Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10311, John Q Dabney, Va.

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(3-1776)
SERVICE								NUMBER
Va.				Dabney, John Q.			W.10311
					Sarah			B.L.W.61203-160-55

CONTENTS

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4040
Kentucky
John Q. Dabney
of Scott Co in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Moon of the regt commanded
by Col Lynch in the Virginia Ma
[‘line’ crossed out] for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 30 Dollars      -      Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued she 9 day of Jan
1833 and sent to Rev
R. M. Johnson, N. R

Arrears to 4th of Sep 32 $45
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mch 33, 15
					$60

			{Revolutionary Claim,
			Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Wm L Allison Clerk,
Cook D, Vol. 9, Page 36

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Pension Case
John Q Dabney
Grover J.T. Johnson


9 mo
$30 per an

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John Q Dabney of Scott Co Ky In the 69th year
of his life States – that he served in the
war of the Revolution as a Militia man
as near as he can recollect in the year
1779 was in the Battle of Guilford com-
mand by Captain Jacob Moon and Lieut
Rice – he cannot recollect the number of
the Regiment But it was commanded by
Colo Charles Lynch – detached from the
main army and atached to Colo wash-
ingtons Infantry and fought on the
right wing of the US army – when Capt
Moon fell together with Capt Jones and
Capt Helms he can not enter into a minute
detail of all the minutia of the battle but
got an honorable discharge for one tour and can
not now recollect from whome.
And States that in the same year he
he served another tour under the command of
Capt Tho Leftwhich (the [illegible] not 
recollected) But was not in any Battle
or Skirmish But scouted from Richmond
to the [Maurbin?] hills and from thence
to Hanover Town on the Pomonkey river
for which he obtained an honbl discharge

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The next and last Tour was the siege and
taking of Corn Wallace at Little york
under the command of Capt Charles Calloway
where he Endured some fategue and many dan-
gers had been on duty for 48 hours without
relief and obtained an honbl discharge
Each tour he served was three months.
Sworn to in open Court Dec
17 1832
			John Q Dabney
AM Ben B Ford clk

Mr. L. T. Johnson, a public Teacher of
Christianity residing in Geo. Town, Scott
County, K.Y + R. M. Calla residing in
same County + State, hereby certify that
from all we know of [illegible] Jno Q. Dabney
+ R McCalla is well acquainted
with him having sworn to + sub-
scribed the above declaration;
that we believe him to be of the
age stated by him; that he is re-
ported + believed to have served
as stated in his neighborhood +
we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the
day + year [illegible]. J. T. Johnson
Sworn to in open Court
Dec 18 1832
	AM Ben B Ford clk
	R McCalla

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and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter and after
probing the Interrogations presented by the War
department that the above named applicant
was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as
he States and the Court further Certifies
that it appears to them that John T Johnson
who has Signed the foregoing Certificate as
a Clergyman Resident in said County and
that Robert McCalla, who has also signed
the Same is a Resident in said County and is
a credible person and that their Statment
is entitled to credit
I Ben B Ford of the Court for the County
of Scott do hereby Certify that the foregoing 
Contains the General Proceedings of the
said Court in the matter of the application
of John Q Dabney.
		In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
		hand and Seal of office the 19th day
		of December 1832 and 44th Year of the
		Commonwealth
				  AM Ben B Ford clk

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Increase			6,083
	Illinois
Sarah Dabney
widow of John Q Dabney
who served in the Revolutionary
Va
war, as a private

inscribed on the Quincy Roll at the rate
of 96 dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence on
the [‘3d February, 1853.’ crossed out]  Ded paymts
27 July 1868 made since

Certificate of Pension issued
28 day of Dec, 1868
and sent to Joseph Klein
		Barry
		Pike Co
			Ills


Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page Z42 Vol. H
+ July 27, 68
	Jn Smith

[right side]
1884 Aug Pension Agt reported paid to
	June 4 1884 + living in Barry, Pike Co Ills
1889 (aged 87 years)
Jany 25	S R Downey – no law for Increase {illegible words]

Retd from House Com
	Mar 26-90

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Ky
Sarah Dabney
widow of John Q
a pension under act of
AD 1832 See
Key files
	4040
applicant for a pen-
sion under the 
act of 53
 
	F Triplett





Miller + Brown
	attys at Law

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State of Kentucky
County of Daviess [squiggle] SS
	On this 11th day of June 1856, per-
sonally appeared before the Daviess County
Court of the state of Kentucky Sarah Dab-
ney a resident of said County of Davies +
state aforesaid aged 56 years who first
being duly sworn according to Law doth
on her oath make the following declar-
ation in order to obtain the benefits of
the provision made by the act of Congress
passed on the 3rd February 1853 granting pen-
sions to widows of persons who served
during the Revolutionary War: That
she is the widow of John Q. Dabney who
was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain                           in the         Reg-
iment of Virginia Militia she believes it was,
commanded by                                   in the
war of the Revolution. That he
Volunteered at                         on or about
the       day of                       AD                   and left
the service about the conclusion of the
war having served about Eighteen Months
that he resided she believes in Virginia
at the time he entered the service, but
at what place in Virginia she does
not know. That he died in Scott County
in the state of Kentucky on the seventh 
day of June one thousand eight hundred
(Error in date of death as he had been paid to March 4 1833)
and thirty two. That for some times
prior to his death he drew a Pension but
under what act of Congress she does 
not know. He was paid at the Lexing-

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ton Agency in the state of Kentucky. she
here refers to proof on file with his
application for pension and makes it
part hereof
	She further declares that she was
married to the said John Q. Dabney on
the seventh day of June AD Eighteen
hundred and eighteen. That she was
not married to him prior to the second
of January Eighteen hundred but at
the time above stated, she further 
declares that she is now a widow.
	Whether any public or private Record of
her marriage exists she does not know. she 
has written to the Clerk of the Fayette County
Court for a copy of the Record on file in his
office, if any, but has received no answer
from him as yet, and thinks it probable
that the record was destroyed by fire when
said Clerks office was burnt some years
ago. There was a private record
in existence some years since in the pos-
session of Francis M. Dabney of the state
of Illinois, this she will endeavor to
procure + make due proof of its gen-
uineness.
	She hereby Constitutes Miller + Brown
of Washington D.C. her attorneys to pros-
ecute her Claim hereby authorizing them
to obtain from the War department or
else where any and all said Copies of
Records or any other evidence which may
be missing to establish her claim +
revoking + countermanding all other

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authority that may have been heretofore given
for such purposes.
				Sarah Dabney
			[‘her’ above, ‘mark’ below]

Sworn to + subscribed by making her mark on the
day and year above written before me George
H Yeaman presiding Judge of the Daviess
County Court. done in open Court, at
the Courthouse in the Town of Owensboro.
			Geo H Yeaman Presiding Judge
						D.C.B

State of Kentucky
County of Daviess [squiggle] set
		I Graham Hughes clerk of the 
County Court for the aforesaid County of
Daviess do hereby Certify that at a County
Court began + held for the County of Daviess
at the Courthouse in the town of Owensboro
on the 11th day of June 1856 the following
Order was entered of Record to wit “Sarah
Dabney came into court + produced sub-
scribed and sworn to a declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the provision made
by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd
February 1853 granting pensions to widows
of persons who served during the Revolution-
ary war.
	I further certify that the declaration
of the said Sarah Dabney was subscribed +
sworn to by her in open Court before George
H Yeaman who is the presiding Judge of
said Court duly elected and qual-
ified + whose official acts are entitled
to full faith and credit. I further
certify that the signature of the said

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George H Yeaman to the certificate above is
genuine.
		In testimony whereof
		I have hereunto subscribed
		my name and affixed
		the seal of said Court this
		11th day of June AD 1856
			Graham Hughes Clk

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[left side]
			End P
 Jany 25 /90 To Atty
	Cir. 5



Vol D. Page 26.

[right side]
272. 662
		[illegible] mar 3
		april 9


Sarah Dabney wid.
John Q. Dabney.
		Pri

[written sideways]
61.203 Issued
April 22 /57



[illegible letters/numbers] Apl 21 /57
	Revy. War.

Ad53 No 6083

Special. April 20
S. Cole
C.C


Miller + Brown.
	Present.

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272.662
WIDOW’S CLAIM.
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM
OF
Sarah Dabney
widow of
John Q –
[‘She is’ crossed out]
See her papers in
IN THE WAR WITH
her pension [‘papers’ crossed out] case
under act of
AD1853

Revolutionary
Please issue the
Warrant
proof of marriage
	of Sarah 
and death with her
other papers
MILLER & BROWN,
ATTORNEYS FOR THE CLAIMANT,
WASHINGTON, D. C.

T. WRIGHTSON & Co., Printers, Cincinnati, O.

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The State of Kentucky}
Daviess COUNTY,	          } SS.
		On this 9th day of December A. D. 1856
personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace of and for the
County and State aforesaid, Sarah Dabney aged …………..
years, a resident of Daviess County, in the State
of Kentucky, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is
the Widow of John Q. Dabney deceased, who was a …………………… in the
Company commanded by Captain ……………………………………………….. in the
…………………………………….Regiment of ……………………………. commanded by
…………………………………………………………………… in the War of the Revolution.


That her said husband ………………………… at …………………………………………on
or about the …………………..day of ………………….., A. D. ………, for the term of
…………………………and continued in actual service in said War for the term
Of …………………, and was honorably discharged at ……………………………………		
on the …………… day of ……………………….. A. D.
	She further states that she was married to the said ……………………
on the …………………. day of ………………, A. D. ……………….by one……………….
………………………………………………., a …………………………………….., and that her
name before her said marriage was Sarah Hartman; that her
said husband died at ……………………………………….. on the ………………………
day of ………………., A. D. ………………., and that she is now a widow.
she refers to proof on file with her application
for a Pension

	She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land
to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, A. D. 1855. She
also declares that she has never applied for nor received any Bounty Land under this or
any other Act of Congress.
	She hereby appoints Miller & Brown, of Washington, D. C., her Attorneys to
prosecute said claim, and procure her Warrant, hereby authorizing and empowering her said
Attorneys to procure from the proper authorities at Washington, or elsewhere, certified copies of
any records or documents, or any and all other evidence that may be necessary to establish her
claim, as fully as she might or could herself if present, and hereby revoking and countermand-
ing all other authority that may have been heretofore given for the said purpose.
							Sarah x Dabney
						[‘her’ above, ‘mark’ below]

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We, Wm N Sweeney and Lafayette Dabney
residents of Daviess County in the State of Kentucky
upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by
Sarah Dabney in our presence, with whom we are
personally acquainted, and that we believe, from the appearance, statement, and our acquaintance
with the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that we are dis-
interested witnesses.
			 		Wm N. Sweeney
					L Dabney

[X’s haphazardly drawn through the following text]
We …………………………………………………. and ……………………………………………				
residents of ………………………………. upon our oaths declare that we were personally acquainted
with ………………………………………………………….. and …………………………………………………………………….	
during the lifetime of the said …………………………………………………………………..husband of the said
……………………………………………….and we know that she said………………………………………………………
And ………………………………………………………….lived together as husband and wife, and were so re-
garded and reputed by their neighbors ;  that the said…………………………………………………………….
is dead, that the said ………………………………………………………….is still his widow, and that we have
no interest in this claim

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The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day
and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons;
that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in
this claim.
								Geo N McKay JPDC




The State of Kentucky}
Daviess County,          }SS.

	I, Graham Hughes, Clerk of the County Court of said
County, do certify that Geo N McKay is, and was at the time of making
the foregoing signatures, (which I certify to be genuine,) an acting Justice of
the Peace in and for said County having been duly commissioned
and sworn.

			In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal
			of said Court, and subscribed my name, this 9th
			day of December, A. D. 1856.
					Graham Hughes clk

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[left side]
Special Act Old War
(3-232.)		Increase
		No. 6083


Old. War Wid. File No. 10311


Sarah Dabney
Widow of
John Q Dabney
Rank Pvt
Company Va Mil
Regiment Rev War

Rate per month $30
Commencing June 20 1890
Ending 
Certificate dated July 16, 1890,
and sent 	           17, 1890.
Payable at Chicago Agency.

	Atty none 

[right side]
1891
March 13 Dr. J H Duncan, Addrd Prior


Reimbursement Act Mar. 2, 1895.
Accounting Officer’s Certificate
No. 1292 for $200
Appropriation 1890 Returned to
Interior Department for filing
	April 29 1895

See Bounty Land Warrant 61203-
160-55
1927-Mch-28-Hist to B.T. Wood
1929 Feb. 16. Hist. to Mrs H. E.
Lipscomb, 9NY

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No. 14, 8-’89.
	CLAIM OF WIDOW FOR BOUNTY LAND.
N. B. – All the blank spaces in this form must be carefully filled up in accordance with the instructions on the back hereof; and from the best information possessed or obtainable by the applicant.

State of Illinois, County of Pike, ss:
	On this 10th day of Jany A.D., one thousand eight hundred and ninety
personally appeared before me Notary Public of the County of Pike [‘a COURT
OF RECORD within and’ crossed out] for the County and State aforesaid, (1) Sarah Dabney,
aged 90 years, a resident of Barry in the County of
Pike, in the State of Illinois who being duly
sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of (2) John Q. Dabney, deceased,
who was the identical (3) John Q. Dabney, who served under the name
of (4) John Q Dabney as a (5) private in the Company commanded by Captain
cant state, in the “ “ Regiment of
“ “, commanded by unknown in the war of (6)
Revolution that her said husband (7) [‘don’t know’ crossed out] whether enlisted or Drafted
at Virginia on or about the – day of –
A.D. – for the term of – and continued in actual service in said war for the term of
(8) cant state, and whose service terminated by reason of (9) Honorable Discharge
at dont know on the [illegible] day of [illegible] A. D.
She further states that the following is a full description of said husband at the time of his enlistment, viz: (10)
that she was the Soldurs second wife and 
cannot give a discription of him at his enlistment
She further states that she was married to the said John Q. Dabney at the city (or town) of
Lexington in the County of Fayette and in the State of
Kentucky on the – day of June A. D. 1818
by one (11) John Ellmore who was a (12) Minister of the Gospil
and that her name before her said marriage was Sarah Hartman and she further states that
(13) the Soldur had I the applicant had not

and that her said husband (14) John Q. Dabney died at in Scott County Ky
in the state of Kentucky on the …. day of ….. A. D. 1833
and she further declares that the following have been the places of residence of herself and her husband since the date
of his discharge from the army, viz: (15) cant state


She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land (or additional bounty land) to which she may be
entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855, and hereby appoints, with full power of substitution and revocation,
Samuel R. Downey of Washington, D. C.,
her lawful attorney , to prosecute her claim. She also declares that she has heretofore made an application for
(16) pension and has received certificate no.
6,083
and that her residence is No………………….., city (or town) of Barry,
County of Pike, and State of Illinois and that her post office
address is Barry, Pike County, Illinois.

F M Dabney
Geo W Perry								Sarah x Dabney
(Two attesting witnesses who write their names.)		        (Claimant’s Signature)
							[‘her’ written above, ‘mark’ written below]

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Also personally appeared George W Perry aged 56 years, residing
at No. in Barry Pike Co Ill [‘street’ crossed out], in…and F. M. Dabney
aged 60 years, residing at No. James Place
street, in ….. persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by
me duly sworn, say that they have known the said Sarah Dabney for
28 years and 40 years respectively; that they were present and saw her sign her name (or make
her mark ) to the foregoing declaration; that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of said claimant
and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; and they further say that
they are able to identify her as the person who was the wife of the identical (17) John Q Dabney
who rendered the service alleged in the above application in the Company of Captain
…in the regiment of….in the war of
….by the following named facts and circumstances, viz: (18) that we know
of Our own knowledge that the said Sarah Dabney
is now drawing a pension from the Government as
the widow of the said John Q Dabney
and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
				Name here Geo W Perry
					F. M. Dabney

	Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11th day of Jany A.D. 1890; and I hereby certify that the
contents of the above declaration, &c., were fully made known and explained to the applicant and witnesses before
swearing, including the words
erased, and the words
added; and that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
							L N Ferris
						(Official Signature.)
				Certificate filed			Notary Public
						(Official Character.)
[L.S.]
						NOTES.
1.	Here allege full name of claimant.
2.	Here allege full name of soldier.
3.	Here alleged again the name of soldier.
4.	Here allege the name under which the soldier served.
5.	Here allege the rank under which the soldier served.
6.	Here name the war in which the service was rendered.
7.	Here state “enlisted,” “volunteered,” or “was drafted,” as the case may be.
8.	Here state the number of days or months of service rendered by the soldier; fourteen days being the shortest
period for which service bounty land is by law allowed, unless the soldier was actually engaged in a battle. If the claim
is made for battle service, or for service at Plattsburgh in 1814, or for services at the battle of Nickojack, or for services
at the battle of Lewistown, in the war of 1812, the blank should be so varied as to allege such service in addition to the
allegation of term of service.
9.	Here insert the words “an honorable discharge” or “death,” as the case may be.
10.	Here let a full description of soldier follow, giving age, occupation, birthplace, height, color of
hair, eyes and com-
plexion, and any other particulars as to description.
11.	Here allege the name of the person who performed the marriage ceremony.
12.	Here state the official character of the person who performed the ceremony; i.e., whether a
minister of the
Gospel, or a justice of the peace, &c.
13.	Here state whether the claimant or her husband (the soldier) had been previously married; and
if either had,
the name of the former husband or wife should be stated; and the date and place of the death of, or divorce from, the
former consent should be alleged.
14.	Here insert the name of the husband on account of whose service and death the claim is made.
15.	Here state all places of residence; if in a city, giving the street and number; and from and to what
dates he re-
sided at each place.
16.	If application for bounty land or pension has previously been made, state the fact here, giving
the date and
number if possible, and the act of Congress under which the claim was made; and designating whether it was a claim
for bounty land or pension, and whether a warrant for the land or certificate for the pension was ever issued.
17.	Here insert the name of soldier.
18.	Here name all the facts and circumstances which enable the witnesses to swear, from a personal
knowledge, that
the claimant is the widow of the identical person who rendered the service alleged in the claim.
	All services rendered by the soldier in the war for which claim is made, or in any other war, with the names of offi-
cers in each service, must be given in the application.

[the following written sideways]
O. W. and N.
No. 6083.

APPLICATION OF A WIDOW
FOR
COUNTY LAND
OR FOR
ADDITIONAL BOUNTY LAND.

WIDOW OF
John Q Dabney,
a ….. of Capt………[Stampled Seal reads ‘Jan 15 1890’ surrounded by PENSION U S OFFICE]
………… Co.
Reg’t of………………

Sarah Dabney
Claimant
aged 90 years.
FILED BY
S. R. DOWNEY,
ATTORNEY,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
42 Atlantic Bldg.

Printed and for sale by J. F. Sheiry, Claim Blank Printer,
623 D Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.

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3639
10-311
O.M.W
[3-405.]
(PENSIONER DROPPED.)
U. S. Pension Agency,
	Chicago, Ills
	April 30, 1894

Hon. Wm. Lochren
	Commissioner of Pensions.

[‘Rev. War’ sideways]

Sir:
	I hereby report that the name of Sarah Dabney
widow John Q. Rev War, who was a pensioner on the rolls
of this Agency, under Certificate No. 6,083, and who was last paid
at $30, to 4 April, 1894, has been dropped
because of death on April 5, 1894

		Very respectfully,
				Wm B. Anderson
					Pension Agent.


	Every name dropped to be thus reported at once.

	6-163


5226 b—50 m

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August 10, 1934.

					xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Mrs. Eugene H. Abington			BA-J/ady
Beebe 						John Q. Dabney
Arkansas					W.10311				
						

Dear Madam:

	Reference is made to your letter relative to John O.
Dabney, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

	The data contained herein are obtained from the papers
on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W10311,
based upon the military service of John Q. Dabney in that
war.

	While a resident of Virginia, place not stated, he
enlisted, served three months as private in Captain Jacob
Moon’s Company, Colonel Charles Lynch’s Virginia Regiment
and was in the battle of Guilford, after which he enlisted
again in the same year and served three months in Captain
Thomas Leftwich’s Virginia Company. He enlisted, served three
months in Captain Charles Calloway’s Virginia Company and was
at the siege of Yorktown.

	He was allowed pension on his application executed
December 17, 1832 while a resident of Scott County, Ken-
tucky, aged sixty-nine years.

	He died in that county in 1833.

	Soldier married the second time (name of first wife not
stated), June 7, 1818 in Lexington, Kentucky, Sarah Hartman.

	She was allowed pension on her application executed June
11, 1856 while a resident of Daviess County, Kentucky, aged 
fifty-six years. In 1890 she was living in Barry, Pike 
County, Illinois.

	She died April 5, 1894.

	Their son Lafayette, born about 1823, was living in Pike
County, Illinois in 1857, having recently moved from Daviess
County, Kentucky.

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	This is the history of the only John Q. Dabney or
John Dabney found on the Revolutionary War records of
this office.

			Very truly yours




A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator

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[left side]
Apl. 26/94
P.A. war Pen
died Apl 5/94

Apl 28/94
L. N. Ferris
[illegible]
del. lendg. any
act. rel. to 
Const. of
4915Ms. Va.
ysg.

[middle]
10.311
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 10311
Sarah Dabney
Wid
John Q. Dabney
Privt Rev War
Act: Feb 3/53 July 27th 
Index: - Vol. A, Page 168

[Arrangement of 1870.]
See Bounty Land Wt. 61203-160-55

[sideways]
See endorsements on
[several illegible words]

1908 Apr 13. Hist to Hon. James Hay MC.
1912 Jany 8 Hist to Mrs. J. P. Lurton V. L. M
1922 Jan 22 “ “ Emma G. Clemens
1929 Sept 30. Hist to Mrs. R S Cowles 9N.&
1934 Aug. 10. Hist to Mrs. Eugene H. Abington a WY

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6083
Illinois
Sarah Dabney
widow of John Q.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 30 dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued 
7th day of April 1857
and sent to
Miller & Brown
	Present

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 242 Vol. 26.

[sideways]
272662

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No 6530
Sarah Dabney
Widow of John Q.
		Kentucky

Miller + Brown October
28 1856 – Same Dec. 31/56
Same Feb. 7, 1857
Same Feby 21/57
Same Apr 14/1857





Feby 3 1853

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Declaration for Increase of Pension
	under Section 13 Acts of July 27, 1868.


State of Illinois
County of Pike
	On this Twenty eighth day of Nov
A.D. one Thousand Eight hundred and sixty eight personally
appeared before me a clerk of the county court 
in and for the county and State aforesaid, Sarah Dabney, aged
Sixtyeight years, a resident of Barry, in the State of Illinois
who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is
the identical Sarah Dabney, widow of John Q. Dabney, who
was a private in the revolutionary war, to whom was granted
Pension Certificate W:6,083, payable at Springfield, Illinois
at the rate of Thirty dollars per annum, paid under the the
Second section of the act of February 3rd 1853.
	That she makes this declaration in order to see an the increase of
her pension to which she is entitled under the thirteenth
Section of the act of July 27 1868. And hereby constitutes
and appoints Joseph Klein, of Barry, Pike County, and
State of Illinois, my attorney to prosecute this claim, and to
receive certificate which may issue in my name therein.
My post office Address is Barry, County of Pike, State of Illinois,
and that she still remains the widow of John Q. Dabney and
has not remarried.
				Sarah x Dabney
			[‘her’ above, ‘mark’ below]

Also personally appeared F M Dabney and
Wilfred J. Klein, residents of the County of Pike, and
State of Illinois, persons whom I certify to be respectable
and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn;
say that they were present and saw Sarah Dabney
make her mark in the foregoing declaration and they

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further swear that they have every reason to believe from the
appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with
her, that she is the identical person she represents herself
to be, and that they have no interest in the prosecution
of this claim.
				Wilfred L. Klein
				Frances M Dabney




Sworn to and subscribed before me this Twenty eighth
day of November A.D. 1868, and I hereby certify
that the foregoing declaration was fully read and explained
to Mrs Sarah Dabney before she was sworn to + made
her mark to the same, and I also certify that I have
no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this
claim
			x William Steers Clerk

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[left side]
O. W. and N.
No. 6083 Wid.
Sarah Dabney






Letter of
S. R. DOWNEY,
ATTORNEY,
WASHINGTON, D. C.

[right side]
[stamped seal]
PENSION
U JAN 15 1890 S
OFFICE

[stamped seal]
Old War & Navy
Jan 17 1890
DIVISION

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S. R. DOWNEY
ATTORNEY
WASHINGTON, D. C.
				Washington, D. C.,
				January 14, 1890.

Sir:
		Sarah Dabney, widow
of John Q. Dabney, fixes
her age at ninety years.
Will not the Commissioner dis-
pose of her claim at an
early day?

		Respectfully
			S. R. Downey

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State of Kentucky 
	I Alexander H Rennick Clerk of the County Court for the County
of Franklin in the State of Kentucky, do Certify that I have examined the
records of Marriage in my office from 1812 to 1824 both in clusive and
cannot find any Certificate recorded of the Marriage John Q Dabney +
Sarah Hartman.
			In testimony whereof I have hereto Set my name as
			as Clerk as aforesaid and affixed the Seal of said
			County Court this 28th March 1857
					A H Rennick Clerk
						Franklin County Court
							Kentucky

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POWER OF ATTORNEY.

Know all Men by these Presents, That I Sarah Dabney,
(widow of John Q. Dabney, a private
soldier of the Revolutionary war,)
of Barry in the County of Pike and State of Illinois,
have made, constituted, and appointed, and by these presents, do make, constitute, and appoint
Samuel R. Downey, of Washington D. C.,
my true and lawful Attorney , for me and in my name, place and stead, hereby annulling and revoking
all former Powers of Attorney whatever in the premises, to prosecute before any Department, or the Courts,
or Committees of Congress of the United States until final completion, for me, my Claim for all
arrears of pension and allowances
due me as the widow of said
John Q. Dabney, deceased,



and to, from time to time, furnish any further evidence necessary, or that may be demanded, giving and
granting to my said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing what-
soever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes
as I might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and re-
vocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney or his substitute, may or
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
	My Post Office address is Barry, Pike Co. Illinois.
	IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 16th day of
December, eighteen hundred and Eighty nine
Thomas M. Dabney					Sarah x Dabney
W. P. White					[‘her’ above, ‘mark’ below]
							(Signature of Claimant.)		[L.S.]
(Two witnesses who can write sign here, if claimant signs by mark.)

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State of Illinois, County of Pike, ss:
	BE IT KNOWN, That on this 16th day of December,
in the year eighteen hundred and eighty nine, before me, the undersigned, a
Notary Public in and for the said County and
State, personally appeared Sarah Dabney
to me well known to be the identical person who executed the foregoing Letter of Attorney, and the same
having been first fully read over to her and the contents thereof duly explained, acknowledged the same
to be her act and deed, and that I have no interest, present or prospective, in the claim.
	IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, the
day and year last above written.
								L N Ferris
							(Official Signature.)
								Mary Fullie
[L. S.]							(Official Character.)
		Clerks certificate + my
		official character file
in Pension Dept 
		L N Ferris
	I,			Clerk of the County Court in and for aforesaid County
and State, do certify that…………………………………., Esq., who has signed his name to the
foregoing declaration and affidavit was at the time of so doing…………………………………..
in and for said County and State, duly commissioned and sworn ; that all his official acts are entitled to
full faith and credit, and that his signature thereunto is genuine.
	Witness my hand and seal of office, this ………………….. day of …………………………., 18 ……

[L. S.]				Clerk of the …………………………………………………………………….
	Note. – This should be sworn to before a CLERK OF COURT, NOTARY PUBLIC or JUS-
TICE OF THE PEACE. If before a JUSTICE or NOTARY, then CLERK OF COUNTY COURT
must add his certificate or character hereon, and not on a separate slip of paper.

[the following written sideways]
[stamp reads
PENSION
U JAN 6 1890 S
OFFICE]
POWER OF ATTORNEY.
No 6, 083 Wid
CLAIM OF
Sarah Dabney
widow of
John Q. Dabney, a
soldier of the Revolution,
FOR
arrears of pension.
Old War & Navy
JAN 7 1890
DIVISION
FILED BY
S. R. DOWNEY,
ATTORNEY,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
42 Atlantic Building.

Printed and for sale by J. F. Sheiry, 623 D St., Wash’n D. C.

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Additional 
Evidence in
the Case of
Sarah Dab-
ney widow
of John Q
Dabney
Application for
[some words crossed out]
a Revolutiona-
ry pension
under act of
AD 1853

Filed by

Miller r Brown

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Washington March 31/59
Hon Geo C Whiting
			Dr Sir-
We herewith enclose you additi-
onal evidence in the case of Sarah
Dabney under act of 53 applicant
for a Revolutionary pension
			We find
it is out of the question to get any
Record Evidence of her said marr-
iage. And the office has ask-
ed us to produce evidence that no
record testimony could be attained.
We have filed said evidence.
	Please take up the case
and examine.   
		We Remain Yours
		Miller + Brown

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Sarah Dabney
widow of John Q
Illinois

Adm 3 Feby 1853
$30 a year from
the 1 page of the
	act.





[illegible]
Messr Miller + Brown
	Present

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Sarah Dabney widow of John
Q – Applicant for a Revolutionary
Pension under act of 53
papers now Suspended
See My Files	Miller + Brown

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Sarah Dabney widow of John
Q-
	Applicant for B Land under
the late act.
	She now draws a pen-
sion Revolutionary See Ill files
Filed for B [1 word crossed out] Land claim
Some ten days ago
Chief Clerk April 20/57 Miller + Brown

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Add Evidence in
the case of
[‘John Q’ crossed out]
Sarah Dabney
widow of John
Q Dabney
Revolutionary
under act of
AD 1853

levle 1133 




Miller + Brown

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Pension Office Febu 6th/57

Hon Geo C Whiting
			Case of Pensions
Dr Sir- We herewith file with you condit-
itional evidence in the case of Sarah
Dabny widow of John Q. filed under act
of 8 Febu AD 1853- Revolutionary-
We think this evidence will suffice
to establish marriage and present
widow Sarah [1 word crossed out] also to establish in
fact that she is the widow of the
John Q Dabney who was a pensioner
Please examine
	We Remain Yours
		Miller + Brown

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Sarah Dabney – widow of John Q.
	Applicant for a Revolutionary
	Pension. under act of 1853. Claim
	Now Suspended, See K.Y files
	Please let us see papers
	
	March 2st/57 	Miller + Brown

[written sideways next to test]
Sarah Dabney
wid
John Q

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Brief in the case of Sarah, widow of John 
Q Dabney of Illinois
		Act Feby 3 1853.

Her husband was a pensioner under the Act of
June 7, 1832 at $30 a year and died in 1833.

Her marriage proved by witnesses.

Cohabitation, general reputation of marriage,
her identity as the pensioner’s widow; his
death and her present widowhood
proved by credible witnesses



Send to
Mssrs Miller + Brown
		Present		Thornton Triplett
				Examiner

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				(3-128.)
			Increase Rate
		WIDOW’S PENSION.
Rev. War 1776				Special act June 20 1890
[illegible].6085
6083
Chicago
Quincy
Claimant Sarah Dabney		Soldier John Q. Dabney
P.O. Barry 			Rank Private, Co. Va.
County Pike, State Illinois	Regiment Mil. Rev. War.
Rate, $30 per month, commencing June 20, 1890, and Special Act
and two dollars a month additional for each child, as follows

[sideways]
By former marriage.		{Born, _ _ _ _ _ _, 18    .}
				{Sixteen, _ _ _ _ _, 18   .}  Commencing _ _ _ _ _, 18    .
{Born, _ _ _ _ _ _, 18    .}
				{Sixteen, _ _ _ _ _, 18   .}             “           _ _ _ _ _, 18    .
{Born, _ _ _ _ _ _, 18    .}
				{Sixteen, _ _ _ _ _, 18   .}             “           _ _ _ _ _, 18    .
[sideways]
By last marriage.		{Born, _ _ _ _ _ _, 18    .}
				{Sixteen, _ _ _ _ _, 18   .}  Commencing _ _ _ _ _, 18    .
{Born, _ _ _ _ _ _, 18    .}
				{Sixteen, _ _ _ _ _, 18   .}  Commencing _ _ _ _ _, 18    .
{Born, _ _ _ _ _ _, 18    .}
				{Sixteen, _ _ _ _ _, 18   .}  Commencing _ _ _ _ _, 18    .
{Born, _ _ _ _ _ _, 18    .}
				{Sixteen, _ _ _ _ _, 18   .}  Commencing _ _ _ _ _, 18    .
{Born, _ _ _ _ _ _, 18    .}
				{Sixteen, _ _ _ _ _, 18   .}  Commencing _ _ _ _ _, 18    .

Payments on all former certificates covering any portion of same time to be deducted.
All pension to terminate _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, 18       , date of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

		RECOGNIZED ATTORNEY:
Name: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Fee $ _ _ _ _ _ Agent _ _ _ _ _ _ to pay.
P. O. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  Articles filed _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, 18     .

L. C. N

			APPROVALS:
Submitted for July 3, _ _ _ _ _ _, 1890, Lewis C. White, Examiner.

Approved for increase to $30.00, origin of	Approved for _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _; death resulted from
per ann Special Act of accepted,			_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ due to
June 20, 1890. Ranghman			_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ which has been legally accepted,
July 8, 1890, Legal Reviewer.			_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, 18     , Medical Reviewer.
       _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, Re-Reviewer.		_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, Medical Referee.

				IMPORTANT DATES:
Enlisted _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, 18     .		Invalid application field _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, 18     .
Mustered _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, 18     .		Invalid last paid to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, 18     .
Discharged _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, 18     .		Former marriage of soldier _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, 18     .
Died _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, 18     .		Death of former wife _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, 18     .
Declaration filed _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , 18     .		Claimant’s marriage to soldier _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, 18     .

	(15352-15 M.)	6-287

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[PRIVATE – No. 306.]
An act increasing the pension of Sarah Dabney, a Revolutionary pensioner.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary
of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to in-
crease the pension of Sarah Dabney, widow of John Q. Dabney, a
private soldier of the Revolutionary war, from twelve dollars per
month to thirty dollars per month during her natural life, the same
to commence from the taking effect of this act, by approval or other-
wise.
	Approved, June 20, 1890.


		DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
				July 1, 1890

		The above is a true copy of the original
	as certified by the Department of State
				E W Dawson
					Chief Clerk. 	

JRR
7-2-90

OW. Wid Cft #6083
		7. 10. 311
BOARD OF REVIEW
JULY 7 1890

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.

		May 20, 1890. – Ordered to be printed.

Mr. TURPIE, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following
				REPORT:
			[To accompany H. R. 5777.]

	The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H. R.
5777) granting an increase of pension to Sarah Dabney, widow of John
Q. Dabney, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, have examined the
same and report:
	That from the facts stated in the House report, which is hereto attached
and made a part hereof, we believe this to be a meritorious measure,
and do recommend the passage of the bill.


	[House Report No. 865, Fifty-first Congress, first session.] 
	The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 5777) granting
an increase of pension to Sarah Dabney, have considered the same and report:
	The beneficiary under the bill is now a pensioner under the general law of $12 per
month on account of the Revolutionary War service of her late husband, John Q.
Dabney.
	She prays that her pension be increased to $30 per month, because her present pen-
sion is too small to afford her a comfortable support, and other pensioners of the small
class to which she belongs have been granted the increase.
	Henry Digby, a citizen of Barry, Pike County, Ill., testifies to a long acquaintance
with the claimant, and that she is past ninety years old, with no property or income
of any kind except her pension; also, that as she needs constant care and nursing,
her present pension is wholly inadequate to her needs and she has no friends or rela-
tives able to assist her. 
	The testimony of Mr. Digby is fully corroborated by the sworn statements of William
Bright and James Smith.
	Your committee are of the opinion that the relief prayed for should be granted,
and the passage of the bill is therefore recommended.

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SARAH DABNEY.

MARCH 17, 1890. – Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to
					be printed.

MR. PARRETT, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following

				REPORT:
			[To accompany H. R. 5777]
		 
	The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 
5777) granting an increase of pension to Sarah Dabney, have considered 
the same and report:
	The beneficiary under the bill is now a pensioner under the general 
law of $12 per month on account of the Revolutionary War service of 
her late husband, John Q. Dabney.
	She prays that her pension be increased to $30 per month, because 
her present pension is too small to afford her a comfortable support 
and other pensioners of the small class to which she belongs have been 
granted the increase.
	Henry Digby, a citizen of Barry, Pike County, Ill., testifies to a long 
acquaintance with the claimant, and that she is past ninety years old, 
with no property or income of any kind except her pension; also, that 
as she needs constant care and nursing, her present pension is wholly 
inadequate to her needs and she has no friends or relatives able to assist 
her. 
	The testimony of Mr. Digby is fully corroborated by the sworn state-
ments of William Bright and James Smith.
	Your committee are of the opinion that the relief prayed for should 
be granted, and the passage of the bill is therefore recommended.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
			MAY 17, 1890.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions.


				AN ACT
For increasing the pension of Sarah Dabney a Revolutionary pen-
				sioner.

1	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3	That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, au-
4	thorized and directed to increase the pension of Sarah Dabney,
5	widow of John Q. Dabney, a private soldier of the Revolu-
6	tionary way, from twelve dollars per month to thirty dollars
7	per month during her natural life, the same to commence from
8	the taking effect of this act, by approval or otherwise.
Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 1890.
Attest:			EDWD. McPHERSON,
						Clerk.

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[3 lines of text too faded to read]
Increase		6.083
Brief in the case of Sarah Dabney Widow of John Q.
	Private Rev War		Barry
Pike County and State of Illinois.		Quincy
			Act 2 See Feb 3 1853
						

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
			PROOF EXHIBITED,
Pensioner, roll of Illinois, at $30 pr annum. Certificate [illegible]
She claims inc as provided by act of July 27. 1868.

Provided identity + widowhood properly shown.

Admitted Dec 16 1868 to a pension at $96 per annum to
Commence July 27 1868 deducting payments since.


Name and residence of Agent.			W. E. Trask
Joseph Klein				Examining Clerk.
	Barry
		Pike Co.
			Ill.

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Quincy 
Court

			ALLEGATIONS OF CLAIMANT.
Other children of soldier by former wife,
Other children of soldier by claimant,
Loyalty of claimant,


			SUMMARY OF PROOF.
		FORMER MARRIAGE OF SOLDIER.

The marriage of                                         to
is shown by



			DEATH OF FORMER WIFE.


		MARRIAGE OF SOLDIER TO CLAIMANT.

The marriage of                                               to
as shown by



		DATES OF BIRTH OF CHILDREN.


		DATES OF DEATH OF CHILDREN.




	CUSTODY OF CHILDREN BY FORMER MARRIAGE.


		6 – 287

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Pension Office Oct 22/56
Hon J Minot
	Comm of Pensions
			Dr. Sir. We
herewith enclose you application of
Sarah Dabney widow of John Q who
was a soldier in the War of the Revolution for
a pension under act of 53. Her said hus-
band was a pensioner under act of A D 1832
at $30  a year. See His files.
		We believe the papers are
all regularly made out so far as the
nature of the case will admit she
proves [1 word crossed out] nothing about her hus-
bands service but refers to his papers
which will be found on the files of the Office
We would further state that we have had
this case in the way of preparation for
some months and all due effort have
been made to get [illegible] record
evidence of marriage but have
faild. We now conclude, that, no record
of it can be had, and we offer good

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[illegible] proof of said marriage and
as the time of its commense will not
be called into question, under the act of 53
and in the time will bare nothing to
do with it, we trust the old lady will re-
ceive her certificate of pension. We
will therefore call for the examina-
tion of her claim and file the [illegible]
information will be passed over
as it is. Certainly a [illegible] case
	We remain Yours
		Miller + Brown

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State of Kentucky
County of	[suiggle] SS
		I John Macklin a resident of
in the County of Franklin and state of Kentucky upon my
oath declare that I was personally acquainted with Sarah
Dabney and John Q Dabney during the life time of the said John
Q Dabney husband of the said Sarah Dabney and I know
that the said Sarah Dabney and John Q Dabney lived together
as husband and wife and were so regarded and reputed
by their neighbours that the said John Q Dabney is dead 
that the said Sarah Dabney is still his widow and that
I have no interest in the said Sarah Dabney’s claim and
application for a Pension.
				John Macklin

State of Kentucky
County of Franklin [squiggle] ss
		On this 10th day of June	1856
personally appeared before me, John Macklin a resident
of the County of Franklin in the State of Kentucky whom
I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and subscribed
and sworn to the foregoing Affidavit. Given under
my hand the day and date aforesaid.
				Geo W. Gwin JP Y.C

State of Kentucky
County of Franklin [squiggle] ss
		I Alexander H Rennick Clerk of the County Court
of said County do certify that George W Gwin is and was
at the time of making the foregoing signature which I certify
to be genuine an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County.
		duly elected and qualified and that his official
		acts are entitled to full faith and credit In
		testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed
		the seal of said Court and subscribed my name
		this 10th day of June AD 1856
A. H. Rennick	Clk 
Franklin County Court KY

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3d Auditors Office
			Dec 26/56

Sir: John Q Dabney
Ky: act 1832, at $30
per ann, appears
to have been paid to
4 March 1833
	Very Respy
	Robt Jornson
	auditor

Geo G. Whiting Esq.
	Comm of Pensions

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Pension Office, December 23, 1856.
The Third Auditor will please certify the date to which
within named pensioner was paid; and name of
his widow of the received arrears
			Very respectfully,
				S. Cole
				Chief Clerk

Geddes

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Widow, Sarah

Affidavit of
advanced age
and infirmity.


Filed by
S. R. DOWNEY,
ATTORNEY,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
42 Atlantic Bldg.

[STAMPED DATE]
PENSION
U JAN 15 1890 S
OFFICE

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State of Illinois
Pike County
	In the matter of Claim of Sarah Dabney
for Widows Bounty Land Claim
	Personally came before me a Notary Public
in and for the aforesaid County + State Sarah Dabney
aged 90 years who being duly sworn says she
resides in the township of Barry County of Pike and
State of Illinois and that her post office address is Barry
Pike Co Ill, and that she is the widow of John
Q. Dabney a Soldier of the Revolutionary War that
she resides about twenty (20) miles from the County
seat of Pike County, Illinois and a Court of Record
that on account of age and feeble bodily
condition being unable to leave her place of residence
without being carried she is compelled to file
her application for said claim before a Notary
Public of said County
Witness				Sarah x Dabney
Geo W Perry		[‘her’ above, ‘mark’ below]
Geo D. Mayes
		Subscribed and Sworn to before me
this 11th day of Jany AD 1890
			L N Ferris
				Notary Public

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Additional
Evidence
Sarah Dabney
wid
John Q




Triplett





Miller + Brown

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Pension Office Dec 17th/56
Hon Geo C Whiting
			Comm of Pensions
Sir
	We herewith file with you
additional evidence in the case
of Sarah Dabney widow of
John Q who was a pensioner
The application of Mrs Dabney
is filed under act of 53, (Rev-
olutionary) Suspended at this
time see [illegible] files
We hope the additional evi-
dence will be deemed suffi-
cient to issue the certificate
of pension. We think she is
sufficiently identified
	We Remain Yours
	Miller + Brown

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State of Kentucky
		Scott County Set.
				On this 17th day of December
1832 personally appeared in open Court before the
Justice of the Court of record John Q Dabney
a Resident in the County aforesaid aged 69
years who being first duly Sworn according
to law doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act
of Congress passed 7th June 1832

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Sarah Dabney
PAYMENT TO BE MADE
6083
at Quincy Ills
by J M Rice Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of


Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March



Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page 242 Vol. H,
		J N Smith
			Clerk.

[upside down stamped seal]
ISAAC CLEMENTS
U.S. PENSION AGENT 
SEP 20 1890
QUINCY, ILL.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. Increased
			No 6,083
			WIDOW’S PENSION.

	I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of
February 3, 1853, and July 27 1868.
			Sarah Dabney
widow of John Q. Dabney
who was a private in the Revolutionary War,
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Ninety Six
dollars and ~”~ cents per annum, commencing on
the 27th July 1868, and continuing for life, unless she should
again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time
of such marriage. Deduct payments made since
		Given at the Department of the Interior;
			this twenty Eighth of December
			one thousand eight hundred and Sixty Eight

				W. T. Otto
				Acting Secretary of the Interior. 
Examined and countersigned.
			Chris C Cox
			Commissioner of Pensions.

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Certificate No. 6083	NOTE. – This circular is to be securely attached 
Name of Pensioner: 			to the Pension Certificate.
Sarah Dabney							Department of the Interior,
									PENSION OFFICE,
									Washington, D. C., May 1, 1886
An Act to increase the pensions of widows and dependent relatives of deceased soldiers and sailors.

	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the
passage of this act the rate of pension for widows, minor children, and dependent relatives now on the pension roll, or hereafter to be placed on the
pension roll, and entitled to receive a less rate than hereinafter provided, shall be twelve dollars per month; and nothing herein shall be construed
to affect the existing allowance of two dollars per month for each child under the age of sixteen years: Provided, that this act shall apply only to
widows who were married to the deceased solder or sailor prior to its passage and to those who may hereafter marry prior to or during the service
of the soldier of sailor. And all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.
	SEC. 2. That no claim agent or attorney shall be recognized in the adjudication of claims under this act, nor shall any such person be enti-
tled to receive any compensation whatever for services or pretended services in making applications thereunder. – Approved, March 19, 1886.
	Pursuant to the foregoing Act, the pension in the above-described case is increased to twelve dollars per month, commencing March 19, 1886.

							H H Muldron
								Acting Secretary of the Interior.
Countersigned: John C. Black
			Commissioner of Pensions.
[5689-100M.]

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Widows Claim
Pension
of
Sarah Dabney





Miller + Brown

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State of Kentucky
County of Daviess [squiggle] set
		On this 9th day of December A
D One thousand Eight hundred + fifty six
personally appeared before me a Justice
of the Peace within and for the County and
State aforesaid Sarah Dabney aged
years a resident of Daviess County in the State
of Kentucky who being duly sworn accor-
ding to law declares that she is the iden-
tical Sarah Dabney who on the day of 
	AD 1856 in the Daviess County
Court made a Declaration in order to ob-
tain the benefit of the provisions made
by the act of Congress passed on the
day of 18. The said Dec-
laration having been made by her as the
widow of John Q Dabney who served as
a soldier of the United States in the War
of the Revolution.
	She further declares that since making
said declaration she has made diligent 
efforts to procure the bible containing an
entry of her marriage with the said
John Q Dabney referred to in said
Declaration and has failed to obtain
the same. Said bible has been lost or
mislaid + cannot be found. She also
declares that she is unable to procure
record evidence of her said marriage
		Sarah x Dabney
	[‘her’ above, ‘mark’ below]

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We William N Sweeney + Lafayette
Dabney residents of Daviess County in the
State of Kentucky upon our Oaths de-
clare that the foregoing declaration was
signed and acknowledged by Sarah Dabney
in our presence [‘and that we believe’ crossed out]
We also declare that we were present
and saw the said Sarah Dabney sign
the declaration made by her in the
Daviess County Court, referred to in
her present declaration and that we
believe from the appearance and statements
of the applicant that she is the iden-
tical person she represents herself to
be in said declaration. And the
said Lafayette Dabney further declares
upon his Oath that he is a son of the
said John Q Dabney and the said
Sarah Dabney + [one word crossed out] was of the age
of ten years when his father the said
John Q. Dabney died and that he knows
that the said John Q. Dabney and the
said Sarah Dabney lived together as
husband and wife and were so re-
garded and reported by their neighbours.
That the said John Q. Dabney is dead
and that the Sarah Dabney is still
his widow. She further declares that the
John Q Dabney is the same John Q 
Dabney who for some time before his 
death drew a Pension and that they have no
interest in the application of the said Sarah
A Dabney for a Pension.
			Wm N Sweeney
			L Dabney

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The foregoing Declaration and affidavits
were sworn to + Subscribed before me on
the day and year above written and I
certify that I know the affiants to be
credible persons – that the Claimant is
the person she represents herself to be
and that I have no interest in this 
claim
			Geo N McKay Cl P DC
The State of Kentucky
Daviess County	[squiggle] SS
		I Graham Hughes clerk of the
County Court of said County Do certify
that Geo N McKay is and was at the
time of making the foregoing signature
which I certify to be genuine an
Acting Justice of the Peace in and
for said County having been duly
elected Commissioned + Sworn
		In testimony whereof
		I have herewith affixed
		the seal of said Court +
		Subscribed my name this
		9th day of December AD
		1856.
			Graham Hughes Clk

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JOHN H. DUNCAN, M. D.,
		N. W. COR. 11TH & WALNUT,
		KANSIS CITY, MO.
OFFICE HOURS:
9 A. M. – 12 M.
and
2:30 – 4 p.m.

[stamped seal]
U. S.
Old War & Navy
MAR 12 1891
FILES

		Kansas City, Mo 2-23-91
To the Pension Bureaus-
			I see from the
papers that a Mrs Sarah Dabney
of Illinois, is receiving a pension
as the widow of a revolutionary
soldier. I would be obliged if you
would give me her address in full
at your earliest convenience. It is a
matter of importance to her if she is
the woman I think she is.
		Yours
		John H. Duncan.

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Barry Pike Co Ills
					December 8th 1868.

Hon C. C. Cox
	Comm Pension
		Washington
				Sir: I have the honor
to inclose Mrs. Sarah Dabney’s application for increase
of her pension. Should any further proof be
required please inform me
			Most Respectfully
				Joseph Klein
					atty

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
		WIDOW’S PENSION.

I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act
of February 3, 1853.
		Sarah Dabney,
widow of John Q. Dabney,
who was a private in the revolutionary war
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Thirty
dollars [‘and … cents’ crossed out] per annum, commencing on the
3d of February 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should
again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the
time of such marriage.
			Given at the Department of the Interior,
				this Seventh day of April
				one thousand eight hundred and fifty
				Seven.
					L. [illegible]
					Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and countersigned.
		Geo C Whiting			J. Thompson
			Commissioner of Pensions.

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This form of fee contract was prescribed by the Commissioner of Pensions and approved by the Secretary of the Interior July 8, 1884, under the provisions
of the Act of Congress approved July 4, 1884.
TO BE EXECUTED IN DUPLICATE WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COST TO CLAIMANT.
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT.
Whereas I, Sarah Dabney, widow of John
Q. Dabney, late a …………………. In
Company…………,of the ……………. Regiment of ………………… Volunteers,
war of Revolution having made application for [‘pension’ crossed out] bounty land under the laws of the United States:
Now this agreement witnesseth: That for and in consideration of services done and to be
done in the premises, I hereby agree to allow my attorney, Samuel R. Downey,
of Washington, D. C, the fee of $25.00, which
shall include all amounts to be paid for any services in the furtherance of said claim; and said fee shall not be
demanded by or payable to my said attorney, in whole or in part, except in case of the granting of my pension
by the Commissioner of Pensions; and that the same shall be paid to him in accordance with the provisions
of Sections 4768 and 4769 of the Revised Statutes, U. S.

Two persons who write sign here as witnesses.
1 Geo W Perry						Sarah x Dabney
2 Joseph Dabney				[‘her’ above, ‘mark’ below]
							(Signature of Claimant.)
							Barry, Pike Co, Ill.
					(Post-office address – give Town or City, County and State.)

State of Illinois, County of Pike, SS:
Be it known, that on this, the ……….. day of January, A. D., 1890,
personally appeared Sarah Dabney, the above named, who, after having read
		(Name of claimant.)
over to her in the hearing and presence of the two attesting witnesses the contents of the foregoing articles
of agreement, voluntarily signed and acknowledged the same to be her free act and deed.
								(His,or her.)
	[L. S.]							L N Ferris
							(Official Signature.)
								Notary Public

	Attorney’s Acceptance.
No portion of which is to be used by the Claimant under any Circumstances.
And now, to wit, this 22d day of January, A. D., 1890. I accept
the provisions contained in the foregoing articles of agreement, and will to the best of my ability, endeavor faith-
fully to represent the interests of the claimant in the premises, and I hereby certify that I have received from
the claimant above named the sum of no dollars, and no more: no dollars
being for fee, and the of no dollars being for postage and other expenses. And that these
agreements have been executed in duplicate without additional cost to the claimant, as required by law, in
excess of the fee named, I making no charge therefor.
	Witness my hand the year and day above written.
								Samuel R. Downey
								(Signature of Attorney.)
[‘State of’ crossed out] District of [‘County of’ crossed out] Columbia, SS:
Personally came Samuel R. Downey whom I know to be the
person he represents himself to be, and who, having signed the above acceptance of agreement, acknowledged
the same to be his free act and deed.
	Witness my hand and seal this 22d day of January, 1890.
	[L. S.]						Jos Pope
						(Official Signature.)
Approved for							dollars,and payable to
					of
the recognized attorney.
							Commissioner of Pensions.

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NOTICE TO CLAIMANT.
This Contract is Permissible Under the Law, but not Compulsory, - Read the following Copy of the
					Statute.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem-
bled
SEC. 3. That section 4785 of the Revised Statutes is hereby re-enacted and amended so as to read as follows:
“SEC. 4785. No agent or attorney or other person shall demand or receive any other compensation for his
services in prosecuting a claim for pension or bounty land than such as the Commissioner of Pensions shall
direct to be paid to him, not exceeding $25; nor shall such agent, attorney, or other person demand or receive
such compensation, in whole or in part, until such pension or bounty land claim shall be allowed: Provided,
That in all claims allowed since June 20, 1878, where it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of
Pensions that the fee of $10, or any part thereof, has not been paid, he shall cause the same to be deducted from
the pension, and the pension agent to pay the same to the recognized attorney.”
SEC. 4. That section 4786 of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
“SEC. 4786. The agent or attorney of record in the prosecution of the case may cause to be filed with the
Commissioner of Pensions duplicate articles of agreement without additional cost to the claimant, setting forth
the fee agreed upon by the parties, which agreement shall be executed in the presence of and certified by some
officer competent to administer oaths. In all cases where application is made for pension or bounty land, and no
agreement is filed with the Commissioner as herein provided, the fee shall be $10 and no more. And such ar-
ticles of agreement as may hereafter be filed with the Commissioner of Pensions, are not authorized, nor will
they be recognized except in claims for original pension, claims for increase of pension on account of new dis-
ability, in claims for restoration where a pensioner’s name has been or may hereafter be dropped from the pen-
sion rolls on testimony taken by a special examiner, showing that the disability or cause of death, on account of
which the pension was allowed, did not originate in the line of duty, and in cases of dependent relatives whose
names have been or may hereafter be dropped from the rolls on like testimony, upon the ground of non-indepen-
dence, and in such other cases of difficulty and trouble as the Commissioner of Pensions may see fit to recognize
them: Provided, That no greater fee than $10 shall be demanded, received, or allowed in any claim for pension
or bounty land granted by special act of Congress, nor in any claim for increase of pension on account of the
increase of the disability for which the pension had been allowed: And provided further, That no fee shall be
demanded, received, or allowed in any claim for arrears of pension or arrears of increase of pension allowed by
any act of Congress passed subsequent to the date of the allowance of the original claims in which such arrears
of pension or of increase of pension may be allowed.”
And if in the adjudication of any claim for pension in which such articles of agreement have been or may
hereafter be filed it shall appear that the claimant had, prior to the execution thereof, paid to the attorney any
sum for his services in such claim, and the amount so paid is not stipulated therein, then every such claim shall
be adjudicated in the same manner, as though no articles of agreement had been filed, deducting from the fee of
$10 allowed by law such sum as claimant shall show that he has paid to his said attorney.
Any agent or attorney or other person instrumental in prosecuting any claim for pension or bounty land who
shall directly or indirectly contract for, demand, or receive or retain any greater compensation for his services or
instrumentality in prosecuting a claim for pension or bounty land than is herein provided, or for payment thereof
at any other time or in any other manner than is herein provided, or who shall wrongfully withhold from a
pensioner or claimant the whole or any part of the pension or claim allowed and due such pensioner or claimant,
or the land-warrant issued to any such claimant, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall for every such offense be fined, not exceeding $500, or imprisoned at hard labor not exceeding two
years, or both, in the discretion of the court.
		APPROVED JULY 4, 1884.

[The following is sideways]
[stamped seal]
PENSION
U JAN 22 1890 S
OFFICE

O. W. and N. DIVISION.
FEE AGREEMENT.
No. 6083.
CLAIM OF
Sarah Dabney,
widow of
John Q. Dabney,
[‘Co’ crossed out]…..[‘Reg’t.’ crossed out]
Revolution. [‘Vols.’ Crossed out]
FOR [‘PENSION’ crossed out].
Bounty Land.

FILED BY
S. R. Downey
Attorney,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Printed and sold by J. F. Sheiry, 623 D street, Washington, D. C.
42 Atlantic Bldg.

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[stamped seal]
PENSION
U JAN 22 1890 S
OFFICE.

This form of fee contract was prescribed by the Commissioner of Pensions and approved by the Secretary of the Interior July 8, 1884, under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved July 4, 1884
TO BE EXECUTED IN DUPLICATE WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COST TO CLAIMANT.
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT.
Whereas I, Sarah Dabney, widow of
John Q. Dabney, late a …………………… in
Company ………., of the …………. Regiment of …………………………….Volunteers,
War of Revolution having made application for [‘pension’ crossed out] bounty land under the laws of the United States:
Now this agreement witnesseth: That for and in consideration of services done and to be
done in the premises, I hereby agree to allow my attorney, Samuel R Downey,
of Washington, D. C., the fee of $25.00, which
shall include all amounts to be paid for any services in the furtherance of said claim; and said fee shall not be
demanded by or payable to my said attorney, in whole or in part, except in case of the granting of my pension
by the Commissioner of Pensions; and that the same shall be paid him in accordance with the provisions
of Sections 4768 and 4769 of the Revised Statutes, U. S.
Two persons who write sign here as witnesses.
1 Geo W Perry							Sarah x Dabney
2 Joseph Dabney					[‘her’ above, ‘mark’ below’]
							        (Signature of Claimant.)
								Barry, Pike Co., Ill.
					(Post-office address – give Town or City, County and State.)
State of Illinois, County of Pike, SS:
Be it known, that on this, the …………. day of January, A. D., 1890,
personally appeared Sarah Dabney, the above named, who, after having read
		(Name of claimant.)
over to her in the hearing and presence of two attesting witnesses the contents of the foregoing articles
of agreement, voluntarily signed and acknowledged the same to be her free act and deed.
								(His or her.)
[little hand symbol pointing to] [L. S.]					L N Ferris
									(Official Signature.)
										Notary Public

Attorney’s Acceptance.
No portion of which is to be used by the Claimant under any Circumstances.
And now, to wit, this 22d day of January, A. D., 1890. I accept
the provisions contained in the foregoing articles of agreement, and will to the best of my ability, endeavor faith-
fully to represent the interests of the claimants in the premises, and I hereby certify that I have received from
the claimant above named the sum of no dollars, and no more; no dollars
being for fee, and the sum of no dollars being for postage and other expenses. And that these
agreements have been executed in duplicate without additional cost to the claimant, as required by law, in
excess of the fee above named, I making no charge therefor.
Witness my hand the year and day above written.
							Samuel R. Downey.
							(Signature of Attorney.)
[‘State’ of crossed out] District [‘County’ crossed out] of Columbia, SS:
Personally came Samuel R. Downey, whom I know to be the
person he represents himself to be, and who, having signed the above acceptance of agreement, acknowledged
the same to be his free act and deed.
Witness my hand and seal this 22d day of January, 1890.
	[L. S.]						Jos Pope
						(Official Signature.)
Approved for ………………………………………………………………………………dollars, and payable to
…………………………………………………….. of …………………………………………………………………..
the recognized attorney.
							Commissioner of Pensions.

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NOTICE TO CLAIMANT.
This Contract is Permissible Under the Law, but not Compulsory. – Read the following Copy of the
				Statute.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem-
bled
SEC. 3. That section 4785 of the Revised Statutes is hereby re-enacted and amended so as to read as follows:
“SEC. 4785. No agent or attorney or other person shall demand or receive any other compensation for his
services in prosecuting a claim for pension or bounty land than such as the Commissioner of Pensions shall
direct to be paid to him, not exceeding $25; nor shall such agent, attorney, or other person demand or receive
such compensation, in whole or in part, until such pension or bounty land claim shall be allowed: Provided,
That in all claims allowed since June 20, 1878, where it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of
Pensions that the fee of $10, or any part thereof, has not been paid, he shall cause the same to be deducted from
the pension, and the pension agent to pay the same to the recognized attorney.”
SEC. 4. That section 4786 of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
“SEC. 4786. The agent or attorney of record in the prosecution of the case may cause to be filed with the
Commissioner of Pensions duplicate articles of agreement without additional cost to the claimant, setting forth
the fee agreed upon by the parties, which agreement shall be executed in the presence of and certified by some
officer competent to administer oaths. In all cases where application is made for pension or bounty land, and no
agreement is filed with the Commissioner as herein provided, the fee shall be $10 and no more. And such ar-
ticles of agreement as may hereafter be filed with the Commissioner of Pensions, are not authorized, nor will
they be recognized except in claims for original pension, claims for increase of pension on account of new dis-
ability, in claims for restoration where a pensioner’s name has been or may hereafter be dropped from the pen-
sion rolls on testimony taken by a special examiner, showing that the disability or cause of death, on account of
which the pension was allowed, did not originate in the line of duty, and in cases of dependent relatives whose
names have been or may hereafter be dropped from the rolls on like testimony, upon the ground of non-indepen-
dence, and in such other cases of difficulty and trouble as the Commissioner of Pensions may see fit to recognize
them: Provided, That no greater fee than $10 shall be demanded, received, or allowed in any claim for pension
or bounty land granted by special act of Congress, nor in any claim for increase of pension on account of the
increase of the disability for which the pension had been allowed: And provided further, That no fee shall be
demanded, received, or allowed in any claim for arrears of pension or arrears of increase of pension allowed by
any act of Congress passed subsequent to the date of the allowance of the original claims in which such arrears
of pension or of increase of pension may be allowed.”
And if in the adjudication of any claim for pension in which such articles of agreement have been or may
hereafter be filed it shall appear that the claimant had, prior to the execution thereof, paid to the attorney any
sum for his services in such claim, and the amount so paid is not stipulated therein, then every such claim shall
be adjudicated in the same manner as though no articles of agreement had been filed, deducting from the fee of
$10 allowed by law such sum as claimant shall show that he has paid to his said attorney.
Any agent or attorney or other person instrumental in prosecuting any claim for pension or bounty land who
shall directly or indirectly contract for, demand, or receive or retain any greater compensation for his services or
instrumentality in prosecuting a claim for pension or bounty land than is herein provided, or for payment thereof
at any other time or in any other manner than is herein provided, or who shall wrongfully withhold from a
pensioner or claimant the whole or any part of the pension or claim allowed and due such pensioner or claimant,
or the land-warrant issued to any such claimant, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall for every such offense be fined not exceeding $500, or imprisoned at hard labor not exceeding two
years, or both, in the discretion of the court.
		APPROVED JULY 4, 1884.

[the following written sideways]
O. W. and N. DIVISION.
FEE AGREEMENT.
No. 6083
CLAIM OF
Sarah Dabney,
widow of
John Q. Dabney,
[‘Co’ crossed out] [‘Vols.’ Crossed out]
Revolution. [‘Reg’t.’ crossed out]
FOR [‘PENSION’ crossed out]
Bounty Land

FILED BY
S. R. Downey,
attorney,
WASHINGTON, D. C.

Printed and sold by J. F. Sheiry, 623 D street, Washington, D. C.
42 Atlantic Bldg.

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Pendg
6.083
John Q. Dabney
[stamped seal]
PENSION
U APR 20 1894 S
OFFICE.

[stamped seal]
APR 23 1894
Bureau of Pensions

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Barry Lees April 18 1894
Hon W Lochran
	Dear Sir ~ I write you for information
in the matter relating to the desposition of accrued
pension of Sarah Dabney deceased widow of John
Q. Dabney Private Va. Mill. Revl. War No 6083 the
pensioner filed her voucher at the proper time on the
4th day of April and mailed the same to the
Chicago Agency and died on the 5th (next day)
after filing voucher consequently the check is here
in possession of her son who for years has nursed
and cared for her paid her funerial expenses and
nursing + Doctors Bills and is entitled to reimbursement
for the same; can the check in any manner be used
for the purpose of paying said expenses without filing
claims for reimbursement? Can a permit be granted
him for that purpose? She left no means whatever
Real or Personal to defray expenses she required constant
care and attention for a long time previous to her
death dying at the age 94 years. Please answer
and oblige
			Very Respectfully
				L. N. Ferris
			Barry Pike Co Ills
I would also inquire relative to the application
of Lydia A. Wheeler widow of Henry Wheeler for Pension No
579090 is there any evidence wanting?
				Respectfully,
					L N Ferris

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State of Kentucky
County of Scott [squiggle] SS
	We James Featherstone and
	Residents of Scott County Ky upon our
oaths declare that we were formally acquaint-
ted with John Q. Dabney and Sarah Dabney
during the life time of the said John Q
Dabney husband of the said Sarah Dabney
+ We know that the said John Q Dabney
and Sarah Dabney lived together as hus
band and wife and were so regarded
and reported by their neighbors that
the said John Q Dabney is dead that
the said Sarah Dabney is still his widow
and that we have no interest in the claim
+ application of the sd Sarah for a pension
			James Featherston

State of Kentucky
County of Franklin [squiggle] Set
		This day personally appeared
before me James Featherston and
	Persons whom I know to be respectable
and entitled to credit + signed and sworn
to the foregoing Affidavit. I further cer-
tify that I have no interest in Sarah Dab-
ney’s application for a pension. Given
under my hand this 9 day of July
AD 1856
			S. G. Hudson JP
State of Kentucky
County of Franklin [squiggle] set
		I Alexander H Rennick Clerk of
The County Court of said County do Certify

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that Simon G Hudson is and was at
the time of making the foregoing sig-
natures which I certify to be genuine, an
acting Justice of the Peace in and for
said County having been duly elected
and sworn + that his official acts
are entitled to full faith + credit
		In testimony whereof
		I have hereunto affixed
		the seal of said Court +
		subscribed my name
		this 14th day of August
		A D 1856
			A H Rennick Clerk
			Franklin County Court KY

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Additional
Evidence
in the case of
Sarah
Dabney
widow of
John Q
To be filed
under act of
AD 1853
Revolutionary
Sarah Dabney wid of
John Q Dabney not found
in Lus files
	Feb 11 1857

Wagner

Miller + Brown

Page 79

The State of Illinois
Pike County [squiggle] SS
	On this 29th day of January AD 1857
personally appeared before me a Justice of the
Peace of and for the County + State aforesaid
Sarah Dabney aged 56 years a resident
of Pike County in the State of Illinois who
being duly sworn according to law declares
that she is the identical Sarah Dabney
who recently resided in the County of Da-
viess in the State of Kentucky – that she
is the same Sarah Dabney who made
a declaration in the Daviess County Court
as the widow of John Q Dabney for the
purpose of obtaining from the government
a Pension for Services rendered by her deceased
husband in the war of the revolution
	That since making said Declaration
she has understood from her attorney in
the prosecution of her said claim that
a mistake occurred as to the time of
her said husbands death she having stated
it as occurring on the 7th day of June
1832, when he drew a Pension in March
of the year 1833. 
	She declares that it was her best
recollection when said declaration was pre
pared and signed by her that her said
husband did die on said seventh day
of June 1832 but she kept no record of
his said death and trusted to her memory
alone, and [‘may’ crossed out] in this way the mis-
take came. She was not positively certain
of the time of death when the declaration was
made, but the time stated by her was

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according to her best impression – she again
declares that she is the widow of John
Q Dabney + that the John Q Dabney who
was her husband was the same who
drew a Pension prior to his death on
account of his service in the Revolution
ary War.
			Sarah x Dabney
		[‘her’ above, ‘mark’ below]

State of lllinois
Pike County [squiggle] SS
	I Lafayette Dabney now a res
ident of Pike County in the state of
Illinois but recently of Daviess County
in the state of Kentucky when my oath
declare that Sarah Dabney who signed
this foregoing affidavit is the same
Sarah Dabney who signed a declaration
in the Davies County Court in the State
of Kentucky by the widow of John Q Dabney
for the purpose of obtaining a Pension
on account of the service rendered
the widow states by her said Husband
in the war of the Revolution, and
that I have no interest in her said
Claim
		Lafayette Dabney

The foregoing Affidavit was sworn to
+ Subscribed me on the day + year
above written + I certify that I know the
affiants to be credible persons that I believe
the claimant the person she represents
herself to be and that I have no interest
in this claim
		C S Allen J. P.

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The State of Illinois
Pike County [squiggle] SS
		I Austin Barber clerk
of the County Court of said County Do
certify that C. S Allen Esqr is and
was at the time of making the foregoing
signature, (which I certify to be genuine)
an acting Justice of the Peace in and
for said County, having been duly elected
+ Sworn
		In testimony whereof I
		have hereunto affixed the seal
		of said Court + Subscribed
		my name this 30th day
		of January AD 1857
			Austin Barber clk
				By S. Grigsby JoP Clk

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State of Kentucky		January 27, 1857
Franklin County [squiggle] Set	
		On this 27th day of January
AD 1857 personally appeared before me a Justice of
the Peace of and for the County + state aforesaid
Lucy Ann Hoyle a resident of Franklin County
in the state of Kentucky who being duly sworn
according to law declares that she was personally
acquainted John Q Dabney and Sarah Dabney
during the life time of the said John Q Dabney
husband of the said Sarah Dabney and Sarah
Dabney lived together as Husband + wife +
were so regarded and reported by their neigh
bors – that the said John Q Dabney is dead –
that she was present at his funeral – that the
sd Sarah Dabney who is the same making ap-
plication for a Pension + who now resides
in Daviess County Kentucky is still his widow
+ that she knows the said Sarah Dabney
to be the widow of the same John Q
Dabney who received a Pension some time
before his death. She further declares:
that she has no interest in the sd Sarah
Dabney’s Claim.
			Lucy Ann Hoyle

The foregoing Declaration + Affidavit were sworn
to and subscribed before me on the day and
year above written + I certify that I know the
affiant to be a credible person that I have no
interest in the claim of Sarah Dabney for a
Pension.
			William Morris JP DC

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The State of Kentucky
Franklin County [squiggle] SS
		I Alexander H Rennick Clerk of the
County Court of sd County Do certify that
William Morris is and was at the time
of making the foregoing signature (which
I certify to be genuine an acting Justice
of the Peace in and for said County having
been duly elected + Sworn.
		In testimony whereof I 
		have herewith affixed the
		seal of said Court + Sub-
		scribed my name this
		27th day of January AD
		1857.
			A H Rennick clerk
			Franklin County Court KY

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SIXTIETH CONGRESS.
JOHN A. T. HULL – CHAIRMAN.
RICHARD WAYNE PARKER.	DANIEL R. ANTHONY.
ADIN B. CAPRON.		WILLIAM SULZER.
GEORGE W. PRINCE.		JAMES HAY.
ELIAS S. HOLLIDAY.		JAMES L. SLAYDEN.			Committee on Military Affairs,
H. OLIN YOUNG.		ROBERT F. BROUSSARD.			House of Representatives U.S.,
JULIUS KAHN.			ARIOSTO A. WILEY.			
BEMAN G. DAWES.		ISAAC R. SHERWOOD.
JAMES F. BURKE.		GEORGE W. GORDON.			Washington, D.C.,
THOMAS W. BRADLEY.		THOMAS CALE.
FREDERICK C. STEVENS.
		HERMAN D. REEVE, CLERK.
		CLIFTON E. STANLEY, ASS’T CLERK.



						April 9th, 1908
Hon. V. Warner,
	Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir: - -
	Will you kindly inform me whether John Dabney and Ber-
nard Brown said to have been soldiers of the Revolutionary
War ever received a land warrant or a pension from the United
States on account of Military service? I presume that if they
did their names will appear in the land warrant and pension
records?
			Yours very truly,
				James Hay

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Pueblo Colo Dec 26-11

Commissioner of Pensions,
		Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: Will you kindly give
me the record of John Quarles Dabney
who served in the Revolutionary War.
He enlisted from Virginia and
served under Gen Greene.
His widow Mrs Sarah Bell Dabney
drew a pension till the year 1895
when she died at Barry Ills.
If you can give me official proof
of this this record I shall be very
much obliged or perhaps you

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can direct me to the proper source of
information.
	Thanking you in advance,
I am very truly yours.
		Mrs J. P. Lurton
		31 Carlile Place
			Pueblo, Colo

[stamped seal]
PENSION
D
JAN
U. 2 S.
1912
OFFICE.

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[Missouri state seal			DIVISION N91
With MDCCCXX underneath]		A.M. WOODSON, P.J.
JAMES T. BLAIR,				W.W. GRAVES, J.
	CHIEF JUSTICE			CONWAY ELDER, J.
JACOB D. ALLEN,			JAS. T. BLAIR, J.
	CLERK

STATE OF MISSOURI,
	DIVISION N9 2
	EDWARD HIGBEE, P.J.
	DAVID E. BLAIR, J.
	ROBERT F. WALKER, J.
SUPREME COURT			Rev

IN CHAMBERS				JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.
W.W. GRAVES, JUDGE.			January, 18, 1921.

Dept of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:-
		Would you be kind enough to give me all the
data you have on John Dabney. 1835-Pen 3 Ky 135. His
Revolutionary service, and oblige.
				Respectfully,
				Emma Graves Clemens
Jefferson City, Mo.
% Supreme Court, Bldg.

[stamped seal]
PENSION
D
U. JAN S.
21
1922
OFFICE

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2521 Gen. Taylor St.,
			        New Orleans, La
				Jan 26/27
Commissioner of Pensions,
	Washington, 
		D.C.

Dear Sir,
	Would you Kindly send me pension
record of John Q. Dabney of Va, his widow
Sarah Dabney began to draw pension
1853, and was living in Barry,
Illinois, 1888, when a Chicago paper
carried a long accord of her as one
of the only two Revolutionary widows
living in Illinois
	I wish particularly to know if
the age of John Q. Dabney is given
		Sincerely,
			B. T. Wood


[stamped seal]
PENSION
JAN
U. 31 S.
1927
OFFICE

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3215 CHAMBERLAYNE AVENUE
			RICHMOND, VA.
					June 2, 1928.

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Gentlemen:
	Will you please give me the record of
John Dabney, born in Virginia and died in William-
son Co. Tenn.
	Is he the same man who received a pension
while in Russell Co. Ky.
	Or is there anothe of the name who received
a pension? 
		Very truly,
			Mrs. H. E. Lipscomb.

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DR. R. S. COWLES
	[‘ROUTE 3’ crossed out]
	[‘FRANKLIN, TENN’ crossed out]

[stamped seal]
PENSION
SEP.
U. 27 S.
1929
OFFICE

Greeneville Tenn
			Sept 26, 1929
Bureau of Pensions
		Washington D. C.
Gentlemen-
	Will you please
tell me if Lieut John
Dabney of Albamarle Co. N.C.
was a pensioner. He served
from 1777 until the
end of the war. He was
with Cornwallis when he
surrendered at Yorktown.
Any information you can
give me will be very
much appreciated.
		I am Very Resp’t

	Mrs. R. S. Cowles
318 Oak Grove Ave
	Greeneville Tenn

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MRS. EUGENE H. ABINGTON	July 30 1934	Beebe, Arkansas

Pension Bureau, Rev War Div
Washington DC
	Please send me the pension
record including family data
of John O Dabney who re-
ceived a Rev pension while re-
siding in Scott Co. Ky in 1833
	Yours Truly
	Mrs E H Abington

[stamped seal]
REC’D
AUG 1 1934
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM
READER 4

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information as contained in his (or his widow’s) application for pen-
sion on file in this Bureau. John Q Dabney W. F. No. 10311

[missing text]	LENGTH OF SERVICE.	RANK.	OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.	STATE.
			CAPTAIN.	COLONEL.	
[check mark]	3 mos	Pvt	Jacob Moore or Moon	Charles Lynch	Va
[check mark]	3 mos		Thos Leftwitch		
[x mark] 1781	3 mos		Charles Calloway		
					
					
					

Battles engaged in, Guilford Siege of York
Residence of soldier at enlistment, in Virginia
Date of application for pension, Dec 17 1832 His cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Scott Co. Ky
Age at date of application, In 69th year. Died in 1833 in Scott Co. KY
	Remarks: Soldier mar. June 7 1818 Sarah Hartman his 2nd wife, name of 1st wife is not mentioned. She was allowed
pension on an application executed June 11, 1856 while a resident
of Daviess Co, Ky aged 56 years. She died Apr. 5 1894
Son Lafayette Dabney was a resident of Daviess Co Ky in 1856.
b. about 1823

	Very respectfully,

from Bounty Land

1565b3m10-08									Commissioner.

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April 13, 1908.

Hon, James Hay,
	House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Hay,
		In reply to your letter dated the 9th and received the
10th instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers on file in
in this Bureau it appears that John Q. Dabney while living in Virginia,
place not named, served as Private in the Virginia militia; under Captain
Jacob Moore or Moon, Colonel Charles Lynch’s regiment, 3 months; and was
in the battle of Guilford; under Captain Thomas Leftwitch, 3 months; under
Captain Charles Calloway 3 months, and was at the siege of Yorktown.
	He married his second wife (name of first not stated) Sarah Hartman
on June 7, 1818 at Lexington Kentucky. He was allowed pension on an appli-
cation executed December 17, 1832 while in his 69th year, and residing in
Scott County Kentucky where he died in 1833. She was allowed pension on
[some text blotted out] [illegible] File [illegible] 10.311, on an application executed June 11, 1856 at which
date she was 56 years old and lived in Daviess County Kentucky where her
son Lafayette Dabney also resided. Her pension was increased to $20. per 
month by Special Act of Congress dated June 20, 1890 at which time she
lived in Barry Illinois,and died April 5, 1894.
	The above noted is the only John Dabney found on the Revolutionary War
records of this Bureau, and said records fail to afford any information
in regard to Bernard Brown.
				Very respectfully,

Some of the data in
above letter was taken from B. L. W. 61203-160-55		Commissioner.

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W. 10311



						March 28, 1927



B. T. Wood
2521 Gen. Taylor St.,
New Orlenas, Louisiana

Sir:
	I have to advise you that from the Revolutionary War
records of this Bureaus it appears that John Q. Dabney
while a resident of Virginia,place not stated, enlisted,
served three months as private in Captain Jacob Moon’s Com-
pany, Colonel Charles Lynch’s Virginia Regiment and was in
the battle of Guilford, after which he enlisted again in the
same year and served three months in Captain Thomas Left-
wich’s Virginia Company.
	He enlisted, served three months in Captain Charles
Calloway’s Virginia Company and was at the Siege of Yorktown.
	He was allowed pension on his application executed
December 17, 1832 while a resident of Scott County, Kentucky
aged sixty-nine years. He died in that county in 1833.
	Soldier married the second time (name of first wife
not stated), June 7, 1818 in Lexington Kentucky, Sarah Hart-
man. She was allowed pension on her application executed
June 11, 1856 while a resident of Daviess County,

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kentucky aged fifty-six years. In 1890 she was living in
Barry, Pike County, Illinois. She died April 5, 1894.
	Their son Lafayette,born about 1823, was living in
Pike County,Illinois in 1857, having recently moved from
Daviess County, Kentucky.
			Respectfully,


			WINFIELD SCOTT
			Commissioner.



[upside down and backwards at bottom of page]
Kentucky aged fifty-six years. She die

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W. 10311



						February 16, 1929.


Mrs. H. E. Lipscomb,
3215 Chamberlayne Avenue,
Richmond, Virginia.

Mada:
	I advise you that from the Revolutionary War records
of this bureau it appears that John Q. Dabney while a
resident of Virginia, place not stated, enlisted, served
three months as private in Captain Jacob Moon’s Company,
Colonel Charles Lynch’s Virginia Regiment and was in the
battle of Guilford, after which he enlisted again in the
same year and served three months in Captain Thomas Left-
wich’s Virginia Company.
	He enlisted, served three months in Captain Charles
Calloway’s Virginia Company and was at the siege of York-
town.
	He was allowed pension on his application executed
December 17, 1832 while a resident of Scott County, Kentucky
aged sixty-nine years. He died in that county in 1833.
	Soldier married the second time (name of first wife
not stated), June 7, 1818 in Lexington, Kentucky,Sarah Hart-
man. She was allowed pension on her application executed
June 11, 1856 while a resident of Daviess County, Kentucky

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aged fifty-six years. In 1890 she was living in Barry,
Pike County, Illinois. She died April 5, 1894.
	Their son, Lafayette, born about 1823, was living in
Pike County, Illinois in 1857, having recently moved from
Daviess County, Kentucky.
	This is the history of the only John Q. Dabney or
John Dabney found on the Revolutionary War records of
this bureau.
			Respectfully,



					WINFIELD SCOTT,
					Commissioner.

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W. 10311. ADY



					September 30, 1929.



Mrs. R. S. Cowles,
318 Oak Grove Avenue,
Greeneville, Tennessee.

Dear Madam:
	I advise you that from the Revolutionary War records
of this bureau it appears that John Q. Dabney while a
resident of Virginia, place not stated, enlisted, served
three months as private in Captain Jacob Moon’s Company,
Colonel Charles Lynch’s Virginia Regiment and was in the
battle of Guildford, after which he enlisted again in the
same year and served three months in Captain Thomas Left-
wich’s Virginia Company.
	He enlisted, served three months in Captain Charles
Calloway’s Virginia Company and was at the siege of York-
town.
	He was allowed pension on his application executed
December 17, 1832 while a resident of Scott County, Ken-
tucky aged sixty-nine years. He died in that county in 1833.
	Soldier married the second time (name of first wife not
stated), June 7, 1818 in Lexington, Kentucky, Sarah Hartman.
She was allowed pension on her application executed June 11,

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1856 while a resident of Daviess County, Kentucky aged
fifty-six years. In 1890 she was living in Barry, Pike
County, Illinois. She died April 5, 1894.
	Their son Lafayette, born about 1823, was living in
Pike County, Illinois in 1857, having recently moved from
Daviess County, Kentucky.
	This is the history of the only John Q. Dabney or
John Dabney found on the Revolutionary War records of this
bureau.
			Very truly yours,



					EARL D. CHURCH,
					Commissioner.