Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7644, Esom Hannan, Continental Va.
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Continental               Hannah, Easom          N.7644
Va.                                             Mary
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Virginia                               16.37                                                  
Esom Hannan
of Botetourt in the State of Va
who was a Pri: ______ in the ___________ commanded
by Captain                        of the Regt commanded
by Col: Washington on the Ta
line for 17 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia 
at the rate of 56. Dollars 66. Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of Augst: "33
and              W
Bonoyer, Fincastle, C.H. Va.

         to the 4th of March 1833                         113.32
         allowance ending 4 Sept                           28.33
                                                                      --------------
                                                                         $141.65

                                                  Revolutionary Claim,
                                                  Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by __                    ______ Clerk,
Book 3     Vol.  6   Page 12


Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 6th April 1838
from 4th March 1839 to 4 Sept 1839. Agt notified 1 June 1840

Paid as above from 4 March 1838 to 4th Sep 1838 Agt noti
-fied 4th June 1840
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5667
Virginia Richmond
Mary Hanna\widow of Esom Hana VA who was a private in the Revolution

Enscribed on the Roll at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of June 1844 and sent to H. Dillard Ga Union Hall

[Act of March 3, 1843]
Recorded in Book A Vol 1 Page 152

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Rebated
Paid at [illegible] under Act 6 April, 1838, from 4th Sept. 1842 to 20 March '43 Agent notified of April, 1846.
Date of death within AB
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Virginia
At a Court held at the Court house for the Couty of Botetourt on Monday the 12th day of November 1832.
     On this 12th day of November 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Botetourt County now sitting Esom Hannan a resident of said County of Botetourt and state of Virginia aged 80 years who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following dictation in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United Stated under the following named officers and served as herein stated the first tour which he performed was under Captain Wm McClanahan against the Indians on the Holston River before he arrived there the Americans had an engagement with the Indians near long Gevend in said river he recollects seeing the dead bodies of the Indians after they got up he was drafted for three months and put the expiration of that time he volunteered under Captain McClanahan and marched from the Holston against the Churcher Town on Tennessee river they burnt several of the towns, General Christie was the commanding officer, he entered this service in June 1776 and left it November of the same year when he was regularly discharged he has lost his discharge he resided in the County of Botetourt when he entered the service. In the summer of 1777 or 78 he thinks during harvest time he was again drafted and marched under Captain William McClanahan against the tories they were on their way to Ramonies Mill in N. Carolina but were stopped at the lead mines.
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in Virginia for the purpose of guarding them - he was drafted for 3 months this tour and received a discharge which he has lost he was living at the same place when drafted this time. In the Month of January or February 17-- he was again drafted and under Captain Wm McClanahan to N. Carolina a few days before the battle of Guilford he was in a slight skirmish with the enemy. Col. Wm Washington, the Commander, he recollects that on that day he saw Captain David May during the engagement ride off and order his men to follow him. May was afterward broke but he believes reinstated again. he was not in the Battle of Guilford but on the day it was fought he was guarding the provision wagons. He was drafted for three months this tour and received a discharge which he has lost. In the summer of the year he was again drafted and marched under Captain Looney to York. Cornwallis was then blockaded in York he recollects seeing the Marquis Lafayette frequently there before the surrender he returned home his term of three months for which he was drafted having expired he was regularly discharged his place of residence was the same during the whole of the preceding times he knows no person by whom he can prove his service except Wm Coge who has signed the following Certificate and he only as to part.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court.
     Esom Hannan
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We William Coge and Lewis Harvey residing in the County of Botetourt hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Esom Hannan, who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be eight years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Wm Coge one of the subscribing hereto knows the service of said Hannan as stated in his Declaration as far as related to his tour at the lead Mines and in N. Carolina before the battle of Guilford he was with him in both tours and well recollects to have seen him.
Sworn and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
     Lewis Harvey  William Coge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogation provided by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Lewis Harvey and Wm Coge who have signed the preceding Certificate are residents in the County of Botetourt VA and that they are credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit and further that there is no Clergyman residing in the neighborhood of the said applicant.
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Virginia Botetourt County 
I Henry W Bowyer Clerk of the Court of Botetourt County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Esom Hannan for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 18th day of November in the year of our Lord 1832
     H W Bowyer Clk Botetourt County Court

Botetourt County Virginia to wit:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace for said County Esom Hannan who being duly sworn, deposit to with that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades; for one year o& five months & served as a private soldier & for such service I claim a pension. I hereby relinquish any claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7th 1832.
     John G. Dillon
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State of Virginia
Roanoke County S.S.
On this seventh day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before the subscribed a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Mary Hannan a resident of the county aforesaid aged about seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress passed July 7th, 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.
That she is the widow of Esom Hannan who was a private in the army of the Revolution; that she is unable to state the services which he rendered, the engagements he was in, or the county through which he marched; but that he is the same Esom Hannan who was a pensioner of the Untied Stated under the act of Congress of 7th June 1832, and was placed on the pension roll 3rd august 1833. she also says her maiden name was Greenlee; and farther declares she was married to the said Esom Hannan in the county of Botetourt, state of Virginia on or about the 15th day of September, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three as well as she now recollects, that her husband the aforesaid Esom Hannan died on the 20th day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty-three. that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety-four viz about the time above stated. 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written Before me P. H. Huff, J. P.   
     Mary her X mark Hannan
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State of Virginia
Roanoke County  SS
     Personally appeared before me the subscribed a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Abraham Hannan and John E Wright  ______ persons well known to me and who I hereby certify to be witnesses of credibility, who being each duly sworn according to law: say they have been long and intimately acquainted with Mary Hannan who signed the foregoing declaration in their presence and that they have every and at all times known and understood her as having been the wife of Esom Hannan a revolutionary pensioner of the United States; and that she is now at this time a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed this 11th day of October 1843 Before one: P. H. Huff 
Abraham Hannan
John E Wright

State of Virginia
Roanoke County  SS
     I Powell H. Huff a Justice of the Peace in and for said county do hereby certify that Mary Hannan, who signed the foregoing declaration before me is from bodily infirmity and general debility from recent sickness unable without endangering her health to attend in open court to make her declaration: therefore I as a Justice of the Peace in and for the aforesaid county waited on her in person and took her declaration as appears preceeding this certificate by me this 11th day of October 1843.
     P. H. Huff J Peace
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State of Virginia
At a court held for Roanoke County on Monday the 16th day of October 1843.
     The foregoing proceedings held before Powell H. Huff a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid on the 11th day of October 1843 were submitted to and sanctioned by the Court, and the same ordered to be certified to the Commissioner of Pensions.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of my office to be hereunto affixed the 18th day of October 1843 & of our Independence the 68th.
     William M Cook Clk Rob.
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Esom Hannan
W. 7644
BA-J/AWF

The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

     Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Esam Hannon, pension claim, W. 7644, War of the Revolution.
     The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W. 7644, based upon the service of Esom Hanran in the Revolutionary War.
     The date and place of birth of Esom Hannan (as the name is shown) were not given, for were the names of his parents stated.
     While residing in Botetourt County, virginia, Esom Hannan enlisted sometime in June, 1776, served as private until in the month of November, 1776, in Captain William McClanahan's Virginia company, under General Christie, against the Indians on the Holston and Tennessee rivers. He enlisted in the summer of 1777 or 1778 and served three months as private in Captain William McClanahan's company, against the Tories and guarded the Lead Mines. He enlisted in January or February, served three months in Captain William McClanahan's company, Colonel William Washington's Virginia regiment, was in a skirmish a few days before the battle of Guilford Court House, and at the time of that battle was guarding the provision wagons. He enlisted in the summer, and served three months in Captain Looney's Virginia company, marched to Yorktown,
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and was discharged a few days before the surrender of Cornwallis.
     The soldier, Esom Hannan, was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1833, then aged eighty years and living in Botetourt County, Virginia. He died March 20, 1843.
     Esom Hannan married September 15, 1783 in Botetourt County, Virginia, Mary Greenlee, daughter of William Greenlee of the Parish of Botetourt; the name of her mother was not given.
     The widow, Mary Hannan, was allowed pension on her application executed October 11, 1843, then seventy-nine years of age and living in Roanoke County, Virginia.
     Abraham Hannan stated in Roanoke County, Virginia in 1843 that he was well acquainted with the widow; it was not shown that he was related to the family. There are no further family data.
     The application for headstone for Esom Hannan or Hannan is returned herewith, also a letter from Miss Julia P. Leache, 710 Avenham Avenue, Roanoke, Virginia, and a typewritten sheet on which is given a description of the service of Esom Hannan. 
     Very truly yours
     A. D. Hiller
     Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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8301
Virginia
Mary Hannan widow of Esom Hannan who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 20th March 1843 of Roanoke C in the State of Virga who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain ______ of the Regs commanded by Col. Washington in the VA line for 17 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of April 1844 and sent to Henry Dillard, Glade Hill, Franklin Co. Va
     Total Amount,  $288.30
Act July 7, 1838,
Recorded by Tho Lumpkin Clerk Book D Vol. 1 Page 269
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptoller's Office,
May 25th, 1840

Sir:
     Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, "Esom or Asom Hannan, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, VA Agency, at the rate of Fifty Six Dollars and Sixty Six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th March 1838, to the 4th Sept. 1838.
     Respectfully, yours, 
     Albion K. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
     Present.
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Mary Hannan widow of Esom Hannan VA Act 7th July '38

Ad 17 mo. priv  $56.66 per an

Henry Dillard Salem VA.
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section\ADY
March 13, 1930

Mrs. Herbert E. Brown,
R.R. 11, Box 226,
Indianapolis, Indiana.

Dear Madam:

     I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.7644, it appears that Esom Hannan enlisted in June 1776 as a private in Captain William McClanahan's Virginia Company.

     He enlisted in the summer of 1777 or 1778 and served three months as a private in Captain William McClanahan's Virginia Company.

     He enlisted in January or February, day and year not stated, served three months as a private in Captain William McClanahan's Company, Colonel William Washington's Virginia Regiment and was in a skirmish.
       
     He enlisted in the summer, year not stated, and served three months as a private in Captain Looney's Virginia Company.

     He was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1832 while a resident of Botetourt County, Virginia, aged eighty years. The exact date and place of his birth not stated.

     He died March30, 1843, place not stated.

     Soldier married September 15, 1783 in Botetourt County, Mary, the daughter of William Greenlee of Botetourt County, Virginia. She was allowed pension on her application executed October 11, 1843 while a resident of Roanoke County, Virginia, aged seventy-nine years. the exact date and place of her birth not stated.
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     One Abraham Hannan appeared in support of the claim in 1843, no relationship stated. There are no further family data.
     Very truly yours, 
     EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.
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ORDS SECTION    3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
in fa
Washington, D.C., Sept 23, 1921

In reply to your request of        , received       for a statement of the military history of Esom Hannan a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his & (or crossed out) his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. 7644.
(Table with columnar headings)
Dates of enlistment or appointment. 
June 1776 to Nov. 1776
1777 or 1778
Jan. (checkmark)
Summer (checkmark)

Length of Service
3 mos.
3 mos.
3 mos.

Rank.
Pvt

Officers under whom service was rendered.
Captain.
Wm McClanahan
           "
           "
        Looney

Colonel.
(checkmark)
 Wm Washington
(checkmark

State 
Va

Battles engaged in,     skirmish
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bouletourt Co., Va.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 12, 1832. Cl Al
Residence at date of Application, Boletourt Co. Va.
Age at date of application, 80 yrs.   of said Co.
Remarks: He mar. Sept. 15, 1783 in Boletourt Co. Va. Mary dau of Com Greenlee Sol. d. Mar 20, 1843 and she was al. pen. on ap. ex Oct. 11, 1843 while res. in Roanoke Co., Va. age 79 yrs. Na for fam date - only 2 records are sent to each inquiries

Respectfully, 
Commissioner
6-2856
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Rw.
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BROWN-ROSENBARGER GRAVEL CO.
Local Deposit Operators
Indianapolis
1129 Peoples Bank Bldg.
January 10, 1930.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: -

Will you please give me any REvolutionary War records, you have on the following person;
Hannan - Esom or Easom (Botetourt)
S of W 1835 Pen. 2, II7.

Can you give me the place of his birth, date, his wife's name, date of their marriage, date of her birth, place and their issue?

I found this record in a "Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia" in our Indianapolis Public Library.

I wrote the War Department and they suggested writting (sic) you.

Thanking you for any information, I am,
Yours respectfully,

Immogene Hannan Brown 
(stamp) PENSION BUREAU 
U.S.
Jan 13 1930

IB/IBB.
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(left hand side of page)
1921, Sep't 24, Hist to Jns. A. Hopkinson
Letter in S. 555 of David Kinnard
1930 Mar. 13. Hist. to Mrs. Herbert E. Brown. A.D.Y.
1937, Dec 10 - hist to Memorial Barrack Eay

(right hand side of page)
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7644
Mary Hannan 
Wid:
Esom Hannan
Pvt. Rev: War
Act. Mach. 3 r/ 813
Index: - Vol. A, Page 304
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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9981 Oct 30. 1843
Va
July 7 1838.
D
Mary Hannon. 

(written sideways on page)
Salem Va
Oct 26th
Hon. James L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions 
Washington, D.C.
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5946
May 30, 1844. 
Va
Mar 3 1843
Mary Hannan
$56:66 per an

H. Dillard
Union Hall 
Va

(written sideways on page)
Union Hall, Va.
May 22

Hon. James L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington City
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Union Hall,
Franklin Co. Va. 
May 22, (symbol)= /44


SIr, 
Enclosed you have the declaration of Mm Mary Hannan, claiming pension under act 3 March 1843-which I hope may be found correct-
When examined  please make return directed to this office, to 
Your oft. Servant
Aty. Dillard
Hon. Jas. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington CIty..
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Esom Hannan
Botetourt

Admit as private
17 mos   $56.66
(flourish)

P. 243
Henry W. Bowyer
Fincastle Co.
Va.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Esom Hannan which require further proof or explanation.

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
Yes

II. did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration int he county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
Yes

V.  Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?
No
No

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served in conformity with the regulations?
Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension that the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? 
No
(yes crossed out) No

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
Yes.
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative in his revolutionary service?
No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
Yes.

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 
Yes in part.
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 
Yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 
--

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
Yes

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
Yes

XVII. ARe the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
No

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For -----
year --- months, and --- days, I served as a ---- For --- months and ---days, I served as a ---; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid, according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four month is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place of places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
(symbol of hand pointing right) In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Salem Cot 25th 1843

Dr Sir,
     I condone the declaration of Mrs. mary Hannan, widow of Esom Hannan who was a pensioner of the U. States under the act 7th June 1832, which I hope may be found correct, and if not asking too much would be thankfull if you would make up the case out of its regular turn, and give it an examination, as the old lady is very poor and needy, and actually stands in need of funds to provide her the necessary winter clothing. 
Please direct to me at "Glade Hill" Franklin Co Va.
     with great respect yr obt servt 
     Henry Dillard
J. L. Edwards Esq
Washington
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 16th, 1840.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Esom Hannan, - a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of fifty six Dollars and Sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at thie Department, from the 4th of March 1839, to the 4th Sept. 1839.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present
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Fucastle Va
Oct. 18

Henry Dillard Esq
Salem
Va.
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Know all men by these presents that we Isom Hannan and William Greenlee are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Virginia in the sum of Fifty Pounds current money, to the payment where of will and truly to be made we so bind ourselves on heirs executors & [illegible] jointly and [illegible] friends by these present. Sealed with our seals and dated this 11th day of September 1783, and in the seventh year of our Independence.
     The condition of this obligation is such that whereas thru a marriage shortly intended to be had and solemnized between the above bound Isom Hannan and Mary Greenlee daughter of of Wm. Greenlee of the parish of Botetourt. If therefore there be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage, then this obligation to be and or also to remain in full force and vir.
     Esom Hannan  Seal
     William Greenlee  Seal

I Ferdinand Woltz Clerk of the County Court of Botetourt County do hereby testify that there is filed among the Records of the said Court, a Bond of which the foregoing is a true copy, and upon which a marriage license was formed to the parties above named in said Bond. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand and the seal of my said office this 17th day of October in the year 1843.
     Ferdinand Woltz C.B.C.
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Mrs. Hannan declaration Act 3rd Mar. 1843
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State of Virginia}
Roanoke County}  S.S.

On this 15th day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty four personally appeared before me David Sloan . . . . . . . A Justice of the Peace in and for said County Mary Hannan a resident of the County of Roanoke and State of Virginia Aged . . . . . . years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d. March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.  That she is the widow of Esom Hannan who was a private in the army of the Revolution, and a pensioner of the United States.  That she is the same Mary Hannan who received a pension of Fifty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum under the act of July 7, 1838. ' She further declares she is still a widow.-
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me. David Sloan, J.P.
          her
Mary   X   Hannan 
          mark

State of Virginia }
Roanoke County}  S.S.

I David Sloan . . . . . a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, do hereby certify that Mrs. Mary Hannan, widow of Esom Hannan who this day made the above declaration before me, is personally known to me, and that I am fully satisfied her declaration contains the truth. Given under my hand this 15th day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty four.

David Sloan J.P.
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State of Virginia }
Roanoke County} S. S. 

I, William M Cook Clerk of the County Court of Roanoke County, do hereby certify that David Sloan. . . . before whom the foregoing proceedings were held, was at the time of signing the same, and now is, a Justice of the Peace of the aforesaid County, and that to all his official acts as such, full faith and credit should be given.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office. this 17th day of May, one thousand eight hundred and forty four.

William M. Cook
Clerk of the Court of Roanoke County
(image of seal)