Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 11923, John Yarborough, N. C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.B.
Yarborough, John Yarborough or Joanna
R 11923
CONTENTS

State of North Carolina Montgomery County
On this 5 day of November 1852.
Personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County Joanna Garboro a resident of North Carolina in the County of Montgomery aged near 100 years, who being first duly sworn, according to Law, doth on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed 4 th of March 1836.
That she is the widow of John Garboro deceased, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and served in the army of the United States of America, as she always understood from him, and so believes for the term of three months But whether he was drafted or went as a volunteer she is unable to state, but she thinks he served in the Militia as a private soldier, that he entered the service in Wake county N.C. where he was at that time a resident, that she is unable to state the precise time when he entered the Army - that she believes he served under Captain McDaniel, but the number or name of the Regiment she does not now recollect - that he was in the army and fought the Battle at Blackwater Bridge on the Cape Fear River in the state of North Carolina near the town of Fayetteville in said state, she does not recollect where he was discharged, she has no discharge of his in her possession nor does she know of any That she intermarried with John Garboro, who had been a soldier in the Revolutionary War

on the 12 th day of January 1777 in the county of Montgomery  Wake in North Carolina. and they lived together as man and wife in the  two years county, until and moved to Montgomery her husband's death. from the time of their marriage, and that he died in the County of Montgomery on the 9 th day of September 1822
And that she is now his widow, never having since married
And this Declarant further states that from her age and infirmity, and the great distance she resides from any Court-House she is unable to attend personally in any Court of Record to make this her declaration, and is therefore compelled to procure a Justice of the Peace of said County to attend at her house, and make it before him.
She also states that her wants and indigence is so great that the County of Montgomery has appropriated a small sum for her support and learning that her husband would be entitled to a Pension from the 4 th of March 1836, and now since his death that she is in her husband's stead, she makes application.
Sworn to & subscribed this 3 day of November 1852.
M c Murchison J.P. Joanna her  X  Garbrough  mark

Henry Garboro being duly sworn states that he is the son of John and Joanna Garboro and is now 53 years of age and has often heard his Father speak of having served in the Revolutionary War - that he served under Captain McDaniel and was in the Battle at Black-Water Bridge - but does not now recollect where else he marched, but understood discharged after service of some three months that his Father died in Montgomery County the 9 th day of September 1822 and left his Mother the above named Joanna Garboro his widow, and she is still a widow and lives in Montgomery County Sworn to & subscribed before me the 3 rd day of November Henry Garboro 1852 W. Murchison J.P.
Malcom Gillis being also duly sworn states that he was well acquainted with John Garboro in Montgomery County for more than 20 years before his death and with Joanna Garboro whom he left his widow, that they lived together from his first acquaintance as man and wife in this County and had 5 children born as was understood in lawful wedlock and among others the above named Henry Garboro who is a man of good character - and that the said Joanna has been in much need & indigence for a number of years so that the County has to provide for her. Sworn to and subscribed before me the 5 th day of November Malcom his Gillis 1852 W. Murchison J.P. mark

State of North Carolina Montgomery County
I John McLellan Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and the County of Montgomery do hereby certify that the signatures which appear to the annexed declaration and affidavit are in the proper handwriting of the said Malcolm Murchison and that he at the date hereof was acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commission- ed and sworn and true to his faith and are due his official acts
In Testimony whereof I hereunto Set my hand and seal the County Seal at Troy this 22 nd day of November A D 1852 and in the 77 th year of American Independence John McLellan Clerk
7915 Dec 14/52 Joanna Tarboro, Widow of John N. C.
July 14 th 1836
James R. Mendenhall, Jamestown, Guilford Co. N. C.

State of North Carolina § Superior Court of Law Montgomery County } Fall Term 1856.
On this 28 th day of August 1856. personall appeared in open Court. being a Court of Record. Henry H. Yarbrough a Resident of the County of Montgomery and State aforesaid and being duly sworn according to law makes the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining for himself and his Brothers & Sisters the Children & Heirs of Joanna Yarbrough deceased the Arrearages of Pension Money to which they are entitled as her-Children under the act of Congress passed the 7 th of July 1838. and the several acts subsequent & supplementary thereto. in such cases made and provided - Their said Mother being the Widow of John Yarbrough deceased & as such was entitled.
The said Henry H. Yarbrough declares. that his mother Joanna Yarbrough filed her declaration the 28 th of June 1853. for the purpose of obtaining a Pension for the Services of her Husband John Yarbrough. in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War, and then claimed a Pension under the act of 1836. when she should have claimed under the act of 1838. & this was for want of proper information - and in her said Declaration duly sworn to before James Patton Esqr. an acting justice of the Peace in & for Montgomery County in this State, stated in substance as follows. that she was the Widow of John Yarbrough late of said County & State. & who died the 9 th day of September 1819. in said County where he resided - that she was married to said John Yarbrough shortly after the close of the Revolutionary War. but the precise date of the marriage she could not state. being then near One Hundred years old - She further declared that her said Husband was a private Soldier

in the Revolutionary War, and served under Captain McDaniel, but she could not state at what time her husband entered the service, nor the length of time he served - and in her declaration it was improvidently stated that he served more than three months , but it was also stated that she believed he served some years in the War - and that she could not state the time her husband left the Army, but always understood he was honorably discharged from the Army, about the close of the War, but she had no documentary Evidence thereof, or of his services - and that she had no documentary Evidence of their marriage - Henry H. Yarbrough further declares that he verily believes the said Declaration of his mother was correct & true - That he has often heard his father John Yarbrough talk of being in the War of the Revolution, before his death in 1819. & speak of being in the Battle at Blackwater Bridge somewhere down the Cape Fear River below Fayetteville in North Carolina, and of shooting with a musket & firing three rounds, & never got wounded, but a number were killed and heard him speak of fighting against Archibald Clark, who was among the Tories, & said Clark was shot through the body & fell, and his sister Sarah Clark went, & nursed him till he recovered & brought him home. in And he recovered & lived many years. And Henry H. Yarbrough further states that he knew said Sarah Clark well - that she lived with his father for many years in Montgomery & removed to Moore County & died about ten years since - that he has heard her speak of going after her wounded Brother Archibald Clark to the Battle ground, and nursing him & bring him home, & he has been dead for many years. - He further declares that he always understood from his father & mother that they were

married in Wake County in North Carolina, and that it was from Wake County his father volunteered & went into the Army, but this was before their marriage which took place the year after the War ended & peace was made. That he has procured Counsel to examine the Clerk's office in Wake County for a marriage licence Bond for his father John Yarbrough & his mother Joanna Chambers (her maiden name) & none could be found. & he has no documentary Evidence of the marriage, of his father's service in the War or of his discharge, nor does he know of any, though it was as well understood in Montgomery County that his father John Yarbrough served in the Army & was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, as it is that any other man or Commander was ever there, but all the old men who had any knowledge of such service are dead. That he has never known or heard of any other John Yarbrough being in the War. And upon application to the Public Records in Raleigh he is informed a Certificate of payments made to his father John Yarbrough was procured from William J. Clarke the Comptroller of this State, showing £ 2. S. 3 - D 2 3/4 specie at one time - & £ 9 - and £ 11 - 1. 5 - & £ 18. S 5. which Certificate was forwarded heretofore to the Department for his mother.
He further states & declares that his mother Joanna Yarbrough the Widow of John Yarbrough died in this County on the 29 th day of March 1854 at the advanced age of near 100 years, and left the following Children William Mary - Henry H. Yarbrough - Joel - Fanny & Ab Betsy. That she also had John who died before his mother - and had Larkin & Wilson & Sally Yarbrough, who left the State many years since & have not been heard from - & are supposed to be dead.

Henry H. Yarbrough further declares that he always understood and has frequently heard his father John Yarbrough say that he was in the Army a considerable time. how long he cannot recollect. but several months he knows. & he thinks he heard his father speak of serving about six months, and perhaps much longer. but this declarant cannot with certainty state how much longer - he further states that his mother Joanna Yarbrough remained a widow from the death of his father her husband until her death.
Henry H Yarbrough
State of North Carolina Montgomery County
I Nathaniel Knight Clerk of the Superior Court of Law in & for the County of Montgomery, being a Court of Record of Superior jurisdiction, his Honor John M. Dick Judge presiding. personally appeared in open Court Henry H. Yarbrough a Resident of this County and made the foregoing Declaration in open Court, which was by him duly signed. & sworn to in open Court, and publicly read, and thereupon it was adjudged & directed by the Court to be entered of Record that said Court was fully satisfied of the truth of the facts set forth by said Henry H. Yarbrough in said Declaration, and further directed that the same be Certified upon said Declaration.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court. This 28 th day of August 1856.
Nath l Knight CLK of Montgomery Sup t Court of Law.

John Morrison Affidavit
In the case of Henry A. Yarbrough & others - Children of Joana Yarbrough .

State of North Carolina } Superior Court of Law Montgomery County } Fall Term 1836.
On this 28 th day of August 1836. personally appeared in Open Court being a Court of Record John Morrison and being duly sworn according to Law states that he was born on the 11 th day of December 1786. in Moore County in this state where he still resides & near the Montgomery County line - That he knew John Yarbrough from his earliest recollection in life, having resided a neighbor to him - & he died in 1819 - That he this affiant always understood that said John Yarbrough was in the Army - in the Revolutionary War - & served a considerable time - at least several months - That he knew Archibald Clark, & his sister Sarah while they lived. & said Archibald was always understood to be an invalid from a Ball shot through him in a Battle, while he lived. & after his sister Sarah went & brought him home - Affiant knew John Yarbrough & Joanna his wife to live together as man & wife for near 30 years. & knew his widow Joanna Yarbrough, who lived his widow till she died in March 1834. at a very advanced age - That they had the following Children all of whom were understood to be born in lawful Wedlock. - William - Mary - Henry H. Fanny Betsy & Joel Yarbrough now living - & had Larkin - John - Wilson & Sally who are supposed to be dead - Affiant understood said John Yarbrough and Joanna his wife formerly came from about Raleigh which is in Wake County to Montgomery but before this affiant can recollect -
Affiant farther states that both John Yarbrough and his widow Joanna were both respectable

persons. & entitled to full credit. as to their statements and he would feel bound to believe either of them and Henry H. Yorborrough is also a man of good standing & respectability and entitled to be believed when sworn or otherwise
This affiant. never knew or heard of any other John Yorborrough (only his son who is dead). and it was well understood by all the neighborhood that said old John Yorborrough was in. the Army & served in the old War fully as much. as that any other person ever did in the whole Country - That all the old persons in that section of Country who could have had any knowledge of John Yorborroughs service in the war are dead
John Morrison
State of North Carolina, Montgomery County } I Nathaniel Knight Clerk of the Superior Court of Law in for the County of Montgomery do hereby certify that This day personally appeared in open Court John Morrison & subscribed & was duly sworn to the foregoing affidavit in open Court - which is a Court of Record
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court. This 28 th day of August A.D. 1856.
Nath l Knight Clerk of Montgomery Sup d Court of Law.

Henry H. Garbrough & others Children of Joanna Garbrough.
Declaration for back Pension

7915
Joanna Yarboro Widow of John Noba.
Ja. R. Mendenhall 17 May 1853 - Same Sep 14 1853 - Same Jan'y 18 1854 - Geo. C. Mendenhall May 15 1854 - Same Sep 8 1856 -
11923
July 4 1836

7.915 Dec 14. 1832 App. of Joanna Garbore widow of John -
N.C.
Act. July 1830.
James Town Feb 10 th
Jas R. Mendenhall Farmstown Guilford Co N.C. Sept 1832 N.C. See 2 Health Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
1 Original Copy 2 Brush Land Co

N o 7915
Joanna Garboro wid of John.
N.C.
Letter to
Jas R. Mendenhall 17 th May 1853.
Same Sep 14 1853
Same Jny 18 1854
George C. Mendenhall
May 15/54
Ack 4 th July 1836.

11.923 P. O. Joanna Garborough
Service: John REJECTED
Enlisted: 1-0 _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Jamestown Guilford Co N.C. July 20 th 1853.
To S P Waldo
Dear Sir
some time I received a letter from you in regard to Joanna Yarboro widow of John and stating her application had been filed under the act of 4 th July 1836. You desired her marriage and her husband's death more fully proved I have done what I was able in regard to the case
There is no kind of doubt but that John Yarboro served in the Revolutionary War, and that Joanna is his lawful widow and for that reason should be fully entitled to a Pension
Joanna is very poor, and if any one should receive a pension she ought - These aged and respectable persons Malcom Gillis and Sarah McCaskell bear proof that Joanna is fully entitled - I hope Joanna Yarboro's case may meet with a favorable reception. Respectfully James R. Mendenhall

Jamestown Guilford County N. Carolina December 8 th 1852.
To J. E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Several weeks since I sent you the Declaration of Gideon Holt or Edwards, stating his claims for some Bounty Land on account of his service in the War of 1812 & 1814 - and also the claims of Elizabeth Sedbetter widow of Coleman Sedbetter who served in the Revolutionary War, claiming a Pension on account of his service.
You wrote me to delay a reasonable time, I think I have and desire to hear from you, as soon as the two claims are fully investigated, for these two persons stand much in need of a little aid.
I now send you also the claims of Joanna Garboro widow of John Garboro who served in the Revolutionary War, making an application for a Pension, as she is very aged and much afflicted in body - Yours Respectfully
James R. Mendenhall

State of North Carolina Comptroller's Office
I William J. Clarke Comptroller of Public accounts in and for the State aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears of record in my Office among the payments made by said State to sundry persons for Military services in the Revolutionary war as follows, to wit:
John Garbrough
Vol. C. entry 1429 £2 13 6 2 specie
" " " 2092 £9 " "
Book No. 3 page 38 £11 15 " "
" " " 113 £18 15 " "
In testimony whereof I have here unto subscribed my name and af- fixed my seal of office this 28th day of April A.D. 1854
Wm J. Clarke, Compt'r.

Joanna Gorton John - NC - Nov '36
Honorable
J. Minot
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
FREE

Samuel Jones NC January 11
Feb 3
Joanna Yarbrough
M
Hon. J. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Jamesstown NC May 8 th
April
Honorable Joanna Garro nc 336
J. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Loona Garbore
Affidavit of John M. Leod
May 1854.

State of North Carolina } This day personally Moore County } appeared before me: Willis D. Dowd - an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County John McLeod a citizen of this County and being duly sworn according to Law States that he is himself 85 years of age next August - That he for many years resided in Montgomery County in this State and well knew John Garbrough his wife Joanna Garbrough - as long ago as 55 or 56 years & they were then well understood to be to be man & wife man & wife & lovingly married. and he is informed & believes that said Garbrough was a Revolutionary Soldier - John McLeod W. D. Dowd J.P.
State of North Carolina } Moore County } I Alexander C. Cury clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for said County, do hereby certify that Willis D. Dowd whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit of John McLeod in his proper hand writing is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit is due and should be given to all his official acts as such. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office at Carthage and subscribed my name the 25th day of May 1854. A. C. Cury C. C. C.

Jamestown, Guilford County N. C.
January 11 th 1854.
To S. P. Waldo.
Dear Sir - The summer of 1853 a Declaration of Joanna Yarboro of Montgomery County N.C. was forwarded to your Department claiming a Pension - my son James R. Men- denhall was attending to the business for the poor old widow now near 100 years of age & helpless & needy - you answered my son under date of Sept. 14. 1853. - and which is very unsatisfactory - you say as follows.
“the claimant only alledges three months “service - which if admitted proven “would not entitle her to any pension.”
From a copy of her Declaration now before me. I find these words “She is unable to state “the exact time he entered the service, nor can “she state the length of time he served, but is “ is informed & always understood & believed “and now believes, he served more than “ three months , that he served some years .”
There was also accompanying said Declaration of Joanna Yarboro. claiming a pension for the services of her husband John Yarboro. - the affidavit of Malcolm Gillis - a worthy respectable old man, who testified that he was sure said Yarboro served more than six months & he thinks

more than 12 months. & as he always understood honorably dis- charged from the Army -
I beg leave again to refer the Depart- ment to the above Declaration of Joanna Yorboro. and Evidence of Malcolm Gillis: for Evidence, strong as that on file none in the Department would not only establish a marriage but at so distant a period be sufficient to recover in a Court of Justice in North Carolina -
I would most respectfully ask again the attention of the Department again to the claim of Joanna Yorboro - I think the matter must have been in the pres. of Busing overlooked. I have spoken to no Pension Agent. but says, at once the claim is good. & if understood will be allowed - Please answer to this office - Hon John Kerr is our Representative in Congress - Most Respectfully
George L. Mendenhall

I find by another letter of yours under date of May 17 th 1853.
That you say the services of John Yarboro are not sufficiently proved - and no Evidence as to the time of his marriage with Joana & of his death - By the Declaration of Joana in June 1853. and the Evidence of Malcom Gillis. there are established as far as as can be, in any human tribunal - for surely it is not to be expected. that after near \frac{3}{4} of a Century we are to bring persons who actually served with him -
This Lady is very aged, & I most earnestly ask that her claim receive early attention, & be allowed - She has two aged & almost helpless single daughters with her. her only props -
J. C. M.

State of North Carolina
Montgomery County } On this 28 day of June 1853. Personally appeared
before James Batten a Magistrate of Montgomery County Joanna Garboro a Resident of Montgomery County in the State of North Carolina aged near 100 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her Oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 4 th 1836.
That she is the widow of John Garboro who was a private soldier in the Revolutionary War, and served under Captain McDaniel, that she is unable to state the exact time, he entered the service, nor can she state the length of time he served - but was informed and always understood and believed and now believes he served more than Three months that he served some years - she cannot state the time he left the service but understood he was in the Battle of Black-Water Bridge near Fayetteville in North Carolina and was honorably discharged from the army, but the precise time when, she cannot state, but understood and believes it was about the close of the war and she has no documentary evidence of the time of his discharge or the date thereof or of his entering the army or of his services there.
She further Declares that she was married to the said John Garboro, shortly after the close of the Revolutionary War in Watham Wake County in North Carolina but she cannot state the precise date and she knows of no documentary evidence of her marriage with said John Garboro which she can procure - the aforesaid John Garboro

died the 9 th of September 1819 in the county of Montgomery in North Carolina and that she has remained a widow ever since and resided and still resides in the said county of Montgomery, that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto affixed.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before,
James Batten JP
Joanna heir  Y Yarborough mark
Sarah M c Caskell a citizen of the county of Montgomery in North Carolina being duly sworn according to law states that she her self is about 60 years of age and she was born and raised in the said county of Montgomery that she was well acquainted with John Yarborough and knew him for 50 years and she further states that John Yarborough and Joanna Yarborough lived together as man and wife and with a great deal of satisfaction in Montgomery County and raised a large family of children and it was well understood to her that they were in lawful wedlock
sworn to and subscribed before me This June the 28 th 1853 Sarah M c Caskell mark
James Batten JP

Malcolm Gillis a citizen of the county of Montgomery in North Carolina, being duly sworn according to Law, states that he is now himself about 77 years of age - that he was born and brought up in the said county of Montgomery - that he was well acquainted with John Garboro, and knew him for some 30 years before his death, and that he died in the fall of the year and he thinks about the year 1822. in Montgomery County a near neighbour to this affiant.
And that said John Garboro was always reputed to be a soldier, and to have served a considerable time in the army of the United States and to have been in some Battles, and particularly at the Battle of Blackwater Bridge in this state near the Cape Fear River below Fayetteville. That he is sure said Garboro served, more than six months and he thinks more than 12 months, and as the affiant always understood and believed was Honorably discharged from the Army - and that said John Garboro was reputed to have married Joanna Chambers and that he knew said John Garboro and said Joanna his wife for near 30 years, and they lived together in Montgomery County as man and wife, and had a number of children well understood to be born - in lawful wedlock, and several of the same now living all of whom he well knows.
That said Joanna ever since the death of her husband John Garboro, remained his widow and is still his widow and helpless. and is reputed to be near one hundred years old.

and resides with her children in about 4 miles of the affiant, and is supported by two of her unmarried daughters.
That he knows of no documentary evidence in the possession or power of said Joanna Yarbrough or of her friends to show when he entered the army, the time he served, or at what time or place he was discharged.
Sworn to and subscribed before me This June 28 th 1853 his  Mark Malcolm McGillis
James Batten Esq
State of North Carolina
Montgomery County
I John M. Surran Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Montgomery do hereby certify that James Batten Esq whose name appears subscribed to the foregoing young declaration is and was an attesting justice of said County and that faith and credit are given to his official act as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of office at the Court House in the Town of Troy the 3 rd day of July AD 1853
John M Surran CLK

Hon. J. Minot.

Jamestown, Guilford County North Carolina August 31. 1856.
Hon. J. Minot -
Enclosed I send the Declaration of Henry H. Yarboro one of the Children of Joanna Yarboro whose declaration for a Pension for the services of her late Husband John Yarborough was filed in 1853. - Affidavits were also forwarded - Information was returned that further proof was desired of the marriage & service -
In January 1854. a Certificate of Wm. J. Clarke Comptroller of North Carolina was forwarded showing 4 different payments were made to John Yarborough while in the Army - And in May 1854. an affidavit of John McLeod was procured and misplaced as to marriage. which affidavit is now forwarded - An affidavit of John Spoon was also taken in May 1856. which is also forwarded now.
I reside 60 or 70 miles from Henry H. Yarboro & could only see him at Court - & did not know of his mother's death for sometime after - It seems impossible to get any farther proof - and I most respectfully submit, if the proof that there was no other John Yarboro in this Country. & the Evidence of payments made to him by the Government while in the Army is not sufficient, to entitle the Children of Joanna Yarborough to the back or arrearage of pension to which she was entitled - they have grown grey in supporting their helpless mother - till she died.
I refer to the Papers of Joanna Yarboro on file in your Department.
Most Respectfully.
I would ask to add that few if any men in N.C. who served as privates in the war. can be identified with payments made to them, more than this of John Yarborough - he being the only one of that name in N.C. paid -
George C. Mendenhall Jamestown P.O. Guilford County North Carolina.

Jamestown. Guilford County N.C. May 6 th 1834
To the Hon S.P. Waldo -
Dr Sir. I have applied to the Comptroller of North Carolina Wm G. Clarke Esqr and after a long search as he writes me over Burkels of Papers he sent me a certificate of John Yarborough having been a Soldier of the Revolutionary War. which I now enclose to you. and which I hope will be satisfactory and entitle poor old Joanna his Widow now in sight of the Mersey last mile post of life to draw her pension and die in peace - The services are established by Mr Clarke's Certificate - if true and to be relied upon to wit
£ 2. 1. 3. D 2. specie
£. 9.
£. 11. S. 5.
£. 18. S. 5. This could not be true that old John Yarboro earned this amount of money in the Service as a soldier. Unless he served long enough to entitle his Widow to a full pension. Unless our Government paid better then. than it does now -
I do hope by an early mail to be notified this old Lady is placed on the Pension Roll & to draw from 1836.
most Respectfully
George B. Mendenhall

John Spoon! Affidavit May 1836. auto Joanna  Garboro.

State of North Carolina, John Sporn now a citizen Guilford County - 3 of this County. maketh Oath that he was well acquainted with John Yarborough in the County of Montgomery in this state about fifty years ago. that he lived and died in the County of Montgomery. and left a Widow Joana Yarborough - that from his first acquaintance with said John Yarborough it was well understood by all his acquaintances where he lived that he had been a Soldier and served in the Revolutionary War - that he was considered a man of fair character. and truth - that this affiant is not of sufficient age to know anything about the actual services of said John Yarborough himself but affiant is just as well satisfied that this same John Yarborough did serve in the War of the Revolution with Great Britain. as he is that General George Washington was ever in that War - That this affiant has a very general acquaintance through many Counties in that portion of North Carolina. and he was never acquainted with. and never heard of - any other John Yarborough. or of any other being an old Revolutionary Soldier but the Husband of said Joana Yarborough - That he died many years since some thirty five years or more That said John & Joana Yarboro lived together as lawfully wedded man & wife. and had a number of Children both Sons & daughters all of whom were ever understood to have been born in lawful wedlock. as much so as any persons in Montgomery County. and are so reputed now.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 17th of May 1836. Abel Gardner Jno
John D. Sporn Mark

North Carolina } I, Lyndon Swain, Clerk of the Guilford County. } Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Guilford, do hereby certify that Abel Sevelius, Esquire, whose signature appears to the within & foregoing is an acting justice of the Peace in & for said County - that full faith & credit are due to his official acts as such - & that his said signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court, at office in Greensboro, this the 19th day of May 1856.
Lyndon Swain, C.C.C.