Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9396, Abraham Crow, N.C. Va.

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SERVICE
N.C.
Va

Crow, Abraham
Maria

NUMBER
W.9396
B.L.Wt? 75109-160-55

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[left side of page - left margin is torn so word(s) are missing and a portion of paper is split in the middle of this section]
…d at the ?[illegible] under
…? Act of the 6 April 1838
…? 4 Sept 1837 to 4 March
…’8. Agt Notified 29 July
…’9
…Letter to William March 25 Jany
1841
…Letter to W. R. Webster 10 Dec 1841
?[illegible] to Pen Agt 3d Feb 1842
Letter to Hon. T. F. Foster 17 May 1842
To Georgia from 4 ?arch 1838. 28 
May 1842 Notification to W.
R. Webster Esq ?[illegible] Mountain Geo
Letter to Pension Agn 10? June 1842
…Letter to ?[illegible] June 21, 1842
…Letter to 3d ?[illegible] July 1842
Paid as above from Mar ?th 1838
To Mar. 4th 1841 ?[illegible] notifd ?[illegible] 23
1842
Paid as above from Mar. 4th to Sept 4th
1841. Agt notified ?[illegible] 18th 1842

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Georgia     12.290
South Carolina [crossed out]

Abraham Crow
of Spartanburg in the State of S. Car
who was a pri - in the Company commanded
by Captain Williams of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Branch in the N. Car
line for 7 months 14 days

Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina
at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of April
1833 and sent to E. Bomar
Spartanburgh S. C.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833      52.
Semi-anl, allowance ending 4 Sept  13.
                                                        $65.

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
Book C  Vol. 6  Page 64

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State of South Carolina}
Spartanburg District} SS

On this 29th day of September 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the presiding Judge of the Court of Sessions & Common Pleas in and for the district & State aforesaid now sitting, Abraham Crow, a resident of said district, aged 69 years the 29th July last, who being first duly Sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. I was born in Prince George County State of Virginia July 29th 1763. When young went to North Carolina Northampton County, entered the Service of the United States in the County of Northampton on or about the 1st of September, 1780 as a substitute for Miles Alley for the term of three months in Captain James Williamson’s company Regiment commanded by Col. Branch & Genl. Allen Jones. Marched from Halifax Town North Carolina to Hillsboro in the same State from there to Salisbury N. Carolina from there to Genl. Smallwood’s camp on 12 Mile Creek between Charlotte N. C. & Camden S. Carolina continued there until the latter part of december 1780. Genl. Smallwood [crossed out] Morgan & his Riflemen joined Genl. Smallwood about this time. I assisted in guarding some Tories taken at Rugeley’s Mill, to Salisbury North Carolina, was then discharged by Capt. James Williamson & returned home, my term of service having expired. I kept my discharge a long time but finally threw it away or lost it, considering it valueless. About the first of February 1781 in Brunswick County State of Virginia I again entered the service as a substitute for one Asa Holloway in Captain William Harrison’s Company of Militia (for the term of six weeks) attached to Col. Mumford’s Regiment. Marched from Tailor’s Ferry on Roanook River, Virginia, to high rock

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Ford on Haw River, N. Carolina, joined Genl. Greens Army in Genl. Lawsons Brigade and marched with Genl Greens Army to the Battle at Guilford Court House where Col. Gunby? commanded the Maryland line. Cols. Washington & Lee commanded the Horse Troops. Retreated with Genl. Greens Army to the old Iron works Trouble Some creek on, of Haw River N. Carolina. A few days after the Battle of Guilford, returned home with Col. Mumford to Mechlangburg Virginia was there discharged by Col. Mumford about the first of April 1781. I returned home having fully served out the term for which I volunteered. My discharge lost or thrown away as was the first. About the first of May 1781 I entered a volunteer company for the term of six weeks commanded by Captain James Harrison in the Regiment commanded by Col. Tucker. Marched to the fork of James River where Cornwallis lay and as Cornwallis marched down the River the Americans pursued until they joined Genl. Waynes Army on the north side of the James River. Continued with Genl. Wayne until the expiration of my Term of service, the last of June 1781 when I was discharged returned home. My discharge lost or thrown away. About the 1st of September following the division to which I belonged was called out to go to the siege of Little ?[illegible due to ink smear] under the command of Captain James Harrison. Marched to Swans Point near old James Town [under the command of Col. Elliott - crossed out] joined Col. Elliotts Regiment at that place & continued there until after the capture of Cornwallis, a draft, then took place in our Regiment for men to guard the prisoners to the Barracks. I drew a blank & was discharged by Col. Elliott at Swan’s Point on James River about the 1st of November 1781. Thus ended my revolutionary services having a gain served two months. This deponent hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State. That he has since the Revolutionary war come from Brunswick County Virginia, in the year 1784 to Rutherford County N. Carolina

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Where he continued to reside until 1822 at which time he removed to Spartanburgh district South Carolina. I have no documentary evidence of any services. To the interrogatories? put by the court - I answer - 1st I was born in Prince George County Virginia 29th July 1763. 2nd - I have a transcript from my Fathers Bible in my own, of my age, now at home. 3rd & 4th In the within Declaration. 5th & 6th In also within - under the 7th I refer to the record. B. Hicks - Wm. Trimmier and James Silman [James Silman is crossed out].

Abraham Crow

Sworn to in open court.

Jno. B. ONeal Prct Judge

We Berryman Hicks a clergyman resident in Spartanburg district S. Carolina and Wm. Trimmier residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Abraham Crow, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 69 years of age, and that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn, and subscribed, the day & year aforesaid.

Jno. B. ONeall, Pres. Judge

Berryn. Hicks
Wm. Trimmier

And the said court does hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatory prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served a he states, and the court further certifies that it ?[can’t decipher] to it that Berryman Hicks, who

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has signed the forgoing certificate is a clergyman residing in said District and William Trimmier residing in the same, an credible person, and their statements are entitled to credit.
Jno B. O Neall
Presd? Judge

[written sideways in center of the page]
Abm Crow’s 
Declaration
Spartanburgh district
S. Carolina

I Elisha Bomar clerk of the court of Sessions & Common Pleas in & for said district of Spartanburgh, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abraham Crow for a Pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 15th day of October 1832.

E. Bomar
Clk

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No 15294
Abm Crow
Spartinburg District
S. Carolina

Admit ?[illegible] 7 mo. and 
24 days from 1780
As private – $2?
Capt. Williams}
Col. Branch}  S.C.

D. Bomar
Spartanburgh
S. Car.
E. Momas Clerk [crossed out]
S. Carolina [crossed out]

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BRIEF in the case of Abraham Crow
District of Spartinburg in the State of S. Carolina
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 69
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[I have labeled column headings - A-Period; B-Duration of Service; C-Rank; D-Names of General & Field Officers under whom he served.]

A. Sept. - In 1780 entered
B. 
C. 
D. 

A. Dec 1780
B. 3 months
C. Substitute
D. Gen. Jones; Captn Williams; Col. Branch

A. Feby 1781 vol
B. 1 Month 14 Days
C. Substitute
D. Harrison Captn; Col. Mumford

A. May 1781 Vol
B. 1 Month 14 Days
C. 
D.

A. Sept 1781
B. 2 Months
C.
D.

5. In what battles was he engaged? Guilford C. House

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? North hampton N. Carolina

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? And if so, in what respect? Authenticated

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

John H. Ashton
Examining Clerk

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[left side of page]
Ex. Buttd?
T. J. Harris Aug 2 /56
Same Sept 30 ?[illegible]

Vol 62 Page 122

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206.524 Act Mar 3 / 55
Aug. 28 / 55
Maria Crow
Maria Crow wid.
Abraham Crow
Abraham Pri

75.109 Issued
Decr 19th / 57

Rev. War

W:? 160 ?[illegible] Dec: 18 / 57
Rec. pension ?[illegible]
?[illegible] June 32 - 12290
?[illegible] Feby 53 - 6255
?[illegible]
Tucker & Lloyd
Presents
T. J. Harris [crossed out]
Atlanta [crossed out]
Ga [crossed out]

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Bounty Land
Claim, of Mrs. M. Crow
Under Act of 3rd March
1855

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206524 [or could be No 6524]
[seal image]

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(1)

State of Georgia}
County of Fulton ?[illegible]}

On this 23d day of August 1855. Before me the undersigned, a Justice of the peace duly authorized by law to administer oath, within and for the county State aforesaid. Personally appeared Maria Crow aged fifty-six years a resident of Fulton County of the city of Atlanta and State of Georgia, who made oath in due form of law, that, she is the identical Maria Crow, Widow of Abraham Crow died to whom under the act of “7th June 1832” a pension of twenty six dollars per annum, has been allowed for the services of her late Husband Abraham Crow, a private of the Revolutionary War, and late of Campbell County Georgia. She further states that his pension Certificate under the aforesaid act of the “7th June 1832.” Number unknown to her; but bears date “17th April 1833” and was granted to him in Spartinburg District South Carolina, subsequently transferred to Georgia & payable at Savannah Agency Georgia. She makes this application for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act of “3rd March 1855.” Never having received, or known herself entitled, or made application under any previous act of Congress. In evidence of his ?[illegible] claim and ?[illegible] of service of her said husband, she respectfully refers to the proofs heretofore ?[illegible], now on file in the pension office, and upon which his annuity as aforesaid was granted. That since the death of Abraham Crow, the late husband of her the said Maria Crow, she files her application for the Pension to which she may be entitled, the day of the date hereof under the Act of Congress above referred to. She states that Abraham Crow died the 4th day of October 1848 near Campbellton Campbell County Georgia.

She appoints as her attorney T. J. Harris of Atlanta Georgia, for the within specified purpose and with power of substitution and she the said Maria is fifty six years of age.

Maria “X” her mark Crow

Thomas Carlton
John Lace

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and about the age above stated, and that I have no interest in said claim *Widow of Abraham Crow died underlined before ?[illegible]

S? Hana Asa J. P.

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(2)

State of Georgia}
Fulton County ?[illegible]}

On this 23d day of August 1855. Before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace for the County and State aforesaid duly authorized to administer oaths. Personally appeared Jesse A. Timmons & Jackson F. Crow, whom I know to be respectable residents of the City of Atlanta, County of Fulton and State aforesaid, and fully entitled to credit, who made oath in due form of Law, that they were present and saw Maria Crow execute the foregoing declaration by making oath, and affixing her mark thereto. They further swear that they are acquainted with the said Maria Crow. The first Named Witness, swears that he was present, and saw him the said Abraham Crow, & Maria Crow married at the time stated in the declaration on the first page of this sheet, and he further states, that he has known her ever since, and during the life time of the said Abraham Crow, from their marriage they lived together as man and wife and never heard it questioned that they were such, and since his death on or about the 4th day of October 1848. She has been the Widow of said Abraham Crow dec’d, and is at this time, & states further that he was at the funeral of the said Abraham Crow dec’d. And the second witness Jackson F. Crow, that he knew the said Abraham & Maria Crow for ten years previous to his death, which was on or about the 4th day of October 1848. And during the time ten years or more that he knew them, they lived together and were respected as man and wife, never heard denied or questioned by any person and was at the funeral of the said Abraham Crow, or that she the said Maria Crow is now the Widow & has been since the death of her aforesaid Husband. And they jointly swear that they are disinterested Witnesses.

Jesse A. Timmons
Jackson F. Crow

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written.

S. H. Donaldson J. P.

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(3)

State of Georgia}
County of Fulton SS}

I hereby certify that Esquire, before whom the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged; and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly authorized to administer Oath, and that his Signiture thereto is genuine and entitled to full faith and credit, as such: - And I further certify that I have no interest in the result of this application for a land Bounty, and am not concerned in its prosecution.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of office of the Ordinary Court for the County aforesaid this 24th day of August A. D. 1855.
[Seal] Jos. H. Mead Ordinary

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[left side of page]
Claimant Apl. 4 /59
Claimant May 2 1859
Pension Agent? Nov 2 1860
Pension Agent? Nov 12 1860
Harrison Walker Nov 27 1860

[written sideways] 206524

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6.255
Georgia
Maria Crow,
widow of Abraham Crow
SC
Who served in the Revolutionary
War, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
Of 26 dollars 00 
Cents per annum, to commence
On the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued
6th day of Oct. 1857
And sent to 
T. J. Harris
Rosswell Cobb County
Georgia

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under a[paper tear - partial word missing] 
February 3, 1853, Page 238  Vol. C?

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Pension Claim
Mrs Maria Crow
Widow of Abraham Crow decd.
Revolutionary claim
Oct. 3rd Feb’y 1853
Georgia
Triplett?

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1.

The State of Georgia}
County of Fulton SS}

On this 23rd day of August 1855. Personally appeared before me a Justice of Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths in & for said State & County Maria Crow, who after being by me duly sworn saith on her oath, that she is the Widow of Abraham Crow, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the State of South Carolina under an Act of the “7th June 1832.” and that his name was put on the Pension rolls of the United States on the 17th day of April 1833 at the rate of Twenty-six dollars per annum, and that said Abraham Crow in the year 1847 had his pension transferred to the State of Georgia, and drew his pension Money at Savannah Georgia ‘till his death which took place at home, near Campbellton Georgia, on the 4th day of October 1848. She further states that she was married to the said Abraham Crow on the 1st day of July 1829 by one William Hunt a Justice of the Peace in Spartanburg District South Carolina, and that her name before her said marriage was Maria Timmons, and that there is no public or private record of said Marriage nor of the death of her said husband. She makes this application for the purpose of obtaining the pension to which she may be entitled under the act approved “February 3, 1855.” She also declares that she was a Widow at the time of making this application, and she hereby appoints T. J. Harris of the city of Atlanta Fulton County Georgia her true and lawful attorney with power of Substitution, to prosecute this claim, and receive a pension certificate, which may be issued therefor, and she further states that she is now fifty-six years of age.

Maria “X” her mark Crow

Thomas Carlton
John Lace

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written; and I certify that I believe the claimant the identical person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in said claim.

S. H. Donaldson J.P.

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2

State of}
Georgia Fulton County}

On this 23rd day of August 1855. Before me the undersigned justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Personally appeared Jesse Timmons and Jackson F. Crow, whom I know to be respectable residents of Atlanta County of Fulton & State aforesaid, and fully entitled to credit, who made oath in due form of Laws, that they were present and saw Maria Crow execute the foregoing declaration by making oath & affixing her mark thereto, they further swear that they are acquainted with the said Maria Crow; The first named witness swears that he was present and saw him the said Abraham Crow & Maria Crow married at the time stated in the declaration on the first page of this sheet, and he further states that he has known her ever since & during the lifetime of the said Abr’am Crow was his wife, and is at this time his Widow, and that he never heard the fact of this marriage questioned or disputed and the said Jackson T. Crow states that he knew the said Abraham Crow & Maria Crow for ten years previous to his death, and knew them to live together as man and wife and never heard their marriage questioned or disputed that he was present at the funeral of Abraham Crow about the time set forth in this declaration on Page 1 and that he has known Maria Crow ever since the death of her husband is now & has been since the death of her husband a widow and they further state that they are disinterested witnesses and the said Jesse Timmons further states that he was at the funeral of the said Abraham Crow.

Jessie A. Timmons
Jackson F. Crow

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written.

S. H. Donaldson J.P.

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(3.)

State of Georgia}
Fulton County SS}

I hereby certify that Esq, before whomthe foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing an authorized Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid and duly autorized to administer Oaths, and that his signature thereunto is genuine. I further certify that I have no interest in the result of the within case, and am not concerned in its prosecution.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of office, of the Ordinary Court, for the County aforesaid this 24th day of August A. D. 1855.

[Seal Image]     Jos. H. Mead  Ordinary

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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9396
Mary Crow
Wid
Abraham Crow
Privt Rev. War
Act: Febry 3rd 1853
Index:--Vol. A, Page 153
[Arrangement of 1870]

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3d Auditor’s Office
Sept. 30, 1856

Sir

Abraham Crow Act 1832, Georgia at $26. Per annum, appears to have been paid to 4 Sept. 1828, Name of widow not known at this office.

Very Respy
W. H. S. Taylor
Act’g Auditor

J. Minot Dsq.
Comml. Of Pensions

Pension Office, Sept. 29, 1856
The Third auditor will please certify the date of death of within named pensioner and name of widow if she received arrears.

Very respectfully
B. Hooe
For Commissioner

Geddes

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206.524 Act March 3, 1855
August 25, 1855

Maria Crow widow of Abraham Crow - private

Revolutionary War

Original brief enclosed.

[written sideways across foregoing test] No. 75.109 Issued Dec. 19 / 59

Tucker & Lloyd, Present

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Maria Crow,
Widow of Abraham,
Fulton Co.  Georgia

Admitted, Act Feb. 3, 1853
At rate of $26 per annum
Commencing at date of said Act.

Service private of Infantry

Pay widow

Certificate to 
T. J. Harris Esq
Rosswell,
Cobb County
Georgia

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(3–247.)

No. 206524
ACT OF Mar. 3, 1855
Received Aug. 28, 1855

Maria Crow
Wid. of
Abraham Crow
Priv. Rev. War

Warrant No. 75109
For 160 acres.

1513 b–2m

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No. 5985
Maria Crow
Widow of Abraham
Georgia

T. J. Harris August 29 / 55
[torn page - missing text - looks like Same] Oct. 19 1855 - Same
[torn page - missing text - looks like Feby] 22 1856 - Same
Oct. 3, 1856

3d Feby 1853

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Commissioner of Pensions}
Washington City}

Roswell Cobb Co. Ga
21st Sept. you will please find a affidavit in support of the claim of Mariah Crow widow of Abram No. 206524 under act of 3d March 1855 and 14 May 1856 which I hope is sufficient.

Yours With Respect
T. J. Harris

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State of Georgia}
County of Fulton} SS

On this Ninth day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty five before me the undersigned a Judge of this Superior Court in and for said county and State, duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes personally appeared before William M. Bull and Jessi A. Timons whom I certify to be respectable and disinterested witnesses and intitled to credit who after being by me duly sworn according to law deposith and saith on their oaths that they are personally and well acquainted with Maria Crow who in their presence subscribed to the within declaration and Power of Attorney and known her to be the widow of Abraham Crow who was a Revilutionary Pensioner as stated in her Declaration and further that they were personally and well acquainted with said Abraham Crow and Maria Crow in the lifetime of said Abraham Crow Deceased and that they were reputed to be man and wife and lived together as such and that they never heard this fact of their marriage questioned or disputed and that they know that the said Abraham Crow is dead and that he died at his residence in Campbell County Georgia that they were neighbors of him the said Abraham Crow. William M. Butt did not see him while dead but he sold the shroud for the burial of said Abraham Crow and is well satisfied that he is dead as he lived close by said Abraham Crow and has known the said

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Maria Crow his widow ever since the death of her said husband Abraham Crow ?[illegible] and that she is a widow at the time of signing and swearing to the within Declaration and Jessi A. Timmons further swears that he was present an saw him the said Abraham Crow and the said Maria Crow married in South Carolina at the time and place set forth in her the said Maria Crow’s Declaration hereto annexed and that he [saw the said Abraham Crow while dead before he was he was buried and - these words were crossed out] he does know that she is his widow at this time and has not bin married since the death of her husband said Abraham Crow Deceased and that he the said Abraham Crow – Pensioner as above stated died on the 4th day of October 1848. Jese A. Timons swears that he was present at Abraham Crow’s Funeral.

W. M. Butt
Jesse A. Timmons

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I hereby certify that their is no Public Record of the marriage of the above named Abraham Crow and Maria Crow and I derive my knowledge from the following circumstances that in the State of South Carolina their is no license or Public Records kept of marriages by law of that State.

C. Howell  I.J.C.?

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State of Georgia}
County of Fulton}
City of Atlanta} SS

On this ninth day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the Inferior Court in and for said County and State duly authorized to administer oaths by law Maria Crow a resident of Atlanta City in the County of Fulton and State of Georgia aged fifty six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed the third day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty three that she is the widow of Abraham Crow who was a soldier of the Revolutionary War and was a Pensioner under Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 which pension was twenty six dollars per annum which Pension Certificate was granted him in South Carolina and was dated 17th day of April 1833 and assigned by Lewis Cass as Secretary of War and J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions and he then said Abraham Crow Deceased afterwards had his pension transferred to Georgia. She further declares that she was married to the said Abraham Crow on the first day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty five in Spartanburg District South Carolina by one William Hunt a Justice of the peace and that there is no public or private record of this said marriage and that her husband the said Abraham Crow died on the 4th day of October 1848 and that she

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has remained a widow ever since and [and crossed out] that period as will more fully appear by reference here the annexed evidence list.

Jackson F. Crow    Maria Crow    {LS}
G. W. Mosse

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written and I hereby certify that the Court I am a Justice of is a Court of Record and I hereby certify that Maria Crow the above named applicant is not able to attend or appear in open court on account of bodily infirmity and I have no interest in this claim.

C. Howell - J.I.C.

State of Georgia}
County of Fulton}
City of Atlanta}

This 9th day of October 1855 I Maria Crow do hereby constitute and appoint Thomas J. Harris of the City of Atlanta Ga my attorney with Power of Substitution to prosecute this my claim for pension and to receive my pension certificate whenever it may issue and to do all other acts necessary and proper in the primaces Signed Sealed and Delivered in presence of witnesses.

Maria Crow   {L.S.}
Jackson F. Crow
G. W. Mossee

Signed Sealed and acknowledged before me the day and year above written.

C. Howell  J.I.C.

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Application for a Transfer

County of Lumpkin?}
State of Georgia}

On this twenty first? day of April 1842 before me the subscriber John Bruce - a Justice of the Peace for said Court of Lumpkin? personally appeared Abraham Crow who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formally belonged to the Company commanded by Capt. James Williamson in the Regiment commanded by Col. Branchis in the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of South Carolina, from whence he has lately removed that he now resides in the State of Georgia where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in ?[illegible], the following are his reasons for removing from, South Carolina Spartanburg District to Georgia is that I expected to settle myself better ?[illegible] of life.

Abraham Crow

Sworn and Subscribed to before me this day and year aforesaid.

John Bruce J.P.

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State of Georgia}
Lumpkin County}

Personally came before me John Bruce acting Justice of the peace in and for said County Green Crow who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was acquainted with Abraham Crow in North Carolina & South Carolina and he knew him to be the identical person named in the affidavit.

Green Crow

April 21st 1842

John Bruce J.P.

Georgia Lumpkin County}

I do certify that Green Crow is a man of truth and veracity and that the within proseding is just.

John Bruce J.P.

I M. P. Quillian Clerk of the Superior Court of Lumpkin County do certify that John Bruce is a Magistrate as above and that the forgoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my private seal then being now Seal of Office and subscribed my name this 21st day of April 1842.

M. P. Quillian Clk  {L.S.}

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State of Georgia}
Lumpkin County}

We the undersigned Justices of the Inferior Court of the County aforesaid do certify that M. P. Quillian whose name appears to the annexed and foregoing Certificate is the acting Clerk of the Superior Court of said County of Lumpkin and his attestation or certificate as such is in due form and entitled to full faith and credit.

Given from under our hands and seals this 31st day of April 1842.

J. Hills  J.I.C.  {L.S.}
M. H. Gathright J.I.C. {L.S.}
Reuben G. Anderson J.I.C. {L.S.}

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Dec 10 1841  [date stamp - too  faint to read]

Mr. Evans

[written sideways]
PAID [stamp] ?[illegible]

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

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Coal Mountain P.O.

December 2nd 1841

J. L. Edwards Esq.  Commission of Pensions

Sir

I take the present moment in writing to you for Mr. Abraham Crow concerning of his Pension he formally drew in Carolina but has not drawn any since he left the State which his last draw was the 4 of September 1837. Mr. Crow left the State the ?[illegible fall he wished his name transferred to the agency at Savannah Georgia which will enable him to receive what is combing to him.

Your Obt. Servt.
W. R. Webster

Your address to
W. R. Webster
Coal Mountain P.O.
Forsyth County
Georgia

Mr. Crow resides in Lumpkin County State of Georgia near the Forsyth line

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Red Oak Ga   March 27th 1859

To the pension officer

Dear sir

By request I drop you a few lines to make a little enquiry & hope you will answer as soon as you have the opportunity. Miss Mariah Crow widow who was entitled to a pension for her husband in the war got T. J. Harris to act as her agent & he has tould her that he had got a part of the money & paid her twenty dollars last spring & said he wold pay her the whole amount due in a few weeks for he would draw the balance from the office & she has not seen since if he has got the money she wants to know it & wants you to drop her a few lines to Red Oak post office Fayette Co. Ga as she is in great need of it. She is varry ould & is on the could charity of the people please to attend to this & oblige her vary much.

Mariah Crow Widow

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Additional Evidance on the application of Maria Crow for Bounty land under Act of 3rd March 1855 N206.524

State of Georgia}
Campbell County}

Personally appeared before me - Andrew Smith an acting Justice of the peace in and for said State & County duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes Thomas J. Foster & Nancy A. Foster - who after being duly sworn according to law States, on oath that they were personally and well acquainted with Abraham Crow Deceased in his lifetime and Maria Crow formally his wife now his widow that Thomas J. Foster one of the deponants - saw him the said Abraham Crow and Mariah Crow married and and that they deponants were personally and well acquainted with both of them all the time from their marriage til the death of said Abraham Crow which took place on or about the 4th day of October 1848 at his residence in Campbell County State of Georgia and that they know and were well acquainted with the circumstances of his drawing a pension while living in said County up to the date of his death as a Revollutionary Soldier and that the said Abraham Crow

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Deceased who was the husband of the above named applicant; Maria Crow was the identical Pensioner above described and that Maria Crow the above named applicant for Bounty land is to their certain knowledge a widow at this time and has remained so ever since the death of the above named Abraham Crow and that these deponants resides in Fastborn? Campbell County State of Georgia this 19th day of August 1856.

T. J. Foster   {Seal}
N. A. Foster  {Seal}

State of Georgia}
County of Campbell} SS

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19th day of August 1856 and I hereby certify that the afiant is hily respectable person given under my hand and Seal.

Andrew Smith  J.P.  {L.S.}

State of Georgia}
County of Campbell} SS

I hereby certify that Andrew Smith Esq. before whom the within affidavit was made & executed who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine.

[Seal image]   In Testimony whereof I have unto signed my name & affixed the seal of the Court of Ordinary for the County aforesaid this August 22, 1856.

R. C. Beavers (Ordy)

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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSER

County of Lumpkin SS. State of Georgia

On this Fifteenth day of January 1842, before me, the subscriber, James T. Barrett, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Lumpkin personally appeared Abriham Crow who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain James Williamson in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Branchis in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of North Carolina from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of Georgia where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be payable in future. The follow are his reasons for removing from South Carolina Spartanburgh Dist. to Georgia is that I expected to settle myself better ?[illegible] of life.

Abraham Crow

Jas. T. Barrett J. P.

Sworn and subscribed to before me,}
the day and year aforesaid}

o The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.

o The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner’s identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath, is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.

o In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers.

o Mode of authenticating papers, –In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officers who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

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State of Georgia}
Lumpkin County}

Personally came before me, James T. Barrett Acting Justice of Peace in for said county, H. L. Richardson and Thomas McHann who after being duly sworn deposith and saith that they are acquainted with Abriham Crow in North & South Carolina and they know him to be the identical person named in the affidavit.

January 15th 1842     H. L. Richardson
Jas. T. Barrett J.P.     Thomas McHann

Georgia}
Lumpkin County}

I do certify that H. L. Richardson and Thomas McHann are men of truth and veracity.

Jany 15th 1842     Jas. T. Barrett J.P.

I Milligan P. Quillian Clerk of the Superior Court of Lumpkin county certify that Jas. T. Barrett is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my private Seal there being no Seal of office and subscribed by name this 23rd day of January 1842.

M. P, Quillian

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Georgia}
Fulton County}

I C. M. Payne clerk of the Inferior Court in and for said County do hereby certify that C. Howell before whom the foregoing affidavit and Power of Attorney were made is an acting Judge of the Inferior Court in and for said county duly commissioned & qualified and that his signature thereto is genuine and I further certify that said Court is a court of record. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court this 9th day of October 1855.

C. M. Payne Clerk
[Seal Image]

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Atlanta Ga     August 24 1855

Commissioner of Pensions

Sir

You will please find inclosed Claims for Pension & Land Warrant, wich you will please attend to and inform me when registered.

Yours Respectfully
T. J. Harris

Pension claim taken out this day and changed? to Triplete?

Adams
Aug 28 ‘55

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[left side of page]
Pension Office
April 2nd 1859

Sir,

Be pleased to Certify to what time the within pension of Mrs. Crow was paid & to whom.

Yours Respectfully,
Geo. C. Whiting
Commr.

R. J. Atkinson Esqr.
Third Auditor Treasury

[right side of page]
3rd Auditor’s Office
April 4, 1859

Sir,

Maria Crow Georgia, Act 1853 appears to have been paid to Sept. 4, 1857. James J. Vaughan acted as attorney & received $119 16/100 being amount due to that date.

Very Respy
R. J. Atkinson
Auditor

Geo. C. Whiting Esq
Commr of Pensions

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Sir,

The application of the heirs of Jasper Drake for arrears of pension has been referred to the Third Auditor of the Treasury with whom for? will correspond.

To increase can be allowed in the case.

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Atlanta Ga
Feb 16 /56

Hon. ?[illegible] Commissioner}
Of Pensions}
Washington DC}

Dear Sir

Perhaps I am troubling you unnecessarily if so it is not my wish to do so. I wish to know what has bin done with the claim of Maria Crow widow of Abraham Crow of Ga for a Pension her informal application was filed under Act of Feby 3d, 1853 on the 29 August 1855 and on the 19 October following an additional Application was received by you which I hope was made out correct.

And I would mention one other case that of the application of Elijah Jorden heir ?[illegible] of Dempsey Jordon for Bounty land

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maid out under act of 16 Sept 1776 wich you have filed under act of 3d March 1855 No. 231463. I suppose in the great press of business it was filed throu mistake under the rong act.

Respectfully yours,
T. J. Harris

Case of Jordan is in Mr. Gordon’s possession.
Adams

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Atlanta Georgia

October the 9th 1855

Dr Sir you will please find inclosed the Application of Maria Crow for a Revolutionary Widows Pension which you will please examin and report to me and if the Pension is allowed please send me his Pension Certificate.

Respectfrully yours
Thos. J. Harris

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller’s Office,
July 17th, 1839

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled “An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,” Abraham Crow, a Pensioner on the Roll of the South Carolina Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1857, to the 4th March, 1858.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

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J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
At Washington City
D.C.

[written sideways] May 16, 1842?   Mr. Evans
[Stamped - A H LONG? MAY 9  GA.]

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?[illegible]
Lumpkin County
May 2nd 1842

J. L. Edwards Esq

Enclosed Mr. Abriham Crows application for a transfer from South Carolina to Georgia I sent you one some time since for Mr. Crow and perhaps it did not reach you as I did not receive no answer I thought best to make out a second one which I think will comply with the laws of ?[illegible] noticed it required a member of Congress to certify that the Clerk was acting as our members are all in your city, I concluded to get the boddy? of the Inferior Court I am ?[illegible] it will meet your approbation as the ?[illegible] ?[illegible] Mr. A. Crow is very needy at this time and is not able to go to Carolina to receive what is due him from your department. Mr. Crow wished me to assist in getting his claim removed and I take a pleasure

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in such cases as his to render him assistance you will please write to me at Coal Mountain Forsyth County Georgia.

V. Respectfully Yours,
Walter R. Webster

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House of Reps.   May 24– ‘42

Sir,

I have recd. The enclosed papers from you with the request that I would furnish a ?[illegible] as to the signature of the Clerk who has attested as to the official character of the Justice and might that my knowledge of the handwriting of the Clerk is not sufficient to enable me to give this certificate ?[illegible]  I have ?[illegible] ?[illegible] two of my colleagues who I thought it possible might supply it, but they ?[illegible] ?[illegible] to unable to do it. I ?[illegible] ?[illegible] inability to furnish the ?[illegible] certification? though I have no doubt of the genuineness of the Clerk’s signature. I hope that further proof will not be required.

Yours respectfully
T. J. Foster

J. L. Edwards Esq  Commr ?[illegible]

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May 25 1842

Mr. Evans

[written sideways]  J. L. Edwards Esq - Commission of Pensions - Washington

Hon. T. F. Foster
H. R.

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller’s Office,
July 6th, 1842

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled “An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,” Abraham Crow, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1838, to the 4th March, 1841.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

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Pension Agency Planters Bank
Savannah   16 June 1842

Sir,

I have received yours of the 28th ulto. informing me that Abraham Crow a Revolutionary Pensioner late of the State of South Carolina at the rate of Twenty Six dollars per Month has been this day transferred to this Agency. In accordance thereto I have had his name registered on the Roll of Revolutionary Pensioners. Since then Abraham Crow has presented his application for the amount due him, in the Copy of the pension Certificate therein he is described as a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832 at the rate of twenty six per annum. Be pleased to say which is correct, and to what class? of Pensioners he belongs.

Respectfully Yr Obt. Sevt.

H. W. Merer
Cashr? & P Entry?

J. L. Edwards}
Commr of Pensions}
Washington}

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller’s Office,
October 12th, 1842

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled “An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,” and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Abraham Crow, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March – to the 4th Sept. 1841.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

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SOUTH WESTERN RAIL ROAD BANK

Charleston, S. C.   7th Feby 1842

Sir

In answer to your letter of the 3rd Instant. I have to inform you that Abraham Crow a pensioner under Act 7 June 1832 at the rate of 26 dollars per annum was last paid at the Treasury Department to 4th March 1838.

I am Respectfully Your Obt. Servt.

Jno. C. Cochran
Pension Agent

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

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Coal Mountain Ga}
Jany 26th}                Paid  50

J. L. Edwards Esq.
?[illegible] of Pensions
Washington City
Dist. of Columbia

[written sideways on page] Jan. 31 1842  -  Mr. Evans

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Coal Mountain
Forsyth County
Georgia

Jany 17th 1843

J. L. Edwards Esq
Cairs? Of Pensions

Sir

Enclosed an application for a Transfer of Mr. Abrihan Crow pension which I hope will meet your approbation.

Yours Truly
W. R. Webster

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[stamp] SAVANNAH  JAN 20  GLO     FREE

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comms of Pensions
Washington City D.C,

[written sideways on page] Jan 25 1841  -  Mr. Evans

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Savannah  20 January 1841

Sir

The within pension voucher I have just received and presented to the agent here for payment, who declines, because the name of the pensioner Abraham Crow is not inscribed on the pension Roll. Entertaining the idea that he may have been transferred to the agency here, and the fact not made known to the agent, I enclose it to you, with a request that the same may be presented to the proper officer (should the transfer have been made for the payment of that portion of the pension payable at Washington, with the necessary order for the payment at this agency of the balance of the pension.

Very respectfully
Wm Morel

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comms of Pensions}
Washington City}

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Atlanta Ga
5th September /56

Hon Commissioner of Pensions}
Washington City D. C.}

Hon Sir

You will please find additional evidence on the application of Maria Crow Widow of Abraham Crow for a Pension under act of 3d February 1853.  The Declaration was filed on the 29th August and 19th October 1855. If there is any more Evidence Required Please inform me.

Yours With Respect ?[illegible]
T. J Harris

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Atlanta Ga
5th September /56

Hon Commissioner of Pensions}
Washington City D. C.}

Hon Sir

You will please find enclosed additional evidence on application for Maria Crow Widow of Abraham Crow No. 206524 for Bounty land under Act of 3d March 1855. Which claim you will please notice in its turn and report to me.

Yours With Respect ?[illegible]
T. J.Harris

Glass Bott? No. 4

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Atlanta Ga   2nd September 1856

Hon Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir

You will please find enclosed the additional evidence of Wm. M. Butt,  T. J. Fosler and N. A. Foster on the Declaration of Mariah Crow for Bounty land No. 206,524 under act of 3d March 1855 and you will very much oblige me if there is any more evidence required by letting me know what is lacking.

Respectfully yours ?[illegible]
T. J. Harris
Bon? No. 4

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Roswell Cobb Co. Ga
7th December 1857

Hon Commissioner}
Of Pensions Washington City DC}

Hon Sir

I would again ask you to re examine the application of Maria Crow widow of Abraham Crow for Bounty land No. 206,524 under act of 3d March 1855. This claim has been reportedly suspended and her claim as Revolutionary Widow for Pension was also suspended but I have received her Pension Certificate under act of 3 February 1853 which is dated on the 6th day of October 1857 payable in Savannah Georgia and is recorded in your office in Book of Pensions under act of 3d February 1853 Page 238 Vol H by G. T. Gates Clerk. I would refer you to the proof on which said pension was granted which is on file in your office and I hope it will answer without any more proof in support of his claim for Bounty land.

Respectfully yours ?[illegible]
T. J. Harris

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Red Oak Ga   Oct 29th 1860

To the Agent of Pensions

Dear Sir

I drop you a few lines to inform you that I have made application to the Agent of paying pensions at Savannah of the State of Georgia for Maria Crow Widow of Abraham Crow a pensioner of Georgia and they sent me the forms or Blanks to be filled up & I have done as the Agent requested me to do and copied the certificate & had the county seal fixed to the papers all done and as the Law directs and mailed to him the 2 day of August Last and have never received a return. I have written to one Mr. Wm. Morel who the power was executed to at Savannah to draw the money and forward it to me & he does not answer. I have also written to the Agent and have not received no answer. There was Fifty two dollars due her up to the 4th of March Last & there is now thirteen dollars due 4th Sept and will you be so good as to instruct the Agent at Savannah to attend to her claim & forward her her money and fix the matter so that she can draw her money every six months. You will see from the record that her claims are genuine & nothing wrong on her past

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a man by the name of Harris and Vaughn first fixed up her claim or had her certificate renewed after the death of her husband & the back money paid & she received that money & then I as agent for her & made application to the City of Washington for her pension that was then due & you sent a check for thirteen dollars & left thirty nine dollars that was then due & you directed and sent the necessary blanks for her to have filled ?[ink smudge] in order for her to draw her money at Savannah Ga & all was done & no money never received as yet. All has been done on her part that has ever been requested & there is sumthing wrong and she appeals to your authority to have the business put wrighted up. I hope you will drop me a few lines & let me know how to proceed further as she is old & afflicted & needs her money very bad & wants her matter fixed so that she can draw her money regular. Will you also examine and & see if J. T. Harris ever did draw a pension for one John Williams & rite your answer to me & oblige yours truly direct your address to Red Oak post office Fayette Co. Ga

Harrison Walker
Agent for Maria Crow

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Brief in the case of Maria Crow, widow of Abraham Crow
Fulton County and State of Georgia
Act February 3, 1853

Claim, (original)

Proof exhibited, (if original)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Husband was a pensioner under act of June 7, 1832 at rate of $26 per annum, and was paid to 4th Sept. 1848. He died October 4, 1848, as proven by parol. Marriage, in 1825; identity of claimant as the widow of said pensioner, and his death proved by several credible witnesses.

(if for increase.)     Allowance accordingly.

Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?


T. J. Harris Esq.
Rowell, Cobb County, Georgia
Name and residence of Agent

R. Geddes
Examining Clerk

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Additional evidence
On Application for
Bounty land No.
206524. Act of
3d March 1855

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State of South Carolina}
Spartanburg District}

In the Court of Ordinary Reuben Bawden Judge and Clerk of the Court of Ordinary in and for the State and District aforesaid which court is a court of record do certify that I have made due search in my office and find no record of the marriage of Abraham Crow with Maria Timmons. I further certify that our state laws make no provision for the entry & record of marriages nor the issuing of marriage licenses.

Given under my hand & seal of the court at Spartanburg Courthouse the 30th day of August A.D. 1856.

R. Bawden Judge of the Court of Ordinary

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Hon. L J Gartrell}
Washington City DC}

Roswell Cobb County Ga
7 December 1857

Hon Sir

I would be much obliged if you will attend to the foloing [sic] Cases for me which I have before the Pension office

1st the application of Matilda Coleman widow of James S Coalman for bounty land under act of 3d March 1855 No (211589) This case is one that I feel considerable interest in. The claim is a just one and I know the Widow is needy. I will Give you a history of the Case which is Proven beyond Doubt by Captain Benjamin Camp under [crossed out] and Lieutenant Nathan Camps affidavits now on file in the Pension office they were his officers and you Know their carector [sic]. Natan [sic] is Dead Died at Dearborn Fayet [sic] Co Ga Benjamin Camp lives in Campbell Co and is Justice of the inferior Court The Case is This James L Coleman Volunteered into the Servis [sic] at Campbellton in Captain Camps Co and Marched to West Point Ga and was Mustered into the united States Service about the 3 of May and continued their [sic] for about 20 days and then being Taken Sick he was furlowed [sic] to go home and thus to Remain Til he got well enough to take his Place in his Co but he did not Recover but died of Said Sickness I Know this to be the fact for I knew him while in Service for I served in Captain Jones's Co at the Same time and Place This Service was done in the creek war in the year 1836 This case has bin [sic] - Suspended Sevral [sic] times. Please look into it for me at once and oblige a friend

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The other case is the application of Maria Crow widow of Abraham Crow Revolutionary for Bounty land under act of 3d March 1855 No. 206524 on file in Pension office. I have got her Pension and I also enclose a letter to the Commissioner of Pensions which you will please give him and see to the examination as your attending to it will have it done at once.

Yours with Respect,

T. J. Harris

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The State of South Carolina}
Spartanburg District}

In the Court of Ordinary I Reuben Bawden Judge and Clerk of the Court of Ordinary in and for the State and District aforesaid which court is a court of record do certify that I have made due search in my office and find no record of the marriage of Abraham Crow with Maria Timmons. I further certify that our state laws make no provision for the entry and record of marriages or the issuing of marriage lienses.

Given under my hand and seal of the court at Spartanburg Courthouse the 30th day of August A. D. 1856.

R. Bawden Judge of the Court of Ordinary

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Additional evidence on the application of Maria Crow for Bounty land under act of 3d March 1855  No. 206.524,

State of Georgia}
County of Fulton}

Personally appeared before me John F. Bedford a Notary public in and for said county duly authorized to administer oaths for General Purposes – William M. Butts whom I certify to be a hily respectable and creditable witness and a citizen of the county and state aforesaid who after being duly sworn according to law declares on his oath that he was personally and will acquainted with Abraham Crow, deceased who was the husband of Maria Crow who whom he is well known to have bin a Revolutionary Pensioner of the County of Campbell and State of Georgia who died about the 4th day of October 1848 in Campbell County and State aforesaid at his residence. That he well knows Mariah Crow ever since her said husbands death and to his certin knowledge she has not married since his death but that she the said Maria Crow is a widow at this time and that her late husband Abram Crow was the identical Abraham Crow who was a Revolutionary Pensioner as above stated.

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further that he derives his knowledge from the following circumstances and facts.
That he Deponent lived a close neighbor to said Abraham Crow and Maria Crow in the lifetime of said Abraham Crow and that them and him were long and well acquainted and that Deponant was personally knowing to him the said Abraham Crow drawing a pension from the United States as a Revolutionary Pensioner this 30th day of August 1855.

W. M. Butt

State of Georgia}
Fulton County}  SS

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of August 1856. Given under my hand and seal of office at Atlanta.

Jno. F. Bedford
Notary Public

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Additional Evidence on Application No. 206524 Act of 3d March 1855
T. J. Harris Agent

State of Georgia}
County of Campbell}  SS

On this 4th day of December 1856 personally appeared before me the under assigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and State duly authorized to administer oaths T. J. Foster, Benjamin Camp, A. Austell and Thomas Bullard  who I certify to be credible witnesses who after being duly sworn states on oath that they each are personally and well acquainted with Maria Crow. T. J. Foster states that he saw her and Abraham Crow married in the State of South Carolina on the     day of ?[illegible] AD 1825 and that she the aforesaid Maria Crow is the widow of said Abraham Crow who was a Pensioner of the Revolutionary War and that he derived his knowled from the following circumstances. He has known the aforesaid Maria Crow for thirty years past and he knew Abraham Crow Twenty Three years previous to his death and has known Maria Crow ever since the death of her said husband and that she has not remarried but is a widow at this time. Benjamin Camp A. Austel & Thomas Bullard state that they have bin acquainted with Maria Crow and know her to be the widow of Abraham Crow having known them for 10 years and previous to the death of her husband Abraham Crow and know that they lived together as husband and wife and were reputed so to be never having heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned and that they Deponants are residents

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of Campbell County State of Georgia and disinterested witnesses.

T. J. Foster
Benj. Camp
A. Austell
Thos. Bullard

Sworn to and subscribed and sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I certify that the Deponants are credible witnesses.

Andrew Smith J.P.

State of Georgia}
Campbell County} SS

I Thomas Bullard clerk of the Supr. Court within & for the County of Campbell & State of Georgia do hereby certify that Andrew Smith Esq. whose genuine signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate of acknowledgements now is and was at the time of signing & sealing the same a justice of the peace within & for the county & state aforesaid duly authorized by law to take such acknowledgements & that full faith & credit are due to all his official acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of the Supr. Court at the Clks office in Campbellton this 13th day of Decr. 1856.

Thos. Bullard Clk

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House of Representatives

Dec. 18 ‘57

Mr. C. C. Tucker
Washington D.C.

Dr Sir,

I hand you herewith papers received from one of my constituents respecting Bounty Land Claims under the Act of 1855 of Maria Crow and Matilda Coleman. Will you please make an examination of the Claims at the Pension Office and inform me the causes of their suspension.

Respy ?[illegible]

Lucius J. Gartrell ?[illegible]
From ?[illegible]

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Abraham Crow which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk’s seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman’s affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes
XIV. +If the applicant’s name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant’s service?
XVI. ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Answered

EXPLANATORY NOTES
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For —-- year —--months, and —--days, I served as a —----- For —--months and —--days, I served as a —-----; and for such service I claim a pension.

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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase “about three or four months” is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

++QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.