Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 1710, John Carney, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. b.
barney, John or barnes
R 1710
Elizabeth
CONTENTS

12380
West Tennessee
John Caimey
of Smith Co in the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Dixon of the regiment commanded by Colonel Dixon in the N. Carolina line, for the term of one year from 1780 to 1781
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 day of October 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of July 1819 and sent to P. M. Humphrey Dover Tennessee
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $39.95 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819 48
$86.76
{ Revolutionary Acts March, 1818 and May 1, 1820 }
Sept 19
Respecting com: of pen: see letter to Hon. Desha H.R. Dec. 30. 1828. see letter to Mr. Desha 11 March 1829 respecting Caimey's Service. see letter Jan. 13. 1831 to J. W. Overton Gov. do. to Jacob Harder. July 12. 1839. let: 21 See 40 H. W. B. Campbell. (see correspondence this letter)
New Certificate issued 13 June 1831 sent to P. M. Humphrey

John Carney Private
80 to 81
Dixon North Carolina Regt
Namitted
State of North Carolina Secretarys Office 9 th June 1815. I William skill Secretary of State in for the State do hereby certify that it appears from the Musterroll of the Continental Army for this state in the Revolutionary war that John Carney was mustered as a Private soldier for twelve months on the 3 rd of April 1781. and was Amitted in 1781.
Given under my hand the date above Wm Skill

State of Tennessee Oct 9 th 1818 Smith County Set
This day before me Parry M c Humphrey one of the Judges of the Circuit Courts in & for the State of Tennessee now presiding in said County of Smith has came John Carr in the 40 th year of his age who is a citizen of said County & being by me first duly & legally sworn the truth to declare & I make touching his service in the army of the United States in the time of the revolution- ary war with a view to obtain a pension under the act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war Declares & says that in the County of Caswell about three weeks after the battle of Guilford in the State of North Carolina he enlisted for & during the war with a Lieutenant Gilman Descom of Charles Dixon's company in the Regiment commanded by Colo Charles Dixon of the North Carolina line his enlistment was in the month of March or April & he continued

in Service until the month of August last months or the month of August of the past year When he was furloughed with permission to return home being in good health he remained at home about a week & set out for the army & got as far as Rambois Mill near the upland river in North Carolina at which place he met with Sergeant Gideon Hagg whose affi- davit is here inclosed by which he was informed it was unnecessary for him to proceed any far- ther as the Company was dismissed There were with him a number of the same Company who to to which he this affiant belonged & he then returned home having no further call for his Services That he was in Service from the time of his enlistment until his return home in manner above stated about fifteen months without intermission - he was not out of the State of North & South Carolina he joined the main army at Campden near After the battle of the Union Springs & there was no considerable engage- ment after the time of this enlistment in which he was - That he has no further evidence to offer of his Service that his own Affidavit & that of his Sergeant Hagg He further says that he is very poor

has no land but little personal property & no means of subsistence to  into his own to  that that he is by reason of his age infirmities health & poverty in such circumstances as to stand in need of assistance from his country for support
John his  + Carron mark
I sworn & subscribed before me the day & year above written
Parry O. Humphreys
I do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfac- tion that John Carron whose name is attached to & who made the foregoing affidavit before me has been in the army of the United States in the revolutionary war for more than nine months or continual service against the Common Enemy & that he is in such neces- sary circumstances in life as to require assistance from his country for support I therefore hereby certify the foregoing testimony & proceedings had before me & was met the same to the Honorable Sen- tary of War as required by said act of Congress
Given at Corbridge in said County of Smith by me one of the Judges as afore said Octo 9 th 1818
Parry O. Humphreys

State of Tennessee Smith County Set
I John W. Arvoldon Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Smith aforesaid do hereby certify that Parry M. Humphreys whose certificate is given within the one of the Judges of the Circuit Courts for the State aforesaid & that he now presides in the said County being sole Judge of said Court in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my proper signature & private seal having no seal of office this 10th of Oct r 1815.
John W. Arvoldon Clerk Smith Circuit Court
John W. Arvoldon
John Barney
Private
80 to 81
Disen Sept em ber
Regt
Shambeth
State of N. Carolina Secretary's Office 9th June 1815.
I William Hill Secretary of State in & for the State aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears from the Musterroll of the Continental Line for this state in the revolutionary war that John Barney was mustered as a private soldier for twelve months on the 5th of April 1781. and was dismissed in 1781.
Given under my hand the date above Wm Hill

Schead.
Declaration in order to be continued on the Pension List, under the act of Congress of the 1 st of May 1828 — John Barry a resident of the County of Sumner and State of Tennessee on the day of September 1825 personally appeared, in open Court, being a Court of Records for the County aforesaid, State of one said, being eighty seven years of age, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth upon his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and the 1 st of May 1828 that he the said John Barry enlisted in Buckingham County & State of Virginia for the term of five years; and John Wheeler, John A. Cook, Joseph A. Cook and Sam Wheeler enlisted, at the same time, & that he served out his time fully with them, under General George Washington and were all finally discharged at Norfolk in Virginia by General Washington. That he then traveled to his father in Barwell County North Carolina, where he re-enlisted, in the North Carolina Continental Establishment, during the war that he continued to serve in Capt. in the Company & commanded by Capt. McCall and was finally discharged at the war from service by Major Thomas Washington in the presence of Captain McCall at Raw Somers Mill in the State of North Carolina. That in the battle at the Ullaw Springs he was badly wounded by a ball passing through the small part of his leg, thereby breaking both bones of his leg, and also at the same time he received a shot in the hip — That he thereby relinquished every claim whatever to a pension, except the present, that his name has been placed on the pension List; that the number of his pension Certificate is unknown to him; that he since before exhibited, a schedule of his property because he was destitute of Education, and was not instructed in what way to proceed by which he could obtain his right, and still depends upon his pension Certificate coming to hand.

but which has not yet arrived) — In pursuance of the act of Congress of the 1 st of May 1820, he the said John Bauney does solemnly swear, that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that he has not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of his property or any part thereof with an intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring himself within the provision of an act of congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land or naval services of the United States of America in the revo- lutionary war, passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that he has not nor has any person in trust for him, any property or security contracts or debts due to him, nor has he any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by him subscribed. That on the 18 th day of March 1818 he was in possession of a title to one hundred acres of extremely poor, grave- ly black-jack brash land, in Rockingham County State of North Carolina, that said tract of land is not worth the taxes, & as far as he knows it has long since been sold for taxes, as he has not paid any taxes for it for 30 years, at that time and ever since he has been in such indigent circumstances, that he could not procure money to defray his traveling expenses to that section of the country, there- fore knowing that it was of little value, it still remains so if it has not been sold for taxes. As for other property he has none with the exception of some small hogs worth about five dollars — That his family are himself, & wife & four children, to wit, his daughter Sarah nineteen years of age with a child, Samuel seventeen, John fifteen, I am thirteen, as for his occupation it is cooperaging but his useless and helpless situation is such produced in part from the wound which he received that he cannot support from his own labour and his children are earn nearly all the

profits arising from the fruits of their labour. That his situation has been growing worse from year to year ever since his first application, which was identified by Gideon Hagg a Sergeant and messmate while in Service but who is now dead, That he does not know at this time any man liv- =ing who knew him in the Service Sworn to in open Court John Cooney
16 th September 1825-
Anthony B. Shelby Clerk
It is thereupon considered by the court that the sum here above specified are worth the sum of five dollars.
State of Tennessee }
Sumner County } I Anthony B Shelby Clerk of Sumner
Circuit Court do hereby certify that the foregoing Schedule
is a true and correct copy of the Record. Testimony
and affixed my private seal having no seal of office whereof I have herunto subscribed my name. This 26 th
day of November 1825- and 50 th year of American
Independence -
A. B. Shelby Clerk and Master of Sumner Circuit Court.

State of Tennessee Sumner County } 55
On this the 21 st day of January 1844 Personally appeared before me Fountain L. McDaniel an acting Magistrate in and for the County and State aforesaid Mrs Elizabeth Camey a resident of the County of Sumner and State of Tennessee aged near Seventy nine years and who after being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed the 7 th day of July 1838 Entitled "An act granting Half pay and Pensions to certain Widows" to wit that she is the widow of John Camey deceased late of the County of Sumner and State of Tennessee and who was a Regular So- ldier in the Army of the Revolution and served many years and on account of his service was granted a Pension under the law of the United States of the 18 th March 1818 at the rate of eight dollars per month and the certificate of Pension which issued to him she herein files. And will refer to the evidence contained in the papers comprising the matter of his application for the aforesaid Pension granted him for such facts as shew the character and duration of service performed by her said husband. She further decl- ares that she has no documentary evidence in favor of her claim other than the certificate aforesaid and a circular from the Agent at Nashville for paying Pensions and which she also herein files. She further declares that she was married to the said John Camey fifty six years ago the first of June next and which was in the year of Our Lord Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Eight, that her husband the said John Camey died on

on the 3 d day of October last (1843) in the evening, that she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 viz at the time above stated, and that still remains his widow
Sworn to and subscribed before me On the day and year aforesaid Jonathan I. McEwen J.P. } her Elizabeth Barney mark
And I the just subscribed Magistrate certify that the above declarant is personally known to me, and is the widow of John Barney deceased a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States.
I also certify that she is a lady of respectability and all her statements entitled to the fullest credit and I firmly believe she was married at the time she states.
I also certify that she is from actual bodily disability prevented from appearing in open Court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this the day of 1844.
Jonathan I. McEwen J.P.

State of Tennessee } ss Sumner County }
Be it remembered on this the 31 st day of January 1844 - Personally appeared before me Jonathan G. McDaniel an acting magistrate in and for the county and state aforesaid Mrs. Benera Witt aged near seventy seven years - and who on oath states that she is the sister of Mrs. Elizabeth Barney who is the widow of John Barney De d late of Sumner County Tennessee Who was a Revolution, pensioner of the United States at the rate of ninety six dollars per Annum and died on the 3 rd of Oct last. She further states that she was present when her said sister & the said John Barney were married which took place fifty six years ago in June next which was in the year 1788 and they lived in peace & harmony until his death & deponent has lived near from their marriage until his death deponent can not be mistaken in the date of their marriage - for this deponent was married her self three years three others & her this deponent marriage took place in the year 1790 & the oldest child of her said sister & the said John Barney -

was Born one year before this deponent married - and if now living would be near - fifty five years of age Sworn to & subscribed her before me this 31 st December Witt January 1844 - - Mark
Sam Tain L. M. Daniel J.P.
State of Tennessee Sumner County ss I William S. Munday Clerk of the Court of said County do hereby certify that H. B. McDaniel, before whom the foregoing declaration was made, is and was at the time, an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified as such and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine and that full faith and credit are and of right ought to be given all his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Office at Office in the Town of Gallatin This 19 th day of July 1844 W S Munday Clerk

REJECTED
1910
P. O. Elizabeth Canney
Service: widow of John
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: List of suspended claims printed in 1852 shows cause of re-enlisted: suspension as follows. "For proof of marriage."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

10719
Elizabeth Carney Inw.
1710
Let to Ben. S. Jarnagin May 11. 1844 at 10 m Praline No. 16. 46. " Non A. Gullon Feb 18. '47
7 July 1838

12.380
R
Tennessee West
John Carney
of Smith County in the state of Tennessee who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dixon of the North Carolina line, for the term of One Year
Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 9 of Octr 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of July 1819 and sent to Army of Humphrey
Covers Tennessee Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819. 38.90 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep. 1819. 48.00 4 Mo. 27 31 $ 86.90
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued 13 Jan 1826, Comy 26 Nov 1825 and not re-enlisted into Genl R. Allen's Regt. R.H. - See letter to J. Gaultcher, esq. 17 April 1829
The Certificate of this Pension was returned in a "Dead Letter" and is now transmitted to John W. Overton Esq. Clerk of Superior Court, Nashville, Smith County West Tenn. 29 Mar. 1821 113 see letter See letter 16 Oct 1826 to Pensioner, 87 to Hon. R. Allen, 5 Jan. 1827

Application for a new Certificate
State of Tennessee Montgomery County Set.
On this 26 th day of August 1826 before me Parry Wayne Humphrys one of the Judges of the Circuit Courts of Law & Equity in & for the said State personally appeared John Garny who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Gilman Dickson (or Dixon) in the service of the United States under General Green, That he can not now remember the name of the Colonel who commanded the Regiment to which Dickson's Company was attached, That he was afterwards transferred Served in other Companies in which he served until the close of the War of the Revolution in the north Carolina line - He further Declares that in the year 1819 he appeared to Judge Hum- phrys then holding the Circuit Court in the County of Smith at Carthage who drew up his Declara- tion & forwarded it as he believes to the War Department, & that he is the same man whose Name was placed on the pension Roll of the State of Tennessee, That a copy of that fact was made out in due form there thereof & as appears by the letter of J. L. Edwards Esqr of the 21 st of Jan 1825. was sent to P st M r Hum- phrys Esqr but which never came to the hands

of this affiant, he believes from information of the was an pension agent for the District of Columbia that his deputy clerk was in possession, John Overton former clerk of the circuit court for the county of Smith, by whom it has been either lost or mislaid (Mr. Overton having no recollection of having received such paper or having it in his possession) He wishes to obtain a new deputy
Sworn & subscribed this 26 th of August 1826.
John his J Barry marks John Humphreys
State of Tennessee set
John Humphreys deposes the foregoing Affidavit of John Barry taken before him on this 26 th of August 1826. & further that he believes John Barry to be the same person who applied to him at Carmage in 1819 to draw a declaration in order to obtain a pension under the Act Congress of 1818 but from the number of applications of a similar kind made to him in that year while on the circuit he cannot state positively that he is the same man from his knowledge of him - All

is submitted to the consideration of J. L. Edwards Esqr. of the Pension Office - Wood Department
Parry M. Humphreys Judge
State of Tennessee
I John C. Collier Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Dickson hereby certify that Parry M. Humphreys whose Signature is attached in his proper hand writing to the above Commission is now & was in the year 1819 a Judge of the Circuit Court of Law & Equity for the State of Tennessee in Fishery when of I have herewith set my hand & Official Seal having no seal of Office. this 11 th day of September August 1826.
John C. Collier Clerk of the Circuit Court of Dickson County Tennessee.

The Hon: The Secretary War and The Hon The Secretary of the Treasury, Gentel men you will please to Examon the papers forwarded to the Department respecting the blame of John Carney a pensioner of the United States who was once placed on the pension roll of west Tennessee entered on the said roll the 6 th of July 1819 agreeably to the act of March 18 th 1818. Dropped therefrom by reasons as follows first by reason of the Mis carriage of the Certificat which issued on the 6 th Days of July 1819, Secondly the Stop age of payment Agreeably to the act of May 1 st 1828 saying that a Schaduel of the Applicant's property Must be Exhibited before any payment could be made in this case So Soon as the Law was understood by this Illiterate and uniform private Soldier a Schduel of his property was made oute and sent on to the Department and agreeably thereto he the said John Carney was entered on the above named pension roll of west Tennessee and payed Commencing the 26 th of November 1825 there being a space of time when no payment was made from the 6 th of July 1819 upto the 26 th of November 1825 which space of time appear to be five years, Eight Months and twenty two Days for which term of time this United States petitioner John Carney Humbly asks for pay believing that agreeably to sum Subsequent act he the said John Carney is entiteled to pay for the above mentioned term of time pursuant to those words which is set forth in a printed sheet the guidance for those Surviving Soldiers of the Revolution Saying thus, In those Cases where the applicant have once been on the pension roll under the act of March 18 th 1818 and have been Dropped therefrom on account of property or for any other reason or where Application has been made under the act of May 15 th 1828 and the evidence of service is in the Department or haveing made application and proof of service and having been rejected, Instead of the above Declaration they will make a statement Setting forth under oath their having been pre- viously on pension Roll and their having been struck from the same showing their rank the payment for service or vessel

in which they served their present place of residence and their place of residence when the first application was made or of their application the act of 15 th May 1828, this United States pensioner has made both according to the before mentioned instruction as he believes, as the papers which has been rec d from the Hon. Department is here with with forwarded to the Department for examination believing that justice requires those instruments of writing to give a fair understanding of my case Should it happen so that the Law will not pay me for the time set forth pleas to return all those papers as they will be of no service to your office.
There has some Lists or memorandums of the names of those officers and soldiers of the Continental army who served to the end of the war in 1783 fell in to my hands and it appears that there is something due to those who continued in service to the end and this Clement Seames to have served his time out agreeable to his enlistment he is very desirous for to have his claim fully and thoroughly examined and a return made to him and let him understand how much is due if any you have John Carneys papers for your guide to examine for his claim if there is any charge for search pleas send it on and it will be settled in sum way                      Lieutenant West
Harris served during the war in Capt Martin Fifer Company of Light Dragoons said Harris sent as guard for Col n Thomas Washington when when Washington was exchanged at Little York and at that place he the said West Harris was discharged from the army by Col n Lewis Peters              Capt Martin Fifer of the South Carolina Line, Phillipson Howell states that he enlisted in the army of the United States on the 3 rd Day of May 1776 in War- ren County State of North Carolina and entered for two years and Six Months & served in the Company of Capt Jacob Turner in the North Carolina Line he states that his time expired while at Winter quarters at Bonbrook there he re-enlisted in

into the Virginia Line for During the war and continued to Serve in the Virginia Line untill Discharged at Richmond in Virginia on the 30 th Day of Aprile 1783 by Thomas Merij- weather Mager then in Command please to Make Search for those three Clames and Send me the amount of Land or Money Due to them their bounty if they are entitled to any, Lieut West Harris Served in Capt. Martin Fifers Company of Light Draggoons of the North Carolina Line, you will please to Direct all the communications to Meloy's post office where the name of Jacob Harder is known as Agent or Attorney as I expect to write frequently 9 June 14 th 1839
I am Your Most Ob t Serv t Jacob Harder

State of Tennessee
Sumner County
Be it known that on the 6 th Day of June 1839 that before the Subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County, personally appeared John Carney and Mad Bath in due form of Law that he is the Identical Same John Carney named in original Certificate in his possession bearing Date Janp 13 th 1826 at the time when the several schedule of property was commenced and commenced payment on the 26 th of November 1825 agreeable to the act of the 4 th March 1823 when he the said John Carneys first application was made July the 6 th 1819 agreeable to the act of the 18 th March 1818 and paid payment agreeable to the provisions of the act of May 15 th 1820 and by reason of the mis carriage of the first petition certificates being miscarried the payment was stopped from the 4 th of March 1820 until the 26 th of November 1825 in consequence thereof the above named John Carney never paid any pay what ever he further states that his property from the 15 th May 1820 upto the 26 th of November 1825 was not lessened in any way whatever but remained near the same value and now living in Sumner County the County where he was first paid and humbly asks the Hon. Secretary of war to pay if the Law permits the payment thereof the averages which is not paid Sworn and subscribed to before me this 6 th June 1839
John his Carney mark
Attest
J. Swancy
State of Tennessee Sumner County J. Thomas Donohoe clerk of the County Court of said Sumner County

Hereby Certify that John G. Swaney Esquire is an acting Justice of the peace for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine as testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Office this 18 th day of June A.D. 1839
Thos. Donoho clerk of Sumner County Court
State of Tennessee I Elijah Boag Chairman of Sumner County of the County Court of Sumner County do hereby certify that Thomas Thomas Donoho is clerk of said Court and that his attestation as above made is in due form of law. Given under my hand and seal this 18 th day of June A.D. 1839.
Elijah Boag Chair. of the S. C. Court

State of Tennessee Davidson County S st . May the 21 st day 1827
On this 21 st day of May 1827. Before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Davidson. Personally appeared John Harney. Who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belong to the company commanded by Captain Silman Dixon. in the Reg t . commanded by Colonel Henry Dixon. in the service of the United States. That his name was placed on the Pension roll of the State of Tennessee. that letter has been received from the officers of the War department to that fact. that he never has received a certificate, and now wishes to obtain one. The one sent on to John M. Overton Esq said to be lost or mislaid -
His John H. Harney Mark
Sworn and subscribed to Before me the day and year aforesaid -
E. H. Hall

State of Tennessee Davidson County 31 st May 21 st day 1827
Be it known that before me Elisha Wells an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county above named, personally appeared John W. Overton Esq., and after being duly sworn according to law, says that he has no recollection of ever having received a certificate, issued from the war department of the United States to John Barry, and if he did ever receive the said certificate, it is either lost or mislaid so that it cannot be produced by him. He further states he was Clerk of the Circuit court of Smith county in this state, held at Carthage from about the year 1819 to about 1820 - or longer, has resigned —
Sworn to before me the date above
E. H. Hale
John Overton

State of Tennessee Davidson County } Be it remembered that on this 20 th day of May 1827. came Jacob Hardin before Elias Hall, an acting justice and made oath that he is well acquainted with John Barney, the person who has signed and sworn to the foregoing Statement, and that he is the same John Barney, who applied for a pension, and as the deponent understood was placed on the pension list, but by some means his certificate has been lost —
Jacob Hardin
Sworn to before me on the date above
E. Hall
State of Tennessee Davidson County ss I Nathan Ewing Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify, to whom it may concern, that Elias S. Hall Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was at the time his name appears to have been signed to the same one of the Acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County and of said Court duly commissioned and qualified as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his Official Acts in Courts of Justice and thereout
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the seal of said Court at Office in Nashville this 21 st day of May 1827
Nathan Ewing

10719
Elizabeth Larney
7 en:
abt 7. July 38 abt 43!

State of Tennessee
Sumner County Set
Sumner County Court February Term 1844
At a County Court duly organized, began and held at Gallatin in and for the County of Sumner State of Tennessee on the 5 th day of January 1844. It is ordered by the Court to be certified and recorded that the proceedings in the matter of the application of Mrs. Elizabeth Caney for a Pension had before Fountain S. M c Daniel. On the 31 st day of January 1844 by and the same are now submitted to the Court and are now sanctioned by the Court. And further that the proceedings are entitled to as full faith and credit as though they had been made in Open Court. It is further ordered to be certified that the said Elizabeth Caney is by reason of actual bodily disability prevented from appearing in Open Court as Satisfactorily appears to the Court.
I William S. Munday Clerk of the County Court of Sumner State of Tennessee certify that the above is truly Copied from the records in my office. I also certify that Fountain S. M c Daniel is an acting Magistrate in for Sumner County also duly Commissioned and qualified and the foregoing Signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of office and subscribed my name this the 5 th day of February A.D. 1844
W m S. Munday Clerk

Columbia & Adair City Kentucky Octr 21 st 1840
Sir
Inclosed I send you the affidavits of Messrs Willson & M c Director With in the case of M c Cooney's application for a pen- sion, the papers were sent to me by J. F. L. Trabu- and not having your letter to him I supposed that if these reputations were properly certifyed to it would be satisfactory to the department but if otherwise I hope you will at your earliest convenience let me know what further farther is required
I am with Respect Your Obed t Servt Yours Truely
Hon d J. L. Edwards Commissioner of pensions

state of Tennessee Sumner County ss I certify that the the within officers Wilson & Mr. Witt are personally known to me and they are credible and all their statements are entitled to full faith and credit & further certify that Elizabeth Garry who made Declaration for a pension on the 31 st January 1844 since ever leaving in January last I have not seen her since Given under my hand at Gallatin Tennessee this the 12 th Oct 1846 H. L. M c Daniel J.P.
State of Tennessee ss I William S. Munday Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that H. L. M c Daniel is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified as such and that full faith and credit are and of right ought to be given his Official acts. Witness my hand at Alvin this 12 th day of October 1846. W. S. Munday Clerk

Wentworth 31 st Decm 1846
Dear Sir I have made diligent search for the marriage Bands of James Herney & Elizabeth King & am not able to find any record of the marriage or the Bands. Very few can be found of that date owing to the circumstances so far as I can learn that Magistrates very often spread Licences & took the Bands & perhaps never returned them to the office & many I understand married by publishing the Bands of Matrimony & in that case needed no Licence & the very loose way in which business was done at that time has caused me much trouble & labor to little profit to those interested
Yours Truly
J. B. Wheeler C.O.P.
To. Wm. Trabel Esq.
Copy
Hon. A. Cullom:
Pens. Of. Feby. 18, 1847
The letter of Thos. B. Wheeler, Clerk of Rockingham Co. in the case of Elizabeth Carney widow of John Carney affords no additional evidence of the date of their marriage. The proof upon this point now filed, is not at all satisfactory.
Very resp

Hen S. Gamage May 11. 1844
[Faint, mirrored cursive handwriting, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page. The text is mostly illegible but appears to be a formal letter.]

Sir
Sen Off May
11
44
I have the honor to in- form you that the claim of Elizabeth Carney under the act of 7 Ju 38 has been examined & dis allowed The act of 30 ult provides that no pension shall be granted to a widow for the same time that her husband rec d one" and he husband drew a pension during the 5 years to which that act is limited If her claim is renewed under the act of 3 march 43 & the alleged date of the marriage established by a certified copy of the marriage bond & an original family record or other satisfactory evi- dence she will be allowed at the rate of 40 $/yr. an m from 30 Oct 43 to 4 march 44 — The credibility of the witnesses (whose depositions are herewith enclosed) has not been certified
Hon Spencer Jarnagin Senate

Wm Brabue
Nov 16 46
Wm Brabue Nov 16 46

Penns off Nov. 16, 1846
Sir,
The additional testimony submitted by you in the case of Elizabeth Barry has been examined & filed. It is not considered satisfactory to prove the alleged date of the marriage. the The marriage should be proven by record testimony— such as, or a copy of a other marriage bond or license. Before proof of an inferior grade can be received it must be shown that no record testimony is in registration.
Yours of Trabue { Columbia Ky

State of Tennessee Smith County I, Richard Alexander pro- viding Justice of the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Jonathan Pickett whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate is Clerk of said Court - that his said Certificate is in due form of law, and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his acts as such In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 23rd day of Septem- ber 1826.
R. Alexander Chairman of the County Court of Smith

South Carolina } This day personally appeared Caswell County } before me Gabriel Jones an Acting Justice of the peace for Franklin County, Gideon Hough and made oath and saith that John Carney was a Regular Soldier and served under General Green and Colo Hennery Dickson & Capt Charles Dickson & Gilmore Lieutenant Dickson and the said Hough further saith that the said Carney was sent home on a furlough to his own knowledge sworn to and subscribed this 28 day August 1818
Gabriel Jones JP
Gideon Hough Seal
J.B. also I saw Carney. —

State of Mississippi This day came William Lewis Smith County — I saw before me David Hogg an acting Justice of the peace for s d County and made oath, that he is personally acquainted with John Carney, and that he thinks it was in the year 1819 he went to Coaltown the seat of Justice for this County in company with the s d John Carney to see Judge P. W. Humphreys who was the Judge of the Circuit Court on this Circuit at that time, that his own business was to see the Judge and try to obtain a Certificate to obtain a Pension for himself, that the Judge exam- ined him and gave his opinion that I was not entitled by act of Congress to obtain a Pension, I did not hear Judge P. W. Humphreys administer the oath to the s d John Carney for the purpose of making out his papers, but I know that was the business of the s d Carney there and that he is the Identical same man who I went with and do believe that he made the applica- -tion to the Judge
William Lewis
Sworn and subscribed to Before me this 23 d day of Sept r . 1826
David Hogg

State of Tennessee } This is to certify that I am personally Smith County } acquainted with Mr. Law who makes oath to the within statement and have been acquainted with him for upwards of twelve years I have no hesitation to say that I think his oath is entitled to full faith and in any Court of record or else where, that from his own statement to me he is upwards of seventy years of age Witness my hand and seal this 23 rd day of Sept r 1826
David Hoff
State of Tennessee } Smith County } I Jonathan Pickett Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for said County do hereby certify that David Hoff before whom the within affidavit was made, and whose name appears to the above Certificate, now is and was the time the said affidavit and Certificate were made an acting justice of the peace in and for the State and County aforesaid, duly Commissioned and qualified according to Law and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Cordova this 23 rd day of September 1826 Fiftieth year of Independence
J. Pickett Clerk

State of Tennessee Sumner County
Be it Known that on the 6 th Day of June 1839 that before the Subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County, personally appeared Jacob Harder and Made Oath in Due form of Law and after being Sworn Deposed that the Said Jacob Harder has been acting as attorney in fact for John Carney a private Soldier of the South Carolina Line who Made application for a pension under the act Making provision for the Officers & Soldiers of the Revolu- -tion passed March the 18 th 1818 and was placed on the pension rolls of West Tennessee on the 6 th of July 1819 and suspend- ed under the act of May 1 st 1820 untill a Schedule of his property was examined on the 15 th Jany 1826 & Directions given for his pension to commence payment on the 26 th of Novm 1825 Leaving a space of time from the 6 th of July 1819 upto the 26 th of November 1825 The above named Jacob Harder Do certify that I have acted as an acting attorney in fact for the said John Carney who is now present in person and Do know him to be the Identical Same John Carney who applied for a pension Certificate in Smith County Tennessee July 6 th 1819 and have been well acquainted with him ever since May 1824 The Hon Secretary will please to turn to the foil of proof papers where the affidavit of Gideon Hogg also of Andrew Hogg also a Certificate of H. W. Humphrys are I was personally present at the execution of all these papers Sworn To and subscribed to before me this 6 th Day of June 1839
Attest J. S. Swancy E.D.
Jacob Harder
State of Tennessee Sumner County I Thomas Donoho Clerk of the County Court of said Sumner

do hereby certify that John G. Swaney Esquire is an acting justice of the peace for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of office at office this 18 th day of June A. D. 1839
Thos P. Donoho Clerk of Sumner County Court
State of Tennessee } Elijah Boddie Chairman of the County Sumner County } Court of Sumner County, do hereby certify that Thomas Donoho is clerk of said Court and that his attestation as above made is in due form of law. Given under my hand and seal on this 18 th day of June A. D. 1839
Elijah Boddie Chair. of S. C. Court

Columbia & Blair City Ky January 31 st 1847
Sir
In the case of Elizabeth Canney of Tennessee all due diligence have been made to procure a copy of the Marriage bond or License but no such record can be found. Enclosed I send you the letter of the Clerk of Rockingham County Court which I hope will be deemed satisfactory & her claim allowed.
In the case of Sarah Buckley of Tennessee she made declaration under the act of 7 th July 1838 some time in the summer of 1844, (I think) & yours of the 12 th March 1846, acknowledged the service of her Husband James Buckley, for 5 months as a private & two months as a Sergeant & if she was living I would make declaration claiming the benefit of the Joint Resolution of the 23 rd January 1845. She would be allowed a pension for the entire five years under the act of 1838 notwithstanding her Husband received one for a part of that time, she accordingly made the declaration under the Joint Resolution claiming its benefits &c. Yours of the 7 th Novr 1846 you state she is not entitled to the benefit of the Joint

Resolution for She has not as yet asserted a claim under any act.
Again you say in yours of the 11th Decr 1846 That your Register & files does not show that Mrs Sarah Buckley has made any Declaration which entitles her to the benefits of the Joint resolution of 1845 or any prior to the 28th August 1845.
I am led to infer from the above that you have overlooked her claim as her papers have been mislaid I hope you will make another search for she is old & very needy & if she did not file her declaration prior to the 30th April 1844, nevertheless she is entitled to the benefits of the acts of 1838 from the death of her husband to the 4 March 1841, and the acts of the 3rd March 1843, and June 17th 1844. I hope you will at your earliest convenience peep into this case & allow her just what she is legally entitled to
I am with much Resp Your obedt Servt Mrs Trubee
Wm L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

State of Tennessee Be it known and known to all men that the first day of July 1844 Personally appeared before me Fountain L. McDaniel an acting Magistrate in and for the County and State aforesaid Moses Wilson aged about fifty eight years who on oath states that he was acquainted with John Barry - up word of thirty years in this County prior to his death who died last fall (1843) who was a Revolutionary veteran of the United States - the deponent further states that the said John Barry & wife Elizabeth Barry - and they lived in peace & harmony as man & wife ever since I first knew them -
Sworn to & subscribed before me the date and day above written -
Moses Wilson
Fountain L. McDaniel J.P.

State of Tennessee On this 15 th of May 1827 personally Franklin County appeared Gideon Hogh aged 76 formerly a sergeant in Capt. Tilman Dixon Company of the Regiment of North Carolina Continental line commanded by Col. Henry Dixon at this time a resident Citizen of County & State aforesaid before me James Nelson an acting Justice of the peace in & for D o County. Being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration that he the D o Gideon Hogh is now and was at the time when he the D o Gideon Hogh was in actual service in the company & Reg t above mentioned and engaged against the common enemy to the United States, and is at this time well acquainted with John Carney who is now present & do know that he the said John Carney did serve with me in the same Regiment of Continental corps, above mentioned & in consequence of the act of Congress passed 18 th March 1818 making provisions for the Continental Corps having been thus engaged; I was called upon by the said John Carney shortly after the passage of D o act to certify for him in order that he might receive the of which I did do -
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year above written
Gideon Hogh
James Nelson J.P.
I hereby certify that Gideon Hogh is an Industrious Citizen of the County & State aforesaid, and think the affidavit of the deponent may be relied on
J. Nelson J.P.

State of Tennessee
Edmond Russell Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Franklin County do hereby certify that James Nelson whose name is subscribed to the attached affidavit is now and was at the time he signed the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Franklin duly commissioned and qualified as such and that faith and credit and due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Office this 15th day of May 1827
E. Russell Clerk
State of Tennessee
I Wallis Estell presiding Justice of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Franklin do hereby certify that Edmond Russell whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate is & was Clerk of said Court at the time of signing the same and that his attestation is in due form of Law Given under my hand and seal this 15th day of May 1827 Wallis Estell Presiding Magistrate