Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4975, Henry Guthrie, N.C.
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N.C.   Guthrie, Henry     W.4975.                          
                        Nancy    B.L.Wt.36753-160-55
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Increase
No. 1163
Tennessee Nashville
Nancy Guthrie
Widow of Henry Guthrie , NC
who served in the Revolutionary war,
as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
180 Dollars 00

Cents per annum, to commence on the 
3rd September 1865
Deduct payments made since
Certificate of Pension issued the 
16th day of April 1869
and sent to Claimant
Nashville 
Tenn

L Jonet Res Feb 18, 1864

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 
29, 1848, Page 249 , Vol H

J.n.Smith

Oct 30.69 B.F. Binkley
Nov 10 Pension Cert per
to Pen. agt. as per
request within.
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33287
Tennessee Nash
Henry Guthrie deed
in the rate of 
who was a priv in the              commanded 
by Captain           of the commanded 
by                    in Revolution
   for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville
the rate of 80. Dollars 00 Cents per
mam, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
end 4th January 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of 
February 1855 and sent to
Arrears to the 4th of T. J. Coombs
Semi anl. allowance ending Present

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7,1832

Recorded by G.T. Getty clerk
Book E. Vol. 7 Page 64
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Held Mar 3
227.058 _____ 14, 1855
Nancy Guthrie widow of Henry Guthrie decd Private
Nancy matri... of Henry Guthrie
Pension
Revolutionary War
Rev. Pension Ac of July 19th 1848
July 48-1163
Signature unreadable
E. W. Rose
Pulaski
Vol. G 174
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Circuit Court of the United States for the District of
[illegible] [illegible] September Term. 383[ ]:
Present the Honorable John McFann & Mckainy By
District Judge

State of Tennessee
Davidson County
On this 10th day of September 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the judges of the [ illegible] [ illegible] circuit court of the United States non sitting Henry Guthrie a resident of said county, and state afor.  aged seventy seven years and nine months that being sworn oath on this court make the following declaration. in order to obtain the benefit of this act of consent dated June 7th, 1832
Agreeable to my  parties register. I was born in Hanover county and State of Virginia the 10 day of December in the year of our Lord 1754 and in the year 1766. My father moved to North Carolina Halifax County and settled within about seven miles of the town and continued there till 1789
in the year 1774 & 1775 we were greatly alarmed at the disturbance at Boston and expecting war and we being ripe for a revolution prepared for the same by joining into what we called Independent Companies and dressed ourselves in uniform. Signed the appropriation and took the state oath as oath of Confederation at that time. Samuel Weldon was Captain of the Company I belonged to at that time but was soon made colonel and Nathan Turner was made Captain in his place. in the beginning of the year 1776 there was a gang of taxes collected together in Randolph County and on their way to Wilmington was defeated their guns taken from them and a great many of them taken prisoners and items and their guns brought to Halifax and I was Commanded to stand guard over them. I was not more than 2 or 3 days on that guard before Nicholas Lang the deputy quarter Master general  took me from that and set me to repairing the guns that was taken from the Tosies,   and I think these were Two as three Hundred guns and chiefly wanting repair seeing that it would take me so long to repair them myself I spoke to Long to get some
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Person to help me. but he said he know of no person he could get. I told him of Turner Mason who lived in my neighbourhood and he sent me after him. he came and worked one week and finding that the wages was less than he was willing to work for, he quit and left it all for me to do. I do not know what time of the year 1776 I began to work on the guns, nor what time in the year 1777 I quit, but I very well recollect that I was at that work when General Lee with his army marched to meet Clinton the British general at Charlestown, which I think was the last of may or the first of June and I continued at that work that summer and the ensuing winter and I shall recollect that winter while I live there being two weeks the coldest weather in January I ever felt in the state of North Carolina. I continued at the business until I had restored all the guns that was thaught worth restoring, then Long dismissed me after 12 serving I think about twelve months, then I went to work with a man by the name of
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The men that I was to have gone with was put under general Ash and was defeated at Bries Creek as I understood in Georgia, then John Busts belonging to the same company that I was drafted in was drafted for six months and offered me one hundred dollars to take his place and as I saw no better chance of staying at home to work for myself I agreed to take it and to substitute in his place and I was stoped at the armory again and served out that six months then there in the year 1779 but I do not know now what time in that year the commishioners that was appointed by the state to extend the boundary line between the state of North Carolina and Virginia, which is now the line between Tennessee and Kentucky, implyed me as a survery to come out and run the line, we came out and run the line and while we were out there Charlestown was taken by the Brittish and I got home just before Yaites defeat; was one year from home, soon as I got home William Hunt belonging to the same company that Burton did and the company that I was drafted in was drafted for six months, he offered me one hundred dollars to take his place as a substitute and gave me a horse in past pay which suited me very well as I was so unlucky as to loose mine on the line so I substituted for him and was stoped at the armory again and served out that six months. But what officers Bast or Hest was to have gone under I do not now recollect. I was then drafted again but as those that went out on the line was as much exposed to hardships and danger as those that went out against the Brittish, through none of us were killed or wounded as I recollect yet we had several horses stollen and saw and buried several men that was killed by the Indians, so we was all allowed credit for the Lawes of duty and it was considered that I had already served out the lower for which I was last drafted and was exempted. Then I had an uncle by the name of Levi Justice who belonged to his regular service and was working in the armory who had three of four months to serve he got me to go in his place and Long recieved me in his place and let him go home to his family and I served that out three or four months. Then in a few days after that I went with Long in Halifax Town and he told me that he had left his home and had sent his family on before and he had to go along after them to take care of them
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that the British was hourly expected a long and requested me to go to his house and see to taking care of the publick property. that there was four men sent out as spies William Frohawk, Thomas Hawkins William Hurt and John Guthrie my brother on the swiftest horses that could be got and that they would be shure to bring news to me if they ware near so that I could make my escape. but the British light horse met them in a short turn of the road fiered upon them killed Frohawk, shot my brother through and thought they had killed him, wounded Hawkins who made his escape through the woods and wounded Hurt and took him Prisoner, I went and while we were busy in takein care of the Publick property we were surrounded by the Brittish light horse and was taken prisoner and wounded which would have put an end to the war with me for a few years had was continued for I was weakened by the loss of blood that for several years I was of very little account to the publick or myself. after keeping me eight days they gave me a parrole. then Cornwallis and his army went to Virginia and was captured at Yorktown. after the war was ended I continued to live in Hallifax County Chiefly making cotton cards till the year 1789 my father moved to Kentucky. I went with him I then lived chiefly in Lexington working at the tinning and copper smith work till the year 1799 I then moved to Nashville Tennessee and have lived in Davidson County Tennessee ever since and that he has no documentary evidence of his discharge or of his service. and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service - and he hereby relinquishes every claim what[illegible] a Pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any state. that he is known to the Hon.ble John Mc.Nairy one of the judges of this Court. Robert C Forlie serv. Epham H
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11811
Declaration of 
Henry Guthrie.
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Fort Esq. Col. Robert Werkley and John Bell Esq. Present Representative in Congress
for this District and William Lytle Esqr
Henry Guthrie

District Judge &c
We John McNairy and Ephraim H. Foster
Esq. residing in the Town of Nashville and
Davidson County, do hereby certify that
we are well acquainted with Henry
Guthrie who has subscribed and
sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy seven years & nine
months, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur
in that opinion he is a man of unquestionable character & veracity. John McNairy
Ephraim H. Foster
and the said Court do hereby declare the opinion after the investigation of the
matter and after putting the Interrogatories
prescribed by the war Department that the
above named applicant was a Revolution
soldier, and served as he states - and the Court further certifies that it appears
to them that the said John McNairy and
Ephram H. Foster Esq. residents in the
Town of Nashville & Davidson County
are credible persons, and that the
statement are entitled to credit-
John McClean
I, Nathaniel McNairy, Clerk of the Federal Circuit Court of the United States for West Tennessee, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceed-
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-dings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of the said Henry Guthrie for
a Pension
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 10th day
of September 1832
N.A. Mcnairy Clk
of the Circuit Court of the United States for
the District of West Tennessee
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No. 1002
Nancy Guthrie Declart
29 July 1848 -
Nancy Guthrie
wife of soldier
[illegible]
Act 29 July 1848
S. F. J. Trabue
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State of Tennessee
Davidson County ⎬ Set
on this the 13th day of June 1851 personally Appear and Before me Saul W. Edmonson an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and state ofso Nancy Guthrie aged about 72 years who being
duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of
Congress passed 29th of July 1848,
[illegible] that she is the widow of Henry Guthrie
Decd who was as she verily believes an artificer and private in the army of the Revolution for
several years, she was married to her ofso husband on the [blank] day of [blank] 179[blank], in
Madison County Kentucky
That she believes that she is entitled to a
Pension under the above act of Congress Hence she most respectfully asks the Hon commissioner of Pensions to case it to be allowed and that the certificate evidencing the same may be enclosed to by Attorney Isaac
H Trabue of Frankfort Kentucky and with
him only and such others as he may direct does
she wish the Hon Commission to hold correspondance in reference to her ofso Sworn to and subscribed before the on the day and year ofso Saul W. Edmonson J.P.
by Nancy X her mark Guthrie
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State of Tennessee Davidson County
I the Just subscribed magistrate Do Certify that the above Declarant is personally known to me
and known to be a lady of truth and respectability in whose statements the fullest faith and credit should be placed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name on this the 13th day of June 1851 
Samuel W Edmonson J. P.
State of Tennessee
Davidson County Set
I F R Cheatham
Clerk of the County Court
of the County & State [illegible] Do Certify that Samuel W Edmonson is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for this County duly commissioned and sworn & that his
signatures above written are genuine
Given under my hand and seal of office of this the 11 day of July 1851
F R Chatham Clerk
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227.058.
Bounty Land Claim
Act of 3 March 1855
Claim to Bounty Land
E W Rose
[illegible]
[illegible]
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State of Tennessee
County Giles
On this the 30th day of November
AD one thousand Eight Hundred and fifty
five personally appeared before me, a
Justice of the Peace within and for the County
aforesaid Nancy Guthrie aged Seventy Seven
years a resident of Giles County in the State of Tennessee who being duly sworn according to Law declares that she is the widow of Henry Guthrie deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary War, she further declares that she receives a pension under the act of the 29 July 1848, as [illegible] widow the evidence of the service of the said Henry Guthrie in said war is on file in the proper Office at
Washington, in which the company, Redgiment & the commander of the same is set forth all which is referred to said paper will also show the enlistment, the time of service, the time of discharge & the time of Marage, [illegible] her name before her marrage was Nancy Shackleford
That her said Husband died in Davidson
County in said State on the 4th day of
January AD 1837 and that she is now
a Widow.
She makes this declaration for
the purpose of obtaining the County the bounty [illegible] to which she may be entitled under the
" act appeared March 3rd 1855
Thomas T Kiddle
C H. Lambeth
her
Nancy Guthrie
Markin
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Mr James McKiscock and Samuel Cosly residents of Giles County in the State of Tennessee upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Nancy Guthrie in our presence, and that we believe, from the evidence[crossed out] appearance and
statements of the applicant, that she is the
identical person she represents herself
to be Samuel Causly
James S Kissack
The foregoing declaration and affidaved
were sworn to and subscribed before me on the
day and year above written, and I certify
that I know the applicant to be a [illegible] person, that the claimant is the person she
represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
E [illegible] Rose JP
State of Tennessee I Amos R Richardson [illegible] of the county court of
Give County | Giles County hereby certify that, E W Rose whos ginuine signature appears to the above certificate & affidavit, was at the time he signed the same an acting Justice of the peace in & for the
County of Giles, duly commissioned & qualified according to law
and that all his official acts as such Justice of [illegible] to full faith & credit. In testamony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court at office
the 5th day of December 1855
Amos R. Richardson Clerk
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Nancy Guthrie
widow of Henry
[illegible] act 1848- sers?
Filed [illegible] 29tw/52
by
J. J. Coombs
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Madison County. [illegible].
On the 24th of November seventeen hundred and ninety six, I celebrated the rites of marriage between Henry Guthrie and Nancy Shackelford, both of this County. Given under my hand this 8 day of January 1798.
John Pace.

State of Kentucky [illegible]
Madison County
J. [illegible] H [illegible], clerk of the 
County Court within and for the County [illegible],
do certify that the foregoing [illegible] of the marriage of Henry Guthrie and Nancy Shackelford, is truly transcribed from the record of my office.

In testimony whereof [illegible] to affix
the seal of said Court, and [illegible] my
name, at office in Richmond, the 16 day of July. AD. Eighteen hundred and fifty-two.

[illegible] H [illegible]. Clerk
Madison County Court. Ky
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11811
Henry Guthree
Tennessee
Rejected. See
letter 1 March 1833
to Hon. J. Bell H. R
See letter 19 June 1833
to E. H. Foster, Nashville.

[illegible][illegible][illegible]
[illegible][illegible][illegible]

Hon
JW Bell
[illegible]
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BRIEF in the case of [torn paper] Guthrie
County of Davidson in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 77 years & 9 mos
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
 | Years, Months, Days. | As a | Gen.
Vol In 1776 | about 12 - | Private | Capt Weldon
drafted | 6 - | " | Dep 2 [illegible] Gen Long
[illegible] 1779 | 6 - |  | Employed in mending
" | 6 - |  | Guns
" | 3 or 4 | | 
5. In what battles was he engaged? One skirmish
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? North Carolina
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not attached
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

CHW Forrest
Examining Clerk.
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I made a mistake, took this instead
of a [illegible] sheet
ELER
Rev.&1813 Wars Section
In reply refer to 
3 - 1865
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
Minty
Honorable R. E. Dailey
House of Representatives
My dear Mr. Bailey:
October 14, 1925
In response to your letter of the 12th instant, I
have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 4975 it appears that Henry Guthrie was born December 10, 1754 in Hanover County, Virginia and in 1766 removed with his father (whose name is not stated ) to Halifax County, North Carolina where he lived until after the Revolution.
In 1774 and 1778 he belonged to a North Carolina Company commanded by Captain Samuel Weldon and later by Captain Nathan Turner, and from May or June 1776 he served
twelve months in the Armory by order of Deputy Quartermaster General Nicholas Long.

Soon after that, he enlisted in Captain John Hargrove's Company, was transferred to Captain Scurlock's Company, marched to Long's at which place he was detailed by
Colonel Long to work in the Armory where he served six
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months.
He next volunteered as a substitute, officers not stated, but was again detailed to the Armory and served six months, then again in 1780 he volunteered but was detailed to serve in the Armory which he did for six months.

After that he substituted for his Uncle [handwritten correction] Levi Guthrie
and served out his unexpired term of three or four months at the Armory, very shortly after which, the British advancing toward Halifax, North Carolina, while guarding
public property at said Halifax by order of Colonel
Long, his brother John Guthrie was shot and severely wounded and
he himself severely wounded on the top of his head
by a sword in the hand of a British officer and taken prisoner by the British Light Horse, held eight days and
then paroled, this being in the fall of 1781.
After the Revolution he resided in Halifax County until he went with his father to Kentucky in 1788 and lived
chiefly in Lexington until 1799 when he removed to Nashville, Tennessee, and in 1832 he was living in Davidson
County, Tennessee. He died January 4, 1837 in said Davidson
County,
Soldier married November 24, 1796 in Madison County,
Kentucky, Nancy Shackelford. She was allowed pension on
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[typed]
her application executed June 13, 1851 while a resident of Davidson County, Tennessee aged seventy-two years. In 1869 [faint 1869 crossed out] she was living in Nashville, Tennessee.
Their oldest child Mary born about 1798, married in Davidson County, Tennessee in 1816, name of husband not stated; second child William; third child Elenor born about 1801; Henry born January 11, 1803 was living in
Davidson County, Tennessee in 1851; Daniel living in Vale Mills, Giles County, Tennessee in 1855, and John living in Nashville, Tennessee in 1855. No other family data on file.

Yours very truly,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner

[handwritten]
Feb 26 - 1855
[illegible] Guthrie
son of Nancy
wrote letter to pension
office
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1866 July 6. Pension agent.
correcting notification.

Restoration "1163".
Tennessee (Nashville)
Nancy Guthrie
widow of Henry
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
_
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars -
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, [1848 stikethrough]. 1868
_
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of June and sent to Enoch Totten
Present
_
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 249 Vol. 26
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War Section.
June 21, 1915.
Mrs. J. E. Torrey,
Fayette, Miss.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 12" instant,
you are advised that the papers in claim W. File No. 4,975, Rev. War, show that Henry Guthrie was born December 10, 1754, in Hanover County, Virginia, and in 1776-9 removed
with his father (whose name is not stated), to
Halifax County, North Carolina, where he remained until after the Revolution. In 1774 and 1775, he belonged to a company commanded by Captain Samuel Weldon who was
promoted Colonel and succeeded by Captain Nathan Turner; in May or June 1776, [note: Daddie was not in this illegible so I omitted it in my letter to Hon. R.E. Bailey illegible] they engaged in a skirmish with Tories, captured many of them and confiscated two or
three hundred guns which he (Guthrie) was engaged in repairing, by order of Nicholas Long Deputy Quarter Master General, for twelve months.
Soon after that he was drafted in Captain John
Hargrove's company, but put under Captain Scurlock, rendezvoused
at Long's and was requested by Colonel Long
to serve in the Armory, where he worked out his term of six months.

was not in this skirmish so I
and
me
3 day of
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Rev. 1
He next volunteered as a substitute, officers not
recollected, but was detained at the Armory and worked six months.
In 1780, he volunteered as a substitute (officers
not recollected) and was again detained at the Armory for six months.
After that he substituted for his uncle Levi Guthrie, and served out his unexpired term at the Armory, three or four months.
A few days afterwards the British were hourly expected at Halifax Town, and while guarding public property by order of Colonel Long, his brother John Guthrie was shot but was not killed, and he himself, wounded and captured by the British Light Horse, held prisoner
eight days and then paroled; "then Cornwallis and his army went to Yorktown."
After the war he resided in Halifax County, until
he went with his father to Kentucky in 1789, and resided chiefly in Lexington until 1799, when he removed to Nashville, Tennessee; he resided in Davidson County, Tennessee in 1832.
Soldier married in Madison County, Kentucky, November 24, 1796, Nancy Schackelford [letter c underlined with question mark]; he died January 4, 1837, in Davidson County, Tennessee, and she was allowed pension
for his services, on her application executed
Guthrie - 2 -
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June 13, 1851, at which time she was about seventy-two years of age and a resident of Davidson County, Tennessee. In 1869, she resided at Nashville.
Their oldest child Mary (about five years older
than Henry ) married in 1816, in Davidson County, Tennessee, name of husband not stated; second child William; third child Eleanor [letter 'a' underlined with question mark] two years older than Henry; fourth child Henry born January 11, 1803, was alive in
1848. Son Daniel, age not stated, resided at Vale Mills, Giles County, Tennessee, in 1855.
There is no other family data [underlined with question mark].
a son John [illegible]
Very respectfully,
G. M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
Guthrie - 3 -
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March 1, 1833.
Sir: The case of Henry Guthrie [handwritten correction from Guthree] has been examined.
He alleges to have performed certain services as an armourer, yet the manner in which he engaged in this work does not entitle him to the benefits of the Act of June 7 [handwritten correction from 9], 1832; his claim is therefore rejected.
The papers are retained on the files in this office.
To Hon. John Bell,
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Division.
Examiner.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington.
Hon.
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War Section.
February 10,1914
Mr. C.E. Benson.
Supt. Public Schools.
Lexington. Nebraska.

Sir:

     In response to your letter of the second instant, you are advised that Henry Guthrie was born December 10, 1754 in Hanover County, Virginia, and removed with his father in 1766, to Halifact County, North Carolina, where he remained until after the Revolution.  In 1775, he belonged to a company commanded by Captain Samuel Weldon who was promoted colonel and succeeded by Captain Nathan Turner; in May or June, 1776, they engaged in a skirmish with Tories, captured many of them and confiscated two or three hundred guns when he (Guthrie) was engaged in repairing, by order of Nicholas Long Deputy Quarter Master General, for twelve months.
     Soon after that, he was drafted in Captain John Hargrove's company but put under Captain Scurlock, rondezvoused at Long's, and was requested by Colonel Long to serve in the Armory, where he worked out his term of six months.
     He next volunteered as a substitute, officers not recollected, but was detained at the Armory and worked six months.
     In 1780 he volunteered as a substitute (officers not
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recollected) and was again detained at the Armory for six months.
     After that he substituted for his uncle Levie Guthrie and served out his unexpired term at the Armory, three or four months.
     A few days afterwards, the British were hourly expected at Halifax Town and while guarding public property by order of Colonel Long, his brother John Guthrie was shot but was not killed, and he himself, wounded and captured by the British Light mores, held prisoner eight days and then paroled; then Cornwallis and his army went to Yorktown!
     After the war he resided in Halifax County, until he went with his father to Kentucky in 1789, and resided chiefly in Lexington until 1799, when he removed to Nashville, Tennessee; he resided in Davidson County, Tennessee in 1832.
     Soldier married in Madison County, Kentucky, November 24, 1796, Nancy Schackelford; he died January 4, 1837, in Davidson County, Tennessee, and she was allowed pension for his services on her application executed June 13, 1851, at which time she was about seventy-two years of age and a resident of Davidson County, Tennessee.  In 1869, she resided at Nashville.
    Their oldest child Mary (about five years older than Henry)

Guthrie. - 2
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Rev.

married in 1816, in Davidson County, Tennessee, name of husband not stated; second child William; third child Eleanor two years older than Henry; fourth child Henry born January 11, 1803, was alive in 1848.   Son Daniel, age not stated, resided at Vale Mills, Giles County, Tennessee, in 1855.
      There is no other family data.

Very respectfully,
MSaltzgaben
Commissioner.

Guthrie. - 3
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W.4975:Rev.War.
July1, 1905.

Sir:
     In reply to your request for the military history of Henry Guthrie, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he applied for a pension September 10, 1832, at which time he resided in Davidson Co., Tenn.  He stated that he was born in Hanover Co., Va., December 19, 1754, and resided in Halifax, Co., N.C., when he entered the service under Capt. Samuel Weldon, who was afterwards promoted and succeeded by Capt. Nathan Turner.  In May or June, 1776, under Col. Nicholas Long, Deputy Quartermaster General, he served in the armory at Halifax, sending guns; 12 months.  He was next drafted in Capt. John Hargrave's company and put under Capt. Scurlock, but was requested by Col. Long to work in the armory again for 6 months.  Substituted for his uncle, Levie Guthrie, to finish his tour in armory; 3 or 4 months.  Previous to the surrender of Yorktown he was wounded and captured by the British, and paroled after 8 days.
     His claim was rejected on the ground that the manner in when he engaged in his alleged services as an armourer did not entitle him to the benefits of the Act of June 7, 1832.
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O.W.&
IF
4975:Guthrie

     Soldier married November 24, 1796, Nancy Schackelford, and died January 4, 1837, in Davidson Col, Tenn.  She was pensioned as his widow for his service of two years as a Private, the last certificate having been issued April 16, 1869, at which time she was a resident of Nashville, Tenn., and ninety years of age.  Date and place of her death not stated.
Very respectfully,
Commisioner.
Mr. John W. Farley,
1931 K Street Northwest
Washington, D.C.
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R.K. Bailey
14th Dist. Missouri
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington. D.C.
October 12, 1925

Commissioner,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir:
I am advised that one Henry Guthrie a veteran of the Revolutionary War received a pension for his services in the Army.  I am wondering if it would be possible for you to have his record looked up on your pension roll and advise me as to what his Revolutionary Record was.
I am seeking this information for a kin of Mr. Guthrie was is desirous of being a member of the D.A.R.
Thanking you for your cooperation in this matter,
I am,
Very truly yours,
R.K.Bailey

Pension
L
OCT
13
1925
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Pension Office
U.S.
A
Jun 16 1905
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June 17 1905
Files
Washington DC.
June 15/05

Sir.

Will you kindly advise me the number & name of the regiment one Henry Guthrie served in during the Revolutionary war.

He enlisted in North Carolina, was born 1750 died about 1835.  His wife drew a pension.  Her name was Nance Ann (Shackleford).  She was born about 1770 and died about 1860.

I make this inquiry at the request of my Aunt Mrs. D.J. Patrick, 123 Hunt St. Jackson Tenn, whis is a grand daughter of the above named soldier and who desires to join the Daughters of the Revolution.
yours truly
John W Farley
The Home Commissioner of Pensions
1931 XXXXX
Washington D.
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[stamp]
PENSION
D
JUN 16 1915
U.S.
OFFICE
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[illegible]
Rev See
Fayette, Miss.
June 12, 1915
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir-
Will you please look
up for me the Revolutionary 
War record [correction "f"] one Henry
Guthrie who was born
in Virginia, but joined
the American Army
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from Halifax N. Carolina?
Thank you in advance,
I am
Very respectfully
Mr. J. E. Torrey.
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[stamp]
PENSION
D
FEB 13 1914
U.S.
OFFICE
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BOARD OF EDUCATION
DR. W.J. MCELHINEY, PRESIDENT
L.T. SMITH, VICE PRESIDENT
F.L. TEMPLE
R.F. STUCKEY
P.J. HEWITT
J.A. BYRNE
J.H. HALE, SECRETARY
LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
C.E. BENSON, SUPERINTENDENT
LEXINGTON, NEB.. Febr. 2 1914
Sec. Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, DC.
Dear Sir: Kindly send me the pension record
of the wife of Henry Guthrie a gunsmith and soldier of the Rev. War.

Very truly
C.E Benson
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LEXINGTON, NEB.. Febr 10, 1914
Pension Office,
Washington, DC,
Gentlemen: Please send me at once the pension record of Nancy Ann Shackelford Guthrie, wife of Henry Guthrie, a revolutionary soldier.
The pension was granted about 1855.
Kindley answer at once w the information is of great importance to me.

Very truly
GE Benson

Ans. July 10, 1914
2nd request.
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July 1. 1905 History to
John W. Farley City.
-
1914 by 10. Hist to C. E. Benson
1915 June 20. " " Mrs. J.E. Torrey
1935 - Oct. 14 - Hist to Hon. R.E. Bailey [illegible]

[illegible] WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4975
Nancy Guthrie
Widow
Henry Guthrie
Pr. Rev. War
-
Act: July 29, 1848
Index: - Vol.A, Page 297
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
APR [illegible] 1869
[illegible]
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State of Tennessee
Davidson County SS
On this 26th day of March one thousand
Eight hundred and sixty nine personally
appeared before me PS Nichol
Clerk of the County Court within and for
the County and State aforesaid, Nancy Guthrie
aged 90 years a resident of Nashville in the State of Tennessee who being duly sworn according to law declars that she is the identical Nancy Guthrie to whome was granted pension certificate No 1163 payable at Nashville at the rate of Eighty Dollars per anum issued under the act of July 29th 1848 That she makes this declaration in order to Secure the increase of her pension to which she is entitled under the Thirteenth Section of the act of July 27th 1868 My post office address is as follows Nashville
Tennessee and that she has not intermarried with any other person but continues the widow of Henry Guthrie Decd Nancy X her mark Guthrie
Also personally appeard N.C. Austin and B.F.
Binkley Residents of Davidson County persons whome I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being by me duly sworn say that they were present and saw Nancy Guthrie make her mark to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every
reson to believe from the appearance of the aplicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that they have no interest
in the prosecution of this claim. This March 31st 1869.
N.C. Austin
Sworn & subscribed before me this 31 day of B.F. Binkley
March 1869 & I hereby certify that I have no interest direct- or indirect in her prosecution of the claim
PL Nichol Clerk of Davidson
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[stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Mar 13 1806
PENSION OFFICE
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State of Tennessee
County of Davidson
On this 7th day of March
AD 1866 personally appeared before
me P L Nichol Clerk
of the County Court in said County and State,
the same being a court of Record Mrs Nancy Guthrie aged 87 years a resident of Davidson Co in the State of Tennessee who being duly
sworn according to law declares
that she is the identical Nancy Guthrie who was a pensioner on the roll of the agency at Nashville and whose pension
certificate is herewith returned;
that she has resided since the first day
of January 1861 as follows. in Lawrence
Co. up to May 1864 and since then in Davidson Co.
That during this period her means of
subsistence have been, the last payment
of pension in 1861 and on the case and gift of friends
that she has not in any manner encouraged
the rebels or manifested a
sympathy with their cause and that she
was last paid her pension on the
day of March [blank] A.D. 1865
This application is made for the
purpose of securing a restoration of her
name to the pension rolls and of obtaining
a new pension certificate such as she
may be entitled to under existing
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aws, reference being made to the Evidence
heretofore filed in the pension office to
substantiate her original claim
And I hereby authorize Enoch Fatten
Esq of the City of Washington D.C. my lawful
agent and attorney in fact irrevocably for
me to present the foregoing application
and claim and to receive and receipt for in
my name and stead the money certificate
or warrant payable under it
-
Witness
P.H.M. Groesbur James P Sneed
Nancy X her mark Guthrie
Wm C Nichol
W. A. Garner
Also personally appeared William A
Garner and James P Sneed both
residents of Davidson County in the
State of Tennessee persons whom I certify
to be respectable and entitled to credit,
and who being by me duly sworn say
that they were present and saw Mrs. Nancy
Guthrie sign the foregoing declaration by making her mark. and they further
swear that they have every reason
to believe from the appearance of the
applicant and their personal acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and
that since the death of her Husband
Henry Guthrie who was a private in
the Revolutionary War. She has remained a widow; and they further swear
that they have no interest in the pros
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ecution of this claim either direct or in
direct William A. Garner
James P. Sneed
Sworn to and subscribed before me
by Mrs Nancy Guthree, as claimant
and by William A Garner and James P Sneed
as witnesses this 7th day of March AD 1866 and
I hereby certify that I have no interest
direct or indirect in the prosecution of
this claim J L Nichol
Clerk Davidson County Court
James P. Sneed [crossed out]
William A. Garner [crossed out]
I Nancy Guthrie do solemnly swear
in the presence of Almighty God, that
I will henceforth faithfully support
protect and defend the constitution of
the United States and the union of the
States thereunder; that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made
during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of Slaves
So help me God
Witness
PHM Groesbeck
Wm C Nichol
Nancy x her mark Guthrie
Sworn to and subscribed before me by
Mrs Nancy Guthrie this 7 day of
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March
A.D. 1866
PS [illegible]
Clerk Davidson County Court
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Enoch Totten
Atty.
Washington D.C.
-
Presents the Claim of Nancy Guthrie of Tenn, a Rev. Pension, to be Restored [illegible] the Roll of Pensioners.
-
[stamp]
DEPARTMENT
OF THE
INTERIOR.
MAR 18 1866
PENSION OFFICE

Nancy Gutherie
[illegible] Henry

Enoch Totten, apl. 11/66,

[illegible]
form B
[illegible]
then [illegible]
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LAW OFFICE
OF
ENOCH TOTTEN.
Washington. March 12th 1866

Hon J. H. Barrett
Com. of Pensions
Enclosed herewith I have the
honor to hand you the application of
[illegible] Guthrie, revolutionary
pension, to be
restored to the pension Rolls; she being
a resident of the State of Tennessee and
her name in that account having been
stricken from the Rolls.
An informal application
in this behalf, was by me filed on
the 12th Day of June 1865
Very Respectfully
Enoch Totten
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[Stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Ma 14 1868
PENSION OFFICE

[Faint Handwriting]
Nancy Guthrie
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LAW OFFICE
OF
ENOCH TOTTEN.
Washington, May 14th 1866

Hon. J. H. Barrett
Enclosed herewith please find the additional evidence [illegible] the application of Nancy Guthrie of Tenn.  Call for by your letter of the 11th or 12th of April.
Very Respectfully
Your obedient
Enoch Totten
Attorney

P.O. Box 492
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[illegible]

[stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
JUN 23 1866
PENSION OFFICE
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Treasury Department,
Third Auditor's Office,
June 21st 1866.

Sir,
In reply to your inquiry of the 18"
[illegible] I have to inform you that the
pension of Mrs Nancy Guthrie, on the
Nashville Tenn. roll under act 2 Feby, or 29 July '48. not 2" sec. 3" Feby '53 as stated
by you appears by the books of this
Office to have been last paid to 4" March 1861.
Very Respectfully
[illegible]
auditor

Hon Jos. H. Barrett
Comr of Pensions

J.T.H
A.H.R
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Geddes
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Washington, Feb. 6th 1855.
Sir:
In the case of Nancy Guthrie, of Tenn.
widow of Henry Guthrie deceased, now under
Examination, I am of opinion that an
Allowance ought to be made at the rate
of $144. per annum, for two years service as an Artificer under Col. Nicholas
Long Dep. J.M. Genl in the Armony at
Halifax, N.C.
But as the Examiner who has the case
in charge has doubts upon this point,
but has no doubts as to the propriety of allowing the claim at the rate of $80 per
annum, I am willing to take a certificate for pension at that date, without
prejudice to any future claim, should
I be able hereafter to make it clear
to the Office that a further amount
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is justify and legally due.
I am induced to propose this course, because the claimant, and aged lady, is still living, and been claim has been many years pending, and I do not want to subject her to the further delay that would probably result from a full explanation of the question I propose to hereforth for the present. 
I leave the honor to be very respectfully your obt serv . J.J. Coombs
Hon. J.P Waldo Court of Pensions
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36753
Meo ____
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No 1002
Nancy Guthrie
widow of Henry
Tenn
-
Act 29th July 1848
To S.F. 9 TrabueOct 29-1851
Hon M.P. Gentry. June 12 [illegible]
J.J. Coombs Feb 23 1853
same Aug 21 1854
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Henry Guthrie 
Tennessee
Rejected see letter
March 1833. Hon. J. Bell HR See letter
19 June 1833 to CH Foster Nashville
see letter 2 July 1834
Hon J. Bell
Copies of happens sent to Hon. J. Bell HR Mon 9, 1836
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N.C. Guthrie, Henry W.4975
Nancy B.L.Wt.36753-160-55
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Breif in the case of Nancy Guthrie, widow of Henry Davidson County and State of Tennessee
acts June 7, 1832, and July 29, 1948
Claim, ("original,")
Proof exhibited, (if original)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? if either, state substance.
The husband of claimant applied for pension in 1832, but advanced no record evidence of his service.  Claimant now files Certificate of Comptroller of North Carolina showing payments to Henry Guthrie of more than $160 as private and that said Guthrie affect by the records of that state to have serves under the very officer at the armory of Halifax, N.C. named in his Declaration in 1832.
The marriage of the parties on the 24th November 1796 is shown by certified copy of County court Records.
The death of Claimants husband on the 4th January 1837, and the identity of the claimant as his widow, are shown by the testimony of two witnesses duly certified to be credible - one of whom testifies that he made his coffin.
Arrears of pension have been allowed at the rate of $80 annum from 4th March 1831 to 4th January 1837 and the widow has been pensioned at same rate commencing 4th March 1848
J.J. Coombs Esq. 
Present
RGeddes
Examining Clerk
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Nancy Guthrie
Payment to be made at Nashville
by Joel M. Smith Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Tennessee
Payable of the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 183. Vol. A
G.T.Getty
Clerk
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 29, 1848, Nancy Guthrie, widow of Henry Guthrie, who was a private in the revolutionary was, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty, dollars per annum commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, until she should again marry: in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this Eights, day of February one  thousand eight hundred and fifty five,
R McClellan
Secretary of the Interior
Examined and Countersigned
L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensoins
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
JUN 16 1866
PENSION OFFICE
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State of Tennessee
Davidson County P.L. Nichol clerk of the County Court of Said County, certify that the declaration made before me by Mrs Nancy Guthrie on the        
day of        1866 for the purpose of attaining a restoration to the Pension List as the widow of Henry Guthrie deceased a Revolutionary Soldier was read to and the contents thereof fully made known to her signing it.
P.J. Nichol
Clerk of Davidson County Court
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1st in 1776 & '77 - 12 mo.
2d - 6 "
3d Sub for Burts 6 "
4 sub for Hurt - 6 "
5 Sub for Sevd Guthrie 3 "
-
33 Mo
12
-
369
36
2
-
72
18 90
-
90 120
-
48 168.19
2 -
-
96 378.19
24
-
120
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Increase 1163
Brief in the case of Nancy Guthrie Wido of Henry
Private Rev Nashvile
Davidson County and State of Tennessee
Act July 29. 1848. Nashville
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
Joint Rev. Feb 18. 1867
PROOF ExHIBITED,
Pensioner at $180.00 per annum. Certificate returned
Married in 1796.
Claims increase as provided by [illegible] [illegible]
of Feb 18.1867
Personal identity and continued widowhood shown
Submitted April 13. 1864 to pension at $100 per annumn
to commence Sep 20. 1865 deducting pay said
Name and residence of Agent.
Claimant
Nashville
Tenn
W. E. Trask
Examining Clerk.
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Brief in the case of Nancy Guthrie, wife of Henry
For Restoration
Davidson County and State of Tennessee
Act 29th July 1848.
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF ExHIBITED.
Claimant was pensioner on the Tennessee roll at the rate
of $80 per An: Widowhood and identity is shown by
two Credible witnesses & surrender of her original Cert of
pension. Loyalty is Established by two credible affiants
and a Cert of a Brig. Genl of the U.S. Army
the [illegible] Auditor reports that her pension was paid to March 4 1861.
Claim allowed under
said act at the rate of $80 per An: Commencing the 4" March 1861. and to continue during widowhood
June 25" 66
Name and residence of Agent.
Enoch Totten, Esq.
Present
Boynton,
Examining Clerk.
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Arrived Oct 30/69
Cooke
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Office of
Albert Parkes & Gordon,
COTTON FACTORS, GROCERS, AND Commission Merchants
Numbers 80 & 82 South Market Street
Nashville, Tenn., Oct 8th 1869
Hon Charles C. Cox
Commissioner Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Sir:
Some time last March, Mrs. Nancy
Guthrie, widow of Henry
Guthrie, a Private in the Revolutionary Army
forwarded her application for increase of
Pension.
The application was granted, and
the order, dated "April the 16th 1869," has been received and entered on the books by the Pension Agent at this place; but her
Certificate No. 1163 has not been returned and
consequently she can't draw her money.
Please investigate the subject and reply at your earliest convenience, as she is quite needy.
Very Respectfully, 
B. F. Binkley
Atty
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July 21 1837
J E Heath Esq
[illegible]
Enclosed herewith are the declaration of Mrs Nancy Guthrie of Tennessee claiming
pensions under act 7th June 1832 and 29 July 1828.
Her husband Henry Guthrie who died in 1837 made application under (I suppose) act 7th June 1832 and by reference to his papers on file in your department you will have a history of his
service
Respty
S F J. Trabue
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Washington City,
Feb 25th 1833
Sir
I herein enclose to you the evidence of the service of Henry Guthrie; 
You will please cause
his claim, under the act of 1832, to
be allowed, also his widows under the
act of 29th of July 1848, and the certification
evidencing the same to
be enclosed to you, at Frankfort
Kentucky
Respectfully yours,
Isaac H Trabue
Hon J. E. Heath
Washington City D.C.
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Sir:
Washington, Aug. 17th 1854
Enclosed I have the honor to present the
supplemental declaration of Nancy Guthrie of Tennessee, widow of Henry Guthrie, deceased, claiming arrears of pension due her husband under act of 1832, and a pension in her own right
under act of 29th July 1848.
Henry Guthrie filed a declaration
in his lifetime, claiming for more
than two years service as an artificer or
Armoures, under Col. Nicholas
Long of N.C. A.D. P.M. Genl. But filed
no evidence of said service. In 1857 the widow received the claim
and in 1852 she filed the certificate of the Comptroller of N.C. showing payments to Henry
Guthrie, for Military service, amounting
to $306, which is more than sufficient
to cover two years service as a
Artificer.
On the 29th of Sept. 1852, I filed record
evidence of marriage, on the
4th Nov. 1776, but knowing that for
this evidence identifying the claim and as the widow of Henry Guthrie who had
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claimed a pension in his lifetime, and also further evidence of the date of said Guthrie's death, were [illegible], I did not ask an examination of the claim until I could furnish such additional evidence.
I now file evidence identifying the claim and as the widow of said Henry Guthrie's dec and also additional evidence as to the date of said Guthrie's death, which I hope will be satisfactory to establish the claim. 
Very respectfully
[Illegible illegible]
J. J. Coombs

Honorable S. P. Waldo
[Illegible] of Pensions
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Guthrie Claims to have served in
the Armoury as follows
1st in 1776 & '77- 12, mo
2d " 1777 & '78 - 6 "
3 " '78 7 '79 - Substitute for Burk 6 "
4th '80 - Sub for Hurts 6 "
5th Sub for Levi Guthrie say 3 "
(3 or 4 mo-)
--
33 - "
--
12
--
396

36
48
--
84
2
---
168
42
--
210
168.19
--
378.19
--
22.50
---
410.69

9
2
--
18
4.50
--
22.50
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Nov 8/69
1403
W. Pension Agency,
Nashville Tenn
Nov. 4 - 1869
Sir You will please forward
Pension Certificate of Nancy [underlined]
Guthrie. [underlined] which was issued
April 16 - 1869. to this office.
[illegible]
Very Respectfully
W. J. Stokes
Agent.

Hon H. Van Aerman
Comms" of Pension
Washington DC
F. 1 Nov 8/69

[STAMP] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
PENSION OFFICE
NOV 8 1869
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Department of the Interior
Pension Office
Washington, DC. October 30th 1869
Sir
The pension certificate of Nancy Guthrie was issued April 
16. 1869, and sent to her address; not having been called for,
it was returned to this office as a dead letter.
Her present address being unknown, and there being no
recognized attorney in the case, the certificate is for the
present withheld.
Respectfully
H. Van Aernam
Commissioner 
F
B.F. Binkley, Esq,
Nashville,
Tenn.
Cooke 42.
[illegible]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Henry Guthrie which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. *Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled? No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. + If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ++ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 6
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. 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.
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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 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 shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
++QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
[illustration of a hand with index finger pointing to the right] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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H R June 11th 1852
Sir
Please forward to me the information
requested in the enclosed letter &
oblige Respectfully
M P Gentry
Hon James E Heath
Com of Pensions
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Guthrie
March 8/55
Danl Guthrie May 4 1855
E. Totten Apl. 11"66,
" " 
May 18" "
[illegible] June 18" 66
1163
Tennessee N
Nancy Guthrie
widow of
Henry,
who served in the Revolutionary war
, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars --
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848,
Certificate of Pension issued the
8th day of February
and sent to
J. Coombs
Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July
29, 1848, Page 182 Vol. A
Page 88

Nancy Guthrie
act 7 June 1832
Page 89

State of
Tennessee
Davidson County } Lot
I F R Cheatham Clerk of the County Court
county & State ofso Do Certify that Samuel
W Edmonson is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county, duly commissioned and sworn and that his signatures above written are genuine
Given under my hand seal of office on
this the 18th day of July 1851.
F R Cheatham
Clerk
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Washington Jany. 29th 1855.
Sir:
Enclosed I have the honor to present additional evidence in support of the claim
of Nancy Guthrie of Tennessee, widow of
Henry, for pension under act of 29th
July 1838, and also for arrears of pension
under Act of 1832.
By referring to the declaration made by
Guthrie, in his life-time, it will be seen
that he claimed to have served a number of tours as an artificer [underlined] or Armourer [underlined],
under Col. Nicholas Long, Aprist Dep. 2. M.
Genl. It will be seen, also, that in nearly
every instance he entered [underlined] the service [underlined] in
the militia, but was detached and placed
in the Armony at Halifax, to serve out
his time under Col. Long. At the time
that Guthrie presented his claim
under the act of 1832, he presented no [underlined] evidence [underlined] in support of his service,
After his death his widow obtained from
the Comptrollers Office in N. C. the certificate on file marked A. proving payments
made to one Henry Guthrie, corresponding very nearly in amount, with the
service set forth by her husband
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in his declaration. It was objected,
however, that the Henry Guthrie to whom
said payments were made was not
sufficiently identified [underlined] with the man
by that name who claimed the pension.
The supplemental Certificate which I
now present, (marked B.) will, I trust,
oleviate said objection.
It shows that the payments of $168. 10/100-
[foreign currency symbol] 10, currency (equal to [foreign currency symbol] 7.3 il specie __ [foreign currency symbol] 36 spice,
and [foreign currency symbol] 48 Specie, were made for service in the Continental army, which is consistent with the declaration, as Col. Long was A.J.M. Genl in the Continental service.
The payt of [foreign currency symbol] 9. Specie, allowed by the
Auditors of Halifax District, was for militia service. Guthrie the claimant, lived in
Halifax County and District, and a
part of his service was, according to
his statement, rendered in the militia
of said County.
But what is more satisfactory than
any thing else, is, that said certificate
shows, that said Henry Guthrie did
"serve under Col. Nicholas Long" and
"that Nicholas Long was Depy. J.M.
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Gen.l and superintendent the armoury at
Halifax but there are no regular
list of artificers on file.
When it is taken into consideration that
Henry Guthrie, the husband of the present Claimant made his declaration
before it was known that any such
evidence existed, the perfect correspondence between the service now proved
and the service then set forth by him,
ought, and I have no doubt will remove
all doubt on the question of identity [underlined]
Very respectfully
[illegible]
J J Coombs
Hon L. P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions
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Washington, Septr 29th 1852
Sir:
Enclosed please find record evidence of
the marriage of Nancy Shackelford and
Henry Guthrie, in the year 1796. This clearly establishes the claim of Mrs. Guthrie
under the act of 29th July 1848, so far as
the question of Marriage is concerned.
The evidence of service filed in February
last, in considered in connexion with the
declaration made by Henry Guthrie in
his life-time, under the act of 1832, will be
found, I think, perfectly satisfactory
to prove over two years service as an Artificer
He states in his declaration that he entered the early part of
the service under Capt. Weldon in 1776,
was soon after tranferred to the armoury by
the Deputy Quarter Master General, in which
service he remained, repairing guns &c. for
about one year. He was again drafted
for six months, but was again transferred
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to the Armory, and served out this term
of six months also, as an artificer.
He
Burts
again substituted in the place of John Butts [crossed out]
who was drafted for six months, was again transferred to the armoury, and
served out this tour also as an Artificer
in the Armoury. In the year 1779, he
went as a surveyor with the Commissioners
appointed to extend the line between Virginia and North Carolina - (This was not
Military service) After his return, he again
substituted for one Wm Hart who was drafted
for six months, and served out this tour
also at the armoury. Was then drafted
for a tour of six months, and went out
against the British, and served till discharged, but does not state the length of time.
He also served 3 or 4 months in the Armony
in place of his uncle, Levi Guthrie.
After this he was sent on special duty
wounded &
by Long, Dep. J.M. Genl and was taken
prisoner by the British - kept eight
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days and released on parol. This
ended his service, being about the time
of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis.

According to the above statements, the
said Henry Guthrie served as an Artificer
from the early part of 1776 to the fall of
1781, one term of twelve months, three tours of  6 months each, and one of 3 or 4 months besides two short tours as a private soldier.

The Certificate of the Comptroller of N.C.
shows that Henry Guthrie was paid for
Military services in 1777 & 78 - $168.19- Again
paid $48 specie, and again paid $10, Currency
equal to [illegible] specie-- making in all equal to $306.00 in specie, or the pay of more than two years services as an Artificer.

The said Henry Guthrie is clearly identified
with this service, 1st by the fact, that in 1832, (20 years before the record evidence was
obtained) he made a declaration clearly
setting forth and describing his services. 2nd, by the fact that at the time of making
said declaration, he proved to the satisfac
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tion of the Circuit Court of the United States,
then sitting at Nashville, that he had
always been reputed and believed to be a
Revolutionary soldier, and that the Court
was satisfied with the truth of his statements. (See Certificate of Judge McLean
of the U.S. Circuit Court, on file)

In your letter to the Hon. M.P. Gentry,
of June 12th 1852, it is objected that the
proof is not satisfactory to identify the
soldier who made said declaration in 1832,
with the husband of the claimant. Upon
this point I will file additional evidence,
and also additional evidence as to the
time of Guthrie's death, before the case
shall be reached for examination.

I shall then claim for Mrs. Guthrie
the arrears due her husband under the
act of 1832, and a pension in her own
right under act of 1848.
I am very respectfully
Your obt servt
J. J. Coombs

J.E. Heath Esq
Court of Pensions
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Henry Guthrie
Evidence of service.
A
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State of North Carolina
Comptroller's Officer
I, William J. Clarke, Comptroller of public accounts in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears of record in my office, among the payments made by said State to secondary persons for Military services in the Revolutionary War, as follows, to wit: Henry Guthrie Statement of Commissions of Army Accounts @ No. 1388 16819 for services in 1777 and 1778 
Book G17, page 41 L48 specie
" & " q5L10 currency November 1779 equal to S7.D3 specie -
In testimony whereof I have herein-to subscribed y name and affixed my seal of office this 10th day of February A.D. 1852
Wm. J. ClarkeComptroller
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1163/4888. 29 July
Nancy Guthrie
Revolutionary Pension
Receiver
As for her Pension from March 4 1861 of March 4th 1868
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United States of America
State of Tennessee Davidson County
Be it known that befor me 13 BGray  justice of the Pease in and for the County aforesaid duly authorized to administer oaths personally appeared Nancy Guthrie made oath in due form of Law that she was the identical person named in the original certificate in her possesion of which (I certify) the following is a true copy
Department
Widow's Pension
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 29th. 1848 Nancy Guthrie, widow of Henry Guthrie, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, is inscribed on the pension list at the rates of Eighty Dollars per Annum; commencing on the 4th of March 1848, and continuing for life, unless, she should again marry, in which event the pension is not payable after the time of such marraige.
Given at the Department of the Interior this the Eighth of February one thousand Eight hundred and fifty five
R.W. Cleland
Secretary of the Interior
Examined and Counter signed
L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
That she has not intermarried, but continues
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.
continues the widow of the above mentioned Henry Guthrie, that she now resides in the County of Davidson the State of Tennessee and has resided there for the space of half a year past, that previous thereto she resided in the County of Giles in the State of Tennessee, and that previous thereto she resided in the County of Lawrence and State of Tennessee,
that she has taken no part in the Existing Rebellion against the Government but has always been opposed thereto and Loyal
to the Untied States and now is so, that the
last instalment of the Pension paid to her or any other person for her, was the payment due the 4th March 1861 That none of the sums falling due since that date to that on the 4th March 1862, 1863, 1864. and 1865, nor any part of them have been paid to or received by her or to or by any other person for her and that each and all of these payments or installments and every part of them are now justly due and unpaid to her.
That there has during this period been [illegible] she
is informed and believes no pension agent in
the State of Tennessee, and the state of the Country has prevented her from making application to the proper authorities at Washington for payment of the truth of which statement I am fully satisfied
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27 day of March 1865.
Nancy X her mark Guthrie
B Gray Justice of the Peace
And personally [illegible top half of word on page] [illegible top half of word on page]
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March 1865
B Gray Justice of the Peace
and Personally came before me
B Gray a Justice of the Peace
in and for the County of Davidson in the
State of Tennessee duly authorized to administer
Oaths Daniel Guthrie and
B.S. Organ and made oath in due
form of law that they are well acquainted with
Nancy Guthrie been intimate with her from the
outset and during the Existing Rebellion frequently
heard her express herself in regard thereto and
Know she has always been and now is a loyal
Citizen of the United States.
of the truth of which statements
of them I am fully satisfied
Sworn to & subscribed before
me this 27 day of March 1865
Daniel Guthrie
B.S. Orgain
B Gray Justice of the Peace
Know all men by these Presents that I Nancy
Guthrie of the County of Davidson and State of Tennessee a Revolutionary Pensioner of the
United States do hereby constitute and appoint
Return Meigs or W. B. Webb my true and
lawfull attorney for me and in name to receive
from the Department of the Interior at Washington
City or the proper officer of the Federal Government
may by law be authorized to act in the matter
my pension from the 4th day of March 1861
untill the 4th day of March 1865 and I authorize & Empower him as such my Attorney in
fact to do any and all acts necessary in the
matter of having my arrears of Pension during
that period allowed and paid to him for me
and in my name Witness my hand and
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Seal this the 27 day of March 1865.
Sealed and delivered
in presence of
Benja S. Orgain
Daniel Guthrie
Nancy X her mark Guthrie
State of Tennessee ⎬ Be it Known that on the
Davidson County ⎬ 27 day of March 1865 before
the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for
said County duly authorized by law to administer
Oaths, personally appeared Nancy Guthrie above
named and acknowledged the foregoing power of
Attorney to be her act and deed. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day
and year last above mentioned
B Gray Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee} I P. L. Nichol Clerk
Davidson County} of the County Court of the
County and State aforesaid do hereby certify
that B Gray is a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County
duly commissioned and qualified that his
Commission was dated on the 5th day of
March 1860 and will expire on the day of
1866 and his signatures above
written are genuine
Given under my hand and the
Seal of said County this 27th day of
March 1865
P L Nichol
Clerk
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State of Tennessee
Davidson County Sett
on this the 13th day of June
1881 Personally Appear
before me Saul W Edmonson an acting Justice
of the Peace in and for the County and State ofso
Nance Guthrie aged about 72 years who being duly
sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the
following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the act of Congress passed 7th of Jun 1832
[illegible] that she is the widow of Henry
Guthrie 
dec.d That he was as she verily believes a private
and Artificer in the army of the
Revolution
for many years for a proof of which the most
respectfully asks you to refer to his Declaration
under the ofso act 7th of June 1832.
Believing that her ofso husband was entitled to a
Pension under the ofso act of Congress the most
respectfully asks the Hon Commissioner of Pensions
to cause to be allowed to him commencing on the
4th of March 1831 and terminating on the 4th
of January 1837. it being the day of his death
that she is still a widow nor having moved
since the death of her ofso husband which took place
on the 4th day of January 1837
that she has not a record of her age nor the ages
of our children nor her marriage
She most respectfully asks the Hon Commiss
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of Pensions to enclose her certificate of Pension when
in [illegible] to her Attorney Isaac H
Trabue of Frankfort Kentucky,
Nancy Guthrie her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before 
on the day and year afsd [aforesaid]
Saml. W. Edmonson [illegible]

I the [illegible] purscribed Magistrate do testify
that the above [illegible] is personally known to me
and known to be a lady of truth and respectability in
whose statements the fullest faith
and credit
should be placed

Given under my hand on this the 15th day of
June 1851.
Saml W. Edmonson
J.P
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Nancy Guthrie
Power of atty
Page 107

Know All Men By these presents that
I Nancy Gutherie the Widow of Henry Gutherie died
who was an officer and private in the army of the
Revolution Do By virtue of this Presents [illegible]
-cabby nominate constitute and Appoint Isaac H Trabue of
Frankfort Kentucky my true and Lawful Attorney for
me and in my name to prosicute my husbands claim
to a pension under the act of Congress papers 7th of June
1832, and any claim under the act of the 29th of July
1848, or under any other act of Congress [illegible]
papers. I further authorize my said Attorney to
as any and every thing that he may think
proper order to get the afsd [aforesaid] claims to a Pen-
sion or Pensions allowed. Thereby authorizing this
man my afsd [aforesaid] [illegible] and on the 4th day of
January 1837.

Given under my hand and seal on this the
13th day of June 1851.

In presence of
Samuel W Edmonson
Henry Gutherie

Nancy Gutherie her mark
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State of Tennessee
Davidson County}  set

On this the 13th day of [illegible] 1851 Personally Appear-
-ed Before S.W. Edmonson an acting [illegible] of the Pensioner [illegible] for the court Mrs. Nancy Gutherie who is personally known
to him and a Lady of truth and respectability in
whose statement is the full faith and in it
should be placed and acknowledged the signing sealing
and delivering the foregoing Power of Attorny
to be her our voluntary act and deed
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my [illegible]

Samuel W. Edmondson J P.
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State of Tennessee
Davidson County} [illegible]

I F R Cheatham Clerk of the County Court
of the County & state afsd [aforesaid] do certify that Samuel
W. Edmonson is an acting Justice of the Peace in
and for the County duly commissioned and sworn
and that his signatures above written are Genuine

[illegible] me under my hand and seal of
Office, on this the 15 day of July 1851.
F. R Cheatham clerk
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Restoration, Tenn
Nancy Guthrie
additional evidence in
her application to be
restored to Pension
Rolls called by Com.
Letter [illegible] April 11th 18th
=
[stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
May 14 18[illegible]
PENSION OFFICE

Enoch Totter
attorney
Washington D.C.
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State of Tennessee
County of Davidson Personally appeared
before me David C Love
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Davidson
County which I certify to be a court
of record within and for the State & County
aforesaid. J.W. Waldron and Daniel
Guthrie residents of Davidson Co
State of Tennessee persons whom I certify
to be respectable and entitled to credit and who
being by me duly sworn say that they
have been for many years (15-) personally
acquainted with Mrs Nancy Guthrie who
was a revolutionary pensioned and whose
application for the restoration of her
name to the pension rolls is now filed
in the pension office Department of the
Interior and we know that she did not
during any part of the late rebellion either
give aid encouragement or sympathy to Rebels or to the Rebel cause, but
on the contrary refused to assist or
aid [thence] at the peril of her life
denouncing the Rebel cause and rebel
soldiers as traitors to the flag of her
Country. She was the most earnest
and demonstrative union person in the
County and nothing saved her from
the fury of the Rebels but her age
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that her means of subsistence
during the rebellion were furnished
her by her children that she has
no available means of her own and
that we have no interest in the
prosecution of this claim Direct or
indirect
JW Waldron
Daniel Guthrie
State of Tennessee
Davidson County ⎬ I David C. Love Clerk of
the Circuit Court for Davidson County State
aforesaid the same being a Court of Record
that J.W. Waldron and Daniel Guthrie personally
came before me and made oath in
due form of law that the facts stated by them
in the foregoing affidavit are true to the best
of their knowledge information and belief, and
I further certify that I am in no [illegible] interested
in the subject matter contained in the foregoing
affidavit. In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of
said Court at office in Nashville
the 8th day of May in the year
One Thousand Eight Hundred
and Sixty Six and in the 9th
year of our Independence
David C. Love Clerk
[5 cent stamp]
Page 113

The above parties are all loyal
reliable and deserving
persons,
and have ever been
[illegible signature]
[illegible signature]
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Vale Mills Giles Co. Ten. April 24th 1833
Mr. JP Walder Commissioner of Pensions
Dear sir my mother
(Nancy Guthrie the widow of Henry Guthrie decd. of Davidson
County Tennessee is at my house on a visit) at her request
I write asking some information from you if you
please in regard to Pensions.
Mr. [J S] Coombs Esq. (of your City) through his agent Mr. James Taylor of Sumpterville S.C. writes to my Brother John
Guthrie requesting my mother to forward to him the said
James Taylor her certificate of Pension in order that
he may be able to prosecute the claim of my Father Henry
Guthrie Decd., for the Benefit of my mother still further as
an artisan in the Revolutionary war
I cannot see wherein it would be of any advantage
or disadvantage to the cause for him to have her certificate
my mother says that if it is necessary for it to be there
when the case up for your special examination that she had
rather forward it directly to your care
They are no doubt but my Father served in the Revolutionary war as an artisan I have herd him speak of
it frequently in his life time saying then when he
Volenteered the first time that Col. Long the Quarter Master
(I think I am not mistaken in the name of Col. Long I speak from memory)
[pressed helped] him into the shop from necesity, that the whigs a very 
short time before that had taken something like sixty
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Guns from the Torie + British, and that there was no person in the service that Col. Long could get to repair them its being known to Col. Long that my Father could do such work he pressed hard upon my Father to stop in the shop and repair said Guns. he did stop and had to commence his work in a common Black Smiths shop and make all the necessary Tools to repair the Guns with, he worked some time by his self before they was able to get any person to help him, and when they got the shop started he remained at the head of the shop az long az he remained in the service I have heard him speak frequently of serving there Two if not three six months Towers az a regular Volinteer in the war at five Dollars per month when his time at home engaged at his regular business was worth to him Three Dollars per day, also at the time when Cornwallis poped through through the Town of Halafax N..C.. My Father was thare on business and at the request of Col. Long my Father was assisting to take  Care of the Public property, the British having Captured the spies that the Americans had sent out they was thareby enabled to Come upon those that take them prisners my father was wounded in the sevumage by a British officer with a sword on the top of the head that Very nearly Cost him his life, he was in a Very low state of health from the effects of the wound for near three years I know nothing about the record evidence that my Coomby has got in the case. I only speak of those {illegible}
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things that I have herd my father rlate [relate] so that you
be the better able to understand the case when it comes
up for a final decision before you

My mother's certificate that I speak of was allowed
Feb. 8th 1833 under the act of July 29th 1848 for the sum
of $80.00 per annum. No. 1163. Recorded in the Pension
office Page 182, Vol A.

My mother also request that when the subject
come before you again that you will examine and see
if she is not entitled to a Land warrant under the act,
of March 3" 1835 and if she is that you will do her the
favor to make the allowance and forward the warrant
to the care of Joel M Smith the Pension pay agent
at Nashville Ten. You can see from the evidence
taken in her case on the fifth of sixth of March 1833
before set drew her Pension that she has never marries
again since my Fathers death
Yous very respectfully
Daniel Guthrie
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State of Tennessee
Davidson County  }  ss

On this the seventh day of August eighteen hundred and fifty four before me Hawes Graves Chairman of [illegible] now in session, personally  appeared Nancy Guthrie, a resident of said county who being duly sworn according to law, on her oath makes the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining the arrears of pension due her deceased husband the late Henry Guthrie, under the act of Congress of 7th June 1832, and also for the purpose of obtaining a pension in her own right as his widow, under the act of 29th July 1848.
     That she was married to the said Henry Guthrie in 1796, and that record evidence of the fact has been heretofore filed in the Pension Office.That her said husband Henry Guthrie deceased in his lifetime claimed a pension under the Act of 7th June 1832 for services in the Revolutionary War as an [illegible] or  [illegible]Under Col Nicholas Song of North Carolina and she refers to his declaration on file in the Pension Office for a more full and specific statement of his services She also refers to papers on file for the evidence of her said husbands services. She further states that her said husband died in Davidson County Tennessee on the fourth day of January eighteen hundred and thirty seven (1837) and that
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She has never again married, but still remains his widow. [signed] Nancy Guthrie (her mark)
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year first above written [signed] F R. Cheatham Clerk   Hawes Graves Chairman of the county court of Davidson County Tennessee 
[written over above documentation on left side of page]  Hawes Graves JP  Wilson Crockett JP

State of Tennessee 
Davidson County } ss

On this the eight day of August 1854 before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said county  personally appeared Josiah C. Nance and John G. Saddler residents of said county, and known to me to be persons of credibility, who being duly sworn according to law, upon their oaths declare that they are personally acquainted with Mr.s Nancy Guthrie; who is now claiming a pension as the widow of Henry Guthrie deceased, That they knew the said Henry Guthrie in his lifetime, and that the was reputed and believed among his neighbors to have been a revolutionary soldier, and to have served in North Carolina. They further state that the said Henry Guthrie in his lifetime claimed a revolutionary pension and they know the said Nancy Guthrie to be the widow of the identical Henry Guthrie who
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claimed revolutionary pension as aforesaid and that she has not again married since his deceased but still remains his widow. They further state that the said Henry Guthrie died in this county on the fourth day of January eighteen hundred and thirty  seven (1837) and that the said John G. Sadler and States that he made his coffin.

They further state they are both disinterested  as to the claim of said Nancy Guthrie for a pension. [signed] John G Sadler  Josiah C. Nance
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid. [signed] J G Briley JP for Davidson county

State of Tennessee 
Davidson County }  H R. Cheatham clerk of the county  [illegible] of said county do hereby certify that I G. Briley whose name is signed to the above affidavit is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for  said county duly  [illegible] commissioned and qualified.  
In testimony whereof I have  [illegible] my hand and affixed the seal of said  [illegible] at office in Nashville this  [illegible] day of August A.D. 1857  H R. Cheatham
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State of Tennessee
Davidson County}

It is hereby certified that satisfactory Evidence
has been presented to the County Court of Davidson County
now in session by the Testimony of John G. Sadler
and Iasiah [Isiah] le Nance whose affidavits are hereunto
annexed, that Nancy Guthrie of said County, who
has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration
is the widow of Henry Guthrie deceased, late of said
County, who in his lifetime claimed a Revolutionary pension
under the act of 7th June 1832 and who died in said
County On the 4th day of January Eighteen hundred and
thirty seven (1837) leaving said Nancy Guthrie, his widow
she has not again married, but still remains his

In testimony whereof I F.R. Cheatham
clerk of the County Court of said county
and state thereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of [social?][illegible]
office in Nashville this 10th
day of August AD 1854

F R Cheatham
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Nashville Tennessee Feb 26th 1855

Sir 
I under stand that my mother Nancy Guthrie has bin [been] allowed a pention [pension] at the rate of eighty dollars per ounce under the Act 29th July 1848 and also under the 7th June 1832 on account of her husband Henry Guthrie Deced. If so please inform me who the pention [pension]  sertifficate [certificate] wore [were] sent two your comfliance will very much oblige your humble servant. 
Jno Guthrie

L P. Waldo Equire
Commitiones [Commissions] of Pentions [Pensions]
Washington City
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State of North Carolina
Comptroller's Office
I, George W. Brooks, Comptroller of Public Accounts
in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
it appears of record in my office among the payments
made by said State to sundry persons for Military
services in the Revolutionary War, as follows, to wit:
Henry Guthrie
Statement of Commissioners of Army accounts Continental soldiers, C. 1388 Henry Guthrie, private $168.19 for services in 1777 and 1778.
Book E page 95 £10 currency Nov. 1779 this was equal to [unintelligible] the depreciation being 27.5 for 1 specie - this was a bounty. Book G. No. 16 page 11 £36 specie
Book G. No. 17 page 41 £48 specie
Indent or Army Certificate issued by the Auditors of Halifax District No. 8547 August 14th 1783. Henry Guthrie of Halifax County £9 specie
It also appears by Book No 6 old series army account
for the years 1775 & 1776 that Samuel Weldon was a captain and that his company was engaged in guarding prisoners (Scotch Tories) at Halifax pay for company rec'd by Capt.
I further certify that said Guthrie's service having been
most of it on the Continental establishment, the books recording payments do not give the Counties as in some
cases they do, of Militia men. I further certify that
Henry Guthrie served under Col. Nicholas Long as appears by Book No. 6 old series - and that Nicholas Long was Deputy Quarter Master General & superintended the Armory at Halifax, but there are no regular lists of artificers on file.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my
seal of office this 2d day of January 1855 George W Brooks Comptr
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Nancy Guthrie
Payment to be made at Nashville
by
 P W Maxey Esqr
Agent for Paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of Nashville Tenne
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act of July 29, 1848, Page 249 Vol. 10 Vol. H
E. D. Collier Clerk
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1163 Restoration
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 29, 1848,
Nancy Guthrie
widow of Henry Guthrie
who was a Private in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty
dollars and - cents per annum, commencing on the
4th of March, 1861, and continuing for life, unless she should again
marry; in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such
marriage
Given at the Department of the Interior,
this Twenty fifth day of June
one thousand eight hundred and Sixty six.
W. T. Otto 
Acting Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned
Joseph H. Barrett
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Henry Guthrie
affidavit
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State of Tennesee
Davidson County DA

On this the 13th day of June, 1851 personally appears before Mr. Saul W Edmonson on acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County & [illegible] ofso Henry Guthrie aged about 48 years who [illegible] duly sworn according to law doth on his oath [illegible] the following affidavit. [Illegible] that he is one of the children of Nancy and Henry Guthrie  Dcd [deceased]. That he was born on the 10th day of January 1803, that he is his father's and mother's 4th child. That his sister Mary was his Father's & Mother's oldest child that she is about five years older than himself. That his brother WIlliam [illegible] father's and mother's next oldest child that his sister Elenor was the next who is about two years older than himself. That his ofso sister Mary was [illegible] in Davidson County Tennessee about the year of 1866. That his ofso father died on the 4th day of January 1837, that he believes that his ofso Father & Mother were married. 
Sworn to and subscribed before on the day and year ofso. 

Saul W Edmondson L.R.
Henry Guthrie
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of the has subscribed Registrate do testify that the above declarant is personally known to me and known to be a [illegible] of truth and of respectability, in whose statements, the fullest faith and credit should be placed. Given under my [illegible] on this the 13th day of June 1851. 

Saul W Edmonson L.R.

State of Tennessee
Davidson County Lot
LJR Cheatham Clerk of the County, Court of the County & State ofso to certify that Samuel Edmonson is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County duly commissioned and sworn and that his signatures above written are [illegible]

Given under my hand and seal of office on this the 15th day of July 1851, 
F.R. Cheatham Clerk