Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13956, for Ezra Morrison, Georgia
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Ga.
Morrison, Ezra
S. 13956
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7633
Kentucky

Ezra Morrison
of Lincoln C. in the State of Kentucky  who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Pannel of the regt commanded by Elbert, on the Georgia line for three yrs from 1776

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 dollars -- cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of May 1833 -- and sent to Hon R P Letcher, Lancaster, Ken.

Arrears to the 4th of March 33,           160--
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. 33  40
                                                            $200

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act of June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk
Book E  Vol. 7  Page 18
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7633
Kentucky

Ezra Morrison
of Lincoln C. in the State of Kentucky  who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Pannel of the regt commanded by Elbert, on the Georgia line for three yrs from 1776

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 dollars -- cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of May 1833 -- and sent to Hon R P Letcher, Lancaster, Ken.

Arrears to the 4th of March 33,           160--
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. 33  40
                                                            $200

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act of June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk
Book E  Vol. 7  Page 18
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[ handwritten document]
An amendment to the Declaration of Ezra Morrison an applicant for a pension and an act of Congress of June 7th.1832.

On the 22nd day of April 1833 the said Ezra Morrison personally appeared before the Justices of the Lincoln County Court and made oath in addition to what he stated in his former Declaration: That he was born in the County of Amherst Virginia in the year 1756. There is a Record of his age in the lower part of Kentucky at the house of his sister. Samuel Elbert was Colonel of the Regular troop with whom he served John Shirk Lieut. Colonel. He is known to the following persons in his neighborhood who can testify as to his character & belief as to his services as a soldier of the Revolution. William F. Lee, William Dinwiddie, Archibald Huston, Carrol Bailey, Benjamin Briggs & many others. Sworn to subscribe the day & year ass'd.

[signature]
Ezra Morrison
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[handwritten letters]
Mr. Jacob Warner [Warinner faintly written above Warner] a clergyman Resident in the County of Lincoln and Wm F. Lee, William Dinwiddie, Archibald Huston, Benjamin Briggs & Abraham Estes
residing in the same County hereby certify the we are well acquainted with Ezra Morrison who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration: that [illegible] believe him to be seventy seven years of age: that he is [illegible] and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed this 22nd Apl.1833

[signatures]
Jacob Warinner
Wm. F. Lee
Wm Dinwiddie
A. Huston
B Briggs

I William Dinwiddie and [John Bright - marked out] residing in the County of Lincoln do hereby certify that I know that the above Ezra Morrison did enter in the army of the Revolution as he has stated as a soldier therein. he returned once or twice on furlough. this affiant does not of his knowledge know the precise length of the service of the said [Dinwiddie - marked out] Morrison: that he has always understood that it was
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about three years & he believes it to be true. Sworn to and signed this 22 Apl. 1833.

[signature]
Wm Dinwiddie

I John Bright of Lincoln County do hereby certify that I have seen ['have seen the' is underlined] original Discharge of the said Ezra Morrison in the possession [inserted - "of s'd Morrison"] it was delivered [inserted - "by me"] to the late Thomas Montgomery while he was a member of Congress and was by him lost or mislaid. Sworn to & subscribed the 22nd April 1833.

[signature]
John Bright

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 as he states and the Court further certif-[rest of word worn of page] that Jacob Warner who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Lincoln and that William F. Lee, Wm Dinwiddie, Archibald Huston, Benjamin Briggs and Abram Estes who has also signed the same are residents in the said County of Lincoln and are credible persons and that their statements are en-
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-titled to full credit. Subscribed the day above written

[signatures]
J Williams JP
George Helm JP
Wm Shanks JP

I Thomas Helm Clerk of the County Court of Lincoln County de hereby certify that the foregoing contains the ["original" - marked out] proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ezra Morrison for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my and and seal of office this 22nd day of April 1833

{    } [handwritten seal]

[signature]
Thomas Helm
Clerk
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832.

State of Kentucky}
Lincoln County}     [illegible]

On the 30th day of ["September"-marked out] August in the year 1832 Ezra Morrison a resident [inserted - "aged 76 years"] of the County of Lincoln and State of Kentucky personally appeared before the Judge of the Lincoln Circuit Court; and being first only sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832, That he enlisted in the Army of the United state on the 9th of November 1776 and served in the second Georgia Battalion or Regiment of the Continental line under the following names and officers [illegible] Samuel Elbert Colonel, John Stirk Lieu-
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-tenant Colonel, Major Mosely, Captain Joseph Pannel, afterwards George Hancock was Capt and afterwards Shem Cook was Captain. he resided in the County of Amherst State of Virginia when he entered the service __ he served three years. he was engaged on several skirmishes with the Florida Scout. He marched through Savannah, Simsbary ["Sunsbury" written lightly above Simsbary] Augusta Forts upon Ogechee River and was a good deal at Fort Howe. He had his original discharge in his possession until some years ago when he gave it to the late Thomas Montgomery Esq then a member of Congress for the purpose of getting his portion of the land which had been allowed to the soldiers of the Revolution, and it was by him mislaid
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He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[signature]
Ezra Morrison

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states

[signature]
John L. Bridges
Circuit Judge

I Thomas Helm Clerk of the Lincoln Circuit Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings [inserted - "of s'd Court"] in the matter of the application of Ezra Morrison for a pension: and that the Hon. John L. Bridges whose name is above subscribed is the presiding Judge of the said Lincoln Circuit Court.
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 3rd day August in the year 1832

[faint stamped] Seal

[signature]
Thomas Helm

[right side of folded document]
83215

E Morrison [illegible]
Declaration to
obtain a pension
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[vertical word illegible]
[typed form, handwritten responses]

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
Ezra Morrison S.F. 13956

Dates of enlistment or appointment: Nov 9. 1776
Length of Service: 3 yrs.
Rank: Pvt.
Officers under whom service was rendered:
Captain:
{Joseph Pannel
{George Hancock
{Shem Cook
Colonel: Samuel Elbert
State: Ga.

Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Amherst Co. Va.
Date of application of pension, Aug 30, 1832 [illegible]
Resident at date of application, Lincoln Co. Ky
Age at date of application, 
{born Amherst Co. Va. in 1756
{ d. Nov.1.1844

Remarks: Elizabeth Bright was the only surviving child [illegible] 3 " and report at back of this corres__
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8325

Ezra Morrison

look in Georgia
Rolls,
from 1776 private
3 years $80.

[bottom of page] Hon. R. P. Letcher,
Lancaster,
Ken
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[typed form, handwritten responses]

325
BRIEF in the case of Ezra Morrison
County of Lincoln in the State of Kentucky
(Act 7th June, 1832)

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

2. If before Judge, does it appear that the application is disable by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 76

4. State his service, as directed in form annexed.
Period: Nov in 1776 & [illegible]
Duration of Service: years, 3" Months,~ Days, ~
Rank: as a private
Names of General and field Officers under whom he served:
Cap Jos Pannel, Major Mosely, Col. Elbert & in the 2nd Georgia Regm't of the Continental line

5. In what battles was he engaged? None mentioned

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Amherst Cty Va.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, by the rolls? Neither

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

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

[signature]
T. Waugh  Examing Clerk
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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 Ezra Morrison which require further proof of 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 the any reason assigned for his not doing so? 

IV. Has the declarant mention 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? yes

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 distingushed from any oyher seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence,  
and has not obtained the testimony of ay least one 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 as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? --

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? [illegible]

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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 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 the 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.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service. [italic]
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 be belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers. [italic]
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated 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 tapeor narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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[illegible mark in top left corner]
[letterhead]

[left side]
Seal of Office of Auditor for Interior Department 
in reply quote initials

[ride side]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Washington, March 11, 1912.

The Commissioner of Pensions

Sir:
In reply to your letter of 7th instant you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, at Lexington, Ky., the records of this office show last payment to  have been made to ['in case of' typed over 'made to'] Ezra Morrison, War of the Revolution, certificate No. 7633, at $80.00 per {"month" crossed off] annum to November 1. 1844, the date of his death, to Champ Carter, attorney for Elizabeth Bright, only surviving child.

Letter herewith returned.

Respectfully,
[signature]
C. C. Shober
Auditor

seal for U. S. Pension Office
Mar. 12, 1912

By
[signature] 
C. R.
Deputy Auditor.  

[faintly written bottom left corner]
This report was [illegible] [illegible]
 [illegible] 12, 1912
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[handwritten letter] 
Lancaster
22'd April 1833

Sir. 
The enclosed papers have been amended according to the requistion of the Department. Will you have them [illegible] as soon as possible, and let me know the result.

Your friend
[signature]
R P Letcher
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[left side]
1912 Mch 7 and for Interior Dept. for date of death. V.L.M.
1912 Mch 8, Hist. to Mrs. H. S. Howard. V.L.M.
1915 Oct. 28 Hist. to William M. Sweeny
Letter in S. 4587[rest illegible]
John Morrison
[line]
1933 Sept. 8 Photo mailed to William M. Sweeny
[illegible under Sweeny]

[right side]
[written vertically] Rev War

13.956
[check mark] INVALID.
[line]
File No. 13.956
Ezra Morrison
Priv. Rev. War
[line]
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 265
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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[right side]
[illegible] [illegible]
February 26-1912

Bureau of Pensions
Revolutionary War Dept
Washington. D. C.

[illegible]
Does the name of Ezra Morrison ["only one" written above Morrison][Ezra Morrison is underlined] of Virginia [underlined] who served in the Revolution appear upon your records? In [illegible][illegible] to fee for investigation, etc will be really appreciated.

Yours Very Truly
Mrs H. S. Howard
1205 - 23rd Avenue
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Rev. & 1812   #181
BA*J/MCS

[typed letter]
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September 1, 1933
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
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District 2900, Branch 970
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Rev. War pension claim of Ezra Morrison, 
S. 13956
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Actual   1 page
[lower part of page]
*
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$0.25   1 page
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Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2 inches at the top of each page and return papers in each case in folder with corresponding name and number. The word "Omit" is written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied.
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Chief of Rev. & 1812 Wars Sect.
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[handwritten]
Page of Ezra Morrison deposition signed by him. It begins with "He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to" and ends with: "of the said Lincoln Circuit Court" 1 page
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[typed letter]
[right]
August 31, 1933

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Administrator of Veterans' Affairs
Washington
D.C.

Dear Sir:
Kindly send me an uncertified photostatic copy of one page from Rev. War pension claims of Ezra Morrison, S. 13956.

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Very truly yours

[left and handwritten]
x Mrs William M. Sweeny
126 Franklin Street
Astoria Long Island
New York