Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8197, William Dicken, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Dicken, William or "Dickens,"
W 8197
B.L.W. 24985-160-55.
Elizabeth
CONTENTS

41.185 (See mar 3/88) 248.142 (See apr 3/88) C.W.M.
Elizabeth Sicken widow of William Sicken, Private
Capt — — — Col — — —
248.142 Ward of the revolution
U.S. Pensioner
AD 1160 Q 14/15
Brynton
(Signature)
Aug 27
Hon. Geo. A. Jones, 1st of Reps
J. F. Fisher Mt. Pleasant Tenn
Prof. F. F. Kirtland 27/55
July 55 - No 4176
Vol. D. 88. —

4:176 Tennessee. Nashville Elizabeth Dicken, widow of William Dicken h c who served in the Revolution-
1889 April 3 Dr. F. S. Ward history - Prior
ary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 25 th day of May 1854 and sent to Hon. George W. Jones Ho. Rep ts
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 181. Vol. A.
248112 344 40185
(32)

North Carolina 12.411-
William Dicken
of Halifax in the State of N.Car.
who was a P.S. — in the commanded by Captain of the Reg't  commanded by Col: Rice in the N.Car. time for 7 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of N.Carolina at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Apr. 33 and Lieut E.B. Freeman Halifax. N.C. —
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 46.66 Pension allowance ending Sept. — 11.66
$58.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathaniel Rice Clerk Book E Vol. 6 Page 38.
Feb 26 augt. 33
E. B. Freeman
Halifax
NC

W m Dicken
8533
Entered

State of North Carolina } Halifax county } ss.
On this 20 th day of August A D 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Halifax county, now sitting, William Dicken aged 71 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated, viz: he volunteered in Halifax county, North Carolina, about two years before the fight at Guilford Court House, being the same year the battle at Stono was fought under Capt Jarvis & was marched to Charleston, South Carolina, under Col Jonas Johnston, & fought at Stono under Gen Lincoln & Gen Butler; served four months & was discharged somewhere in South Carolina - he was drafted in the spring of the year when the battle was fought at Guilford Court House, from the militia of Halifax county, & marched under Capt Horne in Col. Hill's regiment but was not in the battle of Guilford C. H. as he was at that time doing duty in a fatigue party; he was discharged at Ramsay's Mills in North Carolina after being in service three months; his discharges are lost, & he is unable to say what became of them. - he was born in Northampton county North Carolina, has a record of his age at home - has resided as he now does ever since the revolutionary war.

he hereby Relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State Given to & subscribed his William X Deeken the day & year aforesaid mark W. A. Pettmayer
We Miles Smith a clergyman, residing in the county of Halifax, State of North Carolina & Willis Alston — residing in the same county & State, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Deeken who has subscribed & sworn to the a- bove declaration; that we believe him to be 70 years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution; & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
W. A. Pettmayer
Miles Smith Willis Alston

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & 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 Miles Smith, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in Halifax county, State of North Carolina, & that Willis Alston who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same county & State, & is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Thos. Ousby Ch. J. J. G. Gandy Jno. T. Blanton
I, Mark H. Pettway, clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, for Halifax county, State of North Carolina, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Dicken for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, & seal of my office this 20 th day of August A.D. 1832.
M. H. Pettway Clk By J. H. Mann D.D.

We Matthew Dicken and Bradford Dicken residents of the County of Hardeman County and State of Tennessee upon our oaths declare that the foregoing Declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed 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 — Matthew Dicken makes oath also that he is the Grandson of Elizabeth Dicken; that she resides at his father's house — that she is a widow and that it is understood and reported by all in the family that his Grand- father W m Dicken has been dead for about 17 years — Bradford Dicken also makes oath that he is the son of Elizabeth Dicken and he knows that his father W m Dicken is dead and that his mother Elizabeth Dicken now resides with him & is a widow & has been ever since the death of the said William Dicken —
ack.
Elizabeth Dicken Brook
A. H. Hester
Bradford Dicken Matthew Dicken
State of Tennessee County of Hardeman
The foregoing declaration & affidavits were sworn to and subscribed
before me this 2nd day of May 1856 and I certify that the affiants are highly credible and respect- able persons, entitled to full confidence

that the applicant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim -
State of Tennessee } County of Hardeman } To R. P. Kelly Clerk of the County Court of Hardeman County do hereby certify that S. A. Fickett whose signature is hereunto appended to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly Commissioned and sworn, that his signature is genuine and that all his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit and that the aforesaid Court is a Court of Record - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office in Bolivar on this 4 th day of June 1856 - R. P. Kelly Clk
245.12 Maryland Claims Act 1851 - Elizabeth Fickett not official
John D. Heflin any record

State of Tennessee, On this 25 th  22 nd day of July  June , In the County of Hardeman Year of our Lord 1856 personally ap- peared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Elizabeth Dicken aged about seventy five years a resident of the County of Hardeman and State of Tennessee who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of William Dicken deceased who was a private in the Company Com- manded by Captain _____ in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel _____ in the Revolu- tionary War - that her said husband enlisted or volunteered in the County of Halifax - State of North Carolina on or about the day of _____ 1777 - and remained in actual service in said war over 18 months - and was discharged honorably at Augusta Georgia - She further states and respect- fully refers the Commissioner of Pensions to the Roll of Pensioners under Act of February 3. 1853 Page 781, Vol. A - where will be found recorded the original Certificate of Widows Pension issued to her on the 25 th day of May 1854 - for the above named military services of her said husband - She also refers to

to the papers on file in the Pension Office in connection with her said claim for a copy of her marriage License and such other particulars as may be required - she having become old, and removed far from her former abode since the preparation of those papers - not now having the means of supplying them in as full a manner as then -
She was married to the said William Dickson about October 1836 (not certain as to the exact date or year) in Halifax County North Carolina, by the Garrison Garrard Esq. a justice of the Peace - that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Dickson - and that she is now a widow - that her husband died in Halifax County, North Carolina about 19 March 1839 (precise date or year not remembered)
She has never applied for or received any Bounty Land under this or any other act - She makes this application for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act March 3. 1855 - and she hereby appoints Chas. C. Tucker Esq. of Washington City her Attorney to prosecute her claim & receive her Warrant for her - Elizabeth Dickson mark

State of Tennessee Maury County.
Personally appeared Elizabeth Deeken before me Elijah Beecher an acting justice of the peace in & for the county aforesaid which said Elizabeth is personally known to me to be a credible woman & made oath in due form of law that on the 18 th day of December 1826 in the County of Halifax State of North Carolina she was lawfully married to one William Deeken & that her said husband William Deeken died on the March 17 th day of 1857 in said Halifax County North Carolina having her the said Elizabeth his widow him surviving & that she the said Elizabeth has ever since has been & still is a widow never having married since the death of said William Deeken. That the said William Deeken was a revolutionary soldier & for several years before his death received a pension for his services in the Revolutionary war from the United States at the rate of forty eight dollars per annum. That since the death of said William she has removed to Maury County Tennessee where she now resides she prays to receive a pension as said widow, she never has received any

Pension & she has been delayed in making this application by the difficulty in getting a copy of the record of her said marriage from North Carolina - which copy is herewith enclosed - She hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension except the one herein relied upon - Her name is not upon the pension roll of any agency of any of the United States - her
Given to the undersigned before Elizabeth M rs  Mark  William on this 22 day of November 1853.
Elijah Bloreke Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee 3 Mary County 3
Personally appeared before me Elizabeth Blackman an acting justice of the peace in for the county of Friends Andrew Dickson & Angeline Jackson both of whom are personally known to me to be credible persons & the said Andrew is a citizen of Jackson County Tennessee & said Angeline is a citizen of Maury County Tennessee and the said Andrew & Angeline severally make oath that they have no interest in the application of Elizabeth Dickson for a pension as the widow of William Dickson

a Revolutionary pension deceased & that they severally knew her before her marriage with said William Dicken die? & that they severally know that she is the identical person who was married in 1826 to said William Dicken in Halifax North Carolina that it was the identical William Dicken who afterwards drew a pension as a revolutionary soldier (they believe his pension was payable at Raleigh) that the said Elizabeth has never married since the death of her said husband & that said William has been dead for near fifteen years -
Given to the undersigned before me this 22 nd day of November 1853.
State of Tennessee I John B. Padgett, Clerk of County of Maury the County Court of the County of Maury, which is a court of Record do certify that Elijah Blocker before whom the several fore- going affidavits were read, is now, and was, at the time of signing the same an acting justice of

the peace in and for Maury County duly comm- -issioned and sworn, that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine and that full faith and credit are due his Official acts as such,
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of the said Court at Office in Columbia This 28th day of November 1853 John B. Padgett Clerk
Elizabeth Beilman widow of
William Beilman
Testamentary Trustee
Application and in act of February 3. 1853.
Geo. W. Jones
Heir of Testator

State of Tennessee County of Maury } S
On this 24th day of March A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the State and county aforesaid Elizabeth Dicken age 74 years a resident of said state and county, who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the identical Elizabeth Dicken, widow of William Dicken who was a Private in the revolutionary war, that she is now receiving a pension at Nashville, from the agent for paying Pensions in the Agency of Tennessee, Payable on the 4th September and 4th March Records in the Pension office on the Rolls of Pensions under act February 3rd 1853 Page 181, (Vol. A.) That she is the identical person named in an Original Certificate in her possession of which (I certify) the following is a true copy.
Department of the Interior Widow's Pension
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,
Elizabeth Dicken
widow of William Dicken Private in the revolutionary war is inserted on the pension list at the rate of Twenty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum commencing on the 3d of February 1853 and continuing for life unless she should again marry in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the department of the Interior
This Twenty fifth day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
R. M c Clelland Secretary of the Interior
Beate Examined and countersigned
S. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
That she has not intermarried but continues the widow of the above mentioned William Dicken that she now resides in the County of Maury and State of Tennessee and has resided there for the space of nearly 7 years past and that previous thereto she resided in Hardin County Tennessee
The truth of which I am satisfied
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 1855 On the 8th sec. of the Act approved 3 March 1855
Elizabeth Dicken (real mark)

We Andrew J. Dickens and A. Jackson residents of the aforesaid state and county, make oath in due form of law that they personally know the aforesaid Elizabeth Dickens, who signed and acknowledged in our presence, and that we personally know that the said Elizabeth Dickens as is set forth in the foregoing declaration, is the identical person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration, that we have been personally acquainted with her for more than twenty years, that we are disinterested That the foregoing is a true and genuine copy of the original certificate.
Andrew J. Dickens A. Jackson
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 this claim.
Samuel P. Kennett J.P.
State of Tennessee, I, John B. Padgett Clerk of the Court of said County, the same is a cause of Record, certify that Samuel P. Kennett, whose signature appears to the foregoing Affidavit so, is now, and was at the time he signed the same, an acting justice of the peace in and for said County, duly Commissioned and sworn, that the signature thereto purporting to be his, is genuine and that full faith and credit are due his official acts as such,
In testimony of all which I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court, Done at office in Columbia the 26 th th March 1853,
John B. Padgett Clerk
Send all letters concerning the foregoing declaration and the warrant if one be issue therefor to J. J. Dike Mount Pleasant Henry County Tennessee,
44.1853

State of North Carolina
We the undersigned do hereby acknowledge ourselves indebted to His Excellency, William H. Barton Esquire Governor, and his successors in office in the sum of five hundred pounds: But to be void in condition that there is no lawful cause to obstruct a marriage between William Dickens and Elizabeth Dickens for whom a license now if
Witness, our hands & seals this 18 th day of December A D 1826
In presence of J. M. Johnston
W m  their Dickens (seal) E their Dickens (seal) mark
State of North Carolina Halifax County
I William W Daniel Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the County of Halifax and State of aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original Marriage bond for the Marriage license issued for William Dickens & Elizabeth Dickens now on file in my office In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affix the seal of my office this the 22 nd day of October A D 1853 W m W Daniel Clerk

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8197 Elizabeth Dicken Wid. William Dicken Print Rev. War
Act: July 3 d  1853
Index:—Vol. A , Page 183
[Arrangement of 1870.]

24.985
160 acres

William Dicken He died Mar 23 1837 in Augt 1832 of Halifax Co NC aged 41 years & born in Northampton Co NC Mar 2 Elizabeth Dicken Dec 18 1826 in Halifax Co NC About two years before the Battle Guilford (Mar 15 1781) the same year of Battle of Stone (Jun 20 1779) in Halifax Co but 4 mo he enlisted with Capt Jason H Col Jones Johnston & was in the Battle of Stone (marched to Charleston SC) He was drafted in Spring 1781 in Halifax Co with Capt Horne & Col Hill to Guilford Co but was not in the Battle as he was on fatigue duty at the time about 3 miles After his death she removed to Maury Co Tenn
Name of Andrew Dicken of Hickmans Co Tenn was a witness

6 Mc.
act 3 Feb 53
Alm.
Sec. N. Jones,
No Repn.

State of Tennessee 3 Maury County 3
This day being the 10 th day of May 1854 personally appeared Elizabeth Dickens before the Honorable the Circuit Court in & for said County sitting at the Court House in the town of Columbia, the Honorable William P. Martin the Judge of the eighth judicial Circuit in said State presiding & made oath in due form of law before said Court, the same being a court of record, that she intermarried with one William Dickens which said William Dickens was a revolutionary pensioner, that the said William Dickens her husband died on the 19 th of March about the year 1837 or 1838 & that she has never since intermarried but is still a widow. Said marriage took place in Newberry County, North Carolina, that they were married by one Farrell a justice of the peace, the precise date of said marriage she does not recollect, but refers to her application now on file in the pension office at Washington, which she is informed is defective because not sworn to in Court. Said application was sworn to before one Elijah Blocker a justice of the peace for Maury

County & affiant hereby adopts the facts stated in said application & here says the same are true. She states that she does not remember the precise date of said marriage as she has no memorandum with her - but believes it was in the month of November 1826 - She knows her said husband received a pension up to the time of his death which took place in said Wayne county - That after the death of her said husband she removed to the state of Tennessee. That she does not remember the precise amount of said pension per annum but she heard her said husband say that he drew $24 at a time & she supposes it was $48 a year.
She refers the department to the proof on file in her first application as to said
marriage -
Elizabeth his Dickens Mark.
Sworn & Subscribed to in open Court May 7 th 1854
G. H. Phillips Clerk State of Tennessee
May, Circuit Court May Term 1854
The above named Elizabeth Dickens appeared in open court & being sworn to the court to be a competent person of said county & to be a credible person She made oath to the facts stated in the foregoing affidavit to be true to in substance & in fact
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my private seal (having no seal of office) at office this 11 th day of May A.D. 1854
G. H. Phillips Clerk

State of Tennessee Maury County.
I William P. Martin Judge of the eighth Judicial Circuit in the said state which said circuit includes said county of Maury hereby certify that L. H. Philips who makes the foregoing certificate is and was at the date thereof the clerk of the Maury Circuit Court duly commissioned & qualified & that his said attestation is in due form of law & that the same is entitled to full faith and credit - Witness my hand & seal this 11 th day of May 1854.
Wm P Martin Judge

State of North Carolina } Halifax County }
William Dicken the declarant in the annexed application, a man of credibility came before me Rue B Pierce — a Justice of the peace for Halifax County in the State of North Carolina being duly sworn depose & says that at the first town he served as mentioned in his said declaration Lieut Roberts was an officer & after the army arrived at St. Johns, Capt Garrison was made Major & then Lieutenant Sherrard took charge of the company. That at the second town as mentioned in his said declaration Gen Butler commanded, Col Denton & Col Eaton were also officers but he does not recollect whether each commanded a regiment or what regiment they belonged to.
Sworn & subscribed before me this 11 th day of April 1833 } William his Dicken mark Rue B Pierce J.P.
State of North Carolina } Halifax County }
George Green, a man of credibility, appeared before me a Justice of the peace for Halifax County, State of North Carolina & being duly sworn says that he knew then William Dicken was in the service of the Revolutionary war at the time of the battle of Guilford.
Sworn & subscribed before me this 11 th day of April 1833 } George his Green mark Rue B. Pierce J.P.

State of North Carolina
I Mark B Pettway Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Halifax and State of North Carolina do hereby certify that Rev B Pierce Esquire whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate, (in his own proper hand writing) - is & was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Halifax duly Commissioned, and qualified as such. And that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to this official acts as such.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Halifax This 11 th day of April 1833
M. B. Pettway Clerk

No. 4,713
Elizabeth Decker
widow
of William
Set to G. W. Jones Apr 4/56
act / 53

248.112 act. Mar 3/53 See 40185 June 11/56.
Elizabeth Dicken wid William Dicken decd Elizabeth Dicken wid of William Dicken Pri N. H. miles 24985
Rev War. Pensioner
Levin July 53-4176 Rev War Aug 23 1856 B. H. D. Chas C. Tucker Present.

31 June Pension Office March 30/54
Sir: Please report time of last payment to, or death of within named pensioner
Respectfully F. Burt Esq. 3 and 1/2 Cols for Pounds Present
William Kioken, Act 1832 $23.33 per Annum. Died 23 March 1837. Paid.
F. Burt Auditor

March, 20 th 1852
Elizabeth Dicken. wid: of William.
Maurry Co: Term
act/53.
$23. \frac{33}{100} per An. Com: Feby 13 th 1853.
Revn
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. Pension Office, Official Business
Hon: Geo: Jones. H. M. R. Commissioner

Mr. G. W. Jones
NR
all exp
3 Cases

May 14 - Boston
No. of Repe May 13. 1856
Genl J. Munroe Commr. of Pensions
Sir,
The application of Sarah Blackmore, widow of George Blackmore for Bounty Land under act of March 3. 1855. No 137.622, was suspended for want of record evidence
Mary Coffee, widow of
Coffey suspended for similar reason
Elizabeth Dieken widow of Wm Dieken, No. 40. 185. Suspended for like cause - all for Revolutionary Service and all on the Terminus Suspended files.

William Dicken
Admiring a private for Yarmouth, £23.33 13 th & 19 th
P. 2941
Return this
3 H

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Dicken which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

 XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no  XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?  If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?  Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?    XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 5th 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

in case of Elizabeth Dicken, wid: of William, Maury  County and State of  Tenn: act 2 d  July, 1853,
Claim, ("original," or "for increase" )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Substantive was a pension under the Act of June, 1853,
Record Evidence & Parole Proof of Marriage,
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Hon. Geo. W. Jones, House of Reps, Name and residence of Agent
A. L. B. [unintelligible] Examining Clerk.