Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8,050, for Samuel Livingston, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
M.C. (?) Vir. Va.
Livingston, Samuel Phebe
W 8050
CONTENTS
This Envelope Includes
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

Alabama 13342
Sam l Livingston.
of Morgan Co. in the State of Alabama. who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Shelby of the Reg t commanded by Col. Bedel in the Carolina line for six months 15 days
$ 21. 67 / 100
Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 21. Dollars 67. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of July 1833 and sent to W. W. McKenzie Somerville, W. Co. Ala.
Arrears to the 4th of March. 1833. 43. 34 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept r 33. 10. 83
$ 54. 17.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. Palmer Clerk, Book 8. Vol. 8, Page 47.

3645
Alabama Huntsville Phoebe Livingston widow of Daniel Va Livingston who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 21 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of May 1837 and sent to
Hon T. R. Young M.C. Marshal Illinois
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 356 Vol. 3.

19641 13.342
Samuel Livingston
Return for alteration
of year
B
Acct 6 Months & 15 days
M. M. MacKenzie Clerk Samerille Morgan County Alabama

BRIEF in the case of  Samuel Livingston  County of Morgan  in the State of Alabama -  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy four years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Entered as a Volunteer In 1776 2 As a Gen. Col. Crishy Cap. J. Bludae   March 1778 2 Col. Shelby Cap. A. Bludae   1781 3 Cap. J. M. Gammey   3  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Annton 67. North Carolina  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
John L. Watson Examining Clerk.  24 Feb -

GAO GAO
GAO GAO
Payments to be made at Mobile. by W. M. G. Bank . Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Alabama .
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E. Vol. 8. Page 47. by W. H. Salomon . Clerk.
Comp. the Papers of the Committee to Same - found a Certificate 28 Jan. 1876
He stands under Capt. John Walker Col. Col. Col. Virginia Line has lived in the 20 years the 1870s now there Virginia

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Samuel Livingston of the state of Alabama who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty One dollars and sixty seven 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 Second day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three .
John B. C. McMullen Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

The State of Alabama } County Court in vacation Morgan County } of Morgan County this fourteenth day of September One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty five. in open court Phebe Livingston before Edwin R Wallan Judge of said Court and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of the Deceased Samuel Livingston named in an original certificate in her possession of which the said Court certify the following is a true copy War department Revolutionary Claim I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Samuel Livingston of the State of Alabama who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive twenty one dollars and sixty seven Cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the fourth of March 1831 and payable semiannually on the fourth of March and fourth of September in every year Given at the War office of the United States this second day of July One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty three (signa) John P. Robb acting secretary of War Examined and countersigned J. P. Edwards Commissioner of pensions. That he was entitled to a pension of twenty one dollars & sixty seven Cents per annum on account of services in the revolutionary war that he served under Capt Isaac Bledsoe and Col Christian and that he had lived in the County of Morgan at the time of his death and had resided in the State of Alabama for the space of twenty four years previous to his death

and previous thereto he resided in the State of Virginia and Louisiana
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 14 th day of September 1835. } Phoebe Livingston month
E. R. Waller
Conformably to the regulations of the War department of the 1 st of June 1824 and 7 th June 1832 the said Court do hereby certify that they have the most satisfactory evidence to wit the testimony of Henry Livingston and Samuel Livingston that the said Phoebe Livingston who has this day appeared in open court to take the oath of Identity is the widow of the United States Samuel Livingston named in the pension certificate which she has exhibited to the said court numbered 13342 and bearing date the 2 nd day of July 1833 that she now holds the same in her profession and claims all the benefit arising therefrom and it further appears to the satisfaction of said Court by the testimony of said Phoebe Livingston and the said Henry Livingston and Samuel Livingston that the said Samuel Livingston late departed this life on the 6 th day of October 1834
E. R. Waller
Know all men by these presents that I Phoebe Livingston widow of Samuel Livingston late a pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint Samuel Livingston my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to draw from the pension agent of the United States for paying pensions at Decatur Alabama the pension of my late husband from the fourth day of September 1833 to the fourth day of

State of Alabama Marion County 3 rd
Orphan's Court Special Term On this twenty second day of November 1832 personally appear
in open court before the judges of said court now sitting Samuel Livingston a resident of said county of Marion state of Alabama aged seventy four 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 the 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated to wit he entered the service under Colonel Lewis & Captain Isaac Bledsoe & Lieut Peter Livingston who had the command of the Vol- unteers who were then in Washington County Virginia he entered the service in the fall of 1776 and left the service in about two months and during this term was had no general engagement and he entered the service again in the month of March 1788 under the command of Col Shelby, and Captain Abram Bledsoe some Lieutenant and Ensign not recalled and was out about three months and in both terms we were engaged in guarding the frontiers of Virginia and marched chiefly in said state - and he served again three months under Captain John Montgomery as a guide to Kentucky and served a term of three months commencing about the fall of 1781 all of which service a done a volunteer he served with no regular term
Sam Livingston 1904

he knows of no person by whom he can prove his service that he has no documentary evidence of his discharge. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state -
question where and what year were you born
Answer I was born in King & Queen County Virginia in the year fifty seven
2nd have you any record of your age
I have no record of my age
I have answered the third interrogatory in my declaration as to when I lived when called into service I have lived in Powhatan County in North Carolina now Tennessee and from there to Madison County Alabama and from there to Morgan County
I have answered the 4th Interrogatory
I have answered the 5th Interrogatory
6th Interrogatory did you ever receive a discharge from the service and what has become
I did receive a discharge the first was given for lack of loyalty the second by lack of ability both of which I have lost
My neighbors James Edens a blacksmith and Leah Denny Starnall can testify as to my character here as to my general behavior and as to my being a soldier of the Confederate States James Edens Leah Denny Starnall

9570
Phoebe Livingston Application for Pension - Alabama Act 7 th July '38

State of Alabama Morgan County
On this the Twenty first day of August in the year one thousand Eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared before the Judge of the Orphans Court of Morgan County State of Alabama Phebe Livingston a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged Eighty one years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows &c. That she is the Widow of Samuel Livingston who was a private in the army of the revolution and that said Samuel Livingston was a pensioner as will more fully appear referred being had to the names of those who are enrolled on the pension list.
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Livingston on the Seventh day of September in the year 1781. That her husband the aforesaid Samuel Livingston died on the 6 th day of October in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty four. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four - that is to say at the time above stated. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me Horatio Phelps Judge of the Orphans Court of Morgan County State of Alabama. Phebe Livingston widow.

State of Alabama } We Jonathan Burleson and Morgan County } John T Rather residing in the County of Morgan and State of Alabama hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Phoebe Livingston who has subscribed to the foregoing declaration that we believe her to be Eightyone years of age, that she is united to be a woman of truth in the neighborhood where she resides and to be the widow of Samuel Livingston and that we fully concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the
Jonathan Burleson W T Rather
day and year aforesaid before me Horatio Phelps Judge of the Orphans Court for Morgan County State of Alabama
And the Court does hereby certify that after the investigation of the matter that the said Phoebe Livingston is the Widow of the said Samuel Livingston and the Court believes her to be Eightyone years of age and the Court has implicit confidence in her statement in regard to her marriage with the said Samuel Livingston and the Court further Certifies that it further appears to it, that Jonathan Burleson & John T Rather who have signed the above Certificate are resident Citizens of Morgan County State of Alabama & that they are both Credible persons & their testimony is enti- tled to full credit. Horatio Phelps Judge of the Orphans Court for the County of Morgan State of Al, as
State of Alabama } I Thomas Price Clerk of said Morgan County } Court do hereby certify that the above and foregoing contains the original proceedings

of the said Court in the matter of the application of Phoebe Livingston
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand at Office at Somerville and affix the seal of said Orphans Court this Twenty first day of August Eighteen hundred & forty three & of American Independence sixty eighth year Thomas M c Clure

W.C.A.
March 15, 1928.
am
Mrs. Atwood Hill Mathis, Mooresville, Alabama.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 8050, it appears that Samuel Livingston was born in 1757 in King and Queen County, Virginia.
While residing in North Carolina he enlisted November 1, 1776, and served two months as private in Captain Isaac Bledsoe's Company, Colonel Christy's Regiment.
He enlisted March 15, 1778, and served in Captain Abram Bledsoe's Company, Colonel Shelby's Regiment, until the last of April 1778.
He enlisted August 25, 1781, under Captain John Montgomery and served until November 25, 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 22, 1832, while residing in Morgan County, Alabama.
He married September 7, 1779, or 1781, in Washington County, Virginia, Phebe (maiden name not stated) and died October 6, 1834, in Morgan County, Alabama. She was allowed pension on her application executed August 21, 1843,

while residing in Morgan County, Alabama, aged eighty-one years.
Their children were: James; Jesse; Anthony; Samuel; William; Joseph; Henry; Susan, wife of James King; and Catherine, wife of Ichabod Hensley.
The above is the only Samuel Livingston found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

1914 Aug. 27 Hist. to Mrs. F. A. Colquitt. V. L. etc. 1917 May 19 Hist. to Hon. Jos. W. Rank. 1924 Apr. 30 Hist. to Mrs. Francis J. Hobart 1978 Mar. N. Hist. Mrs. Alwood Hill Mathis, Miss
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8050  Phoebe Livingston  Widow  Samuel Livingston  Dist Rev War 
Act: Feb-27 1848
Index:—Vol. 64 , Page 435
[Arrangement of 1870.]

V 809570
Phebe Livingston
Alabama
Suspended
Act to J. S. Racher Nov. 6 1843
" " Hon D. Hubbard Aug 12, 1850
Act July 7 th / 38
Not: J. R. Young. H. of R. Jan 25. 57.

11.090
Alabama Huntsville
Phebe Livingston as widow of Samuel Livingston who died on the 6 Oct 1834 of Morgan Co. in the State of Alabama who was a private in the Compy commanded by Captain Shelby of the Regt commanded by Col Blount in the N. Carolina line for the mo: 15 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Huntsville at the rate of 21 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of May 1837 and sent to Hon T. R. Young
Arrears to the 4th of March Semi-annual allowance ending Illinois
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by J. W. Wightman Clerk, Book 2. Vol. 1. Page 333.

8986 Alabama Phoebe Livingston widow of Samuel who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 21 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of May 1837 and sent to
Rev. J. H. Young u.c. Marshall Illinois
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 231

Washington Dec r 23-1850
Sir Enclosed please find additional testimony in the case of Phebe Livingston of Ala. papers filed by me by letter of Dec r 9 th inst. for revolutionary pension
Very Respectfully Your obed t serv t . J. H. Fleming
Am J. E. Heath -

act 38 Act 14 375 97 50
Phebe Livingston widow of Saul. Act July 7. 1838.
Al a Adm o D. Mo. 15 87 1/2 21.67 per. Annum. Commening 4 months 36. except 2 years.
Payable to her.
best to Hon T. R. Young Marshall Ill s

Washington Dec r 9-1880
Sir-
Enclosed please find the application of Chey Livingston for Revolutionary Pension -
Very Respectfully Your Obed. Servt -
D. W. Young
Hon J. E. Heath - Committee of Pensions -

Washington 8 August
1850
To the Hon. J. L. Edmonds Commr of Pensions
Sir
Will you see if Samuel Swinston late of Morgan County Alabama was upon the pension Roll of the Alabama agency -
Also have the good ness to send me the forms needed to place his widow thereon & oblige D. Hubbard -
PS
I want the forms needed whether the soldiers name appears upon the Roll or not, being requested to have his widow placed upon the roll & able also to establish her right - Respectfully D. H.

Adm 6 months 8 15 days. —

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Livingston which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
The papers are returned in consequence of his second tour, it is stated to be in 1788. The applicant will please have this corrected.

We James Edens a Clergyman residing in the County of Jefferson and Dancy Stovall residing in the same hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Livingston Scott who has subscribed & sworn to the above declara- tion that we believe him to be about seventy four years of age, that he is Episcopalian & has resided in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid M m Mackenzie Bk W se James Edens Dancy Stovall
State of Alabama Marion County ss And the said board 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 revolution- ary soldier and served as he states and the board further certifies that it appears to them that James Edens who has signed the preceding certificate is a colored man resident in said county of Marion and that Dancy Stovall who has also signed the same is a resident in the county of Marion of known and is a creditable person and that their statement are entitled to credit
Levi Peter Judge

State of Alabama, I, M c Kenzie clerk of the Morgan County Court of Morgan County and State aforesaid do hereby that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the ap- plication of Samuel Livingston for a pension
In testimony whereof I have unto set my hand and affixed the seal of office at office this 22 nd day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two and of American Indepen- dence the fifty seventh year
M c Kenzie clk. c.c

Sixth day of October 1834
Witness my hand and seal this 14 th day of September 1835 -
Phoebe Livingston (seal) mark
Acknowledged this day of 1836
The State of Alabama
Morgan County } I Matthew C. Houston Clerk of the County Court for said County hereby certify that the foregoing proceedings were had this day in said County Court in the matter of the application of Phoebe Livingston for the arrears of pension due her late husband Samuel Livingston that the evidence of her identity as his widow and of the death of said Samuel Livingston were satisfactory to said Court and that she signed and sealed the foregoing power of attorney in open court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at office this 14 th day of Sept r 1835 and of American Independence the 60 th year
M.C. Houston Clerk, b.b
State of Alabama Morgan County } I M.C. Houston Clerk of the County Court for said County do hereby certify that Phoebe Livingston did in open court acknowledge that she signed sealed and delivered the foregoing power of attorney made by her to Samuel Livingston on the day of the date thereof for the purposes therein mentioned
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Somerville this 20 th day of February 1836 and of American Independence the 60 th year
M.C. Houston Clerk

State of Alabama } Be it Known that on the 10th day of August Morgan County } 1836 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said county personally appeared Samuel Livingston the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any sale transfer or mortgage of the pension or arrears of pension therein authorized to be received by him Sworn and Subscribed the day and } Samuel Livingston year last above written before me } Milton M'Clanahan JP
Nov 14 John A. Livingston $23.57
391.1835 Secy. Ala. Dec 5 Jan 5
W. C. Houston Agt
The Power of attorney has been acknowledged in open court the 10th day of August 1836 the affiant of attorney takes before me the Hon. Milton M'Clanahan Esq. who is known at the Pension Agency to be an acting Justice of the peace
H. Green Justice of the peace
FINAL PAYMENT RECEIVED Received from GAO

Branch of the Bank of the State of Alabama, at Decatur,
15 September 1835
Received of Horace Greene, agent for paying Pensions, Twenty three Dollars, 59 Cents, being for 131 months & 2 days the pension due to Samuel Livingston from the 14 th day of September 1833 to the 6 th day of October 1834 for which I have signed duplicate receipts.
Samuel Livingston Attorney
S 23 59

State of Virginia Washington County. fc
I Jacob Lynch Clerk of the court of the said county of Washington, do hereby certify, that I have carefully examined the records of the said court, and cannot find any record evidence of the marriage of Samuel Livingston and Phoebe his wife.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said court this fourteenth day of December in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty
Jacob Lynch Cl.

State of Alabama } ss: On this 12 th day of October, One thousand Laurens County } eight hundred and fifty, before the Subscriber Henry A. McShea, Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County, personally appeared Phoebe Livingston, a Resident of said County, aged Eighty nine 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 provisions made by the Acts of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844, granting Pensions and Half-pay to Certain Widows: That she is the Widow of Samuel Livingston, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, That he was a Pensioner at the Rate of            dollars and cents on the Roll of the State of Alabama; She states that she cannot at this time give a History of her said Husband's services, and refers to his Declaration on file in the Pension Office at Washington City; She further Declares that she was Married to the said Samuel Livingston on the 7 th day of Septem- ber One thousand seven hundred and seventy nine, in the County of Washington in the State of Virginia, by Publication and that her husband, the aforesaid Samuel Livingston died on the 6 th day of October, One thousand eight hundred and thirty four, in the County of Morgan in the State of Alabama, and that she still remains his Widow. She further Declares, that the Marriage took place previous to the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four. VIZ: At the time above stated. Subscribed and sworn to before me, on the day and year first above written. Henry A. McShea Probate Judge.
Phoebe her Livingston mark

The State of Alabama ) This day appeared before me Lawrence County ss. J Henry A. McKee Judge of the Court of Probate of said County, Wiley Galloway a Resident of said County, aged Fifty eight years who after being sworn by me in due form of Law deposes and saith, that he is well acquainted with Phoebe Livingston the within Declarant, and was well acquainted with Samuel Livingston in his lifetime, Deponent further deposes and says that he became acquainted with the said Samuel Livingston and Phoebe Livingston in the year Eighteen hun- dred and twenty three in the County of Morgan in the State of Alabama, who were then living together as Husband and Wife and who were so recognised by the Community in which they lived - They had several sons, to wit, James, Isaac, Anthony, Samuel Jr. William, Joseph and Henry with all of whom Deponent was intimately acquaint- -ed and who were recognised by the said Samuel Livingston and Phoebe Livingston as their legitimate Children. Deponent further states that the said Samuel Living- -ston was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States on the Alabama Rolls, and continued to be so until his death, which took place sometime in the year 1834. Deponent further states that the said Phoebe Livingston who is now an Applicant for a Pension is of great age and is the identical Widow of the aforementioned Samuel Livingston, and that she has not been married since his death.
Deponent further deposes and says, that in addition to the foregoing he was frequently at the House of the said Samuel Livingston in his lifetime, and that he has no doubt of the fact, and that derived from the aforesaid Samuel as well as the information from other sources of the said Phoebe being the lawful wife of the said Samuel Livingston deceased as aforesaid.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 12 th day of October 1850.
H. A. McKee
Probate Judge
Wiley Galloway

The State of Alabama } This day personally appeared Lawrence County ss: } before me Henry A. McKee Judge of the Court of Probate of said County Denny Storrall a Resident of Morgan County in said State aged about sixty one years who after being sworn in due form of Law deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Phoebe Livingston the within Declarant, and that he was well acquainted with Samuel Livingston her husband in his lifetime. Affiant states that he became acquainted with the said Samuel Livingston and Phoebe his Wife in Morgan County Alabama, in the year One thousand eight hun- dred and twenty, and that from all the Circumstan- -ces usually connected with an intimate acquaint- -ance up to the time of the said Samuel's death, he has the most satisfactory reason to believe that they were Man and Wife, to wit: They had and raised the following named Children, to wit: James, who I think was about Forty years old when I first knew him which was in the year Eighteen hundred and nineteen, My reason for so thinking is that, I was then in the Command of a Militia Company to which the said James Livingston belonged and rendered Military Service, the second Irene, Anthony, Samuel Junior, William, Joseph, and Henry, all of whom I know were the Children of the said Samuel Livingston and Phoebe his Wife, and all of whom performed Military Service under me either as a Captain or Colonel of Militia in Morgan County Alabama. I also know their Daughter Susan who in- -termarried with one James King and now resides in the County of Walker Ala: Deponent further deposes and says that he has often heard the aforesaid Samuel Livingston speak of her the said Phoebe, and the above named James etc. etc. as his Wife and Children and that they were always so far as he knows or ever heard or believes regarded by all that knew them as Husband and Wife; Deponent further states that the said Samuel Livingston was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the time of his death which took place some time in

year 1834. and that the aforesaid Phoebe Livingston is the Identical individual Reported to be his Wife and the Mother of the aforesaid Children, and acknowledged by the said Samuel Livingston as such.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 12 th day of October 1850.
Dwight Storrall
H. A. M. Ghee Probate Judge
The State of Alabama } Also appeared before me on Lawrence County ss. } The same day William Lovelady a Citizen of Morgan County in said State aged fifty six years who after being duly sworn deposes and saith that he became acquainted with Samuel Livingston and Phoebe Livingston before named about the time of his first coming to Morgan County in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty two, and that he was, up to the time of the death of the said Samuel Livingston intimately acquainted with him and his family, and has been well acquainted with the said Phoebe Livingston up to the present time, and in addition to the statements of the above Affiant Dwight Storrall, for the belief that the said Samuel and Phoebe were Husband and Wife deponent says that he has frequently stayed of nights with the aforesaid Samuel and Phoebe and knows of his own knowledge that they Cohabited together as Husband and Wife, that he has always heard and so believes, that they were Husband and Wife and that the Children mentioned in the foregoing Deposition of Dwight Storrall, together with one other named Catherine who intermarried with one Ichabod Hensley are the lawful Children of the said Samuel and Phoebe Livingston, deponent fully concurs in the statement made by the above Affiant in all the matters therein contained in Rela- -tion to the Marriage of his Lovelady sworn to and subscribed mark
before me the 12 th day of October 1850.
H. A. M. Ghee Probate Judge

I Certify, that Wiley Galloway, Denny Stovall and William Lovelady the foregoing Affiants are credible Witnesses which is Certified from my own personal knowledge.
H. A. M c Ghee Probate Judge
State of Alabama Laurens County } ss: I Henry A. M c Ghee Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County (the same being a Court of Record, and so declared by the law Creating it,) do hereby Certify that Wiley Galloway, Denny Stovall and William Lovelady appeared before me and made and subscribed to the several foregoing Depositions, and the several signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Official Seal of said Court, this 12 th day of October One thousand eight hundred and fifty.
H. A. M c Ghee Probate Judge

I David Hubbard hereby certify I am acquainted with Henry Stooall Henry H Mc Gehee, & Nicky Gallaway mentioned in the within writings, the signatures are genuine & the men entitled to credit in their several capacities Dec 9 th 1850 David Hubbard

Samuel Livingston This Indenture made & concluded this twenty To 3 Leeds } sixth day of October one thousand eight hundred Perry Flynt } and eighteen Between Samuel Livingston of the Alabama Territory & Madison County of the one part & Perry Flynt of the same County & Territory of the other part Witnesseth That the said Samuel Living- ston for & in consideration of eighteen hundred dollars paid by the said Perry Flynt hath this day bargained sold & by these presents delivers unto the said Flynt the North East Quarter of section four of Township One in Range one East of the Meridian line to have & to hold with all & every appurtenances thereunto belonging & the said Samuel Livingston doth warrant & defend said land to said Flynt free from himself his heirs &c & all & every person. In testimony whereof I the said Samuel hath set my hand & seal this day & date above written
Test Richard Flynt John Davis Thos McGehee John H Flynt James Saunders  Samuel his Livingston Seal Phoebe her Livingston Seal
This eighth day of February 1819 Came the within named Samuel Livingston before me Henry Minor Clerk of the County Court of Madison County Alabama Territory & acknowledged this to be his deed sealed & delivered by him at the day of its date Given under my hand & Seal as aforesaid
By Minor Clerk Seal
This eighth day of February 1819 at said County of Henry Minor Clerk of the Court aforesaid exhibited this deed to the aforesaid Phoebe Livingston & declared & apart from her said husband examined her relative thereto & on such separate examination she acknow-

1 bequeathed said deed to have been sealed & delivered by her at the day of its date freely as her own voluntary act without any fear threats or compulsion of her said husband given under my hand & seal at the county & date aforesaid
My Minor End
The foregoing deed was delivered into this office for Registration on the 8 th day of February 1819 The State of Alabama, I, John W. Atty, Judge of the Probate Madison County Court, of Madison County in the State of Alabama, do hereby certify that the foregoing two pages, contain a full true and perfect transcript of the deed from Samuel Swingleston & wife Phoebe to Perry Flynt, as the same remains of Record in my Office In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Office, in Huntsville this twenty eighth day of October A.D. 1855, 81 st year of American Independence
John W. Atty, Judge P.C.

The undersigned Declaration of Samuel Levenston in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Leavenworth passed June Seventh 1832.
State of Alabama / ss An this 13 th day of May 1835 per- sonally appeared in open court before the Superior Court of said County of Morgan County of said now sitting Samuel Livingstone a resident of said County of Morgan of said who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following amendment to his original decla- ration filed in the Superior Court of Morgan County aforesaid on the 2 nd day of November 1832 in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 9 th 1832. He states that he entered the service the first term of duty mentioned in his original Declaration under the command of Colonel Cristy and Captain Isaac Bledsoe the first of November 1776 and served as there stated two months being the first of January 1777 when he left the service he received no discharge. He entered the service again as a second term of duty under the command of Col Shelby and Captain Abra- ham Bledsoe on the 15 th of March 1778 and was discharged from the service the last day of April 1778 and he served a third term under Captain John Montgomery he entered the service the 25 th of August 1781 and continued in service three months to the 25 th of November 1781 all of which service was done as a volunteer. He served in these three campaigns he served altogether six months and fifteen days for which he claims a pension. He cannot prove his service by any living witness Simon and Arkansas
The day day and year aforesaid.
Thy Name is Love
Miss Samuel Flemingston month.

I M c W. McKensie Clerk of The Court of Sessions of Morgan County State of Alabama do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court and the amended declaration made in said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Levenston for a pension In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14 th day of May, 1833 and of American Independence the 57 th year W. M c W. McKensie Clk. C.C.

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Cordele Ga. Aug 21 1914
Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I am trying to locate my Rev. line of Ancestors, so as to become a member of D.A.R. And am willing to ask you to please send me the data on Application of Nancy Higgins, a Revolutionary Pensioner of Richland Co. S.C. in 1840.
I also want the record of service of Samuel Livingston from N.C. who was a Revolutionary pensioner in

Morgan Co. Ala in 1833. I will thank you very much for the information of these two ancestors of mine.
Very truly Mrs. F. A. Colgault 307-14 Ave Cordoba Ga.

Albany Alabama - March 28th - 1924
The Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington D.C.
Will you kindly give me the record of Samuel Livingston, a soldier of the American Revolution!
The information I have states that he was on the "Revolutionary Pension Roll in Vol X14. Sen - Doc - 514 23 Cong., 1st. Sess., 1833-34" but does not mention

Company, Regiment or capacity he served -
Any information you can give, in regard to him, will be greatly appreciated -
Very respectfully -
(Mrs.) Frances F. Hobart -
Address Albany, Ala

Longworth

JOHN M. ROSE 19TH DIST. PENNSYLVANIA
House of Representatives U. S. Washington, D. C.
May 7th 1917.
Hon. G. M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
I would be pleased to be advised whether or not one Samuel Livingston or Livingstone is on record in your Bureau as having served in the Revolutionary War or the War of 1812. This information is desired by the great grandson, Mr. H. A. Lehman, of the said Samuel Livingston, who is a resident of the congressional district which I have the honor to represent.
I thank you in advance for your attention to this request.
Very truly yours,
John M. Rose,
JMR/afj.

In Re Pension Records;
Livingston Samuel, resident Morgan County, Alabama. XXX Was provate N.U. Militia. Rev. War.
Dunsmoor James, resident Morgan County, Alabama. Private N.C. Militia.
We are assisting the Alabama Department of Archives and History in the effort to locate these graves and secure all data relative to them. Please send me, at your earliest convenience anything you may be able to obtain from the pension roll relative to their families and places of birth. In fact any information will be deeply appreciated. In the case of Dunsmoor- is the name Dunsmoor, or Dinsmoore, as the name is now spelled by the descendants?
Very truly yours,
Mrs. Atwood Hill Mathis Mooresville, Alabama. July 21, 1927

W.L.M. Rev. War Section.
May 9, 1917.
Hon. John M. Rose, House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Rose:
In response to your letter dated the seventh instant, I have the honor to advise you that it appears in the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Samuel Livingston, W. File No. 8,050 that he was born in 1757 in King and Queen County Virginia, and while a resident of North Carolina enlisted November 1, 1776 as a Private in Captain Isaac Bledsoe's Company, Colonel Christy's Regiment and served two months. Enlisted March 15, 1778, and served in Captain Abram Bledsoe's Company, Colonel Shelby's Regiment until the last of April 1778. Again enlisted August 25, 1781 under Captain John Montgomery, and served until November 25, 1781.
He was allowed pension on an application executed November 22, 1832, while a resident of Morgan County, Alabama.
He married September 7, 1779 or 1781, in Washington County Va. Phebe (maiden name unknown) and died October 6, 1834, in Morgan County, Alabama. She was allowed pension on an application executed August 21, 1843, while a resident of Morgan County, Alabama, aged 81 years.
Their children were James, Jesse, Anthony, Samuel, William, Joseph, Henry, Susan wife of James King, Catherine

wife of Ichabod Hensley.
The above noted is the only Samuel Livingston found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau, and the pension records of the War 1812 fail to afford information in regard to any soldier named Samuel Livingston.
Very truly yours,
J. M. Matthews Commissioner.

April 30, 1924
Mrs. Frances F. Hobart Albany Ala.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.8050, it appears that Samuel Livingston was born in 1757 in King and Queen County, Virginia.
While residing in North Carolina he enlisted November 1, 1776, and served two months as private in Captain Isaac Bledsoe's Company, Colonel Christy's Regiment.
He enlisted March 15, 1778, and served in Captain Abram Bledsoe's Company, Colonel Shelby's Regiment, until the last of April 1778.
He enlisted August 25, 1781, under Captain John Montgomery and served until November 25, 1781.
He was allowed pension on an application executed November 22, 1832, while residing in Morgan County, Alabama.
He married September 7, 1779 or 1781, in Washington County, Virginia, Phebe (maiden name not stated) and died October 6, 1834, in Morgan County, Alabama. She was allowed pension on an application

executed August 21, 1843, while residing in Morgan County, Alabama, aged eighty-one years.
Their children were: James; Jesse; Anthony; Samuel; William; Joseph; Henry; Susan, wife of James King; and Catherine, wife of Ichabod Hensley.
The above is the only Samuel Livingston found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Commissioner

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Livingston a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Nov. 1. 1776 2 mos. Pvt. Isaac Bledsoe Whitney Ala.   Oct. 15. 1778 Last of Apr. 1778 Abram Bledsoe Shelby   Aug. 25. 1781 3 mos. John Montgomery  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Ala.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 22. 1832 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Morgan Co. Ala.
Age at date of application, born in 1757 in King and Queen Co. Va.
Remarks: died Oct. 6, 1834 in Morgan Co. Ala. He married Sept. 7, 1779 or 1781 in Washington Co. Va. Phebe. She was al. pens. on an app. Aug. 21, 1843 while a resident of Morgan Co. Ala. aged 81 yrs. Children: James, Jesse, Anthony, Samuel, William, Joseph, Henry, Susan mar. James King, Catherine mar. Deborah Hensley.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.