Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 83, Albert Hendricks, Continental Md. N.C.
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( 3-1776) 
Service         Hendricks, Albert          Number 
Continental              Margaret         W.83. 
MD. 
N.C 
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13722
West Tennessee
Albert Hendricks of Sumnules in the State of Tennessee who was a Segt [illegible] in the company commanded by Captain Lopp of the Regt. commanded by Col. Waltner in the Maryland line for 9 months private
4 mo & 3 days corporal            
10  "      27  "  Sergeant

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 99 Dollars 56 Cents per annum, to
commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of June
1833 and sent to Easton Morris Gallatiine
Arrears to the 4th of March  199.12
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept
47.78  [total] $248.90
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk
Book E Vol. 7 Page 82
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5416 TENNESSEE
Margaret Hendricks
widow of Albert Hendricks
Col. Wiltner  Maryland
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a priv. Sergt & Corpl.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
99 Dollars 66 
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March 1848 & end 
14 Nov. 1848, when she died
Certificate of Pension Issued the 
15 day of Apl 1850
and sent to
Hon. Andrew Ewing
House of Reps.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 291 Vol. 3
Payable to surviving children 
Margaret Hinton, Rebecca Hinton
Susan Moody & [damaged page illegible] Hendricks
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Hendricks, Albert
Cont-Md-NC  W83

abcdefg [illegible]
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State of Tennessee Sumner County
On this 9th day of May 1844 personally appeared before me James Butler one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said county and also a Justice of the county court of Sumner County being a court of record Margaret Hendricks aged eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "an Act granting half pay and pension to certain widows, and the Joint Resolution of the 16th August 1842 declaratory of said act, that she is the widow of Albert Hendricks who was a pensioner of the United States and drew his pension in Nashville State of Tennessee.  She further declares that he was married to the said Albert Hendricks on the 9th 
of September seventeen hundred and ninety two.  That her husband the said Albert Hendricks died on the 14th day of September 1843.  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 seventeen hundred and ninety four to wit at the [illegible] above stated.  She was married to said Hendricks by Isaac Cantrell a Baptist preacher under publication of banns three times at the church door.  Said Hendricks being then a member of the Baptist Church and preferred being married that way.  She herewith files a record of the oldest living child born after the marriage 29th October 1794 no record was made of the first born the same being born dead.  She has no other record of her marriage.  Sworn to and subscribed the date above.  Margaret Hendricks X her mark
James Butler J. P.
Justice of the Peace
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State of Tennessee Sumner County
On this 9th day of May 1844 personally appeared before me James Butler one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said county Samuel Hinton aged fifty three years who being first duly sworn according to law makes oath that the annexed records of the age of Rebeca Hinton were this day cut out of two bibles one of which was the property of Albert Hendricks and now in the possession of his widow Margaret Hendricks.  That he is pretty certain he has seen said record about thirty years ago and before the same was grown dim and that he copied the same upwards of twenty years ago into his own bible which is the record on the other piece of paper which is plainer and more legible and which is hereto annexed.  This affiant married the daughter of said Hendricks the said Rebeca Hendricks above spoken of and was careful to preterm her age has frequently heard the said Albert Hendricks and Margaret his wife speak of their first child being born dead, has no hesitation in believing the date of the marriage of said Albert and Margaret to be correctly stated to wit in seventeen hundred and ninety two.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above stated.  Samuel Hinton
James Butler J. P
Justice of the Peace
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State of Tennessee Sumner County
I James Butler one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said county hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Hinton who half this day made the foregoing affidavit.  That he is a man of veracity and truth and that full faith and credit are due his statements.
I further certify that I am acquainted with Margaret Hendricks and that from old age and her statements to me she cannot appear in open court to make this declaration without endangering her health and I hereby certify the same in testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal this 9th day of May 1844.
James Butler J. P
Justice of the Peace
[Stamp:  National Archives of the United States]
State of Tennessee Sumner County 
On this day personally appeared Susanah Atchison aged seventy years before me James Butler one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid and made oath in due form of law that she was well acquainted with Albert Hendricks and Margaret Barnett before and after their marriage.  This affiant is cousin to Margaret [crossed out Atchison] Hendricks and has a personal knowledge of the marriage she was present and saw the said Margaret and Albert married and joined together in the holy bonds of matrimony.  They were married
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by a Baptist preacher by the name of Isaac Cantrell in Washingham County North Carolina on the 9th day of September seventeen hundred and ninety two.  They had several children the first did not live.  The second was Rebeca and was married to Samuel Hinton.  They were married about two years and some days before the birth of Rebeca.
Affiant has known Margaret and Albert Hendricks ever since she can recollect.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th May 1844.
Susanah Atchison X her mark
James Butler J. P.
Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee  }
Sumner County
I James Butler one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said county hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Susanah Atchison.  That she is a woman of truth and veracity and that full faith and credit are due her statement.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of May 1844.  
James Butler J. P.  Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee  }
Sumner County  I William S. Munday Clerk of the County Court of said county do hereby certify that James Butler whose name appears to the foregoing declaration affidavit and certificate is and was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified [page corner covered illegible] [inserted: that full faith and credit are due his official acts] that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have unto set my hand and affixed the seal of office in the town of Gadalin, this 23rd day of May 1844.
Wm S Munday Clerk
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24.388
Albert Hendricks
Sumner Co. Tennessee

W. Hill
from 1777 private
corpl & Segt, 2 years
Pa. 9 months   $30 __
Corpl 4 mo. 3 days  15.06
Segt.  10 mo. 27 days  56.60
[total]  $99.56

Easton Morris Agt.
Gallatin Sumner Co.
Tennessee
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War Department  
Pension Office
183
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.  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 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.

[Table] 
A Statement, shewing the Service of Albert Hendricks Sumner Co. Tennessee

Period when the service was rendered|
Duration of the claimant' service
Years| Months| Days
Rank of the claimant|
Names and rank of the Field officers under who he served|
Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service|
Proof by which the declaration is supported|
1777 2 or 3 mos. Priv.
Col. Johnson Capt. not recol.
74 years Frederick Co. Maryland
Teaditionasy
1777 9 mos. Priv.
Col. Waltner, Cap. Perverd
[year] Not stated  3 mos. 
Cap. Lopp
[year] Not stated 3 mos Serg.
None stated
1781 1 mo.  [illegible]
Col. Dickson, Maj Armstrong

I am respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions
[illegible stamp]
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has be 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 to Store Keeper, &c., Teamster, 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 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  } ss.
County of 
On this         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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7, 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 entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officer and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or 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             
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            &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 this 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 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,        Clerk of the Court of              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 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 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 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, 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 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 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 claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.  [illegible stamp]

[Notes]
(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 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 who 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 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 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 place 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 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 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 (  ) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and 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.
Joseph Rowen
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State of Tennessee
Sumner County for Circuit Court for the Term of March in the year 1833
On this 13th day of March 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Hon. Thomas Stuart Judge of the said Court Albert Hendricks a resident of the county of Sumner in the State of Tennessee, aged 74 years the second day of May next who being 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 he thinks sometime in the year 1777 at the Fredericktown in the state of Maryland.  He does not recollect the name of his captain but the Colonel's name was he thinks Baker Johnson.  This was militia service and he served two or three months and while in this tour he was in a skirmish at White Horse and was also [illegible stamp] in the Battle of Germantown.  He received a discharge but does not recollect by whom and at what place.  The discharge he has lost .A short time afterwards he entered service again at Fredericktown, he and [illegible] other being [illegible] by contribution of the members of a company and he entered as a regular soldier and served nine months.  They [crossed out first] marched from Fredericktown to White Plains where they joined Genl. Washington.  His captain's name was Purvard or Prevard and his Colonel's name was Wiltner [inserted: and he recollects Genl. Smallwood & adjutant Ivy] tho he is not certain as his memory is treacherous.  During this second tour he was in the battle of Monmouth and he thinks he was discharged at a place called [illegible].  They
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had been out on a scout against the northern Indians and were on their return to Eastown.  If he rec'd a written discharge he has lost it.
He entered upon service a third tour at Rowan County North Carolina as a substitute for one Francis Stump a militia man.  During this tour he was engaged a part of the time in guarding the military stores near Salisbury and he thinks his captain's name was Lopp.  He served this time three months and was honorably discharged but he has not a distinct recollection of the place & he has lost his papers.
He entered a fourth time in service but at what particular date he does not recollect.  He became a substitute for one Eldred Reed for a three month tour, he had the commission of a sergeant and was at the siege of Charleston & was taken prisoner.  He well recollects the parade given by the British to the prisoners & the capitulation made with Sir Henry Clinton. 
That in the year 1781 he entered on a fifth tour as a substitute for one Ned Burke at Salisbury North Carolina and marched he thinks to Charlotte.   He does not recollect his captain's name but he thinks that a Maj. Armstrong & and Colonel Dickson was in command at Charlotte.  After the rendezvous he assisted in guarding prisoners from Thompsons Fort and was at the siege of ninety six and helped make the entrenchments.  After serving faithfully for twelve months he was discharged low down
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among the rice ponds in South Carolina he thinks.  He received a written discharge but has lost it.  During the whole of this last service of 12 months he acted as a sergeant.
After he returned from the service being a single man he lived about two years at Fort Cumberland where he married.  He settled in Rockingham County North Carolina.  In the year 1799 he removed to Tennessee and lived about 20 years in Sumner County.  He then removed a short distance from the line with Kentucky where he resided some 10 or 11 years and at present he resides in the north part of Sumner County Tennessee.
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.
Albert Hendricks his mark X  [illegible stamp]
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid J. W. Baldridge, Clerk
The following questions were propounded to the applicant by the Court:
1 Where & what year were you born & have you any record of your age?
3.  Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war & 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 & militia regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances
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of your service
Abel Hendricks 24388
We Robert Norvel a clergyman residing in the County of Sumner and Presly Suttle  residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Albert Hendricks who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is reputed where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.  Given under our hands this 13th Mar. 1833.
Robert Norvell
Presly Suttle x his mark
Sworn & subscribed in open court this 13th March 1833  J.W. Baldridge, Clerk 
[crossed out :  And the court further certify the affiant]
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after presenting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he stated.  And the Court further certify that it appears that Robert Norvel who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman & that Presly Suttle is also a resident of [illegible] & entitled to credit.
I Joseph W. Baldridge Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Sumner in the state of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Albert Hendricks for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Gallatin this 13th day of March 1833.  J. W. Baldridge, Clerk of said Court

Direct to Albert Hendricks  Gallatin, Sumner County Tennessee, case [illegiible]
Col. David M. Saunders   Eastin Morris Atty for applicant
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October 19, 1939

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Mrs. John L. Blaine | ALBERT HENDRICKS
201 East College Street | W. 83
Sherman, Texas | BA-J/MLB [illegible initials]

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record 
of Albert Hendricks, a soldier of the Revolutionary War who, you state, 
was a native of New Jersey, later of Rockingham County, North Carolina, 
where his son, John, was born February 7, 1798, died, and with other 
descendants, was buried there, also that he served four years in the 
Revolution.

The record of only one Albert Hendricks has been found in the 
Revolutionary War records of this office, and follows as found in the 
papers of the claims for pension under W. 83, based upon his service in 
that war.

Albert (sometimes referred to as Albert G.) Hendricks was born 
May 2, 1759.  The place of his birth and names of his parents were not 
given.

While residing in the State of Maryland, Albert Hendricks enlisted 
at Fredericktown, that state, sometime in 1777, served two or three 
months as private under Colonel Baker Johnson in the Maryland troops, 
during which tour he was in the battles of White Horse and Germantown. 
A short time after this tour, he again enlisted and served as private 
in Captain Purvard's or Brevard's (probably meant for Burchardt's) 
company, Colonel Weltner's regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth and 
was discharged after having served a tour of nine months.  He enlisted 
in Rowan County, North Carolina, date not given, and served three months 
as private in Captain Lopp's North Carolina company.  He enlisted and 
served three months as sergeant in the North Carolina troops during 
which he was in the siege of Charleston, date of enlistment and names 
of officers not stated.  He enlisted April 28, 1781, at Salisbury, 
North Carolina, served as corporal and sergeant in Captain McRee's

[Circular seal of National Archives}
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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company, Colonel Dixon's North Carolina regiment, a part of the time 
engaged in guarding prisoners from Thompson's Fort, was in the siege 
of Ninety Six and was discharged April 18, 1782.

After soldier's return from service, he resided about two years 
at Fort Cumberland, but after marriage lived in Rockingham County, 
North Carolina, until 1799, when he moved into Kentucky where he lived 
a short distance from the Tennessee line for ten or eleven years, then 
in Sumner County, Tennessee.  He was a member of the Baptist Church.

Albert Hendricks was allowed pension on his application executed 
March 13, 1833, while a resident of Sumner County, Tennessee, his post 
office being Gallatin in that county.  He died at his residence in 
Sumner County, September 14, 1843.

The soldier married September 9, 1791 or 1792, in Rockingham 
County, North Carolina, Margaret Barnett; the date and place of her 
birth and names of parents are not shown.

Margaret Hendricks, widow of Albert, applied for pension May 9, 
1844, at which time she was aged eighty years and a resident of Sumner 
County, Tennessee.  She was still living there in 1846.  Her claim 
was allowed.  She died November 28, 1848.

The following names of children of Albert Hendricks and his wife, 
Margaret, are shown in the claims: their first-born [struck out: name and age] date of birth not 
stated, [struck out: having been] was born dead; Rebeccah Hendricks, born October 29, 1794, 
who married Samuel Hinton, born June 22, 1791; Susan or Susanah Hendricks, 
age not stated, who in 1849 was the wife of one ___ Moody (given name 
not shown), and John Hendricks, age not stated.

April 7, 1849, Rebeccah Hinton, daughter of Albert and Margaret 
Hendricks, made affidavit in Sumner County, Tennessee, that she, her 
sister, Susanah Moody, and her brother, John Hendricks, were then the 
only legal heirs of her mother; however, June 16, 1849, the Clerk of 
Sumner County Court stated that soldier's widow, Margaret Hendricks, 
left the following named children as only lawful heirs: Margaret Hinton, 
Rebecca Hinton, Susan Moody and John Hendricks.  No explanation was made 
in Rebecca Hinton's affidavit of the omission of the name Margaret 
Hinton.

The name Abel Hendricks appeared in the claim but no relationship 
to the soldier's family was shown, nor any information given in regard 
to him.

In 1844, Susanah Atcheson, aged seventy years, a cousin of soldier's 

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wife, Margaret Hendricks, made affidavit in Sumner County, Tennessee, She was living in that county in 1846.

In 1646, John Hinton, aged forty-five years, and Jesse Hinton, aged twenty-three years, were both residents of Sumner County, Tennessee; their relationship to Samuel Hinton and his wife, Rebecca, was not stated. 

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator

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[Two panels]
[Left panel]

1937, Jan. 13"Hist to Dr A. L. [illegible]
1939, Oct. 19- Hist to Mrs Jno [illegible]

[Right panel]

83
Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 83
Margaret Hendricks,
Decd
Widow of 
Albert Hendricks 
Privt. Sergt. & Corpl. Rev. War

Act: Feb. 2nd 1848

Index:--Vol. A, Page 323

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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11051

Margaret Hendricks 
Ten
[struck out: Let to A [illegible] Oct [illegible]
Referral [remainder illegible]
" Same 21, June 1845 [remainder illegible]
[struck out: " to G G. Brewer, Sept. 18 '44]
[struck out: " to A. Ferguson Oct. 12 46]
[struck out: " to John Bruce Dec 4 '46]
[struck out: " to A. Ferguson 19 October 14 49]
[struck out: " to [illegible] 19th Feby 1850]
*Act July 7, 1838
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Margaret Hendricks 
widow of Albert Hendricks 
who was a Priv. Sergt & Corpl
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 99 Dollars 66 
Cents per annum, to commence 
on the 14th day of [struck out: March] September, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued 
the 15 day of April '50 
and sent to 
Hon Andrew Ewing 
House of Reps

[ Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 
17, 1844. ]

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 192
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Declaration 

In order to obtain the benefit 
of the act of Congress on the 
7th July 1838 entitled; an act grant
ing half pay and pensions to 
certain widows.

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State of Tennessee } On this 2nd 
Sumner County } day of November 
} 1846, personally 
appeared before the worshipful 
County Court of Sumner County in 
the State of Tennessee before 
Josiah Walton Elijah Boddi & Isaac C Dou
glas
Esquires men being of the 
Court aforesaid, Margaret Hen
dricks a resident of the County 
of Sumner in the State aforesaid 
aged eighty two years, who be
ing first duly sworn according 
to law, doth on her oath make 
the following declaration in order 
to obtain the benefit of the prov
vision made by the act of Con
gress, passed July 7 1838 entitled 
an act granting half pay and 
pensions to certain widows; that 
she is the widow of Albert Hen
dricks, who was a soldier of the 
revolutionary war.  That sometime 
in the year 1776 the said Albert 
Hendricks her husband joined the 
army of the United States as
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a substitute in the malitia [militia] as a 
foot soldier; that he lived in the 
State of Maryland at the time 
he went into service, but she do
es not recollect, at what place he 
joined the army.  That oweing [owing] to 
the great lapse of time, and the 
consequent loss of memory she 
does not at this time recollect 
any of his officers, names at the 
time he went into service, but Wa
shington was his General duri
ng a large portion of the ti
me, while he was in service. 
That after he joined the army of 
the United States, the first time 
he marched through different par
ts of the United States serving 
against the British till his first 
tour ended, that his first tour 
was nine months.  At the ex
piration of said tour she believes 
he received a writen [written] discharge 
from his proper officer, but she 
does not know, where said dis
charge is at this time.  That at 
the expiration of said first to
ur he returned home to his 
residence in the State of Mar
yland and continued there but 
a few weeks, and then went in
to service again, as a substitute th
at he joined the army the second 
tour in the State of Maryland; 
that after he joined the army
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the second time he marched through different parts of the United States serving against the British till his second tour ended. That his second tour was twelve months. At the expiration of said second tour he received a written discharge from his proper officer but she does not know where it is at this time. At the expiration of said second tour he returned home to the State of Maryland, & continued there a few weeks. And then went into service again, that he joined the army the third time in the State of North Carolina that he joined the army the third time as a substitute in the militia as a foot soldier, that Washington was his general, that after he joined the army the third time he marched through different parts of the United States, serving against the British & tories till his third tour ended, that his third tour was twelve months. At the expiration of said third tour he received a written discharge from his proper officer,
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but she does not know where the same is at this time. That he served in all two years, and nine months. That more than ten years previous to the death of the said Albert Hendricks he applied for and obtained a pension of ninety-nine dollars and fifty six cents per annum, from the Government of the United States, which he continued to draw till his death or a short time before. That in Rockingham county in the state of North Carolina on the 4th day of September 1791 she married the said Albert Hendricks. That she was married to the said Hendricks by the Reverend Isaac Cantrel a Baptist preacher. That previous to said marriage the said Albert Hendricks did not obtain liciences. But the Bains were published three times in the church by which notice was given to the people, that said marriage would take place, according to the laws and customs of that day. That the said Isaac Cantrell the precher who married them is dead and gone. That said marriage was never set down
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in any book. But she can prove her marriage by Susannah Atcheson, who was present at the marriage. And she cannot prove said marriage by any other person except the said Susannah Atcheson. She states that on the 14 of September 1843 the said Albert Hendricks died in Summer county in the state of Tennessee at his own residence. That after the death of the said Albert Hendricks she remained single, and never has married any other person whatever, and resides at this time in Summer county in the state of Tennessee. She states that said Albert Hendricks served a part of the time above named in the revolutionary war as a sargent. And she is advised & believes that the pension certificate of the said Albert Hendricks has been sent on to the War Department. She states she has no further documentary evidence in support of her claim except that above - mentioned. She further declares that she was married to the
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said Albert Hendricks on the 4th day of September - 1791 and her husband the aforesaid Albert Hendricks died in the 14th day of September 1843. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety-four viz; at the time above stated. She states she hopes one will experience no inconvenience on the accounting delay for said gentleman to fix her papers for her in order to draw a pension & sd gentleman promised to send on sd. papers to the War Department, but she never has seen sd gentleman since that time
Margarett Hendricks X her mark

Sworn to in open court Novr. 2d 1846
Wm S Munday Chs

State of Tennessee Summer County SS
On this 2d day of November 1846 personally appeared in open court in the county court of Summer county in the state aforesaid before the worshipfull Josiah Walton Elijah Boddi & Isaac C Douglass
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court aforesaid Susannah Atcheson a resident of Summer County in the state aforesaid aged seventy-four years who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and states as follows that in Rockingham County in the state of North Carolina on the ninth day of September 1791 she was present and saw Albert Hendricks and Margarett Hendricks married to each other. Affiant states that Isaac Cantrell was the Baptist preacher who solemnised the rights of matrimony between the said Albert Hendricks and Margarett Hendricks. She states that the above named Margarett Hendricks is the same person who is an
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applicant for sd. pension in this case. Susannah Atcheson X her mark

Sworn to in open court this 2d Nov. 1821
Wm S Munday Clerk
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State of Tennessee Summer County
On this 2d day of November 1846 personally appeared in open court in the county court of Summer county in the state of Tennessee before the worshipfull Josiah Walton Elijah Boddi & Isaac C. Douglass esquires members of the court aforesaid John Hinton a resident of Summer county in the state aforesaid aged forty five years, who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and states as follows. That he was well acquainted with Albert Hendricks in his lifetime, that previous to his death he drew a pension of ninety-nine dollars & fifty six cents per annum from the government of the United States. That he was a resident of the county, of Summer. And died at his own residence in Summer county in the state afore-
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said on the 14th day of September 1843. And after the death of the said Albert Hendricks the said Margarett Hendricks his wife who is an applicant in this case for a pension, remained single, and never has married any other person since his death, and at this time resides in Summer county in the State aforesaid. Affiant states he has been well acquainted with the said Margarett Hendricks more than thirty years & she is a person of credit and is entitled to full credit upon oath in a court of Justice. He states that he has been acquainted with Susannah Atcheson the person who has been sworn in this case for 25 years and she is a credable person, and entitled to full credit on oath in a court of record. 
Sworn to and subscribed in open court on this 2d day of November. 1846
John Hinton

Sworn to in open court Nov. 2nd 1846
Wm S. Munday Clerk
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State of Tennessee Summer County
On this 2nd day of November 1846 personally appeared in open court in the county court of Summer county in the state aforesaid before the worshipfull Josiah Walton Elijah Boddi & Isaac Douglass Esquires members of the court aforesaid Jessee Hinton aged twenty-three years who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth & states as follows that he was well acquainted with Albert Hendricks in his lifetime, that previous to his death he drew a pension of ninety nine dollars and fifty-six cents from the government of the United States. That he resided in Summer county in the state aforesaid. That he died in Summer county at his own residence on the 14 day of September 1843. And after the death of the said Albert Hendricks
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the said Margarett Hendricks - his wife who is an applicant in this case for a pension has remained single ever since his death & has never married any other person whatever. That he has been well acquainted with the said Margarett Hendricks thirteen years. He states that she is a person of truth & veracity and is entitled to full credit upon oath in a court of Justice. He states he has been acquainted with Susannah Atcheson the person who has been sworn in this case for thirteen years. And she is a credable person & entitled to full credit upon oath in a court of record.
Jesse Hinton

Sworn to & subscribed in open court on this 2d day of November 1846
Wm S. Munday Clerk
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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after making those interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the said Albert Hendricks the husband of the said Margarett Hendricks was a revolutionary soldier and served as stated in the foregoing declaration. And the court further certifies that it appears to them. That Susannah Atcheson who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit resident in the county of Summer in the State of Tennessee - and John Hinton who has subscribed and sworn to another foregoing affidavit is resident in the county of Summer in the state of Tennessee. And that Jessee Hinton who has subscribed and sworn to another foregoing affidavit is resident in the county of Summer in the state of Tennessee are all credable persons and that their statement is entitled to full credit
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on oath in a court of record.
In testimony 
whereof we 
have hereun
to set our 
hands this 
2nd day of Nov
ember 1846.
Elijah Boddie
Isaac C Douglass
Josiah Walton

I William S. Munday Clerk of the 
County Court of Sumner County 
in the State of Tennessee do he
reby certify that the foregoing 
contains the original proceedings 
of the said Court in the matt
er of the application of Marg
arett Hendricks for a pension.
In testimony wh
ereof, I have her
eunto set my hand and se
al of office.
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this 2nd day of November 1846.
William Munday Clerk 
of the County Court of Sumner
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Carthage Tennessee
29th August 1846

Dear Sir
   Inclosed you will find a letter from G G Brewer to me respecting the case of Mrs Hendricks widow of Albert Hendricks.  After I was at Washington last year I addressed a letter to him requesting the information you required and in reply obtained the inclosed.  I had not time to go to Annapolis after leaving Washington and the business has remained so ever since.  You can see from his letter what he wants which I have no doubt you can afford him by referring to his original Declaration and other papers.  It is seldom I ask any assistance from your office but this is a case I am almost sure you can aid and assist without violating any rule of your office.  I therefore hope you will act promptley and give your assistance in establishing this Claim.  The widow is needy and very poor and on your official act much depends.
Please attend to it without delay.
  Respectfully
James L Edwards Esqr.          A Fergusson
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
PS  The fees that may be wanted by Mr Brewer or any other person will be remitted upon sending the amount wanted.
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Land Office, Annapolis
26h September, 1846.

Sir,
  Your letters of the 18th and 22nd Inst. were received.  I have made a very carefull examination of the Muster and pay rolls of the Revolution in this Office, and they afford no evidence of the service of either Albert Hendricks or James Boyd.  Albert Hendricks alleges to have served in the Regiment commanded by Col. Weltner.  Col. Weltner commanded the German Regiment, but the name of Albert Hendricks is not to be found upon either the pay or muster roll of that Regiment.  James Boyd, alleges to have served under Captn. Dobson.  Captn. Dobson, commanded a Company in the 6th Maryland Regt., but the name of James Boyd is not to be found upon the muster roll of his company.  The rolls of the Maryland troops afford no evidence of the service of either Hendricks or Boyd.
   I am very respectfully,
   Yr. Obt. Sevt
   G. G. Brewer

J. L. Edwards, Esqr.
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A. Ferguson
Oct 12 46
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165
Pension Office
October 12 1846

Sir,

  In the Case of Margaret Hendricks widow of Albert Hendricks.  A letter containing a full statement of her husbands service was addressed to G.G. Brewer Esq Register of the Land Office of Maryland, agreeably to your request asking him to furnish a certificate of any evidence thereof found upon the record in his possession.  Mr. Brewer replies that he has "made a very careful examination of the muster and pay rolls of the Revolution in his office and they afford no evidence of Hendricks service"

A. Ferguson Esq
Carthage
Tenn.
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G.G. Brewer 
Sept 18 '46
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Pension Office
Septem. 18th 1846

   Your letter of the 24 June 1846 to A. Fergusen of Carthage Tenn. has been sent to this Office and at his request I inform you that Albert Hendricks in his declaration alleged that in 1777 he served a tour of 3 months under Col Baker Johnsen the name of his Captain he did not recollect; that a short time afterwards he entered the service again at Frederick Town and served a tour of 9 months under Capt Prevard or Brevard of Col. Weltners regiment.
If any evidence of this service be found upon the record of your office, you will please certify the same to this Department.

G.G. Brewer Esq
Register of the
Land Office
Annapolis
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Carthage Tennessee
28th May 1844

Dear Sir
  Inclosed you will find the Declaration and proof establishing the claim of Margaret Hendricks for a Pension.  You will find as I trust the proof, in the case very full and satisfactory.  The record proof from the family Bible is annexed  The case being a plain one need no comment from me as I have no doubt whatever of the Justice and Merits of the same.  I therefore feel great confidence in asking you to allow the claim as soon as convenient.
  Respectfully
     A. Fergusson


James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Wentworth January 12th 1850

Dear Sir
   I have recd. your letter with one dollar for fees to examine & certify the records required.  There are no reords made or kept in their State of Marriage further than the bond for mariage license where license are obtained and as I cannot find the bond wanted in your case I can only certify that fact & give you the reasons as far as I can do.
   I have certified as far as I can do in the case having examined the office & find none.  I see same & none here that knew Mr. & Mrs. Hendricks & have seen the man that now owning the land where Hendricks lived but cannot tell anything about his mariage or I should give you the evidence.

  Yours Truly
    T B Wheeler, (initials)
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A. Ferguson Esq
19 Feb. 1850
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Pension Office 
Feby 19 1850
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Sir

The additional evidence in the case 
of Margaret Hendricks decd, widow of Albert G. Hendricks is satisfactory to establish the 
date of her death but the proof of [word struck out]
[word struck out] the date of their marriage is still 
deficient.

We cannot admit this case 
upon th evidence now filed

A. Ferguson Esq
Carthage
Tenn.
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A. Fergusson
Oct 7. 1844
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Pen Off
Octr 7th 44 
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Sir

In the case of Margaret 
Hendricks the proof of the date of 
the marriage is not deficient 
particularly as the marriage took 
place in N. C where the laws 
made it a matter of record. 
The rules by which her pension is 
to be adjusted require proof of 
service & by referring to her husbands 
papers it appears that he was allow
ed for 24 mo service upon no evidence 
whatever.  He claimed for 2 mo in 77 under 
Col Johnson of the Frederick Co militia Md
in 77-9 mo under Col. Weltner Capt Perverd 
in 77-2 months under Capt Lopp & 1 year in 
1781 under Col. Dickerson.  The records 
at Annapolis should verify the two 
terms of 9 & 12 mo. Unless this service 
is sustained her claim may not be allow
ed.
A Fergusson Esqr
Carthage
Ten
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Carthage Tennessee 
7th December 1849

Sir

Enclosed please find the additional 
proof in the case of the children of Margaret 
Hendricks agreeable to your instructions of the 
19th October 1849 fixing the date of her 
death by the coffin maker and who assisted 
to bury her which I hope will prove satisfac
tory.  Mrs Hinton daughter of Margaret Hendricks 
and her husband joined also in a power of 
attorney authorising [authorizing] me to act in preference 
to any one else which you will also find 
on the same sheet.

In regard to the date of the marriage 
of Mrs Hendricks with Albert G Hendricks 
I seems to me the proof was made out verry [very]
clear. I have no doubt whatever that the 
same was duly proven and hope you will 
allow the claim upon a further investig
ation.  Be pleased to forward the certificate 
of Pension at as early a day as 
convenient Respectfully 
A Fergusson

James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City
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[Envelope]

[Circular mail stamp]
ANNAPOLIS
JUN
28
Md

[Address]
25
A Fergusson Esqr.
Carthage, 
Tennessee

mail
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Land Office, Annapolis, 26th June, 1845.

Dear Sir,

Your letter of the 24th Inst., was received.  In reply, 
I have to inform you, that I have very carefully examined the 
Muster and Pay rolls of the Maryland Continental troops in the 
war of the Revolution and they afford no evidence of the service 
of Albert Hendricks, his name I do not find upon any of the 
rolls.  Col. Weltner, under whom he alleges to have served, comm
anded [struck out: a Company] the German Regiment, but his name is not 
to be found upon the rolls of that Regiment.  If he served 
in Maryland, he must have belonged to some militia corps, 
perhaps a volunteer company, but I cannot ascertain his 
service in the militia, without being informed of the names of 
his officers & the county he resided in at the time of enter
ing the service.  If his declaration is on file in the pensi
on office, I think your best course will be to get Mr. Edw
ards, the Commissioner of Pensions, to forward it on to me.  It 
will aid me greatly in making the examination and I can return 
it to him after I have done so, and furnish him with whatever 
information the records may afford of his service.
I am very respectfully Yrs,
G. G. Brewer 
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A. Fergusson, Esqr.

PS  Carthage 29th August 1849
Your letter of 7th October 1844 gives 
the names of officers that perhaps I did not give 
to Mr Brewer you will examine and give all the 
information you can to him so that he can give 
you the proper records
Respectfully 
A Fergusson 

James L Edwards Esqr
Washington
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Nashville November 4th. 1846

Sir

I have transmited [transmitted] to you the 
purposes in the case of Margarett 
Hendricks who is an applicant for 
a pension.  You will please send the 
pension certificate, or write me to Mur
freesborough.  Your obedient ser
vant 
John Bruce

The Honourable [Honorable]
J. S. Edwards 
Commissioner 
of Pensions 
Washington City 

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A. Furgerson Esq
19" October 1849
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504
Pension Office
October 19th 1849

Sir

The additional evidence in the case 
of Margaret Hendricks widow of Albert 
Hendricks, has been received and filed with 
her other papers.

The date of Mrs Hendricks 
death should be established by the affidavit 
of the coffin maker or clergyman who 
officiated at her funeral or the physician 
who attended her in her last illness.  And the 
evidence of the date of [words struck out] the marriage heretofore [illegible] should 
be produced before a certificate can issue to her 
[struck out: the] children [struck out: of Mrs H]

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A Ferguson Esqr
Carthage
Tenn
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Carthage 19th June 1849

Dear Sir

Inclosed [Enclosed] please find the claim of the 
heirs and children of Margaret Hendricks widow 
of Albert G Hendricks who made application 
some years ago for a Pension.  She having 
lived until the 28th day of November 1848 acquired 
a right to all the provisions of the different acts 
of Congress mentioned in the inclosed [enclosed] Declaration 
and having so acquired the right her children 
are entitled to the amount up to her death 
In this case I respectfully call your attention 
to a part of your letter of 21st June 1845 
referring to your former report on the case of 
Mrs Hendricks.  In that report you required 
proof of the service [repeated: of the service] of her 
husband other than that on which a 
Pension was granted. [illegible] The act of Congress 
having dispensed with this most unreas
onable of hardships there is no further proof 
necessary in her case and if a new Decla
ration had been made out by her before 
her death the proof would have been as 
I understand it compliant.  That Declaration 
is now furnished you and I hope and 
trust you will find no difficulty 
whatever in granting the amount asked 
for
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asked for.  Be pleased to allow this claim as 
soon as practicable and if any further proof 
of identity is required please inform me 
of the same without delay.

I hope also you will be [illegible] 
in issuing the Pension certificate so as 
to make it payable to the lawful administra
tor of her estate to be by him distributed 
as the acts of Congress and the rules of 
your office direct, or in the alternative 
to either of the heirs as they may prefer
Respectfully

A Fergusson
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James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington
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J. L. Edwards Comr
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Washington March 9 1850

Dear Sir

Enclosed you will receive the Certificate of the Clerk of 
the Court of Rockingham County No Carolina as to his inability to find 
the marriage license bonds of Albert G Hendrick and Margaret Hendricks 
which was required by your Department in case of the application of the 
heirs in order to let in the secondary proof on file.  There is also enclosed 
the letter of the Clerk giving his statement of their marriage.

Please hear the case now on the testimony submitted 
and give me the result of your decision as speedily as your other 
engagements will permit

Yrs Respectfully 
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Andrew Ewing
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John Bruce
Decd 4:46
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Pension Office 
Decemr 4 1846

Sir,

The supplemental declaration of 
Margaret Hendricks widow of Albert Hendricks 
has been examined and filed with her other papers.
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Mrs. Hendricks has heretofore been 
informed through her agent A Ferguson Esqr
of Carthage, that the day of her marriage must 
be established by a copy of the marriage bond or 
license from the clerk's office in the county in which 
it was solemnized, or shown by the certificate of the 
clerk that no such bond exists before proof of 
an informed [illegible] can be returned which by act been 
complied with. And also 
[words struck out] that the alleged service of her husband in 
the Maryland troops had been discredited by 
the records in the office of the Register of the 
Land Office at Annapolis.  Unless Mrs Hendricks 
can establish her husbands service by the testimony 
of the Commanders whose names are found upon the rolls 
and the date of her marriage prior to January 1794 by 
satisfactory proof her claim cannot be allowed 
[written vertically left margin]
John Bruce Esqr
Murfreesborough
[word struck out]
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N. decd
Margaret Hendricks 
widow of Albert 
Sumner Co. Tennessee

Admitted
Private at $99. 66/100
per an com 14 Sept 1843 
when he died to 4th 
March 1848, & from 
4th March 1848 to 14th 
Nov 1848 when she 
died, payable to 
children Margaret 
Henton, Rebecca Henton 
Susan Moody & John 
Hendricks
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Acts 3 March 1843 & 17 June 
1844 & 2nd Feb 1848

Hon. Andrew Ewing
H.R
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State of Tennessee }
Sumner County } I William S Munday Clerk of 
the County Court of said Sumner County holden at 
Gallatin in and for the County aforesaid do hereby 
certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited 
to said Court that Margaret Hendricks was the widow 
of Albert G Hendricks a Pensioner of the United States 
was a resident in the County of Sumner in the State 
of Tennessee on the 28th day of November 
1848 and that she had made application for a 
Pension during her lifetime in right of the services 
of her said husband who was a Pensioner as 
aforesaid and that she had not intermarried but 
continued to be the widow of [repeated: of] the said Albert 
G Hendricks deceased That she left the follow
ing named children the lawful heirs of her 
and the said Albert G Hendricks deceased to wit 
Margaret Hinton Rebecca Hinton Susan Moody 
and John Hendricks and that they are the 
only legal heirs
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I further certify that John N Smart 
whose name appears to the foregoing declaration and 
certificate was at the time the same purports to 
bear date an acting Justice of the Peace in and for 
said County duly commissioned and qualified as 
such and that his signatures within written are 
genuine That his commission was dated on the 
8th day of March 1848 and will expire on the 
8th day of March 1854.
In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and affixed the 
[Blurred seal of office] seal of office at office in the 
town of Gallatin this 16th 
day of June 1849
Wm. S. Munday Clerk.
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State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office 

I William Hill secretary of state in and for the state aforesaid, do certify that it appears from the muster rolls of the Continental line of this state in the revolutionary war, that Albert Hendrick a Corporal in Capt McRee's company of the 10th Regiment enlisted on the 28th day of April 1781 for the term of 12 months was a sergt in August 1781 and left the service on the 28th day of April 1782. 

Given under my hand this 25th May 1833 
Wm Hill
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State of North Carolina 
Rockingham County 

Clerks Office 12 Jany 1850 

I T B Wheeler clerk of the court of pleas and quarter [illegible] for [illegible] said county certify that I diligently searched my office for the Bond to obtain Marriage license for Albert G Hendricks and his wife Margaret and am unable to find any cases. I have failed to find the Bonds in similar cases of that date it is accounted for on the grounds that at that date Justices of the Peace in different parts of the county were authorized by the clerk to give license and to be take the Bond + they have not filed them in the office as on the ground that the law authorized clergymen to publish the Bonds of Matrimony and there too many without license and this is yet the law in this state. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of our said court and subscribe mu name this 12th day of January A.D. 1850 
T B Wheeler Clk 

State of North Carolina 
Rockingham COunty 

I James D. Ellington Chairman and presiding Justice Pro. [illegible] for our said court of Pleas + quarter [illegible] certify that T B Wheeler is the clerk of our said court duly elected and qualified as such and that the seal thereto attached is the proper seal of our said court. Given under my hand and seal this the 12th day of January 1850. 
Jas. D. Ellington Chm + [illegible] seal
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State of Tennessee Sumner County 

[struck out: Know all men by these presents that I]
On this 7th day of April in the year 1849 
personally appeared before me John N Smart 
one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and 
for the County and State aforesaid Rebecca 
Hinton aged fifty five years who being 
first duly sworn according to law doth on 
her oath make the following Declaration 
in order to obtain the benefits of the 
provisions of the acts of Congress passed 
17th July 1838, 1843 and 17th June 1844 
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and 2d of February 1848 and the act of 
Congress of the 29th July 1848 granting 
pensions to widows of pensioners who served during 
the Revolutionary War and also under the provisions 
of the act of Congress repealing the rule requiring 
widows to prove their husbands services in certain 
cases and also under the Resolution of Congress 
passed on the 1st day of July 1848 requiring 
the [struck out: widows the] widows of Pensioners to prove 
only their marriage provided their husbands were 
in receipt of a pension during their lifetime to 
entitle them to the same pension that their 
husband were receiving [struck out: their] his death

That she is the daughter and legal heir of 
Margaret Hendricks the widow of Albert Hendricks 
a Pensioner of the United States and the identical 
Margaret Hendricks who made application for a pension 
under the acts of Congress first above mentioned 
That this Declarant is one of the lawful heirs 
[struck out: to] with two others John and Susanah

That the said Margaret Hendricks widow of 
the said Albert Hendricks died on the 28th 
day of November 1848 being a resident of 
the County of Sumner That she left
the
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The following children to wit this Declarant and 
her sister Susanah Moody and John Hendricks 
her brother as her only legal heirs as will be 
more fully made to appear by reference to the 
further proof hereto annexed made before the County 
Court of Sumner in the State of Tennessee 
That the said Declarant together with her 
sister and brother above named makes this 
Declaration in order to obtain the pension 
due their late mother in and during her 
lifetime and hereby claim all benefits of 
the provisions of any acts of Congress made 
for the benefit of their said mother and 
for them as her children and only legal 
heirs in as full and ample a manner as 
if repeated here and made a part of this 
Declaration

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 
day and year first above mentioned 
Before me
John N. Smart [encircled JP] Rebecca her X mark Hinton
Justice of the Peace Attest to the mark A Fergusson

State of Tennessee } I John N Smart one of the 
Sumner County } acting Justices of the Peace in and 
for the County and State aforesaid hereby certify that 
owing to affliction and bodily infirmity of her husband 
Samuel Hinton (being afflicted with fits) and the situation of 
her family as well as her own health she the above 
named Rebecca Hinton cannot appear in oppen [open] Court 
to make this Declaration in open Court and 
that she resides about twenty five miles from 
Gallatin the seat of Justice where the Court of 
her County is held Given under my hand and seal 
this 7th day of April 1849 John N. Smart [encircled JP]
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Danville Kentucky
Dec. 29, 1936. 

Agent Pension Bureau
Washington, D. C.
[Circular date and mail receipt stamp]
Arrow pointing to 3:15
RECEIVED 
JAN 4 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM. 
READER # 39

Dear Sir:

My great-grandfather was a soldier of the
Revolution, enlisted from Penn. or Md.  His name 
was Albert Hendricks, and I am now trying to 
fix the date of his death, which was I think 1845 to 1855. 
In so much as he drew a pension while living, which 
was discontinued at his death, I take it that the re
cords in the Federal Pension Office will give 
the date of his last pension, which will of course 
fix the date of his death, if you do not have the date.

If you can give me the desired information 
I shall greatly appreciate it.

Very truly yours

(Dr.) A. L. Butt
375 E. Lexington Aave.
Danville, Kentucky
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P.S. Shortly after the Revolutionary War, he 
came to Kentucky or Tenn. where he spent the remainder of 
his life.
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[Circular time and date receipt stamp]
Arrow pointing to 11:45
RECEIVED 
OCT 14 1939
MAIL. SUB-D8V
Reader No. 2
VETS ADM

[Note at top of page]
Had been answered when
this was received.

U. S. Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

Please give me information on Albert 
Hendricks, who was a Corporal in the 
Revolutionary War.  I believe he was a 
Pensioner and would greatly appreciate 
anything you may have as to his birth, 
name of wife and children and death and 
etc.  I am planning on joining the D. A. 
R. and need to know more on Albert.

Thanking you in advance for your 
helpfulness in this matter, I am

Very truly yours,

Mrs. John L. Blaine

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201 E. College St.
Sherman, Tex.
Oct. 2, 1939

U.S. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

I am planning on joining the D.A.R. and have all of the necessary information except that on my Revolutionary ancestor, Albert Hendricks. Albert served four years under Washington and at the end of his term of service removed from New Jersey, his native state, to Rockingham County, North Carolina, where his son, John, was born Feb. 7, 1798. His son and descendants died and were buried near here.

Any information you can give me on Albert will be greatly appreciated.

Very truly yours,
Mrs. John L. Blaine

Received Oct 5 1939
Mail SUB-DIV
Reader No. 10
VETS ADM
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January 13, 1937

xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Dr. A. L. Butt | ALBERT HENDRICKS
375 East Lexington Avenue | W. 83
Danville, Kentucky | BA-J/MLB

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolution
ary War record of Albert Hendricks, who served from Pennsylvania or Maryland, 
and after the Revolution came to Kentucky or Tennessee where he spent the 
remainder of his life.

The record of Albert Hendricks follows as found in pension claim, 
W. 83, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Albert Hendricks, sometimes referred to as Albert G. Hendricks, was 
born May 2, 1759, the place of birth and names of his parents not given.

[Note regarding his service written vertically in right margin:
Although widow stated sol enl in 1776, I did not 
use that service, as sol. stated in his declaration 
that he enl. in 1777, and in his first tour was in the 
battles of White Horse & Germantown. MLB]
While a resident of the State of Maryland, Albert Hendricks enlisted 
at Fredericktown in that state sometime in 1777, served two or three 
months as private under Colonel Baker Johnson in the Maryland troops, 
during which tour he was in the battles of White Horse and Germantown. 
A short time after this tour, he again enlisted and served as private 
in Captain Purvard's or Brevard's (probably meant for Burchardt's) 
company, Colonel Weltner's regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth and 
was discharged after having served a tour of nine months.  He enlisted 
in Rowan County, North Carolina, date not given, and served three months 
as private in Captain Loop's North Carolina company.  He enlisted and 
served three months as sergeant in the North Carolina troops during 
which he was in the siege of Charleston, date of enlistment and names 
of officers not stated.  He enlisted April 28, 1781, at Salisbury, 
North Carolina, served as corporal and sergeant in Captain McRee's
company, Colonel Dixon's North Carolina regiment, a part of the time 
engaged in guarding prisoners from Thompson's Fort, was in the siege of 
Ninety Six and was discharged April 28, 1782.  

After soldier's return from service he resided about two years 
at Fort Cumberland, but after marriage lived in Rockingham County, 
North Carolina, until 1799 when he moved into Kentucky where 
he lived a short distance from the Tennessee line for ten or eleven years,  

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then again in Sumner County, Tennessee.  He was a member of the 
Baptist Church.

Albert Hendricks was allowed pension on his application 
executed March 13, 1833, while a resident of Sumner County, Tennessee, 
his post office being Gallatin in that county.  He died at his residence 
in Sumner County, September 14, 1843.

Soldier's widow, Margaret Hendricks, applied for pension May 9, 
1844, at which time she was aged eighty years and a resident of Sumner 
County, Tennessee, where she was still living in 1846.  Her claim was 
allowed. She died November 28, 1848.

The following names of children of Albert Hendricks and his wife, 
Margaret, are shown in the claim; their first-born, name and age not 
given, having been born dead; Rebeccah Hendricks, born October 29, 1794, 
who married Samuel Hinton, born June 22, 1791; Susan or Susanah Hendricks, 
age not given, who in 1849 was the wife of one ___ Moody (given name not 
shown), and John Hendricks, age not stated.

April 7, 1849, Rebeccah Hinton, daughter of Albert and Margaret 
Hendricks, made affidavit in Sumner County, Tennessee, that she, her 
sister, Susanah Moody, and her brother, John Hendricks, were then the 
only legal heirs of her mother; however, June 16, 1849, the Clerk of 
Sumner County Court stated that soldier's widow, Margaret Hendricks, 
left the following named children as her only lawful heirs: Margaret 
Hinton, Rebecca Hinton, Susan Moody and John Hendricks.  No explanation 
was made in Rebecca Hinton's affidavit of the omission of the name 
Margaret Hinton.

The name Abel Hendricks appeared in the claim but no relationship 
was shown to the soldier's family, or information given in regard to 
him.

In 1844, Susanah Atcheson, aged seventy years, a cousin of 
soldier's wife, Margaret Hendricks,  made affidavit in Sumer County, 
Tennessee.  She was living in that county in 1846.

In 1846, John Hinton, aged forty-five years and Jesse Hinton, aged 
twenty-three years, were both residents of Sumner County, Tennessee, 
their relationship to Samuel Hinton and his wife, Rebecca, not shown.
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Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator

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State of Tennessee Sumner County 

On this 19th day of November 1849 personally 
appeared Pleasant Mayes before me John N Smart 
one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for 
the County aforesaid and made oath in due 
form of law that he was well acquainted with 
Albert G Hendricks and Margaret Hendricks his 
wife before their death and had been so acquainted 
for the space of fifteen years past and twelve 
years a door neighbour [neighbor] and that he assisted in 
burying both of them at their death and made 
both of their coffins Margaret Hendrick lived 
a widow after the death of her husband the 
said Albert Hendricks Some five years or there 
about as he has not his memorandums before him 
she died on the 28th November 1848 Affiant 
made her coffin as above stated and assisted 
in burying her assisted in carrying her to her 
grave.  Rebecca Hinton is also daughter of the 
said Albert G and Margaret Hendricks
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 
day and year first above stated
Pleasant Mayes
John N Smart [encircled JP]
Justice of the Peace
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State of Tennessee }
Sumner County } I John N Smart one of the 
acting Justices of the Peace in and for 
the County aforesaid do hereby certify that 
I am well acquainted with Pleasant Mayes 
who has made the foregoing affidavit That 
he is a man of truth and veracity and full 
faith and credit are due and of right ought 
to be given [repeated: to be given] to his statements
Witness my hand and seal this 19th day 
of November 1849 John N Smart [encircled JP]
Justice of the Peace
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State of Tennessee }
Sumner County }

I William S Munday clerk of the County 
Court of said Sumner County do hereby certify that John 
N Smart whose name appears to the foregoing certificate 
to the acknowledgment of the power of attorney and 
also the affidavit and certificate was at the time the 
same purports to bear date one of the acting Justices 
of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly com
missioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are 
due his official acts as such That his commission 
bears date on the 8th day of March 1848 and will expire 
on the 8th day of March 1854 and that his signatures thereto 
are genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and affixed the seal 
of office at office in the town of 
Gallatin, this 20th day of November 
AD 1849.
Wm. S. Munday Clerk
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Know all men by these presents that we Samuel Hinton 
and Rebeca his wife do hereby nominate and 
appoint Adam Fergusson of Carthage Tennessee 
our true and lawful attorney for us and in 
our name as heirs of Margaret Hendrick late an 
applicant for a pension in right of her husband 
Albert G Hendrick a pensioner of the United States 
being residents of Sunny County Tennessee to receive 
in our name our Pension Certificate for us 
and for our benefit and for and on behalf 
and for the benefit of Susanah Moody and 
John Hendricks joint heirs and children of the 
Margaret Hendrick and further I [struck out: as daughter of 
the said] the said Rebecae Hinton daughter of 
the said Margaret hereby authorise [aurhorize] the said Fergusson to do and perform
in our names any act or acts thing or things 
necessary in prosecuting all testimony in or 
about the premises until the Pension Certificate 
is received by him for our benefit hereby certifying 
and confirming all and whatsoever our said 
Attorney shall lawfully do by virtue hereof
Witness our hands and seals this 19th day 
of November 1849 Samuel Hinton 
Rebecca her X mark Hinton

State of Tennessee }
Sumner County } On this day personally appeared Samuel 
Hinton and Rebeca his wife above named with whom 
I am personally acquainted and acknowledged the fore
going power of attorney to be their act and deed for the 
purposes therein stated I further certify that they expressed 
the wish and so directed their attorney to have the Pension 
payable to the lawful administrator of Margaret Hendrick 
deceased to be by him distributed to her children this 19th 
day of November 1849 John N Smart [encircled JP]
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The Nation Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Bounty Land Warrant Record Card
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Name Hendricks, Daniel Grade Private Line Connecticut (Hendrick)
Warrant Number 5922 Acreage 100 Issued Dec. 3, 1789 to - Not shown -

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives.