Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,287, for William Jumpt, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
★ Lumpt, William R. 10,287 Sturgeon, Margaret (Former widow)
CONTENTS

N o 1507
Margaret Sturgeon for wid;
W m pump.
P o
10287
Set. S t . Bramcebury, Mch: 17 th 1859.
Alp 29 th July, 48.

An Extract from the marriage returns of Record in the Clerks Office of the Bourbon County Court in the State of Ky
   Date Names By whom married     1796 Aug d 25 William Gump and Margaret Wilson Rev. John Whitaker  
State of Kentucky County of Bourbon ss
I Richard G. Brown Clerk of the County Court of said County do certify that the above named William Gump and Margaret Wilson were intermarried on the 25 th day of August A. D. 1796, by the Rev. John Whitaker as appears from his Certificate of Record in my Office, of which I certify the above extract is a true Copy.
Given under my hand & the seal of said Court this 16 th day of Oct. A. D. 1858. R. G. Brown Clk

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
10 287
P. O.
Margaret Sturgeon
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Midway Rev. Persim
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting Con. of Persim
Margaret ... - Jan 16 ... J. W. ...

Washington City March 12. 59 Hon. Geo. L. Whiting Comm. of Pensions.
Sir.
I enclose the application of Mrs. Sturgeon formerly widow of William Dump, a Revolutionary soldier, for a pension with monthly quantity and list of marriage.
Very Respectfully &c
L. G. Brandenburg

State of Missouri } County of Putnam } S.S.
On this 7 th day of Feb A.D. 1858 personally appeared before the the  for the County aforesaid, being a Court of Record, Margaret Hump a resident of Putnam in the County and State aforesaid, aged ninety 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: That she is the widow of William Turnip, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, and ser- ved under one Captain Hinson and Colonel Harrison - she thinks he entered the service in Pennsylvania, but whether these Officers were of that State or Virginia, whether she is not able now to say, nor from loss of memory to give further details of this service. She understood from her said husband, that he had served several years therein, but the precise length of time is unable to state.
She further declares, that she was married to the said William Turnip on the 25 day of August in the year seventeen hundred and seventy  sixty one: that her hus- band the aforesaid William Turnip, died on the 30 th day of Oct A.D. 1807 that she was afterwards married to

Jemimah Sturgeon who died on the 11 day of Sept A.D. 1840 and that she still remains a widow as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed, and hereby ap- point L. G. Brandebury her Attorney to prosecute her claim. Margaret Sturgeon mark
We Lotte Dunclop and Abraham sumpt residents of the County of Butteville in the state of Missouri upon oath declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and sworn to in our presence by Margaret Sturgeon and that we know her to be the individual person that she herself was her to be the widow of William sumpt and that the said William sumpt died in Kentucky on the 10 day of Oct 1840 and she is now a widow Lotte Dunclop mark her Abraham sumpt mark

I William H. Morrow one of the Justices of the County Court in and for Putnam County being a court of Record do certify that the foregoing declaration and affir- mal was subscribed and sworn to before me, and that I believe the affiants to be credible persons and that the claimant is the identical person that she repre- sents herself to be, and that she is not able from any reason to attend court. W. H. Morrow C.S.
Given under my hand this 7 th day of Feb 1859 W. H. Morrow C.S.
Justice County Court
State of Missouri ss.
County of Putnam I, Daniel A. Skatcher, Clerk of the County Court, in the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that W. H. Morrow, whose genuine signature is affixed to the above certificate, was, at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of said County Court duly commissioned and qualified, and that

full faith and credit are due to all his official acts; as such; that said County Court is a Court of Record.
In testimony whereof, I have hereun- dered my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at office in Unionville in said County, this 24 th day of February A.D. 1859.
Daniel A. Thatcher Clerk of the County Court of Putnam County, Missouri By W. A. Shelton, Deputy