Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7474, for Joseph Moutry, North Carolina
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(3-1776) 

SERVICE
N.C.
Va.

Moutry, Joseph 
Lucy

NUMBER
R. 7474

CONTENTS
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(left side)
Order to pay $ letter to Chas Springer 15 Jany 1838.
do to Hon. T. H. Benton Mar 2 1838.

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 16th April 1838. From 4th September 1837 to 4 March 1838. Agt notified 26d March 1839.

Letter to J. P. Springer of 3d Auditors 18th Feby 1841.

Paid as above from 4th Sep 1839 to 4th March 1840. Agt notified 27th March 1841.

(right side)
Missouri 26,235
Joseph Moutry of Washington, Co, in the State of Mo who was a Pri in the Company commanded by Captain Douglass of the Regt commanded by Col [illegible] in the No Carolina line for 1 Yr 6 Mo Pr. 60.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri at the rate of 60 Dollars ___ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of April and sent to 1134 Mason Frissel, Potos(cut off illegible)

Appears to the 4th of Mch 34  180.00 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sepr 34 30.00
$210.00 

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.} 

Recorded by J. P. Sprague Clerk, 
Book E Vol. 8 Page 85.
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State of Missouri Washington County SS                       In the circuit Court  March Term 1834

On this 10th, day of March 1834 personally appeared in 
open count before the Circuit Court of Washington County now
sitting Joseph Moutry at this time a resident of Crawford County 
in a part lately cut off from Washington County and of the
State of Missouri aged seventy four years, who being first
duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
act of Congress passed June 7 1832.
That he was born in Caroline County Virginia, in the year
of our Lord 1760 the record of his age is in his fathers bible
which at this time he believes to be in the state of Indiana that
at the time he entered the service, he was living in Caroline Co.
Virginia, that from the time of his leaving the service till 1820
he lived in North Carolina; since 1820 he has resided in Missouri
in Washington & Crawford Counties. that he entered the service by
enlistment into the Virginia troops for the space of eighteen
months, but did not leave the service till he had served twenty
seven months and upwards. That he first enlisted in the spring
of 1778, and about the first of May of the same year he rendezvoused -
at Fredericksburg Va., that Howard was his Captain of Caroline Co Va and Parker of Spottsylvania was the Colonel and Hopkins major - that from Fredericksburg 
he marched to Baltimore ,and from that place went by water
to the head of Elk and was proceeding to head quarters when his
regiment, Bluford's & Heath's were ordered back to South Carolina
At Hamlin S Carolina, he was taken sick and remained so for
eight months. Upon his recovery he was incorporated with General
Rutherford's troops, under Capt. Douglass, both Militia officers
where he remained until he was discharged in August 1780 by
Capt. James Scurlock a continental Captain, near Hillsborough
Orange Co. North Carolina. That he lost his discharge with other papers
by the oversetting of a canoe in Haw River at Buttersford 
in Orange bounty North Carolina that he was in no battle
but for the greater part of the time he was in the service he
belonged to scouting parties, that he knows of no person by whom
he could prove his services having for a long time lived remote from
those who were knowing of them. That in consequence of his being
changed from his original company, he does not know that his
name exists on the rolls of that company, even if the rolls
are preserved at the department. That he does not recollect the
names of any other officers under whom he served except those
above named. That he was sworn and bound to serve eighteen mouths
before Anthony New in Caroline County where his same could be found
if not found on the company's rolls.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except
the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of
the agency of any State.
Sworn and submitted the day and year aforesaid   Joseph (his mark) Moutry

 Israel McGready, Clerk
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We Claybourn Sullivant clergyman in the County of Washington and Thomas Higginbotham in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Moutry who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy four years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighboring hood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
 Sworn and subscribed the day and year afore said 
Claybourn Sullivant
Thomas Higginbotham
Israel McGready, clerk

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above-named applicant was a revolutionary solder and served as he state And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Claybourn Sullivant who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Washington and that Thomas Higginbotham who has also signed the same is a resident of the same county and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
C H Allen Cr Judge

I Israel McGready clerk of the Circuit Court of Washington County do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Joseph Moutry for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 10th day of March 1834
Israel McGready, clerk
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State of Missouri
of
County of Washington
-
---
On this twenty fourth day of August
in the year of our Lord one Thousand
Eight hundred and fifty two 
two personally
appeared before me John H Stone Judge
of the circuit Court of law within and
for the County Washington in the state 
of Missouri
Washington in the State
aforesaid
Lucy Moutry
a resident of Crawford County in the
State of Missouri
aged ninety years,
who being first duly sworn according
to law and on her oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the provision made by the
act of Congress passed July 4 1836
That she is the widow of Joseph Moutry
who was as she verily believes
a private Soldier in the army
the American revolution that she is

unable to specify the various services
which her said husband performed in
said
war nor has she any documentary
evidence in his possession by which she
can be able to prove the service of her said
husband in the war of the American Revolution that her said Husband was
in his life time a pensioner under [illegible] of the United States
for service done and performed
in the war of the revolution that
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she most respectfully asks [illegible]
to the documentary Evidence and other papers
touching the pension of her said
Husband and who Documents and papers
she [illegible] on file in office
of the department of Pensions
in which said papers she believe that
the services of her said
Husband
most particularly
and
detailed and
to which the papers [illegible] of
Pensions, and prays that the same
be taken as evidence in behalf of her
application in the matter of claim for a pension
she further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Moutry in the county of Chatham  in the
State of North Carolina in the year one
Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty one
by one Elison Davis a minister of the
Baptist Church that her Husband the
said Joseph Mourty died on or about the
in the year
twenty fifth day of January in the year 
1846
at the County
of Crawford and in the State of Missouri of
old age and bodily [illegible]

and that she has remained a widow ever
since that period as
will more fully appear by reference to
to the proof hereto annexed.
Lucy Moutry
her mark
sworn to and subscribed on this 24th day of august
one Thousand Eight hundred and fifty two. 
John H. Stone Judge
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State of Missouri
Ninth Judicial Circuit

Be it remembered that on this the Twenty forth day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Two at the house of Lewis Morrison in the County of Washington and State of Missouri personally appeared the above named Lucy Moutry before the undersigned sole judge of the circuit court for the ninth judicial circuit in said state (of which circuit the said county of Washington is a component part) and made oath and declared that the facts set forth in her foregoing declaration and affidavit as of her own knowledge are true in substance and form and that those which are stated from the information of others she believing to be true, I do further certify that the said Lucy Moutry is wholly unable to appear in court by reason of extreme age and its attendant bodily infirmities and that from her character in the neighborhood where she has for a long time resided, her said declaration is entitled to full credit.

Given under my hand this day and year above written 

John H Stone Judge
9th Judicial Circuit Mo.

State of Missouri
Washington County SS

I William A Matthews, Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the State aforesaid do hereby certify that John H Stone, whose name is subscribed to the above certificate is and was at the date thereof, sole Judge of the Circuit Court of
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the 9th Judicial Circuit Court in the
State of Missouri of which Washington
County Court [illegible] duly commissioned
and qualified and that full faith and
credit is due all his office [illegible] as such
[illegible sections]
Test
I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said  Court
this 29th day August A.D. 1832
W. A. Matthews Clerk

14,815 Sept. 9/52
Lucy Moutry
Widow of Joseph
MO
July 7 AD 1838

Claimant
Steeleville
Crawford Co Mo.
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
7474
P.O.
Lucy Moutry
Service:   

REJECTED

Enlisted:  , 18
Discharged:  , 18
Application filed:  , 18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.
Contract.
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State of Missouri
County of Washington

On the twenty fourth day of August 
one thousand Eight hundred and fifty two personally appeared
before me John H. Stone Judge of the Circuit Court of law in and fore the County 
of Washington
State of Missouri [illegible] Lucy Moutry [illegible] 
and all of whom [illegible] having been first [illegible] according to law depose and [illegible]  oath that were well acquainted with Joseph Moutry and [illegible] Moutry his wife in the time of the said Joseph and that the said Joseph and the [illegible] twenty five years during the life time of the said Joseph as his [illegible]wife and that the said Joseph & Lucy [illegible] personally known and [illegible] where they were known to [illegible] 
 in the County
of
a Crawford Missouri
as husband
& wife - and [illegible] do [illegible]
as husband and
wife in
the life time of the said Joseph and
that the said Joseph departed this life
some time in the month of January in
yea 184? and that the said Lucy
is still a widow to wit the reputed
widow of the and Joseph Mourty
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and that [illegible] generally a marriage
known reported and [illegible] as such that she the said Lucy has not ma[illegible] re married since the death of her said Husband and that the said Joseph Moutry in his life time years a pensioner of the government of the United States and the said Joseph Moutry was within their acquaintance been him to with within twenty four [illegible] life time reputed and known personally as a soldier of the American Revolution and that he had performed military service in said war and that the [illegible]
[illegible section]

Luther Carrington
Lewis [illegible]
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State of Missouri
Ninth Judicial Circuit

Be it remembered that on this the twenty fourth day of August in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
fifty two, before the undersigned Sole Judge of the Circuit Court for the Ninth Judicial Circuit in said State of Missouri (of which circuit the County of Washington is a component part) personally came the above named Strother Covington, Lewis Morrison and Mary N. Morrison, whose names appear to the foregoing deposition, and severally made oath and declared that the facts stated in their foregoing joint deposition as of their own knowledge are true in substance and form and that those which are stated from the information of others they believe to be true
I do further certify that said witnesses are
credible and their statements aforesaid are
entitled to full credit-
Given under my hand this the day
and year above written
John H Stone Judge
of 9th Judicial Circuit 

State of Missouri 
Washington County ⎬
I William A. Matthews Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that John H. Stone whose name is subscribed to the above certificate is and was on the date thereof, Sole Judge of the Circuit Court in the 9th Judicial Circuit in the State of Missouri of which Washington County composes a part duly commissioned
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and qualified and that full faith and
Credit is due all his official acts as such
that his signature [Illegible]
testimony whereof I hereto
[Illegible] affix the seal of said court
[Illegible] and at office
29th day of August AD 1832
W. A. Matthews
Clerk
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 9th 1839
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States", Joseph Montry, ---
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri Agency, at
the rate of Sixty Dollars and --- Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the
to the 4th of Sept, 1837,
4th March, 1838.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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30.218
Joseph Moutry-
Missouri
On roll
Adm 1 year & 6 months
Mason Frissel
Potosi
Missouri
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by compiling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of
Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of the
claimant's service.
Years.
Months.
Days.
Rank of
the
claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Age at present,
and place of abode
when he entered
the service.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.

I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory or District of
County of
On this    day of    personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of  in the county of
and State, Territory or District  of aged (c)
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with and
line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
{And then will follow the certificate of the Court,}
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I    of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the   and C.D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be

years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,
Clerk of the Court of   do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light the upontransaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier.{ Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Office: Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payment can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a]. The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served: otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision the length of his service and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the
applicant cannot,
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, and
days, I served as a  For --- months and days, I served as a ----; and for such service I claim a pension"
important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to (l) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note (j) applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
 [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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14,816
Sept 9/52
Lucy Moutry
widow of Joseph
Mo
Claimant Jny 13 1853
7474
Act July 7 1838 &c.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office
February 25th 1841.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer
of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States, Joseph Moutry
-
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri Agency, at
the rate of Sixty
Dollars and - Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1839.
to the 4th March 1840
Respectfully yours,
 Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Case of Ann M Colgan
surviving
heir of
Wm & Mary Hughlett
Declaration,
Power of Attorney
Cert of Payments
Cert of marriage
Order of Court
Brief
Long & Mary
Atty
Wm Hughlett
died Jny [January, or July] 18 '27
Mary Hughlett
died Sep 21 '43
Ann McColgan
child
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Potosi Mo.
March 18.
Free
Hon Lewis Cass Secretary of War
Pension Office
Washington City
D. C.
Original
Missouri
5 April 1834
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Potosi Mo March 15th 1834
Sir
Enclosed I forward you the declaration of
Joseph Moutry in application for a pension.
It appears that he enlisted or into the Virgina [sic]
State troops but did not continue with them
till the end of his term of service on account
of having been left behind through sickness.
His name may not therefore be found on
the rolls unless the first or original rolls
of the company have been preserved in the
department. Under these circumstances if his
name be not found it would be but just to consider
him as of the militia. It would be unjust to
prejudice him on account of a providential
act, that is his sickness.
Yours Respectfully
Mason Frissell