Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10227, for Thomas Price, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
Stb
Price, Thomas Pernina or Pernina
No. 10227 B.L.Wt. 61159-160-55
CONTENTS

22096 Washington
Lettr to Pen. Agents at Louisaborough and Granville, Feb 6: 1837
Thomas Price Hawkins in the State of Georgia who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Smith of the regt commanded by Col. Ames in the Georgia line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per mo. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Oct 1837 and Dalton Georgia
Arrears to the 14th of Sept  30 Semi-annual allowance ending 14 March  10 00 $60.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 131

Thos Price
18785
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page. The text is mostly illegible but appears to be a formal letter or account.]

State of Tennessee Hickman county } ss
on the 2 d day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Circuit Court of Hickman county assembled now sitting Thomas Price a resident of said county and State aged Seventy years and more who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated to wit That he entered the said service as a volunteer under Captain Jonathan Smith in Winston county State of North Carolina sometime in the month of May 1780 the day not recollected in the Regiment commanded by Col. the Asaac Smith North Carolina his Comrade name was John Bryant, the other officers names not recollected, from Winston county he was marched to Kingstons upon there to Fayetteville from there through the Sandhills to Randolph Court House. When the Regiment was stationed some times, & then this declarant with some others was taken sick, left by the troops, and after remaining about four weeks left this declarant, then joined his Regiment, the night before the battle between Lord Cornwallis & Genl. Gates near Camden but owing to his not having entirely recovered his health being very weak & feeble he was not in the battle but was distant about one mile therefrom which took place about the middle of August in 1780 from which place, he with others was marched to Camden, and the first night after the retreat this declarant with five of his comrades were taken prisoners by the Tories, who after

taking their arms and every thing that was valuable permitted them to return home, which the declarant reached sometime in September the day not recollect, having served about four months, and after remaining at home a short time he again volunteered under Captain John Payford under Col. Greene, in the latter part of September 1780 and marched from Winston county to the Town of Hillsborough from thence to near what was then called the Shallow ford on the Yadkin river where his Regiment was stationed sometimes, and when it came under the command of Genl. Gregory, and from the Yadkin his Regiment proceeded to the British prisoners then marched back to Hillsborough, at the same time guarding some British prisoners. Stories and when the declarant reached Hillsborough with his Regiment, he was discharged by his Col. Greene, in the latter part of December 1780 having served about two months or a little better. Making in the whole a little more than six months. He further states that he has lost his said discharge, and does not know of any person at this time by whom he could prove his services that in at Camden his Regiment came under the command of Genl. Caswell of North Carolina. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension

tell of my of the usury of my State, Sworn to before me this the day & year aforesaid W.B. Mitchell Clerk
Thomas Price
We Robert Smith and Japheth Creech in the neighborhood of the said applicant Thomas Price do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Thomas Price who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be nearly seventy years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to before me this day and year aforesaid W.B. Mitchell Clerk
Japheth Creech
Robert Smith mark
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 the Court that Japheth Creech and Robert Smith who has here signed the proceeding certificate are residents in the County of Hawkins, an credible respectable persons and that their statements are entitled to credit. Elisha Scott Clerk of the Circuit Court for Hawkins County in & for the State of Tennessee aforesaid
I William B. Mitchell Clerk of the Circuit Court for Hawkins and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Price for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal having no seal of office this 5th day of October 1832. W.B. Mitchell Clerk
I certify that W.B. Mitchell is known to me to be clerk this signature genuine Sept 2 1833. John Blair Clerk

6086
Tennessee Nash.
Termina Price,
widow of Thomas Price
who served in the Revolutionary
N.C.
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20, dollars 100 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued
9 th day of April 1857
and sent to
M c E. Jones, Nashville, Tenn.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 255. Vol. 26.
271988

This declaration of Pamina Price made in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed 3 rd of February 1855 .
State of Tennessee Davidson County
On this 13 th day of July 1855 - personally appeared before me T. O. Turner Judge of the Criminal Court for the County of Davidson - the same being a Court of record & proper of common law jurisdiction Pamina Price a resident of the County of Davidson State of Tennessee aged about sixty five years who being first duly sworn according to law - doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd of February 1855 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war - The said Pamina Price declares that she is the widow of Thomas Price a soldier of the revolutionary war - & that the said Thomas Price was a pensioner - on the roll at the agency at Knoxville Tennessee - at the time of his death - under the act of the 7 th of June 1832 that he received - the sum of twenty dollars per annum - and that the last pay not was made to him on the 10 th of January 1847 - on which day he died - declarant refers to his pension certificate which was returned to the department at Washington at the time of his death for - a statement of the time he served as a soldier of war - the proceedings - showing his captain's order and other papers under which he served - Not being able to state her history - declarant further states that she was lawfully married to the said Thomas Price on the 5 th day of February 1815 - in the County of Lawrence - State of North Carolina - Thomas served as justice of the peace for said County and legally authorized to solemnize the rites of matrimony. Married declarant and the

Said Thomas Price - The license as declarant supposes was returned to Smithfield - The County seat of Johnston County in the city of Raleigh - declarant has caused a diligent inquiry & search to be made to procure a copy of the license to be used as evidence in this application - to show her marriage with the said Thomas Price - but has been unable to procure the same declarant supposes him to be last seen mistook - as described - by some casually - so that she can not procure him - declarant has appeared - to this appear- ance - the said declarant - Mary Ann Swick - her youngest daughter - & John Swick her husband - as the best only proof that she can obtain showing the legal- ity of her marriage with the said Thomas Price - & declarant further states and declares that she is still the widow of the said Thomas Price & that she has no other documentary evidence of her marriage than the mark subscribed before her. 13 th day of July 1855.
Permena X Price mark
W. J. Turner Judge Co
Mary Ann Swick - States and declares that she is the daughter of Permena Price - that she is now about the thirty eight years of age - and that she was - twenty years of age - at the time - at the time that Thomas Price died - and that she knows that Thomas Price & her mother Permena Price were together as man & wife from her earliest recollections to the time of his death - and that she believes that they were lawfully married - she further states that they were respected by all the neighbors & persons with whom they were acquainted to be man & wife & - have been lawfully married - they were so treated & regarded by all persons that knew them - she further states that she has no other evidence of her marriage than the mark Mary Ann X Swick mark 13 th day of July 1855.
W. J. Turner Judge Co

271. 988
Act Mar. 3. '55
61.159 found April 15 th 1857
Pernina Pernina Price. vid. Thomas Price. — Pniz
ad 16000, Apr. 14/57 B. B. D. Rev. war.
Rev? act ad 6000
Special. April 6. '57 W. Calh. C. C.
Wm E. Jones. Nashville.
Nov. 4/08. Orch. P ISG, description of warrant. 107 13890-100
Vol. P. page 148,

DECLARATION OF
Mrs. Penna Price
Widow of Thomas Price
FOR BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Thos Price was a Rev Pensioner & his Widow is now an applicant in his & his original Pension Papers
Special W.E.J. 271.988 S. Cole
Wm E SMITH & JONES AGENTS.
Nashville, Tennessee.
W.E. Jones agent Nashville Tenn

BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
FORM OF DECLARATION FOR WIDOW OF A DECEASED OFFICER OR SOLDIER.
State of Tennessee, County of Davidson County
On this 17 th day of March A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Penina Price - aged sixty seven - years, a resident of the County of Davidson in the State of Tennessee - , who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the widow of Thos Price & Penina , deceased, who was a Soldier of the Reg't of Tenn. Vol. Inf. in the company commanded by Captain Col Byrum in the Regiment of Volunteers in the war with Great Britain commanded by Genl Bragg declared by
the United States on the That her said husband was drafted at in Davidson County No Carolina on or about the  day of  A. D.,  for the term of three months - and continued in actual service in said war for the term of three months and was honorably discharged at  on the  day of  A. D., 
She further states that she was married to the said Thos Price in the County of Davidson North Carolina on the 8 th day of January A. D., 1815 by one Thos Church at the house of Thos Price and that her name before her said marriage was Penina Parnell - that her said husband died at Houston City East Tennessee on the 10 th day of January A. D., 1847 and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3d, 1855." That she has not heretofore applied for the same Penina X Price mark
We, John Swick & Mary Swick and Mary Swick - residents of Davidson County in the State of Tennessee - upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Penina Price - in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Mary X Swick - mark John Swick
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Wm K Turner one of the judges of the Circuit Court for the State of Tennessee
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City.
SIR:—I request that my claim to Bounty Land, under the Act of Congress, passed March 3, 1855, be examined, and if I am entitled to Land, that the Warrant or Certificate therefor be sent to Wm E. Jones , at Nashville, Tennessee, who I hereby constitute my Attorney in fact for that purpose and for my benefit.
Acknowledged before me, the 17 day of March A. D., 1857
Wm K Turner  Penina X Price  L.S. one of the judges of the Circuit Court for the State of Tennessee -  mark
State of Tennessee, County of Davidson I, Thomas J. Smiley Clerk of the Circuit Court of said County, do hereby certify that William K. Turner Esq., whose signature appears to the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment, is, and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the signatures thereto, purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office, this 21 day of March 1857
Thos J. Smiley Clerk.

18765-
Thos. Price
J. Hawkins
5, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17 from 1780 private 6 months.
$20
Smith Ames Nels
D. Alexander Rogersville

BRIEF in the case of  Thomas Ince  of Hawkins County in the State of Tennessee  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Vol In 1780 "about 4" for - Gen. Col. Aspin Capt. Smith, N.C. m. n.   Vol 1780 Septm. "about 2 or a little better" " - Col. Aspin Capt. Rayford.   "making in the whole a little more than 6 months" 3 -  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Johnston Co. N.C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Trad'y,  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No Seal of Office 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. L. Wolfe  and Examining Clerk.

March 21, 1935
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Thomas Price, W. 10227 BA-J/MCS aw
Mrs. M. T. Norris 519 N. Blount Street Raleigh, North Carolina
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Thomas Price.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 10227, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Thomas Price.
He was born in March, 1763, in St. Marys County, Maryland. The names of his parents were not given.
He enlisted in Johnston County, North Carolina, in May, 1780, and served four months as private in Captain Jonathan Smith's company in Colonel Axson's or Axon's North Carolina regiment. He enlisted in September, 1780, served as private in Captain John Rayford's company in Colonel Axson's or Axon's North Carolina regiment, was taken prisoner by the Tories in August, 1780, but was soon released and was discharged late in December, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 2, 1832, at which time he was living in Hawkins County, Tennessee.
He died January 10, 1847, in Hawkins County, Tennessee.
This soldier married February 5, 1815, in Johnston County, North Carolina, Pernina Parrish.
As his widow, she was allowed pension on her application executed July 12, 1855, at which time she was about sixty-five years of age and was living in Davidson County, Tennessee.

They had five children but the only name given was that of the youngest daughter, Mary Ann, who in 1855 was living in Davidson County, Tennessee, aged twenty-eight years, and was the wife of John Swick.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information in regard to a Thomas Price who lived in Edgecombe or Wake County, North Carolina.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir I enclose to you the agree- ment of Mrs. Permina Price for a pension she is my neighbor & my peer. I have at her request forwarded the same to you for your consideration & if you shall find that she is entitled to the pension that her husband's debt be so kind as to advise me at your earliest convenience.
Respectfully
Mrs. R. Turner
Nashville Tenn

Dear Sir      Enclosed you will find additional declaration of Mrs Price I have used every effort practicable under the circumstances to produce record testimony of the marriage the secondary testimony was given with the original declaration if it is not sufficient - or if any thing else be necessary - please advise me      very respectfully M rs V TURNER

Primus Prince
Thomas Jan. 10 53
DEC 2
Geo C. Whiting Esq. Comr of Pensions Washington,
D.C.

No 582
Pernina Price widow of John Thomas Turner
M c Turner July 20 1855
Same May 13/56.
Hon. H. R. Zollicoffer " "
W. E. Jones Dec. 12/56
3 Feb y 1853

61 159
Neo Lung

Pension Office, December 9. 1856.
The Third Auditor will please certify the date to which the within named pensioned was paid, and name of his widow, if she received arrears
Very respectfully
J. C. Calhoun
Chief Clerk.
10 Jan'y 47 21. 1847
Bedder
3 d Auditor's Office Dec r 10. 1856.
Sir:
Thomas Price Knoxville Tenn. Act 1832 at $20. per ann, died 10 Jan'y 1847, & his pension has been paid in full to that date to Penina Price his widow.
Very Resp'y
W. J. Simmons Auditor
Rev. C. Whiting Esq. Census of Pensions

Moses Price Pernina Price wid Thomas
Add d Ex d Dec 20 th 1855
Y. R. Beathorn Davidson Co. 6086-53 Tenn

J. R. Garrison M.D.
Rev. Mr. M. G. G. Phila. Pa.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

1922, Feb. 13 hist. to B. T. Alexander - Ex.
1934 Mar. 8. hist. to Mrs. J. M. Smith M.C.S. See Rev. Am. Wm. Grant W. 1757
1935 Mar. 21. hist. to Mrs. M. T. Morris
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 10227 Permina Price Wid Thomas Price Print Rev. War
Act: Feby 30  1853.
Index: — Vol. 116 , Page 140

Permina Prio
2 o 1853-6886
Payment to be made at Nashville,
by
Joel M. Smith, Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Tennessee.
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 255. Vol. H.
G. T. Getty Clerk.
Filed June 14 th 1862

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,
Penina Price, widow of Thomas Price, who was a _____ private, _____ in the revolutionary war; is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Twenty, dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven.
J. Thompson
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and countersigned.
Davidson Co. Since 1850 East Tennessee
W. C. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions.

Nashville Ten. Dec, 2 d 1856.
Sir,
I herewith enclose you a letter from the Hon. M m K. Turner in relation to the Pension Claim of M rs Price widow of Thomas late a Reg t Pensioner Act 7 June 1832 from the perusal of which you will perceive that Judge Turner has done all as the ag t of M rs Price that any one can do to establish her claim and comply with the rules of your Department he says if you require this statement to be sworn to by him he will readily do so, but does not think it necessary.
Will you please refer to the papers in this case and see if you cannot allow the case in its present shape, as it seems to be impossible to get an answer from A.C. as you required in your previous letter, it is a small affair but the old Lady is poor and needy.
Very Respectfully Mr. Col. Robt. W. E. Jones
Geo. A. Whiting Esq Com d of Pensions Washington D.C.

Pernina Price
and Thomas
W E Jones Nurs & Miller Farm.

Pension Office, December 12. 1856.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 2 d inst. I can only say that if the facts stated in the letter of W. K. Turner, in respect to the marriage of Leonini Price, widow of Thomas, shall be embodied in an affidavit, and undoubted parol evidence of said marriage furnished, the production of record evidence will not be required.
Very respectfully, G. C. Whiting Commissioner.
W. E. Jones, Esq. Nashville, Tenn. }

State of Europe Underwood County
I have Mr Turner as busy since I shall that I wrote to the Clerk of the County Court for the County of Johnson state of North Carolina to procure a copy of the Certificate of Marriage between Miss Price & Permina Parsons for the purpose of joining the same with the application of Permina Price for a pension I recd from her no answer - therefore I wrote to her again enclosing to her a sufficient amount of money to pay the necessary fees - for such records - to this letter no answer has been returned I then wrote to the General Department at Washington informing her that I was unable to procure the record and that I was unable to procure the record and I received in reply to this letter enclosing instructions to write to the Postmaster at Smithfield that by the County seat of Johnson Co. I did so stating to her that I had been directed by the pension department at Washington to write her & get her to call on the Clerk of the County Court and if such a record was in existence to send me a certified copy of the same to this letter no reply was made I then wrote to Genl Galcapp the Congressman of this District and procured him to see the Member of Congress from that district and get him to write the Clerk to look for the record & to certify the same and forward it to me - to this letter I recd a reply from Genl Galcapp that he had procured the Member of Congress from that district who said to write to the Clerk & if the record was in existence he would send me a copy of it to the same to me & after all this effort he had been unable to procure the original certificate of marriage - between Miss Price & Permina

Parmach now Pamina Price This statement is made to the department that parol evidence may be received in for the purpose of proving the marriage of Miss Rachel with Pamina Parmach now Pamina Price - affirming further states that he has no interest in the application of Pamina Price for a pension - March 17 57 Will K Turner
Sworn to and subscribed before me 18 March 1857
D. Frizz ss
State of Tennessee ss Davidson County ss I H R Cheatham clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby cer- tify that D Frizz whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and confirmed and qualified as such and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at office this 18th day of March 1857. H R Cheatham clerk

Washington
Nov 7th 56
Mr. Lewis
Dear Sir
I must solicit your aid and attention in the procuring of a pension for Mrs. Purnina Price widow of Thos Price who during her life drew a pension from the government - Some time since Mrs Price who is one of my neighbors and who is very old infirm & poor called on me & requested me that she was entitled to receive a pension under the law & I drew up for her an application in compliance with the various requirements of the law as I understood them & forwarded the same to the department at Washington upon the reception of the application I need a communication requiring that a copy of the license or of the certificate upon the license made by the person that solemnized the marriage between her & her husband should be produced - This the old woman with all the aid I could give her has been unable to do - I have written to the clerk of the court three several times enclosing her money sufficient

to pay him his fees for making a search in his office and certifying the copy of the marriage license but I have been unable to get any word from him in reply - I have announced this fact too.
The department & I was by him directed to write to the postmaster of the town where we supposed the license was returned & I have been unable to procure from him any information - I then procured an Member of Congress for that district to call on the member for that district and get him to write to the clerk asking him to send a copy of the license as if he felt was that there was no license returned to his office to certify that fact. I have been assured by Mr. Gale-Casper that the the Member for that district wrote to the Clerk asking him to send to me the license returned or to state the fact that no license was to be found in his office of the fact was so to this communication.
No reply was given to you see that this poor old & distressed woman is to be deprived of her legal & just rights by the obstinacy or wanton neglect of the officer who is charged it is to keep the record of marriage if the same was returned to him.

Now I suggest to you & through you to the department - If the petition Mrs Price has not done enough to disprove with or rather to form an exception that be the rule of the department. That if a real testimony be in existence it must be produced or its absence accounted for. Before the party petition can resort to partial testimony - in a Court of justice under these circumstances I doubt not that her case would be heard - and partial testimony may would be looked to and if it were sufficient to establish the truth of the issue - would be sufficient -
The testimony on which she relies to prove her marriage is an issue with the petitioner if known it is up the opinion of the Commonwealth in support she can abundantly prove her marriage & her claim well you your your visit to Washington see the Com- missioner and get a hearing of Mrs. Case for an old poor widow and desolate widow - who has a just claim upon the bounty of the Government.
Very respectfully Yours W. G. Furness

Brief in the case of Pernina , widow of Thomas Price, of Tennessee. Act Feby 3, 1853
Her husband was pensioned under the Act of June 7, 1832, at $20 a year and died in 1847.
Proof of marriage -
Cohabitation, general reputation of marriage her identity as the pensioner's widow, his death then present husband proved by credible witnesses.
Send to W. L. Gower, Esq. Washington For
Thomas Price Estate

Jemima Price, Widow of Thomas. Davison County Tennessee.
adm d 3 Febz 1853.
$ 20 a year, from the papas of the Ad-
Adm d W. E. Jones Esq Nashville Tenn "

Thomas Price

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

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No two Citizens XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? eto XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1. 2. 7.
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which 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 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 shewn 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.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Dear Petunia Price wid Thomas Duplett
Dear S P
Walden Camoufleurage of Russians Washington City S. Calumnia
FREE
20 10 July 1847 Petunia Price Mar 2 1875- Mary Ann French John French

Letter of inquiry given to Mr. Sam Jared Jr. Arlington Bldg.
Also see carbon of letter written by the Hice, filed in Meric File under S's
March 8, 1934
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BA-J/MCS
Thomas Price, W. 10227
Mrs. Q. M. Smith Cookeville Tennessee
Dear Madam:
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 10227, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Thomas Price.
He was born in March, 1763, in St. Marys County, Maryland. The names of his parents were not given.
He enlisted in Johnston County, North Carolina, in May, 1780, and served four months as private in Captain Jonathan Smith's company in Colonel Axson's or Axon's North Carolina regiment. He enlisted in September, 1780, served as private in Captain John Rayford's company in Colonel Axson's or Axon's North Carolina regiment, was taken prisoner by the Tories in August, 1780, but was soon released and was discharged late in December, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 2, 1832, at which time he was living in Hawkins County, Tennessee.
He died January 10, 1847, in Hawkins County, Tennessee.
This soldier married February 5, 1815, in Johnston County, North Carolina, Pernina Parrish.
As his widow, she was allowed pension on her application executed July 12, 1855, at which time she was about sixty-five years of age and was living in Davidson County, Tennessee.
Widow's death not in Oq. enq. Book

They had five children but the only name given was that of the youngest daughter, Mary Ann, who in 1855 was living in Davidson County, Tennessee, aged twenty-eight years, and was the wife of John Swick.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Feb 13, 1922
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thos. Price a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. 10227
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1780 4 mos. Pvt. Jon n Smith in Allen Ayson NC   Sept. 1780 to Dec. 1780 " Jno. Rayford "   He was taken prisoner by the Tories in Aug. 1780 but soon released.  
Battles engaged in, None stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, and Johnston Co., NC
Date of application for pension, Oct. 2, 1832 al.
Residence at date of application, Hawkins Co. Tenn.
Age at date of application, b. Mar. 1763 in St. Mary's Co. Md. - Permina Parnell
Remarks: He mar. Feb. 5, 1815 in Johnston Co. NC Permina Parnell he d. Jan. 10, 1847 in Hawkins Co. Tenn. + she was al. there on an ab. July 12, 1855 while res. in Davidson Co. Tenn. ae. about 65 They had 5 ch. The youngest dau. Mary Ann, wife of Jno. Smith of Davidson Co. Tenn. was ae. 28 yrs in 1855 + is the only name stated
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Dec. 4, 1908.
Commissioner, General Land Office, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
In response to your letter of the 1st instant, received on the 3d, requesting, in behalf of Hon. William B. McKinley, a description of any land warrant for 160 acres that may have issued to Thomas Price for service in the War of the Revolution, you are advised that the bounty land records of the Revolutionary War are very imperfect and no record of the issue of a land warrant for 160 acres to a Thomas Price for service in that war can be found. The records show that warrant No. 61159, for 160 acres, act of March 3, 1855, issued in the name of Pernina Price as the widow of Thomas Price, a Revolutionary War soldier, but the papers in that claim do not show that a duplicate has issued or been applied for, and your letter furnishes no information by which this Bureau can identify that warrant as the one inquired about.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

61159-160-55

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2496-100-Pur. Mrs Price 61-149-160-4r, War of Rev. etc. etc.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
J.B.O.
J.B.O.
GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
ADDRESS ONLY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
December / , 1908.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Sir:
Hon. William B. McKinley, House of Representatives, requests information concerning a land warrant for 160 acres, in favor of Thomas Price, for services in the War of the Revolution, claiming that the warrant was lost and "some time in 1905, William P. Price visited Washington and procured a new one".
As this office can not identify the case, it is respectfully requested that you furnish me with a description of any land warrant which may have issued to said party.
Very respectfully,
S. W. Boudit Assistant Commissioner.
M.L.H.

519 N. Blount St Raleigh, N.C. 3-9-35-
Dear Sir -
A pension for a Revolutionary soldier in Edgcombe or Johnston Co. - Miles L. Lemore to make E. G. Thomas  Prise This man served in Va. I think. So thanks you for helping me.
Yours cordially
Miss M. T. Norris
Cornelia A. St
Nash D.D.R. 113253

Rev Sec
Laddonia Mo Jan 28-22
Commissioner of Pensions Department of Interior Washington D.C.
Please send pension records of Wm Wells, Rev. pensioner of Montgomery Co. Ky. and of Thomas Price, Hawkins Co Tenn Rev. soldier.
These records are for my daughter's application for membership in Daughters of the American Revolution
Yours truly
Jan 18-22
Laddonia Mo, B.T. Alexander

John Sweet makes oath that he is & was well acquainted with the family of Thos Price and Purnea Price that they had four children He further & that they resided in East Tennessee He further & that they lived together as man & wife at the time of the death of Thos Price that they acknow- ledged themselves to be he & that the whole community where they lived regarded him & her as man & wife to be man & wife after John States that he has no interest whatever in the education of Purnea Price - March 17 th 57 John Sweet for a pension.
Sworn to & subscribed before me on the 17 th day of March 1857 W. B. Linn Judge

Mary Swick states that she is now thirty nine years of age & that at the time of the death of Thos Price she was twenty years of age - that she is the youngest daughter of Permina Price and Thos Price that Thos Price in his life time received a pension from the government that her Father Thos Price & Permina Price raised a family of five - children - apparent states that she learned from her Father and Mother that they were married in Louisiana by Robardina and remained from there to East Tennessee where she was born & raised - apparent states that she very believes that they were married as stated in the dictation of Permina Price apparent states that they lived together as man & wife from her earliest recollection to the time of the death of her Father Thos Price - that they acknowledged themselves so to be that they were so reputed to be by all their acquaintances - and relatives & that the whole community where they lived regarded and reputed and believed them to be man & wife - apparent from states that she had no interest in the application of Permina Price for a pension
Mary X Swick mark -

sworn to & subscribed before me this 17 th day of March 1857 W. R. Turner Judge
This is to certify that the foregoing affidavits of Mary Smick & John Smick were made and signed before me on the day the same were date & duly sworn to by said affiants and that I know both my said affiants and that they are both reputable persons & entitled to credit - & that I have no interest in said affidavits. March 17 th 57
W. R. TURNER one of the circuit court judges of the county of Simpson
State of Tennessee. Davidson County I, Thomas T. Smiley, Clerk of the Circuit Court of said County, do hereby certify that W. R. Turner, whose signature appears to the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment, is and was at the time of signing the same, an acting judge of the Circuit in and for said County, duly commis- sioned, and qualified; and that the signatures thereto purporting to be his, are genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 21 st day of March 1857
Thos. T. Smiley Clerk

State of Tennessee Humboldt County
On this 12 day July 1885
I William K Turner Judge of the Criminal Court for the County of Humboldt & State aforesaid the same being a Court of Record & Common Law jurisdiction do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mr. Warren Price who has this day appeared and made oath to the within Declaration before me and that I am also acquainted with Mary & Sarah & John Smith whose names appear to the foregoing affidavit that they were all legally qualified by me & to my knowledge are persons of trust and veracity and that full faith and credit is due and of right ought to be given to their statements and that I am in no wise interested in said application given under my hand this 12 day of July 1885
Wm K Turner Judge of the Cr Court for the County of Humboldt Montgomery Co
State of Tennessee
I Thomas F. Smiley Clerk of the Criminal Court for the County of Davidson in said State do certify that William Turner whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is one of the judges of the Criminal Courts for the State of Tennessee and presiding Judge of said Crim Criminal Court for the County of Davidson duly commissioned and qualified
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at Nashville
in Nashville the 12 th day of July in the year One thousand eight hundred and fifty five And in the 80 th year of our Independence Thos. F. Smiley CLK

John Swick - States & declares that he was not personally acquainted with Thos Price at the time of or previous to his death - but that he interviewed with Mary Ann - the daughter of the said Purnina Price about eight months after the death of Thos Price and that he can turn a to reside in the neighborhood where the said Purnina & Thos Price had lived & when the said Thos died for two years or more & that he was well acquainted with all the people living in the neighborhood & that he knows that the acquaintances of the said Thos Price - & all the old friends in the neighborhood regarded the said Thos & the said Purnina as his wife & wife & have been lately married at the for the states years what he knows of Mrs Price the said Purnina & the reputation & character that the said Thomas was with his acquaintances & neighbors that he was lately married as with the said Purnina as she has stated in her declaration and that he has no interest in the application - JOHN SWICK
Swick & subscribed.
before me this 12 th day
July 1855 - M c GEHEE
Judge

State of Tennessee Hawkins county
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for said county Thomas Price, who being duly sworn, deposeth & 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 period mentioned below and in the following grades - For four months I served as a private soldier - For two months I served as a private soldier and for such service I claim a pension
There is no clergyman living in the imme- diate vicinity where I reside, who can testify to my past character &c.
I was born in Saint Marys county Maryland and in the year one thousand seven hundred sixty three
I have no record of my age
I am acquainted with Robert Smith and Mr. French Aguirre, who have testified to my character and I am also acquainted with many others who if necessary would also testify to my character being all living my in neighborhood
Sworn to & subscribed this 20 day of August 1833
A. Paine Justice of the Peace for Hawkins county
Thomas Price

State of Tennessee Hawkins County
I Stockley Dettitchell Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Hawkins County in the state aforesaid do certify that Nicholas Tain whose name is annexed to the foregoing affidavit is now and was at the time the same bears date an acting Justice of the Peace of said County and that duly commissioned and quali- fied and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of office this 5 th day, August A.D. 1853
E. D. Mitchell Clerk By M c Mitchell Clerk

Additional Evidence
Mrs Price
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Feb 25/56

Declaration of Purina Price  Price made in addition to her former declaration now on file in the department at Washington.
Declarant referring to her former declar- ation and adopting the same without here repeating it again declares that she knows of no record evidence of her marriage with her deceased husband - unless it be the return made on her license solemnizing her marriage between her & her husband - That Price declarant states they were married That is herself & That Price in Johnson Co. North Carolina in the year 1815 - declarant states that she supposed that the marriage license was returned to the clerk of the county court at Smithfield - That being the county seat of Johnson County declarant believing that the return - if any exists was the file and that after procured the clerk of said court to be written to with a view to obtain it and file it with her declaration and also declarant has caused said clerk to be written to enclosing to her a supple- ment of money to pay him his fees for making the search - declarant - as she has found her agent - who wrote to the clerk - has made no reply thereto and declarant is entirely unable to procure the record evidence of her marriage if any be in existence - agent does not know - That any exists - and believes there is none if it be not in file in the office of the county court in Johnson County North Carolina - declarant states that she has used all the means in her power to procure this testimony - and she has been entirely unable to procure declarant states that she is now old & infirm - and so poor that she has

to deny a are the Chancery of her friends. & though bears for a disbursement since for the keeping Marias has presented her claim before the government for a pension under the laws of Congress - Declaring that as she believes all antedate for the absence of Rebecca Lusk refers to the Journal last night in correspondence in her former declaration as wife and as our marriage - etc Melville Lusk Sheriff Samantha P. Lusk wife
Well K Turner makes oath - That as the agent of Mrs Purnia Price Matthews in the Clatsop the County Court of Larimer County, Nebraska Lena - requesting him to enclose to him as the defendant at Washington any matter as regards evidence that might be necessary in his office - of the marriage of Thos Price & Purnia Parnish - and affiant states that he has written to him on several occasions as times to this effect & that he has enclosed to her many - to pay her for making the search - & entering the testimony if any existed affiant further states that so far he has been unable to procure from the Clerk any information as regards to his letters other than those letters which had already for the Clerk to have made the necessary search and to have returned the same and returned the same

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the 20 th day of Dec r 1835
Isiah Kemp
State of Tennessee } I F R Cheatham Clerk of the Savannah County, } Court of Said County hereby Certify that Isiah Kemp whose name is signed to the above Certificate is and was at the time the same bears date an acting Justice of the Peace in and for Said County duly elected qualified and qualified and that the signa- ture thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Said Court at Office in Nashville this 20 th day of December 1835.
F R Cheatham Clerk By J D Franklin S ty .
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