Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4308, Thomas Harris, N.C. Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
A. B. Penn.
Harris, Thomas
S 4308
CONTENTS
Carded

26648 West Tennessee
Thomas Harris Gibson Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Polka of the reg t commanded by Col Ramsey in the Memphis line for 7 months
W. & T. Line. Records A.K. Mar 29 '34
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of April 1834 and John Parker Meriton
Arrears to the 4th of March 70.00 Servant. allowance ending 4/21/34 11.67 $81.67
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. A. Bayd Clerk Book C Vol. 9 Page 45
Let to Pen agt. at Jackson, Oct 27. 1835. Supt.
Payment ordered on this case Jan. 7. 1836. See letter to P. Agt. (Two sets of papers in this case.)

State of Tennessee Gibson County } Circuit Court. October Term 1832
On the 23 rd day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court, now sitting, the Circuit Court for the aforesaid County & State at being a Court of record having a Clerk. Thomas Kearns a resident of said County & State aged Seventy eight 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 7 th June 1832.
That he was born in the State of Pennsylvania in the year 1754. on the 16 th day of February he states that he has no record of his age having lost it long since— He states that in his infancy his Father removed to the State of North Carolina & settled in the County of Mecklenburgh That he entered the service of the United States during the War of the Revolution under General Rutherford Charles Polk was his Captain on an expedition against the Cherokee Indians

That he served the whole Campaign under Gen. in actual service something more than three months.
That soon after his return home from Petersburg Campaign he entered the service under Captain Cleveland and marched to South Carolina & occupied at Camden and that he served three months in this Campaign.
That soon after his return he entered the service under Captain Benning in Pennsylvania & having in the mean time returned & married in Pennsylvania & and was a short time in service but does not now recollect how long.
The hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his income is not on the Pension
roll of the Agency of any State sworn to & subscribed Thomas H. Davis in open Court the Mark of his hand

State of Tennessee Gibson County
Sixteenth Court. October Term 1832.
This day appeared in open court. Gilbert Leibbs who being first duly sworn according to Law deposes as follows that he has known Thomas Hearn who made the foregoing declaration upwards of forty years. & that said Hearn is a man of good character & that his statement is entitled to credit that he knows that said Hearn served one term in the war of the revolution he served with the Father of this deponent. This deponent has always understood that said Hearn served two terms he states that said Hearn has always been regarded a soldier of the revolution
Sworn to & subscribed in open court.
Gilbert Leibbs at M c N. Crockett Clerk

17323 Shol Harris
W. Tennessee from - private 6 months
net 25.
4, 5, 11, 12, 16
Int 6.7
W. Brockton PK Tre 10

BRIEF in the case of Thomas Harris  County of Gibson in the State of Tennessee (Act 7th June, 1839.)
 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? 78  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 17 3 — As a Private Gen. Rutherford   3 — — Capt Polk   3 — — Capt Hardin   not stated — Capt Bryant  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Mecklenburg Co. N.C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not properly attached, the blank has no seal of office 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. D. Forrest Examining Clerk.

Berhan
4308. INVALID.
File No. 4308
Thomas Harris Pvt. N.C. Cav.
Act: June 14/32
Index:—Vol. A , Page 158
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Ms. & Pa. Line. Records corrected Mar. 29 '82

April 28 Memphis
J. Ham - Dr. Carters
FREE
3 Green Loop Secretary of War Washington

Trenton March 28 th 1834
Dear Sir
Inclosed I send you the second declaration of Thomas Harris for a pension, praying that the same has been lost. having rec d several returns of pensions that were forwarded to your office by the last mail please direct your communications to me at Trenton Penn
Yours. Respectfully John Parker

Oct 6 From Mr. [unclear] Mail
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
REC'D

Trenton Sept. 24 th 1833
Dear Sir
Enclosed I return you the papers of Thomas Harris a prisoner under the act of Congress of 7 th June 1833.
You will please direct your communication on the subject of this claim to me at Trenton Temple
Yours Respectfully.
The applicant has made such amendments as in his power.
John Parker

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Thomas Harrow of the state of West Tennessee who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty 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 Fifteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
Lewis Cass Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
E. H. Brumf
Acting
Commissioner of Pensions.

I do certify that I was the attorny who procured Tho. Harris pension.. and that I received for him two certificates, the one for $20. per annum the other for $23.33 per annum and that I returned this am. and he drew his money upon the other, and has never drawn any thing upon the given under my hand this 8 th Decr 1835
John Parker
Payments to be made at Nashville Tenn by the First Natl Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers in the Agency of Mr. Ginniss
Recorded in the Pension Office Files in State of Tenn Page 53 No. 1000 1000

Jan 4, 1836
M c Henry Wm Rott
I set paper free to get
FREE
J. Edwards Esq Comm r of Union Washington City D.C.

Pension Agency W. Ter Pr. Union Bank Jackson Dec. 181835
J. L. Edwards Esq Comt. of Pensions Sir
I enclose herewith two Certificates, held by Thomas Harris of Gibson County Tenn.
Mr. Harris states that he has drawn his pension up to 4 March 1834 at the rate of $23.33. But on the list furnished me by Mr. Sommerville of Nashville - it appears, that "Thomas Harris of Gibson County" is entitled to receive only "$20 per annum." and that the same is due from Mar. 4 1831.
Mr. Harris also states that the Certificate entitling him to receive $23.33 is the one which (after the date is subsequent to that of the other) he rec d first - and that he did not receive the other Certificate (for $20) until after he had been to Nash le for and rec d his pension.
It appears from Mr. Harris' statement, that he made two applications to the War Dept te - the second , affording evidence of additional services rendered in benefit g near the close of the Revolution - By reason of which he may

allowed the additional three \frac{33}{100} dollars.
He says that the only time he drew his pension was up to 4 Mar. 1834 - he received $70. In this statement it would be singular that the old man could be mistaken, yet from the list it appears that he has never received any thing .
Very Respectfully Yours at Servt
Wm. Lawrence Pens: Agent
P.S. I hope something will soon be done for the old man - he is an object of compassion
J. No. 6.

22159 26648 1/2
J. S. Edwards Esq. Comt. of Pensions Washington City D.C.
8

Pension Agency
Br. Union Bank Jackson Oct. 13, 1835
J. G. Edwards Esq Comr of Pen. Sir
The name of Thomas Harris of Gibson County is placed on the pension book, here as being entitled to $20 per annum - and payments are due from 4 March 1831. There is but one Thomas Harris on the book.
A. Thomas Harris of Gibson County has exhibited to me today, a Certificate N o 26.648, dated 14 April 1834 and calling for a pension of $23.33 per annum - who says he has received his pay up to the 4 March 1834. It is possible there may be error in the Book - rather the list which has been furnished. The matter needs some explanation - as soon as may be convenient. The old man who has applied seems to be frail & needy -
N o 26,648 23.33
Respectfully Your ob t Serv t G. W. Campbell Esq for John M. Bap En. etc.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Harris  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? no
✓ 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? no
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? no

 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? No  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No  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?  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? No  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 6, 7 
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.

22159 West Tennessee
Thomas Harris
of Gibson Co. in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Polk of the reg t commanded by Col  in the N. C. mil ia time for 6 m f 17
Mar. 29 ix N. & La Line. Records corrected
Inscribed on the Roll of W. Tennessee at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1835.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Oct 33 and sent to J. W. Crockett Trenton, Ten.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 33 — $ 50 — Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 34 10
$ 60
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm Wilson Clerk
Book 2 Vol. 7 Page 83
Certificate recd as a dead letter and sent to J. W. Crockett by March 1834 at Trenton, Ten. Let to Pen Agent at Jackson Oct 27. 1835. (Supp.)

Thomas Harris
17323
Henry

State of Tennessee Gibson County } Circuit Court. Oct. Term 1832.
This day personally appeared in open Court. William Kennelly who being first duly sworn according to Law makes oath that he has known Thomas Dennis for thirty years. & that he is a man of veracity & that his statement is entitled to credit and that said Dennis has always been a patriot a soldier of the revolution sworn to & subscribed William Kennelly in open Court this day, a date hereunto.
Test J. M. Cocke Clerk And the said Court do hereby declare its opinion after investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War department that the above applicant was a revolutionary & served in the State. & that Gilbert Babb & William Kennelly who deposition is attached

to the foregoing declaration are credible men, citizens of the of our said County, & State.
H. Hamilton Judge of the 9 th Judicial District of the State of Pennsylvania
I John Crockett Clerk of the circuit Court of the Gibson County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Hearn for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & seal of office and affixed my private seal (there being no seal of office) This 24 th day of October A.D. 1832.
J. W. Crockett Clerk

State of Tennessee } David Crockett } A member Gibson County } of the Congress of the United States do hereby certify that John W. Crockett, whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate, is Clerk of the Circuit Court of Gibson County in the State of Tennessee and that he has not public seal of office, and that due faith and credit is & ought to be given to all his official acts as such, and that John K. Hamilton was Judge of said Court at the time his certificate was made Sept. 18 th 1833 and his certificate is in due form of law.
David Crockett

State of Tennessee County Court Gibson County 3. September Session 1833
On this 17 th day of September 1833. personally appeared in open Court (now sitting) for the County of Gibson and State of Tennessee it being a court of record having a Clerk Thomas Harris and offered this declaration as an amendment to his declaration for a pension under the act of Congress of 7 th June 1832. which declaration was made at the Old Fort Tenn of the present Court of this county in the year 1832. who after being duly sworn in manner of form as prescribed by the War department, Depositions and facts as follows That he entered the Service of the United States as a private in the month of August 1775 the first Tenn. and served three months against the Cherokee Indians under the command of General Rutherford and Captain Charles Polk. and that in the year 1776 he entered the Service again under the command of General General Rutherford and Captain Hardin. and marched to South Carolina and served a three months tour against the British. Both of which services he served as a private and as a volunteer both times - and as for the third tour mentioned in his former declaration he relinquishes any claim to a pension on that account as he cannot say how long he served. With permission and

in consequence of which he makes the following motion for a new trial and is hereby in order to court this 17 th day of September 1838
Thos H. Hains (Mark)
E. D.
The following are the interrogatories propounded to the applicant for a pension on account of his services as a soldier of the Revolutionary War 1 st Where & in what year was you born and where in the State of Pennsylvania in the year 1754.
2 nd Have you any record of your age answer I have none the same having been lost many years since & my understanding or widow of my age is from what my parents always told me
3 rd Where were you living when called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute Answer I was living in the State of North Carolina (Mecklenburg) County and was in volunteer both times
4 th State the names of some of the officers who were with the troops when you served Answer Colonel Thomas Patten and General Rains

5th It is the same person in your 4th paragraph and who is an ally as to your character for honesty. I am taken off since
Answer. William Griggs and George Little
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it Answer. From General Rutherford. But have lost it.
It is the name of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served Answer I do not recollect. I think they were all Malitia when I served
Answer to 4th Subordinate in open Court. That he the affiant Mark
State of Tennessee Hickson County } 6th July 1833 This day personally appeared in open Court. Robert Griggs who being first duly sworn according to Law, deposes and says that he has the own that the affiant who made the foregoing declaration upwards of forty years that said Harris is a man of good character. that his statement is entitled to credit that many that said Harris served an term in the war of the Revolution

In view of the fact that the author of this document, this defendant has always understood that he was in some sense a son and that said son has always been regarded as a soldier of the revolution and he believes him to be of the age he represents.
I move to Schoonmaker that his scribble be in open court. (Mark)
State of Tennessee Gibson County } County Court Sept. Term 1833
This day personally appeared in open court William Kinley (who being first duly sworn according to Law made oath that he has known Thomas Harrison for thirty years & that he is a man of veracity and that his statement is entitled to credit and that said Harrison has always been regarded as a soldier of the revolution and he concurs in that opinion and that he believes him to be of the age he represents.
I move to Schoonmaker will be answered in open court

State of Tennessee County Court Sept Term Gibson County } 1833
This day 17 th September 1833 Personally appeared Thomas Harris, who also makes oath that he knows of no further traditional evidence whereby he can identify his service Oath to and Subscribed in open Court. Thos Harris (Mark)
State of Tennessee, Gibson County } County Court Sept. Term 1833 On this 17 th day of September 1833
Personally appeared in open Court William Birkle, a clergyman & resident of Franklin County State of Tennessee, who being first duly sworn according to Law, deposes and says that he has been acquainted with Thomas Harris for upwards of twenty years and that he believes that he is a Man of Integrity and that his statements are entitled to credit and that he has always been reputed a traditional soldier and he concurs in that opinion and believes he is of the age he represents. Oath to & Subscribed in open Court. William Birkle (Mark)

State of Tennessee } County Court Sept Term 1833 Gibson County }
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matters and after (putting) the interrogatory proposed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as in states and the Court further certify that Robert Grubb who signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman resident of Robert Gibson County & State of Tennessee and that Robert Grubb and William Kennedy are residents of Gibson County and State and are all creditable persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Jan 13 Dibrell William P. Seal H Davidson
State of Tennessee } County Court Sept Term 1833. Gibson County }
I Thomas Fite Clerk of the Court of pleas & quarters Sessions of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings had in the said Court in the matter of the amendment of the declaration of Thomas Harris for a pension under the act of January of June 7 th 1832
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of office at Tipton Sept 21 st 1833. Thomas Fite Clerk

30.280
Thomas Harris
John Tennessee
f 1776 p 7
~ $28 31 / 100
The expedition into Genl. Rutherford took place in 1776 & not in 1775.
John Parker Trenton, Tennessee
John

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
On this 19 th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Court of pleas & quarters sitting in and for the County of Gilmer & State of Georgia now sitting being a Court of record having a clerk Thomas Harris a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed the 7 th June 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and services herein stated. He Volunteered in the Regiment of the North Carolina Volunteers or line commanded by General Rutherford under Captain Charles Polk and William Ramsey that he entered the service at McShane's Camp in the State of North Carolina in the year 1778 and marched against the Cherokee Indians in said State or its Territory and served a term of three months against said Cherokee Indians under the command of the officers aforesaid or mentioned above and at the expiration of the term marched near Mark home from whence he started that in the year 1778 then used a team from South Carolina upon North Carolina for soldiers to defend Charleston in South Carolina and in the said year 1778 he entered the service

McLemore County in the State of North Carolina under the Command of Colonel General Rutherford Captain Hardin and Lieutenant James Holloman as a Volunteers and March to Camden in the State of South Carolina and there continued for three Months from the date of entering the Service awaiting the approach of the British but after remaining and serving a three months term was discharged and returned home and that he Moved from North Carolina to the State of Pennsylvania during the year to Cumberland County and in the year not recollected he entered the Service of the United States as a Volunteers under Captain Berry- hill and was marched out to relieve a fort then besieged by the Indians in the Frontier on Juni- -atta River and there as near as he can recollect about one Month and returned home to the State that he believes he had a discharge but if he had he has lost it by the ravages of time. he States that he has no documentary evidence of his Service when he can identify his Service and that he knows of no person by whom he can prove his Service faithfully and the said Thomas Harris States that he was born in the year 1854. from information given him by his parents in the County of Cumberland in the State of Pennsylvania he was living in McLemore County North Carolina when he first entered the Service and from Cumberland County Pennsylvania he removed to the State of Georgia to Ware County and lived there about 20 years from there to Hardin County Georgia and from there to Bibb County Georgia where he was living that he is acquainted in his neighborhood

with Corp. W. Little William Patten who can testify as to his Vincerity and Character and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the army of any State, and has not compromised or received any pay whatever - Sworn to and subscribed in open court the 7 th day of March
Sub. Thos. Little CR
Thomas H. Harrison Mark
State of Tennessee } March Term 1834 Giles County }
Personally appeared in open court Gilbert Little and made oath that he has been acquainted with Thomas Harris for thirty years, that he believes him to be of the age he represents, and that he always understood from his fathers who was a Revolutionary soldier that said Thomas Harris was in said age of the Revolution and that he has always understood that he was in the Revolution and that the common belief of the neighborhood that he was in the army and this deponent concurs in that opinion
Sworn to in open court.
Thos. Little CR Gilbert Little Mark

Note of Simpson March Term 1834 Gibson County 3 Personally appeared in open court William Kinley and made oath that he has known Thomas Harris for about 25 years that he is a man of truth & veracity and he believes him to be of the age he represents that he is upstanding and believed in his neigh- -borhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution and he concurs in that opinion sworn to & subscribed in open court. not Edward Kennedy Thos. Smith C.R.
Note of Simpson March Term 1834 Gibson County 3 This day personally appeared in open court William Kinley, Stephen Kinleyman and made oath that from their acquaintance with Thomas Harris he believes him to be a man of truth & veracity and that to the best of their knowledge he has to be as he represents of the Revolution & believes him to be 80 years old. sworn to in open court J. B. [unclear] Thos. Smith C.R.

And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of matters and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served in the State and the Court further certify that Nelson S. Hays whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is a Resident of Gibson County and State of Tennessee and that he is a clergymen of Paden County and that Gilbert Critch and William Kennedy are both citizens of Gibson County that they are all in all respects — given under their hands in open Court 19 th March 1834
Jas B. Dibrell CR William P. Root CR J. H. Davidson CR
And the Court further certify that this declaration is the Second one made in this Court for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832. The first having been sent or forwarded to the war department and is before by the applicant to have miscarried or lost so that the same cannot be had J. H. Davidson CR William P. Root J. H. Davidson

State of Tennessee ) Thomas Fritts clerk of the Wilson County } Court of pleas and quarter sessions ss. and for the County of Wilson State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Harris for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the 19 th day of March 1834 Th. Fritts
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