Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 790, Leonard Fite, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                                            NUMBER                                                      
New Jersey       Fite, Leonard            W 790
                                 Peggy               B.L.wt 26409-160-55
                             or Margareth
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7109
Tennessee (west)
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Leonard Fite
of Smith Co in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Hazlett of the Regt. commanded
by Col McCoy in the N. J. Ma.
line for 13 mo
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Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee
the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of March
1833 and Sent to
Hon: Wm Hall  H of Reps
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833           $86.66
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 $21.66
                                                              $108.32

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W.L. Williams Clerk,
Book   2  Vol. 7    Page 78


See letter to J Fite Nov. 2d 1836
do to Hon B. Payton Nov. 7, 1836
do to Hon. J. B. Forester & P. Agt
Dec. 26. 1836 - do to 1 Apr. 11th
April 1837
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122.736   Aol-May 3/??
No 26409 of May 26/56
May 7/53
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Peggy Fite
widow of 
Leonard Fite, Priv.
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Revolutionary War
Rec. Pension
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Tenn. Feb 48 - 2003
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WilbDaC May 23d/56
BV?????
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Smith & Jones
Nashville
Tenn

Cir Smith & Jones Jany 30/56
Vol. F.52.
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2003
Tennessee Nashville
Peggy Fite
widow of Leonard Fite
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private NJ Line
Incd from $26,66
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
43 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
1 day of June 1849
and sent to
Wm E Jones
Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under
February 2, 1848,  Page 290   Vol. 3

Date of death not on AB
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State of Tennessee ⎬ On this the 27 of November in the
Smith County ⎬ year of our Lord 1832 personly[sic] appeared
in open Court before David Hogg William C. Garrison
& Solomon Delany Justices of the peace, now holding
Court for the County aforesaid, Leonard Fite a resident
of the County & State aforesaid age 72 years who being
first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832 and served
as herein stated, to wit
He volunteered under the command of Capt John Hazlett
in Sussex County State of New Jersey where him and his
Capt were both Living at that time, marched from thence
to Perth Amboy - where they remained in service two months
during which time they built what is called the Amboy
breast works, or store battery, at the expiration of the Two
months time, he was dismissed by his officers and came home
He was then drafted under the command of Capt James
Anderson and marched with him to Perth Amboy and
after arriving there he was sent up the East River as one of the
Centinals[sic] during his service as a centinal[sic] the
British were laying on Strattens Island. Every evening
they could hear them relieve their sentinals, while he
remaind in Ambay after being relieved as a centinal[sic]
the British fired from the Island a few seconds at them
and one thing he very well recollects-- that a cannon ball
fell not fore[sic] distant from him, and he went and picked
up the ball, it was verry hot and burned his hands
in this Tour he was out two months- and was dismissed as
above--
he was again drafted under Capt Anderson and marched with
him to South Amboy where we remained two months
the only circumstance worthy of notice in this Tour was
one of the British ships, giving chase to one of ours 
become misguided in her chase and ran headway clear
up in a sandbar-- Seeing they were in our reach
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the new[sic] they would be defeated, and in consequence of
which they set fire to their own magazine and blew it up
he was then dismissed and came home
He was then drafted under Capt Joseph Mackey and marched
with him to the many Cinques, against the miony Indians
who were at that time on the Delaware river, in this
Tour we made our head quarters at one Colo Rosequences
where we remained two months- and were dismissed and came
home - He was then drafted under a Capt, whoes[sic] name
he cannot recollect to go to Monmoth, they started and
got within a half days journey of the place when the Battle
Came on, in this battle the americans were successfull
after the Battle, a great many of our men killed themselves
by drinking two[sic] freely at the Monmoth Springs-
he was in this tour two months-
He was then drafted under the command of Major
Robt Hoops & Colo McCinny to march against the
Torys, that were supposed to be at that time at a little
Lake called Green Pond, or Mananca chunk in this Town
nothing worthy of Notice occured[sic]. he was in this tour
One month
He was then ordered out to guard three prisoners, whoes[sic]
names. William White Capt. Mack and Matthew
Lowry he guarded them from Sussex County aforsaid[sic]
to head quarters which was at that time held at Elizabeth
Town, he was out on this tour one month-
He was then ordered on bord[sic] of a Barge: and sent from
Susex[sic] County to Philladelphia with a Barge Load of
guns &C &C. in this tour he was in service one month
He was in the general retreat of New Jersey and was
at the Cutting down the Maritime Bridge, and assisted in
that act-  He hereby relinquishes being claim to a
He has no documentary evidence of his service and
Knows of no person now living whoes[sic] testimony he can
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procure who can testify to the Same Except John Tate
whose certificate is annexed to this declaration
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or
annuity whatever Except the present, and declares that
his name is not on the pension all of the agency of any
State or Territory in the United States-

The Court propounded the following questions
Question 1st  where & in what year was you born
Answer.  I was born in the State of New Jersey Sussex County
the 1st day of February 1760 -
q2.   have any record of your age and if so where is it
a.  my age is recorded & to be found in the Church
Book of Greenwich Church, near the Easton in
the County aforesaid, where is recorded the age of several
my family-- I have seen it frequently in my life
q3rd where were you living when called into service where
have you lived since and where do you now live
a.  I left Sussex County immediately after the close of
the ware[sic]. I moved to Northampton County Pensylvania[sic]
where I remained about 5 or 6 years when
I moved to the State of North Carolina Lincoln
County where I remained about 9 years when I
moved to this County where I now live and have
lived ever since
the 4th & 5th interagatorys[sic] are ended & explained
in the foregoing declaration
q. 6th.  did you ever receive any discharge of your service
and if so by whom was it given and what has become
of it
as.  I did receive discharges from the different officers
under whom I served, but they are all lost or mislayed[sic]
so that I cannot command one of them
q 7th State the Names of the persons to whom you are known
your present neighbourhood, who can testify to your
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Character for veracity and good behavior and your services
as a soldier of the Revolution
ans.  Revd.  [signed]  Leonard Fite
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
We [signed]  J Pickett Clk
[signed] Cantrel Butrel  a Clergiman[sic] residing in the
County & State aforesaid & William C. Garrison residing in
the same do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Leonard Fite whoes[sic] name is to the above declaration
that we believe him to be a man 72 years of age that he
is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides
to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we
concur in that opinion. Sworn to the day & year aforsaid[sic]
Sworn to in open Court the 27th
Nov 1832. [signed]  J Beckett clk
[signed]  Wm. C. Garrison
[signed]  Cantrell Bethell
I John Fite a resident of the County & State aforsaid[sic]
do hereby certify that I was an eye witness to the most
of the facts contained in the foregoing declaration and
that they are substantially true as stated in the same
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforsaid[sic]

[signed]  J Pickett Clk    [signed]  John Fite

and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after their
investigation of the matter, and after putting the interogatories
presented of 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 Cantrel Bethel who has signed the foregoing
Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the said County of
Smith & that William C. Garrison who has also signed
said Certificate is also a resident of said County and are
credible persons, and that the statement is entitled to
Credit
[signed]  John Chambers Chairman
Smith County Court
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21054
Leonard Fite
from-Private
13 months. $43.33/100
admit 13mo

Hon W Hall
H.R
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BRIEF is the case of Leonard Fite
County of Smith in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
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.volunteer

Period.    Duration of Service.   Rank   Names of General and Field 
               Years, Months, Days             Officers under whom he served
volunteered   -     2          -       private   Capt John Hazlett in Jersey troops
drafted           -     2          -          "           "  James Anderson
   "                  -     2          -          "            "         ditto
   "                  -     2          -          "            "  Joseph Muckey
   "                  -     2          -          "           not recollected
   "                  -     1          -          "           Col McCinney
ordered out   -      1         -          "            Major Robt Hoops
   "                  -      1         -                        guarding prisoners
                                                  Benjamin  transporting [?????]  &c
5. In what battles was he engaged?
not any
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Sussex Coy. New Jersey
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? a living witness and traditionary evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
not properly attached
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
[signed] Chas G Wilcox Examining Clerk
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28th July 1833
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State of Tennessee ⎬ 
DeKalb County      }
On this 31st day of August in the year one thousand Eight hundred and forty four personally Appeared Before me Leonard F Moore an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Dekalb Mrs Margaret Alias Peggy Fite A Resident of Said County Aged Eighty three years who being first duly Sworn
According to Law - Doth on her Oath make the
following Declaration in order to Obtain the
Benefit of the Provision made by the Acts
of Congress passed July 7th 1838 and 23rd August 1842 and 3rd March 1843 and 7th June 1844 Granting half pay and pensions to widows of Pensioners who served during the Revolutionary War, that she is the widow of Leonard Fite Deceased who was a pensioner of the United at the Rate of forty three Dollars and 33 cents per anum [annum] And Drew his pension in Nashvil [Nashville] Tenesse [Tennessee] for Services rendered during the Revolutionary War
She further declares that she was married
to the said Leonard Fite in Oxford County
State of Newjersey on the 12th Day of April
Seventeen hundred Eighty one and that her husband the said Leonard Fite died on the 22d day of March Eighteen hundred and forty two since which time this Declarent has not intermarried but continues the widow of him the said Leonard Fite and this declarent further states that she has the Documentary or record proof in support of her Claim Except the certificate of John Frederick Ernest A Minister of the gospel of the Lutheran Church shewing that herself and her husband were members of
his Church and were recognized as husband and wife
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in said church and which said certificate written in the English and German Languages was given to them previous to the Removal from that State which said Certificate is hereto attached Sworn to and subscribed Before me this Day and Date above written
             her
Margaret  X  Alias Peggy Fite.  {seal}
               Mark

State of Tennessee
DeKalb County ⎬ I Leonard F. Moore one of the
Acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County Do hereby certify that I am personally well acquired with Mrs Margaret Alias Peggy Fite widow of Leonard Fite decd who has this day Appeared before me and made Oath to the above Declaration Before me that she is a woman of truth and Veracity that full faith and credit are due and of Right ought to be given to her statements and I further certify that from old age and Bodily infirmity she is not able to attend at the Court house of her County in order to make this Declaration in open Court in testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand affix
my seal this 31st day August 1844 Leonard F. Moore. {seal}
J.P. for DeKalb County
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11-3-23
Peggy Fite
Ten
act of July 38
m 87. d 42
Rejected
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State of Tennessee } 
DeKalb County   }
I Leonard F Moore one of the Acting Justices of the peace in and for said County Do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs Margareth alias Peggy Fite Widow of Leonard Fite deceased who has this day appeared before me and made Oath to the above Declaration before me that she is a woman of truth and verasity [veracity] that full faith and credit are due and of right ought to be given to her statements and I further Certify that from old age and bodily infirmity she is not able to attend at the Court house of her County in order to make this Declaration in Open Court in testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal this 31 day of August 1844

Leonard F. Moore.      {seal}
Justis of the peace

State of Tennessee Dekalb County
I Wm B. Laurence Clerk of DeKalb County Court hereby certify that Leonard F. Moore whose name appears to the above certificate was at the time the certificate bears date and is now an acting Justice of the Peace for my County duly commissioned and qualified as the law directs
and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
Seal of Office in SmithVille
the 3d day of September 1844
and the 69 year of American Independence
Wm B Laurence Clk
of Dekalb County Court
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122736

DECLARATION OF
Mrs. Peggy Fite
Widow of Leonard Fite
FOR BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 8, 1855.
Nashville 30th April 55
Sir:
If after examination (illegible) be allowed, please forward to us.
Very Respectfully
Smith & Jones
L. P. Waldo, Esq.
(illegible)

SMITH & JONES Agents,
Nashville, Tennessee
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BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
FORM OF DECLARATION FOR WIDOW OF A DECEASED OFFICER OR SOLDIER
State of Tennessee, County of Smith on this fourteenth day of April 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, Peggy Fite aged ninety four years, a resident of Smith County in the State of Tennessee, who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the widow of Leonard Fite, deceased, who was a Private in the Revolutionary War in the (not known) Regiment of (not known) commanded by (not known) in the war with England declared by the United States on the (not known).
That her said husband not known at not known on or about the (not known) and continued in actual service in said war for the term of (not known) and was honorably discharged at (not known) on the (not known) day of (not known) A. D. (not known)
She further states that she was married to the said Leonard Fite in State of New Jersey on the (not known) day of not known A. D., 1780 by one (illegible) a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Peggy Crose, that her said husband died at Alexandria in Dekalb County on the latter part of March A. D., 1842 and that she is now a widow as stated in her formal declaration of Pension to which She now refers.
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, "She further declares she's a Pensioner at the rate of $43.33 under act 2nd July (illegible)
(illegible)
Peggy Fite
We, S. M. Washburn and V. E. Smith, residents of Smith County in the State of Tennessee upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Peggy Fite 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 and that I have no interest in this claim.
John Hall J. P.
J P of Smith County

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington City
SIR: I request that my claim to Bounty Land, under the Act of Congress, passed March 3, 1855, be examined, and if I am entitled to Land, that the Warrant or Certificate therefor (therefore) be sent to SMITH & JONES, at Nashville, Tennessee, who I hereby constitute my Attorney in fact for that purpose and for by benefit.
Acknowledged before me, the 11 day of A. D. 1855
(illegible) Hall J. P.            Peggy Fite

I William V. R. Hallum, Clerk of the County Court of said County, do hereby certify that John Hall, Esq., whose signature appears to the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment, is, and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Just of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the signatures thereto, purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office, this 23 day of April 1835
(illegible) Clerk
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August 26, 1932

Leonard Fite-W.790
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/EEL

Mrs. Q. M. Smith
Tennessee Polytechnic Institute
Cookeville, Tennessee

Dear Madam:

I
his as
Wrote
Missilson
had
Written
it

Mr. Sam Jared, this city, has requested, in your behalf, the record of one Leonard Fite, of Smith or Dekalb County, Tennessee, a Revolutionary War soldier.

The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.790, based upon service of Leonard Fite.

Leonard Fite was born February 1, 1760, in Sussex County, New Jersey. His birth was recorded on the church book of Greenwich in
said Sussex County.

While residing in Sussex County, New Jersey, he volunteered and served on alarms on short tours of from one to two months each about 
thirteen months in all, as a private under Captains John Hazlet, James Anderson and Joseph Mackay, and Colonel McGinney in the New Jersey Troops. No dates are given for any of the above services.

Immediately after the Revolution, he left Sussex County, New Jersey, and moved to Northampton County, Pennsylvania, remained there five or six years; then moved to Lincoln County, North Carolina, where he remained nine years; thence to Smith County, Tennessee, of 
which county he was a resident when he was allowed pension on his application executed November 27, 1832.

He died March 22, 1842, at Alexandria, De Kalb County, Tennessee.

The soldier married in 1780, or April 12, 1781 or 1782 ( all of these dates appear in the claim, in Oxford, New Jersey, Margareth or Peggy Crose.

Soldier's widow, Peggy, was allowed pension on her application

[Notes in the margins:]
I wrote this ag. Mis Wilson had written it

Could not idenetify Col. McGinney or Capt Hazlet

I said Oxford N.J. because I could not find that 
there had ever been an Oxford Co
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executed August 31, 1844, while residing in De Kalb County, Tennessee.  At that time she stated that she was aged eighty-three
years; in 1848, she stated that she was aged eighty years; in 1849, eighty-five years and in 1855, ninety four years. No explanation was made for these discrepancies in age.

[hand written between paragraphs:   'BL. 4/14/55  Smith co N94']

In 1844, son Moses Hite was aged forty-four years and resided in DeKalb County, Tennessee.

In same year, soldier's sister, Christeena Lamberson, was aged eighty-eight years and resided in De Kalb County, Tennessee.

In 1832, one John Fite resided in Smith County, Tennessee, and in 1844, one Jacob Fite was postmaster at Alexandria, Tennessee; no
relationship of John or Jacob Fite to the family shown.
[hand-written between paragraphs:  '1848 John Armenus Fite {illegible} Wilson Co Tenn]

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

[notes in margin:]
Date of widow's death not on AB

84-1c OK Wilson Co Tenn

[illegible note ]
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[left column, much of left side cut off:]
---sold personal 
---Moore
---ville, N.C. LMB
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99.
C.C. Fite, N.Y. City

99
Mrs M F Robertson
Lebanon, Tenn
16' 99 to above (Dup)

Sept 5 '199
Miss M Fell
Lebanon Tenn

1904 Aug. 10. Dr C.C. Fite
N.Y. data as to birth etc
& service.  

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1932-Aug 26 {rest illegible}
Letter returned to Mr Jared 
1940 - Mar 1 - Hist to 
1921 Apl. 26 Hist to Mrs. John V. Dowdy ec

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WIDOW, & c.
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File No. 790
Peggy. Fite
Widow
Leonard Fite.
Priv. Rev. War
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Act:___Feb 2, 1848.
Index: --Vol.__A__, Page 236
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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May
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6559
Tennessee Nashville
Peggy Fite
widow of Leonard
who was a private in the N. Jersey Line
Inc. from $26.66
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 43 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
1 day of June 1849 and sent to 
Wm. E. Jones
(illegible)
(Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.)
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 191.
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6559
Nashville
Tennessee
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Peggy Fite,
widow of Leonard Fite
who was a Private
in the N. Jersey Line
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
26 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
28 day of Dec. 1844
and sent to Jacob Fite Esq
Alexandria
Tenn
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[Act of March 3, 1843.]
and June 17 1844

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 191.

see letter to J. Fite, Feb. 3. 1845.
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Let. to Hon. C. Morehead
March 16, 49


2113 Nashville
Tennessee
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Peggy Fite
widow of Leonard Fite
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
26 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
12th day of Sept 48
and sent to Smith & Kendrick
Nashville
Tenn
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848,, Page 290 Vol. 3
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Fite, Leanord
 (N.J.)  W-790
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L/W 
This is to certify that Leonard Fite and his Wife Margaret, late of Allentownship Northampton County, Pennsylvania, have been communicating Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the said place, and are therefore to be regarded and taken into communion as such. The Lord guide & keep them & theirs in the true path to eternal Life  Witness my hand & seal the 27th of October AD. 1787. John Frederick East Minister of the Gospel . 
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DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress, of 2d February, 1848, entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF Tennessee
Wilson COUNTY, SS. 
On this 22 day of July 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the State and County aforesaid, Peggy Fite a resident of Tennessee in the County of Wilson aged about eighty fore 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 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War --That she is the widow of Leonard Fite (deceased) who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Col. and that she drew a pension of Twenty six 66/100 dollars per annum, under the Act of 17th June, 1844.  She further declares that she is still a widow. 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me, Peggy Fine her X mark Isham S. Green JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. 
John Armenus Fite witness 
STATE OF Tennessee, Wilson COUNTY: -Sct 
I, Isham S Green a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Peggy Fite, the above declarant, is personally known to me.   Given under my hand this 22 day of July  1848
Isham S Green Justice of the Peace

State of Tennessee
Wilson County
I, Josiah S McClain Clerk of the County Court of said County, hereby certify that Isham S Green whose name appears signed to the foregoing affidavit and certificate is, and was at the time of signing the same , an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as such according to law, and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, at office, in the Town of Lebanon this 22nd day of July 1848 J.S. McClam 
Clerk of Wilson County Court
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State of Tennesee
Dekalb County ⎬ I Leonard Moore one of of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the said
County Do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Moses Fite who has this day
Appeared and made oath to the above- Affidavit before me that he is a man of truth
and veracity that full faith and Credit are due and of a rite [right] ought to be given to his statements in testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal this ['Day and Date' crossed out] 2nd day of September 1844

Leonard F Moore {seal}
Justices of the peace

State of Tennessee Dekalb County
I Wm B. Laurence Clerk of Dekalb County Court hereby certify that Leonard F Moore whose
name appears to the above certificate was at the time the certificate bears date and is now an
acting Justice of the Peace for my County duly
commissioned and qualified as the Law directs
and that full faith and credit are due to his official act as such.

In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed my seal of office in
Smithville the 3d day of September
1844 and the 69 year of American Independence

Wm B. Laurence Clk
of  DeKalb County Court
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State of Tennessee
DeKalb County ⎬  On this 2nd day of September 1844 personally appeared before me Leonard F Moore an acting Justice of of the peace in and for said County Moses Fite a Resident of said County aged forty four years and makes Oath in due form of Law that he was well acquainted with Leonard Fite Decd and his wife Margareth alious [alias] Peggy Fi8te that the said Leonard Fite was a father to this Affiant
that he said Leonard Fite and Margareth Alious [alias] Peggy Fite was legally Maried [married] 12th of April 1781- as appears by an entry in his old family bible Ritten [written] in his own proper hand writing which Old bible I have known in his possesion ever since.  I was a boy up to his death at which time it was given to me this affiant further state that the said Leonard Fite was ['a Pensioner' crossed out] Previous to his death a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Forty three Dollars thirty three cents and that he died on the 22nd day of March 1842 that at the time of his death he lived in the neighbourhood and that since the death of the said Leonard Fite his widow the said Margareth Alous [alias] Peggy Fite has not Married but still remains the widow of him the said Leonard Fite Decd. Sworn to and subscribed to before me this Date above written

Moses Fite. {seal}

Leonard F Moore {seal}
Justis [Justice] of the peace
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State of Tennese ⎬ 
DeKalb County ⎬On this 31st day of august 1844 Personally appeared Before me Leonard F Moore one of the Acting Justices of the peace in and for said County Christeena Lamberson Aged Eighty Eight years and maketh oath in
due form of Law that she was well acquainted
with Leonard Fite Decd and his wife Margareth
Alous [alias] Peggy Fite that the said Leonard
Fite was a Brother of this Affiant that he the said Leonard and Margarethe Alious [alias] Peggy Fite was legally Maried [married] as she was informed by several of the persons who told her they were at the wedding and saw them Maried [married] as- and he said Leonard Fite and Margaret Alious [alias]  Peggy Fite and his father say they were married she Living 15 Mils Distant was not at the wedding and that they lived together as husband and wife for upwards of sixty years was married in the County of Oxford State of New Jersey - this Affiant further states that the said Leonard- Fite was previous to his Death a pensioner of the United States at the Rate of forty three Dollars thirty three cents per annum  that he died on the 22d day of March 1842 that at the time of his death he lived in the neighbourhood and that since the Death of the said Leonard Fite his widow the said Margareth Alious [alias] Peggy Fite has not intermarried but still remains the widow of him the said Leonard Fite Decd  Sworn to and subscribed before me this 31st day of August 1844

                her
Christina  X  Lamber ℗
              Mark

Leonard F. Moore {seal}l
J.P. for Dekalb County
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'-
State of Tennessee
DeKalb County ⎬ I Leonard Moore one of the
Acting Justices of the peace in and for the said County Do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Christena Lamberson who has this day Appeared and made Oath to the above Affidavit Before me that she is a woman of truth And varasity [veracity] that full faith and credit
are Due and of right ought to be given to her -
Statements in testimony whereof I hereunto set
my hand and Affix my seal this 31st day of
August 1844

Leonard F Moore {seal}
Justis [Justice]of the peace
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State of Tennessee  -  Dekalb County
I Wm B. Laurence Clerk of Dekalb County Court hereby certify that Leonard F Moore whose
name appears to the within Probate or before whom the Proof was taken was at the time the proof bears date and is now an acting Justice of the Peace for my County duly commissioned and qualified as the Law directs and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office in Smithville the 3d day of September 1844 and in the 69
year of American Independence

Wm B Laurence Clk
of Dekalb County Court
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Leonard Fite
21054

Hon W Hall
of Tennessee
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State of Tennessee
Smith County.  } 
I Jonathan Pickett Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Leonard File for a Pension

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office
in Carthage, this 12th day of December 1832 and 57th year of Our Independence

J. Pickett Clk
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Liberty T.
Oct 11

V Oct 24
Mo Fite
Leond Fite
N Tenn roll

Free

J.L. Edwards Pension Agent
Washington City D.C.
---
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State of Tennesee Canon [Cannon] County tw
Dr Sir you will see that the riter [writer] of the enclosed certificates made an omision [omission]  in saying Canon [Cannon] County and not stating formerly Smith County he had to
interline which we hope will not be objectionable but if it should be such as will need Correction or proof, please refer to Hon Baly Paton or John B [illegible] when assembled as Rept in Congress [illegible].

your obt
John Fite
Leonard Fite            Pensioner

J.L. Edwards
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11.323
Sept 19, 1844

Alexandria and
September 7th. }.  Tn

Tenn
July 7, 1838
Peggy Fite

Edwards Pension Agent
Washington D.C
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Alexandria Tenn Sept 7th 1844
Sir I herein Enclose the Declaration of Mrs Margareth Commonly Cald [called] Peggy Fite
with the proff [proof] considered necessary to allow her a small pension should there be a
Lack or an objectional informality so that it cant pass- pleas[e] Rite [write] me soon and it will be supplied or corrected She is worthy for whom it is Asked your obt Servant
Jacob Fite P. Master
Alexandria Tennessee
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Alexandria Te
Dec 11th

Dec 23d 44
Tenn.

FREE


J.L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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Alexandria Ten. Decr. 10th 1844

J.L. Edwards Esq

Dear Sir
Yours of the 23rd ultimo is to hand informing me that in the case of Peggy Fite the proof of marriage is satisfactory; but that on reference to her husbands papers he could not have served more than 8 months as the New Jersey Militia served in monthly tours by rotation of 8 Classes.  I have no doubt the facts of the service as stated in Leonard Fites papers are correct, but have no means of explaining this seeming inconsistency alluded to by you.

You further remark that "She may be allowed for 8 months service under the acts of the 3d March 1843 and 19th June 1844, but as the act of the 30th April last inhibits the allowance of a pension to a widow for the same time her husband received one she is not entitled under the act of July 7th 1838".  She did not expect
to receive for the time her husband had
drawn previous to his death, but only since
his decease, which time is shown in her
declaration & by the return of her husbands
(Leonard Fites) original certificate issued to him
You will therefore please issue to her a
Certificate for 8 months service as indicated in your letter & forward to me.

Verry Respectfully
Your Obt St
Jacob Fite
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State of Tennessee Wilson County Set

On this the 24th day of October 1848 Before me Isham S. Green an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Personally Appeared Peggy Fite a resident of the County of Wilson and State of Tennessee aged about eighty four years who after being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act 2nd February 1848 & Resolution of 1st July 1848 of Congress granting and continuing allowances as pensions to certain widows of officers and soldiers of the Revolution To wit:
That she is the widow of Leonard Fite deceased who was as she verily believes a private in the Army of the Revolution and in consequence of his service therein was allowed a pension under the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 at the rate of $43.33 per annum That she was married to her said husband previous to the first
day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four and for the proof of which she most respectfully asks have to refer to the evidence on file in the office of the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions which was made by her in order that she might obtain Pensions under the act of
Congress passed 3d March 1843 & 17th June 1844.     The allowance under which laws were made her only at the rate of $26.66 per annum 
She further declares that she is still a widow
never having intermarried since the death of her
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said husband.  That she now believing herself entitled to a pension during her life at the rate
of $43.33 per annum under the two first mentioned laws in this Declaration most respectfully asks the Hon Commissioner of Pensions to cause the allowance to be made and the certificate of Pension which may
issue as evidence thereof to be enclosed to her Attorney Isaac N Trabue of Frankfort Kentucky and with him only and such others as he may authorise does she wish the Hon Commisioner of Pensions to hold correspondence in reference to her said claim

          her
Peggy  X  Fite
         mark

Sworn to and subscribed before
me on the day and year afsd
Isham SH. Green J P

I the Just subscribed magistrate certify that the
foregoing Declarant is personally known to me
and known to be the widow of Leonard Fite
deceased late of Wilson County Tennessee who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 at the rate of $43.33 per annum. 
 That she is the same Individual who drew a pension under the act of Congress passed 3d March 1843 & 17th June 1844 at the rate of $26.66 per annum & that she has not married
since the death of her said husband and that she is a lady of the first respectability unto all of whose statements the fullest faith and credit should
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be given

In testimony whereof I have hereunto  subscribed my name on this 29th day of October 1848

Isham S. Green J.P.
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Admd acts

43444
'48
at $43.33 per annum
dedy former payts
at $26.66 per an


Wm E Jones
Present,
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State of Tennessee ⎬ 
Wilson County ⎬On this the 9th day of May 1849 personally appeared before the undersigned and acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County Mrs Peggy - Fite a resident of said County age eighty five years who on her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Joint resolutions of Congress of the 1st day of July 1848 that she is the Widow of Leonard Fite decd who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of forty three dollars and 33 cents
per annum and drew his pension in Nashville
Tennessee for services rendered during the
Revolutionary War She further declares that she
was married to the said Leonard Fite on about the 12th day of April Seventeen hundred and Eighty two  as stated in his first declaration that her Husband the said Leonard Fite died on the 22nd day of March 1842 that since his death she has not intermarried but still remains his
widow that she is the identical Peggy - Fite
who heretofore applied for and was allowed a Pension at the rate of $26.66/100 per annum in rights of her said husband under act of Congress of the 3d day of March 1843 & 17th day of June 1844 &c which Pension she has regularly received that she now makes
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claims by virtue of said joint resolution an increase of her pension from the amount
which she now receives to the original amount
allowed said amounts which has been withheld 
from her from the 4th of March 1843 to the 4 of
March 1844 under act of the 3rd of March 1843 and from 4th of March 1844 to 4th of March 1848 under act of the 17 of June 1844 and from 4th of March 1848 to the 4th of March 1849 under act of [illegible] the 2nd day February 1848 and to be continued at the same rate of Pension that her Husband received during life

Sworn to and subscribed before
me the date above written
Isham H. Green (J.P.).       
            her
 Peggy.   X.  Fite 
          mark

State of Tennessee
Wilson County ⎬ I Isham S. Green an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County do
hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs Peggy Fite who has this day appeared and made oath in due form of Law to the forgoing declaration before me that she is a woman of truth and veracity and that full faith and credit is due and of right ought to be given to her statements & I also certify that she is a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $26.66 per year that from old age and bodily infirmity she is not able to attend at the Court House of her County in order to make this declaration in open Court given under my hand this the 9th day of. May 1849. Isham S. Green (J.P.)
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State of Tennessee
Wilson County.  }
I Josiah S. McClain Clerk of the County Court in and for said Wilson County do hereby certify that Isham S Green whose name is Signed officially to the within declaration and Certificate is and was at the time of signing the
same an acting Justice of the peace in and
County duly commissioned and qualified
that the Signatures thereto purporting to be his is genuine

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal of office at office this 11th day of May 1849
J. S. McClain Clk
of Wilson County Court
[seal afixed on left]
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State of Tennessee Wilson County Set
On this the 24th day of October 1848
Before me Isham S. Green an acting Justice 
of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally Appeared Peggy Fite
a resident of the County of Wilson and State aforesaid who after being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Resolution of Congress Approved 1st day of July 1848 granting allowances to certain widows of officers and soldiers of the Revolution To wit: that she is the widow of
Leonard Fite deceased who was as she verily believes a private in the Army of the Revolution and in consequence of his service therein was allowed a Pension under the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 at the rate of $43.33 cents per annum and was placed upon and paid at the Tennessee agency.  That after his death she applied for and obtained pensions under the acts of Congress passed 3 March 1843 & 
17th June 1844 but which were allowed
to her only at the rate of $26.66 per annum.   That she was married to her said husband previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four for the full proof of which she most respectfully asks leave to refer to the evidence now on file in the office of the Hon Commissioner of Pensions upon which the aforesaid allowances
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to her were made.  She further declares that she is still a widow never having intermarried since the death of her said husband. That she always believed herself entitled to receive the same the same rate of pension per annum under the aforesaid acts 7th July 1838 3d March 1843 & 17 June 1844 that her aforesaid
husband received under the act of 7th June 1832 and believing herself still entitled to the same both legally and equitably She now most respectfully asks the Hon Commissioner of
Pensions to make allowances at the rate of $43.33 per annum under the aforesaid act 7th
July 1838, 3 March 1843 & 17th June 1844 deducting therefrom the amounts already received by her under the last mentioned acts at the rate of $26.66 per annum and that the certifficate [certificate] of Pension ['which' crossed out] may issue in her name and be enclosed to her attorney Isaac H Trabue of
Frankfort Kentucky and with him only and such others as he may authorise does she wish correspondence to be holden by the Hon
Commissioner of Pensions in reference to her said claim

           her
Peggy  X Fite
           mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year afsd. }

Isham S. Green J.P.

I the Just subscribed magistrate certify that the 
foregoing Declarant is personally known to me and known to be the widow of Leonard Fite deceased late of Dekalb County Tennessee
who was a
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Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $43.33 per annum under the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832. That she is the same individual who drew a pension under the acts of Congress passed 3d March 1843 & 17th June 1844 at the rate of $26.66 per annum and that she has not intermarried since the death of her said husband and that she is a lady of the first respectability unto all of whose statements the fullest faith and credit should be given.

In testimony of I hereunto subscribed my name on this the 24th day of October 1848

Isham S. Green J.P.

State of Tennessee
Wilson County⎬
I Josiah S McClain clerk of the County Court of
said County of Wilson hereby certify that Isham
S. Green Esquire before whom the foregoing declarations were sworn to by Peggy Fite and whose signature appears to the same and to the certificates that follow, is an acting Justice of the Peace in said County- that his commission has [some text covered by seal] 
& March 1848 & will expire on the 1st Monday of April 1856 & that his said signatures are
genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office, this 24th day of October 1848
J.S. McClain Clerk
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State of Tennessee
Wilson County ⎬ Set
On this the 24th day of October 1848 Before me Isham S. Green an acting Justice of the
Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally Appeared Peggy Fite a resident of the County of Wilson and State of Tennessee who after being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the arrears of Pension due her under the act of Congress
passed 7th July 1838 & Joint Resolution of Congress passed 23d January 1845 To wit:  That she is the widow of Leonard Fite deceased late of DeKalb County Tennessee who was as she verily believes a Private in the Army of the Revolution and in consequence of his service in said army was allowed a Pension under the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 at the rate of $43.33 cents per annum.  That after the death of her said husband she applied for a pension under the act of Congress passed 3d March 1843 & 17th June 1844 which was only allowed her at the rate of $26.66 cents per annum.  But which commenced 4th March 1843
the (instead of the 4th March 1836  She now believing that she is entitled to the pension unpaid under the act of 7th July 1838 from the 4th March 1836 to the 4th of March 1841 & 
due under the act aforesaid 7th July 1838
She most respectfully asks the Hon Commissioner of Pensions That an allowance may be accordingly made and the certifficate [certificate] evidence
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ing the same may be enclosed to her Attorney Isaac H Trabue of Frankfort Kentucky and with him only and such others as he may authorise does she wish correspondence holden in reference to her said claim by the Hon Commissioner of Pensions

            her
Peggy   X  Fite
           mark

sworn to and subscribed before
me on the day and year afsd. }
Isham S. Green J.P.

I The Just subscribed magistrate do certify that the foregoing declarant is personally known to me and known to be the widow of Leonard Fite deceased who drew a pension under the act of Congress 7th June 1832 and that she is the same individual who drew a pension under the acts of Congress passed 3d March 1843 & 17th June 1844 That she is a lady of respectability unto all of whose statements the fullest faith and credit should be given

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name
Isham S. Green J.P.
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State of Tennessee}
Wilson County}
I Josiah S McClain Clerk of the County Court of said County of Wilson hereby certify that Isham
S Green is an acting Justice of the Peace in said County as above, thus his commission bears date the 9th day of March 1848 & will expire on the first Monday in April 1856 and that his signatures to the foregoing declaration and certificate are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office
This 24th day fo October 1848
J. S. McClain Clrk
of Wilson County Court
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6833
Peggy Fite
Ten
Act 3rd March '43
___ No
Admitted
_______
8 months 
priv
________
$26.66 per anm
________
abr
June 17th 44.
No. 355

Jacob Fite Esq
Alexandria
Tenn.
Page 57

[illegible]
day 16 M. 
Jun 27
J L Edwards Washington DC
 Comisioner of Pensions
Peggy Fite
43 wk
6559
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Alexandria ten January 14th 1845 
Dr Sir 
your Enclosing a certificate to to me for the Benefit of Peggy Fite of [illegible] widow of Leonard Fite who was a private and died on the 22nd day of March 1842 you have stated in the certificate before me Widow of Jacob Fite No doubt the Error was in consequence of [illegible] my name to the papers asking for the Pension in her name for her It also allows her the pension commencing 4th of March 1843 when he Died 22 Mar 1842 I thought the Widows commence from the death of the husband but it may from the fifth of March after the death the Comon people in the far west have not the Law on the subject and are mistaken please rite me soon and correct the Error. Where it sayd Jacob Fite instead of Leonard as Leonard Fite was the Pensioner and husband of Peggy Fite the Present Applicant Respectfully your Obt Servant Jacob Fite
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Nashville July 24 1848

Sir,

Enclosed herewith he hand you the Declaration of Mrs Peggy Fite who drew a pension at Nashville Tennessee under the act of 17 June 1844.

She wishes her pension continued under act of 22 July 1848

Please forward her certificate to our care at this

Swore very Respectfully
Your obt servt
Smith & Kendrick
agents

Col J. L Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
Page 60

Frankfort Kentucky
November 11th 1848

Sir

I herein enclose you the Declarations of Mrs
Peggy Fite of Wilson County Tennessee,  praying for and increase of Pension under the Resolution of Congress of July 1st 1848, and due under the act of 7th July 1838, 3 March 1843 & 17th June 1844, 2nd February 1848. You will please examine the same and enclose to me at Frankfort Kentucky the certifficate [certificate] of allowance

I am with respect.
Your O.b.T. Servt.
Isaac H. Trabue

Hon J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington City
D.C.
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Frankfort Kentucky
December 59th 1848

Sir

I herein enclose you the Declaration of Mrs Peggy Fite praying for an allowance as a pension due by under the act of Congress passed 7th July 1838 and the Joint Resolution of the 23d of January 1845.  You will please examine the claim and allowed enclose me the
certifficate [certificate] of allowance and if not inform me the Reason of the non allowance

I have the honour to be
Your Obt. Servt.
Isaac H. Trabue

Hon J. L. Edwards.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C
Page 62

Washington March 14. 1849

Col. J. L. Edwards Comr

Dear Sir,

I wrote to you some time ago for the certificates of pension of Mrs Peggy Fite & Ann Lockeridge, but in the multiplicity of calls upon your attention I presume that my letter has been overlooked. They are entitled to an increase of pension under the acts of the 7th of July 1838 & June 1844 and also under the act of 2d of Feb. 1848. The certificate under the last act is not asked. The certificates have been returned under the former acts, and I presume as new ones are demanded under these acts that there can be no difficulty in issuing them. Please direct them to me at Frankfurt

Very respectfully
Yr friend & Obt servt
C.S. Morehead
Page 63

Washington City
May 28th 1849

Col. James L. Edwards

Dr Sir I herewith enclose you the declaration of Mrs Peggy Fite Widow of Leonard Fite Decd of Wilson County Tennessee claiming an increase of her pension from the amount which she now receives to that originally allowed her husband which case you will please examine and forward me her certificate while in the City 

Very Respectfully
your obt Servant
Wm E Jones
Carthage
Ten
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Payment to be made at
Nashville by
J.M. Smith Esq.,
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of Nashville
Tennessee
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
22, 1848, Page 290 Vol 3.

Th. Lumpkin,
Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
-----------------------
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2, 1848, Peggy Fite of Tennessee,
widow of Leonard Fite,  who was a Private
in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum, commencing on the
4th of March, 1848, 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 War Office of the United States
this 12th day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.

J.Z. Mason
acting Secretary of War.

Examined and countersigned.
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
By F. S. Evans.
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Alexandria Tn
Jay 28th

Feb 10 1845
Mr Swannel

Free

Correct this immediately
6559

Mr J.L. Edwards Pension
Agent Washington D.C
Page 67

Alexandria Jany 24th 1845

Dr Sir Enclosed I send you the Pension
certificate you forward me short time since
in favour of Peggy Fite Widow of Leonard Fite
formerly a pensioner in wich [which] certificate you or the Secretary of War has inserted widow of Jacob Fite instead of Leonard Fite  The agent at Wisharl instructed me to return it for correction

Respectfully
your Obt Servant
Jacob Fite

J L Edwards Esq.
Page 68

[stamp on right top corner:  'To Chf. OWN Div., Action repayment, March 17, 1899, COMMISSIONER']

Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir

Will you please give me some information
concerning the service of Leonard Fite, Revolutionary Soldier, New Jersey troops. he was granted a pension. His wifes name was
Margreth Crosse, Vol. A. Page 236.

With very many thanks-

Address Mrs H.A. Dodd
No. 7 Beech Ave
Nashville Tenn

Mch 13th 1899
Page 69

[stamp at top right:  'To Chf. O.W.N. Div,
Action Reply, APR 13 1899, COMMISSIONER']

Lebanon, Tennessee Apr. 10. 1899
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,

A Revolutionary patriot- Leonard Fite - who died near this place in 1842, for many years received a pension from the U.S. Government for services during the revolutionary war. His grandson Judge John Fite of this vicinity remembers him weill & also the fact of his receiving a pension & that his wife was a beneficiary of it after his death.

The family believe he enlisted in New Jersey, but
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as he afterword lived in Penna there is a possibility he was in some levy from this state.
I understand one of his descendants has already obtained information from the pension records & that it is to be found in volume A. page 236. However we do not vouch for the accuracy of this, & would be much obliged for any information you may have in your power to furnish us.

Respectfully &c
Mrs. Mittie Fite Robertson

The full name of the wife of
Leonard Fite was Margreth (Peggy) Crosse Fite
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N. G. Robertam.
LAWYER.
Lebanon Tenn.

April 29th -99.

[stamp on right corner:  'To Chf. O.W.N. Div, Action____, MAY 1, 1899, COMMISSIONER']

Hon. H. C. Evans.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-

Your letter in regard to Leonards Fite's military record in the war of the Revolution has been lost or mislaid. If not asking too much will you please supply the same?

Very Respectfully,
Mrs. W. G. Robertson
Page 72

Lebanon, Tennessee
Sept 14-1899

[stamp on left side:  'To Chf. O.W.N. Div., Action reply, SEP 18 1899, COMMISSIONER']

Commissioner of Pension Office
Washington D.C.

H. C. Evans 

Dear Sir

I wish to get the record of Military Service of Leonard Fite of the New Jersey Line, Revolutionary Army.

I am told it is to be found in Vol. A. page 236
of the Records

Leonard Fite was
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born in Sussex County New Jersey & afterwards lived in Penna but we believe he enlisted in N.J.- He died in Tennessee 1842 & was for many years a pensioner on the U. S. Government for
Revolutionary Services.   His wife Mrs Margreth (Peggy) Fite survived him & received his pension for several years after his death.

Respectfully
Marie Fite
Lebanon- Tennessee
Page 74

DR. C. C. FITE.
102 WEST 93d STREET.
NEW YORK.

August 2/904

To the
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir,

Will you please send me a correct abstract from the application for pension made by Mrs. Peggy
Fite on account of services rendered in the Revolutionary war by her husband Leonard Fite ?  I am advised that this is entered in your department - in Vol A, Page 236 Revolutionary Pensions.

An abstract of the above has been given me by a party which I am sure is incorrect in some respects- therefore write direct for a correct abstract-  The wording I have reads as follows-
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2
"The church book of Greenich church, near the Easton, Sussex Co. N.J.- gives the date of Leonard's birth" He________ & he "married 
Margareth (Peggy) Crosse of Oxford Co. N.J.-"

I believe the word the, under-scored above to be superfluous,  & there is no Oxford Co in New
Jersey- does it not read "Oxford N. J."?

This is to enable me to correct in detail certain
family records- so I willbe obliged to you for an
early reply--

Very truly
C.C. Fite
per E. M------

[postal stamp on left.  'PENSION OFFICE, U.S., F, AUG 8 1904']
Page 76

Rev MH
c/o Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Will you kindly verify the enclosed records of my Revolutionary ancestor, thus helping me to fill out my D. A. R. papers.

Thanking you for the kindness, I am

Respectfully,
Mrs. Elizabeth Fite Hill
1601 Dennison St.
Little Rock, Arkansas

Mar. 28, 1921.

[stamp overtop letter:  'PENSION OFFICE, U.S., APR 2 1921']
Page 77

Leonard Fite enlisted in the New Jersey troops of the Revolutionary Army when he was very young; he was a member of Capt. Hazlett's "Minute Men", and saw thirteen months actual service as follows:
Two months under Capt. John Hazlett,
four months under Capt. James Anderson,
two months under Capt. Joseph Mackey,
five months - this capt. is not stated; the entire
thirteen months he was in Col. McKinney's command as a private. Leonard Fite applied for his pension at the age of 72, November 27, 1832, said pension was granted, and the record is in the pension office at Washington, D.C.
(The name is variously spelled Fright, Fight and
Fite on old records.)

[stamp on bottom right:  'PENSION OFFICE, U.S., APR 2 1921']
Page 78

Asheville, N.C.
April 24, 1896

The Honorable
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.,

Sir:-

Will you please inform me whether your pension
rolls contain the name of Mrs. Fite, widow of Leonard Fite, Revolutionary Soldier. Leonard Fite is supposed to have served in the Continental Army
Page 79

from New Jersey.  Mrs. Fite, his widow, is said to have drawn a pension at Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee, up to the commencement of the war.

I would esteem it a favor if you will have such information, in regard to the above, as the
records afford sent to me.

Very respectfully,
A. M. Moore,
Surgeon, U.S. Navy
(retired)
Page 80

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1 Madison Avenue
New York , January 9th, 1888.

[stamp overtop heading:  'OLD WAR & NAVY, JAN 12 1890, FILES']

Bureau of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:--

Can you kindly let me have a transcript, showing the military record of Leonard Fite, who made application for a Revolutionary Pension November 27, 1832, then residing in Smith County, Tennessee.
His wife, Peggy Fite, lived to be upwards of 100 years old and drew her pension, her residence at the time being Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee.

I am a great-grandson of Leonard Fite, and want the facts in the case to establish Revolutionary Ancestry.

Very truly yours,
[signature not visible]

[stamp on right:  'PENSION OFFICE, U.S., JAN 10 1899']
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Rev & 1812 Wars

SAM HOLLAND
JUDGE

J. V. DOWDY
OFFICIAL REPORTER

THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
ANDERSON, HENDERSON AND HOUSTON COUNTIES, TEXAS
ATHENS, TEXAS
February 7, 1940.

[stamp overtop:  'FEB 9 1940, MAIL SUB-DIV, Reader No. 20, VETS ADM']

Pension Office,
Washington, D. C.

Please send me the record of the pension paid Leonard Fite, born February 1, 1760 in Greenwich Township Sussex Co., New Jersey and died March 22, 1842 in Alexandria Tenn.

Enclosed you will find a stamped envelope.

[hand-written:  'ret. Feb. 12']

Very truly yours,
Mrs. John V. Dowdy
Mrs. John V. Dowdy
722 E. Tyler
Athens, Texas.

3 cent stamped
ew
enc
OKM
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IN REPLY REFER TO QM 293-C-C
(Fite, Leonard)

WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON

August 17, 1923.

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

In order that a headstone may be supplied for the grave of the decedent named below, the Quartermaster General desires that the correct military service and spelling of the name be furnished from the records of the Pension
Bureau, viz:

Leonard Fite,
Col. M. Kenny's Command as
Pri. Vol. 13 months actual service.
Joined when very young, Capt.
Hazlet's "minute men"

Very truly yours,
R.L. Foster
R.L. FOSTER,
Assistant.

AR/MJC.

[stamp:  'PENSION OFFICE, U.S., AUG 18 1923']
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1812 Wars Se-

WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL.
WASHINGTON

IN REPLY REFER TO QM 293 A-C
Fite, Leonard

November 12, 1924

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

In order that a headstone may be provided for the grave of the decedent appearing below, The Quartermaster General requests that the correct military service and the spelling of the name be supplied this office from the records of the Pension Bureau:

Private Leonard Fite or File
Capt. Hogtels minutemen
Pension granted.
Died: Mar. 22, 1842.

Very truly yours,
R.P. Harbold
R. P. HARBOLD,
Major, Q.C.
Assistant.

[stamp:  'PENSION OFFICE, U.S., NOV 13 1924']
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 - 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. Apl. 26, 1921

In reply to your request of, received
for a statement of the military history of Leonard Fite
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his & (his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau. W.790

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT|
LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | CAPTAIN | COLONEL | STATE
[  ] served at various times, in all 13 mos.|
Pvt | Jno Hazlett, Jas Anderson, Jos Mackey | McCinney | N. J.

Battles engaged in, None Stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sussex Co., N.J.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 27, 1832.
Residence at date of application for pension, Nov. 27, 1832, cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Smith Co. Tenn.
Age at date of application b. Feb. 1, 1760 sussex Co .N. J.
Remarks: Heman Apl 1, 1781, Margareth (Cleggy, Crose
He mar Apl 12, 1781 or 1782, Margareth (Peggy) alias Crose at Oxford, N.J.
He d. Mar. 22, 1842 and she was al pension 1844 while living in
DeKalb Co. Tenn. There was a son Moses. No fur fam data 
was 43 yrs old in 1844
in Alexandria, DeKalb Co. Tenn.
Respectfully, 
Commissioner. 
S-2856
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March 1, 1940.
XXXXXXXX
BA-J00  aw
Leonard Fite
W.790

Mrs. John V. Dowdy
722 E. Tyler
Athens, Texas.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request
the Revolutionary War record of Leonard Fite, born February
1, 1780, in Greenwich Township, Sussex County, New Jersey,
and died March 22, 1842 in Alexandria, Tennessee.

The data which follow were obtained from papers in pension
and bounty land claims on file under W.790, based upon service
of Leonard Fite in the Revolutionary War.

Leonard Fite was born February 1, 1760, in Sussex County,
in said Sussex County, with several other members of his father's
New Jersey. His birth was recorded on the church book of Greenwich,
in said Sussex County, with several members of his father's
family.

While residing in Sussex County, New Jersey, Leonard Fite,
volunteered and served on alarms on short tours of from one to two
months each, about thirteen months in all, as a private under
Captains John Hazlett, James Anderson and Joseph Mackay, and Colonel
McCinney in the New Jersey Troops. No dates are given for any of
the above services.

Immediately after the Revolution, he left Sussex County, New Jersey,
and moved to Northampton County, Pennsylvania, remained there
five or six years; then moved to Lincoln County, North Carolina,
where he remained nine years; thence to Smith County, Tennessee, of
which county he was a resident when he was allowed pension on his
application executed November 27, 1832. He at one time lived in Allen
Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania,
He died March 22, 1842, at Alexandria, DeKalb County, Tennessee.
Page 86

The soldier married in 1780, or April 12, 1781 or 1782 (all
of these dates appear in the claim), "in the County of Oxford,
State of New Jersey, Margareth or Peggy Crose.

Leonard Fite's widow, Peggy, was allowed pension on her application
executed August 31, 1844, while residing in DeKalb County,
Tennessee. At that time she stated that she was aged eighty-three
years; in 1848, she stated that she was aged eighty-four years,
she was then residing in Wilson County, Tennessee.

April 14, 1855, then a resident of Smith County, Tennessee,
Peggy Fite made application for the bounty land which was due on
account of the service of her husband, Leonard Fite, in the Revolutionary
War. On this application she was granted bounty land warrant
No. 26409, for one hundred sixty acres under the Act of March 3, 1855.
At that time she stated she was aged ninety-four years. No explanation
was made for the discrepancies in age.

In 1844, soldier's son, Moses Fite was aged forty-four years and resided
in De Kalb County, Tennessee.

In same year, soldier's sister, Christeena Lamberson, was aged
eighty-eight years and resided in De Kalb County, Tennessee. The
given name of her husband is not shown.

In 1832, one John Fite resided in Smith County, Tennessee, and
stated that he witnessed most of the facts contained in soldier's
declaration. In 1844, one Jacob Fite was postmaster at Alexandria,
Tennessee, and in 1848, one John Aronenus Fite witnessed the widow's
signature, by mark, in Wilson County, Tennessee. Their relationship
to the family not shown, and no further family data are shown.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the
name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of
Peggy, Fite, widow of Leonard Fite, you should address the Comptroller
General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city and
cite the following data: Peggy Fite, widow of Leonard Fite, certificate
#2003, issued June 1, 1849 (continued from 1843), rate of $43.33 per
annum, commenced March 4, 1848, Act of February 2, 1848, Tennessee Agency,
Page 87

For information in regard to the location of the land
cited above, you should address the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and
furnish the warrant number, the acreage, and the act under
which said warrant was issued.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
Page 88

June 9, 1923.
Honorable William J. Harris,
United States Senate.
My dear Senator:
I have to advise you that from the
papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, Widow
File Number 790, it appears that Leonard Fite was
born February 1, 1760, in Sussex County, New Jersey,
and resided there during the Revolution when he 
served about thirteen months at various times, dates not
stated, as a private under Captains John Hazlett, James
Anderson and Joseph Mackey, and Colonel McCinney, in
the New Jersey Troops.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 27, 1832, while living in Smith County,
Tennessee. He died March 23, 1842, in Alexandria,
DeKalb County, Tennessee.
He married April 12, 1781, or 1782, Margareth,
or Peggy Crose, at Oxford, New Jersey. Her pension
was allowed on an application executed August 31, 1844,
while living in DeKalb County, Tennessee. Their son
Moses was forty-three years old in 1844.

[notation on left edge]
Last page of  this letter is in claim of
John Fite to which it refers
S1901
Inquiry of Senator  was
for Mr. C  Fite
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Aug. 29, 1933.
Rev. War Section.
R. L. Foster, Assistant,
Office of the Quartermaster General,
Washington, D. C.
Sir:
In response to Q 293-C-C-, I have to advise you
that pension was allowed on Certificate 7109, to Leonard
Fite who was born Feb. 1, 1760, in Sussex Co. N. J.
and served at various times during the Revolution as a
Private in the companies of Captains John Hazlett, James
Anderson and Joseph Mackey under Colonel McCinney in the
New Jersey Troops, about thirteen months in all.
He died Mar. 22, 1842, in Alexandria, DeKalb Co. Tenn.
Respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.
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Nov. 18, 1924.
R. P. Harbold, Major, Q. M. C.
Office of the Quartermaster General,
Washington, D. C.
Sir:
I have to advise you, that the pension records fail
to afford any information in regard to a Leonard Fite, or
File, who served in Capt. Hogtels minutemen and died Mar.
22, 1842.
[handwritten note on left: "no such claim Rev 1812 Old War searched"]
Pension was allowed on Certificate 7109, to Leonard
Fite, who was born Feb. 1, 1760, in Sussex Co. New Jersey,
and served as various times during the Revolution as a
private in the companies of Captain John Hazlett, James
Anderson and Joseph Mackey, under Colonel McCinney, in
the New Jersey Troops, dates of service not stated.
He died March 22, 1842, in Alexandria, Dekalb Co.,
Tenn.
The record of said Leonard Fite, was furnished
August 20, 1923, to R. L. Foster Assistant Office of
the Quartermaster General, Washington, D. C. in response
to request for same, dated August 17, 1923, in
order that a headstone might be supplied.
Respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.