Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 933, Isaac Henderson, New Jersey

SERVICE
New Jersey
Henderson, Isaac Elizabeth
NUMBER
W. 933
CONTENTS
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5476. Number Tennessee.
Elizabeth Henderson died widow of Isaac Henderson
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. Voted 26 Sept. 1849, when she died. Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of July 1848. and sent to
J. W. McAnally Roll En.
Payable to her Children
Recorded on Roll February 2, 1848,
Repatent
RH. de Adams, Oct. 28/56,
Ex W. S. K.

See letter 3 Sept 1831 to H Graham Esq
20. 309
East Tennessee
Isaac Henderson
of 6 Blairborne 6 in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Y Hormon of the Regiment commanded by Colonel O Ogden in the N. Jersey line, for the term of three years from 1776 to 1780
Inscribed on the roll of East Tennessee at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th day of February 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th of February 1831 and sent to Hon. Poygan Chair, House of Reps.
Arrears to 4th of March 1831 $ 8.17 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sept. " 48. -
$ 56.17
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Rec: Book 2. Vol: 9. fol: 102,

Deposition of Edmond Napier in the case of the Detention of Elizabeth- Henderson for a Densian &c,

State of Tennessee Granger County
Be it Remembred that on this fifth day of June 1846 personally appeared Edmund Maples a citizen of this county well known to me and after being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist and according to the Laws of this State and being duly cautioned to speak the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth touching the matters of Elizabeth Henderson for a pension; deposeth and saith as follows: That according to the best of his knowledge he is aged about Seventy three years that he was present at the marriage of Isaac Henderson the Pensioner referred to in the declarative declaration; that he was the person who went to Jonesboro and at the Clerks office got the Licence for them. I was present at that time neither a man fully nor yet quite a boy but was just at the age to think myself a man; I think I was about Seventeen years old; or I might have been turned into my eighteenth year. They were married about the last day day of May or first of June at her Father's house there facts I am positive in; and I know that it was the same year of the Tipton and Sevier Battle; under the Frankland Government; and on the best knowledge I have of the facts of my own age and the time of the Battle it must have been fifty Six years last last May or June that is in 1845-

when the marriage took place. One John White a Baptist Preacher married them; the foregoing facts I performed. Saw them and know them, both as to the facts of the Vapier war with Tipton; and the Frankland Government. The dates of which would be easy known from the History of those times compared with this my testimony and see if it does not agree as to date with the facts referred to. I have reflected much on the whole subject since I gave my Deposition two or three years since; and having then been taken with without reflection; I am fully satisfied that I might have committed error as to dates in my former Deposition but entirely unintentionally; having not then thought of the subject for many years before. I know of nothing more that occurs to me that will throw further light on the subject except by comparing this Deposition with my former one it will be seen that the same Historical facts are referred to; which fixes dates correct in both; and perfectly reconcileable. Further this Deposition I have not sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written.
Edmond his Mark Maples
Elijah Evans Justice of the Peace for Granger County.
And I further certify that the Deponent Edmond Maples is and has been for the last forty or fifty years well known to me.

by me: and has a character entirely unimpeachable for veracity, truth and integrity: and his state- ments upon oath is entitled to full faith and credit given under my hand and seal this fifth day of June 1846. Elijah Evans
Justice of the Peace for Granger County
State of Tennessee Granger County
I Edward Tate Clerk of the County Court of the County of Granger and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that Elijah Evans whose name appears to the foregoing Deposition of Edmond Staples in relation to the application of Elizabeth Henderson for a Pension is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and was at the time of signing the same duly commis- ioned and sworn: according to the Laws of this State and full faith and credit should be given to all his acts as such: and that his signature is genuine: and in his own proper hand writing: In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Paulledge this 11th day of June 1846
Edw. Tate Clerk By W. J. Tate DC

Isaac Henderson
Pension Declaration
Archives
58th Regt. N.Y. Inf.

State of Tennessee } September Session 1830 Claiborne County } County Court.
Original Claim
Declaration in order to be placed on the Pension list under the act of 18 th March 1818 -
Claiborne County, State of Tennessee. On the twenty second day of September A.D. 1830 Personally appeared in open Court being a court of record for Claiborne County. Having the power of fine and imprisonment, Isaac Mendenhall, residant in said county. being about Eighty Years of Age - being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the Act of Congress, of the 18 th March 1818 - and the 1 st May 1820. That he the said Isaac Mendenhall, enlisted for the term of three years on the _____ day of _____ A.D. 1776 in the New Jersey Key Coat Regiment belo- nging to the New Jersey Line, commanded by General Molineux. And Colonel Ogden or Ogdon their respective names not recollected and that he served in the Company commanded by Captain Combs a part of the time and then was transferred to the Company commanded by Captain Barris in whose Company he continued to serve until the term of service, of the three years expired. and was then discharged from the service at a place called Parkers Ridge in

New Jersey, And the further States that after- wards he entered into the Regiment of the Maryland Troops, or line commanded by General Smallwood and Colonel Peter Adams for aid during the war, that he served in the Company commanded by Captain Woolford a part of the time, and afterwards in the Company commanded by Captain Rude in said Regiment and last in the Company commanded by Captain Forman and that he continued to serve in said Regiment and Company until the war terminated, and that he was then discharged from the service at Annapolis in the State of Mary- land, That he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension whatsoever, except the present, That his name is not on the Roll of any State Except - And that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension, That he did not know until four or five years past, that he was entitled to one, And that he has not been able to make the necessary proof of his having served in the war as above stated until lately, - And in pursuance of the Act of the 1 st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the on the 18 th day of March 1818, That I have not since that time by gift, sale, or otherwise disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act

to provide for Certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed the 18 th day of March 1818 — And that I have not or has any person no trust for me any property, security or securities. Contracts or debts due to me — nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. That is to say —
Schedule of my property — 1 Cow worth ~ ~ ~ ~ $8.00 1 Yearling Do ~ ~ ~ ~ 2.00 1 Bed and furniture ~ ~ ~ ~ 8.00 And a few articles of household furniture ~ ~ ~ ~ 4.00 $22.00
That he is a keeper of a mill by occupation but has no interest whatever in said mill. And is now so old and infirm that he is not able to perform the duties of a miller but from necessity has still to try to do a little in order to get something to live upon. And he further states that he believes he will have to quit attending the said mill owing to his ma- -ledy to do it — That he has a wife about some years of age and very infirm, and that they have no children living with them. nor have they any body else to assist them in any way towards making a support that since the 18 th of March 1818. There has little or no change taken place in his property, that at that time he had nothing but a mule, a Cow a bed Yearling and a very few articles of household

furniture, that he has endeavored to keep a milk cow which he returned in his schedule as above together with her calf which is now a yearling - Bed and furniture etc as above this he states as the truth with respect to any change in his property since the 18 th day of March 1818.
- Sworn to me open court Isaac  my Hendron 22 d day of September 1830
County Court Brnj. Wood clerk by his deputy Brnj. H. Wood
The Court upon hearing the said Isaac Hendron on oath touching the foregoing statement and schedule are of opinion that the whole are substantially correct all of which together with the opinion of the court; It is ordered to be entered Certified to the Secretary of war of the United States. It is ordered to be certified the opinion of this court that the property returned in the schedule of Isaac Hendron at September term 1830 of this court preparatory to his obtaining a pension from the United States is a true account of all the property the said Isaac Hendron had, - And that the value thereof is twenty two dollars. And it further appears to the satisfaction of the court that the said Isaac Hendron is a citizen of Clinton County Tennessee,

State of Tennessee
I Benjamin Cloud Clerk of the Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions for Clinton County do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Isaac Henderson did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of three years, under one engagement, on the Continental establishment, I also certify, that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court; And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is twenty two dollars —
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal (having no public seal of office at office in Fayetteville the 29 th day of September A D 1830. Benjamin Cloud Clerk
I certify, that Benjamin Cloud was clerk as stated in the foregoing certificate at the date of it, and that there was no public seal of his office at that time, as I confidently believe — that the signature and certificate are in the hand writing of the son of the Clerk, who has been and continues in the habit of writing and doing other business in the clerk's office for his father. Oct. 12. 1830. Grygor Leaf.

State of Tennessee Granger County } On this fifth day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before me Jesse F Bealor a justice of the peace in and for said County Elizabeth Henderson a resident of said County aged eighty four or five years; Who being first duly sworn according to law oath on her oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows; That she is the widow of Isaac Henderson who was a private in the Continental line of Virginia she thinks, and served in all the campaigns in Maryland Pennsylvania New Jersey and New York from the year 1777 until the year 1781 as well as she recollects under Genl Washington Genl Wayne Genl Muhlenburg and Stark and was in all the hard figh- ting and suffering during the time started at Valley Forge White Plains at Stony Point Brandywine and many other places not now recollected as she is informed and believes a part of the services referred to she knows of herself and was wounded by a gunshot in both knees and was entirely a cripple in the latter part of his life for many years before his death And received a certificate of pension she thinks in the latter part of the year 1832 and placed on the pension roll at Knoxville in East Tennessee for payment at a full pension for a private and she thinks the amount was either eighty or ninety six

It may have been in 1833 when he was put on the pension list. for her memory has much failed her since his death; she thinks he was pensioned under the act of Congress 7th of June 1832 but of this fact she is not certain it might have been some former law; but that he was pensioned she knows the fact; she states that she then resided in Blackburn County and although his certificate came to hand some that time before his death he never drew in his lifetime any of the money, for he was laying on his death bed when it came to hand, and died as well as she recollects about the first of September 1832; Some time she thinks the following year she made the proper proof of her marriage to her said husband Isaac Henderson and by power of attorney made to a Mr John Sharp drew the money due him up to the time of his death at which time the certificate of pension was returned along with her receipt by her attorney and power of attorney to the department with the record of the Court as she is informed and believes for the proof of her husband's services she would refer the Commissioner to the testimony on which her said husband was pensioned; and for the facts relating to her drawing the money and her being his lawful widow she would refer the de- partment to the record of the Court on file to the certificate returned and her receipt filed with them when she received the money by her attorney John Sharp whose

Deposition is hereto annexed and to which she would refer the department; For the same testimony will prove that she has remained a widow from the death of her husband to the present day having never married since;
She states that her name before her marriage was Elizabeth Napier before her marriage to her said husband daughter of William Napier who was a resident of Washington County in what was then a Territory of North Carolina now the State of Tennessee and that part which is Carter County in this State on Walbaugh River in the neighborhood of the Taylors and Melvins and was then married to her said husband under what was called the Frankland government she thinks about four and a half years before the convention met at Knoxville to make the constitution for the State of Tennessee; and as her memory has much failed of late years and and no record to go by she is obliged to refer to some facts contained in the history of the times to arrive at the proper date of her marriage it seems from the date of the convention which closed the 6th of February 1796 that she was married in 1789 or 90 rather four years and eight months before or five years and eight months before she does not now know which but she does know it was one or the other of the dates referred to; and she would here explain a seeming contradiction; in her Declaration sent on to the board of war some time back and which has been returned to her she stated that she was married in June 1797 when she intended to say the convention met as she thought in 1797 and should there have stated that she was married four

years before that time; that is five years and eight months before or four years and eight months before the setting of the convention for she knows that she was married before the election to elect the members to Knoxville and she knows she was married before Col Tipton. And the other a power party was about to have a war with each other about the Government and she knows it from this; that she spent many sleep- less nights for fear her husband would be in a battle and might be killed; and from all of these circumstances she can safely say she was married the last day of June or the first of July seventeen hundred and nine, one or two for she was married about the beginning of the strife which was four or five years before it was settled; but she has not not able to procure any records or family registers in proof and obliged to rely upon her memory alone the depositions of Edmund Maples Prudence Hopson John Sharp and James Maples [She can procure no records or family registers in proof] will show the time or nearly so; in accordance with her memory as to the time of marriage these persons saw her married and she is willing as her memory has so much failed to rely on what they may and have said as to the time; She was married by a licence from the Clerk's office and one John Whitaker a Baptist preacher married them according to the laws of the land at her father's house in Washington County as stated above, at the time stated and lived in the same neighborhood some years then moved to South Carolina and remained there about four years and then moved to Glades County where we resided until his death since which time I have lived in this County near the line and some

times in Blount to the present; she the States she has been somewhat tedious in a detail of her case but she has been so; so as to enable the department to arrive at the whole facts of her case and to satisfy her own mind as to the exact time of her marriage. She further declares she was married to the said Isaac Henderson on the last day of June or first day of July Seventeen hundred and ninety one  two , that her husband the aforesaid Isaac Henderson died in September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. That she was not married to him prior to her leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four. Viz at the time and place above stated.  Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first written before me  Me Jess F. Baker Justice of the peace for Grainger County  Elizabeth Henderson Mark
And I Jess F. Baker do further certify that from infirmity and extreme old age and living a distance of fourteen miles from the court house and a bad mountain to cross consider it entirely impracticable to have attempted to have caused Elizabeth Henderson the forgoing declarant for a pension to the Courthouse to have made her Declaration and if attempted might have been attended

fatal consequence to her. She is of good Moral Character and respectable and I am fully of opinion her statements are true relative to the time of her marriage as to her being the lawful widow of Isaac Henderson the deceased pensioner has never been doubted and from the evidence before me consider her entitled under the laws of the United States of the 7th of July 1838 which is now before me given under my hand and Seal this fifth day of August 1843 Jesse F. Beeler Secy
Speaker of the peace for Granger County

State of Tennessee } We it known that on Grange County } this 26 th day of May 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the the said County & State aforesaid Edmund Maples a citizen and resident of said County and being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith as follows to wit Viz That he is well acquainted with Elizabeth Henderson the present applicant for a pension and have been for the space of sixty years and knows of his own knowledge that she was married to her late husband Isaac Henderson Who was a pensioner on the United States and who is now dead he states that they was lawfully married in the upper part of this State on Watagus River in what was then the County of Hawkins or Washington in the then Territory of North Carolina married on a licence by one John Whitaker a Baptist preacher about the first of June or first of July 1797 at her father's house Given 13 pecas state the time of Isaac Henderson's death and also if you know state whether or not she Elizabeth Henderson has since married and if she is a widow still or whether she was a widow on the 3 rd of March 1843 and if you know her to be the wife widow & relict of the Identical Isaac Henderson the pensioner deceased and the same that died near John Sharp's in Claiborne County. Answers? He died about eleven years ago and Elizabeth Henderson the present applicant has not since married, and was a widow on the third of March 1843 and I know her to be the Identical Elizabeth Henderson who was the wife of the deceased pensioner Isaac Henderson

Depositions of Edmund Maple and
in favor of Elizabeth Henderson for a Pension
1616

State of Tennessee Granger County } ss
Be it known that on this 19 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before me Jesse F. Wells a Magistrate in and for the County and State aforesaid Prudence Hopson who being first duly sworn according to law the truth to speak the whole truth and nothing but the truth touching the matter of Elizabeth Henderson for a pension in right of her deceased husband Isaac Henderson who was a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States Deposeth and saith as follows Viz That she is aged fifty nine years old That she was well acquainted with Isaac Henderson the deceased pensioner for forty years before his death; and was present at the house of William Maples when he was married to Elizabeth Maples the daugh- ter of William Maples; who has made the declaration for a Pension, I can state that they were Lawfully Married in what is now the State of Tennessee then a Territory of North Carolina on the Watauga River either in Hawkins or Washington County or what was then a County of the Territory; by one Parson John Whitaker a Baptist Preacher for I was present when it took place as stated above fifty two or three years ago. Then Elizabeth was but a small girl seven years old Please state how long it has been since Isaac Henderson died and whether or not you know whether or not the

The present applicant Elizabeth Henderson is the Identical person you saw married to Isaac Henderson the deceased pensioner to whom a Certificate of pension was granted
Answer? I do know she is the Identical person which I saw married to Isaac Henderson deceased pensioner and he died in the fall of 1832 about the first of September as well as I recollect. Question 2 please State whether she has remained a widow since his death and is she a widow still or at this time.
Answer? She has remained a widow & is still a widow and has never been married since. I know of my own knowledge and further this deponent saith not sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written before me
Jesse F. Beeler Clerk Prudence his Hopson mark
part of the proof for Granger County
And I further certify that the foregoing deposition of Prudence Hopson who deposed and have sworn to the above and foregoing deposition and subscribed to the same; stands fair for truth and integrity on oath and I give it as my opinion full faith and credit should be given to her statements on oath I also certify that the foregoing deposition containing two pages was taken correctly down in my presence given under my hand and seal this 19 th day of May 1843 Jesse F. Beeler

State of Tennessee } We it known that on Grangon County } this 26 th day of May 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the the said County & State aforesaid Edmund Maples a citizen and resident of said County and being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith as follows to wit Viz That he is well acquainted with Elizabeth Henderson the present applicant for a pension and have been for the space of sixty years and knows of his own knowledge that she was married to her late husband Isaac Henderson Who was a pensioner on the United States and who is now dead he states that they were lawfully married in the upper part of this State on Watagus River in what was then the County of Hawkins or Washington in the then Territory of North Carolina married on a licence by one John Whitaker a Baptist preacher about the first of June or first of July 1797 at her father's house Dever 13 years state the time of Isaac Henderson's death and also if you know state whether or not she Elizabeth Henderson has since married and if she is a widow still or whether she was a widow on the 3rd of March 1843 and if you know her to be the wife widow & relict of the Identical Isaac Henderson the pensioner deceased and the same that died near John Sharp's in Claiborne County Answers? He died about eleven years ago and Elizabeth Henderson the present applicant has not since married, and was a widow on the third of March 1843 and I know her to be the Identical Elizabeth Henderson who was the wife of the deceased Pensioner Isaac Henderson

Question 2 9 pleas State where She Elizabeth Henderson has resided since the death of her husband Isaac Henderson and how far from you
Answer 3 rd She has resided in Grange and Claiborne Counties for the last thirty years and never more than ten or twelve miles from me and further this deponent saith not sworn and subscribed to this day and year last above written before
Me John Bullard Esq } Edmond his X. Maples justice of the peace mark for Grange County
And John Bullard do further certify that the deponent Edmond Maples who deposed to the foregoing deposition and subscribed to the same is of good moral character and I give it as my opinion he is entitled to full faith and cred- it on oath; I also certify that the depo- -sition above and foregoing of Edmond Maples was taken down correctly in my presence given under my hand and seal this 24 day of May 1843
John Bullard Esq. justice of the peace for Grange County

Amended Declaration of Elizabeth Anderson for a Pension

Amended Declaration State of Tennessee
On this eighteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty five personally appeared Elizabeth Henderson a resident of the County and State aforesaid before Me Samuel B. Day a justice of the peace in and for said County and State that she is to the best of her knowledge and all the information she has been able to obtain about eighty or eighty one years of age who being first duly sworn according to the laws of this state doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress passed the 7th of July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows; That she is the widow of one Isaac Henderson who was a private in the war of the Revolution and served through several campaigns in the regular service in the States of Pennsylvania New Jersey and New York during several years all of which satisfactory evidence is now on file with the department relative to which she deems it unnecessary to give particulars; she will however advert to a few facts connected with his service he was wounded in both his

knees in one of the engagements he was in and became an entire cripple in all the after part of his life, and much injured him all his whole life after receiving the wound referred to and after injuries while in the Service I have a personal knowledge of much of his Service as I have heretofore stated on another occasion Her said husband was pensioned she thinks under the act of 7th of June 1832 but of this she is not certain it might have been under some previous acts for the benefit of the invalids of the revolution She is not able to give the exact date of her husband's certificate but thinks it came to hand about the last of July or first of August 1832 but she will for that part of the proof refer the de- partment to the Deposition of Mr John Sharp which is on file with the de- partment Testimony more respectable cannot be from any source; he recei- ved it some short time before his death but never drew the money during his life; a short time after his death which took place she thinks in the fall of 1832 she made the then necessary proof of her marriage and Mr John Sharp already referred to drew the money for her by Power of Attorney; we then lived in Claiborne County on Mr Sharp's land; and has resided in the County of Claiborne & Granger County

ever since his death living on the river which is the line between the Counties She states that she has no documentary evidence relative to the time of her marriage but there is some facts recorded in the history of this country which is adverted to by all the witnesses which prove her marriage and fixes the date of her marriage beyond a doubt to have been in the year 1789 and on the last day of June or first days of July of that year as she stated in her first Declaration she was married during the strife between Col c Tipton and Governor Sevier and not long before the battle between them. This fact she stated at first all the witnesses adverted to the same fact to fix the date of her marriage and for further proof would refer the department to Waywoods history of Tennessee; she would state that although the witnesses are all unlearned and have no records to fix dates, they are respectable none more so for veracity and truth as has been certified by the justices who took their testimony; As to the error or blunder made in Edmund Maples Deposition as to date she has learned that he never intended to say 1797 but meant to say at the time of the Sevier and Tipton war; and stated he thought it was in 1797.

When if he had of had any records to have refered to would have known it was eight or nine years before the time for he adverted to the same historical fact which would have fixed the date at the time the Now States
She states herself and all her witnesses to the fact of her marriage as well as herself that she was married by one John Whitaker a baptist preacher at her fathers house on the Watuga River what was then Hawkins County Now Carter County in the state of Tennessee; at that time a Territory of Northcarolina and while the Frank- -land Government was in force; the Records was during the Political strife lost or destroyed Mostly and license bonds Marriage returns are not nor cannot be found but in few cases and in consequence; The legislature of the State passed a law as soon as it was organized into a state as she is informed and believes to legalize all the marriages which took place under the laws of the Frankland Government in proof of which she would refer the Department to Waywoods Digest of the laws of Tennessee; Scotts Reversal of the laws of Tennessee and to Nicholas and Caretthers; Digest of the laws of Tennessee all of which she supposes and is informed and believes belong to the Publick Library at the City of Washington

and she here would state that the testimony of all the witnesses as to the fact of her marriage and date is perfectly reconcilable. They having no records to go by or dates only from memory; taken at different times and places without any previous consultation all agreeing in the historical fact as to the date; all fixing the Tipton and Brown war as the time all fixing the time of the Frankland government; as she is informed and believes according to all legal discussions adds great credit to the statements made by the witnesses that their agreeing in the historical facts which is part of the records of the country; although her own memory fails as to date and the witnesses may fail in dates by memory yet the recorded facts of the time of the seven war fixes the date uncontestedly to have been in the year 1789 the last of June or first of July of that year and that for her marriage some years previous to 1791 and the first day of January of that year. She further declares that she was married to the said Isaac Henderson the Pensever the last day of June or first of July 1789 from the recorded facts already adverted to and that her said husband Isaac Henderson died about the first of September 1832 that she was not married to him previous to her leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four at the time and place stated above. I have subscribed to on the day and year before written before me Samuel B. Day (Seal) Elizabeth Henderson Justice of the peace Deputy Sheriff.

And I do further certify that Elizabeth Henderson the within and foregoing declarant who has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing Amended Declaration is personally known to me she is very old & helpless and entirely unable to go to the Court to make her declaration it is understood and believed that she is full the age she states if not older and I give it as my opinion from my acquaintance and the length of time I have known her she is the lawful widow of Isaac Henderson the deceased Person she is and has been always known as his lawful wife in his lifetime and his lawful widow since his death and Believed she is entitled to full faith and credit in her statements on oath given under my hand & seal this day of July 1785
Samuel B. Day
(seal) Justice of the peace for Blackburn County

State of Tennessee Claiborne County
I Thomas J Johnson Clerk of the County Court of the County of Claiborne and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel B Day whose name appears to the foregoing amended Declaration of Elizabeth Henderson for a pension is an acting justice of the peace in and for said County and was at the time of signing the same duly commissioned and sworn according to the laws of this State and full faith and credit should be given to all his official acts as such and that his signature is genuine and in his own proper hand writing In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto
Set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Tazewell this 19 th day of February 1846 Thomas J Johnson Clerk By his Deputy M c Neil

Pay  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 933
Elizabeth Henderson,
Widow.
Isaac Henderson,
Priv. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 2, 1848.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 325
[Arrangement of 1870.]

To what time has the pen- sion of Elizabeth Henderson, who was mounted on the Knoxville (Tenn) Roll, under the acts of July 7. 1838 & March 3 rd 1843 at $80 per Annum been paid?
P d in full to Pension Office 34 th March 1844 June 28/50 and P d in full under act 17 th June 1844 to 1 st March 1848. B. L. B.

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No 11860 2
Elizabeth Henderson
Mother of Isaac
Imm
A. A. L. Esq April 19 th 1845
St. & Allen First class 18.46
" " H. M. W. D. Lockhart Feb 18 '47
" J. H. Mc. Saally May 30 '47
" L. B. Truesdell Aug 9 '47
act 7 July 1838

10 Elizabeth Henderson wid of Isaac Ira died 2 July 48
admo, $80 00 p an fm 4 March 1848 to 26 Sept 1849 the day of her death payable to Pmaver Hopson and William Henderson only sur viving children of Elizabeth Henderson ad
J K McAnally Pittsburg Franklin Co Tenn

State of Tennessee County court March Term 1850 Claiborne County
Personally appeared in open court W m Evans and Howard Hester both Creditable Witnesses and after being duly sworn by the Clerk the Clerk of said Court on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God deposes and saith that they were well acquainted with Elizabeth Henderson whose daughter Prudence Hopson has made the foregoing declaration. That said Elizabeth Henderson was widow of Isaac Henderson a Revolutionary Pensioner. That said Elizabeth Henderson had three children, Edmund, Maple, Prudence Hopson and William Henderson. That said Edmund and Prudence are residents of this (Claiborne) County. That the above named William Henderson removed from this County many years ago and they do not know what has become of him, and have not heard of him for several years and cannot tell whether he is dead or alive. They further swear that the said Elizabeth Henderson remained a widow until her death. That she died on the 26 th day of Sept 1849 in the 7 th civil district of Claiborne County Tennessee. And the aforesaid County Court being satisfied that the above affiants are Men of Credit and that the foregoing Statements are true order the same to be put to record. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court. That  First Copy in Saye will L.S. This 4 th day of March Anno Domini 1850
State of Tennessee Claiborne County I, Thos J Johnson Clerk of Claiborne County Court
And the said Court do approve the act W m Bullock Esqr one of the body of said Court who has taken the within declaration of Prudence Hopson out of Court. The said Court do hereby Ratify and endorse the same. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Fayetteville this 4 th day of March 1850
L.S.
Thos. J. Johnson Also

Under the act of congress of 2nd of February 1848 making further provisions for widows suffering of the Revolution
State of Tennessee On this 4 th day of March 1850 Personally appeared Clairborne County before me W m Bullard Justice of the Peace in and for the State and County aforesaid Prudence Hopson and makes the following declaration on oath in order to obtain the arrears of Elizabeth Henderson (her Mother) Widow of Isaac Henderson Pension that was due said Elizabeth Henderson Widow of Isaac Henderson under the Act of Congress passed the 2nd of February 1848 Granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War That her mother Elizabeth Henderson was the Widow of Isaac Henderson who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and received a Pension of $80 per annum at the East Tennessee agency for paying Pension at Knox- ville That this affiant's Mother Elizabeth Henderson (as this affiant is inform- ed and believes was inscribed on the Pension list under the acts of 1838 1843 and 1844) She further declares that her Mother the aforesaid Elizabeth Hender- son widow of Isaac Henderson (Died a widow) on the 26 th day of Sept r , 1849 in Clairborne County Tennessee This affiant further swears that said Elizabeth Henderson had an illegitimate son before she ever married named Edmund Maples that Maples is now a resident of this (Clairborne) County that said Elizabeth Henderson after Marriage Bear this affiant Prudence a son called William Henderson said William removed from this country many years since that this affiant does not know whether the said William is living or dead for she has not heard any thing about him for many years She hereby declares that she is a child of the identical Elizabeth Henderson who was the Widow of Isaac Henderson who drew a Pension at Knoxville Tennessee all of which will more fully appear by reference to the proof here to annexed Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written Before me Prudence her Hopson mark
W m Bullard Justice of the Peace
I certify the above affiant is personally known to me and is a credible person I further certify that I was intimately acquainted Elizabeth Henderson this affiant's Mother and Widow of Isaac Henderson who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and that Elizabeth Henderson filed her claim for a pension and employed Dr Noel to prosecute her claim and after the death of Dr Noel she got James M Anderson of Knox County Tennessee to attend to her claim for her But I am not aware that he obtained her pension for her or or if he did he never paid it to her Given under my hand and seal the 4 th day of March 1850
W m Bullard (Seal) Justice of the Peace

No 11860
Lot 43. p344
Elizabeth Henderson
Widow of Isaac
Gen
act 7 July 1838
Married before 1794
Adm 2 years, in- $80 00 per m
Adm act March 1843 and 17 June 1844 $80 00 per m
L. B. True Present

Tenn pcc
Elizabeth Henderson
Widow of Isaac Henderson who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 12th July, 1831, of Grange Co in the State of Tenn. who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Horman of the Reg t . commanded by Col. Ogden in the Revolutionary line for 2 yrs.
Inscribed on the Roll of Knoxville at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of August 1847 and sent to J. B. True Present
Total amount, $ 400.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Th. R. Rumph Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 347.

Report
Letter to S. B. True Oct 18. 1847.
Let. to same Jan'y 6. '48.
" Hon. A. G. Watkins 16 Jan. 7 1850
8248- Muncipal Knoxville
Elizabeth Henderson widow of Isaac Henderson
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Newbern Office 12 July, 1831.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of Aug t 1847 and sent to
L. B. True
Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book W 5 Vol. 2 Page 192

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed May the 15 th . A.D. 1828. Entitled an Act for the benefit and relief of certain Surving Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army
State of Tennessee } County of Claiborne } 43.
On this 23 rd day of Oct, A.D. 1847 personally appeared before me Samuel Day one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid and State aforesaid: Elizabeth Hendersan, of said County and State. Who being duly sworn according to the Laws of this State for Surving Witnesses on Applicant, deposes and says that she is the Widow of Isaac Hendersan, who was a Private in the Revolutionary War, in the New Jersey Continental Line, and that she is the Identical Elizabeth Hendersan who has already filed an Application in the War office at Washington, for the benefits of the Acts of Congress of the 7 th of July A.D. 1838, and the 18 th of June A.D. 1844, granting Pensions to certain Widows, and that she hereby wants applies, in addition, for the benefits of the above mentioned Acts of the 15 th of May 1828, that the Pension due her Husband, said Isaac Hendersan, under said Act, from the 3 rd of March 1826, up to the date of his death, that the same be allowed and paid to her as his Widow agreeable to the several provisions of Congress in such cases made and provided.
Sworn to and subscribed before me Samuel Day Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, on the day and year first above written in the above Declaration, and I further certify that the present Applicant Elizabeth Hendersan is the Identical same person who the States or declares her-self to be in the foregoing Declaration, and that I know this fact my Elizabeth Hendersan

from her having been sworn to one or two declarations and having taken oaths of deposition before me here- before as also from the fact of living near her after the last eight or ten years & further say that she is wholly unable to appear in open court. Samuel Day, Esq. Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Clackmann

Deposition of Edmond Duinney in the cause of the applica- tion of Elizabeth Henderson for a Dorsian

State of Tennessee Claiborne County Be it remembered that on this fourth day of the June in the year of our Lord 1846; personally appeared Edward Swinney a citizen of this county well known to me and after being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists and according to the Laws of this State: and being duly cautioned to speak the truth and nothing but the truth touching the matter of Elizabeth Henderson for a pension deposes and saith as follows: that according to the best of his knowledge he is aged about Seventy five years that he was present at the marriage of Isaac Henderson the Den- sioner referred to in the declaration: that himself went to Jonesboro or assisted in doing so and procured of the Clerk the marriage License for the said Isaac and Elizabeth Henderson: that he was well acqu- ainted with both of them before and after their marriage: that Edward Meaples went with this deponent after his marriage license: and that myself was present when the marriage took place between the Densioner & the present Applicant: and that the facts stated in her amended declaration are true within the knowledge of this deponent: that the marriage between the Densioner & the present Applicant took place 1789 or the first part of the summer of that year deponent thinks about the 1st. of June: previous to the Sayer and Tipton Battle which was as he thinks in the year 1789. They were married by one John Whiteacre; a Baptist Preacher: and that this marriage took place under what were then

called the Franklin Government. It is now the present Applicant Elizabeth  Henderson is the identical same person I saw married to the former Densauer Edmund Isaac Henderson. This Deponent thinks it was then in what was called Hawkins County, but was a part of Carter City, while the country was but little else but the wilder & passage of the extended Land-Scapes. Deponent is confident that this marriage took place previous to the year 1794. Deponent was then intimately acquainted with the family: and is yet well acquainted with the present Applicant. I know her to be the Widow & Relict of Isaac Henderson the deceased Densauer I have been and still is well acquainted with their children: and this Deponent will further state that the present Applicant is a woman whose character for truth & veracity is good and impeachable; and further this Deponent saith that I sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written
Thomas Whited Justice of the Peace for Claiborne County Justice of the Peace
Edmond Swinney mark
And I further certify that I am well acquainted with Edmund Swinney and have been for several years and that he maintains a good moral character & that I give it as my opinion that he is entitled to good faith & credit as a Witness: that his veracity is im- peachable given under my hand and seal this
June 1826
Thomas Whited
Justice of The Peace for Claiborne County

State of Tennessee. 3
Clayburn County, 3
I Thomas J. Johnston Clerk of the County Court of Clayburn County and State of Tennessee; do hereby certify that Thomas Whitead where name appears to the foregoing Deposition of Edmund Viz: Relation to the application of Elizabeth Henderson for a Divorce; is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County; and was at the time of signing the same: duly commissioned and sworn; according to the Laws of this State: and full faith and credit should be given to all his acts as such; and that his signature is genuine and in his own proper hand writing; In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of office at office in Tazewell; this 8 th Day of June 1846
Thos J Johnston Clerk of said Court

County Court August Term 1843 State of Tennessee } Elizabeth Henderson Widow Grundy County } Application for a Pension
From the evidence in this case exhibited before the Court on the original Declaration on the proceedings had before Jesse H. Beal Esqr. one of the members of this Court We fully approve of the proceedings had before said Jesse H. Beal Esqr. and fully concur in Opinion that the said Elizabeth Henderson Widow &c. is entitled to a pension from the United States agreeable to the act of Congress.
State of Tennessee } I Edward Tate Clerk of the Grundy County } County Court for said County Do hereby Certify that the foregoing is a true and perfect copy of an Order made by the County Court of Grundy County aforesaid at their August Term in the year 1843 in the case of an Application of Elizabeth Henderson Widow for a pension as recorded in the Minutes of said Court in my Office
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office at Office in Rutledge the 24 th Day of December 1844
Edward Tate Clerk

State of Tennessee } Edward Tate Clerk of the County Grainage County } Court for the County of Grainage aforesaid
Do hereby certify that Joseph H. Bullard Esqr. whose name appears to the foregoing Declaration of Elizabeth Henderson and affidavits thereto affixed and his name to the Deposition of Prudence Hoopes and the name of John Bullard Esqr. whose name appears to the Deposition of Edmund Maples and Certificate thereto affixed and also the name of James G. Talbot Esqr. whose name appears to the Deposition of James Maples and affidavits of John Vance and John Perrin and certificates thereto affixed are all in support of Elizabeth Hendersons claim for a pension and who to affixed are all acting Justices of the peace in and for said County duly Elected Commissioned and Qualified according to the Constitution and Laws of the State of Tennessee and were at the time of signing the same acting as such. And that all their official acts are entitled to full faith and credit. And that their signatures appear to be in their own proper handwriting and genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office at Office in Rutledge the 24 th Day of December 1844
Edward Tate Clerk

Sir
in behalf a grand daughter
In answer to your communication of the 12 th inst, relative to the pension allowed Isaac Henderson, a Rev d Soldier residing in Tenn ee , it is alleged he never rec d . I have to state that owing to his delay in obtaining evidence to his identity & Service, the pension Certificate did not reach him until he was unable by his last sickness to execute the voucher to draw the pension due. His widow in her application for pension, circumstantially states the above fact, adding that she applied for the unpaid pension which she rec d up to his death in Sept 1832 & the pension for the widow has also been paid up to her death in Sept 1849
Our

July 6, 1846
Amended
Elizabeth Henderson
Build Run Henry June 19th
as John L. Brown John L. Brown Edward as  the  same of the morning
20

Mr. Jas. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions Sir I herewith send enclosed for the Department the amended declaration of Elizabeth Henderson for a pension for the services of her dep. husband Grace Henderson who was an invalid Pensioner at this I need not here speak at this time as the evidence of that is fully made out and on file in the Department: just of the marriage and identity of her as the widow and relic of the deceased Pensioner I think from the proof heretofore taken and on file in this cause together with the explanatory Deposition of Edmund Maples herewith enclosed: and the new and additional Deposition of Edmund Guinny a citizen of Blairham County Tenn. whose knowledge of the marriage age of their children family pedigree and of the date of these several circumstances together with his inexceptionable character for truth & veracity, which could be sustained by numerous other persons beside Thomas Whited the Magistrate who makes & gives us his certificate of his good character I hope that this Deposition with that amended of Maples & the declaration with the proof heretofore taken in this cause will entitle the Applicant to her certificate So I hope to hear from you soon: I will give you a note of explanation in relation to this and the case of Mertz,

Nancy Johnston the Widow of the late De- ceased William Johnston whose application was presented to the Department some 18 months or two years since: in the case of Nancy Johnston I first undertook for her and Mr. Alfred Sael came into it to assist me, and you will see that it is presented through him as the Atty. or Agent of Mrs. Johnston when in truth I am that person having a regular power of Atty. to manage and mature her application if possible: under these circumstances Mr. Alfred Sael has some four or five weeks since departed this life it is no more: So you will under this circumstance address Mrs. Johnston or rather myself as her Atty. at Bull-run P. O., Granger County Tenn. as it would be doing me a very great injustice for the business to proceed further under the control of his Executor &c. So if you have addressed Sael since you received the last proof and the amended Declaration of Mrs. Nancy Johnston you will confer a favor on me by dropping me a line informing me the purport of your lines to him; and if you have not, you will as above requested address me at Bull-run; and you will see that myself & Sael were both concerned in this case of Mrs. Hendersan; but since the death of Mrs. Sael she has employed me alone to attend this case refusing to have any further assistance or business with the loss of. Sael Dec. So for the future you will

me on the case also in regard to any matters relative to either of these cases. So I am will expect a reply as early as convenient under your press of official business; and please advise me of any informality error or any thing of the kind as my practice is short in this business yours sincerely June, 13 th day 1846 Allen Hurrell Att. for Van's Bohn to V. Elizabeth Henderson
canal
new

Tazewell Dec 29 th 1830
Dear Sir I enclose you the Papers of Isaac Henderson claiming a Pension; They have been sent on twice & returned for want of some more proof & discrepancy in that made & the Declaration! if Isaac Henderson has served in the Maryland Line - his name cannot be found on the Rolls of that Line. Hendersons Memory is so impaired he cannot give the names of the officers in their due order - Regiment &c which causes the difficulty — There can be no question but he served in the Revolutionary War, perhaps you can arrange it with the Secretary of War: if not you might be enabled to have him pla- ced on the Pension list by Congress: The old man is extremely Poor

And it would be an act of Charity in you to interest yourself in his Favour Judge White & the other Members of our State would no doubt assist you
Twenty Copies of the Message is Received & one Document from Judge White I remain your
Very Respectfully H Graham Prior Sea Esqr

Enlisted for War April 10 1917 Capt. F. M. ...
Col Infantry Regiment
Ad Seria training field
Discharged July 31, 1919

State of Tennessee } This Day per- Campbell County }
sonally appeared before me John Creage a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Campbell John Todd and a resident of the same after being duly sworn on the Evangelist of Almighty God doth say that he knew a certain Isaac Henderson of Claiborne County State of Tennessee who is now applying for a Pension. That he is the identical Isaac Henderson who served in the Revolutionary War in the Maryland Line - that he ser- ved in Colonel Peter Adams (or under him) Regiment in a Company Com- manded by Captain Peverlee - and was afterwards transferred to a Com- pany Commanded by Captain Foreman and continued to serve in said Company as aforesaid until the end of the war and was discharged at the Town of

of Annapolis in the State of Maryland and this Deponent was well acquainted with said Isaac Henderson and knows him to be the same man - and said Deponent is not in any wise connected with said Henderson - or interested in any way in the success of the present ap- plication for a pension from the United States - and further this Deponent saith not — Sworn to and subscribed John Todd
This first Day of September October 1830 before me John Cragg Justice of the peace
A Justice of the Peace for Campbell County
I John Cragg on acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Campbell and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that John Todd the above named is a man of Pres- umptive credibility and is entitled to credit given under my hand this first Day of October 1830. John Cragg Justice for C

State of Tennessee Campbell County
I Joseph Hart Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of said County of Campbell do hereby certify that John George Esquire before whom the foregoing Affidavit of John Todd ap- pears to have been taken and by him Attested is and was at the time of doing the same a duly Commissioned, Qualified and acting Jus- tice of the Peace in and for the County afore- said and that, as such, full faith and Credit is and ought to be given to all his Official acts
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set My hand and affixed My Seal of Office at Office in Jacksborough the 1st day of Oct r A.D. 1830 and of American Independence the 55th
J. Hart
State of Tennessee, Abraham Hayter Campbell County, Chairman of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, in for the County aforesaid. do hereby certify that Joseph Hart Whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate is the Clerk of our said Court and that as such full faith & Credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts Given under My hand & Seal This 1st day of October A.D. 1830
Abraham Hayter Seal Chairman of the Court aforesaid
of the pleas Campbell County

Affidavit of J. Jordan

State of Tennessee Knox County
Be it known that this day
personally appeared Before me Elijah Johnson one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the County of Knox aforesaid, an a citizen of Knox County John Jordan, and after Being Duly Sworn according to law upon his Oath saith that he was a soldier of the A Revolutionary war and that he is acquainted with a certain Isaac Henderson of Blount County Tennessee, who is making application for a pension he states that he knew the said Henderson in the Army of the United States that said Henderson and this affiant did serve together in the United States Army in the Revolutionary war that said Henderson was a soldier in the new Jersey Red Coat Regiment commanded By Colonel Ogston and that he served part of the time in the Company. commanded by Captain Combs, this affiant states that he knows the above mentioned Isaac Henderson to be the identical same man that he served with in the Revolutionary war as above stated this affiant further states that he is no way interested in the application made By Isaac Henderson for one and further this deponent saith not Sworn to and subscribed Before me this 13 th day of April in the year of our Lord 1830
Elijah Johnson Justice of the peace For Knox County
John Jordan
State of Tennessee Knox County
I, Elijah Johnson the Justice of the peace Before whom the above affidavit was made do hereby certify that I am acquainted with John Jordan, the above affiant and Believe that his statements are entitled to full faith and credit, Given under my hand and this 13 th day of April 1830
Elijah Johnson Justice of the peace For Knox County

J. Charles (M c Clung) Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Hume in the State of Tennessee, by my Deputy William Brown, cer- tify that Elyjah Johnston before whom the within affidavit was made, was then, and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn Given under my hand Seal at Office, at Office, the 13 th day of April 1830 -
Chas M c Clung By his Dep W m Brown
J. James Parks Chairman of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Hume and State of Tennessee, certify that Charles M c Clung is Clerk of said Court, that William Brown is his Deputy, & that the foregoing Certificate of the Clerk is in due form of Law - Given under my hand the 13 th April 1830 - James Parks

Land Office Annapolis January 24 th 1831,
Sir, Yours of the 18 th Inst r was received; In answer to which, I have to inform you, that I have carefully examined the old pay and Muster Rolls, as also the Army Ledgers of the Revolution, and the name of Isaac Henderson does not appear on any of said record's as ever having served in the Revolution, he must therefore certainly be mistaken about his having belonged to the Maryland line;
I have the Honor to be;
Y r Ob t Serv t
George G. Brewer
Miss Lea Esq d

Sparta Tenn Oct 9 th 1836
Wm Cummings of Pensions
Dear Sir
The undersigned Attorney for the heirs of Isaac Henderson a revolutionary Pensioner died in Claiborne Co. Tennessee. A Pension Certificate was made out by the Department in favor of his widow Elizabeth Henderson commencing the 4 th of March 1843 & ending the 4 th of March 1848. It appears from the Agency books at Knoxville Tenn. that the Certificate of Pension was renewed without any specification of time to be paid to the heirs of Isaac & Elizabeth Henderson. William Henderson and Prudence Hopson. And it also appears that a portion of the money amounting to one hundred & twenty four dollars & eighty Cents was drawn by one M. B. McMahon Atty for the heirs. The sworn deposition of Prudence Hopson shows, that her mother made but one draw of sixty two dollars before her death, and that was through James McAnley. That she had previous to that time employed James Anderson, and at another time, Alfred Noel. Neither of them ever drew anything, or if they did she (her mother) never received any of the money. That with exception of the sixty two dollars, and also the three persons named, she had never drawn any pension nor had she authorized any person to draw it for her.

In regard to the facts stated she was positing that she was correct, because her mother lived with her up to her death. The under- signed presents the substance of the second deposition of Prudence Hopeson in order to show that Pensions to which Elizabeth Henderson and also her heirs William Henderson have entitled have never been drawn by them, nor legally for them. As the Pension Agency can give no further information on the subject the undersigned wishes to know whether are any duplicate receipts signed by John Cox or W. M. B. McWhorter and on file in the Pension Office. Hoping the request will meet prompt attention. I have the Honor to be very Respectfully &c R. W. M c Manus
Atty for the Heirs of Isaac Henderson D.D.
P.S. Is there on file in the Pension Office a duplicate receipt of Elizabeth Hen- -derson and the heirs William Hen- -derson & Prudence Hopeson
R e pt &c R. W. M c Manus Atty

Deposition of John Sharp in favor of Elizabeth Benum for a pension

State of Tennessee
County of De it known that on this sixteenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before me Jacob Blood a justice of the peace in and for said County and State aforesaid John Sharp who first being sworn on the holy evangelist of Almighty god the truth to speak the whole truth and nothing but the truth touching the matter of Elizabeth Henderson for a pension in right of her deceased husband Isaac Henderson who was a pensioner of the United States deponeth and saith that he has been is aged forty nine years or thereabouts old and that he was acquainted with Isaac Henderson the deceased pensioner and his wife widow and relict Elizabeth Henderson the present applicant for a pension for the space of thirty years or thereabouts and that some time in the year 1832 about the 10th of the Month of August a pension was granted to him by the war department under I believe the act of Congress June 7th 1832 or it might have been some other law for the sum of eighty Dollars per annum which certificate as well as I recollect asked some short time before the said Hendersons death which took place about last of July perhaps eighteen hundred and thirty two or thereabouts; some short time after his death his widow the present applicant Elizabeth Henderson made the proofs of his death and marriage in the

County Court of Claborn County in East Tennessee and made a power of attorney to draw the pension due the decedent pensioner up to the day of his death which was paid to me by Robert King then agent for paying pensions in Knoxville for which I gave my receipt and which I suppose is filed with the War department The year and month I do not recollect precisely Question 13 Pleas state if you know whether she has ever been married since the death of her husband Isaac Henderson and if she has remained a widow ever since and if a widow still
Answer She never has to my knowledge and is a widow still I may be mistaken in point of date for it may have been a year sooner or later than stated, or a different month and further this Deposition sayeth not sworn and subscribed to the day and year first above written before me John Sharp Jacob Claw
Justice of the peace for Claborn County
and I further certify that John Sharp who was sworn and subscribed to the foregoing Deposition is a man of good Moral Character and full faith and credit is due in my opinion to his statements on oath I also certify that the foregoing Deposition was

State of Tennessee
State of Tennessee Wm. H. Spofford Clerk of the County Court of Claiborne County, in said State do hereby certify that Jacob Colvard whose name appears to the foregoing deposition of John Sharp, is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace in and for said County, duly Commissioned and qualified as such and that due faith and Credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such both here and elsewhere and that the signature thereto attached purporting to be his is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Name and affixed the seal of my office at office in the Town of Vashon this 20 th day of May 1843 & of the Independence of the U.S. the 67
Wiley Houshkin clerk
Note in taking the specimen from the
State of Tennessee
Franklin County, Pa. I Edward L. Lott Clerk of the County Court Pro Se by his Doherty & Lott, West St.
for said County Do hereby certify that I have
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Office in Rutledge the 10 th Day of March 1843. Secy of Commerce & Navigation
the 4,
Edward L. Clark

Deposition of James Maples & Affidavit,

State of Tennessee Grundy County
Be it known that on this 22 nd day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty four personally appeared before me James W. Talbott a justice of the peace in and for said County James Maples a citizen of said County aged seventy one years who first being duly sworn on the holy evangelist of Almighty god the truth to speak the whole truth and nothing but truth touching the matter of Elisabeth Henderson for a pension in right of the revolutionary services of her deceased husband Isaac Henderson who was a pensioner of the United States Deposeth and saith as follows To wit: That he is well acquainted Elisabeth Henderson the present applicant and has been acquainted with her from her earliest infancy to the present time her name was Elisabeth Maples before her marriage to the said Isaac Hen- -derson that he was well acquainted with Isaac Henderson also all his life after his marriage and was present at the marriage at my Father's house on Waluger River in that part of the country which is now Carter County in the State of Tennessee; At that time Washington County in the Territory of North Carolina about the time of the Frankland go- vernment which as well as I recollect was in the year 1788 or 1789 the marriage took place about the last days of May or the first of June in one of the years last

refer to; she was married by one John Whitaker a Baptist preacher by a license under the Frankland Government as well as I recollect; but I know it was a lawful Marriage according to the laws of the land
Question 1 st { M c Maples pleas state if you could be mistaken in the present applicant and that of the deceased Pensioner Isaac Hen- -derson being the Identical persons you saw married in the County of Washington about the line between what was then Washington and Hawkins Counties on the Watanga River In Tennessee Then a Territory of North Caro- -lina
Answer { I cannot be mistaken in either of them having known Isaac Henderson since the marriage of  Isaac Henderson and Elizabeth Henderson Who was Elizabeth Maples from my infancy and have known Isaac Henderson untill his death and know Elizabeth his wife to the present day and know them the Identical persons I saw married at the time stated above and the same she represents herself to be in her Declaration for a pension
Quis 2 d { M c Maples pleas State if she is a widow still of Isaac Henderson the deceased Pensioner and if she has ever married since his death so state and if she remains a widow still
Answer { The present applicant is the widow of Isaac Henderson deceased Pensioner beyond all doubt and remains a widow untill this good day
Quis 3 d { M c Maples pleas state if you recollect how old you was when the Marriage

took place
Answer ? I was just beginning to conclude I was a man about the time of the marriage somewhere between sixteen and twenty years old as well as my recollection serves me.
Aug 4 N 2
Dear State if there is any particular circumstance that enables you to know that the Isaac Henderson here referred to is the same man that was the pensioner.
Answer ? because he was wounded as I understood by a bullet in both knees & was lame during his life and is the same man that died at John May's in Claiborne County East Tennessee.
Further this deponent sayeth not sworn and subscribed to the day and year first written before me his J Talbott Seal James X Maples Mark
Justice of the peace for Grainger County
I further certify that James Maples who has sworn & subscribed to the foregoing deposition is a man of good moral character and I give it as my opinion that his statements on oath is entitled to full faith & credit he is known to me and for several years past given under my hand & seal this 22 nd day of October 1841 J S Talbott (Seal)
Justice of the peace for Grainger County

State of Tennessee } Personally appeared Granger County } James M. [?] before the subscriber one of the justices of the peace in and for the said County John [?] and Respectable citizens and made oath in due form of law that that they have been acquainted with James Maples the deponent who has sworn & subscribed to the facts contained in said deposition forsooth and that they would give his statements on oath full faith and credit sworn & subscribed to this day of October 1844 before me
Justice of the peace for Granger County

State of Tennessee Granger County
On this fiftieth day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty four personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said Elizabeth Henderson a resident of the said County Granger and State aforesaid aged eighty four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed the 3 rd March 1843 granting pensions to certain widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war and the benefits of the provision made by the act of June 17 th 1844 —
That she is the widow of Isaac Hen- -derson who was a private in the war of the Revolution and the annual amount of the pension she is entitled to receive under the act of July 7 th 1838 is eighty dollars per annum. She further declares she is a widow still or still a widow sworn to and subscribed to the day and year first above written before me J. P. F. Beeler justice of the peace for Granger County
Elizabeth Henderson Mark

And I Jeph of Beuler do further certify that Elisabeth Henderson who has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing or within declaration is the Identical person she represents herself to be having known her for many years and cannot be mistaken in her Identity given under my hand and Seal this 15 th day of November 1844
Jeph Beuler (Ad)
Justice of the peace for Grange County

Gladstone County May the 11 th 1847
Sir
I have made J. K. McAnally my attorney to attend to making my proof in order to secure my Pension for me Yours &c Elizabeth Henderson mark J. K. Edwards Esqr Comr of Pensions at H. F. Farmer
Rutledge May the 21 st 1847
Sir
By the above you will see that Mrs Elizabeth Henderson wants me to assist her in trying to get her claim to a Pension Please write what proof she lacks in sustaining her claim &c
Respectfully your obed Servt J. K. Edwards Esqr Jas K. McAnally
Forward your answer to Rutledge Sir

Red Hole Post office

State of Tennessee Granger County 3 rd of January 1845
Dear
Sir I now enclose you the Declarations of Mrs Elizabeth Henderson with a great deal of Testimony. all concurring in point of facts and agreeing generally as to dates; the case has been a long time on hand to try to place it beyond dispute as to the justice of her claim the small discrepancies of the Testimony in point of time is I think perfectly reconcilable that of a number of witnesses all taken at different times and places concurring in the general. I think according to all the rules of evidence goes much to their credit. The old lady is ex- -tremely old and in dotage and her memory I have no doubt is much impaired as such I think we should look much more to the evidence in regard to the facts than the old lady's memory. I hope she will have by you a considerate investigation and measure to the old lady that justice she is entitled to without regard to any technical errors in law and send her certificate to me at this office if allowed. With great deference Yours Truly A. Noel J. Edwards Esq B of Pension

Oct 15 '47
Mr Ewan
W

The Certificate in the matter of the Claim of Elizabeth Henderson Widow of Isaac Henderson of Tenn Claiborne County, has been — some time since forwarded by me to Hon Mr Grozier of Knoxville Tenn. but the Post Office address was not given
The power Attorney to prosecute her claim given some time by said Mrs Henderson dated Claiborne Co. Tenn. & was forwarded from an other Co., —
Will the Commissioner have the politeness to cause the Post Office address of Mrs H. to be given that the same may be forwarded to Mr Grozier & oblige Very respectfully
Obedient Servt L B Jones
Col J. S. Edwards

State of Tennessee } County Clerk's Office, Knox County } Knoxville, Oct. 8 th 1846
I, Geo. W. Gibson, Clerk of the County Court of said County, do hereby certify that I have made due and diligent search among the files of Marriage Bonds and Licenses in my Office, for the marriage Bond and License of Isaac Henderson and Elizabeth Maples, and that I have not, therewith, been enabled to find either the marriage Bond or License of the aforesaid persons; and I do further certify, that, from my own knowledge, there has been great neglect and failure on the part of those legally authorized to solemnize the rites of Matrimony to make return of the Marriage License into the Clerk's office as required by Law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Office in Knoxville this 8 th day of October 1846. Geo. W. Gibson, Clerk

Deposition of Henry Sharp in Elizabeth Glendersanz Application for a Mandate

State of Tennessee } Claibourn County }
Be it remembered that on this 22 nd Day of October A.D. 1876: personally appeared Henry Sharp a Citizen of Claibourn County well known to me: and after being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist: and according to the Laws of this State for taking and administering oaths: and after being duly cautioned by me to speak the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth: touching the premises and matter of the Application of Elizabeth Henderson for a pension: for the services of her deceased husband Isaac Henderson; deposes and saith as follows: That according the best of his knowledge he is aged eighty years that he was not present at the marriage of Isaac and Elizabeth Henderson nor does he know positively where they were married or who by: but Deponent will state most positively that he has been well and long acquainted with the the present Applicant and her husband Isaac Henderson deceased: that he was acquainted with them fifty seven years ago that they then lived and cohabited together as man and wife and that they thereafter known and from then until the death of Isaac Henderson as man and wife: that he never heard the marriage of these parties questioned or controverted during that whole time;

Deponent further States that from all the time of his long acquaintance with these two persons, the relation together manner and mode of living and cohabiting) the number and age of their children and universal acknowledgement of all who knew them, that they were man and wife; that Deponent has not nor can he entertain a doubt but that they were legally man and wife; And, Deponent will further State that his first acquaintance with these persons was before the organization of this country into the State of Tennessee & our present counties; and while this was yet called the Frankland Government, being a Territory of North Carolina; and further this Deponent saith not. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written before me
Thomas Whited
James H. [unclear]
Justice of the Peace for Claiborne County
I further certify that I have been acquainted with Henry Sharp the above deponent for a long time of years at least forty two and that he has all that time maintained one of the best and most unexceptional characters of any citizen of the State of Tenn and that this statements upon oath or otherwise are entitled to the most im- plicit confidence & credit given under my hand and seal the day & year last above written Thomas Whited Justice of the Peace for Claiborne County

State of Tennessee Clairborne County } I Thos J Johnson Clerk of the County Court of Clairborne County do hereby certify that Thos Whitted whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County. Duly commissioned and sworn as the Law Directs and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all of his official acts as such
Witness my hand and seal of office at office in Lazerus the 28 th of October 1846 Thos J Johnson Clerk

No 13 1-896
Bull Run Tenn 3 Oct 30th 30 unans wered we paid Washington City To the Honorable J. L. Edwards Pension office Dec 25 Dear Sir can you let me know if my pension is paid

Bull Run Tenn 3 Octo 30th 3 unpaid unpaid
Land 25
Nov 13 1846
Washington City Pension office To The Honorable J. L. Edwards Comr. of Pensions
Elizabeth H. Edwards
Dear Sir

Mr. V. L. Edwards Sir your lines of the 28th. of Aug. were duly recd. by your strange friend the favor of which I am glad to acknowledge; though the informa- tion contained there in is not so favor- able to my Applicant (as I had expected, or desired; and hence I have taken the utmost care & means within the knowledge of the Applicant to still further satisfy and inform the department of the justice of this claim had it not been well satisfied of the equity of this claim myself I would follow the opinion of the Agent in the last Letter: have abundance at once this claim; but being well convinced from all the information which I can gather on the subject, that the present Applicant is clearly entitled to a pension under the acts of congress; and seeing her frail and frail State of Persian her extreme poverty and scanty means of subsistence; I could not think of abandoning her rights while any hope of success was indicated from the department; the opinion of the department seems to be based partly upon the fact that the two last Disputants offered were assigned only by the Witnesses making their marks it is true; they were thus assigned; but one of these Witnesses could have written his name though badly & therefore it was wrote for him

at his request; it is further alleged that the Affidavits of Messrs. Maples differs some they may be so though in the main it is likely they support the same facts. The first Dep. was taken by Mr. Bullard in great haste and probably may have been incorrect in some particulars; but you leave me some hope in conclusion of your favor of the 28th Aug. '46 saying that these two Witnesses agree in the main as also the Applicant on the subject of the marriage of these parties and say that their statements cannot be admitted without the production of the certificate of the Clerk of the Senoerville Court against which I have proceeded to get; and here- with transmit it to the department with two other Depositions that of John Hammond and Henry Sharp two of the oldest & most respectable Citizens of the County in which they live; and let me here say that the Affidavit of Henry Sharp is wrote in his own hand in the true German hand which I thought best from the hint in your last favor; this being the only man- ner in which he can write his name. I merely name this; that the department may not be at a loss for the manner of writing this name; you will see that there to last Depositions prove only the family pedigree of these parties; which alone seems to be sufficient to entitle the claimant to recovery; at least such testimony would if Henderson was living acquit them of

a charge of Lowndess; to entitle the children of these parties to the recovery of a Legacy out of the estate of Flenderson if he had been so fortunate as to have left any; So I conclude my lines confidently expecting an early examination of these papers, and equally confident of the issue and transmitting of the Applicant's Certificates; So please let me hear from you at the earliest possible time. Yours most respectfully Allen, Furst Oct. 30th, A.D. 1846;

Depo. of John Hammock in the care of Elizabeth Hendersan Application for a Pension

State of Tennessee: Grainger County Be it remembered that on this _____ day of October A.D. 1876: personally appeared John Hammock a citizen of Grainger County well known to me; and after being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist and accor- ding to the Laws of this State for taking and administering oaths; and after being duly cautioned by me to speak the truth and nothing but the truth touching the matters of the application of Elizabeth Henderson the Widow of Isaac Henderson: for a pension deposeth and saith as follows that according to the best of his knowledge he is aged about Seventy two years: That he was - was - not present at the marriage of the Applicant with Isaac Henderson: nor does he certainly know where they were married but that Affiant knew them more than fifty four years ago that they lived then in what was called Affiant believes Hawkins County the then Territory of North Carolina while this whole country East Tennessee was under and called the Frankland Govern- ment: That at that time Affiant knew the present Applicant and Isaac Henderson: That they then and from that time until the death of Isaac Henderson lived and cohabited together as man and wife: That they were known and recognized as such: That during all the time which Affiant knew

The present Applicant and her husband Isaac Henderson: he never heard their marriage controverted nor brought in question: that they were universally known and recognized as man & wife as far as they were known at all; Affiant has no doubt from his long ac- quaintance with these parties that if they had been living together otherwise than legally they would during that time have been detected and exposed; and that from the manner and time of their cohabitation together and the number and age of their children Affiant must naturally and conclusively was bound to recognize them as man and wife; and further Deponent saith not. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written before me me
Elijah Evans } Justice of the Peace for Granger County
John Hamock
I further certify that John Hamock the Deponent in the foregoing Deposition is personally and well known to me that as to truth and veracity he has a good and unimpeachable character: that as a magistrate or jurist would be bound to give him the fullest faith and credit given under my hand and seal the day & year first above written. Elijah Evans
Justice of the Peace for Granger County

State of Tennessee Grainger County
I Edward Tate Clerk of the County Court for said County Do hereby certify that Elijah Evans Esqr whose name is signed to the foregoing affidavit is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Grainger of said duly Elected Commissioned and qualified according to the Constitution and Laws of the State of Tennessee. And that his signature appears to be in his own proper handwriting And that full faith and credit is due his Official acts as such
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office at Office in Rutledge the 27 th Day of October 1846.
Edward Tate Clerk

Washington D.C. Nov. 23/47
Col J. S. Edwards
Sir: Enclosed is the Application of Elizabeth Henderson, Widow of Isaac Henderson, deceased in Tennessee for the Pension due her husband said Isaac H. under Act of May 15 th 1828. — The Certificate for the same when issued, may you have the politeness to deliver to the undersigned as the Agent for Claimant & oblige,
Very respectfully Obedient Servt.
L. B. Jones
Col J. S. Edwards
Commission Pensions Present

Isaac Henderson, East Tennessee, act 18 March 1828 at $96 00 per ann
To what time was he last paid
Pension Office August 24 th 47
K. G. A.
Died 12 th July 1831
Paid to his death.
W. Bryan

House of Reps.
Washington City
Feb 15 th 1847.
Sir
I am requested to ascertain what is the condition of the claim of Elizabeth Wenderson widow of Isaac Wenderson deceased, and what proof is yet deemed necessary to establish her claim.
With great respect.
Your obt Servt.
H. M. Root
Hon. J. L. Edwards

July 31 47
Elizabeth Henson
Col. Edward Commissioner Pensions Present

July 29/47 Col. Edmunds.
Sir: In the matter of Elizabeth Henderson Widow of Isaac H. - whose claim has been reported upon by the Department as wanting only a certain trifling evidence necessary to being allowed & which "call" has been complied with by the production to your Office of said evidence, has since been reported upon by your Office that the Original Declaration was in the hands of Hon A. N. Brown who declares he never had any knowledge of the existence of such this claim & certainly never made the Declaration mentioned.
Said Widow belongs to the State of Tennessee, and desires me to examine her papers to know if the Declaration be there and also if certain other papers examined be there. Will you, Sir, have the politeness to be very respectfully & Comin d & Pension Int d B. Greene

Washington D.C. Aug 19/97 Dear Sir, In anticipation of the general election I would suggest that the State that is about to elect its Gov. Elizabeth Anderson as Governor of the District of Columbia. The Declaration of the returned votes as reported by the Office of the Secretary of State. The Deputations of the several Mayors of the District of Columbia, and the several members of the Board of Aldermen who were returned as requested. Upon the receipt of these reports the Office of the Secretary of State that the internal ballot counts of the several precincts of the District of Columbia be counted and that the evidence of the several precincts be produced and the several records of the several precincts in which such precincts were returned be required before the several precincts be counted and allowed and the final result most plainly stated upon the final count of the same. The several precincts be allowed

But upon reception of the same, the Office with the enclose papers specify that the Office Reports that the original Declaration was then in the hands of Aaron H. Brown 3 years who states in a subsequent letter that the same had had been lost & the existence of this claim & the report of the Pension Office received from your Office states said Brown had lost the papers & that the widow of the late H. Brown has been the beneficiary
My inquiry now is, if these papers had some specified especially the claim certificate had been retained at the Pension Office & if the same had been filed with the Pension Office the widow of Isaac Whitehead (I suspect) White Brown has been also if said papers have been retained & if filed what for this requisition the Office was to make before they can consider & allow this claim against the rights of the laws, as now modified

require only such evidence of Marriage as will satisfy a Court of Justice & equity!
It will be made obligatory upon the office to show the nature & amount of evidence already furnished upon the point! Marriage in the case is not allowed access to the papers filed
If any such be desired, I will exhibit the office proper authority & Powers that as Agent & Atty. in this case
Very respectfully Obedient Servt.
L. R. Jones
Col J. B. Edwards Commissioner Pensions

Mar 30/50
Add: Evid;
lease
Elizabeth Henderson wid of Isaac
8248
43 Gen
Edwards City
Rutledge March 13/50
Col Col L
Washington
June 28/50

Rutledge Jan 3. March 1853
Col O. L. Edwards Washington City
June 28/50
8248- 43 Gen
Elizabeth Henderson Esq. of Grace
Free Add: Esq. Esq.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20 p. 57

Granger County Ia 10 March 1850
Honorable Sir
Inclosed I send you the proof of Prudence Hopson heir of Elizabeth Henderson Widow of Isaac Henderson claiming her Dower under the Act of Congress passed February the 2. 1848 extending the Pensions of certain widows for life with Proof the death of said Elizabeth Henderson and of her Children &c Please transmit the Warrant the same to my Address Ralledge Tennessee
I have the honor to be with respect your Obedt Servt
Col J L Edwards Washington City D.C.
James S. McAnally

House of Reps Janv 19 th 1838
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Sir
I enclose you the letter of James K. McAnally asking certain information concerning the pension claim of Elizabeth Henderson widow of Isaac Henderson decd. Such information as you can give me will be thankfully recd. Please return Mr McAnally's letter
J. L. Edwards Esqr Chair of Pensions
Respectfully your ob t servant
A. G. Matthews

8.1 933 Elizabeth Henderson N.Y.
White County
Peel'd Chestnut. Tenn Nov 12 th 1889
Dear Genl B. Brann
Cam of pens-
Washington D.C.
Sir there is a widow today here that Seis her Grand Father was Isaac Henderson, was a Pensioner of the Revolutionary war and had his pension papers fixed up and for some cause never got his money Seis she is informed that it is still due his heirs he is now dead and she is the only heir Can you give any information

about if so please write me what she can do about it and oblige
S. W. Johnson, P.M. Peeled Chestnut Tenn.