Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7,276, John Fitzpatrick, N.C.

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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N.C.

Fitzpatrick, John
Sarah

NUMBER
W. 7,276
B.L. WA. 3635-16055

CONTENTS

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4839
Tennessee
Sarah Fitzpatrick
widow of John Fitzpatrick 
KC
who died on the 31 July, 1818
of Smith C in the State of Tenn
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain - of the Rep commanded
by - in the Revolution
for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of
June, 1849 and sent to
W. E Jones 

Arrears to the 4th of Present
Semi-annual allowance ending

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3rd}

Recorded by Th Lampkin Clerk,
Book C Vol. 1 Page 226.

Reportive

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Vol. F. 47. ~

136.439
Act March 3/33
June 2/55

Sarah Fitzpatrick
wid of 
John Fitzpatrick.

Aged 100 years 

[illegible]

Revolutionary War

Pension under Act July 4/36
[illegible]

3/35 of Aug 11/55

Smith V Jones
Nashville
Ten

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13.866
Sarah Fitzpatrick
Ten.
admitted
Pr 10 mo 25 days
$36 10/100 per an.

admitted
Private 10 mo
25 days $ 36 10/100
per an. [crossed out]

act 7 July 1838
[illegible] 4 March 1836

the deduction to be
 first made before a
 Court of [illegible] a
Judge. [crossed out]

W. E. Jones
Washington

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State of Tennessee
Smith County
On the 3 day of June 1848 personally Smith County before Stephen Petty an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County Mrs. Sarah Fitzpatrick a resident of the said County aged ninety years who [illegible] her oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the providence made by the act of Congress first July 4th 1836 June 7th 1838 granting that pay and pensions to certain widows that she is the widow of John Fitzpatrick who was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution and of the [illegible] in a former declaration made by her about the year 38 or 39 and which declaration was sent to the department by A Fergerson the declarant cannot from the great State of Tenn give as she knows any further...

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the service performed by him previous to this tour was an enlistment for eighteen months at this date 1777 & 8.  Declarant was not acquainted with said John but in the immediate neighborhood of his brother Samuel Fitzpatrick and heard him repeatedly speaking of his brother John being out in the service we all lived there in Surry County North Carolina. I have also heard my husband repeatedly say he was in the Battle at Kings Mountain and that his horse got shot through the neck and that he was also stationed a while at Blewford Bridge.  Declarant also distinctly recollects of seeing and handling of several of his discharges for various tours of services performed but all of which have long since been lost or destroyed but to give the names officers or regiment he belonged she cannot dol it except one of his captains whose name was Blackburn and she has heard him call many of the names of his officers but now cannot recollect them.  Declarant further states she was married to John Fitzpatrick on the 7 June 1780 by Wm. Hill a minister of the gospel and that her said husband died 3rd of Oct. 1802 that since his death she has not intermarried but still remains his widow and that her first child was born in August 1782 and their youngest child of eleven was born in April 1802 and that she has no document of record of proof of her claims that her family record that contains the date of her marriage and births of her

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children have been lost or destroyed so that she cannot produce it.  It is probable that she could give some more particulars concerning her husband's services as she has heard him speak aggerated  about it but owing to her recollection being very bad, she is fearful she might make a mistake.  Sworn to and subscribed before me the date above written.
Test. Stephen Petty
Sarah Fitzpatrick
her X mark

State of Tennessee
Smith County

I Stephen Petty an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county do here certify that I am well acquainted with Sarah Fitzpatrick who has this day appeared before me and made oath to the above declaration that she is a woman of truth and veracity and that full faith and upright credit ought to be given to her statements.  

I further certify that from old age and bodily infirmity, she is not able to attend at the courthouse of her county in order to make this declaration in open court in testimony whereby I have heard pursuant.  Set my hand and seal this 3 of June 1848
Stephen Petty (Seal}
J. P. of Smith County

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State of Tennessee
Smith County

I William R. R. Hallum clerk of the County Court Smith County hereby certify that Stephen Petty whose name appears to the written affidavit and certificate officially is and was at the time the same purports to be [illegible] one of the acting justices of the peace in and for said Smith County duly commissioned and qualified as the law directs that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal of office at office in Carthage
this 6th day of June 1848.
W. V. R. Hallum Clerk of Smith County Court

Written on side of document.
13.866
Sarah Fitzpatrick
[illegible]
admitted
[illegible] 10 and 25 days
$36.10/100 per annum
Crossed Out
Act 7 July 1838
[illegible] 4 months 1836
Crossed Out
W E Jones
[illegible]

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[written upside down on page]
Sarah Fitzpatrick 
Fem

James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington Citty, D. C.

convenient request
28

[written upside down on page]
sent to 45

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Carthage Tennessee 
August 20th 1843

Dear Sir
   Some five or six years ago my mother Sarah Fittspatrick got A Fergasson of this place to present her claim for a pension in site of my Father John Fittspatrick who was a Soldier in the Revolution and she has waited upon Mr. [unclear A or H?] until she is out of patience with Mr. Fergusson Therefore I wish you to inform me what has been done with the case and what proof is further required so that I may furnish it if I can as my mother is getting old and need the money if she can get it I also wish when the claim is allowed you to send her pension certificate to me your attention to this is amediately [immediately] requested and oblige yours Samuel Fitzpatrick

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156.439
Declaration of S Fitzpatrick 
for Bounty Land 
Act of March 3, 1855
Nashville May 29/53

Sir
  If after examination 
Warrant be allowed 
please forward to us
                  Respectfully
        [signature unclear perhaps Smith & Jones]
Court of Pension
Washington

Smith & Jones Agents
Nashville Tennessee

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State of Tennessee County of Smith

On this the 6th day of May 1855 
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for the County & State aforesaid Sarah Fitzpatrick age 100 years a Resident of Smith County, Tennessee widow of John Fitzpatrick dess  [deceased?] who was a Revolutionary Soldier who being duly sworn according to Law dclares that she is the identical Sarah Fitzpatrick widow of John Fitzpatrick  desest [deceased] who was allowed a pension under act 4th July 1836 at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum her certificate hearing date 22nd of June 1849 that she has never applied nor received founty Land under any act of Congress whatever nor does not know nor believe that her Husband above mentioned ever did She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved 3rd day of March 1855 She refers to the proof that was filed in her Pension claim in support of this claim Sarah Fitzpatrick her mark

We Joshua Davis and Samuel Fitzpatrick residents of Smith County in the State of Tennessee upon our oaths declare that the foregoing Declaration was Signed and acknowledged by Sarah Fitzpatrick in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents her self to be we know that she is drawing a Pension as the widow of John Fitzpatrick dest [deceased] as claimed in her declaration and that she is still a widow and that we are not Interested Joshua Davis Samuel Fitzpatrick his mark

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The foregoing declaration and affidavits were Sworn to and Subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I Knew the affiant to be credelable persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I am not interested in this claim

James G. Wyatt, J P

To the Commissiner of Pensions
Washington Citty,

Sir I Request that my claim to bounty land be [illegible] under the act of Congress [illegible] 3rd of March 1855 and if, I am entitled to Land that the warrant or certificate therefore be Sent to Smith & Jones at Nashville Tennessee who I herby constitute my Attorney in fact for that purpose and for my benefit
Acknowledged before me
this 6 of May 1855
James G. Wyatt, J P

Sarah Fitzpatrick (seal) + her mark

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State of Tennesee South County I William K Hallium Clerk of the County Court of said couny do hereby certify that James G Hyall Esq whose Signature appears to the foregoing affiavite and acknowledgement is and was at the signing of the Saun an acting Justice of the Peace in and for Said County duly commissioned and qualified  that the signatures terto purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 24th day of May 1855 WSK Hallum

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State of Tennessee Smith County 
on this 25 day March 1849 personally appeared before me Stephen Polly a justice of the peace in and for said County and State of Tenness Elizabeth Darnel Resident of said county and a pensioner of the United States aged Eight Four years at the rate of Eighty Dollars fier american and  makes a oath in due form of law that she was well acquainted with John Fitzpatrick and his wife Sarah Fitzpatrick who she has allway understood her name was Sarah East and that she also understood that they were married in Derry County North Carolina but of this she knows nothering of her own knowledge but understood it from them their selves that she always understood from the said John Fitzpatrick that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War that from her first acquaintance with them which was in the year Seventeen hundred Ninety Five that they then lived in wilks County North Caroline she has often heard this said John Fitzpatrick speak of being in the service in the  Revolutionary War that he had served pretty much through the war and that the United States had never paid him as much as he ought to have had she has also heard him speak of being in various battles and on one occasion heard him speak of having got his horse shot throught the neck probably at the battle of Kings Mountain that at her first acquaintance with him in 1795 there were living together as man and wife in said Wilks County and had a family of several children its precise number she dont recall but recollects that there oldest children were getting up and she supposes was some fifteen or sixteen years old even then lived near neighbours and was walo

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acquainted where we knowing some years after which time affiant removes to Caswell County where she formerly lives that the said John Fitzpatricks as she understood removed to Grason County Virginia where she understood the said John Fitzpatrick died at very early date affiant then removing from Caswell County to Tennessee Smith Countysome upwards of Thirty years ago and upwards that when she reached SMith County it happened so that she settle in the Juninadeado (sp?) neighborhood ever since and had been attending this same Church affiant further states she is certain she is the Identical Sarah Fitzpatrick (illegible) she was acquainted with in Wilks county North Carolina as a bore stated that since the death of her husband the said John Fitzpatrick she has not again intermarry but remains his widow and that the said Sarah Fitzpatrick is entirely a respectful woman having during our acquaintance lived a pious and religious life.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the date above 
Stephen Petty Elizabeth Darnel

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State of Tennessee
Smith County

I Stephen Petty a Justice of the Peace in and for said County do herby certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs Elizabeth Darnel her has this day appeared and made oaths to the above affidavit before me that she is a woman of truths and veracity that full faith and credit is due and of eight aught to be given to her statements and I further certify she is a pensioner of the [illegible] stating at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum.
In testimony wherof I have herunto set my hand this 23 of March 1849
Stephen Petty (seal)
J P of Smith County

State of Tennessee 
Smith County

I William V R Hallun clerk of the County Court in and for the county of Smith and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that Stephen Pettey whose name appears officially to the forgoing affidavit and Certificate is and was at the time [illegible] [illegible] date as acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and [illegible] that the signatures [illegible] purporting to be his are [illegible]
In testimoney whereof I hereunto set my [illegible] and seal of said county at office this 24th day of March 1849
WVR Hallun
Clerk

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[left side of page]

May 27 - 1901
L. R Eastman
Nashville Tenn.

[right side of page]

#7276

Revy WIDOW, & c.

File No. 7276
Sarah Fitzpatrick
Wid.
John Fitzpatrick
Pvt-Rev: War
Act: July 4"/36, Sec. 3d
Index: - Vol. A, Page 237

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3635
[illegible signature]

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6505

Tennessee
Sarah Fitzpatrick
Letter to A. Ferguson 21 June 1845
S. Fitzpatrick 10 Sept 1848
Hon. W. Barson
Jane
27th 1848
to
W. E
Jones
31.49
lett 14 June 1843 to Hon
Ewing
May
A.
Oct.
July 4

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1831.
Hancewidely

Fitzpatrick
in Fell Patrick
who died on the 31 July
1818of Smith in the State of John
who was a saint in the Compy commanded
by Captain of the Rest commanded
by---in thefor 100. 25 by Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of Nashvilleat

the rate of 36 Dollars 10
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of June, 1849, and sent to W. Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending Present Book
Recorded by
Vol.
Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the
Lumpkin Clerk
Report

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No. 1316439
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received June 255
188
Sarah Fitzpatrick
wid of John Fitzpatrick
N. C. Mil
Rev War
Warrant E S 655-160-55
Smith & Jones
Mashill
Tenn
14

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Per  3d/ gc: 4"July'36, Term
B Upton

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Department of the Interior

Washington, June 18, 1849.

Sir,
Therewith return the papers in the case of Sarah
Fitzpatrick (numbered from 1 to 8 inclusive) which are
companied your report thereon, dated the 14th Just
and also the Book containing those in the case of Benj
Starritts, which was sent on the 16th inst, at my request
I am satisfied, on examination thereof, that the
testimony filed in support of the claim of Sarah Fitzpatrick- taken in connection with that in the case
of Starritts establishes her claim under the act of
July 4, 1836
[illegible]
Very respectfully
Yr Obt. Servant
T Ewing
Secretary.
The Commissioner of Pensions

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John Fitspahich Chird
husband of Mrs
Sarah Fitzpatrick
of

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Comptroller's Office, Raleigh N.C.
J. William F. Collins Comptroller of Public
accounts, do hereby certify that it appears of
record in the Military Books of my office,
that the following certificates were issued in favor of
John Fitzpatrick, for Military service,
viz: one for seven pounds ($7). found in
Book No 6- page 8 another for three pounds,
sixteen shillings and six pence (pound 3.16)
found in Book No 24, page 38. and another
for fifteen pounds, ten shillings ($15.10
and
found in Book No 24, and on page 91
given under my hand and seal
this 24 day March 1845
WmF Collins Compt

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Washington City May 28th 1849.
Col. James L. Edwards

Dear Sir 
enclosed I send you a certificate
from the Clerk of Surry County
North Carolina relative to the Marriage of
John and Sarah Fitzpatrick which claim
I forwarded to you from Carthage Tenn. on the
28th March last by which you will perceive that
she is not able to furnish a certified copy of her
Marriage bond or licence as this claim has
been pending before you for several years I hope
you will again take it up and report whilst
I am in the city. Supposing that the proof
which I forwarded to you on the 28th March last
will be sufficient to authorise the allowance
of her claim. I am very Respectfully
your obt
Servant
Wm E Jones
Carthage
Tenn

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Carthage Tennessee
March 28th 1849

Dear Sir

I herewith send you additional
proof in support of the claim of Mrs
Sarah Fitzpatrick Widow of John Fitzpatrick
Deceased for a pension under act of 4th July 1836
which proof I think will be satisfactory so that the
old Lady may at last get her claim to
which I am bound to think she is clearly entitled
as there is not a more respectable old Lady in
the County you will please report on the case
as early as possible and send me the certificate
as soon as allowed.
Very Respectfully your
Obt Servant [illegible]
Wm E Jones
JL Edwards 
Commissioner of
Pensions

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Sarah Fitspatrick
Claim filed by
A Fergusson
19th June 1845

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Washington June 19th 1845

Sir
In the matter of application Mrs Sarah Fitzpatrick I file her original declaration and the record evidence of the payments made to her husband John Fitzpatrick from the Comptroller of North Carolina. 
You will
see that the time of making her Declaration is long time
since and has been withheld by me waiting for proof
That proof has been obtained from the comptroller
and I have now ask of you the ballance of proof
that you want in order to a favourable
decision in her case. I want you to state in
the most particular manner what you will
require and keep nothing back that you want
to enable you to come to a favorable conclusion
I have no doubt of the Justice of this
claim and I think very little more proof will
Answer I am willing to be responsible there is no
Claim that I present to you but what I am
perfectly acquainted and will at any time hold
myself responsible for the genuineness of the
same so far as my knowledge and belief will go or extend
Respectfully
A Fergusson
JL Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

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Rockford NC
Apl 26th
William E Jones Esq
Carthage
Tennessee

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State of North Carolina

Surry County

I Francis K Armstrong
Clerk of the Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions
in and for the County of Surry, State of North Carolina
do hereby certify that I have made
diligent search in my office for the marriage
License bond of John Fitzpatrick and Sarah
East. 
and cannot find any such bond among
the files of Marriage License bonds on file in
my office, and that the files of said
bond, about 1775 to 1795 are very imperfect
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the
seal of said Court at office
this 25th day of April 1849
FK. Armstrong. Clk

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Rockford 25th April 1849
W. E. Jones

Dr Sir

I send you a certificate in
regard to the License bond of Jno Fitzpatrick
which I have not been able to find
as to the Estate of Matilda Howell
I am not able to give you any information at this time. I have no knowledge of
any lady in this County by the name of
Matilda Howell. In looking over
the records of my office where wills
Inventory & Sales of Admrs. are recorded
I see nothing concerning or relating
to the Estate of Matilda Howell
there some persons living in a distant
part of our county by the name of
Howell, and I think I will be
able after making some
inquiry to give you
some information about her which I will do
whenever I can get in possession
of any facts concerning her
Yours Respectfully
F K Armstrong

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State of Tennessee
Fayette County

On this the 12th day of March
1849. personally appeared before the undersigned and
acting Justice of the peace in and for said County Mr Benjamin Starritt a Pensioner of the
of the United States at
the rate of one hundred Dollars per annum and a resident
of said County aged 90 years (Ninety) years and makes
Oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted with
John Fittspatrick of Surry County North Carolina
in the days of the Revolutionary war, that the said John
Fitzpatrick was married to one Sarah East in said Surry
County sometime in the early part of the year Seventeen
hundred and Seventy Eight . and that this affiant, on the
occasion was present and saw them legally joined together
affiant further states that in the later part of the year
Seventeen hundred & seventy eight all the
right tho said John Fittspatrick entered
the service of the United States in company with affiant as a drafted militiaman for a service of six
months in Colonel [illegible] Regiment & Captain Donnald
on Savannah River and returned home, during this tower
we were at the battle of Briar Creek, that we Remand at
home in the same neighborhood untill later defeat at Camden
immediately after which time myself and the said John
Fittspatrick again entered the service of the United States in a
light horse or cavalry company company commanded by
Captain Daniel Gillispie in a Regiment commanded by
Collonial  John Gillispie, that the said John Fittspatrick
Remained in said service with this affiant and was in the
[illegible] with one Hugh McCrory or McCrory who was also
a member of said Company, that we remained in said
service being transfered to Colonial [illegible] which was set before
the battle of Guilford, that we were both at said battle, after
which time we remained in service under General Green
and was marched to the South, that we remained in said service
until close of the war and was honorably discharged at the

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Fort a place called the two sisters on Savanah River after which time we returned home, that during the time we were in said service the said John Fittspatrick [Fitzpatrick] was a good and efficient Soldier, that affiant was occasionally called upon and acted as Lieutenant to his company
that we were in various other battles to wit Warhob lane against the Tories and at Charlotte and the Eutaw Springs. Affiant acting a part of his time as an officer was well
acquainted with the said John Fitspatrick [Fitzpatrick]  and is certain that he performed said service, that he was legally married to his wife the said Sarah at the time above mentioned Affiant also has understood from the said John Fittspatrick [Fitzpatrick] that he performed other towers [tours] of Militia service previous to his Marriage but of this affiant can say nothing of his own Knowledge, that affiant left North Carolina at a very early
date and can say nothing as to when the said Fittspatrick [Fitzpatrick]  died but understood that he was dead and that his widow the said Sarah had moved to Smith County in the State of Tennessee where she is still living as affiant is informed, there are probably various other incidences and occurences [occurrences] during our said Service, but from the great elapse of time and loss of memory affiant will not attempt to give them
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and date first above written
H. W. Sharp J. P. 
B Staritt
to
State of Tennessee Fayette County
I Hardy W. Sharp a Justice of the peace in and for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Benjamin Starritt [Staritt]
who has this day appeared and made oath to the above affidavid {affidavit] before me and whose name is signed thereto that he is a pensioner of the United States at the rate of One hundred Dollars per annum and that he is a man of truth and veracity

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and in all Respects a Reputable man and that full faith and credit is and of wright should be given to his statement
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal this 12th day of March 1849
HW Sharp [seal]
Justice of the Peace for Fayette County
State of Tennessee
Fayette County
I Jarmon Kooner Clerk of the County Court
of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Hardy W Sharp whose name is signed officially to the foregoing affidavit &
certificate is and was at the time of Signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said Fayette County duly commissioned & qualified and the signatures thereto purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at
office in Somerville March 12th 1849
Jarmon Kooner clk
of Fayette County Court

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6505
of
the 2 1881
Sarah Fitzpatrick
1
-
by
of July 4, 1836,
to
admitted for two years
son
admit
$30
4 March 1835
objection on
account of Neck
having been
before
of the peace water
Secretary of the
W
W. E. Jones
the
Present
B

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State of Tennessee
Smith County
William Pettey one of the
acting Justice of
the Peace for the County aforesaid hereby cost
they that I am well acquainted with
Sarah Fitzpatrick who has this day made
the foregoing declaration that she is a woman
of Ruth and veracity and that full faith
and credit are due to her statements I
further certify that through old age and
bodily infirmity she cannot safely and
to the court house to make this declaration
in open Court
In testimony Whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal this 12th day of
October 1838
W
Petty J
State of Tennessee
Jessie of of the Peace
Smith Court
John Bennettclerk

of Smith County Court
to Certify that William Pettey before
whing the forgoing declaration was made was
at the time the same purports to bear date
an acting Justice of the peace in and for
said Smith Court, duly commised and
1
qualified as the land died on that the
---
foregoing signating purporting to be his
an Ginn
In Testimony whereof I am
hereto set my hand & affixed
my seal of office at office in
Carthage the 3d
day of June 1843.
John Burlock
of Smith Cent Court

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Payment to be made
at Nashville by Joel M. Smith Esq.
Agent for paying pensioners, in the Agency of Nashville Tennessee
Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book C Volume 1 Page 22 by
Th Lumpkin, Clerk

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 4th July, 1836, (3rd section) Sarah Fitzpatrick of Tennessee, widow of John Fitzpatrick
who was a Private in the Revolution
and died 31st July, 1818, is inscribed on the Pension roll at the rate of Thirty six
dollars and ten cents per Annum, commencing, 4th March, 1831, and to continue during her natural life or widowed
Given at the Department of the Interior,
this 19th day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty nine.

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State of Tennessee
Smith County 

on this 23 day of March 1849 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County and State Sarah Fitzpatrick a resident of Smith County and State of Tennessee
aged Ninety Four years who being first dully sworn according to law doth on her oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed
July the 4th 1836 That she is the widow of John Fitzpatrick who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war of the North Carolina line and that she was married to said John Fitzpatrick in Lerroy County North carolina on the 7 day of June Seventeen
hundred and Seventy Eight that previous to her marriage her name was Sarah East shortly after the marriage to said John Fitzpatrick
he entered the service of the United States as a drafted Malitia man for the Tour of Six Months that he continued to and served out
said tour and was discharged and returned home but shortly thereafter but the precise date she cannot recollect he again entered the service of the United States
as a private in a light horse company commanded
by Capt Daniel [Gal]l in a regiment Commanders by a Colonel Gilaspie that he continued in said Service being marched across into South Carolina and remained in service until the close of the war
when he was honorably discharged and returned home this she thinks was some time in the Early part of the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty Three but the precise dates of Entering the service and the dates of his discharges she cannot
give but recollects having often seen his discharges before his death and afterwards as well as she recollects there

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who some three or four of his old discharges which he took particular care of and that she has
seen them in his old pocket book since his
death but which has long since been lost and
destroid declarant would further state that she
has frequently heard her husband the said John
Fitzpatrick speak of having performed various other tours of service previous to her marriage but
the particulars of which she cannot speak to
nor can she recollect all the particulars relative
to his service after their marriage but recollects
he was in the service much the greater part of
his time after their Marriage until the close of the war that during which time she broke up
house keeping and went to her Fathers where she
remained apart of her time and apart of her
time at his Fathers who lived them in the loon Edg of Surry County near the Gilford County line
that her husband the said John Fitzpatrick moved from Surry County to Wilks County Northhcarolina from there to Grason County Virginia where he remained until on the Third day of November
Eighteen hundred and Two where he died, that since his death she has not intermaried but remains his widow of him the said John Fitzpatrick, deceased that she is the identical Sarah Fitzpatrick
who previous hereto has made out two declarations
claiming a pension the first she thinks was forwarded to the department some Eight years ago or more
by A Furgeson and to which she now refers,
she further states she has no documentary or record proof in support of her claim that her old family record which contained the date of her marriage and the birth of their children has long since been lost and destroid as stated in her previous declaration

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Sworn to and subscribed the year and date
above 
Sarah Fitzpatrick
mark
Stephen Petty JP

State of Tennessee
Smith County 
I Stephen Petty a Justice of the peace in and for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs Sarah Fitzpatrick hoo has this day appeared and made oath to the above Declaration before me that she is a woman of truth and veracity, that full faith and credit is due and of right ought
to be given to her statements. I further certify that from old age and bodily infirmity is unable to attend at the Court house of her County in order to make this declaration in open Court
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand seal this
23 of March 1849
Stephen Petty
JP of Smith County

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Tennessee
Smith County ⎬ 

I, William V R Hallum Clerk of the County Court of said Smith County, do hereby certify that Stephen Petty whose name is signed officially to the foregoing declaration and certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice
of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified that his commission was dated the 20th March 1848 and will expire the 20th March 1854 and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office this 24th March 1849
W V R. Hallum Clerk

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State of Tennessee
Smith County

On this twelfth day of October 1838 personally appeared before me William Pettey one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Sarah Fitzpatrick a resident of Smith County and State of Tennessee aged
eighty four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836 That the is the widow of John Fitzpatrick who was a revolutionary soldier and served as a private in the regular army previous to her marriage with him from four to five years as she heard him say but she cannot say under what Captains or other officers and at this distant period
she only recolects his frequently recounting the various circumstances of his service to her after her marriage and will rely on proof to establish this part of his service. She recollects that Just before the Marriage took place her husband was out a tour of service she does not know whether
three or six months but knows it was when the battle of Kings Mountain he was a light horseman and he afterwards when he came home shown this affiant where a bullet had cut through the top
part of his horses neck in the battle It was not long after this day the 7th day of June following this affiant and the said John Fitzpatrick were married in Surry County North Carolina they were married by a Baptist Preacher by the name of
William Hill. A short time after the marriage it came to his turn to go again into the

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Service he was drafted for a tour of three months and was marched to Blufords bride on she thinks the black river she knows it was called Bluford Bridge he served this time three months he served and was discharged a few days before she heard of the taking of Lord Cornwalls at little York but she recolects that when the British army passed on to Virginia when they were taken that they staid all night encamped close to where she was living and her husband had not then returned home from his last tour above mention. she had all his papers and discharges but since his death they have been destroyed
the bible also which contained the record of her marriage and her childrens ages are all destroyed she has therefore no documentary evidence in suport of her claim She further declares that she was married to the said John Fitzpatrick
on the Seventh day of June Seventeen hundred and eighty two
that her husband the aforesaid John Fitzpatrick died on the thirty first day of July eighteen hundred and eighteen and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before me
Wm Petty J P
Justice Peace for Smith County

Sarah Fitzpatrick
mark

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State of Tennessee
Smith County

on this 24th day March 1849 personally appeared before me Stephen Petty an Acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and State of Tennessee James Harvell a resident of said County aged Sixty Six years who being duly sworn according to law on his oath make the following statements that he was well acquainted with John Fitzpatrick and his wife Sarah  from his earliest recollection that the said
John and Sarah Fitzpatrick was then living together as man and wife and had several children at this time affiant was living in Wilks County Northcarolina near the Surry County
line that affiant recollects as far back as Seventeen hundred Eighty seven that from that period during the time he was acquainted with the said John Fitzpatrick who was reputed to and believed to have been in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war which Intimate acquaintance was for some several years and the said Sarah Fitzpatrick has often to affiant that she had
married him when a child and that he removed from Wilks County Northcarolina to Grason County Virginia as affiant was informed and believes where affiant understood
the said John Fitzpatrick died many years ago affiant moved from Northcarolina to Smith County Tennessee same upwards of Twenty years ago when he again met
with the said Sarah Fitzpatrick being then the widow of the said John Fitzpatrick and still so remains
to be affiant is therefore certain that she is the same Sarah Fitzpatrick hoo was the wife of John Fitzpatrick above mentioned who affiant understood lived in Surry County Northcarolina in the days of
the Revolutionary war previous to his moving to [illegible] County Sworn to and subscribed
before me the date above
Stephen Petty JP

James Harvell
his mark

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State of Tennesee
Smith County

I Stephen Petty a Justice of the County peace in and for said County hereby certify that I am acquainted with Mr James Harvell who has this day appeared and made oath to the within affidavit before me that he is a man
of truth and veracity that full faith and credit is due and of right ought to be given to his statements this 24th of March 1849
Stephen Petty
JBP of Smith County

State of Tennessee
Smith County
I William V. R. Hallum Clerk of the County Court in and for said Smith County and State of Tennessee

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TENNESSEE SOCIETY
Sons of the American Revolution

G.P. Thruston, President
J.B. Killbrew, Vice President
A.. Reaves, 2nd Vice Pres.
L.R. Eastman, Sec'y and Treas
Goodlove Lindsley, Registrar
Flournoy Rivers, Historian
Rev. D. C. Kelley, D.d., Chaplain

Board of Managers
JNO. P. Williams
C.H. Eastman
J.A. Cartwright
Chas. S. Martin
Dr. Paul W. Kirkpatrick

Nashville, Tenn., May 23 1901
[Stamp]
To Chf. _____Div.
Action__________
May 25 1901
Commissioner

Hon. H. Clay Evans,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-
I will thank you for such information as you may be able to give, regarding the military history in the war of the Revolution, or John Fitpatrick, aid to have entered the service from Westmorelan County Va.
It is claimed that his widow Sarah Fitspatrick, drew a pension, that he lived in Westmoreland County Va., and moved to Tennessee about the year 1813.

Very truly your,
L. R. Eastman
State Secretary