Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6393, for John Livingston, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
76
Livingston, John Rachel
R. 6393
CONTENTS

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
6893
P. O.
Rache Livingston
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

N o 14.313.
Rachel Livingston dec d , widow of John
Ala
Act of 7 th July 1838
Letts to Hon. J. R. Young. apt 29: 1851
J. Lumpkin July 22/51
6393

No 14-313
John Livingston Jr
Attn
Act 7- June 1832-
Rachel Livingston mrs J. M. Attn
Act 7 July 1832

Washington
Jan 13-1850
Sir
Enclosed please application of the  for the  Revolutionary  Revolutionary pension
Very Respectfully Your obed Servt - F B Young
Hon J R Heath

State of Alabama, } Before the Probate Court of Said Lawrence County ss: } County began and held in and for Said County on the 11 th day of December 1850. Personally ap- peared Samuel Livingston who is Administrator of the Estate of John Livingston and Rachel Livingston his Wife and Widow both deceased, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath make the following Declaration for the use and benefit of the Children of the said John and Rachel Livingston herein after named, in order to obtain for them the aforesaid the benefits of the provisions made by the Acts of Congress of 7 th June 1832. - 7 th July 1838. - 3 rd March 1843. & 17 th June 1844. That the said John Livingston was a Private in the War of the Revolution, and served in the State Troops and Militia of Virginia, that he served at different periods, as much as two years or up- -wards, in different Tours, that his Officers names are not gen- -erally Retarded, (his papers being all lost by accident since his death among which were his discharges,) among whom was Colonel Cleveland under whom the said John Livingston served at the Battle at Kings Mountain in North Carolina, the said John was also in the Battle of Custer Springs in South Carolina and others that cannot now be specifically enumerated. That the said John Livingston died on the 16 th day of November 1826. in the County of Blount in the State of Alabama, and that his Widow the said Rachel Livingston died on 7 th day of October One thou- -sand eight hundred and forty five. That they the said John Liv- -ingston and the said Rachel Livingston were Married in the County of Wilks in the State of North Carolina, on the day of 1783. nineteen hundred and eighty three. and that said marriage did not take place until after said John Livingston had left the service, but took place at the time aforesaid. That the said Rachels Maiden name was Rachel Freeman. That this application is made for the purpose of obtaining the Arrears of Pension due to the said John Livingston and his said Widow under the several Acts aforesaid.
Subscribed and sworn to in open Court } Samuel Livingston H. A. McShane P.D. } adm.

State of Alabama, } I Henry A. McShee Judge of the Court Lawrence County ss. } of Probate in and for said County, do hereby Certify that at a term of said Court (the same being a Court of Record and so declared by the law Creating it.) held at the Court house in the town of Moulton in said County on the 11 th day of December 1850. Satisfactory proof was exhibited to said Court that John Livingston late of Blount County is dead, that he died on the 16 th day of No- -vember 1826. That he left a Widow whose name was Rachel and that she also died on the 7 th day of October One Thousand eight hundred and forty five And that she left the following named Children surviving her, and none others who were also the Children of the said John Livingston, that is to say, William Livingston, Susan Livingston who is married with Benjamin Johnson, John Livingston, Francis Livingston who is married with Samuel Livingston (Deceased) and Elizabeth Livingston who is married with Joshua Roberts. I also Certify that the foregoing are the Original proceedings of said Court in the Mat- -ter of the Application of the said Samuel Livingston Adminis- -trator as aforesaid for the Residue of Pensions due the said John Livingston and his Widow.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Official Seal of said Court at my Office at Moulton in said County The 11 th day of December 1850. and of the Independ- -ence of the United States of America the 75 th year. H. A. McShee P.J.
State of Alabama } Lawrence County ss. } Appeared in Open Court William Liv- -ingston Livingston aged forty seven years, a Resident of Blount County in the State of Alabama, who after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the first Child of John and Rachel Livingston aforesaid as he has always been informed (and believes) by the said John and Rachel his Father and Mother. Deposent depose- -s and says, that he was Born in the County of Wilks in the State of North Carolina and Resided there in the immediate vicinity when the Mar- -riage between the aforesaid John Livingston and Rachel was solemnized

that they the said John and Rachel were then and there Recognized by the Community to be Husband and Wife that a large portion of the aforesaid Children were born in said County of Wilks, and that up to the time of the death of the said John Livingston he always acknowledged and Recognized the said Rachel to be his Wife, that from the earliest Recollection of deponent they Cohabited together as husband and Wife. Deponent believes that the Rites of Matrimony between the parties were solemnized by One James Fletcher an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Wilks, Deponent further deposes and says that he is now in the possession of some Relicks of Family Jewelry that has descended to him as being the Oldest Child of the said John and Rachel Livingston, that they the said John and Rachel kept a family Record which has been lost since the death of the said John.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
the 11 th day of December 1850.
H. A. McIver P.S.
his William Livingston mark
State of Alabama } Personally Appeared in Open Court Phoebe Living Lawrence County. } - then a Resident of said County aged Eighty nine years who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that she was well acquainted with John Livingston in the time of the War of the Revolution, and knows of her own knowledge that he served in said War as an American Soldier for a long Space of time that he was engaged in several Sours of duty, and was an Active and efficient Whig, that she has always understood that he was engaged in many Battles, the names of which she does not now recollect except that of Kings Mountain, that she lived in a Fort on the Virginia Frontier where the Parents of the said John Resided for a great length of time, and she believes from her own knowledge that all the Matters Contained in the foregoing declaration are true. Deponent further deposes and says that she was also well acquainted with the said John after the said War, and with the said Rachel his Wife and Widow, that she was not present at the Marriage but has often heard the said John and Rachel speak of it, and knows of her own knowledge that they Recognized each other as husband and Wife up to the time of the death of the said John. Deponent further

States that she believes all of the foregoing depositions of William Livingston to be literally true from the fact that she knows many of them of her own knowledge and has corroborating circumstances to establish the other facts.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11 th December 1850. H. A. McShane P. J.
Phoebe her Livingston mark
I Certify that William Livingston and Phoebe Livingston the above affiants are Credible Witnesses which is Certified from my own personal knowledge. H. A. McShane P. J.
The State of Alabama ( I Henry A. McShane Judge of the Court Laurens County ss. ) of Probate of said County do hereby Certify that the foregoing depositions of William Livingston and Phoebe Livingston who signs their names by making their mark was this day taken in Open Court (the same being a Court of Record and so declared by the law Creating it, and the signa- tures purporting to be theirs are genuine; I further Certify that I believe and have the most satisfactory proof before me, that John Livingston is the identical man who served in said Revolutionary War as aforesaid.
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Official Seal of said Court at my Office at Montevallo in said County this 11 th day of December 1850. And of the Inde- pendence of the United States of America the 75 th year. H. A. McShane P. J.
In 1819 I was Surveyor of public lands & was frequently at the House of the above named John Livingston in Blount Alabama (now dead) his family were respectable, the ques- tion of their being married was never spoken of or doubted so far as I ever heard - the girls married well & I had no more doubt of their being man & wife than any other respectable family where they travelled David Hubbard

North Carolina
We Master Clarke of the County Court of Wilkes in the State aforesaid do hereby Certify That I have carefully examined the records of my office and cannot find any evidence of the marriage of John Livingston to Rachael
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Office April 8 th 1857.
Wellaston Clerk
If you will insert the maiden name of the old Lady as you have not given it in your note
W M
May 5 th 1857
Please file this with the case of Rachel Livingston, widow of John Livingston, died 7 th July 1838. H. C. roll Mary E. copy Hon J. E. Heath, Th. D. Livingston Comm. of Pensions

May 6 - 1857
Adel. Evi. in case of Rachel
Livingston JL
Thos. Lumpkin Present
Mr. Teplett
Thos. Lumpkin
Thos. Lumpkin
Please let Mr. Lumpkin see letter to him J. B. Young in this case. F. F. C. I