Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8,020, for Laurence Lamberson, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Lamberson Laurence Christena
W. 8020
CONTENTS

5104 Tennessee - N. Christina Lamberson widow of Laurence Lamberson who died on the of N in the State of who was a Private in the by Captain of the by the line for Revolutionary War
Hon. A. Harlan Jan'y 15/58 Same Mch 9, 1860
Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville at the rate of 20 Dollars 40 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of January 1852 and sent to Hon. J. A. Garza Dept Aears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by W. M. Hae - Clerk, Book D Vol. 2 Page 415

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Third Section of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1836, State of Tennessee De Kalb County SS.
On this the Fifteenth day of March in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty, Personally appeared before me Joseph Clark an acting justice of the peace in and for the County of De Kalb in the State of Tennessee, Christina Pamerson , a resident of De Kalb County in the State of Tennessee, aged ninety three 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 July the 4 th 1836, that. She is the widow of Lawrence Pamerson , who was a regular soldier in the military service of the united States in the revolutionary war with great Britain and that by her husband the said Lawrence Pamerson was drafted in the united States Service in the winter of Seventeen hundred and Seventy eight, in December of said year, do not recollect the precise day of the month under Captain Joseph Mackey , and Col. John Stuart and that he the said Lawrence Pamerson was again drafted some short time after he had served out his first term and went in to the service again almost immediately, I do not precisely recollect the length of time he served each term. To the best of my recollection he served four or six months term, he served each term out for which he was drafted. The said Lawrence Pamerson lived in Sevier County in the State of Tennessee, and at one of the times when he was drafted and had to leave home and go in to the service I had three little children, the youngest one but six days old when he left to go in to the service, I further declare that I was lawfully married to the said Lawrence Pamerson on or about the fifteenth day of January in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy five in the

County of Sussex in the State of New Jersey and that my husband the said Laurence Pamelson died on the fifteenth day of January 1833 and that I have remained a widow ever since that time, and that the certificate or discharge of my said husband the said Laurence Pamelson is so lost or mislaid that I cannot come at it, all of which well more fully appears by reference to the proof hereto annexed sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me. Christina L. Pamelson (Seal) Joseph Clarke G.P. for DeRall County in the State of Tennessee.
State of Tennessee DeRall County
On this the Fifteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four  five personally appeared before me Joseph Clarke an acting justice of the peace in and for the County of DeRall in the State of Tennessee John Hite a resident citizen of DeRall County and State aforesaid aged ninety three years old, the 1st day of April 1857, who deposes and says after being duly sworn according to law that he has been well acquainted with the aforesaid Christina Pamelson named in the foregoing declaration, during the whole of my life, and that she the aforesaid Christina Pamelson is the lawful widow of the aforesaid Laurence Pamelson deceased, and that I was well acquainted with the aforesaid Laurence Pamelson up to the time of his death which was on the fifteenth day of January 1833 and that he the aforesaid Laurence Pamelson was a regular soldier in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, with the great Britton and that he was drafted and served two terms some time in the winter of 1777 and 1778, and that he was in the actual service of the United States for I was in the service with him, at the battle of what was then called the Millstone Battle, under Capt. Joseph Mackey - Colonel John Hite and General Dickerson

and that he the aforesaid Laurence Pamlerson is the identical Laurence Pamlerson mentioned in the forgo- ing declaration and that he the said Laurence Pamlerson was lawfully married to the aforesaid Christina Pamlerson before he went into the service for I saw them the said Laurence Pamlerson and the said Christina Pamlerson lawfully joined together in the holy state of wedlock, in the county of Linn in the state of New Jersey and that to before his service in the united States, and that he the aforesaid Laurence Pamlerson was living in the aforesaid county of Linn in the state of New Jersey, at such time when he was drafted in the service of the united States, and that the said Christina Pamlerson has remained a widow since the death of her said husband the aforesaid Laurence Pamlerson, and that I am drawing a regular pension for my services in the service of the united States in the Revolutionary war with great Britain for which was rendered a part of the same with the aforesaid Laurence Pamlerson as above specified and that he the aforesaid Laurence Pamlerson did actual service in the united States as aforesaid, and that I the witness am in no wise interested, sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me Joseph Clarke J.P. John Fife (Seal) for DeKalb County in the state of Tennessee
State of Tennessee DeKalb County
Personally appeared before me Joseph Clarke an acting justice of the peace in and for said county and state aforesaid, Tilton Bethel, who is entitled to full credit and who being first duly sworn accor- ding to law, deposes and says that he has been well acquainted with the aforesaid John Fife the above subscribing witness for the last forty five or fifty years, and that he the aforesaid John Fife has been a regular ordained minister of the gospel in the Baptist Church, in good standing where since I first

I knew him and that he has always been a man of a strong mind and good recollection and is to this day and that I was well acquainted with the aforesaid Laurence Pamlanson and the aforesaid Christian Pamlanson and that she the said Christian Pamlanson is yet living the widow of the aforesaid Laurence Pamlanson and has not been married since the death of her said husband the aforesaid Laurence Pamlanson and that she the said Christian Pamlanson as aforesaid is in indigent circumstances and owns no property, and that I the witness am in no wise interested in this case, Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 16 th day of March 1835 Joseph Clarke J.P. for DeKalb County in the state of Tennessee Silmon B. Pettibone
State of Tennessee DeKalb County I, Joseph Clarke an acting justice of the peace of said County and State aforesaid do certify that I am well acquainted with Christian Pamlanson who is mentioned in the foregoing declaration and that she the said Christian Pamlanson is not able to attend at the courthouse in the County of DeKalb and State aforesaid owing to the distance she would have to travel and her advancing old age and infirmities and therefore she has made the foregoing declaration before me, I am also well acquainted with John Gite the aforesaid subscribing witness, and know him to be a man of good standing and a truthful man and a regular ordained minister of the Gospel, and a regular member of the Baptist Church in good standing and has been in existence I know him which has been of longstanding In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name on this the 16 th day of March A.D. 1835 Joseph Clarke J.P. for DeKalb County in the state of Tennessee

State of Pennsylvania DeKalb County
Personally appeared before me Joseph Clarke an acting justice of the peace within and for the county of DeKalb in the State aforesaid, John Fite a citizen of DeKalb County in the State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law depose & say that he will be ninety three years old some time about the first of April 1857. That he is personally acquainted with the Christina Pamlerson & that she is the lawful widow of Laurence Pamlerson deceased; & that he saw the said Laurence Pamlerson & the said Christina joined together in the holy state of matrimony & that they continued to live together as husband & wife in the bonds of matrimony to the death of the said Laurence Pamlerson, and that they raised a family of respectful children, and that they were married in the State of New Jersey, in Sussex County, where they lived for several years, during the Revolution years with great battles & that the said Laurence Pamlerson, was drafted in the service of the united States some time in the winter of 1777 or 1778, will not be certain which and that he served two years making six months or upwards and that he the said Laurence Pamlerson was in the engagements with the British at what was then called the mill stone battle, under Capt. Mackey, in the regiments commanded by Col. John Fite & General Dickerson and that the said Laurence Pamlerson did actual service in said war and was honorably discharged by reason of the expiration of the term of service & that the said Laurence Pamlerson & the said Christina Pamlerson were married before the commencement of said war

and that same time after said was the said Pamerson moved to Tennessee & that I was personally acquainted with the said Laurence Pamerson & the said Christina Pamerson, up to the death of the said Laurence Pamerson, which I think was some time between the years, 1820 & 1830 & that the said Christina Pamerson is the lawful widow of the said Laurence Pamerson and that she is still living and has not been married since she was married to the the death of her said husband the said Laurence Pamerson and that I am in no wise interested in this matter,
John Fife (sic)
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 19 th day of March 1857. and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named John Fife, and believe that he is of the age above stated and that he is a regular ordained minister of the gospel in good standing in the Baptist church and has been for many years, and that he is a regular pensioner & draws his regular pension twice in each year at Nashville in this state and that he is a man of truth & integrity, and this is the second time that I have taken this proof in the above named case and that he is the identical named John Fife who testified before, given under my hand the day and date above named.
Joseph Clarke G. P. for DeKalb County Tennessee

State of Louisiana DeFalls County
I W. J. Ishell clerk of the county court of said County do certify that Joseph Clark Esqr. before whom the within affidavit purports to have been made is and was an acting justice of the peace within and for the county of DeFalls in the state aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine and that he is and was duly authorized to administer oaths at the time the same purports to be dated,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in New Iberia on the 20th day of March 1857 and of the Independence of the United States the 73rd year W. J. Ishell clerk of DeFalls County court

State of Tennessee DeKalb County,
Personally appeared before me L. H. MOORE a Justice of the Peace for DeKalb County Leonard Lamberson a citizen of said County aged about 66 years Who being legally sworn by me to speak the truth states upon his oath that his Mother Christy Lamberson Widow of Lawrence Lamberson Deceased Who is an applicant for a pension has been living With him at his house for about the last Twenty five years - That the reason he has not applied for a pension for his Mother before this time is that he Examined the acts of Congress upon pensions, and from the Proofs that he then had knowledge that he could make the claim not believing he could succeed, but since then by an act of Congress he was told that the proof might be sufficient, is the reason Why the application is now made.
Leonard Lamberson said
Sworn to & subscribed before L. H. Moore Seal me this 22 nd day of Sept r 1850. J. H. for DeKalb County L. H. Moore
Justice of the Peace for DeKalb County
State of Tennessee DeKalb County
I W. J. BELL clerk of the County court of DeKalb County do certify that L. H. Moore Esq r before whom the above affidavit purports to be made was an acting Justice of the peace at the time the same purports to have been made, and that he was duly commissioned and sworn and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Smithville the 4 th day of September 1850. W. J. BELL clerk of DeKalb County court

Rey  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8020
Christina Lamberson
Wid.
Lawrence Lamberson
St. Paul, Wis.
Am. July 1836
Index — Vol. 8 Page 487
[Arrangement of 1870.]

3 rd Auditor's Office Jan'y 7. 1858.
Sir
Christiana Lamborn Nashville Tenn. actg July 1836 at pres. p. a. appear to have been paid to Sept. 1. 1836.
Respectfully W. J. Johnson Auditor
Geo. C. Whiting Esq. (Committee of Pensions)

Pension Office, Jan'y 6, 1882
The 3d auditor must please certify the date to which the within named pensioners may paid, and who received annuities, if they were paid to her credits. — —
Very respectfully J. S. [?] For Commissioner.
Letter

Mr. Niles's immediate attention
Jun. 21/55

House of Rep
Jan'y 14 th 1851
Sir
I herewith enclose to you the letter of Mr D Isbell in relation to the claim of Christina Lamberson filed in your office. I am well acquainted with John Friel Thomas Whaley Simon Bethel & Leonard Lamberson - they are highly respectable citizens of my County - and their statements are entitled to full credit.
I am respectfully Your obed serv t John H Sarago
J. A. Heath Com of Pensions

Smithville & Jun 2 - 50
free Widows Claim
J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension office Washington City D.C.

Smithville June 11 th 1850 J. P. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of pensions
Dear sir Some three or four mos the since I sent to your office a claim for the widow Samlinson, pensions & have not heard from it since, please to send the certificate as early as convenient as the widow is very poor in circ , and is very old and she has no way of procuring a support, Yours in the respects - W. J. Isbell
P.S. please send to Smithville Del Ealle County Minnesota

Lawrence Lamberson, dec? Christiana Lamberson, his widow -
act 38
sent in March 1850
Smithville, Tenn W. J. Isban the agent

Smithville November the 28th, 1850 J. S. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of pensions
Dear Sir it becomes my unenviable duty to trouble you with a few lines, of inquire, Some 8. or 10. months ago I sent to your office the claim of the widow Pamelson, for pension for the service of their her husband, in the Revolutionary war, when the claim was examined, there were additional proof required, which proof I made in the best manner I could for the old lady, and sent it on and by her request, one George W. Phillips, who stiled himself an agent, at your city to attend to such claims, was appointed to attend to it it appears that he has not attend to the claim as he promised to do, or at any rate he has not written a line to me whatsoever in behalf of the claim, and I wrote to him some time ago, relative to that claim and others & have not gotten any answer, from him, and the old lady is very poor, and is getting very old and is entirely helpless, and if she is entitled to any thing now is the time she should have it, The witnesses in the case from first to last are men of the best class, & for further information please call on the Honorable John H. Savage, who is a member of Congress, and now in your city, also I sent two other claims to your office

for pensions; to wit, the claim of Reuben Evans and John Scott, this same man Philips, had them to attend to, but it appears that he has wholly failed to do so, as I have never heard from them since I sent them, I have written Mr. Philips a few lines not to attend any further to said cases, you will please write me a few lines, show said cases have been disposed of, those three claims, is all that Mr. Philips, has anything to do with, that I have sent to your office,
I have got many claims for the citizens of my County, now in the department, for county land, which I suppose will be examined in due time it is not for the large fees that, I am to get from my friends, that I have attended to their claims, it is because they are my friends, and county citizens, you will find on examination of the Claims that I have attended, to all the claims in my County with a few exceptions, and far be it from me, to send or make out a claim for any thing, where I did not think the claimant was fairly entitled to receive it,
Please write me a few lines to me what have become of the three first mentioned claims, to wit the midwife Pamelson, Reuben Evans, & John Scott, and oblige yours fraternally, W. J. Dull

Smithsonian Inst Nov 29 -
Recd 7/10/50
Dec 7/50 Enquiries respecting cases of and son & others.
Edwards E. Commissions Washington, City D. C.

Smithville March 19th 1850 J. P. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Sir
Enclosed you will please find the declaration of Christena Pamlerson widow of Laurence Pamlerson deceased, a private soldier in the service of the united States in the revolutionary war with great Britain, also the proof of Identity made by John Fite who was with the said Pamlerson in the service of the united States, which fully appears from him this claim should have been attended to long before this, but have been neglected from the fact that no person here knew precisely how to do it for Information as to the character of those witnesses in this case you will please call on the Honorable John D. Savage who is well acquainted with all of them he is now in Congress and will give any Information wanted, please let me hear from this at the earliest convenience Direct to Smithville (DeKalb County Tennessee,
W. J. Isbell

Christina Lam besson
Additional Proof
Revolutionary Pension
(Capt. Triplett)

Pension Office,
March 5, 1857.
Sir:
I have the honor to inform you that the proof of the length of service of the husband of Christina Lamberson is defective. It seems he served two tours, but how long either tour was, is not shown. This fact being established, she will be allowed a pension provided he was in service as much as six months.
I have the honor to be, Very Respectfully Yr. Obt. Servt
E. Heath Treasurer
Hon J. H. Savage, H of Reps
(Rev.)

Washington, July 8. 1851
Sir
I herewith enclose you an additional affidavit, touching the claim of Mrs Christina Lamberson (widow of Lawrence Lamberson) of Tennessee , for a Pension, under the Act of 4 th July, 1836, & am
Very Resp d
Yr obed Servt
Geo. M. Phillips
J. E. Henth, Esq Board of Pensions

Smithville Tenn May 5th / 57
Hon. John N. Savage House of Representatives Washington D. C.

Smithville January, the 4 th 1850 Hon. John H. Savage,
Dear Sir I have received a letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, relative to the claim of Mrs. Christina Samuelsen, for Pensions, and he requires the Certificate of a Member of Congress, or some other Member, of Congress, relative to the veracity and integrity of the witnesses, I will have to trouble you to draw a Certificate, as to the veracity and standing of John Fite, Thomas Whaley, Silman Bethel, & Leonard Samuelsen, who you are well acquainted with, and they are the witnesses in the case of the John Fite spoken of, is the old man who have been a regular minister of the gospel for upwards of 50 years, please file the certificate immediately in said, case of Mrs. Christina Samuelsen with the Commissioner of Pensions,
I have nothing new or Interesting to write all is well, I have about 85. Claims for bounty have now filed at the department,
Let me hear from you when it is convenient,
Yours & C o
W. J. Isbell

No 7634. Christina Lamberton, Tenn.
W. J. Isbell, Jun 12/50 to Hon J. H. Savage, Jun 27/50. Let Hon J. H. Savage March 5/57.
July 4, 1886.

No 7634 Christian Lumberger Wadsworth Linn, Tenn.
July 4, 1836.

State of Tennessee DeKalb County I W. J. Isbell clerk of the County Court of DeKalb County do certify that Joseph Clark Esqr before whom the foregoing declaration was made by Christina Pankerson and also the foregoing affidavits of John Fite and Silmon Bethel and that in the said Joseph Clark was an acting justice of the peace, at the time of making said affidavits and said declaration aforesaid, and that he is duly authorized to administer oaths, and that he the said Joseph Clark is duly commissioned and sworn, as the law directs and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of office at office in Smithville the 16th day of March A.D. 1850, and of the Independence of the united States the Seventy fourth year
W. J. Isbell clerk of DeKalb County Court

State of Tennessee DeKalb County } }
Personally appeared before me William H. Magness an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County Thomas Whaley Who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and Says. That he is in his fifty sixth year. That he has been personally acquainted With the aforesaid John Gite for thirty five or six years. during all Which time he has been a minister of the gospel in good standing in the baptist church and that he has always been a man of unusual good mind and resolution, that his character for truth and honesty is unsurpassed by any man, That I have been acquainted With Christian Lamberson Who so has made the foregoing declaration for thirty years, and that she is the widow of Lawrence Lamberson mentioned in said declaration I have known her ever since the death of her husband and she has remained a widow ever since her husbands death, and that she is in indigent circumstances she is very old and infirm and lives Eleven miles from the Court house and is unable from her great age and bodily infirmities to appear at Court,
Entered With the word Lamberson before as regards, Sworn to & subscribed before me the 16 th day of March 1850,
Thomas Whaley
William H. Magness Justice of the peace for DeKalb County

State of Tennessee DeKalb County I W. J. Isbell Clerk of the County Court of DeKalb County do certify that William R. Mayne Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit of Thomas Whaley was made, was an acting justice of the peace in and for said county and State aforesaid at the time of making the same, and that he the said William R. Mayne is duly commissioned and sworn as the law directs and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine,
In testimony whereunto I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of office at office in Smithville the 16th day of March 1850, and of the Independence of the united States the Seventy fourth Year,
W. J. Isbell Clerk of De Kalb County and

Brief in the case of
Christina Lambers
County and State of
Trinidad
act
4 July 1836-
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Of service, parole, and admitted by a letter from the Office of the S. Clerk late.
Of marriage, parole-
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Gen J. H. Savage H. of Reps -
Trinidad
Examining Clerk.