Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10618, for Jonathan Tipton, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
N. E.
Tipton, Jonathan
No. 10618
CONTENTS

Suspended Rev. Pension Claim.
Act 7. June 1832.
John Tipton, (dec?) Mississippi. Alabama.
Power of Attorney from Minerva Elgin, Daughter — to
Ch. C. Tucker, Atty. Present.

Power of Attorney
Know all men by these presents. That I Minerva Elgin do hereby constitute and appoint Charles W. Tucker of Washington City D. C. my true and lawful agent and attorney to prosecute the claim of Jonathan Lipton for any amount of Revolution Pension or increase of Pension that may be due under the provisions of the Act of or any other Act or Resolution of Congress; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said Claim on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed - and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present - Herely ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may lawfully do in the premises - Witness my hand and seal this the 27 th day of March 1854  In presence of Caleb W Rogers } ss. Robert B Elgin }  Minerva Elgin seal
State of Alabama, Marshall County } ss-
On this 27 th day of March 1854, before me a justice of the Peace in and for the county, and State above mentioned personally appeared Minerva Elgin and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes herein mentioned.  Caleb W Rogers Justice of the Peace
State of Alabama Marshall County } ss.
On this 27 th day of March 1854 before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace in and for the county and State aforesaid personally appeared Minerva Elgin a resident of said County and made oath according to the law that he is the identical Minerva Elgin who executed the foregoing power of Attorney, and that she is directly interested in said claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my said Attorney may use in prosecuting said claim.  Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written  Caleb W Rogers Justice of the Peace  Minerva Elgin

State of Alabama Marshall County } I M Gilbreath Judge of the Court of Probate and keeper of the seal of said county do hereby certify that Caleb W Rogers Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgement were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a justice of the Peace in and for said county and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all of his official acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal, at office, this 27 th day of March 1854 M Gilbreath Judge of Probate

Know all men by these Presents, That I Robert B. Elgin administrator of the Estate of Jonathan Lipton deceased late of Marshall County & State of Alabama
who was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, do hereby constitute and appoint J. J. Coombs of Washington City District of Columbia my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to prosecute against the Government of the United States, before any Department thereof, any and all claim or claims I have to arrears of pay or Pension money, under any Act or Acts, Resolution or Resolutions, of the Congress of the United States, and especially the Acts 4th July, 1836, 7th July, 1838, 3d March, 1843, 17th June, 1844, 2d February, 1848 and 29th July, 1848—as well as the more ancient Acts of 18th March, 1818, 15th May, 1828, and 7th June, 1832.
Said Attorney is moreover authorised in my name to demand at any Department of the said Government, a re-consideration of any decision hitherto or hereafter to be given, touching my interests, and to obtain from any Department or the archives thereof, any and all information or evidence of whatever character relating to or in anywise bearing upon the claim or claims we hereby seek the investigation of.
Said Attorney is moreover authorised to do any and all things necessary to carry out the foregoing purposes, and to receive the Certificates of Pension or other character of drafts or evidences of the amounts due me and to appoint one or more Sub-Attorneys, and to confer upon him or them all the powers herein conferred upon J. J. Coombs hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may do by virtue of these presents.
WITNESS my hand and seal this 17 day of July 1852
Robert B. Elgin administrator
Attest E. M. Stevenson C. M. Rogers
State of Alabama Marshall County, set.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the 17 day of July 1852 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Robert B. Elgin subscriber to the foregoing Power of Attorney, and acknowledged the signing, sealing and de- livering the same to be his own voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereunto subscribe my name.
Capt. C. M. Rogers J. P. Peace

State of Alabama } Marshall County } ss On this 17 July 1852 personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Robert Belgin a resident of Marshall County Who being duly sworn according to law declares and says that he is the Administrator of the Estate of Jonathan Tipton deceased late of the County of Marshall and State of Alabama and formerly a soldier in the war of the Revolution That the said Jonathan Tipton in his lifetime applied for a pension on account of his said Military service but died in the said County of Marshall on the fourteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty eight never having received a pension leaving eight living children to wit Monerva Elgin Phebe Brown and Joseph Tipton of the County of Marshall State of Alabama Ora Gilly and Levina Jones of the County of Lee State of Virginia Rebecca Rogers and Hannah Arp of the State of Texas and Sarah Almack of the State of Mississippi who were his only surviving children at the time of his death He makes this declaration on behalf of the said living children for the purpose of obtaining the pension due their said father at the time of his decease under act of congress of June 7 th 1832 or under any other act or acts of the said congress to the benefit of which he was entitled
Robert B Elgin
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17 th July AD 1852 and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Robert B Elgin the above affiant that

he is a person of good Moral Character and I believe all his statements above to be Correct and True
Calib M Rogers
A Justice of The peace of Marshall Ala

State of Alabama { Marshall County} On this 17 th day of July A.D. 1852 Personally appeared before me Calib W. Rogers a Justice of the peace in and for the County & State aforesaid Solomon Fry & Nancy Head residents of Marshall County who being first duly sworn according to law declare and say that Jonathan Tipton died in said County on or about the fourteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty eight leaving Minerva Elgin Joseph Tipton and Phoebe Brown his children and only surviving children who resided in the said County of Marshall at the time of his death - That this Jonathan Tipton is the same who represented him- self to have been a soldier in the War of the Revolution
Solomon Fry Nancy Head Joseph Tipton
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17 th day of July A.D. 1852 and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Solomon Fry and Nancy Head the above affiants - that they are credible and disinterested witnesses and persons of known respectability and I believe all their statements above to be true
Calib W. Rogers A Justice of the peace

Jonathan Lipton of Alabama Act 1832 - suspended
10618
Aug 1 - 1852
J. J. Coombs

State of Alabama } I Montgomery Gilbreath Marshall County } Judge of the Probate Court in and for the said County, and by law clerk of the same certify that Caleb W Rogers whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing Power of Attorney Declaration and Affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same a justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified - That all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that the aforesaid Court is a court of Record - I further certify that letters of Administration have been granted to Robert B Elgin of said County on the estate of Jonathan Sipton deceased late of said County which letters have not been revoked but continue in full force and
Given under my hand and seal of office at Guntersville this 19 th July A D 1852
M Gilbreath Judge of Probate

10618 own P. O. Jonathan Tipton
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra

House of Reps. June 8 th 1846.
Sir
I beg leave to enclose you the title of Jonathan Tipton of Marshall County Ill. where pension papers were filed in your office in State some time ago.
Mr. Tipton desires to know what action has been taken on his application. Please inform Mr.
Very respectfully
Geo. P. St.
W. Chapman
J. L. Edwards Esq. Secy. of Pension Washington City

17.62 14.
Dec 15 '66.
Rev. Jonathan Tipton
Secy Rheol. Socy N. C. H. R.
Edwards Engr. Com. of Business Washington City.

Stann of Rep. Nov. 13 th 1846.
Sir;
I beg leave to enclose you the letter of James Matthew Lipton of Marshall Co. Ala, in relation to his application for a pension sub- mitted some months ago. I must ask for such information as his letter indicates. Very respectfully Yours & C. M. W. Chapman
J. L. Edwards Esq. Court of Pensions

Pension Office
Decr 1847
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24 th inst and in reply to state that the Claim of Jonathan Tipton has not been allowed in consequence of his failure to produce satisfactory evidence of his having rendered as much as 6 Mo. Service.
At a very late day, August 1845, Tipton asserted a Claim for an alleged Service of 6 months, in 1780  in the  and some of  the  in his neighborhood under Capt Jonathan Tipton of Col. Stevens Regiment, and for a term of 2 months under Capt McNeal of Col. Williams Regiment.
We have no records of the North Carolina Militia. Nor have we any knowledge that there were terms of 6 months duration in that service - It appears also from Claimant's own declaration that at the date of his alleged Service he was about 13 years old only. And as not a particle of evidence has been adduced to sustain this application, the above but are deemed sufficient to satisfy the department in

disallowing this Claim
Tipton has been required to produce the Certificate of the Comptroller of North Carolina showing the Amount of his pay for service in the Militia of that State and also to establish his service by Comrades, which has not as yet been Complied with. Such evidence must be produced before he can be allowed a pension
John Hance House of Reps.

House of Reps Sep 28 th 47 J S Edwards Esq Cam. Tex
Sir permit me to ask that you examine for and send to me by mail all the papers on file in your office files in the name of Jonathan Tipton of Ohio an applicant for a pension for services rendered in the Revt. Service. It seems from the letter I have rec d from Mr Tipton since arriving here to go on with papers I find among the papers of the House of Reps that he has applied at your Department for a pension and owing to the loss of time and his disability from Blindness to get about to best of his ability he has not been able to place the matter properly before you for your action. He now alleges the person by whom he once could have found services is now dead and he has now  therefore left him no other alternative than to apply to Congress for small pittance to sustain him a few more days weeks or years as the case may be and desire the papers to enable me to bring forward a bill for his relief. I also want you to examine for his name on record. It seems you have examined for Mr Chapman and owing to your construction of the Col money you did find it you examine for a Col Series it is not Series as he states it was a Col Series I will quote his own language in the petition before you "your applicant volunteered under Col Tipton and served six months The Col was Series in which was then North Carolina now Tennessee

your applicant was then drafted and served three months under Capt John M c Wobb for which services your applicant has never rec d anything compensation.
Please give this your attention as early as possible and communicate to me the result of your search and much oblige me as well as a poor old Blnt P er so n .
I am with due Respect
Your Friend and obed t
W m Ross

The Hon. James L Edwards
The State of Alabama
Marshall County
Sir your Honor will please answer this application of Jonathan Tipton as early as possible and let me understand if this Declaration is Satisfactory to the Hon. Department or otherwise, Should appear to be in due form and quite sufficient for a Certificate to Issue you will Direct the Certificate to the Care of Jacob Harder at Huntsville Alabama and Should it be rejected in any way whatever please to Direct the answer to the Care of Joseph Tipton Red Hill Marshall County Alabama with instruction to Make the application out quite Satisfactory, or Should this it being a new Case of Claim be kept back for a new appropriation please to answer in that way and Direct to Jacob Harder at Huntsville Madison County Alabama in this Case I hope you Hon will not fail July 22 nd 1845
The Hon. James L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Jacob Harder agent for Jonathan Tipton

to Hon. W. R. W. Cobb,
Dec. 20, 1847.
No. 37078 Jonathan Tipton
Ala
Will to J. Tipton left 8:15
from Reuben Chapman
June 16. 1846. —
to same family 4:47
Transmitted papers in this case to W. R. W. Cobb. Decem r 47
Act 7 June 1832