Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1528-450, for Hardy Murfree, North Carolina

W. b.
Murfree, Hardy
RL. Wt. 1528 - 450 - Lieut-Col. Issued Aug. 6, 1789. No papers.

4 Sept 1841 Letter to Presid. 16. March 1842.
Ord to Pen Ago 20. June 1842.
" to Pen 27th (Lachman) 15 July 1842
To Arkansas from 4 th Sep 1841 18 th Aug 1842. Notification to Pensioned. Bolivar, Poinsett County. Arkansas
Head - Atto W.E. Woodruff Col 23. 1845.
Arkansas. 23378 West Tennessee
Bartholomew Murphy Perryville in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the co. commanded by Captain Ledbetter of the regt commanded by _____ in the Tennessee for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Jan 1834 and Year, W.E. Duncane A.W.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 200 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 20 00
$240.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Lloyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 93

No 2.
1832

State of Arkansas, } County of Poinsett, } ss. Township of Greenfield }
Be it known, That, before me, George J. Tannahill — a Justice of the Peace in and for the Township aforesaid, personally appeared Anna Murphey, and made oath in due form of law, that she is the widow of Bartholomew Murphey, the identical person who was a Pensioner, and who is now dead, and to whom a certificate of Pension was issued, which is herewith surrendered, and of which (I certify) the following is a true copy:
"War Department Revolutionary claim.
"I certify, that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7 th June, 1832, Bartholomew Murphey of the State of Tennessee, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is entitled to receive Eighty Dollars and — cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4 th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4 th of March & 4 th of September, in every year. — Given at the War Office of the United States this second day of January, one thousand eight hundred & thirty-three.
(Signed) Lew. Cass, Secretary of War.
Examined and authenticated: (signed) J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions." That the deceased Pensioner resided in Poinsett county, in the State of Arkansas, for the space of about three and a half years before his death; and that previous thereto he resided in the State of Tennessee Perry County.
Ann per Murphey Mark.
Sworn and subscribed, this 18 th day of October 1845, before me, Geo. J. Tannahill Justice of the Peace S. S.
Witness: Adair M c Knett, C. L. Kelley
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

I, Lewis H. Sutfin, clerk of the Circuit Court of Poinsett county, certify that Geo. S. Cannubill is a Justice of the Peace, as above, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, and subscribed my name, this 20 th day of October in the year 1845.
Lewis H. Sutfin — clerk of the Circuit Court of Poinsett Co. Ark.
State of Arkansas, County of Poinsett. ss.
I, Lewis H. Sutfin, clerk of the Circuit Court & ex-officio clerk of the County & Probate Courts of Poinsett county, holden at Bolivar, in and for said county, do hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said County Court, that Bartholomew Murphey, deceased, was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum; was a resident of the county of Poinsett, in the State of Arkansas, and died in said county & state, on the 21 st day of June, 1845; and that he left a widow, whose name is Anna Murphey.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at Bolivar, this 20 th day of October in the year of our Lord 1845.
Lewis H. Sutfin clerk of the County Court of Poinsett County, State of Arkansas.

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
$24 66
Poinsett County, October 18 th 1845.
Received of William E. Woodruff, Agent for paying Pensions, Twenty-four Dollars & Sixty cents being for three months and seventeen days' Pension due to my deceased husband, Bartholomew Murphy, deceased, from the 4 th day of March, 1845, to the 21 st day of June, 1845, (the day of his death), for which I have signed duplicate receipts.
Witness:
(Adino McKnett)
Anna his Murphy mark.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832
State of Tennessee S.S. Court of Pleas and Perry County & quarter Sessions Oct Term 1832
Bartholomew Murphy 200 4/5
On this day of October personally appeared in open court before us
The Court of Pleas and quarter sessions now sitting Bartholomew Murphy a resident of the County of Perry and State of Tennessee aged Seventy three years the ninth December next who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as affirmed herein stated
This declarant states that he was born in Anson County North Carolina on the 9th day of December 1759 This declarant states that he entered the service in the County of Anson North Carolina as a drafted Militia man under Capt Andrew Ledbetter in the year 1777 or as near that time as he can recollect he thinks in October of the same year that he was marched to Salisbury where he with the rest of the Company must have been encamped but

The rest of the Troops had left the Company to which he belonged & his Capt marched on and over took them at the ten mile house from Charlestown Col Locke was his Col. & commanded the company to which this declarant belonged & that General Rutherford commanded the Brigade we then marched for Savannah from there but we are now arrived at Purisburg understood that the Americans & said French troops under General Lincoln & the Count D'estang had been defeated at Savannah we then lay at Purisburg some time months where there was a call for an Infantry Company & there was about two hundred & fifty Volunteers to go on & we were under Col. Lytle & this declarant's Capt's name was Smith none of the Company officers recalled but the Captain's our Maj's name was Nelson we march from Puris- burgh to Augusta Georgia or in sight of the Town there we re- mained for some time reconnoitring up and down the river at length we were joined by Gen. Ash of — North Carolina on the day which Ash joined us the British who had al- a long been in possession of Augusta abandoned it & marched to wards Savannah General Ash then crossed the River & pursued them & the — Company to which this declarant belonged & I with them when we

cause to the bridge at the mouth of our Creek where we expected to cross the British had burnt down the bridge & we were there by prevented from crossing we lay here until the 30 th day of March 1778 as this declarant believes when the British attacked & defeated us killing about one hundred or upwards & made prisoners of about one hundred & twenty five the number of wounded not recollected from there we re- treated & crossed Savannah River and marched to a place called the Two- Sisters where we got there this declar- ant attached to the company he belonged to at first we were stationed here some two or three weeks from there we marched to Black Swamp there we continued until this declarant was discharged which was on the 14 th of April 1778 his discharge was assigned by Col. Locke This declarant served after this under several officers at different times some times in North Caro- lina & some times in the South as a Ranger or Spy against the Tories & Indians British upwards of eighteen months his officers- names were Capt Lane Col Locke and these ranging expeditions in which this declarant served

Much more than on his former expedi- tion all of which services he ren- dered as a volunteer there was none of the regular army with this delac- hment for any of the continental line as he remembers de Clement left the service as near as he can recollect in the year 1782. He has no documentary evi- dence at this time & knows of none by which he can prove his services  thereby relinquished every claim what ever to a pension as an army- except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Bartholomew Murphy
We Samuel Eakin a clergyman of Perry County and Jeremiah Wood hereby certify that we are well ac- quainted with Bartholomew Murphy who has subscribed and sworn to the above that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion Sworn to & subscribed the day & date above written Samuel Eakin Jeremiah Wood

State of Arkansas 2 Poinsett County 3 Greenfield Township 3
March 26, A D 1836. On this 26 day of March A D 1836 personally appeared before the undersigned one of the justicial justices of the county court, in the county and State aforesaid. Anna Murphy a resident of Green- field Township in the County of Poinsett and State of Arkansas, aged seventy eight years. Who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declara- -tion, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of an made by the act of Congress passed July the 7, 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows," that she is the widow of Bartholomew Murphy who was at private in the Continental of the Army of the United States, who rendered her good services to the United States of America that he was a pensioner for many years previ- -ous to his death, as will more fully appear by reference to documentary evidence now on file in the general pension office, she further declares that she was married to the said Bartholomew Murphy on the 15 day of November A D 1784 that her husband the aforesaid Bartholomew Murphy died on the 21 day of June A D 1845 that she was not married to him prior to to his leaving service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January sevent- -een hundred and ninety four, viz at the time above stated
Sworn to and subscribed
Anna his Murphy mark
On the day and year above written before me Geo. Tannehill, assistant justicial of the county court aforesaid.
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I Geo. J. Tannehill the undersigned do certify that I am personally acquainted with the aforesaid Anna Murphy and that I am well satisfied that she is unable from advanced age and bodily infirmity to attend the court with safety.
Geo. J. Tannehill assistant justice of the county court aforesaid State of Arkansas
Poinsett County } We the undersigned Greenfield Township } subscribers do solemnly swear that we was present and saw Bartholomew Murphy of the county Township and State aforesaid, depart this life on the 21 day of June A.D. 1875, and that we believe that he departed this life of great age Saban. Kelly Exec.
E. G. Kelley Exec.
Sworn to and subscribed before me a Justice of the peace on this 26 day of March A.D. 1846 Geo. J. Tannehill justice of the peace.
Anna Murphy wife of the aforesaid Bartholomew Murphy deceased, for the declaration on oath that she was married to the aforesaid Bartholomew Murphy in Anson County in the State of North Carolina by John Herington a justice of the peace and that there is no other record of said marriage now extant to the best of her knowledge. Anna Murphy
Sworn to and mark made on this 26 day of March A.D. 1846, before the undersigned a Justice of the peace Geo. J. Tannehill justice of the peace in the Township, County and State aforesaid.

I the undersigned do solemnly swear that Anna Murphy widow and relict of the aforesaid Bartholomew Murphy deceased has not been married to any other person since his decease. Harmon Murphy
Sworn to and subscribed before me an acting justice of the peace with and for the Township of Greenfield in the County of Poinsett and State of Arkansas on this 26 day of March A D 1846 Geo J Tannehill justice of the peace
State of Arkansas } County of Poinsett } I Luis M Lufkin Clerk of the County Court within and for Poinsett County aforesaid do hereby Certify that Geo. J. Tannehill is a Justice of the peace within and for Greenfield Town- ship within and for the County aforesaid and also one of the assistant Justices of the County Court within and for the County aforesaid and that the signature annexed to the foregoing is his genuine signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand as clerk as aforesaid and affixed the seal of said Court at Batesville my office on the 6 th day of April A D 1846 Luis M Lufkin clerk

June 16. 1842
Mr Evans
To the Secretary of War
Washington City D. C.
Pension Office

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Poinsett ss.
On this Eighteenth day of April 18 82 , before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of
Poinsett personally appeared Bartholomew Murphy who, on his oath, declares that he is the same
person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain
S. G. H. G. G. G.  Greene  Ledbetter in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Tennessee
from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State ( District, or Territory, ) of Arkansas where he intends to
remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Tennessee to Arkansas
That his Children Removed to this State and therefore he Believes it to be to his interest to be with them for his satisfaction in his old age
Bartholomew Murphy
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Theophilus Griffin
☞ The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
☞ The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath, is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
☞ In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers.
☞ Mode of authenticating papers. —In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officers who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

State of Arkans County of Pulaski I do hereby before certify that Bartholomew Murphy within named is the Person whose signature is genuine & was signed in my presence the within Instrument under oath & that he is a man of veracity & standing. Bartholomew Murphy Jr.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this May 21 st 1842
Theod Griffin J.P.
State of Arkansas County of Pulaski. I William Shrover Clerk of the Circuit Court do hereby certify that Theophilus Griffin whose name is attached to the above affidavit young Certificate, was duly Elected, Commissioned & sworn as the Law directs to sit and act as a sitting Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid & that all his acts in his Official Capacity are intitled to full Credit.
Given under my hand at office at Bolivar as Clerk of the Circuit Court and to whom on placing my private Seal there being no other Seal of Office provided at Bolivar on this the 23 rd day of May A.D. 1842
William Shrover Clk.

I, Archibald Yell, Governor of the State of Arkansas, and Keeper of the seal thereof, do hereby certify, that William Thresher is, at the date hereof, Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the County of Pulaski in said State, duly commissioned and qualified according to law, and, that, all his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the great seal of said State to be affixed, at Little Rock, on the 6th day of May, A. D. 1842.
A. Yell

A Declaration Supplementary to a declaration made by Bartholomew Murphy in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832 made on the 16 th Oct 1832 before the County Court of Perry County
This declarant states that he served in his first engagement as a private soldier under Captain Henry Schiller in a Militia Regiment commanded by Col. Lock. and served the full term & time of six months. His discharge from Col. Lock on the 14 th day of April 1799, but which was turned up at the time when this declarant was out on an other expedition in his mother's house. The next time this declarant was out in the service he was under Capt. Fairs - in the year 1780 and he served the full term and time of three months, as a private In the latter end of the same year he volunteered under Capt. Bogen - on this expedition the full term & time of six months he saith he served on the 2 d and 3 rd tours as a volunteer private soldier he then went out and served by order of Col. Wade to guard the ferries along Reckle to keep the enemy from crossing and served this tour two months. The same year he volunteered & went out under Col. Wade and served three months. In the year 1782 he served under Capt. Wilson as a private soldier three months. Then after this he was again ordered out by Col. Wade & served in the same capacity as a before stated two months he was out on another tour under Capt. Bogen and served three months. He never had but are discharged from the service & sworn to subscribed in open Court Test John Day Clerk. Bartholomew Murphy

State of Tennessee
Perry County, I Jesse Taylor Clerk of the County Court of Perry County do certify that the with in supplement was duly sworn to by Bartholemew Murphy in open court at the July Term 1833 & that at the time the original was made out that Jesse Lewis was then Clerk of said court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 5th day of December in the year of our Lord 1833.
Jesse Taylor Clerk of Perry County Court

And the said Court do hereby — declare after the investigation of the matter and after putting the — interrogatories prescribed by law the were deponent that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and served as such in the States and the court further Certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Eakin who signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the said County and state above said and is a credible person and that their statements are in little to credit
J. A. Gilbert J. L. Rains J. T. Houston
Questions by the court
1st Where & in what year were you born
Answer I was born in Anson County North Carolina in the year 1759
2d have you any record of your age & if so where is it
Ans the record of my age has been burnt 3d when were you living when called

Service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live.
And Susan Canby North carolina when called.
all the questions were satisfactorily answered as required by the depart- ment.
I Jesse Lewellen Clerk of said court hereby certify that the foregoing con- tains the original proceeding of the Court in the Matter of the appli- cation of Bartholomew Murphy for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 16 th Oct. 1822

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
25 375

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Bartholomew Murphy of the State of Vermont who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Eighty dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Second day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
L. Wood
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

No. 12716
Anna Murphy Arkansas
Letter to Mrs. S. Woodworth July 2. 1845.
Let Hon. Geo. W. Jones, July 9. 1852.
July 7. 1838
7508

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
70118
P. O. _____
Ann Murphy
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized.
_____ Contr
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

20. 045
1/3 Murphy
Bartholomew Murphy Tennessee
from 1778 private 2 yrs # 80.
Mediculus

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Bartholomew Murphy which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? No

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days. I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

July 11 1842
A large, stylized, calligraphic letter 'R' in black ink.
J. S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Pension Office Nashville Tenn: July 1 st 1842
Sir
Yours of the 20 th ult o requesting me to inform you to what time Bartholomew Murphy, a Pensioner on the roll of this agency under the act of 7 June 1832 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, was last paid, is at hand. It appears from the Books in this office that he was last paid from the 4 September 1834 to 4 March 1835.
Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant J. B. Smith Genl: agent
J. L. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions Washington, City

Aug 8 1842.
FREE
J. S. Edwards Esq. Com. of Pensions Washington
Noborum

Branch Union Bank Street Hackney Shdy 26 th 1842 James S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir Sir
Your favor of the 15 th instant has been received. Bartholomew Murphy, a Pensioner on the Roll of this agency under the Act of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Agency to the 4 th day of September 1841.
Very Respectfully Yr obed Servt Grimshawe P.W. agt.

Oct 23 rd 1850
Rev. Murphy
Ark. City

Pension Agency Office, Little Rock, Arkansas, 3 Oct. 1845.
Sir:
M c Bartholomew Murphy, a Revolutionary Pensioner, on the Roll of this Agency, under the act of 7 June, 1832, at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum, died, as I am informed, on the 21 st of June last. — His Widow, M c Anna Murphy, to whom, I understand, he had been married for 67 years past, requests me to ascertain whether, or not, she is entitled to the half-pay Pension due to the widows of deceased Pensioners; and, if she is, that you will transmit to me the necessary forms and instructions to enable her to obtain the benefits thereof. — By informing me on the subject, and, if she is entitled to a Pension, forwarding the necessary forms, &c., at your earliest convenience, you will confer a favor on an aged and very worthy lady.
I am, sir,
very respectfully
Yr. ob t Serv t .
Wm. Woodruff Ag t .
J. N. Edwards, Esq. Com r of Pensions, Washington City.

To Comp rs of Pensions

July 8 th 1852.
Hon James E. Keath, Comm te of Pensions, Sir
Enclosed I forward you the petition of Anna Murphy, and will thank you to send me, for the use of the committee on pensions, such information relative thereto as you may have within your reach. No papers were referred with said petition.
very respectfully Your ob t Serv t
Geo. W. Jones sus Ch a Compens 3

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Anna Murphy Arkansas
7 July 1838
Act 7 th July 1838.

Pension Agency Office, Little Rock, Ark.
14 April, 1846
Sir,
Enclosed herewith I transmit the Declaration of Mrs. Anna Murphy, (widow of Bartholomew Murphy, late a Pensioner on the Roll of this Agency, under the act of 7 June, 1832, at the rate of $80 pr. annum) in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 7 th July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half-pay & pension to certain widows," together with such other corroborating testimony as she has sent to me.
The papers, you will perceive, are made out in rather a bungling manner, in consequence of there being no person residing in the neighborhood who could make them out in a more business-like form; but I have no doubt of their correctness, from my knowledge of Mr. Harmon Murphy, the son of Mr. Murphy, who several times came here, during the lifetime of his father, for the purpose of claiming his pension, & who appeared to be a respectable man, & also from my acquaintance with Lewis H. Litfin, Esq., the Clerk of Poinsett county. — I know nothing of the facts myself. — If the papers are sufficient to entitle the old lady to the Pension desired, you will be pleased to transmit the necessary certificates to Mrs. Anna Murphy, under cover to me.
Respectfully,
Yr ob't serv't
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Comm ee of Pensions.
J. M. Woodruff A.G.

Bolivar, Ark. Aug. 28/42
B. Murphy wishes his pension paid in Ark.
M 104. Rec. March 7/42 Pension Office.
W Evans

Bolin Post Office Linnett County Arkansas (Jan 28 th 1842)
to the Hon.
Secretary of War Sir
I am a Pen- sioner of the United States, and having removed from Tennessee to this State, I have been informed that it is my duty to make known that fact to you, in order that you may attend directions to the Commissioners of Pensions to pay me my pension in this State. I formerly lived in Perry County in Ten- nessee and drew my pay from the Bank at Jackson in Madison Co. Tenn. I have now located myself in this County and State and the most convenient Bank to this place is the Branch of Bank of Arkansas at Batesville in Independence County. I believe that there are all the facts necessary to be made known and beg leave to sub- scribe myself very Respectfully yours J. W. B. Searcy Baptist Minister No Witten

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
18. August 1842.
Sir:
In conformity with the regulations of this Department, you have this day been transferred from the Roll of Sachsen  Tenn. & etc. to that of Arkansas — to take effect from and after the 4 th Sep 1841
I am, Sir, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr. Bartholomew Murphy U. S. Pensioner.
Bolivar
Polisett County
Arkansas.