Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2722, John Dew, N.C.

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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
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N.C. Dew, John Nancy W.2722
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CONTENTS
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This woman's first husband, John Wright; n.c., also served in the Revolutionary war. See papers within

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Tennessee
Nancy Dew
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widow of [handwritten] John Dew [end handwritten] who served in the Revolutionary war, as a [handwritten] private [end handwritten]
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of [handwritten] 80 [end handwritten] Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the [handwritten] 7th [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] Jany 1852 [end handwritten] and sent to [handwritten] W. E. Jones [illegible] [end handwritten]

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page [handwritten] 181 [end handwritten] Vol. [handwritten] a [end handwritten]

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Date of death not [illegible] [end handwritten]

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State of Tennessee; Wilson County; ss.
On this 27th day of May A.D. 1851, personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, and of the County Court, in and for said State and County Nancy Dew, a resident of Wilson County, in the State of Tennessee, aged eighty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Acts of Congress passed July 7th 1888, March 3.d 1843, June 17th, 1844, and February 2d, 1848, That she was married to John Wright, who was a private Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, from Warren County, in the State of North Carolina, and who enlisted as she thinks, sometime in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy nine (1779) for a tour of eighteen months, as she always understood from her husband in his life time, but that she does not recollect the name of his Captain or Colonel, nor the number of his Regiment, although she has heard her husband mention their names, but that at the date of that enlistment she was not acquainted with the said John Wright, and therefore only gives the facts as narrated by him, that after the expiration of his term of service he came to live at her father's house to learn the Hatter's trade, where he remained but a short time, before he went into service again, saying that all the young men in the neighborhood had gone out, and that he could not stay by himself she thinks that this time he enlisted for twelve months, and that it was in the year Seventeen Hundred and eighty (1780) and that during this time he was at "Gates' defeat", that after he was discharged and re-turned home to wit on the - day of April in the year Seventeen Hundred and eighty one (1781), she was married to the said John Wright in Warren County in the State of North Carolina, by a Justice of the Peace, that the first child of herself and the said John Wright was born on the 20th day of January in the year Seventeen Hundred and eighty two (1782) and was named Tempy Wright, that her husband the said John Wright, after having moved to (or near) Sandersville in the State of Georgia, died on the 19th day of July in the year Seventeen Hundred and ninety five (1795), that she was afterwards married to John Dew; in Wash-ington County in the State of Georgia, on the 9th day of March in the year Seventeen Hundred and ninety seven (1797), that her husband, the said John Dew, moved from Washington County Georgia to Wilson County, Tennessee, where he died on the 11th day of October Eighteen Hundred and twenty three (1823) that she was not married to the said John Wright prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, Seventeen

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hundred and ninety four, vig at the time above stated. She further then swears that she has no documentary or uend proof in support of her claim except a part of an old family record, which is genuine, and which she attaches hereto that she remembers many years ago having seen the Discharge of her first husband John Wright, and also of her second husband, John Dew who was also a Revo-lutionary Soldier, which Discharged was lost or destroyed many years ago.
She further declares that a portion of the old family record containing the marriage of herself with the said John Wright, was taken by her son Benjamin Wright, to McNairy County, Tennessee, but she does not know whether he has still preserved it, or not. She further declares that in consequence of the great lapse of time, old age, and [crossed out] memory she cannot give the names of any of the officers under whom, either of her husbands served with any degree of certainty, or any further particulars in relation to their said services, than she has already given, nor does she know of any one now living whom she can prove their services, and therefore relies upon the old original records, of any such be in existence. she further declares that she has not again intermarried since the death of the said John Dew, but still remains his Widow, she therefore asks to be allowed a Pension under the Acts before recited, at such a rate as in justice she many be entitled to
Sworn and subscribed before me The date above written
Jas Arrington J P Nancy her X mark Dew
for Wilson County

State of Tennessee Wilson County}
I James Arrington a Justice of the Peace and a Justice and Member of the County Court of said Wilson County Tennessee do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs Nancy Dew who has this day appeared and made oath to the foregoing declaration before me that she is a woman of Truth and Veracity That full faith and credit is due and of right aught to be given to her statements and I

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further certify that from old age and bodily infirmity She is not able to attend at the Court House of her county in order to make this declaration in open Court the testimony whereof I hereunto set me name & seal This 27th May 1857
Jas Arrington JP
for Wilson County

I Nancy Dew of Wilson County Tennessee to hereby Constitute & approve Smith & Jones of Nashville Tenn my time & lawful attornies for me & in my name to prosecute and recover for me a pension as claimed in the above declaration
Witness my hand & seal This 27th day of May 1857
Nancy her X mark Dew

State of Tennessee Wilson County}
On this 27 May 1857 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for Said County personally appeared Mrs Nancy Dew with whom I am well acquainted & who ack-nowledge the execution of the above power of attorney to be her act & [illegible] for the purposes therein
Witness my hand & seal
Jas Arrington JP

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State of Tennessee Wilson County}
I Josiah S McClain clerk of the Court of said County of Wilson do hereby certify that James Arrington Esquire whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration, certificate and acknowledgement is an acting Justice of the Peace in said County and State & of said County Court which is a Court of record and entitled by law to a public seal, and was at the time of signing the same, I also certify that the said signatures are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Lebanon this 27th day of May AD 1857
J S McClain Clerk

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FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
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John Dew was Married to Nancy Wright the 9th of March 1797
John Dew was married [illegible] to miss Rocky Cannin the 2nd of July [crossed out] 1786.
Tempy Wright was married to [illegible]
Martha Wright was married to John Belote in the 12th day of October 1808
Elizabeth Dew was married to Wm L Sypert the day of Decr. 1812
William Wright was Jno Wright was born 12 of 
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MARRIAGES.
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Benjamin Wright & Mary E Lewis was mar-ried the 20th May 1814
Benjamin Wright [illegible]
Matthew T Dew & Jane Bradly was married
on the 23rd February 1819
William C. Dew & Ann Roland was married the 4th of June 1819 PM:
Temperance Rutledge was married to Elijah Rutledge on the 18th of August 1807. P.M

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FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
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John Dew son of Jno Dew and Judy his wife was born January the 4th 1764
Rocky Dew Daughter of John Cannon and his wife was born January 12th 1756
Nancy Tarver [crossed out] Daughter of Benjamin and Patsy his wife was born January the 13th 1763
Mathew Dew son of John Dew and Rocky his wife was born Nov the 9th 1787
William C Dew son of John Dew and Rocky his wife was born November the 27th 1790 at 8 oclock am
Elizabeth Dew Daughter of John Dew & Rocky his wife was born February the 9th 1796
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BIRTHS.
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Benjamin Wright Son of John Wright and Nancy his wife was born April tho. 1788
Tempy Wright Daughter of Jno Wright and Nancy his wife was born 20th January 1782
Patsy Wright Daughter of Jno Wright & Nancy his wife was born in October th
Byrd Wright Son of Jno Wright & Nancy his wife was born 16 the Decr. 1794 22 years old died
Nancy Dew Daughter of Jno Dew & Nancy his wife was born the 22nd of April 1798
Sarah D Dew Daughter of Jno Dew & Nancy his wife was born the 7th April 1800 died
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FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
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John. H. Dew Son of Jno Dew & Nancy his wife was born the 18th of Jany 1802: 1802: [illegible]
Joseph. A Dew Son of Jno Dew & Nancy his wife was born the 11th of October 1804
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Elizabeth C. Sypert
Rokey S. Sypert daughter of Wm L Sypert and his wife Elizabeth C. Sypert was born the 6th of Octr. 1814.
Mary A. Sypert daughter of Wm L. Sypert & his wife Elizabeth C Sypert was born the 11 February 1816.
Communicated married on this day the 22nd of Jan.y 1824 Mr. Robert Hallum to Ann T. Dew [illegible] by the Rev. E Maddox.
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DEATHS.
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Matthew William Sypert Son of Wm L Sypert [crossed out] and his wife Elizabeth C Sypert was born 30th of October 1817
Nancy Jane Sypert daughter of Wm L Sypert & his wife Elizabeth C Sypert was born the 21st of Nov.m 1819
Semphronia Elizabeth Sypert daughter of Wm L & Elizabeth C Sypert his wife was born on the day of 1822
John Dew Sypert son of W L S & Elizabeth C Sypert his wife was born 1823.
Josephine Sarah Dew [crossed out] daughter of  Joseph & Elizabeth Dew was borned January 10 the 1827.
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FAMILY RECORD.
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DEATHS.
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Byrd Wright departed this life in the 22 year of his [illegible] the 16th of August 1816 (1816,) 12 oclock
Sarah Dew Departed this life of the 8th of January 1803 in her 3 years of age
Sam B dew departed his life on the 23rd of march 1819 and in his 19th years of age after being married one month to M D Dew
Rocky Dew wife of John Dew departed this life the April 17th 1796 [illegible]4 years ago
Matthew Dew departed this life 26th April 1832
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DEATHS.
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John Wright wife of Nancy Wright departed this life the 19th July 1795 (37 years old)
William Wright Departed this life
Mary E Wright wife of Benjamin Wright departed this life 8th of July 1822 at 6 oclock Post Meridiam and in the 27th year of his life
Rev.d John Dew departed this life on 31st day of October 1823 at 6 oclock AM aged 59 years & 10 months after an illness of about 55 days [illegible] disease [illegible]
Joseph Arthur Dew departed this life on 19th day of October 1827 at 3 oclock OM aged 23 years [crossed out] 8 days - after an illness of 32 days with a [illegible] fever
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State of Tennessee McNairy County}
Personally appeared Benja-min Wright before me Sam-uel D. Pace an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County and made oath in due form of law said that in the year eighteen hundred & forty two [crossed out] while on a visit to my Mother ( Ann or Nancy Dew), She requested me to try & get her a pension (she believing that she was as much entitled as any Female that has received a pension was. her State-ment to me) I concluded to undertake it, the first step I took was to go to Mrs Celia Ury a Sister of my Mother who made oath that she was at the marriage between my Father John Wright & my Mother whose maiden name was Ann or Nancy Tarver afterward married John Wright as aforesaid & after his death & during her Widowhood married a man by the name of John Dew, I expected to get from General Jackson all that might be [illegible] but although well acqua-inted with my Father & Mother [crossed out]. he knew of my Father having served 2 or 3 tours in the army but could not tell in what Reg.t or Company; he saw my father & mother after they were married Mrs Celia Ury has said since she made oath to the marriage of my Mother to my Father as aforesaid. I was born about the 3.d of April 1788 which makes me sixty three years last april. I know altho I was small that my Father & Mother lived together as man & wife until his death, But I have no knowledge

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of the date of their marriage Sworn to & subscribed this 10th day of December 1857
S. D. Pace seal B: Wright
Justice of the Peace
This is to certify that the above affidavit of Benjamin Wright was Sworn to before me that I am personally acquainted with said Wright & that he is a man of credibility given under my hand at Office this 18th Dec.r 1857
S. D. Pace seal
Justice of the Peace
for McNairy County

State of Tennessee McNairy County} s.s.
I A. A. Sanders Clerk of McNairy County Court do hereby certify that S. D. Pace Esquire who-se name is subscribed to the fore-going affidavit is and was at the time of subscribing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and Sworn as the law requires, that he is [illegible] by law to administer oaths for general purposes. That his signature is genuine and that full faith and credit are due all his [illegible] acts as such In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at office in Purdy this the 10th Decr 1851 A. A. Sanders Clk

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State of Tennessee Sumner County}
Personally appeared Celia Yourie Formerly Celia Tarver before me John L. Swaney an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid and made oath in due form of law that she was personally acquainted with John Wright who married her sister Ann Tarver in the State of North Carolina and County of Warren she thinks in the year one thousand seven hun-dred and eighty two or three that she the said deponent was at their wedding at her Fathers and that the said deponent knows of their having lived in a State of Wedlock as man and wife until the death of the said John Wright who died in the State of Georgia, that the said Ann Wright then the Widow of the said John Wright deceased married a man in the State of Georgia Washington County by the name of John Dew and this de-ponent further states that she was at their wedding at Benjamin Tarvers the Father of this deponent and the said Ann, and this deponent further states that the said John Dew and the said Ann his wife lived together as man as wife until the said John Dew died in Wilson County & State of Tennessee and this deponent further states that the said Ann Dew has lived a Widow ever since and is now living in Wilson County & State of Tennessee Sworn to & subscribed before me this 11th day of November 1843
Celia her X mark Yourie
[illegible] John L. Swaney JP seal

State of Tennessee Sumner County}
Came this day John L. Bagg and R T Warner before me an acting Justice of the Peace for said state & County who being first legally sworn [illegible] on the said faith that they are well acquainted with the above deponent Celia Yourie- That she is a woman of respect and her statements are entitled to full credit And I the Justice of the Peace certify that the deponents are [illegible] of character and their statement is I believe to full credit-
Sworn to and subscribed upon me this Nov. 14th 1843
John L Bagg
R T Warner
S F Schell JP [illegible] County

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State of Tennessee Sumner County}
I William S Munday Clerk of the County Court of said County, do hereby certify that John L Swaney, and Samuel F Schell, before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken are, and were, at the time of taking the same, acting Justices of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such; that the foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs, are genuine, and that full faith and credit are, and of right, ought to be given all their official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office, at office, in the Town of [illegible], This 14th day of November A.D. 1843; and of the American Independ-ence the 68th year
Wm S Munday Clerk

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May 18/33
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Ann Dew
wid of John
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Smith T Jones
Nashville
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Case of Mary Dew
Widow of Jno Wri-ght for pension under act 4 July 1836 in [illegible] of 1838
Smith T Jones
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November 28, 1932
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John Dew-W.2722

Mrs. Edythe R. Whitley
2710 Belmont Boulevard
Nashville, Tennessee

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in regard to John Dew, a sol-dier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.2722, based upon the military service of John Dew in that war.
John Dew, the son of John and Judy, his wife, was born January 4, 1764, place not stated.
While residing near New Bern, North Carolina, he enlisted in 1779, or the first of the year 1780, served as sergeant, a part of the time under Captain or Colonel Dixon, in the North Carolina Troops, was at the battle of Guilford Court House and was discharged at the close of the war.
After the Revolution, he lived in Pitts County, North Carolina; moved from there to Washington County, Georgia, and thence to Wilson County, Tennessee.
He died October 11 or October 31 (both dates appear in the claim), 1823, in Wilson County, Tennessee. At one time he was a senator in the legislature of Tennessee and was later a minister of the Gospel.
John Dew married July 2, 1786, Miss Rocky Cannon, the daughter of John and Mary Cannon. Rocky was born January 12, 1756, and died in Washington County, Georgia, April 17, 1796.

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John and Rocky Dew had the following children:
Matthew or Matthew T. Dew born November 8, 1787, died April 26, 1832; married February 23, 1819, Jane Bradley, who died March 3, 1819.
William C. Dew " November 27, 1790, married June 4, 1819, Ann Roland. He was liv-ing in Wilson County, Tennessee, in 1851.
Elizabeth Dew " February 9, 1796, married in December, 1812, William L. Sypert. One William L. Sypert was living in Wilson County, Tennessee, in 1851, and was then aged fifty-seven years.

Said William L. Sypert and his wife, Elizabeth Dew Sypert, had the following children:
Rockey L. Sypert born October 6, 1814.
Mary A. Sypert " February 11, 1816
Matthew William Sypert " October 30, 1817.
Nancy Jane Sypert " " 21, 1819.
Semphronia Elizabeth Sypert " ------- --, 1822.
John Dew Sypert " ------- --, 1825.

The soldier, John Dew, had a brother Arthur, who was living in Wilson County, Tennessee, in 1851; his age is not stated.
John Dew married a second time on March 9, 1797, in Washington County, Georgia, Mrs. Nancy Wright, widow of John Wright. She was also known as Ann, and was the daughter of Benjamin and Patsy Tarver, who, at one time, living four miles from Catawba Town in South Carolina, where, it was stated, General Andrew Jackson (afterward President Jackson) often visited them. Celia Youre or Ury, who, in 1845, was residing in Sumner County, Tennessee, and Polly Span, who, in 1851, was living near Murfreesborough, Tennessee, were sisters of said Nancy. Their ages are not given.
Nancy Tarver married in April, 1781, in Warren County, North Carolina, John Wright, above named.
Said John Wright was the son of William and Rhocksilary Howell Wright. The date and place of his birth are not stated. He had brothers, Simon and Ewell, and his sisters named in the papers are

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Tempy, who married William Marks; Nancy, who married George Swethy or Swithy; Elizabeth, who married James Ellington; Susan, who was married but whose married name is not given; one sister; who married ------ Long, her Christian name not given; and two other sisters, names not given, who, at one time, lived in Warren County, North Carolina.
John Wright was also a Revolutionary War solider. He enlisted in Warren County, North Carolina, sometime in 1779, for eighteen months, and again enlisted in 1780, for twelve months and was at the battle of Gates' Defeat. No further particulars of his services are given. He died July 19, 1795, near Laudersville, Georgia, aged thirty-seven years.
John and Nancy Wright had the following children:
Tempy or Temperance Wright born January 20, 1782, married August 18, 1807, Elijah Rutledge.
Patsy Wright " October --, ----.
Benjamin C. Wright " April 3, 1788, married May 20, 1814, Mary E. Lewis, who died July --, 1822, in the 24th year of her age.
Byrd Wright " December 16, 1794, died August 16, 1816.
William Wright no dates of birth and death given.
One Martha Wright married John Belote and the names Quint and Henry Belote appear, no relationship stated.
Benjamin C. Wright was living in Purdy County, Tennessee, in 1851; he stated that he spent nearly three years in Texas and then went to Mexico with the Tennessee Cavalry but gave no further particulars. He had a son, Charles, a school master, who was living in 1851, place of his residence not states; a son Marcus Wright, was chief clerk of the Navy Yard at Memphis, in 1851, and another son, John, was a physician and practiced with Dr. Crump's wife is not stated and the place of residence of Doctor John Wright and Dr. Crump is not stated. Benjamin C. Wright also had a daughter, Frances; no particulars in regard to her.
Nancy Tarver Wright Dew was allowed pension on account of the services of her last husband, John Dew, on her application executed May 27, 1851, while residing in Wilson County, Tennessee.
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The soldier, John Dew and his wife, Nancy, had the following children:
Nancy T. Dew born April 22, 1798 or 1799.
Sarah D. Dew " " 7, 1800, died January 8, 1803.
John H. Dew " January 18, 1802, one John H. Dew was an attorney in partner-ship with William L. Sypert, and was adminis-trator of the estate of the Reverend John Dew.
Joseph Arthur Dew " October 11, 1804, died October 19, 1827.
One Josephine Sarah Dew, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Dew, was born January 10, 1827.
The following also appears on the family record: Robert Hallum and Ann T. Dew, married January 22, 1834. One Robert Hallum was aged fifty-two years in 1851, and resided in Wilson County, Tennessee.
The above is the history of the only soldier named John Dew, found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator

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RA-J/MMHF/ILL
John Dew
W. 2722

Robert E. Landis
312 Church Street
Nashville
Tennessee.

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of February 4, 1933, in which you requested verification of the following death date in Revolutionary War pension claim "John Dew died 11 November 1843 in Wilson County". Your letter has just been reached in its turn.
It is recalled that on the 13" instant, you called at this office and examined all papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 2722, John Dew, widow Nancy, so it is presumed you obtained all data you desired.
Your self-addressed and stamped envelope in enclosed herewith.
Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.

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1911 Mch. 14 Hist. to Mrs. Ray E. Dew also data from family record V L M
1932- Feb 6. Hist to Cattie Dew - EEL
1932- Mar 9- Hist. to Hattie B. Dew- EEL
1932- May 18. Hist to Mrs J S Freeman EEL
1937- Oct. 12 Photos to Thompson [illegible] & account [illegible] Oct. 18, 1932
1932- Nov 28- Hist to Mrs Edythe R. Whitley EEL
1933- Jul. 21 Robt E Landis [illegible] in regard to death data [illegible]

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Revy [end handwritten] WIDOW, &c.
File No. [handwritten] 2722 Nancy Dew Widow John Dew Pri. Rev. War [end handwritten]
Act: [handwritten] July 29, 1848 [end handwritten]
Index:-Vol. [handwritten] a [end handwritten], Page [handwritten] 174 [end handwritten]
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

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October 11, 1932
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Thompson, Koss & Warren
256 Broadway
New York City

Dear Sirs:

The photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War claim, W. 2722, John Dew, widow Nancy, ordered by Mr. William A. Robbins, through Mr. G. Wallace Bates, have been mailed to you on above date.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

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BA-J/MMHF
[handwritten] Rev. & 1812 no. 126. [end handwritten]
October 5, 1933.
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
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Rev. War claim for pension of John Dew, File No. W.2722. Actual 2 of each page (1 set for official use).
[handwritten] the list for Thompson, Koss & Warren as for this official per herein  [end handwritten]

TO BE CERTIFIED.
Please make "SPECIAL" to be used in court in a few days.
xxx $5.25 ............ 35 pages [handwritten] 15 17.5 35 5.25 [end handwritten]

Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2 in at top of each page and return papers in each case in folder with corresponding name and number. The word "omit" written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied.
Chief, Rev.&1812 Wars Section.

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May 18, 1932

John Dew-W.2722
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Mrs. J.S. Freeman
Springfield
Tennessee

Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter relative to John Dew, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.2722, based upon the military service of John Dew in that war.
John Dew, the son of John and Judy, his wife, was born January 4, 1764, place not stated.
While residing near New Bern, North Carolina, he enlisted in 1779, or the first of the year 1780, served as sergeant, a part of the time under Captain or Colonel Dixon, in the North Carolina Troops, was at the battle of Guilford Court House and was discharged at the close of the war.
After the Revolution, he lived in Pitts County. North Carolina; moved from there to Washington County, Georgia, and thence to Wilson County, Tennessee.
He died October 11 or October 31 (both dates appear in the claim), 1823, in Wilson County, Tennessee. At one time he was a senator in the legislature of Tennessee and was later a minister of the Gospel.
John Dew married July 2, 1785, Miss Rocky Cannon, the daughter of John and Mary Cannon. Rocky was born January 12, 1756, and died in Washington County, Georgia, April 17, 1796.
John and Rocky Dew had the following children:
Matthew or Matthew T. Dew born November 9, 1787 [handwritten] Died apr 26, 1832. [end handwritten], married Feb-ruary 23, 1819, Jane Bradley, who died March 3, 1819.

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Children of John and Rocky Dew, continued
William C. Dew born November 27, 1790, married June 4, 1819, Ann Roland. He was living in Wilson County, Tennessee, in 1851.
Elizabeth Dew " February 9, 1796, married in December, 1812, William L. Sypert. One William L. Sypert was living in Wilson County, Tennessee, in 1851, and was then aged fifty-seven years.

Said William L. Sypert and his wife, Elizabeth, had the following children: 
Rockey L. Sypert born October 6, 1814.
Mary A. Sypert " February 11, 1816
Matthew William Sypert " October 30, 1817.
Nancy Jane Sypert " " 21, 1819.
Semphronia Elizabeth Sypert " ------- --, 1822.
John Dew Sypert " ------- --, 1825.
The soldier, John Dew, had a brother Arthur, who was living in Wilson County, Tennessee, in 1851; his age is not stated.
John Dew married a second time on March 9, 1797, in Washington County, Georgia, Mrs. Nancy Wright, widow of John Wright. She was also known as Ann, and was the daughter of Benjamin and Patsy Tarver, who, at one time, living four miles from Catawba Town in South Carolina, where, it was stated, General Andrew Jackson (afterward President Jackson) often visited them. Celia Youre or Ury, who, in 1845, was residing in Sumner County, Tennessee, and Polly Span, who, in 1851, was living near Murfreesborough, Tennessee, were sisters of said Nancy. Their ages are not given.
Nancy Tarver married in April, 1781, in Warren County, North Carolina, John Wright, above named.
Said John Wright was the son of William and Rhocksilary Howell Wright. The date and place of his birth are not stated. He had brothers, Simon and Ewell, and his sisters named in the papers are

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Tempy, who married William Marks; Nancy, who married George Swethy or Swithy; Elizabeth, who married James Ellington; Susan, who was married but whose married name is not given; one sister; who married ------ Long, her Christian name not given; and two other sisters, names not given, who, at one time, lived in Warren County, North Carolina.
John Wright was also a Revolutionary War solider. He enlisted in Warren County, North Carolina, sometime in 1779, for eighteen months, and again enlisted in 1780, for twelve months and was at the battle of Gates' Defeat. No further particulars of his services are given. He died July 19, 1795, near Laudersville, Georgia, aged thirty-seven years.
John and Nancy Wright had the following children:
Tempy or Temperance Wright born January 20, 1782, married August 18, 1807, Elijah Rutledge.
Patsy Wright " October --, ----.
Benjamin C. Wright " April 3, 1788, married May 20, 1814, Mary E. Lewis, who died July --, 1822, in the 24th year of her age.
Byrd Wright " December 16, 1794, died August 16, 1816.
William Wright no dates of birth and death given.
One Martha Wright married John Belote and the names Quint and Henry Belote appear, no relationship stated.
Benjamin C. Wright was living in Purdy County, Tennessee, in 1851; he stated that he spent nearly three years in Texas and then went to Mexico with the Tennessee Cavalry but gave no further particulars. He had a son, Charles, a school master, who was living in 1851, place of his residence not states; a son Marcus Wright, was chief clerk of the Navy Yard at Memphis, in 1851, and another son, John, was a physician and practiced with Dr. Crump's wife is not stated and the place of residence of Doctor John Wright and Dr. Crump is not stated. Benjamin C. Wright also had a daughter, Frances; no particulars in regard to her.
Nancy Tarver Wright Dew was allowed pension on account of the services of her last husband, John Dew, on her application executed May 27, 1851, while residing in Wilson County, Tennessee.
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The soldier, John Dew and his wife, Nancy, had the following children:
Nancy T. Dew born April 22, 1798 or 1799.
Sarah D. Dew " " 7, 1800, died January 8, 1803.
John H. Dew " January 18, 1802, one John H. Dew was an attorney in partnership with William L. Sypert, and was administrator of the estate of the Reverend John Dew.
Joseph Arthur Dew " October 11, 1804, died October 19, 1827.
One Josephine Sarah Dew, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Dew, was born January 10, 1827.
The following also appears on the family record: Robert Hallum and Ann T. Dew, married January 22, 1834. One Robert Hallum was aged fifty-two years in 1851, and resided in Wilson County, Tennessee.
The above is the history of the only soldier named John Dew, found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator

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March 9, 1932
RA-J/EEL

Miss Hattie B. Dew
C/o Judge J.D.B.  DeBow
Exchange Building
Nashville, Tennessee

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to John P. Dew, of Virginia and Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.2722, based upon the military service of John Dew in that war.
John Dew, the son of John and Judy, his wife, was born January 4, 1764, place not stated. His name does not appear as John P. Dew.
While residing near New Bern, North Carolina, he enlisted in 1799, or the first of the year 1780, served as sergeant, a part of the time under Captain or Colonel Dixon, in the North Carolina Troops, was at the battle of Guilford Court House and was discharged at the close of the war.
After the Revolution, he lived in Pitts County. North Carolina; moved from there to Washington County, Georgia, and thence to Wilson County, Tennessee.
He died October 11 or October 31 (both dates appear in the claim), 1823, in Wilson County, Tennessee. At one time he was a senator in the legislature of Tennessee and was later a minister of the Gospel.
John Dew married July 2, 1785, Miss Rocky Cannon, the daughter of John and Mary Cannon. Rocky was born January 12, 1756, and died in Washington County, Georgia, April 17, 1796.
John and Rocky Dew had the following children:
Matthew or Matthew T. Dew born November 9, 1787 [handwritten] Died april 26, 1832. [end handwritten], married February 23, 1819, Jane Bradley, who died March 3, 1819.

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Children of John and Rocky Dew, continued:
William C. Dew born November 27, 1790, married June 4, 1819, Ann Roland. He was living in Wilson County, Tennessee, in 1851.
Elizabeth Dew " February 9, 1796, married in December, 1812, William L. Sypert. One William L. Sypert was living in Wilson County, Tennessee, in 1851, and was then aged fifty-seven years.

Said William L. Sypert and his wife, Elizabeth, had the following children:
Rockey L. Sypert born October 6, 1814.
Mary A. Sypert " February 11, 1816
Matthew William Sypert " October 30, 1817.
Nancy Jane Sypert " " 21, 1819.
Semphronia Elizabeth Sypert " ------- --, 1822.
John Dew Sypert " ------- --, 1825.
The soldier, John Dew, had a brother Arthur, who was living in Wilson County, Tennessee, in 1851; his age is not stated.
John Dew married a second time on March 9, 1797, in Washington County, Georgia, Mrs. Nancy Wright, widow of John Wright. She was also known as Ann, and was the daughter of Benjamin and Patsy Tarver, who, at one time, living four miles from Catawba Town in South Carolina, where, it was stated, General Andrew Jackson (afterward President Jackson) often visited them. Celia Youre or Ury, who, in 1845, was residing in Sumner County, Tennessee, and Polly Span, who, in 1851, was living near Murfreesborough, Tennessee, were sisters of said Nancy. Their ages are not given.
Nancy Tarver married in April, 1781, in Warren County, North Carolina, John Wright, above named.
Said John Wright was the son of William and Rhocksilary Howell Wright. The date and place of his birth are not stated. He had brothers, Simon and Ewell, and his sisters named in the papers are

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Tempy, who married William Marks; Nancy, who married George Swethy or Swithy; Elizabeth, who married James Ellington; Susan, who was married but whose married name is not given; one sister; who married ------ Long, her Christian name not given; and two other sisters, names not given, who, at one time, lived in Warren County, North Carolina.
John Wright was also a Revolutionary War solider. He enlisted in Warren County, North Carolina, sometime in 1779, for eighteen months, and again enlisted in 1780, for twelve months and was at the battle of Gates' Defeat. No further particulars of his services are given. He died July 19, 1795, near Laudersville, Georgia, aged thirty-seven years.
John and Nancy Wright had the following children:
Tempy or Temperance Wright born January 20, 1782, married August 18, 1807, Elijah Rutledge.
Patsy Wright " October --, ----.
Benjamin C. Wright " April 3, 1788, married May 20, 1814, Mary E. Lewis, who died July --, 1822, in the 24th year of her age.
Byrd Wright " December 16, 1794, died August 16, 1816.
William Wright no dates of birth and death given.
One Martha Wright married John Belote and the names Quint and Henry Belote appear, no relationship stated.
Benjamin C. Wright was living in Purdy County, Tennessee, in 1851; he stated that he spent nearly three years in Texas and then went to Mexico with the Tennessee Cavalry but gave no further particulars. He had a son, Charles, a school master, who was living in 1851, place of his residence not states; a son Marcus Wright, was chief clerk of the Navy Yard at Memphis, in 1851, and another son, John, was a physician and practiced with Dr. Crump's wife is not stated and the place of residence of Doctor John Wright and Dr. Crump is not stated. Benjamin C. Wright also had a daughter, Frances; no particulars in regard to her.
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Nancy Tarver Wright Dew was allowed pension on account of the services of her last husband, John Dew, on her application executed May 27, 1851, while residing in Wilson County, Tennessee.
The soldier, John Dew and his wife, Nancy, had the following children:
Nancy T. Dew born April 22, 1798 or 1799.
Sarah D. Dew " " 7, 1800, died January 8, 1803.
John H. Dew " January 18, 1802, one John H. Dew was an attorney in partnership with William L. Sypert, and was administrator of the estate of the Reverend John Dew.
Joseph Arthur Dew " October 11, 1804, died October 19, 1827.
One Josephine Sarah Dew, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Dew, was born January 10, 1827.
The following also appears on the family record: Robert Hallum and Ann T. Dew, married January 22, 1834. One Robert Hallum was aged fifty-two years in 1851, and resided in Wilson County, Tennessee.
The above is the history of the only soldier named John Dew, found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator

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February 6, 1932

RA-J/EEL

Lottie Dew
239-Third Street, S.W.
Birmingham, Aalbama [correct spelling: Alabama]

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to John Dew, a sol-dier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.2722, based upon the military service of John Dew in that war.
John Dew, the son of John and Judy, his wife, was born January 4, 1764, place not stated.
While residing near New Bern, North Carolina, he enlisted in 1779, or the first of the year 1780, served as sergeant, a part of the time under Captain or Colonel Dixon, in the North Carolina Troops, was at the battle of Guilford Court House and was discharged at the close of the war.
After the Revolution, he lived in Pitts County. North Carolina; moved from there to Washington County, Georgia, and thence to Wilson County, Tennessee.
He died October 11 or October 31 (both dates appear in the claim), 1823, in Wilson County, Tennessee. At one time he was a senator in the legislature of Tennessee and was later a minister of the Gospel.
John Dew married July 2, 1785, Miss Rocky Cannon, the daughter of John and Mary Cannon. Rocky was born January 12, 1756, and died in Washington County, Georgia, April 17, 1796.
John and Rocky Dew had the following children:
Matthew or Matthew T. Dew born November 9, 1787 [handwritten] Died apr 26, 1832. [end handwritten], married Feb-ruary 23, 1819, Jane Bradley, who died March 3, 1819.

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Children of John and Rocky Dew, continued
William C. Dew born November 27, 1790, married June 4, 1819, Ann Roland. He was living in Wilson County, Tennessee, in 1851.
Elizabeth Dew " February 9, 1796, married in December, 1812, William L. Sypert. One William L. Sypert was living in Wilson County, Tennessee, in 1851, and was then aged fifty-seven years.

Said William L. Sypert and his wife, Elizabeth, had the following children:
Rockey L. Sypert born October 6, 1814.
Mary A. Sypert " February 11, 1816
Matthew William Sypert " October 30, 1817.
Nancy Jane Sypert " " 21, 1819.
Semphronia Elizabeth Sypert " ------- --, 1822.
John Dew Sypert " ------- --, 1825.
The soldier, John Dew, had a brother Arthur, who was living in Wilson County, Tennessee, in 1851; his age is not stated.
John Dew married a second time on March 9, 1797, in Washington County, Georgia, Mrs. Nancy Wright, widow of John Wright. She was also known as Ann, and was the daughter of Benjamin and Patsy Tarver, who, at one time, living four miles from Catawba Town in South Carolina, where, it was stated, General Andrew Jackson (afterward President Jackson) often visited them. Celia Youre or Ury, who, in 1845, was residing in Sumner County, Tennessee, and Polly Span, who, in 1851, was living near Murfreesborough, Tennessee, were sisters of said Nancy. Their ages are not given.
Nancy Tarver married in April, 1781, in Warren County, North Carolina, John Wright, above named.
Said John Wright was the son of William and Rhocksilary Howell Wright. The date and place of his birth are not stated. He had brothers, Simon and Ewell, and his sisters named in the papers are

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Tempy, who married William Marks; Nancy, who married George Swethy or Swithy; Elizabeth, who married James Ellington; Susan, who was married but whose married name is not given; one sister; who married ------ Long, her Christian name not given; and two other sisters, names not given, who, at one time, lived in Warren County, North Carolina.
John Wright was also a Revolutionary War solider. He enlisted in Warren County, North Carolina, sometime in 1779, for eighteen months, and again enlisted in 1780, for twelve months and was at the battle of Gates' Defeat. No further particulars of his services are given. He died July 19, 1795, near Laudersville, Georgia, aged thirty-seven years.
John and Nancy Wright had the following children:
Tempy or Temperance Wright born January 20, 1782, married August 18, 1807, Elijah Rutledge.
Patsy Wright " October --, ----.
Benjamin C. Wright " April 3, 1788, married May 20, 1814, Mary E. Lewis, who died July --, 1822, in the 24th year of her age.
Byrd Wright " December 16, 1794, died August 16, 1816.
William Wright no dates of birth and death given.
One Martha Wright married John Belote and the names Quint and Henry Belote appear, no relationship stated.
Benjamin C. Wright was living in Purdy County, Tennessee, in 1851; he stated that he spent nearly three years in Texas and then went to Mexico with the Tennessee Cavalry but gave no further particulars. He had a son, Charles, a school master, who was living in 1851, place of his residence not states; a son Marcus Wright, was chief clerk of the Navy Yard at Memphis, in 1851, and another son, John, was a physician and practiced with Dr. Crump's wife is not stated and the place of residence of Doctor John Wright and Dr. Crump is not stated. Benjamin C. Wright also had a daughter, Frances; no particulars in regard to her.

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Nancy Tarver Wright Dew was allowed pension on account of the services of her last husband, John Dew, on her application executed May 27, 1851, while residing in Wilson County, Tennessee.
The soldier, John Dew and his wife, Nancy, had the following children:
Nancy T. Dew born April 22, 1798 or 1799.
Sarah D. Dew " " 7, 1800, died January 8, 1803.
John H. Dew " January 18, 1802, one John H. Dew was an attorney in part-nership with William L. Sypert, and was administrator of the estate of the Reverend John Dew.
Joseph Arthur Dew " October 11, 1804, died October 19, 1827.
One Josephine Sarah Dew, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Dew, was born January 10, 1827.
The following also appears on the family record: Robert Hallum and Ann T. Dew, married January 22, 1834. One Robert Hallum was aged fifty-two years in 1851, and resided in Wilson County, Tennessee.
The above is the history of the only soldier named John Dew, found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator

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Division
March 14, 1911.

Mrs. Ray E. Dew,
Box 818
Wauson, Ohio
Madam:
In addition to the military history of John Dew, W. File 2722 Rev. War, you are furnished the following family data.
Mathew cenn of John and Rocky Dew was {born November 9, 1797. died April 26, 1833.
William C. son of John and Rocky Dew was born November 27, 1790.
Elizabeth daughter of John and Rocky Dew was born February 9, 1796.

Nancy T. daughter of John and Nancy Dew was born April 22, [crossed out] [handwritten] 1798 or 1799 [end handwritten].
Sarah D. daughter of John and Nancy Dew was {born April 7, 1800 died January 8, 1803.
John H. son of John and Nancy Dew was born January 18, 1808.
Joseph Arthur son o of John and Nancy Dew was {born October 11, 1804 died October 19, 1827.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

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Contained in [crossed out] his widow's) application for pen- in this Bureau. [handwritten] John Dew W. F. 2722 [end handwritten]
NT OR NTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE. 
[handwritten]
1779 or 1780 | to end of war | Sgt. | [checkmark] | Dixon | N.C.
[end handwritten]
Battles engaged in, [handwritten] Guilford Court House [end handwritten]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, 
Date of application for pension, [handwritten] May 27. 1857 Her claim was allowed [end handwritten]
Residence at date of application, [handwritten] Wilson Co. Tenn. [end handwritten]
Age at date of application, [handwritten] She was born Jan'y 13, 1763. [end handwritten]
Remarks: [handwritten] Soldier, Son of John and Judy Dew was born Jan'y 4. 1764. He married July 12, 1796 Rocky, daughter of John and Mary Cannon who was born Jan'y 12 1756 and died apr. 17. 1796. He then married in Washington Co. Ga. Mch. 6. 1797, ann or Nancy, daughter of Benjamin and Patsy Tarver, and widow of John Wright who was also a Soldier in the Revolution, and who died July 19. 1975. John Dew was once a Senator in the Legislature of Tenn. and afterwards a minister of the Gospel. He died in Wilson Co. Tenn. Oct. 11 or 31, 1823. [end handwritten]
Very respectfully,
Commissioner
4043b5m3-09 I-2

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312 Church Street,
Nashville, Tennessee,
February 4, 1933.

Pension Office,
War Department,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
There is a record in your files of a pension issued to the widow of Rev. John Dew who died in 1823 and who was a Revolutionary soldier. Rev. John Dew died in Wilson County, Tennessee and his widow was living there at the time of the pension application and issuance.
Among those records I understand is an item which says, "John Dew died 11 November 1843 in Wilson County " and I would like to have a verification of this date. This John Dew was the son of Rev. John Dew.
For your convenience in replying a self-addressed and stamped envelope is enclosed and I would appreciate this information at your earliest possible convenience.
Yours very truly,
Robt E. Landis
[stamp]

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Mrs. Edythe R. Whitley
2710-Belmont Blvd.,
Nashville, Tenn.
Nov. 17, 1932.
Department of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
REV. WAR PENSIONS
Dear Sir----
Please send me the report in your file of Nancy Dew, widow of John Dew, Revolutionary Soldier. She made application in 1851 for a pension and at that time I understand there was filed the family Bible records with her application, also several statements from members of her family regarding both Dew and her first husband A Mr. Wright.
I shall appreciate your reply as I am very anxious to receive this information as a matter to be used in some legal matters. I also want to use it for filing a D.A.R. application.
I am
Yours truly,
[handwritten] Edythe R. Whitley [end handwritten]
[stamp]

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[handwritten]
Oct. 5, 1932
administrator, Veterans' affairs
Department of Interior
Washington, D.C.
Dar Sirs.
We should appreciate your making certified photostatic copies of all papers including bible records re John and Nancy Dew North Carolina number W 2722.
These papers are being ordered in the name of Wiilliam a. Robbins We wish to have the certified photostatic mailed to Thompson, Koss and Warren 256 Broadway, New York City.
Very Truly yours,
G. Wallace Bates
[end handwritten]

[on business card]
G. WALLACE BATES
ROOT, CLARK & BUCKNER TELEPHONE
31 NASSAU STREET. NEW YORK RECTOR 2-2260

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Will you please send me a copy of the military services of John Dew who served in the Revolutionary war from North Carolina. He was issued a land grant, or to his house, rather in Sumner Co. Tenn. I wish to get a list of his [illegible], [illegible], if possible.
Mrs. J. S. Freeman
Springfield Tenn.
Would like this at earliest possible time as inheritance is [illegible].

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[stamp]
Columbia, Tennessee.
611 North High Street,
March 4, 1932.

United States Department of Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I am very anxious to have at the earliest possible date some information relative to my family that I trust you can supply.
In the early 1700 my great-great-grand father, John P. Dew, moved from Virginia into North Carolina, Edge-combe County, Bertie Precinct. For more than twenty years he was Justice of the Peace there and a large land owner. In 1760 his will was probated and lands divided according to law. In 1788 a land grant was issued to "The Heirs of John Dew" for Revolutionary service. His heirs names in his will were as follows:
John Dew
Abraham Dew
Arthur Dew
Sarah Dew
Priscilla Dew
Mary Dew
Can you supply birth dates for any of the above?
Abraham Dew married Elizabeth Hickman; Arthur Dew married Susannah Harris; John Dew married a Miss Cannon (I think); Can you give me the full name of Miss Cannon; her birth, marriage and death dates; also the names of her parents and place of their residence?
John Dew and Arthur Dew moved to Tennessee around 1790 and lived in Wilson [handwritten] County [end handwritten] Tennessee.
Sarah Dew married a Mr. William Bridgers, I think, Can you furnish dates for this union?
Can you tell me who Prisicilla Dew and Mary Dew married and where located?
What I am very anxious to know at this time is the County or Town in Virginia from which John P. Dew moved into North Carolina in early 1700. Can you give me the name of his wife; her parents and all available dates?
Can you give me the name of the parents of John P. Dew and their heirs, with all available dates?

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2.

I am very anxious to complete my genealogy, going back to the original ancestor from England, and any information you can give me will be greatly appreciated. 
Can you give me anything of the war record of any of the men named herein?
I am enclosing herein self addressed stamped envelope for the convenience of your reply.
If I can ever be of any service to you at any time, I shall be very happy to have you command me.
Thanking you in advance for an early reply, I am
Respectfully,
[handwritten] Hattie B. Dew [end handwritten]
(Miss ( Hattie B, Dew,
enc.l. [handwritten] OIL g9 stamped envelope
[end handwritten]
Will you also tell me, if possible, the full middle name or John P. Dew.

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[stamp]
Columbia, Tennessee.
611 North High Street,
March 10, 1932.

United States Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Under date of March 4th., I wrote to you seeking some information on the Dew Family.
I have since writing my letter found that the infor-mation requested in error and will appreciate it very much if you will kindly return this letter to me. Self addressed stamped envelope enclosed in my letter of the 4th. inst.
I trust I have caused you no trouble in the matter. The information requested in not for my family but for another Dew family in Tennessee.
However, if you have obtained any of the information and have mailed to me, I shall be happy to pass it on to the correct decendant of John Dew.
Thanking you in advance for your trouble in the matter, I am
Respectfully,
[handwritten] Hattie B. Dew. [end handwritten]
Hattie B. Dew,
C/o Judge J. D. E. DeBow,
Exchange Building,
Nashville, Tennessee.
[stamp]
[handwritten]
John P. Dew of North Carolina was not my great-great grandfather. HB Dew.

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Rev

239 3rd St. S.W.
Birmingham, Ala.
January 7, 1932.

Director of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
The War Dept. of Washington D.C. suggests that you may be able to give me a more complete record of my great-great grandfather, John Dew, than is found in its files.
The data I get there is, that this John Dew enlisted May 13, 1777 for three years in the Revolutionary War. He served in Lieutenant Colonel Harvey's Company, 2nd North Carolina Battalion, com-manded by Colonel John Potter.
I am anxious to find more of this John Dew's family record. If possi-ble his birth, marriage, death, Father's name, place of residence (town & County) brothers & sisters if any.

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Will you kindly tell me if you have such records of a John Dew who fought in the Revolutionary War, and how I can receive copy of same?
Thanking you sincerely for this information, I am
Yours truly,
Lottie Dew.

P.S. Do you have another Dew of any given name on your war lists? I've suspect-ed this John Dew had a brother Thomas Dew, who probably served in the Revolutionary War.
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Pension Department-
Washington D.C.
I have been advised to write the Pension Department for further information about John Dew, I am enclosing the record of his services in the Revolutionary War, which I obtained from the War Department (returned Mch. 14. 1911) Will you kindly let me know if you have any record of a pension issued to John Dew and whether such record gives [illegible] names or any dates of birth or death? I am very anxious to secure

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this information as it will be used in work of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the records of the Pension Department are almost, my only hope.
I shall be very grateful of any effort to assist made in The Pension Offices.
Very Respectfully,
Mrs. Ray E. Dew,
Strausean,
Ohio
March 7. 1911. Boro818

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Purdy 28th Nov. 1857
Maj. Robt. Hallum
Dear Sir,
I rec.d your letter of the 7th Nov. just by mail since I rec.d one handed to me by Mr. B. Clifton your nei-ghbor which was dated the 10th of Same month, both requesting infor-mation from me (if any I could give) of the date of the marriage of my Father & Mother, I to be certain whether there could be any thing found in my possession to arrive at the time I diligently sear-ched among all my papers Books & c but find nothing about it
You spoke of having a Bible once at your house that might have had a record of the time of their marriage if there was such a one I have no recollection of ever having seen it, or I should have been almost certain to have Registered the same in my Bible
I took Aunt Celia Urys affidavit proving that she was at the wedding of my Father & Mother and and intended to have given from General Jackson to Uncle Spans to get Aunt Polly Spans affidavit proving that she was at the wedding also I went from your house to [illegible] & from there to General Jack's Staid all might with him and until after dinner the next day. He informed me the day of the month & the year of their marriage should be set forth in the declaration as well as proof of ceremony having been performed (I think was about what he said to me) and when I enquired of him about the services that my Father undered in in the Revolution War. he stated that he knew my Father well & That he knew of his having been in 2 or 3 Companies but he could not tell me who he was under. he told me also that he knew my Mother also & expressed his wish that she might get a pension saying that there was none more entitled than she is if the facts can be proven up, he was very [illegible] when I was with him and the weather bad as it was snowing nearly all the time & he was not able to walk without

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aided by some person. He advised me to return home & try to get the date of my Fathers & Mothers marriage and try to get some person at the City of Washing to search the Muster Rolls there to find who he served under which I have failed to get done. I am truly sorry that the matter has been so long delayed and I will do all I can to provide a pension for her
Give my love to her and your family I have a great desire to see all once more but my bad health & the want of a good opportunity well prevent me but look forward with hope I have nearly worn myself but I can do little else but write a little and make poor speed at that Mr. Bracken is living in holly Springs & the last [illegible] he was very low & my daughter Frances is nearly blind with the sore eyes my sons Charles & Marcus are living in Memphis Marcus has Charge of the Navy yard at least he is chief Clerk is pay is $750 [illegible] annum. he has been quite sick but is recovering Charles has been teaching school & I think he has had his health pretty well, Sister Patsy & Quint Belote & Henry Belotes Widow & children I have not heard from for a long time my son John the Doctor is practicing medicine in [illegible] Dr. Crump my son in law they & the doctors family are well & doing well my wife & her Connexion are well  There are no important news among us we had a Temperance [illegible] from Gen.l William Haskell it was considered a good effort by the Majority of the peoples, please accept my kindest salutations & respect yours truly - 
B. Wright

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Smith & Jones
Dear Sirs
Robt Hallum requests me to enclose you this letter- I have [illegible] to Mr Wright to make out a statement of the [illegible] the affidavit appeal is a his statement and state that he knew of their living together as man and wife, be sworn to it have it certified, with the County [illegible]
Mr Hallum says as well to me server other proof soon- when he will enclose to Mr Smith
very Respectfully
Jno W Burton

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State of North Carolina
{Comptroller's Office June 10th 1851.
I William J. Clarke Comptroller of Public Ac-counts in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that, it appears of record, in said office, in the record of payments made by said State to sundry persons for military services in the Revolutionary War, that the following payments were made to John Wright to wit:
Book No. 175 page 58 L20. (Twenty pounds)
Ditto " 29 " 75. $104.35. (One hundred & four Dollars thirty five cents.)
Book No. 19 Settlements in 1786 John Wright of Smith's Company, 1777 $140.12. Remark, omitted Sept. 1777.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office the day and year above written
Wm. J. Clarke Comptr.

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No. 14.417
Nancy Dew
formerly widow
of 
John Wright
Tenn
to J. Bryan - Oct 22 -1857
See widows section for
[illegible] note

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State of North Carolina
{Comptroller's Office June 28th. 1851.
I William J. Clarke Comptroller of Public ac-counts in and for the State aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears of record in said office in the record of payments made by said State to sundry persons on account of military services in the Revolutionary War that the following payments were made to John Dew to wit:
Book No. 175. page 12. January 1779, £63 S8 (Sixty three pound eight shillings ) 0 pence
Book B. Statement of proceedings of Commissioners of Army accounts No521 John Dew $439 86/100 (Four hundred and thirty nine 86/100 dollars.)
The first payment was made by the Com-missioners of army accounts at Wilmington N.C.
In testimony whereof I have here-unto subscribed my name and af-fixed my seal of office the day and year above written
Wm. J Clarke Comptr.

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Brief in the case of [handwritten] Nancy Dew [end handwritten] Country and State of [handwritten] Tennessee [end handwritten] act
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
[handwritten] Documentary evidence of marriage record and traditionary evidence of the performers pension [end handwritten]

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

Name and residence of Agent
[handwritten] Smith & Jones
[illegible] Tenn
W E Jones, now present.

Triplett [end handwritten]
Examining Clerk.

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Smith & Jones
attor Nancy
Dew

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Washington City
Jany 5th. 1852.

Sir,
as Attornies in fact for Mrs Nancy Dew we respectfully ask that her claim as the widow of John Dew may be [illegible], and allowed to her for the services of her husband the said John Dew in the War of the Revolution we electing as her attornies to claim a pension for her as the widow of John Dew.
Vert Respectfully
Your [illegible]
Smith & Jones

James E. Heath Esq
Court of Pensions

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Nancy Dew wid of John Dew
Act 29 July 1848
Ad 2 yrs Pr [crossed out]
[illegible] [illegible]
4 Mch 1848- 

[illegible]
W. E. Jones
Present

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The widow having made her election according to the decision when the case was taken wh & suspended- the case should be now examined as if no such suspension had taken place.
JE Heath

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State of Tennessee Wilson County} ss.
Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said State and County, Nancy Dew (with whom I am personally acquainted) and made oath in due form of law that she is the identical Nancy Dew, who formally made application for a Pension, on account of the Revolutionary Services of her deceased husbands John Wright and John Dew, and that she makes this supplementary Declaration in order to obtain a Pension on account of the Revolutionary Services of her first husband John Wright under acts of July 14, 1838, March 3rd 1849 and June 17, 1844 and after [illegible] under act of July 29th, 1848 as widow of John Dew, hereby empowering her attornies Smith & Jones for her and in her name to make such election as to which Pension she shall have , as they may deem best for her, in the event that her choice above made, be contrary to the rules, and usages governing such cases. Sworn & Subscribed before me this 10th day of November  1884} Nancy her + mark Dew seal
attest; County Court Clerks Certificate
Jas Arrington JP for Wilson County State of Tennessee Wilson County}
I Josiah S. McClain, Clerk of the County Court of said County, do hereby certify that James Arrington Esq, whose signature appear to the foregoing affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County

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duly commissioned and qualified and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 10th Nov. 1857.
J E McClain of Wilson County Court
[illegible]

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State of North Carolina Warren County}
I John W. White Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for The County of Warren aforesaid hereby cer-tify that I have examined The marriage License & bonds on file in my office commencing in the 1773 and ending in 1789 and cannot find any License or Bond for John Wright- To marry Nancy Tarver, I also certify that the papers belonging To The office in Those dates were not-kept on regular file as They should of been
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal of office at office in Warrenton This 16th day of June A.D. 1837
Jn.o W. White Clk

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State of Georgia Washington County} Clerks Office of the Court of Ordinary
I Haywood Brookins Clerk of the Court of Ord-inary in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby Certify that there is no public record of the marriage of John Dew, to Nancy Wright in their office Given under my hand and Seal of said Court in [illegible] this Fifth day of June in the year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Fifty One
Haywood Brookin Clk.C.C,

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Purdy [illegible] 13th Paid 5
[illegible] Smith & Jones
Nashville Tenn.ee

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Mrs. Ann or Nancy Dews Memorandum to B Wright
Enquire of Genl. A Jackson expecting John Wright, Hugh White, Joseph White & Genl. Jackson used to visit Bay Larrend (Mad [illegible]) in the [illegible] Settlements South Carolina 4 miles from Catanby Town
Know of Genl. [illegible] if he knows what Captains Company he served in, in the Revolution War, he was out in 2 or 3 Campaigns, John Wrights father was [illegible] William Wright his mothers name was Rhocksilary Howell, his brothers names were Simon Wright & Ewell Wright. his Sister Tempy married William Marks. Nancy married George Swithy. Elizabeth married I and Ellington Susan married- another marries a Mr. Long and two other Sisters married not [illegible] and lived in Warren County North Carolina, She now that married John Wright & Ann Tarver lived in Warrenton his name not [illegible], They were married in the years 1782 or 2. 
James Crawford, who died lately in Wilson County, was well acquainted with John Wright, and knew of his having Served Several Campaigns and knew his officers and nearly all the Circumstances attending the Campaigns
Arthur Dew of Wilson County brother of John Dew can prove John Dews services in the Revolution War Celia Ury of Sumner County [illegible] and Pally Span of Rutherford County on Sugs Creek 13 miles from [illegible] Letters of Mrs Ann Dew were at the wedding where she the Said Ann was married to John Wright in N.C. and was also at the wedding when the Said Ann was married to John Dew in Washington County Georgia.
A copy returned in my possession 15th June 1837 B. Wright

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Purdy June 13th. 1851
[illegible]
Smith & Jones,
Gentlemen,
I [illegible] your letter informing me that it is my Mothers impression (Vig Nancy Dew) that I have in my possession my Fathers Old Bible, I have not seen that Bible for a great many years and have no knowledge where it is though I think that the certainty and date of Marriage between my father & Mother could be as-certained through the Clerk of the County where the license were [illegible] and returned after the marriages which would be better proof as I conceive than an entry in any other Book
I proved to find that you have undertaken to get a pension for my Mother I intended to attend to it but I [crossed out] first went to Texas staid near three years and then went to Mexico with the Tennessee Cavalry and since I got home I have not had any good health since wishing you good luck in this undertaking
I am Gentlemen [illegible] [illegible] obt. Sworn
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State of Tennessee: Wilson County;
On this 27th day of May AD 1851, personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, and of the County Court in and for said County and State, Nancy Dew, a resident of Wilson County, in the State of Tennessee, aged eighty nine years, who being first duly sworn ac-cording to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 29th, 1848;
That she is the Widow of John Dew, who was a Sergeant in the army of the Revo-lution  from the lower part of the State of North Carolina she thinks from the neighborhood of Newbern, and who enlisted as she thinks for during the War, some time in the year Seventeen Hundred and seventy nine, or the first of the year Seventeen Hundred and eighty, that he continued to serve to the end of the war, and was at the Battle of Guilford Court House, that she does not recollect the names of his officers, but thinks that his Captain or Colonel was named "Dixon" not is she certain that she is correct as to the date of his enlistment, although she has repeatedly seen his discharge, but which was lost or destroyed many years ago that he continued in the Service until the close of the War, as she always understood from him, after which he removed to Washington County, in the State of Georgia, where after the death of her first husband John Wright, she was married to the said John Dew on the 9th day of March in the year Seventeen Hundred and ninety Seven (1797) as appears from her original family record which she attaches here to and which is genuine and which contains the date of her marriage; that her husband, the said John Dew, removed from Washington County Georgia, to Wilson County Tennessee where on the 11th day of October Eighteen Hundred and twenty three (1823), he died; that since his death she has not again intermarried, but still remains the widow of the said John Dew deceased, that she has no other record or documentary evidence by which to prove her marriage than that above mentioned, and that she does not know of anyone, now living, by whom to prove his services; that she has not heretofore applied for a Pension, that the first child of herself and the said John Dew was born in the year Seventeen Hundred and ninety eight (1798), and that in consequence of the great lapse of time and loss of memory, she cannot give any further particulars in relation to his said services, she therefore relies upon the traditionary evidence hereto annexed, and the old original records, if any such are in existence she therefore requests that she be allowed a Pension under the said Act of Congress passed July 29th, 1848, at such a rate, as she may in justices be

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entitled to she further declares that previous to her marriage with John Dew, she was the Widow of John Wright, who was also a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, and whose services are set forth in her first Declaration of this date claiming a Pension on account of his services under acts of July 29th 1838, that she was married to John Dew, by one Sam. Whittaker a Justice of the Peace, that previous to her marriage with her first husband the aforementioned John Wright, her name was Nancy Tarver.
Sworn to & Subscribed before me the day and year above written} Nancy her X mark Dew seal
Jas Arrington JP for Wilson County
I do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with Nancy Dew the above named Declarant for many years, that she is in all respects a truthful and reputable person and that her statements are entitled to full credit and [illegible] and I do further certify that from old age and bodily infirmity, she is unable to attend Court for the purpose of making her declaration in open Court, [illegible] my hand his 27 day of May 1851.
Jas Arrington JP. for Wilson County
Know all now by these presents that I Nancy Dew of Wilson County State of Tennessee, do hereby constitute and appoint Smith & Jones of Nashville Tennessee my true and lawful attorneys for me and in my name to prosecute my Claim to a Pension against the United States, hereby confirming all their lawful acts as such in the premises. [illegible] my hand and Seal this 27 day of May 1851. Nancy her X mark Dew seal
Acknowledged before me this 27 day of May 1851. Jas Arrington Wilson County JP

State of Tennessee; Wilson County;
On this 27 day of March 1851. personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said State & County, Robert Hall [illegible] aged fifty two years a resident of Wilson County Tennessee (who I certify is a person of veracity and high standing in said County) and made oath in due form of law that he has been well acquainted with Nancy Dew, for forty years past, was also well acquainted with her husband John Dew up to the day of his death, that since affiant was ten years old, he distinctly rec-ollects having heard the said John Dew say that he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War from th State of North Carolina, which he stated repeatedly, that up to the day of his

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death which was in Wilson County State of Tennessee on the 11th day of October, 1823, he was always recognized reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Revolu-tionary War, and never heard it questioned, that he also understood from the said John Dew that he removed from the State of North Carolina to Washington County Georgia, and that he there married Nancy Wright, who affiant always understood from the said Nancy, was the widow of John Wright, who was also a Revolutionary Soldier, and that he removed from Georgia to Wilson County Tennessee, where he died as above stated that since his death the said Nancy Dew has not again intermarried, but still remains his widow, that affiant has this day heard [illegible] the Declaration of the said Nancy in which she claims a Pension on account of the Services both of her first husband John Wright, and of her second husband John Dew, and that the statement therein made, are in accordance with what affiant has many years ago heard the said John and Nancy Dew relate that is to say that the state-ments therein contained are in accordance with what affiant has often heard the said John and Nancy Dew relate in relation to the services of the said John Dew, and in accordance with what affiant has often heard the said Nancy Dew relate, in relation to the services of her first husband, the said John Wright, affiant further states that during his acquaintance with the said Jogn Dew, he was a minister of the Gospel, and a highly respectable citizen, and at an early day a Senator in the Legislature of the State of Tennessee but which was prior to his being a minister of the Gospel, that his widow the said Nancy is an all respects a truthful and respectable woman.
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day and year above written Ro. Hallum seal
Jas Arrington for Wilson County JP

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State of Tennessee Wilson County}
I Josiah S McClain Clerk of the County Court of Said County of Wilson hereby certify that James Arrington Esquire whose genuine signature appear to the within and foregoing Declaration certificate, acknowledgement and affidavit. now is and was at the time of signing the [illegible] an acting Justice of the Peace [illegible] and for the County and State aforesaid, and a Justice of the County Court of Said County, which Court is a Court of [illegible] and has by law a public seal, He is duly commissioned and sworn
Subscribing whereof I have hereunto set me hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Lebanon this 27th day of May AD 1837
J S McClain Clerk of Wilson County Court

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Enclosed in
Nancy Dew,
[illegible]

Joseph Bryan
[illegible]

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State of Tennessee Wilson County}
Personally appeared before me Lawrence Sypert an acting Justice of the Peace for said County Benjamin T Tucker aged sixty two years, who made oath in due form of law that he is personally acquainted with Mrs Nancy Dew That he was at the house of John Wright in Burke County State of Georgia and that at that time Mrs Nancy Dew was the wide of the said John Wright and that they lived together as man and wife, and raised a family of children which they recognized as having been born in lawful wedlock, Jno Wright has been dead a number of years and since that been she Nancy Wright had married John Dew. Affiant further states that he has heard his father Lew Tucker who [crossed out] dided in Wilson County Tennessee, in the year 1822, [illegible] that he knew John Wright personally, and that they served together in the North Carolina Troops during the Revolution-ary War, And that he [crossed out] frequently heard him Lew Tucker say that John Wright married Nancy Tarver, the present Nancy Dew The applicant for a pension. Affiant fur-ther states that he has frequently heard his mother Sarah Tucker who died in 1825 [crossed out] speak the wedding

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of John Wright and Nancy Tarver- now Mrs Nancy Dew- and that they were married in Warren County State of North Carolina. Benjamin T. Tucker
Sworn and subscribed before me this the 6th day of December 185
Lawrence Sypert JP
I Lawrence Sypert an acting Justice of the Peace for Wilson County certify that I am personally acquainted with Benja-min T Tucker who is a citizen of Wilson County State of Tennessee- and that he is a man of good character, and are entitled to full credit and [illegible] [crossed out] whose veracity cannot be questioned.
L Sypert JP for Wilson County

I Lawrence Sypert the Justice of the Peace as aforesaid do further certify that I was personally acquainted Lew Tucker & Sarah Tucket, the father & mother of Benjn T Tucker the mother named deponent, there whom, no man & [illegible] [illegible] higher in the [illegible] of the community as persons of veracity, that all their state-ments were entitled to the fullest credit and do [illegible] by those who knew them. Given under my hand this December 8th 1861
L Sypert Justice of the Peace

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State of Tennessee Wilson County}
I Josiah s McClain clerk of the County Court of said County of Wilson hereby certify that Laurence Sypert Esquire whose genuine signature appear to the [illegible] affidavit and certificates is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County and state aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn. Was at the time of signing the same. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Lebanon this 8th day of December AD 1831
J S McClain Clerk

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State of Tennessee Sumner County}
Personally appeared Celia Youree Formerly Celia Tarver before me John L. Swaney an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid and made oath in due form of law that she was personally acquainted with John Wright who married her sister Ann Tarver in the state of North Carolina and County of Warren she thinks in the year one thousand and seven hun-dred and eighty two or three that she the said deponent was at their wedding at her Fathers and that the said deponent knows of their having lived in a State of Wedlock as man and wide until the death of the said John Wright who died in the State of Georgia. That the said Ann Wright then the widow of the said John Wright deceased married a man in the State of Georgia Washington County by the name of John Dew and this De-ponent further states that she was at their wedding at Benjamin Tarvers the Father of this deponent and the said Ann, and this deponent further states that the said John Dew and the said Ann his wife lived together as man and wife until the said John Dew died in Wilson County & State of Tennessee and this deponent further states that the said Ann Dew has lived a Widow ever since and is now living in Wilson County & State of Tennessee.
Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 11th day of November 1843 Celia her X mark Youree
[illegible] John L. Swaney JP seal

State of Tennessee Wilson County}
Came this day John L Bagg and R T Warner before me an acting Justice of the Peace for said State & County [illegible] being first [illegible] sworn [illegible] oath and saith that they are well acquainted with the above deponent Celia Youree- That she is a woman of respectability and her statements are entitled to full credit and she is [illegible] of the [illegible] [illegible] that [illegible] deponent are [illegible] of character and their [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] credit-
Sworn to and subscribed before me this Nov. 11th 1843
J L Bagg
R T Warner
S F Schell JP

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State of Tennessee Sumer County}
I William S. Munday Clerk of the County Court of Said County do hereby certify that John L. Swaney and Samuel F Schell before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken are and were at the time of signing the same acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified at such; that he foregoing signatures purported from them, are genuine; and that full faith and credit are and [illegible] ought to be given all Their Official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office at office in the Town of [illegible], this 11th day of [illegible] AD 1843, and [rest is illegible]
Wm S Munday Clerk

[written sideways]
May 18/33
[illegible]
Ann Dew
Wid. of John
Regi

Smith & Jones
Nashville
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678
FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
[left side]
[handwritten]
John Dew son of Jno Dew and Judy his wife was born January the 4th 1764
Rocky Dew Daughter of John Cannon and his wife was born January 12th 1756
Nancy Tarver [crossed out] Daughter of Benjamin and Patsy his wife was born January the 13th 1763
Mathew Dew son of John Dew and Rocky his wife was born Nov the 9th 1787
William C Dew son of John Dew and Rocky his wife was born November the 27th 1790 at 8 oclock am
Elizabeth Dew Daughter of John Dew & Rocky his wife was born February the 9th 1796
[end handwritten]
[right side]
BIRTHS.
[handwritten]
Benjamin Wright Son of John Wright and Nancy his wife was born April tho. 1788
Tempy Wright Daughter of Jno Wright and Nancy his wife was born 20th January 1782
Patsy Wright Daughter of Jno Wright & Nancy his wife was born in October th
Byrd Wright Son of Jno Wright & Nancy his wife was born 16 the Decr. 1794 22 years old died
Nancy Dew Daughter of Jno Dew & Nancy his wife was born the 22nd of April 1798
Sarah D Dew Daughter of Jno Dew & Nancy his wife was born the 7th April 1800 died
[end handwritten]

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677
FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
[left side]
[handwritten]
John Dew was Married to Nancy Wright the 9th of March 1797
John Dew was married [illegible] to miss Rocky Cannin the 2nd of July [crossed out] 1786.
Tempy Wright was married to [illegible]
Martha Wright was married to John Belote in the 12th day of October 1808
Elizabeth Dew was married to Wm L Sypert the day of Decr. 1812
William Wright was Jno Wright was born 12 of 
[end handwritten]
[right side]
MARRIAGES.
[handwritten]
Benjamin Wright & Mary E Lewis was mar-ried the 20th May 1814
Benjamin Wright [illegible]
Matthew T Dew & Jane Bradly was married
on the 23rd February 1819
William C. Dew & Ann Roland was married the 4th of June 1819 PM:
Temperance Rutledge was married to Elijah Rutledge on the 18th of August 1807. P.M

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679
FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
[handwritten]
John. H. Dew Son of Jno Dew & Nancy his wife was born the 18th of Jany 1802: 1802: [illegible]
Joseph. A Dew Son of Jno Dew & Nancy his wife was born the 11th of October 1804
[illegible]
Elizabeth C. Sypert
Rokey S. Sypert daughter of Wm L Sypert and his wife Elizabeth C. Sypert was born the 6th of Octr. 1814.
Mary A. Sypert daughter of Wm L. Sypert & his wife Elizabeth C Sypert was born the 11 February 1816.
Communicated married on this day the 22nd of Jan.y 1824 Mr. Robert Hallum to Ann T. Dew [illegible] by the Rev. E Maddox.
[end handwritten]
[right side]
DEATHS.
[handwritten]
Matthew William Sypert Son of Wm L Sypert [crossed out] and his wife Elizabeth C Sypert was born 30th of October 1817
Nancy Jane Sypert daughter of Wm L Sypert & his wife Elizabeth C Sypert was born the 21st of Nov.m 1819
Semphronia Elizabeth Sypert daughter of Wm L & Elizabeth C Sypert his wife was born on the day of 1822
John Dew Sypert son of W L S & Elizabeth C Sypert his wife was born 1823.
Josephine Sarah Dew [crossed out] daughter of Joseph & Elizabeth Dew was borned January 10 the 1827.
[end handwritten]

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680
FAMILY RECORD.
[left side]
DEATHS.
[handwritten]
Byrd Wright departed this life in the 22 year of his [illegible] the 16th of August 1816 (1816,) 12 oclock
Sarah Dew Departed this life of the 8th of January 1803 in her 3 years of age
Sam B dew departed his life on the 23rd of march 1819 and in his 19th years of age after being married one month to M D Dew
Rocky Dew wife of John Dew departed this life the April 17th 1796 [illegible]4 years ago
Matthew Dew departed this life 26th April 1832
[illegible]
[end handwritten]

[right side]
DEATHS.
[handwritten]
John Wright wife of Nancy Wright departed this life the 19th July 1795 (37 years old)
William Wright Departed this life
Mary E Wright wife of Benjamin Wright departed this life 8th of July 1822 at 6 oclock Post Meridiam and in the 27th year of his life
Rev.d John Dew departed this life on 31st day of October 1823 at 6 oclock AM aged 59 years & 10 months after an illness of about 55 days [illegible] disease [illegible]
Joseph Arthur Dew departed this life on 19th day of October 1827 at 3 oclock OM aged 23 years [crossed out] 8 days - after an illness of 32 days with a [illegible] fever
[end handwritten]

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State of Tennessee; Wilson County; ss.
On this 27th day of may A.D.m 1851, personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, and of the County Court, in and for said State and County Nancy Dew, a resident of Wilson County in the State of Tennessee aged eighty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Acts of Congress passed July 4th 1888, March 3.d 1843, June 17th 1841, and February 2.d 1848, That she was married to John Wright, [illegible] he was a private Soldier in the Army of the Revolution from Warren County, in the State of North Carolina, and who enlisted as she thinks, sometime in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy nine (1779) for a tour of eighteen months, as she always understood from her husband in his life time, but that she does not recollect the name of his Captain or Colonel, nor the number of his Regiment although she has heard her husband mention their names but that at the date of that enlistment she was not acquainted with the said John Wright and therefore only gives the facts as narrated by him, that after the expiration of this term of service he came to live at her father's house to learn the Hatter's trade where he remained but a short time, before he went into service again, saying that all the young men in the neighborhood had gone out, and that he could not stay by himself she thinks that this time he enlisted for twelve months, and that it was in the year Seventeen Hundred and eighty (1780) and that during this time he was at "Gates' defeat", that after he was discharged and re-turned home to wit on the - day of April in the year Seventeen Hundred and eighty one (1781), she was married to the said John Wright in Warren County in the State of North Carolina, by a Justice of the Peace, that the first child of herself and the said John Wright was born on the 20th day of January in the year Seventeen Hundred and eighty two (1782) and was named Tempy Wright, that her husband the said John Wright, after having moved to (or near) Sandersville in the State of Georgia, died on the 19th day of July in the year Seventeen Hundred and ninety five (1795), that she was afterwards married to John Dew; in Wash-ington County in the State of Georgia, on the 9th day of March in the year Seventeen Hundred and ninety seven (1797), that her husband, the said John Dew, moved from Washington County Georgia to Wilson County, Tennessee, where he died on the 11th day of October Eighteen Hundred and twenty three (1823) that she was not married to the said John Wright prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, Seventeen

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hundred and ninety four, vig at the time above stated. She [illegible] then [illegible] that she has no documentary or [illegible] proof in support of her claim except a part of an old family record, which is genuine, and which she attaches hereto that she remembers many years ago having seen the Discharge of her first husband John Wright, and also of her second husband, John Dew who was also a Revo-lutionary Soldier, which Discharged was lost or destroyed many years ago.
She further declares that a portion of the old family record containing the marriage of herself with the said John Wright, was taken by her son Benjamin Wright, to McNairy County, Tennessee, but she does not know whether he has still preserved it, or not. She further declares that in consequence of the great lapse of time, old age, and [crossed out] memory she cannot give the names of any of the officers under whom, either of her husbands served with any degree of certainty, or any further particulars in relation to their said services, than she has already given, nor does she know of any one now living whom she can prove their services, and therefore relies upon the old original records, of any such be in existence. she further declares that she has not again intermarried since the death of the said John Dew, but still remains his Widow, she therefore asks to be allowed a Pension under the Acts before recited, at such a rate as in justice she many be entitled to
Sworn and subscribed before me The date above written
Jas Arrington J P Nancy her X mark Dew
for Wilson County

State of Tennessee Wilson County}
I James Arrington a Justice of the Peace and a Justice and Member of the County Court of said Wilson County Tennessee do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs Nancy Dew who has this day appeared and made oath to the foregoing declaration before me that she is a woman of Truth and Veracity That full faith and credit is due and of right aught to be given to her statements and I

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further certify that from old age and bodily infirmity She is not able to attend at the Court House of her county in order to make this declaration in open Court the testimony whereof I hereunto set me name & seal This 27th May 1857
Jas Arrington JP
for Wilson County

I Nancy Dew of Wilson County Tennessee to hereby Constitute & approve Smith & Jones of Nashville Tenn my time & lawful [illegible] for me & in my name to prosecute and recover for me a pension as claimed in the above declaration
[illegible] my hand & seal This 27th day of May 1857
Nancy her X mark Dew

State of Tennessee Wilson County}
On this 27 May 1857 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for Said County personally appeared Mrs Nancy Dew with whom I am well acquainted & who ack-nowledge the execution of the above power of attorney to be her act & [illegible] for the purposes therein
[illegible] my hand & seal
Jas Arrington JP

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State of Tennessee Wilson County}
I Josiah S McClain clerk of the Court of said County of Wilson do hereby certify that James Arrington Esquire whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration, certificate and acknowledgement is an acting Justice of the Peace in said County and State & of said County Court which is a Court of record and entitled by law to a public seal, and was at the time of signing the same, I also certify that the said signatures are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Lebanon this 27th day of May AD 1857
J S McClain Clerk

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State of Tennessee: Wilson County;
On this 27th day of May AD 1851, personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, and of the County Court in and for said County and State, Nancy Dew, a resident of Wilson County, in the State of Tennessee, aged eighty nine years, who being first duly sworn ac-cording to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 29th, 1848;
That she is the Widow of John Dew, who was a Sergeant in the army of the Revo-lution from the lower part of the State of North Carolina she thinks from the neighborhood of Newbern, and who enlisted as she thinks for during the War, some time in the year Seventeen Hundred and seventy nine, or the first of the year Seventeen Hundred and eighty, that he continued to serve to the end of the war, and was at the Battle of Guilford Court House, that she does not recollect the names of his officers, but thinks that his Captain or Colonel was named "Dixon" not is she certain that she is correct as to the date of his enlistment, although she has repeatedly seen his discharge, but which was lost or destroyed many years ago that he continued in the Service until the close of the War, as she always understood from him, after which he removed to Washington County, in the State of Georgia, where after the death of her first husband John Wright, she was married to the said John Dew on the 9th day of March in the year Seventeen Hundred and ninety Seven (1797) as appears from her original family record which she attaches here to and which is genuine and which contains the date of her marriage; that her husband, the said John Dew, removed from Washington County Georgia, to Wilson County Tennessee where on the 11th day of October Eighteen Hundred and twenty three (1823), he died; that since his death she has not again intermarried, but still remains the widow of the said John Dew deceased, that she has no other record or documentary evidence by which to prove her marriage than that above mentioned, and that she does not know of anyone, now living, by whom to prove his services; that she has not heretofore applied for a Pension, that the first child of herself and the said John Dew was born in the year Seventeen Hundred and ninety eight (1798), and that in consequence of the great lapse of time and loss of memory, she cannot give any further particulars in relation to his said services, she therefore relies upon the traditionary evidence hereto annexed, and the old original records, if any such are in existence she therefore requests that she be allowed a Pension under the said Act of Congress passed July 29th, 1848, at such a rate, as she may in justices be

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entitled to she further declares that previous to her marriage with John Dew, she was the Widow of John Wright, who was also a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, and whose services are set forth in her first Declaration of this date claiming a Pension on account of his services under acts of July 29th 1838, that she was married to John Dew, by one Sam. Whittaker a Justice of the Peace, that previous to her marriage with her first husband the aforementioned John Wright, her name was Nancy Tarver.
Sworn to & Subscribed before me the day and year above written} Nancy her X mark Dew seal
Jas Arrington JP for Wilson County
I do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with Nancy Dew the above named Declarant for many years, that she is in all respects a truthful and reputable person and that her statements are entitled to full credit and [illegible] and I do further certify that from old age and bodily infirmity, she is unable to attend Court for the purpose of making her declaration in open Court, [illegible] my hand his 27 day of May 1851.
Jas Arrington JP. for Wilson County
Know all now by these presents that I Nancy Dew of Wilson County State of Tennessee, do hereby constitute and appoint Smith & Jones of Nashville Tennessee my true and lawful attorneys for me and in my name to prosecute my Claim to a Pension against the United States, hereby confirming all their lawful acts as such in the premises. [illegible] my hand and Seal this 27 day of May 1851. Nancy her X mark Dew seal
Acknowledged before me this 27 day of May 1851. Jas Arrington Wilson County JP

State of Tennessee; Wilson County;
On this 27 day of March 1851. personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said State & County, Robert Hall [illegible] aged fifty two years a resident of Wilson County Tennessee (who I certify is a person of veracity and high standing in said County) and made oath in due form of law that he has been well acquainted with Nancy Dew, for forty years past, was also well acquainted with her husband John Dew up to the day of his death, that since affiant was ten years old, he distinctly rec-ollects having heard the said John Dew say that he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War from th State of North Carolina, which he stated repeatedly, that up to the day of his

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death which was in Wilson County State of Tennessee on the 11th day of October, 1823, he was always recognized reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Revolu-tionary War, and never heard it questioned, that he also understood from the said John Dew that he removed from the State of North Carolina to Washington County Georgia, and that he there married Nancy Wright, who affiant always understood from the said Nancy, was the widow of John Wright, who was also a Revolutionary Soldier, and that he removed from Georgia to Wilson County Tennessee, where he died as above stated that since his death the said Nancy Dew has not again intermarried, but still remains his widow, that affiant has this day heard [illegible] the Declaration of the said Nancy in which she claims a Pension on account of the Services both of her first husband John Wright, and of her second husband John Dew, and that the statement therein made, are in accordance with what affiant has many years ago heard the said John and Nancy Dew relate that is to say that the state-ments therein contained are in accordance with what affiant has often heard the said John and Nancy Dew relate in relation to the services of the said John Dew, and in accordance with what affiant has often heard the said Nancy Dew relate, in relation to the services of her first husband, the said John Wright, affiant further states that during his acquaintance with the said Jogn Dew, he was a minister of the Gospel, and a highly respectable citizen, and at an early day a Senator in the Legislature of the State of Tennessee but which was prior to his being a minister of the Gospel, that his widow the said Nancy is an all respects a truthful and respectable woman.
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day and year above written Ro. Hallum seal
Jas Arrington for Wilson County JP

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State of Tennessee Wilson County}
I Josiah S McClain Clerk of the County Court of Said County of Wilson hereby certify that James Arrington Esquire whose genuine signature appear to the within and foregoing Declaration certificate, acknowledgement and affidavit. now is and was at the time of signing the [illegible] an acting Justice of the Peace [illegible] and for the County and State aforesaid, and a Justice of the County Court of Said County, which Court is a Court of [illegible] and has by law a public seal, He is duly commissioned and sworn
Subscribing whereof I have hereunto set me hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Lebanon this 27th day of May AD 1837
J S McClain Clerk of Wilson County Court

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State of Tennessee; Wilson County} s.s.
On this 27th day of May 1851, personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County & State, William C Dew, aged sixty years, a resident of Wilson County Tennessee, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following affidavit; to wit;
That he is the son of John Dew deceased, late of Wilson County Tennessee, who as he always understood both from himself and from others, was a soldier in the army of the Revolution from the State of North Carolina, that he does not recollect the names of his Captain or Colonel or the number of his Regiment, that after he had performed his term of service, he removed with his wife, and his children, from Bitt County North Carolina, to Washington County Georgia, where his wife died, and where afterward sometime in the year Seventeen Hundred and ninety seven (1797), he again intermarried with one Nancy Wright the Widow of John Wright, that affiant was not at the marriage, but distinctly remembers that his father, and the said Nancy came home to-gether with a large party of people, that he was then informed that they were married, and that they lived together as man and wife, and as such raised a family of children, that some time after their marriage they re-moved to the State of Tennessee, and finally settled in Wilson County Ten-nessee, where they lived together as man and wife and were so considered and recognized until some time in the year 1823, when he died, that the said Nancy Dew has not again intermarried, but continues the Widow of his father the said John Dew and that she now lives in Wilson County Ten-nessee, affiant further makes oath that he is the son of the said John (over)

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Dew, by his first [illegible]. Sworn to & subscribed before me this day and year above wirrten} W. C Dew seal
T J Wilkinson JP

I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William C Dew who has this day signed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit before me, and that he is in all respect a credible and highly respectable person, and that the state-ments made by him in the foregoing affidavit are entitled to full faith and credit, [illegible] my hand this 27th day of May 1851. T J Wilkinson JP

State of Tennessee Wilson County}
On this 27th day of may 1851, personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State William L Sypert, aged fifty seven years, a resident of Wilson County Tennessee, (with whom I am well acquainted and who I certify is a person of truth and veracity) and made oath in due form of law, that he knew John Dew well from the year 1807 or 1808 and that he has been well acquainted with his wife Nancy Dew since the same date, that they were then living together as man and wife in Wilson County Tennessee, and now so reputed and recognized, that he has frequently heard the said John Dew, during his life time say that he was a Revolutionary Soldier from the State of North Carolina, that to the day of his death of his death which occurred in Wilson County Tennessee sometime in the year 1823, he was always regarded as and believed to have been, a Revolutionary Soldier, and never heard it disputed, that he has always heard both from the said John Dew, and Nancy his wife, that they were married in the State of Georgia. affiant has no doubt that he was a Soldier

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in the Revolutionary War, as he remembers to have seen his discharge many years ago but can not now state the particulars of his service, nor the names of his officers of the number of his regiment, and that since his death, he recollects having seen his discharge in the hands of his Administrator John H Dew, who was then a Partner of affiant in the practice of the Law, but affiant does not know what has become of the said discharge, that since the death of the said John Dew, the said Nancy has not again intermarried, but still continues his Widow and that she is in all respects a reputable and truthful woman.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written Before me} Wm L Sypert seal
T J Wilkinson JP

State of Tennessee Wilson County}
I Josiah S McClain clerk of the County Court of said County of Wilson hereby certify that Tilmon J Wilkinson Esquire whose genuine signatures appear to the foregoing affidavits and certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace [illegible] and for the County and State aforesaid commissioned and [illegible]
In testimony whereof I have here-unto set my hand and the seal of my office at office in Lebanon this 27th day of May 1837
J S McClain Clerk of the Wilson County Court

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State of Georgia Washington County}
Clerks Office of the Court of Ordinary
I Haywood Brookins Clerk of the Court of Ord-inary in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby Certify that there is no public record of the marriage of John Dew, to Nancy Wright in their office Given under my hand and Seal of said Court in [illegible] this Fifth day of June in the year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Fifty One
Haywood Brookin Clk.C.C,

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State of North Carolina Warren County}
I John W. White Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for The County of Warren aforesaid hereby cer-tify that I have examined The marriage License & bonds on file in my office commencing in the 1773 and ending in 1789 and cannot find any License or Bond for John Wright- To marry Nancy Tarver, I also certify that the papers belonging To The office in Those dates were not-kept on regular file as They should of been
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal of office at office in Warrenton This 16th day of June A.D. 1837
Jn.o W. White Clk

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State of North Carolina
{Comptroller's Office June 10th 1851.
I William J. Clarke Comptroller of Public Ac-counts in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that, it appears of record, in said office, in the record of payments made by said State to sundry persons for military services in the Revolutionary War, that the following payments were made to John Wright to wit:
Book No. 175 page 58 L20. (Twenty pounds)
Ditto " 29 " 75. $104.35. (One hundred & four Dollars thirty five cents.)
Book No. 19 Settlements in 1786 John Wright of Smith's Company, 1777 $140.12. Remark, omitted Sept. 1777.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office the day and year above written
Wm. J. Clarke Comptr.

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Mrs. Ann or Nancy Dews Memorandum to B Wright
Enquire of Genl. A Jackson expecting John Wright, Hugh White, Joseph White & Genl. Jackson used to visit Bay Larrend (Mad [illegible]) in the [illegible] Settlements South Carolina 4 miles from Catanby Town
Know of Genl. [illegible] if he knows what Captains Company he served in, in the Revolution War, he was out in 2 or 3 Campaigns, John Wrights father was [illegible] William Wright his mothers name was Rhocksilary Howell, his brothers names were Simon Wright & Ewell Wright. his Sister Tempy married William Marks. Nancy married George Swithy. Elizabeth married I and Ellington Susan married- another marries a Mr. Long and two other Sisters married not [illegible] and lived in Warren County North Carolina, She now that married John Wright & Ann Tarver lived in Warrenton his name not [illegible], They were married in the years 1782 or 2.
James Crawford, who died lately in Wilson County, was well acquainted with John Wright, and knew of his having Served Several Campaigns and knew his officers and nearly all the Circumstances attending the Campaigns
Arthur Dew of Wilson County brother of John Dew can prove John Dews services in the Revolution War Celia Ury of Sumner County [illegible] and Pally Span of Rutherford County on Sugs Creek 13 miles from [illegible] Letters of Mrs Ann Dew were at the wedding where she the Said Ann was married to John Wright in N.C. and was also at the wedding when the Said Ann was married to John Dew in Washington County Georgia.
A copy returned in my possession 15th June 1837 B. Wright

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Purdy June 13th. 1851
[illegible]
Smith & Jones,
Gentlemen,
I [illegible] your letter informing me that it is my Mothers impression (Vig Nancy Dew) that I have in my possession my Fathers Old Bible, I have not seen that Bible for a great many years and have no knowledge where it is though I think that the certainty and date of Marriage between my father & Mother could be as-certained through the Clerk of the County where the license were [illegible] and returned after the marriages which would be better proof as I conceive than an entry in any other Book
I proved to find that you have undertaken to get a pension for my Mother I intended to attend to it but I [crossed out] first went to Texas staid near three years and then went to Mexico with the Tennessee Cavalry and since I got home I have not had any good health since wishing you good luck in this undertaking
I am Gentlemen [illegible] [illegible] obt. Sworn
Ben Wright

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State of North Carolina
{Comptroller's Office June 28th. 1851.
I William J. Clarke Comptroller of Public ac-counts in and for the State aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears of record in said office in the record of payments made by said State to sundry persons on account of military services in the Revolutionary War that the following payments were made to John Dew to wit:
Book No. 175. page 12. January 1779, £63 S8 (Sixty three pound eight shillings ) 0 pence
Book B. Statement of proceedings of Commissioners of Army accounts No521 John Dew $439 86/100 (Four hundred and thirty nine 86/100 dollars.)
The first payment was made by the Com-missioners of army accounts at Wilmington N.C.
In testimony whereof I have here-unto subscribed my name and af-fixed my seal of office the day and year above written
Wm. J Clarke Comptr.

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State of Tennessee Wilson County} ss.
Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said State and County, Nancy Dew (with whom I am personally acquainted) and made oath in due form of law that she is the identical Nancy Dew, who formally made application for a Pension, on account of the Revolutionary Services of her deceased husbands John Wright and John Dew, and that she makes this supplementary Declaration in order to obtain a Pension on account of the Revolutionary Services of her first husband John Wright under acts of July 14, 1838, March 3rd 1849 and June 17, 1844 and after [illegible] under act of July 29th, 1848 as widow of John Dew, hereby empowering her attornies Smith & Jones for her and in her name to make such election as to which Pension she shall have , as they may deem best for her, in the event that her choice above made, be contrary to the rules, and usages governing such cases. Sworn & Subscribed before me this 10th day of November 1884} Nancy her + mark Dew seal
attest; County Court Clerks Certificate
Jas Arrington JP for Wilson County State of Tennessee Wilson County}
I Josiah S. McClain, Clerk of the County Court of said County, do hereby certify that James Arrington Esq, whose signature appear to the foregoing affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County

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duly commissioned and qualified and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 10th Nov. 1857.
J E McClain of Wilson County Court
[illegible]

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Purdy 28th Nov. 1857
Maj. Robt. Hallum
Dear Sir,
I rec.d your letter of the 7th Nov. just by mail since I rec.d one handed to me by Mr. B. Clifton your nei-ghbor which was dated the 10th of Same month, both requesting infor-mation from me (if any I could give) of the date of the marriage of my Father & Mother, I to be certain whether there could be any thing found in my possession to arrive at the time I diligently sear-ched among all my papers Books & c but find nothing about it
You spoke of having a Bible once at your house that might have had a record of the time of their marriage if there was such a one I have no recollection of ever having seen it, or I should have been almost certain to have Registered the same in my Bible
I took Aunt Celia Urys affidavit proving that she was at the wedding of my Father & Mother and and intended to have given from General Jackson to Uncle Spans to get Aunt Polly Spans affidavit proving that she was at the wedding also I went from your house to [illegible] & from there to General Jack's Staid all might with him and until after dinner the next day. He informed me the day of the month & the year of their marriage should be set forth in the declaration as well as proof of ceremony having been performed (I think was about what he said to me) and when I enquired of him about the services that my Father undered in in the Revolution War. he stated that he knew my Father well & That he knew of his having been in 2 or 3 Companies but he could not tell me who he was under. he told me also that he knew my Mother also & expressed his wish that she might get a pension saying that there was none more entitled than she is if the facts can be proven up, he was very [illegible] when I was with him and the weather bad as it was snowing nearly all the time & he was not able to walk without

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aided by some person. He advised me to return home & try to get the date of my Fathers & Mothers marriage and try to get some person at the City of Washing to search the Muster Rolls there to find who he served under which I have failed to get done. I am truly sorry that the matter has been so long delayed and I will do all I can to provide a pension for her
Give my love to her and your family I have a great desire to see all once more but my bad health & the want of a good opportunity well prevent me but look forward with hope I have nearly worn myself but I can do little else but write a little and make poor speed at that Mr. Bracken is living in holly Springs & the last [illegible] he was very low & my daughter Frances is nearly blind with the sore eyes my sons Charles & Marcus are living in Memphis Marcus has Charge of the Navy yard at least he is chief Clerk is pay is $750 [illegible] annum. he has been quite sick but is recovering Charles has been teaching school & I think he has had his health pretty well, Sister Patsy & Quint Belote & Henry Belotes Widow & children I have not heard from for a long time my son John the Doctor is practicing medicine in [illegible] Dr. Crump my son in law they & the doctors family are well & doing well my wife & her Connexion are well There are no important news among us we had a Temperance [illegible] from Gen.l William Haskell it was considered a good effort by the Majority of the peoples, please accept my kindest salutations & respect yours truly -
B. Wright

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Smith & Jones
Dear Sirs
Robt Hallum requests me to enclose you this letter- I have [illegible] to Mr Wright to make out a statement of the [illegible] the affidavit appeal is a his statement and state that he knew of their living together as man and wife, be sworn to it have it certified, with the County [illegible]
Mr Hallum says as well to me server other proof soon- when he will enclose to Mr Smith
very Respectfully
Jno W Burton

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State of Tennessee Wilson County}
Personally appeared before me Lawrence Sypert an acting Justice of the Peace for said County Benjamin T Tucker aged sixty two years, who made oath in due form of law that he is personally acquainted with Mrs Nancy Dew That he was at the house of John Wright in Burke County State of Georgia and that at that time Mrs Nancy Dew was the wide of the said John Wright and that they lived together as man and wife, and raised a family of children which they recognized as having been born in lawful wedlock, Jno Wright has been dead a number of years and since that been she Nancy Wright had married John Dew. Affiant further states that he has heard his father Lew Tucker who [crossed out] dided in Wilson County Tennessee, in the year 1822, [illegible] that he knew John Wright personally, and that they served together in the North Carolina Troops during the Revolution-ary War, And that he [crossed out] frequently heard him Lew Tucker say that John Wright married Nancy Tarver, the present Nancy Dew The applicant for a pension. Affiant fur-ther states that he has frequently heard his mother Sarah Tucker who died in 1825 [crossed out] speak the wedding

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of John Wright and Nancy Tarver- now Mrs Nancy Dew- and that they were married in Warren County State of North Carolina. Benjamin T. Tucker
Sworn and subscribed before me this the 6th day of December 185
Lawrence Sypert JP
I Lawrence Sypert an acting Justice of the Peace for Wilson County certify that I am personally acquainted with Benja-min T Tucker who is a citizen of Wilson County State of Tennessee- and that he is a man of good character, and are entitled to full credit and [illegible] [crossed out] whose veracity cannot be questioned.
L Sypert JP for Wilson County

I Lawrence Sypert the Justice of the Peace as aforesaid do further certify that I was personally acquainted Lew Tucker & Sarah Tucket, the father & mother of Benjn T Tucker the mother named deponent, there whom, no man & [illegible] [illegible] higher in the [illegible] of the community as persons of veracity, that all their state-ments were entitled to the fullest credit and do [illegible] by those who knew them. Given under my hand this December 8th 1861
L Sypert Justice of the Peace

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State of Tennessee Wilson County}
I Josiah s McClain clerk of the County Court of said County of Wilson hereby certify that Laurence Sypert Esquire whose genuine signature appear to the [illegible] affidavit and certificates is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County and state aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn. Was at the time of signing the same. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Lebanon this 8th day of December AD 1831
J S McClain Clerk

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State of Tennessee McNairy County}
Personally appeared Benja-min Wright before me Sam-uel D. Pace an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County and made oath in due form of law said that in the year eighteen hundred & forty two [crossed out] while on a visit to my Mother ( Ann or Nancy Dew), She requested me to try & get her a pension (she believing that she was as much entitled as any Female that has received a pension was. her State-ment to me) I concluded to undertake it, the first step I took was to go to Mrs Celia Ury a Sister of my Mother who made oath that she was at the marriage between my Father John Wright & my Mother whose maiden name was Ann or Nancy Tarver afterward married John Wright as aforesaid & after his death & during her Widowhood married a man by the name of John Dew, I expected to get from General Jackson all that might be [illegible] but although well acqua-inted with my Father & Mother [crossed out]. he knew of my Father having served 2 or 3 tours in the army but could not tell in what Reg.t or Company; he saw my father & mother after they were married Mrs Celia Ury has said since she made oath to the marriage of my Mother to my Father as aforesaid. I was born about the 3.d of April 1788 which makes me sixty three years last april. I know altho I was small that my Father & Mother lived together as man & wife until his death, But I have no knowledge

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of the date of their marriage Sworn to & subscribed this 10th day of December 1857
S. D. Pace seal B: Wright
Justice of the Peace
This is to certify that the above affidavit of Benjamin Wright was Sworn to before me that I am personally acquainted with said Wright & that he is a man of credibility given under my hand at Office this 18th Dec.r 1857
S. D. Pace seal
Justice of the Peace
for McNairy County

State of Tennessee McNairy County} s.s.
I A. A. Sanders Clerk of McNairy County Court do hereby certify that S. D. Pace Esquire who-se name is subscribed to the fore-going affidavit is and was at the time of subscribing the [illegible] in and for said County duly Commissioned and Sworn as the law requires, that he is [illegible] by law to administer oaths for general purposes. That his signature is genuine and that full faith and credit are due all his [illegible] acts as such In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at office in [illegible] this the 10th Decr 1851 A. A. Sanders Clk

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Washington City
Jany 5th. 1852.

Sir,
as Attornies in fact for Mrs Nancy Dew we respectfully ask that her claim as the widow of John Dew may be [illegible], and allowed to her for the services of her husband the said John Dew in the War of the Revolution we electing as her attornies to claim a pension for her as the widow of John Dew.
Vert Respectfully
Your [illegible]
Smith & Jones

James E. Heath Esq
Court of Pensions

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[handwritten]
[crossed out] 888
Tennessee
Nancy Dew [end handwritten]
widow of [handwritten] John Dew [end handwritten]
who served in the Revolutionary [handwritten] nc [end handwritten] war, as a [handwritten] private [end handwritten]
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of [handwritten] 80 [end handwritten] Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March. 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the [handwritten] 7th [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] Jany 1852 [end handwritten] and sent to [handwritten] W. E. Jones [illegible] [end handwritten]

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page [handwritten] 181 [end handwritten] Vol. [handwritten] a [end handwritten]

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No.14.417
Nancy Dew, formerly
wid of John Wright
Tennessee
act 7 July 1838.

Let Oct 22/57

Joseph Bryan
[illegible]

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State of Tennessee; Wilson County} s.s.
On this 27th day of May 1851, personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County & State, William C Dew, aged sixty years, a resident of Wilson County Tennessee, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following affidavit; to wit;
That he is the son of John Dew deceased, late of Wilson County Tennessee, who as he always understood both from himself and from others, was a soldier in the army of the Revolution from the State of North Carolina, that he does not recollect the names of his Captain or Colonel or the number of his Regiment, that after he had performed his term of service, he removed with his wife, and his children, from Bitt County North Carolina, to Washington County Georgia, where his wife died, and where afterward sometime in the year Seventeen Hundred and ninety seven (1797), he again intermarried with one Nancy Wright the Widow of John Wright, that affiant was not at the marriage, but distinctly remembers that his father, and the said Nancy came home to-gether with a large party of people, that he was then informed that they were married, and that they lived together as man and wife, and as such raised a family of children, that some time after their marriage they re-moved to the State of Tennessee, and finally settled in Wilson County Ten-nessee, where they lived together as man and wife and were so considered and recognized until some time in the year 1823, when he died, that the said Nancy Dew has not again intermarried, but continues the Widow of his father the said John Dew and that she now lives in Wilson County Ten-nessee, affiant further makes oath that he is the son of the said John (over)

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Dew, by his first [illegible]. Sworn to & subscribed before me this day and year above wirrten} W. C Dew seal
T J Wilkinson JP

I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William C Dew who has this day signed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit before me, and that he is in all respect a credible and highly respectable person, and that the state-ments made by him in the foregoing affidavit are entitled to full faith and credit, [illegible] my hand this 27th day of May 1851. T J Wilkinson JP

State of Tennessee Wilson County}
On this 27th day of may 1851, personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State William L Sypert, aged fifty seven years, a resident of Wilson County Tennessee, (with whom I am well acquainted and who I certify is a person of truth and veracity) and made oath in due form of law, that he knew John Dew well from the year 1807 or 1808 and that he has been well acquainted with his wife Nancy Dew since the same date, that they were then living together as man and wife in Wilson County Tennessee, and now so reputed and recognized, that he has frequently heard the said John Dew, during his life time say that he was a Revolutionary Soldier from the State of North Carolina, that to the day of his death of his death which occurred in Wilson County Tennessee sometime in the year 1823, he was always regarded as and believed to have been, a Revolutionary Soldier, and never heard it disputed, that he has always heard both from the said John Dew, and Nancy his wife, that they were married in the State of Georgia. affiant has no doubt that he was a Soldier

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in the Revolutionary War, as he remembers to have seen his discharge many years ago but can not now state the particulars of his service, nor the names of his officers of the number of his regiment, and that since his death, he recollects having seen his discharge in the hands of his Administrator John H Dew, who was then a Partner of affiant in the practice of the Law, but affiant does not know what has become of the said discharge, that since the death of the said John Dew, the said Nancy has not again intermarried, but still continues his Widow and that she is in all respects a reputable and truthful woman.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written Before me} Wm L Sypert seal
T J Wilkinson JP

State of Tennessee Wilson County}
I Josiah S McClain clerk of the County Court of said County of Wilson hereby certify that Tilmon J Wilkinson Esquire whose genuine signatures appear to the foregoing affidavits and certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace [illegible] and for the County and State aforesaid commissioned and [illegible]
In testimony whereof I have here-unto set my hand and the seal of my office at office in Lebanon this 27th day of May 1837
J S McClain Clerk of the Wilson County Court