime, and at the time of her death, did belong, and to ask, demand,
sue for, recover and receive the same, and to pay the debts in which the deceased
stood bound, so far forth as her assets will extend according to law,
and then the balance, if any, to pay over to the legal heirs and distributees
of the said deceased.
Witness my hand, as Ordinary, and the Seal of the said Court this
4th day of August eighteen hundred and fifty six
Mr D Luckie Ordinary
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Brief in the case of Mary O. Andrew, decd. wid. of John.
Newton County and State of Georgia.
act July 7 1838.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase."}
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Record evidence of ten months' service as a Quarter
Master in Sumpter's Brigade, and satisfactory [?] proof
based upon record that the parties were married prior to
1794. The number of children now living duly certified, [?]
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Hon. A.H. Stevens,
Georgia.
W. Ogden Niles,
Examining Clerk.
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Brief in the case of Mary O. Andrew, deceased, and John.
[?] County and State of Georgia.
act
July 7, 1838. [?]
Claim, ('original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Rec'd evidence of ten months service as a
Quarter Master [?] Sumpter's brigade,
and satisfactory [?] proof, [?]
[?] has the parties were married prior to
1784. The number of children now living [?]
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
[?]
Name and residence of Agent
[?] A.H. Stephens [?]
Examining Clerk.
Ogden Niles
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Secretary of State's Office,
Georgia. Milledgeville July 20th. 1853.
I hereby certify that, the records of
this office show that a bounty of
land of two hundred, eighty seven
and an half acres, in the County of
Washington in said state, was granted
to John Andrews on the
thirteenth day of December, one
thousand seven hundred and
eighty five - Book [?] Folio, 387.
Also, that lot of land number
two, in the fifth district of the fourth
section, in the County of Coweta -
and said state, was granted
to John Andrew, R. Sol. (signifying,
Revolutionary Soldier) on the twentieth
day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and thirty one - Book, Coweta,
Folio, 188.
Given under my hand and
seal of office,
N.C. Barnett
Secretary of State
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Washington D.C. Feb. 18th 1854
Hon. L.P. Waldo
Comr. of Pensions
Sir
We have the honor to
inclose a letter from the Rev.
James O Andrew in relation to the
pension claim in right of his father's
service. The claim was suspended
under act of 1838 - Georgia -
The widow is named Mary O. Andrew.
Respectfully [?],
Thompson G Venable
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6657
Jan 27, 1846
Mary O. Andrew
July 4, 1836
To the [?] -
The Senators and
Representatives in Congress
from the State of Georgia
Washington City
Hon. W.T. Colguitt
Senate U.S.
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[?] January 8 - 1846
Gentlemen
I serve you inclosed what is [?]
to be an application for a pension under
the law of Congress which secures such
pension to the widows of revolutionary
soldiers. The application is from my excellent
and venerable mother who has been for many
years a widow and her circumstances
limited - my father was a soldier for a considerable
period of time in the Revolutionary
War - and lost almost the whole of his property
by British depredations he was for a considerable
time with Sumpter in S.C. was present
at his defeat and was I think with [?]
and with a Col [?]. If you can promote
the objects of the petition you will confer a
great favor on me and will cheer with increased
comforts the declining days of one of the
best and most patriotic mothers of this
glorious [?]. I am gentlemen
yours very respectfully
James O. Andrew
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[?] July 14th 1856
My dear sir
Your obliging favor has just been received and
you will accept my thanks for the [?] interest you have
shown in my affairs. It will be difficult I fear to prove by living
witnesses the identity of my father as all or most of his
contemporaries are dead. I will give you as far as I recollect his history and
the information which I in common with all his children have
often heard from his own lips as to his soldiers experience. My father
was born and raised in Liberty County Georgia when the war broke
out and its calamities were felt in Georgia he in common with
many other left his home he belonged to what was known as
the Georgia Refugees. He served some time in South Carolina under
Sumpter was I think part of the time in the regiment of Col
Hampton and I have heard him speak of his activity as
Quarter Master how long he acted in that capacity I
do not know but I remember to have heard him speak
of the fact several times as he would sit and tell us of his
warlike exploits and hair breadth escapes he was with Sumpter
at the time of his defeat and has often given me the history
of that unfortunate engagement. He was also at the Battle of Brier
Creek in Georgia and so accurate were his descriptions of the
[?] and events of that engagement that I remember to
have heard [?] H. Sanders of Covington say that when
a few years since he visited the spot he recognized the
spot distinctly from my father's description of it. He was
also with Col Clarke at Augusta of these matters
I have a distinct recollection because his recital of them were
to afford me so much pleasure in my boyish days and my
father was like other old soldiers who love to fight their
battles over. At the close of the war he returned to his home
to find nearly the whole of his negros had been carried off
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by the British and himself reduced to comparative poverty
he subsequently became an itinerant Methodist preacher
till he married my mother he then taught school for a
few years. For a few years more he was a merchant in
Elbert County Georgia failed in business was reduced to
poverty with a large and helpless family whom he supported
by teaching school which avocation he continued till the
day of his death. I have thus given you a succinct account
of my hard father's life. I have no doubt that he was the John
Andrew to whom the grant of land was made by the State
of Georgia as this was a matter talked of and understood among
the family and I have never heard of any other John Andrew
who answered to the description. As to my mother's marriage
to my father no living witnesses can testify to having seen them
married but there are some still living who recollect thehttps://catalog.archives.gov/images/misc/drag.pngm
living together as man and wife within a year or two after
their marriage. [?] of Washington has I think
testified to the fact and many other respectable witnesses can
attest the same thing. Hon Asbury Hull of Athens whom
father was an intimate friend of my father and mother
both before and after their marriage - as to the matter of
the family tradition there is a gentleman who was
intimate with my father and much in his family to whom
I shall write immediately and see if his recollections
agree with mine and perhaps he can furnish some other
items and now I believe I have given you all the information
at present in my power and shall be thankful
for any further advice which you can give. Well I suppose
you have a [?] speaker after all. I hope however no evil
will come to the country truly may God overrule all for
the ultimate [?] of this great country. I am [?]
yours very respectfully
James O. Andrew
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[?] January 31 1856
Gentlemen
After an absence of several
months from the state I have returned and
received your communications covering one
or more from the pension office on their
communications I have only a word or
two to offer. 1st as to my father's services as
a soldier it is [?] in the pension
office communications that there is no
proof of his being a [?] man and the
same authority states that the grant of land
made by the State of Georgia was made
to him as a refugee on the faith of certificate
that he had not been guilty of stealing
or plundering. I don't know where the Commissioner
obtained his authority for this
statement. The certificate of Col. Clarke
his commanding officer states that he had
steadfastly and faithfully done his duty as a
soldier. This it seems to me implies something
more than an abstinence from plundering
and stealing though this last is no disparagement
to the character of a soldier and
furthermore let me say it is scarcely
credible that the Legislature of Georgia
would have made grants of land to any
refugee simply because he was not ingaged
in plundering and stealing. It is
also alleged by the same authority that the
John Andrew who was in Sumpter's brigade
was living and had a grant of land in 1831
as I know not from what documents this
information is obtained of course I cannot
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its reputation and would only say that no evidence
of that fact can I think be obtained from the
documents forwarded by me of this I think
a careful examination of the aforesaid papers
will satisfy you as to the identity of my
father I know not that I have any more
positive proof than that already [?]
nor do I know how it would be possible in any
case at this distance of time to bring such proof
as it would seem the pension office required
as it would require a living witness to certify that
he knew him in the army and had [?]
him ever since to the day of his death.
As to my being the son of John Andrew and
Mary his wife there would not be I presume
in any difficulty in establishing that fact
if it were seriously [?] that further proof was
necessary the certificate of [?] and [?]
proves beyond dispute that my father and
mother were known and universally recognized 
as man and wife between the years 
1790 and 1794. Further proof is not necessary if the
object of the pension law and those who execute
is the ascertainment and establishment of right
as to the character of the two ladies above
mentioned I may again refer you to [?]
[?] and [?] of Georgia. The affidavits
forwarded to you at first plainly prove the death
of my father and mother in the form required in
your circular. It is not necessary to say more if
you judge the evidence insufficient to [?] just
let me know and the matter can drop for the
present. Yours respectfully James O Andrew
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[?] March 8th 1856
My dear sir
I wrote you some week or two since in reply to your
[?] favor on the subject of my mother's claim to a pension
in that letter I mentioned that I should write to a gentleman who
has been intimately acquainted with my father. I have done so and
he answers me to the following - I know certainly that your
father is and was the same man of that name who drew bounty land as a
Revolutionary soldier. I know that he gave in as a Revolutionary soldier
and that he drew as such a lot of land in the 5th Dist of [?]
[?] not recollected, that he gave me power of attorney to sell it that
before I could do so it was sold under a [?] in favor of Brig [?]
for how much I never knew - In regard to his having served at some
period of the War of the Revolution in South Carolina I remember to
have heard him repeatedly speak of being there in the army in
company with Henry Hampton who I think was a brother in law
and that he served under Col Wade Hampton and that he was
Quarter Master, but in what regiment or brigade I do not recollect.
I also remember to have heard him repeatedly give the details of Sumpter's defeat of which he was a witness being there with the
army under Sumpter. My recollection is that he was at two
different times in South Carolina and that it was during one of these
that his negros were driven off to the British army his stock driven
off his furniture destroyed and his crop cut down. This last occurred
twice during the war. Possibly some light might be thrown
on the [?] by an examination of the papers made out by Benjamin
Andrew who applied for a pension I think under a law which
made some provision for Revolutionary soldiers who were in
indigent circumstances. He came to your father and required some
assistance in making out his papers and his evidence
procured as they served together but your father refused to make
any application himself as he thought the conditions pretty
hard and he conceived that only those in extreme indigence
were [?] in the provisions of that law
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the date of that law I do not recollect but I know that its provisions
were generally spurned by Revolutionary soldiers and your father
and mine particularly. They regarded an application under the provisions
of that law as being humiliating; thus far Mr Davenport who is
as reliable a man as any in the state I know not the date of the
application of Benjamin Andrews to which he refers but I suppose
it must have been some forty years ago more or less. I
recollect him very well he was a cousin of my fathers and I believe
they were together in the war. I know that under the laws which
at different times divided the public lands of Georgia by
lottery my father drew land as a Revolutionary soldier I [?]
twice but once at least as Mr Davenport certifies. I also
know that my mother drew a lot of land in the drawing
which [?] the Cherokee country as the widow of
a Revolutionary soldier. If the papers connected with the
quarter master's department of Col Hampton's regiment
are preserved there may possibly be some paper bearing
the signature of the John Andrew who is reported there as
Quarter Master. If so could not the signature be compared
with my father's hand writing and by this means the truth
might be reached. I know you are busy and I regret to [?]
you and take up any part of your precious time which
may be demanded for more important interests but as you have
[?] interested yourself in the matter I must throw myself
on your indulgence for such counsel as you judge necessary
for me. I trust you have formed the acquaintance of my [?]
[?] D Doggett you will find him a modest and
accomplished Christian gentleman and a good preacher.
You southern men must stand up to [?] these trying
times and now my dear sir may God bless you and guide
you safely and happily for this world and the next.
Yours very respectfully
James Osgood Andrew
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Washington DC
6th December 1856
Dear Sir
I endorse to be filed
in your office letters of Administration
granted to William
H. Andrew on the estate of
Mary O. Andrew deceased
widow whose claim for
a pension as the widow
of a Revolutionary soldier
is before you -
May I ask for an early
discussion on this case -
Yours respectfully
George C. Whiling [?]
[?]
Washington D.C.
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Washington DC
15 March 1856
Dear Sir
I take the liberty of endorsing
your two letters from the Rt. Rev.
James O. Andrew Bishop of the
Methodist Church and relating to
the suspended pension claim of Mrs
Mary Andrew in your office -
the statement's of Bishop I think
should bear great weight - no
man stands higher - Mary Andrew
the applicant whose case is [?]
was it is true his mother - but I know
the Bishop intends to have or show
I know personal benefit in this case -
thus he has assured me - Mr. Davenport
an [?] of whose letter the Bishop
[?] at large in his second [?]
[?], is as Bishop Andrew says
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a man of the highest character - [?]
confidence may be placed in his [?]
{?} and his recollect of any
matter of fact whatever -
I submit to your consideration then
whether under these statements and
the character of the parties making
them [?] vouched for whether
the claim whom the widow now
of file in your office is [?]
not to be allowed - having not
the slightest doubt of its
correctness and [?] in every
particular [?] it may be -
Yours [?] respectfully
Alexander D Stephens
[?]
Hon. J. Minor
Comm of Pensions
Washington
DC
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Washington City
September 20 . 1853.
To the
Comm. of Pensions,
Sir:
Enclosed is the certificate
of the [?] of [?] shewing payments to
John Andrew a Qtr, Master in the Rev. War,
to be filed in the case of Mary O. Andrew
under Act of July 1838.
Very Respectfully
Thompson A Wood
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Washington D.C.
August 10 . 1853.
To/
L.P. Waldo, Esq.
Comm. of Pensions
Sir:
Enclosed is the evidence
from the archives of Georgia
that James Andrew, whose widow
Mary O. Andrew, is applying for
a pension under Act of 1838, was
a Revolutionary soldier, and rec'd land
by virtue of such services.
We ask for an examination
of the case upon this
testimony.
Yours Respectfully
Thompson A Wood
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Washington DC
7: May 1856
Dear Sir:
I [?] the [?] letter of
Bishop Andrew now sent me and
I forget wheresunder [?] your
office that there were two letters
of Bishop Andrew that I
marked [?] of - Please send
me today the copy of his service
letter - [?] in [?] - It
is the one in which he gives an
extract from a letter [?] by him
from Mr. Davenport -
[?]
Alex D Stephens
[?]
Pension Office
The letter of Bishop Andrew is on file in this
case of Mrs. Mary O. Andrew recv'd [?] claim
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[?] 2.17
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[?]
No. 334
[?] the first October
1784 to [?] John Andrew late Quarter
Master in Henry
Hampton's regiment
Sumpter's brigade
[?] troops for ninety four pounds sterling
being balance pay
if bounty due him
for services in that
regiment together
with interest thereon
from the eleventh
April 1782 to date hereof
agreeable to a
resolution of general
[?] of the eleventh
March last
L 86"10"8.
Principal L 94"0"1
Interest 6"11"7
{?} Office
[?]: 14 [?] 1853
I hereby certify
the above to be a true copy from [?]
Book [?. page 334
Given under my
hand
Mrs. Y. Arthur
[?]
{?] Seal
of Office
Aug 10th 18[?]
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Washington D.C.
October 8. 1853.
To the
Comm. of Pensions
Sir:
Enclosed is additional
evidence in the case of Mary O. Andrew
widow of John of Geo. under Act of July
1838, as to the marriage of said parties.
Yours Respectfully
Thompson A Wood
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3656 Warder St.,
Washington, D.C.
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I am inclosing a copy of a letter that I have received
from the Adjutant of the Army, in which he states that you may
be able to furnish additional information concerning the soldiers
of the American Revolution named in the letter.
I am particularly interested in the services of James
*Davenport, 7th Virginia Regiment, and of John Andrew**, concerning
whom the War Department has no record. In addition to the official
information which I have obtained concerning James Davenport, I
have been unofficially informed that he was wounded at the battle
of Brandywine. I would like to have any information confirming
this that may be of record.
Any detail of information, no matter how apparently
insignificant, will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours,
Iona Davenport
*more inf. as I
thought she might
know where he
was from etc. As
there is a Va. one in
file but meagre
inf. as to [?]
**of Ga.
[?]
to A.G.O
A.G.O's
report
ret.
to Iona Davenport
[Seal] U.S.
Pension
Office
May
13
1924
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FREDERICK HALE, ME., CHAIRMAN
TASKER L. ODDIE. NEV. CLAUDE A. SWANSON, VA.
SAMUEL M. SHORTRIDGE, CALIF. PARK TRAMMELL, FLA.
JESSE H. METTCALF, R.I. EDWIN S. BROUSSARD, LA.
THOMAS D. SCHALL, MINN. DAVID I. WALSH, MASS.
CHARLES W. WATERMAN, COLO. MILLARD E. TYDINGS, MD.
PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, MD. JOSEPH T. ROBINSON, ARK.
HAMILTON F. KEAN, N.J. ELLISON D. SMITH, S.C.
PATRICK J. SULLIVAN, WYO.
JOSEPH R. GRUNDY, PA.
RODNEY E. MARSHALL, CLERK
CARL H. SCHMIDT, ASST. CLERK
United States Senate
Committee on Naval Affairs
Washington, D.C.
Sept. 19, 1930.
Hon. E.W. Morgan,
Acting Director,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Commissioner Morgan:
The enclosed letter from
the Adjutant General and one from my constituent,
Mrs. J.B. Knight, are self explanatory. I hope
you can furnish some additional information concerning
the persons inquired about. Please return
the enclosures for my files.
Very truly yours,
[?]
enclosures
returned 9/27/30
wanted histories of fol. soldiers of Rev.:
Richard Andrews
John Andrews
Chas. Floyd
Joshua Jones
Ebenezer Smith
Francis Smith
EDS-j
[Seal]
Deputy
Commissioner
SEP 20 1930
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1123 North Kingshighway
St. Louis, Mo.
Dec. 15th 1916

Commissioner of
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir, -

Have you in your office record of pension  grants to Mary Overton Andrew of Georgia in   
recognition of the service of her husband John Andrew, a Revolution soldier who fought under
Col. Elbert of Ga. as a private and also as adjutant and ensign under Col. Wade Hampton and Sereven of S. C.

Thanking you for this information and am 
Yours very truly
C. Marvin Davenport
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Thomaston, Ga
Nov 6 - 1911.
Commissioner of Pensions-
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you kindly advise
me as to whether or not your
records contain any information
relative to John Andrew of Ga.
a soldier of the Revolution:
Respt. Yours.
Mrs Alvah Weaver, Jr.
Thomaston,
Ga.
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Palmetto Ga.
Nov 30, 1913
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Not long since I noticed in the "Atlanta Constitution" that the "Daughters of the American Revolution were trying to locate and mark the graves of all soldiers of the Revolution who were buries in the counties of Clark - Oglethorpe, and Oconee I am trying to get the war record of my Grandfather James Davenport. he was perhaps a Virginian by birth
over
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I know very little of his family - but know he had one brother whose name was Jessee, who lived near Charlottesville Va.  My Grandfather (James Davenport) came from Va - Georgia and settled in one of these old counties, I think Oconee Co - was made from Clarke or Oglethorpe , this much I know.  My Grandfather James Davenport) had only two children Jouett and William) I amd a daughter of William. who was born in Oglethorpe Co in 1796 and moved from there to Campbell Co Ga, 1830, and died at the same place in 1877.
My fathers only brother (Jouett) died and was buried in Clarke Co - Ga
I think have heard my father say the his father (James Davenport) was wounded in the battle fo Brandy Wine and afterwards died of his wounds.  I know he was wounded seriously and never recovered, but and not sure as to the time or place.  I have no record of this death or place of burial.
Now, will you kindly assist me in getting these records?  I would be so much obliged for a little help just now.
My Mothers Father (Rev John Andrew) was also a soldier in the Revolutionary War - O know nothing of his war record, but know he is buried in
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Clarke or, ?? Co - He was married three times, his third wife was Mary Overton Crosby = (My Grandmother) the mother of Bishop James O Andrew.
I am 67 years old, and the most of my ancestors are dead, so that I have no way of getting these records I mean the war records - 
Will you please help me, I will be glad to indeed to hear from you 

Very Respectfully-
Mrs Margaret Longino
Palmetto 
Ga,
Campbell County

I have been told tat the Pension Comission ?? in getting help in getting these war records from if this so will be glad of your help in getting both these records - Margaret Longino
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In reply to your request of ....., received .....
for a statement of the military history of (Rev.) John Andrew,
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his widow's application for
pension on file in this Bureau. W. File 5623
[First column of table]
Dates of enlistment or appointment.
[checkmark]
served
to end of
War.
[Second column of table]
[checkmark]
[checkmark]
[checkmark]
[checkmark]
[Third column of table]
Rank.
Private
Ens
Adjt.
Qr. Mst
[Fourth and fifth columns of table]
OFFICERS UNDER WOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
Captain.              Colonel.
[checkmark]        Elbert
[checkmark]        Wade Hampton
[checkmark]        [checkmark]
[blank]                 Henry Hampton
[Sixth column of table]
State.
Ga.
S.C.
[blank]
[blank] - [end of table]
Battles engaged in, Brier [Briar] Creek.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [checkmark] Enl. in Liberty Co., Ga.
Date of application for pension, by wid. : Dec.25.1845.
Residence at date of application, Newton Co., Ga.
Age at date of application, seventy-four years.
Remarks: Sol. was born and raised in Liberty Co., Ga., mar. Elbert Co. Ga.
Dec. 11, 1791 Mary Overton Cosby: he d. Mch. 10, 1830, she d. Jan. 26, 1846 in
Newton Co., Ga., and pens. alld. 1856 for benefit of surv. children Rev. James O. born
1792 - Hardy H., Martha E., Mrs H., Matilda H. Spencer, Lucy G. Henry and Elizabeth
S. Davenport. Dan. Caroline d. prior to 1856.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Rev, & 1812 Wars Section
February 14, 1927
C. Marvin Davenport
1123 North Kings Highway
St. Louis, Mo.

Sir:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revo-
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1812 Wars Section

June 16, 1924

Iona Davenport
3656 Warder St.
Washington D. C.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 5623 it appear that John Andrew, or Andrews, was born and reared in Liberty County, Georgia and while residing in that county he served during the Revolution under Colonel Elbert and General Soriven in the Georgia Troops, and for the months as Quartermaster in Colonel Henry Hampton's Regiment, General Sumter's South Carolina Brigade.

He was a the battles of Brier Creek and Fishing Creek, and in many skirmishes.  Dates of services not stated.

Soldier married December 11, 1791 in Elbert County, Georgia Mary Overton Cosby.  He died March 10, 1830 in Clarke County, Georgia and his widow applied for pension
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December 25 1845 while a resident of Newton County, Georgia aged seventy years.  The pension was allowed. She died January 26, 1846 in said Newton County.
The following names of their children are given: Bishop James Osgood Andrew (of the Methodist Episcopal Church South), Hardy H. or Harbert H. Andrew, Martha E. Andrew, William H. Andrew, Mathilda H. Spencer, Lucy G. Henry, Elizabeth S. Davenport and Caroline Andrew. 
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.