Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9,439, John Fitts, Continental (N.C.)

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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
[handwritten]
Continental (N.C.) Fitts, John Mary D. 
W. 9439
B.L.Wr 75039-160-55.
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CONTENTS

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[handwritten]
No 19.763
Virginia
John Fitts [end handwritten]
of [handwritten] Halifax Co [end handwritten] in the State of [handwritten] Virginia [end handwritten] who was a [handwritten] Private [end handwritten] in the [handwritten] Company [end handwritten] commanded by Captain [handwritten] Fauntleroy [end handwritten] of the regiment commanded by Colonel [handwritten] Washington [end handwritten] in the [handwritten] Virginia [end handwritten] line, for the term of [handwritten] 18 months [end handwritten] from [handwritten] Sept [end handwritten] 17 [handwritten] 80 [end handwritten] to 17 [handwritten] 82. [end handwritten]
Inscribed on the Roll of [handwritten] Virginia [end handwritten] at the rate of [handwritten] 8 [end handwritten] Dollars per month, to commence on the [handwritten] 6th [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] april 1827. [end handwritten]
Certificate of Pension issued the [handwritten] 18th [end handwritten] of [handwritten] april 1827 [end handwritten] and [handwritten] Sent to William Faulkner Esq Halifax C. H. Virgnia [end handwritten]
Arrears to 4th of [handwritten] 4 Septr 1827 $39.73 [end handwritten] Semi-anl. all'ce ending 
[handwritten] $ 39.73 [end handwritten]
{Revolutionary Claim, Acts March, 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820.}
[handwritten] File Sept 27 [end handwritten]

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[handwritten]
Paid at the Treasury under this act of april 6th 1838 From 4th Mar to 4th Sept 1841 agt notified June 11th 1842 [end handwritten]

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Vol. F. 61

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act of mch 3/55
282.876 Oct 23/57
Mary Fitts widow of
John Fitts priv

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[handwritten]
Virginia
Mary Fitts [end handwritten]
widow of [handwritten] John [end handwritten]
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a [handwritten] Private [end handwritten]
Inscribed on the [handwritten] Richmond [end handwritten] Roll at the rate of [handwritten] 96. [end handwritten] dollars cents per annum to commence on the [crossed out] [handwritten] 4th March 1861 & ending august 18, 1861 & commencing again Feby 16th 1866 [end handwritten]
Certificate of Pension issued [handwritten] 26th [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] Feby 1866 [end handwritten] and sent to [handwritten] Thos E Lloyd Present [end handwritten]
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, [handwritten] 20 [illegible] [end handwritten] Page [handwritten] 152 [end handwritten] Vol. [handwritten] H [end handwritten]

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State of Virginia Halifax County} ss
On this the 27th day of august AD 1857 before me the subscriber a justice of the peace duly authorized by Law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Mary D Fitts aged Seventy five years a resident of Halifax County in the state of Virginia who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of John Fitts deceased who was a soldier in the Virginia Continental Line in the war of the revolution and was in his life time pensioned by the united States at ninety six dollars per annum and for proof of the same she refers to [illegible] papers [crossed out] filed by her said Husband when he obtained said pension- She further states that she was married to the said John Fitts in the County of Granville State of north Carolina on the 25th day of July AD 1825. by one John Smith a justice of the peace and that her name before her said marriage was Mary D Fulks that her said Husband died at his residence in Halifax County Virginia on the 27th day of June AD 1843 and that she is still his widow that there are no publick record of her marriage that there is no private record of her marriage or of her Husband's death but she relies entirely on the proof which she now presents to establish both.
She makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled on account of said service under the act of March 3rd 1855 that she has never applied for or received any warrant under this or any other act of Congress nor made any other application therefor except the one forwarded by B G Jerry of Halifax County Virginia and suspended for causes unknown to her. She hereby appoints [illegible] of Halifax County Virginia her true and lawful

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Attorney with power of substitution to prosecute this her Claim for land to receive the warrant when ishue [issue] and to do all other acts necessary and proper in the premises
Witness
M. G. Fowlkes
Mary D. Fitts
Wyate Farriel
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above mentioned and I hereby certify that I know the said deponent Mary D Fitts to be as above stated
And that she is of the age above stated and that I am not Interested in this claim
Phaltiel Tuck
State of Virginia
Halifax County
Be it known that before me the undersigned
a justice of the peace for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared William G. Foulks and Joseph C. Foulkes Residents of the County of Halifax and State of Virginia Known to me as credible witnesses and who after being duly sworn according to law depose and say that they are each well acquainted with ["John Fitts" marked out by hand] Mary D Fitt the above applicant
for Bounty land that they have known her for 44
years last past that they were well acquainted with
John Fitts her late Husband having known
him for 30 years previous to his death that they that they the said John Fitts and Mary Fitts lived together
as man and wife and were reputed so to be that the
deponents never heard the fact of their marriage questioned by anyone, and that Joseph C Fulks ever present


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282876
Land Act 1835
Mary Fitts
Widow of
John Fitts decd
a late revolutionary
pensioner of Virginia
at $96. per annum
Received by me from
Jeremiah Clardy
Halifax C.H.
Va.

P.M. Henry,
Present
Rept Boyntin
w.a.
[illegible]

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when John Fitts and Mary D. Fitts started to
Granville County North Carolina to be married
and when they returned said that they were
married and both well knows that they lived together from that time to the death of John Fitt, as husband and wife.
That the said  John Fitts died on the 25th day
of June 1843 and that the said Mary D Fitts has been since that day and still is reputed to
be his widow which deponent believe to be the
fact that she has never married since her said
Husbands death and still is his widow and that
her said husband was the Identical man
mentioned as a soldier John Fitts in her declaration and making oath there to in due form of love and further the deponents have no interest in this claim 
J G Fowlkes
Joseph C. Huller

STATE OF VIRGINIA,
COUNTY OF HALIFAX:
I, WILLIAM S. HOLT, Clerk of the County Court for the County and State aforesaid, hereby
certify that Phaltiel Tuck before whom the foregoing and annexed declaration and affidavit were made, and who has thereto subscribed his name at the time thereof, a Justice of the peace in and for said County and State, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court, this 2nd day of Sept 1857
Wm Holt ck

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when John Fitts and Mary D. Fitts started to
Granville County North Carolina to be married
and when they returned said that they were
married and both well knows that they lived together from that time to the death of John Fitt, as husband and wife.
That the said  John Fitts died on the 25th day
of June 1843 and that the said Mary D Fitts has been since that day and still is reputed to
be his widow which deponent believe to be the
fact that she has never married since her said
Husbands death and still is his widow and that
her said husband was the Identical man
mentioned as a soldier John Fitts in her declaration and making oath there to in due form of love and further the deponents have no interest in this claim 
J G Fowlkes
Joseph C. Huller

Sworn to and subscribed before me and I certy
that I was well acquainted with John Fitts during his lifetime and heard him say soon after they was
expected to be married that he married Mary
D Fitts the present applicant and have good
reason to believe that they were lawfully
married and that I have no Interest in this
her claim either as attorney or otherwise the 27 day of August 1857
Phaltiel Tuck J P

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John Fitts - declaration

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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & affixed the seal of the said County
on this 6 day of April 1827
---
Paul Williams

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Original Claim
Declaration in order to be placed on the pension list under the act of
Congress of the 18th March 1818.
Virginia Halifax County to wit.
On this 26th day of March 1827 personally appeared in open Court (being a court of record for the County of Halifax aforesaid) John Fitts senior resident in the said County aged sixty three years the 10th day of August last, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on
his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions of the act of Congress of the 18 March 1818 and the first of May
1820 that he the said John Fitts Senior enlisted in the revolutionary war for the term of 12 or 18 months the precise time for which he enlisted 
he does not now recollect on or about the 10th day of September 1780 in the State of North Carolina in a company of Cavalry commanded
by Capt Fauntleroy (In my former declaration I said it was John Faunt But on seeing a letter from the secretary of war and finding
there was a Captain Griffin Fauntleroy attached to the cavalry in which I was placed I immediately believed and have not a doubt
he was the captain by whom I was commanded having forgotten
his Christian name) that he was afterwards placed under the command of Col. William Washington in the Continental establishment
That he continued to serve in the said Corps under General Green until some time in the month of December 1781 when he was discharged from the said service in South Carolina at the high hills of Santee
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present that his name is not on any pension roll of this or any other state whatever and that the following are the reasons he has not
made earlier application for a pension which is, that for 4 or5 years back he has endeavoured to be placed on the pension list, but the writings which have been sent to the war department being always wrong he has failed being allowed a pension, which are all the
reasons he has and all he can give. That he was in several battles to will

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The Cowpens Guilford Courthouse, Camden the Eutaw Springs
and many skirmishes and that he has no other evidence in his power to adduce to substantiate his said services except the enclosed affidavits of Hampton White & Robert W Fitts and in pursuance of the act of Congress of the first of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I
was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by sale gift or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof so to diminish it as to being myself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled in act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval
service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 15 day of March 1818 & that I have not due me, nor has any person in trust for me any property securities contracts or debts due me
nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed & by me subscribed I have no person but my
self to depend on for support and no property whatever that I have neither bought or sold any property since the 18 of March 1818 and that from my old age and infirmities together with extreme poverty and having no occupation I can follow to ad
vantage. I need the assistance of my country for support.- John Fitts
I Samuel Williams Clerk of the County Court of 
Halifax do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the court that said Jno. Fills Sr did serve in the revolutionary war as stated
in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of 12 or 18 months under one engagement on the continental establishment & that it is the opinion of the court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the foregoing schedule is $ --- and --- cents.-
I also certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court
In

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ension Act Feb. 3, 1833
Second Section
Mary Fitts,
Widow of
John Fitts decd
a late Revolutionary
pensioner of Virginia
at $96. per. Annum
P.M. Henry
Present

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State of Virginia
Halifax County
On this Twenty seventh day of August AD 1857
1825 before me the undersigned Justice of the peaceduly

authorized by law to administer oaths within
and for the County and State aforesaid personally Appeared Mary D. Fitts aged seventy five years a resident of the County of Halifax and State of Virginia who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of John Fitts deceased who was a soldier in the Virginia Continental Line in the Revolutionary war and was in his lifetime pensioned by the United States at ninety six dollars per Annum and for proof of service she refers to the old pension papers filed by her said Husband when he obtained said pension she further states that she was married to the said John Fitts in the County of Granville in the State of North Carolina on the Twenty 25 day of July AD 1825. By one John Smith a justice of the peace and that her name before her said
Marriage was Mary D Fulks-- that her said Husband died at his Residence in Halifax County Virginia on the 27th day of June 1843
and that she is still his widow that there is no publick Record of her marriage that there is no private Record of her marriage or of her Husbands death But she relies Entirely on the proof which she now presents to establish both she makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the pension to which she may be entitled on account of said service under the act passed Febuary 3rd 1853 that she has never applied for or received any Pension under this or any other act of Congress nor made any

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other application therefore except one forward
By G. Terry of Halifax County Virginia
and which was suspence for causes unknown to her-- she hereby appoints Jeremiah Clardy of
Halifax County Virginia her true and lawful
attorney with power of substitution to prosecute
this her claim for pension to receive the
Certificate when ishued and to do all other acts
necessary and proper in the premises
Mary D Fitts
Witness
M Fowlkes
Wyatt Farrel
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the
day and year first above mentioned and I hereby
Certify that I know the said deponent Mary D Fitts to be as above stated and that she is of the age above stated - and further that I am not Interested in this her claim as attorney or otherwise and from age and Bodily infirmity she is not able to attend Court
Phattiel Tuck J P
State of Virginia
Halifax County
On this the 27th day of August AD 1857 Personally appeared before me The 
 undersigned a justice of the peace in and for
said County William G. Fulks and Joseph C.
Fowlkes who are to me well known and
who are credible witnesses and who being by me duly sworn depose and say that they are each well acquainted with Mrs Mary D. Fitts the above applicant for pension that they have known her for 44  years last past

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State of Virginia
Halifax County
I hereby certify that I was well acquainted with
John Fitts during his life time and heard
him say soon after he was reputed to be married
that he had married Mary D. Fitts and I have
good reason to believe that they were lawfully
married the 27th day of August 1857
Phaltiel Tuck J P

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That they were acquainted with John Fitts her late Husband having known him for 30 years previous to his death - that the said John Fitts
man and Mary Fitts lived together as Husband
and wife and were reputed so to be that the Deponents never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or question that the said John Fitts died on the 27th day of June AD 1843 and the said Mary D  Fitts has been since that day and still is his widow which deponent believe
to be the fact that she has never married since her said Husbands death and still is reputed to his widow and that her said Husband was the Identical mentioned as soldier John Fitts in her Declaration above and further that they were present and saw Mary Fitts Execute the foregoing affidavit by signing her name
to the foregoing Declaration and making oath
thereto in due form of law and further that they
Deponents do reside in the County of Halifax
Question- why do you or either of you believe
that John Fitts and Mary Fitts were married
Answer- Because we were present And saw them start to John Smith Esqr
of Granville County North Carolina to be married and when they returned said they were married 
Question- did any one accompany them-
Answer - they were accompanied by one Ellis
J. Fitts. Question- do you know what
has become of him-
Answer-Ellis J Fitt died [illegible] years since
Have you or either of you any Interest in Mary Fitts Pension Claim - Answer none whatever
W. G. Fowlkes
Joseph C. Fowkes
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 27th day of August AD 1857
Phattiel Tuck JP

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Revy WIDOW &c.
9439
Meary Fitts
Wid
John Fitts
Privt Rev. W
Febry 3d 18--
Index: Vol. A, Page 237
Arrangement of 1870.

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[ILLEGIBLE]

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Restoration 6284
& Re: Issue
Virginia (Richmond)
Mary Fitts
widow of Va John Fitts
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a
Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 96 dollars -- cents per annum, to commence on the 4th March 1861, deducting payments since Certificate of Pension issued 10th day of April 1866 and sent to
Thos E Lloyd
Present

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Department of the Interior
Pension Office Official Business

No. 6894
Mary Fitts
wid.
John
Halifax Co. Va.
Act 53. 3 Feb; 2. Dec
AO: #96 per An: Com. Feb 3rd 1853
Boynton

P.M. Henry
Present

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From: sworn: 2to Loyalty & support.
4" Mch: '61. pen. cert. Sur: Halifax Co.
Va.: 81 yrs old. supported by public charity
Boynton

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75,739

Ho Bares

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To: Auditors office
Nov. 5, 1857
Sir,
John Fitts,
Richmond, Va roll, act March 1818, at $88- per died June 28, 1843, his pension has been paid in full to that date.
Very Resp'y
[illegible] Jamison
Auditor

Geo. C. Whiting Esq.
Commr of Pensions

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Pension Office
Nov. 4 1857,
Sir
Be pleased to Certify
the [illegible] to which the within
named pensioner was paid or
the date of his death,
Yours Respectfully,
Geo. C. Whiting
Commissioner

28 June
R.J Atkinson, Esq.
Auditor
Treasury

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Pension Office
Nov. 3, 1857
Sir
During the month during the 31st [illegible], I examined forty-nine /49/ cases under the 8" Sec. of the Act of J. Mch. 1855.

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6284
Virginia   R
Mary Fitts 

widow of John 
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 96 dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence
on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued
10th day of Novr 1857
and sent to
P.M. Henry
Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 152 Vol. 26[or 36]

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STATE OF VIRGINIA.
COUNTY OF HALIFAX:
I, WILLIAM S. HOLT, Clerk of the County Court for the County and State aforesaid, hereby
certify that Phaltiel Tuck
before whom the foregoing and annexed declaration affidavits & certificate
were made, and who has thereto subscribed his
name --
was
at the time thereof, a Justice of the peace
in and
for said County and State, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signatures are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed the seal of the said Court, this 2nd
day of Sept 1857
Wm Holt Clk
Seal is attached on lower lt. {illegible]

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North Carolina
Granville County
J. Augustine Landis
Clerk of the Court of Pleas
and Quarter Sessions of the County and State
aforesaid do hereby certify that I have made
search in my office for proof of a Marriage
between John Fitts, and Mary D Fawlkes
and find no such proof, or record, And I do further certify that no record
of Marriages was ever made in this State
until within the last four years, and
that the bonds given authorizing marriage, was not regularly filed in this office before the year 1833. that blank marriage license was deposited with
Justices of the Peace in various parts of
the County, and that said Justices in many
cases failed to return the bonds.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of my office
at office in Oxford this the 17. September AD 1837
A Landis CH
[illegible seal attached to lower lft]

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Claim
for
Reinstatement of Pension Rolls
---

Mary Fitts Wid:
Jno. (decd) late
private Revolutionary War
---
Act of Feby 1853


[[stamped 
** DEPARTMENT
JAN 31, 1866
PENSION OFFICE]
T E. Lloyd
Atty-
Mast-

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Halifax County to wit
Be it known that on this 28th day
of November 1865 personally appeared
John Rogers a resident of my County
and made oath that he is well acquainted with Mrs Mary Fitts and knows that she is still a widow and has remained
so ever since the15th of Jany 1855
being some time near my acqaintance
with her
John S Rogers
-
Sworn to and subscribed before
me and I certify that the affiant is a
Credable witness
G C. Medley JP

State of Virginia
County of Halifax towit;
James. D. Clay Clerk of the County Court within and for the County
and State aforesaid certify that Geo. C Holt and G. C. Medley
before whom the foregoing affidavits and power of attorney was
made is and was at the time thereof Justices of the peace in
and for said County duly commissioned and qualified as suchand that their signatures are genuine. In testimony of the
foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed
the seal of the said County Court this 25th day of January 1866
James D. Clay Clerk of
Halifax County Court.

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WIDOW OF
INDIAN TERRITORY WEST OF ARKANSAS.
United States Agency for the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians
On this
day of
A. D. one thousand eight hundred and
personally appeared before me a United States Indian Agent, within and for the agency and territory aforesaid,___ aged ___ years, a resident of the____
Nation, within the agency and territory aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, declares
that she is the widow of____
deceased, who was a____ in the ____
commanded by____ in the war___
that her said husband ___ at a place called ___ in ___ 
on or about the ___ day of___ A. D., 18___  , for the
term of ____and continued in actual service in said war for the term of
___ and was honorably discharged at ___ , on the  ___ day of ___, A,D.,___ 18___
She further states that she was married to said ____ in
____ on the ___ day of ___ A.D., 18___
according to the customs of the___ tribe of Indians to which she at that time belonged, and that her name was ___ that her said husband died at ___
on the ___ day of ___, A.D. ___, and that she is now a widow.
_______
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.
[signature lines ]
We ____ and ____
members of the_____
tribe of Indians, and residing within the Agency and Territory aforesaid, upon
our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by
_____ in our presence, and that we know the applicant to be the identical person she represents herself to be.
[signature lines]
The foregoing declaration and affidavit, after being duly interpreted and explained through an interpreter under oath correctly to interpret the same to the applicant and witnesses, were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written. I certify that the affiants are credible persons, and that I am satisfied
that the applicant is the person she represents herself to be.
United States Indian Agent for the Choctaws and Chickasaws

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State of Virginia
County of Halifax
28th day of November One
thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty five
personally appeared before me Clerk of the
County Court of Halifax in said State the same
being a Court of record Mrs Mary Fitts
aged 81 years a resident of Halifax County
in the State of Virginia who being duly sworn
according to law declares that she is the
Identical Mary Fitts who was a pensioner on
the roll of the agency at Richmond Virginia
and whose pension certificate is herewith
returned, that she has resided ever since the
first day of January 1861 in the County of Halifax State
Virginia that during this
period her means of subsistance has been
principally upon the County levy being to
old to labour for a support and that she has
not borne arms against the government
or has she in any manner encouraged the rebels
or manifested a sympathy with their cause
and that she was last paid her pension on
or about 4 of March 1861
This application is made for the purpose
of securing restoration of her name to
to the pension rolls and of obtaining a
new pension certificate such 
as she may be entitled to under existing
laws Refference being made to the evidence
heretofore filed in the pension office
to substantiate her original Claim
Mary Fitts X her mark
Also personally appeared

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and John Rogers & Sidney Walton Residents of Halifax
County whom I know and certify to be
Respectable and entitled to credit and who
being by me duly sworn say that they
were present and saw Mrs Mary Fitts
sign her name by making her mark
to the foregoing Declaration and they
further swear that they have every reason to
believe from the appearance of the applicant
and their acquaintance with her that she is
the Identical person she represents herself
to be and they further swear that that they
have no interest in this claim or the
prosecution their of
John S Rogers
Sidney Walton
Sworn to and Subscribed before me
On the 28th day of November 1865
and I hereby certify that that I have no
Interest in this claim direct or in-
direct or in the prosecution thereof
and that the foregoing declaration was
fully explained to the parties concerned
before being assigned
James A. Clay Clerk Halifox
County Court. Va.

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State of Virginia
Halifax County
On this 25th day of August AD 1857
before the Subscriber a justice of the
Peace in and for the County and State
aforesaid duly authorized by law to
Administer oaths personally appeared
George Thomas a resident of Halifax
County and State of Virginia after being
duly sworn according to law depose and say
that he was well acquainted with John Fitts
and Mary Fitts some twenty years previous
to his death in July 1843 that he knew that they lived together as man and wife and so reputed to be
and the deponent never heard the fact question
by any one and that he knows the present
applicant Mary Fitts is the Reputed widow
of John Fitts which he believes to be the
fact that he lived in the neighbourhood
one near by them and knows that the
were regard as man and
wife by all who knew them
George Thomas
Sworn to and subscribed before me and
I certify that the affiant is known to me
as acredable witness this the day and year
above written
Phaltiel Tuck JP

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Virg Halifax Co 12th April 1827
Sir-- Inclosed I send you the Declaration of Mr John Witts Senr
Also the affidavit, as no doubt, after so many appli
tions to you will authorize him to have a pension for
life- This is my opinion rest with you to say whether he
shall or not according to the Law under which you act
Mr Fitts, no doubt a Revolutionary from the sence of
the Inclosed affidavits. But whether he ever did perform
the service as stated I am uncertain. Mr. Fitts, says to me
also in his declaration, that he was in the Revolution
& serv'd faithfully. The same language has been 
prop'd to me by many. & no doubt, if any doubts may arise
on your mind, relative to his proof that many more Ut
usses will be adduced. But as I have troubled you more
than I expected or wished & as I am much bothered myself
I hope you will do something to release an old Revolution
Soldier - If You find that he ought to be placed on the
Pension list. You will please send the certificate to me
in this State at Halifax Court House James I am Sir
Yrs. Respectfully
William Faulkner

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Virginia Halifax County to Wit - Hampton White a respectable ┃
citizen, who was an old revolutionary soldier & who is now drawing
a pension from the United States, this day came before me
William Faulkner a Justice of the peace in and for the said
County and made oath that he was well acquainted with 
John Fitts Senr, before, & when he was in the Revolutionary war that 
he has several times seen him when in the Army and knows he
was in the cavalry commanded by Col William Washington
that he was enlisted, as he was told by Capt. John Fauntlroy
But whether it was John or Griffin Fauntleroy or that he possess'd
any other Christian name he cannot possibly assert, but he positively
to the best of his knowledge swears he was under the command
of Captain Fauntleroy. But whether Capt Fauntleroy was with
John Fitts Senr when under the command of Colonal Wm Washington
he is not certain and well remembers that Col Washington was
under the command of General Green in the Southern states & further
that the said Fitts, was enlisted, (as he was told & has not a doubt) for
12 or 18 months, as he knows he was a considerable time in the
Army, being often with him He further swears that he has
seen him in battle, that the said Fitts was a valiant & as brave a
soldier as any perhaps in the revolutionary war - Given under my
hand this 26th day of February 1827
William Faulkner
Virginia to wit:
I Samuel Williams Clerk of the County Court of Halifax
do hereby certify that William Faulkner whose name is subscribed to the
foregoing affidavit is an acting Justice of the peace for said County
duly commissioned and sworn-
In testimony whereof
I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed the seal of said County
at my office, this 6" day of April 1827
Saml Williams

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State of North Carolina Person County
June 13th 1826 This day came
John Chatham Senr (pensioner)
before me Mr Dickins one of the acting
justices of the peace for said County
and made oath that there was a
man in Col Washington
Regiment
by the name of John Fauntlry Raye
in the old revolutionary war who
serv'd as captain in said regiment
John Chatham X his mark
Sworn to & asc'd before me the day &
date above written
S M Dickins JP 

State of North Carolina
Person County
I John Dickins Clerk of Person County Court of
please and quarter Sessions do hereby
certify that Stephen M Dickens whose
Signature appears to the above is and
acting Justice of the peace for said County
and that he is duly commissioned
as such In testamony whereof
i hereunto set my hand and
Seal of office at Roxborough this
13th day of December 1826
John Dickins Clk

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Virginia  unty to wit- This day Hampton White 
a respected citizen came before me William Faulkner a Justice 
of the peace for the said County and made Oath that John Fitts & 
some time in the year 1780 enlisted in the United States Service
of Dragoons attached to Col William Washington Corp The
said Hampton White further made Oath that he has frequently seen
said John Fitts Senr when in the service of the United States. 
he was in the Battle of the Eutaw Springs & saw the said Fitts
engaged in that Battle & he well remember that he was more than a
Year in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war
Given under my hand this 22nd day of May 1826
William Faulkner
the said Hampton White further made Oath that the
dragoons commanded by the said Col William
Washington, was under the command of Genl Green
Wm Faulkner
Virginia Halifax County to wit - Robert Walker Fitts a
respectable citizen this day came before me Thomas Howerton
a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid and made
Oath that he well remember that John Fitts Senior was
soldier in the Revolutionary War for twelve or eighteen months
& that he was in the Co. of Howe commanded by Col William Washington as he was in the Army at the same time & saw him in the Army & in the 
service of the United States attach'd to the Com of Howe
commanded by the said Col William Washington
Given under my hand this 20th May 1826
Ths, Howerton

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Know all men by these presents that I John Fitts of
Person County North Carolina an Old Revolutionary
Soldier & whose declaration has long been sent on to the
war department of the United States, in order to be
placed on the pension list for life, do hereby appoint
William Faulkner of Halifax Co, of Va. my lawfull attorney, if I am placed
on the pension list, to receive from James Barbour Eq
Secretary of War my pension Certificate & he is hereby
authorized by me to send the same to the said William
Faulkner by mail & for so doing this shall be his sufficient authority
Witness my hand & seal this 1st of June 1826
John Fitts
Virginia Halifax to Wit- The above named John Fitts this
day came before me William Bailey a Justice of the peace
for the said County and acknowleded the above power
of Attorney - Given under my hand this 1st of June 1826
W Bailey

Virginia, to wit
I Samuel Williams Clerk of the County Court of
Halifax, do hereby certify that William Faulnker, Thomas Howerton and
William Bailey whose names are subscribed to the foregoing affidavit
in relation to John Fitz application for a pension, are acting Justices
of the peace for said County
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed the seal of said County
at my office, this 14 day of June 1826
Saml Williams -

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Brief in the case of Mary Fitts, an applicant for the restoration
of her name to the Pension roll
Residence is Halifax County and State of Virginia.
Act 3 Feb 1853 the 2d. Sec: thereof
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
Claimant was pensioner under the 2d section of the Act of Feby
3, 1853, at the rate of #96 per Annum, as the widow of John
Fitts, a deceased Revolutionary Soldier. The third Quarter reports, she received her pension to the 4th of March 1861. Three credible witnesses Establish her widowhood and identity. The affiants 
have
Establish her loyalty, during the rebellion, and shown she was
maintained mostly by public Charity. Claimant is 81 years old
and has surrendered her original pension certificate
Claim allowed the rate of 196 per: Commencing March 4" 1861 and ending 15th
August 1861. Also allowed for $96 per an: Commencing February
16" 1866 and to Continue during her widowhood.
Feby 24th
[illegible] Examining Clerk
Name and residence of Agent.
Thomas C. Lloyd Esq
Present.

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[stamp on left page]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
APR 7 1836
PENSION OFFICE

Payment to be made at Richmond
by James T Sutton Jr.
Agent for paying Pensions, in the
Agency Richmond
Virginia
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page 152 Vol. H
E D Collier Clerk

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
6284
Restoration

I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of
February 3, 1853, Mary Fitts
widow of John
who was a Private in the revolutionary war
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Ninety Six
dollars and == cents per annum commencing on the 
4th of March 1861 and Ending August 15th 1861
Given at the Department of the Interior,
this Twenty Sixth day of February
one thousand eight hundred and Sixty
Six,
Jas Harlan
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and contersigned
Joseph Banett
Commissioner of Pensions.

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[stamp on left page]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
APR 7 1836
PENSION OFFICE

Payment to be made at Richmond
by James T Sutton Jr.
Agent for paying Pensions, in the
Agency Richmond
Virginia
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page 152 Vol. H
E D Collier Clerk

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
6284
Restoration

I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of
February 3, 1853, Mary Fitts
widow of John
who was a Private in the revolutionary war
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Ninety Six
dollars and == cents per annum commencing on the 
4th of March 1861 and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior,
this Twenty Sixth day of February
one thousand eight hundred and Sixty
Six,
Jas Harlan
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and contersigned
Joseph Banett
Commissioner of Pensions.

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Mary Fitts
wid: of
John
Rev. War
2d Sec. Act Feb. 3. 1853
Richmond Roll
Issue to Claimant a certificate
of pension under the 2d Sec
of the act of Feby 3, 1853, at
the rate of $96. per an; to Com;
4th Mch, 1861 & to continue 
during her widowhood, after
deducting payment of any
made to her on the Certificate,
issued to her Feb. 26" 1866

Apl. 9th '66  Boynton,
Cert to
Th.. Slay, Esqr
Present

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Brief in the case of Mrs. Mary Fitts, widow of John
Halifax County and State of Virginia
Act 3d Feby:1853. Second Section
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF ExHIBITED,
Claimants name has been restored to the pension roll,
and on the 26 of Feby. 1866, two Certificates issued to
her. She surrender those certificates, and ask, a
new one which will entitle her to a pension from 4 "
March 1861, the time to which she was last paid as
long as she lives, provisd. she does not again marry
This Claim allowe
under the 2d
Name and residence of Agent.
Examining Clerk.

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of in the case of Mrs. Mary Fitts widow of John Fitts
Halifax County and State of Virginia
3 Feby 1853. Second Section
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF ExHIBITED,
The name of the Claimant was restored to the pension roll,
and two certificates issue to her on the 26 of Feby, 1866. These
Certificates are now surrendered.
She is entitled to a
New Certificate of Pension, under the 2d section of the
Act of Feby 3, 1853, at the rate of $96 per an: Commencing
the 4" March, 1861, and to continue during her widowhood
after deducting the payments made on said Certificates
issued Feby 14" 1861, if any have been made.

Apl. 9" 1861.
Boynton
Examining Clerk

Name and residence of Agent.
Th E. Lloyd Esqr
Present

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Mary Fitts
wid:
John Fitts.
2. Sec. Act
Feb. 3. 1853
Rev. Ren.
Richmond, Va roll
for Restoration
Pen offr Feb. 24/44
Issue two Certificates in this case
the fort 96 per an: Commencing
Mch 14" 1861 and ending Aug. 15
1861, and the other for $6. per
An: Com: Feb: 16" 1866 and to
Continue during Widowhood
Cert.s, to be sent to the [illegible]
of Th. E. Lloyd Esq
Present
Boynton, Ex

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Claim for Restoration
to Pension Rolls
Mary Fitts wid:
Jno. (dec'd) at
private in Revolutionary
War-
Addl Evidence
Proof requested
Feb 5th 1866
T. E. Lloyd
Wash D.C.

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State of Virginia
County of Halifax
On this 13th day of Febuary AD one thousand
eight Hundred and sixty six personally
appeared before me Geo C Holt a justice of
the peace for the County Court of Halifax in
the State of Virginia the same being apart of
Record Nancy Clark G G Clay Residents
of the County aforesaid whom I certify to be
Credible and respectful and competent witnesses
and entitled to credit - & who being by me
duly sworn depose and say that they as well
acquainted with Mrs. Mary Fitts, that they know
her to be a woman of old age and further State
that they are certain that she neither encouraged
the rebels or manifested any sympathy for
their cause that she had frequently said that
she had seen the effects of one war and wished
never to witness another one they further state that they
know her to be the Identical person she represents her
self to be and that her means of support during the
rebellion was upon county charity being
too old to labour for support and has been for
Several years outside of her pension and
they further state that they have no interest in the
prosecution of her pension claim either direct
or indirect.
G G Clay
[illegible]    over

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Sworn to and subscribed before me this
day of February 1866 and I hereby
certify that I have no interest direct or
Indirect in the prosecution of this Claim
Geo C Holt JP
I Mary Fitts of Halifax County State of Virginia
solemnly swear in the presence of almighty God
that I will hence forth faithfully support protect
defend the constitution of the United States and
union of the States, there under that I will in
like manner abide by and faithfully support
laws & proclamations which have been made
during the rebellion with reference to the
emancipation of slaves so help me god
Mary Fitts (her mark X)
Sworn to before me 13th day of Feby
1866
Geo C Holt
State of Virginia
County of Halifax to wit:
I James D. Clay Clerk of the County Court within and for the
County and State aforesaid certify that Geo C Holt before whom
the foregoing affidavits were made is and was at the time thereof
Justice of the peace within and for said County duly commission
ed and qualified as such and that his signatures are genuine
In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my
0ver

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name and affixed the seal of the said County Court this the
13th day of February 1866.
James D Clay Clerk Halifax
County Court, Va.

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Treasury Department,
Third Auditor's Office,
February 20. 1866
Sir, 
In reply to your letter of the 17th
1866, I have to inform you that Mrs.
Mary Fitts, on Richmond roll under
act 3 Feby 1853, was last paid to
4 March 1861.
Very Respectfully
John Wilson
Auditor

Hon. J H Barrett
Comm. of Pensions

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Payment to be made at Richmond
by
M.C. Newman, Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of
Virginia
Payable on th 4th September and 4th
March
Recorded in the Pension Offce on the
Roll of Pensioner under act February
3d, 1853, Page 152, Vol H
G.T. Getty Clerk

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act
May 3, 1858,
Mary Fitts
widow of John Fitts
who was a private,
in the revolutionary war
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of
Ninety Six dollars and___ cents per annum, commencing on the
3d of February 1858 and continuing for life, unless she should
again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the
time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior,

[Following is attached to the page:]
I do hereby certify, That on the 26th day
of July 1825 at Halifax Co H Va., the oath prescribed
by the President of the United States in his Proclamation of May 29th,
1865, was duly taken, subscribed and made matter of record
by M.A. Fitts of Halifer Co. Va
Thos "S. Nutter" in
10 " West Va. bols Provost Marshall

[following is printed diagonally / across page]
Amount due on this certificate from February 1853 to 3rd September 1857 inclusive per Pension Office calculation $440.00.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act
May 3, 1858,
Mary Fitts
widow of John Fitts
who was a private,
in the revolutionary war
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of
Ninety Six dollars and___ cents per annum, commencing on the
3d of February 1858 and continuing for life, unless she should
again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the
time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior,
this tenth day of November,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty
Seven
J. Thompson
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and countersigned.
Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions

[following is printed diagonally / across page]
Amount due on this certificate from February 1853 to 3rd September 1857  inclusive per Pension Office calculation $440.00.

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Know all men by these presents
that I Mary Fitts of the County of Halifax
and State of Virginia the widow of John
Fitts whose claim for a pension was allowed
under the act of Congress approved 3d of
Feby 1853 do hereby appoint Thos E Floyd
of Washington City my true and lawful
attorney irrevocably for me and in my name
and place and with power of substitution
& to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever 
touching the premises in order to prosecute
my claim to some result and to receive the
Certificate when ishued testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal this 28th November 1865
Mary Fitts X her mark (seal)

Witness
Mary Alexander
M E Moton
Acknowledged & Subscribed to before me a
Justice of the peace for the aforesaid County and
State of Virginia and I do certify that of my
own personal knowledge who assigned the
Declaration acompanyed with the papers and
I further certify that I saw her make her
mark to this power of attorney
Geo Holt JP

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Washington D.C.
Oct. 22, 1837.
I herewith enclose an appli
cation of Mary Fitts widow of John a
late revolutionary pensioner of Virginia
in under the act of February 1833, and also
the application of Jane Perkins for a renewal
of her pension certificate under the act of Feby
1833, the one issued to her several years since having been
accidentally lost.
In the case of Mrs Fitts it was at
first supposed that her application for pension
& land were sent on some time ago by Capt
B. G. Terry of Halifax, Va, but it is now said
that said applications were never sent
respectfully
your obt sent,
P M. Henry

G.C. Whiting Esq.
Comm of Pensions.

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 4 1842,
Sir.
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing
the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and author
izing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,
John Fitts,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Virginia
Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and
--- Cents per under the law of the 18th March
1818, has been paid at this Department, from the
of 4th  March to the 4th Sept. 1841-
Respectfully yours
Albion K. Parris
COMPTROLLER.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

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Brief in the case of Mary Fitts, widow of John
Halifax County and State of Virginia
act 3 Feb 1853.
Claim "original,
Proof exhibited (if original)
Is it documetary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance,
Husband was pensioned under the acts of 18 Mch 1818 & 1st May 1828. at the rate of $96 per An: Marriage proven by three witnesses, who testify who testify
that the parties live & cohabited together as husband & wife for over
twenty year & two of the witnesses remember when they left for the Magistrates to get married & returned so reputt. The 
Soldier died June 23 1843, as per the Affidavits of three credible
witnesses & report of Their Auditor. Widowhood & identity
satisfactorily established by the affidavits of the aforesaid
Witnesses who are certified to be credible & the Certificate
of the Justice of the Peace,
P. M. Henry Esq.
Present
Name and residence of Agent

S. C. Boynton
Examining Clerk

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Wash. D. C. 
6th Sept. '66
Hon. J. H. Barrett
Commissioner
Sir
I have the honor to transmit herewith
certificate formerly issued to
Mrs. Mary Fitts Wid: of 
Jno. (dec.) and respectfully
ask that a new certificate
be issued in accordance with
the decision of the Attorney
General.
Be pleased to attend
to this matter as Early
as practicable
Very Resp'y
T. E. Lloyd

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Mary Fitts.

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Wash. D. C.
30 Ja. [illegible]
Hon. J. H. Barrett
Commissioner
Sir
I have the honor to transmit herewith the
application of
Mrs. Mary Fitts Wid: of
Jno. (dec.) late private in the
Revolutionary War for reinstatement
on Pension Rolls-
The said applicant wasd Pension
under the Act of Feb. 1853-
as appears from her Pension 
certificate herewith filed.
Be pleased to give this 
application Early attention as the 
said applicant is very old and in 
destitute circumstances -
Very Resp'y
Tho. E. Lloyd