Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7,704, John Haisten, Va.
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Va. Haisten, John W.7.704
                  , Nancy
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let to Hon A H Stephens
Jan 20 1847

Georgia 23.838
John Haisten 
of Fayette in the State of Geo:
who was a pv in the ____ commande[d]
by Captain ________ of the Regt commande[s]
by Col Dickerson in the 9th
[illegible] for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 30_dollars ___ cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Apl 34 
and sent Finlay G. 
Stewart, Fayetteville - Ga
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834...90
Semi=anl allowance ending Sept 4 " 15
$105
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Nath. Rice Clerk.
Book C   Vol. 6 Page 92
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Reputed
July 16/49
Georgia 3936
Nancy Haisten
widow of John Haisten
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
ascribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 dollars 
cents per annum to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
16 day of July 1849
and sent to
Hm H A Haralson
Ho?k
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 210 Vol. 3
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Georgia
Fayette County SS
On this 27th day of July 1833, personally appeared before Finley G Stewart one of the Justices of the Inferior Court of Fayette County, John Haisten a resident of the County of Fayette and State of Georgia, aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated under the Command of Capt Wells in Major Phillip Jones' Battalion and Col. Dickerson's Regiment in Amelia County, State of Virginia, in the early part of the year 1782, he was drafted and served a tour of three months, that he was marched to Richmond & was engaged most of the time reconnoitering in different directions over the adjacent County and at the expiration of those months was discharged by Col. Dickerson, which discharge has been lost or destroyed.
That immediately after his return home and in the Spring or early part of the Summer of the same year in Amelia County, Virginia, his class number 4 being previously as he understood it, drafted, he again entered the service under the command of General Lawson in Major Philip Jones' Battalion and his mind inclines to the belief that it was in Col Dickersons Regiment and was marched to Petersburg  & was engaged in frequent excursions over the adjacent County and after having served three months he was discharged at Petersburg, which discharge he has lost.
That in the same year, and immediately after his return from the last mentioned expedition and he believes
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in the month of August, his brother Sutton Haisten being drafted he substituted in his place, and again entered into service in Major Philip Jones' Battalion and Col Dickerson's Regiment in Amelia County Virginia & was marched by way of Petersburg & Williamsburg to little York & again under the Command of Genl Lawson and was at the taking of Lord Cornwallis, and at the expiration of three months was discharged by Col Dickerson, which discharge is also lost.
That he was born in Amelia County State of Virginia in the year 1762, that the record of his age has been destroyed, that when called into service he lived in Amelia County Virginia that since the Revolutionary war he has lived in North Carolina, South Carolina & Georgia, and that he now lives in Fayette County & State of Georgia, that he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.
The Reverend William Haisten & John Pearce Jr can testify to my character and their opinion of my Revolutionary services
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year afore
John [X his mark] Haisten 
We William Haisten a Clergyman residing in the County of Fayette & State of Georgia and John Pearce residing in the same County & State
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hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Haisten who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood which he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
William Haisten Clergy
John Pearce Junr
And I the said Finlay G. Stewart do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I further certify that it appears to me that William Haisten who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Fayette and State of Georgia, and that John Pearce Jr who signed the same is a resident of the same County & State and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. And I further certify that owing to a paralitic affection the said John Haisten is unable in person to attend Court.
Finlay G. Stewart J.I.C.
I William McBride Clerk of the Inferior Court of Fayette County State of Georgia do hereby Certify that Finlay G Stewart before whom the foregoing proceedings in the matter of the application of John Haisten for a pension as one of the Justices of the Inferior Court, is a Justice of the Inferior Court of Fayette County and that due faith & credit ought to be had and
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given to his acts and doings as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this Twenty Seventh day of July 1833.
William McBride
Clk. Inf. Court
Fayette County
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838. Entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
State of Georgia
Fayette County SS. On this fifth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty five personally appeared before us in open court Elijah Glass. Josiah F Reeves and Patrick H. Allen Justices of the Inferior Court for said county now sitting. Nancy Haisten a resident of said county and state aged seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838. Entitles an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows; that she is the widow of John Haisten who was a private in the Revolutionary war, for proof of his services she refers the Department to the evidence upon which John Haisten her deceased husband was allowed a pension of $30 per annum under the act of Congress of 7th June 1832
That she was married to the said John Haisten by a preacher of the Gospel by the name of Lorance in Mecklenburg county in the State of Virginia in the year 1786. That her husband the aforesaid John Haisten died on the 15th day of December 1835 That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794. Viz sometime in the Summer after the year above.. Stated that she has no family bible, and that she knows of no record of the marriage
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that his own and the said John Haistens oldest child by the name of Wm Haisten and who is living near in the same vicinity with her, is now something over fifty eight years of age. Nancy [X her mark] Haisten 
Sworn to and subscribed on this day and year above written before us in open court.
Elijah Glass J.I.C
Patrick H. Allen J.I.C
Josiah F. Reeves J.I.C.
State of Georgia
Fayette County SS.
Be it known that on the fifth day of May in the year eighteen hundred and forty five, before us in open court Elijah Glass, Josiah F. Reeves and Patrick H. Allen Justices of the Inferior Court in and for the county and state aforesaid & now sitting personally appeared Charles Coppage of the county of Pike in the state aforesaid aged eighty one years, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statements. That John Haisten who was a pensioner of the United States for services rendered in the war of the Revolution under the act of Congress of 7th June 1832 in Fayette County Georgia. and Nancy Ellis formerly, now Nancy Haisten was lawfully married some time in
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the summer of the year 1786 in [illegible] the county of Mecklenburg in the State of Virginia by a preacher of the Gospel by the name of Lorance that no informant witnessed the marriage that he knows of no record of the marriage. That Wm Haisten he knows to be the oldest child of the said John & Nancy Haisten is now a little over fifty eight years of age. That the said Nancy is now the widow of the said John Haisten
Charles  [X his mark] Coppage
Sworn to and subscribed on this day & year above written before us in open court We also certify that the said Charles Coppage is a respectable person and credible witness.
Elijah Glass J.I.C.
Patrick H. Allen J.I.C.
Josiah F. Reeves J.I.C.
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I William M Brick Deputy Clerk of the Inferior Court for the county of Fayette and State of Georgia do certify that the foregoing proceedings have this day been heard and taken before their Honors now sitting viz Elijah Glass, Josiah F. Reeves& Patrick H. Allen who have all approved of the same
In testimony which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this fifth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty five
Wm M Brick D. Clk
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John Haisten
Ga.
No. 19537
4443
[?] See C let to Aqt
14 Sept. 33
Ret

Finlay G. Stewart
Fayetteville Ga.
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War Department, Pension Office 
April 3, 1883

Sir: 
     The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A Statement, shewing the Service of John Haisten

Period when the service was recorded
Duration of the claimant's service Years. Months. Days
Rank of the claimant. 
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. 
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. 
Battles in which the applicant was engaged. 
Country through which he marched.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. 
Evidence by which the declaration is supported. 
1482 drafted 3 months Private Capt. Wills
1482 drafted 3 months Private
sub. 3 months
Maj. P. Jones
Col. Dickerson
Genl. Lawson
Maj. Philip Jones
Col. Dickerson
Genl. Lawson
From Amelia Co. by way of Petersburg Co. VA and Williamsburg to Little York
Traditionary

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, 
J.L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
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Regulations Under the Act of June 7, 1832. 

The following regulations have been adopted: 
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in the law: 
1. The Regular Troops,
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers, 
3. Persons employed in the Naval service,
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Cour of Reecord of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
Declaration, 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832, State Territory, or District of County of } 88.
On this _________ day of _______ personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of ____in the county of ____________ and State, Territory, or District of ____________ aged (c) ___________ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ______, with ______ and served in the __________ (e) regiment of the ________ line under the following named officers: 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rand and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to varied so as to apply to the _______ of officers and sons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, etc.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of an Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A.B.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I ___________ of the Court of ______________ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _________ for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereun
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
{To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will se that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to [illegible] also certify that the applicant cannot from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, and the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
____________________________
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the role laid down for his guidance.
[b] the declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If she should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: -For ____ year _________ months, and ______ days, I served as a __________. For _______ months and __________days, I served as a _______; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase 'about three or four months', is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] {The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.}
'Mode of authenticating papers.'
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
'Proof of Service.'
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[l] The notes from [a] and [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Dec.5, 1921

In reply to your request of ....., received........
for a statement of the military history of Jno. Haisten
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his [crossed out: (or his widow's)] application for pension
on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
1782
May 1782
Aug 1782

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 Mos.
3 Mos.
3 Mos.

RANK.
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Wells_
" {Wells}
Mumford

COLONEL.
Dickerson
" {Dickerson}
" {Dickerson}

STATE.
Va.

Battles engaged in, Surr of Cornwallis - siege of York
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Amelia Co, Va.
Date of application for pension, July 27, 1833 - al
Residence at date of application, Fayette Co., Ga.
Age at date of application, b. 1762 Amelia Co. Va.
Remarks: He ma. in ^the summer ^ 1786 Nancy Ellis in Mecklenburg Co. Va
he d. Dec. 15, 1835 + she was al. pen on an ap ex May 5, 1845 while res.
in Fayette Co. Ga. al 72 yrs ^ no chdr referred to except William ^ the eldest [illegible erased] b. May 16,
1787 ^ He ^ res in Fayette Co. Ga in 1845.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.

5 - 2856
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[Page 1]
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7704
Nancy Haisten
Widow
John Haisten
Pvt. Rev: War

Act: Feby, 2 1848
Index:-Vol. A, Page 305

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1921, Dec 5 hist to Mrs. Ewing
Snoddy - Eu.
1930 Sept. 23. Mrs. Jane P. J. Wilson
adv. cost of photos. M.M.H.F.
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No 4872
Nancy Haisten
widow of John Haisten,
Private Va
Act 7 July 1838
Georgia
[illegible]

[Vertical]
[illegible] Esq.
[illegible] 12 '48
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REJECTED  4443 P.O.----John Haisten Service:---Enlisted:-------,18 Discharged:---,18 Application filed:----,18
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John Haisten
Ga
Suspended.
Letter 14 Sept 1821
A Substitute
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Washington 31 May 1845 
Col. J.L. Edwards  
 Comm. of Pensions 
Sir:  On the 15 Inst. Mr. J.B. Southall for me, enclosed you Mrs. Nancy Haiston's application for a pension under act 1838 as widow of John Haisten who died in Ga: (a pensioner under 1832) in the year 1835.  I do not see that the certificate of the clerk of Mechlenburg Co. Va. accompanied the papers. On the 3 Nov. 1844 R. H. Baptist clerk of Mechlenburg Co. wrote to me that his Record furnished no evidence of said marriage.  She swears to the marriage in 1786--& the age of her eldest son and that there is no record evidence.  Another witness, in open court, swears he was at the marriage, & also to the age of the child.  Please to file this, with the application.  
I am yr. servant 
Thomas Green
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Richmond 22 Nov "45

Col J. L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions

Sir
Enclosed is the applicant of Henry Powell, of Fayette Co Ga, dated 26 Oct. last, that he knows that Wm Haisten (son of John & Nancy Haisten) is 58 yrs old turned on 59 - made in open court.
It is filed to sustain the application of Mrs. Nancy Haisten of Ga. whose husband was a pensioner - Her application was under act 7 July 1838.
I am yr. obt sevt
Thos Greene
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Washington City
Feby. 17. 1847.

Sir:
Allow me respectfully to call your attention to the claim of Nancy Hasting widow of John Hasting for a Pension on account of Revolutionary services of her husband. Under the act of Congress at its last session it is believe the evidence furnished will be deemed sufficient to allow the claim. You will please re-examine the case with an eye to the act of last session and Communicate your decission to me at La Grange Ga. Yours with great Respect.
Hu A Haralson

Hon Jas L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

The papers are all of file in your office
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John Haisten, Georgia roll, act June 7. 1832, at $30 per annum.
Be pleased to say to what time he was last paid.

Pension Office
Jan 20, 1847}

Died 15th Decr 1835,
Paid to his death.
BSB
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Richmond May 15th 1845

Col. J. L. Edwards
Commr. of Pensions

Sir
Enclosed is the application of Nancy Haisten, widow of John Haisten a pensioner of Fayette County Georgia who rec'd. $30 per annum under act of 7 June 1832, which you will please file.

I am very respectfully,
Your Obt. Servant.
Thomas Green
per J. B. Southall
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Act 43. 9433
No 11922
Nancy Haisten
wid of John
Ga.
Act 7 July 1838

Arrears 9 Nov m
$30.00 pr an

Under Act 3 March 1844
and 17 June 1844
$30.00 pr ann
from 4 March 1843

C. H. A. Haralson
House of Reps
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30346
N-

Admit a private
9 mo $30

F. G. Stewart
Fayetteville
Ga

[Vertical]
and affixed the seal of my office this 13th day of January 1834

William McBride Clk
2nd court Fayetteville
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Mr. William Haisten a clergyman residing in the County of Fayette, and state of Georgia, and John Pearce junr residing in the same County & State, hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with John Haisten who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration : that we believed him to be seventy one years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier
of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn & Subscribed the day upon aforesaid - [?]

William Haisten A Minister
John Pearce Junr

And I the said Finlay G, Stewart do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And I further certify that it appears to me that William Haisten who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Fayette & State of Georgia, and that John Pearce Jun'r who signed the same is a resident of the same County & State, and is a Credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit, and I further Certify owing to a paralytic affection the said John Haisten is unable to attend court -

Finlay G. Stewart J. H.
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I William McBride clerk of the Superior Court of Fayette County, State of Georgia, do hereby  certify that Finley G Stewart before whom the foregoing proceedings in the matter of the application of John Haisten for a pension was had as one of the Justices of the Superior Court of Fayette County, is a Justice of the Superior Court of Fayette, Georgia, and that due faith & credit ought to be had & given his acts & doings as such--In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 10th day of January 1834 William McBride Clk Sup. Court Fayette Cty  30340 Administer private 9 mo $30 F. G. Stweart Fayetteville Ga
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State of Georgia
Fayette County} Be it known that on the 18th day of July 1847, before me Harrison Walker a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared James Sudduth a resident of said County & state aged sixty four years past, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statement. that John Haisten who was a pensioner of the United States for services rendered in the war of the Revolution under the act of Congress of 7th June 1832, and Nancy Ellis formerly now Nancy Haisten was living together as Husband and Wife before January 1794, that this deponent was well acquainted with the family and knows that the oldest son of the said John & Nancy was by the name of William and is nearly as old as deponent, that deponent was intimately acquainted with the family for several years when he was a boy, and present to time above mentioned, 1794. that this deponents oldest child is going on 46 years of age.
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & date above written.
Harrison Walker J P Jas Sudduth

I further certify that the said James Sudduth is a respectable person 18 July 1847
Harrison Walker J.P.
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I James F. Johnson Clerk of the Inferior Court in and for the county of Fayette & State of Georgia, do hereby certify that Harrison Walker whose name appears to the foregoing is now an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Fayette duly commissioned and qualified that his Commission is dated on the 13 day of January 1844 and will expire on the 1st day of January 1848, that James Sudduth is a respectable witness, that the same has been examined and approved by the Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said court this eighteenth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty seven.
James F Johnson CK
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Richmond 31 July 1845

Col. J. L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Sir
Enclosed are the applicants of Charles Coppage & Wm Coppage, in support of the application of Nancy Haisten for a pension.
Coppage gives the reason for his remembering the age of Mr. Haisten, that he was married himself, the same year, that deponents oldest child, is 56 years old. These are reasons, which show either the truth of the statement, or the foregoing of the witness - for the letter, I suppose then cannot be the least ground of suspicion. 
Wm Haisten states that he is 58 yr. old (born 16 May 1787.) and that when he was grown, and making a record of his own age, he entered the date upon the information of is parents.
I am yours very Respectfully
Thomas Green
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Fairburn Ga Apl 18 1847.
Hon. Hu. A. Harralson
Dear Sir,
I have advised with Mrs Susan Gilliland & some of her friends in relation to your asserting the nine months pension offered her. We think it is best for her to accept of this.
You will please direct the commissioner to send on the certificate for this 9 month suppose it will take place from the death of the old man in 1840.
Please refer the commissioner to his last letter in relation to Mrs Heistens case, which admitted the Pension, with the addition of an affidavit which was sent and is of file.
I am respectfully yours &c.
Wm McBride.

P.S. My wife says upon must not pass without calling
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Fairham Ga   free
Apl 18

Hon. Hu. A. Harralson
Legrange
Ga.
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LaGrange April 24th 1847

Sir
your letter relating to the claim of Mrs Susan Gilliland for pension on account of the revolutionary services of her husband was received in due time & referred to her friends & self to determine whether she would receive the pension for nine months service so send the case before the Secretary of War. - This morning, I received the accompanying letter from Mr William McBride her agent and neighbour in which you will see they direct me to accept your offer.
You will therefore please forward the certificate as soon as convenient, either to William McBride at Fairburn or to myself at this place.
I invite your attention to the passage in Mr McBrides letter relating to Mrs Hastins claim and trust you will look into the copy letter referred to and grant the claim should good full yourself authorized to do so, under the proof submitted. It will save me the necessity of either taking the letter before the Secretary of War, or applying to Congress. As her husband drew a pension under the evidence of file in your office & now after the lapse of many years when the witnesses may have died or removed & the procurring of the proof rendered more difficult, I can not see the prosperity of applying a stricter rule to her husband, nor could I under such circumstances.
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feel satisfied with myself unless I resorted to all the means in my power - It has occurred to me that in the endless engagements of your office you may not have remembered the letter referred to by Mr McBride and if this should turn out to be true I am confident it will afford you please to allow the pension. I do not remember its terms and speak of it only from what Mr McBride says of it
With great respect &c
Hu. A. Haralson

Hon J L Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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Fairborn Ga.
24 July 1847
Hon. H.A. Harralson

Dear Sir

We have some time since received Mrs. Gilliland's certificate for pension for which you will please accept thanks.
I now enclose you the affidavit of James Sudduth in the case of Mrs. Haisten and the Declaration with my own affidavit in the case of MRs. Waldrope.   Please examine and if they will do in form, send them to the department any assistance in these cases will be truly acceptable, Mrs. Haiston ought by all that is honest to have had hers long since.

I ama respectfully yours &c
Wm McBride
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Fayette Vill ga
December, 30, day 1847

Mr. J.L. Edwards
Sir I take this oppertunity[ sic] to enquire of you whether or not you have paid [marked out: to] the pension money due Nancy Haisten -  widow of John Haisten late of Fayette County Georgia to the order of Wm McBride or any other applican [sic] if you have paid it you will please wright [sic] me when and how much Back your letter to Isaac A Haisten Yorke Paost [sic] office -
Fayette County Georgia

Yours in respect
Isaac A Haisten

To
J.L. Edwards
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11.922

Nancy Haisten
Ga
Act 7. July '38

Married before 1794
husband died 1835

Service admitted
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Washington DC
18 January 1847

Dear Dir
Will you be pleased to let me know if your office contains the information up to what time John Haistin of Ga. drew his pension.  It is thought by his children that there was something due at his death.  He was a Revolutionary soldier and I suppose came under the act of 1832.
Please also send me a blank form of the Rule, to be follow by applicants to establish a right to bounty land as the heirs of Revolutionary soldiers.

Yours respectfully
A. H. Stephens

J.L. Edwards
Comr Pensions
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349

Pension office
Jan 20 1847,

Sir,

In reply to your enquiry
respecting the case of John Haisten,
I have the honor to inform you that
this pension was paid to the 15th of 
December 1835, the day of his death. 

Enclosed herewith are printed
instructions for the guidance of the heirs
of dec.d revolutionary soldiers in obtaining
bounty land

Soldiers name appears on old Bounty Land
Register under date Jan. 12, 1848, best credit
"Remarks" the line in blank [illegible]

Hon. A. H. Stephens
HR.
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Ho Reps. W. A. 14th Feby 1849

Sir

Herewith you will receive Nany Haisten application
for pension on account of the services of her husband John
Hasten in the revolutionary war. Please attend to it
early as you can. 

Very respectfully,

Hu A Haralson

Hon J L Edwards
Comr. of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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Ho Reps U. S. 14th March 1848

Sir,

My attention has again been called to the claim of
Mrs Hustain of Fayette County Georgia for a pension. Mr.
William McBride + Thomas Graves have been acting 
as her agents. I have also some correspondence
with you upon subjects My recollection of it is
that the objection is such that it ought not to 
amount to a refusal of the claim that a [illegible]
claim is made out - I have to request that the
papers be again examined (immediately if possible [illegible])
ought to have precedence over other business for unless she
gets it soon she will not need it) and the claim
allowed - If you cannot allow it please send
me the papers with your objections. that I may
take steps to bring it before the Secy of War or 
Congress as may be thought advisable when I
examine the papers  I hope however that you
may be able to allow the claim without the trouble
I beg your early attention to this matter

Respectfully yours &c

H A Haralson

Hon Jas. L Edwards Com. of Pens
Washington D.C}
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Rev Sol

Stratford - Okla,
Nov, 18 - 1921

Pension Dept,
Washington, D. C,

Gentlemen:
Will you please
send me copy of
the pension record
of John Haisten,
who lived in La Fayette
Co. Georgia.
I want to join the 
Daughters of the

[rubber stamp:]
Pension 
D
U.S.
Nov 22
1921
Office
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American Revolution
and need this to
make out application
for membership -
I wrote once before
but am afraid
my letter never
reached your office
Thankfully you
am sincerely 
Mr. Ewing Snoddy
(Ida Mae Haisten Snoddy)
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Stratford - Okla
Oct-19-1921,
Dear Sir;
Kindly give me a 
statement of the military service and such
family data as you
will find in the   [   no name in this letter?  ]
pension application?
For service in the Revolution & whose home is in Fayette Co. Georgia
He was my great grandfather and 
I desire this 
record in order

[stamp]  Pension Oct 24 1921
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to join the D.A.R
Yours Very Truly,
(Mrs.) Ida Mae Haisten
                        Snoddy,
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Mrs. Jane P. J. Wilson,
2301 Hanover Avenue
Richmond, Virginia.          it was Absalour

Dear Madam:

        You are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to show a claim for pension on file on account of the services of a John Hastin who was pensioned as cited by you, in 1835 in Spartanburg, South Carolina as a soldier of the Virginia line.

         Said records show one John Haisten who served in the Virginia Troops and received pension under the Act of June 7, 1832 while residing in Fayette County, Georgia.

        Should this be the soldier in whom you are interested, the number of pages to be copied (photostats) in his claim and that of his widow Nancy is twenty-one. The cost is fifteen cents a page, and if certification is desired the additional cost will be twenty-five cents for the set.

         The  proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Commissioner of Pensions.

Very truly yours,

E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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RESIDENCE 2201 HANOVER AVE.
PHONE: BOULEVARD 4335
1812
JENNINGS FAMILY RECORD
503 RICHMOND TRUST BUILDING
RICHMOND. VIRGINIA, U. S. A.
ADDRESS MAIL P. O. BOX 1612
CABLE ADDRESS CHALOEBER
June, 16, 1930
[begin of stamp on paper]
REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS
SECTION
JUN 17 1930
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
[end of stamp on paper]
U. S. Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Revolutionary Records.
Gentlemen:
May we have a brief of the war record as revealed
in the pension papers and other facts of the family of John
Hastin a member of our family who was a Pensioner in 1835
living in Spartanburg, S.C. and drew pension as a Virginia
Soldier.
Also let us know how many pages there are to his
that we may consider the procuring of photostat
copies.
Thanking you for this information I am,
Sincerely yours,
Mrs Jane Pierce Jennings Wilson
Mrs. Jane Pierce Jennings Wilson. J
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Reported

[right side of page:]

10413

Georgia

Nancy Haisten
Widow of John Haisten
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 15th December, 1835
of Fayette Co in the State of G.a
who was a Private in the compy
commanded by Captain _ of the
Regt. commanded by Col. Dickerson in
the Revolution [crossed out: line] for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Savannah
at the rate of 30 dollars -
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.

Certificate of pension issued the 23 day of
March, 1848 and sent to Hon.
H. A. Haralson
H of Reps

Total amount, $150.00

[Act July 7, 1838.]

Recorded by Th. Lumpkin Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 314
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Georgia 8331

Nancy Haisten
widow of John Haisten
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Husband died 15 Dec.r 1835.


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

Certificate of Pension issued the
23rd day of March, 1848
ad sent to 
Hon. H. A. Haralson

Hoz of Rep

[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June
17, 1844.]

Recorded in Book A

[right side of page:]

Reported
Vol. 2. Page 173.
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Georgia 
Fayette County} S.S.

On this 8th day of January 1834
personally appeared before Finlay G Stewart and of the
Justice of the Inferior Court of Fayette County John Haisten
a resident of the County of Fayette, and State of Georgia, aged
Seventy One years who being first duly sworn according to
law, dothe on his oath make the following declaration in
order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June
7. 1832 -

That he entered the service of the United States under
the following named officers, and served as herein stated,
under the command of Capt. Wells in Major Philip Jones'
Battalion and Col.o Dickenson's regiment, in Amelia County,
State of Virginia in the early part of the year 1782. he 
was drafted, and served as a private, that he was marched
to Richmond, and was kept reconnoitering the adjacent country
and at the expiration of Three Months was discharged, having
been called into service under authority of the state of Virginia
+ was engaged during that time in no civil pursuit

That in the spring, of the same year, (he now thinks) in
the month of May, in Amelia County, Virginia, the men
being classed, and his class member four as he understood it being
drafted, he again entered the service in Captain Wells' Company
under the Command of Gen.l Lawson, and the
same officer he served under in his previous town, and 
was marched to Petersburg + was Kept Reconnoitering
the adjacent Country and at the expiration of Three
months, was discharged by his Captain, which discharge if lost,
+ was engaged in no civil pursuit. I called into services under
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authority of the State of Virginia

That in the same year and very shortly after
his return from the last mentioned expedition, in the month
of August (he thinks), his brother Sutton Haisten having
been drafted, he Substituted as a private, in his place under the Company
of Captain Mumford 
in Major Philip Jones' Battalion, and Col. Dickerson's
regiment, in Amelia County Virginia, and as marched
by way of Petersburg + Williamsburg to little Fork, and
again under the Command of Gen.l Lawson, and was at the
taking of Lord Cornwallis, and at the expiration of his term
Three Months he was discharged by Col. Dickerson, having
him called into service under authority of the state of 
Virginia, + engaged in no civil pursuit during his time of 
service.

That he was born in Amelia County, state of Virginia
in the year 1762. that he has no record of his age, that when
called into service he lived in Amelia County, Virginia, that since the Revolutionary War he has lived in North Carolina
South Carolina + Georgia, and that he now lives in Fayette
County, Georgia - that he has no documentary evidence known
of or no person whose testimony he can procure who can
testify to his services - the Rev.d Wm Haisten +
can testify to his character for veracity. + their opinion of his services.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a 
pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is
not on the pension roll of the agency of any state - Sworn to
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and subscribed the day & year aforesaid

John Haisten
x his mark

To the 1st Interrogatory he answers
In Amelia county, Virginia in the year 1762

To the 2d he ans.
He has no record of his age.

To the 3d he ans.
In Amelia County, Virginia,  In North Carolina, South Carolina & Georgia and now in Fayette County Georgia.

To the 4d he ans.
By the officers of the state of Virginia  ?? drafted , ?? a substitute in place of his brother Sutton Haisten.

To the 5 he ans.
That he is inclined to think that Major Jones, Col Dickerson & Genl. Lawson under whom he services were militia officers.  That Genl Greene was at the siege of Little York and was a regular officer and for the general circumstances of his service he refers to his declaration.
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to the 6th Interrogatory he ans
He thinks he was discharged
each of the tours he served by Colonel
Dickerson, but is not certain except his
first & last tour, and that he has lost all
his discharges.
To the 7th he ans
The Reverend William Haisten and
John Pearce Junior
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State of Georgia
Fayette County
S.S.

On this first day of December 1848 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and state Nancy Haisten a Resident of the State of Georgia in the County of Fayette aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2nd February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.  That she is the widow of John Haisten who was a private in the Company of      commanded by Captain     in the     Regiment  commanded by Col     .
And that deponent has been drawing the annual amount of thirty dollars per annum in conformity with an act of Congress passed on the 17th day of June 1844  And she deponent further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Isaac A. Haisten
John McLean J.P.} Magistrate

Nancy hir[sic] X  mark Haisten


Know all men by these presents that I Nancy Haisten do hereby constitute and appoint Hu. A. Haralson of Troup County and State of Georgia my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive of and from the Commissioner of Pensions of the United States a certificate for the amount of pensions due to me as aforesaid and that may be due to me in conformity to an act approved the 2nd day of Febry 1848.  And my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and impowered to appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the
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purposes theerin expressed.  Signed and sealed in the presence of 

Isaac A. Haisten
John McLean J.P.

Nancy Haisten
X her mark
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State of Georgia
Fayette County
S S. Be it known that on the twenty fourth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty five, before me John D. Stell one of the Justices of the Inferin Court in & for said county personally appeared Charles Coppage a resident of said county & state aged eighty one years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statements That John Haisten was a pensioner of the United States for services rendered in the war of the Revolution under the act of Congress of 7 June 1832 in Fayette County Georgia and Nancy Ellis formerly now Haisten was legally married to and living together as husband & wife prior to the year 1794 that they were married at the time and place named in this deponent's other affidavit that he knows Mrs. Haisten the oldest child of the said John & Nancy Haisten to be fifty eight years old that his knowledge of this is from the fact of deponents being married the same year and near the time the said William Haisten was born and also that this deponent's oldest child is now near fifty six years of ago that this deponent is unable to appear in open court
Charles Coppage 
X his mark

Sworn and subscribed on the day and date above written before me.  I also certify that this said Charles Coppage is a respectable person.
John G. Stell J.S.C
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State of Georgia
Fayette County
S5. Be it known that on the twenty fourth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty five before me John D Stell one of the Justices of the Infirm Court in and for said County personally appeared William Haisten a resident of said county and state, aged fifty eight years past, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statement that John Haisten who was a pensioner of the United States for service rendered in the War of the Revolution render the act of Congress of 7 June 1832, in Fayette County, Georgia and who died on the 10th day of December 1833, was his this deponent's father, and that Nancy Haisten widow of the said John Haisten and who is now trying to obtain a pension in right of her deceased Husband, is his this deponent's mother, that agreeable to the statement of deponent's parents to him after deponent become of age, this deponent recorded his age which now shows him to be fifty eight years of age the 16th of May last that this deponent remembers many incidents and circumstances that took place with him and his parents previous to the year 1794 that he knows they lived together as husband and wife previous to the said year 1794, that it is inconvenient for this deponent to appear in open court
Willian Haisten
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me I also certify that the said Wm Haisten is a respectable person
John D Stell
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We the undersigned Justices of the Infirm Court in and for the county of Fayette and State of Georgia now sitting in open court, do certify that we have examined and do approve the foregoing proceedings that the witnesses are respectable persons, given under our hands in open court his 25th day of July 1845
John D. Stell J.S.C.
William G. Hill J.S.C.
Jacob Bentley J.S.C.

I William McBride Deputy Clerk of the Infirm Court in and for the county of Fayette and State of Georgia, do certify the foregoing proceedings have been examined and approved of this day in open court before their honors the above named  ?? Justices of said court.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office this twenty fifth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred forty five.
Wm McBride D. Clk.
Infirm Court Fayette Co. Ga.
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The National Archives
Form VAM-5112-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*

Name  Hait, Joel
Grade  Private
Line  Connecticut

Warrant number 5980
Acreage 100
Issued May 10, 1798 to---not shown---

*  The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form in found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives.