Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,255, Willis Ward, N.C.

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(3 - 1776 )
SERVICE
NC

Ward, Willis
Margaret

NUMBER
W. 18.255

CONTENTS
[blank]

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N. Carolina. 4472,
Margaret Ward, decd
widow of Willis Ward, decd
who died in the year 1789
of Nash Co. in the State of N.C.
who was a Priv. in the Co commanded
by Captain Bailey of the ---  commanded 
by N.C. in the N. C. line 12 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Fayetteville
at the rate of 40 Dollars -- Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1831, ending 20 March 18[illegible] 
when she died.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of June
1847 and sent to Hon R. J. Daniel Halifax, N.C.

Arrears to the 4th of [blank]
Semi-annual allowance ending [blank]

To Willis Ward and Charity Kackley, only children

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

Recorded by D.W. Wood, Clerk
Book C Vol. 1 Page 185
f

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State of North Carolina
Nash County
This day came John Batchelor, of the County and State aforesaid, before me Berryman Batchelor one of the acting justices of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to
law maketh oath that he knew Willis Ward Sr. that he the said Willis married his aunt Margaret Batchelor about sixty years ago at least and that they lived together as man
and wife from that time until his death and that they were always reputed as man and wife in the neighborhood in which they lived. He also swears that he knows Willis Ward Jr. and that he is the son of Willis Ward Sr. and Margaret his wife (formerly Margaret Batchelor) and has always  been considered such by the people in the neighborhood
John Batchelor 
X
his mark

Sworn & subscribed before me
B Batchelor

State of North Carolina
Nash County
I Francis M Taylor Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Berryman Batchelor whose official signature appears to the foregoing affidavit is an acting Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and authorised [sic] to act as such and that full faith and

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credit is due to his official acts. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office, Done at office
in Nashville. This the 23 day of December 1845
F M Taylor Clerk

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The
Affidavit of
Daniel Batchelor
in the case of
Margaret Ward Decd.

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The Affidavit of Daniel Batchelor in the case of
Willis Ward Jr upon an application for his Mother Margaret Ward's widow of Willis Ward Sr. pension

State of North Carolina
Nash County  On this 13th day of February 1848, personally appeared before me Drury Joyner an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Daniel Batchelor a resident of said County and State, aged Seventy Six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, Certify, that he well knows that Willis Ward Sr. (who was a
soldier of the Revolution) and his wife Margaret, (whose maiden name was Margaret Batchelor) were living together as man and wife, before he the said Ward entered the service of the United States in the said War of the Revolution, were said to have been lawfully married, and he has no doubt they were
He further certifies that he was at the house of the said Willis Ward Sr when he returned home from the service; that he went there for the purpose of keeping the aforesaid Margaret Ward (wife of the said Willis Ward and sister of this affiant Company, and that he well recollects that the said Margaret was then
the Mother of one child, by the aforesaid Willis Ward, whose name was Thomas Ward, that they had four other children afterwards
Caleb, Stephen, Charity, and the Declarant Willis Ward Jr. who is the Youngest child, now fifty seven years of age; and that they continued to live together as man and wife untill [sic] the death of the aforesaid
Willis Ward who died some time in the year 1789, as well as affiant recollects. 
Daniel Batchelor
X
his mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written. Interlined before assigned before me Drury Joyner

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State of North Carolina
Nash County
I the said Justice of the Peace do hereby certify
that I am well acquainted with Daniel Batchelor & who has this day subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit before me, and know him to be a man of strict veracity, and that full faith and credit is due to his oath. Given under my hand this 13th day of February 1846.
State of
Drury Joyner JP

North Carolina
Nash County
I Francis M Taylor Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Drury Joyner whose genuine signature appears above is a acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid and that full faith & credit is due & should be given
to all of his official acts as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court at
Office in Nashville 13 Feby 1846.
F M Taylor CCP

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State of North Carolina
Nash County
Francis M. Taylor Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Nash, do hereby certify, that I have, upon application, made diligent search in my office, it being the place required by law, for all marriage bonds, or bonds for lisence [sic] issued, for marriages
in said County, to be deposited, and can find no marriage bond, or a bond for license issued for the marriage of Willis Ward Sr. to his wife Margarette [sic], whose maiden name (I understand) was Margarett [sic] Batchelor 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this 13th day of February 1846.
Francis M Taylor CCP

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16 Sister
17 Wifes sister
18 Brothers wife
19 Sons daughter
20 daughters daughter
21 son sons wife
22 daughters sons wife
23 wifes sons daughter
24 wifes daughters daughter
25brothers daughter
26 sisters daughter
27 brothers sons wife
28 sisters sons wife
29 wifes brothers daughter
30 wifes sisters daughter

16 Brother.
17 Husbands Brother:
18 Sisters Husband.
19 Sons Son.
20 Daughters Son.
21 Sons Daughters Husband.
22 Daughters Daughters Husband.
23 Husbands Sons Son.
24 Husbands Daughters Son.
25 Brothers Son.
26 Sisters Son.
27 Brothers Daughters Husband,
28 Sisters Daughters Husband,
29 Husbands Brothers Son.
30Husbands Sisters Son,

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FINIS
Thomas Ward the son of [illegible] & Margaret his wife was born in [illegible] the 11th day 1749

Caleb Ward the son thereof was born in November the 22nd day [illegible]

Stephen Ward was born [illegible] the [illegible] day of February 17[illegible] [84?]

Charity Ward was born the [illegible]

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State of North Carolina
Nash County 
On this 3rd day of May 1847 personally appeared before me, John H. Drake an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, Willis Ward Jnr, son of Willis Ward Senr deceased, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath certify, that his mother Margaret Ward, who was the widow of the aforesaid Willis Ward Senr, departed this life, on the twentieth day of March One thousand eight hundred & thirty eight, as stated in the Certificate of the County Court of this County which issued at the last November Term, upon a statement
made by himself upon Oath before said Court; And that the date of his mother death, as set forth in his declaration, is incorrect. Affiant further certifies, that at the time he Subscribed his said declaration, he had to be governed entirely by his own recolection [sic] of the date of his mother's death, having kept no record thereof; and being called upon to state the day of her decease, with but little time for reflection about the matter, stated that he believed, that his Mother died on the the 5th day of March 1839, which was a mistake; and that he continued to labour under that mistake, until his oldest Son, German G Ward, convinced him of the mistake, by referring him, to the age of his, the said German W Wards
Eldest Child, Viz, Jacky Roseana Ward, who was born on the 16th day of January 1837, whose age is recorded.
and who was upwards of fourteen months old, when his mother the aforesaid Margaret Ward died; and by referring him also to the Chimney which was built to the house in which he now resides; which chimney, was built in the month of January 1839, the year after his mothers death, & has the date in which it was built, inscribed upon it; and the circumstance of his, the said German W Ward, going to the Town of Nashville, on the 20th day of March 1838, to deliver same fodder, which he had raised on a piece of land, that he had rented

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in the year 1837, and that when he returned from Nashville, on the said 20th day of March 1838, he found my mother the said Margaret Ward dead. That by reference to the above 
named circumstances, affiant is enabled to State with precision, the date of his Mother's death, which took place at his house on the 20th day of March 1838, as above stated. This
affiant further certifies that he does not want any thing more from the General Government, than what the heirs of the said Margaret Ward deceased, are justly entitled to an account of the services of the aforesaid Willis Ward Senr decease, in the war of the revolution; and this affiant in right of himself and his sister Charity Rackly, who are the only heirs at Law, of the aforesaid Margaret Ward decease, only claims a pension, for twelve months services in the said War of the revolution, rendered by her husband the aforesaid
Willis Ward Senr, from the 4th day of March 1831, to the 20th day of March 1838, that being the day on which his
Mother the said Margaret Ward died. Affiant further certifies that no Physician attended his mother during her last Illness; that she had been lingering for a long time, and was averse to taking medicine, and was entirely worn out, he thinks, with old age, when she died. 
Willis Ward
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written
before me Jno H Drake J. P.

I the said Justice of the Peace, do hereby certify that Willis Ward Jr who has this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing
affidavit before me, is a gentleman of respectability and truth, and that full faith and credit is due to his oath.
Given under my hand this 3d day of May 1847.
Jno. H Drake Jr. JP

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State of North Carolina
Nash County
On this 3rd day of May 1847 personally appeared before me, John H. Drake an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, German W Ward, a resident of said county & state, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth certify upon oath that he well recollects that Margaret Ward, widow of the late Willis Ward Senr, departed this life, on the 20th day of March One thousand eight hundred & thirty eight, for he saw her the same day on which she died, & a few hours after her decease, that he assisted in making the coffin in which she the said Margaret Ward was interred, and also assisted in putting her in the ground and well known that it was on the day& date above mentioned when she died from the birth of his oldest child Jacky Roseana Ward, who was born on the 16th day of January 1837, and was, as he recollects, little upwards of fourteen months old, when the aforesaid Margaret Ward died.
There are two other circumstances which fully satisfies this affiant, that the said Margaret Ward departed this life on the day & date above mentioned; viz, the chimney that was built to his father's Willis Ward Jnr. new house, in which he now resides, which Chimney was built he knows, in the month of January eighteen hundred thirty nine,  the year after the said Margaret Ward died, said chimney having the date in which it was built inscribed upon it; death, & has the date in which it was built, inscribed upon it; Also from the circumstance of the affiant going to the Town of Nashville, on the 20th day of March eighteen hundred and thirty eight, to deliver same fodder, which he had raised on a piece of land, that he had rented in the year 1837, the year before the said Margaret Ward died, and when he returned from Nashville that precise day the said Margaret Ward was dead.
German W. Ward
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year first above written.
Jno H Drake Jr. JP

I the Justice of the Peace, do hereby certify that German W. Ward who has this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit before me, is a gentleman of respectability and truth, and that full faith and credit is due to his oath.
Given under my hand this 3rd day of May 1847.
Jno. H Drake Jr. JP

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State of North Carolina
Nash County  
On this 3d day of May 1847, personally before me John H. Drake Jr. an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Samuel M Batchelor, and John H. Rackley, both residents of said County and State, who being
first duly sworn according to law, doth on their oaths certify that they assisted in making the coffin in which Margrett [sic] Ward (widow of the late Willis Ward Senr) was intered [sic] &
as well as they can recollect, it was in the month of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, when the said Margarett [sic] departed this life; the precise day of the month
on which he died, the do not directly recollect, but think it was in the twentieth day of March, in the year above mentioned
Jno H. Rackley
Samuel M Batchelor 
Sworn to & Subscribed on the day & year first above written before me 
Jno. M Drake Jr JP

I the said Justice of the Peace do hereby certify that Samuel M Batchelor and John H. Rackley who hath this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit before me, are men of
respectability and truth, and that full faith and credit is due to their oaths. Given under my hand, this 3d day of May 1847
J. H. Drake Jr. JP

State of North Carolina
Nash County 
I Francis M. Taylor Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid, certify that Doctor John H. Drake Jr whose genuine Signatures appear to the foregoing affidavits and certificates, is, and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Magistrate in and for our said County, and that full faith & credit is due to all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed
my seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this 3rd day of May 1847.
Francis M. Taylor. CCP

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Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
Nov. Term 1844

State of North Carolina
Nash County  
On this the Twelth [sic] day of November
Eighteen hundred and forty four personally
appeared in open Court Willis Ward Junr and maketh the following declaration in order to obtain the bennefits [sic] of the act of Congress passed the 4th day July 1836 and after being first duly sworn according to law doth declare on his oath that he is fifty six years old that he is the son of Willis Ward Senr and Margaret his wife. That his said father Willis Ward was a soldier in the war of the Revolution that he entered the service in year 1781 for 12 months as a private in Capt Baileys company as will more fully appear by the attached certificate which he has procured from the Secretary of the State of North Carolina
That his deceased Father died in the year 1789 that his deceased mother who he now represents died on the 5th day of March 1839 and that her maiden name was Margaret Batchelor. that his Father and mother was [sic] Married in the year 1777 and that he has one
Sister named Charity Ward who intermarried with one Frances Rackley who is now a widow and that they are all the heirs that survived their deceased mother and he further declares that his Father and mother both lived and died Residents of the County Nash and State aforesaid that they nor their deceased mother nor either of them was ever placed on the pension list

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of this or any other State or Territory whatever
and that he Relinquishes all claim to pension
whatever except the preasants [present]
Willis Ward
Sworn and subscribed to the day and year within within before me
Francis M Taylor CCC

State of North Carolina
Nash County,
Court of Pleas & Quarter Session Nov. Term 1844
Personally appeared this day in open Court Daniel Batchelor, who being duly sworn, it being a court of Record and having the authority to administer oaths, he the said Daniel Batchelor being in the 75th year of his age having been born and having from his birth lived always in the County & State aforesaid and maketh oath that he knew Willis Ward Sr and Margaret his wife who was his sister and died on the 5th of March 1839  that he knows Willis Ward Jr whose name appears to the above Declaration-- that he is the son of Willis Ward who has a sister of the same Parents by the name of Charity as mentioned in the Declaration, That Willis Ward Sr always lived with his sister Margaret as his wife-- That they were always known as man and wife in the Neighborhood and that he believes them to
have been such altho [sic] he did not see them married
Daniel Batchelor
X
his mark
Attest
Francis M Taylor CCP

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State of North Carolina
Nash County
I Willis Ward of the County and State aforesaid do certify the names, Dates &c hereunto attached having been in my possession from my infancy and that I know them to be genuine
Willis Ward
Attest
F M Taylor

Willis Ward 
Son of Willis Ward
marget Ward his wife was [born]
on the 23 day April 1789.

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Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions
November Term 1844
State of North Carolina 
Nash County 
I Francis M Taylor Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration of Willis Ward was duly made in open Court and the accompanying evidence was submitted to the Court and approved and that they believed the same to be true and I do further certify that I have made diligent search for the Marriage Bond of Willis Ward & Margaret Bachelor and that I have been unable to find the same & do not believe it to be in my office
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of my Office
done at office in Nashville 16th Day of
November AD 1844
Francis Taylor CCC

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House of Reps
January 17 1846

J. L. Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions

Sir
The enclosed affidavit was sent me by a Mr Lancaster to be forwarded to you. He does not
make known the case in which it is to be filed. You may perhaps determine from the affidavit
very respectfully
your obt servt
J R J Daniel

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House of Reps
Dec. 10. 1846

Comm. of Pensions
Pension office

Dear Sir,

By my [illegible] enclose you the certificate of
the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of the County of Nash N.C. showing the time of the death of Margaret Ward, and the children which she left surviving her and perceive it will authorize the issuing a pension certificate as prayed for. An early examination of the case is respectfully requested.
very respectfully
your obt Servt
J R J Daniel

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State of North Carolina
Nash County
 Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, November Session 1846.
J F M Taylor Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence has this day been furnished said Court, (now in Session) that Margaret Ward, widow of Willis Ward Senr Decd (who is reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution) departed this life, on the twentieth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, leaving surviving, the following two Children (To Wit) Willis Ward Jun. and Charity Rackley widow of Francis Rackley Decd whose maiden name
was Charity Ward, who are the only heirs of the aforesaid Margarett [sic] Ward Decd. and are both of lawful age.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of
my office, at office in the Town of Nashville, this Tenth day of November A.D. 1846.-
F M Taylor CCC

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Free

J L Edwards   Com. Pen.
Washington City 
D. C.

6343
Nov. 27, 1844
Margaret Ward, dec.
July 4, 1836.
N. C.

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Nashville NC Nov 19th 1844

Dear Sir

I send you enclosed the Declarations &c.
of Willis Ward which you will please let me hear from as soon as convenient.
very respectfully
J M Lancaster

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Nash Co.
Capt. Bailey
d. 1789.

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Halifax N.C.
June 4 1867

Col J L Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington City
DC

I enclose you by request the accompanying evidence in the cases to which they refer
very respectfully
Your obt Servt
J R J Daniel

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I WILLIAM HILL, Secretary of State, in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify
that it appears from the muster-rolls of the Continential [sic] line of this State in the Revolutionary War, that Willis Ward a private Soldier in Capt. Bailey's  Company of the 10th Regiment, entered the service on the 2nd
day of April - 1781 for the term of twelve months and that he left the service on the 2nd day of April 1782
Given under my hand this 30th day of October 1844
Wm Hill Secretary
of State

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6343
Margaret Ward decd
N.C.
Act 4 July 36
Addl. pff
Margt Ward
Admd
12 mo pri
$40

To 20 March '38 the day
of her death

To Willis Ward &
Charity Rackley
only children

Hon. J. R. J. Daniel
Halifax
N.C.

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State of North Carolina
Nash County
On this 27th day of June 1846, personally
appeared before me William W. Boddie an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Nancy Crickmore a resident of said County and State aged Seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth upon her oath certify, that she was well acquainted with Willis Warden who was a soldier of the Revolution, and his wife Margarett [sic] (whose maiden name was Margarett [sic] Batchelor) that she well recollects that when the said Willis Ward went into the service of the United States in said War of the Revolution, he was then married to the
aforesaid Margarett [sic] Batchelor, and was the father of one child by her, whose name was Thomas Ward, who if now living would be sixty nine years old; and that after the said Willis returned from the service he had by his wife the aforesaid Margarett [sic], four other children Viz. Caleb, who was second child
Charity or Cherry and Willis Ward Jr who is the youngest child: That Charity as well as her memory serves her is now in the sixty first year of her age, and Willis in his fifty eighth year. 
Nancy Crickmore
X
her mark
Sworn to and Subscribed this 27th day of June A.D. 1846.
before me
W.W. Boddie J P

State of North Carolina
Nash County
I the said Justice of the Peace do hereby certify that I know, Nancy Crickmore who has this day subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit before me to be a woman of truth, and that full faith and credit is due to her oath. Given under my hand this 27th day of June 1846. 
W W. Boddie J P

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State of North Carolina
Nash County

I Francis M Taylor Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter session, for the County aforesaid, Certify that William W Boddie whose genuine signatures appear to the forgoing affidavit & certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that full faith & credit is due to all of his official acts as such
In Testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Oath said Court at office in Nashville 27th June 1846
Francis M Taylor 
CCP

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We the undersigned Citizens of the County of Nash and State of North Carolina, Certify that we are acquainted with old Mr Daniel Batchelor of this County, that we know him to be a man of truth, and that full faith and credit is due to his oath, Given under our hands the 8th day of June A D 1846
Jno. H Drake Jr
John Ricks
Thos. I. A. Cooper
Wm Cooper
John Braswell 
W W Boddie

I am acquainted with Dr J H Drake Jr, John Ricks, Tho I Cooper, Wm Cooper and W W Boddie and am able to state that they are among the most notable citizens of the County of Nash and their statements may be implicitly relied on
J R J Danie;

State of North Carolina
Nash County
I Francis M Taylor Clerk of the Court of Pleas
& quarter sessions for the County of Nash & State aforesaid certify that  these gentlemen whose signatures appears to the foregoing certificate are men of high standing and respectability and to their statement is due full
faith & credit. In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court at Office in Nashville the 5th day of June Anno Domini 1846
Francis M Taylor CCC

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Nash Co.
Col. Bailey
He died 1789

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House of Representatives
March 17th 1840

J. L. Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions

Sir,

I have received and enclose you by request of
a constituent, the Affidavit of Daniel Batchelor, in the application of Willis Ward for the pension of his mother Margaret Ward
I have the honor
to be very respectfully your obt
Servt
J R J Daniel

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State of North Carolina
Nash County
On this 1st day of May 1847, personally appeared before me William H. Abernathy
an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Daniel Batchelor a resident of said County and State aged Seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, certify, That Margarett [sic] Ward decd widow of the late Willis Ward Senr of this County) was buried in the burial ground at his house, that he was present &
saw the said Margrett [sic] Ward intered [sic]; and that he well remembers that it was in the month of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight when the aforesaid Margarett [sic] Ward was intered [sic], the precise day of the month on which she was intered [sic], he does not distinctly recollect, but thinks it was
on the twenty first day of March 1838.-
Daniel Batchelor
X
his mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
above written before me
Wm H. Abernathy
I the said Justice of the Peace certify that old Mr Daniel Batchelor who has this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit before me, is a man of respectability.

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truth, and that full faith and credit is due to his oath. Given under my hand this 1st day of
May 1847 -
Wm H Abernathy JP

State of North Carolina
Nash County 
I Francis M. Taylor Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid, Certify that Wm H. Abernathy whose genuine
Signatures appear to the foregoing affidavit and certificate, is and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Magistrate in and for our said County, and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts as such. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this 3rd day of May, 1847.
Francis M. Taylor C. C. C.

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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18255
Margaret Ward
Widow of
Willis Ward
Pri Rev War
Act: July 4th 1836
Index: Vol. M, Page 3117
{Arrangement of 1870.]

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6343
Margaret Ward decd
N C
J. W. Lancaster Jan 2d 1865
Let to Hon J.R.J. Daniel
Jan 26. '46
act 4 July 1836

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No 4343
Margaret Ward decd
N C
Let to J. W. Lancaster Jany. 2nd '45
Let to Hon J R J Daniel Jany 26. '46
Let to same March 30 '46
Let to same July 28 '46
Let to same Dec 17: '46

act 4 July 1836

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

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Ward, Zadock
GRADE Private
LINE New York

WARRANT NUMBER 7943
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED August 4, 1791

New York
August 4, 1791
to Henry J. or I. Van Ranselar, assignee

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