Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4672, Robin Harris, N.C.

SERVICE
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Harris, Robin Tabitha
NUMBER
R. 4672
CONTENTS
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No 7600
Robin Harris
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to certify that the foregoing statement and the answers thereto with the evidence in the case appear
W. ...
Are the before objectives as to facts or suppositions and if so in what respects
incidental evidence as to the facts
in his statement supported by living witnesses or documentary proof by testimony, evidence or
shall not be resaid when he entered the records
in which position was he engaged
Admit as a private for some from 1780. 610 Harb St $2000
Co. Drake
Warrenton
N.C.

BRIEF in the case of Robin Harris of the County of Warren in the State of N.C. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75 years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1780 Sept. 10 th — 3 — As a drafted Gen. Col. Hart. Capt. White   "81 Apr. 20 th — 3 — ditto Col. Linton, Sitgreaves & Hawkins Capt. Renne —  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bute now Warren  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Depositions & documents  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Regular
X certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Belt Examining Clerk.

Jennings Pigott, substituted in place by Mr Cook Cole

State of North Carolina } County of Waukesha }
Be it Known, that on this Twenty fifth day of January A. D. 185 3 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Jane C Harris  the legal representative of Robert Harris resident of Waukesha N.C. in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the legal heir of Robert Harris , who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 4
That she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Benj C. Cooke Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint [redacted] of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Jane C Harris, widow of Robert Harris for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Jane C Harris mark
Sworn to, Subscribed, and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Jane C Harris to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
Henry Billingsley
State of North Carolina } County of Waukesha }
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for said County , that Jane C Harris the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney, is the child of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that Henry Billingsley Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office,
this Fourteenth day of February 185 3
J. W. White Clerk
Waukesha County Court
1. in full. 2. Post Office address. 3. man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank. 5. "He is," "she is," or "they are." 6. Revolutionary soldier's full name. 7. Claimant's signature. 8. Claimant's name. 9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of." 11. Magistrate's name. 12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular words.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836
State of North-Carolina } ss Warren County }
On this 23 rd day of November 1846, personally appeared before the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Now in session, & held at the Court house in Warrenton in & for said County, Sabitha Harris, a resident of the County & State aforesaid aged eighty five years, who 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 July 4 th 1836; Granting Pensions to Certain Widows, that she is the widow of Robin Harris late Revolutionary Pensioner, deceased, of the County of Warren & State of N o Carolina, who was a private Soldier in the N o Carolina Militia & was allowed a pension as such at the rate of Twenty dollars per annum —
She further declared that she was married to the said Robin Harris in Old Prute County (now Warren), on the first day of December 17 hundred & Seventy eight, that her husband the aforesaid Robin Harris died on the 20 th day of May 18 hundred and forty three, and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herewith annexed,
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year first above written, before the Court
J. W. White Clerk
Sabitha her Harris mark
July 4, 1836
Sabitha Harris
6.937. May 19/47

State of North Carolina } Warren County } ss
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions November Term 1846,
I John W. White Clerk of said Court certify that the within declaration of Sabitha Harris is the original proceedings of her application for a pension. And was shown to the Court by satisfactory evidence, that her husband the said Robin Harris died on the 20. day of May 1843 and she is now his Lawful Widow.
An whereupon it was ordered by the said Court. that our Clerk certify these proceedings to the War. department
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Office in the town of Warrenton this 23. rd day of Novem: 1846,
J. W. White Clerk
State of North Carolina } Warren County } ss
I John W. White Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for said County in said State Certify that upon application being made I have made diligent search in my Office for the marriage Bond of Robin Harris to marry Sabitha Bobbitt from the year 1773 to the year 1785 and I find no such Bond in my Office —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Office in the Town of Warrenton this 12. th day of Feby - AD 1847 —
J. W. White Clerk

State of North Carolina Warren County } 3
I William Plummer Chairman and Presiding Justice of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the County aforesaid, hereby certify that John N White whose signature appears to the foregoing certificates is now and was at the time of signing and sealing the same Clerk of the said Court, and the keeper of the Records and the seal thereof, and that full faith and credit are due to all his Official acts, and that the said certificates are in due form.
Given under my hand and private seal having no Official seal the 12 th day of February 1847
Will: Plummer
State of North Carolina County of Warren }
May 3 rd 1847.
I Certify that Tabitha Harris, widow of Robin Harris, Come before me this day & made Oath in due form of Law that there is no family or other record of her marriage to her said Husband, & that she knows of no Documentary Proof of her husband's services as a Soldier of the Revolution (Except, his discharge & other Proof now on file in the Pension Office.
Sworn to & subscribed before me
Tabitha her Harris mark
Wm. P. Shearin J.P.

State of North Carolina } County of Warren } ss
May 3 d A.D. 1847.
I Shugar Kimbell of the County and State aforesaid aged 80 years, do certify on oath that I from my earliest recollection was well acquainted with the within named Robin Harris, & his wife Tabitha Harris (whose maiden name was Tabitha Bobbitt) I was present, & witnessed their marriage, which took place upwards of a year before Robin Harris went into the War, as I think, I know it was some time before, and that they lived together as husband & wife up to the time of Robin Harris, death
Sworn to & subscribed before me
Sugar his Kimbell mark
Mr. P. Shearin D.D.
North Carolina } Warren County } ss
I certify that I am well acquainted with Shugar Kimbell who hath this day sworn to & subscribed the above & that he is a Respectable and Credible man, worthy to be believed on Oath
Given under my hand & seal this 3 d day of May A.D. 1847.
Mr. P. Shearin D.D.
State of North Carolina } ss
Warren County } ss
I John W. White Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Warren County, certify that John P. Shearin is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my seal of Office & subscribed my name this 8 th day of May A.D. 1847.
J. W. White Clerk

Robin Harris
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7600
St. Michael's ... 101 ...

State of N o Carolina } Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Warren County } August Term A.D. 1832.
On this the 28 th day of August A.D. 1832 - personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the said Court now sitting. Robin Hennis a Resident of the County of Warren & State of N o Carolina aged Seventy three years 73 - 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 th . 1832.
That he was born in the County of Butte (now Warren Co) State of N o Carolina as appears from a record kept in his father's family (which he exhibits to the Court), on the 24 th Nov. 1758. That a draft was made of the militia of said County as well as he recollects about the 10 th September 1780 when he was drafted to perform a term of service for the term of three months - By his discharge accompanying this declaration it will be observed that he was dismissed after performing his term on 10 th . Dec r . 1780. Genl. Allen then commanded the militia force drafted in Warren Wakeford Counties about this time - Genl. Jones was a citizen of Halifax Col. Hark commanded the Regiment to which I belonged - he I believe was from the County of Edgecombe N o Carolina - The name of my Captain was John White who was a citizen of the then County of Butte - Col. Branch of Wakeford Co, N o . & Maj. Hill, of the then County of Butte (now Franklin N o ) - After being drafted he was marched to Salisbury Franklin Co. N o . from thence westwardly, first to Wake Court House (now Raleigh), and thence to Salisbury N o . From Salisbury they took up the line of March towards the South Carolina line leaving Charlotte, Waxhaw Co, N o to the right - not being marched thro' that place as it was reported that the small-pox was then raging there - at a place called New Providence or six mile creek they met the regular troops under the command of Genl. Smallwood - New Providence is between Charlotte & the Warren settlement in Dobson - he recollects seeing at this place Genl. Washington & his company of horse - While stationed at this place a company was detached & sent off to take a gang of Tories under the command of one Capt. Riddely or Tony Brantle - This company fell in

in with the Tories at Rudgely's Mill & by using a stratagem (it was said a large pine log made to resemble a cannon) took most of them prisoners - and brought them into Camp. This Affair never saw Gen Green but was informed he was there - during this term of service he never was in an engagement - but shortly after the capture of the Tories was taken sick & was laid down or nearly home in a wagon prepared for the purpose - he reached home on Christmas eve - 1780.
About the 20th of April 1781 he was again drafted on a term of duty for three months - his Captain's name was Fred Reum (from the County of Warren who has long since been dead), whose name appears to the accompanying discharge - among the officers he recollects Col. Linton - Col. Styron from Edenton district N.C. & Col. W. Hawkins of Warren who commanded a company of horse - Cornwallis about this time was in the Roanoke County and great consternation prevailed - The Company to which officer belonged crossed Roanoke at Black's Ferry, Roanoke Co. & marched up the river to Taylors Ferry, destroying canoes and vessels of all kinds on the river at Taylors Ferry they crossed again to the North Carolina side and marched down to Halifax - before we reached Halifax Cornwallis had passed & gone to Virginia - from Halifax we were marched to Tarboro - from Tarboro to Kingston in Lenoir Co. N.C. from Kingston down St. Johns River towards Newbern by the way of Cox's Ferry - then back again up St. Johns to Newbern C.H. near Smithfield - then thro' that whole new country again to Kingston - at Kingston this officer was left in charge of the sick & wounded as will appear by the accompanying certificate of Dr. Bradbury dated 11th July 1781. he was not again called into active service but was discharged July 25th 1781. This last expedition was confined to the object of suppressing the outbreakings of the Tories who were much inspired about this time on account of the triumphant progress of Cornwallis thro' the eastern part of the State - during this occasion many Tories were taken & destroyed -
This officer hereby relinquishes all claims 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 whatever.
Given to be understood the day & year aforesaid. Robert Harris.
Baswell Drake B.M.C.
Wm. P. Reggan maketh oath that he is perfectly well acquainted with him from his childhood with Robin Harris whose name appears to the above Declaration - That their fathers lived within three miles of each other & that it was their lot to be drafted together in both the terms of

series mentioned above - That of his own knowledge the facts set forth by the said Robin Harris are true - that he was a good soldier & he believes is justly entitled to the pension for which he applies -
William P. Hughes
Sworn to in open Court Gaswell Drake C.M.B. James Durham maketh oath that he saw Robin Harris on the said Harris was marching from Hillsboro to Salisbury - he the said Durham was at Patuxent & was at the time he saw Harris at Guilford C.N. with them a few hundred men under the command of Capt. Chas. Beane, Jr. of Virginia. The event this affidavit was himself drafted with said Harris -
Gaswell Drake C.M.B.
James Durham
We, Cassell Drake a Clergyman, residing in the County of Warren and Thos. J. Jenkins, residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Robin Harris who has subscribed & sworn to the above declarations, that we believe him to be 75 years of age, that he is respected & believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid -
Gaswell Drake C.M.B.
Gaswell Drake
T. J. Jenkins
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states - and the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Cassell Drake who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the County of Warren, and that Thos. J. Jenkins - who has signed the same is a resident of the same County, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit -
I Cassell Drake, Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Warren County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Robin Harris for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed this 28th day of August A.D. 1852 -
C. Drake C.M.B.

State of North Carolina } J. Henry Pitts & Justus in the County of } Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that Edward Drake whose attestation appears to the foregoing Certificate is now and was at the time of signing the same Clerk of said Court and that his Certificate and attestation as such is in due form of law. given from under my hand here this 3 rd day of September 1832 Henry Pitts & Justus
Robin Warrick

North Carolina
Robin Harris
of Warren in the State of N.C. who was a Pri - in the Com mand by Captain _____ of the Reg ment by Col. Hart - in the War time for Milia Com
Inscribed on the Roll of War - at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per ann to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of April 1833 and sent to _____ Drake Warrenton N.C.
Arrears to the 4th of March: 32 $40. Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 33. 10.0 $ 50.00
Revolutionary Class Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk Book Ee Vol. 6 Page 42
Letter to Pen Age 30 March 1839. Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 10 th April 1835 from 4 March 1838 to 4 Sept 1838. Age notified 5 June 1839.

Harris, Robin NC R4672

we are to certify that Garrison Robert Harris left at my house to take care of a crippled man and my garden for home coming County these from me James Grubury 11 day of July

693
Tabitha Hearn N. C.
Dr. & J. W. White May 22 - 49
Nathaniel McLean July 25/56 Sam Read 38/60.
4672
Ent 4th July 34

Robin Harris R. 4672 N. 2
Robin Harris R. 4672 N. 6

This is to certify that the undersigned has the power to act for the said John ... the 25th July 1821
This is to certify that December the 17th 1860 Robbin Harris a militia soldier in General ... has performed his duty according to law and is hereby discharged by order of the ... January 1861

Prison Office
Pragotville March 26 1879
James L Edwards Esq. Commission of Prisons Sir,
You will please examine the enclosed papers to this.
Robin Harry Oct 1832. 12 m. p. 20 Mummy M c Cloud " " " 25.78
of lower value than payment.
I am Sir Yours Obedient G. H. Clarke John

2881 May 1885
1876
Yours by express of the 20th inst. is received to which of Boston Boston and New a letter from
Correspondence of Pensylvania.
Robin
Washington
186
W. L. G. [unclear]

Warrenton N.C. July 17th 1856
Sir:
You will confer a favor by informing me if not inconsistent with the usage of the Department. What evidence is on file or what additional is required to establish the claim of Hezekiah Harris Widow of Robin Harris a Revolutionary Pensioner of North Carolina under Act of 1832 an  application applied under Act of 1836 but never completed. The testimony - I presume you will be able to find the case from the above description - both applications were from Warren County N.C.
Respectfully Nath l McLean

Yours
Commissioner
Washington D.C.
A. B. Alston
Robert
Substation

Warrenton N.C. Nov 25 th 1860
Sir:
You will confer a favor, if not incompatible with the rules and regulations of Your Department by informing me what is due and to whom and what further evidence is required in the following case - Robin Harris of Warren County N.C. was inscribed on the pension roll at 20. 00 per annum commencing on 4 th March 1831 and continued to receive the same up to his death in May 1843. He left him surviving his widow Tabitha who filed in Your Department her declaration sometime in the year 1846 claiming a pension under Act of 1836 - but died without without ever receiving any pension or bounty leaving a Will which was duly admitted to probate in Warren County Court at Term 18 and her executor qualified in due form of law - You will confer a favor if not contrary to your rules by informing who is entitled if any person and in what form should the application be made Respectfully
Commissioner of Pensions -
Rath l McLean
Washington D.C.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office.
May 16 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1833 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," Robin Harris, ————— a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina Agency, at the rate of Twenty 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 March, 1838, to the 4 th Sept., 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
J. Haver- acting Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
PENSION OFFICE, July 17, 1838.
The following rules, prescribed by the President of the United States, and adopted by the Secretary of War, in order to carry into effect the act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" are published for the information of applicants under that law.
1. Applicants must produce the best proof the nature of the case will allow, as to the service of the deceased officer or soldier, and the time when he died. It must be clearly shown in what troop or company, and regiment or corps, he served, and the grade he held. Proof, as to service, must be had, either from the records of the War Department, the muster-rolls, the testimony of commissioned officers, or the affidavits of persons of known respectability. Every applicant will make a declaration according to the subjoined form, before a court (a) of record, setting forth, according to the best of her knowledge or belief, the name and rank of the person on account of whose service the claim is presented; the day, month, and year, (if possible,) when he entered the service, and the time when he left the same; and, if under more than one engagement, the claimant must specify the particular periods, and the rank and names of the officers under whom the service was performed; the town or county, and State in which he resided when he entered the service; whether he was draughted, was a volunteer, or substitute; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged; the country through which he marched, with such further particulars as may be useful in the investigation of the claim; and, also, if the fact be so, that the claimant has no documentary evidence in support of the claim. From the best sources of information, evidence must be derived as to the period of the death (b) of the officer or soldier.
2. The legality of the marriage, and the time when it took place, must be clearly established; and it must also be shown that the widow was never afterwards married. Record-proof, as to the marriage, is always required, whenever it can be obtained. In a case where the town, county, parish, church, or family records afford no proof as to the period when the marriage took place, the fact must be established by the testimony of one or more respectable persons, whose credibility must be certified by the officer who may administer the oath. And, in order to prevent any mistake or improper use that may be made of the affidavit of an officer who may have the custody of records, from which he may make transcripts of the record, in relation to a marriage, the officer who may give his affidavit will, instead of copying the figures contained in the record, certify "that it is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows:" [Here copy the day, month, and year, in letters and figures, in exact conformity with the original. Then let him add the following words:]
"I, A. B., above named, depose and say: that I hold the office in the county, town, and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said with the exception above named, as certified by me.
A. B., Clerk of the (or rector, or pastor, as the case may be.)
Sworn before me,
C. D., Justice of the Peace."
And then will follow the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, as to the official character and signature of the magistrate who may administer the oath. Where no record proof exists, other than the family record, the original record must be produced and sworn to by the person in whose possession it has been kept. (c)
3. In a case where the service of the deceased officer or soldier is clearly proved by record or documentary evidence, or the affidavit of a commissioned officer, showing the grade and length of service of the deceased, the particulars in relation to the service are not required to be set forth in the claimant's declaration; but she must swear in positive terms that she is the widow of the person

whose service is thus proved. And no claim whatever can be sustained without positive proof of service.
4. In every case in which the deceased officer or soldier was a pensioner, the fact should be so stated, and the deceased pensioner so described, as to enable the Department to refer immediately to the evidence upon which he was pensioned, and thus facilitate the investigation of the claim of the widow.
5. Applicants unable to appear in court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, before a judge or justice (d) of a court of record of the county in which the applicant resides, and the judge or justice will certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the court.
6. 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 of the Territory, or of the proper officer or clerk of the court or county, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such a 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.
7. The widows of those who served in the navy or as Indian spies, will produce proof, as nearly as may be, conformably to the preceding regulations, and authenticated in a similar manner, with such variations as the different nature of the service may require.
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
 (a) The declaration of the widow who claims must be made in all cases in open court, unless she is prevented by bodily infirmity from appearing before the court.  (b) It must in all cases be shown in what year the husband died. The testimony on this point must be positive, and the language must be free from all ambiguity.  (c) The family record must be sent to the Pension Office, if there be no other record, accompanied by the oath of the person in whose possession it has been kept. The person who may swear to the genuineness of the record, should give the name of the person in whose handwriting the record was made.  (d) A declaration made before a justice of the peace cannot be admitted as evidence. 
DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE [TERRITORY OR DISTRICT] } ss. OF }
On this _____ day of _____ of the _____ A. B., a resident of _____ in the county of _____ aged _____ years, who 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 July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half-pay and pensions to certain widows:" That she is the widow of _____ who was a [Here insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy, or militia, as the case may be, and specify the service performed, as directed in rule numbered one of these regulations.]
She further declares that she was married to the said _____ on the _____ day of _____ in the year seventeen hundred and _____ that her husband, the aforesaid _____ died on the _____ day of _____ ; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz : at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before _____

AN ACT
Granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, if any person who served in the war of the revolution, in the manner specified in the act passed the seventh day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, entitled "An act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution," have died, leaving a widow, whose marriage took place after the expiration of the last period of his service and before the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, such widow shall be entitled to receive, for and during the term of five years from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, the annuity or pension which might have been allowed to her husband, in virtue of said act, if living at the time it was passed: Provided , That, in the event of the marriage of such widow, said annuity or pension shall be discontinued.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted , That no pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment, or transfer of any right, claim, or interest, in any annuity, half pay, or pension granted by this act, shall be valid, nor shall the half pay, annuity, or pension granted by this act, or any former act of Congress, be liable to attachment, levy, or seizure, by any process in law or equity; but shall enure wholly to the personal benefit of the pensioner or annuitant entitled to the same; and that, before a warrant shall be delivered to any person acting for or in behalf of any one entitled to money under this act, such person shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, to be administered by the proper accounting officer, and put on file, that he has no interest in said money, by any pledge, mortgage, transfer, agreement, understanding, or arrangement, and that he does not know or believe that the same has been so disposed of to any other person.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted , That the Secretary of War shall adopt such regulations and forms of evidence, in relation to applications and payments under this act, as the President of the United States may prescribe.
APPROVED, July 7. 1838.

6939
Jabitha Harris-
N.C.
Act # July 36
J.W. White Warrenton N.C.

No 6939 May 12, 1847
to Julia Harris.
Aug 4, 1836,
Washington
J. L. Edwards Esqr. Com.
W

Warrenton 8 th of May 1847
Dear Sir
I inclose to you The declaration of Mrs Tabitha Harris please send me a pension Certificate for her if allowed -
Yo
Yours Respectfully &c
J. L. Edwards Esq.
J. W. White

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
4672.
P. O. _____
Tabitha Harris
Service: widow of Robin
Printed list of 1852 Rejected and suspended Claims shows
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: REJECTED _____, 18
Suspension: _____, 18
"For further proof!"
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.