Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4657, James Harris, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
Harris, James
NUMBER
R. 4657
CONTENTS

Let. to W.B. Parker to June '36
1832

Power of attorney D Thomas Harris.
Nova Scotia
W. Hampshire
J. E. Hassler Present

POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*
Province of Nova Scotia
COUNTY OF Guyborough
Be it known that before me Edmund Henry Francherville one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for said County personally appeared John Harris aged 67 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the son of James Harris who was a revolutionary soldier in the State of America who resided in Nova Scotia from the year 1784 until the time of his death and that he died on the tenth day of May 1851 and that his mother, named Hannah Harris died on the twelfth day of July 1819 and that they were married in the year 1784 and that they were residents of Guyborough in the Province of Nova Scotia and that they resided there until their death, and that he resides in Tracadie in the same County and that furthermore he BY THESE PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints, and fully empowers and authorizes, irrevocably and with powers of substitution, F. E. HASSLER, of Washington city, D. C., as his true and lawful Attorney for him and in his name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government and State officers his rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land that may be due him as son of the said James Harris who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law he may be entitled.
In witness whereof, he has on this fifteenth day November 1852, hereunto signed his name, and affixed his seal.
John X Harris mark
Witness: Edward Harris Jordan
Witness: A. Francherville
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me; and I further certify, that John Harris has always by the community been known as the son of James Harris the above named. Dated on this fifteenth day of November 1852. Edmund Henry Francherville J. P.
Province of Nova Scotia
COUNTY of Guyborough to wit:
I hereby certify, That Edmund Henry Francherville Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace for the County of Guyborough aforesaid, this fifteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and fifty two.
Styles Heart Clerk of the Peace
County of Guyborough
* If a Widow applies, state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband."
† State under what act pensioned, or when pension commenced, if a pensioner—and amount of pension.

Ex'r.
OLD WAR.
No. 4657
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
James Harris
P. O.
MH
Service:
Revolutionary
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

James Harris
Statement & depos n of Bank Cellars.
N.H. at 7. June '32

Province of Nova Scotia Guysborough to wit }
James Harris of Guysborough in the lower District of the County of Sydney in the Province of Nova Scotia Farmer maketh Oath and saith that he is a native of Virginia in the United States of America, and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Seventy six entered as a private Soldier in a Battalion of the American Army which was commanded by Colonel Heath. That he this deponent served in the said Battalion as such private Soldier until the Siege of Charlestown in South Carolina where he was taken prisoner by the British Troops and remained in prison for about eleven months thereafter
Sworn to before me at Guysborough this thirteenth day of April A.D. 1836 W. P. D. BARRON Not. Pub.
his James X Harris mark
Daniel Sellars of Guysborough in the lower district of the County of Sydney in the Province of Nova Scotia Farmer maketh Oath and saith that he is well acquainted with James Harris the deponent named in the foregoing Affidavit and first became acquainted with him at the Siege of Charlestown in South Carolina, at which time the said James Harris was a Soldier in the American Army. That the said James Harris was taken prisoner by the British Troops at the siege of Charles- town aforesaid and remained in prison there for about eleven months. And this deponent further saith that the said James Harris hath to his knowledge resided at Guysborough for fifty years and upwards and is now there living on the day of the date hereof
Sworn to before me at Guysborough this thirteenth day of April A.D. 1836 W. P. D. BARRON Not. Pub.
his Daniel X Sellars mark

I William Frederick DesBarres of Guysborough in the lower district of the County of Sydney, in the Province of Nova Scotia Notary public by lawful Authority duly admitted and Sworn Do hereby Certify and attest unto all to whom it may concern that I am personally acquainted with James Harris and Daniel Tellars who have signed and Sworn to the Affidavits on the other side hereof Written and know them to be esteemed as persons of good Characters, and reputation.
In Testimony whereof I, the said Notary have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Notarial Seal being requested to testify and Certify the premises at Guysborough this thirteenth day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty Six. -
In Test. ver.
W. F. DesBarres Not. Pub.

Province of Nova Scotia Guysborough to wit
I Wentworth Taylor of Guysborough in the Lower District of the County of Sydney in the Province of Nova Scotia Deputy Prothonotary and Clerk of His Majestys Supreme Court at Guysborough aforesaid. Do hereby certify and attest. That William Frederick DeBarres Esquire who hath taken and signed the foregoing Affidavit and Notarial Certificate is a Notary Public of the Province aforesaid and that to all Acts and instruments thus by him signed full faith and credit ought to be given thereto in court and elsewhere.
Dated this thirteenth day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty Six.
Wentworth Taylor De Prothonotary &c.