Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1057, for Truman Modglin, North Carolina

SERVICE
Wodglin, as Drumman Mary Ann
NUMBER _____
W. 1057
CONTENTS

9.449
Thomas Nashville
Mary Ann Morgan, de
widow of Thomas
Morgan
who was a
NC
in the
Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843
July 28 th 1845
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Nov. 1843 sent to
Joseph Bryan Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book W Vol. L Page 195

Declaration
of Mary Ann Woodfin in order to obtain the benefit of the Acts of Congress of the United States passed for the benefit of Widows and Relics of deceased Soldiers of the War of the Revolution.
State of Tennessee § Wilson County. § 5. 5.
This day being the 21 st day of October in the year 1839 personally appeared in open Court being the Circuit Court for the County of Wilson aforesaid the Honorable Andrew S. Marchbanks Judge of presiding Mary Ann Woodfin aged about  years who being duly sworn as the law directs, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Acts of Congress of the United States of America passed for the benefit of the Widows and Relics of the deceased Soldiers of the War of the Revolution. Affiant states that Ferman Woodfin was a private soldier in the Company commanded by Captain Joshua Hadley, and in the Brigade commanded by General Lincoln, or Sinkhorn, that said Ferman Woodfin resided in Chatham County in the State of North Carolina when he was mustered into service - affiant cannot recollect the precise periods that he entered the service, and to what particular places he was marched to and in what battle he was in - she has often heard her said husband repeat over his services in the War of the Revolution, and speak of his several officers, she can only at at the present remember the names of Joshua Hadley, Edward Douglass, General Lincoln or Sinkhorn, Col Hampton - she has heard her said husband speak of being at the Battle in South Carolina at a place called Stone, and of seeing a Man being & breaking the rope several times, and that he was in the actual service of his Country as a private soldier about twenty months and was in actual service at the close of the War. Affiant is very old and infirm, and she cannot recollect all the services and tours performed by said Ferman Woodfin as a soldier in the War of the Revolution.
Affiant and the said Ferman Woodfin were lawfully married in Chatham County in the State of North Carolina.

July or in the month of August 1783 shortly after said Freeman Modglin left the service, that they lived together as Man & Wife in said County of Chatham until the latter part of the year 1805 they removed and settled in Wilson County Tennessee where they resided and lived together until the 22 nd day of July 1820, when the said Freeman Modglin died. Affiant has not in her possession the Family Register, but her grand son in the Law has the Register of the age of her oldest Childs Mary Harrington, wife of Heldon Harrington who was born about Eleven Months after their marriage which shows that Mary Harrington was born on the 16 th day of June 1784: which affiant believes to be correct She sends a Copy of the said age from said Register and is in these words
"Mary Modglin, now Mary Harrington wife of Heldon Harrington & daughter of Freeman & Mary Ann Modglin was born on the 16 th day of June in the year 1784."
Affiant further states that since the death of her said husband the said Freeman Modglin she and the heirs and legal representatives of said Freeman Modglin received from the Government of the United States a Certificate for a tract of land in the Western District of this State for the services of the said Freeman in the War of the Revolution. - Which she supposes will contain the evidence of the exact services of her said husband and to which she respectfully refers the Honorable Department for further information and proof. - Affiant is very old and infirm & much needs the benevolent relief a pension she hereby relinquishes every other claim or claims for an annuity or pensions except the present and declares that her name is not on any Pension Roll or agency in the United States and this is her first application for a pension
Sworn to in open court
24 th October 1839
Yrs L. Martin Cllk
Mary Ann her Modglin Mark

State of Tennessee } Wilson County. } ss.
Personally appeared in open Court being a court of record before the Honorable Andrew J. Marchbanks Judge & presiding in the Circuit Court for Wilson County, Tennessee on the 19th day of October in the year 1839. William H. White who after being duly sworn, says he is aged about 60 years. affiant says that he was personally acquainted with Freeman Modglin in his life time, and became acquainted with said Modglin in the fall of the year 1805. in Wilson County and has been acquainted with him from that time until his death, affiant thinks he has been dead about 18 or 19 years - affiant heard said Modglin in his life time say that he was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, does not recollect the officers under whom he served or how long he did serve, but remembers his telling of being present at the attempt to hang a soldier in the war, of the rope breaking 2 or 3 times or in 2 or 3 places and mentioned the time & place but affiant does not recollect it . Affiant further states that Mary Ann Modglin the present applicant is the identical widow and relic of Freeman Modglin deceased - that the said Freeman & Mary Ann Modglin lived together as man & wife from the year 1805 until the death of the said Freeman, and affiant has heard it said, & never disputed that they were lawfully married and lived together as such and raised a large family children.
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court this 19th Oct 1839.
Yrs. Secy J. Martin (Clerk)
W. H. White

State of Tennessee Wilson County
Personally appeared in open Court Mary Harrington aged about fifty five years, being the next witness introduced after being duly sworn as the law directs says that she is the oldest child of Freeman & Mary Ann Modglin, that she was born in Chatham County in the State of North Carolina on the 16 th June 1784. and she was born about Eleven months after the intermarriage of her said Father and Mother: that she has been informed and believes it to be true that the said marriage took place in Chatham County North Carolina in the month of August 1783. - Affiant further states that her said Parents moved from said County to Wilson County Tennessee in the year 1805 or 6. when they resided & lived together as man & wife up to the date of the death of her said Father that Freeman Modglin died in Wilson County on the 2 nd July 1820. - Affiant has often heard her Father in his life time recount his services as a soldier in the war of the Revolution, but her memory does not now serve her who was his officers under whom he served. Nor does she recollect how long he was in actual service - that the present applicant Mary Ann Modglin is the identical widow & relic of Freeman Modglin deceased that she is very old & infirm and poor and destitute: affiant has no recollection of her age, but her son in law has it set down from the memory of her parents which she believes to be correct.
Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court, October 19 th 1839.
Mary his Harrington Mark
Your aff d Martin etc

State of Tennessee Wilson County. 3 ss.
Personally appeared in open court James Primm who being first duly sworn on his oath says he is about Eighty three years of age and was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and is now inscribed on the Pension list roll of Mt. Tennessee at Nashville and draws sixty three dollars per annum Affiant was acquainted with Freeman Modglin in his life time in North Carolina & Tennessee and remembers to have heard said Modglin tell over his service in the War of the Revolution and remembers his telling minutely the circumstances of a man being hung near Stone & Charleston & detailed the facts minutely as affiant knew them to be true as he was present and saw the same things as accurately detailed by said Modglin - Affiant is fully satisfied that said Modglin was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, but does not now recollect the names of the officers under whom he served or how long he did serve, affiant was not at the marriage of Freeman & Mary Ann Modglin in Chatham Chatham County North Carolina but after heard it said the belief it to be true that they were lawfully married shortly after the close of the war and before the 1 st January 1794 - that they lived together as man & wife until the date of his death and raised a large family of children, Mary Harrington is their oldest child, it is a lady of good character that the present applicant is the identical widow & wife of Freeman Modglin who never since remarried with any one & is a lady of good character. Sworn to & subscribed in open court October 19 th 1839. Yrs S o Martin clk
James his P. Primm mark

State of Tennessee S Wilson County S.S.
Personally appeared in open Court Higdon Harrington the next witness who after being duly sworn as the law directs, says that he is aged about fifty nine years, and intermarried with Mary the daughter of Truman & Mary Ann Modglin inatham County in North Carolina in the year 1803. - that he was acquainted with the family of Truman Modglin ever since he can remember any body, that the said Truman & Mary Ann Modglin were married shortly after the close of the War, and lived together as man and wife in great harmony & affection up to the date of his death - that said Truman Modglin family moved to Wilson County Tennessee about 34 years ago and lived there until in the year 1820 when he died - Affiant has heard said Trum- an Modglin often repeat over his services as a Soldier in the War of the Revolution, remembers that Capt Joshua Hadley was his Captain, Edward Douglass, Penkhorner & perhaps others, that he was in the War & in Actual Service about twenty months and since the death of the said Truman Modglin affiant the heirs & distributees of s d Truman Modglin de d drew and inherited a tract of land which was procured for said Modglin's services in the said Revolutionary War which he supposes will be found of record in the proper department. Mary Ann Modglin the present applicant is the identical widow & relict of Truman Modglin de d & has never intermarried with any one since the death of her said husband, and is a lady of good moral character & entitled to full credit on her oath. Higdon his Harrington Mark
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court Oct 19th 1839.
Ym S er Martin (L.R.)

State of Tennessee § Wilson County § S.S.
I William L. Martin Clerk of the Circuit Court of Wilson County do hereby Certify that the foregoing Declaration made by Mary Ann Modglin, and the affidavits hereto appended by me of William H. White, James Primm, Hydon Harrington and Mary Harrington were all sworn to & subscribed before me in open Court before the Hon. Andrew J. Marchbanks Judge. and contain the original proceedings had in the said Mary Ann Modglin's application for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, this 24 th day of October in the year 1839 affixed my seal of Office at office in the town of Lebanon Tennessee in the 63 rd year of American Independence
W th L th Martin Clerk
State of Tennessee § Wilson County § S.S.
I Andrew J. Marchbanks Judge presiding for the County of Wilson at the Court house in Lebanon do hereby Certify that Mary Ann Modglin is the widow and relic of Truman Modglin deceased, that said Truman was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, that William H. White, James Primm, Hydon Harrington & Mary Harrington are all credible persons and entitled to full credit on their respective oaths in a Court of Justice
Given under my hand and seal at Lebanon Tennessee on the 24 th day of October in the year 1839. This certificate made upon the evidence contained in the foregoing affidavits and the additional evidence of William H. White and William L. Syphett credible witnesses sworn and examined by the said who found that said affidavits are credible witnesses
Andrew J. Marchbanks

6583
6583 Mary Ann Woodfin of Sumner Tenn
State of Tennessee Wilson County
I William L Martin Clerk of the Circuit Court of said County in said State hereby certify that Andrew J Marchbanks Esqr whose signature is appended to the foregoing certificate is a Judge of the 13th Judicial Circuit in said State now presiding in said County of Wilson in the 3rd Judicial Circuit by virtue of an interchange of ridings with the Honorable Samuel Anderson Judge of said 3rd Circuit That his signature is genuine and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal this 24th day of October 1839
Wm L Martin (Clerk)

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1057
Mary Ann Modglin die Widow
Freeman Modglin Priv. Riv. War.
Act: March 3. 1843. 8. June 17. 1844.
Index:—Vol. M. , Page 3-8
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Claim of Mary Ann Mogelin by her heirs renewed

State of Tennessee
At a County Court begun and held for the County of Wilson at the Court house in the town of Lebanon on the first Monday in Sept A D 1887 it being the first day of said Month and in the 111th year of American Independence. Present the Worshipful William P Young chairman and Lewis H Robertson and James B Thomas Justices duly Commissioned and qualified to hold said Court.
It is ordered by the Court that the Clerk of this Court Certify under his hand and the seal of said Court that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Mary Ann Modgeline was a resident of the County of Wilson in the State of Tennessee, and that during her lifetime she made application for a Pension - that she was the widow of Freeman Modgeline deceased and that she died on the 28th day of July 1845 in Johnson County State of Illinois. That she left the following children and surviving heirs at law, to wit, Mary Ann Harrington, Nancy Eason, Benton Modgeline, James Modgeline and Temple Gipson and that they are her only legal heirs.
I do further Certify that Freeman Harrington is the lawful administrator of the estate of Mary Ann Modgeline deceased, regularly appointed & qualified at the last term of the County Court of said County of Wilson and executed his bond with good & sufficient security.

I do also further certify that Selmon J. Wilkinson Esquire whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration and certificate, and acknowledgement of the foregoing Power of Attorney is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid duly Commissioned and sworn. That full faith and credit are due by his official acts.
In testimony whereof I Joseph L. B. Clerk of said County Court have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of said Court at office in Ebensburg This 18th day of September A D 1887
J. B. McNamee the County of Indiana

Know all men by these presents that I Mary Ann Harrington of the County of Wilson and State of Tennessee for myself and Nancy Eason Benton Modyglin Same Modyglin & Temple Gibson.
heirs at law and children of Mary Ann Modyglin widow of Truman Modyglin do nominate and appoint Adam Gugyusson of Leathage Tennessee our true and lawful attorney for us and in our name to produce and establish our claim to the Pension that should have been allowed our late Mother the said Mary Ann Modyglin to fill and furnish all papers and proof necessary and attend to the same with power an attorney or attorneys to appoint under him to act in the premises And further we constitute the said Adam Gugyusson our Sole attorney to receive for our benefit our Pension certificate when issued and make this power of attorney irrevocable for us our heirs and assigns and we further empower him to do and perform any act or acts thing or things necessary to establish our said claim hereby ratifying and confirming all the lawful acts of our said attorney as fully as if we were personally present and doing the same Witness our hands and seal this 12 th day of August 1857
By Mary Ann Harrington Mark
State of Tennessee } On this day personally appeared Wilson County } Mary Ann Harrington before me J. M. Wilkinson J. M. Wilkinson one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said county with whom I am well acquainted and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein expressed Witness my hand and official
Seal this 12 th day of August 1857 J. M. Wilkinson

Declaration State of Tennessee Wilson County On this 13 th day of August 1851 personally appeared Mary Ann Harrington a resident of the county of Wilson and State of Tennessee age Sixty Seven years before me Tihman T. Wilkinson one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the county of Wilson and State of Tennessee who being first duly sworn according to law makes the following Declaration for herself and on behalf of the rest of her Brothers and Sisters in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the acts of Congress allowing Pensions to certain whose husbands served in the war of the Revolution.
That she is the Daughter of Mary Ann Hodges widow of Truman Hodges. That her said Mother made application in her lifetime for a Pension as will be seen by reference to her original papers filed in the Pension office. Declarant does not know whether her said Mother made her application under acts of 4 th July 1836 or 3 rd March 1837 or later acts of Congress not having seen the papers.
She will therefore make this declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the acts of 4 th July 1836 and 3 rd March 1837 and in the event the proof on file and to be filed is not sufficient to come under said act Then she further makes this Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress of the 4 th July 1838 March 3 rd 1843 and the acts of June 17 th 1844 and acts therein specified.
That declarant is informed and believes that her father the said Truman Hodges served two years and six months in the war of the Revolution. That her said Mother was married to him about the year 1781 or 82 as she always heard them say all of which she is informed and believes is fully proven and shown in the original papers.

Now on file and to which papers she refers and therefor and prays that this declaration may be taken as part of said original declaration and as an amendment of the same That her father and mother was married in Catawba County North Carolina and she is in hopes to show the same by certificate of the marriage from the clerk of said county. That the record of the ages as well as the marriage of her said father and mother in the family bible was carried to the State of Illinois and she does not know whether the same is in preservation or not as it was carried by her mother and she died in that State while living with one of her sons.
That her said father died on or about the 20 th day of July 1820 and her said mother remained a widow until the 28 th day of August 1845 at which time she died in Johnson County State of Illinois That she left the following children and heirs at law and that they are the only surviving heirs to wit. Mary Ann Harrington Nancy Eason Beaton Modglin James Modglin & Temple Gibson That her said father Truman Modglin is the identical person who served in the war of the Revolution under General Lincoln Captain Joshua Harkness Edward Douglass and others and that he served to the close of the war 3 rd day of November 1783 as she always heard him say in his lifetime That she fully recollects her father and mother telling over their hardships before and after the marriage she at home while he was in service and this she fully believes was after their marriage That she could not be expected to know these things and circumstances from her own knowledge but from what she has always heard them relate That she believes the reason the Pension due her late mother was suspended was on account of the neglect of Col. Jew and other attorneys

neglecting the same. That a land warrant was issued for and in right of her father's services and the evidence of the same was sent to the Pension office
Declarant therefore prays that the whole case be taken up by the Commission of Pension and all the proof already furnished and to be furnished be considered together and such Pension granted to her and the only heirs aforesaid as to interest belongs. And forasmuch as the rest of the heirs are living scattered and some of them in parts unknown she further prays that the amount of Pension due each of the heirs be collected and paid to each through the legal Administrator of the estate of her mother the said Mary Ann Woodgillie hereinafter named and shown by the county court of Wilson in the State of Tennessee and as in duty bound she will ever pray &c. Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written
Mary Ann Harrington Mark
W. Wilkinson
State of Tennessee Wilson County I, Gilman I. Wilkinson one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the county of Wilson aforesaid and a Justice of a court of record do hereby certify that owing to sickness and debility of the above named Mary Ann Harrington she is unable at this time to appear in court to make this declaration. The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 18 th day of August 1857
W. Wilkinson

State of Tennessee
4 th Chancery Division I Bromfield S. Ridley Chancellor of the fourth Chancery Division in the State of Tennessee Do hereby certify That I have carefully examined the proof exhibited before me of respectable witnesses well known to me and entitled to full credit and who reside in and near the town of Lebanon in the county of Wilson State aforesaid and within My Judicial Circuit And I am of Opinion and fully Satisfied That Mary Ann Harrington is the daughter of Mary Ann Madgeline deceased and a resident near Lebanon Wilson county and is now the oldest surviving child of the last mentioned decedent And is now alive. And I further certify That from the testimony of the above witnesses who are old and respectable I am of Opinion and fully Satisfied That the said Mary Ann Harrington Was born On or about the 10 th day of June Seventeen hundred and eighty four (1784) as stated by them under Oath and that her mother Was an applicant for a Pension before her death
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set My hand and Official Signature this 15 th day of October 1855
Bromfield Ridley
One of the Chancellors for the State of Tennessee

State of Tennessee, Wilson County;
I. John R. Howard, Clerk and Master of the Court of Chancery of said County and State, certify that Bromfield L. Ridley, whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate is one of the Chancellors of Tennessee, duly commissioned and authorized to hold the Courts of Chancery in the 2 d Division of said state, and that his said signature is genuine.
Witness my hand and private seal (showing no public seal) at office, in Lebanon, this 17 th Oct 1853. John R. Howard Com. (L.S.)

Mary Ann Mudgett of Townshend Vermont
Suspended
let 21 Mar 1840
W. L. Martin
let 8 July 1840 I.
H. Dett, let 27 Nov 40
to do. do to Am A V Brown
Mar 30 6844 - A. Ferguson, Feb 10/57 -
let to R. A. Young, Nov 26/51
" Evans & Grant. March 18. 1852.
X Let, J. Bray, Sept. 10/53
Act 7 July 1838

I send you the amended paper of Mary Ann Moglin which I hope will be satisfactory
Oct 5 1840
M rs H. Drew Atts.

State of Tennessee
(Wilson County.)
This day personally appeared in open Court being a Court of record to wit the Circuit Court of Wilson County aforesaid before the Hon: Edwin A. Keeble Judge &c. Mary Ann Modglin and made oath in due form of law, that the following statement by way of amendment or addition to her Declaration heretofore filed in the Pension Office that she cannot say in what regard to her husband's service & death part in Washington City - that she has no record duration of his services of her age or of the ages of her Children that the family register by accident was destroyed and is wholly lost. She thought a grand son had preserved a copy but she finds that she was mistaken, Affiant positively states that she and Truman Modglin were married before the first day of January 1794, the truth is she was married in 1783 and had a daughter born in 1784 and had several other children born before the 1 Jan 1794 but her husband was illiterate and so is she, that neither of them could write Affiant has heretofore forwarded the depositions of Megan Harrington, Polly Harrington & others all proving satisfactorily that affiant was married before 1 Jan 1794.
Affiant also here forwards the letter & affidavit of M c Hill Sec. of State of N.C. which she hopes will be satisfactory
sworn to in open court this 16th Oct 1844
Mary Ann
her X Modglin Mark
Wm. T. Martin (CR)

State of Tennessee } S.S. Wilson County } 3
I certify that the foregoing affidavit was duly sworn to in open court before me on this day, and it also appears to me that Mary Ann Hodges is a lady of good moral character & entitled to full credit on her oath. Given under my hand at Lebanon Oct 5 1840
Edw. A. Keeble
Special Judge
State of Tennessee } S.S. Wilson County } 3
I William L. Martin Clerk of the Circuit Court of Wilson County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing Affidavit & the Certificate are the original amended declaration of Mary Ann N. Hodges was in due form taken sworn to & Certified
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office at office in Lebanon this 6th day of October 1840 & the 65th year of American Independence
Wm L. Martin Clerk

State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that it appears of record in this Office, that Freeman Magee in a private soldier of the war of the revolution obtained by Joseph Scurlock Esq: of Chatham County and State aforesaid a Warrant for 228 Acres of land for two and a half years service in the revolutionary war, that said Warrant is N o 317 and dated the 19 th April 1820.
Given under my hand this 21 st day of August 1840.
W. Hill

Raleigh 21 st August 1840.
M rs Mayann Madgeline
Your letter of the 10 th instant was received yesterday and I herewith send you a certificate, such as I believe will secure you a pension if your declaration is in proper form.
My fee for search and certificate is 20 cts twenty cents, which should be sent postage paid
Yours respectfully
W. Hill

Q5
Mrs Mayann Mogelin Lebanon Tennessee

State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that it appears of record in this Office, that Freeman Elliott a private soldier of the war of the revolution obtained by Joseph Scurlock Esq r of Wake County and State aforesaid a Warrant for 228 Acres of land for two and a half years service in the revolutionary war, that said Warrant is N o 317 and dated the 19 th April 1820.
Given under my hand this 21 st day of August 1840.
W. Hill

Raleigh 21 st August 1840.
M rs Mayann Hodgelin
Your letter of the 10 th instant was received yesterday and I herewith send you a certificate, such as I believe will secure you a pension if your declaration is in proper form.
My fee for search and certificate is 20 cts twenty cents, which should be sent postage paid
Yours respectfully
W. Hill
Tennessee.

(Copy)
Pension Office, May 21. 1840.
Sir,
The papers in the case of Mrs. Mary Ann Modglin, widow of Truman Modglin, decd., have been examined and filed with suspended cases. She should set forth in an amended declaration, in what regiment her husband served, and the period and duration of his service. Application should be made to William Hise, Esq: Secretary of State of North Carolina, at Raleigh, for such proof of the service, or of the issuing, of a grant of Land as the records in his office may afford. The sheet containing the record of the age of one of her children, referred to in her declaration should be exhibited, as required in note, c, in the enclosed printed sheet.
I am, Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt:
Wm L. Martin, Esq: (signed.) P. L. Edwards. Clerk, Court of Wilson Co.
Lebanon, T. O.
Tennessee. —

Pension Office, July 8. 1840.
Sir,
In reply to your enquiry in the case of Mrs: Mary Ann Modglin, widow of William Modglin, dec'd, I have to inform you that her claim was examined on the 21 st May last, and a letter of that date, a copy of which is herewith enclosed, addressed to W. L. Martin, Esq: stating what further testimony was required.
I am, Respectfully Your Ob: Servt.: J L Edwards
John H. Dew, Esq: Sebanon Peru.

11.577
Tennessee. Nashville Mary Ann Woodhead decd, widow of Truman who died on the _____ of _____ in the State of Tennessee , who was a Pirate in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded. by _____ in the Revolution for fortwo years
Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville , at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of November 1833 and sent to Joseph Bryan Arrears to the 4th of Present Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by W. M. Weigle Clerk. Book C , Vol. 1 . Page 361 .

Dec. 17. 1857
Letter of A. Ferguson rel: to cases of Mrs Murray and Mrs Madgeline
Mark Morris
Evans & Fane
Present State

Washington Dec 16. 1857.
Sir
We herewith enclose the letter of Mrs A. Ferguson, of Cartago Tennessee requesting us to call up for examination the cases of Mark Murry and Mary Ann Modgelid. In the latter case you are requested to write to the Clerk of the House of Representatives for papers in the last named case, presented by the Hon A. N. Brown, on the 23 d March 1844.
Your note caused a furore by reading the letter of Mrs F. as he appears to give a history of each case Very respectfully Evan F. Hunt
J. C. Heath Esq Clerk of Russians.

Washington City July 16. 1853
L. P. Waldo Esq. Counsel. Sir.
I have the honor to submit herewith the certificate of the clerk of the Court of common pleas & quarter sessions of Chatham County at Carolina, which I ask may be filed in the case of Mary Ann Middleton of New Jersey and that her claim for a Pension may be examined and allowed.
Very respectfully Your obed Servt Joseph Bryan.

Mary Ann Woodfin died widow of Truman Ten
Act July 7. 1838
Admitted private 2 years - at $80 per annum from Mar 4. 1836 to July 28. 1845 (when she died) - excepting 2 years.
Certif to Truman Harrington Woodfin, admr of Mary Ann Woodfin, died.
Payable to Mary Ann Harrington Nancy Eason Benton Woodfin James Woodfin and Temple Gipson, her only surviving children
Agent Joseph Bryan James Present

Brief in the case of Mary Ann Woodfin, dec d , widow of Iruman, of Wilson County and State of Tennessee act July 7. 1838
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Service - Record & Traditionary Marriage & deaths } Parol - Date Parol of marriage Parol & certified Names of surviving children - Certif of Court of satisfactory proof -
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Note - The appointment of Iruman Harrington as adm r with sufficient surety to his bond is certified by the Court - and the proofs show that the widow was very poor. This, with the fact that administration was evidently granted with reference to this appli- cation, and not upon any other assets, dispenses with the necessity of a certif of the amount of penalty, in the opinion of Mr. Cole & myself
Name and residence of Agent
Joseph Bryan Present
J. G. Dodge Examining Clerk.

Mary Ann Mudgett
Additional testimony
Jos. Bryan

State of North Carolina } I William D Chatham County } Taylor clerk of the } Court of Pleas & quar- ter sessions in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that I have made diligent search in my office for the record of Marriage between, and bond of Freeman Modglin to his wife Mary Ann and have been unable to find it
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office at Pittsborough County & State aforesaid May 26 th A D 1853
W Taylor C.C.C
Pittsboro May 26 th 1853 Mr W J Black Dear Sir
In compliance with your request I send you the above certificate which is the best I can do I have sent according to request this which makes the third one I have sent to Mr Ferguson of the same person I hope all will be right this time
I make no charge for this
Yours truly W Taylor C.C.C

Sir
Leavittsgo 12 th November 1850
Be pleased to refer to the claim of Mary Ann Mogelin or Modgeline presented for a Pension under act of 1834 or 1838 and about the year 1839 by Col John N Dew of Wilson County Tennessee and report to me what steps have been taken to prove her claim and what proof is wanting, Authorise a favourable decision by the Department also whether she claimed for services as the widow of a captain other officer and the particulars so that I can if possible afford the proper testimony. The heirs have employed me to attend to the claim their mother Mary Ann Modgeline having died. You will please give me as full a report of the case as will enable me at once to discover the nature of the claim as well as what is requisite authorise the allowance of the claim John N Dew Esq r died shortly after the year 1839 and of course nothing has been done in it since. Please attend to this as soon as convenient. Respectfully,
A. Berginsson
James S Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Petition of Mary Anne Modglin widow of Truman Modglin did praying a pension for the revolutionary services of her late husband
Mar 22 d 1844 refer d to com. on Revolution ary Pensions .
papers on pension office

Carthage Tennessee 22 d September 1851
Dear Sir
Inclosed please find the claim of Mary Ann Harrington and other heirs of Mary Ann Modglin widow of Gue man Modglin for the Pension claimed by her in her lifetime When last at Washington I found the papers in the capitol in the Clerks office of the House of Representa- -tives as directed by the Hon d A V Brown who presented the claim and had it reported on in the House of Representa- -tives while a Member thereof in or about the 22 d March 1844 I found nothing tacking to prevent the allowance of the claim at the Pension office and I suppose after Col Dew presented it and died that the claim was placed in the hands of the Hon d A V Brown as a shorter as well as a surer way to have it allowed but which from inattention I have no doubt never was done I have no doubt of the justice of the claim as I examined it Satisfactorily and at the request and solicitation of Mr Harrington and his friends have agreed to attend to it and furnish any proof

that May be required On examination of this claim I have no doubt the clerk who May examine the papers will be as much surprised as I was why such a claim every way established by documentary as well as parole proof should be presented to the House of Representatives When the action of the Pension office was all that was necessary
Be pleased to send to the Capitol as soon as you receive this claim and letter and obtain the original papers of Mary Ann Mudge - lin filed by Aron N Brown Member to the House from Tennessee and reported to the House about the 22 d March 1844 and file them in your Office to be examined and allowed in turn and also Be pleased to inform me whether this has been done as soon as practicable
Living at a distance as I do and not having the benefit of a personal attendance I must insist that due attention shall be paid to claimants without the expense of a resident attorney. It was stated to me that the business of Revolutionary Pensions would be gotten up by the 1 st of this month so that each claim would be examined whenever received. Now, that has been effected I know not but

hope no unnecessary delay will be made I know and believe this claim is one of the most meritorious ever presented; and as Justice is said to be administered to those at a distance as well as those present I rely with full confidence that this claim will be allowed on its first examination Be pleased to attend to it as soon as convenient And send on the certificate and as the heirs some of them live in parts unknown I respectfully request that the Pension allowed be collected distributed by the lawful Administrator Newman Harrington duly certified by the clerk of Wilson County to be such as he is a responsible man and son to the applicant Mary Ann Harrington, by authorizing him to distribute the money and draw it in the Pension certificate a great deal of labour will be avoided and the heirs get their portion without being subjected to the expense of each executing a regular power of attorney Respectfully A. H. Hays
James E. Heath Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

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Carthage Tennessee
December 1 st 1851
Miss Evans & Hart
Agreeable to my promise in my last letter I hereby authorise you to take up two more of my claims and have them allowed. The first is Mark Murry a coloured man under act of 7 th June 1832. This case was carelessly attended to in the beginning, by the first agents who abandoned the claim. I filed his amended declaration without knowing what could be proven and although very old I was convinced from his sincerity and good character that he served as he states. On my way to Washington last June I got the Comptrollers certificate at Raleigh but was told by yourself that the difference between M Murry & M Many was not sufficient identity unless the comptroller would give some explanation. He did so and showed that the amount paid in the first certificate was paid by the Sheriff of Northhampton County adjoining Halifax county who made payments to the Goldens who served in the Revolution and at the same time sent me another certificate of service in the name of Mark Merrill and Mark Murrell I held this certificate until I saw Mark Murry. And to satisfy myself I had him sent for to a disinterested mans house where my interrogations could be identified and I

found that he went by different names as he was a coloured man and he amended his declaration accordingly. I found also that he stated the truth as is shown by the witnesses the two Mrs Popes and Thomas Hale who knew him well in Halifax county North Carolina in time of the Revolution and ever since see my last letter filed. I thought Judge Bryan would have attended to this case but he has failed to answer my letters on the subject, so I want you to attend to it and have it allowed as you can easily see the proof and explanations are satisfactory as Mr Edwards would say.
The next case is that of Mary Ann Modglin of Wilson county renewed in the name of Mary Ann Harrington and the rest of her legal heirs. This case is so plain that it ought to have been allowed years ago but for the death of Col John H Dew who first presented the claim. It was then by some bad policy presented to the House of Representatives by the Honble A V Brown on the 22 d March 1844. I found the papers in the clerks office of the House of Representatives filed in the last mentioned date I could lay my hand upon them if I were there. When I sent on the renewal last September I directed in my letter to the commissioner of Pensions to have the original papers sent for to the clerk of the House of Representatives and filed in the Pension office with the new papers sent on which I here refer.

you to for further explanations. You will find in this last case the certificate of two and a half years service and a certificate warrant issued as service right to Freeman Modgelin husband of the applicant. I want you to examine whether her claim cannot come under the act of 4 th July 1836 as my memorandums are not before me and I do not now recollect whether the original declaration was under that act or under act of 7 th July 1838. It strikes me that she was married previous to the last hour of service if so you had better examine closely as the pension would be greater. I made the new declaration to embrace the act of 4 th July 1836. I want you to hurry these two claims and get them through as soon as possible I want you to take all lawful means to have them allowed. They are genuine claims of long standing and I know Mr. Heath wants to get these claims disposed of as soon as possible for it is in vain to think of bluffing off honest claims for the purpose of getting clear of them. The more the difficulties are thrown round them the more expense to the claimants. And when an honest claim is presented it seems to me it ought to be allowed without delay.
Respectfully
R. Herguthson
NB write as soon as you can RH

Washington City Oct 27. 1833
L. P. Waldo Esq. Comt. of Pensions Sir.
On the 10 th Sept last you did me the honour to write to me on the subject of the claim of Mary Ann Mod- lin for a Pension, as required by your letter I herewith enclose a certificate of the Hon. Bromfield L. Ridley one of the Chancel- lors of the State of Tennessee, to the facts proven before him to his satisfaction in relation to the age of the oldest living child of Mrs Moodlin - I desire that the certificate be forwarded to John Harrington Esq. whose bond is ample -
With great respect Your obedt Servt Joseph Bryan