Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,040, John Bostick, N.C.

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(3-1776)

Service                                                Number
N.C.                Bostick, John                 R.1,040

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I John Bostick Sr. of the county of Williamson State of Tennessee, do hereby[illegible] publish & declare this my last Will & Testament [illegible] Words [illegible] following, to wit, Item fist. To my daughter [illegible], I give fourteen hundred dollars, to be paid by my executors, by [illegible] & delivery up to said [illegible] her [illegible] against [illegible] 
[illegible] five hundred and twenty five dollars [illegible] the other [illegible] one hundred and fifty dollars dated the [illegible] of July [illegible].
Elizabeth Bell. I am [illegible]
[illegible] to said Elizabeth [illegible]
[illegible] Bell [illegible]
dollars. dated the [illegible] the other note is [illegible] is to be paid to her [illegible]
[illegible] Item third To my Daughter [illegible: June ?] Wilson I give [illegible]
dollars. to be paid over to her by my Executors by [illegible]
[illegible] one note I hold against [illegible]
twenty eight [illegible] dated [illegible]
[illegible] is to be paid to her [illegible]
[illegible] Item Fourth, To my daughter Christina [illegible: Colberts ?]. give
Fourteen hundred dollars. to be paid to her [illegible]
one of said notes is for three hundred dollars dated [illegible]
of said notes is for One hundred & sixty  [illegible] Two dollars, dated 22nd [illegible]
[illegible] to be paid her in [illegible]
[illegible] me Item fifth. To my Grand daughter Mary [illegible]
[illegible] of my daughter [illegible] give fourteen hundred 
dollars to be paid to her by my Executors, either in [illegible] or cash [illegible]
[illegible] due me, .. Item Sixth. To my two grand sons John H Bostick & [illegible]
A Bostick (children of Compton Bostick decd.) I give two hundred dollars each. to be paid over to them by my Executors either in [crossed out] money or cash
notes [illegible]. I also give to said two grandsons all the [illegible] I have 
[illegible] small children do hereby [illegible]

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of any & every charge that might have been made by me against [illegible]
Item Seventh; To my son W[illegible] I give my asst Bo K[illegible]
[illegible: appeal, apparel ?] Item Eight. It is my will & desire, I wish it distinctly [illegible]
that all the foregoing legacies to my daughters, [illegible] Absolom are to be placed [illegible]
with three [illegible] within [illegible] after
[illegible] & placed upon [illegible]
foregoing legacies are to be paid, in addition to the notes [illegible] are to be
[illegible] me by my sons Absolom Bostick
C[illegible: Cardin ?] Bostick & James [illegible: A ?] Bostick, my [illegible] pay siad legacies
either in said notes [illegible] by ^my [illegible], Item Ninth. It is
my will and desire, that my ten [illegible: negroes ?] named Lewis [illegible]
[illegible: McClellen ?] [illegible] of land where they [illegible] present [illegible]
& management of [illegible]
[illegible] & to have the use of the [illegible] belonging to said [illegible]
necessary for their support. & also at my [illegible] to give them one [illegible]
[illegible] one work Horse. One Cow & Calf. one sow & pig. all the [illegible]
[illegible] belonging to such [illegible] during their life. Item tenth, it
is my will and desire, that the balance of the [illegible: McClellen ?] [illegible] ^shall be [illegible] out,
& the profits arising [illegible] be equally divided between my three sons Absolom
John & [illegible: Martin ?] Bostick. Item Eleventh. It is my will and desire that if
my slaves Lewis & [illegible: Celese ?] above named. [crossed out: shall] Should become infirm & unable to support
themselves by labor that so much of the money [illegible] from the rent of the 
[illegible: McClellend ?] tract as may be necessary, be applied & appropriated to the 
support of my ^Said two slaves above named. Item twelvth. It is my will 
& desire that after the deaths of my two slaves Lewis & [illegible: Celice ?] that the [illegible: McClell]
tract of land be divided between my three sons Absalom Bostick, John 
Bostick & Hardin P Bostick, either by sale or otherwise as they may think
proper. The object of this legacy being to make their portion in [illegible]
given to them equal in value to the [illegible] I gave to my son [illegible: James A ?] Bostick
& my said son James is to have no [crossed out] part of said [illegible: McClellend ?] tract of land.
Item thirteenth: All the balance of my estate both real & personal & of [crossed out] ^every [illegible: description ?] 
whatever Not herein before given [illegible] & disposed of. I give to my four sons
Absalom Bostick, John Bostick. Hardin P Bostick & James A Bostick

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to be equally divided between them. after first paying all my just debts
[illegible] Item fourteenth It is my will & desire to be [illegible]
[illegible] of my wife [illegible] similar Marble slab ^stone to be constructed [illegible]
to those now around her grave and a [illegible] 
Item fifteenth. I hereby nominate ^[illegible] appoint my two sons Absalom Bostick &
John Bostick as Executors of this my last will & testament. I do not require 
that they [crossed out] should [illegible] [crossed out] on [illegible] the duty & responsibility
of executing my will [illegible] subsequent to my death, & after they
[illegible] the will, [illegible] make it necessary. If one of the Executors
could not or refuse to act the other Executor is ^hereby fully [illegible] alone. In
witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal, this 28th
day of August 1844
S/Jno Bostick [private seal]

Signed sealed acknowledged & published in presence of us [illegible]
Jos S Claybrook, Jonathan [illegible: Bostick ?]


Be it Known to all men by these presents that I [illegible]
make & constitute the following [illegible] my last will & testament in
writing bearing date of the 28th of August 18 hundred & forty four It is
further my will & desire that the notes which I have given in [illegible]
[illegible] to my daughters in part of the fourteen hundred dollars that the
said notes shall cease to [crossed out] draw any interest after the [illegible] day of September 18 hundred
& forty five, & they or their husbands are hereto released & discharged from 
paying any [illegible] on said notes from & after this the 14th September 18
hundred & forty five. It is further my will & desire in [illegible] to the
Executors [illegible] duely named & appointed in my will. I do hereby nominate 
& appoint my son Hardin P Bostick as one of my Executors. with all the 
powers & [illegible] stated in my Executors [illegible] in my will. In witness
whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal this [illegible] day of September 
1845
S/John Bostick [private seal]

Signed sealed & acknowledged in the presence of [illegible]


The State of Tennessee Williamson County Court Oct Term 1850
The last will & testament of John Bostick Sr late of Williamson County [illegible] is 
produced for probate & the execution thereof duly proved this [illegible]
Jno S Claybrook & Jonathan Bostick Subscribing witnesses [illegible]

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[illegible] day they became such in the presence & at the request of the testator that they believe said testator was of sound and disposing mind. & memory at the making & prosecution of said will & under no [illegible]
ordered that said will be recorded. A [illegible] of said will is also produced 
[illegible] & the execution thereof duly [illegible]. 
& [illegible] subscribing witnesses thereto [illegible]
[illegible] the presence at the request of the testator - that they believe
said testate was of sound & disposing mind & memory at the making & prosecution thereof said codicil & under no [illegible] ordered that said Codicil
be [illegible] & thereupon Hardin P Bostick the Executor nominated in said Codicil appeared [illegible] duly sworn [illegible]
issue to him accordingly

I Lemuel B. McConnico clerk of the County Court of Williamson County in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the last will and testament of John Bostick Senior deceased as the same appears of record in my office [.]

[seal]
In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court at office this 10th day of May AD 1853
S/Lemuel B McConnico

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William E. Jones
Nashville Tennessee



Signatures purporting to be his is genuine 
In testimony whereof I herein

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State of Georgia }
Muscogee County } 
On this 31st day of July 1854 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County Mr Hillery B Bostick a resident of Said County aged Eighty two years and made oath in due form of law that he is a cousin of Captain John Bostick late of Williamson County Tennessee that they was [sic] boys together in Surry County North Carolina altho [sic] he was a few years older than affiant and was ingaged [sic] in the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War [.] that during his service he lived in Surry County North Carolina that he was engaged in the Militia Service as a private for Several tours of duty after which he was appointed or Elected Captain of a Militia Company in which Capassity [sic: capacity] he continued to serve as Captain to the close of the war which was in the years 1782 or 1783. but the particular duration of each tour of Service affiant Cannot recolect [sic] but that he performed Sevral [sic: several] tours of Service as a private and as a Captain all of which was in the later part of the war that after the close of the war [crossed out: the] affiants father Moved to this State and

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settled in Richmond County and shortly afterwards or in a few years after affiant & his father settled in said Richmond County the said Captain John Bostick came from Serry County  NC to Grayera on a visit to see his much affiant father whom he became acquainted with a Mrs Polly Jarvis of Richmond County Geo to whom he was married affiant does not recall the particular date of his marriage but knows it was several years before affiant was married that affiant was married to Elizabeth Jarvis a relation of Captain Bosticks wife in the year 1798 at after his marriage he returned to North Carolina from which place he removed to Williamson County Temper in the year 1808 where he resided until his death which took place some time in the year 1850 as affiant was informed that at the time of his death he left several children Hardin P Bostick & others the names of all of whom Captain Bosticks wife died some time before he did as affiant understood he is also informed that Hardin P Bostick is the executor of his fathers John Bostick who

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affiant is certain is the same (?) Captain John Bostick who served in the Revolutionary war as above stated officer and further makes oath that he is not in trusted in any way in the pension sought for by said heirs of Captain Bostick  as he is informed Sworn to & Subscribed before me the date above Jordan L Howell
J B Bostick
State of Georgia
Muscogue County Jr Jordan L. Howell an (?) Justice of the Peace in and for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Hillary B Bostick who has this day appeared before me that he is in all ways a reputable and truthful man and intitled to full credit and belief and I further certify that I am not interested in any wise in the claim to pension to which this office and refers in testimony whereof I set my hand & seal this 31st day of July 1854 
Jordan L Howell J.P.

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State of Georgia Muscogee County
I Andrew P Jones Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby certify that Jordan L Howell whose name appears to the within Affidavit is and is as at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn , and the within signatures purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I here can to set my hand and affix my seal of office, at office the City of Columbus this 31st day of July AD 1854
Andrew P Jones  CLK J.C.

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Geo Mathews


Georgia [illegible]


your Church. John Bostick
at present of [illegible] County of 
Richmond in the said State
Gentleman of the [illegible]
and Mary Jarvis of the [illegible]
place [illegible: Spinster ?][illegible]
part; and for [illegible]
Shall be your License.

Given under my hand and Seal [illegible]
this twentieth day of December in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and eighty seven; and of our Sovereignty [illegible]
[illegible] XII.

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State of Tennessee: Davidson County
Be it known, that on this the 8th day of March 1858 personally appeared before m John S. Brien, Judge & Chancellor of the Chaucery Court in the middle Division of Tennessee, Hardin P. Bostick, aged forty eight years, a resident of the County & State aforesaid (with whom I am well and intimately acquainted and who I certify is a man of veracity, good repute and high standing and made the following Declaration in order to obtain for the children of Captain John Bostick the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress of June 7th 1832. 
That he is the son and executor of John Bostick dec'd, who as Declarant always understood from him wad engaged in the military Service of the United States in the latter part of the Revolutionary War, from the State of  North Carolina, and as appears from his commission herewith presented, was a Captain of Cavalry in the Regiment for the District of Salisbury commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Stokes and that he was appointed Captain on the 20th day of March in the year 1783 by Governor Richard Caswell of North Carolina as appears from said Commission. 
That he continued in the service for a considerable length of time, but the exact duration of his service, declarant is unable to state, having never heard his father say as he remembers, but relies on the Records of military service in North Carolina to show that fact.
That after the close of the War, he removed from North Carolina to Williamson County, State of Tennessee, where he continued to reside until his death which event occurred on the 20th day of September in the year 1850, that he left no widow, but the following named and only surviving children to wit: James A Bostick, Bethenia Patton, Elizabeth Bell, James Wilson, Christina Coltant and Declarant , who is also the Executor of his father. That during his father's lifetime, and since the passage of the Act of 7 June 1832, he has often asked his father and heard others ask him, why he never drew a Pension and whether or not he was entitled to one that he

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always replied that he was entitled to a Pension, and had papers to prove his service, but that he had a competency, and did not desire one, and that he did not serve his Country for that purpose, and Declarant has often heard him reflect upon his neighbor and relative Tho's Hardin Perkins for receiving a Pension the said Perkins being a very wealthy man, Declarant further swears that he has in his possession no other record or documentary evidence in support of the claim that the Commission of his father, herewith presented nor does he know of any unless the Records of the State of North Carolina should show his father's service, Declarant prays that the Pension be granted and made payable to him as Executor for the benefit of himself and the other heirs-
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day & year above written, and I certify that I am not interested or concerned in the prosecution of the claim, nor in the result thereof
John S. Brien
Chancellor 
Signed Hardin Bostick
Know all men by these present, that I Hardin P. Bostick of Davidson County, Tennessee, one of the heirs & children & Executor of my father John Bostick dec'd do hereby constibule and appoint Smith & Jones of Nashville Tennessee my true & lawful attorneys for me & in my name to prosecute our claim under act 7 June 1832 hereby certify in confirming all their lawful acts in the premises, witness my hand and seal this 8th day of March 1853.
Harden P. Bostick {seal}
Acknowledged before me this 8th day of March 1853.
John S. Brien
Chancellor

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Official business
[stamp 8 FEB]
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Not important

Department of Interior,
Pension Office, Official Business

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38600   1040
John Bostick
decd  Tenn.

Evans + Fant Sep 1853
same Oct 24 1853 _ same
7 Dec 1853- same March 29 1854
W.E. Jones Aug 5 1854 - Sec 4 Interior Jany 9 1856 - Bryan July 21, 1856 acting Sec interior Oct 9 1856
Hon A.O.P. Michelson March 10 1857
June 7 1832

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Letter of Smith + Jone Attorneys
Department of the Interior
Official Business
Chief Clerk

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Judge [illegible]

[illegible]

Judge [illegible]

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John Bostick Tennessee 
Act 1832

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Private
Hon S. P. Waldo
Car of Pension
Oct 13 1856
Ad

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Look at the case of Charity Harrison from Georgia under the Act of 1836 ~
You will find an indent in it dated 1st. Oct 83
and a Commission dated 1st. April 1783 -
[illegible signature]


Nov. 30, 1853.
Requesting re-examination in case of John Bostwick [sic: Bostick] decd.
Tenn.

Evans & Fant.
Present.


Cole

[underline] Private [/underline]

Hon L. P. Waldo
Comr. of Pensions.

Special attention of the Comr. of Pensions. }




J. Minot Esq
Comr. of Pensions.
Washington City
D.C.
______________

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May 13 1853
Appl of JOhn Bostwick deseased
Tenn
Act 7th June 1832

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[illegible] 
Absalom Bostick [illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible] 1790-91-93 94
1795 -
John Bostick in 1801
1803 - 1804 - 1806.
[crossed out: from Surry County]
from [illegible]
[illegible] 1789

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[illegible]
Act 1836 -

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John Bosticks heirs
Appr Act 1838
Filed by Mr E. Jones  of Tenn
____________________________________
The written paper filed by Joseph Bryan of Ala = Present.

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Pension Office.
15th Sept. 1853.
Gentlemen.
The application of John Bostick dec'd. of Tennessee, has been received and filed under Act 7th June 1832. ~
No evidence has been adduced to shew [sic: show] the specific period of John's Services as a Captain. His Commission is dated 20th March 1783: he must therefore have served in that capacity. but a very short time before the close of the war. The length of time that he did service, the applicants must shew [sic]. In the supplemental application, it is asserted that John served also as private for several years, but whether the payments set forth in the Certificate of the Comptroller of North Carolina were made to him for both Services, or simply

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for those of a private, & is difficult to say. The date of John's intermarriage with the mother of the applicant, and also the time of her death, must be established before any admission of the claim can be made. I would further remark that John's identity with the Soldier whose services are described, in the Comptroller's Certificate has not been satisfactorily proved. 

Mess'r Evans & Frank
Washington D.C.

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Copy of the Report
& of the Secy of Interior







Jany 9 1856

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Copy
Department of the Interior
Washington January 19 1856
Sir
Your decision in the claim of the heirs of Capt John Bostick for arrears of Pension, for his services in the War of the Revolution, under the Act of June 7th 1832, was affirmed, on the 16th Instant, on which day the papers which accompanied your report thereon were returned to your office.
A copy of your report was on the same day, transmitted to the John Bell US Senate, accompanied by a letter, announcing to him, the decision of this Department.
I am very respectfully your obdt servt
{signed} Robt Clelland
Secretary

J Minot Esq
Comm of Pensions

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Washington, Nov. 28th 1853.
Dear Sir, 
In your letter of the 24th Ulto, in the case of John Bostwick [sic: Bostick], dec'd., Tennessee Suspended, Act 7. June 1832. You say "The additional evidence in the Case of John Bostwick [sic] de'd. of Tennessee, do not add any thing material to the evidence already on file. The Witnesses do not profess to know any thing of the Service. He is certainly by no means identified with the John Bostwick [sic], mentioned in the Comptrollers Certificate, Which must be done by those who know of his Services. It is remarkable that he should have lived until 1850, Without making any application, and if he did Serve as it is alleged he did, it is unfortunate that he should have delayed So long, leaving to his children the difficult task of establishing his Services, When there are so few of his Contemporaries alive."

We forwarded the foregoing to Messrs Smith & Jones, of Nashville, Tenn, for Whom we were acting, and from Whom we have received the

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2:
the following replies.

Mr [underline] Harden P. Bostick, [/underline] whom, I have been informed, is [underline] the Cashier of one of the Banks in Nashville, Tennessee, [/underline] writes as follows.

"I have read the copy of the Commisr. report in the claim for the heirs of my Father John Bostick, for pension, in which it seems that Mr Waldo is still in doubt, as to the identity of my Father, with the same name alluded to in the Comptrollers Certificate of North Carolina, and in reply to which, I can only say, that it does appear, that we have offered all the testimony of our identity, that in reason, aught or could be required of us. But, as he is still dissatisfied, I am totally at a loss to know, how I am to satisfy him, as I know of no one now living, Who was in the service With my Father, or that could make such evidence as Mr Waldo, seems to. require, all I an say is to reiterate What in part I stated in my two depositions - That I always from my boyhood understood from my Father and others that he was in the Revolutionary War from Surry County, N. C. That he was the son of Absolem Bostick of Said County. That his Father

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3.   3.
Absolem, was actively engaged in Said War, and that went into Service as Soon as he Was old enough, Served some time, and just before the close of the ^War Was elected or promoted to a Captain, as his Commission clearly Shows, Which Commission you have on file. That after his return home, Stokes County Was formed, taking that part of Surry County, in Which he lived, he was then elected Sheriff of Stokes County, the first Sheriff of the new County, in which capacity he Served Some time, after Which he was elected a member to the General Assembly of Said County, Where he Served until about the year 1808, When he removed to Williamson County, Tennessee, Where he remained until his death in 1850. My Grand Father Was for many years before my Father, a member of the Legislature from the County of Surry & Stokes.

"This is a short history of my family as given me by my parents and others, if there were any other family in N. C, bearing our name, or any other Capt John Bostick (except my Father) I never heard of it, or knew, and believe if there had been any other, I should have heard

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4.
heard my Father say some thing about it, as he lived With me many years after the death of my mother.

"I request you to write to Mr Waldo again, and ask him to re-examine the claim, as I am bound to think if he will re-examine the [crossed out: claim] testimony [underline] himself [/underline], and compare the facts With the events of the War, and the history of my Fathers family, he Will allow the claim. I am certain those who know me, will testify that I would not ask for an allowance from the Government, [underline] unjustly [/underline] or even [underline] unadvisedly." [/underline]

Now, all we ask, is a careful perusal of your letter of the 24th Ulta, that of Mr Bostick, and the remarks Which follows.

We think, if we were to press this claim in person, and could induce the examiner to give the evidence, a patient and careful examination, that we Should Succeed. We dislike annoying the gentlemen by our personal appeals, and Such We regard a violation of your rules, and hence we do every thing that we possibly can by letter.

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5.
If you will look at the papers, you will find that his Son, alleges, that his father was originally from Surry County N.C, and that he afterwards resided in Stokes County, Which was formed from Surry. - That he was elected the [underline] first Sheriff [/underline] of Stokes, afterwards a member of the Legislature, in Which capacity he Served the County, until his removal to Tennessee in 1808. to Williamson County Where he died.

The Son States, that he never head of any other family by the name of Bostick, but his own, or of any other [underline] Capt John Bostick. [/underline] Yet he produces the Commission of his Father, the certificate of the Comptroller, showing payments to [underline] Capt John Bostick for [/underline] Services as Captain [note above the line: Does not certify any such thing] to entitle him to upward of [underline] 10 Months, [/underline] to say nothing about the ₤50 paid to him as a private. And, we think that you will find, that the payments were made to Captain Bostick by the Auditor of Salsbury [sic: Salisbury] District, the one in Which Cap Bostick resided at the close of the War. We think, that you will find that during the War, the State of N. Carolina

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6.
Was divided into the following Districts Viz Salsbury, [sic] Hillsboro, and Newbern, each of Whom paid The troops belonging to their respective Districts. Captain Bostick, was paid by the Auditor of his Salsbury [sic] District, as Surry and Stokes Counties, lay in the upper part of the State, and Was in that District. [underline] This above, We think should identify him. [/underline] Again, you have his Commission. Mr Allen, States that he knew Bostick all his life, removed to Tennessee with him, always understood that he was in Service, that he Was an officer, Which he heard Capt B__ assert before the passage of the Act of 7th June 1832. The papers, We think, Will Show that Cap B, was frequently heard to say, that he was entitled to a pension, but did not Want it. Another Witness details a conversation Which occurred in his Store, between Capt Bostick, and Hardin Perkins some years before they died, When Bostick was objecting to Perkins receiving a pension. Perkins replied that it was false pride upon the part of Bostick, or he might have a pension, and that he had better make application, While he (Perkins) was alive, as he could prove his services
.

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7.
We Would request an examination of Hardin or Thomas Hardin Perkins, papers, Tenn Act 7 June 1832, in Connection With this case.

If you shall deem it necessary, we can get Senator Bell, to inform you as to the Character and Standing of Captain Bostick and his family; and can also produce official documents to prove that the same Captain John Bostick, Who lived in Surry and Stokes Counties N. C - Who was the first Sheriff of Stokes, Who represented the County in the Legislature until 1808, when he removed to Williamson County Tennessee, is the same Captain John Bostick, Whose son [underline] Harden Perkins Bostick, [/underline] is now applying for a pension for the Services of his father.

All We ask, is a careful examination of the testimony, and We have no doubt as to the result.

Very respectfully
Evans & Fant.

👉See Wheeler History, N. C. Surry & Stokes Counties Where you ^Will see that the Bostick family were members of the Legislature.

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Pension Office,
October 29th 1856

Brief in the case of John Bostick, dec'd.

Hardin P. Bostick, 8th. March, 1853, says he is 48 years old; is the son and executor of [underline] John Bostick, dec'd. [/underline] who, he always understood from him, was engaged in the military service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, from North Carolina; refers to a commission issued to one John Bostick, 20th March, 1783, as "Captain of the Troop of militia cavalry in the county of Surry in the Regiment for the District of Salisbury, commanded by John Stokes, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant," to show that his rank was that of Captain; " "that he continued in the service for a considerable length of time" - how long, he never heard his father say. He relies on North Carolina records of military service to show that after the close of the War, his father removed to Williamson county, Tennessee, where he resided until his death, 20th September, 1850; left no widow, but several children; that, after the passage of the Act of 1832, he

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often asked his father, and heard others ask him, why he never drew a pension, and whether or not he was entitled to one, and that he replied "that he was entitled to a pension, and had papers to prove his service, but that he had a competency, and did not desire one, and that he did not serve his country for that purpose," &c.; has often heard his father "reflect upon his neighbor and relation, Thomas Hardin Perkins, for receiving a pension, the said Perkins being a very wealthy man;" says he has no other record or documentary evidence in his possession of his father's service, than the commission he presents, and knows of none, unless the records of North Carolina contain it.

Hardin P. Bostick, on the 16th of June, 1853, says he failed in his first affidavit, to state all his father's services, not supposing it necessary to state more than his service under his commission, and that he has heard his father say he served "a tour." before he was appointed Captain, in the capacity of private:

John S. Brien, Judge and Chancellor, Chancery Court, Middle Division of Tennessee, 8th March, 1853, in same paper, certifies that "satisfactory proof has

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been this day exhibited before" him "to prove, and did prove" that John Bostick was a Captain in the Revolutionary War from North Carolina; that he resided in Williamson County, Tennessee, and died there, 20th September, 1850, &c,

J. B. Halbert, of Davidson County, Tennessee, 12th March, 1853, aged 27 years, testifies that he was well acquainted with Captain John Bostick, of Williamson County, three years before his death, and has often "heard him speak of having been engaged in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, from North Carolina;" that he entered the service when very young, and performed considerable service, but how long, never heard him say, but heard him speak of being well acquainted with Colonel Morgan and other officers of the army, whose names affiant does not remember; also, heard him say that, after the close of the War, he was, in consequence of having been in the army, elected Sheriff of either Stokes or Surry county; that said Captain John Bostick died in Williamson County, in 1850.

George Ridley, 29th March, 1853, aged 55 years, swears that he was well acquainted with Captain John Bostick, of Williamson County, Tennessee, for 30

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years before his death; often heard him speak of his services in the Revolutionary War, and say that he was a Captain in said War from North Carolina; that he was generally regarded and believed to have been a Revolutionary Captain, &c.

Lemuel B. McConnice, 28th September, 1853, aged 52 years, was acquainted with [underline] Major [/underline] John Bostick, from his (McConnice's) boyhood; that he has always understood that said Bostick was a Revolutionary soldier, but whence such understanding he knows not.

Nathaniel H. Allen, of Montgomery County, Tennessee, aged 59 years, 9th April, 1853. testifies that he first became acquainted with Captain John Bostick, when he was about 10 years of age; went to school with his children about 1804 or 1805; that he then lived in Stokes county, North Carolina; that his father and said Bostick lived there until 1809. when they both moved to Williamson County, Tennessee. He learned from Captain John Bostick, that he was a Captain in the Revolutionary War, and thinks he [underline] repeatedly [/underline] said he never received any pension. Captain Bostick's wife died, as [underline] he was informed, [/underline] in Williamson County, Tennessee, before he did.

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[underline] He [/underline] died in that county, also, in 1850, and was always regarded and reputed to have been a Captain in the Revolutionary War; knew all of his children, he thinks, "most of whom died before he did; as I am informed;" was very intimate in Captain Bostick's family, both in North Carolina, and after he removed to Tennessee, and had ever opportunity of knowing his children, their names, and the family generally; (and yet he seems to speak from hearsay - "as I am informed" &c.; "[underline] understood [/underline] his wife died before him.") Cannot remember having heard Captain Bostick say under whom he served, but distinctly recollects having heard him speak familiarly of Colonel Stokes, and knows that he frequently [underline] heard of [/underline] Colonel Stokes, who was a leading man in that part of North Carolina

William H. Couch, of Williamson county, Tennessee, aged 48 years, 28th September, 1853, was well acquainted with Captain John Bostick; has been for the last 20 years; during which, he "has always understood that said Bostick was a soldier or officer in the Revolutionary War, and was so regarded in the community in which he lived;" that he always understood "said service" "was performed in the State of North Caroli- [Carolina]

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na;" [Carolina] heard a conversation in 1838, between Captain Bostick and Hardin Perkins, who was a Revolutionary pensioner, in which they both spoke of their services in said Revolutionary War, and of his (Bostick's) having served as a private soldier under Perkins at some period in said War; that Perkins upbraided Bostick for not applying for a pension; that it was false pride; that after Perkins left, Bostick admitted that it was pride that prevented him, &c.; died in Williamson county, in 1850, a widower.

John Nichols, of Williamson County, aged 63 years, 28th September, 1853, was also well acquainted with John Bostick, late of said county, for 40 years; has often heard him speak of his services in the Revolutionary War, and of having commanded a company, but whether as captain or major, does not recollect; has always understood from said Bostick, that said service was performed when Bostick lived in North Carolina.

Hon. John Bell, March 22d. 1854, certifies that he was acquainted with the late Major Bostick, of Williamson county, Tennessee, for more than 20 years; was highly respectable; in good circumstances; connected with the Perkins family, among the most respectable n the State; [underline] has an impression [/underline] that he heard Major Bostick

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speak of his revolutionary services, but as to the length and circumstances of his service, has no recollection. He was generally called Major Bostick, he thinks, but has an impression that he was sometimes called Captain Bostick; says L. B. McConnice, Crouch, Nichols, and Ridley, are entitled to full credit; does not remember Hulbert and Allen; has known Hardin P. Bostick for 20 years; is his neighbor, and would not hesitate to give full credit to any statement he might make respecting the claim. And subsequently (Mar. 28th 1854,) recollects N. H. Allen; is a lawyer of standing and high character, &c.

Hillery B. Bostick, of Muscogee county, Georgia, 31st July, 1854, aged 82 years: is a cousin of Captain John Bostick, late of Williamson county, Tennessee; were boys together in Surry county, North Carolina. John Bostick "was engaged in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War;" that, during his service, he lived in Surry county, North Carolina; "was engaged in the militia service as a private, for several tours of duty, after which he was appointed or elected captain of a militia company, in which capacity he continued to serve to the [underline] close of the War, [/underline] which was in the year [underline] 1782. [/underline] or [underline] 1783. [/underline] but the particular duration of each tour of service"

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he cannot recollect, but that he performed several tours as a private and as a captain, all of which was in the latter part of the War; that, after the close of the War, affiant's father removed to Georgia, and settled in Richmond county, and a few years afterwards, his father was visited by Captain John Bostick, who there "became acquainted with a Miss Polly Jarvis," of that county, to whom he was married; does not remember the particular date, but knows it was several years before he was married to [underline] Elizabeth [/underline] Jarvis, in the year 1798; that afterwards, said Captain John Bostick returned to Surry county, North Carolina, whence he moved to Williamson county, Tennessee, in 1808, where he remained until his death, which, as he was informed, was in 1850, &c.

Dr. William S. Webb, of Williamson county, Tennessee, 11th April, 1855, aged 79 years: was intimately acquainted with Captain John Bostick since 1812; were both from North Carolina; since 1813, was his physician; has often and repeatedly heard him say he was engaged in the service in the Revolutionary War; that he was a captain; that he lived at the time, in Surry county, North Carolina; that he performed considerable service as such; and that he always said

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(3.
he was paid off in certificates, which were worthless, and never did any, or but little good. After the passage of the Act of 1832, often heard him say "he was entitled to a pension if he chose to ask for it, but he would be damned if he ever fought for the money, and that he was too proud to ask Government to give him a pension; heard him reflect upon others for so doing, and that he would consider it a disgrace to ask Government for a pension when one was able to live without it; that he was as much entitled to a pension as any one, &c: and that he was always regarded as a highly respectable man, &c. Has no doubt he was a captain in the Revolutionary War, and that he performed considerable service; that he had heard him say his father also served in the War, and that they were afterwards both members of the Legislature of North Carolina from Surry and Stokes counties, North Carolina; says he has heard old Watson Gentry, who was a continental soldier, and a pensioner of the United States, say that he knew "John Bostick," in North Carolina, and that he was a militia captain in the Revolutionary War from Surry county; has also heard old General James Welborne

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say that "Bostick" was a captain in the militia; that  Welborne came from the same county that Bostick did. General Welborne was the father-in-law of the late Governor Cannon, of Tennessee; that Captain Bostick died in 1850 or 1851.

Marriage license to John Bostick, then of Richmond county, Georgia, and Mary Jarvis, of the same county, dated the 20th of December, 1787, among the papers.

Comptroller of North Carolina, 24th of May, 1853, certifies to a number of payments to John [underline] Bostic, [sic] [/underline] to wit.

Indent, or army certificate 321, issued by auditor of Montgomery and Anson counties, July 29th 1782, ₤50.0s.4d. specie.

Ditto. Hillborough District, 2.354. June, 1783. ₤42.5s.

Treasury certificate 143, ₤22.4s.3d. specie.
  Ditto              214, ₤25.12s.8d
Book No. 10, p. 27,  ₤78.19s.

And that payments also appear to "Capt. Bostic's" company, but cannot give the Christian name, whether it is John or not.

The additional testimony is that of Henry Fry, of Robertson county, Tennessee.

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aged 76 years: 30th June, 1856, testifies that he was acquainted with Captain John Bostick, formerly of Stokes county, North Carolina; that affiant was raised in Stokes county, and that he was acquainted with said Bostick from his earliest recollection; that he was always called Captain Bostick; that he lived in Stokes county, and for some years was a representative from that county in the Legislature; affiant removed from Stokes county in 1801, some years after Captain Bostick removed to Williamson county, Tennessee; that after his removal to Tennessee, he has seen him occasionally in Nashville, and that he is the same Captain John Bostick he knew in Stokes county. Of his service in the Revolutionary War, he knows nothing, but supposes him to have been old enough to have been in that War; never knew of any other family of Bosticks in North Carolina.

Daniel Allen, of Sumner county, aged 74 years: 4th of September, 1856, testifies that he was well acquainted with Captain John Bostick, of Williamson county, many years before his death; was always regarded as an officer of the Revolutionary War; was so reputed in the neighborhood; has heard Bostick say, as early as 1814, that he was in the Revolutionary

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War as a Captain, but not how long; that on one occasion, Bostick detailed to him some of the particulars which occurred during his service as Captain in the Revolution, which particulars he does not now remember.

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Hon L. P. Waldo
Comm of Pensions.
Washington, Oct 13th 1853.

Dear Sir. 
Yesterday we enclosed additional evidence in the case of John Bostick dec'd., Tennessee, Suspended, Oct 7th June 1832, and [underline] We wish this letter to be examined in connection with that evidence. [/underline]

In reply to your letter, in this case, dated the 15th September 1853, We think that an improper view has been taken, Which upon a re-examination We think that you Will admit. By examining the certificate of the Comptroller you Will perceive that the first ₤50 paid  to John Bostick for military service, Which it is reasonable to presume was for his service as a private, as [underline] no grade [/underline] is given, and which you will see in claimants amended declaration, claimed for Several [underline] tours, [/underline] not years, as Stated in your report, and that the balance of the payments were made to him as [underline] Captain John Bostick, [/underline] which we think is the best evidence of his Services as Captain, to say nothing of his Commission, and which when calculated will entitle him to a service

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from the date of his Commission, 20th March 1783 to the close of the War, Which [underline] is admitted, [/underline] not to have taken place, so  far as the militia of North Carolina is concerned, until the very latter part of the year 1783. And by reference to the evidence on file in the Pension Office, in the case of Priscilla Cotton, of Tennessee, Act 4th July 1836, you will find [underline] abundant, and Satisfactory proof, [/underline] that the war did not close until the last of the year 1783, and With Which period, the payments made to him will corroborate. As regards the date of Capt Bosticks marriage to claimants mother, and the date of her death, We think you will also consider unnecessary, as it is [crossed out: also] already in proof among the papers that Captain Bostick died in 1850, leaving [underline] no wide, [/underline] but the following named children &c. Captain Bosticks wife died in 1832, and even admit, that she was now living her pension could not date only from the day of her husband's death, and these heirs are claiming in right of their [underline] Father that [/underline] which he in his life time had a right to demand and Which at his death descends to his living children. there being no widow. We shall regard it as a [underline] special favor, [/underline] if you will look into this case

Evans & Fant.

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Brief in the case of John Bostick decd of Tenn

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8 March 1853 - Hardin P Bostick - 48 years old - son & Exr. [executor] of John Bostick decd who was engaged in the military service of the US in the War of the Revolution from NC, he was a Captain of Cavalry in a Regt. of Salisbury District under Lt. Col Stokes, was appt. Captain 20 Mch 1783 as appears by his Commission, does not know the exact duration of his service, - After the War he removed from N.C. to Tennessee where he died [underline] 20 Sep 1850. [/underline]

A Commission as Captain of Militia Cavalry Dated 20 March 1783 produce,

Comptroller of N.C. shows various payments to a man of his name, some of them pd. to a Captain of Infer, from the Comt others to a private - & also that there was a Captain Bostic in the service,

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 March 1853 - JB Halbert - 27 years old - was well acquainted with Captain John Bostick for three years before his death, during which time affiant was frequently at his house, has often repeatedly heard him speak of having been engaged in the service of the US in the Revo War from the State of N C, that he entered when young, & performed considerable service, has heard him speak of his acquaintance with Col Morgan & others, has heard him say he was elected Sheriff after after the close of the war in consequence of having rendered service, he died in 1850 - leaving no widow, but children

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29 March 1853 - George Ridley - 53 years old - was well acquainted with Captain John Bostick for 30 years before his death, has often heard him speak of his service, in the Revo War & said he was a [underline] Captain [/underline] from N.C and he was so regarded.




28 Sep 1853 - L B McConnice was well acquainted with Major John Bostick from his (affiant's) boyhood. he has always understood that Bostick was a Revolutionary soldier, he was of good standing, &c

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9 April 1853 - Nathaniel H Allen was well acquainted with Captain John Bostick from the time he was 10 years old, went to school with his children in 1804 or 1805, he then lived in Stokes Co N.C, his father lived neighbour [sic] to Bostick until 1808 when they both moved a portion of their negroes to Tenn (Williamson Co) in 1809 moved out themselves & settled within 5 or 6 miles of each other. He learned from Bostick that he was a Captain in the Revo War, & thinks he has repeatedly heard him say he had rec'd no pension &c

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28 Sep 1833 - Wm H Couch - 48 years old - was well acquainted with Captain John Bostick for 20 years before his death, has always understood he was a soldier or officer of the Rev War. he was so regarded in the Community where he lived, & that he served in N.C. recollects that in 1838 he heard a conversation between Bostick & Hardin Perkins, (Perkins was a pensioner) in which they both spoke of their service and Perkins was blaming blaming [sic] Bostick for not applying for a pension, that he was influenced by false pride in not applying &c & Bostick admitted that pride did prevent him, &c




John Nichols has often heard him speak of his services & mention the fact that he had a company, but does not recollect whether he was Captain or Major -

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22 March 1854 - Hon John Bell certifies that he was acquainted with Major Bostick for more than 20 years before his death, he was a highly reputable citizen, in good circumstances, connected with the Perkins family, [crossed out: the most] among the most respectable in the State of Tenn. Has an impression that he had heard Bostick speak of his services, but - is not certain as to the length & circumstances of it, & has an impression that he was sometimes called Capt Bostick, - Has known L B McConnice from early life, his character for [illegible] is remarkable, would rely implicitly upon his statements, hes long known Couch & Ridley, the are entitled to full credit, so of Hardin P Bostick he is entitled to full credit, Has intimately known NH Allen more than 15 years, he is one of the first lawyers in the State &c

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31 July 1854 - Henry B Bostick - 82 years old - is a cousin of Captain John Bostick, they were boys together, John was a few years older than deponent, & was engaged in the service of the US in the Revo War, was engaged as a private for several tours & was then elected Captain of a Militia Company, he cannot [illegible] the duration of his services, After the close of the War affiants father moved to Georgia, John Bostick removed to Williamson Co Ten where he died in 1850 &c

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11 April 1855 - Dr Wm S Webb - 79 years old - was intimately acquainted with Captain John Bostic [sic] since 1812, were both from N C & settled in the same neighbourhood, [sic] affiant was Bosticks family physician. repeatedly heard him say he was in the Revo War, that he was a Captain & commanded a Militia Co, that at the time of his service he lived in Surry Co, has often heard him say he was entitled to a pension under the Act of 1832, but that he [underline] be damned [/underline] if he fought for money & he would not ask Government to give him a pension, he abused [crossed out] Hardin Perkins for receiving one &c. Bostick was always regarded as a respectable man, & always understood he was a Captain, served as a member of the Legislature of NC &c. he has heard Gen James Wilborne say that Bostick was a Captain in the Revo War &c &c -

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The following evidence adduced since the last action of this office upon the case

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30 June 1856 - Henry Fry - 76 years old - was well acquainted with [underline] Captain John Bostick [/underline] formerly of Stokes County NC, affiant was raised in Stokes Co and was acquainted with Bostick from his earliest recollection, he was always called [underline] Captain Bostick, [/underline] he was for some years a representative from Stokes Co in the legislature, was a highly respectable citizen, & was never called by any other title than [underline] Captain, [/underline] Affiant left Stokes Co in 1801, some three years after this Bostick removed to Williamson Co Tenn where he died in 1850, Affiant occasionally met Bostick in Nashville, He was the same [crossed out: John] Captain John Bostick he has Known in Stokes Co N.C - Has no personal Knowledge of his services: but he must have been old enough to have served, He never Knew any other family of Bosticks in NC -

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Sep 4 1856 - Daniel Allen - 74 years old - was well acquainted with Captain John Bostick for many years previous to his death, he was always regarded and believed to have been an officer in the Revo War from affiants earliest acquaintance with him, he was reputed to have been a Captain in the N C service, does not know whether in the Regular or Militia service, has repeatedly, as early as 1814, heard Bostick say he was such Captain, does not know how long he served, Immediately upon affiants return from service in the War of 1812, he & Bostick had a conversation, Bostick remarked that he himself had served his country during the Revo War, & detailed some particulars of his service as Captain, since which time he has often heard Bostick speak of his services, Affiant always understood that Bostick came from N.C to Tenn, he has no doubt of the truth of Bosticks statements -

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Jno. Bostick
Rev. Pension
________________
Ten - Act 1832

[bold drawing of a capital H]







R. W. Young

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State of Tennessee }
Williamson County }
On this 11th day of April 1855 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for Said County [underline] Doctor [/underline] William, S, Webb a resident of Said County aged Seventy nine years (79) and who I certify is well respects a reputable and truthful citizen who makes oath in due form of Law that he was well and intimately acquainted with Captain John Bostick [underline] Since [/underline] the year 1812 that they were both from the State of North Carolina and Settled in the Same neighborhood that from the year 1813 affiant was his family physion [sic: physician] that affiant distinctly recollects from his first acquaintance with Said Bostick he has often and repeatedly heard him Say that he was ingaged [sic] in the Service in the Revolutionary War that he was a Captain and Commanded a Militia Company that he lived at the time Surry County N,C, that he performed Considerable Service as Such and that he always Said that he was paid off for his service in certificates which was worthless that they nearly never done him any or but verry [sic] little good this Conversation affiant has often heard Capt Bostick relate from his first acquaintance with him and after the passage of the act of 1832 allowing pensions affiant has often heard Captain Bostick Say that he was intitled [sic] to a pension if he choose [sic] to ask for it but he would be damned if he ever fought for the Money and that

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was [underline] too proud [/underline] to ask Government to give him a pension and affiant has often heard Capt B reflecting on others after the passage of the Act of 1832 for receiving a pension when they were able to live without and always Said that he would Consider it a disgrace to ask Governt [sic] for a pension when they was [sic] able to live without it and always abused Hardin Perkins being so wealthy as he was for receiving a pension. Saying at the Same time that he was as much entitled to a pension as any one but that he would not have it [.] affiant would further state that during his acquaintance with Capt Bostick he was always looked upon and regarded as a highly respectable Man and in every way a releable [sic: respectable ?] citizen. and. affiant has no doubt from what he has always understood from him in his lifetime [note above the line: & others] that he was a Captain i the Revolutionary War and performed Considerable service but of the particulars of Said Service of Course affiant could not state further than what he has understood from him in his lifetime [.] affiant has also heard Capt B Say that his father was also engaged in the Service in the Revolutionary war that after the close of the war his father & himself both Served as Members of the legislation of NC from Surry & Stokes Counties affiant would further State that he has heard old Watson Gentry who was a Continental Soldier [crossed out] and a pensioner

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of the United States Say that he knew John Bostick in NC and that he was a Militia Captain in the Revolutionary war from Surry County [.] he has also heard old General James Wilborne Say that Bostick was a Captain and belong to the Militia Service that he Wilborne came from the Same County that Bostick and Genl Wilborne was the father in law of the late Governor Newton Cannon of this State [.] The above facts are true to Captain Bosticks Services affiant has understood Not only from the above persons but from others [.] affiant further Makes oath that he is disinterested in Said Claim to pension which he is  informed The exector [sic: executor] of Said Capt Bostick is applying for [.] that Said Capt Bostick died in affiants neighborhood some time in the years 1850 or 1851

Sworn to & subscribed before me the date above 
S/W. M. W. Nolen [private seal JP]
S.W. S. Webb


State of Tennessee }
Williamson County } 
I Lemuel B McConico clerk of the county court of Williamson County & State of Tennessee hereby certify that W. M. W. Nolen, whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit 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 as such according to law, and that the signatures thereto purporting to be his are genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at office this 13th day of April 1855
S/L.B. Mc.Conico Clerk

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√ Joseph Bruan
Washington 
Oct 7, 1856

√ Requesting a re-examination of the [underline] Rev. [/underline] Pension claim of the heirs of John Bostick dec'd.



√ Respy ref'd. letter Comr of Pensions with the remark that when original evidence is filed it is here considered complete & proper for the Com to review it, with standing it has been before the Dept, it being in fact like a new case, but it would be proper formally to inform the Dept of the result of his review
7 Oct 56.   Geo C Whiting

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Washington City.
Oct 7th. 1856

Hon George C. Whiting
Acting Pentions [sic] &c.
Sir.
In the case of John Bostic dec'd. late of the State of Tennessee which is a claim for a Pension under the Act of the 7th. June 1832. I have lately filed in the Pension office additional evidence and asked a reexamination of the case.

In as much as the case has been run before the Department on the original papers, the Commr. of Pensions declines to examine it on the new & additional testimony unless authorized to do it by the Secretary of the Interior.

I have therefore most respectfully to request that you authorize the Comr. of Pensions to re open [sic] & examine the claim on its merits as it now stands, with the additional testimony.

Very respectfully
Your obdt Servt
Joseph Bryan

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No 38,600
John Bostick dec'd.
Tennessee. -
_________________________
Letter to.
Evans & Fant 15th Sept. 1853.
same Octo 24. 1853
Evans & Fant 7th Decr. 1853.
same March 29. 1854
WE Jones Aug 5 1854







Act 7th June 1832.

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38.600
John Bostick dec'd.
Tennessee
Evans & Fant 15 Sep 1853  Rhett
 "           "        Octo 24 1853 / Niplet
 "           "        7 Dec 1853 / Rhett
"           "         Mch 29 1854 / Com
W.E. Jones  Aug 5 1854 / Trip
R W Young Apl. 25 1855 / "


See Wheelers
History page 407





June 7 1832
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Hon
John Pitt's Certificate
_________________________

[hand drawn bold F]

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In the matter of the services of Mil heirs of the Maj. Bostick of Ten. I desire to make this explanatory statement:

In my former statement I said that I had no recollection of N. H. Allen, one of the persons who had give their testimony in behalf of the claim. I was misled by the statement appearing somewhere in the papers filed n the case that the Allen whose testimony was relied upon for the claimant, [underline] had [/underline] resided in Williamson County, & was the neighbour [sic] of Maj. Bostick before he became a citizen of Montgomery County. I have known well & rather intimately N. H. Allen Esqr. of Montgomery Co. know ow fifteen years - but I had never heard that he was at anytime, a citizen of Williamson Co. It gives me pleasure now to state, that Mr. Allen is one of the first lawyers of the State of Ten - more distinguished perhaps, a more able & successful advocate, never as

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a [illegible] lawyer - but his highest praise is, that he is as highly distinguished for his [illegible] & integrity of character, as for his success as a lawyer & advocate. He has been a member of one state Senate - I believe now know that of it - & such is his standing in our county, that he could, if he would, be a representative of its [illegible] in the Legislature, all the time. In [illegible], I know of no more in [illegible]. in whom I would have [illegible] confidence, in any matter of truth or principle
S/Jno: Bell


Washington
March 28th 1854

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Pension Office March 29, 1854
Gentlemen
I have examined the application of Hardin P. Bostick Esq. Executor of John Bostick dec'd, late of the state of Tennessee for the arrearages of pension claimed to be due the said John Bostick at the time of his decease under the act of June 7. 1832 for revolutionary services. 

In this case it is claimed that the said John Bostick was engaged in the military service of the United States in the latter part of the revolutionary war from the state of North Carolina as a Captain of Cavalry in the Regiment for the Salisbury District commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Stokes: and that prior to said service as Captain, he served tours of militia service in the capacity of private. The service of the said Bostick is not described particularly nor is the length of said service given. -

To support this claim the parties have filed a commission signed by the Governor of North Carolina to John Bostick Esquire, appointing him "Captain of the troop of Militia Cavalry in and for the County of Surry in the regiment for the "District of Salisbury commanded by John Stokes Lieutenant "Colonel Commandant" dated March 12. 1783: also the affidavits of diverse persons of the highest respectability who were acquainted with the said Bostick in his life time, was

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who affirm that they have often heard the said Bostick speak generally of his revolutionary services, and that it was understood and believed in his neighborhood that he was an officer in the revolutionary army.

There is also filed a certificate from the Comptroller of the state of North Carolina showing payments to a John Bostick made by the auditors of the counties of Montgomery and Anson July 29. 1782 for the sum of ₤50.S.0 D.4 specie: also by the auditors of Hillsboro'. District June 1783 of ₤42.S.5. specie: also three thousand Drafts [crossed out] dates not given, for the sum of ₤55.S.15.D.11. The grade of the person to whom these payments were made is not stated; nor does it appear that they were in fact made to one and the same person. The Certificate further shows that payments were made to "Captain Bostick Company" but the auditor is unable to determine whether John Bostick was the captain or not. This is substantially the whole evidence in the case. It will be observed that there is no witness who speaks of the service of Mr. Bostick from personal knowledge, nor do we have the benefit of his narrative of his services on his own oath. But it is claimed, that it is fairly to be inferred from the foregoing facts that the said John Bostick was an officer in the revolutionary army.

It will be seen that [crossed out: his commission] he was commissioned as Captain of the "troop of militia Cavalry in and for the "County of Surry.' He was not therefore an officer in the continental line. His commission was dated March 12. 1783, but little more than one month before the certification of the treaty of peace. It is not supported that there was any militia service

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so late as the date of this commission. Hostilities actually ceased in November 1782, and although the continental army was continued in service for nearly one year after that date, it is not known that any militia were enclosed into service. I cannot therefore [crossed out: acknowledge] admit the claim that the father of these claimants served as Captain under this commission in said war.

The next enquiry is, Were the payments named in the Certificate aforesaid made to the father of the claimants: From the evidence filed in the case I find that this John Bostwick [sic] was an inhabitant of the County of Surry. This County was in the District of Salisbury and is in the Northwestern part of the state. The payments made July 27. 1782 were by the auditors of the counties of Anson & Montgomery lying in the SouthWestern portion of the state. The payments made in 1785 were by the auditor of Hillsboro' district. It will [illegible] believe ^that these payments were made by officers of localities of some distance from the county of Surry. I think it should appear that the payments were made by the accounting offices of the District or County in which the person resided. I cannot therefore see how these payments are identified with the father of the claimants. The only evidence lending to connect these payments with him, is the name. I know it is said there was no other John Bostwick [sic] in North Carolina. It is a sufficient answer to say that there is no evidence on this point in the case. But it is hardly possible that this would be a fact. John is a very common name, and it appears there were other payments made to "Captain Bostics company:"

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Now the Captain Bostick here named may have been called John, and he may have resided either in the county of Anson and Montgomery or in the District of Hillsboro'. and ^have been the man to whom these payments were made. Inasmuch as there were other Bosticks in the [illegible: colonies?] I do not understand how I can infer that none of them were called John. -

In conclusion I would say that having given this case that consideration which its importance deserved on account of the reputable men from which it is presented I am not able to find from the evidence filed that the said John Bostick served in the revolutionary army a period of six months in any grade, and are therefore constricted to affirm the former decisions of this office suspending this claim.

I remain your Ob


Missrs Evans & Fant
Present. -

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case of John Bostick
Act of June 7, 1832
Ex'd March 19, 1854

[illegible]
Sep 20th 1856

[illegible]

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Bostick                   15 15-11
John Bostick Captain.
Commission dated March 12. 1783
[crossed out: Commission not issued.]
"Captain of the Troop of Militia Cavalry in [crossed out: and for] the County of Surry in the regiment for the District of Salisbury, commanded by John Stokes. Lieutenant Colonel Commandant."

Certificate of payments
John Bostic, Issued by auditors of the Counties of Montgomery & Anson July 29. 1782. ₤50S.0D.4 specie
Anson County was in Salisby District probably

Do. Auditors of Hillboro. District June 1783 ₤.42.S.5.D5


Treasure Certificates ₤.22.4.3 specie
 Do       25.12.8    "
Do          7.19. -

L.B. McCornice, aged 54. years. reputation of being a soldier  
cannot tell how he got that reputation.

Wm. H. Crouch, aged 48. years, acquainted for twenty years, always understood to have been a soldier. Heard a conversation with Perkins &c.

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John Nichols aged 63. acquainted for forty years. Heard him speak of his services in revolution & his having commanded a company: [illegible] performed where Bostick said. -

Nathaniel H. Allen, aged 59. Known Bostick since he was ten years old. Learned from Capt. Bostick that he was Captain in the Revolutionary war &c. Reputation of having been a soldier &c

J.B. Halbert aged 27 years, acquainted three years. Heard him speak about being in the service of the revolution

George Ridly. aged 55. Knew Bostick. reputation of having been a revolutionary captain.

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Hon. A. O. P. Nicholson
March 10/57
_______________________

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Pension Office, [crossed out: February 27] March 10, 1857.

Sir,
I have personally examined very carefully the evidence filed in support of a claim for arrears of pension in virtue of the Services of John Bostick deceased, and am constrained to concur in the views heretofore taken by my predecessors = The objections to the allowance of the claim have been fully stated to the attorneys of the present claimants, and are succinctly set forth in the report of my immediate predecessor to the Secretary of the Interior of the 9th January 1856, a copy of which will be furnished if desired. The additional evidence filed since that report was made is mostly cumulative, and does not seem to me to affect the grounds upon which the claim was rejected.

I am, very respectfully,
Your Obt. Servant,

Commissioner



Hon. A. O. P. Nicholson,
Washington,
D.C.

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49.
Comr. of Pensions
Oct. 9. 1856

Reports in the case of John Bostick dec'd. for arrears of Pension, & returns the letter of Joseph Bryan asking a re-examination, ref'd. to Commissioner letter 7th inst.

√ This case is respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions by order of the Secy of the Interior, with the request that he will examine it respects merits & report the conclusion to which he may come, to Mr Dean.

Geo C Whiting
CC
18 Oct 1856.

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Pension Office,
October 9. 1856.

Sir,
I have to acknowledge the receipt of the letter of Joseph Bryan, Esq. relative to the claim by the heirs of John Bostick, deceased, for arrears of pension, to you and by you referred to this office, and in reply would state: -

This claim was personally examined by my predecessor Judge Waldo, in 1854, by whom it was disallowed. In January, 1856, an appeal to the Secretary of the Interior was taken from that decision. By his direction the papers in the case were transmitted to him for examination with a report from this office under date of January 9. 1856. - The decision of this office disallowing the claim was affirmed by him, as appears by letter to this office of the 19th of the same month.

I beg leave to refer you to the report from this office of January 9th. 1856, above mentioned, for a statement of the case and the views of this office upon

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which the claim was disallowed. Additional evidence has recently been filed, but it is merely cumulative and does not seem to me to affect the grounds upon which the decision of this office in disallowing the claim, and that of the Secretary in affirming that disallowance, depended. If any different conclusion is made now it will be from different views of the case as it there stood rather than from any material change in it by the evidence now furnished.

Under these circumstances I have not thought proper to revise the decision of the Secretary, but  the same for your consideration.

The papers are herewith enclosed.

I am, with much respect,
Your obedient servant,
J. Minot
Commissioner.


George B. Whiting, Esq., }
Acting Secretary of the Interior. }

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also recollects his having told affiant that after the close of the war when he returned home from the service he was in consequence of been in the army, elected Sheriff of Either Stokes or Surry County affiant does not remember which

Affiant further states that said Capt John Bostick died in Williamson County Tenn sometime in the year 1850. that he left no widow. but the following and only children to wit. Hardin P Bostick. James A Bostick. Mrs Barthenia Patten [,] Mrs Christine [sic: Christina] Coltart and Mrs Jane Wilson ^and Elizabeth Bell all of whom are still living so far as affiant is informed. Affiant further makes oath that he is disinterested.

Sworn to & subscribed the date above
S/J. B. Halbert
S/J H McEwen [private seal JP]

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State of Tennessee }
Davidson County }
I Joseph H McEwen a Justice of the peace in and for said county do hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with John B Halbert who has this day appeared. and made oath to the above 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 [.] Witness my hand  & seal this 12th day of March 1853
S/J H McEwen JP

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Affidavit of [drawn bold letter B]
George Ridley & Halbert
__________________________
in the case of 
John Bostick dec'd
__________________



_________________________________________
Act 7 June 1832
_________________________________________

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State of Tennessee  Davidson County.
This 29th day of March 1853, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of te Peace in & for said County, George Ridley, a resident of Williamson County Tennessee, aged fifty five years, with whom I am well acquainted. and who I certify is a man of veracity & made oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted with Captain John Bostick of Williamson County Tennessee for about thirty years before his death, that he has often heard him speak of his services in the Revolutionary War and say that he was a Captain in said War from North Carolina, that he was generally regarded as and believed to have been a Revolutionary Captain that he was a man of veracity and good repute, that he died a year or two ago in Williamson County Tennessee, that his wife died before he did - that he left several children among whom he knew Hardin P and James A Bostick still to survive, that he lived for many years within four or five miles of Capt John Bostick and Knew him well - Affiant further makes oath that he is disinterested -
S/George Ridley [private seal]

Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year first above written - and I certify that I am not concerned in the prosecution of the case nor interested in its prosecution or result
S/J H McEwen JP

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State of Tennessee }
Davidson County }
I F R Cheatham clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that Joseph H McEwen whose name is signed to the within & attached certificate and affidavits is now & was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace in and for said County duly elected commissioned & qualified and that the signatures above purporting to be his are genuine.

[seal]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Nashville this 28th day of April 1853.
S/F R Cheatham clerk

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C. D. Brien C & M

Supplementary Declaration of
Hardin P. Bostick. Eqr
of
Capt Jno Bostick dec'd



________
Act of 7 June 1832
_________________________
Mr F. S. Evans of Washington City is authorised [sic] to attend to this case for us.
Smith & Jones
June 21/53

[crossed out: Smith & Jones Attys Nashville Tenne]

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State of Tennessee }
Davidson County }
Be it known That on the 16th day of June AD 1853, personally appeared Hardin P Bostick, a resident of said County with whom I am well acquainted and who I certify is a man of veracity and good repute, and made oath in due forms of law that he is the Son and Executor of John Bostick dec'd, who was a Captain in the Revolutionary War from North Carolina & that sometime since he made a declaration (which he understands has been filed by his Attorneys Smith & Jones of Nashville Tennessee) under Act 7 June 1832, claiming the amount of Pension due, under said act, to himself and the other surviving children of the said Captain John Bostick, in said Declaration, he failed to set forth all the services of as a Commissioned Officer, but having since been advised [crossed out: that] to the contrary he now states that prior to his father's being commissioned as Captain, he had served a [crossed out] tour of militia service, of considerable duration, but how long he is unable to state (this he learned from his father) but this service was in the capacity of a private soldier, he may have served more than one tour but Declarant can only recollect to have heard him speak of one, in addition to his service as a Captain. He prays that this may be taken as a part of his first Declaration.

Sworn to & Subscribed before me the day & year first above written and do hereby Certify that I am not concerned in the prosecution of the case nor am I interested in its result.
S/John S Brien
Chancellor of The Middle of the State of Tennessee.
S/Hardin P Bostick [private seal]

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State of Tennessee }
Davidson County }
I Carlton D Brien Clerk and [illegible] of the Chancy Court of the middle district of Tennessee hereby Certify that John S Brien whose name is signed to the within is Judge of the Said Chancy Court of Said Middle division of Said State that the Signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine [.] In testimony whare of [sic: whereof] I hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 21st June 1853
S/C. D. Brien C&BN

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Pension Office
April 25 1855
Sir
The affidavit of Dr. W. S. Webb [crossed out: filed] in support of the case of John Bostick dec'd of Tenn. has been examined and filed with the papers. Dr. Webb does not, of course, know any thing of the Service of Captain Bostick except what he has heard him or others say of it. His testimony is merely cumulative; there being already on file a mass of such testimony from the most respectable sources. On the 29th of March 1854 I gave the case a thorough personal examination, and while I freely admit the respectability of all the parties whose names appear as claimants and witnesses, I was not able to find the length of service nor the identity of the father of the applicants  with the [crossed out] service shown by the Certificate of the Comptroller of No Ca. - A copy of my letter of the 29th of March 1854. to Messrs

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Evans & Fant will be transmitted to you if you desire it.




R. W. Young
April 23/33.








R. W. Young Esq
Present

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Additional evidence in the matter of Capt 
John Bostick.
Revolutionary -







Joseph Bryan 
[illegible]
Present

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State of Tennessee }
Robertson County }
On this 30th June 1855 personly [sic] appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County Henry Fry a resident of said County aged seventy six years, and made oath in due form of Law, that he was well acquainted with the late Captain John Bostick. formerly of Stokes County state of North Carolina that affiant was raised in said Stokes County, and was acquainted with said Bostick from his earliest reccollection [sic] that he was always called Captain Bostick, that he lived in Stokes County and was for some years a Represenative [sic] [crossed out: to the] from that County to the Legislature and was always regarded as a highly respectable citizen [.] affiant never heard him called by any other title than Captain John Bostick [.] affiant removed from said Stokes county in the year 1801 that some years thereafter Captain Bostick removed to Williamson County Tennessee where he died as affiant has been informed in 1850 [.] that previous to his death [crossed out: affiant] and since he removed from North Carolina, affiant has occasionly [sic] met him in the city of Nashville, we were not very intamit [sic: intimate] after we removed to Tennessee as we live some forty miles apart but affiant is sertain [sic: certain] that he [crossed out: is] was the identical Captain John Bostick who he knew in Stokes County North Carolina, he was much older than affiant, but his particular age he does not know, as regards his services in the Revolutionary

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War of couse [sic: course] affiant knows nothing of his own knowledge being too young, but from his knowledge of Capt Bostick age would suppose him to have been older enoughf [sic] to have been in the service in the Revolutionary war, affiant never knew of any other family of Bosticks in the State of North Carolina. Affiant further states he has no intrust [sic: interest] whatever in the claim to the pension that he is informed Claimed by said Bostick's heirs

Sworn to and subscribed before me the date above written
S/H. Fry 
S/Robt Williams {private seal JP]


State of Tennessee }
Robertson County }
I Robert Williams Justice of the peace in and for said county do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Henry Fry who has this day appeared and made Oath for the above affidavit before me that he is in all respects a truthful and a repitable [sic: reputable] Citizen and entitled to full Credit, has been a for a number of years a Reparensative [sic: representative] in our State Senate

In testimony whereof I set my hand and seal this 30th June 1856
S/Robert Williams [private seal JP]

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State of Tennessee }
Robertson County }
I Robert H Murphey Clerk of the County Court of Said County do hereby Certify that Robert Williams Esq before Whom the within Affidavit Was Made is Now & Was at the time of doing the same An Actual Justice of the Peace in and for Said County duly Elected Commissioned and qualified and, that his Signature hereto Signed is genuine And that all his official Acts as Such is entitled to full faith and Credit

[seal] 
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set My hand at office the 5th day of July 1856
S/R H Murphey Clerk

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Washington Oct 12th 1853
Sir.
We herewith enclose additional evidence in the case of John Bostick, Tennessee, Susp. Act 7. June 1832.

Very respectfully
Evans & Fant.

Also additional evidence in the case of Mary Taylor, Widow of Christopher Tenn, Susp, Act 4th July 1836
E & F.




Hon L. P. Waldo
Comm of Pensions.

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Nashville Tennessee
May 5, 1853

Sir.
We herewith enclose you the claim of the heirs of  Capt John Bostick decd who was a Capt in the Revy War from No Ca, The papers consist of a Declaration made by Hardin P Bostick his son and Executor, identity of the heirs &c, also the Commission of Captain Bostick, and two affidavits, in support of the claim.

We have written to North Carolina for proof of service from the Records there & as soon as rec'd, we will enclose to you to be filed with the papers within.

Very respy
Yr Ob't Servants
Smith & Jones



L. P. Waldo Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

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State of Tennessee }
Williamson County }
On this 28th September 1853 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for Said County William H Couch a resident of said County aged forty Eight years who I Certify is a man of truth and entitled to full Credit and Makes oath in due form of law that he was will [sic: well] acquainted with Capt John Bostick late of Said County that he has been acquainted with him for the last twenty years before his death during which acquaintance affiant has always understood that the Said Bostick was a Soldier or officer in the Revolutionary war and was so regarded in the Community in which he lived & that Said Service Affiant always understood was performed in the State of North Carolina affiant would further State that he recollects upon one occasion in the year 1838 of hearing a conversation between Said Capt Bostick and Hardin Perkins who was a Revolutionary pensioner in which they both Spoke of their Services in Said Revolutionary war and of he Bosticks, having served as a private Soldier under Perkins at some point in Said war and Said was rather abrading Said Bostick for not applying for his pension Saying at the time that it was a false pride that prevented him from asking for a pension which after Said Perkins left the store of affiants Said Bostick admitted that it was pride that prevented him from

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applying for his pension [.] Said Captain John Bostick died in said Williamson County Some time in the year 1850. that at the time of his death he was a widower his wife having died Many years before he did affiant would further State that during his acquaintance with said John Bostick he was a highly respectable Citizen

Sworn to & subscribed before me the date above 
S/John Nichols JP
S/Wm H. Crouch


State of Tennessee }
Williamson County }
On this 28th September 1853 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for said County John Nichols a resident of Said County aged Sixty three years who I certify is a reputable Man and Makes oath in due form of Law that he was will [sic: well] acquainted with John Bostick late of Said County for the last forty years before his death that he has often heard him Speak of his Services in the Revolutionary war and of having commanded a Company but whether as Captain or a Major affiant does not recollect he was also understood from Said Bostick that Said Service was performed when he Bostick lived in the State of North Carolina [.] Sworn to & subscribed before me the date above
S/Wm H. Crouch JP
S/John Nichols

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Oct. 13, 1853.
John Bostick
Tenn
Act 7. June 1832
Additional
[drawn bold letter D]






Evans & Fant.
Present.

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State of Tennessee }
Williamson County }
I Lemuel Bell Connico clerk of the County Court of Williamson County aforesaid do hereby certify that William H Crouch and John Nichols whose genuine signatures appear to the foregoing certificate and affidavit are and were at the signing thereof acting Justices of the peace in and for the county of Williamson aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are due their official acts

[seal]
In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at office this 28th day of September 1853
S/L. Bill. Connico Clerk

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John Bostick, dec'd.
Tennessee
Susp, Act 7. June 1832


Certificate of 
Hon John Bell
Senate U. S.




Evans & Fant.

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In the matter of the claim of the heirs of the late Maj. Bostick of Ten. before The Pension Bureau, I make the following

Statement

I was acquainted with the late Maj. Bostick of Williamson County Ten. during a period of more than twenty years before his death. He was a highly respectable citizen, in good circumstances - & connected strongly with the Perkins family - among the most respectable of the state.

I have an impression that I heard Maj. Bostick speak of his revolutionary services in his life time - but as to the length & circumstances of his services, I have no recollection: He was most generally called Maj. Bostick according to my recollection - but have an impression that he was sometimes called Capt. Bostick.

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I have known L. B. McConico one of the witnesses from early life. His character for probity & disention in all that he says & does, is remarkable, & I would rely implicitly upon his statements. I have long known Crouch & Nichols - They are both entitled to full credit - so of Ridley. I do not remember Hudbert & Allen.

Hardin P. Bostick, I have also known intimately for twenty years. He is now a neighbour, [sic] near Nashville; & I would not hesitate to gve full credit to any statement he may make on the subject of the claim he is prosecuting in behalf of the heirs of his father. He is a gentleman of intelligence as well as of integrity
S/Jno: Bell


Washington 
March 22nd 1854

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Washington City
July 14th. 1856

J Minot Esqr
Comr. of Pensions
Sir.
I have the honour [sic] to enclose herewith additional evidence in support of the application of the heirs of Capt John Bostick for a Revolutionary Pension The application was filed from the State of Tennessee by Messrs. Smith & Jones -

Very respectfully
Your Obt Sevt
Joseph Bryan

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Henry Wright.
Feby 17.

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Pension Office.
Feb: 17" 1858.

Sir.
In reply to Your letter of the 6" inst: You are informed that the claim of the heirs of John Bostwick [sic: Bostick]. has never been allowed Consequently they have not received anything in right of his services






Henry Wright. Esqr.
Lexington.
Tenn:

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__________
Copied
__________

Pension Office July 21. 1856

Sir,
I have received and examined the affidavit of Henry Fry, addressed as additional evidence in the case of John Bostick, deceased, late of Tennessee, Act June 7, 1832.

This claim was rejected by the Office in January last, and that decision was affirmed upon appeal, by the Secretary of the Interior - The evidence now submitted is merely cumulative - several affidavits of similar import having been on file when the claim was rejected. [crossed out] It cannot be allowed upon the present proof

Very respy,




Joseph Bryan Esqr }
Washington City, }
D. C. }

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Lexington Te
Feb 6th 1858
To The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C

Sir.
Will you have the kindness to give the amounts. (If anything) paid to the Heirs of John Bostick a Revolutionary soldier of the North Carolina, line, to whom pad, and when

Respectfully Yours
Henry Wright

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Filed by In op A. O. P. Nicholson 16 feb 57. Hand to Comm -
C.G.O.W.

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State of Tennessee }
Williamson County }
On this 11th day of September 1856 personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace for said County Joseph H. Scales a resident of said County aged Seventy seven next November who being duly sworn makes oath and says - 

That he removed to Williamson County Tennessee from Rockingham County North Carolina in the year 1810. And that he settled in the same neighborhood with. and near John Bostick now deceased - Affiant also states - That he was well acquainted with said John Bostick. When he lived in North Carolina That said Bostick removed to Williamson County from Stokes County N.C. a few years before affiant removed. 

That he lived a near neighbor to said Bostick up to the time of his death which occured [sic] a few years ago. That he was frequently in his company - and has often heard him talking of the revolutionary war and that he was Engaged in that war: And upon one or more occasions affiant has head The said Bostick and Watson Gentry talking together and talking of the scenes of the revolutionary war in which they were both

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Engaged - said Bostick & Gentry were about the same age - and said They had both joined the army when they were quite young - That Gentry lived in Virginia & had joined the army then - Affiant does not remember the year in which the above conversation occured [sic] nor can he state any particular ^year in which he has heard the said Bostick speaking of his services - but the conversations were many - many years ago - that said Gentry has been dead about ten years and that said Bostick was about fifteen years older than affiant

That affiant does not know of his own knowledge whether said Bostick was in the revolutionary war or not: That all he knows in relation to his services. is what he has heard from said Bostick & others but from his knowledge of said Bostick's character & standing in the county he does give full credit to said Bosticks statement. That he also knows that said Bostick was a representative from Stokes County in the Legislature of North Carolina. And that both in North Carolina & Tennessee said Bostick was Esteemed very highly in his neighborhood 

Affiant further states that he

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has no interest in the claim of the heirs of said Bostick for a pension.

Sworn to & subscribed this 19th day of September 1856
S/J A. Bostick [private seal JP]
S/J. H. Scales


State of Tennessee }
Williamson County }
I William S. McLemore Clerk of the county court for Williamson County aforesaid, do hereby certify that James A Bostick whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing affidavit is and was at the Signing thereof an acting justice of the peace in & for said County of Williamson duly commissioned and qualified and that the County Court of Williamson County is a court of record. In testimony I have hereto set my hand and official seal at office in Franklin, this the 20th day of September AD 1856
S/W. S. McLemore Clk

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Nashville 19 Sept, 1856

Col L. C. Waggoner
Will please get County Court Clerk Certificate and seal to the within affidavit and forward to me at Washington City. to the case of Judge Joseph Bryan. & oblige
Yours W. E. Jones



Filed by Judge A. O. P. Nicholson 16 feb 57.
Hand to Commr.
G. O. W.

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Daniel Allen
Affidavit
John Bosticks Case,











Smith & Jones
Nashville
Tenn

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State of Tennessee }
Davidson County }
On this 4th day of September 1856 personally appeared ^before the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace for said County - Davit Allen - a resident of Sumner County aged Seventy-four ^Years February next who being duly sworn makes oath and says - 

That he was well acquainted with Capt John Bostick of Williamson County Tennessee for many years previous to his death. That he always was regarded & believed to be an officer in the Revolutionary War. from affiants Earliest acquaintance with him - That he was so reputed & so understood in his neighborhood as having been a Captain in the North Carolina Service in the revolutionary war - but whether he was in the regular or malitia [sic] service

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Affiant does not remember to have heard although he has repeatedly heard the said Bostick speak as [underline] Early [/underline] as 1814 as having been in the revolutionary service as a Captain. but how long he served affiant does not know. But distinctly remembers that on one occassion [sic] immediately on affiants return from service in the late war with Great Britain in 1812. Affiant met Capt John Bostick in Williamson County and in conversation which we then had - Capt Bostick stated. That he affiant was just returning from the service of his country in which he himself had been Engaged in The Revolutionary war. and said Bostick in said conversation went on to detail some particulars which occurred during his service as Captain in the Revolution - which particulars I do not now remember - The above conversation occurred in the Early part

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of the year 1814. Since that time affiant has frequently visited Williamson County to see his relations who lived in Capt Bostick neighborhood - and whilst on said visits - has heard Capt Bostick often speak of his revolutionary services - Affiant did not know Capt Bostick untill [sic] he settled in Williamson County ; h always understood that he moved into said County from North Carolina. and of course knows nothing of his own knowledge of Capt Bostick's services. but only states what he heard from conversations with him and others. But affiant has no doubt from Capt Bosticks standing that the statements made to him of the Captains services in the revolutionary war were true.

Affiant would further state that he is at present on the Invalid Pension

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Roll at the rate of ninety-six dollars per year. And that affiant has no interest whatever in the claim of the heirs of Capt Bostick for a pension and affiant has learned that Capt Bostick died some five or six years ago.

Sworn to & subscribed this 4th day of September 1856.
S/Josiah Ferriss [private seal JP]
Danl [his mark X] Allen


State of Tennessee }
Davidson County }
I Josiah Ferriss an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Daniel Allen who has this appeared & made oath to the above affidavit before me that he is a man of truth & veracity & full credit & faith is due & by right

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ought to be given to his statements - I do further certify that I am in no wise interest in said application for a pension for which this affidavit is taken to sustain
S/Josiah Ferriss [private seal JP]


State of Tennessee }
[illegible] County }
I F R Cheatham Clerk of the County Court of said County hereby Certify that Josiah Ferriss whose name is signed to the foregoing affidavit is and was at the time [illegible] date an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected commissioned and qualified and that the signature thereto is genuine

In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Nashville this 11th day of September 1856.
S/F R Cheatham 
By J. T. Faulkins

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Brief case
John Bostick
Capt - 1832 -
#
Tennessee

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Brief case John Bostick decd N. C.
Hardin P. Bostick. (16th June 1853), declaration
Bostick dec'd. a Capt in Rev'y war from N C. ([illegible] a Decl'n sometime ago but failed to set forth all John's services). he now states that previous to John's being commissioned a Capt he served a tour of Militia, service of considerable duration, as a private &c May have served more than 1 tour. but Declarant only recollects hearing him speak of one in addition to his service as Capt.

"   "  (8th March 1853.) says he is [illegible] of John dec'd who was in service of U. S. in latter part revolution from N. C. as by Commission, a Capt Cavalry [illegible] in service a considerable time, but exact duration is unable to state - [note above line: removed to Tennessee] John died 20th Sept 1850 left no widow - left children, James A & Harden P. Bostick & Bathenia Patten, Elizabeth Bell, Jane Wilson, Christina Coltart - Declarant is Executor.

Nath'l H. [illegible]  (9th Apl. 1853). ^[crossed out] aged 59 yrs first became acqt'd with Capt Jno Bostick when dept: was about 10 yrs. ago, as about that time went to school with his children (say in 1804 or 1805 - Learnt from sd. Capt. Bostick

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that he was a Capt in the war. Capt. Bostwicks [sic] wife died as Dept. was informed. before John died. John died in 1850. and was always regarded & reputed as a Capt. in the war. Knew all of the children, most of whom died before he did as was informed.

J B Halbert, (12th March 1853), aged 27 yrs). was well acqt'd. with Capt. John Bostick 3 yrs before his death. frequently at his house & heard him speak of service in U. S. from NC. that he entered the service when very young. & [crossed out: served] performed considerable service
John died in 1850. - left no widow - left children Harden P. & Has. A. Bostick, Bathenia Patton, Christina Coltart, Jane Wilson & Elizabeth Bell.

Geo. Ridley (29th March 1853) [noted above: aged 55 yrs.], was well acqt'd. with Capt John Bostick for 30 yrs before his death. Often heard him speak of his services in the war & that he was Capt. in sd. war from NC - [crossed out: regarded] generally regarded & believed to have been a revolutionary [.] Capt. died a year or two ago: left surviving children among whom he knows Harden P. & James A. Bostick

Certificate Comptroller N.C. (24th May 1853). shows payments to "John Bostic." [sic] July 29th 1782. ₤50.S0.d4. June 1783. ₤42.S5.~. Treasy: Certif. ₤22.s4.d3. - Do ₤25.s12.d8. - & ₤7.-s19

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Commission from Gov. R. Cardwell of N.C. to John Bostick as Capt: [crossed out] of Cavalry dated 20th March 1783. -

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[illegible] 

who was the [illegible] 

what period of service as Capt 
is [illegible] 
given & what period.





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{ State of North Carolina
{ Comptroller's Office
I, William J. Clarke, Comptroller of public accounts in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears of record in my office among the payments made by said State to sundry persons for Military services in the Revolutionary War, as follows to wit:
John Bostic
Indent or Army Certificate No 321 issued by auditors of the Counties of Montgomery and Anson July 29th. 1782
₤50.S0.D4 specie.
Ditto auditors of Hillsboro' District No. 2354 June 1783 ₤42S5. spec
Treasury Certif. No. 143 ₤22S4D3 specie -
Ditto                 " 214 ₤25 S12 D8  "
Book No. 10 page 27 - ₤7 S19 - "

There also appear payments to "Captain Bostic's Company," but no Christian name is given, and I am unable to determine whether John Bostic was the Captain or not.

[seal]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 24th day of May 1853. -
(1853) S/Wm J. Clarke, Compt'r.

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State of Tennessee }
Williamson County }
Personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Williamson Lemuel B McConico aged fifty two years who makes oath that he was acquainted with Major John Bostick from his [crossed out] (said McConnicos) boyhood until the death of said John Bostick which occurred some three years since, that said Bostick lost his wife many years before his death and did not again marry and that he has always understood that said John Bostick was a Revolutionary soldier but whether said understanding originated from hearing said Bostick talk upon the subject or from other sources he cannot say - He also states that said Bostick was of good standing in his neighbourhood and county - At the time of his death he left several children who surviving (to wit) Hardin P Bostick, James A Bostick, Bethenia Patton, Christina Coltart, Jane Wilson & Elizabeth Bell whether they are all still alive he does not know [.] Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 28th September 1853
S/Wm H. Crouch JP
S/L. B. McConnico


State of Tennessee }
Williamson County }
I William H Couch a Justice of the peace in & for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with L B McConico who has this day appeared & Made oath to the above affidavit before me that he is in all respects intitled [sic] to full credit & belief [.] In testimony wharrof [sic: whereof] I set my hand & seal this 28th Septr 1853
S/Wm H. Crouch JP


State of Tennessee }
Williamson County } Set
I Lemuel C McConnico Clerk of the county court of Williamson County aforesaid do hereby certify

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that William H Crouch whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificate is and was at the signing thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Williamson aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are due his official acts 

[seal] In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court at office this 28 day of September 1853
S/L B McConnico Clerk

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THE STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA

TO John Bostick Esquire GREETING:

WE reposing special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valour, conduct and fidelity, do by these presents, constitute and appoint you Captain of the Troop of Militia Cavalry in the County of Surry in the Regiment of the District of Salisbury Commanded by John Stokes Lieutenant Colonel Commandant.

You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of Captain --- by exercising and will disciplining the officers and soldiers under your command, and by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging: And we do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under your command, to be obedient to your orders as Captain and you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from you superior officers, according to the directions of military discipline and the laws of the State.

WITNESS RICHARD CASWELL, Esquire, our Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief, under his Hand, and the Great Seal of the State, which he hath caused to be hereunto affixed, at Kinston the twentieth Day of March Anno Dom. 1783 and in the XIth Year of our Independence.


By His [illegible] Command &c
S/W. Caswell [illegible initials]

Caswell

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State of Tennessee }
County of Montgomery }
On this 7th day of April 1853, personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County & State, Nathaniel H. Allen, a resident of said County, aged fifty nine years, with whom I am well acquainted and who I certify is a man of veracity and good standing, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, depose as follows.

I first became acquainted with Captain John Bostick when I was about ten years of age, as about that time I commenced going to school with his children say in the year of 1804 or 1805, he then lived in Stokes County, North Carolina, about five miles from where my father lived ^in Rockingham. My father and Captain John Bostick continued to live Neighbors in that County until the year 1808, when they each moved a portion of their Negroes to Williamson County, State of Tennessee, and in the following Spring of 1809, they moved out in company together, and settled in said County, within five or six miles of each other, I learnt from the said Captain John Bostick, that he was a Captain in the Revolutionary War, and think that I have repeatedly heard him say that he never received any Pension, Captain Bostick's wife died as I was informed in Williamson County Tennessee before he did. He died in that County also in the year 1850, and was always regarded as & reputed to have been a Captain in the Revolutionary War, I Knew all of his children I think, most of whom died before he did as I was informed, Bathenia who married Jason Patton, Elizabeth, who married a man named Bell, Jane who married a Mr Wilson, Christena, who married Mr Coltart [,] Hardin P. Bostick and James A Bostick survived their father, and are, I believe still living, I was very intimate in Captain Bostick's family,

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both in North Carolina, and after he removed to Tennessee, and had every opportunity of knowing his children, their names & the family generally, I can not remember having ever heard Captain Bostick say under whom he served, but recollect distinctly to have heard him speak familiarly of Colonel Stokes, and know that I frequently heard of a Colonel Stokes who was a leading man in that part of North Carolina [crossed out: in the war] I further depose that I am in no wise interested in the result of any claim growing out of the Revolutionary Services of Capt John Bostick nor am I concerned in it's prosecution

Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year above written, And I certify that I am not interested in the result of the case, nor concerned in its prosecution
S/H. P. Carry [private seal JP]
S/Nathaniel Hall [private seal]


State of Tennessee }
County of Montgomery }
I, William Rogers, Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that H P Carry Esq whose name appears to the above affidavit is now, and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected, commissioned and qualified, and that the foregoing signature thereto, purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this 6th day of May AD 1853.
S/Wm. Rogers Clerk &c

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__________ Ex'r.                INVALID.

No. [blank]

[crossed out: Acts of July 14, 1863, and March 3, 1873.]
1040    [stamp: REJECTED]
om

P.O. John Bostick
Service: __________________

Enlisted: ______________, 18__
Discharged: ____________, 18__

Application filed: ________________, 18__

Alleges: _________________________
Re-enlisted:: ____________________


Attorney: __________________________
P.O. ______________________________

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[drawn bold letter A]
Declaration &c
of
Hardin P. Bostick
Executor of
Captain John Bostick


Act 7th June 1832





Smith & Jones 
Attorneys 
Nashville
Tennessee

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It is hereby certified, That satisfactory proof has been this day exhibited before me John S Brien, Judge & Chancellor of the Chancery Court for the Middle Division of Tennessee, to prove & did prove to my satisfaction that John Bostick was a Captain in the Revolutionary War from the State of North Carolina, that he resided in Williamson County Tennessee before his death and died in that County on the 20th day of September 1850, that he left no Widow but the following named and only surviving children viz Hardin P. Bostick, James A Bostick, Bathenia Patton, Elizabeth Bell, Jane Wilson & Christina Coltart, and that Hardin P Bostick is the Executor of the said John Bostick; duly qualified as such according to law.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of March 1853.
S/John S. Brien
Chancellor


State of Tennessee Davidson County
I Jackson B White Clerk & Master of the Chancery Court for the Middle Division of the State of Tennessee, do hereby certify that John S Brien whose name appears to the foregoing Certificates [illegible] and Declaration is now and was at the time of Signing the same the Judge and Chancellor of the Chancery Court, for the Middle Division of the State of Tennessee, duly commissioned and qualified, that the said Court is a court of Record and that the ^foregoing signatures 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 Nashville Tennessee, this 9th day of March 1853.
S/J. B. White CxM

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME  Bostil, Philip
GRADE  Sergeant "in the
LINE  Invalids"


WARRANT NUMBER  12825
ACREAGE _____________________100____________
ISSUED  January 5, 1791
to Sarah Bostil, sole executrix.


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*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME  Bostman, Frederick
GRADE  Private
LINE  Hazen's Regiment


WARRANT NUMBER  12811
ACREAGE _____________________100____________
ISSUED  September 11, 1792
to ~ not shown ~


__________
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.