Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 535, Richard Whittington, S. C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S. C. 

Whittington, Richard
Mary

NUMBER
W. 535
B. L. Wt. 26973-160-55

Born in Va.
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CONTENTS
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Mississippi  22.610
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Richard Whittington
of Amite Co. in the State of Mississippi
who was a Pvt. & Lieut. in the Co. commanded
by Captain Liployd [?] of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Hicks in the South Ca.
line for 17 months.
13 1/2 mos. Private    45.
3 1/2 Lieutenant         46.67
                                   91.67
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Inscribed on the Roll of Mississippi
at the rate of 91 Dollars 67 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1931.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Nov.
1833 and sent to R. M. 
Neilson  Liberty, Amite Co., Miss.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833             229.17
Semi-annl. allowance ending 4 Mar. 34   45.83
                                                              $275.00

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

Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk
Book E.  Vol. 8  Page 77.
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State of Mississippi
Amite County
Probate Court of Amite County

On this [blank] day of [blank] Personally appeared before the Hon. V. P.
Crawford Probate Judge of said County, Richard Whittington, a resident
of Zion Hill Precinct in the County and State aforesaid, aged about 82 years,
who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the act 
of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States so well as he recollects in the 
year 1778 or 1779 under the following named officers and served as herein
stated
1)  That he first entered the service as volunteer under captain Robert Lloyd commanded by Col.
Wm. Hicks and served as a private, 2 months as he supposes that the troops were
destined to a station at Ninety Six; but being advised of the surrender of that 
post, the march was diverted[?] to a camp near Camden S. Carolina known by 
the name of Snow Camp where he remained till discharged.
2)  The next service was rendered by the applicant under the same officers marched
to Charleston and remained in Garrison in expection [expectation?] of the British a term of 
two months as well as can be recollected.  In this service he was again voluntary
3)  The next engagement was served with the same officer called by draft at See View Bay &
Bulls Island and served he thinks again about 2 months as 
a private.
4)  He was again called into service by Draft under the same officers was stationed at
Fort Johnson on James Island near Charleston where he continued about 1
month and a half.
5)  The next service called by Draft was rendered in a campaign conducted by Col. Morris Simmons in 
the company commanded by Capt. Thomas stationed for three weeks at Purrysburgh
when the British army came on cross the Savannah River and pursued our militia
in Coosahotchee [Coosawhatchie] Creek - Here Col. Simmons made a stand and gave battle; the 
action was here conducted by a Col Laurence who joined our Regiment.  Laurence &
his horse were both wounded - were compelled to fly before the enemy into Charleston
the day after our arrival at Charleston the British demanded a surrender of the place
which was refused by Gov. Rutledge.  The British having retreated cross Ashly River
were there met by Genl. Lincoln who gave them battle at Stono - the Declarant
was not in this action but could distinguish the living[?] from Charleston.
during the stay at Charleston (not exceeding a week he believes) he was promoted
to Lieutenant in said company commissioned by Gov. Rutledge &
Genl. F. Mason till this period he continued as private - the time of this 
campaign he considers about 6 months.
6)  The first tour rendered as an officer was with Captain Pearson commanded
by Col. Lemuel Benton & under Genl. Marion stationed at a camp near Monks
Corner a term of about 2 months.
7)  After the expiration of this period the declarant was again called under the
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same officers into the service near Charleston at a station on the Wambaw
River.  he considers the time to be about one month & two weeks -
this closes the term of service rendered by the declarant during the war.
The Declarant resided at the time of his first entry into service in Cheraw District
So. Carolina, and continued there when at home, till the close of the same.
He hereby further declares that he has no documentary evidence of his claim 
nor can he procure any testimony of any living witness to the truth of his statement
except the annexed certificate made by Greif Whittington
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity
except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in 
any State.

Richd. Whittington

Sworn to and subscribed this 17 day of June 
1835

And the said Court doth hereby declare its opinion that the above applicant
was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states


We Jesse Young Clergyman and John Jenkins
citizens of the state of Mississippi Amite county
do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Richard Whittington who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration
that we believe him to be 80 years of age.  that he is reputed and believed in the 
neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that 
we concur in that opinion

Jesse Young
Jno. Jenkins

Sworn to & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid

And the said Court doth hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the 
matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed in 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 him that 

D J Crawford
Judge Probate

The court also further certifies its opinion that Greif Whittington whose
certificate is annexed to the above declaration as a witness is a person 
of veracity and whose Testimony is entitled to credit

D J Crawford
Judge Probate
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I Richard M Neilson Clerk of the Probate Court of Amite County do 
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of Richard Whittington for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office this 17 day of June
1833

R M Neilson Clk of Probt
[seal]

The following interrogatories were propounded by the Court to said applicant and 
answered as follows and as annexed to each respectively.

1.  Where and in what year were you born?
Ans.  I was born in Essex County in the State of Virginia in the year 1753
2.  Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Ans.  I have no original written record of my age
3.  Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Ans.  When called into service I lived in Cheraw District S. Carolina.  I have lived
since in the State of Georgia Hancock County and I now live in the state & 
county first named in my Declaration.
4.  How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substi [runs off edge]
Ans.  I volunteered twice was three times drafted before my promotion - and afterwards
served voluntarily as an officer.
5.  State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served;
such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your services.
Ans.  Besides those named in my declaration I was with Cols. Pinckney of 1st Regt.
Moultry [Moultrie] of the 2nd Regt. & Col. 
Heuger [Huger] of the 5th Regt. and with Genl. Lincoln.
The general circumstances recollected of the service are stated in my declaration.
6.  Did you ever receive a discharge from service, and if so by whom was it given
and what has become of it?
Ans.  I received a discharge from Gov. Rutledge from the service ending at Charleston
and also from Genl. Marion after having served at Monks Corner, but those 
papers are lost by means not recollected
Did you ever receive a commission, if so by whom was it signed and what has
become of it?
Ans.  I received a commission signed by Gov. Rutledge & Genl. Marion but 
it is lost and I cannot tell how at this time.
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood
who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services
as a soldier of the Revolution?
Ans.  I name [blank]
and forbear to name others whom I might as they are probably not known
at the War Department
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State of Mississippi
Amite County

I Grief Whittington do hereby certify that I
was well acquainted in time of the Revolutionary War with Richard Whittington
who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, and that I know
that so much of said declaration as related to his services having been rendered
under the officers named, and as to the fact of his having borne a commission
of Lieutenant under Genl. Marion to be true

Greif Whittington

Sworn to & subscribed this 
[number illegible]th day of June 1833

Wm Stewart JP


State of Mississippi
Amite County

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a 
Justice of the Peace in and for said County Richard
Whittington, 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 in the Revolutionary War, but according to the 
best of his recollection he served not less than the Periods below, and in the 
following grades one year one month and fifteen days [time period marked through]
For 13 & half months I served as a private including the 5 first engagements I named in my declaration
For three & half months I served as an officer including the 6th & 7th Periods as above
and for such services I claim a Pension.

Richard Whittington

Sworn & subscribed
the day above 

Wm. Stewart JP


I Richard M Neilson Clerk of the Probate Court of Amite County
do hereby certify that Wm Stewart Jr[?] before whom the foregoing
affidavits were sworn is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for 
said County & that the above is his Genuine signature & that he is
empowered by law to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & seal of office this 17 day of June
1833

R M Neilson Clk of Probt

[no seal visible]

[upside down on the bottom edge]
26.512
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1.951
Mississippi
Mary Whittington
widow of Richard
who served in the Revolutionary
S. Ca.
war, as a private & Lieut.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
91 Dollars 67
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 3d February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 
15" day of Septr /53
and sent to 
R. M. Neilson
Liberty Miss.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
July 20? 1818 [date marked through] Feby 3d/53
Page 158  Vol. A
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Mary Whitington
No 1477
Mississippi
3 See
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State of Mississippi
Amite County

On this 23rd day of September in the 
year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and 
thirty six personally appeared before the under signed a 
Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, Mary Whittington
a resident of the County of Amite in the state of Mississippi
aged fifty nine years who being first duly sworn according to 
law doth on her oath make the following declaration in 
order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act
of Congress passed July 4th 1836 .  That she is the widow of 
Richard Whittington who served both as a private & Lieutenant
in South Carolina Militia (see his his Declaration on 
file in the proper office granting him his pension
at $91.67 per year.)
She further declares that she was married to the said Richard
Whittington on or about the month of April in the year seventeen
hundred and ninety eight that her husband the aforesaid Richard
Whittington died on the 14th day May 1835 and that she remained
a widow ever since since that period
as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed

Mary Whittington  X  her mark

Sworn and subscribed to on the day and year above written
before me 

James McDowell J. P.  [seal]


State of Mississippi
Amite County

On this 23rd day of September in the year of our 
Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty six personally appeared 
before the under signed Justice of the Peace in and for the said County
Cornelius Whittington Sen. who being first duely sworn deposeth and saith
that he was well acquainted with Richard Whittington in his 
life time and also with Mary Whittington his wife the above deponent
that they were married in his own house as well as he 
this deponent can recollect some time in the year seventeen hundred
and ninety eight but from old age and the want of recollection he 
cannot recollect what day or month.  deponent further on oath
saith that Mary Whittington the wife of the said Richard Whittington
has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband up to 
the present time   further this deponent saith not 

Cornelius Whittington Sr.

Sworn and subscribed
to before me the day and date above written

James McDowell J. P.  [seal]

Evidence contained on the other side of this sheet.
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The State of Mississippi
Amite County

On this 23rd of September in the year 
of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty six 
personally appeared before the under signed Justice of the Peace in 
and for the said County Winneford Whittington who being first duly
sworn deposeth & saith that she was well acquainted with
Richard Whittington in his life time and his widow Mary Whittington
since his death.  that she saw Richard Whittington and 
Mary Whittington married in her fathers house as well as 
she can recollect some time in the year seventeen hundred
and ninety eight but from old age and the want of recollection
she cannot say on what day or month   deponant on oath
further saith that the said Mary wife of the said Richard
Whittington remains a widow and is unmarried up to 
the present time  further this deponant sayeth not 

Winnefor Whittington  X  her mark

Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and date above written

Attest
James McDowell

I do hereby certify that I personally and well acquainted with 
Cornelius Whittington and Winneford Whittington the above and 
within deponants and that they are of good Character and 
standing and that their statements should be regarded as the 
best evidence before any tribunal in the United States
Given under my hand and seal this 23rd day of September
1836

James McDowell J.P.  [seal]
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State of Mississippi
Amite County

I Stephen R. Davis
Clerk of the Probate Court of said County
do hereby certify that James McDowell
whose name is appended to the foregoing
certificate is and was at the time 
of signing the same an acting Justice
of the Peace for said County
and that as such full faith and 
credit are due his official acts.
Given under my hand & Seal 
of Office this 20th day of 
September A.D. 1836

Stephen R. Davis
P Clerk

[seal]


State of Mississippi
Amite County

I J. M. Ford
judge of probate for Ammite
County in the State of Mississippi do hereby certify
that Stephen R. Davis is Clerk of the Probate
Court of Amite County, that his attestation
is in due form of Law, and entitled to full 
faith and credit
Given under my hand and seal 
this 10th day of October A. D. 1836

J. M. Ford, Jdg Probt [seal]
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114.950   Act June 3/55[?]
Mary 
Whittington 
-----------------------
Mary Whittington 
widow
Richard Whittington
Pri & Lieut 
under act 1833
Revolution War
Miss. Feby 53 - 1951
Ad. 160 ac. May 23d 56
Boynton
R
R M Neilson
Liberty Miss.

Vol W.1 page 146

[written diagonally across page]
No 26973 iss May 23/56

[notes on upper left side of page]
cir R. M. Neilson Jany 14/56
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State of Mississippi
Amite County

On this the 18 day of April
in the year 1855 before me a 
Justice of the Peace within &
for the State & County aforesaid personally appeared
Mary Whittington aged about seventy three years  
who being duly sworn according to Law declares that 
she is the widow of Richard Whittington who was 
the Identical man that was a private and Lieutenant
in the Revolutionary War   That she obtained 
a pension from the United States under the act
of the third of February 1853 at the rate of ninety
One Dollars and Sixty Seven cents per annum for the 
military services of her said Husband during said
War which said pension is payable to her on the 
4th of September and 4th of March and is 
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of 
Pensioners in Vol A Page 158 which you are
referred to together with the proof made for obtaining
said Pension which is in the possession of the department
She further states that she has not intermarried since
the death of her said Husband Richard Whittington
but is still his widow and that she never has received
any Bounty Land Warrant for or by reason of said
services.
She makes this Declaration for the purpose of
of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may
be entitled under the act of the third of March 1855

Mary Whittington  X  her mark

Attest
James A. Faust
Mitchell Strange
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Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year as
stated in the within Declaration and I hereby certify that
I believe the said Mary Whittington to be the widow of 
the Identical Richard Whittington who was a private
& Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War and I know 
that she has a pension for said service of her said
Husband as I have seen it in her possession
and I also believe that she is of the age as stated
in her within declaration

Jos. Lumpkin JP [seal]


The State of Mississippi
Amite County

I Marshall P Bates Clerk of 
the Probate Court in and for
the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that 
Joseph Lumpkin whose genuine signature affixed to the 
foregoing certificate is and was at the date thereof an 
acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and 
that all of his official acts and deeds in the premises
are and ought to be Entitled to full faith & credit in 
[illegible] & here out -
Given under my hand and the Seal 
of my office this 19th day of April
AD 1833

Marshall P Bates Clk

P. S.  Send all communications relative to this matter & the 
warrant if granted to the undersigned at Liberty Amite
County State of Mississippi
R. M. Neilson
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March 28, 1934

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

RICHARD WHITTINGTON
W. 535
BA-J/MMHF:MLB

Honorable William M. Whittington
House of Representatives

My dear Mr. Whittington:

Reference is made to your request by telephone, on this date,
that you be furnished the names of the Revolutionary War soldiers
with surname Whittington who served from certain Southern States,
whose ancestors were possibly John, Moses and Arter Whittington
who came over with Oglethorpe.  You state that you are especially
interested in Melton Levi Whittington, son of John, and in the 
descendants of Moses.

The only records of soldiers with surname Whittington found
on the Revolutionary War records of this office are those of 

John Whitington, S. 35722, served in the Delaware troops;
living in Kentucky in 1820, aged eighty-four years.

Cornelius Whittington, S. 7892, served in Georgia and South
Carolina troops; living in Mississippi in 1833, aged eighty-three
years.

Faddy Whittington, S. 32063, stated he was born in 1752; served
in North Carolina troops; living in Georgia in 1855 and then stated
he was aged ninety-eight years.

Grief Whittington, S. 7883, served in South Carolina troops;
living in Mississippi in 1833, aged seventy-one years.

Jarratt Whittington, R. 11491, served in South Carolina troops;
was drowned in the Amite River, Mississippi, about 1832 and left
widow Mary.  Grief Whittington stated that he was a cousin of
Jarratt and Richard Whittington.

Nathaniel Whittington, S. 9527, born 1762, served in South
Carolina troops; was living in South Carolina in 1850.
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Richard Whittington, W. 535, born 1753, served in South
Carolina troops; died in 1835 in Mississippi; left widow Mary
(nee Whittington, daughter of Cornelius Whittington).

It is suggested that should Melton Levi Whittington have
served in the Revolutionary War, his military record might be
found in the Adjutant General's Office, War Department.  Unless
a claim for pension has been made because of the service of a 
soldier in that war, this office does not have his record.

If you find that you are interested in the records of one or 
two of the above noted pensioners, and will designate them, more 
complete records of them will be furnished you.

It is further suggested that any one designated by you may
examine and collect data from all those claims by calling at 
Room 1851 Navy Building, Nineteenth and Constitution Avenue.

Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator


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26.512        22.610
Richard Whittington
Mississippi

Adm 1 yr 1 mo 15 days private
                3 months 15 days Lieut.

43.33
1.67
45.00                  40.
46.67                    6.67
9167                   46.67


91.67
2 1/2
183.34
  45.83
229.17

R M Neilson
Liberty 
Amite County
Mississippi
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of 
your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and 
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will shew what is 
necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, 
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ).  You will, when 
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and 
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your 
claim.  
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A Statement, shewing the Service of Richard Whittington
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Period which the service was rendered.
1778 or 9
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years. Months. Days.
2 [months]
Rank of the claimant.
priv
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Cap. Lloyd  Col Hicks
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
80 years
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary & living witness

Period which the service was rendered.
[blank]
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years. Months. Days.
2 [months]
Rank of the claimant.
priv
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Cap. Lloyd  Col Hicks
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
80 years
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary & living witness 

Period which the service was rendered.
[blank]
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years. Months. Days.
2 [months]
Rank of the claimant.
priv
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Cap. Lloyd  Col Hicks
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
80 years
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary & living witness 

Period which the service was rendered.
[blank]
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years. Months. Days.
1 [month] 15 [days]
Rank of the claimant.
priv
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
[blank]
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
80 years
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary & living witness 

Period which the service was rendered.
[blank]
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years. Months. Days.
6 [months]
Rank of the claimant.
priv
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Cap. Thomas  Col Simmons
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
80 years
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary & living witness 

Period which the service was rendered.
[blank]
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years. Months. Days.
2 [months]
Rank of the claimant.
Lieut
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
[blank]
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
80 years
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary & living witness 

Period which the service was rendered.
[blank]
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years. Months. Days.
1 [month] 15 [days]
Rank of the claimant.
Lieut
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
[blank]
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
80 years
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary & living witness 

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of  [blank] ss.

On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank]
A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District
of [blank] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and
served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. ☛This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I [blank] of the Court of [blank]
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank]
day of [blank] & c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C.D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank]
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation 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 that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank]
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank]
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] 
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this [blank] day of [blank] & c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; 
but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal 
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be 
attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and 
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his 
case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? 
To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
------------------------------------------------------- 
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. 
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; and for such service I claim a pension." 
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that 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 embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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. 

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 papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 

Proof of Service.

[j] 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 claimant's 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. 
👉 The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. 
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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26.970

[Neo Arvis?]
Page 22

V [or a check mark]
No 477
Mary Whittington
Susp
Rejected married 1798
Let to S. R. Davis 10 Nov. 36
Hon J. H. Lumpkin Jny 31/40
Act 4 July 1836
Page 23

Pension Office.
9" Sept. 1853.

Sir,

Please certify the time to 
which the written named
pensioner was paid, or the date 
of his death.

Very Respectfully
S. Cole
For the Commissioner.

Richard Whittington
Act 7th June '32  $91.67 pr. an.
Paid to 4th March 1835
no date of death on our
Books.

F. Bush
Auditor.


Francis Burt Esqr.
Third Auditor Treasury
Page 24

WIDOW, &c.
--------
File No. 535
Mary Whittington
Widow
Richard Whittington
Priv. & Lt. Rev. War
---------
Act:  Feb. 3. 1853
Index: - Vol. A, Page 160
[Arrangement of 1870.]


[notes on the upper right side of page]
1934 Mch. 28  Information for Hon.
Wm M Whittington MMHC
Page 25

[date stamp]
PENSION OFFICE
JUN 
6[?]
1861



D N Barrows
Page 26

D N Barrows Esqr

Dr Sr

Enclosed you
will find Mary Whittingtons application
for Pension with blank receipts which 
you will please fill out with the propper 
amt and send a draft for the same to my
address.

R M Neilson
Page 27

Jackson [?] May 9/61

Dr Sir,

I long since resigned
the office of Pension agent
under the old U. S. government
and no one holds that office 
now.

Respectfully
D. N. Barrows
Page 28

[It appears that the top portion of this has been torn off]

Dr Sir

Enclosed I send you the Com of Pensions
Instructions for additional proof (which is in W City)
to enable Mary Whittington to draw her Bounty Land
the Coms has her Declaration   attend to the matter for
me and oblige
Jany. 28th 1856

your obt servt [obedient servant]
R M Neilson

[between Dear sir and the line beginning Enclosed I send you....the following was written]
Wrote him Feby 23 to send to Comptroller J C & also New Decl & Identity
& endorsed form
Page 29

Liberty Mississippi  May 24th 1861

Dr Sir

Enclosed I send you the appl of Mary Whittington for 
her Pension  You will find her blank receipts enclosed which 
you can fill up in the proper amounts and send her a 
draft to my address for the amt due her  Those papers
have been sent to D. N. Barrows at Jackson Mississippi
and returned by him with his note which I also enclose to 
you  If there should be any thing more necessary to be done
Page 30

by Mrs Whittington in this matter be so kind as to inform 
her through me what it is &c and oblige.

Your obt servt [obedient servant]
R. M. Neilson

[date stamp
PENSION OFFICE
JUN
5[?6?]
1861
Page 31

4 [might be more but runs off top of page]
Mary Whittington
Mississippi
-----------
Rejected
-----------
let S. R. Davis
10 Nov. 1836
-----------
married in 1798.
Page 32

Free

[post mark]
LIBERTY
APR 
21

To The
Commission of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

[written sideways on left side and number most of which is illegible]
XX.950
Page 33

Look at Life of Marion for 
Service
Identity not properly attested
Page 34

Whittington
Gate not put
down
Page 35

Brief in the case of Mary Whittington, widow of Richard,
Amite County and State of Mississippi
act 3d Feby. 1853
-------------------------------
Claim, ("original", or "for increase.")
[blank]

Proof exhibited, (if original.)
[blank]

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under
the Act of 7" June 1832.
Parole proof of marriage.

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


R. M. Neilson, Esqr.
Liberty, Miss.
Name and residence of Agent

S. C. Boynton
Examining Clerk.
Page 36

Authority
Mary Whittington
widow of Richard
of Mississippi
Act July 29, 1848
an Admitted case.
Page 37

Amite County  State of Mississippi  Jany 21st 1856

Isaac N Coffin Esqr

Dr Sir

I Request you to make an investigation and 
prosecute any claim for pension or increase of pension
which may exist in Right of the Revolutionary services
of my deceased Husband Richard Whittington

Yours very Respectfully
Mary Whittington  X  her mark

Witness
James A Faust
Mitchell Strange
Page 38

Washington City
27th July 1846

Mr James L. Edwards
Commissioner &c

Dear Sir

At the request of 
John J Mullock of Jefferson, Jackson County Ga.
I enclose you the certificate of the Secretary of State
that William A Williams was commissioned Clerk 
of the Inferior Court of Cherokee County, whose 
certificate is attached to the Pension papers of Mary
Whittington of Cherokee County Georgia now of 
file in your office -

Yours Respectfully
John H Lumpkin
Page 39

Washington  July 27./46

Dr Sir

By request, I send 
you the accompanying papers
& ask for them 
your early attention.

yrs resp.
J. Breese [Bruse?]


J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com. of Pensions
Page 40

Secretary of States Office Georgia
Milledgeville  14th July 1846

I hereby certify that William A. Williams was
commissioned on the sixteenth day of January in 
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 
forty six Clerk of the Inferior Court of the county of
Cherokee which appears from the records of file in this 
office
Given under my hand and Seal of Office

N. C. Bennett
Secretary of State

[seal]
Page 41

Amite County Mississippi
Sept. 1828

To the honbl. Richard Rush
Secty of the treasury &c

Sir

Enclosed I forward an application in my
behalf for a pension under the act of the 
15 May 1828 -
You will please to cause me to be informed
whether the application is successful
or not, whether any & what, further proof
of my services is required, and direct
communication on this subject to 
Geo. W. Smyth, Natchez, Miss.

Your obt. sevt [obedient servant]

Rich Whittington
Page 42

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
---------------
PENSION OFFICE,
Jany 14th 1856.

Sir:

The claim of Mary Whittington for bounty 
land under the act of the 3d March, 1855, No. 114.950 has been
examined and suspended.
The revolutionary service of Richard Whittington the
husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office.
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to 
be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE."
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim will 
be favorably considered.
IT SHOULD BE OBSERVED, that the recorded action of this office, admitting
a revolutionary soldier to the list of pensioners upon parole
proof, is not considered "record evidence" within the meaning of the act 
aforesaid.  In all applications for bounty land under this act, the 
papers of the soldiers, or their widows, who have applied for or
received pensions, as well as the rolls in this office, are carefully examined
for record evidence of service, before this circular is issued.

Respectfully,

J. MINOT,
Commissioner.


R. M. Neilson Esq.
Liberty Miss.

[written sideways on left margin]
Served in So Carolina Militia  Apply to the Comptroller of 
So Carolina for record evidence

[written sideways on the right margin]
The identity of the claimant is not attested by two witnesses,
under oath as required by the regulations.
Page 43

Washington  Novr. 1st 1856

Sir:

In the case of Mary Whittington
of Mississippi 
bounty land under the Act of March 3d 1855
No 114,950, she has sent me the enclosed letter
addressed to her relative R M Neilson Esq.
I respectfully request that her case
may be considered under the Amendatory Act of 
May 14, 1856 and as the old lady has already been at great expense in establishing her
Revolutionary pension claim - and is now a 
Revolutionary pensioner under Act of Feby 3d
1853 - and the Magistrate has so certified
and therefore it is entirely different than a new
case of a stranger who has never had the identity
certified to the Government - and as the Official
Certificate of the Magistrate is "proof that she is 
such widow" "of such pensioned officer" 
by the Act of May 14, 1856.  She seems unwilling
to do more than she has done.  I also enclose
letter to me of R M Neilson Esq. who is the 
same gentleman as is proved by the papers on file in the pension case
who applied for her in her pension
case under the Act of Feby. 3 1853, and this also 
is proof that she is the same person, I therefore request 
the case may be allowed.

I am Very Respectfully, 
Your Obt Servt [obedient servant]
Isaac N. Coffin


cc George C. Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions.
Page 44

South Carolina
Pickens District

John Looney, an old and truthful citizen, Revolutionary soldier
& Pensioner, who has been long known to me, came
personally before me and made oath in due form of law,
that during the Revolutionary War at Fort Rutledge he 
was himself in the Regular Service under Capt. Tutt,
and after being there some time, one Richard Wittington
came there, as he understood, as enlisted soldier under
Capt Moore & Capt. Tutt.  He was at the 
Fort in the service at least twelve months he thinks 
more.  that he & his brother, deponent thinks, went off 
to Fort Independence under Capt. Bowie, where he 
afterwards seen them - he has no further knowledge
of said Richard Wittington or his wife or widow, does 
not know where he lived before or afterwards -
He was a knock-kneed awkward man & was better
known & more noticed on account of it.

John Looney

Sworn to 27th June 1846 before
Miles M. Norton Not. Pub.
& Ex Off M.P.D.


South Carolina
Pickens District

I certify that Miles M Norton is
a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature
purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
[runs off bottom of page]
Page 45

South Carolina
Pickens District

I certify that Miles M Norton is
a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature
purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
affixed my seal of office and subscribed
my name, the 29th June 1846.

W. L. Keith
Clerk of the Court of 
Pickens District
So. Ca.
Page 46

10

Jefferson Ga[?]
22 Jul

Comm. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.


[written sideways on page]
Aug. 27, 1946
Adal br con [??]
Mary Whittington
Page 47

Jefferson Ga
July 22nd 1846

Sir

The within affidavit of John Looney
is to be filed with the Declaration 
of Mary Withington, widow of Richard
Withington [Whittington] who claims under the 
act of 4th July 1836 - an amount
due to her husband under the 
act of 7th June 1832 -

Yours most Respectfully
John J. McCulloch
Page 48

Honble George C. Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.


[written sideways on page]
114950
Mary Whittington
wid
Richard
26973
160

26.973
160
Boynton
J
Page 49

O W Wid
#535
Page 50

Richard Whittington - Lieut
S. Carolina
not allowed
Miss   Act 1828

Exd one old book & Rej.
" Inval. Act 7 Vol.
" other old book
#535 Adt wids
Page 51

1222

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS,
-----------------
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
13 Nov 1828.

Richard Whittington of [blank] in the County of 
Amite in the State of Mississippi has applied to the Secretary
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving
officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828.
He states that he was an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end 
of the War,
at which period he was a Lieutenant in Col. Benton's regiment of the S Carolina
line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the 
resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March
1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated
by the records in his office.

By order of the Secretary
F A Dickins



TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
19th November 1828

It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for 
the commutation of five years full pay to [blank] in 
the [blank] line amounting to [blank] dollars.
[The above paragraph was marked through.]

It further appears that Richard Whittington is not now on the pension
list of any agency, and has not been since the 3d March
1826
The Revolutionary records in this 
office furnish no information whatever in relation 
to the services of Lieutenant Richard Whittington 
of the South Carolina line

Peter Hagner Aud.
Page 52

War Department
Bounty Land Office
19 May 1829.

The records of this office do not show
that Lt. Richard Whittington of the So. Carolina
line, was received or is entitled to land
from the U. States -

E. Stephens
Page 53

War Department
Bounty Land Office
19 May 1829.

The records of this office do not show
that Lt. Richard Whittington of the So. Carolina
line, was received or is entitled to land
from the U. States -

E. Stephens
Page 54

1222

For the purposes of obtaining the benefit of 
an act entitled "an act for the relief of certain
surviving officers & soldiers of Army of the 
revolution, approved 15th May 1828 -

Lieut. Richard Whittington
Bentons regt. Piersons company, South Carolina line

I Richard Whittington of Amite
County in the State of Mississippi, do hereby
declare that I was an officer in the South 
Carolina line of the Continental Army of 
the revolution and served as such to the 
end of the war, at which period I was a 
Lieutenant, in Colonel Lemuel Benton's regiment
of the South Carolina line in Capt.
Moses Pierson's company.
And I also declare that 
I afterwards received a certificate (commonly
called a commutation certificate) for 
a sum equal to the amount of five years
full pay, which sum was offered by the 
resolve of Congress of the 22d March 1783 instead
of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled,
under the resolve of the 21st of October
1780 -
And I also further declare that I have
not received any pension, nor applied
for any nor authorised any for me to 
apply for any either from the United States
of from any state -
Page 55

Also I further declare that my commission has
been lost or destroyed by time, and that 
owing to my removal more than twenty
two years ago from my native state and
from most of my comrades in arms it 
is difficult for me to procure much 
proof of my statement - I entered the army
in the same regiment a private soldier
when Robert Lloyd was Captain of my company
after two years service I was promised
when Captain Henson & Captain Moses Pierson
commanded my company  
In testimony I subscribe my name this 
22d day of September AD 1828 -

Richd Whit[runs off edge of paper]
Grief Whittington
Jarrett Whittington


State of Mississippi
Amite County

Personally appeared before me John Ray
Browne presiding judge of 
the County Court of the said County, Richard 
Whittington who signed the above statement &
swore on the holy evangelists that the facts there 
stated are true; also Grief Whittington and 
Gerard Whittington who severally declared an 
oath as follows, to wit  Grief Whittington [above the line is added Gerard Whittington] swore that
he knows the Richard Whittington who signed
Page 56

who signed the above statement to have been an 
officer of the rank of Lieutenant in the Army 
of the revolution in manner as therein stated
& that he the said Grief Whittington served five
years as a private soldier in the same 
company & regiment in which the said Richard was
then a Lieutenant and the said Grief Whittington 
& Gerard Whittington declared on oath
that the said Richard Whittington by whom the 
foregoing statement is & has been generally
reputed to have been an officer in the army of 
the revolution in manner as therein stated -
Witness my hand this twenty second day of 
September in the year 1828

John R. Browne
Judge of the Orphan Court
& presiding Justice of the 
County Court of Amite County

I John R. Brown Judge of the Orphans Court &c
do certify that I have known both the Whittingtons
spoken of above for Ten years past
to be good & faithful citizens resident & within Amite
County & that Richard Whittington is reputed to 
have been an officer in the revolutionary war
& that they both are men worthy of credit &
confidence - 
Amite 22d day of Septr. 1828

John R. Browne
P.J.O.C.A.C.
P.J. of Probate
Page 57

I Thomas Bachelor Clerk of the County Court
of Amite County in the State of Mississippi
do hereby certify that [blank] Brown before
whom the foregoing & annexed affidavits were 
sworn was at the time Judge of the Orphans
Court & presiding Justice of the County Court
of Amite County & that he holds yet the same 
office & that credit is due to his acts as such
& that he is duly authorised by law to administer
oaths - 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand & affixed the seal of the said [illegible and runs off side of paper]
this [blank] day of [blank] AD 1828

[no signature or seal visible]


[written upside down at the bottom of page]
Lt. Richard Whittington
application for a 
pension
Page 58

State of Mississippi
Amite County

On this the 14 day of March 
AD 1853 personally appeared
before the undersigned Judge of
Probate in Open Court Mary Whittington a resident 
of the said County and State aforesaid who being duly
sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of 
Congress passed February 4th 1853  That she is 78 years of 
age  That she is the widow of Lieutenant Richard
Whittington who was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary
War in a company she thinks from South Carolina and 
commanded by General Marion  that her said Husband
proved up his services sometime in the year 1833 or
1834 (under the pension Law of Seventh June 1832
as she supposes) and drew a pension from the Government
up to the time of his death   she does not recollect
the precise amount he received yearly but believes is was $90
the amount allowed to a Lieutenant and she is of the 
impression that payments were first paid to him in Washington 
or Natchez in said state.  Some of the payments
may have been paid to him in Jackson in said state
all of which will appear much more full and perfect
by reference to his pension papers now on file in the 
archives of the pension office
She further declares that she was married to the said
Richard Whittington in Hancock County in the State
of Georgia sometime in the spring of the 
year Eighteen Hundred   That her name before her
marriage was Mary Whittington her name not having been 
changed by marriage and that her Husband the aforesaid
Richard Whittington died in the aforesaid State & County
on the fourteenth day of May AD 1835 and that she has 
remained a widow since that time   she further states that 
she has no public or private record of her marriage 
which was executed or consumated by a Justice of
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of the Peace by the name of Miles

Mary Whittington  X  her mark

Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court before the 
undersigned Judge of the Probate Court of Amite
County and State of Mississippi on this the 
fourteenth day of March A.D. 1853

J. H. [F?] Lowry [Loury?] 
[seal]


The State of Mississippi
Amite County

I Bartlet W Smith Clerk 
of the Probate Court in & 
for the County of Amite and State of Mississippi
do hereby certify that the above named
James F[H?] Lowry whose genuine Signature
appears to the above attestation as such is 
and was at the date thereof Presiding Judge
of the Probate Court of said County duly elected
qualified and commissioned and that 
all of his acts in the premises are and ought 
to be entitled to full faith and credit in judication 
and amount [? the word is partially covered by the seal]
Given under my hand and the 
seal of said Court this the 14th
day of March AD 1853

B W Smith Clk
[seal]
Page 60

State of Mississippi
Amite County

Personally appeared before 
the undersigned Justice of the 
Peace within and for the State
and County aforesaid Moses Whittington and 
Margaret Toler who after being duly sworn according 
to Law declares that they were present and witnessed the
marriage of Richard Whittington and Mary Whittington
which was celebrated in Hancock County in the State
of Georgia in the year Eighteen Hundred by a Justice
of the Peace by the name of Miles  That the said Richard
Whittington was the Identical man that drew a pension
from the United States for his military services to the Revolutionary
War that his pension papers were prepared proofs
made &c some time in the years 1833 or 1834 and that he 
drew a pension up to the time of his death which took place
some time in the year 1835  That he left no property and there
was no administration was taken on his Estate consequently
there is no record of his death that said Mary Whittington
lived with him up to the time of his death and has not
married since but has been ever since and is now his 
widow - They further state that they are disinterested witnesses

Moses Whittington [seal]
Margaret Toler [seal]

Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 2 day of April 
A.D. 1853 and I hereby certify that they are credible witnesses

Thos. M. Toler JP [seal]


The State of Mississippi
Amite County

I Bartlet W Smith Clerk of the Probate
Court in and for the County of Amite and 
State aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas
Toler whose genuine signature appears
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to the above certificate and attestation is an 
was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the 
Peace in and for said County duly elected
qualified and commissioned and that 
all of his acts in the premises are and 
ought to be entitled to full faith and 
credit in judicature and thereout.
Given under my hand &
the Seal of said Court this 
9th Day of April AD 1853

B W Smith Clk
[seal]

PS  Send all communication relative to this 
matter to the undersigned at Liberty Amite Count Mississippi
R M Neilson
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State of Mississippi
Amite County SS.

Be it known, That before me, J. W. Wilkinson
a Justice of the Peace, duly authorised by law
to administer oaths in and for the county aforesaid
personally appeared Mary Whittington, and made oath
in due form of law, that she is the identical person
named in an original certificate in her possession
of which, I certify, the following is a true copy.

Department of the Interior,
Widows Pension
I certify that in conformity with the 
2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,
Mary Whittington widow of Richard Whittington
who was a private & lieutenant in the revolutionary 
war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate 
of Ninety-one dollars and Sixty Seven cents
per annum, commencing on the 3d of February
1853, and continuing for life, unless she should 
again marry; in which case the Pension is not
payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior
this fifteenth day of September one thousand eight 
hundred and fifty three.  

R. McClelland 
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and countersigned
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions.

Payment to 
be made at Jackson by D. N. Barrows, Agent
for paying Pensions, in the Agency of Mississippi.
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Payable on the 4th September and 4th March   Recorded
in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under
act February 3d, 1853, Page 158, Vol. A.

H R Weightman Clerk.

that she has not intermarried, but 
continues the widow of the above mentioned
Richard Whittington and that she now resides in 
Amite County Mississippi, and has resided
there for the space of 56 years past and that of the truth
of which statements I am fully satisfied.

Mary Whittington  X  her mark

Signed in presence of us
James A. Faust
James W. Eady.

Sworn to and subscribed this April 23d 1861 before
me

J W Wilkinson JP [seal]


State of Mississippi
Amite County

I A J Whittington Clerk of 
the Probate Court of the County 
& State aforesaid do hereby certify that J W 
Wilkinson whose genuine signature appears to the 
above is & was at the date thereof Justice of Peace
duly elected and commissioned and that full 
faith & credit are due to all his acts as such
in judicature & thereout -
Witness my hand & official seal 
this 24 day of April AD 1861

 A J Whittington Clerk

[no seal visible]
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Pension Agency Office
Jackson Mississippi
1861

Received of D. N. Barrows, agent of the United
States for paying Pensions
[blank] Dollars  [blank] cents being 
for [blank] months pension due to [blank]
from the [blank] day of [blank] 186[blank] for 
which I have signed duplicate receipts.

James A. Faust
James W. Eady.

Mary Whittington  X  her mark


Pension Agency Office
Jackson Mississippi
1861

Received of D. N. Barrows, agent of the United
States for paying Pensions
[blank] Dollars  [blank] cents being 
for [blank] months pension due to [blank]
from the [blank] day of [blank] 186[blank] 
to the [blank] day of [blank] 186[blank] for  
which I have signed duplicate receipts.

James A. Faust
James W. Eady.

Mary Whittington  X  her mark