Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,149, for Philip Isely, North Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
NUMBER
n.c.
“Isley, Phillip
or “Isley,
or “Izley, Mary
W 26,149
B.L.N.t.84.011-160-ss
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293.517 Aug-Mar 3/55
Aug 28/58
Isely-Isley
Mary Philip
[illegible mark] Isley
W: 16 Aug [Illegible]: 11/58 [Illegible]
Prev. Mar
[illegible mark]-5308-6448
John Dunwody Roswell Cobb Co. GA. Vol 9, p 165
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6448
Georgia
Mary Isley
Widow of Philip Isley
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of -30 dollars-
cents per annum, to commence
on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued
6th day of Sept. 1858,
And sent to John Dunwoody,
Roswell, Geo. 
293514
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, page 239. Vol H
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Georgia 16.676

Phillip Isley- 
Of Gwinnett in the State of Ga
who was a Pv. In the commanded 
by Captain  of the Regm commanded
by Col: Butler in the N. CA.
line for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia 
at the rate of 30 -dollars-  cents  per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Sept. 33
and Clerk Wm Maltbie
Lawrenceville, GA

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833
Semi-anl. allowance ending Mar 34
$75 $15 $90
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by N. Rice – Clerk,
Book e  Vol. 6  Page 94
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Pension claim of 
Mary Isley Widow
Of Philip Isley Revolu
tionary Soldier N. Carolina
Troops 1781 

Jon. Dunwody
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State of Georgia County of Cobb}

On this Twenty first day of August in The year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and Fifty eight personally appeared before me Napolean B. Green official Ordinary clerk of the court County aforesaid Mary Isley a resident of Cobb County and State of Georgia, aged eighty four years who being duly sworn ascending to law, does in her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the laws of the United States granting pensions to Officers and Soldiers, and their widows, of the Revolutionary War: That she is the widow of Philip Isley who was a private during the said Revolutionary War from the State of North Carolina, that from her age and the want of documentary proof she cannot state his Officers or Regiment although she knows of his being at the Battle of Guilford Court House on the 15th March 1781 under Gen Green- That she was married to the said Philip Isley on the Twentieth Day of March in the year Eighteen hundred & sixteen. That her said husband the aforesaid Philip Isley died on the Ninth day of March Eighteen hundred and Forty two at his residence Gwinnett County in the State of Georgia, and that she is now his widow as will now more fully appear by reference to the proofs she herewith submits. She refers for proofs of his service, and title to pension to his declaration & proof thereof on file in the Pension office made by said Isley during his life time under which he drew a pension of U.S. agent, John Morell at Savannah, Georgia from September 1833 to March 1842. and she prays the continuation to her as the widow of the said Philip Isley such pension as may be allowed from
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From the death of the said Philip Isley in 1842 up to the present time, and during her
natural life, and all other pensions that any law may entitle her to from the date of his service in said Revolutionary War, up to the time he commenced drawing a pension in 1833. And she hereby appoints John Donwoody her attorney to present her claim & receive the Certificate when issued 
Mary Isley

[illegible marks]
 
And at the same time before me also personally appeared Peter Grover and Lewis Neese residents of Cobb County in the State of Georgia, who being sworn to say that the forgoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Isley in their presence, and that they know her to have been the wife of Philip Isley who was said to have been a Revolutionary Soldier and to have drawn a pension while living in Gwinnett County Georgia- That she has not to the best of their knowledge or belief married since the death of the said Philip Isley her late, but that she is now the widow of the said Philip Isley deceased and is so considered a resident in the same county with her said Mary Isley for some five or six years and their previous acquaintances with her and her husband Philip Isley enables them to testify to the above facts- and we further swear we have no interest in her claim for pension
noon to and subscribed before
year afore

Lewis Neese

[illegible marks]
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State of Georgia, Cobb County}

I Napoleon B. Green Ordinary and Exception Clerk of the Office of Ordinary and Exception Courthouse and for the County and State aforesaid do herby certify that the foregoing declaration are of truth and sworn to and subscribed before me on this day and year first before that the affiant to be credible, that the claimant is the person [illegible] [illegible] to be and that I have no interest in this claim. In testimony [illegible] I have presented my hand and my office Signature and Seal of office at Marietta in Said County and State aforesaid [illegible] on this [illegible] Day August [illegible] 1858
N.B. Green Ordinary & Exception Clerk of the Court of Ordinary
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Georgia Gwinnett County}
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of said county Philip Isley of said county & who has appeared for a pension and after being duly sworn that an amending & explanation of his original declaration the following notinwayith [sic] of facts which are true within his recollection as to the services rendered & true to the best of his recollection in relation to the period duration of his service first know his old age & decay of mind and body he cannot be precise as to the particular date found. That is entered the services as stated in his declaration as a volunteer in 1776, to the best of his recollections remained in the services a short time toward a month as a private as a Light Horse Man & was principally employed in Serving His County in North & South Carolina - in the latter part of 1779 as well as he can recollect he was drafted & entered the Services in Captain Taize company in Orange County, North Carolina, & was attached to COL. Butlers Regiment and as a private during the three months in North & South Carolina and his serving Regiment and was in service as a private during the three months in North & South Carolina and his serving regiment the Continentals in that service until after the Battle in which Genl. Gates army to which he belonged was drafted in South Carolina after the defeat of Gates & the Army manly all dispersed and his term having expired he was subsequently discharged by his said Captain Rogers - he returned now and again in the early part of the year 1781 as well as he can now recollect to again enter the services at the same place as
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a drafted man in Captain Rogers Company for six months was marched to Guilford & then placed under the Command of Genl. Nath Green two days before the battle and was in that Battle-after the battle they were proposing to attract Cornwallis army next day but he had in the meantime marched off-Green then marched into South Carolina and afterwards fought the Battle at Eutaw Springs and that shortly after the Battle his term of services having previously expired he was discharged by his said Captain & returned home This discharge took place after passing the British towards Charleston-That his services in all for which he was bound to serve was at least nine months & one month as a Horseman when he returned to be in his County as first stated and remained in service several months without being compelled so to do when his deferment terms had expired-and after he had been fully discharged from all services he was in engaged as stated in his declaration-and that by way of explanation of his former statement made in his said declaration it states that his times therin were not stated as he supposed they were & as he had noted them to the gentleman who drafted in was in that of the different times & services being stated it was stated as a continuous service which in that report was erroneous & he being wholly illiterate did not retract the error as he is now informed it exists
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That he served as a private soldier in each tour of duty- That in his service in 1780 Peter Craven - John Lane & Postian Aulis were of
his mismates -  Battle at Eutaw Springs-that in his service in 1781 Martin Lease - Joseph Naye & Powell Kimberly were of [illegible]-That he was (as he has always been informed by his family & believes) born in the State of Pennsylvania. In the Year 1751~ And was reared in the Orange County, N. Carolina when an infant raised there till the Year 1822 when he removed to Gwinnett County Georgia where he now resides; that he has no ward of his age. That John S. Milkan a clergyman & Daniel Doumand who have already testified-Larry Bankstory-John Mills & James Hutchington to all of whom it has been long known & other neighbors can all testify to his character for truth & veracity & of this testify that he served as stated in the war of the revolution-That during the shown period he was engaged in no civil pursuits & for his services he claims a pension.

Philip Mosely [his mark]
Sworn to & Subscribed
Before me this 25 July 1833
John Millis J.P 
 
Georgia, Gwinnett County J William Maltbie, Clerk of the Inferior Court for said County herby certify that John Mills whose name appears to the foregoing letter of attorney
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affidavit of Philip Isley as a subscribing witness now is and was at the time of subscribing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County and that full faith and credit ought to be had & given to his attestation as such Given under my hand & Seal of office this

26th day of July 1833-
Wm. Maltbie C.J.C.
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Philip Iseley
Revolutionary Soldier
Declaration
Lawrenceville, GA [illegible]
Oct 11
13.723
War Department
Pension Office
Lawrenceville. GA OCT. 3
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Lawrenceville, GA           [illegible]
Oct 11 
13.723
War Department 
Pension Office 
Lawrenceville. GA OCT. 3
Philip Iseley
Revolutionary Soldier
Declaration
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State of Georgia
Gwinnet County}

Inferior Court September term 1832- on this 25th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court (it being a court of record) now sitting Philip Iseley a resident of the said county of Gwinnett & State Georgia aged Eighty one who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he entered the service in the State of North Carolina & County of Orange wherein he then resided in the year 1775 or 1776 he is not very certain. Under Captain Taize Attached to Colonel Butler’s Regiment & marched in to South Carolina and was in the battle of Gates defeat at which place his Capt. fell and then served under Capt. Rogers and was in the battle of Guilford under Genl. Green and was also in the Battle of Eutaw Springs was in the service all nine months & at the explanation of- said service was regularly discharged by his officers but have since lost said discharge-afterwards was in [illegible] service his against the Torries in North Carolina under Colonel Mapen that after the revolutionary war that he has resided first in North Carolina & from thence came to the State of Georgia & County of Gwinnet where he now resides- and that he has no documentary evidence whereby he can prove his said services- and that he knows of no person now living whose testimony he can mourn to establish the same. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any
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Of the States 
sworn & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
in open court 
(attest) Wm Maltbie C.I.C.  Philip Iseley [his-mark]   

Georgia Gwinnett County}
We John L Wilson a clergyman residing in the said County of Gwinnett and State of Georgia And Daniel Drummond residing in the same state & county hereby certify will acquainted with Philip Iseley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty one Years that he is referred & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn to & Subscribed                                      Daniel Drummond
The day and year aforesaid                              Wm Maltbie C.I.C.
In open court

Georgia Gwinnett County} 
And the said court do herby declare in their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after letting the investigators prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, & the court further certifies that it appears to them that John S. Wilson, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the County of Gwinnett & State of Georgia and that Daniel Drummond who has also signed the same is a resident of the County & State aforesaid and is a credible person and that their
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Statements is entitled to Credit
 J. Wardlaw [illegible mark]
John Brewster [illegible mark]
A.R. Smith [illegible mark]
 I William Maltbie Clerk of the Inferior Clerk for said County & State do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings for said Court in the matter of the application of Philip Iseley for a pension-In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 25th day of December 1832. 
Wm. Maltbie C.I.C.
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[illegible] of Mary Isley
Widow of Philip Isley 
and claim for Bounty Land
Revolutionary Soldier
N. Carolina 1781

393.T17

John Dunwoody
Roswell, Cobb County GA.
J. Dunwoody
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State of Georgia County of Cobb} 

On this twenty first day of August in the year of our lord Eighteen Hundred and fifty eight personally appeared before me J.A. Tollison as a Notary Public within and foresaid County and State Mary Isley aged Eighty four years a resident of Cobb County in the State who duly being sworn according to law, declare that she is the widow of Philip Isley who was a Revolutionary Soldier, and who served as a private in the Revolutionary War from North Carolina and was at the battle of Guilford Court House on the 15th of March 1781, under Genl. Green. That she was married to the said Philip Isley in Orange County North Carolina on the twentieth day of March in the year Eighteen hundred and sixteen by Michael Holt a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her marriage Mary Cameron. That her said husband Philip Isley deceased, is dead, that he died on the ninth day of March Eighteen Hundred forty two at his residence in Gwinnett County Georgia. That from her age and the want of documents she cannot give the names of his officers or Regiment but refers for the facts of his having served to his declaration and proofs on file in the Pension Office, furnished by him during his lifetime under which he drew a pension from the year 1833 to the 1842, and that she is still his widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Grant Land to which she may be entitled under the act of Congress approved the 3rd day of March 1855, she further declares that she has never received any bounty land under this nor any other act, or made application therefor, except for this present application. She refers for the proof
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of her marriage and the death of her husband to her application & proof, therewith submitted to the Pension Office, for pension bearing even date with this application for Bounty Land and she hereby appoints John Dunwoody her agent to present this claim & receive the warrant therefore. 
Mary Isley [illegible]

We, Lewis Neese and Peter Groover residents of Cobb County in the State of Georgia upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged in our presence, and that we know from our knowledge of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. And that she is still a widow. 
Lewis Neese Peter Groover (his mark)  
The foregoing Declaration and affidavit sworn to and subscribed to before me on the day and year above written; And I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that I believe the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. 

J. A. Tolleson Notary Public 
State of Georgia 
County of Cobb

I Napolean B. Green Exchequer Clerk of the Court of Ordinary in aforesaid County do hereby certify that JT ESQ. before whom the foregoing declaration an affidavit were made in an acting Notary Public in afore County duly authorized by law to administrate grants for general purposes, and that his signature thereto is genuine. 

Given under my hand and seal this 
21st day of August A.D. 1858      
N.B. Green [illegible]
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Certified Copy of the Last Will
of
Philip Isley, [illegible]

J. Dunwoody
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In the name of God Amen I Philip Isley of the county of Gwinnett and State of Georgia covering this mortal life and being of sound mind and memory and blessed be almighty God for the same) do make and publish this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say I give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife Mary Isley the special right benefit and use of all my plantation and Lot of Land, not otherwise disposed of by my self, on which I now reside it being a lot No. One hundred and six in the sixth district of Gwinnett County, to the only free use benefit and behalf of her the said Mary Isley during her natural life the same to be from and immediately after my death disposed of in any way manner or shape
She the said Mary Isley may deem proper or Expedient And I also give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Mary Isley all my stock of hogs and Cattle also all my farming utensils and all other property of which I may be possessed at the time of my death not otherwise disposed of- 
Also all my notes and accounts due me after my first debts be paid I will and bequeath unto my beloved wife Mary Isley to her free use and disposal there of- 
And further I do hereby appoint her the said Mary Isley Executive of this my Last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made at the same time constituting her my Lawful Representative in the Transacting of all or any of my business which is or may be to attend to after my death In witness where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal the 5th day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and Forty
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Signed sealed and published and declared by the above named Philip Isley to be his Last will and Testament in presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as Witness in present of the Testator

Philip Isley [his mark]
James W Demby
Mitchel Hutchens 
Young Nash
Chandler Maddox [his mark]

Georgia Gwinnett County}

Inferior Court sitting for Ordinary Purposes May Term 1842
Young Nash and Chandler Maddox James M Demby you do Solemnly swear that you saw Philip Isley sign seal publish, and declare this writing to be and contain his Last Will and Testament that at the time there of he was of sound disposing mind and memory and that he did it freely without compulsion to the best of your knowledge so help you God 
Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court this 2nd day of May 1842 

Young Nash
Chandler Maddox [his mark]
J.W. Demby
Attest 
Kinchin Rambo [illegible mark]

Attest            
Kinchin Rambo [illegible mark]
Sworn to and subscribed by James W. Demby in open court this 5th day of September 1842 day of May 1842
Attest 
Kinchin Rambo  [illegible mark]

Georgia Gwinnett County}
Inferior Court sitting for Ordinary Purposes Regular Term May 2nd 1842
I do solemnly swear that this writing contains the true Last will of the within named Philip Isley deceased so far as I know or believe and that I will well and truly execute the
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Same by paying first the debts and then the Legacies contained in the said Will as far as his goods and chattels will thereunto Extend and the Law change me and that I will make a true and perfect inventory of all such goods and chattles so help me God  
Attest
Kinchin Rambo [illegible mark] Mary Isley [her mark]

Georgia Gwinnett County} Court of Ordinary May Term 1842
The within Last Will and Testament of Philip Isley deceased having been duly proven at this regular Term in open Court when the oath of young Nash and Chandler Maddox ordered that the same be admitted to Record and that letters testamenting be granted to the said Mary Isley
Attest Kinchin Rambo [illegible mark] Recorded May 9th 1842  Attest Kinchin Rambo [illegible mark]

Georgia Gwinnett County} 
I Gainum T Rakestraw Ordinary & Exception Clerk & Keeper of the Records & seal thereof do hear by Certify that the above and within is a true copy of the Last will & Testament of the within named Philip Isley as appears of Record in this office.
Given under my hand and seal of office this August this 13th 1858
G.T. Rakestraw Ordinary & Exceptions Clerk
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WIDOW, &c.
No. L6.129

Mary Isely Wid of 
Philip Isely
[illegible] Rev War
Act: Feb 3rd 53 
Index;-Vol. a, Page 368
Arrangement of 1870.
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Pension Office                               
September 2, 1858
Released & Certify
the time which the within named pensioner was paid on the date of his death
Very Respectfully,  

S. Cole
for [illegible]
No. 7075
3rd Auditors Office
Sept. 3rd 1838

Sir:

Philip Isley GA. Wed June 7 1832, at $30- h.a. appears to have been paid to 4 March 1842
Very Resp.
[illegible]
sev: C. Whiting Esqs
Comm. of Pensioners
K J Atkinson Esq.
[illegible mark] auditor [illegible mark]
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September 2, 1858

Sir,

In answer to the letter of Stephen B. Powell ESQ. of Sivonia [sic] Station, Sivingston [sic], New York  arreared [sic] to You the 13th of July past and which he has been referred to this Office for reply.
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Roswell Cobb County Ga.
August 23, 1818 

Sir,

I enclose to you Mary Isleys claim for pension as widow of Philip Isley a Revolutionary soldier from A.U. 1787, P. Isley drew a pension as will appear by refund to him in your department, it was paid to him by Agt. Rice mark [illegible] up to his death in 1842, his widow has established her marriage to the said Philip, & his death, & her present widow hood, by as good proof as she can get & has appointed [illegible] as her  agent to the case for her, the continuation of pension to her from the time
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of the death of the said Philip wife to this present time, and being his natural wife; also if any law will allow the same, she prays, you to allow her the pension the said Philip would have drawn from the date of his service, up to the time he did commence to draw a pension; as also any increase in each cases: all of which you know by justice & law she may be entitled to she prays you may can through me to be granted to her-& she dos also appoint her agent to procure of his, her land warrant issued law of [illegible] 1855 & refers You to proof of service of her said husband Phillip to his Uncle
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on file in your office, & also to accompany in proof of marriage and death of said Philip Isley & his widow have to proofs furnished along with pension claim- Please do us the kindness to explain in her two claims & report to us as each as the case will admit. 

Very Respectfully 
Your Obt Servt
John Dunwoody  

Hon Geo G. Whiting
Washington, D.C.   
[illegible mark]
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[illegible] Spring, 9 Mar [illegible]
Last will & Testament filed
Cobb County, GA.
John Dunwoody 
Roswell, Cobb County GA. ESQ.
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84.011

160 acres
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Philip Isley 

[illegible] 
Private  [illegible]
3 30 
Wm. Maltbie
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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 explanation, Philip Isely which require further proof or

1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
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? yes
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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 revolu-
tionary service ? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain-
ing 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 ? yes
XIV. ιif the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service?
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?
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 P
XVI. ιAre the papers authenticated as the regulations direct P you
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily ? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered ? 1.2.7
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
sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory,
he
duly
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recol-
lection 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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8
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 in-definite, 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 objection-able. 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 eithé in the field or in garrison and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
UERE 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 theit 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 magis-trate must be certified by the proper oflicer, 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 cer-tificate 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.

The applicant says that he entered the service in the year 1775, 6 May in the Battle of Gates 
Defeat-Guilford, and Eutaw Springs-the first being in 1780, and the latter in the year 1781-he must explain the discrepancy and confer to the acquainted time.
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Brief in the case of Mary Isley wid: of Philip 
Cobb
County and State of Georgia,
act 3 Feb: 1853
Claim, ("original," &
proof exhibited (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls ? If either, state the substance.

Husband was pensioner under the act of 7 June, 1832,
ah the rate of #30. per annum.

Hour [sic] witness to general reputation of marriage, that the parties lived & cohabitated together as man and wife. The pensioner recognizes the claimant as his wife in his Will. Pensioner dies 9" March, 1842, as appears   from paid proofs.

(If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim ? If so, what?

report of the [illegible] [illegible] widowhood identity is established by the affidavit of four credible affiviants.    

Name
and residence of Agent

John Dunwoody, ESQ.
Roswell, Cobb County, GA

S C Boyn
Examining Clerk.
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Mary Isley
Wid:
Philip Isley


allow for  # 30. per an: to
com: Feb: 30. [illegible]
dec. act Feb: 30. [illegible]

$ 167.50
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Pension Office 
September 2, 1858.

Sir,

In answer to the letter of Stephen B. Powell ESQ. of the 13" of July, Past.
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Proof of Marriage & death of Philip Isley accompanying claim for pension of his widow Mary Isley-

J. Dunwoody
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Gwinnett County
State of Georgia} S.S. 

On this thirteenth day of August Eighteen Hundred & fifty eight personally appeared before me Tandy W. Brown acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and State aforesaid,
duly authorized to administer oaths John Bankston & R.B. Nash citizens of said County & State aforesaid, who upon oath declare & say they were personally acquainted with Phillip Isley & his wife Mary Isley, that they were acquainted well with them from twelve to fifteen years, the greater part of which in they lived on adjoining lots of land to them, that the said Isley was a good & respectable citizen, that they came to our County as man and wife, was so reputed to be, lived together as such, & during acquaintance with them raised a grown daughter, who was married off while living near them, that their  marriage was never disputed by any one nor did they ever hear the matter doubted, that the said Isley died leaving, to the best of their knowledge a will in which he left his wife Mary as Executer which said will is said to be recorded in our County-that they truly believed them to have been legally
married as man & wife- 
They further state that-they were acquainted with the death of the said Philip Isley-
that he died some time in the spring or summer of the year of 1842 that the said John Bankston helped to dig this grave & the said R.B. Nash helped to put him into his coffin & to bury him- They do further state that the said widow Mary Isley lived in the same home where her late husband died for two years more or less, when she went off & was gone
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Some time, & again returned to the same settlement as the widow Mary Isley, she then moved to the best of their knowledge to Cobb County, where they were married that the widow has & still lives – 

Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year above written. 
Tandy W. Brown [illegible mark]
R B Nash [illegible mark]
John Bankston [illegible mark]
[his mark] 

Georgia, Gwinnett County}

I, Gainum T Rakestraw
Ordinary and Exception Clerk of said county do certify that Tandy M Brown before whom the above Certificate was assigned and whose name appears to the same is and was an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county and that his signature in genuine
Given under my hand & the seal of this office this August 13th 1858

Gainum T Rakestraw
Ordinary