Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25935, Valentine Weathers, S.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
S.C. 

Weathers, Valentine 
or Wethers 
Sarah

NUMBER
W.25935
B.L.Wt.36818-160-55

Born in Va.  
CONTENTS
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State of Georgia.)
County of Newton )
On this 24th day of
^December Eighteen hundred and thirty two, formally
appeared in open court before
^Justices of the ^Inferior Court of 
said county now sitting Valentine Wethers a
resident of Covington, in the county of Newton
and State of Georgia, aged Sixty Eight years
who being first duly sworn according to law
doth, on his oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of 
Congress passed June 7th 1832.  That he entered
the service of the United States under the following
named officers and served as herein stated to wit
in Captain William McKinzie, company in
Colonel Hills regiment & in General Sumpters
Brigade, that deponent entered the service in
the year 1781 the month & day of the month
of said year the deponent does not now recollect 
that the deponent left the service in the month of May 1782 having served the space of 
ten months that deponent resided in the County
of Lincoln in the State of North Carolina
when he entered the service as and enlisted 
soldier called one of the State Troops of South 
Carolina, that deponent was at the battle of
Eutaw and Orangeburg and was engaged in
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the said county-that deponent marched from
what is now called York District South Caolina
through the intervening county to Eutaw
Springs and Orangeburg, that deponent marched
some of the time in company with the troops
under General C, Marion, that deponent was acquainted 
with General Green, deponent was also acquainted
with Col. William Washington and Col. Henry
Lee of the Horses, deponent thinks Col Lee's
name was Henry, deponent was born in Stafford
County in the Northern neck of Virginia, on the
third day of March 1765, that deponent
has no record of his age, there was a record
but when deponent saw the said record last the
same was in North Carolina, deponent 
has lived in South Carolina & Georgia since
the revolutionary war, though most of the
time in Georgia, that deponent received a
discharge at the place called New Market
from Major Bluford of Col Hill's
regiment that said discharge has been
lost for many years.  That deponent has
no means of proving his service that he
now has a knowledge of only the testimony
of one John Hoffman & one John Clark ^the said Clark was adjutant to the Regmt.^ 
the first named of Lincoln County North
Carolina, the last named of York District 
South Carolina whose affidavit & certification
Weathers, Valentine
SC W25935
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is here to attached, only by his declaration
that deponents name may be found on record
at seat of Goverment in South Carolina.
That deponent afterward entered the service
in North Carolina for three months as a
volunteer, in Captain Wilsons Company
under General McDowell - that said deponent
marched from Lincoln County North Carolina
in pursut of the Cherokee Indians, that
he served out the said tour, was discharged
^at a place called the Pleasant Gardens near
the head of the Catawba river, that said
deponent recd. a written discharge from Capt.
Wilson which said discharge has long since
been lost or destroyed, deponent says that the
said last mentioned service began in
September or October 1782 - He hereby relinquishes 
every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present, and declares
that his name is not on the pension roll
of the agency of any State, or (if any)
only on that of the agency of the State of
South Carolina & North Carolina
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year
aforesaid.
Valentine his mark [hand written X] Wethers
McCormick Neal J.J.C
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We Samuel Pattillo  a clergyman
residents of said County of Newton hereby
certify that we are well acquainted with Valentine
Wethers, who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing
declaration that we believe him to be 68 years of age
that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood
where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution
and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
AH. Luckie J.J.C.
Samuel Pattillo Clgy
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after
the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the war department, that the above
named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served
as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears
to them that Samuel Pattillo who has signed
the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident of said
County of Newton 
AH. Luckie who has also signed the same is a resident of said
County and is a credible person and that their statements
is entitled to credit
H. Luckie J J.C
M. Neal J.J.C.
W Conyers J.J.C.
the County of
James Trimble  Clerk of the Inferior Court of
the County of Newton do hereby certify that the
foregoing the ^[illegible] original proceedings of the said Court
in the matter of application of Valentine
Weathers for a pension In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office
the 20th day of December 1832
James Trimble
Clerk

Weathers, Valentine
SC  W25935
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233.486  [illegible] 55
Jany. 31, 1856

Sarah Weathers
widow of Valentine
Weathers, decd. Prv.
Sarah Weathers. wid. of 
Valentine Weathers
Pri.

No. 36818 css Aug 14/56

Revolutionary War.
No: 160 acs. Aug 15/56
illegible signature]

Geo Ad Feby 53-5852

James W. Black
Oakville Ga.

Vol  W=1=96
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[illegible] letter to Hon. T. G. Cascock
HR 20 Feb. 18.36
J. W. Black 17 October 1854
16 Feb 1852

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Georgia 16.490
================
Valentine Weathers
of Newton in the State of Ga.
who was a Priv. in the --- commanded
by Captain---of the Regt commanded
by Col. Hill in the No. Ga.
line for 13 months

================
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 43. Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834
================
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of Augt. 33
and sent to Williams & Storrs
Covington, Ga.
=======================
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833   86.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending  4 Sept.   21.66
$108.32

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Nath. Rice  Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 6  Page 106
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Increase    588
Georgia

Sarah Weathers 
widow of Valentine Weathers
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private
Washington D.C.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 96 dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853
Ded. paymts. made since 27th July 1868

Certificate of Pension issued
2nd day of Nov 1868
and sent to J. W. Williams
Present


Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 241 Vol. H
J. W. Smith
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Georgia)
Newton County)
On this 24th day of January 1856 personally
appeared ^before  Shelly Downs an acting Justice of
the peace in and for said County, Sarah Weathers
a resident of the County of Henry in the County 
of Newton and State aforesaid Age (48)
Forty Eight years who being duly sworn according to
law doth on his Oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefits of
the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
on the 3rd February 1853, granting pensions to
Widows of ^persons who^ served during the Revolutionary 
War, that she is the Widow of Volentine[Valentine]
Weathers, she does not recollect the rank
he held in the army, Your Record will
will show that the said Valentine Weathers
drew a pension in his lifetime, and she further
declares that she was married to ^the said^ Valentine
Weathers in the year of our Lord 1831, and that
her said husband died on the 16th day of
February 1852, that she was not married
to him prior to the Second day of January
1800, but at the time above stated.
And that she is unable to appear in
Court by reason of boddily[bodily] infirmity,
and she further declares that she is now
a widow
Sarah her mark [hand written X] Weathers

Sworn to and subscribed before this 24th of
January 1856
Shelly Downs J P

I certify that Sarah Weathers lives just over the
line of Newton and she is not able from bodily
infirmity is unable to attend Court this 24 of
January 1856
Shelly Downs J P
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Georgia )
Newton County)
I William J Tucker Clerk
of the Inferior Court in and
for the County and State aforesaid
do certify that Shelly Downs whose name appears
to the foregoing affidavit & certificate was at the
time of signing the same an acting Justice of
the peace in & for said County duly commissioned
and qualified
Given under my hand seal of
Office this 25th January 1856
W. J. Tucker Clk IC
by A.W. Evans
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Valentine Weather
Georgia
No 21734
Rev
Admit private
13 months $43.33
I
Williams & Storrs
Covington Ga
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
April 17 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
Period when the service was rendered
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years |  Months | Days
[1] 1781 enlisted
|  |10|  |
[2] Sept. or Oct.
1782 Vol. 
|  | 3 |  |

Rank of the claimant.
[1] Pri.
[2] Pri.

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
[1] Capt. Wm. Col.
McKenzie Hill
[2] Capt. Wilson

Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers
[1] Genl. Sumpter
[2] Genl. Marion
Genl. McDowell

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
[1] Eutaw
[2] Orangeburg

Country through which he marched .
[1]From York District to Eutaw Springs
[2] From Lincoln Co. in pursuit of Cherokee Indians

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
68 Years
Lincoln County No. Ca.

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary and witnesses

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been constructed to extend, as well to the lite, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of } ss.
County of
On this [Space] day of [Space] personally appeared (a) before
[Space] A.B. a resident (b) of [Space] in the county of [Space] and State, Territory or District of [Space] aged (c) [Space] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [Space], with [Space] and served in the [Space] (e) regiment of the [Space] line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the county through which he marched. >This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [Space] A.B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (z) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I [Space] of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [Space] for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
[Space] day of [Space] &c.

If, on examination of the proper record the name of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following addition, viz:

(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the [Space] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [Space], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. [Space] who has signed the preceding certificate us a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [Space] Clerk of the Court of [Space] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
[Space] of office, this [Space] day of [Space] *c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but it neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each [Illegible]
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court wili propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
{To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of [Illegible] or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is as Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payment can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claim, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.


[a] The declarant must appear in the open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his [Illegible]
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his deciaration 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 ___ __ months and ____ days, I served as ____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase [illegible] three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service was performed, he was not employed in any civil thority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which he service was performed, he was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must afix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers in not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers 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 office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [.] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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233.486

Off Ch: Authentication in
Pension Papers
Boynton

James W. Black
Oak Hill
Newton Co.
Ga.
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State of Georgia ) 
County of Newton) 
On this 26th day of October one thousand 
Eight hundred and fifty five personally
appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for the
County and State aforesaid Sarah Weathers Age about
Forty nine years a resident of Henry County in the State of
Georgia who being duly sworn according to law declares
that she is the widow of Valentine Weathers deceased who
was a regular soldier in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain,
declared by the United States in the year
A D 1776   and that her said husband enlisted
time unknown, for the term, not known, and do not know
how long he did actual service in said war, and she believes
that he was honorably discharged ^because he drew a pension^ and she further states that
she was married to the said Valentine Weathers in the year
Eighteen hundred and Thirty one, and there is no public or
private record of the Marriage exists, that can be procured.
and further states that she was married by one Richard
Livest[?] an acting Justice of the peace, and that her name before
her said Marriage was Sarah Rollins, that her said Husband 
died in Newton County Georgia on the 16th day of
February A.D. 1852, and that she is now a widow. She makes
this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to
which she may be entitled, under the act approved March 3d
1855.
Sarah her mark [hand written X] Weathers

We Henry K Downs and Benjamin H. Smith residence
of Newton County in the State of Georgia upon our oaths declare
that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged 
by Sarah Weathers in our presence and
that we believe from the appearance and statements of the
applicant that she is the identical person she represents
herself to be, as they have lived in this neighborhood a
number of years as man and wife.
Henry K. Downs
Benjamin H. Smith

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn
to and subscribed before me on the day and year
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above written, and I certify that I know the
affiance to be credible persons, that the claiment
is the person she represents herself to be, and
that I have no interest in this claim.
Shelly Downs, J. P.
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John Hufmans
Deposition

Valentine Weathers
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State of North Carolina }
Lincoln County }
Personally Came John W [illegible-portion of page torn out]
 before me Isaac Holland one of the acting
Justices of the peace of said County, and made oath
according to law & on his oath saith that he was
in the months ^service in the State of South Carolina in Gen
Sumpters brigade in the year 1781 & 1782, then cald[called] the
State troops of South Carolina that Valentine Weathers
served in the same brigade his ten months service against the
British forces that we were discharged in the month of May
1782 at a place cald[called] new Market that Said Weathers Served in Collon Hill Regiment & Captain William McKenzees
Company Sworn to & Subscribed this 12th Day of November
A.D. 1827, is
before me J. Holland J.P.
John Hufman
-
I Isaac Holland one of the Justices of the peace of
Lincoln County  state of North Carolina do hereby Certify
that I have been acquainted with Mr John Hufman (the
above Signor) from my Infantry & that he (Hufman) hath
ever maintained & bore the name of a man of cander[candor] &
truth & a good citizen, certified this 12th Day of Novr 1827
from under my hand & seal
J. Holland J.P. (seal)

I John Clark of York District South Carolina do hereby certify that
I acted as Adjutant in the above named Service at the time & during the
time said Valentine Weathers Served his ten months service &
was acquainted with him & do hereby certify that he (Weathers) did
serve as stated in the above Hufman probit Given under my hand
& seal this 12 of November 1827
John Clark (Seal)
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Restoration 5882
Georgia
Sarah Weathers
widow of Valentine Weathers
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private
======================
Washington
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 43 dollars 33
cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th Sept. 1860
======================
Certificate of Pension issued
12th day of April 1867
and sent to S. W. Williams
258 G. Street
Washington City, D.C. 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 241 Vol. H
J. N. Smith, Clerk
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Sarah Weathers
wid.
Valentine

official

Triplett

Hon. J Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D. C.
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Sarah Weathers  5882
Anderson

@ [illegible] office, Ga
21st Sept
J. Minot, Commissioner
Washington D. C. 

Free
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36.818

Neo And
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No. 6225
Sarah Weathers
Widow of Valentine
Georgia

J.W. Black  Feby 5 1856
Same Mch 14, 1856
Feby 3 1853
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5882
Georgia
Sarah Weathers,
widow of Valentine
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Private
==================
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 43 dollars 33
cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.
==================
Certificate of Pension issued
12th day of Augt 1856
and sent to
D. R. Nolan
McDonough
Georgia
==================
Recorded on Roll of Pensiners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 241  Vol. N
Paid to Sept 4/60
233486

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J. W. Black Oct 10 1856
Same 5 Feb 1858
moved hh to Jno. M. Mills,
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Revy
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25935
Sarah Weathers
Widow of 
Valentine Weathers
Priv. Rev. War

Act: Feb. 3rd 1853
Index:--Vol. W, Page 324
(Arrangement of 1870)
Page 27

Sarah Weathers   Widow
of Revolutionary Soldier
for Pensions
under Act of 3d Feby  1853

Revolutionary War

[illegible] or Certificate
of Pensions to be mailed
to Q. R. Nolan
McDonough
Henry Co.
Georgia
Page 28

State of Georgia ) 
Henry County )
On this twenty Ninth day of
February in the year of
our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty six personally
appeared before the Court of Ordinary of said
County which is a Court of record Sarah
Weathers a resident of Henry in
said State aged about 48 years who being
duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the provisions made by the act of Congress
passed February 5th AD 1853. That she is the
widow of  Vollentine[Valentine] Weathers who was a
Pensioner under acts of Congress & drew at
or after the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum
as Revolutionary soldier - That said pension was
paid him at the agency for paying Pensions
established at Savannah Georgia & that his
residence was in Newton County
Georgia during time he drew pensions.
She further declares that she was
married to the said Vollentine[Valentine] Weathers
on the 10th (as well as she recollects) day of April
A.D. 1827. That her husband the aforesaid
 Vollentine[Valentine] Weathers died on the Sixteenth
day of February A.D. 1852 That she was
married to him at the time above stated,
she further swears that she was a Widow
Page 29

at the passage of this act & is still a widow
& that she has never before made application
for a pension except an application made a
month or two since in which he took an affidavit  
before Shelley Downes a Justice of the Peace of
Newton County Georgia & that she makes this application
because she has been informed that she could ^not get  her
pensions unless she made application before a
Court of record & the other being an informed
application [illegible] before a justice. She says it
may be disregarded - Except so far as it may
serve to prove her marriage. That there is no
public record of her marriage in Guinnett County
Georgia where she married. That she knows of
no private record & knows of no person now
living present at her marriage but that she is
illiterate & quite poor & has heard that to said application 
she refers to they procured a witness
somewhere that was present at her marriage
but don't know as to the truth of this.
She further declares that she has never 
received a Pension [illegible] or
since her Husbands death & Hopes
the department will send her a [illegible]
warrant also if the record shows she is
entitled if there should be [illegible] Evidence
of her Husbands services.
Sworn to & Subscribed
in open Court-
Q. R. Nolan Ordinary  & Clerk.

Sarah her mark [handwritten X] Weathers
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Also appeared in open Court Joseph A Thresher
Matilda Mann who being Sworn saith 
That they were acquainted with Valentine Weathers
in his life time - That he died about the time
stated that he was the Revolution Pensioner of
Newton County known by that name & that Sarah
Weathers the aforesaid applicant for Pensions lived
in same house with him up to the day of his
death & known & regarded through the neighborhood
as his wife & that we never heard anything
to the contrary. That as husband & wife they raised
a family of children.
Joseph A Thresher
Matilda her mark [hand written X] Mann
Sworn to in open
Court this 29th Feby 1856. the said
affiants known to me personally to be credible persons & I have
no interest in the claim &c. 
Q. R. Nolan Ordy  & Clerk
Georgia)
Henry County )
I Q.R. Nolan Ordinary & clerk of
the Court of Ordinary of said County
hereby certify that the above & foregoing
proceedings was this day had before we as Ordinary
& Clerk of the Court of Ordinary which is a Court
of record - Given under my
hand & the seal of said Court
this 29th Feby AD 1856
Queens R. Nolan
Ordy & Clerk Co Henry Co
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233.486
Sarah Weathers
Wid. of 
Valentine Weathers

36.818
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160

Jas. W. Black
Oak Hill
Ga
Page 32

Georgia Gwinnett )
County
Personally appeared before me
H R Hannah an acting Justice of
the peace in & for said County Pamela Leverette and
Wesley Puckette who being duly Sworn Saith upon
oath that they Saw Valentine Weathers and Sarah
Rowlins Married the Marriage taken place in the
County aforesaid some time about the year 1830.
The above named cuppel[couple] was married by Richard
Leveret a Justice of the peace of the County aforesaid
Sworn to and Subscribe
before me this April the 12th 1854 Pamela her mark [hand written X] Leveret
Wesley Puckett

The forgoin[foregoing] declaration and affidavits wer[were] Sworn
to and subscribed before me on the day and
year above written and I certify that I know
the affiants to be creditable persons and that
I have no interest in the claments[claimants] claim
H R Hannah J.P.
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3d. Auditor's Office
March 8. 1836
Sir,
Valentine Wheathers[Weathers], Ga Act 1832 $45.33 per ann. died
17 Feby 1832, & his pension has been paid in
full in that State to Sarah Wheather[Weathers] his widow.
Very Respectfully
Your Obdt
Robt Jamison
Auditor

J. Minot, Esqr.
Commr. of Pensions
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Pension Office, March 7, 1856
The third Auditor will please certify the
date of death of within named pensioner, and
name of his widow
Very respectfully
Geddes Cole,
Chief Clerk
Geddes)
Page 35

5.882
Increase
Brief in the case of Sarah Weathers Widow of Valentine
Private Rev Yellow River
Gwinett[Gwinnett] County and State of Georgia

2d [illegible] Act Feb 3 1853

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE.
PROOF EXHIBITED,
A pensioner on the roll of Dis Col at $43.33
A Certificate returned with application for increase 
as provided by the act of July 27. 1868
Personal identity & continued Widowhood properly shown
Admitted Oct. 24, 1868 to a pension at $96 from
to commence July 27, 1868 deducting
all pays since
W. C. Trask
Examining Clerk.
Name and residence of Agent.
J. W. Williams
Present
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Geo
Sarah Weathers
and 
Valentine

July 31

Mrs. Weathers
Revolutionary Widow
for Bounty Land &
Pensions.

Q.R. Nolan
McDonough
Georgia
Page 37


McDonogh Geo. July 23d 1856
Hon J. Minot
Dear Sir
In February last, a
Poor old Revolutionary widow by name of
Sarah Weathers (wid of Vollintine[Valentine] Weathers decd. Pension)
appeared before my Court with witnesses &
requested statement made out for Pensions
& Land Warrant. Which was done for
her & by her request mailed to you
with instructions to the department to
Communicate with me, No acknowledgement
or anything else has been recd. from
you. The old Lady friends have troubled me
since about it a good deal.  I hope you
will have the matter looked into.
Weather was Revolutionary Pensioner
residing in Newton County, Geo. at time of his
death & his pension was paid off in Savannah
Georgia. Papers of Mrs Weathers made out
for Pensions Sent you in Februay Last
Very Resly.
Q. R. Nolan
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McDonough Geo.
Feby 29th 1856

Hon. Court of Pensions

Please attend to the
enclosed petition for me, it as early a
day as possible.

Very Resy.
Sarah Weathers
Q.R. Nolan
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Oak Hill Ga. 5th Jan 1856
Dear Sir
I enclose you the papers
in behalf of the Widow S. Weathers
one for a County Land Warrant 
the other for a pension to which
she is entitled according to an act of
Congress, also the affidavit  of Mrs
Permelia  Livert, certifying to the marriage
of Valentine Weathers and Sarah
Rollins,
I am requested by Mrs Permelia
Livert to inquire of you if she is
drawing a pension to which she is
intitled. She states that she is entitled
and has been drawing, but is not
nor has not drawn any thing for
Some time; please address me at
Oak Hill Newton County Ga

Yours Respectfully
James W. Black

Bounty land claim taken out
Adams
Page 40

Georgia Gwinnett  )
County )
Personally appeared before me
H R Hannah an acting justice 
of the peace in and for said County Pemela  Levret
who being duly Sworn Saith upon oath that she
Saw Valentine Weathers and Sarah Rowlins married
Some time about the year 1831 in the County aforesaid
and that the above named Cupple[couple] was married by
one Richard Leveret a Justice of the peace in said County
Sworn to and subscribe before
me this December the 15th 1855
Pamela her mark [hand written X] Leveret
H R Hannah J. P.
Page 41

Oak Hill Newton County Geo. 10th Oct 1854
Dear Sir
My object ^for writing is
to ascertain in what way the
widow of a Revolutionary Soldier
is to obtain Pensions, i.e. I
wish to know if there has to
be proof made that she is the
widow of a R. Soldier, her
husbands name was Valentine
Weathers, the widow has drawn
pensions since his death, as you
may see on your book of records.
How can she with the proofs
already on your books, commence
drawing, according to the late act
of Congress or will she have to
make full proof as tho she
had never been drawing.
Will you please give
the necessary information &
Oblige your Obt Srvt
J. W. Black
Page 42

Power of Attorney
from
Sarah Weathers 
to 
Jas. W. Black
Page 43

State of Georgia )
Newton County )
 Know all men by these presents that
I Sarah Weather of Henry County and
State aforesaid, for divers good causes and considerations
 me hereunto moving have made ordained and
appointed and by these presents do make ordain and
appoint James W. Black of the County of Newton and
said State, my true and lawful attorney for me
and in my name and for my own proper use and
benefit to procure for me a bounty land Warrant
which I am entitled to by an act passed 3rd March
1855, also to procure a pension for me which I am
entitled to from the pension office, and to have use
and take all lawful ways and means in my name or other
wise that may be found necessary or proper in the execution
of this power of attorney. To do all lawful acts and things
whatsoever concerning the premises as fully in every respect as I
myself might or could do were I personally present at the doing
thereof, Ratifying and confirming and by these presents allowing
whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name, lawfully do or cause
to be done in and about the premises, by virtue of these presents
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal, this October 26th 1855.
H. K. Downs
Shelly Downs, J.P.

Sarah her mark [hand written X] Weathers ) (seal)
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N.
DECLARATION FOR INCREASE
OF PENSION.
Under section 13, act of July 27, 1868.
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Sarah Weathers

FILED BY
S. W. WILLIAMS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SOLICITORS OF CLAIMS AND
PATENTS
Washington City, D.C.

Printed and sold by W. H. Moore, 484 11th st. Washington, D.C.

J.N. Glenn
Lawrenceville, Ga.


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Superior  Guinett County
Page 45

N.
DECLARATION FOR INCREASE OF PENSION.
Under Section 13, Act of July 27, 1868.

State of Georgia )
COUNTY of Gwinett ) SS.

ON THIS 10 day of October, A. D. 1868, personally appeared before me,
within and for the County and State aforesaid,
Sarah Weathers, aged 60 odd years, a resident of Yellow River Gwinett Co.
in the State of Georgia who being duly sworn according to law, declares that
she is the identical Sarah Weathers to whom was granted Pension
certificate No. 5882 payable at Washington D.C Agency, at the rate of $43.33/100
dollars per ^annum issued under the act of Feb 3rd 1853; that she makes this declaration
in order to secure the increase of her pension to which she is entitled under the thirteenth section
of the act of July 27, 1868.
My Post Office address is as follows: Yellow River Gwinett Co. Geo.
And I hereby constitutes and  appoints J. W. Williams
Washington D.C. Attorney  to present and prosecute this claim, and authorizes him
to receive and receipt for any certificate that may be issued for the same, and to do any other act or thing necessary
or that I might do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby countermanding
all former authority that may have been given for the above specified purpose.
her
Signature of Claimant: Sarah her mark [hand written X] Weathers
Also personally appeared Robert N. Robinson and William 
H Harvey, residents of Gwinnett County Geo. persons
whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were
present and saw Sarah Weathers (make her mark)
to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance
of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents
herself to be; and they further state that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim. &  that she
certainly a Widow.
Signatures of Witnesses.
{Robert N. Robinson
{Wm H. Harvey

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th day of October, A.D. 1868; and I
hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
Signature of Judge or other Officer: Jesse Murphey Justice of the
Peace
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State of Georgia )
County of Gwinnett ) SS.
I Wilson L. Vaughan. Clerk
of the Superior Court of
said County and the keeper
of the Seal thereof do hereby certify that Jesse
Murphy whose genuine signature is attached
to the within and foregoing declaration and
and affidavits was at the time an acting
Justice of the Peace in & for said County
duly commissioned and qualified and
that his commission bears date on the eighteenth
(18) day of January 1865. and will expire
when his succesor is elected and qualified and
that full faith and credit are due to
all of his acts as such.
Given under my hand and 
seal of said Court in the Town of
Lawrenceville of said County
& state. This 19th October 1868.
Wilson L Vaughan Clerk
Superior Gwinnett County
Page 47

Payment to be made at Washington City
Robert Clarke Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of
Dist of Columbia
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page 241 Vol. H
J.N. Smith
Page 48

Restoration
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
5. 882
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of
February 3, 1853,
Sarah Weathers
widow of Valentine Weathers
who was a private in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Forty three
dollars and Thirty three cents per annum, commencing on the
4th of September 1860, and continuing for life, unless she should
again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the
time of such marriage
Given at the Department of the Interior,
this Twelfth day of April
one thousand eight hundred and sixty seven
W. F. Otto
Acting Secretary of the Interior
Examined and countersigned
Joseph H. Barrett
Commissioner of Pensions.
Page 49

Restoration
5.882
Brief in the Case of Sarah Weathers Widow ^D. C. of Valentine
who was a Revolution soldier Lawrenceville
Gwinnett County and State of Georgia
2d Sec Act 3d Feb. 1853.
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF Exhibited,
She was inscribed on the Roll in Savannah
Georgia at $43.33 per annum & paid to
Sep 4 1860. She now surrenders her old certificate
& claims restoration having made proof of
loyalty - Widowhood.
Restored April 8, 1867 to a pension $ 43.33
per annum commencing Sep 4 1860
Name and residence of Agent.
S W Williams
258 G St.
Washington D.C.
W. E. Trask
Examining Clerk.
Page 50

Lawrenceville Georgia
Nov 5th
1866
Joseph H Barrett Commissioner of Pensins
Dear Sir
some months since
sent you the application of Sarah
Weathers the widow of Revolutionary
soldier, for a new Pension Certificate
have heard nothing from it since it
was sent please inform me if it
has been received
I am very Respectfully &c
John M Mills
Page 51

Lawrenceville Georgia
August the 23d 1866
Joseph H Barrett, Commissioner
of Pensions
Dear Sir
I herewith enclose
you the application of Sarah Weathers
for a new Pension Certificate, together
with her old certificate. Please
send me her new certificate as
soon as convenient
I am very Respectfully
Yours &c
John M Mills
P.S. Will you be kind enough to
inform ^me if soldiers who were mustered
in the U. S. regular service in
1812 & who served for five years
& were honorably, discharged are
entitled to a pension
J. M. M.
Page 52

Sarah Weathers
Widow of Valentine
Georgia
admd. 3 Feby 1833
$43.33 a year from
the passage of the act
Cert to
Q R Nolan Esq.
McDonough GA
Page 53

Oak Hill Newton County Ga Novr 30- 1857.
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir, this is to inform
you that I wish my business so far as
relates to my pension, changed back
out of the hands of Q.R. Nolen Esqr. and
placed in the hands of James W. Black
my former attorney, as it will be more
convenient for me, having removed from
Henry to Newton County, and would
also like to get the pension quarterly
as I am poor and very needy,
by complying with the above you will
very much oblige your obt. Servt
Sarah her mark [hand written X] Weathers

Georgia
Newton County ⎬ This is to certify that I was
present and saw Mrs Sarah Weathers make
her mark to the above and it is her desire
to place her business as stated above in
the hands of James W. Black, and that the
said Sarah Weathers further stated that
she was over persuaded by Nolan to place
the matter into his hands, and further states
that she does not believe that she gets
justice from the hands of Nolan.
This 30 Novr. 1857
Henry K Downs
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Sarah Weathers
Pension Certificate
Payment to be made in Savannah by
J.S. Morel, Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of
Georgia
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page 241 Vol. H
G. T. Getty, Clerk.
Page 55

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act
of February 3, 1853 
Sarah Weathers widow of Valentine Weathers
who was a private in the revolutionary war
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Forty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, commencing on the
3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time
of such marriage


Given at the Department of the Interior
this twelfth day of August
one thousand eight hundred and fifty Six
R. McClelland
Secretary of the Interior

Examined and countersigned.
J. Minot
Commissioner of Pensions.
Page 56

Oak Hill Newton County Ga 30th Nov 1857. Com
of Pensions
Dear Sir I enclose you
Mrs Sarah Weathers letter with a certificate
annexed, also the power made to me in
1855, at the time I commenced the Prosecution 
of her Bounty Land Warrant & Pension.
It will appear from her letter & the certificate
that she is desirous that I should act for
her, in this I am at her service,
She also wishes (if it is not asking too
much) to Grant her pension quarterly
i.e. every three months.
Your Obt Servt
Jas. W. Black
Page 57

Brief in the case of Sarah Weathers widow of Valentine
County and State of Georgia
act 3 Feb 1853
Claim, "original
Proof exhibited, (if original)


Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was pensioned under the act of June
7, 1832 at $43.33 a year and died 16 Feby 1852.
-
Marriage proved by an eye witness and by
these who knew the line with the pensioner as his Wife
Cohabitation, general reputation of marriage
her identity as the late pensioner's
 widow, his death & her present wid.
on hand proof by Credible witness

Thornton Triplett
Examining Clerk.

Name and residence of Agent
Q.R. Nolan
McDonough Geo.
Page 58

Found this power of Atty
return to this disk
for correction
AGF
Page 59

Oak Hill Ga 22nd Jan 1858
Geo. C. Whiting Esqr Com-
Dear Sir I recd. your
Circular by last mail, calling for
No date &c of the claim of Sarah
Weathers, I can inform you that
she is making no claim for bounty
Land, she has already received
a Warrant, in 1856
The object of the Power such is
simply to make a change in her
agency in regard to the pension 
that she is already drawing
every six months, she wishes
that I should act as agent for her
in place of Q.R. Nolen Esqr. of
McDonough who has been acting
for her ever since Sept 1856. So
you will please hereafter direct
the drafts for the money to me
in place of Mr. Nolan

your Obt Sert J. W. Black
Page 60

Oak Hill Newton County Georgia Sept 24th 1856.
J Minot Esq Com-
Dear Sir your circular came
duly to hand and I herewith give you
a copy of the original acknowledgement,
viz, No 233.486, for bounty Land under the
act of March 3d 1855.
The bounty Land Warrant has been
issued and I in receipt of the same,
so you will therefore discover that
it is the pension which is coming
to the Widow Sarah Weathers, that I am
looking after, you have the facts before
you, that Weathers was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and that Sarah Weathers was
his wife, and that she is now a widow
and entitled to a pension.
Yours Respectfully
J. W. Black
[crossed out]P.S. If I mistake
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Sold by J. E. H. Woodward, Louisville, Ky.
Application for Restoration to the Pension Roll
BY A PARTY WHOSE NAME HAS BEEN DROPPED UNDER THE ACT OF FEBRUARY 4, 1862.
The following Declaration must be executed before a Judge or a Clerk, or a Deputy Clerk of a Court of Record, and, if before the Judge, the Clerk or Deputy Clerk thereof
will certify said Judge's official capacity and signature, and attest the same under the seal of the Court. A Justice of the Peace or a Notary Public must not authenticate this paper.
If he does the work is entirely useless, and must be all done over again before a Judge, or Clerk, or Deputy Clerk of a Court of Record, as just above stated.

DECLARATION.
State of Georgia County of Gwinnett SS:
On this 10th day of November A. D. one thousand eight hundred and Sixty Six personally appeared
before me (1) James W. Plummer of the (2) Justice Inferior Court in said County and State, the same being a court of record (3)
Sarah Weathers aged 65 years, a resident of the (4) County of Gwinnett in
the State of Georgia who being duly sworn according to law, declares that (5) she is identical (3) Sarah
Weathers who was a pensioner on the roll of the Agency at Savannah in the State of Georgia and
whose pension certificate (6) has been returned
That (5) she has resided since the first day of January, 1861, as follows: (7) in Gwinnett County
State of Georgia
That during this period (8) her means of subsistence have been (9) She has been dependant
on the Inferior Court of said County for
a support
That (5) she has not borne arms against the Government of the United States, or has not in any manner been engaged in or
aided or abetted the rebellion therein, or in any manner encouraged the rebels, or manifested a sympathy with their cause. Applicant
makes the following additional declaration: "I (3)Sarah Weathers do solemnly swear (or affirm) in the presence
of Almighty God,  that I will hereafter faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States
thereunder: that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing 
rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves: so help me God."
Applicant further states that (5) she was last paid (8) her pension on the 4th day of September A. D. 1860

That (10) she still continues the widow of Valentine
Weathers
This application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of (8) her name to the pension rolls, and of obtaining a new
pension certificate, such as (5) She may be entitled to under existing laws, reference being made to the evidence heretofore filed in
the Pension Office to substantiate (8) her original claim.
Applicant appoints S.M. Williams of Washington D.C. (8) her Attorney
irrevocably with full power of substitution and revocation in (8) her said behalf, and authorizes him to receive the Pension Certificate
when issued. Applicant's Post Office address is Lawrenceville County of Gwinnett State of
Georgia; that (8) her domicile or place of abode is (11) on the wagon road
leading from Lawrenceville to Lithonia about eight
miles from the county seat of Gwinnett County State
above named. 
Sarah Mark [hand written X] Weathers Applicant. 
ATTEST:
Peter Rawlins
Anny Rawlins

NOTE--Two persons
who can write must sign
their names here in attestation
of the Power of Attorney 
and the signature
of the applicant. The
officer administering the
oath cannot be one of the 
attesting parties. 


WITNESSES AFFIDAVIT.
Sworn to, subscribed, and acknowledged before me, the day and year first above written, and also personally appeared Peter
Rawlins and Anny Rawling residents of the (4) County of
Gwinnett in the State of Georgia;  persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to
credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw (3) Sarah Weathers
(12) make her mark to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to
believe, from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that her (13) that (5) she is the identical person (5) she
represents(14) herself to be. They further state, that, according to their best knowledge and belief, the said (3) Sarah
Weathers
has never been engaged in or aided or abetted the rebellion in the United States, either directly
or indirectly. That (5) she has never borne arms against the Government of the United States, or in any manner encouraged the
rebels or manifested a sympathy with their cause. That (50 she has always borne and still bears true faith and allegiance to the
Government, Constitution and Laws of the United States, and is of unquestioned loyalty.
That said applicant was a pensioner on the roll of the Agency at Savannah, in the State of Georgia
and was last paid, as they verily believe, (8) her pension to the 4th day of September A.D. 1860 That
(5) she has resided since the first day of January, A. D. 1861, as follows: (7) in Gwinnett
County State of Georgia
That during this period, to wit, from the first day of January, 1861, to the present time (8) her means of subsistence have been (9)
she has been entirely defendant on the Inferior
Court of said County for a support
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That said applicant's pension certificate as they verily believe has been returned
That (15) said applicant still continues the
widow of Valentine Weathers
And they further swear that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim

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

ATTEST:
Two Witnsses.
Peter Rawlins
Anney Rawlins

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

Note.--If the Clerk or the Deputy Clerk of the Court takes the Declaration and affidavit instead of the Judge, he signs the above certificate and paces the seal of the Court
thereto, and the following certificate then goes unauthenticated, but if the Judge administers the oath, he signs the foregoing certificate, and then the Clerk or Deputy Clerk himself authenticates the certificate hereto following.

State of Georgia
County of Gwinnett SS.
I John M. Mills, Clerk of the Inferior Court within and for the county and
State aforesaid, do hereby certify that James W. Plummer before whom the foregoing Pension Declaration and joint
affidavit were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was, at the time of so doing, Judge of the (2) Interior
Court in and for the County and State above named, duly elected, qualified and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to
full faith and credit, and that his said signature, as it above appears, is genuine.

Given under my hand and seal of the Inferior Court at Office
in Lawrenceville the tenth day of November 1866
John M. Mills Clerk.
of the Inferior Court
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INSTRUCTIONS.
1. "Judge" "Clerk" or "Deputy Clerk," as the case may be.
2. Name of the Court.
3. Name in full of the applicant for a restoration of pension
4. "City," "Town," "Corporation," or "County," as the case may be.
5. "He" or "she" as the case may be.
6. "Is herewith returned," or "is lost," "is mislaid," "is destroyed" or "is
"stolen," or "is illegally withheld by __of__" as the case may be. 
If lost, mislaid, or stolen, add immediately after the statement
of such fact, " and after due search and inquiry cannot be found or recovered
(if such be the fact), for which reason it cannot be returned."
7. Here name the place or places at which the applicant has resided
8. "His" or "her", as the case may be.
9. Here name the employment or other means by which a livelihood
has been gained.
10. If an invalid pensioner say, "His disability, for which pension was
originally granted, still continues." If a widow say: "She still continues
a widow."
11. House No. __ on __ street, between __ and __
streets, in the city of __, in the county and State aforesaid;" or if, on
the other hand, the applicant resides in the country instead of the city, in
place of the foregoing, say "On the wagon (or rail) road leading from __
to __ about __ miles from __ the county seat of __
county, State above named."
12. "Sign his name, " or "sign her name," or "make his mark," or "make 
her mark," as the case may be.
the County
13. "Him,"  or "her," as the case may be.
14. "Himself", or "herself" as the case may be.
15. "The disability of the applicant, for which he was originally pensioned
still continues," or "said applicant still continues a widow," as the case may be.

Extract Pension Office Circular, June 10, 1865.

Pensions in States Heretofore in Insurrection.

In resuming the execution of the pension laws in the several States hereto
in insurrection, the Secretary of the Interior direct that attention be called
to the following act of Congress:
AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to strike from the pension
rolls the names of such persons as have taken up arms against the
Government, or who may have in any manner encouraged the rebels:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior
be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to strike from the pension rolls
the names of all such persons as have or may hereafter take up arms against
the Government of the United States, or who have in any manner encouraged
the rebels, or manifested a sympathy with the their cause.. "App'd Feb. 4, 1862."
In accordance with the provisions of this act, the names of all pensioners who
have resided within the insurrectionary States [during] the rebellion, and whose
pensions were payable at any one of the [following] places, viz: Richmond and
Norfolk, Va.; Fayetteville and Morgantown, N.C.; Charleston, S.C.; Nashville,
Knoxville, Jonesboro, and Jackson, Tenn.; Jackson, Miss.; New Orleans, La.;
Savannah, Ga.; Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and Pensacola, Fla;
Huntsville, Tuscaloosa, and Mobile, Ala; and Little Rock and Fort Gibson,
Ark.;  are hereby dropped from the pension rolls. Persons heretofore receiving
pensions at the above named agencies, who still claim the benefit of the
pension laws, must make application for restoration to the rolls, with the requisite
evidence, in accordance with the forms and instructions published
herewith.
June 10, [1865]
JOSEPH H. BARRETT.
Commissioner of Pensions.

OFFICIAL REQUIREMENTS -- PENSION OFFICE.
If the declarant, or any witness, sign by mark, the officer must certify that the
contents of the paper were made known to the affiant before signing.
In every case the declaration or affidavit must either be signed by the affiant's
own hand or else by mark (x). Signing by another hand, when the party is
able to write, or without a mark when the party is unable to write, is wholly
inadmissible.
The allegations made in the applicant's declaration must be sustained by the
testimony of two credible and disinterested witnesses to be certified as such
by the officer before whom the testimony is taken.
The applicant must also take and subscribed the oath prescribed in the recent
amnesty proclamation of the President of the United States, [illegible] such oath
with the application for a new pension certificate. (See italicized portion of
applicant's declaration for form of oath).
If the applicant be an invalid pensioner, he must be examined by an army
surgeon, or by a surgeon duly appointed by this office, as to the continuance of
disability. If a widow, she must prove, by two credible witnesses, her continued
widowhood. If the guardian of a minor child, newly appointed, he
must file evidence of his appointment as such.
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Application for Restoration of Pension.
Case Dropped under Act of February 4, 1862.
Sarah Weathers   Applicant.

S.W. Williams  Attorney.
Post Office Address.
Washington D. C.
258 Q. St.
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Geo.
Sarah Weathers
wid.
Valentine

Triplett

[stamp] JAN 25 [rest is illegible]

FREE

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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State of North Carolina )
Lincoln County )
This day Elisha Wethers [Weathers]
personally appeared before me the subscribing one of the
Justices of the peace for and in said County and made
oath in due form of Law that he was well acquainted
and lived in the same House with Valentine Wethers [Weathers] in the
above County of Lincoln during the time of the revolutionary War
who he believes to be aged Sixty nine years and that the
said Valentine Waters enlisted for the ten months
service in the South Carolina State Troops & General Sumpters
Brigade, and thinks Nathaniel Martin was his Captain,
and have reason to believe & does believe he served his
time out faithfully & was legally discharged, that he
Inlisted[enlisted] in this County early in the spring of 1781 under
Capt. McKinzie he thinks a recruiting Officer.
and further saith some time in year following 1782 the
aforesaid Valentine Withers volunteered a three months
tour (as he believes) against the Cherokee Indians, and
believes he served the three months fully and discharged
that the said Valentine Wethers[Weathers] removed from this County
long since, and has resided many years in the State of
Georgia.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
Fourth day of June A.D. 1833-
And Hoyt Justice of the peace
Elisha Weathers

Andrew Hoyl one of the Justices ^of the peace for sd. County^ before whom
the above deposition was taken do hereby certify that I
have been acquainted with the above named Elisha
Wethers[Weathers] during the time of the revolution and have
lived a neighbour to him ever since. and that I believe
and have always taken him to be a man of strict
Veracity and Sterling character an honest man
and that his word is entitled to credit wherever he is known
certified this 4th day of June 1833.
And. Hoyl Justice of the Peace [seal]
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State of
North Carolina )
Lincoln County )
I  Andrew Hoyl one of the
Justices of the peace for and in said County do
hereby certify that I was acquainted with John Hofman
(whose deposition accompanies this) during the revolution
and lived a near neighbour to him ever since
untill last summer, which deposition was taken on
the third day of September 1831 in favour of Valentine
Wethers[Weathers] a soldier of the revolution, that I always
believed him to be a man of strict veracity, and that
he died in September last.
Given under my hand & seal this 4th of June 1833
And. Hoyl Justice of the Peace
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State of North Carolina)
Lincoln County)
i Vardy McBee Clerk of the Court
of pleas & quarter Sessions in the State &
County aforesaid, Certify by these presents that
Andrew Hoyle Esq before whom the foregoing
Deposition was taken is an acting Justice of the
peace in & for said County, duly sworn & [illegible]
 & that his official attestations are
entitled to all due faith & credit as such.
in Testimony whereof I have set my hand
& seal of office at Lincolnton the 8th June
1833
Vardy McBee  Clk


State of No. Carolina)
Lincoln County)
I T. Forney
Presiding Justice of the Court
of pleas & quarter Sessions in & for said County
Certify that Vardy McBee who made
the foregoing annexed Certificate with the seal
of office thereto is the lawful Clerk of said
Court that said Certificate is in due lawful
form & that his official attestations are
entitled to all due faith & credit as such.
In witness whereof I have set my hand
this 8th day of June 1833
T Forney Justice
of the Peace
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Georgia, Fayette County

Personally came before
me Jesse Ward an acting Justice
of the Peace in and for said County Samuel
Houston who being duly sworn saith that
he was in the service of the United States 
of America and in the State of South 
Carolina in General Sumpters Brigade
in the years 1781 & 1782 then called
the State Troops of South Carolina, that
he the said Samuel Houston served in
Capt. Nealey's Company and says on his
Oath that Valentine Weathers served in
the same Brigade in Col Will's Regiment
and Capt Wm McKenzie's Company
and that as well as now recollect and
believe the said Valentine Weathers served
out his tour.
Saml. Houston
Sworn to and subscribed 
before me this 17th day of
June 1833

Jesse Ward J.P. and I Do certify to all
whom it may concern that Samuel Houston
the Witness is entitled to full faith and credit
giving under my hand the 17th day of June
1833
Jesse Ward J.P.

[physical seal affixed]
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Georgia )
Fayette County )

I Wm WcBride Clerk of
 the Inf Court for said
County do hereby certify
that Jesse Ward whose name appears to
the foregoing affidavit & certificate
is an acting Justice of the peace  for said
County and that full faith and credit ought
to be had and & given to his attestation as such
Given under my hand and seal of office
this 17th day of June 1833
William McBride clk.
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State of North Carolina )
Lincoln County )
I Andrew Hoyl one of the Justices
do hereby Certify that
 Mr John Hofman
of said county made on oath on the holy Bible
deposeth & saith on oath that he the said John
Hofman enlisted in the ten month Service of
the South Carolina State troops and and that
he served under General Sumter During the
Revolution and this deponent further Saith
that he was well acquainted with Valentine
Weathers formerly of the aforesaid County &
State & who is Now Residing in the State of
Georgia as he understands & Believes and
that he believes that the said Weathers also
Inlisted in the ten month Service of the South
Carolina State troops also served under General
Sumpter and the same Brigade and that
said Valentine to his knowledge served
out his time and was duly discharged
at New Market near Columbia South Carolina
Sworn to & subscribed Before me
this third day of September 1831
And. Hoyl Justice of the
peace
John Hofman
At the same time and place Elisha
Weathers also made oath on the holy Bible
before me the aforesaid Andrew Hoyl one of the
Justices of the Peace in and for said
County Deposeth under oath saith that he
was present when the aforesaid Valentine
Weathers enlisted in the ten months
Service of the South Carolina State Troops &
that he has reasons to believe  & doth believe
that the said Valentine Weathers Served out his
said time 
Sworn to and subscribed before me
And. Hoyl Justice of the Peace
Elisha Weathers
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State of North Carolina)
Lincoln County)
I Vardy McBee Clerk of the
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for
the County aforesaid and State of North Carolina
Do hereby certify that Andrew Hoyle Esquire who
attested the two foregoing affidavits is and was at
the time thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in
the County of Lincoln & State of North Carolina and
that all due faith & credit ought to be given to his
official acts as a Justice of the Peace In testimony
whereof  I have set my hand and affixed the Seal
of office at Lincolnton on the 5th day of September 1831
Vardy McBee C.C.
by J. S. Alexander D. C.

State of N Carolina )
Lincoln County )
I do hereby Certify
 That Vardy McBee
is Clerk of the County Court of Lincoln
and that all faith & credit is due to
his signature as such Lincolnton 5th Sept.
1831
Carlos Leonard Justice Peace

[physical seal affixed]