Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6896, Thomas Cargill, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Nb.
Cargill, Thomas N. 6896 Cargile, Mourning B.L. Mt. 33757-160-55
CONTENTS
This Envelope Includes
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

Alabama 25,802
Thomas Cargill of Jackson Co. in the State of Alabama who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain James of the Regt commanded by Col Knox in the Carolina  troops of Militia .
2 nd  Prof of Cavalry $100.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 10 0 Dollars 0 0 - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Jan y and sent to 1834 Hon C.C. Clay. Ho of Rep
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 250.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Mch 34 50
$ 300.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. V. Spence Clerk, Book E Vol. 8 Page 14
Order to pay 30 March 1838. Letter to 3 rd An ditto 10 May 1839. Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 th Sept 1836 to 4 th Sept 1838 - age Notified 2 nd July 1839.
608 P st 11 unlynt er apl 13 1847 - Same person & Tuscaloosa Agt 28 April 1847.

Alabama:
In the Circuit Court of Jackson County held at Bellefonte on the 2 d day of October 1832 - the hon d William S Adair, judge thereof presiding -
Thomas Cargill, of this County, now in his 72 nd year, personally appeared in open Court, and 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 of the 7 th June 1832:
From the record of my age as stated in my father's bible, & which I have not to produce, I was born on the 30 th March 1762 in the State of Virginia - but before the revolution I was removed with my father's family into N. Carolina.
About March  Spring 1777, being about one month in my 16 th year I volunteered in Wilkes County, N. Carolina & joined a company of militia which was raised to scour the Country in quest of Tories. I think this term of my service was three months, but from age & loss of memory I cannot be certain of it: I am sure I served at least two months & claim for that. I do not recollect any company officers - I served either under Col Knox or Herndon & under Genl Davis. I got no written discharge.
A few days after my discharge from the first term I volunteered in the same county as a trooper in Capt Joshua Towson's company of light horse-men - I furnished my own horse & continued to serve in that company until the spring of about 1781 - a term of above three years & ten months - but I claim only for three years ten months for this service. Major Obicajah Lowrie commanded Towson's way the only horse company of that county that I remember during the above period. My company was mostly on the movement in pursuit of Tories, ranging for the protection of the Country against them, & in expeditions in order to route them whenever & wherever they were understood to have collected in bodies. One of the expeditions was to attack the Tories at Guilford on the Pedee in South Carolina - another was to attack the

Tories at Ramsour's mill, tho we did not get there in time to engage. Toward the conclusion of this period, say in the summer or fall of 1780, our Company was enlarged - Major M c ayab Lewis took command - Capt Joel Lewis took rank as Captain & Dowson acted as Lieutenant. These officers commanded us in our engagement with the Tory Sale Coffee , whom we defeated in the hollows of the Yadkin; & this encounter occurred upon our march under Col Benjamin Cleveland to - ward King's mountain - but after the defeat of Sale Coffee's force, Col Cleveland sent me back to Wilkes County to assist my father in blacksmith's work for the troopers, to collect provisions at which I continued until the troops returned from the battle of King's mountain when I joined my troop, went with it to the Moravian town, where I continued until about the spring of 1781, when I was discharged from the horse service.
Afterward, & when the British were advancing thro' the Carolinas I joined Capt Wm Fletcher's Company of detailed militia from Wilkes County to go against the British & Tories. We were under Major Lenoir & Colonels Cleveland & Herndon - part of the time under Col Locke - we were raised for three months. We were defeated by the British at Moravian towns where Capt Fletcher was taken prisoner with three of his Company. I retreated & returned to Wilkes County - where I joined Capt Fletcher's new Company which he raised on his escape from the British - we proceeded to join Genl Greene's army - before we reached it we joined other troops under Col Locke, - we joined Genl Greene in Guilford Cy N. Carolina, who detached our Company to go upon excursions against the Tories. Both of those loans were for three months - I think I served in them at least six months, but for certainly only claim for three

I performed services subsequently - but as it was only on occasional parties I claim nothing for the same. The whole period for which I claim is four years three months & three years & ten months thereof as a trooper . In this I have not included a loss of about three months against the Cherokee Indians under Capt Sloan, Col Joseph McDowell Genl Charles McDowell at the close of the revolution I removed to Georgia where I remained until about 1816 when I removed to Alabama (then Mississippi territory) - where I have since & do still reside - I have been about 7 years a citizen of Jackson County aforesaid which is the County of my present residence.
I know of no one living by whom I can prove my revolutionary services or any part thereof except Capt Wm Fletcher, whose affidavit will follow. I got no written discharges, except one from the Cherokee town, which I have lost.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension except the present & declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state - There is no Clergyman residing in my neighborhood; & therefore I cannot procure the required Certificate of any such person.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court G. M. Wiggins Clk
Thos Carrigill
Capt William Fletcher being in open Court & being now duly sworn on his oath declares that he is a citizen of this County (Jackson) - residing some 6 or 7 miles from the above named Thomas Carrigill; that he is in his 76 year - that affiant has heard the above declaration read - believes it is all true well remembers that said Carrigill, whom he then knew, was one of his affiant's company in the loss in which affiant was taken by the British & in that which immediately followed as stated in the above declaration - He knows

that said Cargill has been before in the troop of horse men - lioned - & from a long & often renewed acquaintance with said Cargill can state that he is & has been a man of integrity & good character - fully credible whenever known. During & ever since the war said Cargill has been reputed to have been a good soldier & patriot So far as he served under affiant he knows he was such
Wm Fletcher
Sworn to and Subscribed in Open Court G. W. Higgins Clerk
I Howell H. Rose, of the aforesaid County of Jackson, do certify that I am well acquainted with Thomas Cargill, who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration - having known him about 40 years - I believe he is about 72 years old - he is reputed in his neighborhood to have been a revolutionary Soldier - He is a man of good character - entitled to full credit - & I concur in the opinion & belief that he was a soldier of the revolution & served as he states -
Howell H. Rose
Sworn to and Subscribed in Open Court G. W. Higgins Clerk
And the Court declares its Opinion, after an investi- -gation of the matter & putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the applicant Thomas Cargill was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states - and moreover is satisfied that William Fletcher & Howell H. Rose, whose respective depositions & affidavits appear above, are reputable persons residing in this County & entitled to Credit -
W. J. Adair

V 3413
Alabama Huntsville Mourning Cargill widow of Thomas N C Cargill who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private of cavalry
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Aug 1854 and sent to
M rs H. Moore Huntsville Ala
Barton S. Clapp Guardian
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 157. Vol. A
32
Rev. B. Pickett Sept. 25. 1857.
204718 - 73.1.2

29 th Nov 1848
Thomas Cargill
Act 1832
Dr. ending 30 June 1848.
FINAL PAYMENT RECEIVED FOR CASH
Huntsville, Ala.
27 th Nov 1848
Boys 18
C 18
and the rest

State of Alabama, } ss. County of Marshall }
I, Montgomery Gilbreath, Clerk of the County Court of said County & State, holden at Waverly, in & for said County & State, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Thomas Cargill was a pensioner of the United States the rate of One Hundred Dollars per annum during his nat- ural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and pay- able semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of Septem- ber every year; was a resident of said County & State & died in said County & State in the year 1847, on the 10th day of Sep- tember; that he left a widow, whose name is Mourning Car- gill.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of Office at Waverly on this 6th day May in the year of our Lord 1848.
M Gilbreath Clerk
State of Alabama, } Marshall County }
Be it known that before me Randolph C. Newman, a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Mourning Cargill & made oath in due form of law, that she is the widow of Thomas Car- gill, the identical person who was a pensioner just now dead, to whom a cer- tificate of pension was issued, which is herewith surrendered. That the de- ceased pensioner resided in Marshall County in the State of Alabama, for the space of nineteen years before his death, (excepting therefrom about eleven months, when he resided in Franklin County, Tenn.)

see; and that previous thereto he resided in the state of Georgia. Sworn & subscribed this 4 th day of May 1848 before me
Mourning her Cargile mark
R. C. Newman Esq. Justice of The Peace
Know all men by these presents, That I, Mourning Cargill in the County of Marshall & State of Alabama, widow of Thomas Cargill, who was a Revo- lutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby consti- tute & appoint David Ricketts my true & lawful At- torney, for me, & in my name, to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in the town of Huntsville & State of Alabama, the balance of my pension from the 4 th day of March 1847 to the 10 th of September 1847, being the day of his death.
Witness my hand & seal this 4 th day of May 1848.
Mourning her Cargile mark
delivered in presence of John McDowell David Ricketts
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
State of Alabama Marshall County } ss.
Be it known, That on the 4 th day of May 1848, before the subscriber, a Justice of the peace in & for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Mourning Cargill above named, & acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act & deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year last above mentioned.
R. C. Newman Justice of The Peace

State of Alabama, Marshall County - ss. Be It Known, That on the 4 th day of May 1848, before me a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly author- ized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared David Rick- etts, 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 At- torney, either by any pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment or trans- fer, & that he does not know or believe that the same has been so disposed of to any person whatever. David Ricketts Sworn & subscribed the day & year last above mentioned. Before me B. C. Newman Justice of The Peace
I, Randolph C. Newman, Justice of the Peace in & for Marshall County, State of Alabama, duly qualified & commissioned, do here- by certify that the errors, made at the close of said Morning Capias, don't on second page, of the words "sworn & subscribed this day of", & in her- ter of Attorney, in ninth line, of figure "8", in place of which is put "7", of figure "4", in place of which is put "5", were each, severally & re- spectively, made as stated by me, before said affidavits & letter of attorney were signed by said Morning Capias. - In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand seal this 4 th day of May 1848. B. C. Newman Justice of The Peace
State of Alabama, } ss. I Montgomery Gibbreath, Clerk Marshall County } the County Court of said County & State, do hereby certify Randolph C. Newman, whose name is subscribed to the going affidavits of said Morning Capias & said Ricketts is and was at the time of subscribing the same is & was at the time of subscribing said certificate above

I, an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County of State, duly qualified & commissioned according to law, that full faith & credit are due to all his offici- al acts; & I do further certify that his said several signatures to said affidavits & said certificate are his his own proper signatures, & entitled to credit as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Official seal this 6 th day of May 1848. M c Gilbreath Clerk

No 4,028 Ala Mourning Cargile.
Wid of Wright Thomas Thr.
25802
Grades
W H Moore Pension Agent Hunterville Recd Dec 31 st 1883 Ala

The State of Alabama Marshall County To any of the Judges of said State, any Justice of the peace of said County or other person legally authorized there are to authorize you or either of you to solemnize the rites of matrimony between Thomas Cargile and Morning Killingsworth of said County agreeably to the Statute in such case made and provided, Given at the Office of the Clerk of the County Court of said County this the 13 th day of September 1845
Montgomery Gilbreath, Clerk C. C
I hereby certify that the within license was duly administered on the 14 th day of September 1845, By me Andrew Leo, a justice of the peace
The State of Alabama { Court of probate Special Term Marshall County { September 24 th 1853
In the matter of the petition filed by Catharine Rogers, alleging that Morning Cargile a resident of said County is non compos mentis, and this being the day appointed for the hearing of said petition. Comes the said petitioner by her Atty Wm Moore, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that a writ was issued to the Sheriff Commanding him to summon twelve disinterested persons of the neighborhood for the trial thereof and the said Shff having summoned Stephen L Pace and eleven others disinterested persons the said jury being empaneled and sworn well and truly to make inquisition of the facts alleged in the petition and a true verdict render according to the evidence The jury after having heard the evidence in the cause, find by their verdict that the facts alleged in the petition are true and that the said Morning Cargile is non compos mentis, and it further appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the said Morning Cargile was notified of the proceedings instituted to have her declared non compos mentis & of the time and place appointed to hear the petition. It is therefore ordered by the court that the verdict of said jury be and the same is

hereby confirmed & received, and the said Morning Cargile declared non compos mentis It is further ordered by the Court that the petition and all the proceedings thereon be recorded
It is further ordered that Barton S Clapp be and he is hereby appointed guardian of the person & estate of the said Morning Cargile
The State of Alabama } Court of probate special Marshall County } Term September the 30 th 1853
This day comes Barton S Clapp and files his bond as guardian of the person and estate of Morning Cargile, who was found to be now compos mentis at a term of this Court held for said County on the 24 th day of September 1853, in the sum of five thousand three hundred & fifty dollars, payable and conditioned as required by law with Thomas Manning & Jerome Cornwell as his securities, the bond being approved by the Court, and the said Barton S Clapp having taken the oath as such guardian it is ordered that letters of guardianship issue to the said Barton S Clapp, entitling him to the custody & control of the person & estate of the said Morning Cargile
The State of Alabama } J. M. Gilbreath Judge of probate Marshall County } of said County, & by virtue of said office Clerk of the Court of probate of said County, hereby certify that the foregoing pages one and two contain a true and correct copy of the marriage of Thomas Cargile and Morning Killingsworth, and of the minutes of said Court made upon the proceedings on said Morning Cargile being declared now compos mentis, and of the record of Barton S Clapp's appointment as guardian of the said Morning Cargile. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court, at office this the 16 th day of December 1853
J. M. Gilbreath, Judge of probate

State of Alabama } ss. On this 16 th day of December, A.D. 1853, County of Marshall } personally appeared before the Probate Court of the State & County, aforesaid, Barton S. Clapp, who is the Guardian of Mourning Cargile, both of whom reside in the County & State aforesaid, and the said Mourning Cargile, being seventy five or eighty years of age, and the said B.S. Clapp, being first duly sworn, according to law, on his oath, doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the law of the United States, passed the 3 rd February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Rev- olutionary War. That the said Barton S. Clapp, is the Guardian of said Mourning Cargile, duly & regularly appointed by the proper court, on the 30 th day of September 1853. That the said Mourning is still living, and is the widow of Thomas Cargile, who was a private of Cavalry in the Revolutionary War, and was on the Pension Roll of the Hunts- ville, Alabama Agency, at the rate of one hundred dollars per an- num; that the said Thomas Cargile departed this life in said County of Marshall on or about the 10 th day of September A.D. 1847. That said Mourning Cargile was married to said Thomas Cargile in said County of Marshall, on or about the 14 th day of Sept r 1845. That she was not married to him prior to the second day of January 1800, but at the time above stated. We further declares that said Mourning Cargile is now the widow of said Thomas Cargile.
Sworn to & subscribed before me, in open court, } this 16 th day of Dec r 1853 } M c Gilbreath Judge of Probate }
B.S. Clapp
State of Alabama } ss. On this 16 th day of Dec r 1853, also appeared personally County of Marshall } before me, Montgomery Gilbreath, Judge of the said Probate Court, & duly authorized by law to administer oaths David Ristless and Isham H. Farnell who being duly sworn did depose & say they were acquainted with the said Thomas Cargile; that he died on or about the 10 th day of September 1847, in said County; & that said Mourning Cargile is still his widow, & now living in said County. David Ristless Sworn to & subscribed before me } Isham H. Farnell in open court the day & year above written } M c Gilbreath, Judge P.C.

State of Alabama } I, Montgomery Gilbreath, Judge of the Probate Court, in Marshall County ss. } for the said County & State, certify that the foregoing is a correct statement or declaration made under oath by said B. S. Clapp, Guardian of said Mourning Cargill, before said Probate Court, which is a Court of Record. And I further certify that the said David Ricketts and Isham N. Farnett are reputable citizens of said County, and credit is due to any affidavits made by them.
In Testimony whereof, I hereto subscribe my name & affix the seal of said Court, at Office in the Town of Guntersville in said County, this 16 th day of December A.D. 1853.
M. Gilbreath Judge of Probate

204,718 Act Mar. 3 Aug. 22/55
M. Bargile, will of Thomas Bargill Mourning wife of Thomas Bargill Bargile, Phila
Ms. B. 1. 6 v. 1 p. 10
Rev. War.
Feb 53-3413
AD: 16 Oct 17, 11/56 Blyden
W. R. W. Coll. House of Reps. Glasgow. Pottersville Pa.
29
Vol. No. 19.

State of Alabama
County of Marshall On this the fifth day
of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me James Robinson a justice of the peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid Morning Cargo aged seventy nine years a resident of Marshall County in the state of Alabama, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Thomas Cargo who was a private in the Company Commanded by Captain
in the Regiment of by in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 14th day of July 1876. And that her said husband
at on or about the day of A.D. 17 for the term of and continued in actual service in said war for the term of and was honorably discharged at on the day of A.D.
She further states that she was married to the said Thomas Cargo on the 14th day of September 1845. by one Andrew Lee a justice of the peace in and for said County of Marshall, and that her name before her said marriage was Morning Killingsworth that her said husband died at his residence in said County of Marshall on the tenth day of Sep A.D. 1847 and that she is now a widow
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the County Land to which she may be entitled under the act Approved March 3. 1855
her Morning T. Cargo mark The David Ricketts and John H. Fennell residents of the County of Marshall in the state of

two Alabama upon our oaths do declare that the foregoing declaration was signed, read and acknowledged by Morning Cargile in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that the husband of the said Morning Cargile, that is the said Thomas Cargile, in his lifetime for some years before his death received a pension from the United States of America for his services as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and that the said Morning Cargile is now the widow of the said Thomas Cargile, who is now dead,
David Ricketts Isham H. Fennell
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in the claim.
James T. Robinson Justice of the peace
In the State of Alabama } S. M. Gilbreath judge of County of Marshall } the Court of Probate of said County, hereby certify that James T. Robinson before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made, was at the time of making the same a justice of the peace in and for said County, duly sworn & commissioned and the signature purporting to be his is genuine, In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed the seal of said Court at office, this 2 o day of July A.D. 1855
M. Gilbreath Judge of probate

Morning Cargile P.O. is Cottonville Marshall Co W.V.
200 hr

Huntsville, Alabama
Monday 8 th May 1848.
Recd of William H. Moon, Agent for paying Pensions, fifty-one dollars and ninety one cents for six months and seven days' pension paid to Mrs. Morning Gargill, as the widow of Thomas Gargill, deceased, from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and forty seven to the tenth day of September, eighteen hundred and forty seven, for which I have signed sufficient receipts.
$51.91
Witness,
C. C. C. Gargill
Morning Gargill
By her Attorney in Fact.
David Ricketts

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6896
Mourning Cargill Wid.
Thomas Cargill Print Rev War
Act: Feb 3 d  1853
Index:—Vol. A , Page 116
[Arrangement of 1870.]

33.75
Nov 1892

V.
10 0 47
Will the 3 d Auditor state the time of death of prisoner, & to when paid
Respectfully,
F. Burt Esq., 3 d Audr. Decr. Jan. 3. 54
J. Cole G ov or Comm r .
Thomas Bargill, act 1832. $100 per annum. Died 10 Sept 1847. Paid.
F. Burt Auditor

Thomas Bargitt Acct. 7. June 1832. $100
To what time last paid
Pension Office 30th March 1838.
To the 4th Decr 1836 JH

Payments to be made at Mobile, Ala by Geo. B. D. R., State of Alabama Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of the
FINAL PAYMENT Received from GAO
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice in Book E Vol. 8 Page 44 by John T. Sprague Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Thomas Cargill of the State of Alabama who was a Private of Cavalry during the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive One Hundred dollars and 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 10 day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty- four
John B. Calhoun Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

27. 831
Tho: Gargill al a

George W Higgens, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Jackson County in the State of Alabama, certify that the annexed sheet contains the Original proceedings of said Court in the matter of Thomas Bargill for a pension
In testimony whereof I have set my name; & there being no seal of office or of the Court provided I have adopted one & impressed the same on the margin hereof - this 2nd day of October 1833.
G. W. Higgens
The above attestation & signature of George W Higgens, who was at its date in the Clerk as he certifies, are genuine: he had not then a public seal of office & I suppose he has not yet: but he adopted the above as his seal
Oct. 15 th 1833.
C. C. Clay

Thomas Corgill, Alabama roll, act June 7. 1832, at 100 per annum,
Be pleased to say to what time he was last paid, and whether at Huntsville.
Pension office
Apr 12. 1847.
} There has been no payments at Huntsville for some time back. -
The above has been paid to 4 th March 1846 at Tuscaloosa. -
W. B.

apl. 28 47 In - ab. Mr Evans
W. J. O. O. O. Com. of Pensions Washington City D. C.
Particular

Pension Agency, Huntsville, Ala.
April 20 th 1847.
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Comr. of Pensions, Washington City, Sir.
Your letter acknowledging the receipt of mine of the 31 st Ult. and advising me that two thousand dollars for the payment of pensions will be remitted to me, was this day received.
Permit me again to call your attention to the pensioners, Jesse Sample of DeKalb County and Thomas Gargille of Marshall County, as you seem to be under the impression that those counties are not in this Agency.
This Pension Agency was first established at Decatur, and thence removed to this place. When the Agency was first established there were no such counties as Marshall, DeKalb and Cherokee. These counties have since been organized out of Territory composing the counties in this Agency mentioned in the law establishing it, and Graham & Doty (whose pensions you instructed me to pay) lived the one in Cherokee and the other in Marshall.
John Greer, residing in Cherokee County, and whose name is not on the list furnished me, has recently applied for his pension & has been paid; he exhibited the letter of Peter Wagner Esq. Third Auditor H, stating that his pension was payable at this Agency. All these names were on the Pension Roll of Gen. Love, late Agent at this place, & were repeatedly paid by him. The counties above named (Marshall, Cherokee & DeKalb) are not included in any other Agency, I believe.
I must beg you to excuse me for troubling you so often. This letter is written at the request of Mr. Sample, one of the Pensioners. I am, Sir very Respectfully, your Obedt. Servt. W. H. Moore Pension Agent.

Guntersville, Alabama Sept. 15 th 1857
Hon Geo. C. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions. Sir:
I am the Guardian of Morrissey Cargill, a Revolutionary Pensioner on the Roll of the Huntsville, Alabama, Agency, under the 2 nd Sec. of the act of 3 Feb. 1853. Under the warrant now in my possession, the pension  commenced on the 3 rd Feb. 1853 , and I am advised that since its issuance it has been settled that the proper construction of that act would make the pension commence 4 th March 1848 , nearly four years earlier.
Now the object of this letter is to learn the following facts -
1 st Whether or not any pensions under the provisions of the act granting pension to Mrs. Cargill have or pay from 4 th March 1848 , or a date earlier than 3 rd Feb. 1853 ? 2 nd If Mrs. Cargill is entitled to pay from 4 th March 1848 , or a date earlier than 3 rd Feb. 1853 ? 3 rd If so, what steps are necessary for me to take to get the additional pay?
Your early reply to the foregoing will greatly oblige
Very Respectfully, Yours Obdt. Servt.
David Ricketts
Please send answer to Cottonville, Marshall County, Alabama.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 25, 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Thomas Cargill, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Huntsville, Ala., Agency, at the rate of One hundred Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1836, to the 4 th Sept. 1838. 2 years.
Respectfully, yours,
William H. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Brief in the case of Mourning Cargill, wid. of Thomas Marshall County and State of Alabama act Feb. 3. 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Mar l and identity proof by two accident returns.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Allow $100 per annum, from Feb. 3. 53.
Barton S. Clapp Guardian
Name and residence of Agent
none M rs A. Moore Huntsville Ala
J. H. Adams Examining Clerk.

Branch of the Bank of the State of Ohio Decatur 14 Mar 1838
J. S. Ewing Esq Commission of pension
Dr Sir
I enclose the voucher of Henry Conger a pension man act 7 Jan 1832 at the rate of $100 per annum for instructions to pay him.
Respectfully J. S. Ewing H. Green Treasurer agt p.s. O. Wilson Esq

27. 857.
Thomas Cargile Alabama
Return
Adm 2 years Cavalry $100
Hon C. C. Clay Ho of Rep
[2] THE TRADITIONAL EVIDENCE IS INDEPENDENT IN MILITARY CASES. [3] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. [4] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declarations.

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 the 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 inquiry 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 _____; 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 in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[t] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.