Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 191, for Jonathan Pridmore, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Pridmore, Jonathan
N. 191
Pridmore or Rachel
B.L.Wt. 26909-160-55-
CONTENTS

1825
1864
" 21
1825
1861
" 18

The Ages of Jonathan Pridmore and his wife Children —
Ind. & Mary was Born Oct. 4 th — 1792 —
Jonathan Pridmore was born August 9 th — 1793 —
Elizabeth Pridmore was born Dec. 29 th 1795 —
Hiram Pridmore was born 9 th Sept. 1797 —
Archibald Pridmore was born July 21 st 1799 —
Samuel Pridmore was born May 3 rd — 1801
Samuel Pridmore was born Jan. 22 nd — 1804 —
Willy Pridmore was born June 26 th — 1807 —
Washington Pridmore was born June 23 rd 1809 —

State of Tennessee ss County of Hancock, on this seventh day of April A D one thousand Eight hundred and fifty five personaly appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Rachel Pridemore aged Eighty Seven years a Resident of the County of Hancock in the State of Tennessee who being duly Sworn according to law declares She is the widow of the Identical Johnathan Pridemore who was a Soldier of the Revolutionary war and also a pensioner of the united States at the Rate of Thirty Three and one third at dollars per annum She further State that She is the Identical Rachel Pridemore who is now inscribed on the pension Roll of the united States at the Rate of Thirty Three and one third at dollars per annum She further State that She was Married to the Laid Johnathan Pridemore on or a bout the 1 st day of October A D 1790 as well as She Recalls Recollects at this time by dear William McCallough a Justice of the peace in Union County State of South Carolina as well as She Recollects and her name before Married Marriage was Rachel Cathee and that her said husband Johnathan Pridemore died in Hawkins County State of Tennessee on the Sixteen th day of May 1833 as well as She Recollects and She is still a Widow and has no Record to prove said Marriage by She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled to under the act approved The 3 day of March 1855-
Rachel by Pridemore Mark

we Benjamin Bunch and Jeffrey Johnson Residents of Hancock County in the State of Tennessee upon our oaths declare that the above declaration was signed and acknowledge in our presence by Rachel Pridermore and that we believe she is the identical person she represents her selfe to be we further state that we was personally and well acquainted with the Identical Jonathan Pridermore who was a pensioner of the United States in Hancock Hawkins County and that he is now dead he died on the 16 th day of May 1833 as well as we recollect in the county and State of Tennessee we further state that the said Jonathan Pridermore and Rachel Pridermore who has signed the within declaration and live together until the death of the said Jonathan Pridermore as man and wife they cohabited together as such they was reputed in their neighborhood as man and wife and their Marriage has never been called into question by any person to our knowledge and we concur in that opinion and that she is still a widow
Benjamin Bunch Jeffrey Johnson
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents her selfe to be and that I have no interest in this claim
Henry Fletcher for Hancock County

State of Tennessee County of Hancock } I Richard Mitchell clerk of the County Court for said County do hereby certify that Henry Fletcher Esqr before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn to and subscribed was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace within and for said County and State legally commissioned and sworn into office and that his signature thereto is genuine witness my hand and official seal at office in Sneedville this 24 th day of April 1888
Richard Mitchell clerk
Send warrant to R. Mitchell Sneedville Tennessee
115-156 Declaration of Rachel Primm Rural County

115.156) act Mar 3/55
Newlin R. Mitchell, Jan'y 12/56
Rachel Mar 3/55  Prison
Rachel Pr
Jonathan Pridemore Priso
No 26,999 ip Prison Mi:
Rev. Mr
Levin July 48- 5101
W. 160 Aln May 22/53
Signature
R. Mitchell Snedville Ga
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Vol P. page 142

6682 Jan 23, 1846
10 Rachel Moore Paid July 24 18 3/4
Proper Handwriting
Estillville Va Jan 15
J. S. Edwards War Department Washington City

Tennessee Hawkins County to wit
on this 3 rd day of January 1846 personally appeared before me William Babb a Justice of the peace of the County Court of Hawkins County in the State of Tennessee being a court of record by virtue of the Law of Tennessee creating said Court; Rachel Pridmore resident of the said County of Hawkins and state of Tennessee aged Seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of Congress passed July the 1 st 1836 that she is the Widow of Jonathan Pridmore who was a pensioner of the United States and obtained a certificate thereof on the day of the last record of and for proof of whose services reference is made the last Department she is able to produce no better proof than that herewith submitted of the fact and date of her marriage as she knows of no person now living who was present but she hopes that this proof coupled with the fact that of her having lived with Jonathan Pridmore as his wife will satisfy the War Department. She further declares that she was married to the said Jonathan Pridmore on the day Nov r 1790 that her husband the aforesaid Jonathan Pridmore died on the that 14 th day of May 1838 and that she has remained a widow ever since period as will more fully appear referenced to the proof here to annexed she also declares that she is unable to attend personally in Court by reason of bodily infirmity; Sworn to and subscribed this day and year Rachel Pridmore first above mentioned before the undersigned her mark
William Babb Jp of Hawkins County

State of Tennessee Hawkins County
I Robert Johnson Clerk of the County Court of said County do certify that William Babb Esq whose name appears to the within is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace in for said County and that his signature appears to be in his own proper hand writing.
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Office in Rogersville this 5 th day of January 1846
Robert Johnson Clerk By J. L. Fulkerson Dep Clk
State of Tennessee Hawkins County
I Robert Johnson Clerk of the County Court of said County of Hawkins County held at Rogersville in and for said County of Hawkins do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been to said Court that Jonathan Pridmore of the ungleed states at the rate of Thirty three and Thirty three cents per year and was a resident of the County of Hawkins and state of Tennessee and his widow is living in the County of Hawkins and state of Tennessee where Jonathan Pridmore her husband died previous to the 16 th March 1840 and he left a widow whose name is Rachel Pridmore and who is still unmarried in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal seal of office at Rogersville this 15 th day of January 1846
Robert Johnson Clk By J. L. Fulkerson D Clk

Termine Hawkins County
I Robert D Young -ng presiding Justice of the County Court of Hawkins County do certify that the application of Rachel Pridmore for a pension was submitted in Court at the January Term thereof and appro- ved by the Court
Witness My hand and seal this 15 th day of January 1846
R D Young Jp Chairman
I Robert Johnson Clerk of the County Court of Hawkins County do certify that the above is a true Transcript of the County Court Hawkins County in the matter of the application of Rachel Pridmore for a pension
Witness My hand and my Seal of Office at Rogersville January 15 th 1846
Robert Johnson clk By J. L. F. Ekerson Dep. clk

5701
Tennessee.
Rachel Pridmore, widow of Jonathan Pridmore Col Klugage Pen n who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of Sep r 1849 and sent to
J. W. McAnally Beams Station Tennessee
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 301 Vol. 2 Book A.
254136

State of Tennessee Hawkins County
On this 2 nd day of October personally appeared before the Judge of the Circuit Court of the County & State aforesaid Johnathan Ridmore a resident of Hawkins County & State of Virginia aged 75 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 17 th 1832 that he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1778 with Capt. Thomas Cluggage or Kluggage & served in the regiment under the command of Maj Robert Cluggage or Kluggage of the Pennsylvania line, but what was the number of the Regiment he does not know that it had any, for the Regiment was raised for the purpose of building Forts & guarding the frontiers against the Indians, that he lived in Bedford County in the State of Pennsylvania when he enlisted, that he went to the lead mines in said County for the purpose of enlisting & here he did enlist for 9 months that here they had began to build a fort which this Declarant assisted to finish, which was called Fort Robert Day or Doe after General Doe that he was stationed in this Fort the whole 9 months for which he enlisted, only when he was sent out with express, this Declarant further states that after the expiration of his nine months as a regular he then volunteered 3 months longer to guard the Fort that he remained in the Fort about one month of the 3 when he was chosen as a driver of the Pack horses to transport flour & whiskey to the Fort from the Standing Stone the former driver having been discharged an

account of his intemperance, that he transported every week to the fort about 800 pounds of flour that General Day commanded at the fort & by his instructions the fort was built, that this Declarant thinks there was also in the fort one Col. McDowel who commanded the Wapitii & Michel  Chriden or Kriden the commissary lived at the standing stone. This Declarant further states that after his 3 months as volunteer expired he went into Bartley County in Virginia where his parents then resided, that here he remained till about August 1779 when he embarked with Capt. Cathaniel  Gynder , during the war to drive Pack horses to Fort Pitt, that they received the loading for their horses which consisted of salt, at the mouth of Conegocheag that it had been brought to this place in boats, that about 200 horses were loaded with this article & were driven by this Declarant & others from the said landing through Chrisaps , old town to Fort Pitt, that General Elliott commanded the Pack horse company, that is he says to the that one General Hann commanded at Fort Pitt, This Declarant also states that after delivering the salt at the Fort, he returned into Bartley County where the horses were sold & he discharged by Capt. Gynder that by some means or other he has lost his discharge, This Declarant further states that after he was discharged from the Pack horse service he volunteered, in Bedford County to which he had returned after his discharge, under Samuel  Thomson for six months to guard the frontiers against the Indians that he was stationed a part of this term of service at Fort Wig , which was under the command of Col. Piper , that from this Fort a

company, one of which, was this Keelanant, was dispatched to rescue from the Indians the people at Philips Block house which was about 11 miles, but before their arrival at the Block house, the house had been burnt & the people either killed or taken off as prisoners by the Shawnee & Delaware Indians that they pursued the Indians about 35 miles that this Keelanant acted as a pilot in this pursuit, that when night came on the most of his men deserted which forced him to abandon the pursuit & return that he came up with the deserters in about 4 miles & all of them continued their way back to the settlement, that on the next day they saw several persons which had been murdered by the Indians, some of whom were tied fast to trees & pierced with Indian arrows, that on his return to the Fort he remained there the balance of his 6 months except when he was sent out on duty, that after the expira- tion of this six months he was discharged by his Capt. which discharge he has also lost with the rest, he then again volunteered in the Pack horse service under Charles Simney purchaser of provision that he was sent through the country to gather the flour & whisky which had been purchased & convey it, some to Col. Piper in Bedford County & some to Capt. Moore who lived at Frankstown, that after this service was performed he stationed in Fort Pridmore where he remained till the close of the war scouting in pursuit of the Indians & guarding the fort, that he has no document- ary evidence by which he can establish the fact

Revolutionary war he has lived in the States of Penn- sylvania & Virginia, & that since he made the foregoing Declaration he has rented a place & has moved a part of his property into Hawkins County & State of Tennessee, that the reason he made the foregoing declaration in a different County & State from that in which he resided was that he lived near the line & a short time previous to his application he had lived in Hawkins County where he made his Declaration, that he was better known in the County where he made his Declaration, than in the County where he lived, & that he expected shortly to move in said County which he is now doing there are the reasons why he applied in one County & State while he lived in another & he now may be said to live in Hawkins County in the State of Tennessee, He further states that he has in his possession no record of his age but there is one in the possession of his brother who lives in the Indiana as he expects, He further deponeth & saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory produced by a tree falling on his head some years ago he cannot recollect. & name more officers & events than he has in the foregoing Declaration & that he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollec- tion he served not less than the periods mentioned below, & in the following grades For two years I served as a soldier stationed in Forts guarding the frontiers & spying after Indians, For nine months I served as a driver of Pack horses, & for such service I claim a pension
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 18 th day of April 1833
A. Paine (S.D.)
Jonathan Pridmore

of his service, neither does he know of any living Witness by whom he can prove it except a female whose deposition is hereto annexed marked Exhibit A. This Declarant further states that the whole time he served as a regular soldier & volunteer during the revolutionary war either in active service or stationed at Forts guarding the frontiers were about five years, that there is no clergyman handy. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of Pennsylvania.
Sworn to, & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid W B Mitchell Clk
Jonathan Pridmore We Joseph Baker & William Ball residing in the County of Hawkins & State of Tennessee do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Pridmore, who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration. that we believe him to be 75 years of age that he is a man of good character & is entitled to credit, that he is reported & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid W B Mitchell Clk
Joseph Baker William Ball And the said last do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states & the last further certify that it appears to them
that Joseph Baker & William Ball who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the County of Hawkins & State of Tennessee & are creditable persons & that their statement is entitled to credit
Joseph Baker William Ball Clerks of the

in the County of Hawkins & State of Tennessee are residents see & are creditable persons & that their statement is entitled to credit
I, Willis Bottcher Clerk of the Circuit Court for Hawkins County & State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the origin- al proceedings of the said Court in the mat- ter of the application of Jonathan Prid- more for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this the 2 nd day of October 1832
Wm Mitchell Clerk
And I the said Clerk do likewise certify that Joseph Baker & William Babb whose signatures appear to the deposition of Mary Bine, hereto annexed marked Exhibit A
are acting Justices of the peace for Haw- kins County & State of Tennessee
Wm Mitchell Clerk
I know W B Mitchell to be Clerk of the Circuit Court of Hawkins County & that he has his seal of office with the proper device, but that the seal is that adopted by him State of Tennessee Hawkins County } May 24th 1832 J P Blair
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the peace in & for the County & State aforesaid Jonathan Pridmore, who being duly sworn, deposes, & saith, by way of amending the foregoing declaration, that he was born in County in the State of that since the

13,698 Jonesborough
Jonathan Pridmore of Hawkins Co. in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Continental by Captain Klugage of the 1st by Col. Klugage in the Penna. Mile batt. for 10 months. from 1778
Inscribed on the Roll of Jonesborough at the rate of 33. Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of June 1833 and sent to H. S. Blair. Jonesborough
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 66.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep 33 16.66
$ 83.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1833
Recorded by W. H. Allison Book 8 Vol. 6 Page 1

State of Tennessee Hawkins County, to wit
I William Babb a justice of the County Court of Hawkins in the state of Tenne- -see hold in said County of Hawkins likewise The deponent resides. Knoweth hereby certify that the above named Rachel Pridmore is from her extreme age and infirmity unable to attend the Court of which I am a justice and I do not think from present appearance that she will be able to attend the next court above mentioned at its next session I have therefore in pursuance of the act of Congress passed the 1 st March 1823 attended at the place of abode and administered the foregoing oath given under my hand and seal this 3 rd January 1846 William Babb Justice

Newkins County Tennessee
I do her by certify that I was well acquainted with Jonathan Dredmore and that he was a unrighted States Pensioner and I drawed his pension for him by power of attorney in his lifetime for referance of the fact my receipts will be found in the war Department
This 3 rd January 1846
William Babb

Jonathan Prudden, Jonesborough Ten, act 7 June 1832 $ 933 33 / 100 Prudden
To what time was he last paid? Pension Office Sept 12 1849 pa to 4 th March 1838. B. B.

Mr Baynton -
Claimant is not entitled to Bounty Land for the services of her son in the war of 1812 - As she says she receives a Pension for her husband's services, it must be for Revolutionary services, and I refer to you - See declaration
Yours &c
Fullot
June 13/57

Case of Jonathan Pridimore
Allowed ten months service. The time engaged in driving pack horses not allowed. Last service as a pack horse driver was for the war. Service subsequent to that period not provided for.

Rachel Priscilla Tenn. widow of Jonathan
act 3rd Feb 63
Rev. J. Carr
with a Comm. 2nd May
= C.C. worn
2? White for Mrs. Campbell see B. Galt

✓ 26.909
5
Nov 1909

V Let. to J. P. Kane, Apr. 8 th 1846.
(H. J. Waun, July 31, 1846) Let to Wm. A. Johnson Aug. 10 '46 For both ltrs in parenthesis see cum. R. 10064, of William Stapleton) MLD
Act 4 July, 1836.

191 Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 191
Rachel Ridmore
Widow of Jonathan Ridmore Priv. Rev. War
Act: Feb 2 nd 1848
Index:—Vol. M. , Page 139
[Arrangement of 1870.]

254.136 Act Mar 3/55
115.156 Aug 12/56
25/12/56
Rachel Pridmore
Jonathan Pridmore for Pridmore
Capt. Griffin
Col. Johnson
Ent. Nov. 16. 1813
Rev. War. General
Mar 1817
The name of Mrs. Pridmore does not appear upon the above mentioned Rolls.
Special Bd of Rev Jan 9 1857 Ad...
William M. Strickland
Sneadville
E. Tenn.
Still M. Strickland Jan 17/57
J. H. Ward
386.13
Not on Roll

10736
Tennessee.
Rachel Pridmore,
Widow of Jonathan Pridmore who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832, and who died on the 16 th May 1838. Her husband in the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Klugage of the Regt commanded by Col. Klugage in the Tenn. Mil for 10 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of Jonesboro, Tenn at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 16 th day of May, 1838. - end 4 th March 1841.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of Sept. 1849 and sent to J. W. McAnally, Bean's Station Tenn.
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Book D
Vol. 1
Chase Clerk, Page 355,

Jonathan Pridmore amended Pension claim. — from 1778 prints 10 months, $ 33. \frac{37}{100}
Forster's agency J. H. Blair

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jonathan Pridmore which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? It does II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? No 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? No IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Hee has 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? So VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? So VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Hee has VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Hee has IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Hee has 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? No clergyman's evidence
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? There is
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? so
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? It has
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? It does
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? so
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? no 12 are 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.

N 13937 Rachel Pridmore wid of Jonathan Jrn
act 7 July 1838
Marr'd 1790
Inst aid 11 May 1838
Adm'd, 33 33 p er cent from 11 May 1838 to 4 March 1841
Adm'd act 31 March 1843 817 mrs 44 33 33 p er cent On 4 March 1843
Adm'd act 2 Feb 48 33 33 p er cent On 4 March 1848 J. H. M c Snally Reams Station Jrn

Pension Office September 1849
Sir
In answer to your letter of the 7 Inst

May the 27th 1849
Sir I inclose the declaration of Rachel Pridmore Widow of Jonathan Pridmore for a pension under the act of Congress 1838 for proof of marriage I refer you to the record of the births of their children which annexed to her declaration I found this old fashioned register of the births of their children among some old papers of Jonathan Pridmore that was still in possession of the widow If the proof of his death is not satisfactory shown by her affidavit I refer you to the former declaration and proof which was sent to you some years since by Esq. Stein (as Mrs Pridmore informs me) of Jonesville V.A. When this declaration is acted on send her warrant to me at Rutledge Tennessee
Col. J. D. Edwards
Your Most Oble Servt James R. McAnally
W.B. As an apology is due for the dilapidated condition of the declaration &c I add I sent it to the Clerk at Sneedville in last march for him to get it approved for me and he won't out before he returned
I sent the declaration of Sarah Hopper Widow of Harmon Hopper to your office last fall and she is anxious to hear from it but have received no communication whatever about it
J. R. Mc

8651 Tennessee
Rachel Pridmore widow of Jonathan Pridmore who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of Sep r 1841 and sent to
J. N. McAnally Beary Station Tennessee.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2 Page 196

6682
Rachel Prior
Gen
Act 4 July 36
Repeal Manual 1790

Estillville, Va. } Jan'y 15. }
Paid 10
J. D. Edwards Esq } War Department Washington City DC
Yours

January 14 th 1846
Estherella Scott C H wo
Dear Sir
I herewith send you the pension cases of the widow Stapleton and Pridmore which I hope will be allowed to them; I think satisfactory proof has been made in the cases that William Stapleton and Jonathan Pridmore were pensioners of the war and drew a pension
Yours &c
John P. Kane
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State of Tennessee { Exhibit A This day personally Hawkins county } appeared Mary Bird before us Joseph Baker & William Babb two of the acting Justices of peace in and for the county & after being duly sworn on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God the truth to speak & testify Respecting the services of Lanathan Predemare since in the Revolution war she the said witness being aged about six- ty two years & deposeth and saith that same time during the war she the said Mary Bird was with the said Lanathan Predemare in the service with the pack horses & driving the same in Huntingdon town in Pennsylvania at the place called the standing stone and whether he was in the Regular or Militia service she don't know and further saith she saw the said Predemare three or four different times in one seven men seen driving the pack horses and further saith she saw him driving the said pack horses and that the said Predemare drove the pack horses till the general Run of people knew the said pack horses so as to say when they saw the said horses coming there was Predemare's horses and fur- ther saith she knew one certain Black horse with a white face and she the said Mary don't know what officer he was under and further deposeth and saith not sworn to & subscribed before us this the 15 th day of September in the year 1832
test Joseph Baker William Babb
Mary Bird mark

State of Tennessee } Hawkins County }
We Joseph Baker & William Babb two acting Justices of the peace in & for the County & State aforesaid & residing in the neighborhood of the said Mary Bird whose signature appears to the foregoing deposition & who was sworn to it before us, do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with the said Mary Bird that we believe her to be the age she states in her deposition & that she is a credible person, & that her statement is entitled to credit. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands & official seals this 19 th day of April 1833.
Joseph Baker (JJP)
William Babb (JJP)
Joseph Baker William Babb
State of Tennessee } Hawkins County }
I Stockley O Mitchell Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the County and State aforesaid do certify that Joseph Baker and William Babb whose names are subscribed to the above certificate are now and were at the time the same bears date acting Justices of the peace for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that their signa- tures thereto appear to be in their own proper hand writing.
Given under my hand and seal of office at office in Rogersville this 2 nd day of May A.D. 1833.
S. Mitchell Clerk By M c Mitchell C.D. Clerk

Declaration of Rachel Pridmore under the Act of Congress of July 7 1838
State of Tennessee } ss Hancock County }
On this 6 th day of March 1849 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said County Rachel Pridmore a resident of said County aged twenty nine years the 10 th day of last November who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following decla- ration to obtain the provision of the act of Congress passed the 7 th of July 1838 granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows That she is the widow of Jonathan Pridmore who was a Private in the revolution and later a Pensioner of the U.S. and drew a pension of $33.33 per annum at Jonesborough Tenne- see She further declares that she was married the said Jonathan Pridmore in the month of Novr 1790 in South Carolina Union Dis- trict That her husband the aforesaid Jonathan Pridmore d not on the 16 th night of May 1838) That she was married to him previous to his leaving the service but that marriage took place previous to the 1 st of January 1794 viz: at the time above sta- ted She further declares she has no documentary evidence to establish her marriage but an old family record of her childrens ages which are in the hand writing of Nicholas Jasper of South Carolina subscribed the day and year above written
before me
Hiram Bled
Justice of the Peace
Rachel Pridmore seal mark

State of Tennessee Hancock County
I certify that Rachel Pridmore who has sworn to and subscribed the within declaration is unable to get before the Court of this County also that she is a person of credit and truth and there ought to have full credit given to her statements given under my hand this 6th day of March 1849
Horam Beard for Hancock City
State of Tennessee Hancock County } County court April Term This day is presented in open court the declaration of Rachel Pridmore for a pension taken before Horam Beard Esq. out of court for the approval of said court and the court do hereby approve and indorse the same and order it to be put on record
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Sneadsville the 2 nd day of April A.D. 1849 John Farmer clk
State of Tennessee Hancock County } I John Farmer Clerk of the county court of the county aforesaid do certify that Horam Beard Esq. whose name appears to the above declaration is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and that full faith and credit are due all his official acts as such and that his signature appears to be genuine given under my hand and seal of office at office in Sneadsville this 2 nd day of April A.D. 1849
John Farmer clk

254,136 Rachel Pridmore Claimed to Bounty Land for the service of her son John Pridmore
Filed By Wm W. Strickland Inverville E Tennessee

State of Tennessee } County of Hancock } SS
on this 30 th day of July A.D. 1856 personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for the county and state and county and state Afore said Rachel Pridmore aged about 87 years A resident of Hancock County in the state of Tennessee who being duly sworn according to law declared that she is the mother of John Pridmore deceased who was a private in the company commanded by Capt Griffin and Col Johnson — in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on 18 th day June 1812. That her said son was drafted at Hawkins Hancock County on or about the 16 day of December 1813 for the term of six months and continued in actual service in said war for about five months and 22 days and was honorably discharged on the account of sickness and his father went and brought him home and he lived only ten 2 days after he got home She further states that she is the widow of Jonathan Pridmore and pensioned on the roll at the rate of $33.33 1 / 3 3 3 3 per annum recorded in the Pension office on the roll of pension under act February 2 d 1848 Page 301 vol 1 She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the county land to which she may be entitled to under the several acts of Congress for his service Rachel Pridmore marks
We Benger, Burch, and Jeffrey Johnson, residence of Hancock County in the state of Tennessee upon our oaths declared that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Rachel Pridmore in our presence and that we believe from the appearances and statements of the applicant that

She is the identical person she represents her self to be and that we have no interest in the claim
Benjamin Bunch
Jeffrey John D. m
The fore going declaration and affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person that the claimant is the person she represents her self to be and that I have no interest in the claim
Henry Fletcher Justice of the peace for Hancock County
State of Tennessee, I Richard Mitchell clerk Hancock County, } of the County Court for said County do hereby certify that Henry Fletcher Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn to and subscribed was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace within and for said County legally commissioned and sworn and that his signature thereto appears to be genuine
Witness my hand and official seal at office in Sneedville this 1st 1st day of August 1836
Richard Mitchell clerk