Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25435, Charles P Coleman, N.C.

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Service
N.C.
Coleman, Charles P
Fanny

Number 
W.25435
B.L. Wt 28536-160-55

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Mississippi [crossed out: Alabama] 19.979.
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Charles P. Coleman
of Green Co. in the State of Alabama. who was a Private in the Co. - commanded by Captain Alexander of the Reg't commanded by Colo. Locke - in the N Carolina line for two years.

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Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 3d. day of Octr. 1833 and sent to Jas. M. Rushing. Eric. Green Co. Ala.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1833 - - -   200. -
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '34. 40. -
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$240.
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{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Wm R. Palmer Clerk,
Book G   Vol. 8     Page 44



Letter to 3d Auditor. 3d Feby 1841.
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Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 Sep 1838, & from 3 Sep 1839 to 4 March 1840. Agt Notified 22 March 1841.
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Letter to Hon W. W. Payne & 3d Aud 15 Decr 1841.
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Paid as above from 4. March 1840 to 4. March 1841. Agent Notified 25 Decr 1841
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Letter to Pensioner 12th May 1842.
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Cer to Pension Agt 23 June 1842.
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To Mississippi from 4th March 1842. 15 July 1842. Notification to Penr. De Kalb Missi.
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Letter to B. C. Appell 28 March 1843. 
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Paid as above from 4 March to 4 Sep 1843, Agt. Notified 12. April 1844
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[note up left margin] Reg 3 Mar 55 - 165712

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5.879
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[crossed out: Georgia] Alabama ~ Tuscsl. [Tuscaloosa]
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Fanny Coleman
widow of NC Charles P. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
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Certificate of Pension issued 6th day of Augt 1856. and sent to H.C. Spaulding Present
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page  238.    Vol. 76




1856
Augt. 8. From Georgia to Alabama (Tuscaloosa) fr. 3d. February 1853 --------
Noti. to H. C. Spaulding Present
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1856. 26. Sept. To P. Agt [pension agent]
"   9. Oct. To same.




[noted bottom left margin] Afd.

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165.712 - Act Mar 30 | 55
Fanny June 11 | 55
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Fanny Coleman widow
of Charles P. Coleman pri
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Capt

Revolutionary

Pensioner
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[superimposed over all above text: No 28536 iss May 28/56]


Missi. June 32 - 19979
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AO.HO AC May. 24/56.
[illegible]
M
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H. C. Spaulding.
Present
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[crossed out: A. R. Davis Eutaw Ala.]




A.R. Davis. Apl. 24/56




Vol. C² - QH. ~

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(Charles P. Coleman)
(Declaration of Charles P. Coleman)
(in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June. 7 1921

The State of Alabama Greene County,
One this 6th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court. before the Honourable [sic] Thomas F. Moody, Judge of the County Court of Said state and County, now sitting Charles P. Coleman, a resident of The county of Green and State of Alabama aforesaid, aged ^sixty nine [crossed out: seventy] years the 4th day of October last, who being 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 the 7th June 1832. That about the last of June 1780 he entered the service of the United as a volunteer under the command of Capt. Robert Alexander, & Lieutenant. Benjamin Newton, & served under said officers in the county of Lincoln & State of North Carolina about one month - when as many of the company as could procure horses marched to Charlotte in North Carolina against the Brittish [sic] and Tories, & he being one that could not procure a horse was left,

About the tenth of August following he went t Salsbury in North Carolina & Volunteered under General Davidson and continued under his command until about the first of October following, he does not distinctly recollect the names of any other field or company officers, except one Captain

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2)
William Alexander, in whole company this applicant served, he obtained leave from General Davidson to return to Join his old company in Lincoln ^county commanded by Robert Alexander, & about that time was [crossed out: with Capt Alexander] dispacht [sic: dispatched] under an order Sergeant as well as he recollects by the name of James Robinson with Six or eight other men to guard the Tories that were taken prisoners in Lincoln county, to the guard house in Salsbury, on his return from Salsbury meets Genl Davidsons army near Baty's [sic: Beatty's] Ford on the Catawba River, where he Substituted for a three months Tower [sic: tour] for one William Ramsey in Captain Jonathan Pott's company the Lieutenants name not distinctly recollected (but thinks it was Thomas Shields) which company belonged to Col. Francis Lock's Battalion or Regiment, General Davidson ordered Capt Potts and his company to Cowans ford on the Catawba river about ten miles below about the first of February. after which Cornwallis army crossed the river at that ford Genl Davidson was killed the company fled and were [illegible] rendezvoused by Col Locke between Salsbury and the shallow ford on the Yadkin River in February same year 1781 After Cornwallis crossed the Yadkin at the shallow ford Col Locke pursued him in the rear to Haw River where he fell in with General Greenes Army and continued with him until after the Battle of Guilford Capt Potts and company were then disbanded and returned to Mecklenburg County. North Carolina not receiving any discharge, I then returned to the house of William Ramsay for whom I was a substitute in April 1781 there was a requisition made for one man from each company to serve 12 months in South Carolina

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under General Sumpter [sic: Sumter] The preposition made by Col Polk if two men would volunteer our of each company they should go as Cavalry and serve only ten months in lieu of the one footman for 12 months and were to return one Negro as bounty by and to be completely equipped as cavalry Robert Shields and myself turned out and supplied the place of the one footman and rendezvoused in Charlotte No Ca under Capt Robert Houston and Col Wm. Polk Joined General Sumpter [sic] at Anerans old fields on the Cong[illegible] (while here was placed under Samuel Martin Captain and Saml Hamphill Lieutenant and about July General Green marched his regular troops to said old fields sometime in 
August marched from there under Genl Sumpter [sic] to the four Holes from there we marched to the Eutaw Springs under General Greene. after the Battle of the Eutaw Springs was disbanded and returned home to Wm Ramsay Mecklenburg County No, Ca then remained until April 1782 then I went near to Orangeburg South Carolina and was then regularly discharged and returned home to Ramsays again and where I deposited my discharge then having lived with him to the year 1789 from thence I moved to the State of Georgia from there I moved to Kentucky in the year 1806 from there to Mississippi in the year 1812 from there to Alabama in 1818. Where I have resided ever since and where I now reside He also states that he does not recollect what ever became of his discharge [crossed out]. That he was in the Battle at Guilford Court House and at Avery ford on the Cahaba and also at the battle at Eutaw Springs besides some small skirmishes in the whole he served about 19 months as a soldier of the Revolution he states that he was born in Roanoak [sic: Roanoke] in Halifax County North Carolina in the year 1763. and the 4th of October) the place he entered the service, and where he now resides is fully answered in the above declaration (he has no record of his age) but this is his age [crossed out] ^from the best information he can get. and he believes he is that old from various Circumstances 

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 or Territory or territory. And that he knows of no person living

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by whom he prove actual service - That he can prove his reputation for veracity by James Yeates ^Isaac C Snedecor and Solomon Mcalpin Esqrs [crossed out] ^& Parson James Monnett also their Belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first written in open court. 
Attest I. C. Snedecor Clk 
S/C. P. Coleman


[crossed out] ^We James Monnett Clergyman, Solomon McAlpin of the State of Alabama Greene County and James Yeates residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Charles P Coleman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration That we believe him to be of the age of Sixty nine years 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 day and year aforesaid In open court
Attest J. C. Snedecor Clerk
S/James Monett
S/Solomon McAlpin
S/James Yeates 


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 ^James Monnett clergyman & Solomon McAlpin who has signed the preceding certificate are a resident Citizen of the County of Green and State of Alabama and that James Yeates who has also signed the same is a resident of the same, state & county and that both are credible persons And that their statement is entitled to credit
S/Thos. F. Moody Judge


I Isaac C Snedecor Clerk of the county court of Green County Alabama do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Charles P Coleman for a pension.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set hand and seal of office this 6th day of November AD 1832 and of American Independence the 57th year -----
Attest. I. C. Snedecor Clk

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The State of Alabama }
County of Greene } S.S.
On this 22nd day of July AD 1856. Personally appeared before me William C Oliver Judge of the Probate Court of Greene County, in the state of Alabama, Mrs. Fanny Coleman, a resident of said County, in the state of Alabama, aged about Seventy two years; who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by Act of Congress passed on the 3rd day of February 1853. granting pension to Widow of persons who served during the revolutionary war: that she is the Widow of Charles P Coleman who was a private soldier in the War of the Revolution: and who was a revolutionary pensioner at the rate of Eighty dollars, per annum, on the Alabama pension roll under the Act of 7th June 1832, - And reference is made to the evidence on which he was pensioned for his service she further declares that she was married to the said Charles P Coleman since the second day of January 1800. ~ she further declares the proof of her marriage and of the death of her said husband Charles P Coleman is also on the files of the Department with her bounty land application, on which a bounty land Warrant No 28.536 for one hundred and sixty acres of land issued to her under the bounty land Act of 14th May 1856.

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And she further declares that she is now a widow. -
Fanny [X her mark] Coleman

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year first herein written, before the Probate Court of the County of Greene aforesaid. -
S/W. C. Oliver Judge


The State of Alabama }
Greene County }
I William C Oliver, Judge of the Probate Court of said County, and by virtue of my office Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration of Fanny Coleman was subscribed and sworn to, before me, this day and that the said Fanny Coleman is the Widow of the said Charles P Coleman dec'd as appears by the records of my office, and that this is a court of Record.

[seal]
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at office, at Eutaw this 22nd day of July AD 1856.
Attest W. C. Oliver Judge

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165.712
Fanny Coleman
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State of Alabama }
County of Greene } Ss.
On this Second day of June AD One thousand Eight hundred and fifty five. personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace, within and for the County and state aforesaid, Fanny Coleman aged Seventy years, a resident of Greene County in the state of Alabama who being duly sworn, according to law, declares that she is the widow of Charles P Coleman deceased, who was a Private in the [crossed out: Revolution] Army of the Revolution, in the war with Great Britain, and who was in his lifetime a pentioner [sic: pensioner] at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi annually on the 4of the March, and 4th of September in every year in conformity, with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832, that her said husband continued in a dual service in said War for two or three years, and was honorably discharged. she further states that she was married to the said Charles P Coleman in Greene County Alabama, on the 8th day of March AD 1829. by one John P Taylor a minister of the Gospel, and that her name before her said marriage was Fanny Mobley, and that her said husband died at Greene County, in the state of Alabama on the 27th day of December AD 1852. . and that she is now a widow she does not know, whether There is any Record showing or not, - that there is none to her

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knowledge, she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "Act Approved March 3d. 1855"
Fanny [ - her mark] Coleman


We William C Mobley and Binam Colvin residents of Greene County in the state of Alabama upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Fanny Coleman in our presence: and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. the said William C Mobley further states that he was present, and saw the marriage solemnized between the said Charles P Coleman and Fanny Mobley, now Fanny Coleman, by the Rev'd, John P Taylor, a minister of the Gospel.
S/W. C. Mobley
S/Binam Colvin



The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to, and subscribed before me on the day and year above written: and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons: and that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be. And that I have no interest in this claim. I further certify that I knew the said Charles P Coleman to be a Revolutionary pentioner [sic: pensioner] in

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his life time, That he is dead, and that The said Fanny Coleman is his widow.
S/A. R. Davis JP.


The State of Alabama }
Greene County }
I. James R Evans Judge of the Probate Court of Greene County aforesaid, and Ex officer clerk of said Court, do hereby certify that Alloway R Davis whose genuine signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate, is and was at the time of giving and signing the same - an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County of Greene, duly commissioned and qualified, that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such Justice

[seal] 
Given under my Hand and seal of office, at office, at Eutaw this the 4th day of June AD 1855.
S/J R Evans
Judge

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The State of Alabama }
Greene County }
To any Judge of this State Justice of the peace in said County, or any Regular Ordained Minister of the Gospel. legally authorized - Greeting:

You are hereby authorized to solemnize the rites of Matrimony Between Charles P. Coleman, and Fanny Mobley and join them together as man and wife, and for so doing; this shall be your sufficient authority.

Given under my hand and seal of Office at Erie, this 21st. .  day of February 1829
Attest - I. C. Snedecor Clerk


The State of Alabama }
Greene County }
I. James R Evans Judge of the Probate Court of said County and Ex officio Clerk of said Court, do hereby Certify that the foregoing transcript is a full true and correct copy of the marriage License of Charles P Coleman and Fanny Mobley, and of the return of said marriage, certified by John P Taylor a minister of the Gospel, as the same is and remains of record in my office.

[seal]
Given under my hand and seal of Office, at Eutaw This 4th day of June AD 1855
S/J R Evans
Judge,

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19607   19.979

Charles P Coleman
Alabama

[crossed out: Return 5]

Adm 2 years.
$80.



Erie
Green County Ala
Jas M Rushing

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BRIEF in the case of Charles P Coleman   County of Greene in the State of Alabama
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge?  Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]

3. How old is he?  69 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

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[table with the following headers: Period. (In.) | Duration of Service (Years, Months, Days,) | Rank (As a) | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served (Gen.) | ]
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Volunteer In 1780 June | about 1 | private | Capt Alexander

Vol August 1780 to the 1st Oct | nearly 2 | " " | Gen Davidson, Cap Alexander

Sub. 1780 | 3 [months] | " " | Col Polk, Capt. Houston, Capt Martin

Vol April 1781 | in the whole about 19 months.



5. In what battles was he engaged?  Guilford, Corner's ford Cahawba Eutaw Springs

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Mecklenburg Co N. C

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

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

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


Jno Watson    Examining Clerk.
25th febry 1833

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Washington, July 30th 1856.

Hon. J. Minot.
Commissioner.

Sir, I have the honor to Submit the declaration of Fanny Coleman, the widow of Charles P. Coleman who was a revolutionary pensioner from Green County in the State of Alabama at the rate of $80. per annum. Reference is made to the evidence of her marriage &c to the evidence now on file with her bounty land papers, she having received a warrant for 160 acres of land very recently. You will please cause the Certificate to be issued and sent to me.

Very respectfully
your Obt Servt, [obedient servant]
H. C. Spalding
Atty

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Fanny Coleman
wid. of 
Chas. P. Coleman
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Eutaw Ala. - June 4' 1855

S. P. Waldo Esq
Comr. Pens.
Washington City D.C.

Dear Sir - I enclosed to you to day - the Declr. &c. of Fanny Coleman widow of Charles P Coleman. dec'd for Bounty Land Warrant - and omitted serving the Certif. which the old Gentlm. had, in his lifetime under which he rec'd a pension - I therefore enclose it now. - as it will be evidence in the case. -

Very Respfly [Respectfully]
Yr. Obt Srvt. [your obedient servant]
A. R. Davis

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No 6.428
Fanny Coleman
Widow of Charles P. 
Georgia

3 Feby 1853.

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Fanny Coleman
widow of Charles. P. 
Georgia.
Admd. 3 Feby 1853.
$80 a year from the passage of the Act



Cert to 
H. C. Spalding Esq
Present

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from Tuscaloosa to Mobile

Hon W. W. Payne
H. R. -

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Let the Transfer be made without any affidavit from the Pensioner, as he has not removed from one State another. Ask Hon. W. Payne to certify as to the Pensioner's residence, in order that he may be paid at Mobile. - The other matter in the letter needs no directions from me

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Tuscaloosa Ala   Sept. 30th 1856

J. Minot Esqr.
Commr. of Pensions

Sir
I enclose you the notification I received of Fanny Coleman, widow of Charles P Coleman. and have droped [sic: dropped] her name from the roll of this agency

very respectfully
your obt Svt. [obedient servant]
J. H. Dearing
Pension Agent

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Eutaw- Ala. Oct 10th 1856

J. Minot Esq.
Law. of Pensions
Dear Sir_ Permit me, to trouble you, in behalf of an old lady_ Mrs. Fanny Coleman, Widow of Charles P. Coleman dec d. (who was a revolutionary soldier) _ Your letter of 8 Aug. last informed her that his pension what had been granted her was transferred to payable at Tuscaloosa.
Upon making application there she is informed, that it had been placed on the role there but afterward transferred _
Will you please inform me, if it can be arranged for her to receive paym Tuscaloosa as it would be a different matter for the old lady to draw it in Georgia. 
Your attention to this will confer a great favor_
Please inform me _ and the favor will be highly appreciated

Respectfully Yours
A R Davis

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Washington May 19th 1856.
Hon. J. Minot
Commissioner,
Sir, I have the favor to request that the bounty_land application of Fanny Coleman widow of Charles P. Coleman, a revolutionary pensioner from Alaba, suspender under act of 3rd March 1855, may be reexamined under the amendments of the law passed 14 May 1856. 
The No. is 165.712. & was sent to this office by A.R. Davis Esq of Alabama.
You will please send the warrant to me when issued. 
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
H.C. Spalding
Atty

Lucretia Morrison ins: Ephraim
Geo: C. Ames. Esq. Filed power
Attn Mch: 27/56
Mr. Cole handed me this & requested me to send warrant to Mr. Spalding. his power of atty. Mr. C. says relative to other claims as well as this & is [illegible] him. 
BD [illegible signature]

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Eutaw, June 4th 1855

LP Waldo Esq.
Com. Pens.

Dr. Sir Enclosed I Send Appln & Declr. &c. of Mrs. Fanny Coleman. the widow of Charles P. Coleman 
dec'd - who was a Revolutionary Soldier _ for Bounty Land -
Please write to me On the receipt - 
and you will greatly Oblige
Your Obt Sert. [obedient servant]
A.R. Davis

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Top: [Stamp: CHE [Illegible]]

[Stamp: [illegible]]

Left-side vertical writing:

July 9, 1842,
JW Evans
Page 
Tuscaloosa

J.L Edwards Esqr
Comm. of Pensions
Washington City

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Tuscaloosa July 1st 1842
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 23rd Ult addressed to P. Redmond, I can inform you that from a voucher on file, Charles P. Coleman a Pensioner has been paid up to the 4th of March 1842. -

Very Respectfully 
Your Obt. Servt. [obedient servant]
Wm. [illegible] Adm=



J.L. Edwards Esqr.

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Patrick Redmond is dead. Address 
letters to Pension Agent, Tuscaloosa, 
leaving out the name.

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Free
JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington City

[Round Stamp: DEKALB  June  12  Mt.]

Vertical Writing Left side: 
June 22 1842
JW Evans

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[Illegible].     [25: Crossed Out]
March 10
JL Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
Washington
City

Vertical Writing Left Side: 
March 27 1843
JW Evans

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Dekalb Kemper Cty
Miss. March 13 1843

Sir
At the request of Charles P Coleman a Revolutionary Pensioner I address you in regard to drawing his pension, he has been transferred to the roll of Miss. he is not aware when he is to draw whether at Jackson or Natchez. I made out my papers for 4th March to 4th Sept 1842 but as he could not get any one to go to Natchez in time to draw his pension & altho' he wrote to several there to act as agent for him he was disappointed in not getting any one to act [crossed out] in that capacity & he has let the time pass. So that he would have to apply at Washington. He wishes to get some one there to act as his agent for the future as it would be less trouble to him to draw there than at Natchez. Will you please recommend him to someone there to be relied on who would act. also if he can draw his pension from Sept 4th 1842 to March 1843 in Washington his certificate No. 19.979. Rec'd. in B.E. Vol 8 page 44. - Please give him any information that may be necessary. 
Direct to Charles P. Coleman Dekalb

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Kemper County Miss. to the care of Benji C Oppelt .

Charles P Coleman
by
Benji C Oppelt

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Brief in the case of [typed] Fanny Coleman widow of Charles P. [handwritten]
County and State of [typed] Georgia [handwritten]
act [typed] 3 Feb 1853 [handwritten]

Claim ("original," or ["for increase.”) crossed out]

Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. [typed]

Her husband has pensions under the act of June 7 1832 at $80 a year & view in 18.50 Record of Marriage. (see her B land papers) [handwritten]

[(If for increase.) crossed off]
[Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? crossed out]

Cohabitation general reputation of marriage. Her identity by the [illegible] pensioner [illegible] his death in 1850 the [illegible] [illegible] presently [illegible] [illegible].

Name and residence of Agent [typed]
HC Spalding Esq
Present [handwritten]

Thornton Triplett [handwritten]
Examining Clerk [typed]

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of the which those of answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of [typed] Charles P Coleman [handwritten] which require further proof or explanation. [typed]


I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? [typed] Yes [handwritten]

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? [typed] Yes [handwritten]

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? [typed]

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? [typed)] Yes [handwritten]

V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled?  [typed] Nay Nay. [handwritten]

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes [handwritten]

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes [handwritten]

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? [typed] Yes [handwritten]

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?  [typed] Yes [handwritten]

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? [typed] Yes [handwritten]

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2.

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general Belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? [typed)] Yes [handwritten]

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [typed]

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? [typed] Yes [handwritten]

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? [typed]
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? [typed]

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? [typed]

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? [typed] Yes [handwritten]

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not which of them is not so answered? [typed]  Yes [handwritten]

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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, [Scribble] 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. [typed]

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3.

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

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

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

[Symbol] 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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Gideon, Printer. 

Treasury Department, 
Second Comptroller's Office, [Typed]
Feb'y 10th, 1844 [handwritten]

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensions, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensions may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Charles P. Coleman, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Jackson Misse, Agency, at the state of Eighty Dollars and ------ cents per annum, under the law of the 4th June 1832. has been paid at the Department, from the 4th of March to the 4th Sept. 1842. 
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present

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May 10, 1842
JW Evan

[symbol] Est. all alle:
May 1                       25

J.L. Edwards Esq
Comm. of Pensions
Washington City.

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Dekalb, Mi. April 30, 1842

Sir, 
Sometime since, I requested by Col Payne, a transfer of my name from Tuscaloosa to Mobile, Ala. as it will at all times be more convenient for me to receive my pension there than at Tuscaloosa, as most of my neighbors are in the habit of doing their business at that place & will procure for me the amount that may from time to time drawn due me. I have not learned whether the application has or will be complied with, and the object of this is to solicit information from you what I may Expect in the case. 
Be pleased to inform me on the receipt of this.
Respectfully 
Chas P. Coleman

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Treasury Department, 
Second Comptroller's Office, [Typed]
February 27, 1841 [handwritten]

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensions, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensions may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Charles P. Coleman, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Tuscaloosa Agency, at the state of Eighty Dollars and ------ cents per annum, under the law of the 4th June 1832. has been paid at the Department, from the 4th of March to the 4th 1838; from 4th Sept. 1839 to the 4th March 1840. 
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present

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Treasury Department, 
Second Comptroller's Office, [Typed]
Dec. 17th, 1841. [handwritten]

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensions, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensions may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Charles P. Coleman, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Tuscaloosa, Al. Agency, at the state of Eighty Dollars and ------ cents per annum, under the law of the 4th June 1832. has been paid at the Department, from the 4th of March to the 4th 1840, to the 4th March 1841. 
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present

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Payments to be made 
at Mobile
by [Illegible signature]
Agent for paying Pensioners 
in the Agency of Alabama


Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E Vol. 8. Page 44 by WM. R. Palmer
Clark.

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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 Charles P. Coleman of the state of Alabama. who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Eighty dollars and ------- cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year. 

Given at the War office of the United States, this Third day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

John Robb
Acting Secretary of War. 

Examined and} 
Countersigned.}

JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

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Eutaw, May 12th 1836.

J. Minot Esq
Com of Pensions
Washington City

Dear Sir ___ your favor of 24th Apr, in relation to the claim of Fanny Coleman, for bounty land, has been received, _ I do not know of any way of making further proof, as all of the old soldiers who served with Charles P Coleman in the Revolutionary war are dead, _ Could you give any information, in any way that we could proceed it would be thankfully need as the old lady is poor and needy. 

The application of William Lee, no. 143.995 - John Dunlap No. 143.994, Henry Thomson No. 205.960. And Nancy Colvin no. 143.991, has not yet been received, _ they are frequently enquiring, and becoming uneasy, as I have need other that went at the same time
Please excuse me for intruding on us as I write upon the suggestion of the applicants
Very Respectfully 
[Illegible]
A.R Davis

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Upside-down writing: 
30 Auditors Office
Aug 28, 1832

Pen off Aug 2 1836

Sir
Please state when Charles P Coleman of Miss was last paid at $80 a year under the act of June 7 1832

Respectfully 
R. McRae
Ass Comm.

RJ Atkinson Esq
[illegible]

Tripplett

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30 Auditors Office 
Aug 20 1836,

Sir:
Charles P. Coleman, June 1832, $80.- per annum, Missi, has been paid to 4 Sept 1830. 
Very Resp'y

J. Minot Esq.}              Rob J. Atkinson
Comm of Pension}.         Auditor

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28.536


160 acres

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28.536


160 acres.

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Revy WIDOW, &c.
_________________

File No. 25.435 om
Fanny Coleman Widow of 
Charles P. Coleman
Priv. Rev. War
___________
Act: Feb. 3" 1853
Index: — Vol. [blank] , Page [blank]

[intentional brackets as printed]
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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165.712

[round stamp: Eutaw ALA.
JUN 2]

L. P. Waldo Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

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165.712
Fanny Coleman wid of Charles P 
Boynton


[round stamp illegible]
[postage stamp: profile of a man,
THREE CENTS]

J. Minot Esq
Commissioner of Pension
Washington City

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Fanny Coleman   Ala to Miss
wid Chas. P.
June 32 - 19979
July 31
Triplett

Original application, widow's pension, Act 3 July 1853
__________________
Hon J. Minot 
Commissioner
Presents

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Fanny Coleman 
wid of Chas. P. Coleman
______________
165712

ad 28536
160
_________
Revolutionary




A. R. Davis
Eutaw Ala.

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McRae   Oct. 19 56
___
This letter not meaning to arrive - Spalding the Attorney says he has informed the writing of this letter that he have rectified the man formally made, & that the pensioner is possible now at Tuscaloosa
__________


[postage stamp: THREE CENTS, pic of a silhouette profile of a man]
[round stamp illegible]

J. Minot Esq
Com of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

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Fanny Coleman
[illegible]
Ga
________
[round stamp: TUSCALOOSA Al.
OCT 1]

D Getty
24 Sept 36
Ajd Unanimously requested to drop her - Div Sd - be a letter of 9. Oct. requested to restore her.
____________
[stamp: FREE]

J. Minot Esqr.
Commr of Pension
Washington City
D.C -

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[round stamp: EUTAW ALA.
JUN 5]
[postage stamp: THREE CENTS, with picture of a silhouette profile of a man]

L. P. Waldo Esqr.
Comr. Pensions
Washington City
D. C



Johnson
______
C

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The State of Mississippi
Kemper County
On this ninth day of June 1842 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Kemper personally appeared Charles P Coleman who on his Oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Jonathon Potts in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Frances Locke, that he likewise belonged to the company commanded by Capt Samuel Martin in the Regiment commanded by Col William Polk in the service of the united States that his name was placed on the pension Roll of the State of Alabama from whence he has removed to the County of Kemper & state of Mississippi where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be payable in Mobile Alabama in future as it was formerly. his reasons for removing to Mississippi are that he had sold out his farm in Greene County Alabama & moved to Kemper Mississippi because the County was new and afforded a better Range for his Stock as likewise it is better watered & a more wealthy region of Country. He further states it is now convenient for him to draw his pension in Mobile, as it is the port to which his neighbors ship their cotton, & get their groceries. altho' Tuscaloosa is nearer his present residence yet their is little or no communication between Kemper County & the latter place & as he is now on the verge of eighty years, & has nearly lost his eye sight & hearing, it is impossible for him to ride to Tuscaloosa a distance of near 80 miles to draw his pension, he therefore is obliged to employ some one to

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ride there for him whereas if he were again placed on the pension list at Mobile he might always draw his pension through the agency of one or the other of his neighbours [sic] - He further states that his name was transferred from the Agency at Mobile to Tuscaloosa without his knowledge or consent.

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid 
S/Mala Fox
Justice of the peace 
S/Charles P Coleman


The State of Mississippi }  June 9" 1842
Kemper County } 
Be it remembered that the day before me Mala Fox an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County & State aforesaid personally appeared Benjamin C Oppelt who being duly sworn deposes swears and says that he has known the above affiant Charles P Coleman for the space of Ten years; that he was present when the said Coleman filed his application for pension in Greene County Alabama, that he assisted in making out said Colemans declaration for his pension, and has known him ever since, and that he is the identical person described in the above affidavit, and that swore to the same.

Sworn to & subscribed before the day & year above written
S/Mala Fox
Justice of the peace
S/Benj C Oppelt

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The State of Mississippi } June 9" 1842
Kemper County }
I Mala Fox an acting Justice of the peace in & for the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Benjamin C. Oppelt who swore to & subscribed the foregoing affidavit is to me personally known and that he is a respectable person and of truth & veracity unimpeachable

Given under my hand the day & year above written
S/Mala Fox 
Justice of the peace


The State of Mississippi }
Kemper County }
I William G Gill Clerk of the Probate Court in and for the Court & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Mala Fox is a magistrate as above, & that the foregoing signature to Certificate and affidavits purporting to be his are genuine

[seal]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this this 9th day of June AD 1842
S/Wm. G. Gill
Clerk of Probate Court
Kemper County 
Miss

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Ala
___
Amended decl. of C. P. Coleman
_______________

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The State of Alabama Greene County.
Personally appeared before me, the the undersigned, a justice of the peace in & for the County of Greene aforesaid, Charles P. Coleman, 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 no less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grade; For two years, one month & twenty five days, I served as a private soldier; & for such service I claim a pension;
S/C. P. Coleman

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19th day of August AD 1833
S/Wm. M. Murphy JP. [private seal]


The State of Alabama }
Greene County }
I Isaac C Snedecor Clerk of the County Court of the county of Greene aforesaid do hereby certify that William M. Murphy whose signature appears to the above certificate now is and at the time of his certifying was an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Elected qualified and

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commissioned; and that due faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his acts as such and that his said certificate is in due form of Law.

[seal] In Testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of my said office to be affixed the 20th day of August 1833 and of American Independence the 58th year
Attest. J C Snedecor Clerk


The State of Alabama }
Greene County. }
I. Thomas F. Moody Presiding Judge of the county court of said county do hereby certify that Isaac C. Snedecor whose signature appears to the  foregoing certificate now is and was at the time he signed the same clerk of the county court of said County and that his certificate is made in due form of law. Given under my hand and seal this 20th day of August 1833.
S/Thos. F. Moody [private seal]
Judge of said Court


The State of Alabama }
Greene County. }
I. Isaac C. Snedecor clerk of the county court of said county do hereby certify that Thomas F. Moody whose signature appears to the above certificate now is and at the time of his signing the same was Judge of the county court of said county duly qualified and commissioned and that due faith and credit are due to all his acts as such and that his said certificate is in due form of Law

[seal]
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of my said office to be affixed the 20th day of August 1833 and of American Independence the 58th year.
S/J. C. Snedecor Clerk