Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1547, Consider Bushee, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R. I
Bushee, Consider
V. 1547
Patience
B.L.W. 33571-160-56
CONTENTS

North Carolina 12. 5-99
Consider Bushee
of Cumberland in the State of North Carolina who was a pri. & Corp. in the company commanded by Captain Cole of the Regt. commanded by Col. Oney in the R. Island line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 86 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13. day of May '33 and sent Mr. B. Wright Fayetteville N.C.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 — 172 Pensional allowance ending 4 Sept " 43 $21 5-
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk, Book E. Vol. 6. Page 34

Reported
Sister to D. H. Kirkham 30 th Aug 1849
193155
255
North Carolina
Patience Bushlee
widow of Consider Bushlee who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private & Capt
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 86 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of July, 1849 and sent to D. H. Kirkham, Raleigh, N.C.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 285 Vol. 1 29 th July, 1849 D. H. C.

93.155
Act 3 Mar. 1855
23 July "10
Bushee
Patience Bushell of considered Bushell etc
Capt Col.
End. Dis
Rev. War
Pensioner No. 255 - Act 1842
July 48-255
AD: 1600 July 5/56 B. W. M.
J. C. Codner Smithfield N. Car.
Aug 9/56 sent to AG in celebration Aug 22/56 - sent to Com. of Land Office
July 17/58 Spne duplicate to be sent to J. C. Codner Smithfield N.C. original cancelled
Vol. B. 146.

193.155-Act March 3, 1855
July 23, 1855.
Patience Bushee widow
Consider Bushee deced. - separate.
Revolutionary War
Original brief enclosed.
No. 33. 11
Duplicate
J. C. Codner, Smithfield, North Carolina.

Polarization of Canica Duster.
Prisma.
Consider Bushee
21201

State of North Carolina } Superior court of Law Hall Cumberland county } Term 1832
On this the thirteenth day of November personally appeared before Robert Strange one of the Judges of the Superior courts of Law and Equity, Consider Bushee a resident of Cumberland county and State of North Carolina aged sixty nine 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 7. 1832.
That he enlisted in the army of the United States about the 10 th day of January 1781 with Col. Pney of Rhode Island and served in the Rhode Island regiment under the following named officers. That on reaching the regiment he was attached to a company commanded by a captain Cole who some time afterwards resigned when a Lieutenant Gales was promoted to captain in his stead - That he enlisted under Col. Pney for a term of three years. That he resided in the Town of Providence State of Rhode Island at the time he enlisted in the service. That after joining the regiment he was marched by Captain Cole to West point in the State of New York where he remained four or five weeks - from thence to a hospital on North river for the purpose of enrolling - from thence to a place he thinks white plains on North river - from thence the regiment to which he belonged marched on the 19 th day of August to the head of Elk - from thence he was carried by water and landed near Jamestown Virginia - from thence to York Town and was present at and assisted in the capture of Lord Cornwallis - after which the regiment marched to Philadelphia where they went into winter quarters - and the following spring marched

marched to Saratoga in New York and their discha- rged. by Captain Allen who was at that time in command of the company to which he belonged Captain Sales in the month of June having retired from service - That he recd a discharge from Captain Allen which in part until about three years ago when he was so unfortunate as to have it destroyed by fire when his house was burned down That he was discharged as a Corporal on the 25 th of December 1783 fifteen days before the term of his enlistment expired. This declarant states that he does not recollect the names of any of the subaltern officers except Lieutenants Granman & Sherburn That he recollects of the field officers Col. Oney and Major Macomber. That he also recollects the names of Captains Brown Hughes and Harn Flint
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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
Sworn to and and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Consider Bushee And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states in Col. Macomber's Creek of the Superior Court of Law of Cumberland County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Consider Bushee for a pension - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 13 th day of December 1832
C. L. Winlow C. S.
Henry Allen Thomas Colvin S
direct to H. B. Wright, Fayetteville

State of North Carolina } Cumberland County } Be it known that on this 27 day of Sept 1848 before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Mrs Patience Bushee who having been duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress passed 2 Feb 1848 aged 77 years Seventy Seven Years. That she is the widow of Consider Bushee who was a pensioner of United States as a Soldier of the war of the Revolution at the Eighty Six Dollars per annum and was in the Continental line B Islands Corp V private Who died in the County of Cumberland North Carolina on the 8 day of July 1846 Eighty the day of July Eighteen hundred and forty Six and that she was married to the said Consider Bushee in Lenore County in the State of North Carolina Oct the 17 th 1794 and that the first child of herself and her said husband was born in the year 1796 the 22 day of Nov in said year & her daughter Elizabeth Bushee was born Oct 31 1798 who married Robert Surks which will more fully appear by referring to their ages in a Book or leaf from a book which is herunto annexed dated (M.D. 66 S o + +) and that she has and that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband Consider Bushee which death happened at the time above stated. She further declares that her name was Patience Carter before her marriage to said Consider Bushee and that her said husband's pension certificate is either lost or misplaced and cannot be found & that the name of her first child above mentioned Bushee known to her before me Thos Johnson Justice of the Peace Patience Bushee

I Tho s Johnson an acting Justice of the peace aforesaid in & for said County do hereby further certify that Mrs. Deborah Bushee who appeared this day before me and made a decla- ration in order to obtain a pension is the natural widow of Consider Bushee who never a pension in his life time & from her old age and bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court Sept r 27 th 1848
Thomas Johnson
State of North Carolina } Cumberland County } This day personally appeared before me Mrs. Elizabeth Surles & daughter of aforesaid Consider Bushee aged 49 years who being first duly sworn according to law states as follows that the last deed unto annexed entitled the American Instruction on the Young Mans test Companion was cut out of a book heretofore and contains her age dated Oct 31 1798 and that of her brother Samuel Bushee dated Nov 1796 which has been kept in her family ever since her earliest recollection which was the book of her father the aforesaid Consider Bushee a pensioner of United States Tho s Johnson of P d Elizabeth Surles
State of North Carolina Cumberland County This 27 day of Sept r 1848 personally appeared before me also at the same time and place the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County & State aforesaid to wit Mrs. Deborah Surles who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following statement to wit that she believes the last deed unto an

neral entitled the American Instructor or the Youngs Mans best Companion has been kept as his mothers age to wit Elizabeth Burke the daughter of Consider Burke a pensioner of United States and also thru' of the age of Samuel Burke witness Burke. his age thereon the aforesaid leaf dated Nov 1796 which has been kept in the family ever since his first recollection which leaf was cut out of a book entitled as above, he further declares that he was Executor of Aforesaid Consider Burke Estate and that he is positive that he died on the 8 day of July Eighteen Hundred and forty six 1846. He further certifies that the bill heirloom annexed dated 5 th the Nov 1794 in the name of Mrs Burke for Mrs Burke was found in the papers of the aforesaid and Patience Burke widow of said Soldier Consider Burke see the amount $2.7.9 dated Nov 5 1794 together with the said writing of record above mentioned the hand writing is of which he cannot qualify to. also the bill dated 1794 may 7 (subscribed and sworn to the day and date first above or aforesaid written before me — Thos Johnson J.P.
I Thos Johnson a Justice of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for said County & State of Ohio do hereby further certify that I am and have been for some time acquainted with the said Mr Long since his statement I believe true & correct (and that the aforesaid Mrs Patience Burke is the lawful widow of Consider Burke her deceased pensioner of United States as witness my hand & seal this 27 th day of Sept 1848 Thos Johnson J.P. I further certify that the aforesaid Consider Burke died about two years ago as witness my hand & seal the day & date above Thos Johnson J.P.

193.185

State of North Carolina } County of Garnett Cumberland
On this 26 th day of May a thousand eight hundred and fifty five per sonals appeared before me a justice of the peace within and for said County Patience Barker by her guardian and next friend Keill D Stewart who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Comrider Barker deceased who was a private and corporal in the Revolutionary War as will appear by reference to her file at the Department that she is now drawing a pension at the rate of Eighty Six Dollars per year in addition to $102 55 in made payable at Fayetteville by James Hark Engr agent for Pensions in the names of N. Carolina & Fayetteville & the 1 st June & 4 th March and recorded in the pension on the Rolls of Pensions under the act of 18 th Dec 18 th 1855 Vol 1 Book D & recorded by
He D Stewart in letter are will appear by reference to said certificates and evidence on file in support of said claim concerning and his death that she is now his widow she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit said to which she may be entitled under the act aforesaid March 3 rd AD 1855 that she has not received said benefit under this or any other act of Congress nor in any other application therefor. She hereby affirms the correctness of Smithfield Declaration her been and lawful atty to present the her claim for said to receive the certificate or warrant when issued and generally to do all acts necessary and proper in the premises
W. D. POWELL } Will D Stewart Guardian of Patience Barker and many
That We Edwin Johnson M. Johnson
residents of Garnett County in the State of North Carolina on our oath declare that the foregoing declaration and sworn of atty thereto subscribed

and Candace Barker lived together as husband and wife to the date of his death that we have a personal knowledge of the fact that said Candace Barker is now dead and personally acquainted with Mrs. Patience Barker and from personal knowledge do know that she is now a widow and the identical person who is now drawing a pension on the mother certificate referred to in the foregoing declaration.
Test Norman Matthew J.P. Anno 1855 W. L. Packer? M. Mary Johnson
The foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on this day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person that the claimant is the identical person who is referred to in and who drew the foregoing sum of fifty dollars. Subscribed and sworn to and acknowledged before me this 10th day of March 1855. Norman Matthew J.P.
State of North Carolina
I John McLamin Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Cumberland, State aforesaid do certify that Norman Matthew whose name appears to the foregoing certificate, was appointed & appointed a magistrate for said County by our last Legislature, and at March Term 1855 of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of

Cumberland duly qualified as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of our said Court at Office in Fayetteville this 29 th day of May 1858
John McLaurin
Clerk
State of North Carolina Cumberland County
I John McLaurin Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Cumberland State of North Carolina, hereby certify that William Stewart was appointed by said Court Guardian to Patience Bushee, and that he duly qualified as such and that he is still the guardian of said Patience Bushee a lunatic
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of our said Court at Office in Fayette- ville this 9 th day of June in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and fifty five
John McLaurin
Clerk

Samuel Bushee was born November 29
1796 1813 1796 1796
Elizabeth Bushee was born October thirty 31
1814 1798 1798 1813 1798 13 17 22 0117
Samuel Bushee was born in Pine
1812 1796 1796 son 1796

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Consider Bushee N.C.
N o 21207
RJ
40 1/2 F. 1000
RJ Admit as corporal L. B. Smith P.M. pardon bmo. 20.
RJ $86
Aug 20 1833

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. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Consider Bushee
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     about 10. Early 1781 enlisted 3 Pri. 15 days of the three years he was Corporal Capt. Cole Col. Brey Maj. McCumber From Providence R. I. to West Point then to White Plains then to the head of Elk thence near James Town 69 years Providence R. I.  
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 _____
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
A. B.
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 do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
 If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (1) 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 he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [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.

State of North Carolina } Cumberland County }
I John McLaurin Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County and State aforesaid do hereby Certify that the aforesaid Declaration of Mrs Patience Burke annexed w th an affidavit of Consider Burke Deed was this day exhibited in open Court examined and approved of by said Court. I further Certify that the marriage Death and family record in said Case annexed was also approved of to the satisfaction of said Court & the Clerk ordered to Certify the same to the proper Department I further Certify that the signatures of Thomas Johnson Esq r whose name appears to the foregoing Declaration of said Patience Burke also to that of James Surles & Elizabeth Surles and also his own signature annexed is and was at the date of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County duly qualified to administer oaths &c - and that full faith & Credit is due to all his official acts as such as witness my hand and Seal of office at office
This 9 day of March 1849
J. McLaurin Clerk

Bount.
Departme
Land
the Interior
OFFICE - COMMISSIONER - PENSIONS
It is hereby certified that under the Act of March 3 rd 1855, entitled, "An Act in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States."
Patricia Bushee Chas. Bushee Revolutionary War
Filed before me 22nd July 1856 Aug. 2nd 1856
is entitled to locate ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES , at any Land Office of the United States, in one body, and in conformity to the legal subdivisions of the public lands, upon any of the public lands subject to sale at either the minimum or lower graduated prices.
160 ACRES
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Department, this 10 th day of July 1856
No 33571
D. F. Jenkins Branch Wright Hotel & Saloon New York
[Signature]
Commissioner
Note. You can locate this Certificate at any of the United States land offices, or it will be located for you by the General Land Office on the return of it with your request to that effect endorsed thereon, specifying the State and Land District in which you wish the location made. If you locate it, fill up and sign the following application.
To the Register of the Land Office at _____
Locate this Certificate, in the _____ quarter of section _____ in Township _____ of Range _____
Register.
Attest

Smithfield Va 16 Aug 1856
Sir
Herewith you will find land warrant No 33591 for 160 acres issued under act of Bd March 1855 returned before cancellation
Very respectfully yours
J. C. Goodwin
Genl. Meigs
Comr of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

It appears by the Regimental Book, that on the ninth day of July 1781, Consider Pushee enlisted for the term of three years into the Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Jeremiah Olney, in the Rhode-Island Line, on the Continental Establishment, and served from thence therein a Private soldier until the sixteenth day of June 1782, and from thence a regularly appointed Corporal, until the twenty fifth day of December 1783 when he was honorably discharged from the remaining two Companies of said Regiment at Saratoga in the State of New-York. —
J. H. Dexter # Major of said Regiment eodem tempore. —
Providence May 9 th 1833. —

Smithfield Vt 18 th Aug 1856
Sir
I have to inform you that Patience Barker Widow of Corridor Barker (to whom a Warrant for 160 acres was issued No 33,571 dated 10 th July 1856 Revolutionary War) died about the 3 rd day of June 1856 You will please forward an order for the return of the warrant
Very Respectfully yours
J. G. Goodner
Hon J. Meigs Com d of Rev ns
Washington
claim No 193,155, act of 1855 D.C.
It is necessary that I should have an order to return the warrant to enable me to give satisfaction to her heirs at law who claim the warrant as a part of the estate of deceased

Mrs Burleson Miss Sarter
Br of Donnell & Dunn
6 3/4 yds black Durant @ 7/ 2. 3. 9
2 Skene silks 2/ Tape 2/ 4 -
5th Nov 1794
£ 2. 7. 9

Received White Hall 27 Apr May 1794 of Miss Patience Carter One pound one shilling & 3 d In homespun in full of acct. to this date
For Donnell Dunn W Dunn

Conrad Rucka, N.C. aet 7 June 1832 #86 00 p.m.
To what time was he last heard?
Pension office June 25 th 1849 }
Died 8 th July 1846 G.L.A. P.D. to his death. 1849.

Act of 1853-
193.153-
Patience Bushee, widow of Conside Bushee
Rev. War.
Memorandum
Aug. 22/66 -
Warrant No.
33.571 for 160 acres
Cancelled - warrant
died before issue.
R.D.C.
EM
X

FREE
Han Geo L Whiting Carrizal Runaway Washington D.C.

Conoder Brother's WR 33571 - 16
Jenkins
FREE
Dear J. H. Smith Sam of Harnans Washington St

N 347 Patrice Rushee ind of Cousian NC
act 29 July 1848
Mumford 1794 mistana dec 1844
acount 86 - in an Jan 4 March 1848
P.W. Kirkham Raleigh NC
34 March 13 48 Roland Bushnell Clerk 29 May 48 Consider Barke N.C. 32
Case of J. G. Bagley J. L. Canard Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
free

Sir
I send enclosed the papers of Mrs Patience Bushee the widow of a pensioner. whose name was Consider Bushee of Cumberland County N. Carolina at $86 per ann.
Respectfully Yours J. H. Kirkham
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

33.571-160 Patricia Buckley
FREE
Dean J. Minot Army Service Washington D.C.

33.571-160
Patricia Rachel
FREE
Dean J. Krist Emory University Washington D.C.

I, the undersigned J. W. C. Loftin Clerk of the Court. in the County of Pines & In the Superior for said County of Union, certify, that I have made dili- gent search through my Office, for the Marriage Bond of Cassius Burch, to Patience Partin, & cannot find it in my Office, In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed the seal of my Office & set my hand, at Office in said County, the 23 rd day of December 1848
J. W. C. Loftin Clerk

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 157 n
Patience Bushee
Widow
Consider Bushee
Prd. Rev. War.
Act: July 29. 1848.
Index: —Vol. A , Page 100
[Arrangement of 1870.]

33.571.
160 acres.

Patener Busher Claim No 193.1555 Warrant for 160 acres No 33591
J. B. Bodner att Smithfield N.C.

Smithfield Pa 14 June 1858
Sir
It is respectfully asked that you will return to me Land warrant No 33.571 for 160 acres issued under the act of March 3d 1855 in the name of Patience Busker & founded on claim No 193.155 in this case the warrant issued after the death of the warrantor and I as agent returned the warrant to the Pension officer, I notice that this warrant becomes available to the heirs of the warrantor under the act of Congress approved 3d June 1858 I presume my agency is not vitiated in consequence of my having returned rather than retained the warrant
Yours Sincerely Respectfully
J. C. Godner
Wm Geo. L. Whitney Caring of Pension Washington
J. C.

195.155

Smithfield N o 19 th July 1855 Dear L d Waldo, bearer of Perron, Wartington
He { Sir
Herewith I forward the declaration &c of Mrs. Rebecca Burker for leasing land under act of 1855. She has been in our pupil to attend to business since the child relation was filed by her Guardian Neal S. Stewart. You will please forward all communications thereto pertaining to Smithfield N o 19 th July 1855 Very Respectfully yours
J. C. Costner