Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1100, George Uselton, Md.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE Md.

Uselton, George
or Usselton
Margaret.

NUMBER W. 1100
B. L. Wt. 26220-160-55

CONTENTS
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7606
West Tennessee
George Usselton of Ruthford Co. in the State of W Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Ford of the Calvary commanded by Col. Chambers in the Md line for 10 months

Inscribed on the Roll of W Tennessee at the rate of 33 Dollard 33 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of May 1883 and south of N Rucker Murfreesboro

Arrears to the 4th of March Semi-anl. allowance ending 26 Sept
6666
1666
$8332

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Record by Daniel Boyd Clerk,
Book 6  Vol.. 7  Page 99
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Reg 3 Mar 55 no 32936

Reported Jany 22/49

4356,
Tennessee Nashville
Margaret Uselton
Widow of George Uselton, who served in the Revolutionary war Va, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33. Dollars 33, Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Jany 1849 and sent to Smith & Kendrick
Nashville, Tenn.

Record on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, page 312 Vol. 3.
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32936  Act Mar. 2d/[illegible]
Rec. Apr. 6/53

Margaret Uselton widow of George Uselton, priv. Way of the Revolution receives pension willed ac May 16/56
Boyton

Tenn Reg 48-3245
Boyton
M
[illegible]: Aug: 15
Geo. W. Allen
Gallatin Tenn

No. 26 or 20 as May 21/56

C's to George Allen, Aug: 15/55
Let:  "  " "  Sept: 24/55,
Tenn
Feby 18  no. 3245
Vol 11 page 47
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5703
Geo: Uselton
from 1777 private
10 months, $33.33/100

Only ten months can be followed
5. &

Dec 17
S. R. Rucker
Murfreesboro Tenn

S. Buckner
[illegible]
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5703
Brief in the case of George Usselton County of Ruther ford in the State of Tennessee (Act 7th Une, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or  Judge:  Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he:  71

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.                      Duration of Service.
                                  Years, Months, Days
Vol. in 1777 Sept             4 or 5 months
sub. 1778 spring              4 or 5 months

Rank.
as a 
Private
"

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served
Capt. J. Ford, Col. Chambers
Capt. Wilmore

5. In what battels was he engaged?  none

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Kent Cty: Md.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?  Correct

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

F. Waugh  Examining Clerk
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5703
George Uselton
Declaration for pension
under Act [illegible] 1832
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State of Tennessee  Rutherford County
County Court
August Sessions 1832

On this 21st day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court, before Henry Trott James C. Mitchell  Benji ransom, justices of the court of please & quarter sessions of said county of Rutherford, now sitting, George Uselton a resident of the County of Rutherford & State of Tennessee, aged about seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States under following named officers & served as herein stated. He believes it was in the year 1777 a part of the British fleet sailed up the Chesapeake Bay & landed, a part of their troops in the nieghbourhood of a town at the head of Elk. On the next Saturday night a man came to my mothers & asked if those were any Tories about there. I told him I knew not of any . Said his name was Putnam & a cousin to the general of that name, that he had been a prisoner with the British a long time. He would be glad to get to our army, for then he would see men that would know him. I told him a Capt Jeremiah Ford a militia Capt. , would meet his company at a school house, not far from Chesapeake Bay, in Kent County in Maryland. I went with him then, & joined the company commanded by Capt. Jeremiah Ford. Although I was not more than 15 or 16 years old. I was too young to be drafted, but volunteered my services & was admitted into the company by the Captain. This he believes was in August or September 1777 though he may be mistaken as his memory has greatly failed about events, names & dates in times long passed. He believes the company which he joined was drafted for four or five months. John Reason was first and Sewel second Lieutenant of said
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company--he does not recollect the names of the Major. or the number of the regiments, but Col. Chambers commanded the regiment. They marched to Down's cross roads where they waited until all the drafts of the company com up. Thence they marched to the head of Elk, which the British had just left, then they joined other troops (whether militia or regulars he does not recollect) and marched from thence along the road to a town called at that time, Pot's Grove. When they got near the town, the Capt,  Lieutenant Sewell, sergeant & this declarant was taken with the fever & ague & and had to lay by two or three weeks at our Christian Rife's near the town--the balance of the company went on under the command of the first lieutenant, while they were at Rife's the battle was at Germantown. when they recovered, they passed through to Pot's Grove and joined  the army on this side of Philadelphia, the name of the place he doesn't recollect, he believes it was in the winter the weather was very cold before he left there Then were assembled these militia & regulars a great number, but he is not able to describe them nor to mention the names of the officers. He recollects of seeing a general officer on horseback who was called Washington the commander in chief & a militia general or Col from Maryland called Smallwood when the winter set in seventy, the times of his company was out & he was marched home & dismissed at Down's cross roads, having served a tour of four or five months--he was dismissed by his captain & does not recollect of getting any written discharge--If he did he has long since lost it

The next spring or summer, which he believes was in 1778 the day or the month he does not recollect he entered a militia company in Kent County Maryland, for one John McGuire, who was drafted, commanded by John or James Wilson Lieutenant Wilson was first Lieutenant--
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They were drafted for four or five months He does not recollect the name of the regiment or of the commanding officer--they marched to Capt Catoes barn near the head of Elk & waited some time for some men that had not come up. From thence we marched into the state of Delaware to guard the bay shores--He remembers of guarding for some time a drawbridge not far from Delaware bay. He cannot remember the names of places in the neighborhood, nor of the stream over which the bridge was thrown--After serving our time we were marched back to Down's cross roads & dismissed by Capt Wilson--He does not recollect of any written discharge

This declarant was born as he has been informed on the 10th day of August 1762 in the County of Kent State of Maryland. Soon after the revolution he moved to Kentucky & staid in Woodford County several years then moved to warren County Kentucky, where he lived nine or ten years He then moved to the State of Tennessee Rutherford County where he has resided near twenty three years for more than twenty years of which he has been an acting justice of the peace for said County--he has no record of his age that he can access to forty years ago or more, he had a Bible containing his age which he sold & does not now know where to find it--He has no documentary evidence & he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He hereby  relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity, except the present & declares that his name is not on the  pension rolls of this agency or any state. He is known in his neighbourhood by Hugh Robinson Esq who can testify as to his character
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for veracity & his belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution . Also Timothy Parker.
George Uselton

Sworn & subscribed this day & year aforesaid
John R. Laughlin, Att.

I, German Baker a resident Clergy man of this County of Rutherford State of Tennessee, do hereby certify that I am & have been for five or six years well acquainted with George Uselton who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that I have allways considered him a man of veracity, & from what he has said himself & the opinions of others of the revolution & have no suspicion of his being otherwise & I have never heard it doubted or questioned--
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
German Baker
J. R. Laughlin, Att.

I Hugh Robinson residing in the County of Rutherford & within a few miles of George Uselton who was subscribed above [illegible] do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with him and has been for twenty years; during all which time he has been an acting justice of the peace, that I believe him to be about seventy or seventy one years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & I do concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed
Hugh Robinson
J R Laughlin Att.

I, Timothy Parker, residing in the County of Rutherford, do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with George Uselton for nearly twenty two years during ten years of which time I lived in his immediate neighbourhood & have resided for several years within seven or eight miles of him--I know him well--he is reputed & it is believed in the neighbourhood that he is a solder of the revolution
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well--he is reputed & it is believed in the neighbourhood that he is a soldier of the revolution
This affiant has allways & since he knew him & believed him to be such & never heard it questioned or doubted, although he has heard a good many say he was a soldier of the Revolution.
Subscribed & sworn to this, Timothy Parker his mark
21 August 1832
J.R. Laughlin, Att.

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, & served as he stated and this court further certifies that it appears to them that German Baker, who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in said County of Ruther ford. And that Hugh Robinson & Timothy Parker who have signed the foregoing certificates, are also residents in said Count & that they are all credible persons & that their statements are entitled to credit--They further certify that they are well acquainted with the declarant--that they have no hesitation in believing him & that he is a man of unimpeachable character.

H. Trott
H Mitchell
B.C. Ransom

State of Tennessee  Rutherford county
I John R. Laughlin Clerk of the court of please and quarter sessions of the said County of Rutherford, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of George Uselton for a pension--In testimony, whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of  office this 21st day of August 1832.
John R. Laughlin, Att.
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[handwritten]

Ad '43 8600
Ad '44 505
no 8378
Margaret Uselton
of George
Tennessee
Act. 7. July 38
decd in 1842

admd.
10 mos pri
33.00 ~

Also acts 43 & 44

Hon H. L. Turney
Senate
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[handwritten]
taSte of Tennessee County of Franklin Sct.
Be it remembered, that at a County court
held for said County of Franklin, at the Courthouse in Winchester, on Tuesday the fifth of July in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and forty two (July 5, 1842
personally appeared in open Court, Margaret Uselton, a resident of said County aged about seventy one years, who being first duly sworn, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain a pension under the act of Congress, approved July 7, 1838, entitled, "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" that she is the widow of George Uselton or Usselton, who was a
private in the army of the Revolution, and a pensioner of the United States, under the act of June 7, 1832; his certificate at his death, went into the hands of the Pension Agent
at Nashville; said certificate is recorded in the Pension office of the United States, in Book E. Vol 7, page 99,
She further declares that she was married to her said husband the said George uselton, in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and eighty seven (1787) that she cannot remember the day of the month of her said marriage,
and that she has no record evidence thereof; that her said husband, the said George Uselton died in Winchester, in the said County of Franklin, where she now resides, on
the twenty fourth day of April in the year of an Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty nine; that she was not married to her said husband prior to his leaving the service, but that her said marriage took place previous to the
first day of January, in the year of our Lord, seventeen hundred and ninety four, (January 1, 1794;) that is at the time above stated
[signed] Margret Uselton
State of Tennessee County of Franklin Set
I, Isaac Estill, Clerk of the County Court of said
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[handwritten]
County do certify  the foregoing proceedings were had in the case of Margaret Uselton, upon her application for her pension, at the time and in the manner, as in her above declaration is stated. In testimony whereof, I have hereto affixed my seal, at office in Winchester, on the 5th of July, A.D. 1842, [signed] Isaac Estill
Clerk of the County Court of Franklin County Tennessee
[round seal with no legible print is affixed]

State of Tennessee; County of Franklin Sct

I, Jesse T. Wallace, Chairman of the County Court of said County of Franklin, do certify that Isaac Estill, is and was, at the time of making the above certificate, Clerk of our County Court, duly elected and qualified; that the signature above purporting to be his, is genuine, that his said certificate is in due form of Court, and that the seal of our said County Court is affixed thereto. Given under my hand, there being no seal of office, this 5th of July A.D. 1842
[signed] Jesse T. Wallace
Chairman of the County Court of Franklin County Tennessee.
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[handwritten]
State of Tennessee
Sumner County
On this 27th day of March AD 1855
personally appeared before me  Thomas Bozers a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforsaid Margaret Uselton aged eighty-five years a resident of Sumner County in the State of Tennessee
who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of George Uselton who was a soldier
in the Revolutionary war between Great Brittan and the United States. That for the services of her said husband in said war there was issued to her a certificate of Pension for life or widowhood on the 22 day of January
A D 1839 for the sum of Thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per year Commencing on the 4th of March A D 1849, which certificate is recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensions under the act of February
1848, page 312 Volume 3. She refers to the papers on file in the Pension Office for the service of her said husband as well as for the proof her marriage widdowhood and
other facts necessary in this application. She further declares that she is still the widow of George Uselton that she has never applied for nor received under any act of Congress any bounty land warrant and she makes this declaration for the purpose of
obtaining the bounty land to which she may be
entitled under the act of the 3d of March 1855

[signed] Margaret Burton


State of Tennessee
Sumner County
Mr  Robert Williamson and Lubie P Adams residents of the County and
State aforesaid upon our oaths declare that the
foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged
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[handwritten]

[note attached to top of page]
Addss
Geo WAllen
Gallatin
Tennessee

[page underneath note]
by Margaret Uselton in our presence and we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be We know that she is the widow of George usellton and
that she is now a Pensioner on account of the services of the said George Uselton in the Revolutionary war
and we further swear that we have no interest in this application
[signed] Robert Williamson
[signed] L. P. Adams


State of Tennessee
Sumner County ⎬ 
The foregoing declaration and
Affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the year and day above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person
she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim

[signed] Thomas Bozers
[small drawn circle 'Seal']
J P

[right margin] 32936

State of Tennessee,
Sumner County ⎬ 
I John L Bugg clerk of the County Court
of Sumner County hereby certify that Thomas Bozers Esq before whom the above declaration and affidavit was made and executed and whose genuine signature is signed thereto is and was at the time of so doing an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County
and state aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of my office this 27th day
of March 1855
[signed] John L Bugg Clerk
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 1100
Margret Uselton
widow
George Uselton
Priv. Rev. War.

Act: Feb 2, 1848.
Index:- Vol. M, Page 293

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[handwritten]

26,220
Rev Amy
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As clerk of the Fayette County Court I do hereby certify that the County Court Clerks Office of Fayette County was destroyed by fire in the year 1803 and all marriage certificates and [illegible] were entirely condemned.

In Testimony where of I have hereunto let my hand and applied the seal of said office at Lexington this 15th day of Nov 1843
Att Jam C Rodes offc
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[handwritten]

Margaret Uselton
of George
Tennessee

Rejected

See Let. 18 Augt 
1842 Hon. H. L. Turney
Ad to W.E. Venable Aug. 8 1843
Let. to Hon. G. W. Jones May 21 '44

(husband died in 1839)
Let to H Graham Augt 12 1842 
W. E. Venable May 7th 45
to Hon. H. L. Turney Jany 19 '46
To G. G. Brewer APril 24. '46
[sentence that is illegible]
Act of July 1838
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[handwritten]

To Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

[stamp upper right corner] FREE
[stamp upper left corner] Gallatin Tenn SEP 6

[writing over the stamps and addressee]
Tenn
Margaret Uselton
Widow
George
Reg 3 M 55 - No 32936
UC 2 N 48- no 3245
Boynton
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7722
Tennessee Nashville
---
Margaret Uselton
widow of George Welton
who was a private
in the Revolution
husband died 14 April 1839
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
2nd day of April 1846
and sent to
Hon H L. Turney
Senate U.S.

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
& 17 d June, 1844
Recorded in Book A 
Vol. 2Page 198
Reported
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[left page]
[handwritten]
Refuted [?]
[faint round seal to the right with no visible letters]

[right page]
[printed completed in handwriting]

9994
Tennessee
Margaret Uselton
Widow of George Uselton
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1837
and who died on the 24 April, 1839
of Franklin Co in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the Compy
commanded by Captain Ford of the
Regt.  commanded by Col. Chambers in
the Md line for 10 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of
May, 1846 and sent to Hon.
H. L. Turney,  Senate U.S.
Total amount, $166.65
[Act July 7, 1838]
Recorded by Tho Lumpkin
Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1  Page 357 [or 367 second digit is smeared]
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[handwritten]
Jan. 10. 1846
Pension Office

Adalter case
Margaret Uselton
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[handwritten]
The deposition of Jesse Graddy an Vily his wife taken t the house of said Jessee Graddy on the 17th day of December 1845 in the County of Woodford and State of Kentucky for the purpose of proving the marriage and date of said Marriage of George Ussleton and Margaret Ussleton   said George Usleton having been a Revolutionary soldier but is now dead and this is for the purpose of obtaining a pention for his widow Margarett Usleton
The deponents being of lawful age and first duly Sworn deposeth and saith
Question by Atty for Margarett Usleton, to Jesse Gradfy
Glad you know George Usleton and Margarett Uptonsle
answer - I did as well as any neibour I had-
By same. When and where did you become acquainted with them
Answer - In this state and what is now Woodford County. I came to this Country in the full 1787 and in the Course of the following year I became acquainted with George Usleton, I became acquainted with his wife Margaret Usleton I think in the year 1789 about the time they war Marrid
By same How long ware you acquainted with them
Answer from the time I have before stated untill untill they left this County and moved to the Southern part of this State but I cannot give the date they left this County for the Green River Country or the Southern
part of this state.-
By same. How fare did you live from said Usleton and his family whilst they lived in Kentucky
Answer - for nearly one year we lived about two Hundred yards from each other, then for about four years we lived about half a mile apart. Usleton then moved to the Southern part of this state and I have not seen any of the family since;
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By same can you state the number of children they had before they left your nabourhood -Answer - They had three Children one Daughter and two sons. the daughters name was Polly and the sons by Samuel and John

By same - Did they always live together as man and wife during the time you know them
Answer - they did

By same. How old and you at this time.
Answer If I live to see the 18th day of February next I shall be Eighty one years of age
and further this deponant saith not
his X mark
Jessee Grady

Also the deposition of Vily Graddy taken at the same time and place for the purposes before stated
By same - Please state all you know about George Usleton and Margrett his wife that has been spoken of in the deposition by your husband in his
Answer - I knew them will from about the time they ware Maried and confirm all he has stated
in his deposition with the Exception that I did not know either of them untill after they were married
I shall be seventy five years of age if I live until
the 24th day of February next.
and further this deponant saith not
her X
Vilery Graddy
mark

State of Kentucky Woodford County Sct
I, Isaac Whittington a Justice of the Peace in and for said County do certify that the foregoing depositions of Jesse Graddy and Vily Graddy were this day taken subscribed and sworn to before me & that they are credible
Witnesses as any others - Given under my hand
this 17th day of December 1845.
[signed] Isaac Whittington JP
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[handwritten]

State of Kentucky Woodland County Sct

I Herman Bowman Jr Clerk of the County Court
in and for the County aforesaid do certify that Isaac Whittington Esquire whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is and was at the date thereof one of the Commonwealths Justices of the Peace
in and for said County duly commissioned and
qualified according to law - and full faith and
credit is due and should be given to all his official acts either in or out of this State. In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto subscribed my name
and affixed the seal of my said
office at Versailles this 17th day of
December 1845 and in the 54th
year of the Commonwealth
[signed] Herman Bowman Jr
[illegible initials]
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled
"An Act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF Tennessee
Franklin COUNTY. SS.
On this 28th day of August 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the State and County aforesaid, Margaret Uselton
a resident in the County of Franklin
aged about seventy six years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath,
make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War --That she is the widow of George Uselton who was a Private in the Regiment, commanded by Col. ----------- and
that she drew a pension of thirty three 88/100
dollars per annum, under the Act of
17th June, 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and year above written before me,
[signed] Margret Uselton L.S.
[signed] Thos Finch JUSTICE OF THE PEACE


STATE OF Tennessee Franklin COUNTY. Sct.
I, Thos Fincher a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Margaret Uselton, the above declarant, is personally known to me. Given under my hand, this 28th day of August 1848
[signed] Thos Finch Justice of the Peace

STATE of Tennessee
Franklin COUNTY.
I, William E Taylor
Clerk of the County Court of said
Franklin County, hereby certify that Thomas Finch whose name appears signed to the foregoing affidavit and certificate is, and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and or the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as
such according to law, and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, at office, in the Town of Winchester
this 29th day of August 1848
[signed] Wm E Taylor clerk
Clerk of Franklin County Court
Tennessee
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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 George Usselton 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 in the 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

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 than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes

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 a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  yes

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

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

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
-------
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations been certified by the proper officer under the seal of his office?
------

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? ----------

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?  Yes

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, deposits 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 months 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 or 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.
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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[handwritten]

Nashville Augt 31st 1848

Sir,
We herewith send you Margaret
Uselton Declaration under act of 2nd
Feby 1848. she drew a pension at
Nashville Tenn Agency, under act of
17 June 1844 and wishes to be
placed on the same Roll under the
new act
please send her Certificate of
Pension to us at this place
and [illegible] very Respect
your Obt Servt
Smith T Kendrick
Agent
J L Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
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[handwritten]

Sir
Enclosed I send you the Declaration of Margret Ussleton for a pension  Please examine it and advise me &c
[signed] H. L. Turney
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[handwritten]

Deposition
of 
Luke P Adams
In Mrs Useltons application
for a Pension
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[handwritten]

State of Tennessee, County of Franklin Sct
Luke P Adams this day personally appeared
before me, Nathan Frizzell an acting Justice
of the Peace for said County duly commissioned and qualified, and made oath in due form of law, that George Uselton was a resident of Winchester, in said County, at the time of his death; that he died in said Town on the twenty fourth of April A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty nine (24 April 1839) that he was a pensioner of the United States, at the time of his death; that he left a widow whose name is Margaret that said Margaret, widow of said George is now an applicant to the United States Government for a pension.
[signed] Luke P. Adams

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 3rd day of August 1842, I certify that I am personally acquainted with the deponent Luke P Adams, that he is a respectable man and a credible witness
Given under my hand and private seal there
being no official seal, this 3rd day of August
1842.
[signed] Nathan Frizzell JP
For Franklin County Tennessee

State of Tennessee, County of Franklin Sct
I, Isaac Estill, Clerk of the County Court
of said County do certify that Nathan Frizzell
who has attested the foregoing deposition of
Luke P Adams is & was at the time of attesting
the same a justice of the Peace for our said
County, duly elected commissioned and qualified, and that the signature purporting to be his, is genuine
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testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal of office at Winchester,
in said County of Franklin
this 3rd day of August 1842.
[signed] Isaac Estill
Clerk of Franklin County Court
[square piece of paper with round mark affixed to the left - no legible writing]

State of Tennessee Franklin County Sct.
I, Jesse T. Wallace, Chairman of the County
Court of said County of Franklin, do certify that
Isaac Estill, who made the foregoing certificate, is and was, at the time of making the same, Clerk of our said Court, duly elected, commissioned and qualified;
that said certificate is in due form of law, and sealed with our county seal. Given under my hand and private seal, there being no official seal, this 3rd day of August, 1842
[signed] Jesse T. Wallace [hand drawn circle with "seal"]
Chairman of Franklin County Court.
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[handwritten]
State of Tennessee County of Franklin Sct
Thomas Garner, this day personally appeared
before the undersigned, an acting Justice of the Peace for
the County of Franklin aforesaid, and having been
first duly sworn by the undersigned Justice of the Peace
aforesaid, upon the holy evangelists made and subscribed, the following deposition in viz
"I -  Thomas Garner, and now in my seventy fourth year was born in Guilford County, North Carolina on the 15th of May A.D. 1772, as I have always been informed by my parents - I removed from North Carolina to Kentucky Warren County then called the Green River Country of Kentucky about the year 1802 ___ I there became acquainted with George Uselton, who was living in the Green River Country, Kentucky, when I removed to said Country
as aforesaid ___ about six miles from when I resided ___ 
I then also became acquainted with Margaret Uselton
said George and Margaret when I became acquainted with them, in the Green River Country as aforesaid were
living together as man and wife, and so lived together as long as I resided in said Green River Country ___ I emigrated from the Green River Country, about 1811, or 1812, to Franklin County Tennessee, in which County I have resided ever since shortly after I removed to Tennessee, I saw said George and said Margaret, at Harris Gap, in Rutherford County Tennessee, where
said George and said Margaret were living together as man and wife. The next time I saw said George was at my own house in Franklin County Tennessee, to which county said George and said Margaret had
removed and in which county said George lived up to the time of ^said George's^ death, and in which county said Margaret
has lived, and the removal of herself and said
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[handwritten]
George to this county as aforesaid, and in which county of Franklin, said Margaret is still living. said George and said Margarett lived in Franklin County Tennessee up to the death of said George, as man and wife. The
Margaret Uselton, now living in Franklin County Tennessee, and who, as I have been informed is applying to the United States, for a pension, as the wife of said George Usellton, is the identical Margaret Uselton, whom I knew in the Green River Country
of Kentucky whom I then and since have known as the wife of said George, and of whom I have spoken all along in this deposition. From my earliest
acquaintance with said George and said Margaret
I never heard it intimated or suspected that they were
not married. And further I say not. 1st page 2nd line from bottom, words "said George's" interlined.
[signed] Thomas Garner

State of Tennessee County of Franklin Sct
I, John Thomas Slatter, Justice of the Peace for the County of Franklin aforesaid, certify that Thomas Garner made and subscribed the foregoing deposition, in my presence, having been first duly sworn by me, upon
the holy Evangelists. I further certify that said Garner is a witness of unimpeachable credit and veracity
I further certify that the words "said Georges, 2d line from bottom of first page, were interlined before the same
was signed. Given under my hand and
private seal, then being no official seal, this 30th December 1845.
[signed] John Thos Slatter J. P. for
Franklin County Tenn


State of Tennessee
Franklin County      ⎬
 I Sherrod Williams Clerk of the County
Court of Franklin County and State aforesaid Do hereby certify that John Thos Slatter whose name appears
Signed to the above certificate is and was at the
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[handwritten]

time of signing the same an acting Justice of
the peace in and for said County duly elected
Commissioned and legally qualified and that
he is entitled to full faith and credit in all
his official acts as such and the signature
purporting to be his is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my name and affixed the seal of
my office at office in the Town of
Winchester this 30th day of December 1845
[signed] Sherrod Williams Clerk

State of Tennessee
Franklin County

I Thomas Fine Chairman and Presiding magistrate of the County County in and for
the County of Franklin and State of Tennessee, do hereby certify that Sherrod Williams whose name and signature appears to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same the clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Franklin and State of Tennessee, and was duly Elected and qualified as such, and that said certificate is genuine and
in due form of Law, and the seal annexed is the
seal of said County of Franklin, and that full faith and credit is due and should be given to all his official acts as clerk of said County Court. Given under my hand and seal the 31st day of December A.D. 1845
 [signed] Thos Finch [hand drawn circle "seal"]
Chairman of the county court
of Franklin County Tennessee
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[handwritten]
State of Tennessee, County of Franklin Sct
Robert Williamson this day personally
appeared before me, Nathan Frizzell, an acting
Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and made oath in
due form of law, that George Uselton was a resident of Winchester in said county, at the time of his death; that he died in said town on the twenty fourth of April, A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty nine (24 April 1839;) that he was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death; that he left a widow whose name is Margaret, that said Margaret, widow of said George is now on applicant to the United States Government for a pension
[signed] Robt Williamson

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 3rd day of August 1842. I certify that I am personally acquainted with the deponent Robert Williamson, that he is a respectable man and a credible Witness. Given under my hand and private seal, them being no official seal, this 3rd day of August 1842
[signed] Nathan Frizzell JP
For Franklin County Tennessee

State of Tennessee, County of Franklin Sct
I Isaac Estill, Clerk of the County Court of
said County, do certify that Nathan Frizzell
who has attested the foregoing deposition of Robert Williamson, is, & was, at the time of attesting the same a justice of the peace for our said county, duly elected, commissioned and qualified, and that the signature purporting to be his, is genuine. In
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testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal of office at Winchester,
in said County of Franklin
this 3rd day of August 1842.
[signed] Isaac Estill
Clerk of Franklin County Court
[square piece of paper with round mark affixed to the left - no legible writing]

State of Tennessee Franklin County Sct.
I, Jesse T. Wallace, Chairman of the County
Court of said County of Franklin, do certify that
Isaac Estill, who made the foregoing certificate, is and was, at the time of making the same, Clerk of our said Court, duly elected, commissioned and qualified;
that said certificate is in due form of law, and sealed with our county seal. Given under my hand and private seal, there being no official seal, this 3rd day of August, 1842
[signed] Jesse T. Wallace [hand drawn circle with "seal"] 
Chairman of Franklin County Court.
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[handwritten]

Winchester 17 Mar '45
Sir - I enclose you the deposition of Mrs Jamison, in the case of Mrs Uselton just received by me
Respectfully
[signed] Will Eds Ruak

J. L. Edwards
Comm. of Pen.
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[handwritten upper left corner]
Amended pension claims.
[round stamp] Murfre T JAN 9

[upper right corner handwritten]
free

Honble Lewis Cass
Secretary of War,
Washington -

[left margin]
Tennessee
returned
January. 28.
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[3 circles across the top of the page - cracking is evident, no legible writing]
[handwritten]

Murfreesboro,
Jany 7th 1833

Dear Sir,
I herewith send enclosed the amended George Uselton declarations of Samuel Burkes 
I would be glad to hear of the cases of James Tucker & George Booth

Respectfully
L R Rucker [signed]
Honble Lewis Cass Secretary of War
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[handwritten]

State of Tennessee Rutherford County
[illegible word]  Before me John W. Conley a
justice of the peace in and for the County
aforesaid, this day personally appeared the
Nancy Jamison, aged sixty four years, (whom
I certify to be a person of good character &
worthy of credit) who after being duly
sworn deposeth as follows, that she
was well acquainted with George
Usselton and Margaret Usselton, the
former of whom is dead, and the latter
his widow, resides as she is informed
about Winchester in Franklin County
Ternnessee that she first knew them
on the State of Kentucky Woodford County
was you present when George Uselton & Margaret Uselton was married
I was not but I saw them and my Father start off and I was told
by some one of the family that that they was gone to get married
and they live to gether from that time til the death of George
Uselton as man and wife
do you recollect the date that they was married in
I do not
were they married as far back as seventeen hundred and ninety four
they was and has lived together as man and wife til his death
and further she sayeth not
her
 Nancy x Jamison
mark

State of Tennessee
Rutherford County John W Conly an acting Justice 
above named do certify that the above affidavit was
subscribed and sworn to before me on this 12th day of
March 1815 
[signed] John W Conly [hand drawn "seal"]
Justice of the Peace

[signed] Aquila L. Good[illegible]
[signed] James Savage
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[handwritten]
State of Tennessee
Rutherford County
I Robert Morris Clerk of the County
Court of said Rutherford County do certify
that John W. Conley who has attested the
foregoing depositions, is and was at the time
of attesting the same Clerk of our said Court
duly elected and qualified, and that the fore
going signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed my seal of office at
office in Murfreesboro this
13. March 1845
[signed] Robt S. Morris clerk
of Rutherford County Court

State of Tennessee, Rutherford County
I James F Fletcher Chairman
of the County Court of said County do
certify that Robt. S. Morris who has made the
foregoing certificate is and was at the date
of making the same clerk of our said court
duly elected and qualified, and that said
certificate is in due form of law
Given under my hand and
seal this March 1845
James F. Fletcher [hand drawn circle with "seal" in the middle]
Chairman of the County
Court of Rutherford County
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[Written on left side of letter] Au? Mary 15, 1844
Ho. of Reps
May 14, 1844
J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Comr. of Pensions
Sir, Enclosed you will please find a letter address to Hon. A. V. Brown by William Newcomb an invalid pensioner, Who desires to know why he was not allowed his pension from the date of the receipt of the injury. Be so good as to furnish to me the information required by Mr. Newcomb and there with his letter.
Some weeks since I left with you a letter from W. E. Venable[?] concerning the application of Mrs. Usleton or Uselten I think for a pension. I am anxious to hear from this case. 
Respectfully
G. W. Jones
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[Envelope stamped] FREE
MURFREESBORO TN NOV 21
[To] Hon. James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
[From] 
Nov. 30 1843
[Illegible]
Mrs. Usselton
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Murfreesboro, Texas
Nov 21, 1843
Hon. James L. Edwards
Sir,
I send you herewith a certificate of the Clerk of the County Court of Lexington Kentucky. I set for it at the request of Mrs. Usselton of Winchester, Tenn. who is applying for a pension through her attorney Mr. Venable of Winchester. It is a sort of negative testimony which will account for the non production of her marriage License. Please file it in her papers.
Very Resp
Yr Obt Svt
H. Yoakum
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[handwritten]
Mrs Useltons Case
Deposition of
Nancy Jamison
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[printed document completed in handwriting]

State of Tennessee Rutherford County, SS.
I, ROBERT S. MORRIS, Clerk of the County Court of said County, do hereby certify that
John W. Conley
who has attested the annexed
deposition of Nancy Jamison
is and was at the time of attesting the same a Justice of the Peace for our said County, duly elected and
qualified, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto
set my hand, and affixed my seal of Office, at
office, in Murfreesborough, this 14th
day of July A.D. 1842
Robt Morris
Clerk of Rutherford County Court
[round illegible seal affixed to the left]

STATE OF TENNESSEE -- RUTHERFORD COUNTY: To wit:
Wm Vinson
Chairman of the County Court of said County of
Rutherford, do certify that ROBERT S. MORRIS, who has made the foregoing Certificate, is, and was at the
time of making the same, Clerk of our said Court, duly elected and qualified; that said Certificate is in due form
of law, and sealed with our County Seal.
Given under my hand and Seal, this 14th day of July A.D. 1832
Wm Vinson L. S. 
Chairman of Rutherford County Court
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[handwritten]
State of Tennessee           
Rutherford County ⎬ 
Before me Jno W Conley Justice of the peace in and for the County of Rutherford aforesaid
this day, personally appeared Nancy Jamison aged sixty two
years, who after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she is
and has long been acquainted with Margaret Usselton (or Uselton)
widow of the late George Uselton a soldier of the Revolution &
who now resides as deponent is informed & believes in Franklin
County; that they were married in Woodford County
Kentuckey, She did not see them married, but
said she can recolect distinctly that her father was
the only one of the family, that was at that the marriage; they were married as she was informed & believes
by a presbyterian parson, at a presbyterian Church
when she was some five, six or more years of age she
can not say positively, but knows that she could
not have been more than eight years of age; and
from that time to his death; they lived together as man and wife, Further this deponent saith
not
[signed] Nancy Jemison
Subscribed and sworn to
before me this ninth day of
July, 1842. and I certify
that said deponent is a person
of respectability
& worthy of credit
[signed] J W Conly
Justice of the Rutherford County
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Geo Usleton, Tenn. Sept 5th 1855
To Com of Pension
Su'
You of the 15th [illegible] in which you say "The revolutionary service of George Usleton & the husband of the applicant (Magaret Usleton) does not appear or seen  [illegible] [illegible] office"  has been received. And I am at a loss to know how the applicant Magaret Usleton can be the recipient of a Pension for the Revolutionary services of her husband [illegible] there was evidence in file in your office establish of that service. And I offer that whatever evidence there in that it is seen as evidence. I suffer it is a matter of [illegible] that she is a Pensioner for the Revolutionary services of her husband. I can hardly suppose that you so construe the Law as to exclude her to go back [illegible] the proof of establishing her right to a pension and again hope the evidence of her husband service that too by Received evidence. If such should be your expectance & be to appeal from that decipher. I take it that the 3rd Section of the Act to check yourself or has no application to [illegible] ease where that part has already established service received the proof establishing her the same as a matter of Received.
The 3rd Sect of Act applies to cares only when the party has service less than fourteen days. So from the widows of Revolutionary soldiers to furnish evidence again of the servance of their Husbands is a virtual referral of the Law so far as nine tenths of them are excluded.
Will you be kind enough to let me know what level of proof your document Records as evidence. Could what is necessary for M Usleton to do under your evaluation to obtain the Bounty given to her by the agreement.
Respectfully Yours
Geo W Allen
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Amended declaration
of George Uselton
for pension
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State of Tennessee
Rutherford County

Henry D Jamison - Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a justice of the peace for the  County of Rutherford & State of Tennessee, George Uselton, who being duly sworn deposeth & saith 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 - He served in the company
commanded by Capt Ford as a militia man private for six months, as he now recollects & believes (new circumstances having occured [sic] to refresh his recollection since
he made his declaration.) He served in the militia  company commanded by Capt Wilmon, as a private five months. In all he served eleven months, for which time he claims a pension
Sworn & subscribed to           George Usilton
before me on 7th day
Jany 1833
H D Jamison J. P.
State of Tennessee
Rutherford County ⎬     I John R Laughlin Clerk
of the court of pleas & quarter sessions of said
County of Rutherford County [the word County crossed through] do hereby certify
that Henry D Jameson
whose name affixed to the foregoing affidavit is & was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace of said
County of Rutherford & that as such his official
acts are entitled to full faith & credit inTestimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal of
of office this 7th day of Jany
John R. Laughlin Ck
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Maryant Uselton's
Declaration
to obtain the benefit of the
Revolution of 23 Jan '45
and
Maryant Usilton
to Power of Atto
Hopkins S. Turney
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State of Tennessee __ County of Franklin__St
  Margrat Uselton on this day personally appeared before the undersigned in a justice of the peace for the __ County of Franklin aforesaid, and having been first duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelist by me, made and sub-reinstate, in my presence, the following declaration in
  "Where as the act of the Congress of the United States of the 30th of April 1844, prohibited me from drawing a pension for the period during which my husband George Uselton was a pensioner, I now make the following statement under oath, to obtain the benefits of the resolution of the Congress of the United States of the 23rd of January 1845, now I am the widow of  George Uselton, who was a private in the war of the Revolution. I have not as yet drawn any pension or any part of a pension from the United States, upon account of the services of my said husband, in the army of the Revolution but am and have been for many years, an applicant for a pension from the United States for the services aforesaid_ & and now ask for the amount due me under the laws of the United States granting pensions to applicants in my condition. I made my declaration before the 30th of April 1844 and it was filed in the Pension Office before the 23rd of January 1845.
Margret uselton
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th day of April 1846, seventh day of April Eighteen hundred and fortysix, at  [    ] in the county of Franklin in Tennessee.
Thoe,, Finch Justice of the Peace for Franklin county Tennessee. I certify that the Declamant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual she represents to be in the forgoing affidavit.    Tho Finch Justice of the Peace

State of Tennessee __County of Franklin__ Set__
  I Margart Uselton__of the County aforesaid__ do herby constitute and appoint Hopkins L. Turney [  ] the Senator of the United States from Tennessee, now in Washington City D.C. my attorney infact persue and in my name, to ask and receive from the United States, and receipt for the same any and all moneys to which I am or may be entitled, or am
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applicant, under the laws of the United States granting pensions to certain widows of soldiers of the army of the revolution

Done in the presence of Margret Uselton (seal)
Will Edw Venable
Roth Williamson

State of Tennessee - County of Franklin - 1ct -
Be it known, that on the seventh day of April A.D. One thousand and eight hundred and forty six, [ 7 April 1846] before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County, personally appeared Margret Uselton above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to have been her act and deed. In testimony whereby I have unto set my hand the day and year last above named.
Thos Finch Justice of the Peace

State of Tennessee - County of Franklin - 1st -
I Sherrod Williams, Clerk of the County Court of Franklin county aforesaid certify that Thomas Finch, who has made and signed the foregoing certificates is and was at the time of making this [illegible] a Justice of the Peace for the County of Franklin in Tennessee, and that the signatures above purporting to be his are genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office, at office in Winchester in the County of Franklin in Tennessee, this seventh day of April A.D. one thousand and eight hundred and forty six.
Sherrod Williams clk