Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8915, George Harlow, Va.
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Harlow, George
Susan

W. 8915
B.L.W. 27603-160-55
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23366
Kentucky
George Harlow
of [inelligble] in the state of Kentucky
who was a private in the [illegible] commanded
by Captain Garland of the [illegible] commanded
by [illegible] in the Virginia
line for [illegible] and [illegible]
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5334
Kentucky
Susan Harlow
widow of George Harlow
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
30 Dollars 00
Cents per annum to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
9th day of February 1830
and sent to
Son D. Breck
Stinse of Ripe

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 236 Vol
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[left side]
58.597   Act Mch 2/55
Apl  4/55
______
Susan Harlow  widow of
George Harlow  Private

Capt. ---
Col. ---
Ky Mil
Ent ---day of ---
Dis --- day of ---
Revo War
______
 [?] a Pension

Ky [?] 48-no 5334
__________
AO:160A[?] May 17/56
Boyton


[right hand side]
[?]  A. Amith, Sept 25/55
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[vertically on left]
[?] Albemarle County  [?]

[body]
Geo. Hrlow

Informs me of
the result at
Mt. Vernon Ky
E Smith
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State of Kentucky
Rockcastle County Sct

On this 12 day of Septr 1833 personally appeared before the Honl Joseph [?] Judge of the 15 Judicial Circuit in open court George Harlow aged 77 the 13 of May last, resident in the county aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit [marked out: of ?] of the provisions made by the act of Congress of the 7 of June 1832, That he vollunterd [sic] in the Malititia [sic] of the line of the state of Va in the army of the United States for three months the year now forgotten, but it was before Genl Burgoyne surrendered at Sarratoga [sic].  He vollunterd [sic] at Charlottesville Albemarle County Va
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in the company commanded by Capt Maseleak, his son Lt. in the Regt commanded by Colo. Richison, he was marched to old Richmond, then to Cablin [sic: Cabin] Point, then to Petersburgh where he was discharged by his Capt afsd. after faithfully served out his term of three months. Again and before Burgoine [sic] surrenderd [sic], he vollunterd [sic] in the County afsd of Albemarle for three months, the malititia [sic] of said state in the company commanded by Capt Danl White, Lt & Ensign forgotten, in the Regt commanded by Colo Lydsey. He was [?] again to old Richmond, then down the River about sixty miles, untill [sic] his term of three months had expierd [sic] when he was honorably discharged byCapt White on James River, about 60 miles below Richmond.  About four months after
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this he again vollenterd [sic] in the Milititia [sic] of sd. State for three months in the company commanded by Capt James Harrison, his Lt was Thos Garth, the company was attached to no regt.  The Company was marched to Richmond, there to the mouth of Tuckihoe [sic] on James River, [marked out] from there we conveyed municians [sic] of war in canoes up to the pointy fork in Goochland County on Jas River, then [?] back to Tuckihoe [sic], when his term of service had expierd [sic] he was honorably discharged at the mouth of Tuckihoe [sic] by Capt Harrison.  Next I shortly about a month the time exactly forgotten he vollenterd [sic] for three months in Albemarle County in the Company commanded by Capt James Garland,  [[unintelligible] marched
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[crossed out: to Winchester] guard the Prisoners
in Albemarle surrendered under
Gen: Burgoyne, Shortly after they
were removed to Winchester,
where he was marched as a 
guard, + continued in the service
for three months when he was
honerably discharged at Winchester
by his Lt his name forgotten
Capt Garland having been shot
by one of our own men.
In about six weeks after his return
and not [illegible] he again vollunterd
in Albemarle County state of 
Va, in the malitia of state of three
months, the Capt.s name forgotten
but his Lt.s name was Fowler,
Ensign forgotten, in the Reg.t commanded
now as he believes by
Col.d Armstrong. He marched
to Richmond of Petersburg, then
back to Richmond, then
across the river about
fifty miles, + back to Richmond
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there towards Petersburg and
in the [illegible] Petersburgh
he was discharged by his Cap.t
after honerably turning out
his time of six month. He
remembers on one of his turns
he saw Gen.l Fayate Gen.l
Nelson who was said to be
regular officers.  John [illegible]
relinquishes any claim whatever
to a pension a annuity except
the Present and he
declares that his name is not 
on the Pension Roll or any
agency in any state _ [illegible]
knows of no person now
living by whom he can
prove his services except
the widow of [illegible]
Procter here annexed. That 
by reason of old age did the
consequent lap of memory
he can not recollect dates
or many officers names,
but old as he is he know
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he served thru different tours
[crossed out: was honerably discharged
state by] in the malitia
of the state of Virginia in
the services of the Army of the 
U. States in the Revolutionary
War.

1. When and what year war you
born. [illegible] in Hanover county
State of Va, his age will show
the year

2. He has no record of 
his age.

3. When called in to service each
time he lived in Albemarle
County State of Virginia, + continued
to live there untill
16 years past when he moved
to Ky Rockcastle County where
he now lives

4. He entered the service each
time as a vollunter on his 
own account.

5. As to the officers he has 
stated all he can [illegible]
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remember and the general circumstances
of his service.

6, His discharges he has long since
lost, by when they were given
he has described

7. As to his [illegible] he refuses to
his neighbors (thus being no clergyman no his neighborhood) George Procter,
James Dyhouse, Jessee
Edwards. 

George Harlow

George Procter, aged, being born
in October 1742 a resident citizen
of Rockcastle County and a neighbor
of the ap.d George Harlow, in open
court upon oath declares that
he was a neighbor to the above
George Harlow in the Revolutionary
War Albemarle County state of Va. that he well knew him, that
he well rembers that he was absent
from home several times as he
understood that no doubts of the 
fact in the millitia of the state
of Virginia in the Revolutionary
War. Such was the understanding.
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of all the neighborhood, that he
does not know how often he served
or how long, but from his knowledge
of said Harlow and the wife
he served he has no doubt he
served as stated by him.

George Procter

Gen.l W Smith and [illegible] Charles
[illegible] resident citizens of Rockcastle Cty upon oath declares in
open court, That they have [illegible]
long known George Harlow who
subscribed and sworn
to the foregoing Petion, That
from their knowledge of
the main they would believe
him upon oath, and 
have no doubt his statement
as to his Revolutionary
services are true in his statement
aforesaid. We believe
him to be 77 years of age.
Sworn + Subscribed in open
Court this 11 of Dept. 1833

William Smith
Charles Colyer
And the Said Court do hereby delcare
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Opinion that the above named George
Harlow, applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier and served as he
states, and after the investigation of
the matter And after puting the 
interogators presented by the 
War Department. And it appears
to the Said court that
there being no ordained clergiman
at court, that Gen.l W Smith
and Chs. Colyer, and George
Procter, who has signed the
foregoing Certificates are resident
citizens of Rockcastle
County Ky and are creditable
Persons and that their State
is entitled to credit.

I James Terrill
Clerk of the Rockcastle
Circuit Court Ky do hereby
certify that the foregoing
contains the original
proceedings of the Said Court
in the matter of the applications 
of George Harlow for
pension.

In Testimony of which I hereunto
[illegible] hand and affisc the
seal of s.d court this 9th Oct 1833

James Terrill
Clerk offl. Rockcastle Circuit Court
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State of Kentucky
Rockcastle County Sd

On this 10th day of
October 1849 Susan Harlan +{note written perpendicular and in the margin: whom I [illegible] infirmity + old age unable to attend court + [illegible}
a resident
[crossed out: citizen of] of the County of aforesaid,
age, born in September 1764
personally appeared before the un
[illegible] [crossed out: a Justice of the Peace] Tho.s
J Smith a Justice of the Peace
for the county af.d who being first
duly sworn according to law,
oath on her oath make the following
declaration in [illegible] to
obtain the [illegible] of the act
of Congress of the 7 July 1838 [illegible]
[illegible] an at granting half pay
and Pensions to certain widows
that she is widow of George
Harlow dec.d who was a private
soldier in the Malitia in the line
of the state of Virginia in the
Revolutionary War. That he
departed this life on the 13th day
of August 1846 _ in the County 
of Rockcastle, State of Kentucky,
that at the time of his
death, he was a revolutionary
[illegible]
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at the rate of fifty dollars per year
an the role of the Kentucky [illegible]
for a particular knowledge on his 
services in the Revolutionary War
She refers the Department to his declaration
filed in the court of 
the county ap.d _ being ignorant of his
services herself - She further declares
that she was married to the said
George Harlow on the [illegible] 
[illegible], after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis
at Yorktown in Virginia, by
a minister of the Gospel by the
name of Benj. Bergin in the 
County of Albemarle County
Virginia, that she was not married
to him prior to his leaving
the service, but the marriage
took place previous to the first
day of January 1794 at the
time above [illegible]. There is 
no liveing person in the state
that she knows of by whom
she can prove her marriage
the day of the month. She
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was [marked out: married] born. She does not know but from the information of her mother it was in the month of Septr [marked out:  December][marked out: September 1787] that she has no dockumentary [sic] evidence of her age.  That she has remained a widdow [sic] since the death of her husband and still remains a widow.  (A)
Sworn & subscribed to this day & year above written before me.
Susan Her X mark  Harlow

T J Smith JP 
This day Mary Jane Taylor aged thirty five resident of Rochester County Ky a reputation witness being first duly sworn before me Tho J. Smith a Justice of the Peace for the County afd made and subscribed to the following declaration: That she has known for the last twenty 

[written vertically on left]

A) and to her knowledge [illegible] has made any previous application [?] to for that pension
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years the foregoing George Harlow and his wife Susan, that she was well acquainted with her father and mother before their deaths, the latter about nine or ten years since & this [?] informs that she often heard both of them say that  said George & Susan were married the winter after Lord Cornwalas [sic] surrendered in Va in 1781 at York Town, in Albemarle county Va, that she was present when the said George (who was a revolutionary pensioner in Rockcastle County) died of the 17 day of August 1746.
Sworn & subscribed   }               her
to before me this the  }   Mary     X   Taylor
10th Octr 1849            }               mark
T.J Smith JP
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58.597
Susanah Harlow
widow of George
Revolutionary widow
applies from
Rockcastle county
Ky
Act 3 March 1855
_____
Address
A Smith
Mt Vernon
Rockcastle County
Kentucky
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State of Kentucky
County of Rockcastle}

On this 31st day of March 1855 personally appeared
before me a Justice of the peace in and for the county
and State aforesaid Susanah Harlow a resident of
the county and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn
according to law, delares that she is the widow of
George Harlow deceased, who is the identical George
Harlow who was named was placed on the Kentucky
Pension agency upon his application made from
the county of the pension act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832, on account of his service in the Revolutionary 
War.

She further declares that after the decease of her
husband, the said George Harlow, dec. her name 
was placed on the Jonesville Kentucky pension agency
as the widow of the said George Harlow, deceased,
upon her application made from the county
of Rockcastle and State of Kentucky under act of
Congress passed 2nd February 1848, at the rate of $50
and _ cents per annum, which applications is
respectfully referred to and the proof therein filed now
in the pension office at Washington D.C.  upon which
her pension was granted, and that she is still his
widow. 

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining
the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under
the act passed March 30 1855, never having received
Bounty Land, or knowing that she is entitled except for
the above service and she believes that no Bounty Land
was ever received by her said husband, she hereby
revokes any application for Bounty Land , previously
made, or that may have been presented in her name.
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and she hereby constitutes and appoints, Alfred Smith
of Mt Vernon Rockcastle county Kentucky her true and
lawful attorney to prosecute the above mentioned
claim, and to receive for her benefit the Bounty
Land warrant to which she may be entitled.

Attest
J B Parsons JP

her 
x
mark
Susan Harlow [illegible]

Sworn to and subscribed before me by making the mark understandingly after the same was read
to her and I certify that I am not interested in the 
claim or concerned in its prosecution.

J B Parsons JP

And on the same day and year above written
personally came before me a Justice of the peace Levi Smith and M. Boid in and for [marked out: the county ?]
of Rockcastle county and state of Kentucky, and both resident of the county of Rockcastle and state of Kentucky, to me well known as credible witnesses who being duly sworn, as the law directs declared that they are personally acquainted
with Susan Harlow widow of George Harlow
deceased - who has made and subscribed the forgoing
declaration that they were personally acquainted with
George Harlow deceased and his wife during the
lifetime of the former, and know that they lived
together as man and wife, and to be so respected
and they believe that the husband of the said 
Susan Harlow is the identical person
who was a Revolutionary pensioner and who
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performed the military service in the Revolutionary 
war. mentioned in the above forgoing declaration
that the above named George Harlow is now
dead + the said Susanah Harlow is his
widow. + they further swear that they are
disinterested in her claim + that she is also a Revolutionary
pensioner saw her make her mark to the Declaration

Levi Smith [illegible]
M Boid [illegible]

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the 
day and year first above written, and I 
certify that I am not interested in this claim
or concerned in its prosecution the interlineation & blots 
 in the affidavit was made before signed.

J.B. Parsons JP

State of Kentucky
Rockcastle County} s.s

I Egbert T. Fish Clerk of the County Court
in and for the County and State above named do
hereby certify that Joseph B Parsons Esq.  before whom
the foregoing affidavit was made and who has thereunto
signed his name was at the time of so doing
a Justice of the Peace in And for the County and
State above named duly commissioned and sworn that all
his official acts as such are entitled to full faith
and credit and that his signature thereto is genuine

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto signed
my name and affixed by official
Seal this 6th day of April 1855

E.T. Fish Clk
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21,660.

Geo. Hallow:
Kentucky.

from private
15 months
$50.

Thom. M. Beatty

N.R.
{crossed out : E Smith}

{crossed out: [illegible] Vernon}

{crossed out: James Terrill, } Clk:
Rockcastle County
Kentucky
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War Department,
Pension Office,
May 17th 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 show what is
necessary to be done. These 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 you papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the the investigation of your
claim.

A statement, showing the Service of Geo. Hallow , of Rockcastle Cy., Ky.


Period when the service was rendered:
Enlisted

Duration of claimant's service:
2 years

Rank of the claimant:
Pr.

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served:
Capt. Jas. Garland

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers:
Col. Cole

[illegible] in which [illegible] applicant was engaged

Country through which he marched:
Richmond
Petersburg
Calbin
Point below Richmond.

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period:
Albemarle
County,
Virginia.
Aged 77 years

Evidence by which the declaration is supported:
Traditionary

The original declaration should be returned
to the war dept. with the enclosed,
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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 construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and 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 the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in the 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  }
County of                               }  ss.
On the _____day of _____personally appeared (a) before _____ A.B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c)  _____ 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 [sic] made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ 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 [sic] the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  [pointing hand symbol]This form is to be varied as 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.     A.B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ 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 _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.

If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every Applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the  _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, 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.  and the C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ____ and is as credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation [sic] of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of a least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstance connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) 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 person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of 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 will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.{To a Soldier {Did  you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
{To an Officer {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the 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 of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
  Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, of by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
  No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in [illegible] death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity: in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resided.  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 declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
  "personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace ,&c. A. B. who, being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less that the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  __ For ____ year _____ months, and _____days, I served as a_____.  For ____ year _____ months, and _____days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
  It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase "about three or four months" is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement, the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
  [f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
 [g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
 [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
 [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has not public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers

Mode of authenticating papers
  In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper 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, 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.
  The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
 [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. 
 
W. R. Turner
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14055. Rejected
Susan Harlow
widow of George
Kentucky
Act 7 July 1838
Married before 1794
Husband died 3 Augst 1844

Rejected  (no 7261)
Admd. act 17 June 44
$50  [?]  / 13
Augs 1846 to 4 March 1848
Admd act 2 Feby 48
$[illegible].00 [?] 4
March 1848
Hon D. Breck
[?]
Act 7 July 1832
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Free

Mt Vernon Ky  Dec 5
Honl D. Breck
Washington
City

Mail


[upside down]
[?] E. Smith
Mt. Vernon
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Mt. Vernon Ky
Dec 4/49

D [?]:  I send you the claims of Mrs Harlow & Mrs. [?]--you will see what I have written upon the letter of the Clerk of Albemarle.  It is [?] it is not efficient, but the member from that district no  [?] can certify it is the hand writing of the Clerk.  But your statements as to the fact I have written in this letter 1 person would do.  I also send you [marked out: the] additional [?] as to Isaac Lavin.  He filed his papers first in Garrard W. Anderson did it for him.  Mr. John A. Moore has now  charge of it.  It is the request of the old man ( [?] of L?]
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that in case his pension is
not granted that you will
by resolution call for the 
papers + introduce a bill
for his benifit [sic]. There is no
county seal to the marriage
from the Lincoln
court, but if you 
will say it is right it 
will do -

y friend
E. Smith
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Comm.r Pensions
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H. [illegible] Dec 13/49,
 
Dear Sir, 
Since writing you this
morning I have rec'd the papers
of Mrs Harlow, which are herewith
enclosed

very respectfully
your [illegible]
D. Breck

Commsr. Pensions
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J.L. Edwards
mail

(pension
[illegible])
Washington City
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I Susan Procter of Rockcastle
County Ky, widow of George
Harlow dc. of Said county, a
Revolutionary Pensioner, do hereby
revoake [sic] any power of
attorney given by me to [marked out]
Law M Bland or the Pension
role, or draw the money, and
if any has been filed + the warrant
not left the office
if granted & instruct  Mr. J. L
Edwards not to let it out,
untill [sic] applied for me by
letter in the Honl Danl Breck
upon the meeting of Congress
when I shall duly authorise [sic].
Given under my hand & seal
this 9 of October 1849

Test

E. Smith

her
x
mark
Susan Harlow
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H [illegible] Jany 31/50

Sir,

I send you herewith
enclosed additional testimony
in the case of Susan
Harlow, & trust it will be
deemed satisfactory

very respectfully

Daniel Breck

J.L. Edwards
Garrard Va
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[postage rubber stamp:
Richmond 
Oct 1
K.Y.]

From 
D. Breck
[illegible]

Hon J.L. Edwards
Washington City
D.C.

[written perpendicular and on top of the above:
W Cole - look
into this Cole]
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Ky, Richmond Oct 10/49

D.r Sir,
Your attention is requested
to the enclosed document
+ I will see you upon reaching
the City -

Very respectfully
yours [illegible]
Daniel Breck

Hon J. L. Edwards
Washington City.
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650
Kentucky.
Susan Harlow
widow of George Harlow
who was a Private
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
50 Dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence on
the [crossed out: 4th] 13th day of [crossed out: March} Augt. 1846.

[illegible]
Certificate of Pension issued the
9th day of Feby. 1850.
and sent to

Hon. D. Breck
House of Reps

[Act of June 17, 1844
Recorded in Book A
Vol. @ Page 181
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George Harlow, Ky, act of June 1832 $50.00 p an

To what true was he last paid
G.C.A

Pension Office
July 4 1840} 
Ans. To his death
August 13, 1846.
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Revolution Virginia
Widow, &c.

file No. 8915
Susan Harlow
Will of
George Harlow
Pvt Rev War

Act: Feby, 27/48
Index: - Vol. A, Page 306

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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27.603

[illegible]
Page 42

[illegible] Dec 13/49

Dr Sir,

I am desired to ascertain
the obstruction to the payment
of the Pensions of Lucy Hrlow
of Ky - Please let me be advised
at your earliest convenience.

[illegible]

respectfully
yr obt servt

Daniel Breck

J.L. Edwards
Comm.r Pensions
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State of Ky
Rockcastle County SS

Be it remembered that
on the 1st day of January
1850. before me Thomas J.
Smith a Justice of the Peace
for the County afs William Procter, resident citizen of said County and reputable who upon his oath as req law, makes & subscribes to the following [marked out] declaration, in addition to his former declaration in support of the declaration of Susan Harlow, widdow [sic] of George Harlow decd and referred to by the letter herein attached, from J. L Edwards, Commissioner
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of pension, dated the day of ____ and marked (A).  That he refers to his previous declaration as to the said George Harlow & the said Susan Harlow having lived together as man and wife.  When but a boy he lived with them (mostly, the said Susan being his sister) untill [sic] they moved to Kentucky.  See his former statement.  They moved first to Kentucky, when he lived with his father & mother when his father & [mother ?] & himself moved to Rockcastle County Ky wharre [sic] they found the said George Harlow and the said Susan living together as man & wife, and continued so to  the death of the said
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George at [?] he was at. In Va they were recognized by all as man & wife.  He was too young himself to remember this marriage, but after heard his father & mother to wit George Procter & his mother say they were married in Albemarle County Va. shortly after the surrender of Lord Corn-Wallace [sic] [marked out: in] at York Town in Va.  He never heard their marriage questioned.  He heard the said George Harlow & the said Susan say they were married on Crismas [sic] Day after the surrender of Corn-Wallace.  They never had any children.
Sworn & subscribed                         his
to before me this day           Wm.        Procter
and year afsd.                                mark
 
 {illegible signature]
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5
Francis Taylor, aged 44 years a citizen of Rockcastle County before me Thomas J. Smith a Justice of the Peace for the county afsd whom I certify to be reputable having first sworn as the law requires upon his oath says "He knew George Harlow and Susan his wife upwards of 25 years when they settled in Rockcastle County to his death; That during all that time they lived together as man & wife, was so recognized by her brothers & sisters in the County, and likewise they were recognized by the father and mother of the said Susan as man & wife and the people.  He often heard her father & mother speak of their marriage in Va. before they died in this county, many
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6
years previous to the death of the said George Harlow, who was a Revolutionary pensioner of $50. per year.  He believes he [? ?] in August 1846 [marked out] the day of the month not remembered.
Jan 1. 1850  --F. A. Taylor
State of Kentucky
Rockcastle County sct
J. Thomas J Smith ([?] in the [?])
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do certify that Wm. Procter sworn to and signed the foregoing, that they are respectable. I also certify for upwards of thirty years I have lived within a five miles of the afsd George Harlow to his death and his reported wife Susan; That they were always recognized by her [?] and the People in general, his father in law and wife now decd as man
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and wife, & so spoken of by them.  They had no children. No person to his knowledge doubted their living lawfully man & wife.  The old Lady is now as I suppose from appearance upwards of eighty years and highly credible.  From this character and that of her father & mother & family there is no doubt they were lawfully married.  Given under my hand as a Justice of the Peace for the County afsd.
T. J. Smith JP

January 22d 1850
James Terrill
Clerk of the County and
Circuit Court for the County
afsd (Rockcastle Ky)  reputiable, made [marked out: oath]
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oath as reqd by law [marked out: to] and subscribed the same "That upwards of thirty 
 {interlineated: Twenty odd] years he knew the afsd George Harlow & wife, and swore that time to his death they resided in the same County, and he & Susan, his reputed wife were allways [sic] recognized and so believed as man & wife.
They had no children.
She is very [marked out: aged] aged, I suppose eighty or upwards.
Sworn and sub-scribed to the day      James Terrill
& year afsd 
T. J. Smith       JP

I James Terrill Clerk of the County Court of Rockcastle, Ky do certify that Thos. J. Smith above is a Justice
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of the peace for the County afsd and that his signiture [sic] is genuine.  Given under my hand & seal of office, the 22 of January 1850
James Terril Clerk of
Rockcastle County Court.
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Susan Harlow
Power of Atty
to D. Breck

David Breck
Page 53

Know all men by these presents that I Susan Harlow of the County of Rockcastle State of Kentucky and widdow [sic] of George Harlow decd late a pensioner of the revolutionary war in the Kentucky [?] who departed this life the [left blank] day of Sept 1847 And whereas I have forwarded my declaration to be placed on the pension Role to the Honl. Daniel Breck.  Now in case my pension is granted, I do hereby appoint him and now [sic: no] other to draw my application of pension or to draw from the Government the money due me.  And for this purpose I hereby revoke my authority if any has been given by Me. Signed and sealed this the 29th of Nov. 1849
Witness  E. Smith

Susan her X mark Harlow

Kentucky Rockcastle County Sct
I James Terrill Clerk of the Rockcastle County Court do certify that this Power of attorney from Susan Harlow to Daniel Breck was this day produced to me in my office and proven by the oath of E. Smith to be the act and deed of said Susan Harlow.
In testimony of which I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the County this 4th day of December 1849
James Terrill Clk.
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William Procter, whom I certify to be reputable, a resident citizen of Rockcastle County Ky and [?] herefor forty years and known to me thirty years, upon his oath before me Thomas J. Smith a Justice of the Peace for the County afsd first duly sworn upon his oath made & subscribed to the following declaration, to wit, "That he is the brother of the afsd Susan Harlow, late widow of the afsd George Harlow decd. that he (Wm.) was born in the state of Virginia in Albemarle County in the year 1775 or 1776 and lived there with them from 10 years above & his father and mother until 1811, they all moved to Rockcastle County Kentucky and settled where he still remains, that his father died about nine years ago and mother about eleven years since.  He often herd [sic] them say that his sister Susan afsd and the afsd George Harlow were married in Albemarle  [?] on Crismass [sic] Eve after Lord Cornwallace [[sic] surrendered at York Town Va in 1781--That from his earliest
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he lived much with them in Albemarle till he moved to Ky with his father & mother, and in about ten years after sd. Harlow & Susan married he settled in the county afsd & he lived within a five miles of him untill [sic] his death on the 13 of August 1846 and he saw him burried [sic].  When they were married he does not know, but when he lived with them he was as small boy and from that time forward to his death they lived together and were so reputed by all as man & wife of which he never doubted.  How old Susan is [?] him he does not know but supposes she is largely eighty odd.  He never was married.  Sworn & subscribed to before me this 10 of Octr 1849

T. J. Smith  JP  { Wm  his X mark  Procter

Moses Newcom aged sixty a Justice of the Peace for the County of Rockcastle County Kentucky at the November Term of the Rockcastle County Court (the 25 of sd month) 1849 being reputable, first sworn as the law requires made the following declaration, That for upwards of thirty years he has known
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George Harlow aforesaid to his death & his wife Susan Harlow now living, that during that time they lived together as man & wife, was so believed and so reputed & he has no doubt they were so.  Signed in open Court. Nov. 24/49  
Moses Newcom

State of Kentucky
Rockcastle County Court Nov Term the 26/1849. I James Terrill Clerk of the Court afsd do certify that [?] by the court to be certified to the Commission of Pensions that Thomas Smith is and was a Justice of the Peace and a member of this Court & that his signatures to the declaration of Susan Procter, Wm. Procter & Mary J. Taylor is genuine. And further certify that the above Moses Newcom is reputable & that he  swore to the above & signed the same in open court.
Given under my hand & the seal of my office this 26 of Nov. 1849--
James Terrill Clerk
Rockcastle County Court
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Ch??ville Va. Octo 20 '49

Dear Sir,
I haver searched the records of my office for some evidence of the marriage of Harlow to Proctor, but have failed to discover any such marriage bond or certificate.
Respectfully
 J. A. Garrett

The Honl D. Breck from Ky knows that the above letter was recd. by him in answer to one returned by him from me for Mrs. Harlow and returned the above to me.  E. Smith

The letter of J. A. Garrett was recd. by me in answer to 
one addressed by me to the Clerk of the Albemarle County Ct.
J. Breck
Dec 13/'49