Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6845, for William Nourse, South Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
Navy S.C. Sea service
Nourse William Rebecca P.
N. 6845. B.L. Mt 34836-160-55
CONTENTS

No 567 Kentucky
William Nourse
of Mercer Co in the State of Kentucky who was a midshipman in the Frigate commanded by Captain Hardy the commanded by Galled in the Confederacy and in the frigate South Carolina for three years
See letter to Pension June 18. 1832
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 144 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Sept r 1832 and sent to Robert B. McAspe Esq. Harrodsburg Ky
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1832. 216 Pension allowance ending 4 Mar, 33 72 $ 288
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Robt Clerk. Book D Vol. 9 Page 52

State of Kentucky. William Lloyd do hereby certify that upon the count - and mass with the following statement the power of attorney a power of attorney act of congress for the relief of certain  officers and soldiers of the revolutionary war approved June 7 th 1832. Whereby stat that on the 16 th day of October 1780 sent to the naval service of the united states in the called "The Confederacy"  with Harding  then in the Port of Philadelphia as a midshipman . That in the following he sailed in for the west indies and then for the east indies  with Harding  from New York to Trinidad  for salt  also  in the  West Indies , and another  in the West Indies  and some time of the year 1781 . at which time the west indies for Philadelphia and now ship the many  captured into an  prisoners in the by the  the  1781 on the 16th day of April 1781, and I was taken and put on the  Prison ship in the harbor of New York I suffered the most cruel and rigorous treatment for many weeks and the  from a  which with great mortality I  with fifty other  and put the Coast  which was  carried to Portsmouth in England and was then  in Boston . Prison until the spring 1782 when I was sent back in a  to Philadelphia  then I again  and was  the  South Carolina and the state of South Carolina the  and  in My  which was  and in which  and  I am and resided in  and  I am 169 h  My  I am I

10 th day of July 1832
Wm Hourse
State of Kentucky
Union Circuit Court July Term 1832
I William I. Kelly Sole Special Judge of the Union Circuit Court do hereby declare at my opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Midshipman in the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War and served and suffered as he stated in the above declaration sworn to this day before me under my hand the 10 th day of July 1832
William I. Kelly Special Judge
State of Kentucky
Union Circuit Court July Term 1832
I Philip L. Allen Clerk of the Circuit Court aforesaid do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Circuit Court, in the matter of the application of William Hourse for a Pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of said Circuit Court at the Clerk's office in Harrodsburg, this 10 th day of July 1832 and in the 41 st year of the Commonwealth
Phil. L. Allen

State of Kentucky } set Fayette County }
Personally appeared before me James Davis one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Fayette, Mrs Catharine B Cooke, a respectable and creditable witness aged 73 Years of the City of Lexington, County and State aforesaid and being sworn deposeth and saith — That she well remembers that the before named William Rouse was a Midshipman in the Navy of the United States from and to the times before stated and also of his being taken prisoner by the British, carried into New York and that he was afterwards sent a Prisoner to England — and after his return from imprisonment that he entered into the service of the State of South Carolina in a Frigate belonging to that State,
Sworn and Subscribed before me the 23 d July 1832.
Cath e B Cooke
J. Davis J.P.H.
Commonwealth of Kentucky Fayette County to wit:
I James C. Rodas Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid, do Certify that James E. Davis Esquire, who has signed the foregoing Certificate, is and was at its date a duly authorized Justice of the Peace for said County Commissioned and qualified as the law directs, and that his signature is genuine, to whose acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County at Lexington Kentucky, this 24 th day of July, 1832 and in the 41 st year of the Commonwealth.
J. C. Rodas C.F.H.

Mercer County ss - This day appeared in open court Jephra Head a Clergyman residing in the town of Harrodsburgh near which the within named William Nourse resides, and Peter Huff a revolutionary soldier residing near the William Nourse in the same county do hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with the sd William Nourse who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and we believe him to be of the age he has stated and that he is reputed and believed to be a man of truth & veracity and a midshipman in the navy of the U. States during the revolutionary war and we concur in the above opinion - Witness our hands this 9 th August 1832 -
Jephra Head
State of Kentucky
Mercer County ss. At a County Court 1832
This day Peter Huff the subscriber to the foregoing Cer- tificate came personally into open court & made oath to the truth of the statement by him subscribed and the Court further Certifies that said Huff who has signed the Certificate is a Credible Witness & that his statements are entitled to Credit. And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Jephra Head who has signed the preceding Cer- tificate is a Clergyman Residing in Mercer County & J Thomas Allin Jr Clerk of the County Court do Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Nourse for a Pension on testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the Seal of my Office at Harrods- burgh this 9 th day of August 1832.
Thos Allin Jr

No 5257. Kentucky
Rebecca P. Nourse, widow of William
who served in the Revolutionary
as a Midshipman Frigate "South Carolina" ribed on the Roll at the rate 144 dollars per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 9th day of June 1855. and sent to
John B. Atkin Danville Ky.
1866 April 25 Pension Agent Louisville & Lexington " " 2 d Compt & 3 d Aud.
205582
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act January 3, 1853, Page 176. Vol. 1 28 1853 3 2

State of Kentucky
Boyle County Court, July Term 1853.
I Robert B. Adair Clerk of the Boyle County Court do hereby That Speed J. King Esqr is the Presiding Judge of said Court and that the within affidavit was subscribed and sworn to in open court the oath having been administered by said J. by virtue of his office. he being duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Boyle County Court this the 18 th day of July 1853
Robert B. Adair Clerk Boyle County Court.

State of Kentucky
Boyle County ss.
On this the 18 th day of July 1853 personally appeared before the Boyle County Court in the state of state of Kentucky A S Hyle and A I Baldree, who are personally known to the Court and are of credit and give standing and they being duly sworn according to law state on oath that Rebecca P Nourse the applicant for Pension is the widow of William Nourse who was a Pensioner of the Louisiana Agency that said Rebecca & William were married in Mercer County in the month of May A.D. 1813 and continued to live together up to the day of the death of said William Nourse which was on the 30 th day of August A.D. 1836. They also state that said Rebecca is still the widow of said William - she not having married since his death. They also state that they are misinformed
A S Hyle A I Baldree
Sworn to and a subscription on this The day and year above written in open Court before me Special J. J. Fry P. J. B. C. Attest J. W. H. Atkin Clerk

State of Kentucky
Boyle County Court July Term 1853-
I John B. Atkin Clerk of The Boyle County Court, do certify that Spencer S. Fry, Esq. is the Presiding Judge of said Court, and that the within affidavit was subscribed and sworn to in Open Court. The oath having been administered to said Fry, by virtue of his office - he being duly commis- sioned and qualified, and that his signature is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Boyle County Court, this the 18 th day of July, 1853
John B. Atkin CLK Boyle County Court.

State of Kentucky
Boyle County, ss.
On this 18 th day of May 1853. personally appeared before the Boyle County Court of the state of Kentucky, Rebecca Morris, a res- ident of Boyle County, and state aforesaid, aged 61 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 law of the United States, passed 3 rd February 1853 - That she is the widow of William Morris, deceased who was a Pensioner of the United States on the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of $144 per annum as well agreed by an exam- ination of the proper office. She further states that she was married to the said William Morris on the 10 th day of May (1818) eighteen hundred and thirty, and that her said husband died on the 30 th day of August (1836) eighteen hundred and thirty six, in the County of Mercer (now Boyle -) That she was not married to him prior to the second day of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated - She further declares states that she is now a Widow, having never married again
R. Morris (Seal) widow
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Attest PROTHIN blk } Spea J. Fry P.D.B.C. Bo. Court - }

Danville Ky July 18 th 1853
L. P. Waldo Esq. Power of Pensions Washington City U. S.
Sir
I am requested by Mrs R. P. Mourse of this County to for- -ward her application for Pension Please send Certificate to me.
I am very respectfully Your obed Servt J. M. B. Morton
Mrs R. P. Mourse widow of Wm Mourse. Applications for Pension-
J. M. B. Morton Danville Ky.

205.582 Ad Mar 7/5
Aug. 25/55
Rebecca P. Vourse
and William Vourse Midshipman
Capt. Harding
U.S. Navy "Confederacy" Num 1103118311
Rev. War
Rec pension
Ky File 5257
Ad: Medals July 22 1856
W. J. Fulton
Michael Vourse Present
Vol N=121

FORM OF DECLARATION
TO BE MADE BY THE WIDOW OF A DECEASED PERSON WHO HAS NOT HAD A LAND WARRANT.
STATE OF Kentucky County of Boyle } ss.
On this the 14 th day of August , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five , personally appeared before me, a justice of the Peace within and for the county and State aforesaid, Rebecca P. Nourse , aged 62 years, a resident of Boyle County , in the State of Kentucky , who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of William Nourse , deceased, who was a _____ in the company commanded by Captain _____ in the _____ regiment of _____ commanded by _____, in the war a midshipman on board the United Ship  Confederacy & also on board the South Carolina, Captain Harding
in the War of the Revolution — that her said husband continued in said _____, on or about the _____ day of _____, A. D. _____, for the term of _____, and continued in actual service in said war for the term of until he was taken, and was honorably discharged at prisoner & sent to England until the close of the war, on the _____ day of _____, A. D. _____.
She further states that she was married to the said William Nourse, in Mercer County Kentucky, on the 2 nd day of May 1813, by one Thomas Rife, a Presbyterian Minister, and that her name before her said marriage was Rebecca P. Rife; that her said husband died at his residence in Boyle County Kentucky on the 30 th day of August, A. D. 1836, and that she is now a widow. Reference is requested to the papers in which the said Mr. Nourse was placed on the pension list, and to those upon which she received a pension certificate, the day Feb 1855.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855." Rebecca P. Nourse
We, Wm H Robinson and A. E. Rife , residents of Mercer County , in the State of Kentucky , upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Rebecca P. Nourse in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. Wm H. Robinson A. E. Rife
And I, Rebecca P. Nourse do hereby constitute and appoint _____ MICHAEL NOURSE irrevocably my true and lawful attorney, with full power of substitution for me, in my name and place, and stead, to present this my claim, to ask for, receive, and give good and sufficient receipts for any land warrant to which I am entitled, and which may be issued by reason of said services, and generally to do any and every act that I might or could do were I personally present at the doing thereof; hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever he, my said attorney, or his substitute, should do in and about the premises by virtue hereof, hereby revoking all other powers heretofore granted. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal. Rebecca P. Nourse [SEAL.]
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, and said power of attorney duly acknowledged, on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Chas T. Worthington J.P.R.B.C. Ky
State of Kentucky, Boyle County, Set Richard R. Bolling, clerk of the Boyle County Court do certify that Charles T. Worthington, whose signature appears to the above certificate, is now and was at

the date thereof an acting justice of the peace, duly com- missioned and sworn, that his signature thereto is genuine, and that full faith and credit are due to all of his official acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Boyle County Court this 20 th day of August, A. D. 1855 R. R. Bollen, Clerk B.C.C.
1853 May 2 nd William Nourse & Rebecca Kyle Married by the Rev. Thomas Kyle on the Second day of May Eighteen hundred & thirty three
State of Kentucky Mercer County ss. Thomas Allin Clerk of the Court for the County as I do certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Marriage Return of the Minister who solemnized the Marriage between the above Parties as the same stands upon Record in my Office except the addition of the date which is written out in letters and words
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of the Mercer County Court this 17 th day of July 1855. Thos Allin
165.582 Declaration of Rebecca P. Nourse for County land for act of Mar 1855
Her husband was a midshipman in Revolutionary War (he has pension in which he drew a pension, also that of her mother both granted

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6845
Rebecca P Burse
Widow
William Burse
Midship Rev War
Act: Feb 23 1853
Index:—Vol. 66 , Page 88
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5 J4.836
J Woo ang

July 23, 1853.
Appl. of Rebecca P. House, widow of William House,
Boyle co., Kentucky.
567 1194
Act 3 rd Feb. 1853. 144, P. Am. Com: Feb: 3, 1853, Rev.
John B Atkin, Danville, Kentucky.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Busin.

testify, to March May 1813 in Aug: 1836. 2. writ; & min: in S: 1 Aug: 04 Blyton,

No. 2701 Rebecca Mourse, Widow of W m Mourse
Letto. M c B.A. Kn i . 29 th Sept. 53
Act 3 d Feb. 1853, not entitled. Mrs. Wid.

1853
Free
L. P. Waldo Esqr Payer of Pensions
Officer of Washington City D. C.

Yrs
Comptroller of Pensions, Washington City D.C. 6-
Official Morse

rief in the case of
Rebecca P. Nourse, Widow of William, Boyle County and State of Ky; act 13. Feb. 1853, Feb. 28 1855,
Claim, ("original," or "for increase" )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Applicant was pensioned under the Act of 7 June 1832, at the rate of $144 per Annum. Two Witnesses, to the marriage in May, 1813. Pension paid 30th August 1836, on the Affidavit of two witnesses to the marriage.
Application for increase is established by the Affidavit of two credible Affiants, Sacrist of Court.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
John B. Aiken, Esq., Danville,
Name and residence of Agent
Ky;
H. C. [Signature] Examining Clerk.

205-582

Washington Aug. 24 1855
Sir
I enclose the following declarations for bounty land - N o
1. Rebecca P. Sturges, widow of Sam Sturges, a midshipman in the Revolutionary war.
2. John Myers, private, War of 1812 -
Respectfully, yours &c. Nicholas Anne

William Housco died 30 August 1836. Paid in full. Robt. Morrison
Undited
Providence Office, June 4 th 1855.
Sir: Please call at the office to which the account is named pension was paid on the date of his death.
Very respectfully,
30 Aug 56
J. M. Allen Comptroller.
Rev. Mr. Housco
W. Southwickson, Esq., First W. Mr. Housco

June 16th 8 Mr. House Kenosha
[Handwritten signature]
2 L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D — C
567

Near Danville Ky June 3. 1836
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm ee of Pensions
Sir
I have long held desires of writing to you on the subject of my pension, but may have properly deferred it, on account of the great press of business in your Office — which now may have measurably ceased.
The pay of $12 p Month the pay of a Midshipman of the Navy of the Revolution, which I am now receiving was supposed sufficient in those arduous times of trials and sufferings (in which it was my lot to have had a considerable share) but now how inadequate to the present day.
I perceive by the Acts of Congress for some Years past that considerable additions have been made to the pay of Midshipmen in the Navy of the United States say $19 and upwards p Month.
The great rise of the necessaries of life for sometime past in this Country now induces me respectfully to trouble you with this letter, praying that to my present Certificate for $12 p Month; an addition may be made to it equal to the present (or medium) pay of Midshipmen in the Navy of the United States.
I am
Sir
Respectfully Your M c Servant
Wm Nourse

The Hon. Commissioners of Pensions Present,
MS. B. 1. 6 v. 2 p. 12

The Petition of William House of the Navy of the Revolution for a pension
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20
2268

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled
The Petition of William Nourse formerly of the navy of the United States on board the Fugate Confederacy during the Revolutionary war humbly sheweth. That your Petitioner entered into the service of his country at the age of 17 as a Midshipman the 16 of October 1780 on board the United States Fugate aforesaid, Seth Hardin Esq r Commander, then lying in the Port of Philadelphia. That in December following he sailed in said Fugate for the West Indies, and captured on the passage a British Brig bound from New York to Turks Island for salt, and carried her into Cape Francois (now called Cape Henry) in the Island of Hispaniola. That your Petitioner in the month of Feb y following sailed in said Fugate on a cruise in the West Indies seas, in company the United States Fugate Dean. Nicholson Esq r Commander, and captured in that cruise an African slave ship called the Diamona bound to Jamaica, and returned with her to the then Cape Francois aforesaid, where the said ship with her cargo of slaves, and the Brig aforesaid, were condemned and sold for the benefit of the United States and the captors. That your Petitioner afterwards sailed from the West Indies, bound for Philadelphia, but was unhappily captured on board the said Fugate Confederacy near the Capes of Delaware by the British ship of war the Roebuck Cap t Hammond of 44 guns, and two Frigates on the 16 day of April 1781: a day long to be remembered by your petitioner having lost by his capture nearly every thing but the clothes on his back, was then carried into New York at which place he suffered for many weeks the most cruel and rigorous treatment on board the Jersey Prison ship then lying in the Waterbough near the Harbour of New York. That your Petitioner when scarcely recovered from a Pleura fever which raged with great mortality on board the said prison ship, was sent with about 40 others from on board said prison ship, present to a fleet then lying near the Hook bound for England and put on board a British ship of war and confined down to the hold or cabin deck of said ship (for the enemy in their tyranny made no distinction between Officers and men) and on its arrival at Portsmouth England, he was put on board the Admirals ship in that Harbour, and afterwards with other his fellow prisoners taken before a civil Magistrate, and after examination was committed to Forton Prison near Portsmouth on suspicion of high treason, agreeable to an act of Parliament passed about the beginning of the Revolutionary war where your Petitioner was confined for seven months, and during the long and tedious winter of 1781 and beginning of 1782 without any fire or other comforts of life much to the injury of his health and very detrimental to his constitution which he sadly experiences to this day. Your Petitioner would further beg leave to state - That after the capture of Lord Cornwallis at York in Virginia (at which time your petitioner was in Forton Prison above mentioned) and the
change

chance of the British Ministry he was sent back in a Cartel to Philadelphia with about 300 American prisoners and arrived in that city in August 1782 - but being then out of employment and the Navy of the United States nearly destroyed by the enemy, he entered as a midshipman on board the large Frigate South Carolina John Boken Esq commander then lying in the port of Philadelphia of very heavy metal belonging to, and shortly before built in Holland for that state - but your petitioner was in December following again captured on board said Frigate by a Fleet of British Ships of War and again carried into New York, paroled on Long Island and afterwards to Philadelphia from which situation he was only relieved by the return of Peace and the United States obtaining their glorious Independence. Your Petitioner in conclusion would beg leave to state that he is now and has been for many years a citizen in Mercer County Kentucky is now in the sixty fourth year of his age, three years of the bloom of which he spent in the service of his country suffering on that account the rage of a cruel enemy, in bonds and rigorous imprisonment - which is probably the cause that he has been labouring for many years with a broken constitution and for months together such heavy infirmities as to render him entirely unable to attend to any kind of business - He therefore prays that you honorable House to take his case into consideration and grant him that relief that as a suffering Officer of the Navy of the Revolution he is entitled to receive.
(Signed)
W m Norris

imprisonment. which is probably the cause that he has been labouring for many years with a broken constitution and for months together such heavy infirmities as to render him entirely unable to attend to any kind of business. He therefore prays that your honorable House to take his case into consideration and grant him that relief that as a suffering Officer of the navy of the Revolution he is entitled to receive.
(Signed) W m Nourse
State of Kentucky Mercer County } set
Personally came before me Jas. Lillard one of the Justices of the Peace for the county of Mercer William Nourse the aforesaid Petitioner who being duly sworn doth say that all the facts contained in the foregoing petition are true to the best of his knowledge and belief.
(Signed) William Nourse
Sworn and Subscribed before me the 17 February 1827 (Signed) Jas. Lillard J.P.
City of Washington 17 Feb. 1827
My Brother William Nourse, the above named was by his Father James Nourse in 1780 placed under my direction: and the circumstances narrated by him in the foregoing Memorial receive all the attestation to their verity I can give them. Joseph Nourse (J) (the present Register of the Treasury.)

Near George Town 12 July 1832
I do hereby confirm the Certificate annexed dated 17 Feb. 1827 given at that time for the purpose of obtaining a Pension, but which he the Petitioner W m Nourse, never obtained either of Congress or South Carolina; The Statement is perfectly correct according to the best of my knowledge and belief Given under my hand and seal and Witnessed, the date of year above written
Sealed & sealed to deliver in presence
Janet Hutchinson
William Nourse Sale Fund Register of the Treasury of the United States
(15)

Receivers J.M.

Know all men by these presents, that I Rebecca P. Nourse widow of William Nourse who was a blacksmith in the Army of the United States during and who received a pension on that from the United States on the 30th day of August 1853 do hereby constitute and appoint my brother Michael Nourse of Washington, my true and lawful attorney in all and every thing and receive from the War Department a certificate of pension as entitled by the act of the 28th February 1855 and the act therein referred to, and do request that the amount of the pension indicated by the certificate be made payable at the Agency at Washington City or Treasury of U States.
In witness whereof I do hereby sign my hand, and affix my seal this 18th day of May 1853 -which confirming all that my said attorney may lawfully do in virtue hereof.
Rebecca P. Nourse (Seal)
Witnesses. A. G. Rife W. H. Robinson

State of Kentucky County of Boyle.
On this 18 th day of May 1855
Personally appeared before me the undersigned authority of the Peace, in, and for the County aforesaid, the within described Rebecca P. House and acknowledged the same to be her act, and deed, and do further certify that said is the true and correct copy of the same of the late William P. House of said County.
Chas S Worthington J.P. S.C.
State of Kentucky Boyle County: ss. Set.
I Richard R. Bolling, Clerk of the Boyle County Court do certify that foregoing signature of Charles S. Worthington is genuine - that said Worthington is now and was at the time of signing said certificate a justice of the peace in and for Boyle County, duly elected and sworn, and that full faith and credit are due all of his official acts as such - In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 26 th day of May, A. D., 1855.
R. R. Bolling, Clerk.

RECEIVED SEP 29 1978

Note death on roll
Woodsbury Kentucky
August 13 1865
Mr. Joseph. W. Barrett
Dear Sir
Mrs. Rebecca P. Nurse
Who has been a pensioner for many years is now dead and there is some back pay coming to her or heirs I believe her admin- =istrator told me there was some $140 or thereabouts says she had not drawn any thing for a year or so before her death it seems that the administrator can not find the certificate showing that she was a pensioner I want you if you please to send me a blank and instructions how to prepare said claim by referring to your books you will see that she was the wife of an officer and that she has been getting a pension for some years send me the forms and instructions and much (Wife of your friend)
Geo. Passmore
Act. Feb. 3 1853. 2 nd Sec.
Pair & Inch 4,63
5237

Blainville Kentucky September 24 th 1853
To Comr of Pensions Washington City D. C.
Dear Sir
Seven months ago, I at the request of Mrs. Morris of this County sent to your department application for Pension under Act 3 rd July 1853. The requisition thereof having never been acknowledged and sufficient time now having elapsed for the Certificate to have been issued. I would like to learn whether her application was ever received &c.
I am very respectfully, Your obt servant J. M. Martin
Claim Received July 23/53 adams

Free
Hon ble Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington
Henry
15 Aug 1832
P.O. No 5320

Hannadsburg Mercer County Ky Aug t 6. 1832.
Hon ble Lewis Cass Sec y of War Washington D-C
Sir
My friend Gen l Rob t McAffee has promised me, to forward for your Department, the proceedings of the Circuit court Judge of this State in July last, on my application to him for the same — in relation for a Pension, under the late Act of Congress — as a Midshipman in the Navy of the United States & during the arduous struggle of the Revolutionary War — which Papers I endeavoured through the Gen l assistance to have as perfect as possible for your approbation.
Since those papers were measurably executed I have received from my aged brother Joseph Nourse of the District of Columbia and late Register of the Treasury of the United States the enclosed Paper which is a Copy of my Petition laid before Congress in Feby 1827; with his Certificates in relation to my said Petition annexed thereto — which Copy of my Petition with my said brother's Certificates I have thought it would be best to enclose to you (tho' I have written to him to wait upon you in attestation thereof) — the whole of which I respectfully trust will meet with your approbation, and a favorable issue,
Sir
very respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
W m Nourse