Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 88, Dan Alexander, S.C.

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(3-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.
Alexander Dan
Sarah
NUMBER
R.88
CONTENTS

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22.293
East Tennessee
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Dan Alexander of Marion in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the comd commanded by Captain Burns of the regt. commanded by Col Hampton on the N Carolina line for 18 months.
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Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee the rate of 60 Dollars 0 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of October 1833 and Samuel Frazier Washington
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept  150.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending March   30.00
180.-
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Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk, 
Book E Vol. 7 Page 35

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State of Tennessee
Marion County
Circuit Court April term 1833
On the 9th day of April 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Circuit Court of Marion County aforesaid being a Court of record now sitting Dan Alexander a resident of Marion County and State of Tennessee aged 69 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein after stated. That he entered the service of the United States as a listed Soldier for nine months in Macklinburg County in the State of North Carolina some time he thinks in the spring of the year 1781 under Lieut. Ezekial Pop. Capt Peter Burns Major Moore Col Wade Hampton and General Sumpter. Joined General Greene near Camden Marched to Camden South Carolina remained for some time from there to Orangeburg in the same state and after marching to several other places in the State Met the Brittish at the Eutaw Springs where he was in the battle after the battle Marched to Browns Old fields on the Congaree river crossed the Congaree River at McCords ferry and marched to a place called Dodgester where the had a skirmish with the Brittish then returned and crossed the same river at the same place also crossed the Wateree River and marched to the high hills of Santee in S.C.

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while he remained on the high hills of Santee in South Carolina his term of nine months expired and he amediately enlisted for nine months more which was in the fall or winter of the spring year on the high hills of Santee South Carolina under the same officers which are named in the first tour from there marched to Orangeburg, remained at Orangeburg for some time and then was attached to the horse as a horseman under the command of General Wayne for the purpose of recruiting Waynes troop of Horse and under the Command of General Wayne he marched thru South Carolina and then into Georgia and then back to South Carolina and so continued in active service untill his other nine months had expired then returned to Orangeburg South Carolina and was discharged by Major Moore for the whole eighteen months. He states that his discharge was burnt in his house which was burnt sometime after the war. 
He has never seen a record of his age nor does not know that one ever existed. 
He has no documentary evidence and that he has knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services
He was acquainted with Col Polk Capt Polk Major Bluford Col Washington Generals Wayne Sumpter & Imon all of the regulars
He was born on the 15th of February 1764 according to the best information that he can get on the subject in Maclenburg [Mecklenburg] County in the State of North Carolina where he had his home during the revolutionary war from there he moved to Burk County and from there to

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Haywood County both counties in the State of North Carolina from there to Marion County in the State of Tennessee where he now lives and has lived something more than 12 months
There is no Clergyman in this country with whom he is acquainted none living in his neighbourhood and he could not get one to certify for him without going back to NC which declarant could not do from age and infirmity
Declarant states that he is known in his present neighbourhood to Col Ignatius Hall Col John Kelly and Dr C B Raines who can testify to their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution and to his character for veracity
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
He states that he served in all eighteen months the first tour nine months and the second nine
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid
Dan Alexander his mark X

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We Ignatius Hall John Kelly & C B Raines residing in the County of Marion and State of Tennessee hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Dan Alexander who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 69 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Ignatius Hall
John Kelly
C.B. Raines
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 Ignatius Hall John Kelly and C B Raines are residents in the County of Marion and State of Tennessee and are credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit
Nath W Williams judge IC
I William J. Standefer Clerk of the Circuit Court for Marion County and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Dan Alexander for a pension
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In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and private seal (not having a seal of office) at office in Jasper this 13th day of April 1833.
Wm. J. Standefer Clerk
I certify that William J Standefer is clerk of the circuit court of said Marion County and that his signature is genuine and that there is no [illegible too faint]

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No 25098 East
Dan Alexander
Marion Co
Tennessee
from 1781 private
18 months
$60

Saml Frazier
Washington

Saml Frazier
Rhea Co
E. Tennessee

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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 31 1833
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 shew what is necessary to be done. Those 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, showing the service of Dan Alexander Marion County Tennessee
Period when the service was rendered. Duration of claimant's service. Years. Months. Days.
Spring 1781 9 [mos.]
End same year 9 [mos.]
Rank of the claimant. Private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Col Hampton
Major Moore
Genl Sumpter
Capt Burns
Some Officers
Genl Wayne
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
69 years
Mecklinburg Co
N Carolina
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditional evidence

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 } ss.
County of
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the 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 than 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 he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. 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
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.
of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &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 and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &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 his-

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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 inquiry 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.
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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow 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 period or periods 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, and - days, I served as a -. For - months and - days, I served as a -; and for such service I claim a pension." It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which such applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three of four months, 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 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.
(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 affix 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 the seal of office.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable 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.

John N Ashton

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514. Mar 7/53
Sarah Alexander,
Widow of Daniel
Tenn.

Act Feb. 3d 1853.
T. W. Newman,
Winchester, Tenn

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In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress approved the 3d of February A.D. 1853
Declaration
State of Georgia
Dade County S.S.
Be it known that on this 25" day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the Subscriber, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and state above written Mrs. Sarah Alexander and being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the follow Declaration that she is the widow of Dan Alexander who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States and resided in the County of Marion in the state of Tennessee that he drew a pension for his services in the Revolutionary war at the rate of Sixty dollars per Annum, that he died in said County on the first day of October in the year eighteen hundred and thirty nine leaving he a widow that she has not intermarried but continues the widow of the above stated Dan Alexander, and is now a widow that she was legally married to said Dan Alexander, that she makes this declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the second section of the act of Congress above refered to.
Sarah Alexander her mark X
Sworn and subscribed before me an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above written and I would hereby certify that Mrs Sarah Alexander who makes the above affidavit is the widow of the Identical Dan Alexander who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the U.S. and that she has never intermarried but continues a widow and that he drew a pension of sixty dollars per annum as she states.
That she is a person in whom full faith and

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credit may be placed and her oath would be taken in any Court where she is known. In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand this 25 day of AD 1853.
William Cagle, JP
Justice of the Peace for Dade Co Georgia

Know all men by there presence that I, Sarah Alexander of Dade Co Georgia do hereby nominate constitute and appoint Taze W Newman of the City of Knoxville Tennessee my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name place and sted to provide the General Government of the U. S. for a pension due me under act of Congress passed February 3d 1853 and to fill all proof to establish my said claim to a pension, an account of the services of my late husband Dan Alexander in the war of the Revolution and to receive all communication from the Department relative to the same, I further [illegible] my said Attorney to do any and every thing that an attorney can Legally do in and a about the premises, by virtue herof
In testimony wheof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 25th day of February 1853
Sarah Alexander her name X (seal)
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of
William Cagle J. P.

State of Georgia
Dade County SS.
Be it known that on this 25th day of February AD 1853 personaly appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and state above noted Mrs and acknowledged the foregoing

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power of Attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein contained.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal.
William Cagle JP {JP}
Justice of the Peace for Dade Co Georgia

State of Georgia
Dade County S.S.
I Benjamin M. Wood Clerk being of the Inferior Court in and for the County and State above written would hereby certify that Sufficient evidence has been produced the to show that Mrs Sarah Alexander is the widow of the Identical Dan Alexander, who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States on the Tennessee pension roll-and that he died on the first day of October eighteen hundred and thirty nine and that she is still a widow. I would further certify that William Cagle Esq before whom the foregoing declaration and additional accompaniment were taken is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and state above written duly commissioned and sworn and the signatures thereto purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony where of I have hereunto affixed the official seal of said County on this 26th day of February AD 1853
Benjamin M. Wood Clk

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Ex'r. INVALID.
No 88
REJECTED
Sarah Alexander

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514. 88
Sarah Alexander,
Widow of Daniel
Tenn.
Let to T. W. Newman May 17/53
Wm Cagle, July 12/59
Act Feby 3. 1853

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Appl of Sarah Alexander widow of Daniel Alexander
Georgia, or Te 37
22293
Act 3d Feby. 1853

Revolutionary

T. W. Newman
Winchester
Tennessee

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Pension Office, Official Business

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22293
Payments to be made at Knoxville Tenn
by Robert King
Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of East Tenn
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Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E, Vol 7 Page 35 by Dan Boyd Clerk.

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Dan Alexander

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WAR DEPARTMENT
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Dan Alexander of the state of Tennessee who was a private in the army of the Revolution is entitled to receive sixty dollars and -- cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semiannually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
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Given at the War Office of the United States, this 18th day of Oct one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Ex-nd
Coun-gned.
Geo. Wm Crump
Actg Commission of Pensions

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Washington
June 23d

Paid
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Pension Claims


Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City
D.C.

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Washington June 22nd 1833
Sir
I have returned the Declaration of Dan Alexander. I have compared the papers with the rules contained in the printed letter and the subjoined notes, and couldn't perceive any error. The only objection made appears to be the certificate of a member of Congress proving the Official character and signature of the certifying Clerk. There being no public seal of office.
The Certificate of James Standefer a member of Congress is and was annexed at the bottom of the page just below the certificate of the Clerk certifying that the Clerk is Clerk of Marion County and his signature is genuine and that there is no seal of office which certificate I presume has been overlooked by the examining Clerk
If any further certificate or proof should be necessary before the pension can be granted please let me know. You will direct all communications on the subject to me
Washington Rhea County E. Tennessee
I remain respectfully yours
Samuel Frazier

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Winchester Tenn
Feb 28th 1853

Commissioner of Pensions
Sir inclosed please find the application of Sarah Alexander widow of Dan claiming a pension under act of Congress of February 3d 1853 with power of Attorney Given to me
You will please acknowledge the reception of the papers.
Your Most
Obt. Svt Er.
Taze W. Newman
Winchester Tenn

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Georgia Dade County June the 22 1859
To the Commisioner of Pension
Dear Sir
I drop you a few lines to gain some information concerning some Revolutioner Pension that served in the war. One is Samuel Sitton & Jacob Troxwel Those papers was made out some time in February or March 1853 & sent up to Washinton Citty & have never ben heard from since I wish you to see whether they ever came to your office & what disposel ware made of them or whether there ware any money drawn on them 
Those women ware the wifes of those two men Sarah Alexander & Elizabeth Troxwel that sent up there claims,
I wis you to answer my letter if you please sir if these papers came to hand whether they are lacking any thing or whether the Money ware drawn and whom it ware drawn by
And also whether there ware any application made for the widow of John Doss & if so what ware don concerning the Claim or of the Money ware drawn & whome By and obliging
Your friend &C
William Cagle

Direct your letter to Trenton Georgia