Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1277, Jesse Harris, N.C.
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(3-1776
SERVICE   NUMBER
[handwritten]N.C.   Harris, Jesse   W. 1277 [/handwritten]
[handwritten] Judah   B.L.Wt. 19728-160-55 [/handwritten]
[handwritten] (widow colored) [/handwritten]
CONTENTS
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[handwritten] 5445
North Carolina Roll

Jesse Harris
Private
North Carolina line

[printed] in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

[inscribed] on the Roll of the [handwritten] North Carolina
[printed] at the rate of [handwritten] eight [printed] Dollars per month, to commence on the [handwritten] 22nd [print] of [written] June 1818.

[print] Certificate of Pension issued the [written] 18th [print] of [written] January 1819 [printed] and [handwritten] sent to H Potter for Judge Raleigh.
[print] rrears to 4th of [handwritten] Sept. 1818. 2 M & 13/30 - 19:46
[print] emi-anl. all'ce ending [handwritten] 4th March 1819 - 48: -
[print] [Underline sum line]
[handwritten]$67:46
[print][underline]
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
[handwritten]18 Months - War
Continued
[illegible]

[upside down opposite fold line of printed form][handwritten]May 30th, 1833 Duplicate four and send to Rich Smith, Raleigh N.C.
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[handwritten] Restoration 2871
North Carolina (Raleigh)
Judah Harris
[print] widow of [handwritten] Jesse Harris
[print] who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a [handwritten] Private
North Carolina line
[print] Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of [handwritten] 96 [print] dollars [handwritten] - .
[print] cents per annum, to commence on
the [struck through] 3d February, 1853. [/struck through]
[handwritten beneath struck out date] 4th March 1861
[print] Certificate of Pension issued
[handwritten] 22d [print] day of [handwritten] June 1866
[print] and sent to [handwritten] C Hellen
No 12 North A St
Capitol Hill
Present
[print] Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 8, 1853, Page [handwritten] 214 [print] Vol [remainder of text cut off by damage to page]

[handwritten on opposite side of pamphlet fold line] 1887, Aug [illegible] reports paid to June 4 1887 living at Rogers Store Make Co NC (then aged as stated either 84 or 91 years) called about 87 .yrs (colored woman)

[faded stamp, largely illegible] Sec. 4718, [illegible] S.
[illegible] -tion for $ [handwritten on stamp] 29.60 to the
[illegible] -tary as requested by the
[illegible] [handwritten] 27-64
June 4th 88. [/stamp]

[handwritten] Date of widow's death no on AK.
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[handwritten] 150.302
Act March 3 of 55
May 20 of 55

Judah Harris
wid of
Jesse Harris

[underlined] Private 
N.C. Line

Revolutionary War

N.C. [illegible] 53-2871

Ao. 160 acs Mar 2 5/56

[signature] Dorzo

[written sideways] Roll [/sideways]

P.S. Rogers 
New Light
s. 6

[written diagonally across pamphlet, over other text] No. 19728 to Mar 31st 56
Vol. 76. 21. - .
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District of North Carolina [J?].

On this twenty second day of June 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the United States for the District aforesaid, personally appeared Jesse Harris, aged sixty odd years, resident-in Wake County, in the said District, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land + naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." That some time toward, the latter end of the war aforesaid, at Hillsborough, in the State of North Carolina, he the said Jesse Harris was hired by a class of men + entered the service for them, for eighteen months, in the company commanded by Captain Wm. Lytle, of the tenth Regiment, in the North Carolina line, on the Continental establishment, in said war; that he continued to serve in the same Company + in Captain Hadley's, to which he was transferred, until the end of the said war, when he obtained a furlough at Hillsborough aforesaid, + was never after called on to serve- his said furlough is lost or destroyed; that he was in no battle; and that he is in reduced circumstances,  [illegible] in need of the assistance of his country for support. Sworn to + declared before me, the day + year first aforesaid.

H. Potter D Justice

Francis Jones maketh oath that he was well acquainted with the above named Jesse Harris while in the Continental service, in the revolutionary war - that the said Harris served as a solider in Captain Hadley's Company of the tenth Regiment of the North Carolina line, on the continental establishment, in the war aforesaid, against the common enemy, for a term more than nine months, and until the end of the war, to the best of this deponent's recollection + knowledge 
Sworn to at the time + place aforesaid.

H. Potter D Justice
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I Henry Potter, District Judge as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Jesse Harris did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceeding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine month, + until the end of the war, on the continental establishment, and that he is in reduced circumstances + stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and I now [illegible] the proceedings + testimony taken [+ had?] before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to their discretion of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Raleigh 3 September 1818.
H. Potter D Judge


10th Regiment 
Jesse Harris a private Augt. 1st 1782, 18 months

The above is a true abstract taken from the master roll of the N. Carolina continental line in the Revolutionary War. Given under my hand this 22nd day of June 1818.

Wm. Hill Secretary of State
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[Printed form with blanks filled in by hand]
[Printed] DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA, ss.
ON THIS [written] 23rd [/written] day of [written] August [printed] 1821 personally ap
peared in open Court, being a Court of Record held in and for the county of [written] Wake
[printed] in the State (and District) of North-Carolina [written] Jessee Harris a private
soldier and now a pensioner of the United States [printed] aged
[written] upwards of sixty [printed] years, a resident of the said county and state,
who being first duly sworn according to law, does on his [written] Oath
[printed] declare that he served in  the Revolutionary War, as follows:
[written] viz. that he enlisted in
Captain William Lytle's Company in a regiment commanded by Col. Elijah
Lytle belonging to the North Carolina line and quota of Continental which
served at the South and that he was changed + transfered into other
Companies and regiments while in the service the names and number of
which he now partly forgets as his memory fails him a good deal and
that he has received a pension as by law allowed or [will?] appear by Pension Certificate No. 5445
which is now [illegible] [/written]
[printed] And I do solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on th
18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any man-
ner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent so to diminish it as to bring my-
self within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons
engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on
the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, a-
ny property, or securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any income or property,
other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed [/printed]
[written] which by my intimation
amounts to fifty nine Dollars + ten Cents which is the extreme
value as I think of the [?rnal] specified articles forming + being the whole
of my property except my Bed + Bedding + [becoming?] apparel. that my
occupation was that of a labourer and planter which from increasing
bodily infirmaties and a failure in my eye sight. I am now unable to
persue so as to support myself thereby. that I have a wife (my second one
and two Children Boys are named Fennel upwards of sixteen Williams
about nine months old. that Fennell is small for his age but is able to sport
me somewhat in getting me a support - and that I am in extremely indigent circumstances
tho labour [any?] and [printed words crossed out] frugal not with standing my afflictions
sworn to and declared [word crossed out] on the 23rd day of August 1821 in Open Court
I, Benjamin S. King Clerk of Wake County Court [printed] do hereby 
certify that the foregoing Oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly co-
pied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the
said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule [/printed] [written] from evidence
[written] Sworn in on Oath in Open Court by credible + deserve [illegible] credence 
is but about forty [printed] dollars and --- cents. In testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 
[written] 23rd August 1821 [signature] B S King Cl
[Seal of court affixed]
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State of North Carolina
Wake County
A schedule of the property of -
Jessee Harris a Revolutionary soldier and a pensioner.
of the United States. (to 

One lot or parcel of pewter . . . . . $3.50
One old saddle almost worn out . . . .1 -
Some Old Knives & forks . . . . . . .50
One Old Iron pot . . . . . . . . . . 1 25
One Old Chait 25 cents One Old Brandy Barrel soes . . 75
One Old Spinning wheel nearly useless + worn out . . . 50
One Broken Old Coffee Pott . . . . . . . 25
One Old Smoothing Iron with the handle Broken - 25
One Small Bey Horse rather Old - 25 00
A Small Parcel of moldy Tobacco somewhat rotten 6 -
plough hoes weeding hoes Club axes + Iron Wedges . . 7 00
One Bread Baker $1 & Lot of Plantation tools $3 . 4 -
One Scythe 25/ one pair [Hanees?] 6/- 3 10
Two Sows + two pigs... 5 00
Three Grubbing Hoes - 1 00
[Line]
$59.10
The above is a faithful schedule of my
property and the full value thereof in my own
estimation and I believe that I value them higher
than any other person would or will do for
as most of them have grown old with me
I have the greater regards for them as being
Old Companions
Witness my name August the 23rd 1821
Jessee Harris [signed with an X and "his mark"]
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State of No. Carolina
Wake County
On this the 16th day of May 1853 Personally appeared before the Court of Pleas & Quarter sessions of said County Now sitting Judah Harris a resident of said County aged fifty years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the the benefit of the provisions made by act of Congress passed on the 3rd day February 1853; That she is the widow of Jesse Harris late of said County who was a private soldier in the War of the revolution and was allowed and drew a pension under the act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 at the rate of Ninety six dollars per annum that he resided in Wake County State of No. Carolina and received his pension at Fayetteville up to the time of his death

She further declares she was married to the said Jesse Harris on the 25th day of Feby in the year eighteen hundred and fifteen or sixteen that her  husband the aforesaid Jesse Harris died on the [blank] day of April eighteen hundred and forty [words crossed out] four 

That she was married to him at the time above stated she further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act and is still a widow

Further that she was married in Wake County and that her maiden name was Judah Taburn

Judah X her mark Harris

Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court
May 15th 1852. James T Marriott Clk
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I the undersigned an acting Justice of the
Peace and of the Court of Please + Quarter Sessions
in + for said County of Wake and State of
North Carolina do hereby certify that Judah
Harris this day personally appeared before me
this day + date aforesaid and made the foregoing
declaration. She is the identical widow of Jesse
Harris deceased as stated in her declaration +
is the widow of said Jesse Harris and has
never since married as witness my hand
+ [?] this the day and date aforesaid
[Signature] Adolphus G Jones J.P.

State of North Carolina
Wake County } Court of Pleas + Quarter Sessions
May Term 1853
I, James T. Marriott Clerk of the Court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions for the county of Wake aforesaid, do hereby
Certify that Judah Harris appeared in Open Court and
made oath in due form of law to the facts set forth
in the annesed Declaration, and that the same was
particularly examined by the said Court and ordered
the same to be duly certified to the war Department
I further Certify that Adolphus G Jones before
whom the same was made is and was at the date of the
same an acting Justice of the peace in + for said county
and that his signatures thereto are genuine,
In Testimony whereof I have [words crossed out]
affixed the Seal of said Court + subscribed
my name at office in Raleigh the 21st June 1853
[Signature] James T. Marriott Clk
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State of North Carolina
Wake County } 
Know all men by these presents, that
we Jesse Harris + Thos Roycroft
are held and firmly bond into John Branch Esquire, Gov
ernor +c or his successors in office, in the full sum of Five
Hundred pounds, current money, to be paid to the said Governor
his successors or [assigns?], for the which payment well and
truly to be made and done, we bind ourselves our heirs
Executors + administrators jointly and severally, firmly
by these presents, seal with our seals and dated this 23rd day
of February Anno Domini 1820
The condition of the above obligation is such, that
whereas the above bonder Jesse Harris hath made appli
cation for a [Bond?] for marriage to be celebrated between
him and Julia Tabon of the county aforesaid, now
in Case it Shall not appear hereafter that there is
any lawful Cause or Impediment to obstruct the
said marriage, thus the above obligation to be void,
otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of
L.H. Pullen
Jesse Harris (Seal)
T Roycroft (Seal)
State of North Carolina
Wake County } I James T Marriott Clerk
of the Court of Pleas + Quarter Sessions, for the county
of Wake aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing
is a true and correct copy of the marriage Bond of
Jesse Harris to marry Julia Tabon, transcribed from
the original filed in my office
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed the seal of said court + subscribed
my name at office in Raleigh this
21st June 1853
James T. Marriott, Clk
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State of N. Carolina
Wake County }
On this the 10th day of August AD 1853 personally
appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace
within and for the county aforesaid James M Magnum
a resident of county aforesaid aged fifty six years
who being first duly sworn according to law doth on
his oath say that Jesse Harris was personally known
to him that he died about [blank] day April AD 1844
in said county and drew a pension at the rate of
ninety six dollars per annum up to the day of his death
and that Judah Harris is his widow was a widow
at the passage of the act and is still a widow
Jas M Magnum
sworn to + subscribed before me the date above 
written and I certify that Jas M Magnum is
personally known to me and is credible witness
[Signature] WM Laws JP

State of North Carolina
Wake County } I James T Marriott Clerk
of the Court of Pleas + Quarter Sessions for the County
of Wake aforesaid, do hereby certify that Wm
Laws before whom the above affidavit my
made in was at the date of the same an acting
Justice of the peace in + for said county and
that the above signature purporting to be his
is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto affixed the seal of said
court + subscribed my name at
Raleigh the 15th Aug 1853
James T Marriott Clk
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[handwritten] 150.302
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State of North Carolina
County of Wake

On this the 1. day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Judah Harris aged fifty years a resident of Wake County in the State of North Carolina who being duly Sworn according to law, declared that she is the  identical widow of Jesse Harris and that she is receiving a pension of ninetysix dollars per annum on account of her said husbands services in the revolutionary war that she is on the North Carolina roll of U.S. Revolutionary pensions. She declares that she has not married again since the death of said Jesse Harris but is still a widow,     She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land granted by the act passed March 3. 1855 and she hereby declares that she has not applied for or received and she believes she is not entitled to Bounty Land except as above stated and she hereby appoints P.S. Rogers of the County of Wake State of N. Carolina her agent to prosecute this claim and receive a warrant when issued   This her first and only application under the act of March 3 1855 or of any other
act for Bounty land
Witness [underlined] W.H. Pully [/underlined]  
Witness A C Meadows                   
Judah Harris [signed with an X and "her mark"]

State of North Carolina
County of Wake } Sworn to and subscribed before
me the day and date above written and I certify that
I have no interest in the above claim and am not concerned
in its prosecution also that I believe the applicant to be the
identical person she represents herself to be
WM Laws JP
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State of North Carolina
County of Wake }
Personally came W.H. Pulley + A.C. Meadows
residents of County and State aforesaid persons whom I certify
to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being duly sworn
say that they were present and saw Judah Harris sign her
name to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that
from their knowledge of the applicant that she is the identical
person she represents herself to be and who has received
a pension for her husbands services in the war of the Revolution
and they deponents do reside in County of Wake in the State
of North Carolina They also swear that they are dis
interested witnesses they also swear that she has not married
again since the death of the said Jessee Harris but is
still a widow
[Signature] W.H. Pully
AC Meadows
Sworn to and subscribed to before me the 21st day of May 1855
Wm Laws JP

State of North Carolina
Wake County } I Thomas J. Utley Clerk of the Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions certify that Wm Laws whose name
appears to the foregoing Declaration and Certificate was
at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace
and that the signature purporting to be his is Genuine
In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe
my name and affix the seal of said
Court at office in Raleigh this 21st day of May 1855
[Signature] Thomas J. Utley Clerk
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April 11, 1932
BA-J/AWF
xxxxxxxxxxxx
Jesse Harris
W. 1277

Mrs. J. S. Wilbour
High Point
North Carolina.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter requesting information in regard to Jesse Harris of Wake County, North Carolina, a soldier of the War of the Revolution.

The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 1277, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Jesse Harris.

He enlisted in Hillsboro, North Carolina, August 1, 1782 and was a private in Captains William Lytle's and Hadley's companies in Colonel Lytle's North Carolina regiment, and served until the close of the war.

He was allowed pension on his application executed June 22, 1818, at which time he was living in Wake County, North Carolina,, and was about sixty years of age.

He died April 15, 1844 in said Wake County.

He married in Wake County, North Carolina, Judah or Julia Tabon or Taburn "a woman of colour". She stated they were married February 25, 1815 or 1816. The marriage bond was dated February 23, 1820. The said Judah (Julia) was his second wife, the name of his first wife is not shown.

The widow, Judah or Julia, was allowed pension on 

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her application executed May 16, 1853 at which time she was living in Wake County, North Carolina, and was fifty years of age.

In 1821 the soldier, Jesse Harris, referred to his son, Fennel, as aged sixteen years old and and to his son, William, as aged nine months old.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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[Printed form with blanks filled in by hand]
 State of North Carolina.  
Application for a new certificate.  
County of Wake 
On this fifth day of March 1833, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Wake afore[said] personally appeared Jesse Harris who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Hadleys in the regiment commanded by Colonel Lyttle of 10th Regiment in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of North Carolina that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate on or about the 26 & 27th days of September 1832 at or near say in the City of Raleigh, County of Wake and state of North Carolina was accidentally burnt and totally lost, where he had left his said certificate for convenience to him, in having his pension drawn by his Power Attorney made to Beverly Rose Esq of Fayetteville, by which mode he had usually drawn the same --
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid 
Darrell Rogers JP
Jesse Harris [signed with an X and "his mark"]

[printed] NOTES -- The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.  The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one"
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity.  The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit.  The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity.  This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be.
When a person acting as an agent or Attorney for a pensioner, loses the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.
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 be sent with the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers. -- in every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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.
No attention will be given to applications from persons who act as agents, unless they are known at the War Department, or are vouched for as respectable persons by some one who is known to the Department.
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State of North Carolina Wake County. 
B.B. Smith personally appeared before the subscriber one of the acting Justices of the Peace of the county aforesaid + made oath in due form of law that he is well-acquainted with.  The written names  Jesse Harris and well knoweth him to be the same identical Person named in the written affidavit and the same Jesse Harris, who he also knoweth to be a pensioner and has drawn his pension for several years past from the N Carolina agency at Fayetteville, NC.  Sworn to + subscribed before me this 5th day March 1833.  
Durrell Rogers JP
B.B. Smith 

I certify that Benja B Smith who hath deposed to the above affidavit is a person of veracity.  Durrell Rogers JP.  

State of North Carolina 
Wake County.
The affidavit of Richard Smith made before said month states that this statement, times and manner of the loss of the said Jesse Harris.  Original Certificate as stated above by him is correct, & that the same way burnt in his Store House, together with his Store + a number of other persons Store Houses at the same time in the
City of Raleigh on the evening & morning of 26 & 27th September 1832.  Sworn to + Subscribed this 5th day of March 1833 -- 
Richard Smith 
Durrell Rogers JP.  

I certify that Richard Smith is well known to us to be a person of veracity.  Durrell Rogers JP
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The Secretary of War
Raleigh 5th March 1833
Will please enclose the New Certificate
if allowed as soon as possible to Mr Richard Smith
for me as I am much need of the pay being old + infirm
Witness Durrell Rogers
Jesse Harris [signed with an X and "his mark"]

State of North Carolina
Wake County }
I Benjamin S King clerk of the Court of Pleas
and Quarter Sessions for the County of Wake
afore[said] do hereby certify that Durrell Rogers, Esq
whose name appears above is an acting Justice of the peace
of said County and that faith and credit is and ought
to be given to his official [writ?] as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the seal of
office this 5th March 1833
B.S. King
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RECORD DIVISION REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION

3-525
N.F. 1277

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D. C. _____,19__

In reply to your request of ____, received ____ for a statement of the military history of Jesse Harris 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.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT: Aug 1 82
LENGTH OF SERVICE: 18 mos
RANK:  Pvt.
[illegible handwriting]

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN: William Lytle, [illegible] Hadley
COLONEL: Lytle

STATE: N.C.

Battles engaged in, none stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Hillsboro, N.C.
Date of application for pension, June 22, 1818. His [illegible sentence]
[handwriting] 1821-
Residence at date of application, Wake County, N.C.
Age at date of application, sixty odd years, He died in Apr 15, 1844 in Wake Co. N.C.
Remarks: He was (per wife) Feb’y 25 1815 on 1816 in Wake Co N.C. Judah or Julia Taburn. She was al. pens. on an app. Ex. Mar 16 1853 [illegible] a woman of color as of Wake Co. N.C. aged 50 yrs. 1856 in Wake Co. N.C. Sam Fennel was 16 yrs old and William 9 mos. old in 1821.  Name of first wife was not stated.

Respectfully,

This stated that soldier’s widow Juday or Julia Taburn was a colored woman I omitted that as soldier apparently was a white man.  

Commissioner.

V.L.M.

[margin note] marriage [illegible] dated Feb 23 -1820
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High Point NC
Mch 5- 1932

Pension Bureau-
Washington DC
Dear Sir-
Kindly give me the [illegible] of the [illegible] of Jesse Harris- of Wake Co NC- who was a pensioner in 1816/17- or later- having served in Revolutionary War. Descendants who wish to join DAR [illegible] are most anxious to learn all they can about [illegible]. Does the [illegible] tell anything about her family?
Sincerely
Mrs JS Welbour
P.O Box 424

[stamp] REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS BUREAU OF PENSIONS [illegible] MAR 7 - 1932 [/stamp]
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c[handwritten] Rev Sec
[unreadable]
Louisville, Ky, March 22/922
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions. 
Bureau of Pensions, 
War Department, Washington, D. C.
[stamp] PENSION OFFICE  MAR 24  1922

Dear Sir: 
In the report of the Secretary of War.,Senate Document (514) Vol III. 1st Session of of the 23rd Congress 1833-34, on the Kentucky Roll of Revolutionary Pensioners. page 25, I find the name of Benjamin Bridges, pvt. in the N.C. line living Callaway County Ky. 1818 at age 80, he died Dec 17 1824.
In the same Senate Document (514) Vol III on the North Carolina roll page 58 I find the name of Jesse Harris pvt. in the N.C. line at age 76 living in Wake County, N. C. I will appreciate  any information or statement made by the above men when they made
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[handwritten] their application for a pension as to family +c., when the pension ended and to whom paid
I am, Respectfully,
Wm. B Hunter
223 S 5th -st.
Louisville Ky.
4 Lou Pette  Co

[stamp] RECORD DIVISION MAR 25 1922
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Brief in the case of [handwritten] Judah Harris, widow of Jesse Harris Wake County and State of North Carolina act 3rd February 1853

Claim.("original," [redacted]")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported  by rolls? If either state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of March 18 1818 at $96 per annum as a private.
Marriage proved by certified copy of Marriage bond, and certificate of Justice before whom the Dedication was verified

(If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so. what?

Name and residence of Agent
P.S. Rogers Esqr New Light. Wake Co N.C.

[signature] R Gedder Examining Clerk
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[Printed form with blanks filled in by hand]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW'S PENSION
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,
[written] Judah Harris [/written] widow of Jesse Harris
who was a private --- in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Ninety Six
Dollars and --- cents 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 twelfth day of November
one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
[Signed] R Mc Clelland Secretary of the Interior
Examined and Countersigned.
[Signed] LP Waldo Commissioner of Pensions.
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Treasury Department,
Third Auditor's Office,
June 16 1866.
Sir,
In reply to your inquiry of the 14" inst. I have to inform you that the pensions of Mrs. Judah Harris, (on the Fayetteville N.C. roll, under 2" Dec. of Act 3" Feby '53.) appears by the looks of this Office to have been last paid to 4" March 1861.
Very Respectfully,
John Wilson
Auditor

Hon. Jos. H. Barrett
Com'r of Pensions

[illegible]
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Washington May 9th 1866
No. 12 North A Street
Hon Joseph H. Barrett
Commissioner of Pensions }

Sir
I enclose herewith the 
application of Judah Harris (cola) widow of Jesse
Harris - for the restoration of her name to Pension Rolls
Very respectfully
Your obedt. sevt
Clifton Hellen
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Washington June 6th 1866
No. 12 North "A" Street
Hon Joseph H. Barrett
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I enclose herewith evidence in the
case of the application of Judah Harris (cold) for the
restoration of her name to the Pension Rolls, as required by
your letter of the 12 [illegible]
Very respectfully 
Clifton Hellen
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Raleigh 18th August 1853
Sir
Enclosed is the declatation of
Judah Harris (evidence of the late Jessee Harris)
who claims a pension under the
act of Congress of 3rd Feby last, and 
through me asks an early consideration of the same
Your most obedient friend + servant
P.S. Rogers
This is a mailer of Raleigh my address is New Light Wake Co N.C
P.S. Rogers
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Aug. 20, 1853
[illegible] of Judah Harris, widow of Jesse, Wake Co, NC
m19
Au 30 Feb. 53
[Amt?] $96 per annum
Commencing 3d Febr. 1853
RW
P.S. Rogers
New Light, Wake Co, N.C. 
[Printed on the left side]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINE [text cut off]
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N. Carolina 22d June 1818
Jesse Harris 
Wake Co
No Date to Enlistment - but
"Towards the end of the war" Enlisted for 18 months
Captn Lytle's Company
10th Regt. of N Carolina Line
Cont. to serve till war over

Admitted
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[Written on left side of page]
1922 Apr. 26 [Hest. to HM?]
B. Hunter
[Printed form with blanks filled in by hand
[written] Rev. [/written] [printed] WIDOW, &c
File No. 1277
Judah Harris
Widow
Jesse Harris
Priv. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3. /1858
Index: - Vol. A, Page 301
[Arrangement of 1870.]
[Writing on right edge of page illegible]
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1940 Oct 25 - Summary fur. W. H. Bason - MR[A?]
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Jesse Harris- No. 1277
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Judah Harris, wid of Jesse Harris
[Lir?]P.S. Rogers Oct 8/53 [(Rh)?]
Rev. 
Act 3d Feby 1853

19.728
}
[illegible]
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Pension Office
Nov. 9, 1853
Sir,
Please certify the time to which the within named pensions was paid;
and. if in your power, the date of his death.
Very Respectfully
Your obt Servt
S. Cole
For Commissioner
H Burt Esqr
3rd Auditor, Present }
(See other side.)

[Written vertically on right side of page]
Jesse Harris, act 1818, $8.00 per annum
Died 15th April 1844, paid to his death.
Saml. S. Rind
Acts Auditor
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[Printed form filled out by hand]
[Printed] Brief in the case of [/printed] [written] Judah Harris widow of Jesse,
for restoration
Wake County and State of North Carolina
Act 3d Feby: 1853 the 2d Section.
[Printed] CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE
PROOF EXHIBITED [/printed]
[written] Claimant was pensioned on the North Carolina roll at the
rate of $96. per an:
Widowhood, identity, and loyalty is
shown by two credible affiants. Cert of pension
Originally issued has been surrendered.
The Hon. Auditor
reports that her pension was paid to March 4" 1861.
Claim is allowed at the rate of $96. per an: to
Commence the 4" March 1861. and to continue during widowhood.
June 21st 1866
[Signature] Boynton
Examining Clerk

Name and residence of Agent.
C. Hellen, Esqr
No. 12 North A St
Cap: Hill. Present.
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[stamp]
471
N.C. 
Recd 17 Sept 1821
Free

Honbl JC Calhoun
Secretary Department of War
Washington City
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Raleigh, September the 13th 1821
Honbl J.C. Calhoun
Secretary at War
Sir
Owing to my absence on my circuit from the time
the enclosed schedule was rendered and deposition made I had no oppor
=tunity of forwarding it in sufficient time to the department to ensure
a return [crossed out] this place [Increases?] to the 4th of Septbr (the present
month) which is I understand the day appointed for the [payment?] of their
claims, Indeed I expected the clerk of the Court would have transmitted
it in course after the Court in sufficient time, but he was either too
dilatory or to diffident too forward it. untill my return which was yesterday.
I must confess that I am at a loss to manage the concerns
of this poor man Harris, orbe of that use to him I am desirous to be, for the
poor man has such an impediment in his speech, which is aggravated by
increasing infirmities and debility, That I can not understand him, and am
compelled always to have some one of his family or neighbours to explain
what he attempts today - and the old man is known to be so honest that
every one is interested for him Indeed the rage, [underlined] the unconscionable [/underlined]
rage for speculating on this interesting and deserving class of man is now
carried to such a pitch as to excite the indignation of every well meaning man
and I confess determines me to disappoint the vultures that prey on them as far
as I possibly can - 
Permit me respectfully to suggest to you for the propriety and policy
of lettering the one General Agent at Fayetteville or wherever he may be pay
them, and them alone, and not trust the doing it to subordinate agents for the
more there are employed to do that business, the more are this deserving
but impotent class of men exposed to speculation and [extortion?] - I must
also beg leave to remind the department that Jesse Harris's pension has been unpaid
for some time. I am most respectfully Sir Your Most obedt Servt
John Dea x DeLacy
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P.S. Trusting that the enclosed is now correct, I will pray you for to instruct some of the Gentlemen in the department to
inform me by mail of its fate and when and where the poor man may apply for his pension (i.e.) the amount due 
as he is too poor to bear the expenses, and too old to bear the fataigue [sic] of much travel. I am most Respectfully Sir
Your most obedt Servant
John Dee DeLacy
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2871
North Carolina H
Judah Harris
Widow of Jesse.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
96. Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the
12th day of November 1853.
and sent to 
P.S. Rogers
New Light
Wake Co.
N.C.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 135. Vol. A 
C. Hellen, May, 12"66,
3 Aud. from 14" 66
Reg 3 March 55-150802
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State of N. Carolina
Wake County
On this the 26th day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty three James M Mangum of said county personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace within and for the County aforesaid and made oath in due form of law that he is well acquainted, with the person of Judah Harris widow of Jessee Harris who has applied for a pension under the act. of Feb. 3d, 1853 that he was present when the said Judah Harris made her declaration in Court and believes her Statement was according to her knowledge and best recollection at the time and that she is a woman of weak mind and memory and knows but very little about dates and the want of recollection has caused the discrepancy in her statement and the records of her marriage with said Jessee Harris; He further swears that said Jessee Harris died on his premises on the - day April 1844 the day of the month not recollected
Jas. M. Mangum
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first above written and I do hereby certify that James M. Mangum is personally known to me and is credible witness 
William Laws
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State of North Carolina
Wake County
I Thomas J. Utley clerk
of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the county
of Wake aforesaid do hereby certify that William
Laws, whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit
is now and was at the time of signing the same
an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county
and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
[Seal affixed]
In testimony whereof I hereunto
subscribe my name and affix
the seal of said court at office
in Raleigh the 4th day of November AD 1853
[Signed] Thomas J. Utley clerk
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North Carolina
Wake County
Personally appeared before me
[faint] J. J. Ferrell Clerk of the County Court of Wake
N. Carolina Buckner Nipper + Geo W Thompson
residents of the aforesaid County, who being duly
sworn according to the law, say upon their oath, they have
known Judah Harris (a woman of colour) for many years
+ know the fact, that she did not aid or encourage the
so called rebels of the south in the late war or give them
her countenance in any respect whatever, but on the
contrary expressed opposition to the war, + manifested
by words and actions a great dislike to many volunteering
and any other means of securing aid in the prosecution
of the war by the south, expressing from such conduct
she exhibited no sympathy for the southern cause.
We make this statement as an act of simple justice
to Judah Harris, having no interest whatever in
the prosecution of her claim.
June 4th 1866
[faint] B Nipper
Geo W Thompson
Sworn to + subscribed before me this 4th day of June AD 1866.
+ I certify that aff [black square] of respectability + worth of credence.
[faint] J. J. Ferrell
Joy Junius Ferrell
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Judah Taburn Harris, Jesse 50 years Wake Co
25 Feb 15 00 16
Died - day of April '44
Copy of mar[riage] bond and certif
of Judge before whom the
declaration was made
Good Case
Page 47

Restoration
Judah Harris
widow of 
Jesse
[Department of the Interior Pension Office stamp]
Filed by 
Clifton Hellen
Washington
D.C.
Page 48

Application for restoration to the pension Rolls
Whose
Names have been dropped under the act of
February 4th 1862
State of North Carolina }
County of Wake } ss
On this 25 day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred
and sixty six, personally appeared before me Geo Brogden
an acting Justice of the Peace of the said State
and county Judah Harris aged seventy years
a resident of Wake County + State of North Carolina who being sworn according to law, declares that
she is the identical Judah Harris who was a pensioner on
the roll of the agency at Fayetteville in North Carolina
and whose pension certificate is herewith returned, that she
has resided since the first day of January A.D. 1861, as follows,
on the land of Joseph Mangum in the year 1861. On the land of 
E.P. Hester in the years 1862 and 1863. On the land of Willis Jackson in the year 1864
+ in the years of 1865 + 1866 on the land of Edward Rochell where she now lives.
that during this period her means of subsistence have been derived
in part by the labour of her hands, being a spinster, and partly
by assistance received from her children who have furnished her with a home on rented land from year to year, 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 a sympathy with 
their cause, and that she was last paid her pension on
4th day of March 1861 or thereabouts.
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 laws, reference being made to the evidence
heretofor filed in the pension office to substantiate her
Page 49

her original claim. And I hereby appoint Clifton
Hellen of Washington D.C. my Attorney to present this my
application, and perform all that is necessary therein
without revocation as well as to secure my certificate when if we do
Judah Harris [signed with an X and "her mark"]
[Signed] Alberton McDade
John K Moore
Also personally appeared Alberton McDade a resident
of Wake County N.C. and Jno K Moore a resident of 
Wake County N.C. persons whom I certify to be respectable
and entitled to credit and who being duly sworn
say that they were present and saw Judah Harris make
her mark to the foregoing declaration; and they further
swear that they have every reason to believe from the appear=
ance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her
that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
+ they further swear they have no interest in the prosecution
of this claim + that the said Judah Harris still continues
to be the widow of Jesse Harris died.
[Signed] Alberton McDade
John K. Moore
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25 day of April
A.D. 1866. And I hereby certify that I have no interest
direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim, and
I further certify that the contents of this paper was read
+ understood by the applicant + witnesses before signing
[Signed] Geo Beogdan JP

Oath of Allegiance
I Judah Harris do solemnly swear in the presence of
Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support
protect and defend the constitution of the United States
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and the Union of the States hereunder, that I will in like
manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and
proclamations which have been made during the late
rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves.
So help me God.
Judah Harris [signed with an X and "her mark"]
Sworn to + subscribed before me this 25th day of April A.D. 1866.
And I hereby certify that the contents of this paper was read
+ understood by the applicant + witnesses before signing.
[Signed] Geo Brogdan J.P.

State of North Carolina
County of Wake } ss
I J.J. Ferrell
Clerk of the county court within and for said do certify
that G.W. Brogdan before whom the foregoing declaration
affidavit, and acknowledgement were made, was at the time
of taking the same and still is an acting Justice of the
Peace within + for said county, duly commissioned and
sworn, and that the several signatures purporting to be
his which are appended to said declaration, affidavits
and acknowledgements are his genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand
and affix the seal of our said court at Raleigh
the 25 day of April A.D. 1866.
J.J. Ferrell [?]
[Large seal attached]
[Postage stamp attached]
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North Carolina
Wake County } ss
Personally appeared before me
J.J. Ferrell clerk of the county court of
Wake Solomon H. Bledsoe + William A Jackson
residents of said county, who being sworn according
to law, say they are well acquainted with the old
lady Judah Harris (a coloured woman) + have known
her for many years, that she is a very poor woman
that during the late war she was in a surrering
condition + that her chief means of support, apart
from what little she could obtain of her own feeble
efforts, was derived from her two sons, who also
were very poor, but aided to the extent of their means
in supporting her necessities + in this way she made
out to live, but not without considerable suffering,
+ that she is now living by the assistance of her
two sons, physically incompetent to provide for her
own small wants. That they have no interest in the prose=
cution of her claim.
[Signed] Solomon H. Bledsoe
W. A. Jackson
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th day 
of May A.D. 1866. + I certify that affiants
are men of respectability + entitled to credit.
[Signed] J. J. Ferrell CClk
[Large seal attached]
[Postage stamp attached]