Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3,579, for Jonathan Montgomery, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Montgomery, Jonathan Zillah
N. 3579
CONTENTS
This Receipt Includes
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2877 Tennessee Jackson Zillah Montgomery widow of Jonathan Montgomery who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Nov r /53 and sent to
J. S. H. Tomlin Jackson Tennessee
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 183 Vol. A
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23089 West Tennessee
Jonathan Montgomery of Carroll in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Young of the regt commanded by Colonel in the Northern line for one year
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 10 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Nov 1833 and Thomas J. Livingston  Counting
Arrears to the 4th of March  100 Semi-ant. allowance ending March  70
$170
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sam Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 1 Page 93
Hon C. H. Williams
Feb 11/52
Let to S. L. McFaulin 16 June 1857

4 th gr. 52 & 1 st gr. 53
No. 1
7 th June 1832
Zella Montgomery widow of Jonathan Montgomery $19. 78 Revolutionary pension
4 th of March 1852
to
2 d of September 1852
11 th February 1853
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No 4.
State of Tennessee } I Wilbron H Graves Clerk Carroll County } of the County Court of said County and state holden at Huntington for said County and state, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court viz. the evidence of J D D K Carter and John E Peely That Jonathan Montgomery was a re- volutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of forty dollars per annum was a resident of the County of Carroll in the state of Tennessee and died in said County and state on the 2 d day of September 1832, and that he left a widow whose name is Gillian In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix- ed my seal of office at Hun- tington this 16 th day of December 1852 Wilbron H Graves Clerk
No 5
State of Tennessee } I Wilbron H Graves Clerk of Carroll County } the County Court for said county and state do hereby certify that J D D K Carter is a justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified that his commission was dated on the 31 st day of March 1848 and will ex- pire on the 31 st day of March 1854 and that his signatures above written are genuine Given under my hand and seal of said County this 16 th day of Decemr 1852 Wilbron H Graves Clerk

State of Tennessee Madison County
Be it known that on the 11 th day of February A.D. 1853 before me J. B. H. Tomlin Agent for paying pensions at Jackson Tenn. person- ally appeared I. S. Fry the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that he has no interest whatever in the money he is authorized to receive, by virtue of the foregoing power of attorney, either by any pledge sale mortgage, assignment or transfer, and that he does not know or believe that the same has been so disposed of to any person whatever. Subscribed and sworn to this day and year last above written. — I. S. Fry Attorney before me
J. B. H. Tomlin
Pen. Rep.
Jackson February 11 th 1853
Received of J. B. H. Tomlin Agent for paying pensions at Jackson Tennessee the sum of nineteen dollars and seventy eight cents being for five months and thirty one days arrearage of pension due to Jonathan Montgomery from the 4 th of March 1852 to the 2 nd day of September 1852 the time of his death, for which I have signed duplicate receipts.
Dolls. 19. 78
I. S. Fry atty
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No. 1
State of Tennessee, Be it known, that before Carroll County, me John Cartar a jus- tice of the peace in and for said county and state duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Zillah Montgomery and made oath in due form of law, that she is the widow of Johnathan Montgomery, the identical person who was a pensioner, and is now dead and to whom a certificate of pension was issued, which is herewith surrendered. That the deceased pensioner resided in Carroll County, State of Tennessee for the space of sixteen years before his death; and that previous thereto he resided in the state of South Carolina, and that he died on the 2 d day of September 1852.
Zillah X Montgomery
Sworn to and subscribed This the 6 th day of December A.D. 1852 before me
John Cartar J.P.
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No. 2
Know all men by these presents, That I Zillah Montgomery of Carroll County in the state of Tennessee, widow of Johnathan Montgomery, who was a Revolutionary pen- sioner of the United States, do hereby con- stitute and appoint John S. Fry my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to receive from the agent of the United States for paying pensions

in Jackson State of Tennessee The balance of said pension from the 4 th day of March 1852 to the 2 nd day of September 1852 being the day of his death - Witness my hand and seal this 6 th day of December A.D. 1852
Sealed and delivered
Billah Her Montgomery mark
in presence of
Isaac Carter
John N. Kelly
Two witnesses
No 3
State of Tennessee Carroll County
Be it known, That on the 6 th day of December 1852, before the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and
for said county duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Zilean Montgomery 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 and year last above-mentioned.
Isaac Carter J.P.

State of Tennessee } On this the 31 st day of May County of Maury } A.D. One thousand Eight Hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me Robert Stark a justice of the peace in and for said County and State, and out of the County Court, which Court is a court of record. Zillah — Montgomery widow of Johnathan Mont- gomery a resident of Carroll County in the state aforesaid aged about seventy three years, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the ben- efits of the provision made by the act of congress passed on the 3 rd of February 1853, granting pen- sions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war, that she is the widow of Johnathan Montgomery, who was a private in the rev- olutionary army, that he was a pensioner under the act of congress of the 7 th of June 1832, and that his name is on the pension Roll of the Jackson Tennessee Agency at the rate of forty dollars per annum, and that she refers to the proof now on file at the pension office in Washington city as to the name and rank of the officers under whom the service was performed, the time and place when and where he entered and left the service &c. And that his pension certificate is on file with the vouchers of J. S. H. Towner pension agent for the 1 st quarter of 1853.
She further declares that she was married to the said Johnathan Montgomery on the 4 th day of October A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and forty two ; that her said husband died on the 2 d . day of September A.D. 1852, and that she was not married to him

prior to the second of January, eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated - She further declares that she is now a widow, and the widow of Jonathan Mont- gomery. Zillah his X Montgomery mark attest, J. H. Tomin
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and date above written and I further certify that the applicant Zillah Montgomery is unable by reason of bodily infirm- ity to attend a court of record and that I believe her to be the widow of the said Jonathan Montgomery
Robert Stark (S.P.)
State of Tennessee { I Thomas W Samewell Clerk of Madison County { the County Court in and for the County of Madison and State of Tennessee, do hereby certify that said Court is a court of record and that Robert Stark is a justice of the peace in and for said County of said County, and that he is duly com- missioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the 1 st day of March 1848 and will expire on the 1 st day of March 1854 and that his signature above written is genuine. Given under my hand and seal of office on this the 1 st day of June 1853.
Thos W. Samewell Atk

State of Tennessee, On this the 6 th day of June 1853 Carroll County, personally appeared before me
John Rhone S. F. Gildea a justice of the peace in and for said County and State and duly authorized by law to administer oaths for general purposes
John Rhone S. F. Gildea who are credible witnesses and who, after being duly sworn according to law, deponeth and saith that they are well acquainted with the said Gillah Montgomery and know her to be the widow of the said John athan Montgomery deceased of their own personal knowledge they being present at the marriage of the said Gillah with the said Jonathan Montgomery by one Nathan Williams a justice of the peace and that they were married on the day and date set forth in the declaration of said Gillah, and they further depose and say that the said Jonathan Montgomery is now dead and that he died on the 2 nd day of September 1852 and that the said Gillah is now a widow and that he is the identical Jonathan Montgomery who was a revolutionary pensioner on the pension Roll of the Jackson Tennessee agency.
Sworn to and subscribed to before me the day and date first above written
John Rhone S. F. Gildea
John C. Packer J.P.

State of Tennessee Carroll County
I William H Graves Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Carroll said State do hereby certify that James C. Parker
is a justice of the peace in and for said County and State duly commissioned and qualified that his commis- sion was dated on the 9 th day of March 1848 and will expire on the 9 th day of March 1854 and that his signature above unit is genuine given under my hand and seal of office
This the 1 st day of June 1853
William H Graves Clerk
See testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at office in Clarksville this June 1 st 1853 William H Graves Clerk

Executed by me the 11th Oct 1842 to Nathan Williams Esq.

Marriage License Record book 29
October the 11 th 1842.
To all whom these presents shall come, I, Johnathan Montgomery to Gillah May etc. do hereby certify that the foregoing certificate or transcript of records contains a true & perfect copy of the records made of the marriage License issued to John Montgomery. I do further certify that William Williams was at the time he executed the same an acting justice of the peace in and for said county as the same appears upon records in my office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at my office in Huntingdon this October 11 th 1843
William H. Graves Clerk

State of Tennessee } The amended declaration of Jonathan Carroll County } Montgomery for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
On this 23 rd day of October 1833 personally appeared before me Samuel Ingram an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Jonathan Montgomery, a resident citizen of the County and State aforesaid, aged about seventy one years, who, after having been duly sworn according to law, (by way of amendment to the original declaration for a pension before him and sworn to by him before the County Court of said County at the September term thereof A.D. 1832), deposited and said that from his age, the great lapse of time 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 in the following grade: On my first tour in the  the  counties of Ark & Rutherford - which was to Charleston, S. Carolina. as stated in my original declaration - I served six months as a private. On my second tour, during which I was at Bates's Defeat, I served three months; as a private . On my third and last tour in guarding provisions, I served three months as a private, making in all twelve months service as a private; and for such service I claim a pension. This applicant further states that no clergyman lives in his immediate vicinity, nor included does any such with whom he is acquainted lives in the County within fifteen or twenty miles of him. He is well acquainted with Doct. R. L. M. Hagg and Capt. James H. Hopkins who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief in his Revolu- tionary services.
Jonathan Montgomery
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year first above written -
Samuel Ingram

We, Richard L. M. Hogg and James L. Hopkins, residing in Carroll county in the state of Pennsylvania hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Montgomery who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about seventy one 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 & subscribed before me this day & year aforesaid. Samuel Ingram. J. L. Hopkins
In ad d the said Samuel Ingram Justice of the Peace as aforesaid, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Doct. Richard L. M. Hogg & Capt. James L. Hopkins who have signed the preceding certificate and credible persons, resident citizens of said county of Carroll, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I also certify, that there is no clergyman residing in the immediate vicinity of the said applicant for a pension, Jonathan Montgomery - and I further declare it to be my opinion that said applicant was a soldier of the Revolution, and served as he states. Given under my hand this day and year aforesaid. Samuel Ingram. J. L. Hopkins
State of Pennsylvania Carroll county I, Edward Gwin, Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of the county and state aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel Ingram whose signature appears in his own proper hand writing to the attestations to the foregoing affidavits and certificate was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace for this county, and still is, and that full faith & credit are and ought to be

given to his official acts. I do further certify that the said Jonathan Montgomery who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing amended declaration for a pension is the same person who subscribed & swore to an original declaration for the same object at the September term 1832 of the court of which I am clerk.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of said court at office in Huntingdon this 23 rd day of October A.D. 1833.
Edward Lewis Clerk

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of Tennessee Sept. Sessions 1832 of the Court Carroll County 3 of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
On this day the 11 th September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the justices of said court proceeding, Johnathan Montgomery a resident citizen of said county age a seventy 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
That he entered the service as a volunteer in the year 1778, as a private in Capt Joseph Young's company, Col. Yancy's regiment, commanded by Gen. Ash, Col. Yancy raised in Granville County North Carolina & his Captain raised his company in Orange, State that they were marched to the neighborhood of Charlestown S. Carolina, & joined Gen. Ash on the Savannah River, and crossed over with him in the State of Georgia where Ash was defeated on Brier Creek the next day they recrossed the river & fell under Gen. Rutherford, as then Gen. Ash after he was defeated as he understood was discharged, he was in service then about six months and was discharged at Turkey Hill on the Savannah River
Shortly before Gates' defeat he was drafted & served under several captains, whose names he can not now recollect, the company he was then in was at the battle at Camden S. Carolina when Gates was defeated, he was so often transferred and detached about he can not recollect any of the names of his officers, after the battle there was no regular discharge of the militia every man made the best of his way home in this he served after this he was drafted three months.
After this he was drafted & served a term of three months in guarding jails and

prisoners and collecting provisions for the army this service was performed in the State of North Carolina, Orange County, Col. Alex. ander Mahane was head commissary & who gave him a discharge
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension whatsoever except the present State, that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State,
When & in what year been you born
Answer, according to the records of his parents, he was born on the 21 st Sept r 1762, and in the State of Pennsylvania, Lancaster City.
Have you any record of your age & if so where is it.
Answer, He has, took it from the records of his parents & now has it.
When did you live when called into service and when have you lived since the war & when do you now live.
Answer Orange City, N. Carolina, from there he moved to S.C. and in a Pendleton district & lived forty years, & five years since he moved to this county where he now lives.
How were you called into service were you drafted and you volunteer or were you a substitute & if so for whom.
Answer, first volunteer, and after ward, drafted as above stated.
State the name of some of the original officers who were with the troops when you served such continental & militia regiments & the general circumstances of your service.
Answer, He recollects, many under Gen. Gates also Col. Lighthorse who he understood was a regular officer, who was put over some militia and will always recollect the great DeKalb

who fell at that battle.
Did you ever receive a discharge, by whom or as it given & what has become of it.
Asma, never one as he recollects, except the one from Col. Malone the com is any which from the great Cape of time has been destroyed.
Further states that he has no documentary evidence to establish his services, except he prove the same as above stated except one term, by any living witness. The first term his brother William Montgomery served with him in the same company and were seldom apart. States that he is well acquainted and has for a long time acquainted with David Moore Esq and John Armstrong Esq who can testify as to my veracity & that I served as above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed to in open Court this 11 th day of September A.D. 1832. } Jossathan Montgomery (RD) (ED) Edward Gwin Clerk.
I William Montgomery a resident citizen of this county do hereby certify that I saw with the above applicant Johnathan Montgomery the first term of six months when they were defeated under Gen. Ash in the State of Georgia, I have heard his declaration as a & known as to that term that he served as he state.
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this 11 th Sept 1832. } Jossathan Montgomery (RD) (ED) Edward Gwin Clerk. We David Moore & John Armstrong both resident citizens of said county, and make oath, that we are well acquainted w/ Mr Johnathan Montgomery the above applicant.

who has sworn to have subscribed this declaration that we believe him to be of the age seventy years as he states, & that he is is situated in the neighbourhood to be a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & Subscribed in open C David Moore
Court this 11 th Sept r 1832.
Edward Gwin Clerk.
J. Armstrong
And the said Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after the putting of the interrogatories specified by the new department, that the above named Jonathan Montgomery is a soldier of the revolution & served as he states & the court further certifies that the said David Moore Esq r & John Armstrong Esq r are resident citizens of this county and that they & William Montgomery who has signed the above certificate are all credible within eyes & their statement entitled to full credit.
Sam l Ingram Clerk of Carroll County court Henry Knight Justice
Wilson Lightfoot J.P.
State of Tennessee Carroll County ss. I Edward Gwin clerk of the court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in for said County State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Montgomery for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at office in Huntingdon this 11 th day of September A.D. 1832
Edward Gwin Clerk
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11045
Gen a Montgomery Transfer from 1778 private 17 th Regt #40.
5. 11. 72
Thos. J. Jennings Huntingdon Edw d Gwin, clk Carroll Co Tennessee

BRIEF in the case of  Jonathan Montgomery  county of Carroll  in the State of  Tennessee  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  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.     Noe In 1778 about 6 Private Gen. Ash, Rutherford   dropped 3 Capt Jos Young, Col   " 3 Yancy   Gen. Gales,   Col Alex. Malone  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Camden  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Orange Co. W.C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses & traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. Jones Examining Clerk.

Zillah Montgomery, widow of Jonathan -
see { married 4 Oct. 1842 C.C.R. died 2 Sept. 1852
9.6.

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Pension office
Nov. 10. 1853
Sir,
Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid; and, if in your power, the date of his death, and his widow's Christian name
Very respectfully Your Obed Servt
Retarded
For Commission
F Burt Esq
3 d Auditor, {See other side.}
Pugnt Recd Nov 11 th / 53
Mr Randall

Jonathan Montgomery, act 1832, $40.00. p. an. Died 2 d Sept. 1852, Paid to his death. — The arrears were paid to John L. Fry, as Attorney, for Gilla Montgomery, widow. David S. Rind
Actg Auditor.

Payments to be made at Nashville by the P st of West Banks Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of West Tennessee
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Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book 6, Vol. 7
Page 93 by D. M. Boyd Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Jonathan Montgomery of the State of Vermont Vermont who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive — Twenty — dollars and 4 cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 19 th day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
Lee Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Brief in the case of Zillah Montgomery, widow of Jonathan Cassell County and State of Tennessee act 3 d February 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of June 7. 1832, at $40 per annum, on private.
Marriage proved by duly certified copy of County Court records.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
J. S. H. Tomlin Esq. Jackson, Tennessee Name and residence of Agent
R. G. Gutter Examining Clerk.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jonathan Montgomery  which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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? yes 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? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? yes

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 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? witness 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? the Court has 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? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? all answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which 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.

Jackson Octr 31 st 1853
Sir
Enclosed you will find a certified copy of the record of the Marriage of Jonathan & Zillah Montgomery, to enable the said Zillah to be placed on the pension Roll under the act of Feby 3 d 1853. Her application was filed in June last, and suspended for the enclosed proof. I hope this proof will be sufficient
your Respectfully
J. S. H. Townin
S. P. Waldo Esqr. Washington D. C.

Jackson Tenn.
June 17 th 1853
Dear Sir
Enclosed you will please find the declaration of Zilla Montgomery for a pension under the 2 d . sec. of the act of congress passed Feby 2 d . 1853. which you will please give attention at its proper time
Yours Respectfully
D. S. H. Townes
S. P. Waldo Esq. Com re &c Washington D. C.

Hackson June 3 d 1832
Dear Sir
I am in possession of letter written by J. Nelson sitting Comr. of Pensions, addressed to Hon. S. H. Williams M. C. dated 30 th of Jan y . in relation to the increasing of the pension of Johnathan Montgomery a Revolutionary Pensioner. There is a mistake in regard to the name, in the letter of Mr. Nelson he states that the pension of William Montgomery may be increased, William was a brother of Johnathan Montgomery and has been dead for several years. Johnathan Montgomery now draws a pension of $40 00 a year and the proof of service on file in the Pension office will entitle him to an annual pension of $48 00 under the act of the 7 th of June 1832. — The old man is very poor and in want, but a very honest, temperate noble old man, and if his pension could be increased, consistent with law, it should be done, for by doing so it will be doing an act of kindness to a poor old man, who by the laws of Nature, can be but little more expense

to this government, has has so nobly assisted in building up. Your attention to this will confer a benefit to the petitioner and a favor upon
Your Humble Servant A. S. H. Totten
Pen. Agt.
Hon. Wm. E Heath
Commr of Pensions
Washington
D. C.

House of Reps Decr 16 th 1857
Sir
I send you herewith the Affidavit of Mr. Montgomery exhibiting the fact that he sent one month more than was established or proved in his former application upon that fact he bases his application for an increase of Pension I hope you will look to the matter as soon as you can conveniently I am the Sir C. D. Williams Chair of Finance

Huntingdon, Pa. Octo 25. 1833
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm ee of Pensions Washington D.C.
Yrs affec ly J. L. Edwards

Amityville Oct. 23 d 1833.
Dear Sir:
I return you the original declaration of Jonathan Montgomery for a pension, with an amendment prepared before a Justice of the Peace as nearly in conformity with the directions of the War Department as I know or can find out how to do it - The return of these proceedings to you has been long delayed by the neglect of the gentleman who originally prepared the declaration, and in whose papers the proceedings have remained since you returned without being attended to. There is no court of record in Rensselaer here now, & there will be none for about two months which is longer than the aged claimant is willing to wait -
Very Respectfully Your obed Servt
Thos. J. Jennings, agent for claimant.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions.

June 27. 1855
Appd. of Billaah Montgomery widow of Jonathan Carroll Co
Tennessee $40
25089
Act 3 d Feby 1853
Amnt. $40 per annum
Commencing 3 d Feby. 1853
Rev:
J. L. H. Tomlin
Jackson
Len
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

No 2364
Zillah Montgomery, widow of Jonathan Montgomery Sir. J. L. H. Town in Sept. 9/53 (Rb)
Rev.
Act 3 rd Feb 1853.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3579
Zillah Montgomery Widow
Jonathan Montgomery Cal. Br. War.
Act: Feb. 8 th 1858
Index:—Vol. M. , Page 59
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Tennessee 3 Personally appeared before Carroll County 3 me Robert McCracken one of the acting Justices of the peace in & for said County. Jonathan Mont- gomery who being first sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he did serve one whole month as a Sergeant in Captain James Hamil- tons Company (Soon after Lord Cornwallis was taken) on Saguaro River in South Carolina said River divides the States of South Carolina & Georgia. And that it is impossible for him to prove the same by living witnesses at this date and for want of the proper information he did not put this month in his former claim Sworn to & subscribed before me this 20 th day Jonathan Montgomery of October 1857 Robert McCracken (J.P.)
State of Tennessee 3 Personally appeared before me Carroll County 3 Robert McCracken one of the acting Justices of the peace in & for said County of Carrol- =oll Thomas A Hawkins & John Norman all of the said County of Carroll and after being first sworn according to Law deposes & says that they have been personally acquainted with the above deponent Jonathan Montgomery for the last fifteen or twenty years and that they know that he stands as high in the estimation of the community in which he lives as a man of truth & veracity as any man in it Sworn to & subscribed before me this 20 th day 3 of October 1857 Robert McCracken (J.P.)
Thos. A. Hawkins John Norman

State of Tennessee & Young W. Allen Carroll County, Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that Robert M. Carckin whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit is & was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County & State duly commissioned and qualified as the law directs and as such full faith & credit is due & ought to be given to all of his official acts
In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at office in the Town of Huntingdon this the 20 th day of Oct. 1851
Y. W. Allen clerk By J. C. Whitehorn D. G.