Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4462, for Dempsy Jordan, Georgia
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(3-1776) 

SERVICE Ga. 
Jordan Dempsy or Jourden Dempsey 
Sarah 
NUMBER W. 4462
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CONTENTS [blank]
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A A Stephen Dec 7 183_
Georgia 16.107 
Dempsy [Dempsey] Jordan of Taliaferro in the State of Georgia who was a pri: of the Regt. commanded by Col. [John] McIntosh in the Georgia line for 2 years 
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 80 Dollars _Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of July 1833 and sent Q. Oneal Crawfordsville Ga.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - 160
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 40
=$200

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk 
Book E. Vol. 6. Page 94
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656
Georgia 
Sarah Jordan widow of Dempsey Jordan decd
who died on the 3 November 1833 of Taliaferro in the State of Georgia who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _ of the Regt. commanded by Col. [John] McIntosh in the Georgia line for 2 years. Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 80 Dollars -00- cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 and to 4 Sept-1833 to be deducted 
Certificate of pension issued the 27 day of Mar 1837 and [illegible]
A. Stephens - Crawfordsville
Arrears to the 4th of March 1837
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept. 
$520.00
Revolutionary Claim
Act July 4, 1836 
Section the 3d

Recorded by [illegib] Addison
Bk A. Vol. 1 Page 21
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the 3rd Section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836 -
State of Georgia Taliaferro County ss.
On this twenty first day of November Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Six personally appeared before the Hon. Inferior Court of said county Sarah Jordan a resident of said state and county aged eighty 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 act of Congress passed July 4. 1836. - That she is the widow of Dempsey Jordan late of said county deceased who was a soldier of the war of the Revolution - and who previous to his death was a pensioner of the United States for services rendered in said war.  according to an act of Congress, passed the 7th of June 1832 - That the said Dempsey in said War served as a private - and for a more full account of the particulars and character of said service this deponent refers the Department to the papers touching said Dempseys claim- She further declares that she was married to said Dempsey Jordan on the _day of January in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Seven some time previous to the last term of the said service of the said Dempsey Jordan. That he her husband the aforesaid Dempsey Jordan died on the 3rd day of November (1833) Eighteen Hundred and thirty three - and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear
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by reference to proof hereto annexed-
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court on the day and year above written -
Test Quinea O'Neal clk 
Sarah Jordan [her X mark]

Georgia Taliaferro County
And Mr. William Darden, Buford Bird and S.V. Luckett the Justices of the said Court do hereby give it as our opinion the facts stated in the above and foregoing declarations are true - both from general notoriety and from our acquaintance with the parties - Given under our hands in Court this day above written -
William Darden, JIC
Beauford Bird JIC
Silvester V. Luckett JIC

Georgia Taliaferro County
I Quinea ONeal Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby certify that the above and foregoing contains the original and full proceedings of said Court in the case of the application of Sarah Jordan widow of Dempsey Jordan of said County deceased - for the benefit of the Act of Congress of July 4 - 1836 -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office - this 21 day of November 1836 -
Quinea ONeal Clk
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State of Georgia Taliaferro County
On the 13th day of September one thousand Eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared before the Justices of the Inferior Court of this County Dempsy [Dempsey] Jordan late of the Revolutionary Army Resident in Taliaferro County and State aforesaid aged seventy eight years being born in 1754 December the 16th who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832.
I Dempsey Jordan do most solemnly declare that I entered the service of the United States in 1776 in Georgia I first inlisted under Colonel John McIntosh, in Major Lenard Marbory's [Leonard Marbury] Battalion for two years Regular services I served all my time in Savannah Georgia Major Habershams [John Habersham] & Colonel Ebert [Samuel Elbert] also commanded here for this service I was promised at my enlistment a Bounty of Land in the fork of Apalatchy [Apalachee River] Georgia but I never have got it. I have proven this service by James Swords the affidavit was sent on to the war department in a Declaration in 1830. Please get that as the witness is forever out of my power During this service I was in the siege of Fort saint Tilly [Satilla] for two days and nights and fought the notorious Brown & the Tories we were Commanded there, by Colonel [Richard Winn] Wynn and lost the fort I was at the siege of savannah and fought for 24 hours and held the fort I was discharged in savannah at the end of my 2 years service and returned home. I in a short time volunteered under General Elijah Clark was at the siege of Augusta and helped to dig the Notorious [Thomas] Brown out of a cave in the fort. I then was placed in Captain [John] Dooly's Company under General [Andrew Pickens] Pickings and went against the Cherokee Indians we fought the Indians drove them off Took 15 prisoners and returned home I was then Discharged after a service of more than four years entirely in georgia where I have ever lived  I hereby Relinquish every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State Sworn to and
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Subscribed the day and year first written my discharges are both lost and out of my power. I was acquainted with Lieutenant Mitton [John Milton] and Berien [John Berrien] 
Dempsey Jourden  his X mark 
s/ Malcom Johnston JIC
R. Q. Dickinson, JIC 
William Darden JJC

Georgia Taliaferro County
We Malcom Johnston and William L. Tucker Clergyman residing in the State of Georgia and Taliaferro County hereby testify that we are well acquainted with Dempsy (Dempsey) Jordan who has subscribed and sworn the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age that is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
R.Q. Dickinson J.I.C. Malcom  Johnston William Darden J.I.C.      Wm. L. Tucker

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations presented by the War Department that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that they are personally acquainted with Malcom Johnston and Wm L. Tucker who has afrsigned the preceding certificate and know them to be clergymen and residents in Taliaferro County Georgia that they are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to full credit.
R.Q. Dickinson J.I.C.
William Darden J.I.C.
Malcom Johnston J.I.C.
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B     (B)
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the acts entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution" approved on the 15th day of May 1828 I, Dempsey Jordan of 6 & 7 district in the county of Taliaferro in the state of Georgia, Do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the continental line of the revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service untill its termination, at which period I was a private in Captain John Mcintosh company (the regiment not recollected. But General [Lachlan] Mcintosh was our commander, I was stationed at Savannah Ga and at the mouth of Darien [River], And I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates, for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th day of May 1778. And I further declare, that I was not on the 15th day of May 1828, on pensions list of the United States And I further declare that I have not been on the list on or since the 5th day of March 1828

Witness my hand this 23rd day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight
 Demsy [X his mark] Jordan

Georgia Line.
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Georgia Taliaferro County
I Sarah Jordan of said County do hereby constitute and appoint A. H. Stephens my true and Lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute, any claim I may have, on account of the services of my former husband Dempsey Jordan now deceased, as a soldier of the War of the revolution, by the provisions of an act of Congress of July 4. 1836 - and I do hereby confirm and ratify whatever he may do in the premise - Given under my hand and seal this 21 - Nov. 1836.
Sarah [X her mark] Jordan 

Signed and delivered in presence of 
Garrett Gatlin J.P.
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Georgia Taliaferro County
Personally appeared before me Garrett Gatlin a justice of the peace in and for said county Mrs. Martha Stivend who after being duly sworn upon oath saith that in addition to what she was sworn to on a former occasion respecting the marriage of Dempsey Jordan late of said county deceased with his widow Sarah Jordan - that her reason for saying that said marriage took place in seventeen Hundred and seventy seven or eight - is this, that she and said Sarah Jordan were girls together and in May seventeen Hundred and seventy seven - or sixty years ago - She and said Sarah were together in a fort on the place she said Martha now lives said fort was called Fort Marbury - that while living there said Fort was attacked by the Indians - and she and said Sarah and one Nancy Oneal (the wife of said Sarahs brother) moulded bullets for the men while they were fighting & that afterwards they left said fort- in the same year and went to fort Philips. when Sarah remained but a short time and went down toward Ogeechee river to another fort which she does not recollect and soon she heard that she was married to  Dempsey Jordan - that she was not at the
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marriage - but has always since been acquainted with both said Sarah and Dempsey - until his death - that they have raised a family of children. always Since she heard of their marriage they having been together as man and wife - nor has she ever heard it contradicted - or even a doubt suggested about it - she further says she does not now recollect exactly how long it was after said Sarah left fort Philips before she heard of her marriage but it was not long and hence she does not know certain whether it was in 1777 or 1778 - but she is certain from her distinct recollection of many of the [illegible] incidents of those times that it was this coming May sixty years-ago since she and said Sarah were in the old fort now upon the place where she is now living &c.
Martha [X her mark] Stevens

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11th day of February 1837.
S/ Garrett Gatlin J.P.
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Georgia Taliaferro County }
I do hereby certify that I Archid [Archibald] Gresham acting Justice of the Peace and Senator for said county am well acquainted with the said Martha Stevens above and foregoing affidavit and state that she is a person of veracity and truth as any one Given under my this 16th day of February 1837
S/Archid Gresham JP
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No 3 State of Georgia Taliaferro County Dempsey Jordan Revolutioner for Pension 13876
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Georgia Taliaferro County I Quinea O'Neal Clerk of the Court of the Taliaferro County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Demcy [Dempsey] Jordan for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 13 day of September 1832. Quinea O'Neal Clk 

Georgia Taliaferro County  I Quinea O'Neal Clerk of the Court of the Taliaferro County do hereby certify that R. Q. Dickinson William Darden and Malcom Johnston whose names appear to the foregoing affidavits as subscribing witnesses are Justices of the Inferior Court of said County and that full faith and credit ought to be had and given to their attestation as such Given under my hand and seal of office this 13th day of September 1832  Quinea O'Neal Clk 

Georgia Taliaferro County I Demcy [Dempsey] Jordan do hereby appoint Hermon Mercer  my true and Lawful attorney both of the County & State first written in fact for me and in my name to do and Transact all matters and things necessary to be done in the recovery obtaining and collecting any pension or annuity that may be due to me under the act of Congress passed the 7th June 1832 in favor of the Soldiers of the Revolution and he my said attorney is fully authorized to collect receive and Receipt for any pension as above described as fully and as completely for me and in my name as though I was personally present and also to do all things whatsoever that may be necessary to be done in and about the recovery of the same given under my hand and seal this 13th day of September 1832. Malcom Johnston J.C  
his mark X Demsey Jourden
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Georgia Walton County personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the pease [Peace] Mr. Samuel Jordan who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was acquainted with his Brother Dempsey Jordan in the Revolutionary War and knew him to Enlist in the service of the United States in the year 1776 for two years and then continued in said service during the said war I was with him at the siege of Augusta when we dug out the notorious Brown out of the Cave under command of Colonel [Henry "Light Horse Harry"] Lee
 and Colonel [Elijah] Clark and others and also at the battle at St. Tillis [Satilla] under the command of Colonel [Captain John] Milton. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 13th day of April 1833
S/ George Park JP
Samuel [X his mark] Jordan

I do hereby certify that Samuel Jordan is thought to be in fair standing and credit as to any witness or affidavit in any court of Justice in this county The sd Jordan is from the best record or recollection of his age to be about Eighty Two years of age  Given under my hand the day & date above written -
S/ George Park JP


State of Georgia Walton County 
I John P Lucas Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby certify that George Park whose name appears to the above & foregoing certificate is at this time an acting Magistrate in and for said county and that due faith and credit ought to be had & given to his attestation as such  Given under my hand & seal of office this thirteenth day of April 1833.
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S/ J.P. Lucas clk
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State of Georgia Taliaferro County 
personally appeared before me the undersigned being a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Taliaferro Geo Demsey [Dempsey] Jordan who being Duly Sworn Deposeth and Saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of Memory, he cannot Swear to the precise day & month of the year During his Service, of the united States Service during the revolutionary war, but according to the best of his Recollection, he Served not less than four years very Near, without any Intermission (viz) a few days only Two years an Enlisted Soldier, called Regular and Two years in the Militia all in Georgia
And for Such this deponent claims a pension
This Deponent further States that he began his Service in 1776 and closed it in 1780 with the exception of Sum [sic] Small Tours of Service

As to Interrogatory No. 1 I was born as I have been told in Virginia

As to No. 2 I have a Record of My age handed me from My father 

Sworn to and Subscribed this 4th day of May 1833
Dempsy [X his mark] Jordan
S/ William Read JP

Georgia Taliaferro County
I Quinea O'neal clerk of said county do hereby certify that William Read whose name is to the above affidavit as a subscribing witness is a Justice of the peace in and for said County and full faith and credit ought to be given and had to his attestation as such given under my hand and seal at office this 4th day of May 1833.
S/Quinea O'Neal Clk
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A. H. Stephens Esqr


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$1.25
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Georgia Taliaferro County 
Personally appeared before me  Garrett Gatlin a Justice of the Peace in & for said County Martha Stevens who after being duly sworn upon oath saith that she is will acquainted with Sarah Jordan widow & wife of Demsey Jordan deceased of said County and previous to his death a pensioner of the United States for services rendered in the war of the revolution - that this deponent has been acquainted with said Sarah since her early recollection. that she this deponent knows from general notoriety in the neighborhood that said Sarah was married to said Dempsey in the Year Seventeen Hundred and seventy seven or eight - She is not positive as to which of these years. that this deponent was not at the marriage, but lived at no great distance. and has no doubt as to the fact. as she knew her before and ever since and she said Dempsey lived together in a state of matrimony until the death of the said Dempsey some time in the fall of the year Eighteen Hundred and thirty three.

This deponent according to family tradition is now in her seventy fifth year of age And thought she was young at the time recollects the facts stated above distinctly - 

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 31st day of Oct 1836
S/ Garrett Gatlin JP
Martha [X her mark] Stevens
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Georgia Taliaferro County 
I Garrett Gatlin a justice of the peace in & for said County do hereby certify that from long personal acquaintance I have no doubt resting on my mind as to the distinctness of the recollection of Mrs Martha Stevens as to the facts stated in her affidavit on the foregoing page touching the time of the marriage of Sarah Jordan and Dempsey Jordan - and the entire  truth of her statements therein contained - and that the same an intitled to full faith and credit - Given under my hand this 31st day of October 1836
S/ Garrett Gatlin J.P.

Georgia Taliaferro County -
I Quinea Oneal clerk of the Inferior Court of said county do hereby certify that Garrett Gatlin & S Johnson are justices of the peace in & for said county and that full faith and credit ought to be given to the attestation as such - 
Given under my hand this 21- Nov. 1836- to which I have also attached the seal of my office
S/Quinea O'neal clk
[seal]
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I Marcus Andrews Clerk of the Superior Court of the County of Taliaferro in the State of Georgia do certify that _ before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn, was at the time a justice of the peace duly empowered to administer oaths 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court. this [blank] day in the year of our Lord 1829.
Signed _

D Jordan 747
Recd 28 March 1829.

Georgia DeKalb County 
I Charles Murphey Clerk of the Inferior Court of the County aforesaid & State if Georgia do certify that James Diamond before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn was at that time a Justice of the peace for said County and duly empowered to administer oaths In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal 
having no Seal of Office this 14th day of March 1809
S/ C Murphey Clk I.C
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Recd. 30 Nov 1824
Georgia Walton County 
Personally Came before me James Swords who being duly sworn saith that he was well acquainted with Demsey Jourdan [Dempsey Jordan] in time of the Revolutionary war and that he knows that the said Jourdan did enlist in the Service of the United States under Capt [Major General Nathanael] Greene who was Commanded by General Locklin [Lachlan] Mcintosh in the Continental Service in the State of Georgia and was in said Service for twelve months and after wards Continued in said service to the End of the war Sworn to and Subscribed to before me this 12th November 1829.
S/ D. Hardwich J.P
James [O his mark] Swords

Georgia Walton County 
I Vincent Haralson clerk of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby Certify that David Hardwich whose name appears on the above affidavit is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County. and that due faith & credit should be given to his signature as such Given from under my hand and seal of Office this 12th day of November 1829
S/ V. Haralson Clk IFS

Georgia Walton County 
I John P Lucas one of the Justices of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby certify that Vincent Haralson whose name appears on the above certificate is the now acting Clerk of the Inferior Court of said county and that due faith and credit should be had and given to his signature as such. Given from under my hand and Seal. this 12th day of November 1829
S/John P. Lucas [personal seal]
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Crawfordville Ga                          25
Decr 29- 1829


Treasurey [sic] Department
Washington City
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Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
12 Dec 1829.

SIR:
Before any further decision can be had on your claim under the above mentioned act it will be necessary for you to state when, where, and by whom you were discharged or of whom you received the certificate for the reward of Eighty dollars.

I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
s/ S D. Ingham
Secretary of the Treasury

Mr Dempsey Jordan.
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Georgia Taliaferro County -
Personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in & for said County Sarah Jordan widow and relict of Dempsey Jordan Late of said County deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States for services in the Revolutionary War - Who after being duly sworn upon oath Saith that that from her recollection of the date of the births of her children - and various other circumstances. she thinks she can not be mistaken as to the marriage to the said Dempsey, having been at or within the time mentioned in her original declaration. that said marriage took place some time before the last term of said Dempseys service in said War. which she thinks was in the Latter part of 1780 - or early part of 1781 - except some skirmishes. That she was married to him before he was at the battle of Augusta and the taking of Brown - that she was married at Fort Alexander - or Alexander's Fort - by David Holloman a Justice of the peace. while said Dempsey was a soldier - and she does not now know of any person living who was at said marriage - nor does she know (such was the State of the Country) when there then was any record made of said marriage.

Sworn to and subscribed before me, after being read this 16 day of February 1837
S/ William Peek J. P.
Sarah [X her mark] Jordan
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Georgia Taliaferro County
Personally appeared before me the said Justice of the peace in & for said county, Edmund Jordan son of Sarah Jordan and Dempsey Jordan late deceased - who after being duly sworn upon oath saith that he in life time of his father has frequently heard him and his mother talk of their marriage in the Revolutionary War - and Many of the interesting and trying scenes through which they passed in said War &c.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16th day of February 1837 -
S/ William Peck J. P.
S/ Edmond Jordan

Georgia Taliaferro County -
And I the said Justice of the peace in & for said county do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Sarah and Edmund Jordan - above and foregoing affiants and state that that they are both persons of unquestioned veracity and as good character as any in any community - Given under my hand this 16 day of February 1837
S/ William Peck J. P.
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Georgia Taliaferro County
I Quinea Oneal Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby certify that William Peek and Garrett Gatlin are justices of the peace, in & for said County and also Archibald Gresham. that said Gresham is also senator for said County in the state Legislature and that full faith and credit ought to be had and given to their attestation as such - I also certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs Martha Stevens, and Sarah Jordan - and that they are women of great acuity and have always been reputed as persons who had been living in the War of the Revolution - I also certify that the children of said Sarah have enlisted the property of their deceased father Dempsey Jordan - as if the said Sarah and Dempsey had been legally married - And I also state that I have no doubt from the age reputed and apparent of the children of said Sarah and Dempsey that they must have been married at least thirty seven or eight years ago - 
[seal]
Given under my hand and seal of said court at my office in Crawfordville this 16th day of February 1837
S/ Quinea O'Neal Clk
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778                    787
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Aug. 25. 1828

Dempsey Jordan of _ in the County of Taliaferro in the State of Georgia, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a private in captain McIntosh's company, in _regiment of the Georgia line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing 
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary,
S/ A Dinkins.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
4th September 1828
[2 lines struck thru]
It further appears that Dempsey Jordan is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3d March 1826 
If any Certificate for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued to the Georgia line, The records in this office, do not furnish any referrence [sic] to them-
S/ Peter Hagner Aud

Dempsey Jordan [illegible] without knowing the line to which he belonged
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787
1205-2029

1144

Crawfordville Ga
Nov 17-1829          Free

To the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States
Washington City
District of Columbia

mail
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1144

Crawfordville Ga
Nov 17-1829 Free

To the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States
Washington City
District of Columbia

mail


787
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1205-2029.
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Recd 30 Nov 1829      1144
Crawfordville November 16th 1829.
To the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States
Sir
Inclosed you will find the affidavit of James Swords corroborating the Declaration made by my self and the affidavit of my Brother - If this evidence should be deemed sufficient, to establish my claim, I wish the Department to inform me - and if it is not, I wish also to be informed of it, I thought it was unnecessary to make another declaration but if the Department should think otherwise I hope I shall be informed of it as soon as praticable, as men who were in the Revolutionary War at this late period from it are very far advanced in life, If this affidavit together with what I have sent are should be sufficient. I wish the money sent to Crawfordville Taliaferro County Georgia

Yours respectfully
Dempsey [X his mark] Jordan
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1828 paper 
Act 1828 to be filed with Ad ow wid #4462
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Demsey Jordan.   pvt-
Ga. line -

Wids File No 4.462

Georgia
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4462
Sarah Jordan
Widow
Dempsey Jordan 
Pvt. Ga. line
Act: July 4"/36, Sec, [illegible]
Index:- Vol. A.,   Page 377

[intentional brackets as printed]
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 4462
Sarah Jordan Widow
Dempsey Jordan
Pvt. Ga. line

Act:  July 4th/36, Sec, [illegible]
Index:--Vol. A, Page 377

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Pen. Off
Mar. 8 '37

To what time was Dempsey Jordan paid under the Act of June 1832:  Of Taliferro Co Georgia/

H H S

To 4 Sep 1833
JH

First Auditors Off.
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Sarah Jordon widow of Dempsey Jordon 
Georgia
Sus. sci let A L. Stephens.
Decr 7 1836
All $80 per ana from 4 Sept. 1833.

Oct 7 June 183[illegible]
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Crawfordville Georgia
February 16th 1837

Dear Sir.
Inclosed you have the amended papers of Mrs. Sarah Jordan Widow of Dempsey Jordan &c whose original declaration was forwarded Last November - in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 4th of July Last &c 
They appeared from the letter from the Department that the original papers - did not sufficiently establish the date [underlined] of the marriage, or its legality - You will perceive from the inclosed certificate from the clerk of the court granting marriage license and recording the said & that such was the state of this country in those times, that such things were not attended to The marriage it seems was at Fort Alexander then Wilkes County. And there was no record of said yrs in said county at that time as appears - from the certificate - Nor is there now any living witness in the knowledge of Mrs Jordan who was present &c-
But even in the absence of any direct proof from record or witnesses of the legality of the marriage, I believe there is only one such laid down in the Books, when the proof forwarded would not be sufficient to establish that point See Starkin on Evidence 3 vol. Page 939 - on the 2nd Manner of establishing the legality of marriages &c. The rumor at the time - And the constant cohabitation for near sixty years afterwards- the raising a family of children who have all inherited &c. and without suggestions of the parties not having been legally married ever having been made at any time in the knowledge of the witnesses - (which is all abundantly established by the papers before forwarded - with those now inclosed) seems to me to sufficiently establish the fact that the parties were matrimonially united for all legal purposes -  Better proof would not be necessary to entitle a party to inherit or Particularly when the country preserved no record of such things and no witnesses in life &c
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upon the subject of the date of the marriage I would refer you to the enclosed affidavit of Mrs. Stevens - assigning her reasons &c. It appears that she & Mr Jordan were together in 1777 in Fort Marbury on her own plantation - this she is certain of - that she left that Fort with Mr Jordan the same year & went to Fort Philips - Which Mrs Jordan soon left - and soon after her going from there down to Fort Alexander (or it seems from Mrs. Jordan affidavit) Mrs Stevens hears of the marriage - she is therefore not certain whether it was in the latter part of '77 or early part of '78 - but she seems to be certain that it could not have been so Late as '79 This although it does not establish that day - yet if the limit is within the last term of service of the declarent it seems sufficient. And the Department by reference can see what was the date of the last term of said service - Mr. Jordan thinks it was as late as '81 - The fact also stated by Mr. Edmund Jordan son of the parties - as to the saying of his father and mother long ago upon this subject. I refer the department - as possessing in itself no better insight upon this subject - or at least to prove that they must have been married within or during the war. And if the last term of the deceased' services was about the close of the war - even then the widow would be entitled to. You will perceive that the certificate of credibility accompanying Mr. Stevens affidavit is not by the Justice of the peace before whom the affidavit was made - the reason for this (least some suspicions might arise) is that Mr. Gatlin witnessed the affidavit and did not know I suppose that his certificate was required & rather than have the parties put to for their trouble I advised to take Esqr. Gresham certificate to the same passport and who is well acquainted &c. And I think moreover the Dept has Esqr Gatlins certificate to Mrs Stevens former affidavit These remarks I make for the reasons above assigned & I would moreover state that Mrs. Stevens is a woman
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of a most remarkably retentive recollection - and was in the War - if tradition be true - a heroine - deserving herself nothing short of a full pay pension - But with these remarks, I submit the case - A. H. Stephens

I sit with Sarah Jordan widow of Dempsey Jordan Esq -
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I refer you again to Col. Davison - he is well acquainted with every character concerned I expect except Mrs. Jordan & Stevens -

A. H. Stephens
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724. 3. Sec.

Sarah Jordon wid. of Dempsey Jordan Geo.

Sus. Cl. A. H. Stephens
Decr. 7. 1836.


A. H. Stephens Esq
Crawfordville Ga
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Georgia Taliaferro County

In person appeared before me S. Johnson a justice of the  peace in & for said County Elizabeth Johnson who after being duly sworn in due form of Law upon oath saith that she is well acquainted with Sarah Jordan widow and Relict of Demsey Jordan late of said County deceased who previous to his death was a pensioner of the United States for service rendered during the War of the Revolution  - and has been for upwards of fifty odd years.  That she was born according to family tradition in the month of January Seventeen Hundred and fifty-eight - and that according to general notoriety in the vicinity said Sarah was married to said Jordan during the War of the Revolution but the exact date she does not recollect - She has all her life been acquainted with said Sarah - and though she was not at her marriage with said Jordan yet she has no doubt of it, as said Jordan & Sarah lived afterwards in a state of matrimony until his death about three years ago - Sworn to and subscribed before me this second day of November Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Six -

S. Johnson J.P   

Elizabeth X Johnson
      her mark
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Georgia Taliaferro County

I S. Johnson a justice of the peace in & for said county before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken and subscribed do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with said Elizabeth Johnson - and have no doubt of the truth of her statements - And that full faith and credit ought to be had and given to the same - Given under my hand this second day of November 1836

S Johnson J.P.
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To what time was Dempsy Jordon of Geo. paid under Act of June 32?

H H L
[illegible] 1831

To 4 Sep 1833
 J H
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Georgia Walton County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace Mr James Swords who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Dempsey Jordan in the Revolutionary War and knew him to Enlist in the service of United States sometime in the year seventeen Hundred and seventy six (1776) for two years and then served during the war, I was with him at the siege of Augusta when we dug out Brown out of the cave we where under the command of Colonel [Henry] Lee & Colo. [Elijah] Clark there, sworn to and subscribed before me this 13th day of April 1833
James Swords
  O his mark
George Park J P

I do hereby certify that James Swords is thought to be in faire standing and credit as to any witness or certificate or affidavit in any Court of Justice in the County the sd. Swords is from the best record on recollection to be about seventy seven years of age  Given under my hand this day & date above written 
George Park J P
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State of Georgia  Walton County 
I John P. Lucas of  the Superior Court of said County do certify that George Park whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is at the this time an acting Magistrate in & for said County and that ue faith and credit ought to be had and give to his attestation as such.
given under my hand and seal of office, this thirteenth day of April Eighteen Hundred Thirty Three.  J.P. Lucas Clk
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Before me Quinea Oneal a Justice of the peace in the County of Taliaferro, in the state of Georgia personally appeared Thomas McComack and William Jordan of said county, who did severally make oath, that Demsey Jordan by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reported and believed to have been a soldier in the army of the revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand this 11 day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight 
Thomas X McComack his mark
William Jordan
Qinea Oneal J.P.

I Mark Andrews, Clerk of of the Superior Court of the county, Taliaferro.  Do hereby certify that Quinea Oneal before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn, was at the time a Justice of the peace and duly empowered to administer oaths
I in testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of said court this 25th day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty  eight
s/ Marcus Andrews Clk
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Crawfordville Ga
July 29th

Paid 75 mail 

        Richard Rusk
         Secretary of the Treasury of the
  United States
         Revolutionary Claim
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Crawfordville 23rd July 1828
Sir
inclosed you will find my declaration and the affidavits of two witnesses which I thought complied with the requisite of the law. I could not recollect the name of my Colonel.  But I presume [illegible] one all recorded at the City of Washington.  I was stationed at Savannah and was comanded by Gen McIntosh, if my claims are attended to remit the money to me by mail. The 23rd July 1828
Demsey, X Jordon
his mark
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Dempsey Jordon


Admit as private
2 years $80.00
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
further proof or explanation.
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Dempsy Jourdan which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  No
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?  No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other [illegible] the [illegible] under the Act of June 7, 1832?  Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?  Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal?  Yes
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain
ing it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI.Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  Yes
XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
[illegible section, including answer to question]

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:

"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For______year______months, and ________days, I served as a ________________  For ______ year ______months and ______ days, I served as a _____________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 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 shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

+QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants 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 [illegible section] official character and signature of the [illegible]trate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

++QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of the office of the certifying, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or the certifying officer, has no public seal , the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

The applicant must furnish proof of his service by the testimony of at least one credible witness, as to said enlistment in 1776 -
As to the subsequently service [illegible] applicant [illegible]  particularly to Quere 5. -