Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 293, Robert Guthrie, S.C.
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(8- 1776)

SERVICE                                                      NUMBER
SC            Guthrie, Robert.                       W. 293
                                   Mary
                                                                       
CONTENTS
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A.

Guthrie, Robert
S. C.   W 293
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It is hereby certified that Robert Guthrie & Mary his wife lived in the Waxhaw Congregation many years, believed the [illeg] hath been admitted into full communion in the church, & conducted them selves as good members, leaves us without cause or anything known
to us that [illeg] ...of them thereto & going to have may be treated as herein recommended by Christians of every denomination when [illeg]  highest Providence may [illeg] ...
Robert Guthrie has officiated some years in the office of a [illeg] elder & with every portion [illeg] for [illeg] in the discharge of the duties of that important office. Certified by the order of Session.
R. W. Finley

September 5, 1788
Sumpter County
So. Carolina
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19096
West Tennessee
Robert Guthrie
of Wm Sonles
in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Adams of the Regt commanded by Col. Cashaw [Kershaw?]  in the Carolina
line for 1 year and 3 months

Inscribed on the Roll of W. Tennessee
the rate of 50 Dollars - Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
and Senator Thos M. Sconce Franklin

Arrears to the 4th of March           $100
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Dept   25.00
                                                      $125.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Dan Boyd, Clerk
Book C  Vol. 7  Page 79

Order to pay & letter to Pensioner  
Jany 3, 1838
Letter to Ruther 3 Feby 1838.
ditto Argusson 26 Feb. 38 
Let. 2 Dec. 1841 to W. T.
William

let Hant 184[ ] 2 November
[illeg]
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4064
Tennessee / Jackson/
Mary Guthrie
widow of Robert Guthrie
 who was a private
in the South  Carolina line
_______________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
50 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1843.
________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 
29th day of December 1843
and sent to T Cooney
Paris, Tennessee
_______________
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Bool A 
Vol. 1
Page 218

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dead
Att T Cooney - July 31 '46

arrears case

Rep 29
Dec
1843
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State of Tennesse
Williamson County}

On the 1 day of Sept 1832
personally appeared in open
court before me Thomas Stuart preceding
Judge now sitting Robert Guthrie aged 75, the
24th day of last October a resident of same county and state who being duly sworn according to law doth on oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of congress released 7th June 1832 That he entered The service of The United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated, to wit I was living in the Waxhaw settlement Carolina district S Carolina when I first entered the service being drafted to go down towards Charleston, where the British were expected.  I did not go on this expedition in consequence of a proposition made, that any who would go on another expedition against the indians, who were doing great damage in a place called Fair Forest might
be exempted from the first expedition.  I served to this proposition.  I was drafted for a tour of three months.  I entered in the company of Capt James Adams in my ninteenth year in 1776.  We were marched to a place called [Pawnee] fort where we guarded the Country from Indian depredations.  After putting down the Indians we were marched home.   I did not get a discharge for this 3 months tour.  I remained at home until the year 1778 when I was drafted again to go against the British who had possession
of Savannah city Georgia.  In this tour
of three months I entered into Capt Montgomery's Company and he marched us from Camden district to Purrysburgh when Gen Lincoln commanded a division.  I was in Col Joseph Bashair's regiment At Purrysburgh we lay stationed in order to prevent the Brittish
from the Georgia side crossing over into S.
Carolina At the expiration of this tour
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of three months I returned home where I remained
until Charleston fell into the possession
of the British, on which event, taking place
the whole state of S Carolina was continually
infested with the ravages and depredations of 
the Tories who rose on all sides and all places
and being well acquainted with the country and sometimes under
the mask of Whigs, done more damage than
the British.  I was continually in the service
from Charleston's falling into the possession 
of the British until Sumpter's defeat which was a few weeks after Gate's defeat:  Which
time I think was about 3 months.  I cannot
recollect every circumstance at this time
which took place, but can state some of
the events.  I was at the battle of Rockey
Mount where a considerable body of 
British and tories under Col Turnbul
were posted.  I had entered Capt Coffee's
Company which was attached to Col
Cashaw regiment in which Robert Crawford was Major.  I was marched
to Rockey Mounty, and Gen Sumpter
Commanded us in that engagement
we were repulsed with considerable
loss.  From this place Gen Sumpter
marched to lands forth on the Catawba
River where laying sometimes with his
men he crossed that river and marched
to the hanging rock where he was defeated.
I was not in the battle of the hanging 
Rock being sick at that time. 
After Sumpter's defeat I was frequently
in scouting parties against the Tories
who still at every opportunity infested
the Country.  I was sometimes under Capt. Coffee and sometimes under I think Capt Kimbrol.  We went about the country
and prevented the Tories from doing
damage.  I think the whole of my service
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after Sumpters defeat amounted
to at least six months.  I was born in 1757
I lived in Camden District until 1788
When I moved to Kentucky living two 
years in lincoln County, two or three 
years in Mercer County and in Madison 
8 or 9 Years when I moved to Williamson
County Tennessee where I have
been living ever since and now live
I have a record of my age in my
bible at home taken from my fathers
family bible.  I am acquainted with
Thomas Hardeman Robert Davis, and 
George Nealy of who can certify to my character as 
a soldier of the revolution and their belief of my services
I know of no person in this
Country except George Nealy who
can certify to My services as stated
I hereby relinquish every claim
whatever to a pension or annuity except
the present and declare my name is not
on the pension roll of the agency of any
State.   I was acquainted with Gen Sumpter
Col Capt Majory Crawford to who were with the
the troops when I served
Sworn to & surrender in open Court
1st September 1832 P. Heay [ineligible]}
Robert Guthrie
We Robert Davis a clergyman resident 
in the county of WIlliamson State of Tennessee
and Thomas Hardemon, a resident in
the same County and state, do hereby certify
that we have long been acquainted with Robert
Guthrie, that we believe him to be 75
years of age, that he is respected and believed
in the neighborhood where he resides to
have been a soldier of the revolution and
that we concur in that opinion
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and that he is the same who has
subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration this the day & year
aforesaid. We also certify that we
are also aquainted with George
Nealy who has subscribed and
Sworn to the annexed certificate
that we belive him to be the age
he has stated in his declaration
and that he is reputed and beloved
in the neighborhood where he lives
to have been a soldier of the
revolution
Robert Davis
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court,
1st September 1832. 
P. Hay clk &c

Seat of Tennessee ss
I hereby certify that Preston
lay whose signature appears to the following certificate is Clerk of the circuit court of Williamson County and that said signature is in his proper hand writing and that there is no seal of office for said Court this 17 day of May AD 1833
Felix Grundy
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I, George Newly do hereby certify that I have
been acquainted with Robert Guthrie who has
subscribed the above declaration for great
many years
That I have read his declaration and know of my own knowledge that the greater part of it is true and that part which I do not know of my own knowledge to be so. I believe is true I have been in the same service with him at the Battle of Rocky Mount and was under Gen Sumpter at the Battle of the Hanging Rock but was not at that battle being absent procuring leaves [?] for the army 
I know he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he has lives to have been a [illeg] of the revolution and that he is a man of veracity.
George Neely

This the day and year aforesaid
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
P. Hay,  Clk 


And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the interrogation of the matter , and after putting the interrogatories  prescribed 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 to Robert Davis who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, residing in
the County of Williamson and State of Tennessee, and that Thomas Hardeman and George Neely, who have signed the preceding certificates, are residents of the same County and State that they are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit

Thos Stuart 
Judge & C 

I, Preston Hay, Clerk of the circuit court of Williamson County in the State of Tennessee
do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of said court in
matter of the application of Robert Guthrie for a pension. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and private seal, there being as yet no seal of office
This the day & year aforesaid
Preston Hay
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State of Tennessee
Williamson County

The amended declaration of Robert Guthry for a pension 
On this 14th day of May AD 1833 personally
 appeared before the undersigned a Justice
of the peace for the County of Williamson aforesaid in the state aforesaid, Robert Guthry a resident of said County who being first
duly sworn according to law doth depose and say, that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot positively swear 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, that is to say in the 1st tour mentioned in his declaration.
(1) For three months, I served as a private drafted man
In the second tour mentioned in my declaration
(2) For three months I served as a private and
In the 2d tour commencing on Charleston's surrender 11 May 1780 till 15th August 1780
(3) For three months I served as a private volunteer.
In the 4th tour which commenced soon after Gates and Sumpter's defeat
(4) For six months I served as a private volunteer amounting in all to 15 months service and for such service I claim a pension
Robert Guthrie
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14th day of May AD 1833
Mellany JP

[Written sideways]
12,321
Robert Guthrie
Declaration


State of Tennessee ss
I, Thomas Hardeman Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions for Williamson County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that William Many Esq. before whom the above affidavit was made and whose signature appears thereto affixed is and was at the time of making the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County of Williamson
and that full faith and credit are due his official acts as such he testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand and seal of
office this 14th day of May AD 1833
Tho. Hardeman
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State of Tennessee
Henry County

On this 20th day of January, in the year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred & forty two, here orally appeared before one
William R Harris, Judge of the ninth Judicial District of the State of Tennessee, in open Court, Mary Gutherie, a widow of the Said County of Henry & State aforesaid, aged about
Eighty one years, who being first duly Sworn according to Law, doth under oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain
the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress dated July 4th 1836; That She is the widow of Robert Guthrie who was a Private of Infantry in the Revolutionary war - 
She further declared that She is unable to State the Service performed by her Said husband, and for proof refers to his Declaration filed in his lifetime, and the record of the War Department at Washington City, when She is informed proof exists.   She further
declared that She was married to the Said Robert Gutherie, on the 9th day of March 1780.  and that her husband, the aforesaid
Robert Gutherie, died on the thirteenth day of April 1838- and that She has remained a widow ever Since that period, & will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Mary Gutherie
Sworn To and Subscribed before [ineligible] on the day and year above written. 
Wm R Harris
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State of Tennessee
Henry County ss.
This day, personally appeared in open Court, before me William R. Harris, Judge of the ninth Judicial Circuit of said State, Mary Guthrie, the foregoing declarant, and made oath that she
has no documentary proof of her marriage, or the births of her children, and no other record than that attached hereto; and that the three
leaves of an old bible hereto attached, containing their marriage and births of their children, were taken from a copy of the Scriptures [illed] by her husband to his son
William and that the handwriting is
that of her said husband. She further stated on oath that the paper herewith filed, marked A. was the certificate of membership given her husband by the minister as it purports on its face that it is in the proper handwriting of said minister -
Mary Guthrie

Signed & Sworn to before in the 
20 January 1842
Wm R Harris
Julia
State of Tennessee
Henry County
.
This day personally appeared in open Court before William R Harris, Judge of the ninth [illeg] Circuit of said State, Joseph H. Little, and made oath that he is well acquainted with
Mary Guthrie who signed & sworn to the above, that he knows her to be the widow of Robert Guthrie deceased, and that she
has never married in that period, and that she is an old lady of great [illeg] ability

Signed & Sworn to before a 
the 20 Jan 1842.
Wm R Harris
Jos. H. Little
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THE NEW
TESTAMENT
OF OUR
LORD and SAVIOUR
Fefus  Christ,
Newly Translated out of the
ORIGINAL GREEK
And with the Former
TRANSLATIONS
Diligently Compared and Revifed.
By His Majefty's  Soecial Command.
Appointed to be Read in Churches.
Printed in the Year of our LORD
M.DCC.XLIV.
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[text on small scrap of paper]

Adam Guthrie
was born ye first
of October 1769

Mary Taylor was
born the 7th of December 
Anno Dom [A D] 1760

Robert Guthrie &
Mary Taylor were
Married the 9th
of March in the
year of our Lord
Anno Dom 1780
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David Houston Guthrie
was born the nine 
teenth Day of October
in the year of our 
Lord 1796
Day of Febry

Jacob Finly
Guthrie was
born the fifteenth 
Day of September
tember at
in the year of our
Lord 1803
[looks like a stamp]

[right page]
Elisabeth Guthrie
was born the twentieth
of February
anno doming 1783

William Forguson 
Guthrie was born
the [illegible]  Day of 
September and 1785

James Guthrie
was born the forth
day of December
in the year of our
Lord An Dom 1787
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Robert
Guthrie
born the 2
of March An dom
1790

Samuel Taylor
Guthrie was
born the 3 Day
of June An. Dom
1793
.
R
Benth
S
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No. 12.321.

Robert Guthrie

from 1776 private
15 [illegible]
$50


Thomas M Sconce
Franklin Tenn

27th Feb 1833
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BRIEF in the case of Robert Guthrie
County of Williamson in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A Court

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

3. How old is he? 7[illegible] Years.

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

Period   3 mos.    Private   Under Capt. Ja. Adams
Period   3 mos.    Private   Under Capt. Montgomery, Col. Cashaw
Period   3mos      Private   Under Capt. Coffee, Maj. Crawford 
Period    h    Private   Under Capt. Coffee, Maj. Crawford & sometimes Capt Kimbrol, this was after Sumpters defeat)

5. In what battles was he engaged in?  Rocky Mount
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Camden District, SC
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence,
"greater part" of the service proven by Geo. Neely
8. Are the papers defective as to form  or authentication? and if so, in what respect?   No

I Certify that the foregoing staement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
B.F. Pleasants   Examining Clerk
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August 27, 1938

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

BA-J / EEL
Robert Guthrie-W. 293
Samuel Handly-S.1911

Mr. Calvert Nicklin
P.0. Box 547
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Dear Sirs

Reference is mades to your letter in which you request the 
Revolutionary War records of Samuel Handly, of Franklin County, 
Tennessee: Robert Bell, of Guilford County, North Carolina, later 
of Tennessee; and Robert Guthrie, of Williamson County, Tennessee.

There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based
upon the service of a Robert Bell, as described by you.  Such
claims are the source of the data furnished by this office.
You are furnished herein the records of Robert Guthrie and Samuel Handly.

Robert Guthrie
W. 293

The data which follow were obtained from the papers in the 
pension claims filed under W.293, based upon the military service 
of Robert Guthrie in the Revolutionary War.

Robert Guthrie was born October 34, 1757, place of birth and
names of his parents not shown.

While residing in the Waxhaw Settlement In South Carolina, 
Robert Guthrie enlisted in 1776, and served three months on a tour
against the Indians in Captain James Adams' South Carolina Company: 
he enlisted in 1778, served three months in Captain Montgomery's
Company, Colonel Joseph Kershaw's South Carolina Regiment: he en-
lIsted May 11, 1780, and served until August 15, 1780, in Captain 
Coffee's Company, Colonel Kershaw's South Carolina Regiment and was
 in the battle of Rocky Mount: after the termination of this tour, 

[Hand written note right Margin]
Could identify none of the officers except Col Kershaw
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Robert Guthrie was frequently called out on scouting parties under Captains Coffee and Kimbrel in the South Carolina troops, length of this service at least six months.

After the Revolution, Robert Guthrie lived in Camden Dis-
trict, South Carolina, until 1788, then moved to Kentucky, lived
two years in Lincoln County, that state, and eight or nine years 
in Mercer County, same state, then moved to Willianson County,
Tennessee, where he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed September 1, 1832.

He died in said Williamson County, April 13, 1838.  While
Iiving in the Waxhaw Settlement, South Carolina, soldier and his
wife were members of "the congregation" at that place and Robert Guthrie was for a number of year a ruling elder.

The soldier married March 9, 1780, Mary Taylor, born December 2, 1760, place of birth, names of her parents and place of her marriage to Robert Guthrie not shown.

Soldier's widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her applicatien
executed August 1, 1842, while residing in Henry County, Tennessee. She died January 5, 1845, place not stated.

The following names of their children are shown:
Elesebeth Guthrie                    born February 30, 1783.
William Forguison Guthrie       "  September 14, 1785,
                                                               in 1838, living in Henry County,Tennessee.
James Guthrie.                             "  December 4, 1787.
Robert Guthrie,                            "    March 2, 1790
Samel Taylor Guthrie,                 "   June 3, 1793
David Houston Guthrie,              "   October 19, 1796.
Jacob Finley Guthrie.                    "   September 15, 1803.
Adam Guthrie.                                 "    October  1, 1769, his relationship not
                                                                                                                   shown.

[Handwritten note]
Copied from A N F.

Samuel Handly
S. 1911
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file

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in pension claim, S.1911, based on the service of Samuel Handly in the Revolutionary War.

Samuel Handly was born in the year 1752 in Pennsylvania, 
and when young moved to Augusta County, that part which was later Rockbidge County, Virginia.  The names of his parents were not
stated.

While residing in Wythe County, Virginia, Samuel Handly
served as follows-

In the summer of 1776, three months as orderly sergeant in
Captain John Campbell's Virginia Company, was in the battle of
long Island on Holston River; in the fall of 1776, three months
In Colonel Christian's Virginia Regiment, against the Cherokee Indians: three months as ensign against the Chickamauga Indians, 
in Colonel Evan Shelly's Virginia Regiment, no dates of this 
service given; three months as Indian Spy on the frontier, 
names of officers and dates of service not shown; from sometime 
in October, 1780, four months as lieutenant in Colonel John 
Sevier's North Carolina Regiment, was In the battles of King's 
Moutain, Boyd's Creek on French Broad River, and at the burning 
 the Hiawassee Towns; two months as captain in Colonel John 
Sevier's Regiment, dates of this service not given.

After the close of the Revolutionary War, he moved to Wash-
Ington County, North Carolina, which was later Tennessee, then
to Blount County, Tennessee, and in 1809, moved to Franklin County, Tennessee.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September
7, 1832, then a resident of Franklin County, Tennessee.

It was stated in 1833 that Samuel Handly was one of the 
members "in convention who formed the present Constitution for the State of Tennessee.  Samuel Handly died November 24, 1840.

The papers on file in this claim contain no discernible data
in regard to family.

In order to obtain the name and address of the person who 
received the last payment of this pension,
you should  address  The 
Comptroller General, General  Accounting Office, Records Division,

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Washington D. C. and furnish the following dates:
Samuel Handly
Certificate No.6520
Issued March 1, 1833
Rate $85.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Tennessee Agency.



Very truly yours


A D HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.
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Ro   27. Aug. '42 -
Let to W. F. Guthrie June 19 1843

[left side of page]

No. 6732-
Tennessee
_______________________
Mary Guthrie
widow of Robert Guthrie decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 7.  '32
and who died on the 13th April 1838-
of Henry Co in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the company
commanded by Captain Adams of the
Regt commanded by Col. Cashow in
the So Carolina line for 1 year & 3 mos.
________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of Jackson, Tenn
at the rate of 50 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 13th day
of April 1838-
__________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of
August 1842 & sent to
Willis L. Williams, Paris Tenn:
___________________________
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 42 $
Semiannual allowance ending

[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by W. M. Stewart Clerk,
Book 
Vol. 2 - Page 207
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No 6369
Mary Guthrie
of Robert
Tennessee
Act 7 July 1838
Page 26

Declaration of Mary Guthrie, in order to obtain the
benefits of the act of Congress, dated 7th July 1838.

State of Tennessee
Henry County

This day personally appeared in open court, before
the [illegible] County Court of Said County & State, Mary Guthrie
aged about Eightyone years
who being duly Sworn, made the following declaration in order to
obtained the benefits of the act of Congress, dated 7 July 1838 - 
That She is the widow of Robert Guthrie deceased - who
departed this life on the 13 day of April 1838 - that her
Said husband was a soldier of the Revolution, and served therein
or is fully stated in his declaration now on file in the War Department
at Washington City, to which she here bears to refer that -
[as well as to an [illegible] mark by himself made the act of 1836.]
her marriage took place with her said husband before the
1st day of January 1794 - that she is still a widow, never 
having married since the death of her said husband - that 
her said husband departed this life in the County of Williamson
& State of Tennessee.   The Declaration made by her said husband
was under the act of congress of 1832.

Signed & Sworn to in open court
this 1st August 1842.

Mary Guthrie

William Porter Clerk
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State of Tennessee
Henry County
This day personally appeared in open Court,
before the Worshipful County Court of Henry County & State aforesaid William F Guthrie, who made oath that Mary Guthire who made oath to the foregoing declaration, is the widow of Robert  deceased, who was a reputed soldier of the Revolution & for four years before his death received a pension under the
act of Congress of 1832. that said Mary is still a widow never having and at the death of her husband -
Mary T. Guthrie

Signed Sworn to in open Court
the 1st August 1842
William Porter Clerk

State of Tennessee
Henry County
I, Saml Love, Chairman of the County Court of the County & State aforesaid, hereby certify
that Mary Guthrie, appeared in open Court this day & made the foregoing declaration, Signed & sworn to it in due form of law - that William F. Gutherie, also appeared in open court
& made the foregoing affidavit, signed Sworn to is the day that the said Mary & William are highly respectable & entitled to full credit
Given under my hand the 1st August 1842
Saml C. Love Chairman of County land of Henry
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State of Tennessee}
Henry County}

I, William Porter, Clerk of the County
Court of Henry County & State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Saml Love, who signed the foregoing certificate is the Chairman of the Worshipful County Court aforesaid, that said Signature is in his own proper hand writing,
& that it, together with the affidavits of Mary &
William Guthrie was all made in open Court
to day-
Given under my hand & seal of office the 1st day of August 1842.  Done in the town of Paris in said County & State.

William Porter [signature] Clerk of
County Court of
Henry County , Tenn
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Mary Guthrie
[widow] of Robert
Tennessee

Suspended

See let. 7 March  '42
W.L. Williams
let to ditto, 30 May 42



Act 4 July 1836
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4565
M Guthrie
Act '43

$50 per an

T Cooney
Paris
Tennessee
Page 31

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3rd March, 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7. 1838

State of Tennessee
County of Henry
On this 15th day of September 1843, personally appeared before me, Samuel C Love, a justice of peace in & for
the County aforesaid Mary Guthrie, a resident in the said County of Henry, aged Eighty two years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath take the following declaration, in order to 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 Robert Guthrie, who was a private soldier during the Revolutionary War, and that the annual amount of the pension she received under the act of July 7th 1838 was fifty Dollars
she further declares that she is still a widow
Mary Guthrie

Sworn to & subscribed on
the day year above written
Saml C. Love   Justice of the Peace
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Know all men by these presents that I Mary Guthrie of Henry County, State of Tennessee, a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and apport William F Guthrie, my true and lawful attorney for me, and in my name, to receive from the agent of the United States for paying pensions in Jackson, State of Tennessee my pension from the 4th day of March 1843, to the 4th day of 
September 1843 - Witness my hand & seal this 15th day of September 1843.
Sealed delivered in presence of
Dillard W.  Collins
Alexander Seawright


State of Tennessee  Set
Henry County

Be it known, that on the 15th day of September 1843 before the Subscriber, a Justice of the peace in & for said
County, personally appeared Mary Guthree above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act
and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above written
Saml C Love
Justice of the Peace

State of Tennessee 
I, Thomas K. Porter Clerk of the County Court of said Henry County, hereby certify that Samuel C Love, is a magistrate as above, 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 - this 17th day of September 1843
Thomas K. Porter
-
Clerk of the County Court of Harry
County
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State of Tennessee
Madison County
Be it known that on the 22d day of September
1843, before the subscriber, a justice of the peace in & for said County, personally appeared William F Guthrie, the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any Sale, Transfer, or Mortgage of the Pension, or arrears of Pension therein authorised to be received by her.

Wm F Guthrie  [signature]

Sworn to & subscribed}
the day & year last above}
[illegible] ioned, before me}

J H Dery, [signature]Justice of the Peace
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[Horizontal]
Washington City}
District of Columbia ⎬
I hereby certify that I believe the signature
of B.C. Brown Clerk of the circuit Court for the County of Henry
in the State of Tennessee, to the within certificate, to be genuine;
which he is Clerk of said  Court, and that his attention as
such is entitled to full faith and credit
Milton Brown
M.C.
March 5th
1842

[Vertical]
5.532
Mary Guthrie
of Robert
Tennessee
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State of Tennessee}
Henry County⎬

I certify that all the within affidavits,
Certificates & declaration, were made inopen court in the
town of Paris, County & State aforesaid on the 20 January
1842. and that the signatures are genuine, and the parties
highly respectable

Willis L Williams,
Paris,
Henry County;
Tennessee
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State of Tennessee
Henry County

This day personally appeared in open court, before me William R. Harris, Judge of the ninth district circuit William F. Guthrie, aged about 56 years old, who made oath that he was the
Son of Robert Guthrie deceased, by Mary the aforesaid Declarant, that he knows the handwriting of the marriage & births of children, as recorded on the three leaves of an old Bible attached to the appended papers
of this sheet, to be the proper handwriting of his Father, that the said memorandum of marriage & births were in the said Book when presented to him by his Father in 1811 & that said Book was never out of his possession since the gift. He also stated that the certificate of Church membership hereto attached, was found in his presence by the executors of
his Father, among his papers after his death, and that he departed this life 13th April A.D. 1838
W. S Guthrie

Signed Sworn to before me the
20 January 1842.
Wm. R. Harris
Same
I William R. Harris, Judge as aforesaid, hereby certify that
I am well acquainted with Joseph H. Lith & William Farthing
the forgoing affiants - that they are both men of high reputability
& their statements entitled to full faith credit-
Given under my hand in open Court the 20 January 1842
State of Temper
Henry County
3
Wm R Harris
I, Benjamin C. Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Court
now sitting in the town of Paris & County of Henry, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Signatures of William R. Harris, and the genuine & that he is and as represented,
& that the foregoing affidavit & declaration were all made in open Court
Given under my hand & private seal, the an no public seal of my
office this 20 January 1842.
B Brown Clerk
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M Guthrie
arrears from [illegible]

'36 to 13 April 1838.


 T Cooney
Paris 
Tennessee
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State of Tennessee Madison County} Set
Be it known that on the 22nd day of Sept 1840 before the subscriber, a justice of the peace in & for said county, personally appeared William F Guthrie the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney under oath that the same was not given him by reason of any Sale, Transfer, or Mortgage of the Pension, or arrears of Pension therein authorised to be received by her
Wm F Guthrie
sworn to and subscribed, the day & year last above mentioned before me
J H Day JP
Justice of the Peace
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Declaration
In order to obtain arrears of Pension due from March 4, 1836, under the act of July 7. 1838.
On this twelfth day of July 1843, personally appeared before the subscriber, Mary Guthrie, a resident of Henry County, Tennessee, aged Eighty two years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the amount of pension which she claims from the 4th of March 1836 to the thirteenth day of April 1838 from which period she has been already paid under the act of the 7th July 1838.  And the declarant further alleges that she is still the widow of Robert Guthrie who was a private soldier during the Revolutionary War; that her pension was allowed at the rate of fifty Dollars per annum, and was paid to her at the agency in Jackson in the state of Tennessee.  And further she saith not. 
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me
Samuel C Love justice of the peace Mary Guthrie

I do further certify that the above named declarant Mary Guthrie is personally known to me
Samuel C Love JP
State of Tennessee Henry County} Set
I William Porter clerk of the county court of said Henry County hereby certify that Samuel C Love is a magistrate as above 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 this day of July 1840
clerk of the county court of Henry County
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Know all men by these presents that I Mary Guthrie of Henry County, state of Tennessee a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint William F Guthrie my true & lawful attorney for me, and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in Jackson State of Tennessee, my pension from the 4th day of March 1836, to the 13th day of April 1838.  Witness my hand & seal this 12th day of July 1840
Sealed & delivered in presence of Alexander Seawright Dillard W Collins
Mary Guthrie seal
State of Tennessee
Henry County} set
Be it known, that on the 12th day of July 1843, before the subscriber, a Justice of the peace in & for said county, personally appeared Mary Guthrie above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day & year last above written
("Nashville" erased & "Jackson" inserted above before signing)
Samuel C Love Justice of the Peace

State of Tennessee Henry County} set
I William Porter clerk of the county court of said Henry County, hereby certify that Samuel C Love is a magistrate that the forgoing signatures purporting to be his genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set hand and affixed my seal of office, this 12th day of July 1843.
William Porter
clerk of the county court of Henry county 
By Thomas K Porter clerk
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POST OFFICE BOX 347
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE

July 27, 1938.

Veterans Bureau,
Revolutionary War Section,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen,

Will you please send me any family data
that may be on file in the pension papers of Robert
Guthrie of Williamson Co., Tenn ( 1832 ), Samuel Handly
of Franklin Co., Tenn (1832) and of Robert Bell of
Guilford Co., N.C., and later of Tennessee? If I may
have only two of these records, please send me the
last two. And oblige,

Yours very truly,
Calver Nicklin [signature]
Calvert Nicklin.

[Stamp]
10
arrow
REC'D
JUL 29 1838
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM
READER # 4
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D. B. CLIESE,
PRESIDENT

THO R MC EWEN,
VICE PRESIDENT

J. L. PARKES,
CASHIER

E. E. GREEN.
ASST CASHIER

NO. 1834.
National Bank of Franklin.
FRANKLIN TENN.
Franklin Tenn. Jany 14 1901
Hon H. Clay Evans Com Pensons
Dear Sir
One Robert Guthrie was a Revolution 
soldier and died here about
1836 and none of his descendents
are living in this State that I
know of, I want to know what
Co & Regiment & State he was
from I think he was a
pensioner 1832

Very Respectfully
Matt F Marcey

[Top left Rectangular Stamp]

To Chf [illegible]
Action data  indiceded
JAN 15 1901
COMM SSIONER

[Lower right BLANK  Rectangular Stamp]

To Chf-------------------Div.
Action-----------------------
JAN 15  1901
? OMMISSIONER

[hand written note]

March
Allswed
Evans
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[right side of page]

Jany 16-1901 -
Matt F. Marcey
Franklin Tenn

1838. Aug 27 - Hist 
to Calvert Nicklin ┃

[left side of page]

293
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 293
Mary Guthrie
Widow
Robert Guthrie
Priv J. C.[illegible] , Rev. War
____________
Act: March 3, 1843
Index: -- Vol. A,
Page 297
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Carthage Tennessee
12th February 1838
Dear Sir
Inclosed you will find the papers of Robert Guthrie of Williamson County from which you will discover that more than six months have passed since he was paid and consequently must be identified and the proof submitted for your consideration I believe the proof is such as is furnished in such cases and hope you will find no difficulty in ordering his pension to be paid as usual.
It having been some time since I furnished your the marriage record of Mrs Kezia McCarroll from Morristown New Jersey and as that was the only difficulty agreebly to your letters that prevented you from allowing her claim I have entertained hers that perhaps it has not reached you I therefore adress you to know the fact whether it has been received I have told her that her pension would in all probalility (as the facts were all as you could wish) be allowed and she of course is very anxious to receive it
Very Respectfully yours &c
W Fergusson
James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Copy
Union Bank of Tennessee
Nashville 14th Sept 1837
JL Edwards Esq
Dear Sir
At the request of Robert Guthrie a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of the 7th June 1832 I herewith transmit you his claim for your examination and permission of his being paid. There is one years pension due W Guthrie up to the 4th Sept 1837 he says that owing to bad health and a want of knowledge that it was necessary he should draw his Stippend once every six months is why he did not call for his money. Please to return his claim to him to Franklin Williamson County Tennessee his calculation is to send his son J F Guthrie to whom he has made his power of attorney after it should be allowed I am sir respectfully
Your obt servt
John M Bass Past & Primary Agent
By S Cantrell
(over)
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Union Bank of Tennessee
Nashville 20th Jany 1838
JL Edwards Esq
Dear Sir
On the other side you have a copy of a letter from this office enclosing W Robert Guthrie's Pension identity on the 14 Sept 1837 which never has it seems been heard of since, and from the elapse of time presume some miscarriage has taken place
I have requested him to make out his claim again and forward to you 
I am very respectfully sir
your obt servt
John M Bass Prest & Pension agent
By S Cantrell
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6732
Tennessee
Jackson
________________
Mary Guthrie
widow of Robert Guthrie
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 13th April 1838
of Henry Co in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the Company
commanded by Captain Adams of the
Regiment commanded by Col. Cashow in
the South Carolina line for 1 year 13 mo
_________________
Inscribed on the Roll of Jackson
at the rate of 50. Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836. and Ending 13 April 1838.
_________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of
December 1843 and sent to T. Cooney
Paris Tennessee.
Total amount,           $105.42
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. L. Swann Clerk;
Book A Vol. 2 Page 207
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Franklin May 18th 1833
Dear Sir
I have enclose the declarations and other papers in the cases of Moses Lindsey Thomas Ragams George Neely Robert Guthrie & Robert Ausburn for pensions Moses Lindseys appear to have two objections, the one that it was not stated with sufficient precession the length of his service and the other that there was no seal to the court Both of which objections have been removed by observing the directions of the department There appears only one objection to Thomas Ragains papers which is that there is no seal to the court. In looking over the brief objections I thought it was objected that the time of service was not stated sufficiently but in reading over the declaration the time is laid down positively 2 years and 7 months and 14 days service I saw also that the "no" if it ever was put there was marked out George Neely died since his declaration was forwarded Robert Guthrie's was in the same situation of Moses Lindsey's having two objections, no seal of court and time of service not precisely enough stated both of which have been rectified Robert Ausburn's had only one objection which was that the time of service was not stated with suff precision which has been amended
Yours Respty
Thomas M Scone Agent
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July 31  46
[illegible] Sandy Gen
July 23 /46
Paid 10/0

J. L. Edwards Esqr

Commissioner of Pensions

Washington City
C

Mary Guthrie
Tenn [illegible]
4[illegible]4 -43
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Mouth of Sandy Te
July 22nd 1846
Sir
Mary Guthries pension as widow of a revolutionary soldier is in her legal representative  from the 4th March 1844 till the 5th January 1845 when she died. About the time of her death I sent to Jno W Campbell Esqr agent at Jackson Te her power of attorney to draw her stipend from the 4th March 1844 to 4th Sept 1844 to which he replies as follows on 26th Apl 1845
"Mary Guthries pension is not paid for the reason that the power of attorney having been executed longer than 90 days is out of date. I have not returned it, as that would rulet you in unnecessary postage She will have to make a new power of attorney &c in which she can not include both draws now due."
Her son Wm F Guthrie administered on her estate some months afterwards & at his request I wrote to W Campbell to return me the papers with held as above that I might know how to proceed for the arrears of pension  [illegible] Mr Guthrie; but Mr Campbell has written again & again that he cannot find them: I must therefore request you to send me an order or direction to Mr Campbell to pay the pension & to Mary Guthrie to her legal
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representative on necessary proof of her death being made & that he (Wm H Guthrie) is her legal representative accompanied by his power of attorney & Be so good as to advise me in the premesis & oblige
Your huml svt
T Cooney
I do not know what amt Mary Guthrie recd per annum please inform me
TC

To JL Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
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Rev War  BRIEF Obj  I - X

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of                                                                                                                                                                  Robert Guthrie                                                                        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 amout 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? N0
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 2 

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 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 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

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? Sworn in court

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?  No

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, 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_________mpnths   and ______days, 
I served as a __________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand, page 3 of 3]

3

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 pension 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 shown 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 embolied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either 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 oflicer, 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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Henry County is in West Tennessee
If there be a Jackson Agency now
it belongs to that agency.  If there be
none, then it belongs to the Nashville
agency,
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Paris Te Sept 26 1843
Sir
Be so good as to do the needfull to the inclosed papers, & return them to me or an order or draft for the money W Guthrie presented them to the agent at Jackson; but was told that they had first to go to your office
Respectfully
T Cooney
JL Edwards Esqr
Comr of Pensions}
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Union Bank of Tennessee
Nashville 14 Sept 1837
JL Edwards Esqr
Dear Sir
At the request of Robert Guthrie a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of the 7th June 1832 I herewith transmit his claim for your examination and permission of his being paid
There is one years pension due W Guthrie up to the 4th instant He says that owing to her health and a want of knowledge that it was necessary he should draw his stippend once every six months is why he did not call for his money, please to return his claim to him to Franklin Williamson county Tennessee, his calculation is to send his son JF Guthrie to whom he has made his power of attorney after it should be allowed
I am respectfully sir
yr obt servt
John M Bass Prest
& Pension Agent 
By S Cantrell
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Paris 1st August 1842
Sir
Enclosed is a declaration of Mrs Guthrie under the act of 1838 I must it will be sufficiantly formal inasmuch as I have mislaid the forms sent me by the department and I hope it will avail her when corrected with then her to for made & sent to you
If any farther certificates are necessary as to the character of the old lady & her son, W Brown will give them for none are more respectable
The old lady is very infirm & if this will not do, bl say to and what will & I'll try again
Your friend
Willis L Williams
of court you have heard of the oath of CA Harris

JL Edwards Esqr
Comr of Pensions
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6369
Mary Guthrie
of Robert
Tennessee

Admitted
Private 1 yr 3 mo  $50.
Cap  Adams Col. Cashow S.C.

died 13 April 1838

Act 7 July 1838

Willis L. Williams
Paris,
Tenn
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Robert Guthrie, W. Ten: Act 7 June 1832
to what time paid?
Pen Office
March 1. 1842



$50 [illegible]1832
p to 4 Sep 1837
IH
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Paris Tenn.
June 5  45.
Wm F. Guthrie
Pension for widow
of Robt Guthrie.
G80. [illegible]
Pension Office

Rev
Tenn. [illegible]

[Upside down]

[Stamp]
PARIS 
JUN
[illegible]
Te.

The Hon. Secretary of War 
of this United States

pension office}
Washington City

Singing around
with my
thing through
Robt Guthrie
Term 1832
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[post marked
PARIS
JUN
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Te]
The Hon Secretary of War of the United States
Pension Office Washington City

[below is upside down]Paris Tenn
June 5 / 43
Wm F Guthrie

of Robt Guthrie
Rec
P office
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Paris Tennessee
June 5th 1843

Sir
Robert Guthrie was a revolutionary pensioner and was placed in the pension list & grt in certificate thereof on the 2nd day of August 1833 which intitled him to $50 pr annum he died on the 13th of April 1838 having a widow who is yet living the widow received the pension wh March 1841 since which time she has received nothing I wish to know if she is not entitled st to draw his pension
Respectfully
Wm F Guthrie
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[Left side of page]
Hay clk.

Payments to be made
at Nashville
by the Prest of Us Bank
Agent for paying Pension=
ers, in the Agency of West
Tennessee


Recorded in the Pension Off
ice, in Book E  Vol. 7
Page 79 by Danl Boyd
Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States
of the 7th June, 1832,  Robert Guthrie,
who was a private of infantry in
the Army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Fifty dollars  
per annum, during his natural life, commencing on
the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.

GIVEN at the War Office of the United 
States, this second day of 
August one  thousand eight
hundred and thirty- three

John Robb  [signature]
Acting Secretary of War 

Examined and }
Countersigned.}

J L Edwards [signature]
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Paris [Tenn]14th May 1842
J Edwards
After a long absence from home I have returned and find your letter in relation to the case of Mrs Mary Guthrie under the act of 1836 in which you reject her application mainly on the ground that the entry of her marriage in the family record transmitted to you appears to have been long subsequent to the birth of their children. I think you must have been led to that conclusion by some transpiration of the leaves of the record which I cut out of the old bible myself and unless I am grossly mistaken the marriage record was not only first in position but manifestly very antique In posting the leaves to the declaration I may have transposed them not meaning it so important as I now found it to have been that they should [illegible]y their original positions the son whose testimony is in the record says that his impression is that the marriage was placed betwixt the Bible & the [illegible] and the birthing of the children betwixt the testament & a copy of David Psalms attached to the old Bible That it was all correct I have no doubt per the extreme respectability of the whole family but whether you [illegible] will admit of the allowance of the claim is not for me to decide If upon further examination you think the claim amount be allowed under the act of 1836 I am anxious to make an enquiring trading another portion of your letter to which you will allow reply at an early a day as is convenient
Your letter says "the claim may be made under the act of July 7th 1838, under which a declaration should be exhibited?" I would instantly draw up a declaration for the old lady under the act of 1838 but that act provides for those who were named subsequent to the last period of the husbands service Such was not the fact with Mrs G whose marriage was prior to her husband leaving
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the service.  Do you mean that, altho Such was her condition, yet that she
would be entitled under the act of 1838, her marriage having been [illegible]to
1 Jany 94? Will it be necessary to exhibit the proof that is already
filed when a declaration may be drawn up under the act of 1838?

I have no doubt of the mistake of this claim, and would be much pleased to know that the old lady had been benefited by some
on of the act.
very truly yours
Willis L Williams
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Robert Guthrie W Tenn Act 7June 1832
To what time paid?
Pens. Office
Dec: 29. 1841
Pd to 3 Sept 1837
[illegible]H
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Paris 24th January 1842
Sir
Enclosed I forward the Declaration of Mrs Guthrie which will doubtless be sufficient in as much as there is proof of his service in the records of the department.  Should there be a defect that might be remedied by the certificate of a member of Congress, please address Hon Milton Brown, who represents us and who is acquainted with the parties. If any defect exist that cant be cured by his certificate, please address me.
If she is entitled to her certificate, please forward it to my address
with kindest wishes for you & yours
I am Dr Sir
your ob servant
Willis L Williams
Paris
Henry County Tennessee
James L Edwards Esq
Washington.
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The National Archives
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*

Name Guthrie, William
Grade Private
Line Delaware
Warrant Number S10772 aud 13941
Acreage 100
Issued September 2, 1789
to Thomas McGuire, Admr.

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.