Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8410, for Bradly Powers, North Carolina

SERVICE
A.C.
Powers, Bradly or Bradley Sarah
R. 8410
CONTENTS

Bradley Powers petition for 6 mth Service

State of North Carolina, } Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Brunswick County } October Term 1832
On this 16 th day of October personally appeared in open court before the justices of the court of pleas & quarter sessions of Brunswick County State of North Carolina now sitting Bradley Powers a resident of said County and State ag d eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 to wit that he was born in the year 1750 in the State of Virginia the County he does not know that he has no record of his age nor does he know of any - that he removed from the State of Virginia when about five years old and was left an orphan at the age of eleven by the death of his parents - he came with them from Virginia to Chatham County in the State of North Carolina and there continued to live until the commencement of the revolutionary war - That at the time he entered the service of the United States he was a resident of the said County of Chatham and was drafted in the State Troop of North Carolina for three months - that Captain Leage was the Captain of his Company and Luttell was his Colonel that he served the whole time for which he was drafted and was in a skirmish with a troop of British Cavalry near Salisbury - and that he has no discharge at this time it being lost or mislaid - That after this was in the year he believes that being illiterate he cannot say in what year it was but it must have been in the year
or 1776

We went from thence to Randolph County and joined a company of Whigs. Commanded by Capt. Sasser. Here I took the oath of allegiance to the United States, which I have dated 1 st December 1862. We were out frequently, and my whole service amounted to more than 6 months. I went to So Carolina and was made there 1 st sergeant and received a discharge. He now live in Buncombe County, N.C. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any of my  only  method of the representing State of the Sworn to and subscribed the day and date aforesaid.
This Bradley Powers Mark
We John Young & Th o J. Patton, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Bradley Powers, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 82 years that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Th o J. Patton John Young

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrog- atories 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 J. L. Patton & John Young who has signed the preceding certificate are men residents in the same neighborhood, and are entitled to the greatest credit.
J. John Miller Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter sessions, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Bradley Powers for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 11 th day of October in A.D. 1832
J. Miller Clerk

The State of South Carolina Union District
Personally came Rolly Alexander and being duly sworn makes oath that on or about the day of Eighteen hundred and ten (1810) he was present at Union Court House and saw Bradley Powers married to Sarah Ray by one Birdsong who was then a Justice of the Peace for Union District. That the marriage was a lawful one, being so recorded at the time of the marriage and ever afterwards.
Sworn to before me This the 12 th of August - 1853 B F Williams Magistrate Rolly Alexander

South Carolina } Union District } } J. H. McRissick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for Union District - in the state aforesaid, hereby certify that B. J. Arthur Esqr, before whom the within affidavit was made, (as appears by his name in his own handwriting attesting the same) was at the date thereof a Magistrate in and for the District of Union in the state aforesaid, duly appointed and commissioned, and all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Union Court House the fourteenth day of September Eighteen Hundred and fifty three -
J. H. McRissick C. C. P.

Sarah Powers
Revolutionary Claim
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State of North Carolina Puncombe County
Know all men by these presents That I, Sarah Powers of the county of State aforesaid have constituted and appointed and as by these presents constitute and appoint Isaac B. Sawyer of Asheville Puncombe County my true and Lawfull Attorney irrevocably for me and in my name to prosecute my claims in right of my late Husband Brady Powers to a Pension under the acts of Congress passed at different times for the Benefit of Widows of Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, and to receive my Pension therefor and all such Sum or Sums of money which may be due me on account of the services of my Husband the said Brady Powers, and to do all Lawfull acts and things touching the premises and to appoint an attorney in his room for the purposes aforesaid to whom and at his pleasure to revoke hereby Confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall lawfully do in and about said Pensions and I hereby Revoke and declare null and Void all former Powers of attorney by me made at any time and declare the said Isaac B. Sawyer my Only true & Lawfull attorney In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal this 21 st Sept r 1855. John Bryant his mark Sarah his mark Powers (Seal)

State of North Carolina } Duncombe County } S.S. Come before me John Reynolds an acting Justice of the Peace, on this 21 st Sept r 1853 Sarah Powers to me well known and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein contained. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my seal. The date above. John Reynolds (Seal)
State of North Carolina } Duncombe County } S.S. I R. B. Vance Clerk of the County Court of Duncombe County, do hereby certify that John Reynolds Esq r whose Genuine Signature appears to the foregoing Power of attorney is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned & sworn as such and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Records having General Jurisdiction. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the official seal of said Court at office in Asheville This 21 st Sept r 1853. R. B. Vance Clk By J. W. Raper Hb.

State of North Carolina County Court Buncombe Com. 3 Office 21 st Sept r 1853
I R B Vance Clerk of The Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Said County do hereby Certify That Satisfactory evidence Has been Shown to This Court That Brady Powers of This County died in said County on the 14 th day of June 1842. leaving surviving him Sarah Powers his widow. and The The said Sarah Powers his widow as aforesaid Still Resides in Buncombe County near having married since and is still The widow of the said Brady Powers.
I am Witness Whereof I have hereunto subscribed My Name and affixed The Seal of Said Court at office in Asheville
R B Vance Clerk By J. F. Weaver D.C. of Buncombe County,

Bradley Powers No. 6 a
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjoined 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. These 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 Bradley Powers
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.      believer 1777 draft  was out frequently says his whole service amounted to 6 months  3  Pri & 1st Sgt   82 years Chatham Co N.C.   Traditionary   
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 days 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 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 , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years 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. Bradley Powers N.C.
• No T. L. Clifton,
J. B. Sawyer Apr 21 1857
J. B. Sawyer Sept 1854
Same Dec 23 1854
A.M. Michener Aug 1857
1832

Bradley Powers N.C. Aug-1832
FREE
Comr of Pensions Pension Office Washington D.C.

J. B. Sawyer
Sep. 4/63

Pension Office. 4 th Sept. 1854.
Sir,
The claim of Bradley Powers dec d of North Carolina, has been examined.
There is no evidence as to the duration of Bradley's service. His allegations of service are un- supported by either record or parol proof. If his widow intends to apply for the pension she should make her Declaration in due form, and not only prove her husband's service, but also the date of her marriage to him, and of his death. With refer- ence to the other cases alluded to in your letter, you must file your Powers of Attorney before I shall be able to report their condition to you.
J. B. Sawyer Esq.
Asheville, N. C.

J. B. Sawyer
Apr 21/54

Pension Office April 21, 1854
Sir
In answer to your letter of the 9th instant, I have to say that the claim of Bradley Powers, deceased, of N. C., cannot be admitted upon the evidence now on file.
You will exercise your own discretion as to applying to the Comptroller or the Secretary of State for further evidence; and I certainly shall not decide upon that evidence until it shall have been produced.
J. B. Sawyer Esq Asheville N. Carolina.

Union Office, March 27, 1854.
Sir,
The claim of Broadly Pomer, as under the Act of June 7, 1832, on the the cases referred to in the last Sawyer's letter, nor suspended for the want of evi- dence of service from the Records of the Comptroller of the Customs, Healy says, in his declaration, that, in the year 1811, as he believes, that he was drafted in Chatham  Chatham County, N.C., to serve for three months, with the Company of Capt. Cooper  Cage and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Lut- trell, and was ordered to Pender County. He also alleged service under Capt. Gorner from whose  where company he was transferred to Capt. Hutcheson, in  the which he served two months, after  the the expiration of his service in Hutcheson's company, he volunteered to serve six

months under Capt. James Lipharn at at the expiration of two months he was discharged in consequence of sickness. If Mr. Schuyler is wishes to prosecute this claim, he should apply to the Comptroller of the C. for evidence of the alleged service, as in him no Rolls of the militia of that period exist in this office.
J. L. Klingman
March 22/38
Hon. J. L. Klingman House of Reps.

1837
J. W. Miller
August 19, 1837

Pension Office, August 19, 1857
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 30 th ultimo, I have to state that no allowance has been made in virtue of the services of Bradley Pomer, in the revolutionary war. Of course no one has drawn any pension money due Sarah Pomer, his widow. The claim was disallowed for the reason, that a service of six months was not proved.
J. M. Miller Esq. Asheville, N. Carolina
(Revolutionary)

Asheville N.C. July 30 th 1857
Sir,
Will you have the goodness to inform me whether any person has ever drawn a pension for Sarah Powers, widow of one Bradley Powers a Revolutionary soldier. It is thought probable that some person may have obtained the money without her knowing anything about it. It is quite certain that if any one ever did obtain her claim, as widow of the above named Bradley Powers, that she has never received a single dime of it. I deem it nothing but just that the matter should be looked into, & that she should know whether a pension has been drawn in her or her husband's name.
Very Respectfully &c
J. M. Miller
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P.S. The writer is not concerned in the matter, but makes the above requests to gratify Mrs Powers only.
J. M. Miller

July 31
Bradford
Hon. L. P. Waldo Chair. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Shelby NC
9th April 1852
Dear Sir yours in Refrence to the case of the Widow of Brady Powers was this day received you direct me to apply to the Comptroller of Exchequer for a Certificate of Service.
This seems like an unnecessary trouble and expense as I have furnished the Certificates of the Comptroller in the Cases of Mrs. Pitman and Mrs. Kaye and I am assured that you cannot receive them as evidence except upon certain conditions which you must know I cannot file. If you will consider the Certificates as proof in this case I will try and procure it.
Respectfully
J. T. Hargreaves

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
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P. O.
Bradley Powers
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

Sarah Powers wid Bradley
Oct 1883

Asheville N.C. 22 d Sept. 1853.
Hon. S. P. Waldo.
Dear Sir Enclosed you will find a power of Attorney from Sarah Powers. Widow of Bradley Powers. whose Claim I am informed has long been suspended for want of proof of deaths which proof I have procured and herewith send you. Mrs. Powers is an old woman and quite out of patience with her former agents, saying that they don't try to get her money. I hope you will give her case as early an examination as may be convenient and report to me for which you shall have the thanks of your friend. I also send you some additional proof in the cases of Royal Darr, Lydia Merrill, Mrs. H. Brattle and William S. Murray for Bounty Land. You will please give these Claims your attention and if you are satisfied with the proof please issue the warrants and send to me. For your kindness & prompt attention to any inquiry I have hitherto made of you. You have my early thanks and Believe me to be your Most aff. and Humble servant, J. B. Sawyer

I saw the agent here for other claims to wit. The claim of Lucy Pitman widow of Thomas Pitman. Mary Hays widow of John Hays and the heirs of Burgh O'Kelly. Now the claims of Pitman & Hays I think are Honest and just claims and I think ought to have been allowed some time ago. They have been in the hands of agents at Washington. I am desirous to get a report direct from you what is wanting in each case. If it is contested with you unless I must ask of you the kindness to inform me what is yet necessary in each case. The Comptrollers Certificate is on file showing that Indians to a large amount had been paid to Pitman & Hays. I examined the Books in the Comptrollers office in Raleigh and find but one John Hays & Thomas Pitman on the Books, and never heard of any others of that name in the state,
Your Comptroller area will add an other to the many obligations I am under to you for past favors,
I am Sir
Yours truly
J. B. Saroyan

Bradley Powers Rev Soldier act 1832  N Carolina
W. C. [?] not really N. C. [?]

I know all men by these presents that I, Sarah Parris of the County of Brunswick State of North Carolina and Widow of Bradley Parris Dec d who was a Revolutionary Soldier do hereby irrevocably appoint William Williams of Asheville North Carolina & John T. Neely of Washington City D.C. my true and lawful attorneys for me and in my name to examine into and prosecute my claim for a pension against the General Government which may be due me by virtue of my deceased husband's service in the War of the Revolution and the several acts of Congress in relation thereto, and I hereby confirm what so ever my said attorneys or either of them may do or cause to be done in the prosecution of said claim. and I hereby revoke any other authority I may have given to any other person in the premises. Witness my hand Given under my hand this 1 st day of January 1852 Test Sarah Parris (L.S.) Mark
State of North Carolina Brunswick County } On this 1 st day of January 1852 Personally appeared before me John Thrash Chairman of the County Court of Brunswick County N.C. Sarah Parris and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein contained, and I certify that I am well acquainted with the said Sarah Parris and that she is the person now present who executed the above Power of Attorney.
Given under my hand this day here in open court.
John Thrash C.C.C.

State of North Carolina
Bladen County
I R B Vance Clerk of the County Court of Bladen County do hereby certify that John Thrash Esq whose name appears to the within acknowledgment of Power of Attorney is Chairman of our said Court, and the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Given under my hand & seal of office at office in Asheville this 30 th January 1852
R.B. Vance Clk.

State of N o Carolina } Court of Pleas and Puncheon County } Quarters Sessions Oct Term 1834
On the the 26. day of Oct. 1834. personally appeared before the Court of Pleas and Quarters Sessions Now in Session for the County of Puncheon Bradly Dowd. who. having been first duly sworn according to Law States that his age is 83 years. and that he joined the army of the Revolution in the County of Chatham in said State in the year he does not recollect in the State Troops of N o Carolina as a private under Capt. Cage for the term of three months at Fitzpatrick Barat in said County and that he was there stationed by Col. Lillard with 30 Men. until his term expired that afterwards he volunteered for the term of three months under Capt. Cage and was marched from Fitzpatrick Barat to Rowan County in said State where their company were met by a Troop of British Cavalry near Salisbury and after having engaged on them the British Retreated and from thence he marched to Randolph County in said State during served said term out for which he received a Discharge which discharge he has lost or mislaid and does not recollect the day nor date of said service. And in said County of Randolph he and 33. others volunteered as a Company of Whigs under Capt. Garner for the purpose of suppressing a company of Tories in said County and after having out 3. weeks they returned home and for which service he was not discharged. He again vol- unteered in company with eight other men in said County under Capt. Garner and marched in company with Capt. Garner

to Mecklenburg County in said State where he joined a Capt. Hutchinson's company of Militia in company with 5 of his comrades, that came with him from Randolph County with the Consent of Capt. Gannery and was marched by Capt. Hutchinson to near Guilford Within a few miles of Camden, S.C. where they were attacked during the night some time in August by Lord Cornwallis when the American army were defeated. Then he then then served 2 months under Capt. Hutchinson and went from there to Union District in the state of South Carolina where he joined a Voluntary company commanded by Capt. James Liphard for the term of six months. and it was by Capt. Liphard appointed as first sergeant in said company that he was sent by Capt. Liphard to Cashaw Hill in said District to enlist soldiers and that after being there 2 months he was taken sick with a fever and was not able to do any more since during said term and did not receive a discharge from Capt. Liphard for his service that he remained in Union District until he moved to Dinwiddie in state of South Carolina where he now lives he hereby relinquishes all claims what ever to a pension or annuity except the present and the claim that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency in any state Sworn to and subscribed

The day and year aforesaid
Bradley P. Powers Mortimer
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I J. Miller clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Buncombe County State of N.C. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Bradley Powers for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 20 th day Oct 1834.
J. Miller Clerk of Buncombe County Court.

State of N.C. ) Personally appeared Buncombe County Before me
Thomas J. Patton an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County William Robison a Resident of said County who having been first duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that Bradley Powers who hath this day appeared with him was in the army of the Revolution and served with him under Capt William Hutchinson in the County of Mecklenburg in said State in which with him under Capt. Hutchinson to within a few miles of Camden S.C. where they were defeated and that he never saw the said Bradley Powers afterwards until coming to this County. Sworn to and subscribed 20th day Sept 1834
Thos. J. Patton J.D.
Wm Robinson
I M c Miller clerk of the Court of Buncombe County certify that Thos J Patton as above is a magistrate and the signature above purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my Seal of Office and subscribed my name the 20th day Oct 1834
M c Miller
Clerk of Buncombe Court