Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4107, Leonard Ziglar, Va.

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SERVICE               NUMBER
Va. Ziglar, Leonard W. 4107
Nancy. B.L. Wt. 29058-160-55
CONTENTS

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5,853
North Carolina
Nancy Ziglar
widow of Leonard Ziglar
Va
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 35 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 10 August 1849
Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of Feb: 1852 and sent to
Hon. J. T. Morehead
H. of R.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1818, Page 254 Vol. 1

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12,540
North Carolina
Leonard Ziglar
of Stokes in the State of No. Car
who was a private  - of the Regt. commanded by Col. Slaughter in the Virginia line for 10 months and 19 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina
at the rate of 35 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of May 
and sent Hon. A. H. Shepperd, Germanton C. H. No. Ca.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - 70.88
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " 17.72
$88.60
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by William Miller Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 6. Page 66.

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Mact Mch 2/55 Cir B. R. Huske Mar 12/56
140,667 May 19/55
Nancy Ziglar Widow of
Leonard Ziglar, Priv:
Claimant is a Pensioner & refers to evidence on file 
Act Feby 3d 1848
W: 160 Acres May 26/56
Boynton

R
B R Huske
Fayetteville, N. C. Vol. 3. 131.

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140,667
No 10
Nancy Ziglar
widow of
Leonard
Act March -/55
Bounty Land
160 acres

Filed by
B R Huske Atty
Fayetteville
N.C.

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State of North Carolina
Stokes County
On this the 30th day of April AD 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said county and state Nancy Ziglar widow of Leonard Ziglar deceased aged about 86 years a resident of Stokes County NC. who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Leonard Ziglar deceased who was a private, which will more fully appear by reference to her declaration now on file in the pension department, That she is now enjoying a pension as widow of said Leonard Ziglar under the Act of 2nd Feb 1848 of $35.44 pr Ann and that she is now a widow-
She makes this declaration for the purposes of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act 5" March 1855
John G. Flynt Nancy Ziglar x her mark
Bayley Westmoreland

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We Baz Westmoreland and John G Flynt residents of Stokes County State of North Carolina upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Nancy Ziglar in our presence and that we know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be
Bazley Westmoreland
John G Flynt
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, That the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim 
Wm A Look
Justice of the Peace

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I John Hill Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Stokes do certify that Wm. A. Lask is a Justice of the Peace as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 14th day of May AD 1855
Jno Hill
By Saml H Taylor D.C
Clerk

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14031 '38
Act 2 Feb 1848.
No. 32
Nancy Ziglar
wid of Leonard
NC
Act 7 July 1838
Married 1783
Husd died 10 Augt 1849
Adm' 10 mos 19 days
pri $35:44 per annum
Comg 10 Augt. 1849.

widow Ziglar
Declaration

Hon J. T. Morehead
H of R.

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State of North Carolina
County of Stokes SS
On this 24th day of September 1849 personally appeared before me J. M. Covington a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Stokes aforesaid - 
Nancy Ziglar a resident of said County aged 83 or 84 years who being first duly Sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in Order to obtain the provisions & benefits made by the acts of Congress passed on the 7th July 1838 and 7th February 1848 to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Leonard Ziglar deceased, and from bodily infirmity is rendered unable to travel to the Court of said County to make this her declaration without endangering her health, She States that her husband was a private Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and drew a pension at the rate of thirty five dollars & forty four cents per annum from the 4th of March 1831 and that he died in the County of Stokes aforesaid on 10th of August 1849 his Pension Certificate was dated the 7th of May 1833 & Numbered 12.540 Signed by John Robb acting Secretary of War which certificate this applicant has recently returnd. to the agent of the U. States for paying pensions in Fayetteville N. Carolina. She further declares that she was married to the said Leonard Ziglar in the County of Culpepper & Commonwealth of Virginia in the year 1783 or 1784 by a Revd. she does not know his name which will appear by the proof hereto annexed - and for the purpose of establishing her claim for a pension Begs leave to refer the Pension department to the declaration and proof of her husband filed therein by which he obtained his pension, She is a widow and only became so the 10th of last month-
Sworn to and Subscribed the date first above written before me
J. N. Covington JP Nancy Ziglar x her mark

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Supplementary to the foregoing declaration

The within named Nancy Ziglar further declares that during the term of 64 or 65 years she and her husband the within named Leonard Ziglar, lived in Union together as man & wife she had fourteen Children born of her body (to wit) Elizabeth, about 63 years John, Anna, Christopher, William, Leonard, Susanna, Mary, Reuben, Michael, Zimmerman and James which are now living David & Benjamin which are dead but there is no family Record of their ages
Sworn to & subscribed
Before me 24th September 1849 Nancy Ziglar
L. M. Covington JP x her mark

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Leonard Zigler
No. Ca.

Admit as a private for 
10 mo and 19 days
$35.44

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War Department,
Pension Office,
183

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Leonard Ziglar
[Chart]
Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. Years. | Months. | Days. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.
[Answers handwritten]
Sept 1780 drafted | | | 4 | Pri. | Genl. Stephens Col. Slaughter | 72 years | |
{(illegible) of August 1781 (illegible) | | 3 | 15 | " | "" |  Culpepper Co. va | |
drafted | | 7 | | " | "" Genl Lafayette & Wayne Col. Dandridge Col. Allcock| Traditionary |

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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Regulations Under the Act of June 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of [blank] } ss.
On this [blank] day of [blank] [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more that one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which e resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched [hand pointing right symbol] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A.B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the  services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of hi-

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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given , and what has become of it? 
To an officer { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform. and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will for low the rule laid down for his guidance. 
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
[d]The declarant must mention the person or persons of the war when he served. 
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, 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, andserved as and for such service I claim a pension, 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 have or four month is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority ; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g]The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h]The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i] The Clerk must his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 
Mode of authenticating papers
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. 
[k]This traditionary evidence is dispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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July 31 1837
(illegible) in
case of Nancy
Ziglar widow
of Leonard



C. Banner
(illegible)
Stoke Co
N. C.


[written sideways over the other words on the paper:]
(illegible) in
July (illegible) 1857
Hon J. E. Heath com of pension,
Washington City

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James Ziglar's Deposition
 in favor of Widow Nancy Ziglar

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State of North Carolina
County of Forsyth 
Be it known that on this 22nd day of Sept AD 1849 Personally appeared before me Charles Banner one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid. James Zigler aged Seventy eight [78] years last January a resident of said County which was formerly a part of Stokes County who being sworn according to law to declare what he knew of the late Leonard ZiglAr Dec'd Marriage to Nancy Ziglar now a widow, declares on his oath that some upwards of sixty years ago he was present at the house of John Zimermons the Father of above named Nancy Ziglar whose maiden name was Zimermon in Culpeper County in Virginia, when they the aforesaid Leonard & Nancy with a company went from her fathers to a certain parson to celebrate rites of Matrimony & on the same day return with the company to Mr. Zimormans aforesaid and was congratulated as man & wife and this deponant further declares that the said Leonard Zigler & said Nancy removed from Virginia to Surry or Stokes County N. Carolina upwards of fifty years ago and lived in Union together as man & wife until the day of his death which happened on the 10th of August 1849 in Stokes County N.C. that he believes they had 13 or 14 children during the time they lived together, and that the said Leonard Zigler in relationship was a cousin to this Deponant and drew a pension from the U. States several years before his death for services he rendered as a soldier of the Revolutionary War, sworn to and subscribed the day & year first above written before me.
C. Banner JP
James Ziglar

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State of North Carolina ⎬ SS 
County of Forsyth 
Be it known that on this 24th day of July AD 1851 before me Charles Bonner a Justice of the peace within & for the County & State aforesaid personally appeared Elizabeth Zigler aged Eighty six [86] years a resident of Stokes County & State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law to relate what she knows of the Marriage of her late Brother Leonard Zigler to Nancy Zimermon declares that she was one of the attendants on them & saw them married together as man & wife by a certain parson of the old Church in the County of Culpepper in Virginia his name not recollected, she thinks it was over sixty years ago, she went in company with her Brother the said Leonard Zigler to Mr John Zimermon the father of said Nancy & from there they with a company went eight or ten miles to the preachers residence where the said preacher solemnized the Marriage between them & the company returned to said John Zimermons the same day took dinner prepared for the wedding & frolicked the balance of day. She thinks the Banns of their was previously published by said parson as it was a custom to do so in them days. Her said Brother Leonard died about two years age & his wife the aforesaid Nancy is still a widow, he drew a pension from the United States & his said widow drew the arrears of pension after his death. Swore to & Subscribed the day & year above mentioned her before me 
C. Banner J.P. 
Elizabeth her mark Zigler

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I certify that I have been acquainted with the afore said Elizabeth Zigler for more than fifty years that she has never married nor bore any children and always sustained an honest good character for veracity & hath sound mind & memory to this day. Given under my hand this 24th July 1851
C. Banner J.P. 

State of North Carolina Forsyth County
I, AJ Safford, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter session for Forsyth County do hereby certify that C. Banner is acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine and his official acts are due & entitled to full faith & condit In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of office at Johnston on the 24th July 1851
A.J. Stafford Clk

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Widow Nancy Zigler
additional evidence 
of Marriage claims a pension &c

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Revy
Widow, & c
File No. 107 
Nancy Ziglar, wid. 
Leonard Ziglar
Pay, Rev War 
Act: February 3/48
Index Volume M page 375
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1931 Feb 2: Mrs. Flora L. Ward adv. cost of photos
MMH7
Photos mailed to Mrs Flora L Ward
Fin. Dev. ntfd. A.D.Y.

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29.088
[illegible]

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N 14031, Nancy Zigler NC
Letter Hon A. H. Sheppard 3 January 1850 
[illegible] May 5 /51 
C. Banner, October 29/51
auth July 38

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April 10, 1931
Bureau of Pensions
Rev. &1813 Wars Section
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Rev. War claim of Leonard Ziglar, 
File No. W.4107
1 page which was omitted from order of April 1, 1931

Kindly leave margin of 11/2 in. at tp[ of each [age and retirm [a[ers on each case in folder with corresponding name and number. The word "omit" written in pencil on these pages which are not to be copied.

Chief, Rev. &1812 Wars Section

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Rev. War claim of Leonard Ziglar, File
No. W.4107  Actual 1 of each page

$3.30.............22 pages

Kindly leave margin of 11/2 in. at top of each page and return papers in each case in folder with corresponding name and number. The word "omit" written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied.   
Chief, Rev&1813 Wars Section.

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241 So. Catalina St., Apt 8, Los Angeles, Calf 2/21/31
Bureau of [illegible] Washington, DC 
Rev. & 1812 War [illegible] M. MS H F . your letter Feb 2 1931.
Dear Sir: Herewith M. O for 3.55 for a typed copy of the 22 pages 2 (W. 4107) Leonard Ziglar at 15 cents per page, & 25 cents for certification. Respectfully, Mrs. Flora L. Ward State Historian - NSD 1812 California
241 South Catalina Street, Los Angeles Calif

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February 2, 1931. 
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MMHF
Mrs. Flora L. Ward, 341 South Catalina Street, Apt. 8, Los Angeles, California. Dear Madam: Reference is made to your letters requesting photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War claims of Leonard Zigler and William Higler (Zeigler etc.). 
This bureau is unable to furnish information in regard to a Revolutionary War soldier unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his service. A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the service of a William Higler under any spelling of that surname, hence there are no papers to be copied. 
The number of pages to be copied in claim of Leonard Ziglar (W.4107) is twenty-two. The cost is fifteen cents per page. Should you desire to have them certified allow twenty-five cents additional for the set. The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Acting Commissioner of Pensions. 
Very truly yours, 
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.

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241 So. Catalina St Apt 8
 Los Angeles California
 11/30 /30. 
Chief, Pension Office
Washington, D.C. 
Sir: 
Please advise cost to copy pension in full on photostat, (whichever is cheaper) of Leonard Zigler, Private, N.C. Rev. war, reported by Secy of State of N.C. to Congress 1818 and 1832. Respectfully Mrs. Flora L. Ward
Dec 5 1930

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Germanton 29 December 1851
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you the certificate of the Clerk of Culpepper C. Court as required by the Pension Department it & the letter from that office on behalf of Nancy Zigler the widow of 
Leo Ziglar [illegible] her Declaration & papers is all on file in that offer you will see that the above certificate is all that is wanting to obtain her pension which please hand it over to the Comm of Pensions & get her pension certificate & enclose it to to me the old lady is in great need and your early attention to the business will confer a particular favor on her as well as your Humble Servant 
C. Banner 
Hon. James Morehead House of Representatives
Washington City

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See letter to C.
Banner Oct 29 1851 - law case

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House of Representation January 6th 1852 
Sir
Enclosed I forward to you some evidence related to the application of Nancy Ziglar for a pension; it appears that the subject has been under consideration for some time; an early attention to the subject will be duly acknowledged.
I have the honor to be your obedient servant
Jas T Morehead
Honorable J E Heath Commissioner Pensions

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POWER OF ATTORNEY. Know all men by these presents, That I, Nancy Ziglar, of the County of Stokes, and State of North Carolina, and the widow of Leonard Zigler deceased, who was a Revolutionary soldier, do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint John T Neely of Washington City my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, to examine into and prosecute any claim for a Pension, &c., against the General Government, which may be due me by virtue of my deceased husband's service in the Revolutionary war, and the several acts of Congress relative thereto, and to receive the certificate of Pension, &c., when issued by the Department. I hereby confirm whatsoever my said attorney may do or cause to be legally done, either in person or by substitution, in the prosecution of said claim, except drawing money in my favor, I revoking any other authority I may have given to any other person or persons in the premises whatsoever. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 23  day of June 1854. 
Nancy Ziglar her mark
Signed in presence of 
Wm. M. Zigler, 
Wm A Lash J.P. 
State of North Carolina 
County of Stokes 
On this 23 day of June in the year 1854 personally appeared before me Nancy Ziglar and acknowledged the within Power of Attorney to be her act and deed; and I certify that I well know the said Nancy Ziglar and that she is the person now present, and who executed the above Power of Attorney. 
William A. Lash J.P.

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State of North Carolina Stokes County 
I, John Hill, Clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for Stokes County do hereby certify that Wm A Lash whose name appears to the foregoing acknowledgement is and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace in and for the County of Stokes duly commissioned and qualified and the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of our said court at office in Danbury and subscribed my name this 23rd day of June A.D. 1834 
Jno Hillman
By Samuel H. Taylor D.C.

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Nancy Ziglar wife of Leonard Ziglar 
Rev Sol
widow in pursuit
Rolls of N.C
[illegible]
Jno T Neely

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Virginia Culpeper County Seat 
I, Fayette Mauzy, clerk of the county court of said county do certify that after diligent search I have not found among the marriage records of my office, any evidence of the marriage of Leonard Ziglar to Nancy Zimmerman
Witness my hand and the seal of the said county this 18th day of December 1851 
F. Mauzy

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Brief in the case of Nancy Ziglar, widow of Leonard Zigler Stokes County and State of North Carolina act 2 February 1848. 
Claim, ("original," or "for increase"
Proof exhibited, (if original)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance
Husband was a pensioner Marriage proved by living witness 
(If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? 
Name and residence of Agent 
Hon J. T. Moreland
H of R
J. Cole 
Examining Clerk.