Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2614, John Hansbrough, Va.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Va.
Hansbrough, John
or Hansborough
Fanny
NUMBER
W. 2614
B.L.Wt. 26531-160-5
Contents
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Virginia 12.564
-
John Hansbrough
Hampshire in the State of Virginia
was a pri. in the company commanded
Captain Barnett of the Regt commanded
by Col. Dabney in the Virginia
line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
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 May '33.
and sent J. B. White
Romney C.H. Hampshire Co. Va (clk)
          Arrears to the 4th of March '33    60
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. "     15
                                                              ______
                                                               $75
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 6 Page /1
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Increase
No. 2,947
Virginia
Fanny Hansborough
widow of John Hansborough
who served in the Revolutionary War
as a private
Richmond, Va, agency.
Rate 96
Dollars [illegible]
cents per annum.
Commencing 17th July 1868
deduct payments made since
Certificate dated May 25, 1869
and sent to
Claimant care of C.S. White
Romney
Hampshire Co. W. Va.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page / 53 Vol. H
July 27, 1868
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17.798 - Act March 3/55
March 27/55
Fanny Hansborough widow of John Hansborough - prit
WO 2653[1 or slash] [illegible] May
Revolutionary War
W:160 Acs May 15/56
[signed]  Boynton
Sheet & White [bottom of page torn]
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[illeible] [illegible] sheet & white June 30/55
"        "    "        "        "           "     July 18/55
"        "    "        "        "           " Dec [illegible] 55
"        "     Hon. CJ Faulkner Feb 18/56
Vol. H/page 28
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22973
John Hanbrough's
 [illegible] for pension
Hampshire Cty Va
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State of Virginia
County of Hampshire
On this 29th day of January 1833 personally appeared in
Open Court, before the County Court of Hampshire being a
Court of [illegible] of unlimited Jurisdiction in all cases of law
and equity John Hansbrough a resident of the said County
and State aged 71 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 about the first day of February 1781 he was
drafted at Amherst old Courthouse in Virginia
for Six months under Captain James Barnett, Lieut's Lewis
Nevill & Woodruff and Marched from thence to
Hampton in Virginia to repel the invasions
of
Benedict Arnold, we remained at Hampton and
the neighboured for nearly three months, we
then learned that Cornwallis was marching down
James river and were marched to ground squirell
bridge in the County of Hanover where we
remained for about a week. We marched
from them to a place called [illegible] being 
about 15 miles below Richmond and remained there
about two weeks
then the enemy marched
toward  Williamsburg and we followed them until they got to 
little York, when we remained until
after the siege and our term of service expiring 
soon. after we were 
discharged, that he was in no other battle except the siege of York and that he was under the command of General [illegible], Col. Pope, Col. Charles Dabney and Major Hardiman  but does not of recollect the names of the continental regiments. That he was not previously acquainted with any of the regulars except Genl’s. Wayne and Daniel Morgan that he has no documentary evidence of his service having having lost his discharge & evidence of his service and that he knows men of his brother  [illegible] or other officers who are now living after my first six months had expired. I [illegible] as a substitute for Charles Lap____ for three months which expired when I was discharged after Yorktown [illegible] in [illegible] nine months service. He hereby relinquishes his every claim whatsoever to pension or annuity except the present and
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declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
John Hansbrough 

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court

Questions proposed to applicant
1st Where and in what year were you born
Answer I was born in Amherst County Virginia in the year 1762
2d  Where were you living when called into service;  Where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live
Answer  I lived in Amherst County Virginia when called into service, since the war I have lived most of the time in the counties of Culpepper & Frederick & for the last forty years I have lived in the county of Hampshire where I now reside.
3d  Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it
Answer  I have no record of my age.  My father died in my infancy and I do not know what became of the family record if there was any
4th  How were you called into service:  were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute
Answer  These questions are answered in my declaration
5  State the names of some of the regular officers, who were with the troops when you served  such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
Answer  These questions are answered in my declaration
6  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Answer I did but it is lost.  It was given by Cap. James Barnet
7  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution
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Answer  John Jack, William Naybor, Isaac Kuykendall Michael Miller and many others can testify as to my veracity but I do not know that they can say any thing about my revolutionary services

We John Jack and Isaac Kuykendall residing in the County of Hampshire & state of Virginia hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Hansbrough who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration:  that we believe him to be seventy one years of age, that we have long since heard said Hansbrough speak of his services as a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in the opinion that he was such soldier.
Jno. Jack
Isaac Kuykendall

Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  And the court further certifies that it appears to them that John Jack & Isaac Kuykendall who have signed the preceding certificate are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit (there was no clergyman who could certify)

I John B. White Clerk of the Court of Hampshire County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings for the said Court in the matter of the application of John Hansbrough for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 29th day of January 1833.
John B. White
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Fanny Hansbrough widow
John Rev. pension
Act 1833

12564
Fanny Hansbrough
Oct. 1, 1853
Appl. of Fanny Hansborough
Widow of John
Hampshire Co.,
Va.

Act /53
Rev

John B. White
Romney, Virg.
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Virginia to wit
On this 24 day of September 1853 appeared before the undersigned a justice of the County Court of Hampshire ( a Court of record in the state of Virginia)  Fanny Hansbrough widow of John Hansbrough a resident of said County of Hampshire and state aforesaid aged seventy two years (who is unable from bodily infirmity to attend the Court for the purpose of making this declaration) and being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War   that she is the widow of John Hansbrough who was a private in the army of the Revolution and to whom a certificate of pension was granted under the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 date the 10" day of May 1833 and payable she believes at Richmond Virginia all which will appear by reference to the records in the pension office & that she has no knowledge of her own respecting his services.

She further declares that she was married to the said John Hansbrough on the    dy of September 1820 in Culpepper County Virginia, and dthat her said husband died in said County of Hampshire on the 9 day of August 1844   that she was not married to him prior to the second of January 1800 but at the time above stated.  She further declares that she is now a widow
Fanny Hansbrough

Sworn to and subscribed on the dy and year above written before.
Wm. David J.P.
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Virginia  Hampshire County Sct
This day Wm. Cherry & Jacob Evett of lawful age worthy of credit upon oath and disinterested personally appeared before the subscribed justice of the peace for said county and made oath that the within named Fanny Hansbrough widow of John Hansbrough decd. who was a revolutionary pensioner is still living but infirm and unable to leave her home.  Given under my hand this 24th dy of September 1853
Wm. Davis  J.P.

Virginia Hampshire County to wit
I John B. White Clerk of the county court of said county in the State of Virginia do certify that William David Esqr. whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificate and before whom the foregoing affidavit and declaration were made was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county and State duly elected commissioned and qualified and authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgments generally
In testimony whereof, I have hereto set my name and affixed the seal of said court this 29' day of September 1833
J.B. White 
Clerk

[SEAL]
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17.798

Fanny Hansborough;s
declaration


Presented by Streit & White
Attor. at Law
Romney Va.
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State of Virginia
County of Hampshire S.S.
On this 24 day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, Fanny Hansborough aged seventy four years a resident of Hampshire County in the State of Virginia who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of John Hansbrough deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary war in the Company commanded by Captain _____ in the _____regiment of _____ commanded by _____ & that her said husband joined the army on or about the     day of      for the term of        and continued in actual service in said war for the term of three months as she believes and was honorably discharged at        in the state of Virginia on the     day of      .
The said Fanny Hansborough further declares on oath that she is the identical person named in an original certificate in her possession of which (I certify) the following is a true copy
"Department of the Interior
Widows' Pension
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853 Fanny Hansborough widow of John Hansborough who was a private in the Revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Thirty dollars per annum, commencing on the 3d of February 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry;  in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this twenty first day of November one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
[handwritten SEAL]
R. McClelland
Secretary of the Interior
Examined and countersigned
L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of pensions"
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That she has not intermarried but continues to widow of the above mentioned John Hansbrough That she now resides in the County of Hampshire and State of Virginia and has resided There for the space of nineteen years past and that previous to that time she resided in Culpepper County Virginia in which county she was married to the said John Hansbrough and that the evidence of her marriage as well as the evidence in support of the claim of service of said John Hansbrough is now among the records of the Pension office at Washington D.C. ~
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3d 1855.
Fanny Hansbrough
Teste
Robt. White
Jno. B. White Jun.
We Robert White and John B. White Jr. residents of the County of Hampshire in the State of Virginia upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Fanny Hansbrough in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the Applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
Robt. White
Jno. B. White Jun.
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written - and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons: that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim. Given under my hand this 24 day of March 1855
Wm Davis JP

State of Virginia
County of Hampshire to wit:
I John B. White clerk of the County Court in and for the county and State aforesaid do certify that William Davis Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits were
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sworn to is and was at the time of signing the said affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature thereto subscribed is genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of office at Romney this 24th day of March 1855-
John B. White Clerk
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22973
Jno. Hansbrough
Va

Admit as a private
for 9 mo $30

Jno. B. White C.C
Hampshire Co
Va.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183

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

A Statement, showing the Service of John Hansbrough Hampshire Co Va
Period when the service was rendered.
[1] drafted Feby 81
[2] Sub-
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.
Months.
[1] 6
[2] 3
___
9
Days.
Rank of the claimant.
pr
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
[1] Capt Barnett
Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers.
[1] Col Pope
[2] " Dabney
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
[1] Yorktown.
Country through which he marched.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period
71
Amherst Co Va
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Trady

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 wand who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of classes are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claim- ing the benefit of this law its 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 Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. 
County of 
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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year (d) _______, 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 rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ________
 Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. _____________: A.B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
 And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I __________ 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 hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ________ day of ________ &c. 
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the _______ and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, __________ Clerk of the Court of _____________ do hereby certify 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 hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of __________ &c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge of commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration , (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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 if detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribed and be sworn to, one of the declarations also provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
 6. To a Soldier.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? 
To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement to 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 examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
 ______________________ 
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
[d] The declaration must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e] Every continual 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 reconciling to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase [italicized] about three or four months, is to 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 not 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. 
[pointing finger icon] The notes from [a] t [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.

[signed] W. L. Williams} Clk
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free

J. Minot Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

[vertical]
17798 
Fanny Hansbrough
wid
John

Boynton

[stamp]
ROMNEY
5
VA
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Official
Mr Faulkner
H of R.

Hon J. Minot
Comr of Pensions
Washington

Mr Boynton will please answer
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Fanny Hansbrough
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Virginia,
Culpeper County: sct.
I Fayette Mauzy clerk of the county court of said county do certify that on the 21st day of September 1820 a license issued from the office of said court authorizing the marriage of John Hansbrough to Fanny Kabler and that no other evidence of said marriage exists in said office.
Witness my hand & the seal of said court this 4th day of May 1853.
F Mauzy cc
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 2614
Fanny Hansbrough
Widow
John Hansbrough
Pri. Rev War

Act: Feb 3. 1853.
Index:-Vol. A, Page 302
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pension Office, Official Business

October 1. 1853
Fanny Hansbrough
widow of
John Hansbrough
Hampshire Co.
Va
Rev'y.
Act 3d February 1853
Admd $30 per annum
Commencing 3d Feby. 1853

John B. White
Romney
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17.798
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Romney, Hampshire Co. Va.
March 24' 1855

D. Sir
Enclosed herewith you find the declaration of Fanny Hansbrough for bounty land Please examine it & see if any thing farther is wanting & advise us. it is almost impossible now here to prove the service of the husband - all the necessary evidence appears now in your office. and we hope that the declaration presented will suffice. When the warrant issues send it to us at this place
In haste
Your obt servants
Streit & White
L. P. Waldo Esq
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No 3293

Fanny Hansbrough,
widow of
John Hansbrough
Let John B. White Oct 21/53
Ry

Rev
Oct - 3d Feb'y 1853
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Let. to John L. Barbo
March 11. 1846
same June 8. 184
" Aug. 5, 1846.
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26.531

160 Acres
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Jno. B. Sherrard.
Apl. 2d. 1866.
3d. Audr May 16, 66,

2.947
Virginia Richmond
Fanny Hansbrough
widow of John
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of Novr 1853
and sent to
John B. White
Romney
Virginia

orded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 124 Vol. A
32
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Restoration 2947
Virginia (Richmond)
Fanny Hansbrough
widow of John Hansbrough
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Va Line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 dollars ~ cents per annum, to commence on the 4th March 1861

Certificate of Pension issued 24th day of May 1866 and sent to
John B Sherrard
Romney Va

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
1853, Page 153 Vol. 26
Sent
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official business

L. P. Waldo. Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

17.798

[stamp 1]
ROMNEY
MAR
26
VA

[stamp 2]
FREE
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Romney Va. 4 Decr. 1855
D. Sir
Enclosed you will find a letter from 3d Auditor Treasury Dpt showing that there is evidence of the service of John Hansbrough a revolutionary soldier - his widow has filed her application at your office for bounty land & it was suspended in account of there being no record evidence of the service of John Hansbrough shown please inform us whether or not the enclosed letter will be sufficient to establish her claim & if not what steps it will be necessary for her to take
In haste
very truly yours &c
Streit & White

Comr of Pensions
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Pension Office
Novr. 14. 1853.

Sir,
Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid; and, if in your power, the date of his death,
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servant,
B. Hooe.
For Commissioner.
F. Burt Esqr.
3d Auditor,
Present.
John Hansbrough, Act 1832
$30.00 - p. an. - Died 9th Augt. 1844, Paid to death.
Saml. S. Ruid
Actg. Auditor.
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Payment to be made at Richmond
by
James T Sutton Jr
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Richmond
Va
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 153 Vol. C
S D Collier Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
WIDOW'S PENSION.
2947 Restoration
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,
Fanny Hansbrough - widow of - John Hansbrough - who was a - Private - in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of - Thirty - dollars and - cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March 1861, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior,
the Twenty fourth day of May
one thousand eight hundred and Sixty Six
W. T. Otto
Acting Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and countersigned.
Joseph W. Barrett.
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Rich
2947
Brief in the Case of Fanny Hansbrough, wid: of John, For restoration.
Hampshire County and State of Virginia,
Act 3d. Feby: 1853, the 2". Section.

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
Claimant was pensioner on the Richmond Va: roll. under Said Act, at the rate of # 30. per An:
Widowhood, identity and loyalty is shown by three Credible Witnesses & the surrender of the Original Cert. of pension.
Third Auditor reports that her pension was last paid March 4" 1861.
Claim is allowed at the rate of # 30. per An: to Commence March 4" 1861, and to Continue during widowhood.
May 23d 1866,
Boynton.
Examining Clerk.

Name and residence of Agent.
John B. Sherrard, Esqr,
Romney, Va.
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Hansbrough
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Brief in the case of Fanny Hansbrough, widow of John. ~
Hampshire County and State of Virginia - 
act 3d February 1853

Claim, ("original,")

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 7th June, 1832, as private, at $30 per annum
Marriage proved by certified copy of Marriage license, and by the affidavits of William Vance and Thomas B. White - duly certified to be credible witnesses.

John B. White Esqr
Romney,
Name and residence of Agent
Virginia

R Butler
Examining Clerk.
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Richmond
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Increase 2947
Brief in the Case of Fanny Hansbrough, Widow John Hansbrough.
Private Revy War. Romney
Hampshire County and State of West Va.
Act 2d Sec Feb 3. 1853

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
Pension Roll of Va at $30 per annum. Certificate surrendered.

Claims increase Pension under 13th Sec Act July 27. 1868. Personal identity and continued Widowhood Properly shown.

Admitted May 20, 1869 to pension at $96. per annum. to commence July 27. 1868 deducting pay: since.
W. E. Trask
Examining Clerk.

Name and residence of Agent.
Claimant
Care C. S. White
Romney Hampshire Co
West. Va
D.B.
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Official business
L. P. Waldo Esq
Com. Pensions.
Washington City D.C.

W
Geddesssgg

[stamp 1]
ROMNEY
NOV
11
VA

[stamp 2]
FREE
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Romney Nov. 10 1853
Sir
Enclosed I send another affidavit in the case of Fanny Hansbrough widow of John Hansbrough in the form required
I do Not Know how she is to get another affidavit in the form required proving the Marriage as the witness resides upwards of 100 Miles from here in the County of Culpepper. There can be no doubt of the Marriage for I recollect distinctly when Hansbrough went to be Married and returned with the woman, as his wife and She has resided in this Village and the Neighbourhood ever since. Had there been any difficulty in the Matter I should have suggested it.
I am No speculate in these claims and have only acted in these Matters to saw these pen people paid the hand, the speculate
Your Ob Ser
John B. White
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Fanny Hansbrough, widow of John
Dec} Married, Sept. 1820 *; died 9 Aug. 1844
proved by issuance of license, as certified by the Clk of C. and by
Wm. Vance Jr} who swears that
Thomas B White} the parties lived together along time as husband and wife and have so personally [illegible]

G.C.
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Payment to be made at
Richmond
M. D. Newman Sr
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Virginia

Payable on the 4th September and 4th March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 124. Vol. A.

Clerk.
H. R. Weightman

[Stamp]
DEPARTMENT
OF THE
INTERIOR
Mar 28
PENSION OFFICE
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.

I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853, Fanny Hansbrough widow of John Hansbrough who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Thirty ~ dollars per annum, commencing on the 3d of February; 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry  ; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior,
this twenty=first day of November
one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
R McClelland
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and Countersigned.
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Virginia Hampshire County set
On this 10 day of November 1853 William Vance & Thomas B. White persons of lawful age, disinterested & Worthy of Credit, upon oath personally appeared before William Davis a justice of the peace in & for said County & made oath that they are well acquainted with Fanny Hansbrough widow of John Hansbrough decd a revolutionary pensioner the said Fanny being now an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of Feby 3d 1850, that they have Known the said Fanny for many years that she & the said John Hansbrough lived together in this community for many years as Man and Wife, that the said Fanny has never Married since the death of the said John and still remains his widow
Wm Vance
Tho. B. White

Sworn to & subscribed before the subscriber a justice of the peace for said County the day & year above written
Wm Davis J.P.

Hampshire County, Virginia, Set
I John B White Clerk of the County Court of Hampshire in the State of Virginia do certify that William Davis Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County & State duly commissioned and sworn & that his name thereunto subscribed is his genuine signature. Witness my hand and the seal of said County Court this 10" November 1853 John B White
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Fanny Hansbrough
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Virginia Culpepper County to wit
This day Ellen Hardyman and John Smith persons of lawful age, worthy of credit upon oath and disinterested personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County and Made oath that they were were present at the Marriage of John Hansbrough (late a revolutionary pensioner) with Fanny Kobler & that said Marriage was celebrated by the Revd John Woodville in the said County of Culpepper in the fall of 1820 Given under my hand this 5th day of September 1853
Tho D Hansbrough J.P.

Virginia Culpeper County set: I Fayette Mauzy clerk of the county court of said county certify that Thomas D Hansbroughs inclosed genuine signature appears above was at the time a justice of the peace of said county
Witness my hand & the
seal of said court this
6th day of September 1853
F Mauzy cc
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L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

Fanny Hansbrough
wid
John
Re 3d M 55. - No 1. 1798
Ad 3 [illegible] " 47

[stamp 1]
FREE

[stamp 2]
ROMNEY
JUL
14
VA
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Romney, Hampshire County, Va
Juy 13' 1855

D. Sir
Yours of date June 30'/55 informing us of the examination and suspension of the claim of Mrs Fanny Hansbrough for bounty land, is received - The reason, given, for the suspension of this claim, by you, is that "The revolutionary services of John Hansbrough the husband of the applicant does not appear of record in this office".- We would respectfully say, in reply to yours, that there certainly must have been a mistake made in the examination of a record evidence of the service aforesaid - as John Hansbrough, for a long time before his death received a pension for revolutionary services, and at this time, his widow the applicant Fanny Hansbrough, holds a certificate of pension and regularly receives a certain sum for the services of her husband - Be kind enough again to refer to the record in pension office - and if any thing else is wanting for the furtherance of this claim let us know.
In haste
very respectfully
Streit & White

No of F. Hansbrough's application as stated in 17.798
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Treasury Department,
Third Auditor's Office,
November 10th, 1855.

Gentlemen:

With regard to your Application in relation to the case of John Hansbrough, a Revolutionary Soldier, I have to inform you that it appears from the Books of this Office that he was a pensioner and the pension due to him at the time of his death has been paid in full. ~
Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt
Robr J Atkinson
Auditor.

Misters Streit & White
Attorneys at Law,
Romney,
Virginia.
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DEPARTMENT
OF THE
INTERIOR
19
PENSION OFFICE
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Treasury Department,
Third Auditor's Office,
May 17 1866.

Sir,
In reply to your inquiry of the 16" inst. I have to inform you that the pension of Mrs Fanny Hansbrough, (on the Richmond Va roll under 2" sec. of Act 3" Feby '53) appears by the books of this Office to have been last paid to March 1861.
Very Respectfully
A M Gangewer
Acting Auditor

Hon Jas. H. Barrett
Com'r of Pensions

J.I.H. H.K.R.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
MAY 11 1869
PENSION OFFICE.
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Romney, Hampshire County West Va
May 8" 1869

Honl Comr of Pensions

Dr Sir
I enclose Mrs Fanny Hansbroughs Application for increase of Pension under act July 27" 1868, Also her former certificate No 2747 Restoration under act Feby 3d 1853.
Please send the New Certificate for increase to me here,
Respy &c
C S White
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Fanny Hansbrough
Boynton
dec and
Statement be
given

Presented by
Jn B Sherrard
Romney
W Va
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State of West Virginia
County of Hampshire} SS
On this 11th day of April 1866 personally appeared before me Charles M Taylor Clerk of the Circuit Court in said County & state, the same being a court of record James W Cropp & Jacob P Ridenour & William Cherry residents of Romney West Virginia, persons Whom I certify to be respectable & entitled to Credit, and who being by me duly sworn, Say, that they live near to, and are well acquainted with Mrs Fanny Hansbrough, and that although they have visited the family with whom she resides frequently they have never heard her express any sympathy for the rebels or their case, & further that they believe by reason of her advanced age & great infirmities of body & mind that she is entirely incapable of giving the rebels aid in any manner whatever. and they further Swear that for the same reasons, she has not been able, for the last five years, to provide her own Subsistence, but that it has been furnished by her son with whom she resided for many years; and they further swear that they have no interest in the prosecution of the claim.
This affidavit is made in support of Mrs Fanny Hansbrough's application made for the purpose of securing a restoration of her name to the pension rolls &c.
Witness. J M Snyder} James W Cropp
CS White} Jacob. P. Ridenour
Wm Cherry
x his mark
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 11th day of April AD 1866, and I hereby that I have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim
In testimony whereof
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I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of Said Court the day and year first above written
Chas M Taylor clk
ct. ct Hamp Co WVa
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Application of
Fanny Hansbrough
for
Increase of Pension
Under act of July 27. 1868

[stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
MAY 11 1869
PENSION OFFICE
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State of West Va Hampshire Co SS.

On this 7" day of May 1869 personally appeared before me Daniel Mytinger a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid in said State Mrs Fanny Hansbrough aged Ninety four years a resident of the County of Hampshire in the State aforesaid who being duly Sworn according to law declares that she is the identical Fanny Hansbrough to whom was granted Pension Certificate No"2947 Restoration" payable at the Agency at Richmond and dated 24" day of May 1866. at the rate of thirty dollars per annum under 2d Section of Act of Feby 3. 1853 that she makes this declaration in order to obtain the increase of her pension to which she is entitled under the 13th Section of the act of July 27. 1868.
Fanny Hansbrough
x her mark
My Post Office address is
Romney, Hampshire County, West Va.
Care C S White,

Also personally appeared C S White and Sarah C Hannas residents of Hampshire County WVa persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being by me duly sworn say, that they were present and saw Fanny Hansbrough make her mark to the foregoing declaration and they further swear that they have every reason to believe from the Appearance of the Applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
Signature of 1 C S White
Witness 2 Sarah C Hannas

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7" day of May 1869 and I certify that I read over & explained to Mrs Fanny Hansbrough the above declaration before she signed it and that I have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim
Danl Mytinger JPeace
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State of West Virginia
County of Hampshire} SS
I Charles M Taylor Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby Certify that Daniel Mytinger is a justice of the peace in & for said County and State duly commissioned and qualified, that his Commission was dated on the 16" day of January 1869 and will expire on the 1st day of January 1871 and that his Signature herein before written is genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of Said Court at Romney this 8" day of May 1869
C M Taylor Clerk
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Fanny Hansbrough

Presented by
Jn B Sherrard
Romney
Hampshire Co
West Va

[stamp]
DEPARTMENT
OF THE
INTERIOR
Mar 28 1869
PENSION OFFICE
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State of Virginia
County of Hampshire} SS

On this 22nd day of March One Thousand Eight Hundred & Six six, personally appeared before me Charles M Taylor Clerk of the Circuit Court in Said County & State, the same being a court of record, Fanny Hansbrough aged 84 years, a resident of Hampshire County in the State of West Virginia who, being duly Sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Fanny Hansbrough who was a pensioner on the roll of the Agency at Richmond Virginia, and whose pension Certificate is herewith returned; that She has resided since the first day of January A D 1861 near the town of Romney in Said County & State; that during this period being too old & infirm to labor her Subsistence has been furnished by her son John Hansbrough with whom She has resided; and that She has not in any manner encouraged the rebels, or manifested a sympathy with their cause; And that she was last paid her pension on the 4" day of March 1861.
This application is made for the purpose of Securing a restoration of her name to the pension rolls, and of obtaining a new pension Certificate Such as she may be entitled to under existing laws reference being made to the evidence heretofore filed in the Pension Office to substantiate her original Claim 
Fanny Hansbrough
x her mark
Also personally appeared Charles Everett and Joseph Carder residents of Hampshire County & state of West Virginia, persons whom I certify to be 
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I Fanny Hansbrough do solemnly swear in the presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support protect & defend the Constitution of the United States & The Union of the States thereunder: that I will in like manner abide by & faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves. So help me God.
Fanny Hansbrough
x her mark
Witness}
Joseph Carder
Charles Everitt
Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 22nd day of March 1866 & 
Charles M Taylor Clerk
of the Circuit Court for Hampshire
County West. Virginia
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respectable & entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn Say that they were present and Saw Fanny Hansbrough make her mark to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be & further that we are well acquainted with Fanny Hansbrough & that we Know that she is still the widow of John Hansbrough and they further swear that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim. I further certify that the contents of the foregoing application was read to the applicant, Fanny Hansbrough.
Charles Everitt
Joseph Carder

Sworn to and Subscribed before me, this 22nd day of March AD 1846; and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim. In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto written my name and affixed the seal of my Office at Romney West Virginia.
Charles M Taylor Clerk
of the Circuit Court of
Hampshire Co W-Va