Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6,696, John Cleaveland, N. C.
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Cleaveland,John         W.6696
Catharine
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Hon A H Stephens June 29/53
Georgia
5230.
Catharine Cleaveland a
widow of John Cleaveland
who died on the
of NC in the state of
who was of a Captain in the_______commanded
by Captain______of the ____________commanded
by _____in the _______
time for Revolutionary War
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Inscribed on the Roll of Savannah [illegible]
at the rate of 230 Dollars_______cebts
per annum, to commence on the
4th
March, 1831. Ending 1,Aug 1840
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Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of
June 1853 and sent to
Elisha King [illegible]

Act July 4, 1830.
Section of
Recorded by R. McRae
Book______Vol.____Page

[at this point, page is torn]
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7599
Catharine Cleveland [Cleaveland] dcd
[illebile}Capt John
Ga
4 July 1836
.
Georgia
John Cleaveland died
in 1802
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Catharine Cleaveland
died 1 Aug. 1840
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Mary Franklin

Elizabeth Smith
Martha Bonner &
Benjamin Cleaveland
surviving children




Pensioner: Catharine Cleaveland
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State of Georgia
Habersham County ⎬ On this 13th Day of October One thousand
Eight Hundred and forty seven, Personally appeared in open
Court before his hand C Dougherty One of the Circuit Judges
of the Superior Court of Law in and for the State aforesaid
Genl Benjamin Cleveland a resident Citizen of said County, who
being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath
make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits
which accrued to his mother Catharine Cleveland Decd under the
provisions made by Act of Congress passed July 4th [illegible].
that she the said Catharine Cleveland, whose name previous
to her marriage with his Father Capt John Cleveland was
Catharine Montgomery, was the widow of the said Captain
John Cleveland, who entered the service of the United States
in Wilkes County North Carolina, as Captain of a Foot Company
[illegible] of Militia in the year Seventeen Hundred and seventy nine
or 1780. In Colonel Benjamin Clevelands Regiment in General Ruth
[erfords] Brigade, and after remaining in such command for
about six or seven months he was commissioned as a Captain
of Cavalry, and took command of a Horse Company in which ┃
command he remained, and continued, to serve, in his Fathers
the said Col Benjamin Clevelands Regiment in Genl Rutherford
Brigade, until the close of the War and hostilities ceased
He further declares that his mother the said Catharine was married
ed to his Father the said Capt. Cleveland in the town of
Salisbury Rowan County N. Carolina in the year Seventeen hundred
and Eighty one, and that the said John Cleveland Died in the
month of April in the year 1802 leaving surviving him the said
Catharine his Widow and Relict who continued to survive him ┃
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up to the early part of August Eighteen Hundred and forty
(1840), and that she continued single and a widow up to her
death, Declarant further States that the marriage of his father
& Mother the said John & Catharine Cleveland took place prior
to the last period of the said Captain John Cleveland's
Service in the army as he has often heard his Father and
mother both say: He further states that the said Catharine
left surviving her Mary who intermarried with Abednigo
Franklin, Elizabeth who intermarried with James Smith
Martha who intermarried with Thomas S. Banner, and
Benjamin Cleveland the present applicant all of whom
continue to survive, and who are the only heirs and
Legatees at Law of her the said Catharine Cleveland
Sworn to and subscribed in
Open Court the day & date above
Benjamin Cleveland
Philip Martin Clerk of
Habersham Superior Court

I Charles Dougherty [illegible] of the
Superior Courts of the [illegible] District in the
state of Georgia, in which is includes the
County of Habersham Do certify that Benjamin
Cleveland was duly & legally qualified
in open Court to the following declaration

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Give under my hand official signature
this 13th Oct 1847

Charles Dougherty
Judge Labor Court [illebile] Dist.


Pensioner: Catharine Cleaveland
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State of Georgia
Habersham County ⎬
Superior Court of Law
Fall Term 1847
I Philip Martin Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby
certify that it has been made appear in evidence to the satisfaction
of the Court that Capt. John Cleveland the Husband of Catharine
Cleveland, the mother of Genl Benjamin Cleveland, the Present
applicant for the amount of Pension which accrued to Catharine
Cleveland, the widow of the said Capt John Cleveland under
Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836. Departed this life in the
month of April 1802. leaving surviving him the said Catharine
Cleveland, who also departed this life in the early part of the
month of August Eighteen Hundred and forty (1840) leaving
surviving her Mary who intermarried with Abednigo Franklin
Elizabeth who intermarried with James Smith Martha who
Intermarried with Thomas S. Bonner and Benjamin Cleveland
the Present applicant, who are the only heirs and Legatees
at Law of the said Catherine Cleveland
I further Certify that the foregoing contains the origin
all proceedings had in the case of the application of
General Benjamin Cleveland for the amount of Pension
which accrued to his mother the said Catharine Cleveland
under the provisions of the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836,
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed my private seal there being no seal of office at my
Office in the Town of Clarksville this 13th day
of
October 1847. -
Philip Martin Clerk S.C.
LS
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State of North Carolina
Anderson District on the 29th day of May
one thousand eight hundred & fifty personally applied
before me a Notary Public and ex officio
magistrate for the District & State aforesaid Mrs Susan
Sloan aged eighty six years and after being duly
declares on oath that she was personally and i
intimately acquainted with Capt John Cleveland the
Father of General Benjamin Cleveland of Habersham
County, Georgia who is now an applicant for the
amount of Pension, which fell due to his mother
Catharine Cleveland under act of Cogress
 passed 4th July 1836 in time of the Revolutionary war
 about the year seventeen hundred & eighty
one she was living in the neighborhood of Cath
Cleveland Now deceased then Catharine Montgomery
near Salsbury, North Carolina, she then being
young widow and that she then married
the said Capt John Cleveland, that she was a
eye witness to the performance of the marriage
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ceremony and that the said Capt John Cleveland was
said to be a captain in the service, at the
time and that she remained in the neighborhood
for about twelve months after their marriage
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 29th day of
May 1850
Susan  Sloan  X her mark
John B. Sitton
Mark
Notary
Public
Ex off M.S.D.
℗
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I a Notary Public as before stated on the appellate side do hereby certify that I am personally
acquainted with Mrs. Susan Sloan who has
this day sworn to & subscribed (by making
her mark,) the foregoing affidavit before
me. That she is a lady of truth and voracity
and one whose statements are entitled
to credit
I further certify that the same
read to her aloud and by her understood
before sworn to and subscribed
John B. Litton
Notary Public
Ex off M S D
Executive Department
Charleston June 28th -50
I do hereby certify that John B. Sitton is a Notary Public
for Anderson District with full power to exercise
all the powers of that office
Whitemarsh B. Seabrook
By the Governor
Thos S. Jones
Deputy Sectary State
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State of Georgia ⎬
Cherokee County ⎬ On this 6th day of February one thousand
 Eight Hundred and fifty two personally appeared
before me the undersigned a magistrate in and for the
County aforesaid Mary Franklin a resident of said
County aged seventy years on the 15th day of next month
and after being duly sworn deposeth and sayeth on her oath
that she is the Daughter and one of the Heirs at Law of Capt.
John Cleveland and Catharine his wife and also a sister
to Genl Benjamin Cleveland of Habersham County of this
State who has filed an application in the pension office
of the United States for the amount of Pension which accrued

and fell due to his mother the said Catharine Cleveland
under act of Congress passed in the year 1836
And she further states that she is the oldest child of the
said John & Catharin produced by their said Marriage, that ┃
she has not the original Record of her age as made out
by her said Father, but that it has long since been lost or mislaid or in some way destroyed, she recollects however often ┃
to have seen it since she could read and write and that
according to that Record she was born on the 15th day of
March Seventeen Hundred and Eighty two (1782) and that
she has often heard her parents say that at the time of her
Birth her Father the said John was a Captain Commanding
in the war of the Revolution
Sworn to and subscribed before me
Mary Franklin
the day and date above
James C Coffee
℗

Pensioner: Catharine Cleaveland
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State of Georgia
Cheroka County
I James C. Coffee Magistrate
as above do hereby certify that I am personally and intimately acquainted with Mary Franklin, who has this day
sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit before me
and that she is a person of truth and veracity, and that
her statements are entitled to the most explicit confidence
I further certify that from my knowledge of her age and
as far as I can judge from appearances. I do not for a
moment doubt but that she is near seventy years of age
as she states in this her affidavit
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Certified this 6th day
of February 1852
James C. Coffee

State of Georgia
Cherokee County ⎬
James M. Daniel
Clerk of the
Interior Court in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby
certify that James C Coffee whose name appears to the
foregoing Affidavit and Certificate is an acting Magistrate
duly commissioned and qualified, and that the signatures
thereunto annexed purporting to be his is genuine and
are entitled to full faith and credit as such,
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my seal of office
to
This 7th February 1852.
James M Daniel Clerk
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Brief in case Cath: Cleveland did wed John Benjamin Cleveland
(13 Oct 1847 Open Court,) says [illegible] Catharine
(whose name before marriage to his father Capt
John Cleveland was Montgomery) was widow of
Capt John Cleveland who entered into service in
Wilkes Co. N.C. as Cap of foot Co. Militia in
1779 or 80 in Col Benj. Cleveland's Regular Rutherford
Brigade & after remaining in said Command for 6 or 7 months was commissioned as captain of Cavalry
Stock Command & remained in Command served
in his fathers (Col B. Rutherford Regt till close war.
Catharine was married to Capt. John in Salisbury N. C.
in 1781 - John died April 1802 leaving Catharine
his widow, who lived till early part August 1840 and
was a widow till her death. Marriage took place
before last period of service as he has heard his
father & mother way - 4 children survived Cath:
Leiman Riss -(1st February 1840) says he was well acquainted with
J. Cleveland deceased in N.C. during Revolutionary war - John was then frequently
acting at Capt Co. Light Horse or infantry can
not state under what Col or Gent was in Co.
company with John night before battle at
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Susan Sloan
Edwd Coffer
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Ramons Mills - he & John Visited battle ground
next morning: deponent knew of J. Cleveland living
[illegible] out as deponent made his home at house of
Col Benj. Cleveland who was the father of Capt John
After close war deponent & John moved to Georgia dept
well acquainted with him till his death
Susan Sloan
(29th May 1850) says she was personally and intimately acquainted
-ed with Capt. John Cleveland of Habersham Co.
Ga.- In time of revolutionary war about 1781
she was living in neighborhood of Cath: Cleveland
then Cath: Montgomery near Salisbury N.C. she
then being a young widow & that she then married
to the said Capt. John Cleveland, was an eye witness
to Marriage & that said Captain John Cleveland was
said to be a Captain in service at that time &
that she remained in the neighborhood about
12 months after marriage
Edward Coffer 
aged 59 years
(31st December 1851) say from his earliest recollection
he was personally & intimately acquainted ┃
Captain John Cleveland of Habersham Co Ga intimately acquainted with John till his death remaining
intimately & personally acquainted with
children of John up to time of deponent growing to
manhood- might say to present time & that
Mary eldest child of John & Catharine
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page 3
his wife was about age of deponent's eldest sister
as was always understood when they were girls
together. Said eldest sister is now about 70 page
knows this from father's record of family. Deponent
States said John & his father lived near neighbors
from his earliest recollection to time of death

of said Cleveland and families lived neighbors a great while
thereafter, were distantly related & were on terms
of great intimacy, often heard his father Jesse
Coffer who was a revolutionary soldier speak
of Capt. John Cleveland as being a Captain in was
Revolution.
Rev. Eli Cleveland
(21st Aug: 1857) says he was personally & intimately
 acquainted with Capt. John Cleveland & was
well acquainted with his children. they lived in
immediate neighborhood where he was
raised in N.C. frequently visited family till
Mary their eldest child married & that said Mary
was but a few months younger than himself
& by a record of his age in his Bible he was
born 1st Oct 1781

Mary Franklin. (6th Feb. 1852 aged 70 yrs on 15th Feb.) says she is the
daughter of Captain John Cleveland-- eldest child
of John & Catharine has not original record of
her age as made out by her father mislaid
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or destroyed - has often seen it since she could
read & write according to that she was born 15thMarch 1782 often heard her parents say thatat time of her birth with John was a Captain in Revolutionary war.

Certificate
Secretary State N.C. 10th Jan. 1850 Resolution
of General Assembly of 14th July 1850 appointing John Cleveland
Captain

Certificate
of Clerk Court Rowan Co (16th January 1845.) that no marriage
 license Bond for marriage of John & Catharine
is to be found in his office.
Secretary State, N. C. Certifies (6th Feb. 1850.) he has caused careful search
 to be made for record of evidence of Governor
now having commissioned John Cleveland & others
who were appointed officers by legislature to
command Troops raised by act assembly of 1787 and
have not been able to find it. Governors letter [illegible] only states that Commission were granted, does
not state to whom

Comptroller N C. [Raleigh scratch through]
certifies to payments to John Cleveland
of  £ 185. p.s. different payments made
in year 1782 - 83 & 84 - showing service
of 11 mos. 18. days)
John Stonecypher (24th Novemberr 1849) says immediately after battle compense
 in Jan: or Feb 1781 Dep. with others
was ordered out & put under command of Capt
John Cleveland & remained under his command 3 months & previous to entering
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that service he served a short and tour
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page 5.
under Capt. Cleveland cannot give
date though he knows it was sometime in
summer of 1780 - he served about   1month
or 6 weeks - that about month July 1781
John took command of a horse company
as Capain in Col Cleveland Regt remained
12 months or thereabouts. Deponent did
not serve under Captain Cleveland as [illegible]
in that 12 months though he served in same
Regt & frequently saw him in that service &
knows he did commands  S. Co. for aid length
time. Capt. John during command was married
 to Cath: intimately & personally acquainted
with John knows he rendered much
service - knew John till his death will acquainted with family
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The foregoing notes here written from
memory and corrections had to be made
when compared with the papers hence
you will find erasures and [illegible].-- We think that we have [illegible]
given you a correct brief, your
attention is particularly called to the
17 Section of the proceedings of the Legislature of N Carolina, at its June session
1781 -
F. S. Evans
for Smith & Jones
May 30th 1853-
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State of North Carolina
Rowan County ⎬
I James E Ken Clerk of the
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the
County of Rowan aforesaid, certify, that
I have made diligent search through the records
of my office, for a marriage license bond, authorizing the issuing of a license for the marriage
of John Cleveland to Catharine Montgomery
but have not been able to find such bond
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my name
and affixed the seal of said Court,
at office in Salisbury, this the
16th day of January A.D. 1857
James E Kerr Clerk
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Adairsville Ga 22nd
Dear Sir
On 28th Januaryy last In compliance with the
requirements of your Letter of 4th December last in the case
of Catharine Cleveland, I forwarded to you the transcript
 of a Record which showed that the Legislature
or rather the House of Representatives of N. Carolina
appointed John Cleveland Captain to command
the Troops raised by Virtue of the act of 1781, as forwarded in the case heretofore, I doubt not but this
Record will satisfactorily show the Grade of Claimants
 Husband & on 21st Februray last I forwarded the
certificate of the Secretary of N. Carolina, showing that
Commissions were sent by the Governor to those Recommended
mended by the Representatives of the State.
As to the Requirements of your Letter with regard
to the proof of Marriage, I can conceive of no circumstance coincident with the marriage, within the knowledge of the Witnesses. More strong then Capt. Cleveland
being in command, at the time of the Marriage, & that
being a matter of Record & corresponding with the
date of the Marriage, as stated by the Witnesses, I must
think the proof of Marriage will be satisfactory &
that you will be satisfied to grant the claimants and
allowance in the case
I have for the last six weeks been expecting
a certificate to be forwarded in the case, but have
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not been able to hear one single word from [illegible] Is
it so that the Office is so much in arrears of
its business as not to be able to examine cases under
from two to three months, or has the papers been misplaced
& that is the cause of delay,
I hope I shall hear from the case by return mail.
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant

Elisha King

Col I E Heath Com of Pensions
Washington City
DC
P.S. In sending the last report in this case you mistook
my address & sent it to Hendersonville my former
Residence, though all the papers in the case were
forwarded from this place. I hope you will not
forget that I have changed my Residence, & are
Addressed at Adairsville Ga
E. King

Pensioner: Catharine Cleaveland
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7599 crossed through (16829
Catharine Cleaveland Ga.

Elisha King 18 March 1850
same           28 October 1859
"                  4 Dec 1850
"                  27 August 1851
"                   3 June 1852

[illegible] Act 1838
Repeat '36
July 4 1836
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Adairsville Ga 9th February 1852.
Col. J. E. Heath
Dear Sir
Inclosed [Enclosed] I send the affidavits
of Genl Edward Coffee & Mary Franklin as evidence
in the case of the application of the Heirs of Catharine
Cleveland for a Pension, under act of 1836,
This is the best evidence I can arrive at to
Corroborate the Statements of Old Capt John Stoncypher
 (who is now dead) and old Mrs. Susan Sloan
both of whom has made affidavit that the Marriage
of the applicants Father & Mother took place in the
year 1781, while Capt John Cleveland was in a
Captains command in the Army, and the records
from the office of the Secretary of State of N. Carolina
shows that he was in that command in 1781, and
their affidavits were made long before I could
procure that Record, and I must still insist
upon that record as a verification of their statements
and I now offer as a further verification of their
statements, the affidavits here enclosed, both of which
Corroborate the statements of Stoncypher & Mrs Sloan
(as to the Marriage) by showing the birth of the oldest
child as having taken place in the natural course
of Marriages & Births -
I regret very much that I have not been able to
produce a record either of the Marriage or of the



Pensioner: Catharine Cleaveland
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ages of the Children of Capt Cleveland & his wife Catharine
such however being the case that I cannot, I hope and
believe the evidence here forwarded, from its perfect accordance with other facts on file will satisfy
you fully as to the date of the Marriage, General Coffee
who here testifies is a member of the State Senate
as you will see from the certificate of the Governor's
Secretary, annexed to his affidavit, and is of course
a highly respectable witness.-
Mrs. Mary Franklin, is the oldest child of Captain
Cleveland & his wife Catharine, and is also a highly
respectable lady, as you will see from the Certificates
annexed to her affidavit, and she has testified
to a fact which the certainly knows having
seen the Record of her age as made out by her
father, and it is a fact which of course she would
be expected to recollects very distinctly and with
much correctness-
It is true there ought to be a public record
of the Marriage in the Archives of the Clerks Office of
Rowan County N. Carolina, but I have no doubt your
experience in the examination of those pension applications has taught you, that there is perhaps one
half of them in which a public record of the Marriage cannot be produced from the fact they are
never entered on a Book, the only record preserved
is the Bond which is taken on a small slip of
paper & filed away in some obscure corner of the
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archives of the Clerks office as a paper not likely to be
called for and very often stuck away on a shelf without being filed in any package whatever. This I know ┃
to be so for I was raised in N. Carolina & have a considerable acquaintance with the way in which those offices
are kept having transacted considerable business in them
and was even an incumbent of one of them myself
for six years.
I hope this will be satisfactory & that you will be
pleased to grant an allowance in the case at once
on its reception
I am with high regard
Your Obedient Servant
Elisha King

Co. J. E. Heath Com of Pensions
Washington City
D C

Pensioner: Catharine Cleaveland
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Saturday 14th July 1781
The House met according to adjournment
Resolved, that the following persons be appointed officers to command the Troops to be raised by virtue of an act passed this present Session,
and that they be arranged in the following manner
and take rank accordingly
Viz:
John Cleveland, Captain
Gabriel Loven, Lieutenant &
George Barber
Ensign
Resolved, that his Excellency the Governor
be requested to commission the
officers herein
before nominated and appointed agreeable
to their arrangements.
State of North Carolina
Office of Secretary of State
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for
the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify
that the above is a true extract from the
Journals of the General Assembly of this State
begun and held at Wake Court House in June 1781
Given under my hand this
10th day of January 1851.
William V. Gill Secretary
of State
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 An Act for raising
or out of the militia of
this State for the defense
thereof, and for
the purposes.
A copy
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An Act for raising troops out of the militia of this State
for the defence thereof, and for other purposes,
1st. Whereas it is necessary to raise troops for the better
security and defense of this state, and to prevent as far as may be the frequent drafts
from the battalions of militia.

II. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of the State of
North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority
of the same, that the colonel or commanding officer
of each and every battalion whether this State shall, on
or before the second Monday in August next, order the
field officers and captain of his battalion to meet
at the place by law appointed for the general muster
of his battalion, or at some other convenient place;
and the field officers and captains then and there
present, shall divide the said battalions, officers and
men of every rank included (his excellency the Governor,
judges of the Superior Court of law, attorney General and continental delegates excepted ) into classes
of forty men each, after deducting all such who by themselves
or substitutes faithfully served for the space of nine
months, agreeable to an act of Assembly passed at Newborn
in May 1778, and all such as have been captured and
made prisoners when in actual service of this or the United states
, and are now on parole, and all such as have been lately
drafted or have voluntarily enlisted into the continental
service for the space of twelve months, and have hired substitutes
. And whereas it may happen that a number not
sufficient to make a class, after dividing the battalions into
classes of forty men each, may be left, then, and in that case
it shall and may be lawful for the said commissioned
officers, by lot, to determine to which class each of them
shall be added, there to stand a draft; and the
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commanding officer of the battalion shall within twenty
days thereafter, order a general muster of his said battalion
and in case the respective classes do not furnish each one volunteer
he shall proceed to draft one man from each
so failing
III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
that the field officers and captains, shall class the men
in such manner, that each class may be of equal value
as near as may be; agreeable to the assessment of their
taxable property
IV.. And be it further enacted, That the said volunteers,
drafted men, or substitute, who shall not be in actual
service, shall appear at the place of rendezvous appointed
by the commanding officer of the County, on or before
the twentieth day of September, under the pains and
---
penalties hereinafter mentioned; but if any of the said
drafted men should be in actual service at that time,
they shall be allowed forty days after their discharge
to appear at the place of rendezvous, or to join their
regiment,
V. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
that the troops raised by virtue of this act shall serve
for the term of twelve months, from the time of their general
rendezvous at such place or places in this state as may be
appointed by his excellency the Governor; and the said
troops shall be officered in the following manner, one
lieutenant colonel Commandant, two majors, eight captains
eight lieutenants and eight ensigns, and be arranged and
organized in the same manner as the battalions of the
continental army, the whole to be under the supreme
command of the governor for the time being. Provided,
that they shall not be marched out of this state except ┃
for the better defense thereof, upon the immediate approach of the enemy, or in pursuit of the enemy of a retreat therefrom.
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VI. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that any person harbouring, concealing or abetting any soldier deserting from the troops raised by virtue of ┃
this act, knowing him to be such, shall on conviction thereof before two justices of the peace of any County of
this State, be deemed a continental soldier during the war.
VII. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that the commanding officer of each battalion shall make out two exact lists of all the soldiers drafted
or procured by voluntary enlistments, out of his battalion, specifying their names, age, size, complexion, colour of hair and eyes, of each man, also where born, and
the names of the captain from whose company taken;
one of which by him, or one of his field officers, shall be delivered with the men so raised on or before the eleventh
day of October next, at such place of rendezvous in this
state as may be appointed by his excellency the Governor,
the commander of the said troops, or other person
appointed to receive them, and also take a receipt for
the delivery of the men on the other,
VIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
that each and every class shall furnish and deliver
unto the commanding officer of the battalion to which ┃
they belong, one blanket, two pair of stockings, two
pair of shoes, two shirts, two leather stocks, one pair
of Buckskin or thick cloth breeches, one pair of linen
overhalls, [overhauls] one Waistcoat lined, one coat of thick woolen
cloth lined with linen, with cape and cuffs
of
white cloth, one strong hunting shirt, one good
woolen or fur hat of a middle size, and also five
yards of strong linen for tents, for the volunteers and
drafts of their own class, and in proportion to their
taxable property; and the commanding officer

Pensioner: Catharine Cleaveland
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is hereby required to cause the said cloathing be appraised
by two freeholders, and give certificates to the
persons furnishing the same, which shall, after being
allowed by the auditors of the district and a certificate
of such allowance obtained from them as in other cases
of allowances, be received in payment of public taxes,
Any class failing to deliver the same to the commanding
officers of the battalion to which they belong on or before
the day of general rendezvous, that then the field officers
and captains shall appoint a person whose duly shall
be to furnish such articles as the law directs his said
class to furnish, and each of the classes who fail to furnish
their proportion of cloathing, the said person shall
have full power and authority to seize and sell such part of

the property of such person neglecting as
shall be sufficient to defray the proportion of such person
agreeable to his assessment in the year 1781; and in
the
case such person so appointed as aforesaid shall fail or
neglect to
comply with his duty, then the colonel or
commanding officer shall by warrant seize and sell
so much of the property of such person appointed
as aforesaid as shall be sufficient to furnish such
volunteer, draft or substitute, with such articles as the law
at
directs,
IX. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid
that no substitute for any volunteer or draft shall be
received, unless approved of by the officer, or other person
appointed to receive the same,
X. And be it further enacted, that officers and soldiers
raised by virtue of this act, shall in all cases whatsoever be subject to the same rules and discipline and
have the same pay and rations as the officers and soldier
raised by virtue of the Continental Congress, during the
time they shall continue in service.
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XI. And be it further enacted, that all the taxable property
within the district of each battalion whose owners
are neither in the continental service, or liable to be
classed as by this act directed, shall be subject to a
tax of three pounds upon every hundred pounds value
of their taxable property, agreeable to their assessment
for the year 1781, (the property of widows and orphans
and also the property of all Quakers, Moravians, Menonists
and Dunkards, whose owners are liable to a
three fold tax, excepted) an exact list of the owners of
which property shall be returnable by the respective
captain of each battalion to the collector of public
taxes on or before the first day of October next which ┃
tax is to be collected for the present year, and accounted for as other public taxes
XII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid
that every militia officer employed in carrying this
act into execution, shall be allowed pay and rations
for the time he is in actual service; and every officer
failing to comply with the duties of this act shall
forfeit the sum of ten thousand pounds, to be collected
in the same manner as fines inflicted by
the militia law are collected, which fines shall
be paid to the county treasurer for the use of the county.
XIII. And be it further enacted, that the sheriff for
laying any warrant directed to him by the Colonel
or commanding
officer, shall be allowed five per cent,
for such service
XIV. And be it further enacted, that no British deserter
Hessian deserter, apprentice, Indian, sailor, or
negro slave, shall be received as a substitute for
any volunteer or person drafted in consequence of ┃
this act, nor shall any such person (apprentice excepted)
be classed or admitted into the service, in order to
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exempt any of the said classes from a draft.
XV. And be it enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that all
persons who shall be drafted by the direction of this law,
or voluntarily enlist in the state troops, who do not appear
at the place and time of rendezvous or send an able bodied
substitute in his or their room, or in ten days
make a sufficient excuse on oath, shall be held and
deemed a continental soldier during the war, and in
case such delinquents do not deliver themselves up to the
colonels of their respective counties, or some continental
officer, in thirty days after shall be deemed as deserters
from that service, and treated accordingly.
XVI. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid
that any person who shall apprehend and deliver, or
cause to be apprehended and delivered to a continental
officer, any deserter from the continental, the State troops
service, or delinquent from the militia service, on producing
a receipt for the delivery of such deserter or delinquent
to the colonel or commanding officer of the
County wherein he shall reside, shall be entitled to an
exemption from a three months
tour of military duty.
XVII. Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid
that one hundred of the men ordered to be raised by
virtue of this act to be commanded by a major, three
captains, three lieutenants and three cornets exclusive
of the officers before mentioned in this act, to be
under the command of the said lieutenant Colonel
commandant, furnished each with a good horse
fourteen hands or upwards high, and properly equipped
as horseman; And that each commanding
officer of every county within this state be directed
to purchase or impress from his respective county two
horses, two saddles, two bridles, two hats or two leather
caps, two swords, two pistols and two pair of books, and
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spers,
for which he shall grant certificate as in all
other cases; all of which horses, and before enumerated
articles, the said commanding officer of each County
shall deliver at the place of general rendezvous at the
time appointed in this act for the delivery of the
aforesaid drafted soldiers.
XVIII. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid that every person drafted by virtue of this act
shall be entitled to the like specific allowances as the
men drafted for twelve months, agreeable to an act
of the General Assembly passed at Halifax in February last- are entitled to. 
XIX. And be it further enacted, that every volunteer
or draft who shall faithfully serve the aforesaid term,
shall be exempted from all military duty twelve months
next ensuing the time of his discharge; and every person
finding a substitute as by this act admitted, shall be
exempted from all military duty during the service of
the said substitute, and no longer; and that no discharge
to any substitute shall intitle such substitute to any
exemption whatever.
State of North Carolina
Office of Secretary of State
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the
State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that the ┃
foregoing, nineteen Sections, is a true copy of an act ┃
of the General Assembly of this State, so far as the same
is legible, drawn off from the laws of this State which
were passed at an assembly which met in Wake County  in June 1781.
Given under my hand this 20th
day of August 1850
W. Hill Secretary
of State
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Georgia Elbert Count


Personally appeared before me Eppy White a Justice
the peace in and for said County Yeoman Rice
Law 
who being sworn in due form of Law [illegible]
and saith on oath that he deponent was well
acquainted with John Cleveland out in the
County of Wilkes State of North Carolina
during the Revolution war between

the states and
Great Britain
deponent further
saith that the said John Cleveland was then
frequently acting
as Captain Commanding in
Company
light Horse or infantry but under

what Colonel
or general deponent cannot state
Will
and deponent further
saith that he
was in company
with the said John Cleveland
on the night previous
to the battle
[illegible]
Mills and
that him
and deponent visited
the
Battle
Ground on the next
morning
after the battle and deponent was

from that place ordered
on to Salisbury
a guard
or
the Tories where the said
Cleveland was
ordered from that place
deponent cannot state,
┃
but deponent saith
further that
after that time he frequently
was knowing to said Cleveland's Company
being ordered out as he deponent made
his house of the House of Colonel Benjamin
Cleveland's who was the
father of
the
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said then Capt John Cleveland and after

the close of the war deponent & the said
John Cleveland removed to the State of
Georgia where deponent was well acquainted with
said Cleveland until his death -
Sworn to and subscribe before me this
first
day of February in the year 1840
Eppy White
Leonard Rice
I do certify that I have been acquainted with the deponent
Leonard Rice for the last twenty five years and that
he is a man that the fullest reliance may be placed
in his word given under my hand this Feby 1st 1840
Eppy White J P
This is an affidavit taken
by General Cleveland before the
death of his mother, with a view to offer it in evidence in
support of her claim though her declaration was
not then nor was never thereafter drawn up, it being
neglected more for want of a knowledge have to proceed
than

otherwise.
I [illegible] offer it therefore for what
it is worth, as presumptive corresponding proof
as corresponding well with other proof.
E. King
Attorney for Claimant
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Leonard Rice
deposition

to
the services of
Captain John Cleveland
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Adairsville Ga 12th July 1851.
Col. James E. Heath
Dear Sir
On the 28th of January last I enclosed
a Transcript of a Record in the Secretaries office of N. Carolina
showing that Capt John Cleveland the Husband of Catharine
Cleveland whose children have asserted a claim for a
Pension was appointed to the Grade of Captain in the
war of the Revolution in the year 1781 by the Legislature of the
State of N. Carolina. I then pursued further proof in the
Secretaries office, hoping to find same trace of his commission & found that a commission was sent N. C. which I also forwarded. This I
doubt not will be satisfactory proof as to John Cleveland
Grade in the Army, and will satisfy the Requirement of
your Report on the claim made on the 4th of December last. I also
sent on the 28th January the Certificate of the Clerk of the Court of
Rowan County N.C. showing there was no Record proof
in his Office of the Marriage of John Cleveland to Catharine
Montgomery which makes the parole proof on file admissible
 and which I must think is as you require it to
be distinct and does sustain itself by reference to
other events which of necessity impressed themselves on
the minds of the Witnesses, & with which in point of time
the said Marriage is coincident you will see that
Captain John Stonecypher whose affidavit is on file. States
distinctly that Captain John Cleveland was married to Catharine
 Montgomery in the year 1781, while in command as
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a Captain in the army his testimony is therefore sustain
by the circumstance of Cleveland being in command of
a company as captain at the time of his Marriage, which
is a circumstance he could not mistake, & that he was
in a captain's Command in the year 1781, is sustained
by the Records from the Secretaries Office as above alluded
to beyond all question, Mrs. Susan Sloan makes precisely the same statement, whose affidavit is also on file,
with regard to the Marriage, and her Testimony is sustained
by the same, very striking & impressive circumstances
I have been expecting a report in this case for the
last six weeks, but knowing the immence amount of
business constantly crowding upon the Pension Office
that I might not unnecessively increase your labours
I have from time to time forborne to write, hoping when
the case could be reached in the course of the examining
Clerk, that I should receive a Pay certificate in the case
but the time has proved so long; that I have imbibed
some fears the case has been overlooked by the filing
Clerk or something such.
suffer me therefore to call your attention to the
case, & let me hear the result of your investigation of it at
the earliest opportunity
I am Very Respectfully
Your
Obedient Servant
Elisha King
Col J. E. Heath Com of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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left side numbers match these
18.46
82.10
50.00
13.46
21.10 underlined for addition

185.92
left side continues
20
8/3709

463.62 ½
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Dear Sir
Adairsville Ga 12th April 1853
A pension Certificate in the case of the Heirs of Catharine Cleveland has been forwarded to me by Messrs. Smith & James
of Nashville Tenn. who was giving some attention to the case
for [illegible]
I must confess I cannot conceive how the Mistake
should have occurred in the case which has, the application
is made under Act of 4th July 1836 and the certificate has
Issued under act of 7th June 1838.
I must be allowed to express my suspicious in the
case, which are these, I fear there is some scheming with
same agents and others about the Pension Office, which is
at variance with the strait forward administration of Justice
I shall however make no charges until I see further into
the matter, as
There is also proof of war service than what the certificate
is issued for the proof on file shows that Capt. John Cleveland
served twelve months as a Captain of Cavalry and there is
additional proof of Indents filed by Messrs Smith & James
for which there is no allowance made-
I have now to ask you to correct the Mistake
by Issuing & sending me a certificate for the proper
amount. Under the act under which the application is
made
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
Elisha King

To Com. of Pensions 
Washington City
D.C.
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Col J. L. Edwards Court of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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Adairsville Cap County Ga 4th January 1850
Col J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir
Inclosed herewith you have the papers
in the application of General Benjamin Cleveland for the amount
of Pension, which fell due and accrued to Catharine
Cleveland, Widow of Captain John Cleveland under act
of Congress approved July 4th 1836,

This Declaration was filed with a view of
making proof of Identity by an old Revolutionary
Soldier who served under Captain Cleveland, but when
his affidavit was sought for, it was ascertained
that he had been dead some time before the Declaration was made before the Court, consequently the
claim has lain for want of proof of Identity until
it was discovered that old Mr. John Stonecypher
whose affidavit is herewith sent had served under him
his affidavit we think will satisfactorily identify
Claimants Father with the soldier who received the
Indents set out in the Comptrollers certificate herewith sent.
Please report to me at this Office

I am Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant,
Elisha King
Col J. L. Edwards Coms of Pensions
Washington City


Pensioner: Catharine Cleaveland
Page 42

Adairsville Ga 21st Febr 1851
Col Jas E. Heath Com of Pensions
Dr Sir,
Upon discovering the Record reasonably forwarded you in the case of John Cleveland
Widows claim for a Pension, which showed the
appointment of Claimants husband as Captain
I supposed I should then find a Record of the
Governor's having commissioned him, I therefore
applied for such a record, but as you will see
from the accompanying certificate of Secretary Hill
You will discover the only evidence to be found
upon the subject is, that Commission issued to
or were sent to the Officers appointed & without
saying who they were,-
I send it supposing it may reach you before
the case is examined on the evidence last sent that it
may be taken into the consideration of evidence, it
will show that commissions were sent according to
the Resolution of the House of Representatives N. C.
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
Elisha King
Co. Jas E. Heath
Washington City
D.C.
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Adairsville Cape County Ga.
13th March 1850
Col J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir
On 4th January last I enclosed ┃
to your address as Commissioner of Pensions, the application
 of General Benjamin Cleveland of Habersham
County Ga. for the amount of Pension which accrued
and fell due his mother Catharine Cleveland under
Act of Congress Passed 4th July 1836, and as the
Pension Department has recently been so well up
with their business, & the lapse of time since the
application was forwarded has been so great, I
have entertained fears the papers have not reached
you, will you be so good as to inform me, whether
they have been received, and when the case will
probably be examined -
I confess I do not know the regulations under
which the Department Transacts her business, but other
claims (though of different character having been forwarded much more recently, & have been reported, has
had a tendency to increase my fears, that the papers
in the application of General Cleveland has not reached
You,
I am very respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
Elisha King
Col J. L. Edward
Washington City
D C
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Cancelled & Certificate
issued
under Act of July '36
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payment to be made
at Savannah,
by
S. Marel
Esqr
Agent for paying pensioners
 in the Agency of
Georgia
Recorded
Office, in
ume
in the Pension
Book D Volume
Page 317. by
(Clerk.
[illegible] Weightman
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Department of the Interior
Claim for Military Service

I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States,
of the 7 July 1838,
Catharine Cleaveland, deceased
widow of John Cleaveland, who was a
Captain in the Revolution, was entitled to a
pension, and having died on the 1st of August
1840, her only surviving children, Mary
Franklin, Elizabeth Smith, Martha Bonner
and Benjamin Cleaveland, are entitled to ┃
the amount at the rate of two hundred
and thirty dollars per annum from 4
March 1836 to 1st of August 1840 when
she died.

Given at the Department of the Interior
this twenty third day of March
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
R. McClelland
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
G. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions


Pensioner: Catharine Cleaveland
Page 47

Col Jas E. Heath
Adairsville Ga 28th January 1851
Dear Sir
Inclosed I send an extract from
the Journals of the House of Representatives of the State of
No Carolina, which furnishes Record proof of the
Grade of Captain John Cleveland as a soldier in the Revolution,
 he was the husband of Catharine Cleveland
whose children are applicants for the amount of Pension
which fell due to her under act of 4th July 1836.
I presume this extract, Together with the Parroll proof
heretofore forwarded in this case, will be amply satisfactory as to the Grade he held during this Twelve month
service as Commander of a horse company, as to his command
in the foot service. I am unable to find any record
in support of it, after having made search every where in
which such proof could be expected consequently that service can
only be determined from the Comptrollers certificate and
Capt. John Stonecypher affidavit, which I hope will at least
satisfy you that the claimants are entitled to pay for one
three months Tour as commander in the foot service
I also enclose a certificate from the Clerk of the County
Court of Rowan showing there is no record proof in the
archives of that office in support of the Marriage of John
Cleveland to Catharine Montgomery, this being the case, the
proof of Marriage then rests upon the parroll proof heretofore
forwarded in the case, and I trust when I shall have


Pensioner: Catharine Cleaveland
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presented, one plain principle to your mind which
is involved in the parroll proof
you will regard that
as being clear, distinct, & satisfactory, as to the establishment of that fact. In your Report upon this case of
4th December last. You say the parroll proof must be distinct
and must Sustain itself by reference to other events which
of necessity impressed themselves upon the minds of
the Witnesses, and with which in point of time the said
Marriage was coincident or nearly so. I must insist
this is the case with regard to the proof on file, and I
think you will concur with me, when I present my reasons for this belief, Two disinterested witnesses have
Testified as to this fact namely John Stonecypher &
Mrs. Susan Sloan, they both concur in their statements
precisely, they say in the year 1781. the Marriage of John
Cleveland to Catharine Montgomery took place, and that
at the time of the Marriage John Cleveland was a Captain
Commanding in the Army of the Revolution, now that
he was a commander in the army at the time of his
Marriage, is a circumstance which of necessity would
impress itself upon the minds of the Witnesses, and
one of the strongest which could have existed, and one
which is precisely coincident with the marriage, and
the statements of the witnesses in point of time is strictly
corroborated & sustained by the Record, which prove
Cleveland's service, namely the Extract from the Journals
of the Legislature of No Carolina herewith sent. and the
copy of the Law heretofore sent which authorized the


Pensioner: Catharine Cleaveland
Page 49

Corps in which Cleveland served the twelve months
Tour,
If I could procure any further Testimony uppon
this subject which would aid further in the adjustment
of this claim, I should with pleasure do so, but old Captain
John Stonecypher who has testified in the case, is no more
he had his decease some weeks since, and as to Mrs
Susan Stean I suppose she is still living; though I do not
suppose you will think that her statement can be
materially mended, when you have once considered
the fact of her statements being sustained by the fact of
his being a Commander in the army at the time of the
Marriage, [illegible]
I am Very Respectfully
Your
Obedient Servant
Elisha King
Col Jas E. Heath Com of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Adairsville Ga 26th March 1853
Hon Alexander H. Stephens
My Dear Sir
I have for several years
past been engaged in prosecuting a claim for a
Pension in favour of the Heirs of Captain John Cleveland
the service of Claimants Father has been admitted
long since, but the case has been hung up for proof
of Marriage, upon that subject the proof has ben as
follows. It has been proven by Captain John Stonecypher
whose affidavit is on file that the Marriage took
place in June or July 1781, while Cleveland was in
command of a Horse Company in the war of the Revolution
that he was well acquainted with him at the
time of the Marriage & so continued up to the time of
Clevelands death, that he served in the army with him
& the affidavit of Mrs Susan Sloan is also on
file in the case, in which she states that she was an
eye witness to the Marriage ceremony, & that the
Marriage took place in June or July 1781, while
Cleveland was in the command of Captain of a
horse Company, as she understood, -
The Affidavit of Mrs Mary Franklin who is
the oldest child of Captain John Cleveland & Catharine
his wife is also on file giving the Record of her
age & fixing the day of her birth on the 15th day of
March 1782, Then the affidavit of General Coffer of



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Rabun County Ga. is on file stating facts corroboating the statements of the other witnesses also the
affidavit of Old Parson Eli Cleveland of Monroe
County Tennessee is on file was filed last Sept.
Giving his own age from his family Record &
saying he was intimately acquainted with the
family of Captain John Cleveland from his earliest
Recollection that there was but a few months
difference between his age & the age of Mary Franklin
the oldest child of Captain J. Cleveland & his wife
Catharine, which corroborates the age of Mary the
oldest child as she gives it in her affidavit both
of which corroborates the Marriage, since filing
the affidavit of Eli Cleveland in Sept Last I have
been unable to hear from the claim, the reason however
why I have not heard from its may be attributed
to the fact that I suffered a claims agents at
Washington City to take some charge of the case and
I have written to him several times & have been
unable to hear from him in any way, and he must
from that fact be wholly neglecting it and for such
neglect I intend him to have nothing more to do
with it. I wish therefore to ascertain through
you why the claim is not allowed, and as you are
well acquainted with General Cleveland & his family
you can state to the Commissioner his General Character
which will satisfy him of the correctness of the
facts set out and when he is thus satisfied the
claim will be allowed, on the filing of the affidavits
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of Captain Stonecypher & Mrs. Susan Sloan the Commission
required me to have them sustain their statement
by the relation of some circumstance which is a subject
of Record & which was coincident or nearly so with
the Marriage, that requisition I could not comply with
from the fact that Stonecypher was dead & Mrs. Sloan
was old & childish & refused to make any further
statement saying she had stated what she knew to be
True & if they would not believe that, they would not
believe any thing further she might say on the subject
I then called the Courts attention to the fact that both
the witnesses state the marriage took place in 1781 while
Captain Cleveland was in command of a Horse Company, and
that circumstance is a subject of Record & is Coincident with the marriage, the court still insisting upon
something further, I procured the further proof as above
set out all of which I think is from the most respectable
sources & is of such a nature as to corroborate the other
proof so well, I think the commissioner can no longer
entertain any doubt as to the Marriage + when his attention is
properly drawn to the subject he will allow the claim
I wish you therefore to have the goodness to call the attention of the Commissioner to the facts hereto fourth & to give
a statement of what you know of the character of General
Cleveland -
I am with high regard
Your Obedient Setvant
Elisha King
Hon A. H. Stephens
Crawfordville, GA
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State of North Carolina
Comptrollers Office.
I, William J. Clarke, Comptroller of Public Accounts in
and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears
of record in my office, among the payments made by said
State to sundry persons for Military services in the Revolution
ary War, as follows, to wit:
John Cleaveland
Indent or army certificate issued by the Auditors of Salisbury
District No. 2846 June 19th 1783 £18 £ 4 D6 specie
Ditto Morgan District No. 4190 July 29th 1784 £82 & 10 specie
Ditto Morgan District  No. 3532 April 6th £50-
Book G. No. 16, page 23, £13 &4 D6 specie
Book A M 15 page 39 £21 & 10 - D6 species

Volume A entry 7648 Captain John Cleaveland for Militia
services of himself and Company £147 & 5 D6 specie allowed
by the Auditors of Morgan District in the year 1782-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal of office
this 30th day of May 1853 -
Wm. J. Clarke, Compt.

written sideways on left side
 18.46
 82.10
 50
 13.4
 21.10 underlined
185.86

middle row

147.56
       20underlined
8 /294820
368.20

right row
368
240 underlined
2/128
     64

Pensioner: Catharine Cleaveland
Page 54

Col J. L. Edwards
Adairsville Ga 20th Sept 1850
Dear Sir
Inclosed I send you the
affidavits of Mrs. Susan Sloan & Mr. Leonard
Rice in support of the Claim of Mrs. Catharine Cleveland
for a Pension. I was not present at the taking
of Mrs Sloans Affidavit I wrote to a friend to take
the statements she might be able to make in the case
& he omited to endeavor to call her attention to the
fact whether there was any Record uppon which she
could Base her recollection as to the date of the Marriage,
 though you will see that she seems to be distinct in the date being 1781, in which the marriage took
place, and her statement is distinct in it being said
that he was a captain in the Army at the time, she
is cautious to state that it was said he was a Captain officer
which is about what a woman could know and
this Corroborates the statement of John Stonecypher (whose affidavit is on file) and fixes the marriage
Prior to the last period of Cleveland's service in the
Army, & the circumstance of his being a captain in
the army at the time of his marriage is one which they
would be apt to recollect & one that fixes her claim
within the provisions of the act of 1836, and I trust will be
satisfactory as to the marriage, I also enclose the
affidavit of Leonard Rice, taken more than ten years
ago.
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It was taken by Genl Cleveland with a view to obtain
an allowance for his mother in her lifetime and not
knowing well (as he says, how to proceed he did nothing
more until his mother died, and then he supposed the
thing was at an end. I do not know that it will be
in accordance with the rules of your office to receive it
as evidence, though I offer it, hoping it may, and believing
that it must materially aid you in the adjustment of
the claim, from its strict accordance with other proof &
with the facts in the case-
I also send a copy of the Law which author
ised the corpse in which Capt Cleveland Commanded
his twelve months Tour, this taken in connection with the
statements of the three Witnesses, Stoneypher, Mrs Sloan, &
Rice, togeather with the large amount paid to John Clevel.
and for Military services, as appears from the Compt
Certificate, I trust will supply the reach occasioned
by the absence of Record proof showing his grade & C.
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servant
Elisha King
be
J.L. Edwards
Washington City
D. C
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Major J. T. Neely
Adairsville Ga. 31st December 1850
Dear Sir
I have been every day expecting to hear
from you for some time past on the subject of Mrs.
Catharine Cleveland's Pension Claim, I presume however
Your delay has been for want of an action by the
Pension Office, or for not having found the proof
which I forwarded 20th September last I am anxious to
know whether that proof can be produced and placed
on file, & a decision had thereon,
Should you kneed any assistance in the
Matter, my friend the Honorable A.H. Stephens will
at any time take pleasure in Rendering me of you
any assistance he can, I had a personal interview
with him a short time before he left for Washington
& he told me he would with pleasure attend to ┃
any thing for me before the Pension Office I might
wish, while at Washington, and had it not been that
you was engaged before the pension Office professionally
 & that I had confidence in you, as an energetic
attentive man in business. I should have entrusted
this thing wholly to Mr. Stephens, this being the case I
doubt not but that you will give the case your prompt
attention, I hope to hear from you on the subject
what the cause of Delay [illegible]
I also asked you to give me some information with regard to Mr. E. F. Brown formally an

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agent before the pension Office, whether he is still
In your city & whether you could possibly
make the amount of the debt out of him, which
I wrote you about.
Mr. George Mackay an agent also
before the pension Office has Brown's letters to
me acknowledging the Reception of the money
this will be sufficient authority for you to call
on him for them, & he will of course give you
all the information concerning the matter he can
he had charge of the case for me, & had another
Man's assumed for the money, but failed to attend
to it so as to get it & afterwards asked me to
engage another council & let him become a witness
but not willing to Trust
to the collection of the debt
for his fee asked me to send him ten Dollars in
advance, to the council whom he suggested
I hope to hear from you by return ma
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obedient. Servant.
King in the requested me to
take both of the same manage
Elisha King
Major J. T. Neely--

Major J. T. Heely
Washington City D.C.

[note written on the side]
I have some 4 or 5 other letters in my possession from [illegible] in them requesting me and [illegible] of the same to manage it for him but as they also relate to other claims I
cannot place them on file for the present, but
hope they will be supportive asking the dept my authority to manage the case for him-
Page 58

Catharine Cleveland
widow of
Captain Cleveland
Rev. War
application made from Ga
[illegible]act 1836 or 38
July 15-- 52
Ex John T.  Neely
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Major J. T. Neely
Atlanta Ga 25th May 1852,
Dear Sir
On 15th February last I wrote
you Informing you that on the 9th of February I had
forwarded to the Pension Office the affidavits of General
Edward Coffer & Mary Franklin in support of the
claim of Catharine Cleveland for a Pension, the grade
& service of her Husband John Cleveland having been
admitted, the proof pertained entirely to the Marriage
the proof of Marriage being the only objection to the
claim, I gave you a statement of the fact, which were
in proof with regard to the Marriage, as follows,
It was first proven by John Stonecypher who was a
soldier under Captain John Cleveland (Claimant's
Husband) that Claimant was married to her Husband
Captain Cleveland in 1781, in the month of June or
July, while Cleveland was a captain in command
in the Army. It was also proven by Susan Sloan
that she was an eye witness to the Marriage Ceremony
& that they were married in the month of June or July
in 1781, upon this proof the claim was rejected there
being no record proof of the Marriage. I then procured
the Testimony of Edward Coffer who was well acquainted with
John Cleveland, Family from immediately after the ┃
war up to the present time that his eldest sister was
about the age of Mary Franklin the oldest child of
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John & Catharine Cleveland & that she from the record
of her age was now about seventy years of age, and
Mary Franklin Swears that she is the Eldest Child of
produced by the Marriage of John & Catharine Cleveland
that she has not the original Record of her age but
that she has often seen it since she could read & write
& that according to that record she was born on the
15th Day of March 1782, these fact, I think ought to
establish the marriage, even in the absence of Record
proof
In this case I have been anxiously expecting
a report, at least a month ago but as it did not come
I had occasion to be from home about a month &
thought I should without fail find a report in the case
on my return, but have failed to do so though I found
in the Office from you a printed circular & nothing
said of the Cleveland Claim
Will you be so good as to all the case
up and procure its passage as I must think it
cannot fail to pass on the proof on file, and let me
hear from you soon. You shall be handsomely,
remunerated for all your trouble if you will at
an early opportunity call up the case procure it
passage
I am very respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
Elisha King
Major J. T. Neely
Washington City
D C
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State of North Carolina
Office of Secretary of State
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the
State of North Carolina, do hereby certify that I have
caused careful search to be made for record 
evidence of the Governor having commissioned John
Cleaveland and others who were appointed officers
by the Legislature of this State to command the ┃
troops raised by act assembly of 1781, but have not
been able to find any such evidence, the Governors
Letter Book where the Commission should have
been recorded only state, that commissions were
sent, without saying who was commissioned
Given under my hand this 6th
day of February 1851
W. Hill Secretary
of State
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Smith & Jones
Nashville
Tenn
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State of North Carolina
Comptroller's Office
I, William J. Clarke, Comptroller of public accounts in
and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears
of record in my office, among the payments made by said
State to sundry persons for Military services in the Revolutionary War, as follows to wit:
John Cleaveland in addition to the Certificate by me, in
this case heretofore issued, on the 29th day of October 1851, the
payment having been found in book, belonging to this office,
which were then in the Pension Office at Washington City
Vol. A. No. of acct. 7648 Captain John Cleaveland for Militia
services of himself and Company £147 S5 D6 specie, allowed
by the Auditors of Morgan District in the year 1782, I furthermore
certify that Morgan District was in the extreme
western part of this State and that the records concerning
the soldiers of that section are extremely defective
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed my seal of
office this 9th day of September 1852-
Win J. Clarke Comptroller
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Not sent
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Pension Office
July 16. 1853
Sir
After the admission of the claim
of Catharine Cleveland deceased, widow
of Captain John Cleveland, of Georgia,
under the act of July 7. 1838, and after
the receipt of the supplemental certificate
of
of the Comptroller of N. Carolina, I myself
reexamined the claim, and admitted it
under the act of July 4, 1836
John Stonecypher does not testify
positively
that Captain Cleveland served
the entire twelve months as captain of
Cavalry, and no other witness pretends
to specify the duration of the service.
The last indent of £147.5.6, was issued to
Capt. C. for services of himself and Company,
and, if divided between him and his quota
of men, in all thirty-three, it would not cover
a term of twelve months service. It is probable
that a portion of the other indents were
for services of his men with his own, and
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yet he has been allowed for the amount of
all his previous indents, as for his own
services, alone.
Where the proofs are so
uncertain as in this instance, I cannot
think that a further allowance can be
justified
Elisha King Esq
Adairsville
Ga.
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Dear Sir
Crawfordville, GA
2nd April 1853
Please permit me to ask
your special attention to the claim
alluded to in the enclosed letter. I do
so from the fact of my personal
knowledge of one of the claimants
General Benjamin Cleaveland he
is a very highly respectable gentleman
and a man of worth. I do not
think he would be engaged
in
countenancing a claim on the
part of any body if he did not
feel assured of its correctness.
He is the father in law of General
Rush of Texas and cousin I
think of Jesse F. Cleaveland
former member of Congress from this
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state-- I mention this fact Early
to satisfy you as to the respectability
of the family. His father was a
gallant officer in the Revolution
as history to say nothing of
tradition fully attests. The
only point in this case is as to
the time of this marriage two
witness, have sworn that it was
in June or July 1781 - the record
show that he was then Captain
of horse-- But I do not intend
to make an argument- I only
by to call your attention to the
faith
proven and to know what
difficulty
there is in its allowance
General. Cleaveland had no doubt
of the claim, being allowed under the
law-
Feeling entitled to it they
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made the application and
now it is a matter of some pride
to them that no indirect slur
should be cast above the memory
of his father by its unjustness.
My ask you to give it your
early attention and let me
be informed of the action
had on it-
Mr. King whose letter I send
you is personally known to
me. He is a clever gentlemen who
has been engaged in making out
such claim and for that reason
General Cleveland got him to
prepare the papers in this case
of his family of the heirs of
his mother. If there is any
[illegible] in the papers let
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know it, my attention was called
to the subject a few days ago
and at my bequest M. King
set forth the fact of the case
as he has done in the enclosed
letter, knowing General Cleaveland
so well-- having served in the
I legislation with him and
being so well satisfied with
the integrity of the claim I
-
take the liberty of addressing
you this letter-- being willing
to do any thing in my power
to further the ends of justice
and to get for deserving people
what are their just dues under the
law. I feel no other [illegible]
in the matter whatever

Most Respectfully
Alexander Stephen
Honorable Loren P. Waldo
Com. Pensions
Washington DC
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Comptrollers Office
Releigh N C
I William F. Collins Comptroller of Public
Accounts in and for the State of North Carolina
do hereby certify that the name of
John Cleveland appears of record in
this office as having had the following
Specia Certificate issued in his favor
for Military Service (Viz) One for Eighteen
pounds four Shillings and six pence
(£18.4.6) See Book No 23 page 8 also
another for Thirteen pounds four Shilling
1
and Six pence (£13.4.6) See Book G. No 16
page 23. Also another for Fifty Pounds
(£50) see same Book page 15 also another
for twenty one pounds ten shillings -
(£21.10) see Book A. No 15 page 39-
Also another for Eighty Two pounds Ten
Shillings see Book No. 10 page 26 £82.10
given under my hand and seal this
17th day December AD 1849
William Collins, Comptroller
185.80                   440
in                           220
2 $463.68                 10
---                              0
-
231.84.
$231.85
11 [illegible] 17 day Infantry


Pensioner: Catharine Cleaveland
Page 72

Brief in the case
of Catharine Cleaveland widow of John
County and State of Georgia
act July 7 1838
Claim, (original,"
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Record & have proof of service
Have proof of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Smith & Jones
Nashville, Tenn
Thornton Triplett
Examining Clerk.

Pensioner: Catharine Cleaveland
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Brief in the case of Catherine Cleaveland deceased widow of John
Cleaveland Captain in the Revolutionary Army
Habersham
County and State of
Georgia
act of July 4, 1836
Claim, (original, or for increase.)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Proof of service, by witnesses who served with Captain Cleveland and certificate
from the Comptroller of North Carolina where Cleveland lived
when he entered the service knowing payments made to him for said
service also record evidence of his appointed as Captain Proof of marriage by witness present, at the ceremony, birth of children & tradition
This case was allowed under the act of July 4, 1836, but no payments have been
made & the certificate is retained to be cancelled.  the case has
been examined by two [illegible] and [illegible] by myself and we all [illegible]
 in opinion that the case is made out for  [illegible]and
was many months service as Captain of Infantry under the act July 4, 1836.
of making the annual payments $230.00
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Examined & allowed
By L P Waldo
Examining Clerk
Name and resident of Agent
Elisha King
present

Pensioner: Catharine Cleaveland
Page 74

14.829
Catharine Cleveland, deceased
widow of John
GA
[illegible]
1836
Act 7 July 1838
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Elisha King Esq

Hendersonville
No C
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Salisbury N.C.. August 31st 1847
Dear Sir
I have searched diligently
for the Marriage Bond of John Cleveland
to Catherine Montgomery and
can find no such bond
my office-
---
Elisha King Esquire
Respectfully
John H. Hardel
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[illegible]Department
second auditors off
June 1st 1853-
I hereby certify that I am 
acquainted with Benjamin Cleveland
of
Habersham
County
of Georgia
who is known & who
I [illegible]
as a
man is character &
a
integrity, for
many years he has been a representative in the legislature of
Georgia & filled
other officers of
[illegible] & trust. He is a man of
standing & influence & I have
every
confidence in his integrity
I would not hesitate to place
implicit faith in any statement
he might make
P. Clayton


Pensioner: Catharine Cleaveland
Page 78

11. 470
Georgia
Catharine Cleaveland, deceased widow of John
who died on the ___________
of _____________
in the State of Georgia
who was a Captain in the ____________ commanded by ____________

in the Revolution
 for 11 months 15 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Savannah
at the rate of 230 Dollars 00 cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day
March, 1836. & End 1st August [illegible] 
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of
March 1853 and sent to
Smith & Jones Nashville Tennessee
Arrears to the 4th of _____________
Semi-annual allowance ending _____________

Revolutionary Claim

Act July 7, 1838
Recorded by H. R. Weightman, Clerk
Book D Vol. 1 page 317
May 27, 1873



Pensioner: Catharine Cleaveland
Page 79


Catharine Cleaveland, deceased
widow of John GA
Adm,
July 4 [1838 striked through]1836
11 months & 15 days as Captain $230
per annum from
4 March 1836 to
1 Aug
1840
when she died
Pay to Mary Franklin
Elizabeth Smith
Martha Bonner &
 Benjamin Cleaveland
Surviving children
Act to
Smith & Jones
Nashville

Pensioner: Catharine Cleaveland
Page 80

August 14 1857-
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Catharine
Cleveland deceased, widow of John
Cleveland officer under act 4 July 1836
Revolutionary services North Cantina
[illegible signature]
papers in the C.C. room
Page 82

Adairsville Georgia
To the {illegible] of Pensions
August 21. 1852
 Sir
I hereby authorize & empower Messrs
Smith & Jones of Nashville Tennessee to prosecute the claim to Revolutionary
Pension of Catharine Cleaveland, Widow of Captain John Cleaveland
under act
of July 4, 1836, and to receive a certificate therefor

I am Respectably
Your Obedient Servant
Elisha King Atto
Sent from Hendersonville N. C.
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6696
Catharine Cleaveland
Wid,
John Cleaveland
Capt. Rev. War
Act: July 4/36
Index: --Vol. A Page 115
[Arrangement of 1870.}
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State of Tennessee
Monroe County ⎬ On this 21st day of August one
Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty two personally
appeared before me the undersigned an acting Magistrate in the State & County aforesaid Eli Cleveland a
resident Citizen of said County and after being duly
sworn sayeth on oath that he was personally and
Intimately acquainted with Captain John Cleveland
the Father of General Benjamin Cleveland of Habersham
County Georgia who is now an applicant for the
Amount of Pension which accrued to his mother
Catherine Cleveland in her lifetime, & that he was
well acquainted with his children that they lived in
the immediate neighborhood where he was raised
in Wilkes County N. Carolina from his earliest recollection until they removed to So. Carolina near the
Georgia line, & that he frequently visited the family
there until Mary their oldest child Intermarried ┃
with Abednego Franklin, and that the said Mary
was but a few months Younger than himself & that
he now has a record of his age in his bible & according to it he was born on the first day of October
in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty and which
he verily believes to be true -
Sworn to & subscribed before me
the day & date above,

T Laughlin J P
Eli Cleveland
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I T.Laughlin
a Magistrate as aforesaid
do hereby certify that I am intimately acquainted with
the Reverend Eli Cleveland who has this day
Sworn to & subscribed the foregoing affidavit before
me, that he is an aged & highly respectable clergyman
& that his statements are entitled to full & explicit
confidence-
T. Laughlin J P
of Monroe City
State of Tennessee  I John A. Stephens Clerk of 
Monroe County   ⎬ County Court of the County aforesaid,
do hereby, certify; that T Laughlin Esquire, whose name
appears to the foregoing affidavit and certificate, is an acting
Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid & that the
signature thereunto annexed, purporting to be his is genuine, and is entitled to full faith and credit as such
I further certify that I am intimately acquainted with
Parson Cleveland who makes the foregoing affidavit
and that he is a highly respectable minister of the Gospel
long and favorably known to this community & that
his statement is entitled to full faith and explicit confidence
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
said Court at my office in Madisonville
this 1st day of September 1852
John A. Stephens Clerk
By A.T. Hicks D Clerk
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State of Georgia
Baldwin County ⎬
This day came personally before me
the undersigned a magistrate in and for the County aforesaid
General Edward Coffee a resident Citizen of the County
of Rabun of this State aged fifty nine years and
after being duly sworn according to law declares upon
his oath that he was from the time of his earliest
Recollection personally and intimately acquainted with
Captain John Cleveland the Father of General Benjamin Cleveland of the County of Habersham in this
State who is now an applicant for the amount of
Pension which accrued and fell due to his mother
Catharine Cleveland in her lifetime, that he was
Intimately acquainted with the said Captain John Cleveland up to the time of his death that he remained
intimately and personally acquainted with the Children
of the said John Cleveland up to the time of his going to
manhood and he might say even to the present, ┃
time, and that Mary who intermarried with Abednigo
Franklin was the oldest child produced
by the Marriage of the said John Cleveland and
Catharine his wife, and that she Mary was about the
age
of affiants oldest sister, as was always understood when they were both girls growing up together, and his
said oldest sister is now about seventy years of age
this he knows from the Records of his Fathers family
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Affiant further States that the said John Cleveland
and his Father lived neighbors from his earliest
Recollection up to the time of the death of the said Cleveland, and the two families continued to live
neighbors for a great while thereafter, that they were
distantly related and were on terms of great intimacy,
 that he has often heard his father Jesse
Coffee speak of John Cleveland as being a captain
in the war of the Revolution, and his father the
said Jesse Coffee being a Soldier in the Revolution
spoke of those facts knowingly
Sworn to a subscribed
before me Decr 31st 1851 Edward Coffee
J B Brown J.P.
Executive Department Ga
Milledgeville Dec. 31. 1857.
I certify that S. B. Brown whose signature
to the above was at the time of signing the same
a Justice of the Peace in and for Baldwin County
duly commissioned & qualified - and further that
Edward Coffee is & was at the time of making the above
affidavit member of the State Senate of Georgia
Given under my hand & seal of
the Executor department this 31 Dec 1851
By the Governor
Arthur Hood, Secretary Ex. Dept.
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Case of Catharine Cleveland, Widow of
John, Georgia, Admitted, Oct 7 July
1838
at $230, per annum
the point now presented for the
consideration of the Commissioner of Pension
is to have the name of Mr Cleveland
Inscribed on the pension roll under the ┃
Act of July 4th 1836 instead of 7th July 1838.
The papers show that the
records of the Office of Rowan County N.C.
afford no evidence of the marriage and
this is no infrequent occurrence as the
the unsettled condition of affairs, after
caused the [illegible] of such evidence. Indeed
in latter times this has occurred as the
files of the Pension Office [illegible] found.
It is alleged that the marriage took
place in [June or July crossed through] 1781, 
Captain Cleveland, was a captain of Cavalry
Mary, the oldest child who intermarried
with a Mr Franklin, furnishes a record
of her and age accompanied with her
affidavit that it was taken from
her fathers family record in which


Pensioner: Catharine Cleaveland
Page 89


it is stated that she was born 15 March 1782
a little less that 12 months after the marriage
The copy from her father's record to that
of her and was made by herself
General Cleveland the son who made the declaration to gentleman of high standing, alleges
that the marriage took place in 1781
John Stonecypher a pensioner,
testifies that he
was intimately acquainted with Captain Cleveland
and in the early part of 1781 served a tour of
3 months, under his command at the close of which he, Cleveland took command of a company
of Cavalry, in which command he remained
about 12 months, during which time Captain
Cleveland was married. He did not serve
in that company, though he was in the same
Regiment and frequently saw Captain Cleveland
in that tour of service, as a Captain of Cavalry
i
Susan Slone  resided in the neighborhood of with Mrs. Montgomery afterward
Mrs. Cleveland same  married
in 1781 and it was stated at the time, and
so understood that Captain Cleveland, was a
Captain in the [illegible] at that time
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Rev. Eli Cleveland, states that he was 
intimately acquainted with Captain John
Cleveland and his family from his earliest
recollection, said that Mary the
eldest child was but a few months younger
than himself and he gives the record of
his age from his own family Bible
Born 1st Oct 1781.
Gen E. Coffee states that he was intimately
acquainted with the Cleveland family, and
his earliest recollection, that Mary the
eldest child
of John & Catharine Cleveland
was about the same age of his eldest sister
who was ten years older than himself, and he refers to his age
from his family record
See particularly this affidavit 
the Act of the North Carolina Legislature
of June [illegible] 1781, authorized the raising of a
certain body of troops, a portion of which were
Cavalry, and
by a Resolution of 14 July
1781, Captain Cleveland with others therein
named were appointed to the command
of said troops. This fact being admitted
and the birth of the first child Mary
being also admitted, [illegible] beyond the shadow
of
a doubt that the marriage took place
---
before the termination of the last tour of service
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But the marriage has been admitted
and if they were married at all, it
must have been before Captain Cleveland
left the service [section of crossed out] 
 and at the time alleged
or the witnesses must be wholly discredited.
You will also observe that the amount
of
payments from the records of N. Carolina
as made to Cap Cleveland for his service
in the line, as far as we have been able
to discover amounts to £$185-9 sl which
at $2. 50/100 to the found, the amount to
$423.62 - this at $40 month, as the pay of a Captain
of Infantry will authorize 11 months
and 23 days
of
service, if allowed as a

Captain of Cavalry will authorize a service
of
9. months & 13 days
In addition to this there was allowed to
●
Captain Cleveland for himself and company, the
sum of £147 and allowing 30 men to a company
and a commissioned officers, as provided for by
law; & has been the rule of the office, will the distributed
to
amount to a service of more than one month
to each one
giving an additional month to
Captain Cleveland, making his entire service as
13 months 3 days,
See also Leonard Rice, affidavit
Page 92

State of Georgia
County of Franklin
On this 24th Day of November,  one thousand Eight Hundred and forty Nine personally appeared before me the undersigned a Magistrate in and for the State & County aforesaid, John Stonecypher a citizen of said county aged Ninety three years, a pensioner of the United States, and after being duely sworn according to law declares upon his oath that he was personally and intimately acquainted with Captain John Cleveland the father of Genl Benjamin Cleveland of Habersham County in this state who is now an applicant for the amount of pension which fell due and accrued to his mother Catharine Cleveland Dcest.  he further states that immediately after the Battle at the Cowpens in January or February Seventeen hundred and Eighty One (1781) he affiants then being under the command of Captain Shepherd Genl Rutherfords Brigade. Gen Clevelands Regiment he affiant was ordered out with others and put under the command of Captain John Cleveland, who was at the time in command of a foot company in said Regiment and was sent to guard the tradeing ford on the Adkin River to prevent the British army from crossing & Cornwallace ascertaining that point was guarded he turned up the River & crossed at the Shallow ford and that he Remained under the command of the said Captain Cleveland at that time three months. He further states that some time previous to
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his entering that service he served a short time under the said Capt. John Cleveland after the tories out an Kenew [?] River the date of that tour he cannot precisely give though he knows it was some time in the summer of 1780. He remained in that service about one month or six weeks. He further states that that about the month of July seventeen hundred and Eighty One the said John Cleveland took command of a Horse Company as captain in the said regiment of his Father Col. Cleveland in which command he remained for twelve months or thereabouts. He did not serve under the said John Cleveland as a draggoon in that twelve months tour. Though he served in the same Regiment and frequently saw him in that service  & knows that he did Command the said Draggoon Company for that length of time. He further states that during his Command of the said Horse Company, he was married to his wife the Mother of the aforesaid Genl. Benjamin Cleveland whose name was Catharine Montgomery, they were married in the County of Rowan [Il?] North Carolina. He further states that he was during all of his service in the war of the Revolution Intimately and personally acquainted with the said John Cleveland and knows that the said Cleveland was much in the service and that he Rendered other service not here set out and which he cannot tow minutely & particularly describe. He knows that he was the son of Col Benj. Cleveland and was an active and expert officer in the army. He further states that,
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he Remained well acquainted with the said John Cleveland up to the time of his death-and was well acquainted with his family.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day & dates above, Daniel Mosely J.P.  (Seal)

John Stonecypher
his mark  [X signature]

I Daniel Mosely Magistrate as above do hereby 
certify that I am personally and intimately acquainted with Capt. John Stonecypher who has this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit, and that he is a man of truth and veracity and one whose statements are entitled to credit.
I further certify that the foregoing affidavit was read aloud to him and by him understood before sworn to and subscribed. 
Daniel Mosely J.P. (Sealed)
Page 95

State of Georgia
Franklin County

I David Dumas clerk of the Superior Court for the County aforesaid do certify that Daniel Mosely whose signature appears to the foregoing affidavit and certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid and that the signatures offered thereto purporting to be his are genuine and that they are entitled to full faith and credit as such.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and offered my seal of office this 26th day of November 1849.

David Dumas
C.S.C.
Page 96

Catharine Cleveland
mo of John
Ga
[Illegible] 36

Geo. C. Ames
Page 97

POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all men by these Presents: That I, Benjamin Cleaveland of the county of Habbersham and State of Georgia the Vow of Capt John Cleaveland Dust [or Decst..] whose claim for pension under the Act of Congress approved the [blank] day of [blank] 183__, is now suspended for further proof, and who died on the  [blank] day of April 1803, do hereby constitute and appoint H.H. Helper of Salisbury NC & Geo. C. Ames of Washington DC my true and lawful Attorneys irrevocably for me, and in my name and place, to examine all the records, letters, affidavits, and other documents and papers connected with the aforesaid suspended claim now on file in the Pension Office, as well as all the Muster Rolls and other records that my show the Revolutionary services of the said Capt. John Cleaveland Dust[or Decst..] and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises in order to prosecute said claim to some result: hereby revoking all powers of attorney heretofore given for a like purpose, and confirming whatsoever my said attorney shall, in my name, legally do in the premises: In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal this [blank] day of April 1857.

Acknowledged and subscribed before me, a Justice of the Peace, and for the aforesaid County of Habbersham and State of Georgia; and I do certify that agreeable general information the aforesaid Benj Cleaveland is the Son of Capt. John Cleaveland deceased. 
Witness my hand and seal this Fifteenth day of April 1857
[Signature] Benjamin Cleaveland
State of Georgia
County of Habbersham
[Signature] Abner Cason J.P.
I do certify that Abner Cason Esquire, before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was made, was at the time of it being made a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the above is his genuine signature.
Witness my hand and the seal of the Superior court for said county, this 30th day of April 1857.
Philip Martin Clerk of the Superior Court of said County