Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5020, for John Lawrence, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Lawrence, John Angelina Mary
N 5020
Born in N.C.
CONTENTS

23.721 North Carolina
John Lawrence of Chatham in the State of N.C. who was a pr. in the — commanded by Captain — of the Rgt commanded by Lincoln in the N.C. line for 1 1/2 months —
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 58 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of March and Link Hon. A. Ruehr — H. P.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 174.99 Semi-ant. allowance ending 15 Sept — 29.17 $204.16
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nath. Rice — Clerk, Book C Vol. C Page 64.

Reported
May 12/49
2976. North Carolina Angelina M. Laurence widow of John Laurence NC who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 58 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of May 1849 and sent to
James Hooke Hayettsville NC
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 219 Vol. 1,

Declaration of John Lawrence for a Pension Act 7 June 1832
24135

Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress, passed the 7 th June 1832
State of North Carolina Chatham County
On this day of November John Laurence Person appeared in open Court here before the Justices of of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions now sitting John Laurence a Resident of the County of Chatham and State of North Carolina, a leged twenty one years, who being first duly sworn, according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he voluntarily and entered into the service of the United States as a Volunteer in April in the the year 1777 as well as he now can Recall in the County of Granville and State of N.C. under the following named officers, and served as here stated he was placed under Captain Abraham Patten That he marched under Captain Abraham Patten to Hillsborough there General Butler took commanded from then he marched to Salisbury from thence to Charlotte from thence he marched to South Carolina there he was placed under the command of General Lincoln and then was marched through South Carolina to Augusta in Georgia and was marched down the Savannah River eight days then Recrossed the Savannah in to South Carolina and marched to Stono there he Remained until after the Battle at Stono that he

Term of Service Expired shortly after the Battle at Stony Creek That he was there discharged That he has Lost or mislaid the discharge That he has no documentary evidence where- by he can prove his services and that he knows of no person by whom he can prove it that if there are any of his Comrades yet living he is so inform that he is unable to trace in search of them That he has been Resided for over 25 years and has not seen any one of them since nor does he know that any of them are now alive And he further upon his oath states That he entered the Service again the 3rd day of July in the year 1780 as a Substitute for and in the place of one John Kirtland for a three months Service which Term was to commence after he got out of the State That there was two Companies started from Granville County and that he was placed under Captain Samuel Harris that some time afterwards the Company got broke and he was put under the Command of Col Peter Barnes That he was marched to Hillsborough which was called head quarters That he was there again put under the Command of General Butler and marched down Harns River to the Island and there they camped marched to Rawlings Mills on Deep River from there he was marched to Fayetteville There he was marched to the East side of Cape Fear or Clanton River and marched down into Bladen County there they crossed the River and marched to South Carolina There they became head quarters under General Gates

That he Remained a short time under General Gates and he further states that a few days before Gates Defeat he was marched off with a detachment to Reinforce General Sumpter who was marching up the Wateree, and he further states that after he joined General Sumpter they marched three or four days and nights without Rest That they marched to the Catapa Catawba River and there they halted to draw Rations and take some Refreshment when they were taken by surprise by the British and he was taken prisoner with a number of others. He was then taken to Camden and from there to Charleston and put on Board of a Prison ship and there remained Remained until the small Pox got amongst them he was then Removed to Hospital and remained there for a considerable time how long he does not recollect And he further states that as well as he now Recollects he was taken prisoner in the month of August 1780 and remained a prisoner until some time in July 1781 that he was sent Round to what is Called Old Sam's Town in the state of Virginia where he was exchanged and returned home some time in August 1781 Making a Time of 15 months and he further states that when he was exchanged he got a pass to return home from a Captain John Laps But that pass is lost That he has no documentary Evidence that he can show and that he knows of no person who has Testimony he can produce to testify to his services and he further states that there was Eleven prisoners taken with him that went from Granville and Franklin Counties with whom he was acquainted and that they all Died of Disease on Board the Prison ship and in the Hospital

Except himself That he was the only one who returned home and that he was in such a weakly state of health that it was with difficulty he got home
He hereby Relinquishes every Claim whatever to a pension or annuity Except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency or State Sworn to and subscribed the year and day aforesaid.
John his Lawrence mark
We Richard Drake a clergyman residing in the County of Chatham and Daniel McLean residing in the same hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with John Lawrence who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 71 Years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that Opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day & Year aforesaid
Richard Drake
Daniel McLean

Question By the Court Where and in what year were you Born Answer I was Born in Granville County North Carolina on the 14 th day of May 1761. Have you any Record of your age and if so when is it Answer I have seen the Record of my age in a large family Bible which belonged to my Grandfather and one of my aunts has carried it to South Carolina as I am informed and believe Where were you living when called into the service and where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live
Answer I lived in Granville County when I entered the service and continued there until the close of the war I then went to Virginia and lived there on year I then Returned to Granville and lived there six or seven years from there I removed to Wake County and from there I removed to Chatham County where I have lived for the last fifteen years.
Where were you called into the service where you drafted Did you volunteer or were you a substitute Answer I volunteered for the first term of service for the second I was a substitute of one John
Fuller State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the Troops where you served such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services

Answer I have given the names of all the officers that I can recollect in the body of the foregoing Declaration That I am aware to satisfy the nature of the service leave such that I was shifted from one place to another and changed officers so often that at this great lapse of time when my memory has become so treacherous I cannot recollect more than I have related with certainty
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Answer I did receive a discharge from the first term of my service but and I think I got it from Captain Abraham Patten But whose name was signed to it I do not recollect I kept it for several years until I concluded it would never be of any more service to me and I left it was destroyed as a wolf paper

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the said court further certifies that it appears to them that Richard Drake who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Chatham and that David McLean - who has also signed the same is a resident in the County aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Thomas Ragland Clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions in and for the County of Chatham in the State of Georgia hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Lawrence for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 25 th day of Jan y 1833.
Test
Thos Ragland Clerk

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
State of North Carolina } On this the eighth day of April Chatham County } in the year of our Lord one thousand -and eight hundred and forty one personally appeared before the Subscriber an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid at her own House she being so aged and infirm that she is not able to travel to Court. Angalina Mary Lawrence a resident of the State of North Carolina in the County of Chatham aged seventy five years old on the 20th day of March Last past who being first duly sworn according to Law doth make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the Benefit of the provision made by act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to Certain widows. That she is the widow of John Lawrence who was a private in the Militia and served a part of his time as a Volunteer and part as a Substitute as well as she can recollect That as to his services she has no documentary evidence to offer and must refer the Department to the Evidence already in the possession of the Department as he was a pensioner at the time of his death. She further declares that was Married to the said John Lawrence on the third day of February one thousand seven hundred and eighty six in the County of Granville and State of North Carolina. That her husband the aforesaid John Lawrence died on the twenty fifth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty four that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, But the marriage took place previous to the first of January seven hundred and ninety four as at the time above stated, I was to and subscribed on the day and year above written before her me Geo Luther Jr - Angalina Mary Lawrence mark

North Carolina Chatham County I Nathan A. Steaman Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid, Certify that George Luther Ogden whose name appears to the Deposition of Henry Lawrence, Theophilus Lawrence & Lucy Utley & to the Declaration of Angelina Mary Lawrence, is an acting Justice of the Peace for Chatham County & that the signature purporting to be his are genuine,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of office at Pittsborough the 15 th day of April A. D. 1841
N. A. Steaman Clerk of the County Court of Chatham County

The Consequence from the whole is this: That since many of our Sins are secret to us, they can only be repented of in general; and since many of our secret Sins are very heinous, they must seriously and solemnly be repented of. By general Repentance you are not to understand then a slight or superficial Repentance only. The Petition of the Psalmist, Cleanse thou me from secret Faults , proceeded from a Heart deeply affected with the Sense of its Guilt, and does not express the Sentiments of one who was excusing or lessening his Faults; for he remembered, and so must we, that secret as our Faults are, yet God has placed them in the Light of his Countenance .
Henry Laurence the son of John Laurence was born.
December 20 th 1786
Arvenelon Laurence Was born march 3 rd
1789

Elizabeth Lawrence Was born February th 26 1791
Lucy Lawrence Was born May th 17 1793
John Lawrence the son of John Lawrence Was born February th 20 1796
William Lawrence Was born th 26 of March 1799
Thompson Lawrence Was born th 15 of November 1801

  Sheephilus Lawrence  DISCOURSE IV.  Sermon of John Lawrence   and ange PART I. line   was April 11 - 1805 
MATTHEW xii. 36.
 But I say unto you, that every idle Word that Men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the Day of Judgment. 
 T is very evident from the Context, that our Saviour's Intention was to distinguish between the heinous Offences of Blasphemy, Perjury, and the like, and the idle Words mentioned in the Text, as I shall have Occasion to observe. We must therefore look among the more common and less crying Sins of Speech, to know what kind of Words they are, which our Saviour threatens with an Account at the Day of Judgment. Of these there are many sorts:
First, Idle Words may denote Words which proceed either from the Vanity or the Deceitfulness of Men's Minds; and this Sense will take in all the empty Boastings and great Pretences of Vanity and Pride, and

and all the sly Insinuations of Craft and Hypocrisy; and there is no Doubt to be made, but that Men shall be accountable for Words of this kind at the Day of Judgment.
Secondly, Idle Words may comprehend the Reports which proceed oftentimes from mere Curiosity, and a Desire of hearing and telling News, by which our Neighbour suffers in his Credit or Reputation; and questionless these Words will be also remembered in the Day of the Lord.
Thirdly, Idle Words may imply such Words as are the impure Conceptions of a polluted Mind, which often pass for Wit and Entertainment among those who have learned to make a mock of Sin. Under this Head will be comprehended the Filthiness and foolish Talking and Jestings , which the Apostle to the Ephesians would not have so much as once named among Christians.
Lastly, Idle Words may signify useless and insignificant Words. This Sense will comprehend a great Part of the Conversation of the World, which aims at nothing but present Amusements; as if it were the Business of a rational Creature to divert his Mind from Thought and Reflection. How far Words of this kind, when attended with no other Evil, may expose a Man to Guilt, is not easily discerned; though I think it is evident at least, that a Man may spend so much of his Time in idle or unprofitable Words, as to render himself obnoxious to an Account for the Misuse and Misapplication of the Reason and Speech with which his Maker has endowed him.
These are the common Sins of Speech, which are comprehended under the general Term of idle Words , which, if persisted in, may prove of dangerous Consequence to our Souls; for of every idle Word we speak we must give Account thereof in the Day of Judgment.
What

State of North Carolina : This day Angelina Mary Chatham County Laurens widow of John Laurens personally appeared before me George Luther one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid who after being sworn in due form of Law on her oath declares that the annexed Register is the original family Register of her and her husband's family and all the Register that ever was kept by them and she further upon her oath saith that her husband John Laurens was an unlearned man that he could neither read nor write and she further saith that the ages of her seven first born children is set down in the hand writing of Jonas fuller of Granville County Carolina and she further saith that her Last son was Born in Wake County Carolina and that is age is in hand writing of Titus J Turner and she further upon her oath declares that this family her unit attached has been in the joint possession of herself and husband from the time it was made to his death and that it has been in her possession from the death of her said husband John Laurens up to the present day sworn to and subscribed before me this fourteenth day of June 1841
Geo. Luther
Angelina Mary Laurens mont
State of North Carolina
Shattuck County St. Nathan
A. Stearns Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that George Luther is a Magistrate in, above & that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his is genuine & all faith & credit are due his official acts, acts, as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office at Pittsburgh this 1 st day of July A D 1841.
Mr A. Thann 666

State of North Carolina } A Transcript of the family Chatham County } Record of John Laurens Decd Henry Laurens the son of John Laurens was born December the Twentieth Seventeen hundred and eighty six (December the 20 th 1786)
Abner Laurens was born March the third Seventeen hundred and eighty nine (March the 3 rd 1789)
Elizabeth Laurens was born February the Twenty sixth Seventeen hundred and ninety one (February the 26 th 1791)
Lucy Laurens was born May the seventeenth Seventeen hundred and ninety three (May the 17 th 1793)
John Laurens the son of John Laurens was born February the Twentieth Seventeen hundred and ninety six (February the 20 th 1796)
William Laurens was born the Twenty sixth of March Seventeen hundred and ninety nine (March the 26 th 1799)
Thompson Laurens was born the fifteenth of November eighteen hundred and one (15 th November 1801)
Theophilus Laurens son of John Laurens and Angeline Laurens was born April the Eleventh eighteen hundred and six (April the 11 th 1806)
State of North Carolina } This day Lucy Laurens aged Chatham County } forty eight years personally appeared before me George Luther an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and after being sworn in due form of law deposed and saith That she is the Daughter of John and Angeline Laurens the present applicant for a pension That she has lived in the house with her

parents ever since she was born. And she further upon her oath saith That the Sermon Book which contains the family Record of which the foregoing is a copy has been in the possession of her mother since her Recollection and she further saith that she has always understood from her father in his lifetime and from her mother That the Book Belonged to her mother at the time of her marriage which this deponent believes to be true and this deponent further saith that she has heard her father and mother both say that the age of the same first Children were Recorded in the hand writing of a Mr Jonas Hooper of Granville County North Carolina and that the age of Theophilus the last was in the hand writing of Titus J Turner of Wake County Both of the men have been Dead for many years as this deponent understands and believes and further this deponent saith not sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of May 1841
I certify that Lucy Laurens is a creditable witness
Lucy her Laurens mark
Geo Luther Jp
I George Luther an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Chatham do hereby certify that I this day called at the house of Angelina Mary Laurens for the purpose of getting the Transcript of her family Record which I found in an old Sermon Book in the possession of Angelina Mary Laurens and from the appearance of the Book and the Record it is as old as the family and I further certify that the foregoing Transcript is a true copy of the original Record given under my hand this 8th day of May 1841
Geo Luther Jp

State of North Carolina Chatham County I Nathan A. Steadman Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid. do hereby certify that George Luther Esq. whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate was an acting Justice of the Peace for said County at the time of his signing the same. & that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine & full faith and credit are due his official acts, such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office at Pittsborough this 15 th day of May A. D. 1841
N. A. Steadman Clerk of the County Court of Chatham County N.C.

John Laurence
N.C.
No. 24135.
2.
Hon. A. Reuchen
John G. Gatchie
St Laurence
Chatham Co.
N.C.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Apr 29 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: \} ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of John Laurence
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     apl 1779 vol. 3 Pri. Genl. Lincoln 71 years   3 May 1780 Vrub 3 1/2 " Genl. Butler Gates Granville C. N. C. In a dictionary  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) , who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed 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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity ; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
□ The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of North Carolina } This day Stephen Rodgers age Wake County } 70 years old last August Personally appeared before me John W Rodgers one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid. And after being sworn in Due form of Law deponeth and saith as as follows (to wit) That he was acquainted with John Laurens from a Child untill they were men known that he was a School mate with Laurens that they were Raised within Two miles of each other untill they were eighteen years old And that During the Revolution were they Lived within Two or three miles of each other And this deponent further saith that he has a Distinct Recollection That John Laurens was Drafted or selected in Granville County when they Both were Raised and Raised for a three months Term that John Laurens went into the Service and served his time out as he believes as much as he believes any thing that he did not see himself that he is confident it was not less than three months And this deponent further saith that he recollects that after Laurens Returned from his first Term of Service He Laurens was Substituted for one John Girtle and again went into the Service And this deponent further saith that he himself was Drafted in Granville County and also went into the Service in July after Laurens Started in May 1780 as well as he now Recollects that He was also marched to South Carolina and that before he got to Gates army Gats was Defeated and as well as he now Recollects the Second night after Gates Defeat or in a very short time afterward they got News of General Sumpter's Disaster and he heard that Laurens and his Compa- nions were Prisoners And this deponent further

Sayeth that he has no Recollection how Long It was after that time before Laurence got home That it was the General Impression that he would never get Back again. even that all hopes of his Return were despaired of But so it was Laurence Returned after a Long time And as soon as it was known the Neighborhood gathered in a mass to greet him But how Long he was absent he does not Recollect But his Impression is or was that it was a Longer time than Laurence states That he has a Distinct Recollection when Laurence Returned from his Imprisonment The great joy that was expressed at his Return And this deponent further sayeth that John Laurence was a young man much Respected in his neighborhood And this deponent further sayeth that when John Laurence went into the service he was a hale & hearty man That when he returned home he was Reduced almost to a skeleton his constitution entirely Impaired and was a perfect Invalid And this deponent further sayeth that soon after the Revolution he Removed to Wake County from Greenville and that in Law or there about afterwards John Laurence also came to Wake County where he was still well acquainted with Laurence in Wake County for a number of years perhaps Eight or Ten During the whole time Laurence was still in a Bad state of health

and as he Believes the cause of his Bad health was occasioned from the Diseases the Bad Treatment that Laurens Received while in the Service and while a prisoner in the Revolutionary war. And this Deponent further sayeth that from his acquaintance with John Laurens which was from their childhood up to about the year 1813 he always knew him to be a man entitled to credit that Laurens always sustained the character of a strict honest man and that from this long acquaintance that this Deponent has had with Laurens he does not believe he would state any thing that was not substantially true.
And this Deponent further sayeth that when he heard that Congress had passed an an act for the Benefit of the Revolutionary Soldiers that he did not know that John Laurens was living. That he then expected it would be done that he thought if any man living was entitled to pension it was John Laurens and that therefore were in consequence of what he believes Laurens suffered while in service and while a prisoner.
And further this deponent sayeth not except if he had heard what Laurens states himself that his impression is that Laurens was in the service and a prisoner longer in the whole than eight months.
And further this Deponent sayeth Not Turn over

entitled before sworn to and signed sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of February 1834 Stephen Rogers
J. W. Rogers Jr. for the County of Wake Subscribed before me this 8th
State of North Carolina & John W. Rogers Jr. Wake County I hereby certify that Stephen Rogers the above affiant who deposed to the foregoing deposition is a Respecable subject of Wake County and that full faith and credit is due to his statement and affidavit given under my hand and seal this 8th February 1834
J. W. Rogers Jr.
State of North Carolina Wake County
I Benjamin S. King clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Wake, do hereby certify that John W. Rogers Esquire whose name appears above was an acting Justice of the Peace at the time of signing the same, and that faith and credit is and ought to be given to his official acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand Seal this 28th July 1834 B. S. King

No. 7788. Letter to Geo. Luther, 28 Apl. 41 Do Do Do 26 May 1841 Do How a Rencher June 19 '41
Suspended
5667 1.66 - 58 33
Act 7 July, 1838.
25

Angela Mary Lawrence Wid of John N o 6a.
Act July 7 1838 Married 1786 Died 25th Oct 1834
Allow $58.33 per ann.
Hon. A. Renchus H. R.

16. July 1841 Adab evidence
Care of Mrs Lawrence
Col hyp
James L. Edwards Esq Pension Office Star Ranch

House of Reps July 15 th 1841-
J. L. Edwards Esq. Sir
I inclose you additional evidence in favor of the claim of Mrs. Lawrence and hope it will be satisfactory. Please attach it to the evidence of claim now in the office and let me know your decision on the matter.
With respect
Yr Oht. Servant
A. Rencher

7788 A. M. Lawrence
Md of John
Me
at July 7 1838
J. Edwards of Boston arrested Washington City
TRIAL

no 7788. apl 22
N.C.
July 7. 1898.
Angeline May Laurence
FREE
Honorable James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington City
Angeline May J. Laurence N.C. July 7. 1898

Marthas Vineyard Dukes County ss 14th April 1841
Sir
enclosed you will find the Destruction of Mrs A. B. Laurens for a pinion which I hope you will be able to return and determine upon without delay
Respectfully yours &
Geo. Luther
Honorable
J. P. Edwards Commissioner of pinions

Camila paraíso 17 o m. $ 58.33
W.C.

House of Representatives
March 21 st 1834.
Dear Sir,
I herewith inclose to you the Declaration and proof of John Lawrence of Wake County North Carolina and respectfully ask for it an examination
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. Edwards Esq.
A. Renscher

State of North Carolina } This day personally appeared before Wake County } us James Woodward and John M Rodgers two of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said County and after being sworn in Due form of Law deposeth and saith as follows (to wit) That he is acquainted with John Laurens and that His acquaintance commenced about thirty years ago That Laurens came to this County (Wake) when and this deponent further saith that when John Laurens first came to this neighborhood this deponent rented said Laurens a small farm But at the same time this deponent doubted from the Badness of Laurens health whether he could cultivate the Land or not That after he had let him stay over two years This deponent saith that he observed Laurens to be in such a Low feeble and Immaciated state of health and unable to tend his Land that he declined letting him stay any longer And this deponent further saith that John Laurens continued to reside in his neighborhood for ten or twelve years and that during all of that time he continued to be in a Low feeble state of Health and that he saw no improvement in his health And this deponent safely saith that he has often heard John Laurens say that his Bad state of health was occasioned by the Scurvy he Received while in the service of the Revolution and a prisoner And this deponent further saith That during his acquaintance with John Laurens he found him an honest and upright man as far as he was able and further this Deponent saith Not Turn over

Sworn to and Subscribed before us this 6th day day of August 1833
his E. Frederick Jones mark
James Woodward Jr
J. H. Rogers
State of North Carolina } To all whom the may Wake County } concern in where names
are hereunto subscribed day hereby certify that
Whitfield Jones who lives to and subscribed to the
foregoing deposition is a Respectable man and
that full faith and credit is Due to his Testimony
Given under our hands and seals this 6th day
of August 1833
James Woodward Jr
J. H. Rogers
James Woodward Jr
State of North Carolina } To all whom the may Wake County } concern in where names
are hereunto subscribed day hereby certify that
Whitfield Jones who lives to and subscribed to the
foregoing deposition is a Respectable man and
that full faith and credit is Due to his Testimony
Given under our hands and seals this 6th day
of August 1833
James Woodward Jr J. H. Rogers

John Lawrence d 1834 25 Oct. A M ss um m m 1786
perman
Send for the Book only the family Register

5070 Mrs. Lawrence July 25, 1833 Chatham Co. N.C. 71
apt. 71- Granville Co. N.C. Capt. Abraham Patten Al p. 3 m
mg 3.80 Capt. Patten Narrows Al. p. 14 1/2 m
No Rab. Married Angeline May Feb. 3, 1886 died Oct 25, 1838
cont

23721-32 6279-38 August 7/11
RECEIVED AUG 24 1901
O. M. & R.
Dear Sir:-
Write to see if you can give me any information in regard to the Cannon family of North Carolina. I am the daughter of Mr. Frank Prima and Martha Jordan. Mr. Frank Prima is the

son of Edmund Prime and Elizabeth Lawrence. Elizabeth Lawrence was the daughter of Josiah Lawrence and Charity Haywood. I don't know who was the father of Josiah Lawrence, but think his name was Wm. Josiah Lawrence lived lived in Pitt Co. North Carolina. Can you give me any Colonial, or Revolutionary record of the

Lawrence family. I will appreciate any information that you can give me.
Address Mrs R. H. Carter
1105-12 th Ave south Birmingham & Ala

Oct. 16-1901 Mrs. R. A. Carter Birmingham, Ala.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5020
Angelina  Mr  Lawrence Wid.
John Lawrence Port. Rev. War
Act: Feby. 21 st 18
Index:—Vol. 24 , Page 417
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5231.
South Carolina
Angelia Mc. Laurence widow of John Laurence who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 58 Dollars 33. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of April, 1844 and sent to
Wm. H. M. Saunders Wes of Reps
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book
8
Vol.
/
Page
203.

10279
North Carolina Angelina M. Lawrence widow of John Lawrence, decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 25 th October 1834 of Chatham in the State of N o Carolina who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col o Lincoln in the N o C a line for 17 mos & 15 days
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 58 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of July 1841, and sent to Hon. A. Parker, House of Representatives Arrears to the 4 th of March 1841 $291.65 Semi-annual allowance ending
$291.65
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by W. Addison Clerk, Book _____ Vol. 2 o Page 188

The amended Declaration of John Laurens further to Explain his former Declaration He John Laurens upon his oath states That he entered the service of the united States as a private in a Volunteer Company Commanded by Capt Abraham Patten in the County of Granville and State of North Carolina in the month of April 1779 for a three months term of service to be per- -formed in South Carolina That He marched as stated in his Declaration and he further sayeth That he served three months from the time he Got into South Carolina before he was discharged after the Battle at Stono And this applicant further upon his oath sayeth That he again entered the service of the united States in the Revolu- -tionary War as a private and a substitute for John Kirtrell in the County of Granville and State of North Carolina for a three months term to be performed in South Carolina and he further that He entered the service on the 3 rd day of May 1780 That he marched under the officers set forth in his Declaration and he further sayeth that from some arrangements that were made he was bound to perform three months service in South Carolina or his term would have expired on the 3 rd day of August 1780 a short time before Sumpter was Defeated and this applicant taken prisoner That He does not recollect the day of the month He was taken But his impression is that it was about the 26 th day of August 1780 and he further sayeth That He can positively and safely say that in the

Last Term of Service he served then and a half months Before he was taken a prisoner. And he further sayth that he was in actual service six and a half months and he further sayth That He is positive that He Remained a prisoner of war mostly eleven before he was exchanged as he states in his Declaration That He distinctly Recalled He returned to his friends in the latter part of August 1781 and He further sayth That after he was exchanged He made all possible speed to get home that his Health and strength would permit him to do and he further sayth that He would much rather be under the time that state over That he thinks could safely have stated the whole at eighteen months But can positively say it was seventeen and a half months that he served and was a prisoner put together And He further upon his oath states that for his Last Term of Service in the army and for the time he remained a prisoner of war he has never Received one farthing of pay And He further sayth That when He entered the service of the united States He enjoyed uninterrupted Good Health That at the time He was made prisoner He was Rode down by a British Dragoon and severely Injured which caused a Rupture which has added much to his other Badly afflictions And He further upon his oath sayth That from the Savage and Brute Like Treatment He with the other prisoners Received on their march to charleston and from foul air and Deceit that was on Board the prison ship and the unwholesome food they had to subsist upon That out of eleven who were made prisoners with whom he was acquainted He was the only one that survived And He further sayth That He returned home to his

friends an entire Invalid and that He has Remained so ever since And He further sayth That He was not apprized at the time of filing his Declaration That any provision for Invalids of any description or He should so state his case for the consideration of the War Department And He further sayth that he was not apprized at that time of any proof that he could make petition to his services from his prostrated situation from old age and bodily infirmity and he further sayth That He has since found out That Stephen Rodgers and James Huckabe with whom he was Raised and who knew him from his youth until the Revolutionary war and during the war and for a long time afterwards, were both yet living And He further sayth That He procured their Depositions and amended his Declaration and that they were deposited with his attorney J S Guther last August That he thought his attorney had transmitted them to the War Department But that He has lately found he had not That He has found out that the Depositions are lost That He has been able to procure the Deposition of Stephen Rodgers in aid of his claim But the Deposition of James Huckabe which He thinks very important he cannot procure again He Huckabe having Removed to the Habersham or Laurens And further He sayth that
Sworn to and subscribed Before me this 14th day of February 1834
Geo Luther Esq
his John Laurens man

State of Maryland
Waltimore County
I Thomas Ragland Clerk of the Court of pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Baltimore do hereby certify that George Luther whose name appears as a witness to the annexed, amended Declaration was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid and that due faith and credit ought to be given to his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand under the seal of office at Pittsborough the 25 th day of February A.D. 1834.
Thos. Ragland, C.C.C.

A. M. Lawrence
$58.33 per aw
John Lawrence
Hon. R. M. Saunders H. Rep
R. M. Lawrence 6849

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 8 th March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7 th 1838
State of North Carolina } On this eighteenth day Chatham County } of August one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before the Subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Agalina Mary Lawrence a resident of North Carolina in the County of Chatham aged Seventy eight years old who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 8 th March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War That she is the widow of John Lawrence who was a private in the Militia and the annual amount of the pension at which she received under the act of 7 th July 1838 was fifty eight Dollars and forty cents and she further Declares that she still is a widow
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year above written
Geo. Luther Jp
Agalina Mary Lawrence Mark

State of North Carolina } on this eighteenth day of Chatham County August one thousand eight hundred and fifty three Theophilus Lawrence aged thirty seven years old personally appeared before the subscribers an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County who being first duly sworn according to Law upon his oath states that he is the youngest child of Angeline M c Lawrence the present applicant for a pension and he further sayeth that she is the Potentiale person who represents herself to be in her Declaration (knoweth) the the widow of John Lawrence a soldier of the Revolution That he has lived with his mother on the same plantation since the death of his father and that she now lives in his household him and he further sayeth that she is so aged and infirm that she is not able to travel to Court sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year first above written. I certify that Theophilus Mc Lawrence Lawrence is a credible Theophilus witness
J. Suther
A. M. Lawrence
$58:33 per annum
Hon. R. M. Saunders
H. Rep.
2 nd Mc Lawrence
6849

State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas & Quarter Chatham County } Sessions February Term 1844
It has been proved to the satisfaction of the Court that Angeline Mary Lawrence the present applicant for a pension is from old age & bodily infirmity unable to attend Court to make her Declaration
It is further proven that she still remains the widow of John Lawrence who was a soldier & pensioner of the revolution and that she continues to reside in our County of Chatham
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Pittsborough February 17 th 1844 - J. Nathan A. Steadman C.C.C.
State of North Carolina } Chatham County } I Nathan A. Steadman Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Chatham, hereby certify that George Luther whose name appears to the foregoing proceedings is and was an acting Justice of the Peace for the County of Chatham at the time of his signing the same, and the same is in his own proper hand writing and all faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office at Pittsborough 28 th day of March A.D. 1844. M. Steadman C.C.C.

Declaration Ingrame Surrender
St. 33
44
5231

DECLARATION,
IN ORDER to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of February 2d, 1848, entitled "An Act making further provisions for surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolution":
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, } Chatham , COUNTY. }
ON THIS, the 3rd day of October 184 8 , personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Angelia Lawrence a resident of Chatham county, aged 73 years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration; in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by Act of Congress, passed on 2d of Feb. 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that she is the widow of John Lawrence who was buried , and that she drew a pension, at the rate of Fifty Eight 33/100 dollars per Annum, under the Act of 17th of June, 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year abovewritten, before me
Witness, R. S. Marks , J. P. Theophile Lawrence  Angelia Lawrence [SEAL.] Witness, Mary G. Lawrence  Mary G. Lawrence Pensioner. —
I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me, and that she is the identical person as represented by her, in the annexed declaration.
R. S. Marks J. P. [SEAL]
I, N. A. Hudson Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, for Chatham county, certify that R. S. Marks is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this 13th day of October in the year 184 8
N. A. Hudson Clerk of the Court of Chatham County.

State of North Carolina } This day Henry Laurens Chatham County } aged fifty four years old on the Twentyth day of December Last past personally appeared before me George Dether one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid and after being sworn in due form of Law deposes and sayth that he is the eldest child of Angeline Mary Laurens the Applicant named in the annexed declaration that she is the widow of John Laurens who was a pensioner of the Revolution at the time of his death that she has remained a widow since the death of the said John Laurens that the family Record in which his age is set in is a Sermon Book that has been in the poss- =ession of his mother since his Recollection and that the same Book contains the ages of all her children and that she is the Deponent person she represents herself to be in her declaration and further that deponent sayth not sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of April 1841 Truly certify that Henry Laurens Henry Laurens who is the applicant is a credible witness
Geo Dether J.P.
State of North Carolina } This day Theophilus Laurens Chatham County } aged thirty five years old on the Eleventh day of April Last past personally appeared before me George Dether one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said County and after being sworn in due form of Law deposes and sayth that he is the the eighth and youngest child of Angeline Mary Laurens whos declaration for a pension is herunto annexed that she is the widow of John Laurens who was a pensioner of the Revolution at the time of his death that the said John Laurens departed this life on the Twenty fifth day of

Between eighteen hundred and thirty four and this deponent further sayeth that Angalina Ellary Laurens has remained +woodaw since the death of the said John Laurens and he further sayeth that she is the identical person who represents herself to be in her declaration sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of April 1841 Theophilus Laurens I certify that Theophilus Laurens is a credible witness
Geo Luther Jr (No 7788)
State of North Carolina } This day personally appeared before Chatham County } me George Luther one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Lucy Utley aged twenty three years old who after being sworn in due form of Law deposes and sayeth that she is the sister of Angalina Mary Laurens the present applicant for a pension and this deponent further sayeth that she was in her seventeenth year and was when the marriage took place between Angalina Ellary Ellary and John Laurens that she was present at her father's house and saw them married and this deponent further say- eth that from her own age and the age of her children and the ages of her sister Laurens children which is the only means she has of arriving at the year and day of that the marriage took place from these circumstances she is confident that the marriage did take place on the third day of February nineteen and eighty six she further that she is as positively certain of it as she can be of any fact of so long standing and this deponent further sayeth that the said marriage took place in the County of Granville and State of North Carolina and further this deponent sayeth not sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of April 1841
I certify that Lucy Utley is : Lucy her Utley Geo Luther Jr a credible witness mark