Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 2270, for William Tatom, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.B.
Jaton William Mary
W 2270 B.L. 74-73589-160-55
CONTENTS

West Yarrapco. - 31, + 47.
- William H. Eaton -
Resides in the State of Mass. a few who was a P.M. in the City commanded by Captain Cook of the Regt. commanded by - Thayer in the N.G. time for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of No. Yarrapco at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Nov. 18, and sent to Hon. C. Johnson Charlotte, Tenn.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. - $150.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 10.00
$160.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. Bendire Clerk.
Book 62 Vol. 7 Page 107.

282.350 Oct 13/50 Mary Katon widow of William Katon Jatun.
Left Oct 13/50 Revolutionary War
William Katon Mary Katon Spec. 13.
J. W. James Charlotte Tenn
Wed 7 p.m. 20

2345 Tennessee - N
Mary Talton Reid widow of William son  Reid Satisfied who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private N.S. Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of October 1852 and sent to M rs & M r A. James Charlotte Ten.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 186 Vol. A
1859 August 22 nd Duplicate sent sent J. C. Morris Charlotte, Ten. 1870. Jan'y 12, To M. N. Hanna Dick son Tenn that no one prob. entitled M. N. H. above indorsement should have been made on file No 999 - wid of John m
252455 [Signature]

DECLARATION OF
Mrs. Mary Satun
Widow of William Satun
FOR BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
W. James AGENT, Charlotte , Tennessee. Dickson County.

BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
FORM OF DECLARATION FOR WIDOW OF A DECEASED OFFICER OR SOLDIER.
State of Tennessee, County of Dickson
On this 26 day of September A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mary Satton aged about ninety years, a resident of Dickson County in the State of Tennessee , who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the widow of William Satton , deceased, who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain  Revolutionary War Regiment of Great Britain commanded by General Brims in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 4th day of July, A.D. 1776 on or about
That her said husband the 26 day of September A. D., 1847 for the term of one year and continued in actual service in said war for the term of one year on the 26th day of September and was honorably discharged at the day of September A. D., 1847
She further states that she was married to the said William Satton in Dickson County State of Tennessee on the 10th day of March A. D., 18 by one Daniel H. Williams Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Wright that her said husband died at his residence in Dickson County Tennessee on the 26th day of September A. D., 1847 and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3d, 1855." and that she has not applied or received any pension or bounty under this, or any other act of congress.  Mary Satton
We, James McNeilly and William Mathis residents of Dickson County in the State of Tennessee upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Satton 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.
James McNeilly William Mathis
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me 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.
John A. Baker J. P.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City.
SIR:—I request that my claim to Bounty Land, under the Act of Congress, passed March 3, 1855, be examined, and if I am entitled to Land, that the Warrant or Certificate therefor be sent to Mr. James at Charlotte Tenn. Tennessee, who I hereby constitute my Attorney in fact for that purpose and for my benefit.
Acknowledged before me, the 26th day of September A. D., 1857 John A. Baker J. P.
Mary Satton Mark
State of Tennessee, County of Dickson
I, Thos McNeilly that John A. Baker
Clerk of the County Court of said County, do hereby certify Esq., whose signature appears to the foregoing affidavits and
acknowledgment, is, and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the signatures thereto, purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office,
this 30th day of Octr
1857 Thos McNeilly Clerk.

State of Tennessee County of Humphreys
On this 18 th day of June A.D. 1853. Personally appeared before me W. L. Bryan an acting justice of the peace, duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, Daniel H. Williams and Margaret McCaslin residents of the County and State above mentioned, who made oath in due form of law that they are personally acquainted with Mary Salton who is endeavouring to draw a pension on account of the Revolutionary Services of her husband William Salton dec d ; that we were well acquainted with them at the time of their marriage, that we were personally present, and do know of our own personal knowledge that they were legally united as man and wife, and that we believe it was on or about the 27 th day of October A.D. 1813, and that her husband the said William Salton died on or about the 22 nd day of September 1847. and that the said marriage and death occurred in Dickson County Tennessee, that the said Mary Salton has not intermarried but remains the widow of the said William Salton dec d , and further that we are entirely disinterested as witnesses,
Sworn to and subscribed by Dan. H. Williams before me this 18 th day of June A.D. 1853 and Margaret for McCaslin mark I hereby certify that the { Test: W. L. Bryan

Said Daniel H. Williams and Margaret H. Leaslin are reputable persons whose oaths are entitled to full faith and credit
W. L. Bynum (J.P.) For said County
State of Tennessee § I, Levi M. Collum Clerk of the County Court Humphreys County § of said County, do hereby certify that W. L. Bynum, Esq., whose signature appears to the foregoing Deposition Is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly Elected Com- missioned and qualified as such, and that all his official acts are entitled to full faith and Credit in Courts of Justice and elsewhere, and that the signature thereto purporting to Be his is genuine
Given under my hand and seal of said Court, at office in the Town of Wartrace On the 18th day of June A.D. 1853, Levi M. Collum Clerk

State of Tennessee } May 17 th 1853 Humphreys County } S. here on this day proceeded To
take the Deposition of Daniel H Williams a bant the age of 69 in a matter of controversy concerning the marriage of W m Saton & Mary Saton & co & co the sd Daniel Williams after being sworn upon the holy Evangel of Almighty God to speak the truth and nothing but the truth Deposeth and sayeth
question the 1 st Did you marry the sd W m Saton & Mary Saton Answer. I agreeable to the Law of our state I Marred them.
question the 2 nd is she the widow of sd W m Saton answer she is
question the 3 rd how long since you Marred them Answer from the length of time since I Marred them I have no recollection of the date of Marred them and this deposeth further sayeth that if there is here in to sit my hand and sit my bed
Daniel H Williams I do certify that the foregoing deposition was taken before me on the 17 th of May 1853 & that it is all in my own hand write & that I am in no wise related to either party & that the same was taken before me on the day aforesaid or at the house of J. W. Byrn & in the presence of J. Byrn and that it has not been altered since the sd witness assigned it & has not been out of my possession since it was altered added to or defaced since By the sd witness assigned it

State of Tennessee } Levi McCollum Clerk of the County Humphreys County } Court in & for the County of Humphreys aforesaid, do hereby certify that W R Reese whose genuine signature appears to the within and foregoing affidavit or deposition, is now and at the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid duly elected commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due and should be given to all his official acts as such
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Waverly This the 18th day of May A D 1853
Levi McCollum Clerk

State of Tennessee 3 Dickson County 3
The Declaration of William Tatom made before the present Court of Dickson County at the Residence term of the present Court, for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress passed in 1832 making provision for Revolutionary soldiers - The s d William Tatom being sworn under form of law, declares upon his oath that he was born in the County of Spottsylvania in the State of Virginia on the 11 th of January 1760 as he has been informed & believes, that he has now in his possession his father's farm, which he has in which his age stands as recorded he believes it to be true - That he resided in Spottsylvania until about the commencement of the Revolutionary War, when he removed to the County of Orange in the State of North Carolina, where he resided during the Revolutionary War until he removed to the County of Dickson in the State of Tennessee about the year 1807 where he has resided ever since - That whilst he resided in the County of Orange there was a call made for volunteers to perform their duty of three months - That he became a volunteer in a company commanded by Capt. Dickson, his given name not remembered, and under the command of Col. Thomas, that during the three months the company was kept protecting the citizens and guarding them & their property from the depredations of the Tories - That he was moved about in Orange and the adjoining counties, as their services were required, but he is at this length of time unable to specify the different routes & movements of the corps to which he belongs - That he was not in any engagement with the Tories, he is unable to specify the year this service was performed but remembers that he was very young, and had not been very long on the muster roll when he concluded, & believes it was in the year 1780 or 79 - he performed the term of three months and was discharged by his officer - Some time after this service was performed, a draft was ordered for the militia of the County of Orange for a term of duty of three months ag st the British & Tories, he was one that was drafted and again entered the service of the United States under the county officers of Orange County but he is unable to specify the names of the officers from a failure of memory, but he recollects distinctly serving & being moved about the County of Orange & Hillsborough & the adjoining counties guarding the settlements from the Tories who were

at that time very bad that his elder brother John was with him the recollection that his company took several tours who were being at the town of Salisbury but by what authority he does not recollect - he does not remember the year that this last service took place but he is satisfied it was before Cornwallis passed thro' the country - he was again drafted for a term of 3 or 4 months, some time after the above service was performed & again entered the service for a term of three months Shortly after entering the service, he & his brother were stationed with their company at the town of Hillsborough The this brother was assigned some five or six weeks or more making shoes for the soldiers, when they heard the news that Cornwallis was taken then there was rejoicing in peace, when shortly after he & his brother left the service & went home before the expiration of their last term of duty, he sets it down as six weeks service at least - he does not recollect the years in which their services were performed, nor does he recollect the names of the officers commanding him - he recollects hearing a great deal about Genl Col Thos Threlford & Genl Lincoln but does not recollect to have seen them, he thinks he saw Genl Greene but is not certain - he recollects to have heard much about Genl Greene who he thinks took an active part with the Tories but does not recollect to have seen him - he does not rem- ember that any discharges were given him but if he had they have been long since lost or destroyed - he is satisfied that he served the United States at least seven months and a half that he delayed having before this time made application for a pension because he understood that the law only provided for those who served a six months term at a time then & never knew better until lately & his health has been very indifferent for many years past, very seldom being able to go from home, so that he had but few opportunities of making any inquiries of those who knew about such things - his sight occasionally fails him very much, so that he cannot even go about among his nearest neighbors - his memory has failed him very much - he is also poor & needy and never thinks the bounty of the government would be a great relief to him in his old age

he is not the pension list of any of the States or the Gen l Government and hereby relinquishes all claim whatever to any other claim or bounty from the Government except the one provided by the act of 1832 - he has not any papers or documentary evidence by which his revolutionary services could be proven nor does he know of any living witnesses by whom they could be proven. There was one Isaac Jones who resided a year or more in this county, who knew of this having been in the service but was unable to prove more & that he has removed somewhere wholly unknown to him - whether he is now living or not he does not know
I sworn to & subscribed This 18 th day of October 1838 John C. Collier Clk
Wm. T. Tatom his mark
State of Tennessee Dickson County } Wm B Dotson personally appeared in open court being duly sworn deposed & saith, that he hath been acquainted with Wm Tatom the applicant for about fifteen years in the County of Dickson, that he has the character of having been a Revolutionary soldier, in the neighborhood where he resides - that he believes the same to be true and that he served in the Revolutionary war as stated in his declaration - that he is from appearance a very old man & he believes as old at least as seventy seven or seventy eight - that he maintains also the character in his neighborhood of a honest & correct man.
Wm B Dotson
I sworn to in open Court
Test John C. Collier Clk
State of Tennessee Dickson County } William Willie, a clergy man residing of Dickson County personally appeared in open court and being duly sworn declares that he has been acquainted with Wm Tatom the applicant for a pension for about twenty seven years, is acquainted with his character in the neighborhood where he resides & that he has the character of having been a revolutionary soldier. He sincerely believes that he was a soldier in the Revolution and that he served as stated by him -

he further declares that he believes the said Wm Tolson to be seventy seven or seventy eight years old as declared by him
sworn to the bond in open court
Rev William Wiley
Test John C. Celler Clk
and thereupon the said court having examined the said applicant & found that the question is requested by the War Department, the said court is of opinion that the said Wm Tolson was a Revolutionary soldier that he served as declared by him - and the said Wm Wiley is a clergyman resident in the neighborhood of the said Wm Tolson is a citizen resident of the county - that they are both citizens of the county, men of character & truth and as witnesses, entitled to credit and the same ordered by the court to be certified
Seal
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal, there being no public seal of office
at Charlotte the 19th of October 1838
John C. Celler Clk
34.604 Mr Tolson
Deputy
Mr Edwards
Mr Mitchell
6/20
John C. Celler
B. C. Totten one of the present judges of the Superior Court of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, do hereby certify that John C. Celler who subscribed the foregoing Certificate is now at the time of signing the same acting clerk of said court - that his official acts are entitled to full faith & credit & that his appointment is in due form of law - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the 19th of October 1838
Benjamin C. Totten

William Laton
Payment to be made
at Nashville -
by J. M. Baze Esq.
Agent for paying Pension-
ers in the Agency of
West Tennessee
Recorded in the Pension
Office in Book E & Vol. 7.
Page 107 by
R. Burdin Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the laws of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, William Tatton of the State of Tennessee who was a Private during the war for the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Seventh day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.
J. R. Poinsett
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

State of Tennessee Humphreys County } I have proceeded on this day to take the deposition of Margaret McCalister In the case of controversy about the marriage of William Tatum and Mary Tatum After being sworn Repose and say that She did see them married tho' was married In Dickson County Tenn In the year 1813 or 1814 where I was that time and she believes that Mary Tatum never entered marriage and she verily believes Mary Tatum to be the same person Margaret McCalister marker.
I do certify that the foregoing Deposition was taken before me on the 18 day of May 1853 and that it was all in my hand written and I am in no wise related to either party taken at the House of Margaret McCalister on the 18 day of May 1853 In civil District No 7 and that the deposition has not been altered or changed while in my possession since sealed and dated this the 18 day of May 1853 Eli White S.P for said boundary

State of Tennessee } I Levi McCollum Clerk of the county Humphreys County } court in & for the County of Humphreys, aforesaid, do hereby certify that Eli White whose genuine signature appears to the within & foregoing affidavit or deposition is now and was at the date thereof, an acting justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid duly elected commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due and should be given to all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at office This the 18 th day of May A D 1853 Levi McCollum Clerk

State of Tennessee Knox County
I Tho McNeilly Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that there is No Record Evidence in my office of the Marriage of William Tatum & Mary Tatum & that all such Records prior to the year 1830 were Blown off By a Tornado that Blew away our Court House in that year
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Charlotte this 3 rd day of Octr 1857 Tho McNeilly Clerk

In at Nov. Term.
Charlotte Jan Oct 21 1838
free
J. J. Edwards Esq. Compt. Post Office Washington City

Charlotte Tn. 19 Oct. 1838
Dear Sir,
Enclosed is another pension paper I know all the parties - he is himself a honest & respectable old man - I'm witness in every way worth of credit - I shall be greatly obliged if you will give it an early examination and let the answer be directed to Prof. M. Salton Charlotte Tn. who will attend to it for his father
I'm very respectfully your friend G Johnson

Charlotte L. Alee July 13 th
Hon. S. P. Waldo, Comm. of Pensions, Washington City, D. C.
8/240

Charlotte Dickson Co. Tenn. July 12/53
Hon. L. P. Waldo.
Dear Sir
Enclosed
You will please find the Declaration of Mrs Marg Saton wid of Wm Saton dec d asking a Pension under the late law of Congress, an account of the Revolutionary services of her husband dec d if you find she is entitled to the same you will please send to us her Certificate,
Very Respectfully
Yours Sincerely,
W. F. Wm A. James,

Pension Office Oct 5/53
Sir Please report time of last payment to or death of within named pensioner
Respectfully
F Burt Esqr S. Cole Paul for Commr Present
William Tatom, act 32 - $20.00. p. an.- Paid to 4 th Sept. 1847, no date of death on our Books.
F Burt Auditor 9 th

Rev. Mar
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2270
Mary Batom. Widow. William Batom, Pa. Rev. War
Act. Feb. 3. 1853.
Index :—Vol. M. , Page 262
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Brief in the case of Mary Tatum w d of William a revolutionary pensioner - Dickson County and State of Tennessee act 8 February 1883.
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
That the original is lost.
Name and residence of Agent.
H. C. Morris Esq Charlotte Tenn
Al. Forster Examining Clerk.

Official Business. Yr. Servs.
Dear Mr. G. C. Whiting, Counsel of Congress, Washington City, D. C.
282 358

State of Tennessee 5 th S. County of Dickson 3
Personally appeared before me John A. Baker an Acting Justice of the Peace in, and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Tatum, and after being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the identical Mary (Tatum) Widow of William Tatum, deceased who was (is) "Inscribed on the Pension List, in conformity with the 8 th Section of the Act of February, 3, 1853," No. of Pension Certificate, is D 345, and that She is received said Pension, from the United States That She is unable to prove her marriage to her late husband, William Tatum, deceased, by Record evidence, as the records were destroyed by a Storm which demolished the Court House in Charlotte, in which said Records had been deposited Rept.
Sworn to and subscribed Mary her Tatum before me this 26 th day of September A.D. 1854
John A. Baker (J. A. B.) Justice of the Peace.

State of Tennessee } ss. County of Dickson } Personally appeared before me John A Baker an Acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the county and State aforesaid James M c Neilly - and William Mathis - and after being duly sworn according to Law - declare that they are personally acquainted with Mary Latour, Widow, of William Latour, deceased - and that she is a Widow, and has been a Widow ever since the death of her late husband, and They make this statement, from the fact that they have never heard of her Marriage - and also that she is receiving a Pension from the United States, for Pension certificate, No. 2345. - as stated in her Declaration - And moreover, that they are not interested in the Law Warrant, for which she is applying, or its proceeds. Sworn to and subscribed before me { James M c Neilly this 26 th day of September, A.D. 1857, } William Mathis John A Baker (J.P.)
Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee } ss. County of Dickson } I, John A Baker an Acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with James M c Neilly and William Mathis and the above named affiants - and that they are Persons of Respectable Standing in Society, and

And that their assertions, in Oath, are worthy of credit, and belief. In any court of Justice or Record.
Given from under my hand and official signature. This 26 th day of September. A.D. 1854 John A. Baser
Justice of the Peace.

Charlotte Dickson Co
Tenn, 10 Aug 59.
Please give the enclosed application for Certificate of Pension your attention, and send same to me. at Charlotte Tenn. Respectfully
Thos. E. Morris Col. R. & Comm.

No 2999 July 20, 1853
Widow of Mary Salom, widow of William Salom, Dickson co., Tenn.
31547
Act 3 a Feb. 1853.
Rev. Allowed $20 per annum Comm. Feb. 3 - 1853.
M. & M. A. James, Charlotte, Dickson co., Tenn.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

— 73,589
100 Acres

State of Tennessee, County of Dickson } s.s. On this 5 th day of July A.D. 1853. Personally appeared before me George C. Dotson a Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mary Tatom a resident of the County of Dickson and State of Tennessee aged Eighty Nine years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 d February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who Served during the Revolutionary War; that She is the widow of William Tatom who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, that he was placed on the Pension list roll under the law of the 7 th June 1832, that a pension Certificate was issued to him, on the 7 th day of November A.D. 1838, at the rate of twenty dollars per an- num payable Semiannually at Nashville Tenn, N o 31.547. Recorded in the Pension office, in Book E. Vol, 7 th page 107.
She further States that She was married to the said William Tatom in Dickson County State of Tennessee, on the 2 nd 7 th day of October A.D. 1813 that her husband died in the County and State aforesaid, on the 24 th day of September A.D. 1847, that She was not married to him prior to the 2 d of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that She is now a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and date above mentioned, and I hereby certify that from bodily infirmity, I believe her to be un- able to appear in open court.
her Mary Tatom mark
Geo. C. Dotson (J.P.)

Know all men by these presents, that I Mary Tatom of the County of Dickson and State of Tennessee widow of William Tatom dec d do hereby irrevokably make, constitute and appoint W m & W m A. James of Charlotte, Dickson County Tennessee, my true and lawfull attorneys for me & in my name, to demand and receive from the Department of the Interior of the United States, the Pension Certificate, to which I am entitled for the Revolutionary Services of William Tatom my husband, deceased, as set forth in the foregoing declaration, witness my hand and Seal. Acknowledged before me this } 5 th day of July A.D. 1853 } Mary her Tatom (seal) mark
Geo. C. Dotson (J.P.)
State of Tennessee } County of Dickson } On this 5 th day of July A.D. 1853 Personally appeared before me George C. Dotson a Justice of the peace, duly authorized by law to administer Oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mary Tatom, (widow of William Tatom dec d ), a resident of the County and State above mentioned, who made oath in due form of law that she is unable to prove her marriage with her said husband by the public records, and that she has no family record of said marriage or of her husband's death, she therefore presents the annexed, touching said marriage and death as the only proof she is able to make. Sworn to and subscribed before me } this 5 th day of July A.D. 1853 } Mary her Tatom mark
Geo. C. Dotson (J.P.)

State of Tennessee ss Tho McNeely Clerk of the County Court Dickson County of said County do hereby certify that George Hootson Esq whose Genuine Signature appears to the for- going Declaration and affidavit, is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and of said County duly Commissioned and sworn and that all his official acts & such are entitled to full faith and credit and that said Dickson County Court is a Court of Record having General Jurisdiction In Testimony Whereof I have here unto set my hand affixed my seal of office at Charlestown this 11th day of July 1853
Tho McNeely Clerk

Brief in the case of Mrs Mary Paton widow of William Dickson County and State of Tennessee act of Feb. 3-1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.") { Husband a pensioner under act of June 7. 1832 at Proof exhibited, (if original.) { $20 per annum
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Private in the North Carolina line 8 months
Allowed \frac{6}{24} of 80 = $20 per annum
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by public record Death " " credible witnesses Identity " " credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent
W & W. A. James Charlotte Dickson Co Tenn.
Examining Clerk.
H. C. Gray

State of Tennessee On this 30 th day of July - 1859 Dickson County Before me the Subscriber a justice of the Peace for the said County of Dickson, personally appeared Mrs Mary Tatom, who on her oath declares, that she is the widow of William Tatom, who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain in the Regiment commanded by Colonel in the service of the United States; that he now was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Tennessee; that she received a cer- tificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of the which Certificate, on or about the 12 th day of July 1858 1858 at or near Williamsonville Dickson County Tennessee She lost, and she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining another. Witness: Thomas H. Tatom Mary Tatom mark
Subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid. John A. Baker J.P.
State of Tennessee Dickson County On this 30 th day of July 1859, before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County, personally appeared James McMill and made oath in due form of law, that Mary Tatom is widow of William Tatom, who was a Private in the Service of the United States, and that she is the identical Mary Tatom who drew a Pension on the Roll of the Nashville Tennessee Agency, at the rate of twenty dollars per annum, and that she still remains the widow of the above William Tatom to the best of her knowledge and belief.
John A. Baker J.P.

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and I certify that the deponent is a person of veracity.
John A. Baker (L.P.)
State of Tennessee ss I Thomas C. Morris Clerk of the Dickson County ss  Presently County Court of said County, do hereby certify, that John A. Baker whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing is and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified; that all his official acts as such, are entitled to full faith and credit.
X In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and seal of Office at Cheatham. This 8th August 1859
Tho. C. Morris. Clerk