Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 783, Hardeman Duke, N.C.
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(3-1776)

Service
N.C.

Duke, Hardeman
Elizabeth

Number
W.783

CONTENTS
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[Right side]

North Carolina 498[illegible]

Hardeman Duke
of Orange Co in the State of N. Carolina who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Lytle of the Regt commanded by [blank] in the Continental line for 2 years. 

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 80 Dollars --- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of Jany 1833 and sent to Hon. W. P. Mangum, Senate.

Arrears to 4th Sept 1832.................................$120. 00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833...  40. 00
...................................................................................$160.00   

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

Recorded by Francis F. Franciosi  Clerk, 
Book D  Vol. 8  Page 28

Order to pay 24. Oct 1838
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[Illegible pages]
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Hardeman Duke


Smith 


Mangum
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BRIEF in the case of Hardeman Duke
County of Orange in the State of North Carolina
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  ___

3.  How old is he?  72

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

Period
Enlisted in 1776 1st May

Duration of Service
Years, 2    Months, 6   Days, ___

Rank
As a private

Names of the General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
Gen. 
Capt Archibald Lytle, Conti Line
Col. Frank Nash, Genl J. Moore, Genl. Washington, Capt. J. Dixon

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  None

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Orange Cty NC. 

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  2 Witnesses & Documentary

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?  Correct

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree wtih the evidence in the case above mentioned. 

F. Waugh, Examining Clerk 
Jany 25, 1833
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Declaration of 
Hardeman Duke






Hon Wm Mangum p.a.
Dec. 27, 1832
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State of North Carolina}
Orange County }  SS

On this the 26th day of November A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in open Court Hardeman Duke a resident in the said County of Orange & State of North Carolina aged seventy two 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832.  That he enlisted in the Continental line of the State of North Carolina on the 1st of May 1776 or there-about in the revolutionary War.  That he enlisted in the Coun-ty of Orange & said State under Capt. Archibald Lytle who then resided hin Hillsboro in said County.  That he was a private in his company - that Capt Lytle soon after his enlist-ment marched his company to Wilmington No. Carolina, where they joined other troops - Frank Nash was the Col. at Wilmington James Moore he thinks was the General.  The regiment to which he was attached lay at Wilmington, as well as he can remember, during the autumn of 1776 & the  winter or part of the winter of '76 '77. - That in the spring or summer of 1777, he marched with his regiment & other troops to Charleston South Carolina - The deponent remembers that it was warm wea-ther during the march, as a good part of their route lay on the sea beach & he well remembers, that some of the soldiers often bathed in the sea water - He says that Capt. Lytle was promoted about the time the troops marched from Wilmington, Lytle & he was placed under another Captain whose name he cannot remember.  That he remained at Charleston So. Ca. a few months, & was marched back to Wilmington N.C. - At that place a fulought for a short time was granted to him & his brother William Duke who joined the army a few days after he did & had been all the time attached to the same company.
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They both returned home to Orange & joined the army soon after at Halifax North Carolina, where Robert Mebane was their Colonel. - Afterwards he passed into the Northern Army at Valley Forge, & was there inoculated with the small pox.  He remained there until he recovered & was marched to the White Plains, where he rejoined his brother William Duke who had first recovered from the small pox and had preceded him in the March to White Plains. - General Washington there commanded in person - At White Plains his Captain was Tilghman Dixon - In the autumn 1778, being two years & an half from his enlistment, He & his brother William Duke were both discharged near the bank of North River & both returned home to North Carolina - He received a written discharge, whicy was delivered to Archibald Lytle, to whom he supposes he sold his land warrant. - That he remembers seems to have been conducted in the name of Thomas [illegible] Cox as it appears in the State department of No. Carolina.  The accompanying letter of the Secretary so represents. 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present; & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency or any State- 
H Duke 

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. 
J. Taylor CC

and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary sol-dier & served as he states. - 

I John Taylor Clerk of hte Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in the aforesaid County & State, Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court
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in the matter of the application of Hardeman Duke for a pension. 

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Seal of Office this the 27th day of Nov. A.D. 1832

J Taylor CC
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Affidavit of 
Cyrus Davis of 
Granville Co
N.C.
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State of North Carolina } 
Granville County}  

On this day Cyrus Davis Senr. of the County & State aforesaid being now eighty years of age appeared before me Benjamin Bullock one of the Justices of the Court of Please & Quarter Sessions in aforesaid County, the said Court being one of Record, who being first duly sworn in due form of Law, deposeth & saith, That he knew Har-deman Duke now of Orange County said Duke an applicant for a pension from the General government during the revolutionary War.  That he first became acquainted with said Duke in North Carolina in the County of Duplin or Johnson & that said Duke was a soldier in the Continental army, & under the command of Capt. Archibald Lytle & Capt Clark of the 5th regiment of the regular Troops.  The said Duke was in the army at the following places to the knowledge of this deponent to wit  Valley Forge at Trenton & at other places in Pennsylvania  N. Jersey & N. York.  & the said deponent further saith that while said Duke was in the army, he never heard of anything laid to his charge and that he was a good soldier. 

The deponent further saith that he never knew any other person in the Army by the name of Duke or Dukes, except William Duke the elder brother of said Hardeman who was in the same service at the same time above mentioned. - He further saith that said Duke was called Hardeman & Harmon & Dukes indifferently & by the different names at different times by the same person - Said duke has lived in Orange County as he the deponent believes, every since the revolutionary War & during the
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whole time in the eastern part of said County & ten or twelve miles from the residence of this deponent, who lives in an adjoining County.  

This deponent saith that he is so old and infirm that he cannot without much injury to himself attend the Court to give this statement. 

Cyrus Davis Senr
his X mark 

Sworn to & subscribed before me this the 3d day of November A.D. 1832
B Bullock JP

State of North Carolina } 
Granville County} 

I Stephen K Sneed Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for hte County and State aforesaid, do hereby Certify that Benjamin Bullock Esq whose name is signed to the above Certificate, having the date the "3rd of November AD 1832" and before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been sworn and subscribed to by Cyrus Davis Senr, is and was on the said 3d day of November [interposed: 1832] an acting Justice of the Peace for said County and State and that full faith and credit should be given to his official acts as such. 

Given under my hand and Seal of office at office in Oxford this the 8th day of November AD 1832. 
Step K Sneed Clk
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State of North Carolina }
Granville County }

J William
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In order to obtain the  benefit of the Acts of Congress of the 7th July 1838, 3 March 1843, and 17th June 1844.  Granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows

State of Tennessee }
Maury County}  

On this 19 day of December 1844 Personally appeared befre the under signed, one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County  Elisabeth Duke a resident of said County and State, age Seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the privision made by the above named acts of Congress,  That she is the widow of the late Hardeman Duke, deceased, Pensioner, that lived in Orange County North Carolina, who was a private soldier in the North Carolina continental ine in the war of the revolution, and drew a pension of Eighty Dollars per Annum, on the account of his revolutionary Services. 
That he was placed on the North Carolina pension Roll for Orange County on January 31, 1833.  She further declares that to the best of her recollection she was married to said Hardeman Duke in the year Seventeen Hundred and eighty seven, or eighty eight, in Orange County North Carolina, that her said husband Hardeman Duke did die on the nineteenth day of October in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty nine (1839) that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, 1794, that she has {interposed: not] married, since the death
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of her said husband Hardeman Duke, but she remained his widow, that she has no family record or other doc-umentary evidence in support of her marriage, and that from old age and affliction of body she is unable to attend Court, to make her declaration.  Sworn to and subscribed this 19th day of December 1846.

Elizabeth Duke
her X mark       (seal)

Before me
J.M. Gordon, J.P. 

I the said Justice of the Peace Certify that Elizabeth duke who has this day sworn and subscribed to the foregoing Decla-ration, before me, is persionally known to me to be a woman of truth, and respectability and I believe her to be the identical widow of Hardeman Duke deceased, pensioner that resided in Orange County North Carolina as sta-ted by her in said declaration, that from old age, she is unable to attend Court to make her sd. declaration, and that she still remains a widow. 
Given under my hand, day and date above written. 
J.M. Gordon  J.P.
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Caswell County North Carolina  Sept 21st 1847

I John H. Pickard Pastor of the Presbyterian Churches of Stony Creek and Bethesda, Certify that I recollect to see my father with the date of seventeen hundred and ninty one and ninety two on his blacksmith book, and I remember in that year seventeen hundred and ninty two, I saw Eliabeth Duke who was at that time the wife of Hardeman duke, at her mother's (Elizabeth Rickets) who lived near to my father, in Orange County North Carolina.  And that Hardeman Duke & Elizabeth Duke had then been married some time.  I distinctly recollect the time when William Marrow married Jane Gattis; and the said Hardeman & Elizabeth Duke had then been married several years. 
John H. Pickard

State of No Carolina }
Caswell County }

I Stephen Neal a magistrate in & for the County aforesaid do Certify that the above Certificate purporting to be John H. Pickard's is in his own proper hand writing & his signature is genuine.  That he is a Minister of the Presbyterian Church of the first Standing; & most unquestionable veracity.  
Given under my hand &c This 21st September 1847. 
Stephen Neal J.P. 

North Carolina }
Caswell County} 

I [Abisha?]  Slade Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Caswell County Certify that Stephen Neal is a Magistrate in the County aforesaid and that the Signature Purporting to be his is genuine.  I also Certify that John H. Pickard is a Presbyterian minister of the Gospel in the County of Caswell
Given under my hand & Seal of office this 22nd day of September AD 1847 
A. Slade Clk
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
MCJ
April 10, 1928.
Mrs. M. T. Norris,
Sir Walter Hotel,
Raleigh, North Carolina.
Madam: 
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, W. 783, it appears that Hardeman Duke (the elder brother of William Duke, who was born June 10, 1754) enlisted in Orange County, North Carolina May 1, 1776, served as a private in Captains Archibald Lytle's and Tilghman Dixon's Companies in Colonels Francis Nash's and Robert Mebane's North Carolina Regiments and was discharged in November, 1778.
He married in 1787 or 1788 in Orange County, North Carolina, Elizabeth Rickets who was the daughter of Elizabeth Rickets. of Orange
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 28, 1832, at which time he was seventy-two years of age and was living in Orange County, North Carolina.
He died October 19, 1839.
His widow, Elizabeth, was allowed pension on her application executed December 19, 1846, at which time she was seventy-nine years of age and was living in Maury County, Tennessee. In 1848 she was living in Lewis County, Tennessee.
Their child, Berry, was born prior to 1794.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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[Handwritten document on two sides of the document]

[Left Side of Document]
1928 Apr 10 [illegible] to Mrs M. T. Morris
see letter in case Wm Duke 6808

1938 Oct 2 [illegible] to Mrs Morris
[Illegible initials]

[Right Side of Document]
[Handwritten words on side of this section Rev War]
Widow, &c.
File No. 783
Elisabeth Duke
widow
Hardeman Duke
Private, Revolutionary War

Act:  Feb 2 1848
Index: Vol. A, Page 198
Arrangement of 1870
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[Image is too dark except for a date at the bottom]

Oct 7 1838
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[Handwritten document]

Left Side
Tennessee 8271 Nashville
Elisabeth Duke
widow of Hardeman Duke
who was a Prive in the Revolutionary War 
Husband died 19th Oct 1839
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of October 1847 and sent to John Morrow
Clover Garden N. C.

[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A 
Vol. 2 Page 190
 
[Right Side of Document]
Reported
[Section marked through] Sent to John Morrow
Nov 24 1847
Per this letter in pen [illegible]
R.3530 of Isaac Wood
Former [illegible]  Lucy Fields
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Reported
10357
Tennessee
Elizabeth Duke
Widow of Hardeman Duke
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 19th Oct 1839
of Maury Co. in the State of Tenn
who was a Private in the Company
commanded by Captain Lytle of the
Regt. commanded by [blank] in 
the Revolution line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville
at the rate of 80 Dollars [blank]
Cents per annum, to commence on the 19th day of
Oct. 1839 when he died
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Oct. 1847
and sent to 
John Morrow
Clover Garden
M.C.
Total amount,
(act July 7, 1838.)
Recorded by Th Lumpkin
Book D Vol. 1 Page 343
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Hardeman Duke N C. Act 7 June 1832 $80.00 per ann
To what time was he last paid ?
Glen

Pension Office
Oct 22 1847
Died 19th October 1839
Paid to his death
[signature] [illegible]
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[Handwritten document]
Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of February 2nd, 1848, entitled an act making further provision for surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolution
State of Tennessee
Maury County
On this 17 day of July, 1848, personally appeared before the undersigners, one of the acting justice of the peach in and for the county aforesaid duly authorized to administer oaths, Elizabeth Duke, a resident of the adjoining county of Lewis aged eighty one 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 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 Hardeman Duke dead, who was a private in the North Carolina Continental Line in the War of the Revolution,
That her husband the said Hardeman Duke lived in Orange County State of North Carolina,and drew a pension of Eighty dollars per annum, that she has also drawn a pension under the acts of Congress passed July 7th, 1838, March 3rd, 1843, and June 17th, 1844 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, 
Before Jesse M Gordon, J.P.
Elizabeth Duke her mark
I, Jesse M.Gordon a magistrate of above certify that Elizabeth Duke is personnally
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[Handwritten document]
known to me, and that she is the same individual that she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration, that she drew a pension as stated by her in said declaration, and that she still remains a widow.  
Given under my hand and seal the day and date first above mentioned,
Jesse M Gordon
State of Tennessee
Maury County
I, William E Erwin Clerk of the County Court for said county and state do hereby certify that Jesse M Gordon whose name appears to be signed to the foregoing certificate was of the date of the same and is now an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Maury duly elected commissioned and qualified and that all his official acts are instilled to full faith and credit as such and that the signature above purporting to be his genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto  set my name and affixed the seal of my office or [illegible] in Columbia this 7th day of August 1848
William Erwin Clerk
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[Handwritten document]
Sir
You will examine the enclosed case and if Mrs Duke is entitled to a pension under act of 2nd February 1848 make returns to me, Directed toMount Pleasant Maury Co Tenn
A L Pickard
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[Handwritten document]

Affidavit of John Lock of
Granville Co
N.C.
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[Handwritten Document]
State of North Carolina
Granville County

This day John Lock
of the county and state aforesaid [illegible]
seventy eight years old appeard before me 
Benj Bullock, one of the Jutices of the court of [illegible] for the county aforesaid [illegible] in all forms of law [illegible] that he knows Hardeman Duke [illegible] of Orange County in said state and an office and for a {illegible] the general [illegible].  During the Revolutionary War that he first became acquainted with said Hardaman Duke at Willingham North Carolina in the year 1776 and that said Duke was a soldier inthe Continental Service under the Command of Capt Archabald Lytle of the Tenth Regiment of the regular troops.  The said Duke was in the army at the following places to the knowledge of this [illegible] North Carolina, at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania, [illegible] in New York, at Danbury in Connecticut, and at Wake Forrest in New York where he was discharged in November 1778 that he never heard any thing [illegible] to his charge and that he was a good soldier.
The [illegible] further states that he never knew any person in the army by the name of Duke or Dukes [illegible] William Duke the elder brother
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[handwritten document]
of the said Hardaman who was in the army at the  same times whereas [illegible] he further [illegible] that said Duke was often called  [illegible] than Hardiman or Hamon and by these different name of the same person at different times.  He further states that the said Hardaman Duke that he was in the service with; at the times and places above mentioned is now before him and tht he is the man.  This [illegible] further sayeth that [illegible] the said Duke [illegible] in Orange County adjoining the county where this [illegible] liveth ever since the Revolutionary War.  This defamant further stats that [illegible] from age and infirmity [illegible] to give this statement without much [illegible].
John Lock
Sworn to and [illegible] before me the 1st day of November 1832
B Bullock JP
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State of North Carolina}
Granville County}
I Stephen R. Sneed Clerk of the Court of Pleas
and Quarter Sessions for the County and State
aforesaid, do hereby certify that Benjamin
Bullock Esq whose name is signed to
the foregoing certificate bearing date the 1st
day of November AD 1832 and before whom
the foregoing affidavit appears to have
here sworn to and subscribed by John Lock,
is and was on the said 1st day of November
AD 1832 an acting Justice of the Peace
for said County and State, and that
full faith and credit should be given to
his official acts as such.
Given under my hand and seal
of Office at Office in Oxford this
the 8th day of November AD 1832
Step R Sneed
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We William Morrow & John Gaddis acknowledge ourselves indebted to his Excellency Richard D Spaight esquire Governor  NC and his successors in office in the Sum of five hundred pounds for the true payment thereofr we bind ourselves and each of our heirs executors [&] nevertheless to be void on Condition that there be no lawful cause why the said William Morrow & Jinny Gaddis for whom a Licence now issues Given under our hands and seals this twenty eighth day of January one thousand Seven hundred and ninety four. 
William Morrow (seal)
John Gattis (seal)

Signed Sealed & delivered in the presence of S.B. Bruce

North Carolina

I Joseph Allison Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter sessions for Orange County do hereby certify that the above is a true & perfect copy of the Marriage bond of William Morrow to Jinny Gattis filed in my office (except the date which is in large & legible figures) 
"28th day of January 1794")

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set myt name & affixed my Seal of Office at office in Hillsgorough this 28th day of Septem-ber in the year of our Lord 1847
J Allison Clk
By E.G. Gray  Dle
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J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office, Washington City 
DC

[at left]
13289
March 8, 1847
re
Elizabeth Duke, 
July 1, 1838

[bottom, upside down]

No. 13289
Elizabeth Duke 
widow of Hardeman 
from 
Act of July 1838
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13289    No 13289
Elizabethe Duke
Widow of Hardeman 
Tenn
Act 7 July 1838
Married before 1794
[J William?] awd 9 Oct 1839

[on the left]
Approved
Return to finder
to John Morrow P.M. 
Clovis Garden
Orange Co. NC
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Hon'l  Willis P. Mangum
Red Mountain
Orange County
 No Ca

[stamp]
RALENC 
AUG 21
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[left]
Mr. Hills Letter


[bottom]
Mr. Hills
Letter.
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Raleigh 17th August 1832

Dear Sir

Your favour of the 15th instant was recd this afternoon.  Enclosed I send you such a cer-tificate for Mr. Duke as I am enabled to make from the musterrolls, and think there can be no doubt of his success as he stands so fair in the rolls; the little inaccuracy in spelling his name will not I hope prejudice his claim.  I have given the name in my certificate exactly as it stands on the rolls, on the Warrant book in this office it is spelt "Harmon Duken" but I see on a paper filed with his warrant (for it seems he sold it to a Thos. Taylor) his name is spelt Hardeman, his own signature to the transfer is "H. duke," - as he was in the army when I was in the lap, I don't charge anything for my trouble. 

Ver respectfully 
Your friend & obt. servt. 
W. Hill 

His Captain's name is not given on the rolls.  WH.
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Certificate
of the 
Secretary of State of No Ca.
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State of North Carolina 
Secretary of State's Office 

I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do certify that it appears from the muster-rolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, that Hardmond Dukes a private soldier in [blank] company of the 10th Regiment [interposed:  enlisted] on the first day of may 1776 for two and a half years, and that he was discharged in November 1778. 

Given under my hand this 17th day of August 1832. 
W. Hill
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The Hon'ble Willis P. Mangum 
Red Mountain
Orange County 
No Ca
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Raleigh 27th October 1832

Dear Sir

Your favor of the 24th instand was recd yesterday.  I am glad to have it in my power to enclose you such a certficiate as will ena-ble Mr. Duke to get a pension without further proof.  You can inform him that Col. Polk has made application, that I have furnished him with a certriciate. 

As he is well able to pay, tell him to send me 25 cents. 

Very respectfullyl
Your obt servt
W. Hill 

Hon. Willis P. Mangum
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Pension Office
September 8th,1847
The certificate of the Clerk of Orange Coun-ty
North Carolina, presented by you in 
 the claim of Elizabeth Duke, widow of Harde
man Duke offers no evidence of their marriage.
The proof upon this point now before the Depart-
ment is not at all satisfactory 
I am, Very respectfully,
Your Obt. Serv. 
J.L. Edwards



John Morrow, Esq. 
Clovis Garden, 
Orange County, N.C.
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Pension Office
March 25, 1847 

Sir,

The declaration of Elizabeth Duke, widow of Hardman Duke, under the act of 7 July 1838, is herewith returned that the proceedings before the single magistrate may be submitted to, and approved by a court of record, in open session. 

The service of Hardman Duke for 2 years is satisfactory, but the date of the marriage of claimant with that soldier should be established by certified copies of the marriage bond, or license from the Clerk's of-fice of Orange County, North Carolina or by some other record, or documentary proof, if attainable, of which the Department must be satisfied before the testimony of individuals can be received. 

The evidence now
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advanced is wholy insufficient to establish the date of that event. 

Very Respectfully
Your obedient servant
J.L. Edwards
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North Carolina}
Orange County} 
I Joseph Allison Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter sessions for said County do certify that I have made search in my office for the marriage bond of Hardiman Duke for an intermarriage with Elizabeth Rickets and [interposed: have] not been able to find such bond and in but few cases have found such Marriage bonds when required from about the year 1780 to 1790 - The bonds of that date were very loosely kept & perhaps many of them were lost or misplaced. 

In testimony whereof I have affixed the Seal of said office and subscribed my name this 4th day of June AD 1847 

J. Allison
Clk

By E. Gray, DCl
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No 13289  Act 43  93.71

Elizabeth Duke 
Widow of Hardeman
Trn.
Act of July 1838
Adm 2 year per
$80 per anm
from 19 Oct 1839 to 4 March 1841
Adm act 2 March 1843
and by June 1844
$80.00 per anm


John Morrow 
Clovis Garden
NC
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State of North Carolina }
Orange County}  on this 18th September 1847 Pesonally appeared before me R. Hanford one of the active Justices of the Peace for Said County, Jane Morrow, a resident of sd County aged seventy eight years, and made oath that her maiden name was Jane Gattis, and was married to William Morrow on the thirtieth day of January in the year Seventeen Hundred and ninty-four, in Orange County N.C., which marriage she has recorded in her Family Bible, and she remembers when she was married that Elizabeth Duke wife of Hardeman Duke had a child whose name was Berry Duke, and when she (this Deponent) was married in January seventeen hundred and ninty-four, she remembers that said Elizabeth Duke was in a family way with another child, and she has no doubt but the said Hardeman & Elizabeth Duke were lawfully married, and that she never understood or heard it said that they lived together in a state of adultery. 
Sworn to and subscribed the date above written

Jane Morrow
her X mark 

before me 
R Hanford J.P.
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We the undersigned certify our oath that we are intimately acquainted with Jane Morrow who has subscribed to the foregoing affidavit and no body in our acquaintance sustans a high-er characgter for truth and Piety than the said Jane Morrow, and for many years she has been a very orderly member of the Presbyterian Church. 

A.S. Webb
Wm Smith 

Sworn to & subscribed this 18th of September 1847 
Before me 
R Hanford J.P. 

I R Hanford certify that AS Webb and Wm Smith who subscribed to the above certificate are respctable citizens of our county and that Jane Morrow who subscribed to the foregoing affidavit is a Lady of high standing and unimpeachable character given under my hand the date above writen

R Hanford J.P.
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North Carolina

I Joseph Allison Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Orange County certify that Richard Stanford is a magistrate as above & that the foregoing Signatures purporting to  e his are genuine. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of Said Cort & Subscribed my nmae at office in Hillsborough this 28 day of September in the year of our Lord 1847
J. Allison  CClk
By E.G. Gray  DCk
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State of Tennessee}
Maury County}  On this 23 day of December 1846 Personally appeared before the undersigned, one of the acting Justices of the Peace for said County Sarah Pugh, a resident of said County, aged Seventy-five years and made oath in due form of law, viz, that she was present and witnessed the marriage between Hardeman duke and Elizabeth Richets, that they were married in Orange County North Carolina by one John Elliotte a Justice of the Peace to the best of her recollection in the year seventeen hundred and eighty seven or Eighty eight, and that said Elizabeth Duke is now a resident of Maury County, State of Tennessee. 
Sarah Pugh 
her X mark  (seal)

Sworn to and subscriobed the day and date first above written 
before me 
J.M. Gordon, J.P. 

I certify that Sarah Pugh is personally known to me to be a woman of truth, and respectability. 
Given under my hand day and date above written. 
J.M. Gordon  J.P.
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State of Tennessee }
Maury County        } Sct

I William E. Ervine Clerk of the county Court of Said County do hereby certify that Jesse M. Gordon is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing Signatures purporting to be his are genuine. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office and subscribed my name this 20th day of January 1847. 

Wm. E. Ervine J.P 

State of Tennessee
Maury County
I William E. Ervine clerk of the county court of said County do certify, that the foregoing Declaration of Elizabeth Duke in application of Pension, was on the 4th day of January 1847, subscribed to said County Court and approved thereby. 

In testimony whereof I have here-unto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 5th day of July A.D. 1847.

Wm E Ervine Clerk
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State of Tennessee Maury County

I William E Ervin Clerk of the County Court of Said County do certify that the foregoing declar-ation of Elizabeth Duke in application of Pension was on the 5th day of July 1847 Submitted to said County Court and approved thereby. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of office and subscribed my name this 5th day of July A.D. 1847

Wm. E. Ervin Clerk
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Hardeman Duke
Amitted
private 2 years
$80 per annum 



Hon. W.P. Mangum 
Senate
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Duke, Hardeman W 783
Elizabeth
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XVI. Yes
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proving the official character and signature of the
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Jennie D. Norris
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our
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[typed letter]

October 5, 1938

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BA-J/MCS
Hardeman Duke, W. 783

Mrs. Emmet Morris
1723 Center Street
Little Rock, Arkansas

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W.783, based on the military service of Hardeman Duke.

The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.

Hardeman Duke enlisted in Orange County, North Carolina, May 1, 1776, served as private in Captains Archibald Lytle's and Tilghman Dixon's companies in Colonels Francis Nash's and Robert Mebane's North Carolina regiments and was discharged in November, 1778.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 26, 1832, at which time he was seventy-two years of age and was living in Orange County, North Carolina.

Hardeman Duke died October 19, 1839.

This soldier married in 1787 or 1788 in Orange County, North Carolina, Elizabeth Rickets who was the daughter of Elizabeth Rickets of Orange County, North Carolina.

As the widow of Hardeman Duke, Elizabeth Duke was allowed pension on her application executed December 19, 1826, at which time she was seventy-nine years of age and was living in Maury County, Tennessee.

Elizabeth Duke was living in Lewis County, Tennessee, in 1848.
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They had a child, Berry, born prior to 1794.

Hardeman Duke had an older brother, William, who was born June 10, 1754, and he served in the Revolutionary War.

The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the family of Hardeman Duke.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator