Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5,241, William Caile, N.C.
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(8-1776) [1778?]

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SERVICE
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N.C.

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Caile, William
Ruth [written directly under William]

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NUMBER
W.5,241
B.L. W.T. 42263-160-55

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CONTENTS

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CAILE, WILLIAM

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[Realease?]
&
Increase
Georgia
Ruth Cail

[typed text] [matter?] of [hand-written] William Cai [paper is torn and remainder is illegible, but assumed to be Cail or Caile]
[typed text] who served in the Revolutionary war [paper torn and rest, if any text, is missing]
[typed text] Musican [subscript] n [or 3?] Ca [paper torn and missing] [assumed to be Cail or Caile]

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[hand-written] Washington City [typed] agency.
[typed] Rate [hand-written] $88- [typed] Dollars [blank line]
cents per annum.
[typed] Commencing [hand-written] 4 March 1860 End '26 July 1868
Re-commencing 27 July 1868 at $96 - for[?] ai[?]

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[typed] Certificate dated [hand-written] 23 October 1869
[typed] and sent to [hand-written] S W Williams
[stamp] [curved text typed inside edge of stamp] [The? ? ? OF THE UNITED STATES] [slightly overlapping stamp, hand-written] Present

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[paper torn over portion of text] 
[Re]corded on Roll of Pensioners under act Feb-[any remaining text missing due to torn paper]
[text illegible due to torn paper] 3, 1853, Page [hand-written] 23? [230?] [typed] Vol. [hand-written] W
[portion may be illegible due to tear] Oct[?] 27 1868
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Rec 12 July 1830                                1889.     
To the honourable John H. Eaton Secratary [sic] at war
Your petitioner humbly showeth that whereby the Congress of the United States passed a law allowing a pension to Revolutionary Officers
and soldiers, your petitioner William Cayle was
Born in the state of North Carolina Dobbs county. now a resident of Bullock [sic] County in the state of Georgia. enlisted in the Army of the United States under Captn Benjamin Coleman at Kingston in the state of North Carolina in the spring of 1782. for during the war. marched from thence to Ashley Hill joined General Green's Army near Charleston in South Carolina then and there continued until the evacuation of Charleston, then marched to Jame's Island and continued on the Island until the close of the War - then conveyed to Wilmington where I was honourably discharged by Captn. Josiah Roads - the date not particularly known in consequence of my loosing [sic] my discharge I conceive a particular detail of the case should
be given.  I further state that I was under the
command of Conl. Archibald Lytle who commanded the North Carolina Regt the following were the officers under his command Major Reddin Blout
and Major McRae. -
Georgia            }
Screven County} Personally appeared before me a justice of the peace for the said county John Mills. William Cayle deposeth and sayeth that the above detail of his services to the best of his Knowledge is just and true.
Willam Caile [signature]
John Mills ..J..P.. [signature]
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Georgia}
Scriven [sic.][Screven] County}

Personally appeared before me a justice
of the peace for the said county John
Mills, Bud Cayle deposeth and sayeth what he
was well acquainted with the Circumstances and
enlistment of William Cayle and he further states
that he was frequently seen his honourable discharge 
from the Army of the United States

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Budd X Caile
John Mills..J..P..[Justice of the Peace]

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Georgia}
Scriven [sic.][Screven] County

Personally appeared before me a
Justicee [sic.][Justice] of the peace for the said County John Mills
James Parker deposeth and sayeth that being well
acquainted with William Cayle in the State of North
Carolina I am well Convinced that from the list
authority he served in the Revolutionary War. --
being born and raised in the same settlement with
Your Petitioner I do not hesitate to say that
the above statements are correct.

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James P. Parker
John Mills ..J..P..
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Rec 20 July 1833
State of Georgia}  William Caile Applicant
Bulloch County  }   January 7, 1833
1 Question - Where were you born
Answer - In daubs County in the State of North Carolina
Q - Where did you enlist
A- In the County of Daubs as fifer
Q - For what term did you enlist
A- For during the war
Q - under whom did you enlist
A - under Captain Benjamin Coleman
Q - In what year did you enlist
A - In the year 1782 the last of May or the first of June
Q How old were you at the time of your enlistment
A Entering my 15 " year
Q - Where were you rendezvoused
A In Kingston Daubs County N.C.
Q under what officers did you march
A under Captain Evans Capt. Hadley Capt Rhodes and Capt Raiford
Q Through what particular country did you march
A - From Kingston to Wilmington and from thence to Georgetown through Brunswick and from thence to Ashly hill South Carolina the head quarters of General Green
Q What particular officers were attached to your regiment
A Colonel Archibald Lytell who commanded the North Carolina Militia and volunteers Major Redden Blount and Major Robert McCree
Q How long were you in qurters [sic] at Ashly Hill
A During the time that the English kept possession of Charleston
Q Where were you removed to from Ashley Hill
A we passed through warpoo cut and from thence were landed on James Island on the South east side of Ashly River
Q How long did you remain on James Island
A Untill August 1780 when we were all finally discharged
Q Did you receive a discharge
A I did
Q Who granted you the discharge
A I cannot say who granted the discharge but I received it from the hands of Capt. Joseph Rhodes
Q - Were you in any Battles during your service
A None
Q can you give any account of your discharge
A on my return to my native State I deposited it in the hands of Major Nathan Lassiter for the purpose of collecting my bounty money who filed it in the treasury at Halifax North Carolina.
The above named applicant William Caile hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to any pension or annuity except present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State Sworn to Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
William Caile [signature]
Peter Cone JIC.B.C [signature]
John W. Gibson, J.I.C.B.C [signature]
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Act 1828
Settled at
Treasury
Cono..d[?] with
Sd OWWid[?]
File #5241

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W.m Caile
23456
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State of Georgia}
Bulloch County}

I Robert Donaldson a clergyman residing in the County
and State aforesaid and Hugh P [?] Brannen residing in the same being of
clergyman hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Caile
[?] has subscribed and sworn to the written declarations. That we believe
him to be sixty five years of age that he is repo[?] and believed in the
neighbourhood where he re[?] to have been a soldier of the revolution and
that we concur in that opinion --  [strikethrough text starts] Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid [strikethrough text ended]
7th day of Janry [January] 1833

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Robert Donaldson..M..g[?]..
Hugh P. Brannen M.[g?]

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This court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the
matter and after having put the interrogattied[?][interrogated?] prescribed by the war department believe [punctuation downward caret] the above named William Caile was a revolutionary soldier and
served as he stated -- And the Court do further testify that Robert Donaldson
and Hugh P Brannen whowe certified above are ordained ministers
of the [?] and are both residents in the County of Bulloch
7th January 1833

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John M Gibson J.I.C.B.C[?]
Peter Cane JICBC

I John Wise clerk of the Inferior Court of Bulloch County do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application
of William Cale for a pension
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand an
seal of office there being no seat of office} this serventh 
day of December 1833

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John Wise CICBC [hand-drawn seal with M inside?]


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I have this day Recd William Cales Declaration
and have sent the same to the treasury Depart
ment this 8 July 1833  John Wise  Mr TS[?][circled decoratively]
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Claim of Mrs Ruth Cale
to a pension
_________________________________
_________________________________

Act of February 3rd 1855
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State of Georgia }
Scriven County   } On this 9th day of July AD 1855 personally appeared before the Inferior Court for said county in open court Mrs. Ruth Cale aged seventy years a resident of Scarboro in the county of Scriven and state of Georgia who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed February 3rd 1853, that she is the widow of William Cale who was a musician in the war of the revolution in Capt Sharpes company of the 10th Regement [sic] of the Continental line of the State of North Carolina that he the said William Cale entered the service on the [blank] day of [blank] AD 1782 for the term of the war. She further declares that she was married to the said William Cale on the [blank] day of April AD 1809 in the county of Scriven and State of Georgia by one Jacob Dunn a justice of the peace that her name before her said marriage was Ruth Mathers that there is no private of puplics [sic] record of her marriage that it is in her power to procure that her said husband William Cale died in the county of Scriven and state of Georgia on or about the fifth day of September 1836 and that from that time hence forward she has remained and still is the widow of the said William Cale. She further declares that she was not married to the said William Cale prior to the year 1800 but at the time aforsaid [sic]
=Sworn to and subscribed before us in open court the day and year first above written and we hereby certify that we believe the declarant to be the identical person she represents herself to be and a proper person to receive the benefits of the act of Congress passed February 3rd 1853 and that we are not interested in her claim for said benefits
Witness our hands and seal of said court
John H Mercer, J.I.C. [signature]
G.H. Maner, J.I.C [signature]
John B Moultrie, JIC. [signature]
D. James Dillon, J.I.C [signature]
George L. Jackson JIC [signature]
Attest Robt D Sharpe DC
State of Georgia  }
County of Scriven} On this 9th day of July AD 1855 before me the undersigned a justice of the Inferior Court for said county in person came John Jeffers aged seventy four years and John Mincey aged sixty six years who are both well known to me as credible persons and who being duly sworn according to law doth on their oath say that they were well acquainted with William Cale and Mrs Ruth Cale for the term of twenty years prior to the death of the said William, that they the said WiIlliam and Ruth lived together as husband and wife that they never heard the fact of their marriage doubted that they were generally reputed to be married which deponents believe to be the truth that said William Cale died in the county of Scriven and State of Georgia on or about the fifth day of September AD 1836 and that the said Ruth Cale has remained and still is his widow and that they are disinterested witnesses.
John his X Jeffers
Sworn to before me G.H. Maner J.I.C [signature]
[seal]
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State of Georgia}
Screven County } I Ruth Cale do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Benja L. Prescott of Sylvania Georgia my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to present to the Commissioner of Pensions of the United States my claim for a pension under the Act of Congress passed February 3rd 1853 and to demand and receive from him or the Secretary of the Interior the certificate or warrant which may be issued thereon and to do and perform all other lawful acts and things in the premises --
Ruth her X mark Cale
Acknowledged before me this July 9th 1855.
G. H. Maner J.I.C [signature]
Attest E B Gross N.P [signature]

Clerks Office of the Inferior Court for Screven County and State of Georgia
Sylvania July 9th AD 1855
I Green D Sharpe clerk of the Inferior Court for the county of Screven and State of Georgia do hereby certify that Honorables GH Maner George L Jackson D James Dillon John B Moultrie and John H Mercer whose signatures appears to the above declaration is and was at the time of signing the same Judges of the Inferior court for said county and State duly authorised and commissioned and that said Inferior Court is a court of record having general jurisdiction and that said declaration was made in open court at July Term 1855. I also certify that the signatures of the Honorable GH Maner to the above affidavit and power of Attorney are genuine and that I am not interested in this claim
Witness my hand and seal of said court
Green D Sharpe Clerk [signature]
[seal]
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Claim of Mrs. Ruth Cale
to a pension
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Act of February 3rd 1855
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Benjamin L Prescott. agent
Sylvania
Scriven [sic., Screven] County Georgia
______________________________
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Sel[?] [of?] [Sold?]   Mar 3[?][?]

221.682    Nov 7[?] 1855
Ruth Caile widow
Wm. Caile. decd [deceased]
Musician
Pensioner.

Revolutionary War.

_____________________________________________
Recd Pension No 5488.
11 Oct 1855.
Feby[?] 53-5488
W:60llC[?] Aug: 5/56
ROlPh[?]
claimant,
__________________________________________
Sylvania
Screven Co
Ga

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[different hand] No 202
[Aug 11/56

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Catstble[?] [a? &? Lepin.[?] 2/4/16
2/4/16
Sed [Section?] 42663 for 162 assn[?]
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No 221.682
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State of Georgia    }
County of Screven } ss.
On this Twentyeth day of October 1855,
before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and
State aforesaid, personally appeared 1 Ruth Caile aged Seventy Two years, a resident
of 2 Sylvania County of Screven in the State of Georgia who made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical 1 Ruth Caile to whom, under the provisions of the Act of 3 February 3rd 1855 a pension of 4 Eighty
dollars per annum has been allowed for the services of her late husband 5 William Caile a 6 musician of the Revolutionary war, and late of 7 Screven County, State of Georgia She further states that her Pension Certificate, under the aforesaid Act of 3 February 3rd 1853 is numbered 8 5488, bears date the 9 first
day of October 1855, and is made payable at the 10 Savannah Agency. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act of 3d March, 1855, never having received or known herself entitled, or made application, under any previous act of Congress. In evidence of her marriage and proof of service of her said husband, she respectfully refers to the proofs heretofore adduced, now on file in the Pension Office, and upon which her annuity as aforesaid was granted.
That, since being placed on the list of Revolutionary Pensioners, she has not intermarried, but continues the widow of
the said 5 William Cail [sic].
[two lines crossed out and illegible]
11 Ruth her X mark Cail [sic]
Attest:
P. McBrinson
John Mincey
SWORN TO, SUBSCRIBED AND ACKNOWLEDGED before me, the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid 1 Ruth Caile to be the identical person she alleges herself to be--a Pensioner of the United States, and at the date of the execution of this declaration a widow; and that I am not interested in her claim as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.
12 Hardy C Parker J. Peace.
(For NOTES, see opposite page.)
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State of Georgia   }
County of Screven} ss.
On this Twentyeth day of October 1855,
before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared 13 Wright Caile and 13 John Mincy residents of 14 Sylvania County of
Screven, in the State of Georgia known to me as credible persons, who made oath, in due form of law, that 1 Ruth Caile who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration, is, to their personal knowledge, the identical person to whom, under the provisions of the Act of 3 February 3rd 1853 a pension of 4 Eighty dollars per annum has been granted for the services of her late husband 5 William Caile deceased, a 6 musician of the Revolutionary war.
That since being placed on the roll of Pensioners, she, the said 1 Ruth Caile has not intermarried, but remains, and now is, a widow: That they have known her for Seventy Two years, and derive their knowledge of the facts herein named from the following circumstances, to wit: 15 They have been
her neighbors and intimately acquainted with
her for the term of twenty five years and knew her husband William Caile in his life time and from the certificate of the Secretary of the Interior now before them
They further state that they are disinterested witnesses.
15 Wright his X mark Cail [sic]
John Mincey [signature]
Sworn to, and subscribed before me, the day and year above written.
12 Hardy C Parker J.P. [signature]

State of Georgia    }
County of Screven } ss.
I Hereby Certify, That Hardy C Parker Esq., before whom the foregoing Declaration, Power of Attorney, and Affdavits were made and acknowledged, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing an authorized Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, and that his signature thereto is genuine. I further certify, that in the within application I am not interested as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Superior Court, for the County aforesaid, this first
day of November 1855.
Greene D Sharpe Clerk of Superior Court
Scriven [sic] County
[seal reading SUPERIOR COURT SCRIVEN COUNTY GEORGIA]
NOTES.
1. Insert the widow's full name. 2. Give the Post Office address.
3. Insert the title of the Act under which her Revolutionary Pension was granted. 4. State the amount in dollars and cents.
5. Insert the full name of her late husband. 6. State what rank he held. 7. Give the name of the County in which he lived at the time of his death. 8. Insert the registry number of her Pension Certificate. 9. Give its date. 10. State where made payable 11. Widow's signature in full. 12. Magistrate's signature.
13. Insert the witnesses' full names. 14. Give their Post Office address.
15. Here give a statement of the facts and circumstances from which the foregoing testimony is adduced, or from which the witnesses knowledge is derived.
16. Witnesses' signature.
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221.682. Act March 3/55
Ruth Caile,
Widow of 
William Caile, Mu
Revolutionary War
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Admitted 160 acres
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Warrant No. 42.263
Issued Sept. 24/56
and sent to
Claimant
Sylvania
Ga
[written diagonally across page]:
RW No 42263 ipo Sept 24/56

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vol C 1 = 25
[written vertically along left side]:
Sept. 24/56 T[illegible]C[illegible] Office, D.P.P
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[A formal certificate, parts of which have been obliterated and are indicated with #.]
[#]S    OF [#]
60
Acres
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED
that under the Act of March 3rd 1855, entitled "An Act in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land [#] and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States."

Ruth Caile, widow of William Caile
Musician, Revolutionary War
[the above is handwritten over 
SIXTY ACRES
BOUNTY LAND]
[#] entitled to locate Sixty Acres at any land office of the United St [#][illegible] and in conformity to the legal subdivision [#] the public lands when any of the public lands subject [#] sale at either [#][illegible] graduated [illegible]
Given under my h[#] of the Department this 4 day of August [#]
D.T. Sinks No. 292. [#] I. Minot
Comm [#]
Danforth, Wright & Co. Philad New York
Note. You can locate this Certificate at any of the United States land offices, or it will be located for you by the [#] to that office endorsed thereon specifying the State and Land District in which you wish the location made. If you [#]

To the Register of the Land Office at [#] 18
Locate this Certificate in the [#] [illegible] quarter of of section in Township [#] of Range West [#] Register
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., .............., 19....
W.F. 5.241

In reply to your request of .............., received
............ for a statement of the military history of William Caile a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
[columnar format]
|DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.|
|May or June 1782 to|
|LENGTH OF
SERVICE.|
|August 1783|
|RANK.|
|Fifer|
|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.|
|CAPTAIN.|
|{Sharpe
 {Benjamin Coleman|
|COLONEL.|
|10th Regt. of
Archibald Lytle|
|STATE.|
|N.C.|
_______

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Kingston N.C.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 23. 1830 His cl was al.
Residence at date of application, Bulloch County Ga.
Age at date of application, born in Dobbs Co. N.C. in 1768
died Sept. 5, 1836 in Scriven [sic] Co. Ga.
Remarks: He mar. April 1809 in Scriven [sic] County Ga. Ruth Mathers, She was allowed pension on her app. ex. July 9. 1855 while
a res. of Scarboro, Scriven [sic] Co. Ga. aged 70 years. In 1855, children were William aged 40.  Coleman 30. Budd 32. Homer 26. John 30 [underlined] & daughters Devey 42 & Martha 41.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
6-2856
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1921 March 5 Hist.Letters.H.S.White.

[hand-written] Pay[?] [Printed] Widow, &c.

[printed] File No. [hand-written] 5241 
[hand-written]
Ruth Caile
Widow
William Caile
Musician Rev War

[printed] Act: [hand-written] Feb. 3d [3rd] 1853
[printed] Index: - Vol. [hand-written] A [printed] , Page [hand-written] 114

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[Arrangement of 1870.] [punctuation [] included in print]
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1921 March 5 Hist.Letters.H.S.White.

[hand-written] Pay[?] [Printed] Widow, &c.

[printed] File No. [hand-written] 5241
[hand-written]
Ruth Caile
Widow
William Caile
Musician Rev War

[printed] Act: [hand-written] Feb. 3d [3rd] 1853
[printed] Index: - Vol. [hand-written] A [printed] , Page [hand-written] 114

[center-aligned][printed]
[Arrangement of 1870.] [punctuation [] included in print]
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Ruth Caile
Widow of William
Georgia

admd [administered?] 3 Feby 1853
2 yrs Musician $88
a year from the pafsage [sic., passage]
of the act

leal [leal, as in old-fashioned word meaning loyal or faithful?]
claimants
Sylvania
Georgia

[note: document appears embossed with images and writing, initial K perhaps?]
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42263

New[?] Asset
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No 5879
Ruth Caile. Wid-
ow of William
Georgia

WL Prescott July 19, 1855-
to July 30 1855- to Aug
23 1855- Ruth Cale Sep
8 1855-President of Plant-
ers Bank [Merchant & Planters Bank] Savannah Geor-
gia Sep 12 1855

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3 Feby 1853
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221.682. Sec[?] March 3/55
Ruth Caile, wife of
William Caile. heir[?]
Rev. [?] Mar.[?]

Musc., N.C. Line


W292. for 60 Acres
Cancelled Sept. 24/56
See 42.263 for 160 acres

M [underlined]

called for
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.

I, WILLIAM HILL, Secretary of state, in and for the State of North Carolina, do herey cer-
tify, that it appears from the muster-rolls of the Continental line of this State, in the Revolutionary
War, that W illiam Cale a Musician.. in Capt. Sharpes..........Company of the 10th Regiment, entered the service on the ..... day of ....... 1782 for the term of the War, that a land warrant No. 892, was issued for his services on
18th May1784 for 1000 acres of land.
'Given under my hand this 29th day of June 1855.

Wm Hill Secretary
of State
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[left side]
Claimant July 21" 66,
" March 15 1863-
[right side]
5488 [underlined]
Georgia
_______
Ruth Caile
widow of
William
who served in the Revolutionary
War, as a Musician
_______
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 88 dollars --
cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.
_______
Certificate of Pension issued
1st day of October
and sent to 
[illegible]
Pensioner
Sylvania
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Sylvania Ga September 11th 1886
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
I think there must be some mistake in this warrant which I enclose. Am I not entitled to one hundred and sixty acres ["one hundred and sixty acres" underlined] by the 8th section of the act approved March 3rd 1885 If I am not please enclose this warrant to me again. immediately and oblige
Respectfully yours
Ruth Caile
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Sylvania Nov 3rd 1883-

Dear Sir
I send you enclosed my
application for a bounty land
warrant which I hope you will
find executed correctly and 
report favorably on my claim
in due time.

Yours Respectfully
Ruth Caile
by a friend
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington [underlined]
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Supposed to be a mistake because the warrant is for only sixty acres, the applicant is the widow of a soldier of the revolutionary war and never has recieved [sic] a warrant for land under any prior act. Thinks she is entitled to one hundred and sixty acres ["to one hundred and sixty acres" underlined]
Claim No 292
Additional Evidence [underlined]
Free
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Jenkins [written vertically on left side]
Wm Caile dec
292 60
WR
C [these four lines written vertically on right side]
Address
Sylvania Screven Co Georgia [underlined]
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Pen Off.  Sep 27 1855
Sir
Please inform me when Wm Caile of Ga Act May 15 1828 at $88 was last [illegible]?
Very Respectfully
S. Cole
cc Pen Off
5 Sept 36
R I Athens[illegible]
[illegible]
Triplett
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William Caile died 5 Sept 1836. paid in full
Robert J Stinson (?)
Auditor
Sept 27 55
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[LP initials in upper left corner]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW' S PENSION.
_______
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act February 3, 1853,
Ruth Caile,
widow of William Caile,
who was a musician in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Eighty-eight dollars and --- cents ["and cents" crossed out] per annum, commencing on the
3d of February, 1853, 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 first day of October
one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
RW Clelland [signature]
Secretary of the Interior
Examined and countersigned.
J. Minot [signature]
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Sylvania Ga
Sept 5th 1855
Dear Sir
I send you enclosed the affidavit of Mr John Mincey to prove I am the widow of William Colle [sic] who was a pensioner
Send certificate to Sylvania P O Scriven [sic] Co Ga
Yours Respectfully
Ruth Caile
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Dear Sir
I send you herewith a certificate of the casheir [sic] of the Planters Bank Savannah. which establishes the fact that "William the husband of Ruth Caile was" a pensioner of the United States
I am yours
Respectfully,
Benj L Prescott
LP Waldo Esq
Washington
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Sylvania Ga July 20th 1855
Dear Sir
Some weeks ago I forwarded 
to you the [illegible] of Mrs Ruth Cole [sic]
the widow of William Cole [sic] a soldier and
pensioner of the war of the revolution, in
order to enable her to obtain a pension
to which she believes she is entitled
=A few days afterward I also forwarded
[illegible] a letter which I sent from the cashier of the Planters Bank Savannah Ga to the effect that the name of William Cole [sic] appeared on the rolls of this Bank as a pensioner. If this is not sufficient proof of the fact of William Coles [sic] being a pensioner let me know and I will endeavour to get better ie a certificate under seal of the Bank or the certificate of the U.S. agent if  ["if" crossed out] who paid pensioner Cole [sic] if his whereabouts can be found.
Yours Respectfully
Benj L Prescott.
Commissioner of Pensions [underlined]
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Sylvania Ga Sept 27th 1833-
My Dear Sir
Some two or three weeks ago I sent you the affidavit of Mr John Mincy to prove that I was the widow of William Caile who was a pensioner of the U S which I think was the proof you required me to make. It may have miscomer (?) on the note - If there is any thing wrong now in the chain of evidence let me know but it does seem to me that I have made all the proof that could be necessary in such a case please let me hear from you soon and much oblige
Respectfully yours,
Ruth Caile
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C
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Planters Bank
Savannah 19 Sept 1855
Sir
Yours of the 12th inst is received. Upon a more critical examination of the Books relating to pensions now in this Bank, it appears that William Caile musician was a pensioner under the act of 15 May 1828 at the rate of $7.33 per month, that he was a resident of Scriven [sic] County Ga that he died on the 5 Sept 1836, and that his pension up to that time was paid to Ruth Caile his widow on the 7 March 1837.
The Books here show no other name of Wm Caile.
Respectfully &c
Jno. C. Ferrill
Acg Clerk
J Minot Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC.
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5488 W
Restoration & Inc
[initials D.C. in left margin]
Brief in the Case of Ruth Caile Widow of Wm. Caile who was a Musician Revy War. Cameron
Scriven [sic] County and State of Georgia
Act 2 Sec Feb. 3. 1853.
_________
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE, Inc 
Act 19th Dec July 27. 1868.
PROOF EXHIBITED,
Susp pension roll of Georgia at $88 for ann. & paid to March 4. 1860. She returns certificate & applies for restoration to pension. Has proved identity, loyalty & continued widowhood by witnesses who are certified to be credible & loyal.
Admitted Oct 18. 1869 to pension at $88 for annum to commence March 4. 1860 & terminate July 26, 1868. also at $96. for. ann. to commence July 27. 1868.
W.E. Trask [signature]
Examining Clerk.
Name and residence of Agent.
S.W. Williams
Present.
L.C.
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Brief in the case of Ruth Caile widow of William
County and State of Georgia
act 3 Feb 1853
_______
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.") ["or 'for increase'" crossed out]
[blank]
Proof exhibited,  (if original.)
[blank]
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was a pensioner under the act of May 15 1828 at $88 a year 
_____
Marriage proved by an eye-witness
_____
Cohabitation, general repute of marriage, her identity, his death & her present widowhood proved by credible witness
[The following is crossed out.]
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Thornton Tipett
Examining Clerk.
Name and residence of Agent
Claimant
Sylvania Ga
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1889.
Revolutionary Claims.
No of orig Payt - 1145 [underlined]
_____
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
9 April 1831.

William Caile of [blank] in the county of
Bullock [sic] in the State of Georgia has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled ""An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the
Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Musician in captain Sharp's company, in the 10th regiment of the N Carolina line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the
15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
12th April 1831
[The following sentence is crossed out.] It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to  [blank] in the [blank]
It  further appears that William Caile is ^not^ now on the pension list of the ["the" crossed out] any agency, and has ^not^ been so since the 3d March 1826
[The following is handwritten at the bottom of the form.]The name of William Caile cannot be found among those of the North Carolina line to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars, were issued-
Peter Hagner A[illegible]
[illegible handwriting in lower left corner]
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War Dept. Bounty Land Office
April 15 1831
The name of William Caile cannot be found on the records of the North Carolina line on file in this office, among those, entitled to bounty lands from the U. States -- nor does it appear that a land warrant has ever issued in his name
Wm. Gordon
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Revolutionary Claims.                              1889
_________
┃ B. ]
Form of a declaration to be made by the Non-Commissioned Officers, Musicians, and
Privates.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, William Calle [sic] of [blank] in the County of Bullock [sic] in the State of Georgia do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period I was a * Musician in Captain Sharps Company, in the [blank] Regiment, of the [blank] Line. And, I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th of May, 1778
And I further declare, that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May, 1828, on the Pension List of the United States.†
Witness my hand, this twenty third day of August in the year one thousan [sic] Eight hundred and thirty
William Williams [signature]
JP [initials]
William Caile [signature]
Note. The most convenient Branch Bank of the U.S. is at [blank]
The most convenient Post Office is at [blank]
_________
Before me, ‡ William Williams Justice of
in the Peace in the County of Bulloch in the State of Georgia personally appeared, this day James Young and Samuel S Lockhart of the said County, persons known to me as credible witnesses, who did severally make oath that
William Caile by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this Twenty fourth day of
March in the year one thousand Eight hundred & Thirty one
Sworn to before me this
24 March 1831
Wm Williams [signature] [initials in a circle depicting a seal]
Jas. Young [signature]
Samuel S  Lockhart [signature]
_________
I, John Wise Clerk of the Court of the County of Bulloch in the State of Georgia do hereby certify, that William Williams before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time a § Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal [L.S.] of the said Court, this twenty third day of August in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty
There being no seal of office John Wise clk [LS in a circle depicting a seal]
_________
*Sergeant, Corporal, Musician, or Private, as the case may be.
†The claimant, though not on the pension list on the 15th May, 1828, may have been on the list on or since the 3d of March, 1826, and afterwards stricken off: if so, he will add, [italics] and that I have received of the United States, as a pensioner, since the 3d of March 1826, the sum of [blank] dollars, paid to me by the Agent for paying pensions in the State of [blank]
‡Here insert a Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths.
§Justice of the Peace, or otherwise, as the case may be.

[vertically along left edge:]
Returned for Witnesses.
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[center-aligned] Ruth Cale [underlined][right-aligned] J. [?]
[center-aligned] widow of [right-aligned] 52p '36
William Cale [underlined]
a soldier [underlined] of
His surlulire[?]

New ardeme[?]
of William Cales
a Sul
Aury[?] a pusrue[?]
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Planters Bank
Savannah 12 July 1855
Sir
In reply to yours of the 25 [also?], I have to inform you
that there appears on the Pension Register the name
of William Caile a private, at the into[?] of $6.66 2/5 per month
that the last payment was made to his widow on the 5 Sept
1836 at which time he did so.

[right-aligned] Respectfully
HN Mercer

[left-aligned] Benj. L Prescott Esq
Post master
Sylvania 
Ga
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Free [underlined]

[circular stamp with text printed inside the circle] SYLVANI [Sylvania] G[?] [Georgia or GA]
[inside stamp, handwritten]
[May?] 30

[rotated text][different hand]
Cale

[rotated text]
Ruth Cale
Wid[?] [widow]
William 

[rotated text - address line]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 49

[right-aligned]
Sylvania Ga Aug 29th 1855

[left-aligned]
Dear Sir
[indent] Mr BL Prescott informs me that
he can prosecute my case for a pension
no further as he is post master.  You
say I must establish the fact of my
being the widow of William Caile who
was a pensioner by witnefses [sic. ][witnesses] who are
cognizant of the fact You Have already
done and Have also intimated in
my application that my husband was
a pensioner as well as a musician in
Capt Sharpes Company.  Examine
the proofs again if you please I
can & may send you the proof you
want but I dont [sic][don't] see the use of prov
ving [sic.] [proving] this fact again
My Evidence is complete Have proven
that my husband was a soldier of the
Revolution and a pensioner thus he di
ed [died] and thus I am his widow
So Hope you will send on my
certificate at once to Sylvania PO Ga

Respectfully Yours
Ruth Caile [signature underlined]

[left-aligned]
Commifsoner [sic.] [Commissioner] of Pensions
Washington DC
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Affidavit of 
Wright Cale Esq
as to the identity of
William Cale of N.C [all words on this line underlined]
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[handwritten]

State of Georgia } 
Scriven [sic.] [Screven] County} On this eleventh day of August AD 1855 before me the undersigned one of
the Justices of the Infeoir[sic.][Inferior] Court for said county duly authorised [sic.][authorized] Ay [A] law to
administer oath for general purposes in person come Wrib [sic.][Wright] Cale
well known as a credible person and who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he was well acquainted with William Cale of North Carolina who was a 
musician in John Sharpes company of the Regiment of the Continental line
of the State of North Carolina in the war of the Revolution that he c[?] William
Cale removed from the state of North Carolina to the state of Georgia and that subsequently
to [?] in the year of AD 1823 the [?] removed from the cause[?] of North Carolina to
the State of Georgia and was well acquainted with the said William Cale in the state of 
Georgia till his death which occured on the fifth day of September AD 1836 in Scriven [sic] [Screven]
County in the same state of Georgia and that the said William Cale who was a musician
as aforsaid [sic.][aforesaid] whom this defundnt [?][sic.] [defendant] knew in the state of North Carolina was the idea[?]
thine[?] William Cale whom he knew in Scriven [Screven] county and State of Georgia and who died as aforsaid [aforesaid] and further than this depument[? is not intereste[?] [interest] in the claim of the widow of the Senior[?] William Cale to a pension

[right-aligned][signature]
Wright X his mark Cale

Sworn to before me and subscribed andI certify that[?]I believe this said Wright Cale to be of the age above stated and that he is 
a credible person and that I am not [?] in this claim
George L. Jackson IH[?]

Clerks office of the Central Court
for Screven County Georgia August 13th 1855
Green D Sharpe clerk of the central court for Screven County and State of Georgia do
hereby certify that the Honorable George S Jackson whose unique signature above appears to this
above affadavit is and was at the time of signing the same a justice of the Judicial[?] Branch
duly commifsioned [sic.] [commissioned] and authorised [sic.] [authortized] by low to administer oath for general purposes an
tho[?]. I am not included in this [?] to a position
witnefs[sic.] [witness] my hand and this save if [of?] said court

[right-aligned signature]
Green D Sharpe  Clerk I.C.S.C. [Inferior Court, Screven County]

[right-aligned]
official seal [circular] [can make out letters COUNTY GEO as in Screven County, Georgia]
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State of Georgia ⎬
Screven County  ⎬ On this thirty first day of August AD 1855 before me the undersigned
a justice of the Inferior court for said county duly authorised by law to administer oaths for general purposes in person came John Mincey aged seventy four years who is to me well known as a credible person and who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he was well acquainted with William Caile who was a musician in Capt Sharpes company of the Continental line of the State of North Carolina [illegible] the war of the Revolution and who was subsequently a pensioner of the United States and died in Screven County in the State of Georgia on the fifth of September AD 1836 = And further that he is well acquainted with Ruth Caile who has heretofore made application for the provisions of the act of Congress passed February 3rd 1853 that it comes to his certain Knowledge that the said Ruth Caile is the widow of the said William Caile who was a pensioner as aforesaid that he was present when the said William and Ruth were married some time in the year 1809. and that he has been well acquainted with the said Ruth from the time of her marriage as aforesaid untill the present time. and that she the said Ruth Caile has not since the death of the ^said^ William Caile intermarried but remains and is the widow of the said William Caile and that he is not interested in this claim to a pension.
Sworn to before me [underlined]      }
George L. Jackson J.J.C.  [signature]  }
John Mincey [signature]
Clerks Office of the Inferior Court of Screven County and State of Georgia
August 31 1855
I Green D Sharpe clerk of the Inferior Court for said state and county do hereby certify that the Honorable George L Jackson whose genuine signature appears to the above affidavit is and was at the time of subscribing to the same a justice of the Inferior Court duly authorised by law to administer oaths for general purposes and that all his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit 
Witness my hand and the seal of said court
Green D Sharpe clerk [signature]
[seal]
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Ruth Caile
Widow
William
Georgia

Rev (?)

[upside down stamp "DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PENSION OFFICE. OCT 16 1866"]
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Georgia                  }
Scriven [sic] County} Personally came before
me William L Mathews and Lemuel Parker,
who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that they have been acquainted with Mrs Ruth Caile, of said County, Widow of William Cail formerly of said County, for many years, that the said
Ruth Caile has been a widow since the 4th March 1860. and that said Ruth Caile did not to their knowldge [sic] in any manner, encourage those engaged in hostilities against the United States Government nor manifest a sympathy with their
Cause,
Sworn to and                 }
subscribed before         }
me this October 8 1866}
                                      }
Wensley Hobby County}
Judge Scriven [sic]         }
County [LS in a circle depicting a stamp]
Wm.L. Mathews [signature]
Lemuel Parker [signature]
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Georgia} 
Scriven [sic.] [Screven] County

I Robert D. Sharpe Clerk of the Inferior Count in and for said County, certify that Wensley Hobby is Judge of the County Court of said County under the styls(?) of "County Judge."  That he has been said County Judge since the, first of June 1866. of that said County Court is a court of Reason[?] of without any public seal, the law
authorizing the use of the private seal
of the County Judge in the absense [sic.][absence] of a Public
(?) --  (?) said Wensley Hobby is the County Judge, before whom the declaration was made for the restantion (?) restoration of Rysion (?) of
Ruth Caile of Scriven [sic.][Screven] County Georgia

Witness my Hand official signature seal of officer this October 8, 1861.

[right-aligned]
[signature] Robert G Sharpe Clk 
Infr [Inferior] Ct [Court]
Scrus[?]

[bottom right corner of page appears a diamond-style opaque mark -- perhaps the private seal of the county judge as mentioned previously in the letter?]
Page 56

I certify that upon reference to the book of the Pension agency of the United States for the State of Georgia in this Bank it appears that William Caile musician an Rival [? ] a Penne[?]  of the United States at the rate of $7 33 1/3 / 100 per month a resident of Scriven [Screven] County Georgia died on the fifth 
day of September 1836 and that this
[?] up to that time was paid to his widow.

[right-aligned]
Given under my hand at the
Planters Bank of the State of Georgia Savannah this Thirtieth
[?][day] of July 1855.

HN Mercer
Page 57

[left-aligned]
Re? 20 July 1833:


[right-aligned]
Department of War
Pension Officer 
June 6. 1833 --

[left-aligned]
Sir:

[indent] The declaration of William Cale has
been examined and is herewith returned --

[indent] It is pofsible [sic.] [possible] that the application may be
entitled to the benefit of the act of May 1828, and
to that end I would advise him to apply to the
Treasury Deparmt. [sic.] [Department] to  ascertain that fact --

[right-aligned]
I am very respectfully Yr.[sic.][your] Obdt.[sic.][Obedient] Serat.[sic.][Servant].
JL Edwards [signature]
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I this day have Received william cales Declaration and also this Letter Directing it to sent [sic] to the the [sic] Treasury Department I have done so this 8 July 1833
John Wise clk [JS in a circle depicting a stamp]
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Re ? 20 July 1833.
State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do certify that it appears from the musterrolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, that William Cale a musician in Capt. Sharpes company of the 10th Regiment, enlisted in 1782 for the War, that from the book of settlements of the Army accounts, it appears he was allowed the sum of £186.12.8 [illegible character], which sum was drawn by Capt. Lassiter, and from the Warrant book it appears he was allowed 640 acres of land for his services, the full quantity allowed a war soldier.
Given under my hand this
28th day of May 1833.
W. Hill [signature]
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I have this day received William Hill certificate and and [sic] have return [sic] the same, ^to^ the Treasury Department this 8 July 1833 John Wise clk [LL in a circle depicting a stamp]
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Mrs Ruth Cail Widow
of William Cail
Ogeechee Post Office
Screven Cy Ga

[stamped "DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SO PENSION OFFICE"]
Ruth Caile [written vertically]
Page 62

State of Georgia}
Screven County ⎬ On this Twenty third day
of June Eighteen hundred and sixty six,
personally appeared before me County
Judge of the County Court in said County and
State, the same being a Court of record
Ruth Cail aged Eighty three years a resident
of the County of Screven in the State of Georgia, who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the identical Ruth
Cail who was a pensioner on the roll of
the agency at Savannah, Georgia, and
whose pension certificate is herewith returned,
that she has resided since the first day of January A.D. 1861, as follows in the 80th District County of Screven in said State, that during this period her means of subsistence have been by farming by which a livelihood has been gained; and that she has not borne arms against the government of the United States, or she has not in any manner encouraged the rebels, or manifested sympathy with their cause, and that she was last paid her pension on the 4th day of March
AD. 1860 - This application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of her name to the pension
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rolls, and of obtaining a new pension certificate, such as she may be entitled to
under existing laws, reference being made
to the evidence heretofore filed in the Pension
Office to substantiate her original claim.
Ruth her X mark Cail
Also personally appeared David Burke and James Newton residents of the County and State aforesaid 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 her make her mark to the foregoing declaration. and they further swear that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; and they further swear that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this Twenty Third day of June A.D. 1866. And I hereby certify that I have no interest direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim. Also I certify that the contents of this paper were made known to the affiant before making her mark. 
(over)
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Wensley Hobby County           }
Judge of Screven County State}
of Georgia.  [LS in a circle]       }
David Burk
James Newton
State of Georgia}
Screven County }
I Ruth Cail, 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.
Ruth her X mark Cail 
Sworn to and marked}
before me this           }
3rd day of June A.D.  }
1866. Also I have       }
affixed my ^private^ seal}
of office ["of office" crossed out] there
being no seal of office.
Wensley Hobby County Judge of
County Court of Screven County
State of Georgia [LS in a circle]
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Statesboro Ga         Free
Janu 5th
To the Treasury of the War
Department. City Washington
D. Columbia

[seal]
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Respectfully referred to the
Secy of the Treasury
5 March 1832 [underlined]

[the following text is upside down]
Jany 14. 1832
Pension}
Office   }
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                                      1889      4348 [initials?]
Re 5 March 1832   Bulloch County   Jan 1 1832
Sir I solicit the favour of you on the reciet [sic] of this to let me know the event of my claims and wether [sic] any thing more is required of me relative to establishing the claim that I have laid in.
Your complyance [sic] will oblige an old Revolutioner.
William Cale
direct your letter to States Borough Bulloch Go. Geo.
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[illegible] States Gov
Mr General Post Office
written to & reproved. S.R.H.
Post Office

[the following text is upside down]
States [illegible] Ga
July 5th     Free
Free
The Honble
Lewis McLane
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington City, D.C.

Improper [illegible] with the Quarterly return of [illegible] post office, to [illegible] the P.M. has been
Page 69

[the following text is upside down]
Improper [illegible] with the Quarterly return of [illegible] post office, to [illegible] the P.M. has been

Free
The Honble
Lewis McLane
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington City, D.C.
23d Augt [on left side]
States [illegible] Ga
July 5th                              Free

[the following text is upside down]
Mr General Post Office
written to & reproved. S.R.H.
Post Office
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Rec 23d Augt 1832       4896
Bulloch County State of Georgia Jan 24 1832
Dear Sir }
You stated in your last communication that
Capt Caile should exhibit before the department some further evidences of his having enlisted to serve in the
Continental army of the Revolution until the termination of the war. I was under the impression that what had been already forwarded was sufficient and would
be conformable to the requisitions of the law making provision for those who had so enlisted. One of the certificates previously forwarded was given by Mr Thomas a  Revolutionary ^soldier^ who now recieves [sic] a pension from government and who was intimately acquainted with Mr Caile during a 
a [sic] part of the revolution and has testified on oath to the particular enlistment and services of him and also of his having been legally discharged from James Island in South Carolina after the cessation of hostilities between the contending powers-- Enclosed are the certificates of Mr Parker Caile and the applicant which I am in hopes will prove perfectly satisfactory as the two former were also soldiers in the malitia [sic] service of there [sic] country during that eventful period and are men of sterling integrity and truth --
-- The certificate of Capt Caile should be particularly relied on as I am fully convinced that he has stated nothing but what actually occured [sic] and being a pious member of
the baptist convention would render him more tenacious of truth. If the department should wish any evidence of ^his^ standing in this County it can be speedily rendered as I am confident that no respectable individual in the County would withhold his name if they thought it would prove beneficial to him in any respect-- Please write me on the receipt of this informing me of the fate of the application -- I am Sir with sentiments of respect --
Yr most Obt Sevt
(?) B Burt
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Rcd 19 June 1836
State of Georgia}
Screven County } personally came and appeard [sic] William Caile of Bulloch County your petitioner and Budd Caile of Screven County before me John Mills one of the Justices of the peace for the 80th destrict [sic] and after both being sworn deposeth and saith that Wm Caile your petitioner did actually serve as a musiscooner during the old revolution ware sworn to and subscribed before me this second day of June 1831
John Mills .J.P. [signature]
William Caile [signature]
Budd X Caile [mark]
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Re? 23 Augt 1832
State of Georgia}
Bulloch County  }  I do hereby certify that I inlisted [sic] in the continental army of the Revolution under Capt Benjamin Coleman at Kingston in Daubs County and was removed from thence to Ashley Hill the headquarters of General Green where I remained untill the evacuation of Charleston after which we we were marched to James Island where we continued untill the preceeding [sic] August when we were legally discharged - given under my hand this 19th of May 1832 -----------------
Sworn to before me this 19th May 1832
William Williams [signature]
Sp [mark?]
William Caile [signature]
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Revolutionary Claims.
_________
Under the act, entitled ""An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
_________
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
25 April 1831
SIR:
Your claim under the abovementioned act has been examined. The act provides for no other non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, than those who enlisted in the Continental line for the war, and served until its termination ["and served until its termination" underlined]. As there is nothing to show that you served until the end of the war your claim has not been admitted. However any further evidence that you may be able to produce shall receive due consideration.
I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
SD Ingham
Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr. Wm Caile.
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12 Jany 1831.     2353
Bullock County 15th Decr. 1830
Dear Sir
Your communication dated Octr. 25th was duly received wherein you state that you wish to know what became of my discharge
or the reason why it was carried to Hallifax, I
will now inform you of the circumstance. after 
the evacuation of the Troops there not being money sufficient to pay of [sic] the soldiers, I deposited my discharge in the hands of
 ^Nathan Lassister^an attorney for
collection, encouraging me at that time, that there would be money appropriated for the purpose of paying the soldiers off. from that day to this I have never received a solitary cent neither have I ever seen my discharge since, or could ascertain what became of it.
I remain
Your Humble petitioner
Wm Cayle
John Mills J.P.
Bud his X mark Caile
William Caile [signature]
The above sworn to
and subscribed before me
this 23rd of December 1830
John Mills . J.P.
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[illegible] 23 Augt 1832
State of Georgia}
Bulloch County  }
I do hereby certify that I was raised in the same neighbourhood with Capt William Caile and am knowing to his having enlisted to serve in the Continental army of the revolution to the end the same given under my hand this 18th day of May 1832
Sworn to and subscribed this before me this 21 day of May 1832
John Mills .J.P. [signature]
James his P mark Parker
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State of Georgia}
Bulloch County  } Re ? 23 Augt. 1812.
I do hereby certify that I was perfectly acquainted with Capt ["Capt" crossed out] William Cail during a part of the revolutionary war And am knowing to his having enlisted for during the war and Served untill the end of the Same and have frequently Seen his discharge given under my hand this 18th day of May 1832 the above sworn to and subscribed before me this 21st of may 1832
Budd his X mark Caile
John Mills .J.P. [signature]
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Affidavit of John Mincey
In proof of Marriage [underlined]
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Proof of Marriage [underlined]
State of Georgia}
Screven County }
On this ninth day of July AD 1855 before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for said county duly authorized by law to administer oaths for general purposes in person came John Mincey aged sixty six years who is to me well known as a credible person and who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he has been well acquainted with Mrs Ruth Cole who has made application for the benefits of the provisions of the act of Congress passed February 3d 18[illegible] for the term of forty five years and that he was well acquainted with William Cole her husband for the term of twenty years at least prior to his death He further states that the said William Cole and Ruth Cole were married on the [blank] day of April AD 1809 in the County of Screven and State of Georgia by one Jacob Dunn a justice of the peace that he the deponent was personally present and witnessed the marriage of the said parties and that from that time untill the death of the said William Cole the said parties lived together as husband and wife and had issue as follows William Cole aged now about forty years Coleman Cole aged about thirty seven Budd Cole aged about thirty two years Homer Cole aged about twenty six years John Cole aged about thirty years and two daughters to wit Devey Cole aged about forty two years and Martha Cole aged about forty one years which said children are now living-- and this deponent further states that the
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said William Cole Died in the County of Screven and State of Georgia on or about the 5th of September AD 1836 and that since that time the said Ruth Cole has not intermarried married but remains and still is the widow of the said William Cole and further that the name of the said Ruth Cole before her said marriage was Ruth Meathers and that he is not interested in this claim
John Mincey [signature]
Sworn to before me and I do hereby certify that I believe the said John Mincey to be of the age above stated and that his affidavit is correct and true; and that I am not interested in this claim
Mathew Parker J.P. [signature]
Clerks office of the Inferior Court
for Scriven [sic] County Georgia July 9th 1855
I Green D Sharpe Clerk of the Inferior Court for Scriven [sic] County and State of Georgia do hereby certify that Mathew Parker whose genuine signature appears to the above
affidavit and certificate is and was at the time of signing the same a justice of the peace duly commissioned and authorised by law to administer oaths for general purposes
Witness my hand and seal of said Court at Sylvania the day and year above written
Green D. Sharpe Clerk [signature]
[stamp]
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Application for Restoration to the Pension Roll
BY A PARTY WHOSE NAME HAS BEEN DROPPED UNDER THE ACT OF FEBRUARY 4, 1862.
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*The following Declaration must be executed before a Judge, or a Clerk, or a Deputy Clerk of a Court of Record, and, if before the Judge, the Clerk or Deputy Clerk thereof will certify said Judge's official capacity and signature, and attest the same under the seal of the Court. [finger pointing right][italics] A Justice of the Peace or a Notary Public must not authenticate this paper. If he does the work is entirely useless, and must be all done over again before a Judge, or Clerk, or Deputy Clerk of a Court of Record, as last above stated.
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DECLARATION.
State of Georgia, County of Screven SS:
On this 11 day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine personally appeared before me (1) John R. Evans Clk of the (2) Superior Court in said County and State, the same being a court of record (3) Ruth Caile aged 85 years, a resident of the (4) County of Screven in the State of Georgia who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that (5) she is the identical (3) Ruth Caile who was a pensioner on the roll of the Agency at Savannah in the State of Georgia and whose pension certificate (6) has been forwarded to the commissionman of
Pensions, Washington City D.C. and if of [sic] file in said office. That (5) she has resided since the first day of January, 1861, as follows: (7) Scriven [sic] County State of Georgia -
..........
That during this period (8) her means of subsistence have been (9) she has been spported [sic] by her children
...........
That (5) she has not borne arms against the Government of the United States, or has not in any manner been engaged in or aided or abetted the rebellion therein, or in any manner encouraged the rebels, or manifested a sympathy with their cause. Applicant
makes the following additional declaration: "I  (3) Ruth Caile do solemnly swear (or affirm) in the presence of Almighty God, that I will hereafter 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."
Applicant further states that (5) she was last paid (8) her pension on the day 4 of September A.D. 186[illegible] that applicant did not in any manner aid or abet the rebellion, or those prosecuting the said rebellion or manifested a sympathy with their cause, but on the contrary did, during the
said rebellion earnestly desire its suppresion [sic] by force of arms
That (10) she still continues a widow
.........
This application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of (8) her name to the pension rolls, and of obtaining a new
pension certificate, such as (5) she may be entitled to under existing laws, reference being made to the evidence heretofore filed in
the Pension Office to substantiate (8) her original claim.
Applicant appoints SW. Williams of Washington DC (8) her Attorney
irrevocably with full power of substitution and revocation in (8) her said behalf, and authorizes him to receive the Pension Certificate when issued. Applicant's Post-Office address is Cameron County of Screven State of
Georgia; that (8) her domicile or place of abode is (11) near Central Rail Road, eleven miles from Sylvania Scriven [sic] County
State of Georgia
Ruth her X mark Caile Applicant.
[note appearing vertically]
NOTE:-Two persons who can write must sign their names here in attestation of the Power of Attorney and the signature of the applicant. The officer administering the oath cannot be one of the attesting parties.
ATTEST:
1 David Burke [signature]
2 James Newton [signature]
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WITNESSES AFFIDAVIT.
Sworn to, subscribed, and acknowledged before me, the day and year first above written, and also personally appeared David
Burke and James Newton, residents of the (4) County of Screven in the State of Georgia; 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 (3) Ruth Caile (12) make her mark to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with (13) her that (5) she is the identical person (5) she represents (14) herself to be. They further state, that, according to their best knowledge and belief, the said (3) Ruth
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That said applicant's pension certificate (6) is  on file in Pension Office, as they have been informed; that said applicant did not in any manner aid or abet the rebellion, or those prosecuting the said rebellion, or manifested a sympathy with their cause, but, on the contrary, did, during the said rebellion, earnestly desire its suppression by force of arms.
That (15) said Ruth Caile still continues a widow
......
And they further swear that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim, and know the facts herein stated from a long and intimate personal acquaintance with applicants [sic] and knowing her habits and opinions from frequent conversations had with her.
[note appearing vertically] NOTE.- If the witnesses, or either of them, make their mark, let two persons who can write their names attest the signatures. The officer administering the oath cannot be one of the attesting parties.
ATTEST:
5..............
6..............
Two Witnesses {    3 David Burk [signature]
                              4 James Newton [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11 day of September A.D. 1869, and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim. Also, that the foregoing declaration and joint affidavit were read over and fully explained to, and understood by, the respective parties before they signed the same. That I verily believe that the applicant has never aided or abetted the rebellion in the United States, and is of reputed loyalty to the Government, Constitution, and Laws thereof, and I certify that the two witnesses are credible and loyal.
X [signature]John R. Evans, Clk Sup Court.
NOTE.- If the Clerk or the Deputy Clerk of the Court takes the Declaration and affidavit instead of the Judge, he signs the above certificate and places the seal of the Court thereto, and the following certificate [illegible] unauthenticated, but if the Judge administers the oath, he signs the foregoing certificate, and then the Clerk or Deputy Clerk himself authenticates the ce[illegible] following.
[The following text is crossed out]
State of ....... County of ..........SS.
I, .........Clerk of the ..........Court within and for the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that ........... before whom the foregoing Pension Declaration and joint affidavit were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was, at the time of so doing, Judge of the (2)................ Court in and for the County and State above named, duly elected, qualified and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that his said signature, as it above appears, is genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of .......
in ...........,this .....day of ...........A. [illegible]
................Clerk.
................Court.
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Sylvania, Ga.
Jan - 24, 1921.
U.S. Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.
[Rev
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mk] in right margin
Dear Sir
Have you any record of William Cail ["William Cail" underlined] of Georgia as a Revolutionary Soldier ["Revolutionary Soldier" underlined]? I understand that his widow drew a pension, and will greatly appreciate the proof of her ^husband's^ service, for which I thank you in advance.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. H.S. White
[Stamp reading "U.S. PENSION OFFICE JAN 27 1921]