Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8,507, for George Painter, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Wa.
Painter, George or Panter
W. 8.507 B.L.Wt. 26768-160-55-
Rebecca H.
CONTENTS

North Carolina George Painter of Rutherford in the State of N.C. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Coker of the Regt. commanded by Col. Clarke in the Va. line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 26 - Dollars - 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 24th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of April 1838 and sent Robert Williamson Lincoln N.C.
Arrears to the 24th of March 1838 $186.69
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " 13.33
$200.02
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W.H. Addison Clerk, Book A Vol. 6 1/2 Page 69
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 1 April 1838 from 4 March 1838 to 4 March 1839 Agt Notified 9 Dec 1839
Dead - see pen. cut. within

61721 Act Mar 3/55 Apr 11/55
Set Inverness Oct 5/55
Rebecca Pariser, wid of George Pariser, miv.
Capt. Col.
Revolutionary Pension Pension Role N.C. Act 3 rd Feb. 1853
N.C. Feb 53- no 4910
W:160000 May 19/56 [Signature]
[Signature]
Sol R page 14.
John Anderson B'ndleton Cleveland Co. N.C.

Increase.
No. 4910
North Carolina.
Rebecca Painter widow of George Painter who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Raleigh agency.
Rate 96. Dollars cents per annum.
Commencing July 27 th , 1868.
Deduct payments made since
Certificate dated 10 th June, 1870. and sent to Claimant Golden Valley, Rutherford Co. N. C.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Feb- and July 27 th , 1868. ruary 3, 1853, Page 220 Vol. H

George Painter 21.887
May all an 8mo -
Mr. J. L. Graham
W. D.
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State of North Carolina On this 14 day of July 1834 personally Rutherford county I appeared George Painter before the Justices of The Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the county and State aforesaid Aged 78 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 the 7 th of June 1832 That he entered the War of the Revolution in the year 1775 and Served under the following named Officers and Served as herein stated from the best of his memory but from old age and the loss of memory and also the loss of all papers relative to his Service he cannot swear positively to the precise dates or length of his Service and further there being no person within his knowledge that he can prove his Service by only his own oath and his standing in the place where he Resides and on his Neighbours whom he Prays he calls for his General Character as to their belief as to his being a Soldier of the Revolution In the year 1776 I was then living in Rockingham County State of Virginia was Drafted and Served a Term of Three Months under Capt Craven we was Marched on to Tyger Valley on the frontiers of Virginia to Relieve a fort I have not any Recollection that there was any Officer at the fort higher than the Captain I do not Recollect the name of the Fort but I Served on that Tower 3 Months was Discharged and Returned home to Rockingham County State of Virginia I think this was in the year 1777 my Next was a Draft under the Same Captain for a Southern Town for 3 Months we was Marched on to Hillsboro Carolina to Charlotte Carolina to Cheraws. Down Down the Pedee through the Swamps when my 3 Months was Out I was so far from home I Volunteered and Served 3 Months more we was under the command of General Stevens we was Several times in company with General Marion on our Return we was one day to late for the Battle at Guilford N.C. we was halted at Shab and in the Neighbourhood we Stayed Several days from there we was Marched to Amherst court house Virginia was Discharged and went home Soon after I was Drafted and Served a Term of 3 Months under the Same Captain we was at the Taking of Corn Wallis at Little York I was in the whole of that Battle we was under the Command of General Stevens There I saw Genl Washington for the first time I was in the lines not far of when Corn Wallis Surrendered his Sword I was one of the Guard that took charge of the Prisoners that was Marched on to Winchester in Virginia there I was Discharged and Returned home Col. Darke was our in Commander on that Tower Soon after my Return I was a Volun tar and Served 3 Months under Captain Coker as an Indian Spy we was on as far as the South Branch of the Potomack we Ranged the edge of Mountains we was Frequently at the Different in that Range of country I do not Recollect their names

On this Tower we had no Officer over a Captain that I Recollect of on this Tower my being entirely Illiterate and having nothing but my memory to govern me I have made a Statement of the facts as they have occurred to me I hereby Relinquish every Claim 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 or Territory whatsoever.
Question 1 st by the court? Where and in What year were you born
Answer? from Information I was born in Lancaster county Pennsylvania in the year 1750. Question 2 nd have you any Record of your age and if so where is it? Answer? I have none only from circumstances of the time a became free and the circumstances of the Revolutionary War.
Question 3 rd Where were you living when called into Service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live
Answer? I was living in Rockingham county State of Virginia where I continued untill after the Revolutionary war was over then moved to Rutherford county N. Carolina where I have Resided ever since
Question 4 th How were you called into Service were you drafted and you Volunteer or were you a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom
Answer? my first Town I was Drafted and Served 3 Months under Capt Craven my Second I was Drafted and Served 3 Months under the same my Third I was a Volunteer and Served 3 Months under the same my Fourth I was Drafted and Served 3 Months under the same my Fifth I was a Volunteer and Served 3 Months under Capt Coker
This makes my Service in the Revolutionary War 15 Months and for which Service I claim a Pension Question 5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the Troops where you Served such as the Continental and Militia Regiments as you can Recollect and the general circumstances of your Service? Answer? I have in the foregoing Statement
Given as much in Detail as my Memory will Satisfy
Question 6 th did you ever Receive a Discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it Signed and what has become of it? Answer? I have no Recollection that I ever Rec d a Written Discharge for I generally Returned home with
the same Officers that I Served under
Question 7 th State the names of Some persons in your Present Neighbourhood and who can Testify as to your character for Veracity and good behaviour and your Services as a Soldier of the Revolution? Answer? I do not know of any person that is now living that I can prove my Service by but I will Name the following Persons that will Vouch for my Veracity and Standing and their belief as to the Report of my being a Soldier of the Revolution The Reverend Alfred Webb and Joseph Taylor George Painter his Mark
It is hard amongst the Germans to understand how to pronounce for instance Painter Painter Panther this is only to justify the mistake

We Alfred Webb. a huzzman residing in the county of Rutherford and State of North Carolina and Joseph Taylor Residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Painter who has Subscribed and Sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be 78 years of Age that he is reputed and believed in the Neighbourhood where he Resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolutionary War and that we concur in the same Opinion
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Alfred Webb
Jo s Taylor
And the said court do hereby declare their Opinion after the Investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories presented by the War department that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Alfred Webb. - who has signed the preceding certificate is a huzzman Residing in the county of Rutherford and State of North Carolina and Joseph Taylor Esq r who has also signed the same is a Resident of the same place. Resides and that the Statement is entitled to credit. I Tho s P. Berchett Clerk of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the county and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings in the matter of the application of George Painter for a pension the Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of Office this 21 st day of July A.D. 1834
T. P. Berchett Clerk

Copy
State of North Carolina Rutherford County
Know all men by these presents that we George Painter and Mervel Meltan, of the County & State aforesaid are held & firmly bound to the Governor of said State for the time being, in the sum of five hundred pounds, money of said, to be paid to the Governor or his assigns, to which payment, well and truly to be made & done, we bind ourselves, our & each of our heirs, executors &c. jointly & severally, firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals and dated this 8 th day of August A.D. 1824.
The condition of the obligation, such whereas, George Painter, hath made application for a license, for a marriage to be celebrated & solemnized, between George Painter & Rebecca Freeman, Now if it shall not appear hereafter that there is any lawful cause to obstruct or prevent said marriage, then this obligation to be void. Otherwise to remain in full force & virtue.
Signed sealed & acknowledged in presence of John Bell his George Painter (seal) mark M. Meltan (seal)
State of North Carolina
I R. L. Gilkey clerk of the court of Pleas & Quarters Sessions for the County of Rutherford, certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the bond

in which it refers, as will appear from the original now filed in my office, Given under my hand and seal of office, this 1 st day of June 1854
R. L. Gilkerson

State of North Carolina } Rutherford County }
On this 5 th day of March  April 1854 personally appeared before me Williamson Fortune one of the Judges of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of the County of Rutherford and State aforesaid Rebecca H. Panter aged about 57 years a resident of the County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law Upon her Oath saith that she was married to George Panter a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States on or about the 8 day of August 1824 she further states that her hus- band George Panter died in the County of Rutherford on or about the 15 day of May 1841 that said husband was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of No. Ca, at the rate of 23  25 dollars per Annum, she thinks the Certi- ficate of his Pension was returned to the Dep- artment or sent to the Agent for paying Pension at Fayetteville No Ca after the decease of her husband, in order to draw a balance of pension due him at his death, she further states that she never married after the death of her said husband, but is still a widow, she herewith transmits a Certificate from the records of the _____ of Ruth- -erford County shewing that she was lawfu- -lly married to George Panter a resident of the County and State aforesaid and by testimony annexed shewing her to be the identical wid- -ow of the aforesaid George Panter a Pensioner for Revolutionary services, she respectfully refers to her husband's papers on file in the Dep

affidavit as to the services of her late husband in the Revolutionary war, she states that feebleness of body prevents her from going to the Court House to make her declaration as Court is held at Rutherford some 16 miles from where she resides she would not submit to the effort for any consideration she might get. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining a Certificate for Pension due her, and to be placed on the Pension Roll of the State of North Carolina, agreeable to the provisions of the act of the 3 rd Feb y 1853 passed by the Congress of the United States.
Rebecca of her Panter mark
Williamson Founten Peter Puler
Sworn to and subscribed before me in the presence of Williamson Founten resident of the County of Rutherford and Peter Puler of Cleveland 67 yrs and State aforesaid and I certify that I am I am personally acquainted with with Rebecca Panter know her to be a resident of this County and to be a respectable woman, but weak in body believing the effort she would make in going the distance she would have to go to Court would likely be injurious to her already weak state of body, I further state that she is about the age stated, and I further certify that she is the widow of George Panter deceased given under my hand and seal this 5 th day of April 1854
Williamson Founten

State of North Carolina Rutherford County
I R. L. Gilky clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for said County, certify that Williamson Fortune whose name appears on the foregoing page was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned & qualified and his signature is genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of office the 2 nd day of June A.D. 1854.
R. L. Gilky (Clerk)
I do further certify, that Williamson Fortune was at the time of signing his name to the foregoing certificate, one of the Judges of this Court of record.
R. L. Gilky (Clerk) Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions,

61.721

State of No. Carolina 3
Rutherford County 3 On this 10 th day of March 1855 personally appeared before me William G Wood a Justice of the Peace within and for Rutherford County Rebecca Painter a Resident of the County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law says she is the Widow of George Painter de d a Revolutionary Pensioner on the Pension Roll of the State of No. Ca, who lived and died in Rutherford County, She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she is intitled by the act of the Congress of the U. States passed and approved 3 March 1855 Sworn to and subscribed 3 before me this 10 th day of 3 March 1855 Wm G Wood J.P.
Rebecca Painter mark
And I further Certify that she is the identical person named in an Original Certificate in her poss- -sion of which the following is a true copy. "Department of the Interior. Widows Pension" I certify that in conformity with the 2 nd Section of the act of Feb y 3 rd 1853 Rebecca Painter who was a private in the Revolutionary War, is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and Sixty Seven Cts per Annum commencing on the 3 rd Feb y 1853 and continuing for life, unless she should marry, in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. Given at the Depart- -ment of the Interior this 3 rd day of Feb y 1855 R. M c Cllland

Secretary Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and countersigned }
L. P. Waldo.
Seal }
Court of Pensions
and I further add that I am well acquainted with her and know her to be the identical Widow of George Payne who was a Pensioner of the U. States on the Roll of the State of No. Carolina Wm G. Mose
State of North Carolina } Rutherford County
I R. L. Gilkey Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter sessions for said County certify that William G. Mose is a Magistrate as above & the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine Given under my hand & seal of Office the third day of April A.D. 1888
R. L. Gilkey (clk)

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File No. 8507
Rebecca Painter Wid George Painter Priot Rev. War.
Act: Februy 3 d  1853
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 110
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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L. P. Waldo Esq. Commr. of Pensions Washington City D.C.

May 18 10 AM
Rebecca Painter, Wid: of George, Rutherford Co. W.C.
Act 53
No. 67 Co. W. 100 Penn Ave, Com. Feb. 3 d 1853.
Resp:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business.
John Anderson, Bristow, Commissioner.

Copy of Mrs. Brewster's Draft & Co; Dis. 15. May 39, Cert. Ct.; Dis. 15. May 41, Com.; Writ. to Univ. & Wm. & Cert. of two Magistrates.
"Brewster"

Post Office. January 31/55.
Sir. Please Certify the time to which the within named Pension was paid, on the date of his death.
Very Respectfully,
L. Morris
Commissioner.
Mr Randall Mr Atkinson Esq. Mrs. H. Atkinson
George Painter paid to 4 March 1840.
Robt Johnson
Auditor

George Painter N. Carolina
Suspended see let to Hon. J. Gra- ham April 5. 1838 do do May 15 "
Adm c 8 mo s per $26.66 per ann
Robt Williamson Lincolnton N.C. act June 7. 1832

Rebecca Painter, or Painter's claim for Pension act of Feb'y 1853
Geo. Painter N.C. W 32 Boyneton Aug 18/54
15 May 54 " " 54 L. P. May Purchasing Comr. of Pensions
John Anderson Atty.

Rebecca Pamlér
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Free
J. P. Walde Co Comr. of Pensions Washington D.C.

N o 4962
Rebecca Painter, Wid: of George.
L.A. to J. Anderson, Aug: 21 st 1857, " " " Dec: 19 th "
ALH/53.

Rufina Parker M rs H. A.
George
Cole
Free
H. P. Waldo Esq.
House of Pensions Washington
H. P. Waldo

4911
North Carolina Morgantown Rebecca Painter widow of George
M rs Anderson July 27 th 66, do do 2 1167 Yr ad m t of Legally
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 dollars 67 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 3 rd day of February 1855. and sent to John Anderson Brindleton Sept 1860 N.C.
Reg 3 m ss-61721
Eff.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act of 1853. Page 137 Vol. a

North Carolina Rebecca Painter widow of George Painter who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Raleigh Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 dollars 67 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
4th Sept 1860 Certificate of Pension issued 25 day of May 1867 and sent to John Anderson Brindleton Burke Co No. Car a
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 216 Vol. 76
D. N. Smith
Clerk
Sent

State of North Carolina } Rutherford County }
This day personally appeared before me William G Mock an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Rutherford Rebecca H Painter who being duly sworn according to law upon her Oath says that she is the Widow of George Painter who was a Revolutionary pensioner on the Roll of the State of North Carolina that her husband was a resident at the time of his death and many years immediately preceding his death of the County of Rutherford and State aforesaid - that her husband died in May 1829 she makes this declaration supplementary to the one on file and suspended, for additional proof of identity as the Widow of George Painter aforesaid, and proof of the death of said George Painter, and denies the Case again taken up and if affirmed, she is not able to go to Court for the reasons already assigned in former declaration the same Causes still existing that is then set forth for not going to Court Sworn to in my presence Rebecca H Painter and her Mark Made Mark This 23 rd Nov 1854 and
I further Certify that I was personally acquainted with George Painter aforesaid who was a Pensioner of the United States and further Certify that Rebecca H Painter who made her Mark to the foregoing declaration is the identical Wife of said George Painter having visited the House where the said George Painter die d pensioner resided

and saw the said Rebecca H Painter living with the said husband, she still resides at the same place at this time I further certify she is a Credible person and I am disinterested — Wm G Moore
State of North Carolina
J. W. L. Sikes
clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Rutherford certify that W. G. Moore whom name appears above was at the date of the foregoing affidavit an acting Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned & qualified & the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Given under my hand & seal of office the 4 th day of Decr AD 1852, J. W. L. Sikes

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Hor. J. Graham H. R.

State of North Carolina } March 22 d . 1838. Rutherford county.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the county aforesaid George Danton aged about sixty Eighty two or thirty years and a Resident of Rutherford county & state aforesaid who being duly sworn as the law directs, made the following declaration. That he was born in the State of Pennsylvania. That his father removed from thence to the State of Maryland when he was quite young and after residing there for the period of 12 or 13 years his father & himself removed from thence to the State of Virginia Rockingham County. That as soon as he arrived at the proper age he was placed on the Muster Roll of the Militia of said county as well as he now recollects and some time after the commencement of the Revolution war was declared as broke out in the frontier of Vir- -ginia with the Indians and he was either drafted or volunteered his services or had hope he may be done not now remember but he went a term of three months in said service in a company of Militia commanded by a Captain Robert Graven and as a private soldier in said company, and served his country faithfully in said service for the term of three months The said com- pany marched to a place called at that time Tigar Valley where the Indians had committed some depreda- tions upon the lives & property of the white people in that section of country. There was no battle fought, as the Indians fled when they had information of the approach of the Army. The said George Danton further states that from his great age & consequent loss of memory he cannot now recollect the particular year when he entered said service, but he well remembers it was during some period of the said war.

The said George Painter further states that at the termina- tion of said service he did not receive a written discharge from his said Captain, nor did he know that it was necessary to proper to have one. The said George Painter further states that some short time after his return home from the above mentioned but how long afterwards he cannot at this day remember he was called out again he believes by draft a band of another three months under the same Captain Craven to go against the Brecks & Tories to the South Accordingly he once left with the company and was a private in the company commanded by the said Robert Craven and Lt. Lieutenant William Smith to a place in South Carolina now called Cheraw formerly called the high hills of Santee. He cannot now remember distinctly the names of the field officers under whom he then served, but thinks the Generals name was Stephen and the Colonels name was Clarke. Nor can he for the rea- sons before mentioned remember the date of the year in which he entered said service. He further states that he was stationed at the Cheraw for some consid- able time. The precise time he cannot now remember but believes it was there at least five months And the said George Painter further states that after he returned home from said service very much exhausted & broken down by many precautions of the comforts of life. And that as soon as he regained his strength he was called out again onto the service under the same Captain Craven & the same Lieutenant William Smith & believes under the same General Stephen & Colonel Clarke but of the names of the field officers for the reasons before mentioned. The Army marched into North Carolina and arrived at Guilford Court house the day after the battle of that place and continued on that service for at least three months. That some short time after his return home he was

 called such captain by draft as he now believes to be  that he produced  from South Carolina Lord Cornwallis and was at the surrender of  the said Wallis at Little York in Virginia he was drafted again & went to Little York in Virginia and was at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and was on that service two months and under the same Captain & believes the commanding officer's name was Green & the Colonel's name was Danks But cannot remember from his great age & consequent loss of memory distinctly their names He further states that he got no more than discharge from any of his officers He does hereby request that any and all claim to any other pension except that of that under the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 He further states that while he was in the sub- -lie service as above stated he was employed in no civil pursuits He further states that he is so old & infirm in his health & some of his witnesses so too that he & they are unable to attend his case to court to be examined & to obtain the opinion of the court as to his claim for a pension He further states that there is at this time no regular clergyman in his neighborhood that could certify as to his age & what is the general impression of the neighborhood as to his services in the revolution any was so as to entitle him to a pension He further states that after the close of the revolution any was his father & himself removed to North Carolina Bedford county & he has resided in said county ever since a period of between forty & fifty years He has obtained all the testimony of his services in the heat of his power, and knows he has served his country faithfully and knows himself a poor the justice & magnanimity of his government I owe to & be based before me the day & date above mentioned
Witness Fortune (Signature) George (Signature) his mark

North Carolina
Rutherford county } Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for said county & made oath in due form of law that he was in the service of his country in the Revolutionary war and was stationed at Sewans Point in Virginia & saw the Army of the United States on their way to Little York in said Georgia Painter as he now well believes in that Army And from many conversations which he had with the said Painter long before the passage of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 Relative to his Revolutionary services and from the known character of the said George Painter as a man of undoubted truth he well believes he is justly entitled to a pension & further states that he believes the said George is about eighty years of age and believes the said George is too old & infirm to go to the court house a distance of 20 miles
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 22 nd of March
1838
Wm Fortune
Benjamin Freeman
I do hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with Benjamin Freeman who has given the above statement, and that he has always sustained the character of an honest man & a man of truth And I also certify that I have been a long time acquainted with George Painter & that he has always sustained the character of a man of truth Given under my hand & seal this 26 th day of March 1838
Moses Logan

- State of North Carolina March 22 d Rutherford County of 1838
Personally appeared before me John Logan Van Alstyne justice of the peace in and for the county a- foresaid Daniel Turner aged sixty five years who being duly sworn de- poses and saith that that he was well acquainted with George Panton who is now and has been many years an inhabitant of the county aforesaid in the State of Virginia & County of Ro- anoke - that he knew of the said George Panton going and being called out into the public's service not less than twelve months each during some period of the revolutionary war - the precise period he is unable to state but believes it to have been about the time of the battle at the Cowpens in South Carolina and the battle at King's Mountain in North Carolina - you per- sonally distinctly remember that soon after his return from the last service for which he had

he had been engaged he returned home exceedingly reduced and informed that on his return your affiant still remembering his staying at his your affiant's father's house - that your affiant then understood that she had been compelled to be absent after his regular period of service had expired - that he this affiant remembering distinctly the fact the on reaching his father's residence the ap- plicant George P. P. was at very much reduced and exclaimed that she the applicant mother in the applicant's opinion was to reach his residence personally guided and assisted him to do so.
Your affiant further states that in the county of Pulaski, Virginia and State of Virginia in which the applicant George P. P. had his residence and in which your affiant then lived he distinctly remembers that he was uni- versally known and recognized as one of the most decided Whigs in that sec- tion and that he had served his country faithfully in the war.

And this affiant further states that he knew Robert Brown the Captain under whom the applicant George Punter served in the war aforesaid but he does not remember any of the other officers - This affiant further states that he believes the applicant George Punter to be about eighty years of age that as well as he can remember the said Punter has been a resident of Rutherford County about forty years
This affiant further states that in Rutherford County where your affiant resided he distinctly remembers the public impression that he was again called out was in the service and present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown and further this affiant says not
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 22 nd day of March A.D. 1838 Daniel Tannehill John Logan (JL)
I John Logan do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Daniel Tannehill who made the above statement for upwards forty years & that said Tannehill is a man of the strictest veracity & entitled to full credence March 22 nd 1838. John Logan (JL)

State of North Carolina Rutherford County 3/8
I This F. Berchett clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in & for the County of Rutherford, certify that Williamson Fortune Esq. before whom George Painter alias Panther is attested to have made oath to the truth of the declaration of his Revolutionary Military service herewith annexed, and before whom the deposition, also annexed, of Benjamin Freeman is certified to have been made. Moses Logan Esquire who has attested his ac- quaintance with, and knowledge of the charac- ter of Benjamin Freeman & George Painter also annexed & John Logan Esquire whose attesta- tion of the depositions of Daniel Tannor & Jacob Dicks taken and subscribed before him and of his acquaintance with, & knowledge of their characters respectively also herewith an- nexed, are and at the date of their respec- tive signatures were, acting Magistrates of said County: and that their official attestations as such are entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I have herewith affixed the seal of the said Court and subscribed my name at office the 25 th day of March A.D. 1838 —
F. Berchett Clerk

State of North Carolina S. 22 nd March - Rutherford County 1838 personally appeared before me the - undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid Jacob Deck aged upwards of eighty one years who being duly sworn makes the following statement That he was well acquainted with George Panther in the State of Virginia & County of Rockingham. That the said Panther was placed on the Muster Roll of said County. That he understood that the sd George Panther went a tour against the Indians under the command of Capt Robt Craven to what was called at that time Sugar Valley in Virginia that the sd George Panther served in that tour three months. This affiant further sayeth not. sworn to & subscribed his before me. The date Jacob X Deck Mark above written
John Logan (JL) I John Logan do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the sd Jacob Deck who signed the above affidavit & that he is a man of undoubted veracity & that his statement above is in truth to the full evidence John Logan (JL)

We the Rutherford County I certify that I said Clerk with Daniel San- ders also the Dispositions of whom have been taken in favor of George Paxton an man of Respectability & entitled to full credence March 22 nd 1838
G. M. Morgan a freeholder of the County aforesaid

[Faint, mirrored cursive handwriting, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page. The text is mostly illegible but appears to be a formal letter.]
H. S. Graham H. R.

North Carolina
Rutherford County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for said County George Painter the same person who has made application for a pen- sion to the War Department under the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832, who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he employed Genl. George Walton of said County in the year 1834 as well as he recollects to obtain a pension for him - that this affiant was examined in Court about his services in the Revolutionary War - that sometime afterwards the said Walton died - that this affiant believed that all that said Walton had done was lost - That said Walton never informed him that the original decla- ration had been sent back for amendment, and that he had no knowledge of that fact until Robert Williamson Esq. informed him of it on this day - nor did he inform said Williamson of his ever having made a declaration be- fore to obtain a pension under the said act. He further states that he has now no distinct recollection of what he stated in that declaration, but will believe that the statement therein made of his revolutionary services was correct, his mind & memory being then stronger than when he made his last declaration. That for the last three or four years his recollection of events & facts has become very weak and imperfect. - But one event that took place in his revolution- ary services he shall never forget & that was the surrender of Lord Cornwallis a Little York in Virginia - that this affiant was there as a soldier & saw the surrender
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of Lord Cornwallis - that he assisted in forwarding the prisoners taken by the Americans at that time to Winchester in Virginia - He further states that he has no design to com- mit a fraud or imposition upon the government to obtain money for services that he never rendered, but to obtain what is due to him for services which he has faithfully performed - that he is now old and infirm and in needy circumstances and throws himself upon the justice & humanity of his gov- ernment - Sworn to and subscribed before me
This 29 th day of May 1838.
J. P. Taylor (S)
his mark George X Painter
North Carolina Rutherford County
Personally appeared before me the under- signed a Justice of the Peace in & for said county Benjamin Freeman & made oath in due form of law that he has been intimately acquainted with George Painter who made the above affidavit for the last thirty years - that he has lived a near neighbour to him - that for the last three or four years the mind & memory of the said George Painter has become very weak & imperfect; - that he further believes that in the statement which the said George Painter made in year 1834 when his memory was much more correct and re- tentive than at present of his revolutionary services, is entitled to full credence. - Sworn to & subscribed before me
This 29 th day of May 1838.
J. P. Taylor (S)
Benj Freeman

North Carolina Rutherford County
I George Painter do hereby authorize & request the War Department to issue a Certificate to me for my Revolutionary services and to enclose the same to Robert Williamson my Agent & Attorney at Lincoln North Carolina - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 29th day of May 1838.
Attest J. C. Saylor
George his Painter mark Seal
State of North Carolina Rutherford County
I Theo. F. Birchett Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Rutherford County, Certify that Joseph Taylor Esq. before whom the deposition of George Painter and Benjamin Brumman , written on the opposite leaf of this sheet, and that of George Painter on this page, above written, are certified to have been made, sworn to and subscribed, was on the 29th day of May 1838, an acting Justice of the Peace of said County, and that the signature to each purporting to be his is genuine. -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court and subscribed my name at Rutherford the 30th day of May A.D. 1838. -
T. F. Birchett Clerk

Lt. Ad.
Williamson Fortune
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Q. L. V. L. E. D. E. N. O. H. A. H. C. V. H. O. T. I. V.
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

[LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.]
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. }
Kullman COUNTY.
By the Justices of the County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the County of
It having been certified to us that George Salem late of Rutledge County, is dead, and having made no last Will and Testa- ment in writing, and Rutha Salem
having made application to this Court for, and obtained administration upon the deceased's Estate; and having also entered into bond and security, as the law in such case provides, in the sum of no bond required
These are therefore to empower the said
Nabua Paulin
to enter into and upon, all and singular, the goods and chattles, rights and credits of the deceased, and the same into her possession take, where soever in this State to be found, and an inventory thereof to exhibit according to law, and all the just debts of the deceased to pay, and distribute as the law in such case provides.
Witness,
the
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Mr Logan

State of North Carolina Rutherford County
At a Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions open and held at the Court House in Rutherfordston on the 27 th day of Nov. 1854 satisfactory evidence was adduced in Court to prove that George Painter a Rev- =olutionary Pensioner of Rutherford County died in said County on the 15 th day of May 1839
In testimony of which I W. L. Gilky Clerk of said Court hath hereunto subscribed my hand and affixed my seal of Office this 30 th day of Nov. 1854
W. L. Gilky

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Restoration 4910 Raleigh Brief in the Case of Rebecca Painter  Widow George Painter who was a Private Revolutionary War Rutherford County and State of North Carolina 2 nd he Act Feb 3. 1853
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
A pension on the Roll of North Carolina at $26.67 per annum paid to Sep 4. 1860 she has returned her old certificate & Claims restoration having furnished the required proofs of loyalty by two witnesses - etc
Restored May 22 1861 to a Pension at $26.67 per Annum commencing Sep 4. 1860
Name and residence of Agent. John Anderson Brindleton Butte Co to Carolina
W. C. Frask Examining Clerk.

DEPOSITION OF TWO WITNESSES THAT WIDOW OR MOTHER HAS NOT REMARRIED.
This deposition is required on the first payment when twelve months or more pension is due. It will also be furnished whenever required by Pension Agents at any payment having less time, or at subsequent periods.
We, Minerva Grayson and George W. Painter , of the Town of _____, County of Rutherford , State of No. Carolina do solemnly swear that we are neighbors of * Rebecca Painter , who is the † Widow of ‡ George Painter deceased, on whose account she receives a Pension (Certificate numbered 4910 ), and that for the past 10 to 20 years we have been well acquainted with the said * Rebecca Painter ; that from our frequent intercourse and conversations, and from other circumstances, we have every reason to believe, and we do both believe, that the said * Rebecca Painter has not remarried since the death of the above mentioned ‡ George Painter . Further, we say that if she had remarried, we have reason to believe that we should have known it.
(Two witnesses if mark is made.)
John Anderson Christie Grayson
George W. Painter his mark
Minerva Grayson
STATE OF No. Carolina , COUNTY OF Rutherford , ss.
On this 19 day of March , 18 80 , personally appeared before me the above-named Minerva Grayson and George W. Painter , whom I have reason to believe are credible persons, and after the above statement had been carefully read and explained to them, made oath to the same in due form of law.
J. S. Grayson S.P.
(Adding his official character.)
* Insert the name of pensioner.
† Insert "widow" or "mother."
‡ Insert the name of late husband or son.

State of No. Ca, County of Rutherford.
I J. B. Carpenter Clerk of the Sup o Court for the County & State aforesaid Certify that J. S. Grayson whose genuin signature appears to the within Certificate is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Rutherford State of No. Ca, duly commissioned & sworn and that all of his official acts as such are entitled to good faith and Credit,
In testimony whereof I subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court - at office this 23 day of March 1870
J. B. Carpenter S. Clerk

Brins頓 No 60
Jany 23 rd 1855
Sir,
Herewith is sent, evidence which will doubtless satisfy, as to the applicant Rebecca Parise being the Identical Widow of George Parise dec d who was a Pensioner of the U. States on the Roll of the State of No. Ca from Rutherford County, please address me Brins頓 No. Ca. See your letter to me 19 th Dec 1854
Respectfully Your obt Serv t
John Anderson
L. P. Waldo Esq r
Cour t of Pensions

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Nov. 30 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," George Painter, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina Agency, at the rate of Twenty six Dollars and sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1838, to the 4 th March 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
William E. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Geo. Painter
Payment to be made at Fayetteville N.C. a by John Houske Esq. Agent for paying Pension= ers, in the Agency of N o Carolina
file N o . fr. D Reinhardt, Mar 25. 1841. Lincoln N.C.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E Vol. 6 Page 69 by H. H. Addison Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, George Painter of the State of North Carolina who was a Private in the war of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty Six 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 18th day of June one thousand eight hundred and Thirty-Eight
J. P. Smith
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Payment to be made at
Wilmington
by
R. C. Pearson, Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
North Carolina
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 137 Vol. A
G. T. Golly Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853.
Rebecca Painter, widow of George Painter, who was a private, in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Twenty-Six, dollars and Sixty Seven, cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this third, day of February, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five
Wm. L. Marcy Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and countersigned.
S. P. Hildreth Commissioner of Pensions.

Rebecca Pennant

J. H. Barrett Esq.
Bridleton Burke Co. No. Car.
June 18 20 th 1868.
Sir,
Herewith is sent the certif of Rebecca Painter for restoration to the Pension roll of No Carolina & back Pension.
Please address me
Bridleton
Burke Co. No. Car.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
John Anderson
P.S.
The claim was forwarded from this office about 3 weeks ago.

Brief in the case of Rebecca Fainter, Widow of George, Stutheford County and State of N.C. act 3 rd Febry, 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase" )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was buried under the act of 7 th June 1832. (a) the rate of $26. 67 / 100 per An. a list of Copy of the Rec. upon which a Marriage license was issued & the Affianity of two credible witnesses to general reputation of marriage. Rehabilitation, an filed in proof of marriage. Pension due 15 th May, 1840. as per the affidavits of a credible witness, the certificate of two Magistrates & report of the Thine Auditor. Widowhood & identity is established by a credible Affidavit of the Certificate of two Justices of the Peace. (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
John Anderson Esq., Bandleton,
Name and residence of Agent
N.C.
H. B. Royall, Examining Clerk.

L. P. Waldo Esq.
Court of Pensions
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Bridleton No Ca June 24 th 1854
Dear Sir,
The papers herewith sent, claiming Pension from 3 rd Feby 1853 for Rebecca the the widow of George Painter de d who was a pensioner of the U. States on the No Carolina roll, we think satisfactory, as to the amount of Pension allowed. Her husband is merely supposed to be, as stated p 53-50, the Department is respectfully referred to her husband's papers on file - whether her name should be written Painter or Panton, she does not know being entirely uneducated, there will be no doubt as to her being the identical widow of George Painter or Panton, de d who was a resident of Rutherford County No. Ca, and placed on the Pension roll of this State. - in reviewing the evidence it appears that Judge Williamson Fortune merely certifies to her widowhood, but the fact is to my knowledge that she has resided within three miles of him for many years past, knew that she was correct as to the time of the death of her husband, had he died since the 3 rd of Feby 1853, he would not have allowed the widow to have made her mark to her declaration, here sent.
Your Obt Serv t
John Anderson
L. P. Waldo Esq r Comm r of Pensions

Bridleton No 6a Dec 13 th 1854
Sir,
Herewith are the papers required to complete the claim on file of Rebecca Painter widow of George Painter a Revo- lutionary Pensioner of the U. States on the roll of the State of New York North Carolina, please address me
Bridleton No 6a Your Obt Servt John Hudson
L. P. Waldo Esq Comm r of Pensions

Rebecca Painter Mrs. George
Bryantown
Yrs S
Minot Esq. Commr. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Briddleton No. Co.
March 8 th 1856
Sir,
I understand that this Claim will now be allowed, I have not at hand the No. of Rebecca Painters for Bounty Land I therefore forward your letter of Oct r 5 th 45 by reference to the transaction of your office of that date, you will probably place your hand on the papers
Please forward to me at Briddleton
No Co
Your obt Servt. John Anderson
P.S. This will be mailed at Morgantown but I hope you will direct as above

Pension Office, Oct 8, 1855.
Sir:
The application of Rebecca Painter, widow of George, of N. C. for bounty land, under the act of 3 d March last, has been examined.
The identity of the claimant is not attested in the manner prescribed in the regulations, a copy of which is herewith enclosed. This defect was overlooked in the case of Cornelius Clements, whose identity was otherwise established.
There is no record evidence in this office of the service of George Painter, in the Virginia militia, under Col Darke, &c, in the Revolutionary war. His pension claim was admitted on parol evidence; but as the act of March 1855 gives land in those cases, only, where the service is proved by record evidence, the claim cannot be admitted without its production.
The enclosed circular will explain to you the nature of the evidence required in such cases.
Should you find such evidence, it will be necessary that the claimant make a supplemental declaration, and that her identity be attested in

conformity with the regulations.
I am, Very respectfully,
Your ob't Serv't,
R. Hood,
for Commissioner.
John Anderson, Esq., Brinsleton, Glenculn Co. N. Carolina. ✓
S. G. D.

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Bridleton No 6a April 3 rd 1855
Sir,
Herewith is sent the Declaration of Rebecca Painter widow of George Painter, for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she is entitled (as the Widow of Geo. Painter who was a Pensioner on the Roll of the State of North Carolina and who has been identified as the widow of said pensioner and who now is herself placed on the Pension roll at Morganton No 6a,) by the act approved the 3 rd March 1855 Please address me Bridleton No 6a,
Very Respectfully Your Ob t Servt John Anderson

State of North Carolina } Rutherford County }
On this 16 day of Jan'y 1855 personally appeared before me Wm G. Mock a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Rutherford and State aforesaid Williamson Fortune Aged 88 years who being duly sworn according to law upon his Oath says, He was well acquainted with George Painter who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, He further says that at the time that said George Painter was preparing his papers either to obtain a Certificate from the Department or preparing his papers for drawing the Pension from the Agent of the U. States in this State He Williamson Fortune was a magistrate that before Him said George Painter personally appeared with his Agent Mr Williamson of Lincolnton N.C. and and that He Fortune as magistrate placed his name as such to said papers, as will appear affirmed being there to said papers, and He further says when said George Painter drew his money He came in company with his wife Rebecca to said Fortune's Store and purchased goods, and further says that Rebe- cca Painter who is now applying for a Pension from this County is the Identical Widow of said George Painter, and further says that the Letter of Administration which is endorsed by him was made to the Identical widow of George Painter who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of Rutherford county, and adds He is distrusts Williamson Fortune

The within was sworn to and subscribed before me and I Certify that Williamson Fortune who has long been known to me is a highly respectable man Credible in every respect and I again Certify that from the fact that from my own knowledge of said George Painton and Rebecca who heretofore appeared before me and swore to the declaration claiming a Person were undoubtedly Man and Wife. This 16 day of Jan y 1855
Williamson Fortune Wm G Mode
State of North Carolina Rutherford County
I W. L. Gilley clerk of the court of Pleas & Quarters Sessions for said County, certify that W. G. Mode before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned & qualified & his signature is genuine. Given under my hand & seal of office the 23 rd of Jan y 1855 W. L. Gilley

Bridleton No. 6a, June 4 th 1856
Sir,
Please take up the claim of Rebecca Paintu widow of George Paintu, who was a Revolutionary Soldier. Claim suspended for want of Record testimony, was placed on Pension roll by parole testimony, Address me Bridleton
No 6a
Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt. John Anderson
Admiral Egan Commr. of Pensions Washington City

The pledging or transferring of a pension, or of a pension certificate, or advancing money on vouchers is prohibited, and the latter must be shown to the magistrate. Vouchers must be executed on or after the day to which payment is claimed, and if the power of attorney is not presented within three months, a new one will be required. Erasures and interlineations must be specifically noted. The official character of a commissioner of deeds to be certified to; also, that of a notary public, (although using a regular seal,) whenever required by a pension agent, (Form N.) Vouchers executed before a U. S. Consul, or having his certificate of the official character of a foreign magistrate, are sufficient. Death or remarriage terminates a widow's pension, and arrears due are immediately payable to her loyal children on surrendering the pension certificate. If no children, the arrears can then be paid to an administrator, with proof that he is properly interested, or collects them at the request of the heirs. When an Army pension remains unclaimed three years, application must be made to the Pension Office for restoration. A pension is no part of the assets of a pensioner's estate or liable for his debts. A pensioner dying prior to the date of his or her pension certificate, no payment will be made except in particular cases of invalids provided for by acts of July 25, 1866, and July 27, 1868. The christian names in signatures must be written out in full.
Be it known"> Be it known, That I, Rebecca Painter , do solemnly swear that I am the identical person named in an original certificate in my possession, which certifies: No. 4910 That Rebecca Painter widow of George Painter who was a private in the Revolutionary war, is inscribed on the Pension Roll at the rate of twenty six dollars 67 cents per annum, commencing on the 4 th day of September , 1860, to continue during life, unless she should again marry.
Dated this 25 th day of May , 1867, and signed by W. T. Otto acting Secretary of the Interior, and by Joseph H. Barrett , Commissioner of Pensions.
That I have not intermarried, but continue the widow of the above-mentioned George Painter ; that I have resided in _____, (No. _____ Street,) in County of Rutherford , State of N. Carolina , for 65 years past. ALSO, I do hereby constitute and appoint † _____ my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to receive from the agent of the United States for paying pensions in Raleigh , State of N. Carolina , my pension from the 4 th day of March , 1868, to the 4 th day of March , 1890. Witness my hand and seal, this 19 th day of March , 1890. Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of—
John Anderson  Rebecca X Painter  Christeny Grayson Post Office address Golden Valley Rutherford County N.C.
STATE OF N. Carolina , COUNTY OF Rutherford , ss:
Be it known, That on the 19 th day of March , 1890, personally appeared before me the above-named Rebecca Painter , and exhibited her pension certificate, dated May 25 th , 1867, and made oath, in due form of law, to the truth of the foregoing statement subscribed by her, and acknowledged the above power of attorney to be her free act and deed.
J. S. Grayson J. P. (Adding his official character.)
STATE OF N. Carolina , COUNTY OF Rutherford , ss:
I, J. B. Carpenter , Clerk of the Superior & Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that J. S. Grayson is a Justice of the Peace , duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 3 rd day of August , 1869, and will expire on the 4 th day of August , 1871; and that his signature above written is genuine.
GIVEN under my hand and the seal of said County, this 24 th day of March , 1890. J. B. Carpenter Clerk
* When a document certifies to insert "original certificate dated _____," and also add a copy of any writing in latter part of certificate. † Write no name in power of attorney unless the attorney named will go in person to the agency
N.B. The blank S. 6, will please be particular and fill out the above in full date of Justice Commission etc.

Do not fill up this Oath of Attorney before sending it to the Attorney or Agency.
STATE OF _____, COUNTY OF _____, ss.:
Be it known, That on the _____ day of _____, 18____, before me, _____ personally appeared _____, the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that he has no interest whatever in the money he is authorized to receive by virtue of the foregoing power of attorney, by any pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment, or transfer, and that he does not know or believe that the same has been so disposed of to any person whatever.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above named, before me.
   No. _____  PENSION AGENCY,    $ _____  _____, 186____.     Received of _____, Agent for paying      Pensions, _____ dollars _____ cents, being      for _____ months' _____ days' pension due to _____ from      the _____ day of _____, 186____, to the _____ day of _____, 186____,      for which I have signed duplicate receipts.      (One witness when mark is made.)   
ARMY. No. _____ REVOLUTIONARY WIDOW.
Act _____ _____, 186____, $ _____
Revolutionary Widow
Pa

Rebecca Painter
Adir
M.C.

State of No. Carolina Rutherford County
On this 9 day of March 1866 personally appeared before me J. B. Eaves Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in said County and State the same being a court of record, Rebecca Painter aged years a resident of Rutherford County & State aforesaid who being by me duly sworn according to law declares that she is the identical Rebecca Painter who was a Pensioner on the roll of the Agency at Morganton No. Ca., and whose pension Certificate is herewith returned, That she has resided since the 1 st of January 1861 as follows - in the County of Rutherford and no where else during that time, That during this period her means of subsistence has been the toll of a Corn Mill and what little corn she raised on a small piece of ground, that her Mill was destroyed by fire some months ago the work of an incendiary, That she has not in any manner encouraged the rebels or manifested any sympathy with their cause; and that she was last paid her pension on the 4 th of March 1861 This Application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of her name to the Pension rolls and of obtaining a new pension Certificate such as she may be entitled to under existing laws, reference being made to the evidence heretofore filed in the Pension Office to substantiate her original Claim. Rebecca her Painter mark
Also personally appeared William Mode & William G Mode residents of the County of Rutherford & State aforesaid persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and

who by me being duly sworn according to law, say that they were present and saw said Rebecca Painter make her mark to the foregoing declaration and they further swear that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant and their intimate & personal acquaintance with her for many years past, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and they further swear that they have not a doubt that all of the allegations made by said applicant are true and that she is still a widow, and that they are entirely disinterested in the prosecution of this claim
Wm. G. Noble
Winifred Noble
I Rebecca Painter do solemnly swear in the presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support protect & defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder, that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws & proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves so help me God,
Rebecca her Painter mark
Know all men by these presents that I Rebecca Painter of the County of Rutherford and State of North Carolina hath this 9 th day of March 1866 constituted and appointed and by these presents do constitute and appoint John Anderson of the County of Rutherford & State Aforesaid

my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my room & stead to ask demand & receive any Pension Certificate, that may be issued to me under existing laws to furnish any evidence in her claim to examine the files at Washington or elsewhere for evidence in her said Claim and to do all and every thing in the premises that I could or might do if personally present hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may lawfully do. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto made my mark & seal the day above written In presence of Wm G Mode  the Rebecca Painter Winefred Mode mark
J. B. Caves Clerk of the aforesaid Court Certify that the declaration of Rebecca Painter, her Annuity Oath & her Power of Attorney were all read to her before she was sworn and before she made her marks to the same that she acknowledged the power of Attorney for the purposes therein named. That said Rebecca Painter was made known to me before she made her marks and that I have good and sufficient reasons to believe that William G. Mode and Winefred Mode are domiciliated and that said Rebecca Painter and Affiants were sworn and signed their names and said Rebecca made her marks before me & I also Certify that I have no interest direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this Claim. In Testimony whereof I subscribe my name and affix my Seal of Office this 9 th day of March 1866 Court of Pensions Washington City D.C. J. B. Caves Clk

First Broad To Rutherford county N.C.
Mr J. H. Baker I have made the enquiry, and find that checks to the amount stated has come and past into John Anderson's hands, he having complete control of her (Rebecca Panthers) pension business.
Mrs Jane Panther a daughter in law of Rebecca Panther wishes to inform you that John Anderson has various powers of Attorney from Rebecca Panther concerning her pension business, and is now endeavoring to revive the and make the draw The same it having been stop for some time, and asks the department not to grant his requests, notwithstanding  name Rebecca Panthers may appear to the usual papers, claiming that she is not competent to attend to her business. The writer has nothing to say for no one.
April 21 st 1878
J. M. Mode

I know all men by these presents that I Rebecka Painter Widow of George Painter Dec
herby irrevocably constitute and appoint John Anderson of Burke County North Carolina my true and lawful agent and attorney to prosecute the claim of
for any amount of Revolutionary pension or increase of pension that may be due and I hereby authorize my agent 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 hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney and agent shall lawfully do in the premises and revoking all former powers Witness my hand and seal this 5 day of April 1854 Signed and sealed in the presence of
Williamson Fontaine Peter Puler
Rebecka her Painter mark
State of North Carolina } on this 5 day of April 1854 Rutherford County } Before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for that County aforesaid personally appeared Rebecka Painter and acknowledged the foregoing Power of attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned in testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand the day and year aforesaid
Williamson Fontaine

State of North Carolina.
State of North Carolina ss.
I R. L. Gilkry clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarters Sessions for the County of Rutherford certify that Williamson Fortner whose name appears within was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned and qualified & his signature is genuine.
Given under my hand & seal of office, this 2 nd day of June AD 1854
R. L. Gilkry (Clerk)

Kaleigh Increase Rebecca Painter Widow of Brief in the Case of George Painter Re Rev War  Golden Valley Rutherford County and State of North Carolina
Act 2 d Sec Feb 3. 1853 Due Sec 13. Act July 27. 1868
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
The Claimant is a pensioner on the roll of NC Carolina at $26.67 per Annum. She surrenders her Certificate and applies for increased as provided in Sec 13 Act July 27. 1868.
Identity and Continuous Widowhood Shown.
Admitted Jan 2. 1870 to Pension at $96. per Annum, to commence July 27. 1868. deducting payments since.
Name and residence of Agent.
Claimant Golden Valley Rutherford Co NC Carolina
W. E. Trask Examining Clerk.
See

State of No Carolina } Rutherford County }
On this 24 th day of
April 1867 personally appeared before me W. G. Mode a Justice of the Peace in and for the County & State aforesaid J. O. Mode and Winifred P. Mode persons with whom I am person- ally well known and who I certify to be respectable residents of the County and State before said who both being by me sworn according to law say that they are and have been for many years past been most intimately acquainted with Rebecca Painter who was a Prisoner of the United States, both having resided within a short distance of said Rebecca for many years past and have no hesitation in saying that she was utterly opposed to the rebellion and from what they have understood and what is by them believed that instead of sympathizing with rebels or aiding them she was in the habit of feeding and concealing deserters from the Confederate ranks, they believe she neither aided nor sympa- thized with the rebellion as an evidence she was utterly opposed to a son of hers going to the Confed- erate Army,
Winifred P. Mode J. O. Mode
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 24 th day of April 1867 Wm G. Mode

State of Ala, } Rutherford County } S. John B. Eaves Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of the County & State aforesaid Certify that Wm G. Mock whose genuine signature appears to the within Certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace duly Commissioned and sworn and that all of his official acts are entitled to faith and credit. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and Affixed my Seal of Office this 24 th April 1867
J B Eaves Clk

Department of the Interior.
Pension Office.
April 2 1867
Sir,
In support of the claim of Mrs Rebecca Painter for restoration, the affidavits of at least two credible witnesses, should be filed in proof that she did not in any manner encourage the rebels, nor manifest a sympathy with their cause.
Respectfully
I return this, as I do not think that any number of her case on file was sent me
John Anderson
Windleton
Purke Co
N Carolina
Jos. H. Barrett
Campspine
W.D. N. Ab.

State of North Carolina } Rutherford County }
On this 12 th day of May 1867 personally appeared before me Wm. L. Mode a Justice of the Peace in and for the County & State aforesaid Winifred P. Mode & John Oliver Mode both residents of the County of Rutherford and State aforesaid both of whom was sworn before me accord- ing to law and upon their Oath say that they are intimately acquainted with Rebecca Painter who was a Pensioner of the U. States on the Roll at Morganton N.C., having lived within a short distance of her during the War of the late rebellion and for many years previous thereto, and that from their personal knowledge of said Rebecca have no hesitation in saying she was always loyal to the Govt of the U. States the basis of that opinion is that she was utterly opposed to a son of her join- -ing the rebel army and another reason that they un- -derstood and have not a doubt that she fed and cheerfully entertained deserters from the rebel Army and was disposed to secrete them; the best evidence any person in the Confederacy could give that their sympathies were against the rebel Cause, and both say that they are entirely disinterested in the Claim of Rebecca Painter which she is prosecuting for a restora- tion to the Pension Roll,
Winifred P. Mode John O. Mode

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year within written and I Certify that both Winifred P. Mode and John O. Mode are to me well known and are Credible persons and I further Certify that Rebecca Painter formerly on the Pension Roll is a person with whom I have been intimately acquainted with during the Rebellion living but a short distance from her and know her sentiments as well as the sentiments of the entire neighborhood and say she was a friend to the Govt of the United States during the rebellion and I am disinterested
In Testimony whereof I subscribe my name this 12 th day of May 1 day of May 1867
Wm G Mode
State of North Carolina } Rutherford 67 }
I John B. Eaves Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County and State aforesaid Certify that W. G. Mode whose genuine signature  Certificate appears to the above Certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace for the County of Rutherford State aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that all of his official acts as such are entitled to Faith and Credit
In testimony whereof I subscribe my name and affix my seal of Office this day of May 1867 and I add
that Wm G. Mode was at the date of his Certificate a Justice of the Peace
J B Eaves CLK

My Address,
W. Va. Brideleton Brinkerhoff
May 14 th 1867
Sir,
About the 24 th of last month I forwarded additional evidence as to the loyalty of Rebecca Painter a resident of Rutherford Co. W. Va. with the view of having her name restored to the Pension roll, after the papers left my hands, I had an impression of mind that they were not complete, in other words, I had inadvertently left out the words of affidavits disinterestedness in the Claim of Rebecca Painter, I had a duplicate affidavit made and herewith forward it, should I be mistaken in the other not being complete, it is simply my trouble lost, as the case of Mrs Painter is not numbered in any letter rec d from your Office, I cut a slip from a letter acknowledging the receipt of the Certificate of Pension of Mrs Painter, - as the date and the initials of the Clk charged with her case, may enable you at once to put your hand upon her papers,
I have the honor to be Yours Respectfully, John Hudson
Joseph H. Barrett Esq. Comm r of Pensions Washington City D. C.

+ Frank
Col. - This person is entitled to $5. per mo. from July 27, 1868 -
The The Com. is disposed to have their claims allowed without formal ap- plication, and the attendant fees to claim Agents.
Please make this specific the pension awarded by act - J. M. B. Jan. 1/70 20

H. Van Buren Esq
Commr of Pensions Washington D.C. Sir, please note the following: Certificate herewith sent, State of No. 6. Rutherford 67.
On this 17 th day of May 1870 personally appeared before me J. S. Grayson a Justice of the Peace in and for the State of 67. aforesaid. Rebecca Painter widow of George Painter who was a private in the Revolutionary War and exhibited her Certificate of restoration No 4910 given at the Department of the Interior the 25 th day of May 1867, her papers made out for drawing pay for two years from 4 th March past and sent to Ral- eigh, has been returned with advice to send for Certificate under Act of July 1868.
The Commr comparing the signature below with the papers herewith sent executed by me the 19 th March 1870 will see the signature below to be my genuine signature. The trouble and expense of the blk of Court unnecessary.
The early attention of the Clerk who may be charged with the case is earnestly solicited as Mrs Painter is quite old and is in straitened circumstances. Mrs Painter P.O. is Golden Valley.
Rutherford 67 No. 60
Very Respectfully Your Off. Servt.
J. S. Grayson J. P.

George Painter died 15 th May 1840 aged 81 Years & some Days
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Morganton N C Oct 24 th 1868.
To Mrs. Elizabeth Faintu Whitinsville Scotland N C
Dear Madam
Some years back I under- -took to Recov d some back pension due you which I then failed to do, but the fault was not mine. - I now see a chance to help you very materially in that line if you will come over here, and bring with you  your Pension Certificate for me to look at - I can't do any thing for you without your being present, and I suppose you know I am afflicted & cannot travel about any more, so that in doing business I have to ask the parties to come to me.
This is an important matter to you, and I know if you give it your Early attention you will never regret it, as it is a good and sure thing I have discovered for you, and I think the first span spell of good weather you had better come on & see me, before the bad cold weather sets in - You can arrange to stay one night with us. And if your pension Certificate is out of your reach, (not to be had) you can come along without it, which I should much prefer you having it
I am in Earnest, and you can rely on what I have written - I have made a good discovery for you, no mistake or disappointment, this time
Respectfully Yours S. A. Bell

Payment to be made at
Galeagh by
Andrew Hetter Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of North Carolina
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 216 Vol. 26.
J. N. Smith Clerk.

Restoration
4910
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,
Rebecca Painter
widow of George Painter
who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Twenty-Six dollars and Sixty-Seven cents per annum, commencing on the 4 th  September 1860 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior,
this Twenty-fifth day of May
one thousand eight hundred and Sixty Seven
J. T. Otto Acting Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and countersigned.
Joseph M. Barnett
Commissioner of Pensions.

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om Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. August 4 th 1872.
Sir:
In the case of Rebecca Painter, widow of George, a Revolutionary pensioner, I have to inform you that the total amount which should have passed into her possession from Sept. 4 th , 1860 to June 4 th , 1872, is $600. 22
If she has received less than this sum, please advise this office to that effect.
Very respectfully,
J. M. Babbler
Commissioner.
J. M. Mode, Esq., First Broad, Rutherford Co., N.C.
J. M. B.