Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,606, John Hardman, Va.
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Va
Hardman, John
Hardman
S2,606
carded
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19.102
West Tennessee
John Hardman of Roberts Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Morgan of the regt commanded by Col. Berett in the N Carolina line for 3 months pro Cavalry 6 months Prof Inft

John Hardman Records ok
Inscribed on the Roll of W Tennessee Jan 23 '04 at the rate of 32 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Augt. and sent to W Seal Springfield

Arrears to the 4th of March             65.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 16.25
                                                       $81.25
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk Book E Vol 7  Page 82

Death no in A. B. Ill.
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Declaration of John Hardman
Robertson County
State of Tennessee
     November Term Monday 12 1832 
     Personally appeared John Hardman resident of the County & State aforesaid he states that he was born in Buckingham County, Virginia in 1759 in Open Court aged seventy three years the 2nd day of last December who being first duly sworn according to Law do on his Oath make the following declaration.  In order of obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7 1832.
First I volunteered my service for a tour of three months in the Horse service under the Command of Captain Morgan Major Obadiah Branch & Colonel Benjamin Belew in Buckingham County Virginia and marched through North Carolina & South Carolina for the purpose of suppressing the toryism. We had several skirmishes but in no General engagements. I was discharged in North Carolina by the aforesaid Belew. The second tour of Duty I was drafted and went under Captain William Long who was killed in the Battle of Guilford and Daniel Sandors who took command and after the Battle we marched to and joined Genral Green's command and marched to the siege of Yorktown then placed under the Command of Captain Moseley. And remained till after taking of Walles and was discharged by Genral Washington at that place. After serving six months or more I also further declared my discharges was left in my Father's papers in the state of Virginia and after his death in the care of my Oldest Brother who administered on his estate. I have wrote father but my answer is they are all lost or destroyed or mislaid so I cannot obtain them to establishing claim independant of my own declaration. I further declare that I am not on any pension Roll or
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Agency in this or any other state in the United States and therefore relinquish every pension allowance except the present or any annuity whatsoever. 
Sworn to and subscribed This day and date afforesaid in open court We state that he was born in the state of Virginia Buckingham County from there he moved to Sumner County Tennessee where he lived about 3 years & from there to Robertson County where he now lives.
Sworn to in open Court     John Hardman
List W. Seal Clk
Jesse Green a Clergyman residing in the same County and vicinity and W Follis of the same. Both of us do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Hardman who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we beleave him to be seventy three years old as he states that he is reputed and beleaved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Revolutionary soldier as he states and we hereby concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed this the day and year afforesaid.
Test
W Seal Clk    Jesse Greens  William Follis
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after finding the Interragatorys perscribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court Further Certifys that it appears to them that Jesse Green who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the same vicinity and that William Follis who has also signed as a resident of the same heighbourhood & vicinity
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is a creditable person and there statement is intittled to credit
[the following paragraph is all marked through] I William Leal Clerk of the County Court of Pleas & Quarters sessions of Robertson do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Hardman for a pension  In testimony where of I [end mark through]
     H Forsy one of the Justice presiding
     Benjn Kirby one of the Justices presiding
Jas Johnson one of the Justices presiding 

I William Leal Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Session for Robertson County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Hardman for a pension.
     In Testimony whereof I have been hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 16th day of November 1832
     W Leal
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State of Tennessee
Robertson County
     Personally appeared before me John Hutchison a Justice of the peace for said County John Hardiman who being first sworn depose and say that in addition to his declaration within he states by way of amendment that he has no record of his age, that there resides in his present neighbourhood by whom he can prove his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution Jesse Green, Wm Follis, Joseph Naird, Henry Green.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 4th day of June 1833.   John Hardman
John Hutchinson Justice of the Peace 

State of Tennessee
 Robertson County
     I William Leal Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that John Hutchinson Esq whose name stands listed to the foregoing affadavit of John Hardiman as amendment to his declaration for a pension is a Justice of the peace in aforesaid County duly commissioned and qualified as such and that full faith and credit is and ought to be due to his attestations as such and that his signature is genuine. I do further certify that the name of the Clergyman & citizen as inserted in the certificate of the approbation of the members of the Court whose names are signed to the same 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at office this 4th day of June 1833
 W    Leal
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20018
Jno Hardman

from private of [illegible]
[illegible]  12.50
[illegible]   20.
               $32.50
W Seal CC
Robertson Co.
[illegible]
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War Department Pension Office  183

Sir:
     The evidence in support of your clim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papters 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 objection exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will show whate is necessary to be done. These pointes to which you attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:}). You will, when  you reutne your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, gratly facilitated the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of John Hardman of Robertson Co. Ten.
Period when the service was rendered
Vol       3 Months    Pr Cav.   Capt. Morgan
drafted  6 Months  Pr           Cp. Jones

Battles in which the applicant was engaged
Guilford C House 

Country through which he marched
N C.  S C

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period
Buckingham VA  73

Evidence by which the declaration is supported
Tradl

respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
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REBULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has be construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "Militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but no those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contract, 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 o a patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
 Four general classes of cases are embraced in 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, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a 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   [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on this oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion [sic] made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers:
[following paragraph is bracketed]
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 enered [sic] the service, the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  {pointing hand symbol} 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 [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.     A.B.
 [the following line is bracketed]  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 {blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) the [blank] day of [blank] &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 [blank] and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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 day and year aforesaid.

[The following sentence is bracketed] 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. [blank] who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and the C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation [sic] of [blank] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c.
    Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power,  This is the original discharge or 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 circumstance 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) wand 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 corroboration the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according tot he 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 he [sic]  answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
    The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, form their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
   The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
    Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to 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 in 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.
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(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.
9d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must five the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, which precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language as 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.  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 length of this service; but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For [blank] year [blank ] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank].  For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; and for such service I claim a pension."
    It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement and 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 that contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto my a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to revent 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 the 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 hand symbol] The notes from (a) to (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.
9k)  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.

[handwritten] The Clergyman & Citizens name is not placed in the certificate of the Court.
W. L. Williams
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October 30, 1934.

Mrs. E. H. Abington         BA/J/ILL
Beebe, Arkansas.             John Hardman  S. 2606

Dear Madam:
     Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Hardeman, a pensioner of Robertson County, Tennessee.
     The record of John Hardman, as he signed his name, is given herein as found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S.2606, based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
     John Hardman was born December 2, 1759, in Buckingham County, Virginia; his father, whose name is not shown, died in Virginia.
     John Hardman volunteered in Buckingham County, Virginia, and served three months in Captain Morgan's company of horse under Colonel Benjamin Belwe (possibly meant for Ballew) during which period of service he was in several skirmishes with the Tories in North Carolina; dates of this tour not shown. He enlisted, served as private in Captain William Jones' company (said Captain Jones was killed in the battle of Guilford), and in Captain Daniel Sanders' company, was in the Siege of Yorktown and surrender of Cornwallis, under Captain Moseley, after which he was discharged, having served six months.
     The soldier moved from Virginia to Sumner County, Tennessee, where he remained about three years, then moved to Robertson County, Tennessee. 
     He was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1832, while a resident of Robertson County, Tennessee.
     John Hardman had an older brother, who survived their father; the name of said brother is not shown. There are no further family data.
     Very truly yours,
     A. D. Hiller,
     Assistant to Administrator.
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January 20, 1940
BA-J/MCS

Mrs. E. H. Abington
Reebe
Arkansas

Dear Madam:
   Reference is made to your request for information relative to John Hardman or Hardiman and Stephen Wade who served in the Revolutionary War.
   Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States and based on the military service of soldiers in that war.  A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the service of Stephen wade.
   You were furnished on October 20, 1934, the full history of the Revolutionary War soldier, John Hardman, of Buckingham County, Virginia, and Robertson County, Tennessee, as shown by papers on file in pension claim, S.2606.  
     Very truly yours
     A. D. HILLER
     Executive Assistant
     to the Administrator

[handwritten at left side]
Card asking for
Stephen Wade was
returned to Mrs. E. H. Abington
Jan 20, 1940
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     October 24, 1932
                                                       RA-J/ILL
Mr. E. Foster Johnson                     John Hardman           
Time Building                                 S. 2606
Chattanooga
Tennessee.

Dear Sir:
   Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of Jacob Mefford and John Hardiman, Revolutionary War soldiers who received pensions.
   The record of John Hardman given below is obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 2606, based upon his service in the Revolution.
   John Hardman was born December 2, 1759 in Buckingham County, Virginia.
   He volunteered in Buckingham County, Virginia, and served three months in Captain Morgan's company of horse under Colonel Benjamin Belew, possibly meant for Ballew, during which service he was in several skirmished with the Tories in North Carolina, dates of this tour not given.  He enlisted, served as private in Captain William Jones' Company, (said Captain Jones was killed in the battle of Guilford) and in Captain Daniel Sanders' Company, was at the Siege of Yorktown and surrender of Cornwallis under Captain Moseley, following which he was discharged, having served more than six months, specific dates of enlistment and discharge not stated.
   The soldier moved from Virginia to Sumner County, Tennessee, and remained about three years, after which he moved to Robertson County, Tennessee.  He signed "Hardman" and not "Hardiman".
   He was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1832, while a resident of Robertson County, Tennessee.
   The soldier's father died in Virginia, survived by a son older than the soldier, the names of neither father nor brother are stated.  There are no further family data.
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Jacob Mefford-W.9562
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.9562, based upon the military service of Jacob Mefford in that war.

The family of Jacob Mefford was of French extraction. His father was residing in the state of Maryland in 1792; the names of his parents are not given.

Jacob Mefford enlisted in Frederick County, Maryland, February 3, 1781, served as a private in Captain Claggett's Company, under Major Lansdale in the Maryland Battalion and was discharged in August, 1783. He was in several skirmishes with the British on barges in Chesapeake Bay.

About three years after the Revolution, he moved to the state of Kentucky and "from that to Orleans", state not given. In 1792, he returned to his home in Maryland and in 1792, went back to Kentucky.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 27, 1819, at which time he was aged fifty-five years and resided in Campbell County, Kentucky.

He died December 14, 1844, in Campbell County, Kentucky.

The soldier married August 20, 1793, in Scott County, Kentucky, Ellenor or Eleanor, her maiden name not given.

Soldier's widow, Eleanor, was allowed pension on her application executed March 1, 1848, at which time she was aged seventy-two years and resided in Lawrence County, Indiana. 

In 1820, soldier stated that he had ten children, eight of whom were then residing with him, as follows: Polly, Ellen, Thompson, Nancy, William, James, Jackson, and Malissa, aged respectively twenty-six, twenty, seventeen, twelve, ten, seven, four, and two years. the names of the other two children are not stated.

Soldier stated that his father reared eight sons: the names of only two of the brothers of Jacob Mefford are given: John, who, in 
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1792, was living in Baltimore, and William. The names of no sisters are given. Soldier stated that his brother, John, served with him in the Revolutionary War and that William was a seaman. There is no claim for pension on file on account of the services of a John Mefford, under any spelling, who served with the Maryland Troops.

Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.
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     Beebe Ark Jan 5 1940

Veterans Administration
Washington DC
   John Hardman Rev Sol-Hardiman--volunteered in Buckingham Co Va and served under Col Benj Belew.  In 1832 he was allowed a pension while a resident of Robertson Co Tenn
   Please give me any data available name of parents, name of wife and children.  Thanks.
     Mrs E H Abington


[stamped] Received JAN 8 1940
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[item is a pre-stamped postcard, postmarked Beebe Ark, Oct 8 1934.]

Veterans' Administration
Washington
DC 

        Rev. War. Dept.
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[item is a postcard]

Please give me the military and also pension record of John Hardiman of M.C.  He was living in Robertson Co Tenn while drawing a Rev. pension
     Mrs. E. H. Abington
        Beebe, Ark

Oct 8, 1934
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     October 11, 1932
     Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Veternas Administration,
Washington,
D. C.

Dear Sirs:
     Will you send me a copy of the pension papers of Jacob Mefford, who is given in the Census of Pensioners of 1840, as a resident of Campbell County, Kentucky; and John Hardiman, of Robertson County, Tennessee, who drew a pension under the Act of 1832.
Thanking you for your courtesy, I am
     Very truly Yours,
           E. Foster Johnson

Mr. E. Foster Johnson,
Times Bldg.,
Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Attorney At Law.
               [Stamped  RECEIVED Oct 14, 1932]
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F. L. PENN        A CITY PRINTING OFFICE
T. R. PENN         IN A COUNTRY TOWN
          PENN BROTHERS
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS OF
THE MONTICELLO NEWS
MONTICELLO, GEORGIA

     March 12, 1913

Commissioner of Pensions,
     Washington, D. C.
Sir:-
   Will you let me know what your records show concerning the Revolutionary service of my ancestor, John Hardman, (or John H. Hardman), of Virginia?
     Respectfully,
       T. R. Penn
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[left side]

1913 Mch. 22. History to
Mr. T. R. Penn from card
catalogue. c/
1932-Oct. 24-Hist. to Mr. E. Foster Johnson.  JLL
1934-Oct. 20-Hist. to Mrs. E. H. Abington   JLL
1940. Jan. 20. Mrs. E. H. Abington.
inf. hist. sent her Oct 20, 1934  [illegible initials]

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2606
INVALID

[written at side]
Rev War

File No.  2606
John Hardiman
Privt Rev War

Act: June 7. 1832
Indes:--Vol. A. , Page 157

Arrangement of 1870

John Hardman. Records corrected
Jan. 23, '04