Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8335, George Avery, N.C.

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(S-1776)                                                  Number

Service A.C.    Avery, George           W. 8335
                                     Elizabeth        B. L. Wt.19824-160-55

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13728
West Tennessee
George Avery
of Wilson Co in the State of Tennessee
was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Bacoats (Capt. Peter Bacot) of the regiment commanded by Col Lytle in the North Carolina
line for twelve months

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee
at the rate of 40 Dollars (illegible) Cents per annum,
to commence of the 4th date of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of June
1833 and sent to Josiah McCLain Lebanon

Arrears to the 4th of March                               80
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 September  20
                                                                               ===
                                                                               $100
                                        Revolutionary Claim (illegible)
                                        Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Daniel Boyd    Clerk 

Book 6 Volume 7 Page 70

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                     Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832.
State of Tennessee
Wilson County SS.
On this 26th day of September 1832, personally appeared
in open Court before the justices of our Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County of Wilson, now sitting, George Avery a resident of said County of Wilson State of Tennessee, aged about sixty eight 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 provisions made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.  That at first he entered the service of the United States in the Militia and as a substitute for Hardy Norvell, under the following named officers served as herein stated. He remained so short a time as a Militiaman that
he has forgotten the names of the Militia Officers _ but his best recollection is that Col. Sessum [probably either Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Sessoms or Thomas Sessoms, both of the Edgecombe County North Carolina militia] was Col. Commandant of the Militia of Edgecomb County North Carolina _ the other field officers not recollected.
As a substitute for said Hardy Norvell, he entered the Service in the
month of August 1782 (yet his memory does not enable him to speak with certainty as to dates). We were called together at Col. Harts in
Edgecomb County - Marched from there to Warren Courthouse North Carolina, where we were assigned over to the officers of the
Continental line. He recollects that they were measured as to their height and their complexion taken down, and sworn into the United States service as regular soldiers for Eighteen Months. 
Gen. Greene was commander of the Southern army, Col. Archibald Lytle commanded the Regiment to which he belonged. number of regiment  no[t] recollected._Redden Blount [Reading Blount] Major – Peter Becoates (Bacot) Captain of the Company he belonged to, John Ford 1st Lieutenant, ....Dixon our 2nd Lieutenant. He left the service about 1st August 1783 as
near as he can recollect, he remembers that much joy and gladness was felt and manifested in our Camp when the news reached us of the ratification of Articles of Peace - he went 
home upon a furlough - and never being required again, he did not receive a regular discharge in writing. Whilst in the
service he marched from Warren Courthouse to Hillsborough where they remained about one week, then on to Salsbury remaining perhaps 8 days - thence to Ashley Hill where we joined General Greene's Army - encamped there till after the British left Charleston - then marched over to James Island where we remained the balance of the time we were on duty until we started for home - and were furloughed as before stated. He was not
in any battle - He resided in Edgecomb County North Carolina about 4 or 5 years - then moved to the North Fork of Houlston in
Virginia, remained there about one year then moved to Lincoln County Kentucky continuing there about 12 months then he
moved to Davidson County in the State of Tennessee where

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he resided eight or nine years then moved to Wilson County\Tennessee where he had resided for about thirty years (crossed out) twenty eight years or upwards -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity
except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the
pension agency of (word crossed out) Roll of any Agency, in any State, to his knowledge.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid - 
Josiah S McClain Clerk                                       his
of Wilson County Court                         George  X Avery
                                                                              mark

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states-

                                                                     J M Martin
                                                                     Benjamin H Billings
                                                                      D C Hebbetts

I Josiah S McClain Clerk of the courd of Pleas and Quarters
Sessions for Wilson County, Tennessee, do hereby certify that
the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the (illegible)
court in the Practice of the application of George Avery
for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have (Illegible) 
set my hand and seal of office in (illegible)
this 2nd day of October AD 1832
                         Josiah S McCLain

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14,297
George Avery
Tennessee
W. He
from August 1782
1 year
$40

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14,297 

BRIEF in the case of George Avery
of Wilson County in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or Judge? A court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 68
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
(Column Headings: Period, Duration of Service, Rank, Name of General and Field Officers under whom he served)

August 1782- to 1 August, 1783. 1 year. As a substitute private. Serving under The Militia Colonel Lessum, Captain Becoats (Bacot), Colonel Lytle, General Greene

5. In what battles was he engaged? None

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Edgecomb County, North Carolina

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? No clergyman, certificate -

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

I / X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
                                            William C Eastons
                                                        
Examining Clerk
                                            18th July 1833

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3871

Tennessee, Nashville
Elizabeth Avery
Widow of NC George Avery
who served in the Revolutionary
War as a private.                                             

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
40 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
The 10th June, 1853 [3rd February crossed out]
Certificate of Pension issued the
20th day of March
And sent to
Wm H Smith
Nashville Ten

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 180 Vol. A 


Altrovorsum:

Date of death
not on AB. 

Written up edge on AV : 
Reg [illegible] 55-158508
Signed with initials : A?V

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Application of
Mrs Elizabeth Avery
of 
Wilson County Tennessee
for
Pension under
Acts 2 Feb '48 29 July '48 + 3 Feb '53


Presented by
William H Smith
attorney,
Nashville
Tennessee

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State of Tennessee
Wilson County   This 10th day of February 1854 personally appeared before the undersigned
a Justice of the Peace in an for said County and a Justice of the County [illegible] of said County, Mrs
Elizabeth Avery, aged 95 years, a resident of Wilson County Tennessee with whom I
Am well acquainted and who I certify is a credible person, and made the following declar-
ation in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Acts of 2nd February
1848, 29 July 1848, or 3rd February 1853, 2 Section
                                                                                                  That she is the widow of George Avery
He, late of said County, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under
Act of June 1832 at the rate of Forty Dollars per annum, as the Nashville Tennessee
Roll, and who died on the 10th day of June 1853 in said Wilson County, and that
She drew the balance of Pension due him to the day of his death sometime in November
1853, and for proof refer to papers on file in the 3rd Auditor’s Office, she having
Received the amount from the U.S. Pension Agent in Nashville Tennessee.
She further declares that she was married to the said George Avery in
Pitt County, North Carolina, about seventy years ago, she does not recollect
the year, but knows that it was after the close of the service of her husband,
her maiden name was Elizabeth Allen – she also declares that she is still the
widow of the said George Avery, and prays that a Pension be granted to her under
one of the above recited Acts – and that she neither has in her possession, nor
does she know of any evidence, either record or documentary in support of her
claim or in proof of her marriage, neither public or  private.                        her
Sworn to [illegible] before me the day and year                              Elizabeth X Avery
First above written. And I certify that by reason of                                          mark
old age bodily infirmity, Mrs Avery is unable to attend
Court to make her declaration that I am not interested nor      Attest: Cairne Logue
Concerned in the prosecution of the Case, nor in its result.    Attest: Andrew Gwyn

Wm L Clemmons  JP

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State of Tennessee
Wilson County   
                                 This 10th day of February 1854 personally appeared Cairne Logue
And Andrew Gwyn, (who are [illegible] credible witnesses and
both of whom are residents of Wilson County Tennessee) and made oath in due form
of law that Elizabeth Avery, who has this day made her mark to the foregoing dec
laration in their presence is the widow of George Avery [illegible] of said County
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and drew his Pension at Nashville Tennessee
and who died in June last (1853) that they knew the said George and Elizabeth
Avery for many years, day [illegible] for about forty years past, that they always
Lived together as man and wife and were to [illegible], and as such raised up
A family of children, that since the death of the said George Avery, the said
Elizabeth continues his widow, as has never again married – they further swear
that they are disinterested.
Sworn to subscribed before me the day and year              Cairne Logue      SEAL
Above written.                                                                                     Andrew Gwyn.   SEAL
     Wm L Clemmons JP

Know all men by these presents that I, Elizabeth Avery, [illegible} of George Avery [illegible]
do hereby [illegible] and appoint William H Smith of Nashville Tennessee my [illegible]
and lawful Attorney for [illegible] my name to present prosecute my claim to Pension
under either of the Acts of 2 February 1848, 29 July 1848 or 3 February 1853, hereby ratifying and
confirming all his lawful Acts in [illegible]. Witness my hand seal this 10 day
of February 1854.
                                                                                                             her
                                                                                         Elizabeth  X Avery      SEAL
                                                                                                            Mark

Acknowledged before me this 10th day of February 1854.

                                                                                 Wm L Clemmons JP

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State of Tennessee 

Wilson County 

                               I, Josiah S McClain, Clerk of the County Court of said Wilson County 

Do hereby certify that William L Clemmons Esq, whose name appears to the foregoing 

Declaration, affidavit of acknowledgement, is now and was at the time of signing 

The same as acting Justice of the Peace, and Justice of the County Court in and 

For said County which is a Court of Record, and that the signature thereto 

Purporting to be his are genuine. 

                                                                                In testimony whereof I have hereunto 

  [Wilson County Court Seal                      set my hand and affixed the seal 

                          affixed here]                            of said Court at office in Lebanon 

                                                                                this 21st day of February AD 1854. 

                                                                                                                 J. S. McClain, Clerk

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A58.508 June 4 

                  Act [illegible] for 

Elizabeth Avery 

                               [illegible] 

George Avery 

                               [illegible] 

[illegible] Pensioner 

Private 

                               [illegible] 

[Illegible] 53-3871 

[illegible] 4/56 

                               [illegible]

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Elizabeth Avery 

              158.508 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J S McClain [illegible] 

               Lebanon 

                       Tennessee

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 State of Tennessee Wilson County 

     On this day of [illegible] AD 1855 personally appearing before 

me as acting Justice of the Peace [illegible] and for said County 

and State Elizabeth Avery aged about 90 years a resident 

of said County and State who being duly [illegible] according to law 

Declares that she is the widow of George Avery deceased 

who was a private in [illegible] of the Revolution declared 

against Great Britain on the 4th of July 1776. That she 

she [sic] has no means of ascertaining precisely the services 

rendered by her said husband, the service having been 

performed the marriage with him. But met before 

her recollection but she did not become acquainted with 

the said George Avery until after the war, but they both 

resided in Edgecomb County [illegible] the said 

war. The said George Avery was a Revolutionary pen- 

sioner of the United States at the time of his death, and 

She is now [illegible] a Pension [illegible} the United States. 

Her Pension Certificate was issued on the 20th day of March 

1854, in conformity to the [illegible] Section of the Act of February 3rd 

1853 for [crossed out] and she is now [illegible] on the pension last 

at the rate of Forty dollars per [illegible], is recorded 

in the Pension Office on the Rold Pensioners, Page 

180, Vol A. She refers to the papers and records in 

said office for the truth of this statement. She further 

states that was married to said George Avery in 

Edgecomb County in the state of North Carolina in 

the year 1787 or 1788 by one Justice Nelson a Justice of 

the Peace in said County. She has no private record of 

their marriage and knows of no public record of the 

[illegible]. Her said husband the said George Avery dead [crossed out] 

died in Wilson County Tennessee, on the 11th day of June 

1853 and she is now a widow 

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtain- 

ing the bounty [illegible] to which she may be entitled 

under the act of Congress approved the 3rd day 

of March, 1835. She also declares that she has never

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applied for [illegible] under this or any other act of
Congress and bounty land warrant. She believes her
husband was never obtained a land warrant from
the United States. She married him shortly after the
he came out of the Army and of course often heard
him speak of the war and his service and is fully pur-
suaded that if he had ever obtained a land warrant
she would have heard him speak of it, which she never
did. Her name before her marriage was Elizabeth
Allen                                    Elizabeth her Avery
                                                                     X
                                                                  Mark
We Jordan Chandler and William Russell residents
of said County of Wilson who being duly sworn upon our oaths,
declare that we were personally acquainted with
George Avery and his wife Elizabeth, the [illegible]
court, we lived in the said neighborhood for nearly
forty years, we know that the said George and Elizabeth lived
together as husband and wife and were so [illegible]
that said George Avery was a Revolutionary Pensioner
of the United States and died on the 10th day of January June
1853 or about that time. The said Elizabeth was a
widow and having been so long acquainted with
her we know has to her to be the [illegible] claimant and the
identical person the [illegible] casts herself to be. She
signed and acknowledged the forgoing declaration
in our presence.                                     Jordan Chandler
                                                                                     his
                                                                      William X Russell
                                                                                    Mark
The [illegible] declaration and affidavit were shown
to [illegible] before me on the day year above written
and I certify that the affiants are credible persons
and that the claimant is the [illegible] person she
represents herself to be and I have no[illegible]
this [illegible]
                                                               Jesse A Grigg

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State of Tennessee Wilson County
I Josiah S Mc Clam Clerk of the [illegible] of said
County of Wilson certify that Jesse A Grigg Esq, whose
[illegible] signature appears to the [illegible] certificate
and before whom the [illegible] declaration
and affidavit were made was at the [illegible] of
signing the [illegible] acting Justice of the Peace
[illegible] and for the County and State afore said
duly commissioned and [illegible]
             In testimony whereafter [illegible]
             Set my hand and affixed the seal
            of my office at office in [illegible] the
            29th day of [illegible] AD 1835.
                                                      J S Mc Clam, Clerk

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                                                                                                                                    March 20, 1933

                                                                                                                                    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Mr. James W Chandler                                                                                    George Avery
Stein Bros. & Boyce                                                                                          W. 8335
Starks Building Arcade                                                                                    BA/J MLB
Louisville, Kentucky



Dear Sir:


     Reference is made to your request for the record of George
Avery, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

     The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on
file in pension claim, W. 8335, based upon the Revolutionary War
service of George Avery.

     The date and place of soldier’s birth and names of his
parents are not shown on the claim.

     He enlisted in While a resident of Edgecomb County, North Carolina, he
enlisted in August, 1782, served as a private in Captain Peter
Bacot’s company, Colonel Archibald Lytle’s North Carolina regiment,
Was engaged in no battles and served until about August 1, 1783.

     After the {illegible}, the soldier lived in Edgecomb County, North Carolina, for
four or five years, then moved to North Fork of the Holston River
in Virginia where he remained one year, then to Lincoln County,
Kentucky, where he lived one year; from thence to Davidson
County, Tennessee, where he resided eight or nine years, and from
there to Wilson County, Tennessee.

     He was allowed pension on his application executed November
1, 1830, while a resident of Wilson County, Tennessee.

     In 1832 he was still living in Wilson County, Tennessee,
aged about sixty-eight years.

     He died June 10, 1853, in Wilson County, Tennessee.

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     George Avery married in Pitt or Edgecomb County, North
Carolina, about 1784 or 1788, Elizabeth Allen.

     Soldier’s widow, Elizabeth, was allowed pension on her
Application executed February 10, 1854, at which time she was
living in Wilson County, Tennessee, and stated that she was aged
ninety-five years. In 1855 she stated she was aged about ninety
years, with no explanation of the discrepancy.

     A large family of children was referred to but no names
Designated.


                                          Very truly yours




                                                                           A.D. HILLER
                                                                           Assistant to Administrator

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January February 2, 1903
JW Rogers, Leesville, Tennessee
[Illegible}.7, 1906 – History to J. H.
Avery, Colorado Springs, Colorado [Illegible]

1910 August 25. History to Mrs. Charles
N. Baker. Williamsport. O. M 13H
1914 December 15. History to Lieutenant Lloyd
B. Bennett. Et cetera
1918 February 23. To Reverand Jas. A Chandler et cetera
1923 – February 14. History to Honorable Kenneth
McKellar for Mr. B. D. Rogers. [Illegible]
1923- March 17-History to Roy B
Speck – advised only two copies
Et cetera, MMH.
1933 March 20 – History to Jas. W
Chandler – MLB.

[Illegible} WIDOW, et cetera

File No. 8335

Elizabeth Avery
               Widow

George Avery
               Private Revolutionary War

Act: February 3rd                  1853

Index:--Volume A, Page 23



         [Arrangement of 1870.]



                                                19.824









                                               [Illegible]

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15 March Pension Office,
14th March, 1854.

Sir:
     Please certify the time to
Which the within named
Pensioner was paid on the
Date of his death.
                   Very Respectfully,

                                  S. Cole
             For the [Illegible},            George Avery Act 1832 $40 per annum, paid to 4 March, 1853.
                                                              No death
                                                                                                                 F. Bush
                                                                                                                 Auditor










Francis Burt, Esquire
[Illegible]

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14, 297
George Avery

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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
                                           George Avery                            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 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 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 is his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?        No [crossed out]
XII. If the clergyman’s affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?                            No [crossed out]
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?
                                                      No
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?  No
If he has produced direct proof of 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? [Illegible]
                                        ________________________________________
                                                          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. R. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent of 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 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 sheer 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.

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Mr. F.A. Dickins will
Thank Mr. Beall to
Look on the North [illegible]
-no roll for the applicant
name. 
	[Illegible] Dept. 15 Dec. 1830

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                                                                                          TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
                                                                                                                6 December 1830

George Avery _________of _____________ in the county of Wilson in the State of Tennessee has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled “An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental  line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination at which period he was a Private in Captain Becoat’s company, in the Colonel Lytle regiment of the North Carolina line; and that he did not receive a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3rd of March, 1826, nothing.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.

				[Illegible hand writing]                            By Order of the Secretary.

Ref: invalid    act 1828                                                                                                                  F. A. Dickins.

        OK
						TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
								THIRD AUDITOR’S OFFICE,
								             10th December 1830

It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to
 It further appears that George Avery is not now on the pensioner list of the any - - - - - agency, and has not been so since the 3rd March 1826.   At the rate of         dollars per month

           It appears from the list of final settlement certificates issued to the North Carolina line that George Avery has issued to him a certificate for his pay to the 15th, November 1783, but his name does not appear among those of that line to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued – and it is therefore probable that he has mistaken the Form of his enlistment.
	[Illegible]						Peter Hagner [Illegible]

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War Department
Bounty Land Office
15 Dec 1830
The name of George Avery is not returned
on the records of the North Carolina line, on
file in this Office, as entitled to bounty
lands of the U States nor has a warrant issued for him.  
Wm Gordon

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Declaration of George Avery
In the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled an act the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution approved the 15th May 1828.  [signed] J. George Avery of the county of Wilson and State of Tennessee do hereby certify and declare that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution for Eighteen months or during the war sometime in the year1781 or 2.  And continued in its service untill its termination, at which time I was private in Captain Peter Becoath's company and attached [illegible] the number of this Regt.  I do not recollect.  Commanded by Colonel Lytle and Major Blount of the North Carolina Continental Line of Infantry and were under the Command of General Green untill the termination of the War.  [illegible] declare that I never received a certificate for the reward of the $80 I was entitled under Resolve of Congress passed the 15th May 1778.
I [illegible] the declare that I was not on the pension list of the U.S. nor since the [illegible].  Witness my hand this 31st Octr. in the year 183[illegible] George Avery his mark [X]
State of Tennessee Wilson County.  This day personally appeared before me Britten Drake & Wm. M. Surain two acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Nelson & State of Tennessee, duly informed and commifirmed to administer an oath.  Personally appeared John Scott who did make oath that George Avery  before whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed in generally expected & believed to be a soldier of the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated, [three lines illegible].
John Scott his mark [X]
Sworn to & Subscribed before us this 1st Nov. 1830 Brillain Drake 
William M. [illegible]

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Hrnl. S.D. Ingham
I herewith send you the declarations of George Avery a soldier of the Revolution now aged about 72 years.  Mr. Avery was long a militia soldier in addition to the service here in mentioned and enclosed to the A.S. much valuable service in the early part of the war, I have petitioned under the provision of an Act of 1828 for the Continental soldiers.  Mr. Avery served until after the close of the war.
Direct your letter to me at Lebanon [illegible] & I promise to give the strickst attention to your instruction.  Your [illegible] sentiments of the highest respect.
John H. Drew

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Revolutionary [illegible] free
Lebanon Town
Nov 4
Honl. John H. Eaton
Secretary of [illegible]
Washington city
District of Columbia
Mail

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[handwritten]
State of Tennessee}
Wilson County}
This day personally [appeared] James Scott before us Brittian Drake & Pauldin Anderson two acting Justices of the peace in & for the county of Wilson & State of Tennessee and duly qualified and Commissioned to administer an oath, and made oath that he ^ Jas. Scott was a soldier of the Revolution as is precisely stated in the petition and declaration of the [illegible] George Avery, that he enlisted in the same Company, & that the said George Avery was in actual service for 12 months and discharged after the termination of the war that the facts set forth in the petition of George Avery he knows to be true, that the [illegible] George Avery enlisted in the Continental Army of the Revolution in Capt Becoats [Bacot's] company attached to the Regiment commanded by Col Lytle & Major Blount & were under the command of [illegible] Green in manner & form as George Avery has alleged.
Witness my hand and Seal this 1st Nov. 1830
James his X mark Scott [seal symbol]
to & subscribed before
1st Nov. in the year 1830.
Brittain Drake J.P.
P. Anderson J.P. 
State of Tennessee}
Wilson County. }
 I John Stone Clerk & Master of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Session for Wilson county do hereby certify that Brittain Drake & Wm m Swain who assigned the affidavit of John Scott &

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[handwritten]
B. L. Beall's compliments to F. A. Dickins Esq and Informs him that the Roles of the North Carolina Line in this office are imperfect that part of them containing the letter A having been destroyed by fire in the year 1816, consequently he is unable to give the information required in regard to George Avery's service
Pension Office
Dec 10. 1830

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[illegible]

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[handwriting]
State of North Carolina
Secretary of States Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do certify that it appears from the musterrolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war that George Avery a private in Capt. Bacott's [Bacot's] Company of the 10th Regiment enlisted in 1782 for 18 months and that nothing more is said of him on said rolls.
Given under my hand
this 30th April 1833.
Wm. Hill

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[handwriting]
Nashville Tennessee
March 1st. 1854

Sir;
I herewith enclose the Application of Elizabeth Avery Widow of George (a Pensr [Pensioner] Act of June 1832) for Pension Act 2 Feby 1848, 29 July 1848 or 3 Feby 1853, 
Please enclose her Certificate to me
Very Resfly {Respectfully]
Your Obt. [Obidient] Servant
William H. Smith
Attorney

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[Pre-printed form with handwritten answers]
Brief in the case of Elizabeth Avery, widow of George. 
Wilson County and State of Tenn:
act 3d Feby: 1853,
Claim, ("original," [crossed out] or "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June, 1832.
Two persons testify to general reputation of marriage, cohabitation & the raising of a large family of Children.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Wm. H. Smith, Esq.
Nashville, Tenn.
Name and residence of Agent
S.C. Boynton.
Examining Clerk.

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[Pre-printed form with handwritten answers]
In reply to your request of  ___, received ___ for a statement of the military history of George Avery  a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widows) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
 W. 8335

Dates of enlistment or appointment.
 Aug. 1782 to
Length of service. Aug. 1783
Rank. Private
Officers under whom service was rendered.
Captain. Peter Bacot
Colonel. Archibald Lytle
State. N.C.
Battles engaged in, none.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Edgecombe Co., N.C. during the war.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 1, 1830. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Wilson Co., Tenn.
Age at date of  application, 66 yrs.
Remarks: He married in Edgecombe or Pitt Co., N.C. about 1784, 1787, or 1788, Elizabeth Allen. He died June 10, 1853 in Wilson Co., Tenn., where she resided & was pensioned in 1854, and claimed to be 95 yrs. of age. In 1855 she stated she was "about 90" yrs. old. Children referred to, no names stated. 
Respectfully, 
Commissioner.

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[J.H. Avery stationary; letterhead not transcribed]
[stamp] O. W. & N. Div.
Feb 13, 1906
Files
February, 8th, 1906.
The Pension Office,
Old War and Navy Department.
Washington. D.C.
Gentlemen:--
Will you kindly give me the services of George Avery, and anything which will show where he lived during the war of Independence? I understand that he lived in Wilson County, Tenn., in 1833 and 1840. I have a personal interest, as my father William Lane Avery came from White County, Tenn., and I am now trying to perfect my family records. Thanking you in advance, and hoping for an early reply, I am, 
Yours Very Respectfully,
[handwriting] J. H. Avery

[stamp] Pension 
U.S.
A
Feb 12 1906
Office

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[stamp] Aug 23 1910
[handwriting] Williamsport. O.
Aug. 18 - '10 -
Com. of Pensions -
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
I will be pleased to have a copy of any Records you have relating to one George Avery, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, who Enlisted in 1782 - from Edgecombe Co - N.C.

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[handwriting] His Colonel was Arch Lytle. I think he was granted a pension about Sept 26 - 1832- being a resident then of Wilson Co. Tenn. 
Any information you can give will be gratefully appreciated.
Yours Truly -
Mrs. Chas. W. Baker.

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[stamp]
Dep't of the Interior
Received
Feb 18 1918
to Bur. Pensions
Secy's [illegible]  & filed
[handwriting]
Rev Sec
Pension office
Louisville, Ky
Feb. 15, 1918
[stamp] Interior [illegible]
Feb 18 1918
[illegible]
[handwriting] Department of the Interior,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs: - I learned that my great grandfather, George Avery, was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War, that he lived to be about 103 years old with drew a pension until the time of his death. My father (now 88 yrs of age) thinks he came from Virginia as an early day in the history of Tennessee. My father says he has often seen the old flint - lock musket that he used in the army. Will you kindly consult the records in order to ascertain whether my daughter, Mary Nell Chandler, is entitled to become a member of the D.A.R. My father is Rev. J. S. Chandler, Auburn, Ky. Thanking you for this information I am
Yours truly,
(Rev.) James A. Chandler
1246 Everett Ave., 
Louisville, Ky.
No envelope [illegible]

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[Roy B. Speck, Office of the Clerk of Court of Appeals, Frankfort, Kentucky stationary; letterhead not transcribed.]
February -2- 1923
Superindendent [Superintendent], Bureau of Pensions,
Department of the Interior, 
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Please send me, with statement for same, a certified copy of such records as you have in your files in regard to the following men:
William Rixey Hines - Enlisted from King and Queen's County, Va. in 1776 and served until 1780. Minute Man under Captain Wm. Richards and later under Captain Hugh Megaree and General George Rogers Clark. Wounded in engagement with Indians.

Jacob Speck, Sr. - Revolutionary Soldier. Served under Gen. Gates. Killed at the battle of Camden, N.C.

Jacob Speck, Jr. - Served in War of 1812. Native N. Carolina.

Michael Speck - Federal soldier in Civil War. Sergeant and recruiting officer. Died a prisoner in Castle Thunder, Richmond, Va., 1863. Native of South Carolina.

George Avery - Revolutionary Soldier. Enlisted from North Carolina in August 1782 and served one year. Served in company commanded by Colonel Peter Bacot in regiment commanded by Colonel Archibald Lytle. 

Jerry Norris - Revolutionary Soldier. Native of Virginia.

Abram Jones - Revolutionary Soldier. Native of Virginia.

Very truly yours, 
[handwriting] Roy B. Speck [illegible]

[stamp] Feb 5 1923 office

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[United States Senate Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads stationary; letterhead not transcribed]

[stamp] Office of the Commissioner
Feb 13 1923
U. S. Bureau of Pensions

February 12, 1923
Hon. Washington Gardner
Pension Commissioner
Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Gardner:
Please note the enclosed letter from Mr. B.D. Rogers. He is interested in obtaining the war record of his ancestor, George Avery, who was a pensioner. Can you give me this?
Very sincerely yours,
[handwriting] Kenneth McKellar
"Enlisted from Edgecombe Co, N.C. in 1782, a pensioner at time of death June 10, 1853. Widow Elizabeth also a pen." as per B.D. rogers let. returned.
[illegible initials]
[upside down stamp] Disbursing Clerk
Feb 14 1923
Misc A
U.S Bureau of Pensions

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[Stein Bros. & Boyce stationery, letterhead not transcribed]

[handwriting]
Bureau of Pensions
Department of Interior
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen: -
Would appreciate your advising me what information you can give me about George Avery, soldier in the Revolution under George Washington.
The little information I have about him is that he was in the company of Captain Peter Bacot and that the Regiment was commanded by Archibald Lytle.
Thanking you, I am,
Yours truly,
James W. Chandler
[seal] RECEIVED MAR 2 1933
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
PENSIONS [illegible] 3

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March 17, 1923
Mr. Roy B. Speck
Frankfort, Kentucky
Sir: 
In response to your letter of February 3, 1923. you are herewith furnished the histories of two Revolutionary War soldiers.
Owing to lack of clerical force available for the purpose, only two histories are furnished each inquirer.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

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February 14, 1923
Honorable Kenneth McKellar
United States Senate
In re: George Avery -- War of Revolution -- W. 8335
You are advised that from the papers in the above named pension claim it appears that George Avery enlisted in Edgecombe County, North Carolina in August 1782 and served as a Private in Captain Peter Bacot's Company, Colonel Archibald Lytle's Regiment, North Carolina Troops until August 1783. He engaged in no battles. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 1, 1830 while a resident of Wilson County, Tennessee aged about sixty-six years. He died June 10, 1853 in said Wilson County.
Soldier married in Pitt or Edgecombe County, North Carolina about 1784, 1787, or 1788 Elizabeth Allen who was allowed pension on her application executed February 10, 1854 while a resident of Wilson County, Tennessee  and

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stated she was ninety-five years of age. In 1855 she stated she was "about ninety" years old. 
A large family of children is referred to, but no names are stated. 
Herewith is returned the letter of Mr. B. D. Rogers of Lebanon, Tennessee
Very truly yours, 
Commissioner