Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,155, Jacob Clark, N.C.
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N. C.       Clark,  Jacob.          W. 4.155
                            Sarah
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Georgia 5878
Sarah Clark
Widow of Jacob Clark
who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1818
and who died on the 6 May 1837
of Camden Co. in the State of Georgia
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Walker of the regt. Commanded
 by Col. Polk in the N. Carolina
line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum
to commence on 7 Ma 1837

Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of October
1860 and sent to Archibald
Clark, St. Marys Georgia

Arrears to the 4th of March 1841   $302.58
Semi-annual allowance ending

Act July 7
1838

Recorded by D. Brown, Clerk
Book A Vol 2 page 197

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Let to W Morel  June 5 1842

Date of death not on [illeg]
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Lt. Alelak,  Aug 1. 1838

19.659
Georgia 
Jacob Clark
of Camden Co.  in the state of Georgia 
who was a Private in the company commanded 
by Captain Walker. of the regiment commanded 
by Colonel Polk   In the North Carolina 
line, for the term of six years 
from 1777 to 1783

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia 
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence 
On the 8th day of August 1826.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of Sep 1826 and sent to Elihu Atwater, Esq
McWilliamsville, Georgia 

Arrears to 4th of Sep 1826.      $ 7.25
Semiannual all’ce [allowance] ending 4 Mar 
1826 $ 48   $ 55.25

Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and 
May 1, 1820.
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Inferior Court August Term 1826
State of Georgia. 
Camden County 

On this eighth day of August 
One thousand eight hundred and twenty six personally 
appeared before the Justices of the Inferior Court of 
said County Jacob Clark resident in said County 
aged seventy nine years or thereabouts according 
to the best of his knowledge and belief who being 
first duly sworn according to Law on his oath, maketh the following declaration in order to ob
tain the provision made by the acts of Congress of 
the 18 March 1818 and the 1st May 1820 that he the said Jacob Clark enlisted according to the best of his recollection and belief for the term 
of the war in the Continental army in the 
early part of the year 1777 at Wilmington 
in the State of North Carolina in the com
pany then commanded by Capt. Jno. Walker 
and afterwards by Capt. Brown of the first re
giment of North Carolina commanded by Colo
nel Polk in the line of the State of North 
Carolina in the Continental establishment 
that he continued to serve in said corps un
til the capture of Charleston by the British 
who then and there made him a prisoner 
and carried him to Augustine in East Flor
ida where he remained a prisoner until 
                                                          after
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the close of the war and treaty of peace and was by
then dismissed but never after saw his said officers
or any of his fellow soldiers of said company to
the best of his recollection excepting John
Barco who has been dead for many years de
ponent thinks and believes about ten years other
wise he would have called him as a witness
to the truth of this declaration that he was in 
the battles of Brandywine & Germantown that 
at the time of the battle of Monmouth he 
was sick at Valley Forge which prevented him
from being present and engaged in said
battle this deponent further saith that af
ter he was released at St. Augustine
as aforesaid he came to Camden County
in the State of Georgia where he has
ever since remained and in consequence
has never been able to procure any
regular discharge from his officers
not knowing where they resided. This
deponent further saith that he is an illit
erate man and never hath had the
advantages of a trade that ever 
since the said war he hath been
in indigent circmstances but that
from his industry by performing
small jobs of carpenters work and
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and other little jobs on boats been able
to support himself with-out applicaton
to his country until he applies for this
pension. But having advanced to old age
and being a crippled in both arms he
is now unable to support himself with
out such application that he hereby
relinquishes every claim whatever to
a pension except the present that his
name is not in the Roll of any state
that he knows of. That it is seven years last
March since he has been attempting to
procure said pension but hath failed
for want of information and from in
-formality in the applications which
He trusts will be sufficient reason
For this application particularly as he
was unable to pay fees to obtain profession
-al aid.  And that the following are the 
reasons for not making earlier appli-
cation for a pension viz he was ignor
rant of his rights and the form of obtain
ing them
     And in pursuance of the act
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of the first of May 1820:  I do solemnly swear
that I was a resident citizen of the
United States on the 18th day of March
1818 and that I have not since that time 
by gifts sale or in any manner dis-
posed of my property or any part 
thereof with intent thereby so to
diminish it as to bring myself within
the provisions of an act of congress
[illeg] an act to provide for certain
persons engaged in the land and naval
service of the United State in the
Revolutionary War passed on the 18
day of March 1818. And that I have
not nor has any person in trust  for
me any property or securities con
tracts or debts due to me nor have
I any income other than what
is contained in the schedules hereto
annexed and by me subscribed since
the 18 March 1818 no changes in hi]
property has taken place only that this
deponents occupation has been for
subsistence making a little provisions
for himself and family on other peoples
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land from place to place. And at other
times making canoe boats and selling 
and making and mending shoes which
now from age and infirmity he is
unable to persue. That his wife is
still living and is old and [illeg] that
he has even children alive 3 of which
live with him that their names are
Richard aged about 18 years Polly aged 
about 14 years and David aged about
9 years who are unable to contrib-
ute much to the comfort & support of their
parents that this deponent further saith
from his indigent circumstances he
hath never been able to give any
of his children either trade or
[illeg]  That since the 18 day of 
March 1818 no changes have been
made in his property excepting as before mention
ed and that for the support of himself
and family as the same fill due from
time to time the amt or number of 
which articles this deponent cannot
ennumerate or name as he ever kept
                                                     /any
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account of the same neither does
his memory serve in relation to
the same – That how to obtain the
next months provision this deponent does 
not know.

Sworn to in open Court:       Jacob Clark
This 8th August 1826:                  his mark
Willm Gibson IICCC:

J Clarke IICCC

P I Delony,  IICC
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Schedule of property now in possession
of the applicant Jacob Clark and
annexed to the foregoing application
and subscribed by him this Eighth
day of August 1826 according to the
acts of congress
one bed valued at		            $	3.00
one mattress				2.00
4 common sheets			4.00
1 blanket						1.50
1 bed cover				3.00
1 iron pot						1.50
1 do						2.00
1 pine table				2.00
1 tea pot						  .50
Plates dishes spoon knives & forks	5.00
Working tools				8.00
Wearing apparel			15.00
Two hives of bees			4.00
Eight or ten hogs			12.00
1 gun						6.00
Some old cast irons valued at		10.00
1 grain [illeg]				1.50
Provisions for 1 week			1.50
1 spinning wheel			1.50
						$81.00
The debts due to me not including 	$10.00
Debts due by me			   5.00
A small crop of corn peas & potatoes
Possibly worth $15 to $20 ------------
                                                      Jacob Clark
                                                            his 
                                                           mark
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State of Georgia:
Camden County:

     On the sixteenth day of October
One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Eight personally
appeared before Hugh Brown one of the Justices of the
Inferior Court of the County aforesaid Sarah Clark,
widow – a resident of said County aged 68 or 9 years
who being duly sworn according to the Law doth on
her oath make the following declaration in or-
der to obtain the benefit of the provision made
by the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1838,
and the joint resolutions of July 7th 1838.
     That she is the widow of Jacob Clark
Who was a soldier during the Revolutionary War
That he served in Captain John Walkers com’
-pany of Infantry in the first North Carolina
Regiment and that at the time of his death
his name was inscribed on the Pension List
Roll of the Georgia agency at the rate of eight
Dollars per month to commenced on the 4th day of 
August 1820, as the Certificate of the Honorable 
Daniel Barbour late Secretary of War under
[illeg] of the Seventh of September 1820.  Now on record
in Said office.  Reference being thereto had will
more fully appear.  She further declares that she
was married to the said Jacob Clark on the
_____ day of _____ in the year Seventeen hundred
and eighty three and that her husband the a
-foresaid Jacob Clark, died on the sixth day of
May 1837 and that she has remained a 
Widow since that period as will more fully
appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.

Sworn to and Subscribed  

(over)
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in the day and year:                    Sarah Clark
above written:                                her mark
Hugh Brown I.J.C.C.C:

I further certify that the said Sarah Clark widow,
resided [illeg] from the County Town/Jefferson
the place designated by Law for holding courts
and by reason  of old age, and bodily infirmity
could not without much inconvenience and some
expense attend the Sitting of the Court
          In [illeg] of the truth, I have
          Set my [name?] official this day
          [illegible] 
                               Hugh Brown  I.J.C.C.C.
Clerks Office
Inferior Court
Camden County

     I John Bailey
Clerk of the Inferior Court Camden County
A Court of record, / Do certify that Hugh
Brown / Who hath [illeg] the [illeg]
Certificates __ is one of the Presiding Justices of
The Inferior Court of said County __ and that
The signature annexed is the genuine signature 
          In testimony whereof I have set my 
          Name & official seal of Court in my
          Office the eighth day of January 1839
                         John Bailey/clk
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August 28, 933
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Jacob Clark-W.4155
BA-J/AWF

Leland H. Dame, M.D.
The Dame Brothers’ Clinic
Inverness, Florida

Dear Sir:

     Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of Jacob
Clark, who emigrated to Camden County, Gerogia.

     The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, W.4155, based
upon the Revolutionary War service of Jacob Clark.

     The date and place of his birth are not stated,
nor are the names of his parents shown.

     Jacob Clark enlisted in Wilmington, North
Carolina, early in the year 1777 and served as a 
private in Captains John Walker’s and Brown’s com-
panies and in Colonel Polk’s North Carolina regiment;
he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, was
taken prisoner at the surrender of Charleston, carried
to St. Augustine, Florida, where held until after
“treaty of peace”.

     Jacob Clark was allowed pension on his applica-
tion executed August 8, 1826, then aged seventy-nine
years and living in Camden County, Georgia, where he
had lived since being dismissed from the service.

     The soldier, Jacob Clark, married in the years
1783, Sara. Her maiden name is not given nor place of 
marriage stated.

     He died May 3 or 6, 1837.  His widow, Sarah Clark,
was allowed pension on her application executed October
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16, 1838, then a resident of Camden County, Georgia,
and gave her age as sixty-eight or sixty-nine years.
In 1840 she gave her age as seventy-four years. 

     The soldier, Jacob Clark, at his death left
children and grandchildren.  In 1826 the names of the
following children were given – Richard, Polly and 
David, all living in Camden County, Georgia, and
aged respectively, eighteen years, fourteen years, and
nine years.

     Major Archibald Clark in 1840 was residing in
St. Marys, Georgia, and was one of the Justices of the
Inferior Court for Camden County, Georgia.  There is 
no relationship to the family shown.

     In order to obtain the date of that last payment
of pension, the name and address to whom sent, and pos-
sibly the date of death of the widow, Sarah Clark, you
should apply to the [illeg] General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C.,
citing all of the following data—

Sarah Clark, widow of Jacob Clark
Certificate No. 5878
Issued October 30, 1840
Rate $80.00 per annum
To commence May 7, 1837
Act of July 7, 1838
Georgia Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Assistant to the Administrator
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FREE	
J.L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washingon City
C

Side:  June 15 148
           Sarah Clark
           [illeg]
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Savannah 11 June 1842

Sir

I have received a power of attorney from Mrs
Sarah Clark widow of Jacob Clark, a pensioner
under the Act of 7 July 1838, authorizing me
to receive her pension from the 4 Mar 1841 the
time to which she was last paid, to the 7 day of
May 1842 the expiration of her five year pension
An extract from the Copy of her pension Certifi
Cate reads thus “is entitled to receive five years
pension at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum
Commencing on the 7th day of May 1842”  I am
told that I cannot receive the amount claimed
in as much as the pension expired on the 4th
March 1841, and that it is a case similar to 
that of Ann Carl about which I had the
honor to write to you some time ago – Be [illeg]
to let me have our views in this case

Respectfully
Wm Moore

J.L. Edwards
Comms of Pensions
Washington
City
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19.649
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Georgia:
Camden County:
     I John Bailey Clerk of
the Inferior Court for the County of Cam
den & State of Georgia Do hereby certify
that it appears to the satisfaction of the 
Court that the said Jacob Clark did serve
in the continental establishment in the War
of the Revolution as stated in preceeding de
claration for the term of Nine months &
upwards   I also certify that the foregoing
oath & sheldule[?] hereto annexed are truly
copied from the records of the said Infe
rior Court and I do further certify that
It is the opinion of the said Court that
the total amount of the property exhibited 
& in possession of said applicant is as
set forth in the said sheldule[?] & of the 
value therein specified.
     In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & the
seal of said Court this Eighth
Day of August in the year of our Lord 1826

John Bailey Clk
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St. Mary’s Ga 15th Oct 1840
Sir,
     [Illeg] at [illeg] obtained the declaration of 
the widow of the late Jacob Clark decd a soldier of
the Revolution / after much delay and difficulty, owing
to the remote residence of the poor widow from our [illeg]
town – and also difficulty of access and her infirm
state of health.
     The Hon. W. Lumpkin/Senator/[illeg]
your letter [illeg] under date of 6th May last and yet
notwithstanding the declaration was [illeg] thereafter
[illeg] agreeably to the forms furnished her by you – it was only
but a short time ago 23d Sept. it was attended to
     It is to be hoped that nothing further will
be required that she will be forthwith placed on
yhe Pension list under the Act of July 1838 – of which
You will please advise me

I have the honor to remain
Very respectfully
Your obt servt
Arch. Clark

To J L Edwards Esq
Pension Office
Washington City
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Washington Feby 3d 1840
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Pension Office
[illeg]
 From a 
communicaton which I have received from
Majr. Archibald Clark of St. Mary’s Ga
I learn that an application has been made
at your office in favor of Sarah Clark,
widow of Jacob Clark, for the benefits secured
to her by the act of Congress of the 4th of July
1839 & preceeding acts.  To sustain this claim,
Maj. Clark is of the opinion that the proofs
required by the acts have been exhibited at
your office – but under regulations by which
you are guided, he [illeg] requirements are
made – beyond that which is demanded
by the act of Congress itself.
     My knowledge of the good fame, and
general and legal reputation of Major Clark
induces me to request of you such
information on this subject as may enable
me to Judge of my duty whither it may not
be proper to bring the case before Congress
[illeg}?  An early answer is requested.
Very respectfully yr obt. Svt
Wilson Lumpkin
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November 4, 1938

BA-J/AWF
Jacob Clark-W.4155
John Clark-W.C. 13745

Mr. Frank J. Harrison
221 East Main Street
Streator, Illinois

Dear Sir:

     Reference is made to your letters in which
you request information in regard to Jacob Clark
Born in North Carolina in 1761, served in the 
North Carolina troops, during the Revolutionary
War, died 1841, wife Lucy; John Clark, son of
the above named Jacob Clark, born 1799, died 1864,
wife, Eliza Suttles, daughter of Benjamin Suttles
who died in 1835.

     This office has no general genealogical data
on file, and Revolutionary War and War of 1812
data furnished by this office are obtained from 
claims for pension and bounty land which have been
made to the United States, based upon service in
those wars.

     A search of the records fails to show such
claims on file on account of the Revolutionary
War service of Benjamin Suttles, under any spelling
of the name.

     The Revolutionary War record of a Jacob Clark
of North Carolina, and the War of 1812 record of 
a John Clark of North Carolina are furnished herewith.
It is hoped that these records will be of interest
to you.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
To the Administrator
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April 3, 1935
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Z.W. Copeland
Birdwood
Elberton, Georgia

Dear Madam:

     Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary W record of Jacob Clarke
of Camden County, Georgia, and the Revolutionary War
record of Reuben Goolsby of Elbert County, Georgia.

     The records of this office fail to show a claim
for pension on file on account of the Revolutionary
War services of Reuben Goolsby.  The record of Reuben
Goolsby, War of 1812, Georgia militia, has been found
and is furnished you herewith, as is also the Revolu-
tionary War record of Jacob Clark, a pensioner from
Camden County, Georgia

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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November 4, 1938
BA-J/AWF
John Clark-WC13745

Mr. Frank J. Harrison
221 East Main Street
Streator, Illinois

Dear Sir:

     The data furnished herein concerning Jacob 
Clark were obtained from papers  on file in claim
for pension, W. 4155, based on his service in the
Revolutionary War.

     The date and place of birth of Jacob Clark
are not given, nor are the names of his parents
shown.

     Jacob Clark enlisted in Wilmington, North
Carolina, early in the year 1777, and served as a
private in Captains John Walker’s and Brown’s
companies in Colonel Polk’s North Carolina regiment;
he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, was 
taken prisoner at the surrender of Charleston, car-
ried to St. Augustine, Florida, where held until after 
the “Treaty of Peace”.

     He was allowed pension on his application
executed August 8, 1826, at which time he was aged
seventy-nine years, and a resident of Camden County,
Georgia,  where he had lived since leaving the service.

     Jacob Clark married in the year 1783, Sarah;
the date and place of her birth, and names of her 
parents are not given, nor was it stated where the
said Jacob Clark and Sarah were married.

     Jacob Clark died May 3, or 6, 1837.  His widow,
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Sarah Clark, was allowed pension on her application
executed October 16, 1838, at which time she was 
a resident of Camden County, Georgia, and gave her
age sixty eight [illeg] xty-nine years.

     The names of the following children of Jacob 
Clark, and wife, Sarah, were given in 1826 – Richard
aged eighteen years, Polly aged fourteen years, and
David aged nine years; they were all then living in 
Camden County, Georgia.

     It was stated that the soldier, Jacob Clark,
At his death left children and grandchildren, their 
Names not designated.   

     Major Archibald Clark in 1840 was residing in
St. Marys, Georgia, and was one of the Justices of
the Inferior Court for Camden County, Georgia; it
was not shown that he was related to the family of
Jacob Clark.

     In order to obtain the date of last payment
of pension, name and address of person paid, and
possibly the date of death of the widow, Sarah Clark,
you should apply to the Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C.
and furnish the following data:

Sarah Clark, widow of Jacob Clark
Certificate #5878
Issued October 30, 1840
Rate $80.00 per annum
Commenced May 7, 1837
Act of July 7, 1838
Georgia Agency.

                           *****************
John Cark-W.C.13745
    
     The data which follow in regard to John Clark
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were obtained from claims for pension and bounty
land filed under W.C. 13745, based on his service
in the War of 1812.

     John Clark was born in Chatham County, North
Carolina, date not given, nor are the names of his
parents shown.

     John Clark enlisted at Pitsboro, Chatham
County, North Carolina, served as a private in
Captain Aaron Evans’ company of North Carolina
militia, from November 28, 1814 to February 22,
1815, and was discharged in Norfolk, Virginia.

He was allowed forty acres of bounty land
On his application executed December 20, 1850,
at which time he was sixty-six years old, and a 
resident of Chatham County, North Carolina; his
post office address was then Trades Hill, Chatham
County,  North Carolina.  He was allowed, also,
one hundred twenty acres of bounty land on his
opplication executed April 6, 1855, still living 
in Chatham County.

     He died September 16, 1864 in Chatham County,
North Carolina.

     Peggy Drake the first wife of the soldier,
John Clark died in the year 1835; there are no 
further details in regard to her.

     John Clark married in the year 1852 in Chatham
County, North  Carolina, Winnie Lee.  The date and 
place of her birth and names of parents are not shown.

     The widow, Winnie Clark, was allowed pension
on her application executed May 1, 1878, at which
time she was sixty years of age, and living in Chatham 
County, North  Carolina.

     One John Clark, Junior, was living in 1855 in
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Chatham County, North Carolina; his relationship
to the family of the soldier, John Clark, was not
given.

     In order to obtain the date of last payment 
of pension, name and address of person paid, and
possibly the date of death of the widow, Winnie 
Clark, use the same address as given herein, and
furnish the following data:

Winnie Clark, widow of John Clark
Certificate #13745
Issued December 26, 1878
Rate  8.00 per month
Commenced   March 9, 1878
Act of March 9, 1878
North Carolina Agency.

     If you desire information relative to location
of the land referred to herein, you should apply to
The Commissoner of the General Land Office, Wash-
ington, D.C., and furnish the following data:

Warrant #40562-40 acres – Act of 1850
Warrant #54104—120 acres- Act of 1855

Very truly yours

A.	D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
To the Administrator
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April 3, 1935
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Jacob Clark-W.4155
Reuben Goolsby-O.W. Inv. 25107

Mrs. Z.W. Copeland
Birdwood
Elberton, Georgia

Dear Madam:

     The Revolutionary War record of Jacob Clark which
follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension 
claim, W. 4155, based upon his service in that war.

     The date and place of birth of this soldier are
not shown, nor are the names of his parents given.

     Jacob Clark enlisted in Wilmington, North Caro-
Lina
 Early in the year 1777 and served as a private
in Captains John Walker’s and Brown’s companies in
battles of Brandywine, Germantown, was taken prisoner
at the surrender of Charleston, carried to St. Augus-
tine, Florida, where held until after the “Treaty of 
Peace”.

     He was allowed pension on his application exe-
cuted August  8, 1826, at which time he was seventy-
nine years of age and living in Camden County, Georgia,
where he had lived since leaving the service.

     The soldier, Jacob Clark, married in the year 1783,
Sarah; her maiden name is not given nor place of their
marriage shown.

     Jacob Clark died May 3 or 6 1837.  His widow,
Sarah Clark, was allowed pension on her application exe-
cuted October 16, 1838, at which time she was residing
in Camden County, Geogia, and gave her age as sixty-eight
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or sixty-nine years.  In 1840 she stated that she was 
seventy-four years of age.

     The name of the following children of Jacob Clark 
and his wife, Sarah, were given in 1826:  Richard, Polly,
and David, all living in Camden County, Georgia, and
aged respectively, eighteen years, fourteen years, and 
nine years.  Jacob  Clak at his death left children and 
grandchildren, their names not designated

                                *****************************
Reuben Goolsby-O.W.Inv.File 25107

          The date and place of birth of Reuben Goolsby are
Not given, nor are the names of his parents shown.

          He served as a private in Captain Zachariah Smith’s
Company of Georgia militia in an expedition against the
Creek Indians, and was wounded through the body in a 
Battle at “Caleba Swamp” on January 27, 1814.

          He was allowed pension on account of disability
resulting from the above mentioned wound, the pension
commenced April 1, 1816.  He was then a resident of
Elbert County, Georgia, at which time his family was
referred to, no names given.

          Reuben Goolsby’s postoffice address in 1834 was 
Thomaston, Upson County, Georgia, in 1835 he was living
In Jefferson County, Alabama, where he continued to live 
In 1843

                                                 

                        Very truly yours

                         A. D.  HILLER
                           Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C., _______________, 192
Revolutionary War Records Section
AWS
W4155

In reply to your request of ______________, for the  history of
Jacob Clark, a soldier of the Revolutionary War,
the following is taken from the soldier’s widow’s claim for pension.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment:  Early part 1777 >>and served until the surrender of
Charleston, S.C. where he was taken prisoner, carried 
To St Augustine – Fla. & retained until close of war
Length of Service: [illeg]
Rank:
Officers under whom service was rendered:
     Captain:  John Walker
                                 Brown
      Colonel:  Polk
State:  N.C.

Battles engaged in, Brandywine & Germantown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Wilmington – N.C.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 8 – 1826 – His claim allowed
Residence at date of application, Camden Co – Ga
Age at date of application, 79 years
Remarks:  He died May 3 or 6 – 1837. Soldier married in 
1783 Sarah, maiden name not stated. She was allowed
pension on her application executed Oct 18-1838 while a 
resident of Camden Co – Ga. Aged 68 or 69 yrs.  In 1826 sol-
dier referred to his children Richard aged about 18 yrs., Polly about 14 yrs &
David about 9 yrs. It is also stated that he left several children & grand
children – names not stated
                                             Respectfully,

                                                      Commissioner.
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Law Offices of
Frank J. Harrison
221 East Main Street
Streator, Illinois
Telephone 2215
                                                             October 22, 1938
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:	            
         My wife is interested in joining the D.A.R. and was
told by one of the officials of that organization to write to
you for any information you may have to qualify her for member-
ship.
          She is a daughter of Albert Clark Webb and has only
the following information concerning his ancestors:   

 Jacob Clark, born in North Carolina in 1761, died 1841.
             His wife, Lucy, born 1767, died 1863.
                      (No other record of when or where 
                        they were born, married or died)

John Clark, son of Jacob, born 1799, died 1864.
          His wife, Eliza Suttles, born 1804, died 1846.
                  Benjamin Suttles, father of Eliza, died 1835.
                          (No other record of when or where
                            they were born, married or died)


Nancy T. Clark, daughter of John, born 1824, died 1884.
          Her husband, Elijah T. Webb, born 1818, died at
           Ewing, Illinois, January 14, 1879.
                     (No other record or when or where 
                       they were born, married or died)

Albert Clark Webb, son of Elijah T. Webb and Nancy T.
Clark Webb, born 1856, died 1897 at Mt. Vernon, Ill.

          My wife does not know where her grandparents, Elijah T.
Webb and Nancy Clark Webb, were married.  For many years he was
a surveyor and Baptist Minister at Ewing, Illinois but she has
always understood that they or their ancestors were originally
from Virginia and that some of them lived in West Virginia and
Kentucky.

          The War Department advises tat a Jacob Clark served 
in Captain James Read’s Company, 1st North Carolina Battalion,
commanded by Colonel Thomas Clark, their only record being that
he was sick at Valley Forge Sept. 8, 1778.

          Any information or suggestions you may give me will be 
appreciated.

                                                      Yours very truly,
                                                       Frank Harrison
FJH:EL
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Law Offices of
Frank J. Harrison
221 East Main Street
Streator, Illinois
Telephone 2215
                                                             October 3, 1938
Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:	            
         My wife is interested in joining the D.A.R. and was
told by one of the officials of that organization to write to
you for any information you may have to qualify her for member-
ship.
          She is a daughter of Albert Clark Webb and has only
the following information concerning his ancestors:   

 Jacob Clark, born in North Carolina in 1761, died 1841.
             His wife, Lucy, born 1767, died 1863.
                      (No other record of when or where 
                        they were born, married or died)

John Clark, son of Jacob, born 1799, died 1864.
          His wife, Eliza Suttles, born 1804, died 1846
                  Benjamin Suttles, father of Eliza, died 1835
                          (No other record of when or where
                            they were born, married or died)


Nancy T. Clark, daughter of John, born 1824, died 1884.
          Her husband, Elijah T. Webb, born 1818, died at
           Ewing, Illinois, January 14, 1879.
                     (No other record or when or where 
                       they were born, married or died)

Albert Clark Webb, son of Elijah T. Webb and Nancy T.
Clark Webb, born 1856, died 1897 at Mt. Vernon, Ill.

          My wife does not know where her grandparents, Elijah T.
Webb and Nancy Clark Webb, were married.  For many years he was
A surveyor and Baptist Minister at Ewing, Illinois but she has
always understood that they or their ancestors were originally
from Virginia and that some of them lived in West Virginia and
Kentucky.

          Any information or suggestions you may give me will be 
appreciated.

                                                      Yours very truly,
                                                       Frank Harrison
FJH:EL
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Birdwood     Elberton     Georgia
Reuben Grrlsby (Elbert County) is listed in [illeg]
Roster of the Revolution as a Georgia
Rev Pensioner, page 440 and Jacob
Clarke (Camden County) see page 437
Will you please favor me with
the information you have filed
in your office in regard to the
Pension of these soldiers and
any other data that would help
me to prove their Rev War Services,
Thank you for your kindness
                 Very cordially
                  Edna Arnold Copeland
(Mrs. Z. W)
State Chairman (marking Rev. Sol. Graves)
D.A.R.  
                      (over)
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References –
Compiled by Miss Helen M. Prescott
From the report of the [illeg] of
War in relation to the Pension Cert
Of the N. states Senate documents
Pension roll First Session 23rd
Congress, No. 12 Washington, printed
By Duff Green 1833
May I also add the name of [illeg]
[illeg] page 442 [illeg] Rev.
Roster of Ga
                  [illeg]

Stamp: received Feb 23 1935
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The Dame Brothers’ Clinic
George A Dame M.D. , Leland H. Dame M.D.
Inverness, Florida

Aug 17, 1933                                                         
Hon. A.D. Hiller
Asst to Administrator
Veterans Administration
Wash D.C.	

Dear Sir:
     Will you please give me any 
record you have of the following
Revolutionary Soldier
                      Jacob Clark
Enlisted for the War, served in Capt.
James Reed’s Company, 1st N.C. Battalion,
commanded by Colonel Thomas Clark –
Date of enlistment or termination of enlistment not gbiven
His name is borne on a roll dated Sept 8,
1778 showing him sick at Valley Forge –
He was probably 16 or 18 when he joined
the war as he emigrated to Camden
Co Ga in about 1786 and voted there in
1789 – and 90 – afterwards moved to Florida
Married Sarah Stevens
         Mentioned in N.C. Revolutionary Accts
And acct settled with state in 1886 – at
Warrenton
                                  Very Truly
                                   Leland H. Dame
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The Dame Brothers’ Clinic
George A Dame M.D. , Leland H. Dame M.D.
Inverness, Florida

Aug 12, 1933
Bureau Pensions
c/o Director
Washington DC
Dear Sir:  Will you please find whether
Jacob Clark of Captain James Reed’s  [illeg] 1st North
Carolina Battalion – drew any pension 
after Revolutionary War? And where he 
lived at the time?
     My personal records says
that Jacob Clark of Camden Co, GA
served in Revolution from NC and
emigrated to Ga in about 1788 –
I am trying to establish if the two
are the same –
     He also moved to Florida 
In later years –
     Will appreciate a full
Copy of all records you have of 
Him –
                    Very truly
                     Leland H. Dame
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Box 344
Newnan, Ga.   April 23, 1933.
U.S. Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
     I have a note that says James Sims, a Revolutionary soldier
was a pensioner in 1835.  He was a virginia or North Carolina soldier.
I should like to get a copy of his record.
     I want the records of the following Revolutionary pensioners that
are on the Georgia list.  In Knights Roster of the Revolution, p. 437
is reference to Senate Documents Pension Roll, First Session, 33rd Cong
ress, No. 13, Washington; printed by Duff Green 1835, reference to pages:
               Clark, Jacob, Camden County . . . . . . . . 14
               Clark, Edward, Elbert County . . . . . . . . .15
Will you kindly send me these records and oblige,
                                                   Yours truly,

                                         (Miss) Martha Reid Robinson

Stamp:  U S Pension Office G Apr 27 1923
Page 38

Revy Widw, &c.
File No. 4155
Sarah Clark
Wid
Jcob Clark
Pvt. N.C line [illeg]
Act July 7th 38
Index:--Vol. A, page 135

(Arrangement of 1870)

1923 June 18 – Hist to
[illeg]
1923 – June 18 – Hist to  Miss Martha R. Robinson, AWS
1933 – Aug 28         “    “   Leland H. Dame – M.D. – AWS
1935 – Apr 3            “    “   Mrs. Z.N. Copeland  AWS
1938 – Nov 4           “    “   Frank J. H. Harrison  AWS
Page 39

illeg-crossed out
J.S. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of
Pensions
Washington

margin/different orrientation:  Illeg July 8
Page 40

St Marys Geo 1 July [illeg]
Sir,
     I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
Of the 8th [illeg] in which you inform me, “The claim of Mrs
Sarah Clark has been examined and placed upon [ (our /
Your [illeg] .  and you further inform me – the month & year
in which they were married must be established by proof”
          a copy of the marriage etc ??
                 In answer for the requirements  & proofs as to the
marriage (after a lapse of upwards of fifty years) you
cannot I think but agree with me, to obtain which,
would be next to impossible. And tantamount to a re-
-jection of the poor woman’s claim.  I discovered on reading
the second [illeg-rule?] presenting?  the mode and [illeg] of proving
the legality of the marriage – that a difficulty would be [illeg pris =
=[anted [illeg] at the office of rigorous interpretation?  but I had hoped
the proofs furnished of their having a large family of 
children grand & [illeg] g grand  and of the decd with the
[illeg] having lived together  [illeg] man & wife
for upwards of fifty years – [illeg] would have sufficed
and been considered satisfactory – The extreme indigence
of the poor and aged woman – would forbid her on her [illeg]
from making further efforts in application to the clerks
office in Virginia believing the said [illeg] would be 
[illeg] – I would therefore respectfully request the
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be informed whether or not.  I am to [illeg] – that the
claim of Sarah Clark Widow – will be altogether rejected
and/or the [illeg] contained in your letter – and thereby [?enable]
me to make the same her own – as the [illeg] old woman –
who resides about 80 miles from this –[illeg] reportedly sent
[illeg] with inquiries to know what she may ?depend? on
     Your early answer will ?serve? the course of human-
It.
                                       Remaining respectfully 
                                                Your obt svt
                                                 Arch Clark

P.S. My name is Archibald Clark not “Joshua” as you [?have]
Addressed me – and have the honor of holding the office of [Collecor]
Of this port – which I have done for upwards of 23 years.
                                                         C

[illeg]
     L. Edwards Esq
Page 42

Georgia St:
Camden County:
                                Appeared before me Archibald
Clark one of the Justices of the Inferior Court for
the county [illeg-crossed out] aforesaid James Moore aged
between eighty and ninety years who being duly sworn
deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with
Sarah Clark (widow of Jacob Clark late of said
County dec’d) and whom the deponent understands and has 
reason to believe has been a soldier in the Revolu-
-tionary War and as he was informed and believes
has been and was at the time of his death was) a pension-
-er in the pay of Government.
                          The deponent further saith that his ac-
-quaintance with the said Jacob and Sarah his wife
commenced, to the best of his recollection, in the year
one thousand seven hundred and niney  -- in said
county they then [?resided] near the place and residence
of the deponent and continued until his death – and he
further saith that he never heard aught against their
[illeg-illeg] legally as man & wife – and that the said
Jacob at the time of death had several children & grand-
children who now survive him.
Sworn to before me this
15th day of April 1840                       James Moore
Archibald Clark I.I. C.C.C.
Page 43

Clerks Officer Inferior Court :
Camden County:
          I G.P. Cohen Clerk of the
Inferior Court for the County aforesaid  (a court of record)
that [Alexander?] Clark [Esquire] before whom the fore-
-going declaration of the witness James Morre was
Made on oath is one of the presiding Justices of 
Said Court and that due faith and [illeg] is and ought
-to be given to his official acts as such.  And further that
His signature annexed is his genuine signature _
          In Testimony whereof I have my name
          [official]  and [illeg] of said Court this
          22d day of April one thousand eight
          Hundred & forty –
                   G Percival Cohen Clk I.C.CC.
Page 44

Sarah Clark.    M__1783__
Jacob Clark
Enl 77 for W. or 3 ½ yr
Pris at Ch. 1780, and carried to
St. Augustine __remained until after
the close of the war
Page 45

Jacob Clark Geo Act March 1818
When paid last                  HHb
                                             Oct 29 ‘40
M Hany
p of 4 dep 1836            
                    JH
Page 46

4307
Sarah Clark
Widow of Jacob
Ga
Act 4 Jul 1837
Page 47

Georgia
Camden County
Personally appeared before me
before me Hugh Brown one of the Justices of the
Inferior Court of the County aforesaid
William Berry, Joseph Hull, James Holtzandorf, &
Alexander & John Bailey
being of full age, who being duly sworn deposeth
and saith that they are well acquainted with
Sarah Clark widow of the late Jacob Clark
late of said County decd and also with the
said Jacob Clark at the time of his death.
and for several years before the time of his death.
     The deponent further say that the said
Jacob Clark at the time of his death left
several children and grand children (men
& women.) and that the said Jacob and Sarah
Hav always been considered man and wife 
and as having been legally married. And that
She now remains unmarried.
Sworn to & subscribed on:        Jos. Hull
The Day & Year at on within:    John Bailey
Written below:
Hugh Brown, J.P.CCC:
Page 48

Rec'd Sept 1 1826
Page 49

State of North Carolina, Office of Secretary of State
I William Hill Secretary of State in & for the
State aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears 
From the muster rolls of the continental line of
this State in the revolutionary war that Jacob
Clark a private Soldier in Capt. Brown’s Com-
Pany of the first Regiment, enlisted in 1777
for the war or three and a half years, that no-
thing more is said of him on said Rolls.
It is therefore believed that his Declaration 
is true.           Given under my hand
                        at Raleigh 28th Aug 1836
                               W. HIll
Page 50

[Illeg] letter to W. Hill Aug 3 1832

Handed one of Wm Hill’s certificates
to Wm Gordon ____ L. office
Sept 6. 1832

[upside down on page]:
18
July 183_torn

Pension
Office

The Secretary of War

Washington
Page 51

Raleigh July 4 1832
Sir yours of the 25 Jun 1832 was Rec’d and contents
noted  I [illeg hear send you the S--- of illeg] which
is all the Evidence that can be made  as Mr Clarke
taken as he [illeg] a prisoner at Charleston and then
kept by the British for some time the [illeg] by them to
Augsteen and kept until the close of the war as a Taken
to make clothes for their Army  [illeg] you will [illeg] me
[illeg] the result R[illeg]to Greenville N.C. and 
oblige your friend
Wilkes Brooks
Page 52

Deposition of Priscilla
T[illeg] (Widow)


Hon W Lumpkin
Senate US
Page 53

Georgia St:
Camden County:
          Personally appeared before me
Robert Paxton a Justice of the Peace in and for the 
county aforesaid Priscilla Thomas widow who being
duly sworn deposeth and saith that she is well
acquainted with Sarah Clark (widow of Jacob
Clark late of said county deceased) whom the deponent
understood and has every reason in believing was a 
Soldier in the  Revolutionary War. And as she has
been informed and believes was placed on the
pension list – and received his [illegible ]
pay as such during his life time –
     The deponent futher saith – She at the 
time of her first acquaintance with the said 
Sarah Clark (widow) she was a girl in seventeen
hundred and ninety three & [illeg] in said county
that the said Jacob Clark, the husband of the 
said Sarah Clark (widow) was at that [illeg]
acting as [illeg] and the [lleg] on the planta-
-tion of her [illeg-uncle?] Wilson Williams.
     The deponent further saith – [illeg][illeg] Sarah
was then – considered and believed to be the
Legal wife of the said Jacob Clark – that
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she said Sarah – has now living several
and grand children now residing in
said county –
Sworn to before me             Priscilla Th[illeg]
This 13th April 1840                      her mark 
Robert Paxton    

Clerks office Superior Court:
Camden County :
       I,  G.P. Cohen Clerk of the aforementioned 
Court for the County aforesaid (being a court of record)
that Robert Paxton Esq – before whom the foregoing affi-
-davit is taken is a Justice of the Peace on and from
said and in exercise of the duties of the same - and
further that his signature is his genuine signature –
     In Testimony whereof I have set my name
     official and seal of said court this
     22d day of April one thousand eight 
     hundred & forty –
      G. Percival Cohen Clk J.C.C.C.
Page 55

Raliegh 7th August 1832
Dear Sir
     Your letter of the 3rd instant has just been
received requesting to be informed who obtained a 
certificate from my office on the 14th Ultimo as
to the services of Jacob Clark a revolutionary Soldier
asking also for information respecting a person
residing in Raleigh who calls himself Wilkes
Brooks.  I have kept no list of the certificates
I have made for Soldiers since applications
from the Pension Office have ceased, so I can
not say positively when or by whom a certificate
was had in favour of Jacob Clark, but Wilkes
Brooks Esqre from Pitt County in this State was
here some time past getting copies of a power 
of attorney and depositions on which a certain
Roderick Cherry also of Pitt County, drew war-
rants for the services of said Jacob Clark, and
he may (and I think did) have obtained a cer
tificate for the services of Jacob Clark at the
same time.  This Mr. Brooks appeared to be act-
ing as the friend of the old Soldier Clark, try-
ing to recover his land for him, which had 
been [illeg-crossed out] drawn by Cherry on evidence that                                                                                   he
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he Clark was dead, for it seems he [had] not been
heard of by his friends after being taken prisoner
at Charleston.  Some years past his Declaration
was sent to me (I think, from the Pension office,
when on comparing it with the muster rolls I
discovered he was the same man for whose
services Cherry had drawn Warrants, and I
immediately wrote to the Clerk of the Court
before whom his declaration was sworn to
informing of [him] of the land warrants Cherry 
had drawn and to which this old man
was justly entitled. Suit was afterwards com-
menced against Cherry and I learn from Brokks
that the matter is not yet decided, that the 
old man has been lately (from Georgia I be
lieve) in Pitt and Lenoir Counties to attend
to the matter, but not being able to get it settled,
had made him, Brooks, his attorney and gone
back home, and I understood from Brooks that
the evidence he was getting from this office
was to be used in trying to obtain the land,
for he knew that Clark had long since made
application for a Pension, and the circumstance
                                                                        of
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of my having given information as to the land
claim. Wilkes Brooks never lived in Raleigh,
has lived in Pitt County many years, once re-
presented the County in the State legislature
none the better for that, for some times [base]
men get into that honorable body. R. Cherry 
was a member last Session, whose character
is not very good as I [learn] from Brooks,
and Brooks may be as bad, I know nothing
of him, but never heard any thing against
him. If he is a man of truth he is now in 
the western part of Tennessee, for he told me 
he was going there, and that he had slaves
in that county in Tipton or Fayette County.
If at any time you should need any fur-
ther information, that I can give, it will 
be given with pleasure
            Very respectfully
             Your obt servt
             W. Will
James L. Edwards, Esqr
Page 58

19.649
Jacob Clark
Camden Co Ga
[illeg ] Atwater
McClellansville, Ga
Recd from Sec: of State
N.C. 1 Sept 1826

Edward Esquire
Pention Office
Page 59

Camden County
August 9th 1826
Sir
     In conformity to the Letter you
Did me the Honor to write me of the 2d
June last The Declaration of the old &
Infirm soldier has been made before
The [In…] Court of this County there-
with sent for the purpose of obtain-
ing his pention which I hope may now
be consistently alowed him.
     I will in his Behalf remain
[That] he has [been] [illeg]unfortunate
In getting a final Decision [illeg] to my
own Knowledge been [illeg ] before
our courts for the purpose for a number
of years, sometimes having his Declaration
made out by one & sometimes by another
& perhaps none of them much acquainted
with the Law or [illeg], and at the last
Superior Court he could not gain the
Attention of the Court in our County on
account of a [?press] of [B..illeg] during
The short term it was allowed to sit. It was
Then suggested by the Judge that it might
answer equally as good a purpose if taken
in the next County and much nearer his
residence, he therefore attempted it in
that form – He considers himself entitled to
His pention from the period of his first ap-
plication           There is none of our citizens
                           in this County who are
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Personally acquainted with his Service
but there are many who have known
him for many years under the character
of an old Revolutionary Soldier, and as 
an honest industrious man while he has
always been very poor and dependant
on his neighbors for assistance a circum-
-stance not much to The Honor and Credit of
our Republican Government to obtain whose
Independence and high importance among 
The Nations of the Earth he has spent the best
Of his Days at the Hazzard of Life and 
Fortune  -- Indeed if every Revolutionary
Soldier is to meet the Difficulties & Disappoint-
ments allotted to him in obtaining this [pintion]
It would appear that the [illeg] by our Govern-
ment for a Reward for past service
Is but a [illeg] of Juctice.
     The Applicant will expect the Answer
To his application directed to my care as
before at McClellansville
                       Yours respectfully
                       Ethan Atwater

J L Edwards Esq
Page 61

Sarah Clark
Wid. of Jacob
Ga
Act 1836 – Let to
Joshua Clark 8 June
’39 – Arch Clark 10
July 1839 –  Hon Wilson
Lumpkin 7 Feby 1840---
Same – May 6 1840.
Page 62

Sarah Clark
Wid of Jacob
[Illeg]
Act Jul 7 1838
Married 1783
Died 1 May 1837
Allow $80 per ann
From May 1 1837

Archibald Clark Esq
Page 63

Georgia [illeg-state?]
Camden County
     On this twenty third day of Sep-
tember one thousand eight hundred Forty personally
appeared before me Andrew M Ross JP of said county
Sarah Clark a resident of this county and state
aforesaid aged seventy four 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 provisions made by an act of 
Congress passed July fourth one thousand eight 
hundred and [illeg-thirty?] six and [illeg] joint resolutions of
July 7th 180[illeg]  That she was the widow of Jacob
Clark who was a private in the army of the Revolu-
tion is and or [illeg] on the pension list rolls of the Georgian
agency at the rate of eight dollars per month to com-
mence on the eighth day of August one thousand eight
hundred and twenty six. The deponent further states
that by the certificates [illeg] by the War Department
[illeg] dates of the seventh day of September one thous-
and Eight hundred and twenty six. In [illeg] [illeg]
saw Jacob Clark (a copy of which is in the possession
of the deponent)  {illeg] became [illeg] to said pension
of eight dollars per month on account of wounds
[illeg] disabilities + services [illeg] to the United
States during the Revolutionary War that he [illeg]
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in Captain John Walkers company of Infantry in the
first North Carolina Regiment”.
     She further declares that she was married to 
the said Jacob Clark on the        day of
       in the year  seventeen hundred and eighty three
that her husband the aforesaid Jacob Clark died
on the third day of May one thousand eight
hundred and Ninety Seven; and that she has remained
a widow ever since that [illeg] as will more fully
appear by [illeg] with [illeg] hereto annexed
and heretofore transmitted
Sworn to and subscribed on the        : Sarah Clark
day [illeg] in above written [illegible] : her mark
Andrew M Ross  JP

We the undersigned certify that we are personally known
to Sarah Clark (widow of Jacob Clark) who hath
subscribed to the above declaration and further that
the woman remains unmarried 
                                      James Hozlzendorf
                                      S Horrekinton
                                      F Read[illeg]n
                                      S Demar
                                      John Campbell
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State of Georgia :  Superior Court Clerks
Camden County  :  Office I, GP Cohen Clerk
                               :  of  Saide Court certify that
Andrew W Moss is a Justice of the Peace of
this County duly commissioned and sworn and
that his signature annexed is genuine and that
his acts as Justice of the Peace are fully entitled
to credit and faith
     In witness whereof I hereunto¬¬
Subscribe my Signature and Seal of Office the 9th day 
October 1840
GPercival Cohen Clerk J.C.C.C.