Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3556, John Howard, S.C.
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Service  |   Number
SC           Howard, John      W. 3556
                Nancy     B.L.W.26355-160-55

Comments
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25064
East Tennessee
John Howard
of Morgan Co in the State of Tennessee
who was a Private in the com commanded
by Captain Berry of the [?] commanded
by [?] in the S. C.
line for 8 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee 
at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Nov
1833 and Robert
A Dabney Morgan C H
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 50--
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 10--
$60--
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Danl Boyd  Clerk,
Book [?] Vol. 7  Page 46
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No. 2932
Tennessee
Nancy Howard
widow of John Howard
who served in the Revolutionary war,
as a Private S.C
Knoxville agency.
Rate 96 dollars 00 
cents per annum.
Commencing July 27, 1868
Deduct payments made since
Certificate dated May 20, 1869
[???]ent to Nancy Howard
Montgomery
Morgan County
Tennessee
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, page 258, Vol. [?]
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April 20

Nancy Howard widow of
John Howard
[?]

Capt} Was a Revolution
Col  } Pensioner of the [?]
[???]} [?????] Claimant
Dir     [???] pensioner Act 3d
Feb 1853

Linn Felix 53-2932

[??]: 160 AA May 21/56
[?????]

Wm J Dabney
Albany Ky

W. J. Dabney Dee[?] 4/55
26

Vol 1 & 2 page 61.
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96,575

[?] Hammond
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State of Tennessee
Morgan County } SS.
On this the eleventh day of April 1855 personally appeared before me William R Williams a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Nancy Howard aged seventy years a resident citizen of the County aforesaid and being first duly sworn by me and her oath makes the following Declaration in order to obtain Bounty land under the Act of Congress of the 3d March 1855.  Declarant states that she is now a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of twenty dollars per annum that his pension is payable at Knoxville Tennessee the he claims was granted under the Act of 3d February 1833.  That she is still the widow of the said John Howard who was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of twenty dollars per annum and died in Morgan County.  She makes William J Dabney agent and claims the comr of Pensions to forward to him her claims when allowed.  She makes the record of her marriage obtained from the [??? ] of Roane County Tennessee and all the papers now a file in her application for a pension part hereof
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that her pension certificate
bears date 19th November 1853
and is of [????] 
her mark
x
Nancy Howard

Sworn to and 
subscribed to this
day of April 1855
before me
W. R. Williams J. P.

State of Tennessee}
Morgan County }

On this the 11th day of
April 1855 personally appeared before
me William R Williams a Justice of the Peace for Morgan County Tennessee James Milton & Avis Bledsoe and made oath in due form of law that they are personally acquainted with Nancy Howard a REvolutionary Pensioner of  Morgan County Tennessee that she is the widow of John Howard deceased Affiants state that said John was a Revolutionary Pensioner and died in Morgan County Tennessee that said Nancy is a pensioner at twenty dollars per annum
James Milton
Avid Bledsoe

The same James Melton and 
Avis Bledsoe, enterlined before signed 
W. R. Williams J. P.
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State of Tennessee Morgan County
I certify that the foregoing Declaration
of Nancy Howard who this day
sworn to and subscribed to in the
presents of James Melton & Avis Bledsoe
who have sworn to and
subscribed to the forgoing affidavit
and that said Declarant & affiants
are all credible persons and all
live in Morgan County Tennessee
Given under my hand this this
Eleventh day of April 1855
W. R. Williams J. P.

State of Tennessee
Morgan County 
I G W Keith Clerk of the
County Court of the County aforesaid certify
that William R Williams Esq before whom
the foregoing declaration and affidavit were
made is and was at the date of the same
a Justice of the Peace within and for the County
and State aforesaid duly authorized by law to
administer oaths for general purposes and that
his signature to the same is genuine.
Given under my hand and the 
seal of said Court at office in
Montgomery the 11th day of
April 1855
G W Keith
Clerk
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State of Tennessee
Morgan County

On this the 23rd day of March 1853 personally
appeared befroe me Z H Gass a Justice of the
Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid
Nacy Howard widow of John Howard Decd
She being a citizen of Morgan County & aged
70 years and after being duly sworn for that
purpose on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress of the 3d of March 1853.  Declarant Stats that she was married to the said John Hammond in Knox County Tennessee [about] about 42 years ago moved from there to Morgan County Tennessee where she now lives..and has lived at the same place in Morgan County Tennessee ever since which is sure the year 1814 or 1815.
She states that her said husband John Howard
was a [????] pensioner said County at the rate
of $20 per annum under the act of 9th June 1832 and died the 4th day of April 1851 in Morgan County Tennessee at the place where she now lives and has for the last thirty or thirty five years that her name [????]she was married was
Nancy Howard that she has never married sinc
his death but continue the widow of the said John Howard
her x mark
Nancy Howard

Sworn and subscribed
this 23rd day of March
1853 before me
Z H Gass J. P.
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State of Tennessee
Morgan County
SS
I certify that I was well acquainted with
John Howard and his wife Nancy
& there family for about years
before his death they living in the same
County and not far from me that John
Howard was a Revolutionary pensioner
at the rate of $20 per annum and died
at the time his widow has stated in her declaration that Nancy Howard who has made
the foregoing declaration is his widow and has
remained her widow ever since his death
That she and her husband were prro but
rispictable & honest people 23
Given under my hand this the 23rd day
of March 1853.
Z H Gass J. P.

State of Tennessee
Morgan County
I G W Keith clerk of the county court
of the county and state aforesaid certify
that Z H Gass Esquire whose signatures appear to the foregoing Declaration
& certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of hte Peach in and for the County
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and state aforesaid and
full faith and credit is due
all this acts as such and the foregoing
signatures purporting to be his are
genuine In testimony
where of I have hereunto
set my hand and affisced
my seal of office done 
at Montgomery this 24th day
of March 1853
G W Keith Clerk
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State of Tennessee
Knox County

Known all men by these presents
that we John Howard and
Peter Bowmer all of the county and state aforesaid, our heirs & are jointly and severally held and firmly bound unto his Excellency the Governor and his successor in office, in the penal sum of Twelve hundred and fifty dollars, and on
condition there be no lawful objection why John Howard and Nancy Howard may not be joined together as man and wife in the Holy estate of Matrimony.
Witness our honor and seal, the 29the  day
of January 1810
Test
Tho H Rogers
John Howard
Peter Bowmer 
his x seal

Endorsed to wit Marriage Bond John Howard to Nancy Howard. 1810.

State of Tennessee
Knox County
I Geo. W. C. Cox Clerk of 
the County Court of Knox 
County do hereby certify that the foregoing
is a full, true and perfect copy of the Bond given for the marriage License of John Howard: there was no record kept of Marriage License at the date of said Bond.  Witness my hand and official seal at office in Knoxville, Knox County Tennessee, this 6th day of October 1853.
Geo. W. C. Cox
Clerk of the County Court of
Knox County Tennessee
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879
John Howard
Pension Papers

from - private
6 months
$20

Robert A Dabney
Morgan C H
Tennessee
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State of Tennessee|
Morgan County|
On This the 21st day of 
October 1833, personally appeared before
the worshipful court of pleas and quartersessions
in and for the county of Morgan
aforesaid which is a county of record, John 
Howard a resident citizen of the county
of Morgan aforesaid in the State of 
Tennessee aged Sixty Six years on the
[eleventh day] Eleventh day of February last 
agreeable his record which he formerly kept
though he has not had any record for
Twenty four years last past he having left
his record of his ago in Kentucky-Christian 
County but he distinctly recollects that
agreeable to his said record, and the accounts 
of his parents that he was born February the
Eleventh one thousand Seven Hundred and
Sixty Seven and after being duly Sworn for
that purpose, on his oath makes the following
Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of
the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832
that he entered the service of the united States 
Toward the end of the Revolutionary 
he entered & Said Service in Lawrence County
South Carolina when he was only in his
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fifteenth year of age he entered said
Service a private volunteer indian spie 
To serve Six months tour under Capt Berry
his first name not remembered and Lieutenant
William Brown and marched to Gibson
Bends fort near the Cherokee Boundary, he entered said service the precise time not recollected but well recollected that it was in the Early part of the Spring and thinks about the first
of April, he stationd at said fort the
full term of Six months, ending in the fall
of one thousand eight hundred and eighty
one, the precise day he got Dismissed from
Service not recollected but he thinks it
was about the first of October, he was 
verbally discharged by his said Capt and
returned home, applicant has no documentary
Evidence of his service and knows of
no person by whom he can prove his service,
applicant was born and raised in
Lawrence Country South Carolina and
continued there near Twenty years after
the war, and then moved to Christian 
County Kentucky and Staid there nine
years, and then moved to Knox County
Tennessee and Staid there five years and
then movd to where he now lives in
Morgan County Tenesse, though it
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Roan County when he first came to where 
he now lives, applicant states that there
is no clergyman any place near or within 
his neighborhood and is out of his power to
procure and without great trouble applicant
thinks he can prove his reputation
as a man of Veracity and as a soldier
by George S. Kingston, Robert Dabney
Elijah Lavender and his neighbors,
generally, applicant hereby relinquishes
every claim whatsoever to a pension or  
annuity Except the present and declares
his name is not on the pension Rolls of
agency of any State.

Sworn to and Subscribed |
in open court the day |
and year aforesaid |         John Howard [signature]
Thomas S. Lea

We Joseph Holloway John Green presiding
in the county of Morgan State of Tennessee 
do certify that we are well acquainted with 
John Howard who has subscribed and sworn
to the foregoing Declaration, that we believe
him to be upwards of Sixty Six years of age 
as he has stated and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood where he
resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution
and a man of veracity and that we concur in
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in the same opinion with them
and that that belief is general

Sworn to and Subscribed      
in open court this day        
day and year aforesaid 
Thomas S. Lea
Joseph Holloway
his mark x
John Green
his mark x

and the said court hereby declares their opinion
after the investigation as the matter and
after putting the interrogatories proscribed by the
War department that the above named,
applicant was a revolutionary soldier and
served as he states, and the court further 
that Joseph Holloway & John Green who 
has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing
certificate are resident citizens of the county
or Morgan State of Tennessee and are credible
men and that their statement is entitled
to credit, and that there is no clergyman
in the neighborhood of said applicant.
E Lavender [???]

John Williams signature
Justice of the Peace

State of Tennessee       John Davis signature
Morgan County           [?????] of 8th Court
Elijah Lavender Clerk of the 
Court of please & quartersessions
for the County of Morgan Certify
that the foregoing contains
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the original proceedings in the matter
of the application of John Howard
for a pension in testimony whereof I hereby
unto set my hand & seal of office, at
office the 22nd day of October 1833
Elijah Lavender   Clerk
By his deputy
Thomas A. Lea
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Revolutionary War Records Section.
3-525
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D. C.,   , 19

In reply to your request of  , received  for a statement of the military history of John Howard
a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment
Apr 1781

Length of Service.
6 mos

Rank.
Ind spy

Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered.
Captain Berry
Colonel

State
S. C.

Battles engaged in, 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Laurens Co. S. C.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 21 1833 Has cl. was al
Residence at date of application, Morgan Co Tenn
Age at date of application, b. Feb 11, 1767 in Laurens Co SC
Remarks: Sol mar in Knox Co. Tenn Jan 29 or 30, 1810 Nancy Howard
He died in Morgan Co Tenn Apr. 7, 1851
She was al pens. on er apl. ex. Mar. 23, 1853 while living in Morgan Co. Tenn aged 70.  Son Nathan
No further family data.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Widow, &c.
Revy

File No. 3556
Nancy Howard 
Widow
John Howard
Pri. Rev. War

Act: Feb. 8. 1853
Index: - Vol A, Page 341
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Blank ap sent, Mar 27
Paid to Mar. '73 Cert for
1919 July 11 Hist. to S. Price Gilbert aw
1923 - July 30- hist. to Mrs. Wm. R. Massey aws
See letter in William Caldwell W. 345
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Restoration 2932

Tennessee (Knoxville)
Nancy Howard
widow of John
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 20 dollars ~~~
cents per annum, to commence on
the [3rd of February, 1858]
4th of September 1860

Certificate of Pension issued
28th day of May 1866
and sent to
J H H Woodward
Louisville KY

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
February 3, 1853, page 253 Vol. 26
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2932
3d Audr. May 18th 66, Tennessee, Knoxville
Nancy Howard
widow of John
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private

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

Certificate of Pension issued the
19th day of Novr 1853
and sent to 
Wm J. Dabney
Albany
Clinton Co;
Kentucky

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
of February 3, 1853, Page 182, Vol A

32
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No 1256
Nancy Howard
Widow of John
Tenn

Let to Wm J. Dabney
June 30/53

Act February 3 1803
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(No. 2) 

Widows' Division

Number of pending claim,
Nature of pending claim, Rev. War
Soldier, John Howard
Pensioner, Nancy Howard

Certificate No. 2932
Last Agency, Knoxville
Cause of termination,
Date of termination,

C. R. Johnson
Examiner
................................., 187   ,  Room No. ..................

FINANCE REPORT.
Accounts examined up to Apr 73
Pensioner paid to March, 1873
Objections, .............

July 7, 1873
John Burch 
Clerk.
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Pension Office,
Nov. 14. 1853

Sir.
Please certify the
time to which the written
names pensioner was
paid; and if in your
power, the date of his
death.
Very respectfully,
Your Obt. servant
B Hooe
For Commissioner

F. Burt Esqr
3d Auditor,
[?????]
John Howard, Act 1832
$20 p. an. Died 9h April 1851
Paid to death.
Saml. S. Rind
Actg Auditor
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No. 2,932
Act 29 July 1849

For Boynter
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Sold by J. H. H. WOODWARD, Louisville, Ky.

LETTER TO COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS.
ENCLOSING CLAIM PAPERS.

Louisville, Ky
March 3rd, 1866

To the Hon. Com'r of Pensions,
WASHINGTON CITY, D. C.

Dear Sir:
Enclosed you will please find an Application
for Restoration of Pension by Nancy Howard
under act of Congress approved the 4 day of
July 1862
You will please acknowledge, and make due report respecting
the claim at your earliest convenience.

With due sentiments of respect, I have the honor to remain
Your most obedient Serv't,
J H H Woodward Attorney
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Nancy Howard, widow of John

Dec  {Married 30 Jan 1810
         {Died 8th April 1857

Marriage bond and certificate of
[Justice] Judge before whom the Dec
was verified that he personally knows
claimant to be the widow of the
pensioner

[??]
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Morgan Couny
Montgomery Tenn
April 16 1869

Hon. Chris C Cox
Com. Pensions
Washington D. C

Dear Sir enclosed please find
declaration of myself for increase of pension
with my pension certificate acompanying & c
your attention to this matter solicited as
soon as possible as I am needy and unable to perform labor of living
and ask that all communication
sent to me at Montgomery Morgan Co. Tenn

Respectfully yours
Nancy Howard
By Jno L Scott
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Payment to be made at Knoxville
by
John Caldwell
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of 
Knoxville 
Tenne
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page 253 Vol. 26
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW'S PENSION
2932
RESTORATION

I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of
February 3, 1853,

Nancy Howard
Widow of John Howard 
who was a private in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Twenty
dollars and----cents per annum, commencing on the 
4th of September 1860 [3d of February, 1853] and continuing for life unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior
this Twenty Eighth day of May
one thousand eight hundred and Sixty Six
W T Otto
Acting Secretary of the Interior

Examined and countersigned.
Joseph H Barrett
Commissioner of Pensions
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Brief in the Case of Nancy Howard, widow of John
For restoration.
Morgan County and State of Tennessee
Act 3d Febry 1853, the 2d Section
[Knox 2932]

Claim for New Pension Certificate,

Proof Exhibited,
Claimant was pensioner on the Tenne roll, at the rate of  #20. per annum.  Her widowhood, identity, and loyalty is established by two credible affiants.
The third Audition
reports that her pension was [???] to the 4" of Sept: 1860.
Claim is allowed under
the 2" Second section of said Act as the rate of the #20. for A: Commencing September 4" 1860, and to Continue
during widowhood.

May 26" 1866.

[??????]
Examining Clerk.

Name and residence of Agent.
J H H Woodward, Esqr
Louisville, Ky:
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Howard
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Brief in the case of Nancy Howard, widow of John Howard
Morgan County and State of Tennessee
act 3d February 1853

Claim, ("original," [or "for increase.")]

Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Substance was a pensioner under the
act of June 7,1832, a private, at $20 per
annum
Marriage proved by certified copy of
marriage bond, and certificate of Justice
before whom the declaration was unified
(If [for increase.)] that he knows from personal knowledge
[Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?]
Claimant to be the widow of the pensioner.

Wm J Dabney Esq
Albany,
Clinton Co
Name and residence of Agent
Ky

R. Geddes
Examining Clerk.
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Widow
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Declassified:  E. O. 12065, Sec. 3-402; State Dept. guidelines, 6/2/79
By: Milton O. Gustifson NARS, Date 1-28-80 

Number of works in plan controlled state industry
Thousands  2,194  2,230*  2,260  2,430  2,526  3,180***

Annual increase of productivity of labor in percent of predeeding year
16.4  14.8  17.0  25.0  12.3*

Reduction of cost of production
-7.0  -5.0  -7.5  -11.0  -7.1*

Capital investments  
Million rubles 1,699  2,679  2,331  3,267  No data

III. Agriculture
Sown area 
Million hectares 103.5  118.0  129.8  130.4  127.8

Including area under cereals
"  101.4  95.8  105.3  105.5  No data

Of which:
Soviet Farms
"  1.2  1.2  1.5  2.5  4.8
Collective Farms
"  2.5  3.4  4.4  11.4  43.4

Gross production of cereals
Million metric tons  61.4  71.7  88.63  88.4  87.4

Supply of agricultural machinery
Million rubles  220  220  304  406  No data

Supply of tractors
Pieces  9,700  9,700  25,000  41,000  No data

Capital investments in socialized sector
Million rubles  335  365  592  1,193  No data

IV. Transport
Railway leadings
Million metric [???]  [???]  [???]  [???]  215  235
Capital investments
Million rubles  1,101  1,205  1,430  1,840  1,800

V. State budget
"  7,752  8,103  9,178  11,260  12,600

VI. Consumers' cooperatives
Number of members
Thousands  -  32,752  -  40,258  No data

Data for separate branches of industry.

VIII.  Gross output of separate branches of industry
Million
Coal
tons  41.1  39.7  46.5  51.6  46.7* 
Iron Ore
"  7.1  7.1  10.2  10.7  10.1*
Pig iron
"  4.1  4.0  5.0  5.5  5.0*
Oil
"  132.  13.7  14.6  16.2  17.1*
General machine building
Million rubles  737  792  959  1,145  1,458*

Agricultural machinery
"  210  212  262  371  311*
Cement
Million barrels  14.0  14.4  1.5  22.0  No data
Bricks
Millions pieces  2,600  2,636  3[?]66  3,200  2,333*
Superphosphate
Million tons  261  213  480  475  No data

Sources:
1) Figures for 1928-1929, and Five-Year Plan Figures and Control Figures for 1929-1930, have been quoted from Moscow Economic Life , No. 269, of November 22, 1929.
2) Figures referring to the executing of the plan in 1929-1930, marked by one star, as well as the few starred figures referred to the execution of the plan in 1928-1929, have been excerpted from Moscow EA Industrialisatsiu, No. 230, October 1, 1930.
3) The Central Figures for 1931 and the net starred figures referring to the execution of the plan in 1929-1930, have been compiled  from the Resolutions of the Combined Plenum of the Central Committee and the Central Control Commission of the All-Union Communist Party in December 1930, and of the Third Session of the Fifth Central Executive Committee of the U.S.S.R held in January, 1931 (Cf. enclosures to the Legations Despatch No. of
4) The figures markd by three starts have been calculated from figures contained in the same resolutions, and speeches deliveered at the same sessions.
5) The figure marked by two stars wa mentioned by STalin in his report to the Sixteenth All-Union Party Congress, Cf. Legation's Despatch No. 7115, of July 16, 1930, page 9.

as/hs
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Treasury Department
Third Auditor's Office,
May 22, 1866

Sir,
In reply to your inquiry of the 18th
inst. I have to inform you that the
pension of Mrs. Nancy Howard (on the 
Knoxville Tenn. under 2" sec. of act 3rd Feby 1853) appears by the books of
this Office to have been last paid
to 4th Sept. 1860.

Very respectfully,
A M Gangewer
Acting Auditor

Hon. Jos H. Barrett
Com'r of Pensions
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State of Georgia,
Supreme Court,
Atlanta 

William H. Fish, Chief Justice
Marcus w. Beck,
Saml. C. Atkinson,
H. Warner Hill,
S. Price Gilbert,
Walter F. George,
Associate Judges

Geo. W. Stevens, Reporter
John M. Graham, Asst. Reporter
Z. D. Harrison, Clerk
W. E. Talley, Deputy Clerk

June 27th, 1919

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-
Would thank you to send me the "record of service" 
of the revolutionary pensioner John Howard of Morgan County,
Tennessee. My wife was Mary Howard, a descendant of John 
Howard, and it is at her request and for her uses that I am
asking this record.

Thanking you in advance, I am,
S. Price Gilbert

Receipt stamp [June 30 1919 US PENSION OFFICE]
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Morgan Courthouse Tennessee
Oct 22nd 1833

I herein inclose the papers in support
of the claim of John Howard &
Jonathan Dildine To pension for
services in the Revolutionary you
will please communicate an
answer to me at Morgan Court
house Tennessee,

Your humble 
servant
John L Edward
Robert A Dabney
Commissioner
of Pensions
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96,575
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[????????] Ky
April 16th/55

Sir I enclose to you the
Declaration of Nancy Howard
widow of John Howard of Morgan
County Tennessee.  Claiming bounty land
under the act of Congress of the 3d March
1855.  I was agent for her in her application
for a Pension. When her pension was
allowed: of $20 per annum This made
payable at Knoxville Tennessee you
will please answer me & [????] to me
Alba[????] Ky - on her behalf I am your
humble servant, William J Dabney

S P Waldo Esqr
Comr of pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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arj
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Warthing Tenn[????]
March 22 1872

Hon J H Baker
Commissioner of Pension
My dear sir Please permit me to
call you atension to the case of
Nancy Howard Widow of John Howard
of the Revolutionary War you
will find my name was placed
on rolls of pension as his widow
at $96.00 per annum to com[???] on
the 27 June 1868 No 29.32
Send the enclosed voucher for
Reference to no and dates as the only
evidence I have Last my pension
certificate and have not been paid
in abought 12  month I have made
diligent serch and cannot find it
and no nothing of its esagstan
Please inform my what curse to take 
on the Return of the Enclosed Voucher
my P. O. is Warthing Morgan County
Tennessee
Yours Sir [??}
Nancy Howard
Per J. S. Fritts
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Albany Kentucky
4th November 1853

Sir I enclose to your the amended Declaration
of Nancy Howard widow of John Howard
Deceased who claims a pension under act
of 3d February 1853 [???] this with the record
of her marriage from the Clerk of the County
Court of Knox County Tennessee.

I am well acquainted with the widow
and was with her said Husband John
Howard while he drew a pension
I hope that the Declaration & proof of here
enclosed with her original Declaration
& papers in her case may be satisfactory
on her behalf I am your humble serat
Wm J Dabney

S P. Waldo Esqr
Comr of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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Albany Ky April 17th 1853

Sir I enclose to you the Declaration
of Nancy Howard widow John Howard
of Morgan County Tennessee claiming
a pension under the Act of
Congress of the 3d February 1853.
You will please direct to me an answer
to Albany Ky your humble servet
William J Dabney

S P Waldo Esqr
Comr of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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State of Tennessee
Morgan County

On this 10th day
of April A. D. one thousand eight
hundred and Sixty Nine personally
appeared before me Jno L Scott
Clerk of the County Court within
and for the County and State aforesaid 
Nancy Howard aged 87 years
a resident of the 7th District in the
State of Tennessee who being duly
Sworn according to law declares
that She is the identical Nancy Howard 
to whom was granted pension
certificate No. 2932 payable at [the]
Knoxville at the rate ofTwenty dollars per annym
issued under the act of February 3rd
1853 that she makes this declaration
in order to secure the increase of her 
pension to which she is entitled to
under the thirteenth Section of the
Act of July 27 1868
My post office addres is
Montgomery Morgan Co. Tennessee
Nancy Howard
her x mark
attest Patsey Davidson
Jones Davidson
Also personally appeared
Patsey Davidson and
residents of the County of Morgan and
State of Tennessee persons whom o'
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certify to be respectable and entitled
to credit and who being by me
duly sworn say that they were 
present and saw Nancy Howard
make her mark to the foregoing
declaration and they further swear
that they have every reason to believe
from the appearance of the applicant
and their acguaintance with her that
she is the identical person she
represents her self to be and that
they had no interest with prosecution
of the claim
Patsey Davidson
Jones Davidson

Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 13th day of April A D 1869 and
I certify that I had no interest directly
or indirect in the prosecution of this claim
Witness my hand and
official seal at office
 
in Montgomery April 13
1869  Jno L Scott Clerk
Co Court
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[*Boynton*]
Application for Restoration of Pension.
Case Dropped under Act of February 4, 1862.
Nancy Howard Applicant.
Widow of John Howard
Deceased

J. H. H. Woodward Attorney
Post Office Address.
Louisville Kentucky
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Fold by J. H. H. Woodward, Louisville, Ky.
Application for Restoration to the Pension Roll
By a Party Whose Name Has Been Dropped Under The Act Of February 4, 1862.

The following Declaration must be executed before a Judge, or a Clerk, or a Deputy Clerk of a Court of Record, and, if before the Judge, the Clerk or Deputy Clerk thereof will certify said Judge's  official capacity and signature, and attest the same under the seal of the Court.  A Justice of the Peace or a Notary Public must not authenticate this paper.  If he does the work is entire useless, and must be all done over again before a Judge, or Clerk, or Deputy Clerk of a Court of Record, as just above stated.

Declaration.

State of Tennessee County of Morgan SS:
On this 22 day of February A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty six personally appeared before me (1) John L Scott of the (2) Clk County Court in said County and State, the same being a court of record (3) Nancy Howard aged 84 years, a resident of the (4) County of Morgan in the State of Tennessee who, being duly sworn according to law declares that (5) she is the identical (3) Nancy Howard who was a pensioner on the roll of the Agency at Ten[?????] in the State of Tennessee and whose pension certificate (6) was left with Ephraim Langley her agent and destroyed by the Rebel [?????]
That (5) she was resided sine the first day of January, 1861, as follows: (7) at Nathan Howards her some of Morgan Co. Tennessee
That during this period (8) her means of subsistence have been (9) by her own labour and assistance of her son and friends
That (5) she has not borne arms against the Government of the United States, or has not in any manner been engaged in or aided or abetted the rebellion therein, or in any manner encourage the rebels, or manifested a sympathy with their cause.  Applicant makes the following additional declaration: "I (3) Nancy Howard do solemnly swear (or affirm) in the presence of Almighty God, that I will hereafter faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder: that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamation which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves: so help me God."
Applicant further states that (5) she was last paid (8) pension on the 4th day of Sept. A. D. 1860

That (10) she still remains the widow of Jno Howard [?????]
This application is made for the purpose of securing of (8) her name to the pension rolls, and of obtaining a new pension certificate, such as (5) she maybe entitled to under existing laws, reference being made to the evidence heretofore filed in the Pension Office to substantiate (8) her original claim.
Applicant appoints J. H. H. Woodward of Louisville Ky (8) my Attorney irrevocably with full power of substitution and revocation in (8) her said behalf, and authorizes him to receive the Pension Certificate when issued.  Applicant's Post-Office address is Montgomery County of Morgan State of Tennessee; that (8) her domicile of place of abode is (11) Waggan Road from Montgomery to Jamestown 13 miles from Montgomery the County seat of Morgan County
Nancy Howard Applicant
her mark x

Note. Two persons 
who can write must sign
their names here in attestation
of the Power of Attorney and the signature
of the applicant.  The 
officer administering the
oath cannot be one of the 
attesting parties.
Attest:
E. L. Hall
H J Branstetter

Witness Affidavit.
Sworn to, subscribed, and acknowledged before me, the day and year first above written, and also personally appeared [H. T. Branstetter] Richard Milton and David Melton residents of the (4) County of Morgan in the State of Tennessee; persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw (3) Nancy Howard (12) make her mark to the  foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with (13) her that (5) she is the identical person (5) she represents (14) herself to be.  They  further state, that, according to their best knowledge and belief, the said (3) Nancy Howard has never been engaged in or aided or abetted the rebellion in the United States, either directly or indirectly.  That (5) she has never borne arms against the Government of the United States, or in any manner encouraged the rebels or manifested a sympathy with their cause.  That (5) she has always borne and still bears true faith and allegiance to the Government, Constitution and Laws of the United States, and is of unquestionable loyalty.
That said applicant was a pensioner on the roll of the Agency at [????????] in the State of Tennessee and was last paid, as they verily believe, (8) her pension to the 4th day of Sept 1860. That (5) she has resided since the first day of January, A. D. 1861, as follows (7) at her sons Nathan Howard in Montgomery County Tennessee
That during this period, to wit, from the first day of January, 1861, to the present time (8) her means of subsistence have been (9) by her own work and help from her said son and friends
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That said applicant's pension certificate (6) was as they are informed left in the hands of Ephraim Langley her agent and destroyed by the Rebel enemy
That (15) she still remains the widow of John Howard the deceased
And they further swear that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim

NOTE. If the witnesses, 
or either of them, make
their mark, let two persons
who can write their
names attest the signatures.  The officer 
administering the oath cannot be one of the 
attesting parties.

ATTEST:
E. L. Hall
H. J. Branstetter

Two Witnesses.
Richard Melton
David Melton
his x mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 22 day of February A. D. 1866 and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.  Also, that the foregoing declaration and joint affidavit were read over and fully explained to, and understood by, the respective parties before they signed the same.  That I verily believe that the applicant has never aided or abetted the rebellion in the United States, and is of reputed loyalty to the Government, Constitution, and Laws thereof.
John L Scott
Clerk of Court Court.

Note. If the Clerk or the Deputy Clerk of the Court takes the Declaration and affidavit instead of the Judge, he signs the above certificate and places the seal of the Court thereto, and the following certificate then goes unauthenticated, but if the Judge administers the oath, he signs the foregoing certificate, and then the Clerk or Deputy  Clerk himself authenticates the certificate hereto following.
State of  County of  SS.
I,  Clerk of the  Court within and for the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that  before whom the foregoing Pension Declaration and joint affidavit were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was, at the time of so doing, Judge of the (2)  Court in and for the County and State above named, duly elected, qualified and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that his said signature, as it above appears, is genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of  Court at Offices in  this   day of   A. D., 18  
Clerk.
Court.

[Boynton]
Application for Restoration of Pension.
Case Dropped under Act of February 4, 1862.
Nancy Howard, Applicant.
Widow of 
John Howard
deceased

J. H. H. Woodward Attorney
Post Office Address.
Louisville
Kentucky

Instructions.
1. "Judge" "Clerk" or "Deputy Clerk," as the name may be.
2. Name of the Court
3. Name in full of the applicant for a restoration of pension.
4. "City," "Town," "Corporation," or "County," as the case may be. 
5. "He" or "she" as the case may be.
6. "Is herewith returned," or "is lost," "is mislaid," "is destroyed,"  or "is stolen," or "is illegally withheld by...of..." as the case may be.  If lost, mislaid, or stolen, add immediately after the statement of such fact "and after due search and inquiry cannot be found or recovered (if such be the fact), for which reason it cannot be returned."
7. Here name the place or places at which the applicant has resided 
8. "His" or "her" as the case may be
9. Here name the employment or other means by which a livelihood has been gained.
10. If an invalid, pensioned, say "His disability, for which pension was originally granted, still continues."  If a widow, say "She still  continues a widow"
11. "House No...on...street, between...and...streets, in the city of...,in the county and State aforesaid:" or if, on the other hand, the applicant resides in the country instead of the city, in place of the foregoing, say; "On the wagon (or rail) road leading from to...about...miles from...the county seat of...county, State above names."
12. "Sign his name," or "sign her name," or "make his mark," or "make her mark," as the case may be.
13. "Him," or "her," as the case may be.
14. "Himself,"  or "herself," as the case may be.
15. "The disability of the applicant, for which he was originally pensioned still continues," or "said applicant still continues a widow, as the case may be. 

Extract Pension Office Circular, June 10, 1865.
Pension in States Heretofore in Insurrection.
In resuming the execution of the pension laws in the several States heretofore in insurrection, the Secretary of the Interior directs that attention be called to the following act of Congress:
An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to strike from the pension rolls the names of such persons as have taken up arms against the Government, or who may have in any manner encouraged the rebels. or manifested a sympathy with their cause. "App'd Feb. 4, 1862."
In accordance with the provisions of this act, the names of all pensioners who have resided within the insurrectionary States during the rebellion, and whose pensions were payable at any one of the following places, viz: Richmond and Norfolk, Va; Fayetteville and Morgantown, N. C.; Charleston, S. C.; Nashville, Knoxville, Jonesboro, and Jackson, Tenn.; Jackson, Miss.; New Orleans, La; Savannah, Ga.; Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and Pensacola, Fla.; Huntsville, Tuscaloosa, and Mobile, Ala.; and Little Rock and Port Gibson, Ark.; are hereby dropped from the pension rolls.  Persons heretofore receiving pensions at the above named agencies, who still claim the benefit of the pension laws, must make application for the restoration to the rolls, with the requisite evidence, in accordance with the forms and instructions published herewith.
June 10,1685.

Official Requirements - Pension Office.
If the declarant, or any witness, signs by mark, the officer must certify that the contents of the paper were made known to the affiant before signing.
In every case the declaration or affidavit must either be signed by the affiant's own hand or else by mark (x).  Signing by another hand, when the party is able to write, or without a mark when the party is unable to write, is wholly inadmissible. 
The allegations made in the applicant' declaration must be sustained by the testimony of two credible and disinterested witnesses, to be certified as such by the officer before whom the testimony is taken.
The applicant must also take and subscribe the oath prescribed in the recent amnesty proclamation of the President of the United States, filing such oath with the application for a new pension certificate. (See Italicized portion of applicants declaration for form of oath).
If the applicant be an invalid pensioner, he must be examined by an army surgeon, or by a surgeon duly appointed  by this office, as to the continuance of his disability.  If a widow, she must prove, by two credible witnesses, her continued widowhood.  If the guardian of a minor child, Lewly appointed, he must file evidence of his appointment as such.
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Instructions.
1. "Judge" "Clerk" or "Deputy Clerk," as the name may be.
2. Name of the Court
3. Name in full of the applicant for a restoration of pension.
4. "City," "Town," "Corporation," or "County," as the case may be.
5. "He" or "she" as the case may be.
6. "Is herewith returned," or "is lost," "is mislaid," "is destroyed," or "is stolen," or "is illegally withheld by...of..." as the case may be. If lost, mislaid, or stolen, add immediately after the statement of such fact "and after due search and inquiry cannot be found or recovered (if such be the fact), for which reason it cannot be returned."
7. Here name the place or places at which the applicant has resided
8. "His" or "her" as the case may be
9. Here name the employment or other means by which a livelihood has been gained.
10. If an invalid, pensioned, say "His disability, for which pension was originally granted, still continues." If a widow, say "She still continues a widow"
11. "House No...on...street, between...and...streets, in the city of...,in the county and State aforesaid:" or if, on the other hand, the applicant resides in the country instead of the city, in place of the foregoing, say; "On the wagon (or rail) road leading from to...about...miles from...the county seat of...county, State above names."
12. "Sign his name," or "sign her name," or "make his mark," or "make her mark," as the case may be.
13. "Him," or "her," as the case may be.
14. "Himself," or "herself," as the case may be.
15. "The disability of the applicant, for which he was originally pensioned still continues," or "said applicant still continues a widow, as the case may be.

Extract Pension Office Circular, June 10, 1865.
Pension in States Heretofore in Insurrection.
In resuming the execution of the pension laws in the several States heretofore in insurrection, the Secretary of the Interior directs that attention be called to the following act of Congress:
An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to strike from the pension rolls the names of such persons as have taken up arms against the Government, or who may have in any manner encouraged the rebels. or manifested a sympathy with their cause. "App'd Feb. 4, 1862."
In accordance with the provisions of this act, the names of all pensioners who have resided within the insurrectionary States during the rebellion, and whose pensions were payable at any one of the following places, viz: Richmond and Norfolk, Va; Fayetteville and Morgantown, N. C.; Charleston, S. C.; Nashville, Knoxville, Jonesboro, and Jackson, Tenn.; Jackson, Miss.; New Orleans, La; Savannah, Ga.; Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and Pensacola, Fla.; Huntsville, Tuscaloosa, and Mobile, Ala.; and Little Rock and Port Gibson, Ark.; are hereby dropped from the pension rolls. Persons heretofore receiving pensions at the above named agencies, who still claim the benefit of the pension laws, must make application for the restoration to the rolls, with the requisite evidence, in accordance with the forms and instructions published herewith.
June 10,1685.

Official Requirements - Pension Office.
If the declarant, or any witness, signs by mark, the officer must certify that the contents of the paper were made known to the affiant before signing.
In every case the declaration or affidavit must either be signed by the affiant's own hand or else by mark (x). Signing by another hand, when the party is able to write, or without a mark when the party is unable to write, is wholly inadmissible.
The allegations made in the applicant' declaration must be sustained by the testimony of two credible and disinterested witnesses, to be certified as such by the officer before whom the testimony is taken.
The applicant must also take and subscribe the oath prescribed in the recent amnesty proclamation of the President of the United States, filing such oath with the application for a new pension certificate. (See Italicized portion of applicants declaration for form of oath).
If the applicant be an invalid pensioner, he must be examined by an army surgeon, or by a surgeon duly appointed by this office, as to the continuance of his disability. If a widow, she must prove, by two credible witnesses, her continued widowhood. If the guardian of a minor child, Lewly appointed, he must file evidence of his appointment as such.

[Boynton]
Application for Restoration of Pension.
Case Dropped under Act of February 4, 1862.
Nancy Howard, Applicant.
Widow of
John Howard
deceased

J. H. H. Woodward Attorney
Post Office Address.
Louisville
Kentucky
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Declaration
Nancy Howard
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State of Tennessee Morgan County SS
On this the 25th day of October
1853 personally appeared before me
J. L. Scott a justice of the peace in 
and for the county & state aforesaid
Nancy Howard widow of John
Howard Deceased who was a Revolutionary
pensioner of Morgan County
Tennessee at the rate of $20. per annum and I died some several years back in Morgan County Tennessee 
She being a woman of Good character
and after being duly sworn for that
purpose on her oath makes the
following ammendments to her original
Declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the act of Congress
of the 3d of February 1853
She states that she was married to
the said John Howard about the
29th or 30th day of January 1810
in Knox County Tennessee that 
her said husband John Howard was
a Revolutionary pensioner of Morgan
County Tennessee at the rate of 
$20 per annyum and died in Morgan County Tennessee as well as
she can remember on the 8th day above
1851 that she is the widow of the said
John Howard and has remained his 
widow ever since his death.
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that her said husband died and the
farm where she now lives She states that
she is old and vary frail, and has but 
little to subsist upon that she deserves her an answer to be sent to her although Wm J Dabney at Albany Ky she makes her original Declaration & the proof none on file parts hereof & prays her pension be allowed her
her x mark
Nancy Howard

Sworn to and
subscribed to this
25 day of October 1853
before me F Scott
Justice of the Peace J. P.

State of Tennessee Morgan County SS
I certify that I have been long acquainted
with John Howard Decd who was a Revolutionary pinsioner at the rate of 
$20 dollars per annum and died in
Morgan County Tennessee on the 8th day
of April 1850 that I have this attended at the house of Nancy Howard who is the widow of the said John Howard & qualified her to be foregoing declaration that she is a woman of good character and vary poor, and from old age & infirmity 
She is unable to attend County Court to make her declaration Given under my hand this the 25 day of October 1853
J F Scott
Justice of the Peace J. P.
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State of Tennessee Morgan County SS
I G W Keith Clerk of the County
Court of the County and State 
aforesaid certify that Julan F Scott
Esquire who signature 
appears to the foregoing [signatures
appear to the] Declaration and 
certificate is and was at the time
of signing the same an acting
Justice of the Peace in and for
the county & state aforesaid and
full faith and credit is due all
his acts as such and the foregoing
signatures purporting to be his are 
Genuine In testimony
whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed
my seal of office done
at Montgomery this 28th
day of October 1853
G W Keith Clerk
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Albany Ky. June 5, 1856.

Sir
The claim of Nancy Howard widow of
John Howard of Morgan County Tennessee
under the act of 3rd March 1855 No 96,575
Also the claim of Ruth Cole widow of
Willis Cole decd of Fentress County Tennessee
under said act No. 92,959 also the
claim of Polly Owen widow of Bailey 
Owen (decd) of Fentress County Tennessee
under Said act no. 92,293.
And also the claim of Nancy Doss
under said act No. 91,077 are from
letters that I have in each case
suspended for want of Record evidence
all of these claims are on account of the
Revolutionary services of their husbands
who were Revolutionary Pensioners.
Mrs. Howard, [Mrs Miller] & Mrs. Owens are now Pensioners under the act of February
3, 1853.  Mrs. Doss' pension claim
has not yet been allowed and Mrs Cole's
Pension claim has not yet been allowed.
I see by the act of Congress of May 14, 1856
the Evidence upon which pensions have been 
granted, will be deemed sufficient.
Please inform me whether they will be
any further steps necessary in those cases.
On behalf of the claimants I am
Your humble servant [??]
William J. Dabney