Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9062, for Person Rackley, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N 6
Rackley, Person Margaret
R. 9062
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old Brook
North Carolina suspended Margaret Rastley
J. L. Smith

State of North Carolina 3 Wash County
Personally appeared before me G. W. Hammond one of the acting Justices of the peace for said County Matthew Rackley (Aged 91 st ), who makes oath that he is the brother of Parson Rackley & that himself & brother Parson resided with their Father Parsons Rackley & the rest of his family in the western part of the State on the South fork New R. of the Catawba River, & when living there his Brother Parson Rackley enlisted as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War & served both in the State and South Carolina till peace was declared. He then returned home & Shortly afterwards my Father & Family together with myself & Brother Parson Rackley moved from the South Fork to Franklin County of this State and after remaining there a few years they all moved to this County where my Brother Parson married his wife Margaret they lived together many years up to his death raising a large Family of children, his wife still survives him, at his death his Lands & Personal Estate were all divided among his representatives She is alive with the children. my Brother Parson Rackley & wife Margaret lived within four miles of present residence from the time of their marriage till his death when she now resides near by.
Sworn to & subscribed
before me
G. W. Hammond J.P.
Matthew his Rackley mark

Deposition from the Master Clerk
State of North Carolina Nash County
I, G. W. Ward Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County, do hereby Certify that G. W. Ward whose Genuine Signature appears to the foregoing affidavits is and was, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly Commissioned and qualified according to Law therefor full faith and credit is due to all his official acts - Given under my hand and official Seal at Office in the Town of Nashville this 21 st day of January A D 1853
G. W. Ward Clerk

13,884
The Declaration of Mrs. Margett Rackley for a pension. North Carolina
9062
Act 7 July 1838

State of North Carolina } ss. Nash County } On this 22 nd day of December 1847, Person Rackley appeared before me William H. Abernathy an acting justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid. Margaret Rackley, a resident of said county, and State aged eighty two 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 7 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows; also the act granting one year's pension to certain widows passed 3 rd of March 1843, and the act of the 17 th June 1844, continuing the pensions of certain widows."
That she is the widow of Person Rackley who was a Private Soldier of the North Carolina Militia in the War of the Revolution; that he entered the service of the United States in said War, sometime in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy (Nine) as well as she can recollect what her husband the said Person Rackley told her about his services; that he was first drafted for a tour of three months, while a resident of Franklin County N.C. as she has understood from her said husband and fully believes, and that he served out the same in the N.C. Militia under General Ash; but the name of the Captain under whom he served his first tour she cannot recollect. That after his first term of service expired, he was hired as a substitute, by a man who was drafted to go in to the service, and that he served as a substitute as many as three tours of three months each, if not more, for different persons who had been drafted to go into service; and after serving as above stated, he was drafted again, for another tour of three months, and served out the same under General Green (as she has understood from her husband the said Person Rackley and fully believes) the names of the other Officers under whom her husband the said Person Rackley served, she does not recollect. She further declares that she was lawfully married to the said Person Rackley some time in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty three, & shortly after he came

+ out of the service, in the said County of Nash, by old Nathaniel Bodie Esq r , of said County. That she was not married to her husband the said Person Rackley prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, Aiz: at the time above stated. That her husband the aforesaid Person Rackley departed this life some time in the month of December 1812, and that she has remained his widow ever since that period. She further declares that she has in her possession, her husband's old family Bible which contained the ages of all her children, but the leaf that contained the ages of her children has been cut out of said Bible by some person she knows not who, nor does she know where it is; but she believes it was taken out by a Gentleman who came to see her some three or four years back, for the purpose of trying to get a pension for her; said leaf containing the ages of her children will show conclusively the date of her marriage to the said Person Rackley, if she can ever get in possession of it again. That she is now quite worn out with old age, nearly blind and penyles, and her children all too poor to support her, and if she can not obtain the pension that is due her for the services of her husband aforesaid, in the War aforesaid, she must shortly become a public charge on the County and have to go to the poor house for support.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me W. H. Burratty her Margaret Rackley mark
I the said Justice of the Peace do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs. Margaret Rackley who has this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration before me, and know her to be an old Lady of respectability and truth, and that full faith and credit is due to her oath. I further certify that

-She is, from old age and bodily infirmity, unable to attend Court to make her said declaration. ~ Given under my hand this 22 nd day of December 1847. ~
W. H. Abernathy
State of North Carolina, Wash County } Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions May Term 1848. ~ The declaration of Margaret Rackley, having been this day, exhibited in open Court, as taken before William H. Abernathy, one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County; The Court confirm the same, as though it was taken before this Court; And this Court are of opinion that the said Margaret Rackley is the widow of Person Rackley, and that her husband, the said Person Rackley, was a Private Soldier of the North Carolina Militia in the War of the Revolution. This Court are also of opinion, that she was lawfully married to the said Person Rackley, at the time as stated by her in the foregoing declaration; That her husband the said Person Rackley, died at the time stated also, in the foregoing declaration, and that she has remained his widow ever since that period. ~ ordered Therefore, that our Clerk certify the same to the War Department. ~
Ques N. Pralle Cl (seal)
I M c W Bry Ant Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Wash, (which is a Court of Record) Certify, that the above, contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of Margaret Rackley (widow of Person Rackley) upon an application for a pension. ~
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name, and affix my seal of Office, at Office, in the Town of Washville this 8 th day of May 1848
M c W. Bry and Clk

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
9062
P. O.
Margaret Rackley
Service:
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

13.884
Margaret Buckley widow of Person, North Carolina
Suspended
bt Jan 1849 Ex B n D. B. S. Daniel Jun 21. 47. 9062

Margaret Hackley N.C. Act 1838 Suspended
Pma of city
Th Dampston Present

Know all men by these presents, That I Margaret Rackley of the County of Nash in the State of North Carolina, widow of Person Rackley deceased (who was a soldier of the Revolution) do hereby nominate constitute and appoint William W. Daniel of the County of Halifax State aforesaid, (who first commenced the prosecution of my claim for a pension,) and Thos Lumpkin of the City of Washington D.C., my true and lawful Agents and Attorneys for me, and in my name and stead, (hereby revoking all other powers of Attorney heretofore executed by me, relative to the prosecution of my claim for a pension, and by these presents do hereby bind myself my heirs & not to revoke this power of Attorney without the Consent of said Attorneys Daniel and Lumpkin) to prosecute my said claim for the pension due me from the General Government, for the revolutionary services of my deceased husband the said Person Rackley to its final termination. And my said Attorneys Daniel and Lumpkin are hereby authorized and empowered by me to procure all the additional testimony they can in my case, requisite to establish the justice of my claim; and generally, to do and perform all such acts, matters and things as my said Attorneys shall deem necessary and expedient in the premises, for the complete and effectual execution of the authority herein before granted, as fully and effectually as I might or could do, were I personally present; I hereby ratifying and confirming all the acts of my said Attorneys done by virtue and in pursuance of these presents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name or made my mark and Seal this
14 th day of February A D eighteen hundred and fifty three. Signed sealed and delivered in presence of
Her Margaret Rackley mark
James B. Hendrick mark
Benjamin B. B. —

State of North Carolina,
Nash County } ss.
Be it known, That before me, an acting justice of the Peace within and for the County of Nash in the State aforesaid, personally appeared old Mrs. Margaret Rackley widow of Person Rackley deceased, and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed.
Given under my hand and seal This fourteenth day of February 1853.
Benjamin Bilbro J.P.
I G. W. Ward Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Nash in the State of North Carolina, certify that Benjamin Bilbro before whom the foregoing power of Attorney was acknowledged, and whose genuine signature appears to the above certificate of acknowledgment, is an acting justice of the Peace within and for our said County, and that full faith and credit, is due to all his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my Name and affixed my Seal of Office
This 18 th day of February A.D. 1853.
G. W. Ward Clerk

Nash County N.C. February 14 th 1853.
Sir,
I wish you to allow my Agent or Attorney Mr. Thos. Lumpkin of Washington City D.C. the liberty to examine my declaration and all the accompanying testimony on file in your Office relative to my claim for a pension on account of the Revolutionary Services of my deceased husband Pison Rackley, and when my pension certificate is issued if my claim is allowed, you will please deliver to him.
Very Respectfully her Margrett Rackley mark
To J. E. Heath Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
Witness B. Mann D.C.

State of North Carolina
Comptroller's Office
February 25th. 1851
I William J. Clarke Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State aforesaid do hereby certify that I have on application made to me, diligently searched the record of payments made to Revolutionary soldiers, in my office, for the name of Person Rackley or Ratley and that said name does not appear of record.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my seal of Office the day & year first above written
Wm. J. Clarke Compt'r.

Halifax N.S. June 10/47.
Dear Sir,
I forward you the decla- ration of Mr. Margaret Backley for a Pension which you will place on file and consider at your earliest convenience very respectfully J. R. Daine Col. E. L. Edwards Washington D. C.

Gov. Ward Nashville Mo.
Power of attorney case
Person Rackley at Carolina
Filed 2nd Oct 52
County Clerk Nash Co Mo
Ex 16 J. E. Hassler Present

POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*
STATE OF North Carolina } COUNTY OF Ashe — }
Be it known that before me
G. W. Hammonds a Justice of the Peace personally appeared Margaret Rae Rackley aged 85 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that she is the widow of Pearson Rackley who was a revolutionary† in the State of North Carolina and that he died on the 3rd day of August 18 44 and that the mother named _____ died on the _____ day of _____ 18 _____ and that they were married on the 13 day of September in the year 17 87 and that they were residents of Franklin County in the State of North Carolina and that they resided there _____ years, and that she resides in North Carolina and that furthermore she BY THESE PRESENTS , constitutes, appoints, and fully empowers and authorizes, irrevocably and with powers of substitution, F. E. HASSLER, of Washington city, D. C., as her true and lawful Attorney for her and in her name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government and State officers her rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land that may be due her as widow of Pearson Rackley who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law she may be entitled.
In witness whereof, she has on this 27 th day September 1852, hereunto signed her name, and affixed her seal. —
Margaret Rackley 
Witness: M. H. Hammon Witness: James B. Kendrick
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me; and I further certify, that has always by the community been known as the widow of Pearson Rackley
Dated on this 27 th day of September 1852
G. W. Hammonds P.O.
STATE OF North Carolina } to wit: COUNTY OF Ashe — }
I hereby certify, That G. W. Hammonds Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of my office as Clerk County Court, this 37 th day of September one thousand eight hundred and fiftytwo (1852),
G. W. Ward Clerk.
a Widow applies, state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband." state under what act pensioned, or when pension commenced, if a pensioner—and amount of pension.

Depositions in the case of Margaret Rackley upon an application for a pension.

State of North Carolina
Nash County } On this 22 nd day of December 1847, personally appeared before me William H. Abernathy an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Milly Turner a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of fifty dollars per ann. Resident of said County & State, aged eighty years, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath certify that she has frequently heard her husband William Turner, (who was a soldier of the Revolution & a Pensioner of the United States,) say that Person Rackley (the husband of Margaret Rackley of this County,) was in the service with him; and affiant well recollects, that her husband said, he served two tours of three months each with the said Person Rackley, and that they served under General Green.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me W H Abernathy J.P. Milly her Turner mark
I the said Justice of the Peace, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs. Milly Turner who has this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit before me, and know her to be an old lady of Respectability & strict veracity, and that full faith and credit is due to her oath. Given under my hand this 22 nd day of December 1847.
W H Abernathy J.P.
State of North Carolina
Nash County } On this 21 st day of February 1848, personally appeared before me William H. Abernathy an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Daniel Batchelor a Resident of said County and State, aged Seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath certify that he was well acquainted with Person Rackley deceased, the husband of Margaret Rackley of this County, and knows that said Rackley was always reputed, and generally believed in the neighborhood where he resided, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that he fully concurs in that opinion.

This affiant further certifies that he is also well acquainted with the said Margaret Rackley, widow of the said Person Rackley, and well knows that she was married to the said Person Rackley, as far back as Seventeen hundred and eighty six, by his own marriage, which took place in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty eight; and Affiant very well knows that the aforesaid Person and Margaret Rackley, were married, and have had been living together as man and wife as much as two or three years if not more, before his own marriage took place. — Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me W. H. Abernathy (W. H. A.) This Daniel + Batchelor mark
I the said justice of the Peace do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with old Mr. Daniel Batchelor who has this day sworn to & subscribed the foregoing affidavit before me, and know him to be a man of Respectability and truth, and that full faith and credit is due to his oath. — Given under my hand this 21. st day of February 1848. — W. H. Abernathy (W. H. A.) State of North Carolina
Nash County } On this 21. st day of February 1848, personally appeared before me William H. Abernathy, an acting justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, Mournine Holland a resident of said county and state, aged Seventy nine years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath certify that she was well acquainted with Person Rackley deceased, husband of Margaret Rackley of this county, and knows that said Rackley, was always reputed, and generally believed in the neighborhood where he resided, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and affiant has no doubt he was a soldier in said War; that said Person Rackley owned a negro boy by the name of Cambridge, which negro this affiant has always understood, that said Rackley obtained, by serving as a substitute for other men, who had been drafted to go into service in the aforesaid War of the Revolution. This affiant fur-

=This Certifies that She has also known, Margaret Rackley, the widow of said Person Rackley, ever since She could recollect, She is Sister to this Affiant; and Affiant very well knows, that the said Person and Margaret Rackley, were lawfully married (by old Mr. Nathaniel Boddie,) as far back as Seventeen hundred and eighty five, by her own marriage, to her first husband William Manning, which took place in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty eight; that She was married to her second husband Richard Holland, in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety two; and Affiant very well knows that the aforesaid Person and Margaret Rackley, were married as much as three years, if not more, before She was married to her first husband Mr. Manning. - Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written. before me. W. H. Burnaby (J.P.) her sig Mourning Holland mark
The said Justice of the Peace do hereby certify, that I am well acquain- -ted with Mrs. Mourning Holland, who has this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit before me, and know her to be a very respectable old lady, and woman of strict veracity, and that full faith and credit is due to her oath. W. H. Burnaby (J.P.)
I John W. Bryant Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarters Sessions for Nash County, certify that William H. Burnaby whose genuine signatures appear to the foregoing affidavits and certificates, is and was, an acting Justice of the Peace at the time of signing the same, in and for our said County, and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts as such. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name this 11 th day of April A.D. 1849.
John W. Bryant C.C.