Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7826, Joseph Wade, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Nb
Wade Joseph
87826
Born in N.C.
CONTENTS

Rate of death m. m.
Mississippi 22.356 Joseph Wade a Private in the State of Miss. — who was a Private in the Co. — commanded by Captain Johnson of the Regt. — commanded by Col Little in the N. Carolina. time for the Eleven months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Mississippi at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 2/3 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18. day of Oct r 1833 and sent to N. Callahan. — Livingston, Madison Co. Miss.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 1833. — 91.66 2/3 Pens ant. allowance ending 4th Mo th '34. — 18.33
$ 110.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. H. Palmer Clerk, Book E. Vol. 8 Page 77

to the Hon Lewis Cass Secretary of War City of Washington D.C. Sept 13 m ail  at 11 1/2
FREE
to the Hon Lewis Cass Secretary of War City of Washington D.C.

Livingston Mo August The 23d 1833.
Dear Sir,
I have for a long time been personally and intimately acquainted with Joseph Wade a petitioner for a pension under the benevolent acts of Congress in relation to revolutionary soldiers; and have witnessed his examinations preparatory to his declaration which you have already had before the war department and has been sent back for correction. I believe he has always been considered in every neighbourhood in which he has resided a revolutionary soldier and that his standing for the P te and veracity is beyond suspicion. Considering the very advanced age of the old gentleman and his necessitous situation it is hoped the department will act promptly upon his declaration as amended and if any errors should still exist that all not very material they will be overlooked as the distance from here to the seat of government is great and will take up much time if again returned and the old Father may never live to receive any of the benefits or comforts arising from the acts referred to.
Respectfully &c.
N. Callikam

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June the 7th A.D. 1832.
The State of Mississippi and County of Madison. To wit: On this fourth day of October in the year A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court before me Isaac R. Nicholson presiding Judge of the Superior and Circuit Court in the 5th Judicial District in the State and County aforesaid now sitting. Joseph Madam a resident of Bear Creek in the County of Madison and State of Mississippi aged sixty four years, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June the 7th A.D. 1832.
I entered the United States service under the following named officers and served as a private soldier. To wit: I agreed to personal and represent John Gibbs, in order to do this it was necessary that I should pursue the company of drafted militia of Dupland County N. Carolina to which Gibbs properly belonged on their way to Elizabethtown on Cape Fear River the place appointed for them to rendezvous and for which they set out before I was employed as a substitute, therefore being left alone I entered the service of the United States as a substitute under Captain Obadiah Roundtree who was then marching from Virginia to Savannah (but it had been so long I do not recollect to what regiment he belonged or any of the rest of the officers of that troop) upon arriving at Elizabeth Town I expected to be transferred from Captain Roundtree's company to the troop to which Gibbs belonged but upon our arrival at that place they had marched to Fredericksburg in Savannah River to which point we also continued to march until when I got within a mile of the place we were

were around to occupy a situation in black swamp where we remained three months I was then discharged but do not recollect the date at which I entered the service or when I quit - but at this time I think I was a man of grown perhaps twenty or twenty one years of age. - In a short time after I returned to Dupeland I was drafted among other citizens of Dupeland County N. Carolina and joined the ranks on their march at Santee under the command of general Linnington who discharged me at Charleston together with many of the rest of the N. Carolina militia. Then and at that place entered myself as a volunteer in the company of Captain Johnson under the command of Colonel Littel and general Lincoln and remained there in endeavoring to defend the place until it was invaded and taken by the British who were commanded by Clinton who took us prisoners I remained with them a prisoner only nine days when I was supposed to go at large under parole granted by Clinton I then went to N. Carolina and in a few months and then again volunteered and entered into the United States service under the command of general Linnington at Cross Creek a place where we encamped a while embodied and marched to Cape Fear after old Hector McRae a tory and his company we had a little race after and caught several of them and made them prisoners from there we marched to Ash-pool then to Shoemakers from there to Gales bridge on a drowning creek where we occupied a station for some time and then proceeded to march to Broad River I was taken sick on the way and continued so for some time but on recovering I went back to the company at Gales bridge on a drowning creek N. Carolina which

was left there to guard the beef that had been slaughtered for the use of the army this guard was under the command of an ensign whose name I do not recollect whilst thus employed we were attacked by a large number of British and Tories who killed our ensign and four or five of our men the balance of us escaped and returned to Cross Creek from thence to our respective places of abode immediately after which our discharge was sent to us by general Linnington, I also served three months in the company of horsemen under the command of Captain Samuel Oats and Major Dunbar in during which I was kept in active exercise through the Carolinas. I do not recollect how long I served as a soldier but am confident I served at least twelve or eighteen months in the different regular corps as aforesaid and was also mostly engaged in carrying on hostilities against the British and Tories during their years ending the revolutionary war.
I have no documentary evidence of my services and do not recollect any person by whom I can prove them I have not received any pension nor was I ever an applicant for one before the present I therefore hereby relinquish all claims to any pension granted by any former act of congress. I do not know that my name is on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to and subscribed in open court this fourth day of September A.D. 1832.
Deed to and subscribed in open court
Wm Balfour C.B.R.
By Samuel, Livingston Dept
Joseph Wade

The State Of Mississippi Madison County
Circuit Court October Term 1832
I William L Balfour clerk of the circuit court in and for the county and State aforesaid it being a court of Record do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court at the term aforesaid in the matter of the application of Joseph Wade for a pension which will appear by a reference to the minutes of said court and that Isaac R Nicholson is the presiding Judge of said court and that his name as is subscribed to the annexed certificates is his genuine signature In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office This 16th day of October in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and thirty two
W. L. Balfour C.R. By Daniel S. Livingston Dept
You will please correspond with the applicant at this office and give him such information and instructions as you may deem important to his interests in the premises &c.

The following Interrogatories were propounded by the court to the said Joseph Wade

I Isaac Wells Clergyman in the state of Miss- issippi and county of Madison do hereby certify that I am and have been for the last ten or fifteen years well acquainted with Joseph Wade who has subscribed and sworn to the above decl- aration; that I believe him to be seventy four years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides, To have been a soldier of the revolution and that I concur in that opinion Isaac Wells and subscribed Sworn to, in open court 4 th Octo 1832 Wm Balfour CLK
I Edward Rice a citizen of the county and state aforesaid; state I have been personally ac- quainted with Joseph Wade who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration and fully concurs in the opinions and state- ments in the certificate of the Rev Isaac Wells as is above written Edmund Rice and subscribed Sworn to, in open court 4 th Octo 1832
Wm Balfour CLK

I Isaac R. Nicholson presiding Judge of the circuit court of madison state of mississippi do certify that the within named Isaac Wills and Edmund Rice are men of good standing and respectibility. that said Wills is a minister of the gospel of fair character and reputation.
Given under my hand and seal this 4 th Oct. I R Nicholson 1832.

1 Where and in what country were  year were you born? Ans In Dobbs County N. Carolina upon New River on the 30 th of February AD 1758.
2 Have you any record of your age or so where is it -?
Ans In my fathers Bible in North Carolina if the rest of the family have kept it -?
3 When were you living when called into service.
Ans In Duplin Co. N.C.
4 When have you lived since the Revolutionary war
Ans In the State of Georgia until the last 20 years. which I have spent in what is now the State of Miss s . and I now reside in Madison Co. Miss s .
5. - How were you called into service were you drafted, did you vol- =unteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Ans I was first a substitute for Mr. Gibbs was not drafted, and then volunteered.
6. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served

and such Continental and Militia Regiments as you recollect - and the general circum- -stances of your service.
Ans., at the Siege of Charleston I was with Col. Little and Genl. Lincoln was there. - I was under no other Conti- -nental Officer except at Charleston The rest of my service was in the Militia. - the particulars of my service. I have detailed in my general Declaration. -
Joseph Wade 21639 Ques. 7. Did ever you receive a Discharge from the Service. and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it -
Ans. - I rec d none then one but I left them at my father's house and having no further use for them they was rec d from Col. Brown Capt. Oats. at Charleston since no discharge having been taken prisoners
I Isaac R. Nicholson presiding Judge of the Circuit Court of Madison County & State of Mississippi do certify that I believe from the manner in which the said Joseph Wade made his declaration and answered the Interrogatories propounded to him by the court, he stated the truth.
Given under my hand and Seal this 4 th October 1832.
I. R. Nicholson

22.86 C. 21639
Joseph Wade Madison County Mississippi
Return
Adm. H. Months
 $ 66 2 1/2  73 32  118 33   91 66 
A. Callahan
Wm L Dalfour
Livingston Madison County Mississippi

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Joseph Wade Madison Ctry. Miss a
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     3 pr. Capt. Round Gen. Linn North 74 Traditionary   3 Capt. John ington Carolina   12 18 Capt. Dats led. Little   18  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. ¶ This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. X [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [a] note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
X The years must be given

December 11, 1935
am Joseph Wade-S. 7826 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. A. E. Hart 508 N. Avenue, 50 Los Angeles, California
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Joseph Wade, soldier of the Revolutionary War, pension file #. 7826.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 7826, based upon the service of Joseph Wade in the War of the Revolution.
Joseph Wade was born February 2, 1758 on the Neuse River, Dobbs County, North Carolina; the names of his parents are not stated.
While residing in Duplin County, North Carolina, Joseph Wade enlisted sometime in January, 1778, served three months as a private in Captain Obadiah Roundtree's company. He served three months in 1779, officers names not shown, and was discharged at Charleston, where he volunteered and served in Captain Johnson's company, Colonel Lytle's North Carolina regiment, was in the Siege of Charleston, and taken prisoner by British, held nine days and paroled. He returned to North Carolina and in a few months volunteered, officers under whom he served not given, was out in pursuit of Tories and in skirmishes at Raft Swamp and at "Coles Bridge" on Drowning Creek, served until sometime in December of "same year", when he volunteered and served three months in Captain Samuel Oats' company of "Horsemen".
After the Revolution, Joseph Wade moved to

Georgia and from there to Mississippi.
The soldier, Joseph Wade, was allowed pension on his application executed October 4, 1832, then residing in Madison County, Mississippi. He was referred to in 1833 as an "old Father"; no explanation given as to the use of this expression.
If you desire information in regard to the last payment of pension, name and address of the person paid, and possibly the date of death of the pensioner, Joseph Wade, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following:
Joseph Wade Certificate # 23356 Issued October 18, 1833 Rate $36.66 per annum To commence March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Mississippi Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. War
7826
1935-Doct. Lash to Mrs. A.E. Hart away
✓ INVALID.
File No. 7826
Joseph Wade Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 183 , Page 392
[Arrangement of 1870.]

The State of Mississippi Madison County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Joseph Wade who being duly known deposit and saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot know positively as to the precise length of his services; but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades, I entered the service as a private, and served three months as substitute, from January 1878 till April same year; In January 1879. I was drafted & served three months and then volunteered as a private, and served till taken prisoner at Charleston, probably two months, afterwards same year I substituted for George Butler and served three months making altogether eleven months actual service. And for which I claim a pension —
In own to of subscribed before me this 22 nd day of August 1883
Joseph Wade
Phil. Ewing P. Clerk
The State of Mississippi Madison County
I William C. Bushman clerk of the superior court of said county do hereby certify that John M. Living before whom the above affidavit was made and subscribed was at that time and is now an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county and that his name as above annexed is his genuine signature and that all his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit by whom in my hand and seal of office this the 23 day of August 1883 Wm. C. Bushman clerk C.P.

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Can you give me information regarding the family history of Joseph Wade, who served from North Carolina in the War of the Revolution, later moved to Madison county, Miss., where he was living at the time he filed his application for a pension in 1835, 52 years after the close of the war.
It is reported as Revolutionary pension file S-7826. I desire the names of his wife and children, or any other persons mentioned in the application.
Thanking you for the information, I am
Yours truly,
signature ? Mrs. A. E. Hart 508 N. Ave. 50 Los Angeles California
November 18, 1935
AFTER FIVE DAYS RETURN TO
Mrs. A. E. Hart 508 N. Ave 50 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Veterans A Wa