Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1242, for Ledford Payne, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Va.
Payne, Bedford Jane
S. 1242
B.L. # 97540-160-55
CONTENTS

265. 326
Act 1861 3. 11 1861 12. 16
Set: 1000 Woodpasture, Feb: 11/57
97. 54 John S. Marchant Payne , mid. Bedford Payne , mid.
Verity M. B. Jones
Set: to M. E. B. Jones, Aug. 2/80 1880
Verity was
Peru? Act 1828-1947 19440
All? Heron, Mar. 8/61. 1861
Vol P. page 179.
R. B. Bagby
blurred Present
Livingston.

Kentucky
Richard Payne Resided in the State of Kentucky he was a sergeant in the Co commanded by Captain Wedgen of the regt commanded by Major Meade in the Va for 2 years
inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Sept 1833 and William Owens Columbia from the 4th of Sept 90 00 Sem-ant. allowance ending March 40 00 240 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk. Book 6 Vol. 1 Page 14
See letter to Hon S Williams June 6. 1836
Dead.
Died at the Treasury under Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to the 13 July 1837 the day of his death — age notified 26. Oct 1838.
265326

21,655.
Ledford Payne: Kentucky.
W. C. Rob on a Roll from 1776 private 2 yrs $80.
William Owens, Agent. Columbia, Kentucky.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 9 th 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Ledford Payne , of Russell Co. Ky.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Drafted 1780. 3. P. Capt. Chas. Hodgen, Capt. Wm. Dick, Lieut. Col. McDaniel Gen. La Fayette Gen. Anthony Wayne. James town. Pittsylvania, Va.: from thence to Old James town: from thence to Williamsburg: from thence to Little York. Pittsylvania, Va. Aged 70 years. Living witness and traditional.   Enlisted. 5 P. Capt. Joseph Lester, Lieut. Col. Booker, Ensign Booker, Capt. Randolph. Gen. Spotswood, Col. Meade, Gen. Washington, Major Randolph, Col. Meade.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and 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 _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed 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 A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 each 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 , in the militia, &c without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
W. R. Turner

State of Tennessee } S.S.
Overton County } On this 13 th day of November A.D. 1858.
Personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid name, Payne aged Fifty Eight years a resident of Overton County in the State of Tennessee who being duly sworn according to law declares on oath that she is the widow of Leufard Payne deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary war as follows He enlisted in Pittsylvania County in the State of Virginia in the Regular Infantry Service of the United States for the term of five years or during the War under David Mudd a recruiting Officer when he went into Service he was placed under the Command of Capt Thomas Hudgins a part of the thirty ninth Regiment Commanded at first by Col Spotswood and afterwards placed under the Command of Capt Hood and served under other Captains whose names are not remembered He enlisted in the Month of January 1779 and faithfully served as a private Soldier until the termination of the Revolution Having served after his enlistment during the War and after the Surrender of Cornwallis at the Siege of York and was discharged at Winchester State of Virginia from the Service having guarded some persons to that place - He and the rest of the guards were dismissed without receiving any discharge For more particular & conclusive proof of her said husbands Service she refers to the Copy of the record herewith presented which was made and proven by her husband during his life and upon which he received a Pension up to the time of his death on the 13 th day of July 1838 She further States that she was married to the said Leufard Payne in Overton County State of Tennessee

by one James William Mattocks a justice of the Peace on the 6 th day of January 1828 as well as private record of her said marriage as no records of the marriage were then kept by law The records of the said marriage were not presented That her name before her marriage was Jane Daugherty That her said husband the said Leuford Payne died in Overton County State of Tennessee on the 13 th day of July 1838.
She further states that after the death of the said Payne to wit on the 15 th day of October 1846 she was married to a man by the name of James Bozer in Overton County Tennessee but she states that at the time of her said last marriage the said Bozer had a living wife and the said Bozer deserted & abandoned applicant but applicant has since been divorced from the said Bozer & her name changed to Jane Payne as will appear from the records of the District Court of Chancery in said case herewith presented.
She has never been married since the death of her said husband the said Leuford Payne except as above stated and she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the acts of 28 th Sept 1850 & 3 rd March 1855 granting bounty land to certain officers & soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States. She has never made application for or received any bounty land except this application. Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & date above written.
Jane Payne
and I certify that I am well acquainted with the said Jane Payne that she is a woman of good character and of the age stated & the widow of Leuford Payne and as above stated and that I have no interest in this claim.
N. F. Howard
for

Ledford Payne.
21855

State of Kentucky Russel County Court
December Term 1832
on this 10 day of December 1832 person- ally appeared in Open Court before the worshipful Justices of the County Court in and for the Russel County Court in the State of Kentucky now sitting Sedford Payne a resident of the County and State of foresaid aged 70 years the 9 th day of August last past who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benifit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That in the year 1780 in the County of Pittsylvania State of Virginia he was drafted as a militiaman for three months he then belonged to Capt Charles Hodgens Company he was immediately marched to a place of Rendezvous after he had been sometime in service he was transferred to Capt William Dicks Comp- any he was then marched by said

(2) Capt. Beck to old Jamestown, Clement McDonal was the Lieut. Reuben Bennett was the ensign, when he arrived at old Jamestown he was joined to troops Com- manded by General Lafayette and General Anthony Wayne while at that place they had a severe engagement with the British in which Battle this applicant was in from Beginning to End he was after the Battle of marched on to Williams Bury where he was kept untill his Term had fully expired he then enlisted at Williamsburg for five years or for during the war under Capt Joseph Carter, he cannot state whether his enlistment was upon State or Conti- nental establishment as he was then ignorant of the difference; his Lieut was By the name of Booker and his Ensign likewise by the name of Booker and under those officers he entered the service of the United States as an enlisted private for and during the war or five years General Spotswood was there at that time Commanding he does not recollect the Col. who Command- ed but thinks it was Col. Meade he was kept there occasionally scouting about untill toward the fall of 1781 when he was marched on to Little York where

General Washington's 3 Army lay when he was joined to that Army, and remained there untill after the Surrender of Cornwallis and in a short time was marched on with the British prisoners towards Winchester but Before he reached Winchester he was taken sick and obtained a furlough for a few days and went home as soon as his time was out he went to Goodesburg the place where he was ordered and joined his old Company and after some time was attached to Capt Richard Randolph's Company General Spotswood was the Commander Col Meade & Maj Peter Randolph was also there in Command after remaining there for one year some time he was furloughed for 40 days and permitted to go home at the end of his furlough he again Returned to the Army agreeable to his orders and was marched to Richmond & other places and in this way continued in service untill the final close of the war after which he was Honorably discharged by Col Meade he positively states that he was in the service of the United States upwards of three years he further states that he has lost his disch- -arge but how when or where he cannot state he has no documentary evidence to prove his service nor does he know of any person whose evidence he now can procure who can testify to his said service except Jordan George of this County

Who can testify to his Service and whose Affidavit is hereto annexed, he hereby ingenuously displays claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State he further states that he was born in North Virginia County State of Virginia on the 9 th day of August 1762 agreeable to the information of his parents & his father's Register which he has often seen and all of which he believes to be true he has no Register of his Birth by him only having recently had it burnt by accident after the close of the war he moved to Sullivan County North Carolina (now Tennessee) he lived there several years then moved to South Carolina Shelbyville County, where he remained some years then moved to Pendleton County same State where he remained some years when he moved to Wheeler Virginia where he staid about one year & then crossed the River to Natchez where he remained but a few months when he moved to the State of Tennessee near Nash ville where he remained until about 1806 when he moved to Kentucky and once after that taught school in Overton County Tennessee but Kentucky has been properly secured his home from

1876 untill the present he has lived part of his time in Monroe County Ky. part in Cumberland and for the last two years in the County of Russell where he now resides sworn to and subscribed the day and year of
Sedford Payne
State of Kentucky Russell County Court 1832
December 10 on this day Jordan George a resident of the County of age came into open court and made Oath that he is well acquainted with Sedford Payne who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and further that he knew him the said Payne in the army of the Revolution and does testify and state that from his own personal knowledge in the said Sedford Payne served as he has stated in his said Declaration that he served with him the greater part of the time therein stated and that he believes him to be 70 years of age Jordan George sworn to and subscribed the day and year of
State of Kentucky Russell County Court
December term 1832 and the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further

I certify that it appears to them that Lordon George who has signed the prece- ding certificate is a resident in the county of Russell and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit
State of Kentucky Russell County ss
I William Patterson clerk of the county court for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the court in the matter of the application of Lefford Payne for a Pension In testimony
Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and my private seal seal there being no seal of office Given provided this 10th day of December 1832 4th year of the Commonwealth
W Patterson clerk

State of Tennessee } 88
Overton County } I William M Pickett Clerk of the County Court of Overton County in the State of Tennessee do certify that the foregoing four pages contains a full true and perfect transcript and copy of the Record in the Case of application and the proceed- ings therein had in said Court on the 22 d January 1829 made by Leaphor Payne a Soldier of the war of the Revolution as the same appears spread of Record in the record book of that date in my office
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court at Office this the 13 th day of October A.D 1856 Wm. M Pickett Clerk
The Command of Capt Hood I believe I served under

State of Tennessee At a Court of pleas and Overton County } quarter Sessions began and held for the County of Overton at the Court house in the Town of Monroe on the 3 d Monday in January 1829 The Same being the 19 th day of the Month and present the worshipfull Patrick Pool Joseph H Windle and Samuel C Mitchell justices presiding = On Thursday the 4 th day of said term of the Court the following proceedings were had —
State of Tennessee January Sessions 1829 Overton County } On this 22 d day of January 1829 Personally appeared in Open Court being a Court of Record having jurisdiction unlimited and having the power of fine and imprison- ment and also having been made a court of Record by the laws of said State for said County Lufure Payne aged about Sixty eight years resi- dent in the County of Overton aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law saith on his oath that he served in the revolutionary war as follows I Lufure Payne enlisted in Pittsylvania County in the State of Virginia in the regular infantry service of the United States for the term of five years or during the war under said term a recruiting officer When I went into service I was placed under the Command of Capt Thomas Huggins a part of the thirty ninth Regiment commanded at first by Col Spatswood I was after wards placed under the Command of Capt Hood I believe I served under

State of Tennessee } At a Court of pleas and Overton County } quarter Sessions began and held for the County of Overton at the Court house in the Town of Monroe on the 3 d Monday in January 1829 the same being the 19 th day of the month and present the worshipfull Patrick Pool Joseph H. Windle and Samuel C Mitchell Justices Presiding = On Thursday the 4 th day of said term of the Court the following proceedings were had —
State of Tennessee } January Sessions 1829 Overton County } On this 22 d day of January 1829 Personally appeared in Open Court being a Court of Record having jurisdiction unlimited and having the power of fine and imprisonment and also having been made a Court of Record by the laws of said State for said County Leuford Payne aged about Sixty eight years resi- dent in the County of Overton aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law saith on his oath that he served in the revolutionary war as follows I Leuford Payne enlisted in Pittsylvania County in the State of Virginia in the regular infantry service of the United States for the term of five years or during the war under advice from a recruiting officer When I went into service I was placed under the command of Capt Thomas Hawkins a part of the thirty ninth Regiment commanded at first by Col Spotswood I was after wards placed under the command of Capt Hood & Wilison. I served under

other Captains whose names I cannot now recollect I Enlisted in the month of January 1779 and faithfully Served as a private Soldier until the Termination of the Revolutionary War having faithfully Served after my Enlistment during the war and after the Surrender of Genl. Cornwallis at the Siege of York I was dismissed at Winchester State of Virginia from the Service having guarded some persons to that place myself and the rest of the guards were dismissed without receiving any discharge and I do Solemnly Swear that I was a resident Citizen of the united States on the 8th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift Sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intention thereby to diminish it to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for Certain persons engaged in the land and naval Service of the united States in the Revolutionary war past on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not now has any person interest for me any property or security contract or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me Subscribed I have no interest in any real estate whatever the following is a list of my personal property necessary bedding and Cloathing & cetera to wit Three hearth & Shop worth $6 one Chest and Table one Trunk one Set of plates Two dishes one Set of Tea Cups and Saucers one Set of knives and forks one glass pitcher two bowls and one Small pot one pan one washing tub one pole and Dip

chairs worth $19- making in the whole $21- I have no debts owing to me of any kind I am by occupation a farmer but I am too old and infirm to labor I have five in family my wife about 36 years old tolerably healthy and able to labor One daughter about ten years old a cripple and never will be able to labor a Son about Seven years old and an infant about two months old I should have applied sooner for a pension but did not know till a few weeks since that the united States had made any provision for Soldiers that served in the Revolutionary war or that there was any act of Congress passed on that subject Sworn & Subscribed to in Bedford Payne Open Court the 22 d of January 1829 Wm Gore Clerk
State of Kentucky } This day came before me Aaron Beck one Maine County } of the justices of the Peace for said County William Payne and William Corban maketh oath that Isaac Payne of Overton County and State of Tennessee was Enlisted in the regular Service for five years or during the old revolutionary war with David Mudd a recruiting officer for the United States in the 39 Regiment of Infantry and was Broke for forty days or longer if not called on Given under our hands this 25 th day of December 1828 before me Philemon Payne Aaron Beck (S.P.) Wm Corban
State of Kentucky } I John Chrisman Clerk of the Payne County } Court of the County aforesaid do Certify that Aaron Beck Esquire whose name is

annexed to the foregoing Certificate and who hath officially signed the same is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and legally qualified according to law In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my private Seal having no Seal of Office as yet provided this 26 th of December 1828 & 30 th year of the Commonwealth Geo. Christman Clk
This day personally appeared in open court William Matlock and Landon Armstrong respectable men Citizens of Overton County who being first duly sworn Saith that the statements in the foregoing declaration made by Leonard Payne they believe to be true that they have been acquainted with the situation of the said Leonard Payne for some time past that he is entitled to full credit on his oath in a court of justice and that they have been acquainted with his circumstances for some time past that he was always since they knew him a very poor man and that they believe the Schedule annexed herewith contains the whole amount of his property at a fair valuation

State of Tennessee D.D.
Overton County } On this 2 nd day of December 1856 personally
appeared before me the undersigned an acting justice of the Peace for said County and State D.H. Coffey aged 50 years and Landon Armstrong aged 65 years citizens of said County and State and who are persons of good character and standing and after being duly sworn according to law depose as follows that they were personally acquainted with Leford Payne and during his lifetime & up to the time of his death that he was an old man that it was understood & believed by all who knew him that he served in the Revolutionary War they further state that he was a pensioner to the time of his death that he was the same man who made the declaration & proof in the County Court of Overton Co Tenn on 22 nd January 1829 a copy of which is herewith presented they are well acquainted with his widow Jane Payne who made the foregoing declaration she is a woman of good character & the widow of the said Leford Payne and they state that the said Leford & Jane Payne were married in Overton Co Tenn at the time stated in her declaration & lived together as husband & wife in good standing up to the time of his death as stated in her declaration and they further state that she is yet a widow never having married since the death of the said Leford as stated in her declaration Affiants further say they have no interest in this application or case whatever Sworn to & subscribed before me the date above written They state that they were not present when the said Leford Payne & Jane Payne were married but are satisfied that they were about that time & that they lived together as husband and wife in good standing up to the time of the death of the said Leford Payne.

and lived together in good Standing & were all the time received acknowledged & understood to be husband and wife The further State that the said Isadora Payne since at the time stated they further State that they have no interest in this claim whatever -
D. W. Kepps
Samson Armstrong
Sworn & Subscribed before me This 2 nd day of December 1856 N. H. Howard (B)
State of Tennessee } I, William M. Pickett Clerk of Overton County } the County Court of Overton County in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that Nelson H. Howard is a justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qual- ified; that his commission was dated on the 20 th day of March 1854 and will expire on the 4 th day of March 1860 and that his signatures above written are dated 23 rd day of November 1854 and the other dated 2 nd day of December 1856 are genuine And I do further certify that by the laws of the State of Tennessee no public records of marriages were kept until the year 1838 1838 - Given under my hand and the Seal of said County this 2 nd day of December 1856 Wm. M. Pickett Clerk
765.376
The Commissioner of Pensions will please direct answers to W. W. Goodpasture Esq. at Livingston Overton Co. Tenn. Dec 3 rd 1856. Jane Payne

Filed by Mr. Sargy. Nov. 22/60

State of Kentucky Cumberland County Court Set.
August Term 1838.
Satisfactory proof was this day made in open Court by the Oaths of Polly Phares and Margaret Daugherty, that Ledford Payne late a pensioner of the United States departed this life on the 13 th day of July 1837, and that the said Ledford Payne was the identical person named in an original Certificate now here shown to the Court, bearing date the 9 th day of September 1833 and signed by Lew Cass, Secretary of War, granting to the said Ledford Payne, a pension of Eighty dollars per annum and numbered 19440. And it is now further satisfactorily proved to the Court that Jane Payne is the widow of the said Ledford Payne & that she is now living.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands & affixed the seal of my office hereto in Burksville this 13 th day of August A.D. 1838.
(Seal)
Signed M. King, Clerk
Know all men by these presents, that I, Jane Payne widow of Ledford Payne, dec'd late of Everton County State of Tennessee, & late a pensioner of the United States - a Revolutionary pensioner - do hereby constitute & appoint N. B. Cheatham my true & lawful Attorney, for me and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying Pensions in Lexington State of Kentucky, the arrears of the pension due me in right of my deceased husband the said Ledford Payne from the 4 th day of March

1837, to the 13 th day of July 1837, the day on which he died. Witness my hand & seal, this 13 th day of August 1838. Jane her Payne mark Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of us G. H. Alexander } Daniel Trahue Jr }
State of Kentucky, Cumberland County Set. Be it known that on the 13 th day of August 1838, before the subscriber - a justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Jane Payne above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year last above - mentioned
Signed G. H. Alexander J.P.
State of Kentucky Cumberland County Set I, Milton King, Clerk of the County court for said County, do certify that Fayette W. Alexander is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my Office in Burksville this 13 th day of August 1838.
M. King
Seal

Kentucky, Cumberland County, Set Be it known that on the 15 th day of August 1838, before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County, personally appeared A. B. Cheatham the Attorney named in the foregoing Power of Attorney and made oath that the same was not given him, by reason of any sale, transfer or mortgage of the pension herein authorized to be received by him. Sworn & subscribed the day & year last above mentioned Before me A. B. Cheatham Attest
H. W. Alexander. JP
Treasury Department Third Auditor's Office Nov: 16. 1860
I certify the foregoing to be true copies from the originals on file in this office
[Signature] Auditor

The State of Tennessee
Be it remembered that heretofore, to wit on the 9th day of February 1856 Jane Bouyer filed in the Office of the Clerk & Master of the district Court of Chancery for the 5th district of the State of Tennessee at Livingston Overton Co in Said State her Bill of Complaint against James Bouyer which is in the words & figures following.
"State of Tennessee
To the Hon B N Van Dyke Chancellor of the 5th Chancery division of Said State presiding at Livingston. Your Petitioner Jane Bouyer represents to your honor that on the day of 18 She was married to James Bouyer in Overton County that they lived together about three years during which time She was kind and good to him She has resided and been a citizen of Overton County Tenn ever since Said marriage Over two years ago Said James Bouyer maliciously and wilfully deserted her and has gone to parts unknown Since he left She has been informed that he had at the time of their marriage another living wife but of this She had no knowledge until since he left She had not lived in this County but a short time before their marriage She had no property, She had some little property consisting of household and kitchen furniture & some little Stock Her name before her Said marriage was Jane Payne She was a widow before her marriage to Bouyer — The premises considered She prays that the said James Bouyer be made respondent to this petition and being a non resident of this State that publication be made as to him that he be required on oath to answer the

allegations of this bill and on hearing that she be divorced from the said James Bonzer and restored to the privileges of a single woman that what property she has be accrued to her and that her name be changed to Jane Payne & for general relief
W.W. Goodpasture Seal
On this 9 th day of February 1856 personally appeared Jane Bonzer the Complainant in the foregoing petition before me N H Howard a justice of the peace for Overton County Tennessee and made oath in an form of law that the facts stated in said petition are true to the best of her knowledge and belief and that said complaint is not made out of malice or collusion with defendant but in sincerity & truth for the purposes therein stated and subscribed the same before me
N H Howard (JP)
Jane Bonzer
Pras Bond
We Jane Bonzer and W.W. Goodpasture are held and firmly bound unto James Bonzer in the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars to be void on con- dition the above bound Jane Bonzer prosecute with effect a suit by her this day commenced in the Livingston Chancery Court against the said James Bonzer for divorce or in case of failure to do so that she pay the costs of the same else to remain in full force and virtue Given under our hands & seals February 9 th 1856
Seal
W.W. Goodpasture Seal
State of Tennessee
Be it remembered that at a Chancery Court began and held at the Court house in the town of Livingston on the 1 st Monday the same

being the 6 th day of October 1856 present the Honorable Isham Van Dyke Chancellor presiding when on Thursday the 4 th day of said Term The following proceedings were had to wit *
Jane Bouzer } vs } Decree James Bouzer }
Be it remembered that on this 9 th day of December 1856 this cause came on to be heard before Chancellor Van Dyke upon the bill sworn pre confesso and proof when it appeared to the Court that some seven or eight years ago Complain- ant and defendant were married in Overton County Tenn where Complainant has resided and been a citizen ever since that about four years ago defendant wilfully and maliciously and without any probable cause abandoned petitioner and has continued to absent himself from her ever since that petitioner is a woman of good character It is therefore ordered adjur- dum and decreed by the Court that Complainant be divorced from her said husband and restored to all the rights of a single woman And her name be changed from Jane Bouzer to Jane Payne And that defendant pay the cost of this suit for which give my issue -
State of Tennessee } J. Jefferson D. Goodpasture Overton County } Clerk & Master of the dist d Court of Chancery held at Livingston in said State in the 5 th Chancery division of said State as certify that the above and foregoing

Three pages contains a full true & perfect Copy and Transcript of the record containing the Petition Prosecution Bond and final Decree in the Case determined at the October Term of Said Court 1856 in the Case of James Bonzer against James Bonzer as fully as the same appears of record and on file in my Office - Witness my hand and private seal in public official Seal being provided for this office done at Office in Livingston this 2 nd day of December 1856 J. D. Woodworth, Clerk Master
done at Livingston

Isdford Paynes all Term
Rev. Alvin assisted Mch 7
R.B. Bagley Agent

Livingston Louisiana. Covington City, Feb 25 th 1861
Dear George L. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C. Sir
Be pleased to acknowledge R. B. Bayly of your city as my agent & attorney for the prosecution of my bounty, Land & Pension claims as the widow of Judson Payne a soldier of the war of the revolution from Kentucky
Attest,
C. A. S. Loup D. H. Cagis
Very Respectfully,
Yr. Obedt. Servt.
Jane her X Payne mark

Livingston Tenn July 12 th 1860
Sir
When I was in your city I was at your department trying to find out why a bounty land warrant had never issued to Jane Payne but I did not collect her husbands name and Col Repton could not find it I have seen her & her husbands name was Sedford Payne he was a revolutionary soldier and drew a pension in his lifetime before he died She is very desirous to know if she has not made full proof what is lacking or wherein it is deficient Her application has been made more than two years ago She married since her husbands death but her second husband & herself had been divorced before she applied
Yours & W g B Jones

Revolutionary Pension Act Feb. 3. 1853.
Washington D.C. Oct. 9. 1866.
J. M. Henry Attorney, Lext.
Ingrins after Claim of Mrs. Jane Payne widow of Sed- ford Payne del. Revolutionary Pension Act June 7. 1832 of Tennessee. Was living in Kentucky when pensioned Claim filed 1868 under Act Feb. 3. 1853.
Recd May 17, 1881 and charged to Mr. Andrews
19440 Feb. 2nd 1853

P. M. HENRY, Attorney of many years' experience.
R. W. WALKER, Late of the Navy and War Departments.
HENRY & WALKER, GENERAL ATTORNEYS,
Office, No. 10 Federal Block, cor. 7th and F Streets.
They have associated themselves together for the purpose of prosecuting business of all kinds before any and all the Departments: they Buy and Sell Real Estate, and now have for sale a vast amount of rich COTTON, TOBACCO, and MINERAL Lands in the South. Particular information given if addressed on the subject of Lands.
Washington, D. C. Oct 9 1866.
Sir:
On the 16 th day of May 1861, I filed in your Office a power of Attorney to prosecute the Claim of Jane Payne widow of Leedford Payne a deceased revolutionary pensioner of Kentucky and afterwards of Tennessee, per act June 7 th 1832, for pension under the Act of February 3 rd 1853, and addressed an inquiry concerning the same to your Office several months ago, but have as yet received no report.
I would be pleased to receive a report in the case as soon as practicable.
Very respectfully Your obedt. Servant, P. M. Henry Of Henry & Walker.
Hon J. H. Barrett, Comm ee of Pensions.

1947
Revolutionary Claims.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
10 March 1832
Sedford Payne +  of now in in the county of Cumberland in the State of Ky has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termina- tion, at which period he was a Private in captain Spottswood's company, in Col Spottswood's regiment of the Va. line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing + A citizen of Tennessee.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary. F.A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
12 March 1832
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Sedford Payne in the not
It further appears that Sedford Payne - not is now on the pension list of the any - - - agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
The name of Sedford Payne cannot be found among those of the Virginia line, to whom certificates for the gratuity of eighty Dollars, were issued -
Wm Hagner And
Not allowed act 1828

War Department Bounty Land Office
Mar 10. 1832
The name of Sedford Payne is not returned on the Virg a line, among those entitled to Bounty Land of the U. States, nor has a Warrant issued for him
Wm Gordon
General Land Office 17 Mar 1832
The name of Sedford Payne does not appear on the list of Warrants issued by the Register of the Land Office at Rich d . V a for services performed in the Continental line, so far as they have been received -
Geo r Keller Secy
Mr Keller

State of Kentucky  ss. Wayne County 
Be it Remembered that on this first day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Wayne aforesaid Philiman Payne a resident of the County of Wayne State of Kentucky aged seventy four years the twenty eighth day of April last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath State that that he is well acquainted with Ledford Payne now a citizen of the County of Russell State of Kentucky that he has been acquainted with said Ledford Payne from his childhood and the said Payne is the same Payne that has applied for a pension for Revolutionary Services this affiant states that he saw the said Ledford Payne enlist as a private soldier in the war of the Revolution for five years or for during the war this affiant saw said Ledford Payne in service after his enlistment and some time after the surrender of Cornwallis said Ledford Payne was furlowed for about forty days this affiant about this time was discharged he then being a militiaman and went home he has no recollection of seeing the

Said Ledford paym after he returned to the service for from the furlow and after the expiration of his furlow untill after the final close of the Revolutionary war but he has no Doubt he did serve untill after the final close of the war It was so stated and always believed in the Country where he was acquainted That his service never was disputed This affiant is as positive as he could be unless he had been constantly with him during the whole of his services affiant having seen S d Ledford take the bounty and put on his Cloaths as a regular soldier and often saw him under arms and in his line he does not know whether he enlisted as a regular or in the virginia State line But so it is he entered the services as a bone stated affiant did not at that time know the diff- -erence between state troops or Continent- -al establishment or the Continental troops his Captain was by the name of Joseph Carter and he the said paym enlisted as before stated in the State of Virginia some time before the surrender of Cornwallis the precise length of time affiant cannot state Nor can he state any part of his own knowledge after he S d Ledford Returned to service after the furlow

Before spoken of as affiant was not in service of Cornwallis any time of consequence after the surrender in having been taken sick before the troops with the prisoners arrived at Win- chester subscribed and sworn to before me the day & year of the 1865 Witness Charles L. Higginbotham
State of Kentucky } ss. Philimon Payne Wayne County } mark
I Charles L. Higginbotham a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Wayne aforesaid do hereby certify that the above Philimon Payne this day signed the foregoing affidavit and was legally and lawfully sworn to the same before me and I further certify that the said and Philimon Payne is a resident of Wayne County that he is a credible person and that his statements is entitled to credit I further certify that he is so afflicted from bodily infirmity that he is unable to attend Court and I believe & have no doubt he is the age he states given under my hand as a Justice of the peace the day & year of Charles L. Higginbotham
State of Kentucky Wayne County } ss. I William Simpson clerk of the Wayne County Court in the State aforesaid

We hereby Certify, that Charles Higginton whose Signature and Certificate of Authentication here affixed to the foregoing Certificate is, and was at the date thereof, an Acting Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Wayne & State of Kentucky of & duly Commissioned & sworn according to Law, and that his said Certificate and Authentication is in due form at Law & entitled to full Credit
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Seal of office at office in Monticello this 13 th day of June 1833. —
William Simpson clerk of the Wayne County Court "

State of Kentucky } ss. Russell County } 3
The amended declaration of Sedford Payne for Pension
Be it remembered that on this first day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally came before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Sedford Payne a Resident of the County of Russell State of Kentucky who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath State that since filing his original declaration for a pension and to which he offers this as an amendment he has recollected that Philiman Payne of Wayne County State of Kentucky was acquainted with this Declarant in the war of the Revolution I also knew of this declarants enlistment in army of the Revolution as stated in his former declaration whose affidavit he has procured and the same is hereto annexed. He further states that he faithfully served with an embodied Corps called into service by competent authority at least three years as stated in his former declaration that he was constantly either in the field or in Garrison until when or furlow as before stated and for the time during which the service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit he further states that there is not at this time nor was there at the time of taking his first declaration any Chrysyman living in the vicinity of this declarant

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year of
Ledford Payne
State of Kentucky Russell County ss.
I John M. Smith a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Certify that the above named Ledford Payne this day subscribed to the above amended declaration and was duly sworn to the same before me Given under my hand this 1 st day of June 1833 and I further certify that it is my opinion that the said applicant served as he states
John M. Smith J.P.R.C.
State of Kentucky ss Russell County ss
I William Patterson clerk of the Russell County Court in the state of aforesaid do certify that John M. Smith whose signature and Certificate of authentication stands offered to the foregoing certificate is and was at the date thereof and acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Russell & State of Kentucky of a duly commissioned and sworn according to law and that his said certificate and authentication is in due form of law & entitled to full credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office at office in Farmington this 9 th day of July 1833 4 th year of the Commonwealth Will Patterson

Wills of the Russell County Court State of Kentucky.

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ny fre

Burksville April 9 th
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The Secretary of the Treasury Washington City

No. 23 April 1821. 277 Burksville Ky Ap. 9 th 1821
Inclosed the papers of Mr. Gaynes under act of 1825 -
Respectfully yours Milton King

Payne & Corban's
affidavit

State of Kentucky Wayne County ss.
On this 2 nd day of April 1831 Came before me the undersigned, being a justice of the peace in & for said County. Philemon Payne and William Corban, resident Citizens of said County, upon their Oaths made the following Statements. That they each, are now & have for near seventy years, were acquainted with Sedford Payne living now near the line between the States of Kentucky & Tennessee in Overton County Tennessee. That they were present and saw said Sedford Payne, enlist in the Army of the Revolution in Pittsylvania County State of Virginia in January 1779 for and during the war, that he served till its termination and was discharged in Winchester Virginia, that he served under Capt. John Spotswood & Col. Alex. Spotswood of the Virginia Continental Line. That the said Sedford Payne must be near seventy years of age, and that he is a man of good moral character. Subscribed & sworn to on the day & year first above written.
Attest
Baron Beck
Philemon Payne William Corban
I do Certify that Philemon Payne & William Corban the above affiants, are men for advanced in life, of good Character and Standing in Society, that their Statements are entitled to the fullest Credit. Given under my hand as a justice of the peace for Wayne County, this 2 nd day of April 1831
Baron Beck
State of Kentucky Wayne County court to all to whom these presents shall come, I John Schuman Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Baron Beck whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was at the time of subscribing the same and is yet an acting Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn according

to Law & that due faith and credit is due to all his official acts as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal having notice of office, as yet promised - given under my hand this 5 th April 1881 & 39 th year of the Com- onwealth John Schumann
Payne & Corban's affidavit

Redford Payne

Kentucky Cumberland County Set.
1947.
On this 26 th day of March 1831 Came before me Harold P. Saufley a Justice of the peace for said County Ledford Payne a Citizen of the State of Tennessee living near the State line between the States of Tennessee & Kentucky - aged about Seventy years - who declares on his Oath - that he enlisted in the Army of the revolution in January 1779 in the County of Pittsylvania State of Virginia for and during the war, that he continued in service, till its termination, and was discharged in Winchester Virginia - that he served under Captain John Spotswood, H Col. Alexander Spotswood he believes in the 29 th Regiment, of the Virginia Continental line - that he has not heretofore received any pay or compensation from the government for his said services in said war -
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written Ledford Payne
Attest
Harold P. Saufley J.P.
State of Kentucky Cumberland County Set. Milton King Clerk of the County Court for said County do Certify that Harold P. Saufley esquire, whose signature is subscribed to the above affidavit of Ledford Payne, is now at the date thereof, an acting justice of the peace in & for said County, duly Commissioned and qualified, that his attestation is in due form of law, and his official acts are entitled to Credit Given under my hand & Seal of Office in Frankville, this 9 th day of April A.D. 1831
M. King J.P.

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Oct. 23 d 1838.
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," Jane Payne widow of Sedford Payne dec d . a Pensioner on the Roll of the Lexington K.Y. Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837 to the 13 th July 1837 day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

INVALID.
File No. 1242
Bedford Payne, Phila. Va. Line.
Act: June 7, 1892.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 286
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Joshua Barrett Census of Pensylvania Washington D.C.

Livingston Tenn July 27 th 1864
Jas H Barrett,
Dear sir,
Henry of the firm of Henry & Walker, was prosecuting a claim for some Pain, widow of Ledford Pain, who was a revolutionary soldier. The original proof was on file about the beginning of the rebellion, which prevented the consummation of the same.
The old lady is still alive. Walker informs me, that perhaps the papers are lost: if so she can supply them. If there is any chance for her claim, would you refer her to some respon- sible agent at Washington, who if suc- cessful, she will amply remunerate. Any information upon the subject over

would be most gratefully received. Most respectfully Yours &c. A. L. Lapp Livingston Tenn.
John B. Barnett Census of Person Washington D. C.

Columbia 10 th July 1833
Dear Sir
I enclose you the declaration Bedford Paym amended and additional proof of Service and shall be under obligations if you will bestow as early attention to it as convenient
I am Respectfully Your Obt Servt Wm Owens

Official Business
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The Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Jane Doe - Bedford
Free. Official Business
Commissioner of Revisions Washington D.C.

97,540
S
160 Acres

Ink Dept April 16. 1865
Sir,
In reply to your letter of inquiry, I have to inform you that, the papers alleged to have been filed by you May 16 1861. are not found in the case of Ledford Payne - that no action has been taken
It does not appear that any action has been taken in the case of Ann Payne or the widow of Ledford.
Respectfully
H. M. Hanes
Present
Law.
MS R 46.