Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1117, Daniel Winchester, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Winchester, Daniel Rosanna.
Nr 1117
B.L.Wt 92108-160-55
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19445 West Tennessee
Daniel Winchester a Harding in the State of W.T. who was a priv in the co commanded by Captain Goodwin of the regt commanded by Col. Lytle in the M.B. time for 9 Mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of W.T. at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Sept 1832, and issued Scott Savannah
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 75 — Sem-ant. allowance ending 4 March 15 — 90 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sam Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 101
Letter to Pension 20. Aug 1838. do to 3 auditors 21. Dec 1838
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 5 th April 1838 from 4 th March 1836 to the 4 th March 1838 — Age notified 2 nd Jan y 1839.
Paid as above from 4. Sep 1838 to 17. April 1839. Age notified 4. Dec 1844

304. 824 act Mar 3 | 53 Jan 5 | 60
E. Lee: Jan 10/60 End P
1860 Rosanna Winchester Daniel Winchester 92.108.17 Private
Capt. Goodwin Col. Lytle's Regt. N. E. Line Revolutionary war
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all the way Feb 23/60 P.M.
Tenn a 2 nd Feb 48-6273
E. Lee Esq. Scotts Hill Tenn
Vol M. 2. page 63.

6.273  Vernesse Jackson  Rosanna Winchester widow of Daniel Winchester who served in the Revolutionary N.G. war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30. Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of June, 1854, and sent to
O. H. Williams  Lexington  Tenn.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 315. Vol. 3.
1854 Aug 14 To P. Agt. Auction paym. est. withheld. & dit to G 10. Galbat. G. W. Talbot 12 th Sept. 1854.
304824. Brown's Land all of the on July 23/50. MMW

Saml. Västkust amenda Declaration

Deposits that the above named applicant Daniel Winchester was a Revolutionary Soldier and that he served as he stated in his foregoing Declarations. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Russell R Cooney who has signed the last preceding certificate is a clergyman Resident in the County of Hardin and State of Tennessee and that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to Credit.
June 19 th 1833
David Robinson Pres
Sam Houston Pres
Nicholas Davis Pres
State of Tennessee Hardin County p
I John Houston clerk of the court of Pleas & quarter sessions of said County do hereby certify the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Daniel Winchester for Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office the 19 th day of June A.D 1833
John Houston clerk

State of Tennessee Hardin County
1
On this the 19 th day of September AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the court of Pleas and quarter Sessions, (being a court of Record possessing the Powers of Fines and imprisonment) of the County of Hardin and State of Tennessee now sitting Daniel Winchester a resident in the county of Hardin and State of Tennessee aged about eighty 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 June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States as a volunteer under Captain Jack and Colonel Lytle some time as he supposes sometime in the year 1776 or 1777 that he was at the time he entered the Service then a resident of St. Linsburgh County in the State of North Carolina & that he volunteered for the term of nine months & that the Soldiers were required to meet at Charlotte in said Mecklenburgh County North Carolina & were marched from thence to Purysburgh in South Carolina & remained there several weeks, (I suppose five or six) until the South Militia joined the army in which I was, at Purysburgh I joined the rifle company under the command of Col. Lytle, from Purysburgh the rifle men of which I was one & the light Infantry marched to the two Sisters & remained there some days, how long I do not recollect & from the two Sisters we marched to Augusta, in Georgia where our

2 army encamping on the opposite side of the Savannah River from Au- gusta, the British then being in Augusta, & remained at the encampment opposite to Augusta until Genl. Lincoln arrived at which place I suppose that General Lincoln took com- mand of the army, we had no battle at Augusta, & whilst we were encamped on the opposite side of the River from Augusta the British troops left Augusta, & shortly after the British evacuated Augusta, our army under the command of Gener- al Lincoln, marched through Augusta in pursuit of the British until we came to Brier Creek in Georgia & the bridge over said Brier Creek was torn up, so that our army encamped near that creek, the Riflemen & the light Infantry under the immediate command of Col. Lytle camped at the bridge which had been built across Brier Creek & the balance of the army under Genl. Lincoln encamped about a mile in our rear, & remained there some few weeks & the British having as we understood crossed Brier Creek above our camp & got in our rear attacked the main army under Genl. Lincoln & a battle was there fought & as soon as the detachment of Riflemen & light Infantry under Col. Lytle heard of the engagement we marched to the balance of the army & just as we arrived there our army was broke & was retreating; when the men under the command of Col. Lytle were told by him to escape the best way we could & the next day after the battle at Brier Creek our army met on the opposite side of Savannah River from where the battle was fought, in South Carolina & after the army all got together

which was in a day or two we marched towards Charleston as we supposed the British were aiming for that place & before we got as far as Charleston I suppose at a distance of about twenty five miles from Charleston we came to the British Post at Stono in South Carolina at which place a Battle was fought at which battle Col. Roberts Col. of the Artillery was shot through the thigh, his thigh was nearly all shot off & died before he could be carried to our Camp at which battle we were ordered to retreat & we did retreat a short distance & the British followed us, & we rallied & drove them back to their Post & they did not follow us again . Sometime after the battle at Stono River I received a Furlough to go home & I was required to meet at Charlotte in Mecklenburgh County North Carolina to get a discharge but I do not recollect whether I attended to get my discharge, but believe that I was called out against the Tories, if I ever had a discharge I do not recollect it & if I did it is lost long since. Shortly after the Battle at Brim Creek Colonel Malmoody took the command of the Riflemen & Light Infantry previous to that time commanded by Col. Sytt, & Col. Malmoody had the command of us at the Battle at Stono. I think the Term for which I volunteered had expired before the battle at Stono. That I the said Daniel Winchester have no documentary evidence of my services & I know of no person now living by whom I can prove my services except what Henry Cagle can testify who was a Militia man in Col. Bullen Regiment of North Carolina Militia, & was at the Battle at Stono in which battle I also was engaged.

when I first volunteered as above stated we marched to the north of Charlotte near the Virginia line & marched from Charlotte to Salisbury & from Salisbury to Guilford Court house & remained two or three weeks & marched from thence to Moores Creek not far from the Virginia line & remained at Moores Creek between one & two or two months. We were joined by the mountain troops at Guilford Court house. was with them until at Moores Creek our services not being then required, to serve again when required. I then said Daniel Winchester hereby testifying with every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
The said Daniel Winchester declares that there is no clergy man in my vicinity. I was born some where in Virginia, I do not know in what City I do not know in what year I was born nor have I any record of my age but from all accounts I can get of my age I shall be eighty years of age on the 25 th of December next. I was living in Mecklenburgh County State of North Carolina when called into Service & left there about seventeen or eighteen years ago & lived about one year in Blount County Tennessee about two years in Bedford County Tennessee & about two years in Maury County Tennessee & from thence I removed to Lawrence County Tennessee & then came to Hardin County Tennessee & have been living in Hardin & Perry counties Tennessee ever since & having been living in my present neighborhood in Hardin County Tennessee about four years.
I do not recollect the names of any of the officers except those in above declaration mentioned & one Captain Gooden or Captain Goodman I don't recollect which who was my Captain in the 1 st Company, & he took the command at Purgersburgh where the 1 st Company was formed after which time I was no more under the command of Captain Pack.

I am acquainted with Charles Polk John Polk Lewis B Broyles James Turner Alexander & Robert Russell Richard Patton Henry Cagle Jesse Jones Thomas Rhoads Joshua McConnell in present neighborhood & several others.
In addition to the above declaration would state that I do not know whether my name was on the list of Riflemen under Col. Lytle until after the battle at Brier Creek but I know I served as a rifle man under him from the formation of the company & that I was taken in place of John Jones whose name was on the list & after the Battle at Brier Creek my name was put on the list or roll. I am positively certain I served nine months the time for which I volunteered.
Daniel Winchester his mark
Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 19 th day of September.
AD 1832
John Houston Clk
State of Tennessee Hardin County
I Henry Cagle do make oath that I am personally acquainted with Daniel Winchester who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration & was acquainted with him in Mecklenburgh County North Carolina during the Revolutionary war & doth know that the said Daniel Winchester did go into the army of North Carolina and did see him in service in the army some short time after the Battle at Stono in South Carolina and do know that said Daniel Winchester did return home to his Brothers in Mecklenburgh County North Carolina from the army. I do believe from the length of time I have been acquainted with him that he is about Eighty years of age. And that the said Daniel Winchester is generally reputed to have been engaged on the side

of the Americans against the British in the Revolutionary war, and that he is generally in the neighborhood where he now lives, reputed to have been a Revolutionary soldier in which neighborhood he now resides sworn to & subscribed in open Court This 19 day of Sept 1832
Henry his Cagle mark
John Houston Clk State of Tennessee Wardlaw County
vs John H Garner & Thomas Winchester
both residing in the county of Wardlaw & state of Tennessee & in the neighborhood of Daniel Winchester who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing Declaration, do each certify that we are well acquaint- -ted with said Daniel Winchester and that we believe him to be about seventy five or eighty years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution & we concur in that opinion & we also certify that there is no clergyman residing in the immediate vicinity of said Daniel Winchester. John H Garner
sworn to & subscribed in open Court Thomas his Winchester mark This 19 th day of September 1832
John Houston Clk
State of Tennessee } Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions Wardlaw County } Session term June 1832
And the said Court do hereby declare their opin- -ion, after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department that the above named applicant Daniel Winchester was a Revolution- -ary soldier & served as he states & the court further certifies That there is no clergyman in the vicinity of said applicant.

they also certify that John H. Galt and Thomas Winchester are resi- dents in the neighborhood of said Daniel Winchester & that the said Henry Cagle who was sworn to foregoing certificate resides in the same neighborhood & that they are all credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit.
G. G. Galt J.P. John H. Galt J.P. James Thompson J.P.
State of Tennessee } Warden County } Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions } September Term 1832 I John Houston Clerk of the said Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions of said County & State do hereby certify that the foregoing six pages & a half contain the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Winchester for a Pension. And that the three Persons who signed their names last above are members of said Court & above is their signatures. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this the 19 th day of September A.D. 1832 John Houston Clerk

The additional statement of Daniel Winchester for a pension.
State of Tennessee ss On this the 19 th day of June 1833 personally appeared the open court Hardin County ss before the court of Pleas and quarter sessions of said county of Hardin, being a court of Record now sitting Daniel Winchester who made the foregoing declaration a resident in the county of Hardin aforesaid aged about eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following additional statement in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832 That there is no clergyman residing in his immediate vicinity, but there is one Russell R Lovey who resides about five or six from this declarant & that said Russell R Lovey is the nearest resident Clergyman to this declarant and that he is acquainted with the said Russell R Lovey a Clergyman as aforesaid. He declared it unnecessary to get his statement as his services were proved by the testimony of a witness, & as the said Lovey
nor any other clergyman resided in the immediate vicinity of this declarant He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present declaration that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Daniel Winchester
Sworn to & subscribed in open court.
the 19 th day of June 1833
John Houston CLK
State of Tennessee ss I Russell R Lovey a Clergyman residing Hardin County ss in the county & state aforesaid said about five or six miles from the above named Daniel Winchester, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Daniel Winchester who has subscribed & sworn to
the above declaration & that I believe him to be eighty years of age & that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that I concur in that opinion & that I believe that I am the nearest resident Clergyman to the said Daniel Winchester
Russell R Lovey
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the 19 th day of June
1833
John Houston CLK
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investi- gation of the matter & putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war-

No 15484 West Daniel Winchester of Hardin County Tennessee from 1777 private 19 months. 16, $30.
James Scott. Savannah Tennessee

BRIEF in the case of  Daniel Winchester  County of Hardin in the State of Tennessee  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 80 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Vol - In 1776 or 1777 - 9 - private Gen. Lincoln   Vol - - 2 or 3 - private Capt. Lash, Col. Lytle, Capt. Goodin or Goodman in the rifle Company I belonged to  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Brier Creek, Skeno,  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? St. Linburg County North Carolina  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witness and traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
At Skeno Col Roberts of the Artillery was shot & died of his wounds
Archibald Key Watts
Examining Clerk:

State of Tennessee } ss. County of Henderson }
On this 1 st day of May A. D. one thousand eight hundred & fifty four personally appeared before the County Court of the County and State aforesaid Martha Gurley a res- ident of Henderson County in said State aged 79 years and who being first duly sworn according to law deposes & says that she knew and was personally acquainted with Daniel Winchester & Rossanna Winchester that they resided together as husband & wife in Cabarrus Co. North Carolina and were generally reputed to be husband & wife that they had children three of whom were older than the deponent the name of the eldest was Peggy that the name of Rossanna Winchester was Ashley that they removed to Henderson County before the affiant that the affiant removed to Henderson Co 23 years ago that Daniel Winchester died before the affiant arrived that the said Rossanna Winchester never married again after the death of her hus- band and is yet his widow. That this affiant is unable to state the time of the marriage but that their oldest child if now living would be eighty years old so that they must have been married about the year 1794. The affiant further makes oath that that the said Rossanna & Daniel Winchester

were lawfully married, as she believes First because That in North Carolina when they resided people were not permitted to reside together as man & wife unless they were married.
2 d Because they had numerous chil- dren who were known by the name of Winchesters and reputed to be chil- dren lawfully born in lawful wedlock Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written, before the County Court of said County in open Court
Martha her Gursley mark
Felix W. Henry Chairman
2 presiding magistrates of the County Court of said County
State of Tennessee } County of Henderson }
I Jesse Taylor Clerk of the County Court of the County of Henderson holden at Lexington in & for said County. Do hereby certify that the foregoing deposition of Martha Gursley was taken in open Court duly sworn to & subscribed before the Chairman & presiding magistrates of said Court Felix W. Henry who is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned qualified & that his signature above written is genuine. Given under my & seal of said County this 18 th day of May 1854 Jesse Taylor Clerk by H. Wrights D. Clerk

State of Tennessee County of Decatur S.S.
On this eighteenth day of March A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty four, personally appeared before me Henry Yarbrough an acting justice of the peace within and for Decatur and State aforesaid, - Issac Yarbrough, aged Sixty five years who being duly sworn according to law declares upon his oath that he was intimately acquainted with Daniel Winchester and his wife Rosana in the County of Mecklenburg in the State of North Carolina, from the time of his boyhood until his was over thirty years of age - That the said Daniel Winchester was looked upon as a Revolutionary soldier, and who was often employed by his father as a laborer. That he went to the same place in the State of North Carolina with John Winchester, the oldest son of the aforesaid Daniel Winchester and his wife Rosana, and who was older than himself; and that they had a daughter named Peggy who was older than John, and that they had another son named Joseph who as he believes was a year or two younger than himself.
And although it is not in his power to state the time or date of the marriage of the said Daniel and his wife Rosana, he is well satisfied, that it must have taken place sometime before the year (1788) Eighteen hundred and eighty eight. He further declares that he believes that the aforesaid Daniel Winchester and his wife Rosana, removed from the State of North Carolina, and located within about twelve miles of his own place of residence, which is near White Creek and about six miles and a half from Decaturville the county seat of Decatur County in the

State of Tennessee, at which place the said Daniel Winchester died several years ago and where as he is informed his wife the aforesaid Persana xx xx Still resides, and that he has no interest herein. Agulla his  xx mark
Sworn to and Subscribed the date and year above writing and I hereby certify that the interlineations and erasures were made so that the aforesaid, official Agulla his  xx mark is a good and credible witness.
Henry Clarke (Jr) For Decatur County
State of Tennessee Decatur County 3 rd
I Saul A Castro Clerk of the County Court of Decatur County hereby certify that Henry Castro whose signature appears to the foregoing Affidavit is and was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly Elected Commissioned and qualified and xx duly authorized to administer oaths for General purposes. In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my Name and affixed the Seal of said County at office in Decatur on this 18 th day of March 1834 Saul A Castro Clerk of the County Court

State of Tennessee } County of Henderson }
On this fourth day of December A D one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two personally appeared before me N. J. Lawler a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid Rosana Winchester aged about 85 years as near as she now recollects who being first duly sworn according to law doth declare on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by act of Congress passed on the 2nd day of February 1848 granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war entitled "an act making further provisions for surviving widows of the soldiers of the revolution" and also to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the resolution of the 3rd of March 1851 entitled "Joint resolution explaining the Acts of seventh of July eighteen hundred and thirty eight, March third eighteen hundred and forty three and June seventeenth eighteen hundred and forty four."
She declares that she is the widow of Daniel Winchester who drew a pension under the act of 7th of June 1832 for services in the war of the revolution, that he resided in Hardin County Tennessee when he first obtained and drew his pension. His name was first placed on the pension roll at Nashville Tenn and afterwards was transferred to the Pension Roll or Agency at Jackson West Tennessee. She does not know of her own knowledge how much he drew annually, but is informed that he drew annually the sum of thirty dollars.
She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Winchester in the State of North Carolina by one Esop Alexander a Justice of the Peace, but she does not now remember the county in which she was married. She thinks it was some twenty or thirty miles of Salisbury Rowan County. She further states that she was married over sixty

years ago, that she is satisfied that at least it was at least sixty years ago from the age of some of her children - She further states that she has caused her agent to write to North Carolina for the purpose of obtaining the record of her marriage but has failed to obtain it, and that she has no family or private record of the marriage.
She further declares that her husband the said Daniel Winchester died on the 17 th of April, but that she does not remember the year but thinks that it was about 12 years ago, and further she supposes that the Pension rolls will show the precise time of his death - She further states that she drew the balance of Pension due her husband at the time of his death and upon the department to the proof of marriage on file if any - She further declares that she has never been married since her husband's death and is still a widow - Rosanna Wm Winchester
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written & I certify that the said Rosanna Winchester is of the age above stated
H. J. Vanter JP
State of Tennessee
County of Henderson
Personally appeared before me R. T. Vanter a Justice of the Peace within and for the County & State aforesaid Leah Neal aged about forty two or three years who being duly sworn according to law makes oath that she is the daughter of Daniel Winchester & Rosanna Winchester, that her father the said Daniel Winchester is the identical Winchester who drew a Pension of $30 - per annum for Revolutionary services, and that he resided in Hardin County at the time of his death & drew his pay or Pension at Gackson Ky - She further declares that her father the said Daniel Winchester and her mother the said Rosanna Winchester lived and cohabited together as man and wife from her earliest recollection up to the time of his death - She further declares says the said Daniel

is now dead and has been dead about 12 years or thereabouts, that she knows that he is dead, was with him when he died. She further makes oath that the said Rosana Winchester has not married since the death of the said Daniel Winchester and that she is still a widow. She further also makes oath that her father & mother the said Daniel & Rosana Winchester had eight children older than herself and that she is satisfied that the oldest of now living would have been at least thirty years old this fourth day of December 1852
Leah his O'Neal
Sworn to subscribed before me the day and year above written and I hereby certify that the said Leah O'Neal is a credible witness and that her testimony is entitled to full credit and that she is of the age above stated
R. J. Walker J.P. (seal)
State of Tennessee } County of Henderson }
Personally appeared before me R. J. Walker a Justice of the Peace in & for the County & State aforesaid on this fourth day of December 1852 George W. Winchester aged about 36 or 37 years who being sworn makes oath that he is the son of Daniel Winchester & Rosana Winchester and that the said Daniel Winchester who deceased is the natural man of that name who drew a pension for revolutionary services, that he resided in Hardin when he first drew the Pension and at the time of his death; that he drew the first time said at Nashville Tenn and at the time of his death he drew at Jackson Tenn. He further states that the said Daniel & Rosana Winchester lived and cohabited together as man & wife from his earliest recollection up to the time of his death. He further states that the said Daniel Winchester is now dead, that he was standing by his bedside when he died, and that he thinks he has been dead about thirteen years as well as he now recollects. He further states that the said Daniel & Rosana Winchester had the twelve children older than himself, and

Thinks he is 36 or 37 years old
George his Winchester
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I certify that the said George W. Winchester is a credible witness and that his testimony is entitled to full faith and credit that he is of the age above stated
R. T. Varner (J.P. see)
I, Rosana Winchester of the County of Henderson and State of Tennessee do hereby constitute and appoint Rev. L. Williams my true and lawful agent and attorney in fact to prosecute for me the foregoing mentioned claim for a Pension and to receive for me from the United States any amount of Pension or annuities of Pension increase of Pension or any monies which I may be entitled to receive under the acts mentioned in the foregoing declaration or any other upon this or supplementary applications. Witness my hand and seal this fourth day of December 1852
Rosana her Winchester (see)
Acknowledged and subscribed before me the day and year above written
R. T. Varner (J.P. see)
State of Tennessee } County of Henderson }
On this 8th day of February A.D. 1853 personally appeared
before me R. T. Varner a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Martha Girty aged about 78 years who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is well acquainted with Rosana Winchester and that she was well acquainted with her and her husband Daniel Winchester in his lifetime, that she was acquainted with them in the  the County North Carolina at least sixty years ago and that they lived together then as man and wife and did so live from her

earliest knowledge of them. That she lived within not more than three miles of them and was acquainted with some of their children and that she thinks that some of their children were as old as she (affiant) was. That she is certain they lived together as man and wife at least sixty years ago and did so during all the time she knew them from her earliest recollection they did so live. That she has understood that said Daniel Winchester is dead. She further states that she thinks said Rosana Winchester is at least one hundred years old and that she (said Rosana Winchester) is mistaken in saying that she is only 85 years. She picks from her own age and the age of some of their children, and she (affiant) was born the 29 th of September 1774. She further states that she has never heard of said Rosana marrying and that she was not married when she saw her last which was about two eighteen months or two years ago. Martha her  mark Girty
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year above written. And I hereby certify that the said Martha Girty is a credible witness and that her testimony is entitled to full faith and credit and that she is of the age above stated.
R. T. Vawter
State of Tennessee } County of Henderson }
I give Gaylor Clerk of the county court of said county and state do hereby certify that R. T. Vawter Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration Power of Attorney and affidavit were made was at the times thereof and is an acting

justice of the Peace within and for the county and State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and author- ized by law to administer oaths for general purposes and to receive acknowledgments and that all of the foregoing
genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal
This 8 th day of February A D 1883
Isaac Taylor Clerk of the county court of Anderson county

Pension claim Widow of Daniel Winchester
Rosanna Winchester Henderson County Tenn.
He died Apr 17/39 widowhood.

State of Tennessee } Know This The 30 th day of Henderson County } November one Thousand Eight hundred and fifty Nine personally appeared before Me Charles Austin A Justice of the peace in and for Said County and State E. See A resident of Decatur County Tennessee and made oath in due form of Law That Rosanna Winchester Widow of (Daniel Winchester deceased) is now under guardianship, and is from loss of Memory and old age, unfit to be qualified and examined concerning her Said husbands Service as A private in the Revolutionary war, that he the Said E. See is now her Lawful guardian and is regularly drawing A pension for her at the Packson agency of thirty dollars per annum under the act of the 2 nd of February 1848 under A certificate of pension dated the 27 th day of June 1854 Signed R. W. Golland secretary of the interior. Examined and countersigned by S. P. Waldo Commissioner of pensions commencing on the 4 th of March 1848 and continuing during her Natural Life or widowhood, and that he has No means of knowing the names of the officers under which (Daniel Winchester (Husband of Rosanna Winchester) served in the revolutionary war but Supposes the papers and evidence necessary in the case are all on file in the pension office of the United States to which evidence and papers he refers the commission of pensions to for proof in this case he further States that Rosanna Winchester has Never applied for nor received A Bounty Land warrant under any act of Congress whatever except an application sent by him to the 3 rd auditors office of his knowledge Nor that her Said husband ever did he makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which Rosanna Winchester is entitled under the act of the 3 rd of March 1855 The Said Rosanna Winchester resides in Henderson County Tennessee the day and date above written E. See

We J. P. Austin and A. G. Austin Residents of Henderson County in the State of Tennessee upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by E. G. Lee in our presence and that we are personally acquainted with Rosanna Winchester believe her to be the person he represents her to be the day and date above written
J. P. Austin A. G. Austin
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be creditable witnesses and believe the said
E. G. Lee and Rosanna Winchester to be the persons represented to be in the above declaration and that I have no interest in this claim and that one interline made across this paper & marked Austin J. P.
before the same was sworn to for Henderson County State of Tennessee & A. H. Rhodes Clerk of the County Henderson County Court of said County and State
Thereby certify that Charles Austin is now and acting Justice of the peace for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that full credit are due all his official acts and he was an acting Justice of the peace for said County at the time of the signing of the above declaration and affidavit and that his signature is genuine
Given under my hand and Seal of said Court at office on the 30 th day of November 1859
A. H. Rhodes Clerk
3044 824

Scotts Hill Tennessee November the 1859 Commissioner of Pensions
Sir accompanying declaration which I send you for Bounty for Rosanna Winchester is very informal but I hope it will do as the evidence is all on file in your office relative to the service of Daniel Winchester and the marriage of him and Rosanna Winchester also of his death and if you want any further proof of the Identity of Rosanna the Winchesters being the person entitled to Bounty land as his widow you will please call on the 3 d auditor her Identity is proven and on file in that office dated I believe in February Last and also in October following also A certified copy of my guardianship is in said office on file all of which I ordered to be transmitted to your office in February Last in order that her case be examined and she be allowed a Bounty land warrant and did not know that the same was not done till October last I hope you will get the papers referred to and date her case back to the time of said orders to the 3 d auditor which would only be justice to your pensioner and claimant she is in need of circumstance and you cannot doubt the justice of her claim after examining her evidence on file in your office and the office of the 3 d auditor and her claim for Bounty land being on file made by me as her guardian in February last though kept back by the 3 d auditor should yet be read examined and her case dated accordingly so that the case will come up immediately for a hearing and justice done the widow of the Old Revolutionary Soldier S. Reagan Your humble Servant G. See To George C. Whiting Cous.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1117
Rosanna Winchester Widow Daniel Winchester Priv. Riv. War.
Act: Feb 2, 1848.
Index:—Vol. 2. Page 336
[Arrangement of 1870.]

9546 Tennessee. Jackson Rosanna Winchester widow of Daniel who was a private in the Revolution.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of June. 1854. and sent to
C. H. Williams Lexington Tenn.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2. Page 199.

11686
Tennessee Jackson Rosanna Winchester.
widow of Daniel who died on the 17 th  April, 1839, of  in the State of  who was a private , in the  commanded by Captain  of the  commanded. by  in the Revolution line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Jackson. at the rate of 30. Dollars 00.  12 th Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 st day of March, 1836.  April, 1839.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of June 1854, and sent to
Arrears to the 4th of C. H. Williams Semi-annual allowance ending Lexington Ten.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by J. J. Getty Clerk, Book  Vol. 1. Page 359.

Commissioner of pensions Official
Washington D.C.

8024824
Rosamond Winchester
Additional Evidence
Commission of Pension Official Business Washington City.
[Handwritten signature or initials]

✓ No 1.200 No 15.185 Rosanna Winchester Widow of Daniel Tenn
Hon J. H. Williams Feb 21 1853 Hon. E. Ethridge 15 th Dec 1853. J. W. Talbot Dec 23 / 53 G. W. Talbot 24 th March 1854. " " " " Apr 6 / 54 Lt Gen Williams & Wright May 13 / 54.
Act 7 th July 1838
act 29 July 1848.

E Lou
To 3 Certificate of Guardian Ship

State of Tennessee } John R. Cornack clerk of the county court of Decatur County } said county do certify that E. Lee is the regular and legally appointed Guardian of Rasanah Winchester and has executed Bond with good and sufficient security and is now her acting Guardian
Given under my hand at office this the 7 th day of February 1860 John R. Cornack clk.

Additional Correspondence
Scotts Hill Tennessee Feb the 7 th 1860 Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
I Send You the certificate required also your letter
I hope You will Examine the Said case immediately and forward her warrant To Me Yours with great Respect C. Lee
See Case N o 304,824
For Bounty Paid under the act March the 3 rd 1855- By Rosanna Winchester widow of Daniel Winchester Soldier in the Revolutionary war
Yours. C. Lee

Rosanna Winchester wid Dant for Rev Pension act 29 July 1848 Furnish suspended file
Papers
1848
J. S. Edwards

State of North Carolina Mecklenburg County
I Bealy Bates Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions held for the County and State aforesaid do hereby Certify that I have Carefully and diligently searched all the files of Marriage Bonds in my Office for a bond given by Daniel Winchester for a marriage to be celebrated between him and Rosanna Winchester, and have failed to find said Bond.
I further Certify that the Marriage Bonds prior to the year 1800 were not Carefully filed, and that many applications have been made for Bonds which cannot be found.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal of Office at Charlotte This 24 th day of December A. D. 1852.
B. Bates C.C.P.

Spring Creek March 27 th 1854 Hon S. P. Waldo Sir
Since writing you a few days since, and forwarding the Affidavit of Aguilla and Henry Garbo in reference to the suspended claim of Rosanna Winchester widow of David O'Leary, it occurs that justice in her case requires that she should amend her declaration by making it under the Act of July 17 th 1838 to prove the fact that the the list of creditors furnished by the Affidavit attached to, fixing the date of the marriage prior to 1794.
You will therefore be kind enough to delay action on this claim until you can furnish the necessary forms and instructions under said Act of 1838.
Very Respectfully,
J. Jayne for G. W. Waldo

Leesburg Va Nov 22 1883.
Dear Sir
My Son has been trying to get a pension for Mrs Rosanna Manchester. Her papers are on file. You will suppose the letter of Mr Heath herewith sent that the Claim has been suspended because of the absence of record proof has not been accounted for as alleged by Mr Heath . By a reference to the papers you will find that Mr Manchester has made oath that there is no record evidence & in addition to that I have filed herewith said proof that there is no record
Please do me the favor to go in person & look after the case & if additional proof is necessary, advise me of the fact, I mean as to the absence of record proof
Your early attention to this matter Will oblige Your Friend W. H. Williams

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 24 th , 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Daniel Winchester, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Jackson, Ten: Agency, at the rate of Thirty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1836 to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Alison B. Parry Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
April 10 th 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Daniel Winchester, decd., a Pensioner on the Roll of the Jackson, Tenn. Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1838, to the 17 th April 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Savannah Ga. July 31 1838
Yr Inclosed is a power of Attorney from Daniel Winchester. He cannot draw his pension owing to having neglected it for more than 12 mos. He has been told that he has to give some evidence of his still being alive to the War Department & was informed that this power of atty. would be all the evidence that would be required. He is suffering & wishes to know how he may be reinstated; if the inclosed does not contain all that is necessary he wants to know what is to be done. Address Daniel Winchester at this place.

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Daniel Wm. Hughes which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No Clergymans Certificate - Witness.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? Yes
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Witness
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? The Court has
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &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 they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Add evidence can of Rosanna Winchester wid of Daniel act 29 July 1848
Summons suspended file
Dec 12, '53
filed by Mrs Rodwars
10 Nov 1853
Cole

Washington D.C. Decr 10 1853
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you additional evidence in the case of Rosanna Winchester widow of Daniel. a speedy action upon this case is asked. You will please corres- -pond with Hon Emerson Etheridge of the House of Representatives who is au- -thorized to act in the case by Hon C H Williams to whom a power of Atty is given by Mrs Winchester
Court of Pensions
Yours &c John H Edwards

Rosanna Winchester widow of Daniel Tenne
Act July 7, 1838 & subsequent
Admitted at $30 00
per annum, from April 17, 1839 when he died, (excepting two years.)
Certificate payable to the Claimant.
Atty
C. H. Williams
Lexington
Tennessee.

Breif in the case of Rosanna Winchester, widow of Daniel Henderson  County and State of  Tennessee act July 7, 1838 — & subsequent —
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Daniel was pensioner under Act of June 7, 1832, & died April 17 th 1839 — at 80 —
Widowhood — Proved by parcel marriage
Widow still living
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Chas H. Williams Lexington Tenn.
S. G. Dodge
Examining Clerk.

Verington Fe May 2 nd 1854
S. P. Naldo Esq d
Enclosed you will find additional evidence in the case of Rossanna Winchester widow of Dan l Winchester who was a Revolutionary pensioner.
Further evidence of a circumstantial character merely cumulative on the points of the marriage can be obtained If the proof already filed is not deem sufficient.
Respectfully Yours Att. S. P. N.
William Wright Atty at Law,

Washington City July 18 '1852
Dear Sir
I send you the declaration of Mr Newchester. I will consider it fair not to be forgot if you will have it investigated and decided immediately. I wish to start home on Monday week & I am very desirous to have the matter looked after before I leave the City
Yas E Heath Esq
Yours Afft Servt B. Williams

Probate Office.
January. 10 th 1860.
Sir.
In support of the County Law claim of Rosanna Winchester, the Certificate of Court should be filed, that you have been duly appointed Guardian for the claimant. Or if Guardianship is claimed by another person application should be made by such Guardian accompanied by evidence of Guardianship.
Yours, Respectfully, Woodworth
Commissioner.
E. Sec. Esq. Scotts Hill.
Yrs;
No 288 P 139

Pension Office, Feby 21. 1853.
Sir,
The application of Rosanna Winchester widow of Daniel of Penn Ray, been examined and filed under Act of 29 July 1848. And I have the honor to inform you that the date of her Marriage must be established by Record or Documentary evidence, such as a Certificate of the Clerk of the County in which they were married, or Family Record of the Marriage, or of the birth of children, or the absence of such evidence accounted for, by Affidavit that no such family Record is in existence, or Certificate of the Clerk that he has no Record of it, — Such evidence cannot be considered until the Officer is satisfied that none of a higher grade can be obtained. A Certificate of Court must also be furnished showing the date of her husband's death, —
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
J. Hearn Commr. of Pensions
Wm C. H. Williams No. of Reps

State of Tennessee County of Decatur D.S.
On this eighteenth day of March A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four personally appeared before me Henry Parker Jr. an acting justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Henry Parker Jr. aged Sixty three years who being duly sworn according to laws declares upon his oath that he was intimately acquainted with Daniel Winchester and Roxana his wife in the State of North Carolina from the time of his boyhood until he was perhaps about thirty years of age. — And that the said Daniel Winchester was always looked upon as a Revolutionary soldier that he was often employed as a laborer by his father and that he went to the same's house in the said State of North Carolina with John Winchester the son of the said Daniel and his wife Roxana and who was older than himself and also with Peggy Winchester the daughter of the aforesaid parties who was older than he is, and also with Joseph Winchester another son of the same parties who was as he believes about his own age. And although it is not in his power to state definitely as to the precise date of the marriage between the said Daniel and his wife Roxana, he is well satisfied that it must have taken place sometime previous to 1790. — He further declares that he believes the said Daniel Winchester and his wife removed from the State of North Carolina to within some eleven or twelve miles of his own place of residence, which is on White Creek Seven miles South east from Decaturville the County Seat of Decatur County in the State of Tennessee, at which place the

Said Daniel Winchester died several years ago, and when we last informed his wife the above said Nazana still lives and that he has no interest herein. Henry Garbrough
In witness whereunto, the state and year aforesaid written, and I hereby certify that all the erasures and interlineations were made before signing, and that the above affiant Henry Garbrough is a good and credible witness. Henry Garbrough For Decatur County
State of Tennessee Decatur County ss.
I Sand A Garbrough Clerk of the County Court of Decatur County hereby certify that Henry Garbrough whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing affidavit is and was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly elected Commissioned and qualified and duly authorized to administer oaths for General Purposes
In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of said County at office in Decaturville this 18 th day of March 1854
Sand A Garbrough Clerk of the County Court

Dear S. J. Waldo,

Shrine Creek March 21 st 1834. Hon. L. P. Waldo
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 23 rd December 1853. In reference to the suspended claim of Rosanna widow of Daniel Winchester, we must request you to send the enclosed affidavits of Syvilla and Henry Garbro, of Decatur County Tennessee, which we believe furnish not only satisfactory, but the most conclusive evidence that the marriage of the said Daniel and his wife Rosanna must have taken place not only prior to 1800, but some considerable time previous to 1794. To which particular fact, we respectfully invite your special attention, in order that the said Rosanna may receive an allowance according to the facts and the merits of her case. Both these affidavits state positively that the said parties Daniel Winchester and Rosanna his wife had children older than themselves. And it will be observed that Syvilla Garbro who is sixty five years of age, must have been born in the year 1788, and that Henry Garbro who is fifty three years must have been born in 1790. And if the children of the aforesaid Daniel and Rosanna were older than themselves it makes it more than probable that this marriage took place before the Service was performed, and if so it enhances the merits of the case. But if these affidavits should not be deemed sufficient to fix the date of this marriage prior to 1794, we respectfully request that they be returned, in order that we may make the case still stronger if possible, by obtaining the opinion of one of the Courts of Record of Decatur County, going to show not only the

unquestioned credibility of these affidavits, but that these affidavits are sufficient to establish the point in question, in any Court of Justice in this State.
Your letter already referred to requires the Certificate of a Court of Record showing the precise period of the death of said Daniel Winchester. — But it is deemed unnecessary to make this proof from the fact that his wife the above said Rosanna did make it , together with that of her marriage to said Soldier, and upon which your Department adjusted and allowed her the arrears due her husband at the time of his death, and she has already received.
And from which it would appear the very testimony now required was made, and can now be found in the Office of the Third Auditor, or elsewhere in your department. Owing to deficiency of information in the Winchester family, it appears that no records of marriages births or even deaths have been kept.
And although the old man has not been dead for any very great length of time, there would be some difficulty in proving the precise date of his death, yet is believed that it probably might be done by connecting with other circumstances which occurred in the neighborhood about the same time.
But if the proof now referred to is not on file in the Third Auditor's Office we are still at a loss to understand in what way the department adjusted and paid the old lady the arrears due the Soldier without proof as to the time of his death.
And here we respectfully ask the careful attention of the Commissioner of Pensions to the fact as we are informed that the said Daniel

Winchester a short time before his death succeeded in establishing additional service, and which if true should have weight with the department in adjusting the arrears now due his widow. We have been informed that this soldier was allowed at the rate of sixty dollars a year, and it has been suggested that the additional service proved and set up would, or at least should increase the allowance to be made for the widow.
And we hope you will indulge us further and permit us to suggest the well known fact that this said Rebecca Winchester widow of Daniel is now and has long been living in the greatest indigence, and even want of many of the necessaries of life, and it is to be hoped that the government will be disposed to exercise as much liberality towards her as the nature of her case will permit, without an infringement on the law or the rules of your department.
This old Revolutionary widow although as above intimated quite destitute of information is every way honest, humble and very worthy of the bounty of the gov- ernment, from the fact that she shared in the privations toils and hardships of our Revolutionary struggle while her husband was absent and engaged in the service of the country, and in consequence of which she is now bowed down under the pressure of poverty and want.
I am Sir Yours most respectfully
J. G. Gayle
Wm. H. Walker
Q.M. Int'l

Hermitage, Tenn. March 5th, 1854.
Sir.
In answer to your letter of December 23rd, 1853. I have to state that Narona Winchester, has no family record, nor has she a child or children, that has any record of their ages. The exact date of her husband's death, cannot be ascertained, he died in Hardin county, Tenn., and his widow Narona Winchester appeared before the court of said county, and proved the death of her husband, and that she was legally married to said David Winchester. It is probable that these papers are now on file in the Third Auditor's office.
There are two men residing in Decatur county, Tenn., one Henry Garbore, andquilla Garbore. These men were well acquainted with the parties. They are confident that the oldest child of the parties must have been born in 1780, from the fact thatquilla Garbore was born in 1788 and that the oldest child was about nine years older than him. Henry Garbore was born in 1790, and he informed me that the parties had several children older than himself. He refuses to go before a court of record or a Justice of a Peace to be qualified, his neighbors give him the character of being a selfish man and one who was never known to render any assistance to his neighbors.
quilla Garbore, is willing to give his evidence and would have done so before the county court of Decatur county, Tenn. on last Monday, but was confined to his bed, he has

promised however to appear before the next county court, but I fear that his brother Henry Salbor, will dissuade him from his intention. The Judge of the Circuit court denies that any process can be issued against them forcing them to appear, - the clerk of the county court knows of no step that he can take to force them to appear before his court.
Now, Sir, Mrs. Winchester has the testimony to establish the date of her marriage, but she can not make it available, and we are denied by the county and Circuit court of legal process to force them. Can we not take out a subpoena from the Federal Court? Write to me at Spring Creek, Tenn, and inform me what to do in the premises and I wish you to write. Sincerely,
Yours &c George W. Salbor

Decatur County, Tenn.
December 10th, 1855.
Hon L. P. Waldo,
Sir:
You are hereby informed that George W. Talbot, of the county of Madison, of the State of Tennessee, is my authorized attorney, to prosecute for the back pay due me, and to place my name on the pension list, and all former powers given to others is this day dissolved. When my application is granted, let the certificate be sent Mr. Talbot payable at Decatur, and to me or my order.
Witness Castus O'Neal Jeremiah Brooks
Harmon X Bruchert mark
Mother of Daniel Bruchert Jeremiah Brooks
Sir:
It will be seen by the above that I am fully authorized to attend to the business of Mr. Bruchert. I wish to know what is sufficient in the proof to enable her to draw the amount due. I fear C. H. Williams has been her attorney and has given the old lady no satisfaction. Write me at your earliest leisure, as as if me at Spring Creek, Tenn.,
Geo. W. Talbot

Spring Creek March 23 rd 1834. Hon. L. P. Waldo
Sir
You will be kind enough to excuse the liberty I feel in behalf of Rosanna Winchester (widow of Daniel) who is now an applicant for a pension and arrears of pension due her in consequence of the Revolutionary services of her husband. It is my object at present to invite your particular attention to the Opinion of the Hon. Attorney General J. V. Mason of June 23 rd 1846, and which as we suppose applies with much force to this case.
In our letter of yesterday accompanying the affidavits of Aquilla and Henry Garbro going to fix the date of the marriage of Daniel Winchester and his wife prior to 1794, we requested Search to be made in the Archives of the government for proof as to the date of the death of the said Daniel, and suggested that it would be found with the Third Auditor.
The Act itself in which this case as we believe is embraced says, "no shall any evidence, in any case, be required to entitle the widow to a pension, when the evidence is in the Archives of the government." — And from hence the Attorney General correctly infers that it is the duty of the government officers to search the Archives and ascertain if there be evidence in them, to establish the claim of the widow. If the rule of evidence will permit the marriage to be established by presumptive proof, it would seem that the date thereof as an incident could be made out in the same manner — general reputation and cohabitation being deemed

Sufficient in such cases.—
But to conclude, the government has acknowledged the services of Daniel Winchester and allowed him a pension accordingly, and that the present applicant Rosana was his wife and paid her the arrears due her husband at the time of his death, and to adjust which the government was bound to prove the date of his death. The affidavits of Sevilla and Henry Garbso will fix the date of the marriage of these parties before 1794, and upon which it is expected that the government will adjust the case accordingly, adding in any additional service of this soldier which may have been proved, if it is to be found in the archives of the department, as the writer has been informed, it may.—
But in regard to proof in general in such cases it would seem that it should be considered in that same spirit of liberality to the applicant in which the law was passed. It should however be satisfactory, and which we believe will be the case in regard to this application, on a careful examination of the two affidavits already referred to, together with that which we are satisfied can be found in the archives of the government.
We renew our reference to the above opinion of the Attorney general.
I am Sir Yours most respectfully
J. Payne for
Geo. W. Talbot.
Hon. J. P. Waldo.
3

State of Tennessee County of Decatur
Know all men by these presents, That I, Rosanna Winchester, of the county of Decatur, a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint George W. Talbot, of Madison county, of the State of Tennessee, my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, to receive from the Commissioner of Pensions, at Washington City, my certificate of pension, and that I have no other attorney, and have not had since October 1853.
Attest
Rosanna her Winchester mark
Isaac Kennedy
Milly her Kennedy mark
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Isaac Kennedy, Milly A. Kennedy
Daniel H. Murphy
State of Tennessee, Decatur county.
Be it known, That on the 27th day of July, 1854, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Rosanna Winchester, above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
Daniel H. Murphy

State of Tennessee, 341 County of Decatur, 3
I, Samuel N. Garbro, Clerk of the county court of Decatur county, do hereby certify that Daniel H. Murphy, before whom the within acknowledgment was made, was an acting Justice of the Peace at the time of signing the same, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, and subscribed my name, This 27th day of July A. D. 1854. Samuel N. Garbro Clerk

Stephen C Parrott Chancellor of the 6 division of the State of Tennessee hereby Certify That Charles Austin and Hester J Brown who being duly qualified by me make oath that Rosanna Winchester is still alive and that she resides in Henderson County State of Tennessee and that in consequence of her age and disease she is unable to travel to Lexington the County Seat of Henderson County I therefore further Certify (founding my Statement upon the evidence of the two above named Creditable Witnesses) That Mrs Rosanna Winchester is still alive & a resident of said County State
S C Parrott Chancellor of the 6 th District for the State Tennessee
State of Tennessee } Henderson County } S J W G Jones Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court Held in the Town of Lexington Henderson County State of Tennessee do hereby Certify That Stephen C Parrott is Chancellor of the Sixth division of the State of Tennessee & that it is a Court of Record, same under my hand & Private Seal, there being no Seal of Office June 13 1857.
J W G Jones Clerk Master

Dear Sir,
As directed by you in your letter to William Wright of the 13 May I enclose you Chancery, Probate, and Judicial of State not mistaken you will find among the papers first filed by me for Mr. W that she executed a power of attorney to her your V.P. Trust W. H. Williams

Tenn Spring Creek, July 31st, 1854.
Hon L. P. Waldo
Sir:
Enclosed you have the affidavit of Rosanna Winchester, widow of Daniel Winchester, in regard to the illegal retention of a certificate issued for her benefit, and sent to C. H. Williams, Esq., of Lexington, Henderson county, Tenn. If you will examine the papers in this case you will find a letter from Rosanna Winchester dismissing C. H. Williams, and appointing me as her agent. Mrs. Rosanna Winchester will not give any Power of Attorney to Williams, who is now withholding her certificate, and for this reason:—Williams is the Attorney for Rhenbin Long, to whom Mrs. Rosanna Winchester pledged the amount of Pension, if he would have her Pensioned, and to accomplish this, Long employed C. H. Williams (Junior) the son of the man who has her certificate in his possession. They (Long & Williams) told Mrs. Winchester that they could do nothing for her and after they had abandoned her business she employed me, and promised a fee, whether I succeeded or not. She will not comply with her promise to Long, because she will have nothing left, and she is of the opinion that the Government ought to come to her relief and not suffer her to be swindled.
I can not, however, close this letter,

without noticing a little personal matter which C. H. Williams "let-fall" during a conversation I had with him, at the time I called for Mrs. Winchester's certificate. He stated;
"That he (Williams) was not aware that I was engaged by Mrs. Winchester until a short time since, when a letter addressed to his partner, (Henry Wright) from the Commissioner of Pensions, stated that "a Mister Talbot had been writing, without authority, about Mrs. Winchester's business."
Now, Sir, I did have authority, and if you will examine the papers you will see that "a Mister Talbot" did have authority, and I can further inform you that "a Mister Talbot" does not poke his nose into the business of other people.
Very Respectfully, Your obedient servant, George W. Talbot,

Spring Creek, Madison Co., Tenn. August 29th 1852.
Sir:
Will you inform me the sum which your office will pay the proof upon which the certificates of Pension issued in favor of Rosanna Minchew, widow of Daniel?
Very Respectfully Your obedient servt, Geo. Dr. Talbot
General J. P. Donald, Washington City D.C.

add witness in case of Rosanna Winchester for Rev Pension act 29 July 1848
filed by Mrs. Edwards

State of North Carolina, Cabarrus County.
I, R. M. Toad, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Cabarrus, do hereby certify that there is no record whatever in my office which refers to or concerns the marriage of Daniel Winchester to Susannah Ashler and that due search has been made in my office for matter of record referring or relating to said marriage and that nothing of the kind has been found.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office this 17th day of October A. D. 1853.
R. M. Toad att

Springfield R. Y. July 26
Esther McMeel
Yrs at 2 Hills
Wm. L. S. Miller Commissioner of Customs Washington
Yrs

The claimant and not to Mr. Williams.
We feel entitled to an explanation and which we are satisfied will be readily given.
Very respectfully your obedient
J. Jayne for G. W. Salton
Permit me again to enquire after the land bounty promised Nancy Green Widow of David H.
The old lady is fearful that it has been lost in the Mail.