Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4109, Thomas Abel, Va.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Va.

Abel, Thomas
or Abels
or Able
Elizabeth

NUMBER  
W. 4109

CONTENTS
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State of North Carolina )Court of pleas &  Haywood County          ) quarter Sessions
June Sessions 1839

Be it remembered that Elizabeth Abel aged seventy-six years on the 9th day of March last, widow & relict of Thomas Abel deceased who was a soldier of the revolution in the service of the United States, makes the following declaration on oath in open court, it being a court of record in order to obtain a pension for the services of her said Deceased husband in the war of the revolution under the acts of Congress passed in favour of the widows of deceased soldiers of the revolution.

Your petition applicant respectfully represents to the Secretary at war & war department of the United States, that about the 1st of September 1782 on Pidgeon River in that part of North Carolina now forming part of the State of Tennessee & Cade County She your petitioner intermarried with with her said late husband Thomas Abel Dec'd that they lived together as husband & wife untill the 30th day of August A.D. 1822 when the Said Thomas Abel departed this life in the County of Haywood in the State of North Carolina where he & your petitioner with their numerous family had lived for seven or eight years never having received a pension from the United States from any of its
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State of the union or from any other quarter
for his revolutionary Services.  that or, that previous your Petitioner & her husband removed to the said County of Haywood they resided in the County of Buncombe in the State of North Carolina where they resided as nearly as she can remember about twenty seven or eight years

This Declarant or Petitioner further
represents that during forty years while she
and her said Husband lived together as
husband & wife she very often heard
him speaking of his services in the revolutionary war in favor of the United States
that he spoke of it so often & conversed
with his friends & many other soldiers of the
revolution so frequently & fully of the
particulars of his service that this Petitioner
has not a doubt that he was a faithful
Soldier of the revolution & that he served
the United States as he stated, She does
not remember the precise period but
is certain that it was not a shorter time
than two years & she thinks it was about
three years & in this she is confirmed by all
her old neighbors & acquaintances with
whom she has conversed recently
This applicant often heard her said
husband talking over the incidents
& particulars of his service with other
Soldiers of the revolution that with some
of them he had served, they always
agreed in their accounts of the service and of
the circumstances under which they were
placed at different times, that were
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before your petitioner's marriage with
her said husband it was generally understood in the County in which he lived that
he had long been a true & faithful soldier of the revolution, that during the whole
of his subsequent acquaintances with
him this seemed to be the universal opinion of the people where he lived, that
it seemed to be notorious, was much spoken
of and never has your Petitioner heard
it doubted by one person that he was
in the service of the United States & that
he served as he stated. Your Petitioner
does not believe that one acquaintance
of his entertains a doubt on the subject and
Your Petitioner is illiterate, has not ["well" stricken out] acquainted with the geography
of the country described in the conversations and declarations hereinbefore alluded to
her with the revolutionary history of the
Country or mode of receiving soldiers into
the service or the manner of the Service
So as to fully comprehend at this late day to detail very correctly the accounts given
by him of his said service , (I.E. as to times
places &c. ) But as nearly as this declarant
can now remember her said deceased
Husband said that he entered the service
of the United States in Shananasee County
in the State of Virginia but whether
he belonged to the Virginia line or to the
regular army of the United States she does
not know. The name of the Captain under
whom he served at least part of the
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time declarant thinks was Welton
her friends now here present say it was
Overton-- She does not positively know
which. Declarant often heard him
Speak of the field officers under
whom he served but at this late
the mind & more especially her memory
having much failed she cannot name
any of them, she cannot give the date of
his entering the service she only knows that his whole service was before her marriage to him in 1782 but she thinks he
had not been more than a year or two
out of the service at that time it may
have been more often spoke of serving
General Washington in the service of his
personal appearance of the different
occasions of seeing him, of his having the Chief Command over them &c.  That he was at
the siege of York, that he saw the surrender of Cornwallis, he often described this to his fellow soldiers & others, they always concurred.   he served principally at least, on foot he often spoke of an excursion he took to Wheeling after the Indians in which the soldiers came
near starving &c  Declarant further States
that her said Husband had papers connected with his services  She thinks he had
his discharges but that they were lost or mislaid She thinks ["long" stricken out] before his death at all events She has not any of them in possession nor does she know of their existance any where She remembers that some time before his death he made application for a pension
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the then existing act of Congress that he then had the papers aforesaid that he [illegible] or that he could not ["make" stricken out] draw without making oath that he was not worth two hundred dollars or some other reasonable sum this tho he was poor he could not do & abandoned all idea that the papers could be of service to him & she thinks took no further care of them. 
Sworn to & subscribed in open court June 21st 1839
Elizabeth Abel [her X mark]
Wm Welch CH

And the said court after examination of the Declarant & from General reputation do hereby certify their opinion that the said Thomas Abel Decd was a soldier of the revolution & that he served as stated in the foregoing application.  The court further certify that it is made to appear to their satisfaction that Daniel Henson a pensioner of the United States resident on Pidgeon River is so infirm & decreppid that he cannot travel to this court to give his affidavit & the court requests that Ninion Edmonston Esq a justice of the peace for said County to take Said affidavit.
John Killien Clerk
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John Haynes a clergiman and Ninian Edmonston a freeholder both residents of the same neighborhood in which the said Thomas Abel resided at his death swear that they were well acquainted with the said Thomas ["and" stricken out] Abel in his lifetime--that it was generally reputed and believed in the neighborhood in which the said Thomas Abel lived that he was a Soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion
John Haynes Cler
N. Edmonston

Sworn to & subscribed to before me the 20th June 1839
Wm. Welch Clk

State of North Carolina   ) County Court office
Haywood County            ) [Date stricken out]

I William Welch Clerk of the said Court of pleas & [illegible] contains hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the Case of Elizabeth Abel widow of Thomas Abel Decd.  in his application for a pension and that the annexed affidavit of Daniel Henson purporting to be taken before & certified by Ninian Edmonston Esqr a Justice of the peace for said County is genuine & the certificate of the said Justice is genuine & is entitled to full faith & credit the said Ninion Edmonston is a magistrate duly commifsioned & sworn.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of my Said office 
June              1839
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Samuel W Able

Deponent swears that his oldest sister is as expected fifty three years of age the next to her about fifty that Dep. is about thirty nine years of age
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25th Feby 1840
Jeremiah Vickers Samuel W Able

I Wm. Johnston Clerk of the superior Court of law for Haywood County do hereby certify that Jeremiah Vickers is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as as such Witnefs my hand and seal of office 25th February 1840
Wm Johnston Clk
By J. G. Gudger. D. C.

Hon. Jas Graham
G. R.

[Vertical in left margin] Copy of Will
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North Carolina      )
Haywood County  )
Samuel W Able maketh oath before me Jeremiah Vickers one of the acting justices of the peace for said county, that the land whereon he now lives was the place where his Father Thomas Able died. That he was present when his Father made his last will and testament a copy of which is herewith annexed, and that he witnessed the same. He further swears that there is no record of his Fathers marriage as far as he knows, but from his boyhood he had always understood them to be reputed as man & wife. The following is a copy of the will
State of N Carolina  )
Haywood County    )
Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Able now is my perfect reason do this day make and assign this my last will and testament and do appoint my loving wife Elizabeth Able and Benjamin Clark my lawful Executors and do will and bequeath my property as follows viz) all the lands that I am in possession of at this time to remain as the property of my loving wife Elizabeth Able during her natural life and after her death the tract of land where I now live then to belong to my son Samuel W Able and after her death the tract of land that I purchased from Zachariah Clark to be sold and the money arising therefrom to be equally divided between my stepson John Woodfin and my seven daughters

My stock of every description and my household furniture to remain as the property of my wife after my just debts is paid then
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then all the children that is yet single to have as much property allowed to them as those have that is married the farming tools of every description and one horse beast to belong to Samuel W Able after the death of his Mother Elizabeth Able
Sworn this 29th day of August 1822 
in presents of Thomas Able X his mark
Samuel W. Able

Deponent further swears that his oldest sister is as expected fifty three years of age the next to her about fifty that Dep is about thirty nine years of age
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25th Feby 1840.
Samuel W Able
Jeremiah Vickers J [circle drawn around "J"]

I Wm. Johnston Clerk of the superior Court of Law for Haywood County do hereby certify that Jeremiah Vickers is an acting Justice of the peace for said County and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such.  Witness my hand and seal of office 25th February 1840
Wm. Johnston Clk
By J.G. Gudger, D.C.

Hon. Jas Graham
H.R.

[written vertically on left side of page]
Copy of Will
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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County 
On this 22d day of January 1845 personally appeared before me John Hawkins one of the acting Magistrates in and for the aforesaid County. Delila Hughes, a resident of the County and State aforesaid [page covered] of law, that she is the rec [page covered] Elizabeh Ables, of Haywood [page covered] deceased, and the latter [page covered] applicant for a pension due to [page covered] Revolutionary services of his said [page covered] Ables deceased [page covered] further states on her oath that [page covered] of January in the year [page covered] Eight, 1788, and that she [page covered] from the old family Record [page covered] ago which old Record has [page covered] and that the Record of [page covered] on the day & year first above [page covered]
Delila Hughes her mark
[OVERLAY on top of page]:
Robert Hugh was born June the 8th day 1787
Deliah Able was born [August the 19th strikethrough] January third [Illegible] 1788
[Illegible]
Hugh was born October the 2 1826
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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County [vertical squiggle] On this 22' day of January 1845
personally appeared before me John Hawkins one of the
acting Magistrates in and for the aforesaid County.
Delila Hughes, a resident of the County and state aforesaid
and made oath in due form of law that she is the second
Child of Thomas and Elizabeth Ables, of Haywood
County N. Carolina the former deceased, and the latter
Elizabeth Ables now an applicant for a pension due to
her on the account of the Revolutionary services of her said
husband the aforesaid Thomas Ables deceased

And this deponent further states on her oath that
she was born on the 3d day of January in the year
Seventeen hundred and Eighty Eight, 1788, and that she
has a Record of her age taken from the old family Record
of Thomas Ables some Twelve years ago which old Record has
been lost as deponent understands, and that the Record of
her age is hereunto appended

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

John Hawkins ffs

[across, right:]
her
Delila Hughes
[marked "X"]
Mark
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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County [vertical squiggle] I. John Hawkins a Magistrate in and for said County do hereby Certify that Delila
Hughes who has this day sworn to and subscribed the
foregoing affidavt before me, is personally known to me.
and that she is a person to whose statements are entitled
to full credit

And I do further Certify that I have been
personally acquainted with the aforsaid affiant Delila
Hughes, for the last Eighteen years, and that from her
appearance I would judge that she was the age setforth

Given under my hand & seal this 22' Jany 1845.
John Hawkins ffs

State of North Carolina [vertical squiggle] County Court Clerk Affairs
Buncombe County [extending vertical squiggle] January 25th 1845=

I N Harrison Clerk of the Court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify
that John Hawkins whose signatures appears to the
foregoing affadavit & Certificate is an acting
Magistrate as above & that the foregoing Signature
purporting to be his are genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed my name & affixed my Seal of office the day & date above mentioned

N. Harrison CNR
By M. M. Patton  D.C.
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State of North Carolina
Henderson County

I, John Woodfin one of the acting Magistrates in and for the aforesaid County of Henderson, do hereby certify, that I am intimately acquainted with Old Mrs. Elizabeth Ables a resident Citizen of Haywood County North Carolina, the widow of the late Thomas Ables deceased, an applicant for a Pension, and that I do know of my own personal knowledge, that the parties aforesaid, towit, Thomas Ables and wife Elizabeth were a living together as husband and wife as early as the year seventeen hundred and eighty five (1785), and did continue to live together as such up to the day of said Thomas Ables death
And I do further certify that I am now in my sixty fourth year of my age, and that I went to live in the family of the aforesaid Thomas Ables in the year 17 hundred eighty five, when but a child, and did continue to live with said Th. Ables & wife Elizabeth from the above date, up to the year 1804 at which date I was twenty three years of age, and had lived in the aforesaid family nineteen years, given under hand and seal this 24th day of January A.D.  1845. 
F. O.  Woodfin FC
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State of North Carolina
Henderson County
County Court Clerks Office
I Elisha King Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in & for the County Aforesaid do hereby Certify that John Woodfin Esq. whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate is & was at the time of Signing the same an acting Magistrate in & for said County duly Commissioned and Qualified according to Law and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine, therefore full faith and [covered by seal] due all his Ofiicial acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of my office this 24th Day of January A.D. 1845.
Elisha King Clerk of Henderson County Court
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section

May 28, 1925

Mrs. Viola M. Overman
E 176 - 17th Ave., S.
St. Petersburg, Fla.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 4109 it appears that Thomas Abel or Abels or Able enlisted in Shenandoah County, Virginia March 19, 1781, aged twenty-two years, and served one year and six months as a private in Captain Overton's Company, Colonel Boolard's Virginia Regiment and was at the Siege of Yorktown. He was also out against the Indians for a short tour. He died August 30, 1822 in Haywood County, North Carolina.

Soldier married on Pidgeon River, North Carolina, September 1, 1782 or 1784 or 1785, Elizabeth born March 9, 1763, her maiden name not stated. She was allowed pension on her application executed June 21, 1839, which application was made in Haywood County, North Carolina.

They had nine children, one of whom was dead in 1822.

In soldier's will dated 1822, he referred to his son
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Samuel W. Able, seven daughters whose names are not given, and to his stepson John Woodfin.

Delia Hughes born January 3, 1788 and a resident of Buncombe County, North Carolina in 1845, stated that she was their second child.

Respectfully,
WILDER S. METCALF
Commissioner.
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1923 - Dec. 13 - Hist. to Mrs. J. F. [illegible]
1925 - May 28 - Hist. to Mrs. [illegible]
Overman [illegible]
1926 - Aug. 26 - Hist. to Mrs. [illegible]

Revy
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4109
Elizth Able
Wid.
Thos Abel
Pvt. Rev. War
Act: Feby. 2 00"/48
Index: - Vol. A, Page 1
[in bracket][Arrangement of 1870]
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N. C. Act 1838 - 6597.
Elizabeth Abel, widow of Thomas - Let to Hon James Graham 3d Feby 1839 
same - May 5, 1840
Let to H. M. Sylvester  Dec 12.'44

N. C.
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rep'd.
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9050
North Carolina

Elizabeth Abel, - widow of Thomas Abel. - who was a pensioner under the Act of - and who died on the 30 August 1822 of Haywood in State of N. Carolina who was Private in the Company commanded by Captain - of the - commanded by - in the NC line for 18 months

Incribed on the Roll of N. Car. at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Feby. 1845 - and sent to H. H. Sylvester

present
Total amount, $300.00
[in brackets][Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by F. L. Swann Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 1 Page 285
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reported,
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6862
North Carolina
Elizabeth Abel
widow of Thomas Abel,
who was a Private 
in the NC Line,

Inscribed on the the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of May, 1843, and sent to Sylvester Bellis,
Morganton, N Carolina

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
June 17, 1844

Recorded in Book A, Vol. 2 Page 152
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6597

N. Carolina--
Elizabeth Abel
widow of Thomas

Act 7 July 1838

certificate 18 mo pri

adm'd
18 mo pri
________________
$60.

The Comm'r of Pensions
says adm'd this claim
HHS
feb 12  '45

D. Crump

H.H. Sylvester
[following stricken out]
Hon. J Graham
H.R.
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State of North Carolina 
Haywood County
June 26th 1834 this day appeared before me
Ninion Edmonston an acting Justice of the peace for said County Daniel Henson pensioner of The United States under the act of congress of 1808 resident on Pigeon River in the County of Haywood aforesaid at his own House he being so infirm and disabled that he cannot travel to court and made the following affidavit in order to Enable Elizabeth Able widow and Relict of Thomas Able Deceasd to Draw a pension from the United States for the Revolutionary Services of her said Deceased Husband affiant Entered the services of the United States in the year one thousand seven Hundred and Eighty one in the State of Virginia he served until eighty two October that about the 10 day of March eighty one affiant became acquainted with the said Thomas Able Dec'd who was in the Service of the United united in the company commanded by Capt (Captain) Overton the Regiment commanded by Boolard that affiant and the said Thomas Able served until some time in the month of July in the 3rd Regiment. Affiant was well acquainted with the said Thomas Able in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution and knew him up to the time of his death about August 1822 he then lived in the same neighborhood.
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with affiant and is the Identicle Thomas Able with whom affiant served with in the war of the Revolution and further affiant does not Recollect sworn to and subscribed before me the day and date above written

H. Edmonston       Daniel Henson

State of N. Carolina
Haywood County

I William Welch clerk of the Court of pleas
and quarter Sefsions in & for the
County of Haywood aforesaid do testify that Ninion Edmonston before whom the foregoing deposition was taken and subscribed the Same is an acting Justice of the peace for Haywood County aforesaid And that due faith and credit is due his official acts as Such. In testimony of which I have hereunto My name and affixed the seal of my office on the first part of these papers the 29th day of June AD 1839

Wm Welch CH
of Haywood C Court
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Thomas Abel N.C. req'd a pen. at 1818

don't approve with either

on Con'l roll for 76  18m.  proof of [illegible] wanted
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Mr  J L Edwards
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H of R

January 25th 1840

J L Edwards Esqr

Sir

Please to examine the within papers of Elizabeth Abel a widow of an old soldier and if possible give her a Pension.

Please write me

Yours
James Graham
NC
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the oath of John Woodfin

question-  What do you know about the marriage of Thomas Able & Elizabeth Able or of Elizabeth Able being the Lawful wife of Thomas Abel Deceased

Answer - I was too young know much about marriages.  I was only about 4 years old but I think I can recollect something of a gathering of people & something of the kind spoken of but this much I Do recollect that from about that time they Thomas Able & Elizabeth Able Lived together as Husband & wife more than thirty five years in which time they raised a family of nine Children one of which is dead and further that I lived about their House as my home for nearly Twenty years & I never heard any thing otherwise than them living raising their family in a Lawful marriage & Short time before his Death he made a will on distribution of his little property apearing with one regard to a Equally between his Eight living Children one other at [illegible] these always being Esteemed as Industrious peaceable Citizens & belonged to as orderly members of the Baptist Church for more than thirty years with out the least Change in Church or neibourhood  During which time I was amediatly acquainted with them
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I swear Thomas Abel old Revolution [illegible] & Elizabeth Abel  who they applied for a pension
-
State of North Carolina
I Joshua Roberts Clerk of the Superior Court of Law for the County of Buncombe certify that the foregoing affidavit of John Woodfin was sworn to and subscribed before me the 19th
day of February 1840. And that the said John Woodfin is a man of credibility and entitled to credit on his oath
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my  office the 19th day of February 1840
J Roberts Clk
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Declaration

In order to obtain the acts of Congress passed on  the 2'd February, 1848.  Entitled and act making further provision for surviving widows and Soldiers of the Revolution.

State of North Carolina
Haywood County / SS. on this 14 day of August ["July" stricken out] 1848 personally appeared before me,  James M Patton one of the acting Magistrates in aforesaid County State aforesaid, Elizabeth Able a resident of the County of Haywood aged years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2d February, 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.  That she is the widow of Thomas Able dec'd [deceased] of the County aforesaid who a private Soldier in the Army of the Revolution and as such he served the United States against the Common Enemy.  She also declares that she was married to the said Thomas Abel in the year 1784 or Eighty five, that her husband the said Thomas Able died in the year 1822 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period.  She further declares that she has applyed for & received pensions under the acts of 1 July, 1838. the 3d. March, 1843, and the 17 June, 1844. at the rate of Sixty dollars per annum,
Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year first above written before 

J.M. Patton   JP     /   Elizabeth (her + . mark) Abels  Seal [circle drawn around "Seal"]
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State of North Carolina
Haywood County

I James M. Patton , a Magistrate in and for the said County, do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Mrs. Elizabeth Able, widow of Thomas Able dec.d [deceased] who has this day sworn to  and subscribed the foregoing declaration before me and that she is the identical person who has been drawing a Revolutionary Pension as setforth in her said declaration, and that she has not intermarried since the death of her said husband, but remained a widow.

In witness whence of I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 14th day of August AD. 1848

                    J.M. Patton / JP  Seal

State of North Carolina
Haywood County

I Walter Brown Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions of the County of Haywood do hereby certify that J.M. Paton whose name appears to the above certificate is and was at the date thereof a regular commission and session Magistrate as above of said County and the Signature thereunto purporting to be his is genuine

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the court at office in Waynesville the 16th day of August AD 1848

W. Brown WB
of Haywood County

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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Hon Jas Graham
H R
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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County
April 20th 1840

This day personally came before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for said County Samuel Bill aged about sixty 
years of age and made oath in due form on oath State that he is well acquainted with Elizabeth Abel the widow of Thomas Abel and I have personally heard her the said dec'd husband Thomas Able [illegible] since the year 1805. Up to the death of the said Thomas about 1822, that they then were reputed to be husband & wife, they lived together as such raised large family who always bore & yet bear the name of the said Thomas. I rec'd the litter state he left at his death as affiant understand & believes that the said Petitioner Elizabeth Able her deceased husband Thomas Abel was since  affiants knowledge of them in 1805 lived together as members in regular standing in the Baptist Church Affiant never heard it doubted that they had been regularly married & affiant has no doubt on the subject. Affiant married a niece of petitioner  in the year 1804 & being a relative & intimate would certainly have heard it doubted if they had not been lawfully married as affiant thinks. The Petition is the [illegible antiate] Elizabeth Able represented as the wife of the said Thomas. I have often heard him & other Speaking of his revolutionary service
Sworn to & subscribed before Samuel Bell
on Apl 20th 1840.
J.M. Moody JP
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Eliz Able, mid of Thos Able, No Ca
Proof of identity 
August 1844
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Postmark AUG 3  Richmond Va

Col. H.H. Sylvester
City of Washington, D.C.
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Va. S. Office, Richmond, Aug 3. 1826

Col. H.H. Sylvester.

My Dear Sir:
Your letter was rec'd yesterday, and I handed it to young Mr. Ritchie  to day, with a request that your wishes should be gratified. He assured me that the advertisement should be inserted as directed -
I examined the Register in the Auditor's office and give you the result of the investigation as follows:
Thos. Able, 22 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high, from Shenandoah, Substitute. Engaged in Shenandoah on 19 March 1781 for one year & 6 months stationed at Albemarle Old C. House, Va
Yours Truly,
S.H. Parker

Dec. Eliz Able _ Mar'd Sept 1782 on Pidgen River No Ca. -- Tho's Able dec'd 1822

enlist'd for 2 years from Shennandoah Co &c

Note On Conc't rolls 18 mo's pape '76
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Nov 23'd  44
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                                 Nov 20 '44
Sir,

The enclosed letter of S Parker Register of the Land Office at Richmond is enclosed as establishing the identity of Tho's Abels, whose widow Elizabeth has for a long time been applying for a pension from N.C. under the Act of July 7, 1838

I am Respectfully
Henry H Sylvester

Hon. J L Edwards
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Elizabeth Abel
No 7175
Act 3d. March '43
& 17 June, 1844. -
No 5174

Admd:       per ann:

-

Sylvester Bettis Esqr.
Morganton,
N. Carolina,
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Declaration
State of North Carolina
Haywood County }
SS. On this 5th day of April 1845 personally appeared before me, William Moore, one of the acting magistrates in and for said county. Elizabeth Abel a resident of the county and State aforesaid aged Eighty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the acts of Congress passed March 3rd 1843, and also the act of June 17th 1844. Granting pensions to the widows of Revolutionary Soldiers.

That she is the widow of Thomas Abel late deceased of Haywood County N. Carolina who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, and that she has applyed for, and has been allowed a pension of five years under the act of July 7th 1838, at a rate of sixty dollars per annum which certificate of pension was issued at the War Office on the 12th February 1945 and is now present.

She further declares that she is still a widow and has not intermarried since the death of her said husband the aforesaid Thomas Abels deceased.

Sworn to and subscribed this day and date first above written before me.

WM Moore

her X Mark
Elizabeth Abel 

I certify that Elizabeth Abel who has this day sworn to and subscribed the above declaration before me is personally known to me and that she is the same individual that she has represented herself to be in her declaration that she is the widow of Thomas Abel deceased, has been allowed a pension as stated, and has not intermarried since the death of her said husband. Given under my hand this 5th day of April 1945.

WM Moore
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State of North Carolina
Haywood County

I  Walter Brown Clerk of the Court
of Pleas & quarter Sepims for said County
and State do hereby certify that William Moore Esq before whom the foregoing declaration of Elizabeth Abel was proven is and was at the time of Executing the same 
an acting Magistrate as above and the foregoing signature perporting [purporting] to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name as clerk and fixed the seal of the Court at Waynesville the 5th day of April 1845
W. Brown clk
of Heywood County
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Feby 6 45

Sir
Some time ago you exam'd [examined]  personally the claim of Eliz Able of NC at abt  [about] time was
with you. The proof of Marriage, to my
ly you did not deem sufficient & requested me to obtain proof showing that Thos & Eliz Able lived together as husband and wife prior to Feby 1 94.
I then send you the aff't [affidavit] of Mrs. Ables daughter and with it a record of her birth in 1787, made, as you are personally the [illegible powr anting ] same years know [now]. 
May I now ask that this claim which has been for years on your file, may now  [illegible], be adm?
[illegible closing]
H. H. Sylvester

C. Edwards
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Yorks of Pigeon N.C.
Aug 19th-
paid 10

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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me Cole

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
paid 10
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Forks of Pigeon N.C.
Augt 19th 1848

Mr J. L. Edwards Esq.

Sir 
Inclosed [Enclosed] I send you the Declaration of Mrs E. Abels, on which she expects obtain a certificate on which to draw a pension for life under the act of Congress and as I have no acquaintance at Washington since Congress has adjourned you must pardon me for asking you in behalf of this old widow to attend to the matter, and forward to her the nessesary [necessary] certificate by mail at your earliest 
Convenience. Direct it to Joseph Cather Forks of Pigeon P.O. Haywood County N.C. 

your obt Servt
J. Cathey

J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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3 - 049.
Ex. aul
Din REV WAR SECTION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 9, 1923
The attached letter is respectfully returned
with the information that the data furnished is
not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent
answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below
as the information in your possession will permit,
and return to this Bureau.
First name of widow, Katie Woodfin
Name of soldier Thomas Abel
of
---
P. O. address of claimant, at enlistment
& After Service, From Va. or North Carolina
[Company - crossed out]
After since lived in Buncombe Co. now Haywood County, N.C.
Regiment [crossed out] [blank]
State where enlisted [blank]
Date of birth 1759
Date of death Aug 36th 1822.
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers. 
Return attached letter with reply.
Washington Gardner
[illegible paper is missing]
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DR. J. F. ABEL
WAYNESVILLE, N. C.
Rev sec
Department of the Interior
Washington D.C.
[handwritten check mark]
2d- Stamped, envelope enclosed
Will you please send me any information if there is any. of Thomas Abel Revolutionary Soldier? 
Very Truly
Mrs. J. F. Abel
Waynesville, N.C. 
March 21, 1923.
[Black stamp: PENSION OFFICE U.S. G MAR 22 1923]
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Department of Rev War Records--
Please send me a copy of the declaration of
Thomas Abel of Shenandoah Co Va, later of Haywood Co. N. C.
Pension Claim W. 4,109.
Very truly
Mrs. Viola M. Overman
E 176-17th Ave S
St Petersburg Florida
Mar 25, 1925
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Bureau of Pensions-
Washington D. C. 
Dear Sir -
I am seeking information concerning this (Rev) war records of Col. David McBrayer. From in West Moreland Co. Pa. 
1743 - Died in Hudson Co. N.C.
1829 - entered as a private 
Lt. Col 1781- second wife named Ages Abel. Also Capt Thomas Abel
[Upper right corner - hand written] Negatives made by MCS
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can find any pensions or land grants
to any of them or the names of children
please send to me. I should be very happy to pay for any expense incurred in the research -
Thanking you in advance 
I am your most [illegible]
Josephine E. Kirk
(Mrs Wm Redkin Kirk)
Hurdles Mills N. C.
July 6th 1926
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Born 1740 died 1822 - Wife Katie Wood [illegible] I don't know when he enlisted died in what is now Haywood Co. N.C. probably enlisted from Pa. Also Capt. Fracis Logan born in New York 1734 - died in Rutherford Co - 1826 - Wife Hannah Tremble of Va . It appears that he fought chiefly in S.C. and commanded at Ninety-Six. 
Nov 19 - 1775. Ty your
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Eliz  Abl
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M. Eliz Abel, case
proof of marriage was sent on by Syl Bettis in Sept last and proof of identity of Tho's Abel by myself a few days since.

H H Sylvester
Nov 22 '44
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August 26, 1926

Mrs. Wm. R. Kirk
Hendersonville, N. C.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 4109 it appears that Thomas Abe (or Abels, or Able)  enlisted in Shenandoah County, Virginia March 19, 1781, aged twenty-two years, and and served one year and six months as a private in Captain Overton's Company, Colonel Boolard's Virginia Regiment and was at the Siege of Yorktown. He was also out against the
Indians for a short time. He died August 30, 1822 in Haywood County, North Carolina.
Soldier married on Pigeon River, North Carolina, September 1, 1782, or 1784, or 1785, Elizabeth born March 9, 1763, her maiden name not stated. She was allowed pension on her application executed June 21, 1839, which application was made in Haywood County, North Carolina.
They had nine children, one of whom was dead in 1822.
In soldier's will dated 1822, he referred to his son Samuel W. Able, seven daughters whose names are not given,
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and to his stepson John Woodfin.
Delia Hughes born January 3, 1788 and a resident of Buncombe County, North Carolina in 1845, stated that she was their second child.

Respectfully,

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
Dec. 13-23 [12/13/1923]

Mrs. J. F. Abel,
Waynesville, N. C.

Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 4109, it appears that Thomas Abel or Abels or Able enlisted in Shenandoah County, Virginia,
March 19, 1781 and served as a private one year and six months in Captain Overton's Company, Colonel Boolard's Virginia Regiment and was at the Siege of York. He was also out against the Indians, for a short tour. He died August 30, 1822 in Haywood County, North Carolina.
Soldier married on Pidgeon River, North Carolina, September 1, 1782 or 1784 or 1785, Elizabeth, who was born March 9, 1763, her maiden name is not on record; she was allowed pension on her application executed June 21, 1839, which application was made in Haywood County, North Carolina.
They had nine children, one of whom was dead in 1822. In
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soldier's will dated 1822, he refers to his son Samuel W. Able, a stepson, John Woodfin and seven daughters, no names mentioned.
Delia Hughes, born January 2, 1788, and a resident of Buncombe County, North Carolina in 1845, stated that she was their second child.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.