Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 943, John Blevins, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
or Blevins, John Blevens, Sally
R. 943
CONTENTS

Ex'r.
INVALID.
REPEATED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Sally Stevens
P. O. _____
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
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No 6553
Polly Blevins Widow of John
Tenn.
W m B, Strickland Aug 23/56
943
3 Feby 1853.

Sally Blum va Claim for Revue Pension
and John Aug 9
Anderson
I do not find any Pensioner by the name of John Blum Original
Filed By
Wm. M. Strickland
Sneedville
Tennessee
Sneedville

State of Tennessee County of Hancock } SS
on this 30 day of July A D - one thousand eight hundred and fifty six Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state afore said Salley Blevins resident of the county of Hancock and State of Tennessee aged about 69 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Provision made by the act of congress passed February 3 d 1853 that she is the widow of John Blevins who was a private in the company of Green Co. Virginia in the revolutionary war and was wounded in the Battle of King's Mountain and she says she has often heard him speak of being taken a prisoner by the enemy and being redeemed by the officers of her company by the name of Salton She further declares that she was married to the said John Blevins about the first of August 1832 in Claiborne county Tennessee by Josiah Ramsey A Justice of the Peace that her husband afore said died on or about 17 day of December 1846 by the fall of a limb of a tree in Sevier county Tenn and that she has remained and is now a widow and that her name before her last said marriage was Salley Stinson she was married to John Stinson about the last of August 1805 in Claiborne county Tennessee and he died on or about the 11 day of April 1828 and her maiden name before she married Stinson was Salley Stevens that she has neither of her said husbands never kept any record or writing of the date or other facts concerning the said marriages and she from her memory cannot more safely state the facts from her recollection made correctly fill the blanks but for the further proof of her said marriage and other facts she refers to the further proof of the facts

Sally her Blevens mark
we, Thomas Lawson & Wallin Lawson Residents of Hawkins county and state of Tennessee upon our oaths declare the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sally Blevens in our presents and that we personally know the said John Blevens in his lifetime knew that that he is dead know nothing of the marriage of the parties but know that her name before she married Blevens was Stinson and know that her maiden name before she married Stinson was Stevens that he and the said John Blevens who we understand and believe was a Revolutionary Soldier lived many years together in the county state and neighborhood where he died as man and wife so conducted and behaved and so reputed and so respected by the the neighbors generally up to the date of his death of the said John Blevens and that since the death of the said John Blevens the said Sally Blevens has never again been married but has remained and is now a widow and that we believe from personal knowledge and from what the applicant says and from her age and facts and circumstances known to us that she is the person she represents herself to be and we have no interest in her claim
Thomas Lawson Wallin Lawson
The foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year above written and I certify that I know the witnesses to be credible persons and residence of Hawkins county Tenn and have long known the claimant know that

She is the person she represents her self to be and she cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court and that I have no interest in this claim
Subscribed & Sworn to personal knowledge.
State of Tennessee
Hancock County } I Richard Mitchell clerk of the county court for said county do hereby certify that Andrew J. Frost Esq before whom the foregoing declaration and certificate or affidavits was sworn to and subscribed was at the date thereof an acting justice of the peace within and for said county and state legally commis- sioned and sworn and that his signature thereto appears to be genuine
Witness my hand and official seal at office in Sneedville this 1st day of August 1856 Richard Mitchell clerk