Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5861, for Abel Kendrick, North Carolina

NUMBER
11
Hendrick, Abel
R. 5861
CONTENTS
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Abel Kondich
Georgia suspended
Prefer
M. Cole
Dec 7/52

State of Georgia The it known that before me Stephen B. Green — County of Cobb & a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Robert Kendrick a resident of the State and County aforesaid aged sixty two years who being duly sworn and then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the son and one of the heirs of Abel Kendrick deceased who was a Revolutionary Officer or Soldier in either the State of North or South Carolina and that he died in the month of August A.D. 1836 in Hall County, Georgia, and that his Mother named Maria Kendrick died a few weeks thereafter in the County of Forsyth, Georgia, that the time of their marriage is unknown to this deponent, that they were residents of Union District in the State of South Caro- lina from the early childhood at the first remembrance of deponent, and that they resided there until about the year Eighteen hundred and seven or eight when they removed to the State of Georgia where they resided until they died - and that this deponent now resides in Cobb County Georgia — and that furthermore I the said Robert Kendrick do by these presents constitute, appoint and fully empower and authorize irrevocably one and power of substitution, F. E. Hefley of Washington City D.C. as my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the United States Government and state officers my rights in all and in any manner of claim for in- pension or arrears of Pension or Land that may be due me at one of the heirs or children of the said Abel Kendrick who died leaving the estate undivided, as in right of law I may be entitled.
In Witness whereof the said Robert Kendrick has on this 23 rd day of Novem- ber A.D. 1852, hereunto signed his name and affixed his seal.
In presence of Wm. H. Hefley
Robt Kendrick
Thomas P. Whitfield
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to, before me: and I further certify that Robert Kendrick has always by the community been known as the son of Abel Kendrick a Revolutionary Soldier. Dated Dec 23 rd day of November A.D. 1853.
S. B. Green J.P.
State of Georgia & I certify
That the foregoing affidavit and Power of Attorney was acknowledged before me this 23 rd day of November A.D. 1852 by Robert Kendrick to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and known to me to be his free act and deed.
My Commission Expires June 10 th 1854

GEORGIA, Walthall County.
Know all men by these Presents, That we, Robert Hendrick James P. Hendrick , H. H. Beall and James M. Hendrick
Martin Graham Ordinary
are held and firmly bound, unto their Honors, the Justices of the Inferior  his of said county, sitting for Ordinary purposes, and his successors in office, in the just and full sum of Five Hundred Dollars, for the payment of which sum to the said Ordinary & his successors, we bind our- selves, our heirs, executors and administrators, in the whole and for the whole sum jointly and severally, and firmly, by these presents. Sealed with our Seals and dated this fifth day of September 1853
The condition of the above Obligation is such, That if the above bound Robert Hendrick Administrator of the goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate of Abel Hendrick deceased, do make, or cause to be made, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate of the said deceased, which have or shall come to the hands, possession or knowledge of the said Robert Hendrick or into the hands, or possession of any other person or persons for him ; and the same, so made, do exhibit to the said Court of Ordinary; when he shall be thereunto required; and such goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate do well and truly administer according to law, and do make a just and true account of his actings and doings thereon, when re- quired by the said Court of Ordinary of said county. And all the rest of the goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate, which shall be found remaining upon the account of the said Administrator, the same being first allowed by the said Court, shall deliver and pay to such persons, respectively, as are entitled to the same by law. And if it shall hereafter appear, that any last will and testament was made by the said deceased and the same be proved before the Court, and the Executors obtain a certificate of the probate thereof, and the said Robert Hendrick do, in such case, if required, render and deliver up the said Letters of Administration, then this obligation to be void, else remain in full force.
Signed, Sealed and Acknowledged, in open Court.
M. Graham Ordinary C. C. O.
Robt Hendrick  RB
H. H. Beall  HB
James P. Hendrick  JB mark
James M. Hendrick  JB mark

ADVERTISED FOR SALE
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GEORGIA
Know all men by these presents, That we,
and our heirs, shall be held and firmly bound unto our said Master Graham, and his heirs and assigns, in the sum of Dollars, to be paid to him, his heirs and assigns, the said sum of Dollars, well and truly to be made, according to the form and effect of the within bond, with interest thereon from the time of default, at the rate of six per cent per annum.
Sealed with our seals and dated this 13th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
Witnesseth, that the above is a true and correct copy of the within bond, as shown to the said Master Graham, and his heirs and assigns, the said sum of Dollars, well and truly to be made, according to the form and effect of the within bond, with interest thereon from the time of default, at the rate of six per cent per annum.
Given under my hand and seal this 13th day of December, 1853.
Robert Hendrick
Administrator
on the estate of
James Hendrick
deceased
and his heirs and assigns
shall be held and firmly bound
unto our said Master Graham
and his heirs and assigns
in the sum of Dollars
to be paid to him, his heirs and assigns
the said sum of Dollars
well and truly to be made
according to the form and effect
of the within bond
with interest thereon
from the time of default
at the rate of six per cent
per annum.
Sealed with our seals and dated this 13th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
Witnesseth, that the above is a true and correct copy of the within bond, as shown to the said Master Graham, and his heirs and assigns, the said sum of Dollars, well and truly to be made, according to the form and effect of the within bond, with interest thereon from the time of default, at the rate of six per cent per annum.
Given under my hand and seal this 13th day of December, 1853.
Robert Hendrick
National evidence
Claim of the
Heir Hendrick
Heir, deceased
act 1853
Seal
Filed Dec. 13 1853
H. G. Hendrick
Washington
Georgia I Master Graham Ordinary of the County of Hall & State of Georgia do hereby certify that the within is a true & correct copy of the bonds of Robert Hendrick administrator on the estate of Abie Hendrick dec'd late of said County as a true copy of Record in my Office and the same to said Office under my hand & seal of Office this 13th day of December 1853
Master Graham Ordinary

in various directions through the country for three months after discharge. D. (and for which two last terms I hereby relinquish all claim being informed that it is not recognized by the department as military service) I have no documentary evidence except those herewith submitted.
I hereby relinquish all claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any state.
1 o I was born in Hancock County State of Virginia on the 14 th day of March 1759.
2 o I have a record of my age at home.
3 o I lived in what is now called Union District State of South Carolina when called into service I remained in Union District South Carolina until about twenty years ago when I removed to the county State of Georgia & from there to Shelby where I now live and have lived for the last 40 years.
4 o I attended into the first town of Shelby and was drafted in all the battles.
5 o I voted to have been back from Richmond the 10 th of April 1865.
6 o I have read my written statement being asked.
7 o I have not been in the service of the United States since the war.

We Wm E Wood a clergyman residing in the County of Hall & State of Ohio and Elijah Taylor residing in the same State do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mr Kendrick who has subscribed to the above declaration that we believe him to be twentyfive years of age that he is a person of good character in the neighborhood where he resides and has been a Soldier of the Revolution and that Mr Kendrick is that opinion.
Given to and subscribed before me this first day of September 1834 Wm E Wood Clerk Joseph Brumagun for Elijah Taylor mark
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the foregoing proceedings by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Wm E Wood who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Hall & State of Ohio and that Elijah Taylor who has also signed the same is a resident in the State and County of Ohio and is a credible person and that the statement is entitled to credit.  Joseph Brumagun, Clerk Garrison, Ohio
Whereby it appears that the Court is of the opinion that the foregoing is true to the best of their knowledge and belief.

Some time in the year 1780 I was again drafted for three months as a private militiaman into Capt. James Davis company and joined the Battalion of Maj. Colley & the Regiment of Col. Brandon and marched to Charleston in South Carolina and from there to a place called Camden on a River called Wateree at which place my term of service ended and I returned home.
After being at home a short time I was again drafted for three months as a private militiaman into Capt. Grants company and attached to Col. Brandon's Regiment and marched to Blackstocks Ford on Tiger River where we had a slight engagement or skirmish with the British in which engagement the British retreated but some officers believing the enemy would be reinforced that night ordered a retreat eight or nine miles and encamped. Shortly after this my term of service expired & I returned home.
Some time in the year 1781 I was again drafted into the company of Capt. Robert Matthews for a term of three months and attached to Maj. Colley's Battalion and joined the army under the command of Genl. Pickens and marched to the Eutaw Springs at which place we had a general engagement with the British Genl. Green being chief in command at the place on the American side. I was in the engagement which I think was on the 8th day of September 1781. I was shortly after this engagement returned home.
Some time in the Spring of the year 1782 I was drafted for a three months term of service and joined the company of Capt. Matthews and marched to the Eutaw Springs where we had a general engagement with the British under the command of Genl. Green. I was in the engagement and was wounded in the leg but recovered and returned home.
After being at home a short time I was again drafted for three months as a private militiaman into Capt. Matthews company and attached to the Battalion of Maj. Colley & the Regiment of Col. Brandon and marched to Charleston in South Carolina and from there to a place called Camden on a River called Wateree at which place my term of service ended and I returned home.

State of Georgia 3rd District Court before Joseph O'Conor
Henry E Wood & Schumacher Garrison. In lieu of the original bond of said bounty now sitting as a court of ordinary. I, Hendrick a resident of said bounty aged twenty five years the 14th day of March 1834. Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to attain the benefit of the act of congress passed June the 1st 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following officers and served as hereunder stated.
Some time in the spring of the year 1779 I volunteered into the company of Capt. Williams Grant as a private Artilleryman for a three months tour of duty. Was marched to a place called Fair Forest where I joined the Regiment of Col. H. Wofford and marched to Augusta in the State of Georgia through the town of Statesboro. On the South bank of the River Savannah Williamson had command of the army at this place after remaining at this place until the 10th of June I was discharged and returned home.
After this service I was not called into service again until the 1st of January 1781 when I was called into service again and served until the 1st of February 1781 when I was discharged and returned home.

February 3, 1933
Mrs. D. M. Dockstader 50 The Prado, N. E., Atlanta, Georgia
ABEL KENDRICK R. 5581 RA-J/MLB Am
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of January 21, in which you request the Civil War record of David Posey Kendrick, also the Revolutionary War record of Abel Kendrick.
This office has no record of service rendered in the Confederate Army, Civil War, therefore, no record of David Posey Kendrick.
You are furnished herein the history of Abel Kendrick, the only soldier of that name found in the Revolutionary War records of this office, the data of which were obtained from the papers on file in his claim for pension (R. 5581), based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
Abel Kendrick was born March 14, 1759, in Hanover County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not given.
He applied for pension September 1, 1834, at which time he was residing in Hall County, Georgia, and alleged that while living in what was later Union District, South Carolina, he volunteered sometime in the spring of 1779 and served at various times until sometime in 1782, on terms of three months each, amounting in all to twenty-one months, as a private in the South Carolina troops under Lieutenant Ashley, Captain William Grant, James Stein, Robert Montgomery, Major Jolly, and Colonels William Safford, Brannon and Kilgore; that during his service he was in engagements at Savannah and Blackstock's Ford and in the battle of Eutaw Springs.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of at least six months of the alleged service, which was the requirement of the pension law.

About 1852-1853, the soldier moved to Franklin County, Georgia; from there to that part of Jackson County, which later became Hall County, Georgia.
Abel Kendrick died in Hall County, Georgia, August 22, 1856, and was buried there. He was survived by a widow, Mary or Jane Kendrick, who died September 22, 1858, in Forsyth County, Georgia, at the home of Henry M. Beall and Elizabeth Beall, with whom she had lived since the death of her husband, Abel Kendrick; their relationship not shown. The soldier was also survived by seven children.
Soldier's son, Robert Kendrick, aged sixty-two years in 1858 was living in Cobb County, Georgia; in 1855 he gave as his address, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia.
Other names appearing in the claim were James P. Kendrick and James M. Kendrick, but their relationship to soldier's family not shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator

Dept of War Pension Office
July 24/1835
Sir
I have rec d your letter concerning the papers of Abiel Kendrick, and the certificate of the Comptroller Genl of S.C. The Department is without a full knowledge of the manner and time in which the moneys for that debt were paid, or which the records in the Comptroller's Office present all the evidence now extant upon that subject: It is very clear that this pension was paid by the State, but how and when I am unable to say.
The certificate in question was unquestionably of the reference to known, ended subsequent to the peace of 1783, or the date of the record in May 30 1786, and the end of it alluded would show that the claim accrued about one year before. My information touching the matter seems to S.C. economy with your knowledge I am that you & commerce etc. The

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Abel Kendrick - Georgia - Suspended Act 7 June 1832.
From the C. C. - property for Evans & Shannels
Apr 22 d 1859 4

J. E. Wappler. June 17/53

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Pension Office Dec 17 1853
Sir
The case of Abel Kendrick of Georgia, can not be allowed until proof of at least, six months service shall be produced, There is satisfactory proof in the papers that he did render some service, but six months has not been shown,
H. E. Hapler Esq,
Respect

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Wm H. Stephens
Dec 26/56
11-11
Mr. W. H. Stephens
Yours truly W. H. Stephens
Yours truly W. H. Stephens

Pension Office Dec 26 1836
Sir
I have the honor to return the letter of Mr King and to state that Abel Kendrick of Georgia was not allowed a pension under the Act of June 7 1832, because the records of his service showed that he did not remain in service as long as Six months and pensions cannot be granted for a shorter period of service,
Wm A H Stephens
A H N

No. 28863
X
Dated 30 May 1786
to Col. Kendrick for Seven Rounds 2/10 4 for duty in Brandy Bottle per acct audited
Prim. £7. 2. 10 3/4 Int. 0. 9. 11
Comptroller Generals Office Columbia 7 Oct. 1834
I certify the above to be a true copy from Indent Book X in the Office. — William Greville Compt. Genl.
John T. Nichols

59 The Prado, N. E., Atlanta, Georgia, February 8, 1933.
The Honorable E. W. Morgan, Director of Pensions, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Your office has been good enough in the past to supply me with much-appreciated information relative to soldiers' records, and I am calling on you once again for information which so far has proved elusive. I have written to the Adjutant General and to the General Land Office, without getting the data I wished, and was advised to try your department.
I am anxious to secure the Revolutionary War record of Abel Kendrick , who served in the war and was granted land for his services in the 1827 Land Lottery in Georgia. He was at that time living in Hall County, Georgia, Floyd's District, but the census of 1790 shows him to have been living in Ninety-Six District, Union County, South Carolina, at the date of the census. I believe he was born in Virginia.
His name appears in the Georgia Secretary of State's Office records, in the land records of 1827, and in Knight's Roster of the Revolution, page 342, Certified List of Revolutionary Soldiers. But further than this I cannot find Abel Kendrick listed, either in Georgia, the Carolinas, or Virginia. I do find a good many other Kendricks who were granted land in Georgia at the close of the Revolution for their war services, as members of "refugee" regiments, for example, the Refugee Regiment of Colonel William Candler. So I am assuming that Abel Kendrick enlisted from a state other than Georgia, possibly under a Georgia commander, and was later given a drawing in the Georgia Land Lottery.
If you will be good enough to help me complete this service record I shall be extremely obliged.
Very truly yours,
Mary Ralls Dockstader
(Ms. D. M.)
These records of Abel Kendrick had been for written Feb. 3-1933 as this letter is just dropped in the mail

59 The Prado, N. E., Atlanta, Georgia, January 21, 1933.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I shall greatly appreciate it if you will supply me with the Civil War record of David Posey Kendrick , who enlisted at Asheville, St. Claire County, Alabama, Company A, 10th Alabama, Longstreet's Corps, Mahone's Division, Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. David P. Kendrick moved to Georgia at the close of the war. You have already been good enough to supply me with the Mexican War record of this individual.
Also, I am endeavoring to establish the Revolutionary record of Abel Kendrick , born in Virginia. He certainly fought in the War for Independence, but whether from Virginia, the Carolinas, or Georgia I have not been able to establish. He was living, according to the first census of 1790, in Union County, South Carolina. In 1827 he was living in Floyd's District, Hall County, Georgia, at which time he was granted land in the lottery of that year for his war service. His name appears in a certified list in the Secretary of State's office at Atlanta, Appendix E. Other than this, I do not find his name. I have tried the Adjutant General for a Virginia record; also the Virginia Historical Society. I have also consulted the Secretary of State at Columbia, South Carolina, and the North Carolina roster. From none of these sources have I been able to find any trace of Abel Kendrick.
It occurred to me, therefore, that your office might have the information I wished.
I shall be grateful for any help you may be able to afford.
Very truly yours,
Mary Ralls Dockstader Ms. D. M.

Acts of July 16, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
5861
P. O.
Abel Kendrick
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Printed list of 1852 shows cause of rejection.
Alleges: _____
"For further explanation"
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Copy of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
1933, Feb 3 - Hest. 6 Mrs. R.M. Rockstadur - mls

Gainesville 22 nd November 1834
Dear Sir
I herewith return the order of Mr. Hendrick together with the Certificate of his discharge from the South Carolina pounds 2/10 3/4 for duty in Brantons Regt. Mr. Hendrick thinks that he only obtained a Certificate for his last services against the Indians and indeed it seems from the small amount of Interest that the services must have been rendered in the 1784 or 1785. I presume that the department knows what the custom or practice of issuing certificates was in the State of South Carolina.
Yours Respectfully James Lou

War Department Pension Office Sept. 16-1834
Sir:
It appears that Abel Kendrick resided in the State of South Carolina when he was called into actual service in the Militia. As the regulations require the best evidence of the statement of the claimant concerning such duty or quorum, if he was called out, from some place, the Archives of the State at Columbia probably furnish proof of the fact. The papers are returned in order that this proof may be furnished.
I am Respectfully Your obed Servt J L Edwards
James Law Esq Gainesville Ga

Dear friend, I have just received your letter of the 13th inst. and in reply to inform you that I have not yet received the amount of the bill drawn by you on the Bank of America. I shall be glad to pay it as soon as it is presented to the Bank. I have no objection to your drawing on the Bank for this amount and I shall be glad to pay it as soon as it is presented to the Bank. I am, Dear friend, Yours sincerely,
Given under my hand and seal of office this 2 nd day of September 1902
John B. Vickie M.

Before me stood K. River - a native of... for said bounty. This day personally appeared... of South Carolina, who being duly sworn, deposes and says that he was intimately acquainted with... which in the time of the Revolutionary war... in a certain place for I worked with him at... the house of the Reverend George in South Carolina on the day...
Subscribed before me this 16th day of Sept 1833 Saml. K. Oliver J.P.
Aaron Grafton
I hereby certify that Aaron Grafton the above named deponent is a credible witness Given under my hand this 16 September 1833 Saml. K. Oliver J.P.

I do hereby certify that John Welch is a true and correct copy of the paper for and by the said John Welch. I do hereby certify that the said John Welch is a true and correct copy of the original of the foregoing paper and that he was entirely acquainted with the contents in the time of the making thereof and that he was a practising lawyer at the time of the signing of the same and that he was in the county of ... in the state of ... I have hereunto subscribed before me John Welch Esq. this the 24th of May 1834
John Welch Esq.
I do hereby certify that the above document is a true and correct copy of the original hereunder my hand this 24th day of May 1834 John Welch Esq.

3rd March 1841 I have been thinking of you and your kind words and how much I should like to see you again and to tell you all the news and how much I should like to see you again
Yours truly affectionately your father
I have been thinking of you and your kind words and how much I should like to see you again and to tell you all the news and how much I should like to see you again

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Return to the State of Louisiana Gainesville Will County Georgia

Georgia 3 I John B Nichols clerk of Wall County 3 the Inferior Court of said County hereby certify that Joseph Duggan before them the foregoing  foregoing  dictated  dictated all affidavits who made is an acting Justice of the Inferior Court and that the several signatures annexed are his genuine signatures
Given under my hand & seal of office this 2 nd day of September 1834 John B Nichols CLK

To the Honorable Commissioners of Pensions.
The Memorial of the undersigned, administrator of the Estate of Abel Kendrick deceased, respectfully represents; That he is informed and believes, that the said Abel was a soldier in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War, and that he served faithfully during said War in behalf of his Country, and thereby, under the Laws of the United States, was entitled to a Pension for his Revolutionary services. That the said Abel Kendrick, in his life time, made application for, and submitted testimony, with a view and for the object of obtaining a Pension from the Government. That your Memorialist has been informed and believes, that the application of the said Abel, was, in his life time, for some cause unknown to your Memorialist, suspended, and that his application, and accompanying testimony sustaining the validity of his claim, remain of file in the Pension Office undetermined. That the said Abel Kendrick (who was the Father of your Memorialist) departed this life, intestate, in the County of Hall, State of Georgia, on the twenty third day of August A.D. 1836, leaving at the time of his death, a Widow, Judy Kendrick, and seven Children. That his Widow, Judy Kendrick, departed this life, intestate, in the County of Forsyth Georgia, on the twenty eighth day of September in the same year - and that your Memorialist is the sole administrator on the Estate of the said Abel Kendrick and.
Your Memorialist prays that the application of the said Abel Kendrick deceased, together with the evidence therewith of file, may be taken up and examined, and such allowance made to your Memorialist as administrator as aforesaid, for the benefit of the Children of the said Abel Kendrick, as he would have been

entitled to receive as a Pension at the time of his death.
And your Memorialist, as in duty bound, will ever pray &c.
Martha Benjamin December 8 th 1853.
Robert Kendrick

State of Georgia { Before me William W Forsyth County } Vaughan an acting justice of the Peace in and for said County personally came and appeared Henry Bell & Elizabeth Bell both citizens of and resident in said County, with both of whom I hereby certify that I am well acquainted & that they are respectable and credible witnesses & both of full age; who after being duly sworn depose & say - That they were well acquainted with Abel Kendrick and his wife Judy Kendrick formerly of Hall County in said State - that the said Abel Kendrick and his wife Judy are now both dead - That the said Abel Kendrick died in said County of Hall on or about the 23 rd day of August in the year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and thirty six, and was there buried - That in a few days after the death of the said Abel Kendrick these deponents took his widow the said Judy Kendrick to their home in Forsyth County, where she also died about the Twenty Eighth day of September in the same year, and was there buried - That the said Abel & Judy Kendrick were originally of Franklin County, then removed to Jackson County, and when Hall County was organized, were cut off into Hall - According to subscribed
before me this 6 th day { of September 1858, in { said County of Forsyth. { William W Vaughan { Justice of the Peace { Forsyth County Georgia {
H. H. Bell Elizabeth & Bell marks

State of Georgia } I James Roberts Clerk of Dorsey County } the Superior Court in and for said County and State, the same being a Court of Record & having a seal do hereby certify that William W Vaughan
Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made & subscribed, And who has thereto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned, and authorized by law to administer Oaths for general purposes.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal, as Clerk of the Superior Court of said County, at Cumming in said County, this 6 th day of September in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and fifty three.
James Roberts CLB Superior Court F.C.

State of Georgia County of Cobb 8 ps.
On this the 3 rd day of December  November in the year of Our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty three, before me Richard L. Haynes, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, person- ally came and appeared Amariah Hembree and Sarah Hembree, his wife, both being citizens of and resident in said county, with both of whom, I hereby certify that I am well acquainted, and that they are both persons of advanced age, and that they are respectable and credible Wit- nesses, who after being duly sworn, according to law, depose and say, that they were well acquainted with Abel Kendrick and his wife Judy Kendrick formerly of Hall County in said State. That the said Abel Kendrick and his wife Judy are both now dead. That the said Abel Kendrick died, in said County of Hall, on or about the 23 rd day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and thirty five or thirty six (these deponents cannot distinctly remember in of these years, but know that it was in one or the other) and that he was there buried in said County. That these deponents were then living the near neighbors of the said Abel Kendrick and wife, and knew of his death of their own knowledge, and assisted in his burial. That a few days after the death of the said Abel Kendrick, Henry H. Beall and Elizabeth Beall his wife took Judy Kendrick, the then widow of the said Abel, to their home in For- sythe County, and in a few weeks afterwards, these deponents were informed that that the said Judy was dead, and they have never since then heard of their information, which is confirmed by common neighborhood report. And deponents further say that they are disinterested witnesses.
Sworn to and subscribed before me Amariah Hembree Sarah Hembree Richard L. Haynes

GEORGIA,  Heald  County.
By the Court of Ordinary of said County.
Whereas, Abel Kendrick
late of said county, deceased, lately died intestate, having while he lived, and at the time of his death, divers goods, rights and credits, within the county aforesaid, by means whereof the full disposition and power of granting the administration of all and singular the goods, rights and credits of the said deceased; and also auditing the accounts, calculations and reckonings of said administration, and a final dismissal of the same, to the court aforesaid does of right belong; And desiring that the goods, rights and credits of said deceased, may be well and truly administered, converted and disposed of, said Court doth hereby grant unto
Robert Kendrick
full power, by the tenor of these presents to administer the goods, rights and credits of said deceased, which to him in his lifetime, and at the time of his death did belong—and to ask, levy, recover and receive the same, and to pay the debts in which the deceased stood bound, so far forth as his goods, rights and credits will extend, according to their rate and order of law, (being first sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God to make a true and perfect inventory thereof, and to exhibit the same to the Clerk of the Court of Ordinary in the County aforesaid, in order to be recorded, on or before the fifth day of November next ensuing, and to render a just and true account of said administration, yearly, according to law, until your administration is completed)—and you are hereby admitted, constituted and appointed administrator of all and singular the goods, rights and credits of said deceased.
In witness whereof, and by authority of said Court as a regular session thereof, these letters are set my hand and seal, this the 5th day of November 1855.
Martin Graham Ordinary.
of said County.

Georgia } I do hereby certify that the within is a true and correct copy of the letter of the late John Martin Graham Ordinary of said State and County to Robert W. Smith Esq. on the 5th day of January 1841. The foregoing may have been altered without notice and is subject to the final determination of the Ordinary.