Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 360, Thomas Harrison, N.C.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE  NUMBER

NC  Harrison, Thomas  
Nancy

W360

Born in Md.
CONTENTS
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19489
West Tennessee

Thomas Harrison of Franklin in the State of Tennesee who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Smith of the regiment commanded by Col Dixon the NC line for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of W Tennessee at the rate of 30 Dollars and no Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension Issued the 13 day of Sept 1833 and Micah Saul, Winchester

Arrears to the 4th of Sept                     75.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar      15.00
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                                                                  90.00
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk
Book # Vol 7 Page 82

Letter to W S Mooney 20 April 1839.

Duplicate certificate issued 12 June 1839 and sent to M Saul Esq Winchester Tenn

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838, from 4 March to 4 Sept 1838.  Agt notice 2 Oct 1839.

Paid as above from 4 Sept 1838 to 4th March 1839 & from 4th Sept 1839 to 2d Novr 1839.  The day of his death.  Agent had certified 23d June 1840
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6,261

Tennessee, Nashville
Nancy Harrison 
widow of Thomas Harrison
who served in the Revolutionary 
N.C
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at a rate of
30 Dollars 00

Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 
2nd day of June 1834 and sent to 
Hon Geo. W. Jones House of Reps 
Died Mar 10,
1854 (A.B)

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
February 2, 1848, Page 291 Vol. 3
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No 29.094 West
Th's Harrison
Franklin Co
Tennessee
From 1780 private 9 months.
$30

Micah Saul
Winchester

Franklin 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. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: ⎬ ). You will, when you return your papers to this  Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the service of Thomas Harrison Franklin Co Tennessee
Period when the service was rendered.   |    Duration of the claimant's service  |    Rank of  the claimant.    |    Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  |  Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Vol 1779 or 80  | 3 mos |  Private |  Capt Smith |  73 years Lincoln County N.Carolina | Living witness & traditional evidence.
Sub _  _   _ | 3mos | | Col Dixon
sub _ _ _ | 3mos |  | Capt Nails same officers

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 to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols,
or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of 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.
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 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 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 officers and person 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.
[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 days 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. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the ____
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ____
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I _______ 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.
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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 resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.

(c)The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.

(d)The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served

(e)Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his 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 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.

John N Ashton
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Page is blotted so dark it is mostly illegible.

......
...... July AP 1788

.....
..... October AD 1789

Savannah Sartain was born
22nd Day of May AD 1811
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ink blotted so dark most is illegible.

Marshal Sartain was born
16th Day of May AD 1818.

Virginia Sartain was born
11 day of February AD 18??

Parcilla Sartain was born
18 Day of December 1826
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FAMILY
BIRTHS.
Miles Harper Harrison was
born September 9th
day in the year of our lord
1814
.... W Harrison was
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RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
Elijah Harrison
Born July 27
AD 1794
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8242

Nancy Harrison
Thomas
March 3d 1843
Tenn
4681


R. Lanning
Sevierville, Tennesee
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of March 3rd 1843 granting pensions to the widows of certain Revolutionary Soldiers.

State of Tennessee}
Grundy County}  ss  On this 17th day of September Eighteen hundred and forty 
five, personally appeared before the Subscriber, a Justices of the Peace for said County Nancy Harrison a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged Eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed March 3rd 1843 entitled an act granting pensions to widows of certain Revolutionary Soldiers. That she is the widow of Thomas Harrison who was a private in the War of the Revolution and entered the service in Lincoln County N Carolina and that she does not now recollect the services performed
by her husband the said Thomas Harrison, but that he was placed on the Pension list the 13th of September 1833 at the War Office of the United States upon his own declaration and accompanying evidence, to which the Department is respectfully referred, and was allowed thirty Dollars per annum under the act of 7th June 1832, at which time he resided in Franklin County Tennessee, (now Grundy County. She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Harrison in Lincoln County N. Carolina of the Fall Season of 1784 and that her eldest child was born the day of May 1786, and she further states they left the State of N. Carolina in the year 1795, and at that time had five living children. She further states that the knows of no person now living by whom she can prove her marriage, and that she has no family Record, nor any documentary evidence by which to make further proof. And she further declares that her husband the foresaid Thomas Harrison died on the 4th day of November 1839
that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service; but that the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four to wit at the time above stated, and still remains a widow
Sworn to and subscribed before me Harris Gilliam
a Justice of the Peace in and for said County. And I further
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certify that the said Nancy Harrison is from bodily infirmity and old age unable to attend Court.
Nancy her  X  mark Harrison 
Harris Gilliam
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee
Grand County ⎬ Personally appeared before me Harris Gilliam a Justice of the Peace for said County Elizabeth McAlroy and made oath in due form of law, that she has been well acquainted with the claimant Nancy Harrison and her husband Thomas Harrison in the State of N Carolina, and that they then lived together as husband and wife and also since they came to Tennessee they have lived together until his death which occurred on the 4th day of November 1837. She further states that she remembers well that they had five living children with them when they of the State of N. Carolina, which was in the fall season of 1795 and does believe that they were married at the time she has stated in her
declaration (which has been read in her hearing as her eldest child was about nine years old when they of the State of N Carolina, and that the legality of the marriage has never been doubted in the neighbor hard where they have resided
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 17th day of September 1845.
Elizabeth McAlroy
Harris Gilliam
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee
Grundy County ⎬ I Susannah Sartain do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with Thomas Harrison and Nancy Harrison in the State of N Carolina, and do know that they lived together then as husband and wife from my first acquaintance with them in the year 1790 until 1795, when they left N. Carolina, and ever since till his death, which took place on the 4th day of November 1839, and that she still remains his widow. 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17th day of September 1845.
Susannah Sartin
Harris Gilliam
Justice of the peace
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State of Tennessee 
Grundy County ⎬  I Harris Gilliam a Justice of the Peace for said County do hereby certify that both Elizabeth McAlroy and Susannah Sartain, whose names appear to the foregoing affidavits, are respectable persons of said County and Ladies of undoubted veracity.
Given under my hand and seal this 17th day of September 1843
Harris Gilliam
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee
Grand County ⎬ ss  October Term 1845 County Court.
The Declaration of Nancy Harrison certified on the 17th day of September 1845 by Morris Gilliam a Justice of the Peace in and for said County being submitted to the Court, the said Court doth approved his proceedings and act in said case, and hereby direct the Clerk to endorse the approval on the papers
Thomas Warren Chairman
Richard Bradford ℗
Silas Lankford


State of Tennessee
Grundy County ⎬ ss  I, R. T. Webb Clerk of the County Court of Grundy County do hereby certify that the foregoing proceedings are the original proceedings had and approved by the County Court of Grundy County at its October Term 1843 relative to the declaration of Nancy Harrison to obtain the benefit of the Acts of Congress relative to Revolutionary pensions. And I further certify that the
aforesaid Harris Gilliam Esqr is and was a Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned and qualified according to law, and the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my own private seal, there being
no seal of Office at Office at the house of Jesse
Wooton, this 6th day of October 1845
R. P. Webb Clk
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832
State of Tennessee, Franklin County ss 
On this 7th day of March 1833 personally appeared in open Court, before the Worshipful the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County & State afsd
now sitting, Thomas Harrison a resident of the County & State aforesaid, and about seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to a doth on his Oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act
Congress passed June 7th 1832.
that he volunteered as a prive soldier of North Carolina Militia, in the County of Lincoln in the year 1779 or 1780 as well as he recollects, to serve for a time of three months in the Company command by Capt George Smith, Isaac Sharkey Lieutenant. We rendevouzed at 12 Mile Creek in Mecklenburg County being at that time the head quarters of Genl William Davidson - He was attached to a Regiment commanded by Colo. Dickson (or Dixon). number not recollected - from thence we marched into South Carolina crossing Peedee into Cheraw District, we were then countermarched to Salisbury in North Carolina where we were stationed a short time guarding prisoners taken as well as he recollects, at Rugely's mill. He saw Rugely surrender his sword to Gen Davidson. they was
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at 12 Mile Creek, May Cook of the Lines was also a prisoner. He obtained a discharge but has it not in his possession. He sold it to a No- 
Steele, in Lincoln County N Carolina. He served the full term of 3 months. During this time he part of the time under Genl Green with the [illegible] Southern army
He here from Genl Daniel Morgan, input, at 12 Mile Creek
After being at home a short time, and then call was made upon the Militia of March ma. Having stood a draft, in which he was not included, he hired as a substitute for Jacob Tipps, for another tour of 3 months, in a company commanded by Capt Nail. We were marched to Fort Charles in Burke County
where we were stationed nearly the whole time. The fort was called as he understood after Colo Charles McDowell, who had the command of the members of Burke-- During the time we were in the fort, several skirmishes took place between the Whites & Indians. On one occasion a Detachment was sent to guard the family of one Armstrong living about two miles from the Fort Here we were besieged by the Indians.  We salled & succeeded in returning to the fort with
no other loss but a negro woman belonged to Colo Warford - part of the time he was engaged in guarding another family about twelve miles from the Fort - Having served the full term of 2 Months, he was again regularly discharged. He again substituted in the place of Conrad Rudolph, to save another tour of 3 months
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& served under the same officers at Fort Charles the full term of 3 Months, when he was
again discharged - Not expecting his discharges would at any subsequent time be of service to him, he thinks the second was [illegible] the third he does not recollect what
become of it. He has no documentary evidence 
in his possession to prove his said services or any thereof - Nor does he know of any person within his reach by whom he can prove any part of his said services, except his brother Richard Harrison of Allen County, Kentucky, whose affidavit taken before John Jones & John Sanders Esq Justice of the peace of this County,  in hereunto annexed.
He is informed that said affidavit is not as full
& compleat  as it ought to be, but owing to his age & infirmity & the distance from hence to his brothers residence, it would be very inconvenient to procure his attendance here, or retake his Affidavit
He was born in Maryland about the year
1760 according to the family record of his age,
in the possession of his son in Alabama
When called into service he resided in Lincoln County in N Carolina as before stated. He continued to reside there for several years - Something upwards of 30 years ago, he removed to Warren County, Kentucky
from thence he removed to Franklin County Tennessee about 24 or 5 years ago. He removed
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from Tennessee back to Kentucky Resided there a short time & removed to Indiana, then back to Kentucky - removed again to Missouri & i[illegible] thence to Alabama, where he resided about 2 years, & then returned to this County where he at present resides & has done so for the last two years. He hopes he is now settled for life, after rambling over almost all the Western & South Western States
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any State
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year  aforesaid
Thomas Harrison x his mark
E Russell Clerk
by W B Wayner D.C.
We George Roberts, a Clergyman residing in
Franklin County & John Landers a Justice of the Peace, in & for said County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Harrison who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be 73 years and that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of
the Revolution; that we concur in that
opinion
George Roberts
John Sanders 
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesd
E. Russell Clerk
W.B. Wayner D C
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October 14, 1935
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THOMAS HARRISON

Mrs. Leon O. Reed     W. 360
310 Xenia Avenue    BA-J/MLB
Yellow Springs, Ohio

Dear Madam:

You are furnished herein the record of Thomas Harrison as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 360, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Thomas Harrison was born about 1760 in Maryland; the exact location of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given. 

While residing in Lincoln County, North Carolina, Thomas Harrison volunteered in 1779 or 1780 and served three months as private in Captain George Smith's company, Colonel Dixon's North Carolina regiment. After this tour he remained at home for a short time then enlisted, date not stated, served three months as private in Captain William Nail's company, Colonel Charles McDowell's North Carolina regiment, and was in several skirmishes. He served another tour of three months under the same officers.

The soldier left the State of North Carolina in 1795, after which he lived in Warren County, Kentucky; Franklin County, Tennessee; then moved back to Kentucky where he resided for a short time; thence to Indiana; from there back to Kentucky; from Kentucky to Missouri; from there to Alabama where he lived for two years, after which he returned to Franklin County, Tennessee.

Thomas Harrison was allowed pension on his application executed
March 7, 1833, while residing in Franklin County, Tennessee.

The soldier died November 2, 1839.

Thomas Harrison married in 1783, or the fall of 1784, in Lincoln County, North Carolina, Nancy Pack.
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Soldier's widow, Nancy Harrison, was allowed pension on her application executed September 17, 1845, at which time she was aged eighty-one years and residing in Grundy (which was formerly Franklin County, Tennessee. In 1851 it was stated that she was ninety-one years of age, and in 1852, ninety years of age, and still living in Grundy County, Tennessee, with her daughter,
Susannah Sartain; no explanation was made of the discrepancy in age. She died March 10, 1854.

In 1795, Thomas Harrison and his wife, Nancy, had five living children. The following names were given:

William, the oldest, born November 9, 1786, and dead in 1851.

Johnson, in 1846 a resident of Madison County, Alabama. 

Susanah or Susannah Sartain, the third child, born October 2, 1789, and in 1851 living in Grundy County, Tennessee, at which time she stated that the two children older than herself were dead.

Elijah, the fifth child, born July 27, 1794, and in 1852 living in Grundy County, Tennessee.

The family record also shows the following:

Miles Harper Harrison, born September 7, 1814
Harrison Sartain,  "July 2, 1788
Susannah " , "  October 2, 1789
Rosannah " , " May 22, 1811
Mahala " , " May 16, 1818
Virginia " , " February 11, 1822
Parillar(?) " , " December 18, 1824

In 1832 soldier's brother, Richard Harrison, of Allen County, Kentucky, made affidavit in Franklin County, Tennessee, and stated that he served with Thomas Harrison on one of his tours.

In 1846, one James Sartain was acting justice of peace in Grundy County, Tennessee, where he was still living in 1854; relationship to soldier's daughter, Susannah Sartain, not stated.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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State of Tennessee}
Grundy County} S.S.  On this 22d day of May A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty two personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County and state above writen his Susanah Sartain aged Sixty three years old past and being duly Sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the folling affidavit that she is the third Child of Thomas and Nancy Harrison and that she is of the age stated above that she has a record of her own use and also she knows the ages of her brothers who are older than affiant
and that there is two older children than affiant and she is sixty three years of age part she is confidant of her age

Susanah Sartin

Sworn and Subscribed before me an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above written and I would certify that Mrs Susanah Sartain is the Daughter of Thomas and Nancy Harrison and the must be of the age she states and that that she is a person in whom full faith and credit may be placed the testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand this 22d day of July A.D. 1852
James Sartain
Justice of the Peace for Grundy Co Tenn
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October 12, 1935
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BA-J/MOS
Thomas Harrison, W.360
James Riggins, W. 5702

Mrs. Leon O. Reed
310 Xenia Avenue
Yellow Springs, Ohio

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of September 30, 1935, in which you request information relative to Revolutionary War soldiers, Thomas Harrison and James Riggins,

You are furnished herewith, the records of these soldiers as shown by papers on file in their claims for pension.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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January 22, 1933
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THOMAS HARRISON
Clara B. Dean    W. 360
Shawnee Woods     BA-J/MB
Knoxville, Tennessee

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Meredith Thorne and Thomas Harrison, and the names of the parents of one Willie Robertson.

There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Meredith Thorne. No claim for pension could be identified as that of the Robertson in whom you are interested. Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office. There are no general genealogical data on file as a means of tracing ancestry and no clerical force assigned to genealogical research. The record of one Thomas Harrison, only
of Tennessee, has been found. That record is given herein and may be that of the one in whom you are interested. The data are found in pension claim, W. 360, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Thomas Harrison was born about 1760 in Maryland; the exact location of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.

While residing in Lincoln County, North Carolina, he volunteered in 1779 or 1780 and served three months as private in Captain George Smith's company, Colonel Dixon's North Carolina regiment. After this tour he remained at home for a short time then enlisted, date not stated, served three months as private in Captain William Nail's company, Colonel Charles McDowell's North Carolina regiment, and was in several skirmishes. He served another tour of three months under the same officers.

He left the State of North Carolina in 1795, after which he lived in Warren County, Kentucky, Franklin County, Tennessee, then moved back to Kentucky where he resided for a short time, thence to
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Indiana; from there back to Kentucky; from Kentucky to Missouri; from there to Alabama where he lived for two years, after which he returned to Franklin County, Tennessee.

Thomas Harrison was allowed pension on his application executed March 7, 1833, while residing in Franklin County, Tennessee.

He died November 2, 1839.

Thomas Harrison married in 1783, or the fall of 1784, in Lincoln County, North Carolina, Nancy Pack.


Soldier's widow, Nancy, was allowed pension on her application executed September 17, 1845, at which time she was aged eighty-one years and residing in Grundy (which was formerly Franklin County, Tennessee. In 1851 it was stated that she was ninety-one years of age, and in 1852, ninety years of age, and still living in Grundy County, Tennessee, with her daughter, Susannah Sartain; no explanation was made of the discrepancy in age. She died March 10, 1854. 

In 1795, Thomas Harrison and his wife, Nancy, had five living children. The following names were given: 

William, the oldest, born November 9, 1786, and dead in 1851.

Johnson, in 1846 a resident of Madison County, Alabama.

Susanah or Susannah Sartain, the third child, born October 2, 1789, and in 1851 living in Grundy County, Tennessee, at which time she stated that the two children older than herself were dead.

Elijah, the fifth child, born July 27, 1794, and in 1852 living in Grundy County, Tennessee.

The family record also shows the following:

Miles Harper Harrison, born September 7, 1814
Harrison Sartain, "  July 2, 1788
Susannah " , " October 2, 1789
Rosannah " , " May 22, 1811
Mahala " , " May 16, 1818
Virginia " , " February 11, 1822
Parillar (?) " , " December 18, 1824

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In 1832, soldier's brother, Richard Harrison, of Allen County, Kentucky, made affidavit in Franklin County, Tennessee, and stated that he served with Thomas Harrison on one of his
tours.

In 1846, one James Sartain was acting justice of peace in Grundy County, Tennessee, where he was still living in 1854; relationship to soldier's daughter, Susannah Sartain, not stated.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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June 13, 1932

BA-J/MLB
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
THOMAS HARRISON
Mrs. Ralph A. Miner  W. 360
Baird Apartment B - 202
117 Essex Avenue
Narberth, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request of June 9, for the record of Thomas Harrison, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 360, based upon the military service of Thomas Harrison in the Revolutionary War.

He was born about 1760 in Maryland.

While living in Lincoln County, North Carolina, he volunteered in 1779 or 1780 and served three months as a private in Captain George Smith's company, Colonel Dixon's North Carolina regiment, After this tour he remained at home for a short time then enlisted, date not stated, served three months as a private in Captain William Nail's company, Colonel Charles McDowell's North Carolina regiment, and was in several skirmishes. He served another tour of three months under the same officers.

He left the State of North Carolina in 1795, after which he lived in Warren County, Kentucky, Franklin County, Tennessee, then moved back to Kentucky where he resided for a short time, thence to Indiana; from there back to Kentucky; from Kentucky to Missouri; from there to Alabama where he lived for two years, after which he returned to Franklin County, Tennessee.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 7, 1833, while living in Franklin County, Tennessee.

He died November 2, 1839.

Soldier married in 1783, or the fall of 1784, in Lincoln
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County, North Carolina, Nancy Pack. 

Soldier's widow, Nancy, was allowed pension on her application executed September 17, 1845, at which time she was aged eighty-one years and living in Grundy (which was formerly Franklin County, Tennessee. In 1851 it was stated that she was ninety-one years of age, and in 1862, ninety years of age, and still living in Grundy County, Tennessee, with her daughter, Susannah Sartain; no explanation made of the discrepancy in age. She died March 10,
1854.

In 1795 Thomas Harrison and his wife Nancy, had five living children. The following names were given:

William, the oldest, born November 9, 1786, and dead in 1851.

Johnson, in 1846 a resident of Madison County, Alabama.

Susanah or Susannah Sartain, the third child, born October 2, 1789, and in 1851 living in Grundy County, Tennessee, at which time she stated that the two children older than herself were dead.
 
Elijah, the fifth child, born July 27, 1794, and in 1852 living in Grundy County, Tennessee,

The following data are shown, also:
Miles Harper Harrison, born September, 7, 1814
Harrison Sartain, " July 2, 1788
Susannah " , " October 2, 1789
Rosannah " , " May 22, 1811
Mahala " , " May 16, 1818
Virginia " , " February 11, 1822
Parillar (?) " , " December 18, 1824

In 1832, Richard Harrison, soldier's brother of Allen County, Kentucky, made affidavit in Franklin County, Tennessee, and stated that he served with Thomas Harrison on one of his tours.

In 1848, one James Sartain was acting justice of peace in Grundy County, Tennessee, where he was still living in 1834; relationship to soldier's daughter, Susannah Sartain, not stated.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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handwritten left side:
 Date of widow's death
on Agency BK
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stamped:
RECEIVED
OCT 1 1935
MAIL-SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM
STATION 2

310 Kenis Avenue,
Yellow Springs, Ohio,
September 30, 1935.


Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

I shall appreciate greatly any information pertaining to the following soldiers and their families:

A. Thomas Harrison, who served as a private in the North Carolina Line during the American Revolution. He filed an application for a pension while residing in Franklin county, Tennessee, when he was 74 years of age. His pension commenced March 4, 1831, and he was placed on the pension roll September 13, 1833. I am under the impression he was twice married: first, on April 7, 1779, to Hannah Dennis and second, on January 30, 1788, to Margaret Billups -- both marriages taking place in Botetourt County, Virginia.

B. James Riggins (Riggin or Riggain) who also served as a private in the North Carolina Line during the American Revolution. He filed an application for a pension while residing in McMinn County, Tennessee, when he was 79 years of age. His pension commenced March 4, 1831, and he was placed on the pension roll May 3rd, 1833. I think he married Mary Howard on April 8, 1791, in Washington county, Virginia, though I may be mistaken about this.

Very truly yours,
Hazel B. Reed
(Mrs. Leon O. Reed )
Regent, Catharine Greene Chapter.
D. A. R., Veris, Ohio.
Address: 310 Venie Ave.
Yellow Springs, Ohio.
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Shawnee Woods,
Knoxville, Tennessee,
Dec. 26, 1934

stamped: 
RECEIVED
DEC 27 1934
[illegible]
[illegible]

Mr. A. D. Hiller,
Veterans Administration Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,

Some time ago I asked you for information about Captain John Scott of Prince Edward County, Virginia, and I have rejoiced ever since your reply came. I appreciate all the thoroughness of research and all the details you included, all of which meant much to me since I had exhausted all other sources and was able to make use of the various clues in your research.

The success of this has lead me to feel that perhaps other lines that I had considered hopeless might be traced, and I shall be most grateful for your continued assistance with them. My grandfather, Meredith Thorne Robertson, was named for some member of his grandmother's family. His grandmother was Patsy Thorne ( Martha ) and she married Willie (pronounced Wiley ) Robertson and came from somewhere in North Carolina to Robertson County, Tennessee, in 1807. We believe that perhaps our grandfather was named for Patsy's father and we have found some slight trace of a Meredith [handwritten ? O] Thorne in North Carolina. In the first census of North Carolina Meredith Thorne was named, but we can find no will or other record of him. I hope you have some record of him, or of some other Thorne that will tell us something of the ancestry of Patsy.
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We are also concerned about the parentage of Willie Robertson. [handwritten - 1812?] He and Patsy had five children when they came to Robertson County,
Tennessee, in 1807, which would indicate that they were born about the time of the Revolution. It may have been possible that their fathers fought in the Revolution. We know nothing of Willie's relatives except that he was cousin to General James Robertson, the "Father of Tennessee. Perhaps that is not enough information for you to work on, but I do hope it will be.

[handwritten here: only one who appl in Tenn.] There was a Thomas Harrison who came to Robertson County Tennessee, about 1800 who has baffled us. My great-grandfather, William Harrison, came in 1812 and settled on the property owned by Thomas. William seemed to have come directly from Mecklenburg
County, Virginia, but there is a tradition that the family lived in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He was closely related to William Henry Harrison, the president. We cannot trace the relationship of Thomas, who came to Tennessee early in the history of the state, and our William who came later. We hope that Thomas may have had a revolutionary record that will straighten it out.

Gratefully and hopefully yours,
Clara B. Dean (signature)
Clara B. Dean

stamped
RECEIVED
DEC 27 1934
[illegible]
[illegible]
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Baird Apt.B.202-
Narberth, Penna.
117 Esser Are.
June 7, 1932

Veterans Administration
Revolutionary War Section
Wash. D.C

Please furnish me the Record of Thomas Harrison (360) of North Carolina
Soldier of the Revolutionary War.

Thanking you in advance
Respct.
Mrs Ralph A. Minner
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360
Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. ....
Nancy Harrison
widow
Thomas Harrison
Priv. Rev. War.

Act: Feb 2, 1848,

Index: -- Vol. A Page 300

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1932 June 13 - Hist to Mrs.
Ralph A. Miner MLB
1935 Jan. 22. Hist to Clara B Doub afB.
1935 Oct. 14 - Hist. to Mrs Leon O
Reed  .... MLB
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11. 673
Tennessee Nashville
Widow Nancy Harrison
Thomas
who died on the 20 Novr 1839
of Grundy Co. in the State of Tenne

who was a private in the -- commanded
by Captain --  of the --Commanded
by-- in the Revolution
for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville
at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents
per annum, to commence on the
20 November 1839

Certificate of Pension issued the 2d day of
June 1834 and sent
Hon Geo. W. Jones

Arrears to the 4th of H of R
Semi-annual allowance ending

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by HR Weightman
Book D Vol. 1. Page 347
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Winchester Tenn Oct 15th 1831 

Dear Sir
about twelve months since I sent to the department the claim of Nancy Harrison for a pension. I have heard nothing from it since. The old lady is very
old & stands in need of all she can get.  She is anxious to hear that has been  done with her case, please advise me early
Yours Respectfully
P. Turney
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Brief in the case of Nancy Harrison widow of Thomas Grundy

County and State of Tennessee
act as July 7 1838
it

Claim, ("Original" crossed out)
Proof exhibited, (if original)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Her husband was a pensioner under the act
of June 7 1832, Papers mislaid,

Documentary & parol evidence of date of Marriage
Susannah Sartain, James Bell, Elijah Harrison
(Crossed out)
(Crossed out)
James Sartain Vc for identity H

Names and residence of Agent
Hon Geo W Jones HnR

Thornton Tiplett
Examining Clerk
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Susannah Sartin
James Ball
Eligh Harrison
Thos  P LM 1839
Jos. Garton
Elizabeth Tucker
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Statement of Nancy Harrison

Nancy Harrison is 90 years old Husband was a Pension at $30th year. --he
died on 25 Oct 1837. she has not married since that she
was married in 1783- no documentary evidence of Marriage

James Sartain}
Justice of Peace} is acquainted with her oldest children the oldest must be 65yrs old that she is the widow of Thos.H. who was a Pensioner..

Silas Tucker knew T Harrison who was a Pensioner now knows his widow & the oldest Children they were over sixty

Elizabeth Tucker knew T. Harrison who was a Pensioner has Known for 40 years Nancy & Thomas Harrison

Susannah Sartain, is daughter of Nancy & Thos Harrison is sixty three yr of age has two Brothers older than herself.
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Nancy Harrison widow
Thomas Harrison Decd
application for Revolutionary
Pension-

Additional Evidence
May 28, 1854
I return this affidavit with the
certificate of Hon S. Adams
of Miss. Among the papers in
this case you will find another
affidavit of James Sartain
as to the merits of the case_ I
think it is all right_
Geo. W. Jones
H. of. R
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State of Tennessee}
Grundy County}  S.S.
Be it known that on this 17th day of April A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty four personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above written James Sartain and being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following affidavit that he acted as Justice of the Peace and was duly commenced as such. that he took the officiant of Susannah Sartain a resident of the County and State above writen in the claim of Nancy Harrison for a pension, and he thinks she made two affidavits before him once in 1852 and one in 1853, that she wished to make her mark to these affidavits but the officiant insisted on her writing her name, which she done as officiant was of the opinion that a witness, writing their names-- where they could write, was more credible those where making their mark officiant would further declare that there are the only reasons, the he [illegible] Susanah Sartain above state wrote her name where making the above stated officiants before him
James Sartain

Sworn and subscribed before me an acting Justice
of of the Peace in and for said County and all
certify that James Sartain who was the above officiant
is a man in whom full faith and credit may be
placed - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
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my hand this 17th day of April A.D. 1854
Jonathan Tipton
Justice of the Peace
far Grundy Co. Tennessee

State of Tennessee}
Gundy County}  SS
I, W. P. Barnes Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above
writen do hereby certify that Jonathan Tipton Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and
State above writen duly commisioned and qualifyed and the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the official seal
of said County this 17th April 1854
W. P. Barnes, Clerk
-
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Washington City}
District of Columbia}  I certify that I am acquainted with James Sartaine whose name is subscribed  to the forgoing affidavit that he is a man of truth and varasity, and I consider his oath entitled to full faith and credit this 27th May 1834
S. Adams W.S.S.
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Pelham Ten
11th March

Paid 75


J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Mar 30
W Evans
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Pelham Tenn 11th March 1839

J.L. Edwards Esq Comr of Pensions
Sir

At the solicitation of Thos Harrison I enclose you his original Pension certificate together with the Affidavit of Jos T. Mileham As you will perceive by the affidavit Mr. Mileham lost a part of the certificate which has prevented Mr. Harrison from drawing his two last semiannl payments he wishes his certificate renewed or whatever is proper pursued so that he will not lose the pension to which he is entitled. Be so good as to reinstate the old veteran or advise of the
course to be pursued for that purpose as soon as convenient
very respectfully
yr  obst servt
W.S. Mooney
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FREE

J.L. Edwards, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington


June 7
W Evan

stamped:
WINCHESTER
MAY 28
[illegible]
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Winchester, Ten, May 25 1839

Sir
If the enclosed affidavit should be sufficient, please forward either to me, at the
place, in to Mr Harrison, at Pelham P. off.
Coffee County, a New Certificate
Respectfully Yours &
M. Taul

J L. Edward Esqr.
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State of Tennessee}
Coffee County}  This day Joseph T. Mileham Personally appeared before me and made oath that as the Attorney of Thomas Harrison duly authorized to receive from the Pension Agent at Nashville Ten. the pension of the said Thomas Harrison from the 4th of March to the 4th of September 1838 and having the necessary papers for that purpose in his possession did some where between his residence and Nashville lose a part of the war office certificate of the said Thomas Harrison. This 24th Novr 1838
Sworn & subscribed before me
W. S. Mooney J. P.
Joseph T. Millham
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 16th 1839

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Thomas Harrison,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Ten: Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars and ...Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1838 to the 4th Sept. 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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Winchester Tennessee
July 30th 1853.

L P Waldo Esq

My dear sir, when at Washington a few weeks past I was told that a report had been made in Nancy Harrison, Claim to have George W. Jones and also in the
case of Mary Sanders both under act of July 7th 1838 and I wrote to the Hon G.W. Jones on the subject and he informs me he has received no reports on these Claims - I inclose his letter on the subject you will please send me copy of said reports as you will find powers of attorny to me in each case 
Your most
Obt svt &c
Taze W. Newman
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Winchester Tenn
June 28th 1853

L P Waldo, Esq
Commissioner &c

My Dear Sir 
Enclosed you will find a Certificate from the County Court Clerk showing that there is no Bond filed in his office of the marriage of Thomas Harrison who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the U.S., Nancy his wife made application for
a pension under act of 1838, and the proof of the same is on file, the only requirement being this certificate, please report what is necessary in this case, if any thing
Your most
Obt svt &c
Taze W. Newman
Winchester Tennessee
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Winchester Tennessee
Sept 16th 1853

Sir 
enclosed please find the proof you require in your report of June 9th 1853 in the case of Nancy Harrison of Tenn who claims a pension under act of 1838.

you sent sd report to P. Turney while I have a power of attorney on file with the papers please, report this case to me in future
Your most
Obt svt &c
Taze W Newman agt
Winchester Tennessee


LP. Waldo Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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Winchester Tenn
Aug 29th 1853

L.P. Waldo Esq

Sir I send you a letter from the Department to the Hon W. Jones bearing date
at your office January 22d 1853 in which is stated that the papers of Nancy Harrison was received on the 24th [illegible]. I have no report on this case as yet, though in June I was promised a report immediately you will please report the case
Your most
Obt svt
Taze W. Newman
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office
June 18th 1840

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Thomas Harrison, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Ten: Agency, at
the rate of Thirty Dollars and .... Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June
1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1838 to the 4th March 1839 & from 4 Sept 1839 to the 2d of Nov. 1839, the day of his death.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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Pension Office.
6th May 1854
West Tennessee Rolls
Act 7th June 1832
$30- per annum

Thomas Harrison
To what time paid?
When did he die?
S. Cole
Frances Burt Esq
Third Auditor
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James Harrison, act 1832, $30 per annum,
Died 2 Nov. 1839. Paid
F Burt
Auditor
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Pension Office
January 22 1853

Sir
In reply to the enclosed letter, I have to inform you that on the 17 that a report was made to your correspondent in relation to the claim of Jennett Nelson
widow of Abraham, Nelson.-
The papers in the case of Elizabeth Miller, were filed by you on the 11" [illegible], and those of Nancy Harrison on the 24" [illegible] and as we
are now on the mails of the 20 September last, these cases have not yet been reached.
Very Respy
Your Obt Svt
H Heath
Comr of Pensions

Hon G.W. Jones
Ho. of Reps
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8242
Oct. 2. 1845.
Mary Harrison
March 1843
Tenn

vertical:
Pelham Tenn
Oct 9

paid  10
JL Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
Page 58

Sir
You have enclosed Mrs. Harrison Pension
papers for your examination-
Your Obt Sevt
R. Lanning
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House of Reph
May 12th 1846

Sir;
I enclose you the letter of Johnson Harrison of Madison Co Ala whose father
Thos Harrison decd was a Revolution; pensioner of the Nashville Ten
Mr. H. desires to know whether his mother (the widow) is entitled to a pension
and to enable him to determine, I ask a copy of the form & regulations in such ┃
Cases.  Please run the letter of Mr H.
very respectfully
your obsvt 
R Chapman

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Comr of Pensions
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Pension Office
June of 53

Sir
Please state to what time Thos. Harrison was paid & the date of his death. Pri. at $30 00/100 pr annum-
Nashville Rolls, Tenn
Act 7June 1832
---
Very Respectfully
L. Cole
For Comr

Died 2d Novr 1839, paid to his death
F. Burt
Auditor

F. Burt Esq
Third Auditor
Treasury
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Winchester Tenn
Feb 21st 1853

L.P. Waldo, Esqr.
Commissioner &c

my Dear Sir I have filed additional proof twice in the case of Nancy Harrison widow of Thomas, Claiming a pension under the act of 1838, I have filed proof of no family record, and a certificate of the County Court Clerk of the County in which she states she was married; but have recived no report and these papers have been filed several months 
There is the reccord of two of the children which shews, more the time and
I hope is conclusive proof of Marriage
your most
obt svt &c
Taze W. Newman
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14.321

Nancy Harrison widow of Thos
Ten
Hon H.L. Turney May 9/51
P Turney Dec 11/51
Same June 10/53
J. W. Newman Sep 22/53
"       "         March 14/54
Hon. G.W. Jones 9th May 1854

act July 7 1838
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Fayetteville Tenn July 28. 1853

Mr. Taze W. Newman

Dear Sir

As yet, I have received from the Pension office, no report upon either of the case of Nancy Harrison or Mary Saunders, when I shall I will advise you of the fact.
I should have been at your town on Monday last, but for an attack of Cholera Morbus on Sunday morning which very much frustrated me and from the effects of which I have even not yet fully recovered.

Yours truly
GW. Jones
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Vertical:
July 22 ?
Tenn 
[illegible]

Horizontal:

Free
J L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
City of
Washington
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Winchester, Ten, July 10th 1833

J L. Edwards, Esq Com of Pensions-

The only objection to which the enclosed Declaration &c of Thos Harrison is leable, appears to be that the magistrate before whom the affidavit of Richard Harrison was taken, have not certified that he was credible- This affidavit was very informally & unskillfully taken before the application was made in Court- The affiant lives in the State of Kentucky & was as I understand a stranger to the magistrates, & of course they cannot now certify as to his credibility.
The applicant States in his declaration, that owning to his age & infirmity, & the distance from his home to his brothers residence, it would be very inconvenient to retake his Affidavit-
Believing that the Declaration is sufficient without the Affidavit, I return it to you
under the hope, that upon reconsideration the claim will be granted, even if the affidavit should be rejected, or disregarded altogether

Very respectfully yours,
Micah Taul
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State of Tennessee}
Franklin County}  ss

On the 25th day of May 1839, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the peace for the County of Franklin, personally appeared Thomas Harrison, who in his Oath declares, that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Companies Commanded by Captain George Smith and William Nail, in the Regiment Commanded by Col. McDowell, in the service of the United States, that his name was placed in the Pension Roll of the State of Tennesee, that he received a Certificate of that fact under the signature and Seal, of the Secretary of War, which Certificates, on the __day of __ 1838, he delivered to John Bell, with a power  of Attorny to draw his Semi- Annual Pension, That it was returned by said Bell, torn & defaced, to Esq. Morney this declarants agent; said Bell Stating, as he was informed by his agents aforesd that on his way to Nashville, the Paper got wet, and from that cause became defaced and torn, part of said Certificate has been heretofore sent to the War Department.
Sworn to & subscribed       Thomas his X mark Harrison
Before me this 25th day of
May 1839
James Robinson JP
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State of Tennessee
Franklin County ⎬ss
On this 25th day of May 1839 before me the subscriber, a justice of the peace for the County of Franklin, Personally appeared Micah Taul, who on his Oath declares that he is well acquainted with the within declarant Thomas Harrison that he prepared his Original declaration for a Pension, and that he well knows him to be the same person described in the within affidavit, and to whom the origin
a Certificate was issued, having often seen it in his possession, & on One (if not more) occasions, as his attorney infact, received his Semi-Annual Pension from the Agent at Nashville
M. Taul

The above affidavit of Micah Taul, who I certify to be a person of veracity, was this
day sworn to & subscribed before the undersigned Justice of the peace in & for the County and State aforesaid. Given under my hand
the date above
James Robinson JP
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State of Tennessee 
Franklin County⎬ I William W. Brazelton Clerk of the County Court of said do hereby certify that James Robinson whose name appears within is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County
duly commissioned, and legally qualified as such and is entitled to faith and credit in all his official acts and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
[seal affixed]
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
to my name and affixed my seal of
fied the 25th day of May A.D. 1839
William W. Brazelton Clk
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State of Tennessee}
Grundy County}  S.S.
On this 9th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two personally appeared before the subscriber an aquaintance of the Peace in and for the County and State above written Mr Elijah Harrison aged fifty seven years past, and being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following affidavit that he is the same and child of Thomas and Nancy Harrison that his portion was a pensioner of the United States, for services in the war of the Revolution, that his mother Nancy Harrison now lives in the County of Grundy Tennessee, afficent would further declare, that he is the fifth child of Thomas and Nancy Harrison above stated and that he would refer to the family record of his
an age accompanying this affidavit that the same was taken from the original record there in the possession of his father and mother above stated 
Elijah Harrison
Sworn and subscribed before me an acting
Justice of the Peace in and for the County and
---
State above written and I would certify that
Elijah Harrison who makes the above affidavit
is of the age he states and that he is the fifth child
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of Thomas and Nancy Harrison as he states and the accompanying family record was taken from the Bible of his and that he is a man in whom full faith and credit may be placed, In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of
December A.D. 1852
Harris Gilliam
Justice of the Peace for
Grundy Co Tennessee
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Know all men by there presence that I Nancy
Harrison of the County of Grundy and State of Tennessee do here by nominate constitute and appoint (name illegible) of the Town of Knoxville Tennessee my sure and Lawful attorney for me irrevocably,  and hereby
revoking any and all other powers of attorneys given by me and hereby making him my sole and only Attorney, to prosecute the General Government of the United States
for a pension due me on account of the Revolutionary services of my late husband Thomas Harrison, under
act of Congress of July 7th 1838, and by the expansion of said act, and there by give power to my attorney to secure all communications and to fill all all proof in order to procure said pension and to use all proof on file and to fill all proof in any of the Departments.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 22d day of July A.D. 1852
Signed Sealed and delivered ⎬
in presence of
James Sartom
Robert Kilgore

Nancy (his mark) Harrison (seal)
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State of Tennessee
Grundy County ⎬ S.S.
On this 22d day of July A.D. 1852 personally appeared before me Nancy Harrison and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein contained In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
James Sartain
Justice of the Peace for
Grundy Co. Tennessee
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State of Tennessee
Grundy County ⎬
This day Nancy Harrison aged about ninety one years personally appeared before me and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of Thomas Harrison decd who was a soldier of the war of revolution as will appear by reference to to the pension rolls affiant was married to said Harrison three after the termination of the war but what year affiant does not recollect- affiant makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pension - Sworn to & subscribed before me this the 4th day of January 1851  
Nancy her X mark Harrison Seal
Anderson S. Goodman mark JP
for Grundy County

State of Tennessee
Grundy County
This day Susannah Sartin aged about sixty one years personally appeared before me & made oath in due form of law that she is & has been acquainted with Nancy Harrison ever since
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she can recollect & that she & Thomas Harrison have lived together as man & wife
ever since untill his death which occured perhaps in the year 1839- affiant is the daughter of Thomas & Nancy Harrison & states that they have two children older than herself both of whom are dead-- Sworn to & subscribed before me this the 4th day of Jany 1851
Susanah her X mark Sartain seal
Anderson S. Goodman J. Peace for Grundy County

State of Tennessee 
Grundy County⎬ I John L Walker Jr County Clerk of the County Court of Grundy hereby certify that Anderson S Goodman before whom the foregoing affidavits were made is & was at the the time of subscribing the same acting Justice of the peace in & for said County in testimony I have here unto set my name & affixed my seal
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This the 6th day of Jan 1861
John L Walker Jr Clerk

State of Tennessee 
Grundy County⎬ I Anderson S. Goodman Chairman of the County Court of Grundy County as hereby certify that John L Walker [illegible] is & was the Clerk of the County Court of Grundy County at the time of his certifies that Anderson J. Goodman was a Justice of the Peace in Testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand & seal this January the 6th day 1851
Anderson S Goodman seal
Chairman of Gundy County
Court
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State of Tennessee}
Grundy County}  I John L Walker Clerk of the County of Grundy, hereby certify that
Anderson S Goodman whose name appears to the foregoing certificate officially is and was chairmain of the County Court of said county at the time it bears date
thereof and that all of his acts as such is and ought to be given full faith and credit

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and office my seal of office in Allamout this the 6th day of January 1837.
John L Walker Jr Clk
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State of Tennessee}
Franklin County} This day personally appeared Richard Harrisson before us John Jones & John Sanders- two of the Justices of the peace in and for the aforesaid
County_ and made oath in due form of law_ that Thomas Harrisson-- Served 
three tours as a soldier in the Revolution War. I served with him myself one of the
three tours, and I have knowledge of his serving the other two_
Sworn to and subscribed  Richard his X mark Harrisson
before us ---
John Jones JP
John Sanders
19th Sept 1832
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Thos Harrison
25094
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, served as he states And the Court further certifies that George Roberts, who has signed the preceeding is a
clergyman resident in the County of Franklin aforesd & that John Sanders Esq. who has also signed the same is a Justice of the peace & of this Court, & a resident of said County & are both credible persons, & that their statement
is entitled to credit-
I Edmond Russell Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Franklin County
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings in the matter of the application of Thomas Harrison for a pension. I do further certify that John Jones and John Sanders Esqs. before whom the annexed affidavit of Richard Harrison was made, were at the time of signing the same, Justices of the peace in & for the said County of Franklin duly commissioned & legally qualified, and that their signatures to said affidavit, are their genuine signatures
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto
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set my hand & seal of office this 26th day of April 1833, and of American Independence the 57th
E Russell Clerk
By W.B. Wagner D.C.
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Lincolnton N.C.
December 17th 1853

Mr. J. W. Newman I send you my certificate as you requested me to do, I did not receive the fee you remitted I only entered into office in October last and perhaps
the Clerk who preceeded me got it
J. A. Huss Clerk
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Lincolnton N. Carolina
December 17th A.D. 1853

I John A. Huss 
Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Lincoln do hereby certify that I have made a diligent search in my office for a marriage bond given by Thomas Harrison and found no such bond nor License
In Witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office
the 17th day of December A.D. 1853 &
in the 78th year of our Independence
John A. Huss Clerk
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State of Tennessee}
Grundy County }  S.S.
Be it known that on this 15th day of September A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above written. Susannah Sartin and being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following affidavit that she is the daughter of Thomas Harrison who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States and also the daughter of Nancy Harrison who is making appliation
for a Revolutionary pension. That Nancy Harrison her mother has lived with her for several years. that she had no family Record nor does she know of any family Record of her father or mother Thomas and Nancy Harrison nor does she believe there is any record of the Births of herself or of her Brothers and sisters, that the old Record of the family of Thos and Nancy Harrison has been lost for may years and the duly record she has the filed in the Department,
affiant [illegible] further declare she is now Sixty four years of age as will show by her record on file at Washington in the department
-
Susannah Sartin
Sworn and and subscribed before me an acting Justice
of the Peace in and for the County and State above written
and I would certify that Susannah Sartin who makes the
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foregoing affidavit is a person in whom full faith and credit may be placed, and she is of the age she states Intestimony where of I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of September A.D. 1853
James Sartain
Justice of the Peace for
Grundy Co, Tennessee
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State of Tennessee}
Grundy County} SS
I. William P Barnes Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above written do hereby certify that James Sartain and Harris Gilliam Emos whose names appears to the foregoing affidavits of James Bell and Susannah Sartain are acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly commissied and Sworn and the signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the official seal of said
County this 15th day of September A.D. 1853
W P Barnes Clerk
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State of Tennessee}
Grundy County} S.S.
Be it known that on this 13th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above James Bell
aged eighty six years past and being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following affidant That he was well acquainted with Thomas Harrison who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States and also in well aquainted with his widow Nancy Harrison, that he first knew them in the year seventeen hundred and ninety in the State of North Carolina and afterwards in Tennessee, that when he first knew them in the year above stated they were living together as man and wife that the continued to live as such right to the day of the death of Thomas Harrison above stated and had children which they said and recognised as her own and the oldest of now living would be about seventy years
of age_ as affiant knew them so long he thinks he knows about the age of the oldest child, affiant would declare that the reason he is confidant of the year that he first knew Thomas and Nancy Harrison as man and wife was that he was out to Western Carolina after Indians in the years above stated and stoped at the house of Thomas Harrison above stated and remained with him to make a cross and
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lived with him for several years thereafter afficant would further declare that Nancy Harrison above stated is still a widow and has never intermarried since the death of her husband and he would further declare he has no interest in her application for a pension
James Bell
Sworn and subscribed before me an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above entered and I would certify that James Bell who makes the above affidavit is a man in whom full faith and credit may be placed and is a man in whom full faith and credit may be isued_
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this
13th day of September A.D. 1853
Harris Gilliam
Justice of the Peace for
Grundy Co. Tennessee
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2 columns
Left side:

Jan 29/51
Letter of P Turney
& decd of Mrs. Harrison

Stamped - FREE

Ten
See register

Stamped:
WINCHESTER
[illegible]
[illegible]

H L Turney

Vertical:

H.S. Turney
Washington City

Right side:
 
14.321
Nancy Harrison
widow of Thos Tenn
Act 7 July 1838
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Winchester Ten Jan 14th 1837

Dear Father
Enclosed is the declaration of Mrs Harrison for a pension. Please see to this as early as possible. The old lady needs the money. We are all as well as usual.  we have had for the last 10 days the most beautiful spring-- it was like planting time. We are going ahead finaly in the farm - Sandford has two boys & wants to rent enough land for them to cultivate-- I suppose he can get it he wants to know upon what terms.  I tell him a reasonable as any where else
Yours &c

P. Turney
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Nancy Harrison
Widow of
Thomas Harrison Decd

Appl. for Rev. Pension

Geo. W. Jones

Ho. of Reps
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State of Tennessee
Grundy County ⎬  S.S.
On this 22d day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
fifty two personally appeared before the Subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above written, Nancy Harrison aged ninety years past and being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration that she is the widow of Thomas Harrison who was a pensioner of the United States for services in the war of the Revolution in the North Carolina Line and drew a pension of thirty dollars per annum for said services that he died on the twenty fifth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and thirty nine leaving her as a widow and that she still continues a widow and has not intermarried but continues a widow of the above mentioned Thomas Harrison, Affiant further declares that she was married to the above stated Thomas Harrison in the State of North Carolina in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three, and continued to live with him as his wife up to the time of his death as above stated affiant would further declare that the has no documentary evidence by which to establish her marriage but must refer to the the proof on file
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at the Department and to the proof she files with this Declaration She makes this Declaration in order to obtain the benifits of the acts of Congress passed July 7th 1838, March 3 1843 June 17th 1844 and February 2d 1848 and refferance to the act of May 6th 1846

Nancy her X mark Harrison 
Sworn and subscribed before me an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above written and I would certify that Mrs Nancy Harrison who makes the above declaration is the widow of the Identical Thomas Harrison who was a pensioner of the United States for services in the war of the Revolution
at the rate of thirty dollars per annum I would further certify, that I am acquainted with the oldest children of of Thomas and Nancy Harrison and the oldest must be more than Sixty five years of age, I would further certify that Nancy Harrison is a person in whom full faith and credit may be placed
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed my seal,
James Sartain JP
Justice of the Peace for
Grundy Co Tennessee
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State of Tennessee}
Grundy County} S.S.
I William P. Barnes Clerk of the County Court in and State above written would
hereby certify that Nancy Harrison is still living and that she is the widow of the Identical Thomas Harrison who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate
of thirty dollars per annum and that he died on the day she states. I would further certify that satisfactory evidence has been produced to establish the above facts. I
would further certify that James Sartain Esq before whom the foregoing Declaration acknowledgement and affidavits was taken is an acting Justice of
the Peace in and for the County above stated duly Commissioned and sworn and the signatures thereto purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal
of office at office in Altamont this
day of July A D. 1852
W. P. Barnes Clerk
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Dec 22 /52

Proof in the care
of
Nancy Harrison
wid of Thos Harrison
of
Tennessee

case filed Augt
2. 1852

Dec 24/52
W Cob

Geo. W. Jones
H of R.
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State of Tennessee}
Grundy County,}  S.S.
On this 9th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and fifty two personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above written, Susanah Sartain aged sixty
three years past and being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following affidavit That she is the third child of Thomas and Nancy Harrison, that her father was a pensioner of the United States for services in the war of the Revolution, that the accompanying Record is the true record of her age and that it was taken from the original record and that this is a true copy, and that her father
Thomas Harrison above stated died on the 29th day of October A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty nine
Susanah Sartain
Sworn and subscribed before me an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above written and I moved certify that the accompanying research was taken from the [illegible] record to my knowledge, in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above written
James Sartain
Justice of the Peace for Grundy
County Tennessee
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State of Tennessee}
Grundy County}  To Wit
I Wm P. Barnes Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above written would hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been presented to show that Thomas Harrison was Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and that he died on the 29th day of October AD 1839, and I would certify that I attach to these papers to records and that Harris Gilliam and James Sartain Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken are both acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County above stance and the signatures purporting to be theirs are Genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my seal of office at 
Altamant, this 9th day of December AD 1832
Wm P. Barnes Clerk
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State of North Carolina
I, Robert Williamson, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Lincoln County State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that I have made diligent
search in my office for the Marriage Bond of Thomas Harrison to Nancy Pack, and that said bomd could not be found in any of the files of a date previous to 1794, the year up to which my search was brought.

Given under my hand, and the seal of said
Court, at office, the 17th day of April, A.D.
1846
R. Williamson, C.C.C.
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9.536
Tennessee Nashville
Nancy Harrison
widow of Thomas
who was a private
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued
the 2d day of June 1854
and sent to 
Hon Geo. W. Jones
House of Reps

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

Record in Book A
Vol. 2. Page 192
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Thos Harrison

19189
Payments to be made
Nashville
by the [illegible] of [illegible] Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of West
Tennessee


Recorded in the Pension Office,
in Book 6 Vol. 7
Page 82 by Danl Boyd
Clerk.
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of the Agency of West Tennessee
who was a private of Infantry in the
Army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Thirty dollars 
and ---cents per annum, during his natural life, com-
mencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-
annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in
every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States
this Thirteenth day of
September one thousand eight
hundred and thirty three
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War.

examined and
Countersigned
J L Edwards
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State of Tennessee 
Grundy County⎬ S.S.
On this 22d day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and fifty two personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above written Lyles Tucker aged seventy four years past and being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following affidavit that he was well acquainted with Thomas Harrison who was a pensioner of the United for services in the war of the Revolution, and is now well acquainted with his widow who lifes in the same neighborhood with affiant and has been acquainted with her for the space of forty years that she is the Identical widow of Thomas Harrison above stated, and affiant and further certify that he was well acquainted with the oldest children of the above stated Thomas and Nancy Harrison and has been living in the same neighborhood with them for forty years past and Judging from his own age he being now Seventy four year of age and being praised with with the children of Thomas and Nancy Harrison for forty years that William Harrison who was the oldest  child of the above stated Thomas and Mary Harrison
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and that if he was living now he would be at least sixty seven years of age for affiant was so well acquainted with him that he cannot be mistaken in
the his age affiant further declares that Thomas and Nancy Harrison had two children besides the are above Stated that must have been more than sixty two years of age
Silas Tucker

Sworn and subscribed before me an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State and I would certify that Sylus Tucker who makes the above affidavit is of the age he states and that he is a man in whom full faith and credit may be placed 
the testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the
22d day of July A.D. 1852
James Sartain
Justice of the Peace for
Grundy Co Tennessee


State of Tennessee
Grundy County ⎬ S.S.
On this 22d day of July A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty two personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the
County and State above written, Elizabeth Tucker aged Sixty Seven years past and being duly sworn according Law doth on her oath make the following affidavit that she was well acquainted with Thomas Harrison
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who was a pensioner of the United States for service in the war of the Revolution and is now and has been well acquainted with Nancy Harrison the widow of of Thomas Harrison above stance, that she has been well acquainted with her for the space of forty years & that they lived together as man and wife up to the time of the death of Thomas Harrison, and affiant would further declare that she was well acquainted with William Harrison the oldest child of Thomas and Nancy Harrison and judging from her own age he if living now would be sixty seven years of age for he was of the same age of affiant for they lived in the same neighbourhood with William Harrison up to the time of his death and affiant knows that he is of the age she States for she is now sixty seven and he was of the age of affiant for they have often compared there ages
Elizabeth Tucker

Sworn and subscribed before me an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above written and I would certify that Mrs Elizabeth
Tucker who makes the above affidavit is of the age the States, and that she is a person in whose full faith and credit may be placed the testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day of July A.D. 1852
James Sartain
Justice of the Peace for Grundy Co Tennessee