Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6492, Samuel Whatley, Ga.
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Service: Ga.
Name: Whatley, Samuel
                           Catherine.
File: W.6492
        B.L.M.40901_160_bk
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40901
Nov Census
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J.
J. A. mese
James Chivers
Doche
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{handwritten} State of Georgia
County of Wilkes
We the Subscribers practicing physicians of the County of Wilkes do hereby certify that after careful examination in the case of Samuel Whatley, who is now on the pension Roll of the State of Georgia we are of opinion that his disability does still continue that his left arm has been once broken and still continues painful and that he has lost the use of his hand so that he is unable to get his living by his Labor
And further that the degree of disability {crossed through} under {/crossed through} which he labors under at present is total, being not less than the original degree of disability for which he was placed on the pension roll
Sworn to before me a Justice of the peace of said county this the 10 day of March 1824
James Chivers JP
Thomas G James
R. L. Dickenson }physicians

I certify that the Deponents are credible persons
James Chivers J. P
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{handwritten} State of Georgia {underlined} Wilkes County {/underlined}
Know all men that I Samuel Whatley the pensioner within Identifyed do Constitute and apoint James Whatley of Chatham County to be my true and Lawfull Atorney to Receive from the Bank of the united States of Savanah the Sum of Ninety six Dollars due me by the Government of the united States for my pension, an Envalid of the Revolutionary Army from the fifth of March 1823 to the fifth of March 1824 and in my name to grant Sufficient Receipts and discharges therefor In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 10 day of March 1824
Signed Sealed and delivered in presents of us
Samuel Whatley
Moses L Guise
J. D. Gresham
James Chivers J P

Old Papers {/handwritten}
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{handwritten} State of Georgia Wilkes County
Before me James Chivers Esqr one of the Justices of the peace of said County personally came and appeared Samuel Whatley who produced to me the original certificate of which the following a true copy (viz)
State of Georgia} From a certificate directed to me the bearer Samuel Whatley a Soldier was wounded at the battle of Long Cane and has lost the use of his left arm on the 10 day of December 1781 he is entitled to five Dollars per month amounting to twenty eight pounds given under my hand this the 13 day of December one thousand seven hundred and eighty six he was in the service of the State of Georgia
James Lauder James Lauder Inspector of Invalids

And the Said Samuel Whatley being by me duly sworn saith that he is the same person to whom the said Certificate was originally granted that he was a Soldier in the army of the Revolution in Captain Micager Williamsons Company of Mounted Militia of Colonel Elijah Clark Regiment that he now resides in the County of Wilkes and State of Georgia and has Resided there for the last forty seven years past previous to which he resided in the County of Bute and State of North Carolina
Taken acknowledged and Sworn to before me this the 10 Day of March 1824
James Chivers J. P
Samuel Whatley {/handwritten}
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639b
Georgia
Catharine Whatley widow of Samuel Whatley, Geor. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 33. cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of Septr. 1856 and sent to W.M. Varnum Dahlonega, Geo.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 232 Vol. 36
1857 June 11
To Pension Dpt. to retain our judgement entry immediately
57 June 27 to Same
1857 July 24, Let to 2nd [illegible]
Date of death not on A.B.
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No. 8339
Catharine Whatley
Ga Act '43 5892
Act 7 July '38
Admd 7 mo Priv. Capt. Williamson Co. Clark
$23.33
also
Register & Rd. under act 3 March 43-
$23.33
Hon A. H. Stevens
H.R.
Hm. R.W. Habersham [crossed out]
HR
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State of Georgia Pike County
Declaration to obtain the benefit of the Acts of Congress granting pensions to the widows of invalid pensioners of the Revolution
On account of her infirmity personally appeared before me Spencer Stamper Justice of Inferior Court of said County at her place of residence in the state and County aforesaid Catharine Whatley aged eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Acts of Congress granting pay to certain widows of  invalid pensioners of the Revolution: That she is the widow of Samuel Whatley of Wilkes County Georgia decrees, who was a private soldier in General Elijah Clark's Regiment when he received the wound which he received a pension for. She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Whatley in Wilkes County and state aforesaid about the close of the Revolutionary War. (there being no record of her marriage she cannot be positive as to the day and year, and does not know whether her marriage took place in eighty one 1781 or in 1782 - That her said husband died on the first Monday in October Eighteen Hundred and twenty six knows that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service and states that she does not know of his doing service after he was disabled by the wound he recd in the service. Was married at the time above stated at least ten years before the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four. Sworn to and subscribed this fourth day of July A.D. 1842 before me Spencer Stamper J.I.C
Catharine Whatley (SS)
X her mark
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Georgia Pike County
I Wiley M Mangham Clerk of the Inferior Court for said county do herby certify that Spencer Stamper whose name appeared to the foregoing oath or declaration is an acting Justice of the Inferior Court and that full faith and credit ought to be had and given to his attentation as such given under my hand and seal of office this fifth day of July eighteen hundred and forty two
Wiley E. Mangham Clerk Inferior Court Pike County
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Midway [illegible]
Hon. R. W. Habershaw Ref. in Congress
Washington City D.C.
H S A
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State of Georgia Pike County April 15th 1842
Hon RW Habershaw Rep. in Congress from said state
Dear Sir, your very kind and gentlemanly letter acompanied by the letter of the commissioner of Pensions has been recd together with printed instructions for my use and in conformity with my own inclination and at the special request of our Common friend William C. Denson I have concluded while my papers are preparing to give you a short history of my case for your private and Representative consideration 
This I do knowing you to belong to the Revolutionary stock yourself and that you possess all that sympathy of feeling for that class of citizens which your hight station will justify
About the commencement of the Revolution my father James Anglin removed from the sate of N. Carolina to Georgia and settled in Wilkes County near the place where the town of Washington now is, bringing with him seven sons and myself an only and motherless daughter about thirteen years of age, my brothers being older. As my father was a native of Ireland you can [illegible] guess on which side of the fence the whole brood was found in that memorable struggle for liberty. After living in the county five or six years and experiencing all the privations and sufforings, incident to war in a frontier country I married in the same county my only husband Mr. Samuel Whatley of about my own age, whose father had been killed by the Indians at the [illegible] Cherokee while he was but a lad of fourteen, the eldest of a fatherless family of children. From the date of this bereavement, he attached himself to the militia of the state, and was subject to the call of the Whig officer till the close of the war, which embraced a period of five or six years. He belonged to General Elijah Clarks command and was frequently called into active service and performed as much as a private as any other person in the Regiment. He was at the siege of Augustine and was in actual service under General Clark when he recd a shot from the enemy that took the bone of his left arm, and entitled him to pension everafter, which he did so up to the day of his death. I married him about the close of the Revolution while his wound was yet fresh and if he never served a regular campaign after, it was because he was not able from the circumstance of his broken arm; after this I do not think he ever did more than guard forts or go out on short excursions as a scout. For your further information, I state to you that I was betrothed to my husband before he marched into the campaign, in which he was wounded and we were married before old Squire Biddle of Wilkes on his return upon the faith of the pledge made prior to that campaign, in which he was wounded. After our marriage, we lived in Wilkes about forty five years and he died five or six years after his death I removed to Pike where I now live
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and have lived for the last nine or ten years on the plantation of my son James We raised a numerous family of children in Wilkes and five of my sons are but alive and citizens of Georgia. I believe my husband died in the fall of '26 and this past may be ascertained either from the papers in the pension office, or from Sherwood Gazettior of Georgia, or perhaps more correctly from his tombstone in Wilkes. I hope you will examine the pension office for the parts upon which he was allowed a pension, and this will much assist me in making and filling out my papers. I believe in you, because my boys all vote for you, and look upon you to be our stateslant and but hope. I am fearful my marriage will be hard to prove unless it can be done from the records of Wilkes, as all the witnesses were dead but one, fifteen years ago, and that I have not hard from since. I am about 80 years old have lived in Georgia about 67 in Wilkes about 58, and in Pike about nine of the last years. It will require a little time, but I hope I shall be able to make out my case a plain one, and if existing laws do not embrace it, the novelty will be in the laws and not in my case. I shall make as good a showing as I can, and if I do not fall into the first or second class of Revolutionary widows, I am in hopes Congress will let me go in a class to myself.
I am so much a chip off the old block, that I confess, it raises my Irish a little when I see the widows of sound bodied Revolutionaries, who in all probability never fired a gun at the enemy in time of the Revolution, reveling on the bounty of the Government bestowed on them as the relies of those, who partly through design and [illegible] through accident, escaped those dangers and sufferings that hastened the dissolution of the companion of my bosom; whose very name is but another word for Revolutionary Whig, and who, before his constitution had matured, was twice frozen, once perished, once drowned, once hung, and twice shot, for his unflinching [illegible] in defense of Liberty and American Independence. Yet he lived to marry me and we raised a large family of children, one of whom is kind enough to write this letter for me. No law was passed in the lifetime of my husband, requiring Revolutionary Pensioner to live till the year '32, that their widows might inherit their pension, but it seems there is now a law existant, which excludes all widows whose wounded husbands were not stout enough to live till that date. Does not this cast a little reflection on the widow and justice of American Legislation? Seeing that the very characters whom the government [illegible] to cherish and support in the decline of life, and rejected by the imperfection of her laws. I wish you to keep this letter for my sake, and give all it the consideration to which it is due, from my character and the exalted station which you occupy in relation to the state
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I shall forward you my application for a pension as soon as I possibly can . I live one hundred and fifty miles from my best sources of proof, and it will necessarily require a little time to fill out all the necessary papers; and, although sixty years have elapsed, I think I shall be able to make a showing that I am one of those unfortunate widows, whom the Government intended to benefit by her laws [illegible] shall succeed as I think I shall, and then fail to get at pension, I wish my application to remain in the Pension Office, and an evidence of the impossibility making laws to accomplish the objects of the Government - I claim a pension on the ground of necessity, equality, and right. Do my son, search the pension office for any documents that you think will be of use to me and forward them to me at Midway P.O. James County, and my son living near that place will around to them for me. Help me out all you can and you shall even receive the gratitude of a Revolutionary veteran
Catharine Whatley widow of Rev. Samuel Whatley late of Wilke County Decd
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State of Georgia County of Pike
On this eighth day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me; a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, Catharine Whatley, aged ninety four years a resident of the state and county aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Samuel Whatley deceased who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution under the command of Capt Micajah Williamson and various other captains at various times in the Regiment commanded by Co. Elijah Clark in the state of Georgia, that he served in several campaigns was in several battles against the enemies of the United States that in the battle of Long Cane he was severely wounded in the left arm by a shot from the enemy, for which he received a pension from the Gov of the U.S. He was moreover, honorably discharged, his residence being in Wilkes County Georgia, during the war of the Revolution, and afterwards, till the day of his death which occurred in the month of October A.D. 1826. The further states that she resided in Wilkes County Georgia, during the war of the Revolution, that she was married to the said Samuel Whatley in Wilkes County Georgia, by one A. Biddell a Justice of the Peace in and for that county, about the close of the Revolutionary war, does not recollect the particular day and year, that her name before she was married to the said Samuel Whatley,  was Catharine Anglin, and that there is no public or private record of her marriage, that she and her husband lived in a state of wedlock in Wilkes County Georgia until the day of his death as above stated, that she has not married since, but is still his widow, and has been in the habit of receiving a pension as his widow
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for proof of which she refers to the records of the pension office. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land, to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3rd 1855.
Catharine Whatley
[long pen line - her mark]
We James L. Head and Thomas H. Turner residents of Pike County in the state of Georgia upon our oaths declare that the foregoing Declaration was signed and acknowledged by Catharine Whatley in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
James L. Head
Thomas H. Turner
The foregoing Declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the applicants to be creditable persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in the claim.
Robert B. Gardner J.P.
State of Georgia Pike County
I Joseph C. Beckham clerk of the Inferior court within and for the county and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Robert B Gardner whose [illegible] signature appears to the above Declaration & affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same and acting Justice of the Peace he & aforsaid county, duly commissioned & qualified and that all his acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit given under my hand and seal of office this 9th May 1835
JC Beckham Clk
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State of Georgia County of Merriwether
Personally came before me a Justice of the Inferior Court of said County Edward Black aged between sixty five and seventy years and David Terrell aged forty five years, both residents of the state and county aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law declare on oath that they were born and raised in Wilkes County Georgia in the neighborhood of Samuel Whatley deceased and Catharine Whatley who lived together as man and wife, and that they over heard their marriage discredited. edward Black stated that he knows the said Samuel Whatley and Catharine lived together till he day of the said Samuels death, and that they raised a large family of children to be men and women and that he knows [illegible] Whatley well, and most of their children that he lived within half a mile of the residence of the said Samuel Whatley at the time of his decease, that he died at the time stated in the Declaration of the claimant Catharine Whatley, and that he saw the corpse of the said Samuel Whatley and was present at the burial of it. Edward Black states that he lived within one mile and could not attend the burial on account of sickness; both the deponents state that the claimant is the identical person he represents herself to be, because they knew her as the wife of the said Samuel Whatley and ever since as his widow now living in Pike County Georgia and they further state that they not believe that there was ever any other person in Wilkes County Geo. by the name of Samuel Whatley, except the person described by the claimant in her Declaration, and that they always knew him in the character of a Revolutionary soldier, who drew a pension from the government on account wounds from the shot of the enemy in the war of the Revolution. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 13th day of May A.D. 1850
Edward Black
David Terrell
([Illegible] made before signed)
The foregoing affidavit was sworn and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the applicants to be creditable persons and residents of the state and county aforesaid and that I have no interest in the claim
Milton P Tucker J,J,C
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2116024
Georgia County of Merriwether
I Hugh E Malone Clerk of the Inferior Court in the for said County & State do Certify that Milton P Tucker [illegible] genuine signature appears in the foregoing is and was at the time of signing the same use acting Justice of the Inferior Court in and forsaid County & State regularly [illegible] and sworn and that full faith and credit should be given in his attestation as such 
Given under my hand and seal of office 4 May 1836
Hugh E Malone Clk GC
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June 12, 1936
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Honorable Richard B. Russell United States Senate
Samuel Whatley
W. 6492 BA-J/MLB

My dear Senator:
Reference is made to your letter of June 3, addressed to the Adjutant General, with which you enclosed a letter to you from Mr. Sam J. Whatley, Georgia Military College, Milledgeville, Georgia, requesting the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Whatley who, at the time of his death, was a resident of Wilkes County, Georgia.
The record of Samuel Whatley follows as found in the papers on file in pension claim W. 6492, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War and disability incurred during that service.
Samuel Whatley was the eldest of a family of children; the date and place of his birth and names of parents are not given. When a lad of about fourteen years of age, his father was killed by the Indians at "Cherokee Corner." Before moving to Wilkes County, Georgia, he was a resident of Bute County, North Carolina.
While residing in Wilkes County, Georgia, Samuel Whatley enlisted, date not stated, served at various times and in several campaigns as a private in Captain Micajah Williamson's company and under other captains, names not stated, in Colonel Elijah Clarke's Georgia regiment, was at the siege of Augusta and in several battles including one at Long Cane, South Carolina, in which he was severely wounded in his left arm by a shot from the enemy which broke his arm, and was taken prisoner by the British and held four or five months, length of service seven months.
On account of disability resulting from the above noted injuries, Samuel Whatley was pensioned under the Act of September 29, 1789.
He died the first Monday in October 3, 1826, at his home in Wilkes County, Georgia, where he was buried, as stated by his widow; or sometime in 1827, 1830, 1831 or 1832, as given by various witnesses.
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At the time of soldier's death, he had been a resident of Wilkes County, Georgia, for fifty years.
Samuel Whatley married in 1781 or 1782, in Wilkes County, Georgia, Catharine Anglin, born in May, 1762; she was the daughter of James Anglin, a native of Ireland who, about the commencement of the Revolutionary War, moved with his seven sons and one daughter, Catharine, from North Carolina to Georgia and settled in Wilkes County, in that state, near the place where the town of Washington later stood; James Anglin's wife was dead, her name not given. Neither Samuel Whatley nor his wife, Catharine, had been previously married.
Soldier's widow, Catharine Whatley, was allowed pension on her application executed July 4, 1842, at which time she was residing with her son, James, on his plantation in Pike County, Georgia, and had been living there nine or ten years, her pose office address being Midway, Jones County, Georgia. She was still residing in Pike County, Georgia, in 1856.
Samuel Whatley and his wife, Catharine, reared a large family of children in Wilkes County, Georgia. In 1842, Catharine Whatley stated that five of her sons were still living and residents of the State of Georgia; with the exception of James, above mentioned, no names of children were given. In 1842 she referred to the soldier as Reverend Samuel Whatley.
In 1844, one Henry Anglin, Senior, made affidavit in Jackson County, Georgia, in behalf of soldier's widow, Catharine, but did not state relationship to her.
In 1842, John Shaw and his wife, Mary, who was a cousin of soldier's wife, Catharine, was residing in Greene County, Georgia.
Your letters from Mr. Whatley and the Adjutant General are returned herewith.
Very truly yours A.D. Hiller Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Whatley, Samuel
Ga. W6492
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Sir,
I have paid Mr. Daniel Connor sixty dollars for your pension from the 5th March 1789 to the 5th March 1790, in consequence of your power of Attorney to the said Mr. Connor.
I am, Sir, Your Obt. Servant John Habersham
Augst. 20, 1790.
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Georgia Rolls
Catharine Whatley widow of Samuel
As Acts Janu. 17 1849 & Feb 20 1848
$23.33 per ann.
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246114
L.P. Waldo
Comm of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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759
Georgia
Catharine Whatley widow of Samuel who was a private in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 dollars 33 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1834

Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of Sept. 1856 and sent to W.M. Varnum Dahlonega, GA
Acts of June 17, 1844
Recorded in Book N Vol. 1 Page 227
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(stamped on document: June 8 1936 [nothing else on the stamp is legible]
United States Senate
3 June 1936
Respectfully referred to Adjutant General of the Army with thanks for such favorable considerations the communication herewith submitted warrants, and for a report thereon, to accompany return of inclosure.
By direction of Richard B Russell U.S.S.
(stamp at bottom of document: 12 Received A.G.O. MC
Jun 4 1938
RECEIVED Jun 4 1936
Old Records Division A.G. O.)
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Georgia
Mrs Whatley  No. 6396
widow of Samuel Whatley pensioned under "Act [illegible] Feb 7 '48"
at 23& per annum
Her husband was pensioned at 96$
Piggott
Mar 12/57
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8339
Catharine Whatley
GA
Set to Hon: RW Habersham, July 15, 1842 Let to Hon. A H Stevens April 3, 1844

Act 7 July '35
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1934, Apr. 24 Hist to Mrs. J.L. [illegible] MLB
1936, June 12 Hist to Hon Rietro B [illegible] MLB
Revy Widow, &c.
File No. 6492
Catharine Whatley widow Samuel Whatley Pvt. Rev. War
Act: Feby. 27 48
Index: Vol. M Page 329
Act of 1870
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State of Georgia Wilkes County
Before me Royland Beasley Esquire, one of the Justices of the peace of said county, personally came and appeared Samuel Watley [Whatley] who produced to me the original Certificate, of which the following is a true copy, viz:
State of Georgia From a certificate directed to me the bearer Samuel Watley [Whatley] a soldier War wounded at the Battle of Long Cane, aforesaid was lost- the use of his left arm on the tenth day of December seventeen hundred and eighty one he is entitled to eight dollars a month
Given under my hand the thirteenth day of December one thousand seven hundred and eighty six. he was in the service of the State of Georgia
James Lauder
James Lauder Inspector of Invalids
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STATE OF GEORGIA.
County of Wilkes
KNOW ALL MEN, That I
the Pensioner within identified, do hereby constitute and appoint of County to be my true and lawful Attorney to receive from the Bank of the United States at Savannah, the sum or sums
due me by the Government of the United States for my pension as an Invalid of the Revolutionary Army,
from the  day of  to the
day of  and in my name to grant sufficient receipts and discharges therefor.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
day of  18
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered in presence of
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5531
Georgia
Catharine Whatley widow of Samuel Whatley who was a Private in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of May, 1844 and sent to  Wm. A. H. Stevens H of Rept
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 216
Reported At to Hon A.H. Stephens Jany 6, 1848
246014
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8410
Georgia
Catharine Whatley
widow of James Whatley
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died on Oct 1826
of Pike Co in the State of Georgia
who was a Private in the Company
commanded by Captain
of the
Regt commanded by Gel Clark in
the Revolution for Seven Mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of
May 1844 and sent to Hon. H Stevens, H of R
Total Amount,
$106.66
Book
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Tho Lumpkin Clerk,
Book D Vol 1 Page 327
Reported
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April 25, 1934
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Mrs. J. L. Beeson
Georgia State College
Milledgeville, Georgia
SAMUEL WHATLEY
W. 6492
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Whatley, a pensioner of Wilkes
County, Georgia.
The record of Samuel Whatley follows as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 6492, based upon his service in the
Revolutionary War and disability incurred in that service.
Samuel Whatley was the eldest of a family of children; the date and place of his birth and names of parents are not given.
When a lad of about fourteen years of age, his father was killed by the Indians at "Cherokee Corner". Before moving to Wilkes
County, Georgia, he was a resident of Bute County, North Carolina.
While residing in Wilkes County, Georgia, Samuel Whatley enlisted, date not stated, served at various times and in several
campaigns as a private in Captain Micajah Williamson's company and under other captains, names not stated, in Colonel Elijah Clark's Georgia regiment, was at the siege of Augusta and in several battles including one at Long Cane, South Carolina, in which he was severely wounded in his left arm by a shot from the enemy which broke his arm, and was taken prisoner by the British and held four or five months, length of service seven months.
On account of disability resulting from the above noted injuries Samuel Whatley was pensioned under the Act of September 29, 1789.
He died the first Monday in October, 1826, at his home in Wilkes County, Georgia, where he was buried, as stated by his widow; or
sometime in 1827, 1830, 1831 or 1832, as given by various witnesses.
At the time of soldier's death, he had been a resident of Wilkes County, Georgia, for fifty years.
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Samuel Whatley married in 1761 or 1782, in Wilkes County, Georgia, Catharine Anglin, born in May, 1782; she was the daughter
of James Anglin, a native of Ireland, who, about the commencement of of the Revolutionary War, moved with his seven sons and one daughter, Catharine, from North Carolina, to Georgia and settled in Wilkes
County, in that state, near the place where the town of Washington later stood; James Anglin's wife was dead, her name not given.
Neither Samuel Whatley nor his wife, Catharine, had been previously married.
Soldier's widow, Catharine Whatley, was allowed pension on her application executed July 4, 1842, at which time she was residing
with her son, James, on his plantation in Pike County, Georgia, and had been living there nine or ten years, her post office address
being Midway, Jones County, Georgia. She was still residing in Pike County, Georgia, in 1856.
Samuel Whatley and his wife, Catharine, reared a large family of children in Wilkes County, Georgia. In 1842, Catharine Whatley
stated that five of her sons were still living and residents of the State of Georgia; with the exception of James, above mentioned,
no names of children were given. In 1842 she referred to the soldier as Reverend Samuel Whatley.
In 1844, one Henry Anglin, Senior, made affidavit in Jackson County, Georgia, in behalf of soldier's widow, Catharine, but did not state relationship to her.
In 1842, John Shaw, and his wife, Mary, who was a cousin of soldier's wife, Catharine, was residing in Greene County, Georgia.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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June 18 1857
Sir

Your letter referring to the payments
made to [illegible] Whatley order of Samuel 
and who was placed on the Roll of Pension of the State of Georgia 30 Sept 1816,
under Act 17 June 1844, at the rate of $23.33
declare, to continue from 4 March 1844
to 4 March 1848, was [illegible]. In
reply, then only to state that pension his
in conformity to the instructions contained
in the notification sent me by the Commissioner 
 date as above 31 Sept 1856, It
seems to me that that the error was his & not the agents, but if you and [illegible] the payments which are to be made
to Mrs. Catharine Whatley under act 2 Feby
1848. I will do so
Very Resfy
[illegible]
Jas O Morel PA
For Geo C Whiting Esq. Commsor of Pensions Washington City D.C.
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Treasury Department
Second Comptrollers Office
July 22 1857
Sir
On the 30 Sept 1856, a Pension Certificate was issued under the Act of 17 June 1844, in favor of Catharine Whatley, widow of Samuel, at the rate of $23.33 per annum, Commencing Mar 4th 1844 & terminating March 4 1848, payable at the Savannah Agency, and the Pensioner was accordingly paid at said Agency in the 4th Quarter of 1846.
It appears however, that the same person, under a previous Certificate and the same act had been paid in full, for the same term, in the 2nd Quarter of 1848 (April 24) by the Savannah Agent.
The voucher for the recent payment has been suspended by the accounting officers, and,
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I would respectfully inquire if the issuing of the recent Certificate was not founded upon fraud or mistake?
Further action in the case here, will await your reply. The pensioner is still living and continued at the same rate under the Act of 2 Feb 1848. 
I am very respectfully, Sir your obedient Servant
Jno Broadhead
Comptroller
George C. Whiting Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
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House of Representatives
3rd January 1848
Sir
Will you please examine the enclosed memorandum and give [illegible] upon matter sought - Please also witness [illegible] memorandum
Respectfully
Alexander Stephens
J.L. Edwards Com. Rev
Washington DC
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Treasury Department
Third Auditor's Office
June 9 1837
Sir:
Upon the examination of the account of J.S. Morel, agent for paying pensions at Savannah Ga it appears that he paid Catherine Whatley, widow of Samuel, for years pension from March 4, 1844 to March 4 1848, under a certificate from your office dated September 30 1836. The amount had been previously paid at his Agency on the 24th of April 1848, & passed to his credit. This payment is therefore disallowed, & you are informed of the fact, that such steps may be taken to reimburse the Agent as you may deem proper.
Very Respectfully
Com. of the Laws
Geo C. Whiting
Commsr. of Pensions 
[illegible signature] Auditor
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Hon. Mr Stephens says thatGen. Dawson (formerly a Repr from Georgia)
informed him that there are other papers in the case. If they are not in the pension office, the
are at the Capitol.
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House of Representatives
22 April 1844
Mr J. L Edwards
Dear Sir
Your [illegible] 2 - Just informing now [illegible] the papers of Mrs. Catharine Whatley were not in your office was [illegible] under four days ago upon return from [illegible] and I now herewith [illegible] you be having [illegible] Aud as I perform the additional [illegible] which you now have as to can make certain of service will be satisfactory I must when will be no difficulty in hearing her allowance
Respectfully 
AH Stephens
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Brief in the case of Catharine Whatley widow of Samuel Pike County and State of Georgia act June 17 1844 & Feb 20 1848
Claim 9"original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
It is documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
She was a pensioner on the Georgia Roll under the Acts of July 7 1838 & March 3d 1843 and is now living.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
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To this Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.
The Petition of Catharine Whatley of [illegible] County in the State of Georgia, widow of Samuel Whatley a revolutionary soldier now deceased respectfully I here [illegible],
That she is the widow of the said Samuel Whatley who served as a soldier on several different occasions in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War and was wounded in action. That the said Samuel Whatley [illegible] this life in 1826 in the state of Georgia and served which time he has [illegible] a widow & is [illegible] from the particulars of his case the prayer to upon your Honorable body to the several letters & proof herewith, and which the prays may be taken as a part of the certification [illegible] she prays that your Honourable body will pass a [illegible] act allowing her a pension or like terms & from like amount as are usually allowance in cases similar to his own. And your [illegible] as duly bound will [illegible]
Catherin Whatley by Rich E Habersham
Augt 2nd 1842
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Georgia State College
For Women
Milledgeville, Georgia March 28, 1934
J.L. Beeson President
The Pension Department, Washington, D.C.
My dear Sirs: Samuel Whatley of Wilkes County, Ga. was, of fourteen years of age, a Revolutionary soldier. He was a minister of the gospel and also as pensioner of the U.S. Government.
Will you kindly give me the records that [illegible] your office I will thank you.
Respectfully,
Mrs. J.L. Beeson
Historian Nancy Hart Chapter to A.R.
[stampted on document: Received Mar 31 1934]
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From a certificate directed to me the bearer Samuel Whatley a soldier was wounded in the battle of Long Cain and has lost the use of his left arm on the 10th day of December 1781. He is entitled to five dollars per month, [illegible] twenty eight pounds. Given under my hand this 13th day of December one thousand seven hundred and eighty six.
James Lauder
Inspector of Invalid
He was in the service of the State of Georgia
J Lauder
State House LouisVille 5 December 1796
I do certify the foregoing to be a true copy from the original filed in the Executive Office.
J Meriwether Sy E.D.
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Geo.
Samuel Whatley
Hon A H Stevens of Georgia
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Additional testimony on the application of Mrs Catharine Whatley for "half pay and pension."
State of Georgia Jackson County
Personally appeared before me Robert Espy a Justice of the Inferior Court for teh County of Jackson in the State aforesaid Henry Anglin Sen. who after being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that Samuel Whatley once of Wilkes County Georgia, was a Private soldier in the Army of the United States, in the Revolutionary War, that he belonged to Captain Micajah Williamson's Company in Col. Elijah Clark's regiment (to which Company) I also belonged, that he was in active service under the Command of said Captain and in said regiment for the space of seven months, that said Whatley was wounded in an engagement with the British on Long Cane in South Carolina, having his left arm broken, and was then taken prisoner - and was kept as a prisoner by the British four or five months making his absence from home in that service about twelve months.
Henry Anglin
Sworn to and subscribed before me this thirteenth day of February 1844.
Robert Espy one of the Justices of the Inferior Jackson County and I hereby certify that Henry Anglin the this [illegible] subsertive is a [illegible] person and of sound mind and is unable to appear in open court on account of [illegible] infirmity
Robert Espy J.I.C.
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State of Georgia Jackson County
I , John J McCulloch Clerk of the Inferior Court in and for the county of Jackson do certify that Robert Espy whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is and acting and duly commissioned Justice of the Inferior Court of Jackson County, that the signature purporting to be his is genuine and that full faith and credit ought to be had and given to all his official acts. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my private seal there being no seal of Court & subscribe my name this fourteenth day of February eighteen hundred and forty four
John J McCulloch Clerk
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Athens Clark County Georgia I take just pleasure in stating, that I have for upwards of forty years been acquainted with Mr. Henry Anglin, the individual who has testified on the first page of this sheet, in regards to the revolutionary services of Mr. Samuel Whatley died, and further, that I have always considered said Anglin a man or viracity, & his statements [illegible] to full faith & credit. And I can also [illegible] testimony to the fair & good character of Samuel Whatley died, & recollect distinctly having heard said Whatley in his life time, speak of his services in the revolutionary war, in times which to the trust of my recollection compounds with the statements of Mr. Anglin
Feby 15 1844 Wilson Lumpkin
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Mr. Samuel Whatley
Wilkes county
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Savannah, 21st October 1802
Dear Sir
Your neighbor has just handed me your letters dated on the 1st May last, which must have [illegible] but slowly not to have reached me 5 months before. There never was since my appointment of Commission for Georgia, any injudement to your [illegible] of 6 month stipends, nor for your annual pension from September 1801 to 5 September 1802, [illegible] pension has been paid immediately on application when his vouchers have been legal & correct - The [illegible] that was due by my [illegible] I couldn't make answer you, in pay; not having funds for this purpose until lately. You will see by my notification in the Louisville paper
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that I have invited all the pensions to come forward to secure their stipends, and arranged you money, was, is, and remains ever ready at your own on attorneys calls, on a production of your certificate, affidavit, and a power or attorney (should you not come by yourself) To Mr. Anderson I have long since given this information, and requested he wanted call [illegible] your money.
I am [illegible] Your [illegible]
James Algen
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Georgia Wilkes County
Personally appeared before me James S Jones a Justice of the Peace in foresaid state & county - John W Butler & Charles Wingfield who being duly sworn depose & say, that they have resided in the county of Wilkes for upwards of fifty years atleast, they they well knew Samuel Whatley for a great number of years - that he said Samuel resided for a great length of time in the immediate neighborhood of deponents & that he died at the same place about the year eighteen hundred & thirty one or tow - that they have always known him as a revolutionary soldier - that he was disabled by wounds received in battle and that he has to their certain knowledge received a pension from the government for his service during that period - and that they have never known another individual by the name of Samuel Whatley to be resident in the county
And deponents further say upon oath that the said Samuel Whatley during his life time & residence in the county of Wilkes raised a large family of children - that they are well acquainted with Catharine Whatley wife of said Samuel Whatley that the said Samuel & Catharine lived together in a state of wedlock until the death of said Samuel and that they have never heard there marriage disputed. And deponents further say that shortly after the death of said
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Samuel, said Catharine his widow removed form the said County of Wilkes and settled in the County of Pike & [illegible] aforesaid - that they have frequently heard from the said Catharine since her residence in the county last aforesaid that they believe the said Catharine is still living and that she the applicant in the within foregoing petition is truely this [illegible] widow of the said Samuel Whatley deceased.
John M Butler Charles Wingfield
Sworn to before me this 2nd May AD 1842 James A Jones IP
Goergia Wilkes County
Personally appeared before me James A Jones a Justice of the Peace in and for said State & county Archibald S Wingfield who being duly sworn deposeth & say that he was born and raised in Wilkes County Georgia in the immediate neighborhood of Samuel Whatley died, knew him well, from eighteen hundred and ten or there abouts until his death, about eighteen hundred and thirty, and that said Samuel Whatley was always understood to be a Revolutionary soldier, that he received a wound in the arm which disabled him , in that was memorable struggle for our Independence, and received a pension from the government of the US for his services, that said Samuel was a married man and living with his wife the [illegible], from first acquaintance of deponent with him to his death, and that his widow Catharine Whatley moved a short time after the death of her said husband, to Pike Count of the State aforesaid, deponent has heard from me several times since her removal, and believes she is still living, and is the widow of the said Samuel; deponent never heard the marriage disputed, and deponent further believing the said Catharine to be the lawful widow of
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the said Samuel, and that said Samuel was never married to any other, Deponent never knew or heard of any other nam bearing the name of Samuel Whatley in Wilkes County
Archibald S Wingfield
Sworn to before me this 5th day of May AD 1842
James A Jones I.P.

Georgia Wilkes County
I Royland Beasley Clerk of the Inferior Court in and for said county of Wilkes do hereby certify that James A Jones whose official signature appears to the above and foregoing affidavits is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that due order should be given to his official acts as such.
Sworn under my hand & official seal of said Inferior Court this 5th day of May 1842
royland Beasley Clk H

Georgia Wilkes County
I Lweis S Brown a Justice of the Inferior Court of said county do hereby certify that Royland Beasley whose official signature appears to the above certificate is the Clerk of the Inferior Court of said county of Wilkes and that full faith & credit should be given to his official acts as such.
Sworn under my hand this 5th day of May 1842
Lewis S. Brown J.I.C.
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Georgia 28 June 1862
I am acquainted with John W Butler, Charles Wingfield & Arch. S Wingfield and certify that they are all gentlemen, of the just respectability and worth - [illegible] whatever they say may be [illegible] on oath with  [illegible] confidence
W.C. Dawson of Georgia
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Georgia Pike County
Personally came before me a Justice of the Inferior Court of said county in and for the county aforesaid Henry Garland who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he lived in Wilkes County and state aforesaid in the immediate neighborhood of Samuel Whatley from the year seventeen hundred and ninety until the year eighteen hundred and seventeen and that during that term of time he was well acquainted with the said Samuel Whatley and his wife Catharine Whatley who is now the widow of the said Samuel and is the within named applicant for a pension as the widow of the said Samuel who during his lifetime received a pension from the United States on account of a wound which the said Samuel received from the shot of the enemy whilst he was a soldier in the army of the United States in the war of the Revolution; and that he never knew any other person in Wilkes County by the name of Samuel Whatley but the aforesaid Samuel and deponent further saith upon oath that the said said Samuel Whatley during his lifetime and residence in the County of Wilkes raised a large family of Children - that the said Samuel and Catharine lived together in a state of wedlock till the death of the said Samuel, which took place at their home in the county of Wilkes in the year eighteen hundred and twenty six or seven as deponent believes. Deponent further states on oath that he has been well acquainted with the said Catharine for about fifty one or tow years past and that after the death of her husband she removed to the County of Pike and state aforesaid where she still resides and being now at her house and present with her, confidently affirms her to be the same Catharine Whatley above stated and that she is the lawful widow of the said Samuel Whatley and that she has not married since the death of her said husband
Henry Garland
His X Mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of July 1842
Spencer Stamper J.I.C.
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Georgia Pike County
I Spencer Stamper a Justice of the Inferior Court of the State and county aforesaid to hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with the Reverend Henry Garland who is the deponent in the within and foregoing affidavit. He is an old gentleman of the highest respectability, both as a Revolutionary patriot and minister of the gospel, and maintains and deserves the highest character for truth and veracity. His assertions deserve every consideration given under my hand and sea this 4th day of July 1842
Spencer Stamper J.I.C.

Georgia Pike County
I Wiley E Mangham Clerk of the Inferior Court for said county do hereby certify that Spencer Stamper whose name appears to the above certificate and whose name also appears to the within affidavit is acting Justice of the Inferior Court and that full faith & credit ought to be had and given to his attestation as such and that the same is in due form its word credit interlined before sworn under my hand and seal of office this fifth day of July eighteen hundred and forty two
Wiley C. Mangham Clerk Inferior Court Pike County
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State of Georgia Wilkes County
I John JF Dyson Clerk of the Court of Ordinary in & for said county do hereby certify, that I have made diligent search in my office for evidence of the marriage of Samuel Whatley and Catharine Anglin. The widow of said Samuel Whatley, and that I do not find any evidence of this marriage on record. Given under my and and the seal of said Court, this 3 day of May 1842.
John JF Dyson CCO NC


Georgia Wilkes County
I Lewis S Brown presiding Justice of the Inferior Court of said county, do hereby certify that John JF Dyson who had signed the above certificate is the Clerk of the Court of Ordinary in for said county and that full faith credit is & ought to be given to all his official acts as such and that his said certificate is in due form and by the proper officer-
In witness where of I have herewith let my hand & private seal, not having an official seal this 5th day of May 1842,
Lewis S Brown J.I.C.
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Georgia Green County
I Vincent Sanford Clerk of the Inferior Court in and for said county of Green do hereby certify that Jesse M Wilson whose official signature appears to the foregoing affidavit and certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that full faith and credit should be given to his official acts as such 
Given under my hand and seal this this 27th June 1842
Vincent Sanford Clk IC

Greensboro Georgia 28 June 1842
I am acquainted with the family of Catharine Whatley, and have been for many years, they are of great respectability, and have always been their character of honest men since [illegible] old Revolutionary head, to the youngest. I am also well acquainted with John Shaw, one of the oldest & I believe the oldest man in the county, he is now a pensioner & maintains, the characters of a such worthy & patriotic citizen - he is in fine health, & so is his wife Mrs. Mary Shaw, who has given the foregoing affidavit - who is also a very old lady & equally respectable, with her husband & commands the upmost respect, [illegible] - she deserved, every confidences- WC Dawson of Georgia
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Georgia  Pike County July 4th 1842
Dear Sir, Returning you my sincere thanks for past favor I send herewith my Declaration in order to obtain a pension as the widow of an invalid Revolutionary Pensioner with such proofs as to the legality of my claim as I have been able to obtain and I must plague once more to submit the whole to the Commissioner of Pensions and write me the result of his opinions immediately. In my Declaration I have tried to be as clear and precise as I could; not being acquainted with dates, I am unable to make out any particular term or terms of service but know that my husband was subject to the call of the Whig officers of Georgia before he was wounded which was near the close of the war or the Revolution and that he was frequently called into service and was obedient to the call of the Whigs. I have diligently searched all the old papers of my deceased husband, and his discharge (which I have often seen in his lifetime), I am unable to lay my hand on and believe to be lost or so mislaid that I cannot find it. I find amongst those old papers a multiplicity of papers showing that my husband was a Pensioner, one or tow of which I forward herewith for the satisfaction and information of those who may have to decide on the subject - I have in my possession a great many of these old defender of the faith - precious relicts!  I rely on you with increased confidence since your able report on the Tariff, and, if John Taliaforro of Virginia once lived in Wilkes and removed back to Virginia I rely on him too for I know him.
Please present my thanks to him for his favorable opinions of me and my letter to you. Tell him I live almost one hundred miles from our good friend Wm. C Dawson of Greene and my infirmity would not allow me to go to see him to get my papers fixed and as I would trust no one else I have made out my case without a Lawyer except his address to you and me. Let him see how my deceased husband used to spell his name that there may be no mistakes. I am told that mistakes make haystacks at headquarters
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I am in hopes my case is made out sufficiently clear to show to the Com. of Pensions that I belong to some class of Revolutionary Pensioners and whatever that class may be I submit to his better judgement not doubting but he will do right in the matter which is submitted to him. Try to urge him to an opinion of my case and my showing before you leave for Georgia and if any part of my papers are to be sent back for revision please let it be done right off. I address you this time from Barnesville near my own place of Residence but if you should be compelled to send my papers back for amendment you will address me at Midway P.O. Jones County, and one of my sons living near that office will attend to the matter for me. I need the best pension I can get and if my present showing does not entitle me to it please let me know what kind of a showing I must make had I thought of it before this Judge left, before whom I made my Declaration, I would have proven these papers to be original, but there appearance will testify their genuineness. As to my marriage I think I was married before the close of the Revolution but I know so little of dates I was afraid to be specific as to them in my declaration - Last I become wearisome, I conclude with my best wishes for you personally, politically, and religiously.
Hon. RW Habersham Wash. City
Catharine Whatley
P.S. Were it necessary I could produce a host of testimony that I am the living widow of the said Samuel Whatley but I deem the enclosed sufficient. I know also that my husband drew eight dollars per month for some years before his death and at the time of his death because the physicians certified that his disability on account of his wound.
C.W.
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Col. William C Dawson, Greensborough Georgia Petitioners of Mr Samuel Burnes of Wilkes
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Mar 30th must have all the necessary papers & instructions
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Jones County March 3rd 1842
Dear Col. On the 24th of December last I wrote you by mail from Midway in this county directing and requesting you to reply to me at Midway PO Jones - Not having heard from you, I have concluded that either mine or yours must have miscarried, or you have forgotten or neglected to respond to an old woman who is not your best friend and who fought your battles in Georgia before you was born. I now write you by my friend Mr. Burns of Wilkes and request an answer as before directed. Catharine Whatley Midway P.O. Jones Cnty. Georgia and my sons living near that place will attend to any instructions you may give me on the subject of my pension for which I request you to make application to the proper department. In my letter to you of the 24th of December I stated to you that I am a Revolutionary widow, that I was betrothed to my husband Samuel Whatley of Wilkes before he made his last tour as a private in the Revolutionary army, that I was married to him on his return before the close of the Revolutionary war whilst he was covered with wounds which he received in battle in defense of our common country and that in consequence of said wounds he was paid a pension from the Gov. of the U.S.A. up to the day of his death that took place in the autumn of 1820 when he had resided during the previous half century, that I now reside in Pike County and have never married since his death. I also stated to you that our Common lawyer could not tell me whether I am entitled to the pension of my husband or not, but some of them said they would consult you in the subject - Finding them to be as ignorant as myself and knowing their negligence I determined to bring the matter directly before you in my own proper name - Now Dear Co. if you think me entitled say so and send the papers necessary to a successful application to Midway as directed and requested. If you think I am not entitled please say so in a letter directed us as above requested as I am anxious to know the utmost of the matter. I remain your with high regard
Catharine Whatley of Pike
Col. Wm C Dawson
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State of Georgia Pike County
On this the 15th [13th] day of September 1856 before the subscriber personally appeared Catharine Whatley aged 95 years next May a resident of said county and after being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the identical Catharine Whatley who was pensioned under the Act of Congress passed the 7th July 1838 on the Georgia Roll at the rate of 23 dollars per annum as the widow of Samuel Whatley deceased who was a pensioner of the United States on the Georgia Roll at the rate of 96 dollars per annum. She makes the foregoing statements for the purpose of obtaining any pension that may be due her under the Act of Congress passed on the 2nd day of February 1848 and she makes the foregoing application also for the purpose of obtaining an increase of pension from the United States under the several Acts & Resolution of Congress made & provided for widows or Revolutionary soldiers and she hereby constitutes and appoints William M Varnum of Dahlonega Georgia her attorney for the purpose of presenting her claim for said pension and increase of pension and for proof of marriage she refers the commission of Pension to her papers on file in the pension office.
Catharine Whatley Her X Mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me and I certify that it is entirely impracticable
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Mrs. Catharine Whatley to go before a court to make her declaration as she is from old age & infirmity confined the greater part of her time to her bed
John Wadsworth JI

We John R Jenkins and Thomas H. Turner citizens of Pike County Georgia upon our oaths declare that we were present and saw Mrs. Catharine Whatley make her mark to the foregoing declaration after being sworn to the same and that she has the appearance of being as old as she represents herself to be and that she is the identical Catharine Whatley who was allowed a pension as the widow of Samuel Whatley at the rate of 23 dollars per annum and that she is still a widow and we further swear that we have no interest in this claim.
John R Jenkins
T.H. Turner
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the applicant to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and is still a widow and that I have no interest in this claim.
John Wadsworth
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State of Georgia Pike County
I Joseph C. Beckham ordinary in and for said county do hereby certify that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me showing that it is entirely impractical for Mrs. Catharine Whatley to appear in court to make her declaration I also certify that I am fully satisfied that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that John Wadsworth Esqr. whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration and affidavits is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified as such
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Zebulon this the 13 day of September 1856 Joseph C Beckham Ordy
JP
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Georgia Greene County
Personally appeared before me Jesse M Wilson a Justice of the Peace in and for the State and county aforesaid Mary Shaw who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that many years ago she resided in Wilkes county and state aforesaid and that she was well acquainted with Samuel Whatley and Catharine Anglin in that county being a cousin to the said Catharine and that she the deponent was present and witnessed the marriage of the said Catharine Anglin to the said Samuel Whatley in Wilkes County (does not recollect the day and year of their marriage but knows they were married about the close of the Revolutionary war) knows also that the said Samuel Whatley was a Whig in the Revolution and that he had a wound in his arm at the time he was married which deponent believes was from the shot of the enemy in battle, does not believe that the said Samuel was ever married to any woman but the said Catharine, and that he died in Wilkes about fourteen or fifteen years since, and that Catharine now resides in Pike County and State of Georgia, and has never married since the death of the said Samuel, and that she is the lawful widow of the said Samuel Whatley deceased. Deponent further saith on oath that the said said Samuel Whatley was in the habit of receiving a pension from the government of the U.S. on account of wounds & Revolutionary services, and that she never knew any other Samuel Whatley to reside in Wilkes but the said Samuel, and that the said Catharine who is an applicant for a pension as the widow of the said Samuel is truly his lawful widow and as much entitled to a pension as any other Revolutionary widow Mary Shaw Her X Mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27th day of June 1842 Jesse M Wilson JP
Georgia Green County I Jesse M Wilson a Justice of the Peace as above stated do certify that the aforesaid Mary Shaw mentioned in the above affidavit and whose name appears subscribed to it as deponant has resided in the state and county aforesaid for a great many years past that she is a woman of respectability and that full faith and credit should be given to her oath as such this 27th day of June 1842