Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2,795, John Harmon, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Harmon, John Mary
N. 2,795 B.L. 1307-160-55
Born in Va -
CONTENTS

North Carolina 16.108
John Harmon of Lincoln in the State of North Carolina who was a pri: in the company commanded by Captain White of the _____ commanded by _____ in the North Carolina line for 11 months & 21 days
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina: at the rate of 39 Dollars _____ Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of July '33 and sent D. Reinhardt Lincolnton N.C.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - 78 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " - 19.50 $97.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk, Book E. Vol. 6. Page 43
Col to Pensioner Pension to John Harmon at Fayetteville La Grange June 10. 1843 Act June 7. 1832 $397.50 Act June 1. 1847 22.48 As Mr. K. Mallett, May 11 th 1850
Act to May 13 th 1832 " " " 28 June 52 " " " 11 " " " " 11 " " " " 11 "

North Carolina 69
Mary Harmon 934 935
widow of
John Harmon
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a
Private,
McLure,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
39
Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March , 1848.
11th of October
Certificate of Pension issued the
26th day of Apr. 1852
and sent to
Joseph Carroll
Shelby No. 6
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 135 Vol. A

March 2/55 15,386 " 26/55 Mary Harmon W d of John Harmon Dec. First
Rev War P. N. (Mil); about 160 acres June 27/55 B. W. H.
Pensioner
Boyston
1307 cis June 27/55
Joseph Carroll Shelby W.C.
n 6 July 48 - No 934
Vol. H. - 1.

State of North Carolina Lincoln County
On this 30 th day of October AD 1832 personally appeared before open court before the Worshipful Justices of the County Court of Lincoln now sitting John Warman a resident of Lincoln County and State of North Carolina aged 70 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he entered the American army about the 15 th of August AD 1780 as private volunteer under the command of Captain Barbour to go as a ranger through Lincoln County against the Tories and was for some time stationed on broad river & marched to various stations in Lincoln County that the whole of this term of service amounted to at least seven months. That he enlisted under the command of Capt While in said County and was commanded by Genl Rutherford and marched to march to Wilmington N Carolina and here he was when he arrived at Wilmington of the capture of Genl Wallis & was dismissed

Samuel Easie a resident of Lincoln County & State of North Carolina of the age of 74 years being duly sworn in solemn form according to law declares that he hath been well acquainted with John Harrison the present applicant ever since about the year 1765 who moved into Iredell (now Lincoln) County with his father when he was small that he was with said Harrison as a soldier in the revolutionary war he being under the command of Capt Barker & this deponent commanded a company in the same service marching against the Indians of Lincoln County That he was with said Harrison during the whole of the summer of 1780 and that he is a man of veracity
Sworn to and subscribed } in open court the 30 th day } of October 1832
Isid Vandyke W. B. Clerk of Lincoln County Court

Peter Forney a resident of Lincoln County & State of North Carolina aged about 74 years swears that he has been acquainted with John Harmon ever since the year 1778 and that he knew him in the American army when he served as a private soldier and marched to Wilmington under the command of Capt White & has known him ever since and knows that he is a man of truth
Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court before Peter Forney the 30 th 1832 Ward M c Bee Clerk of Lincoln County Court
And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served at the battle
of Brandywine I Ward M c Bee Clerk of the County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Harmon for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 4 th day of November 1832 Ward M c Bee

Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at North Berwick April Term 30 th Sep. 1833 } Second Court
The Court after hearing the above statement do hereby certify that the statement of the applicants do hereby certify that it is entitled to credit
The Court also certify that the statements of the witnesses, Samuel Esser and Genl Peter Esser is entitled to the fullest credit and belief and they believe the statements of the above witnesses
Signed by us as Justices & Members of said Court
Daniel Hoke (S) William Berry (S) J Holland (S)
I Vardy McRae Clerk of the County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original & amended proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Hon. Norman for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand Seal of Office this 1 st day of May 1833
Vardy McRae Clerk of said Court

from the army on the morning he heard this news that he enlisted in the service at that time for three months and served four months & three weeks. That he was in the service at the brick house about two miles from Wilmington on the the same week that he was discharged from said army. That he was acquainted with Col. Smith who commanded the Horse Infantry in North Carolina. That he does not know what became of his discharge & has no docu- -mentary evidence to prove his service as a soldier but there are several persons living who are able to prove his service, whose depositions are herewith annexed We hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that his name is not on any pension roll of the agency of any state or sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid John Warman Test Vandyke Bell Clerk of said Court
Questions by the Court put to applicant
Where & in what year were you born I was born in the state of Virginia in the year 1763 July the 2nd in informed that my father moved to Bryan County in North Carolina in 1764

Have you any record of your age & if so where is it. I have a record at my house in a bible said to be recorded by my father
When were you born when called into service, when have you heard since the Revolutionary war & when do you now live - Answer In Tryon County N Carolina (now Lincoln) have lived here ever since & still live in line with formerly Tryon County
How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute And if a sub- -stitute for whom Answer I volunteered in the first year of seven months & en- -listed when I marched to Wilmington, was a substitute for several short periods but do not remember how long
State the name of some of the regular officer troops who were with the troops when you served, such continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the Genl circumstances of your service Genl Rutherford commanded in the South which I took to Wilmington & was acquaint- -ed with Coln Smith who commanded a company of horse I do not recollect of any continental regiment & from my  his  her  had recollection I do not recollect the Militia regiments, I marched to Wilmington in

the lower part of Virginia & was there when Genl Rutherford marched round that town & drove the British out by marching round the town on several times, I was in no en- -gagements on the other two of importance
did you ever receive a discharge from the services and if so by whom was it given & what has become of it. I was discharged when I returned from Wilmington from Captain White but have lost it long since I do not recollect what captain discharged me on the first two -
did you ever receive a commission if so what has become of it
I never received a commission from any one I was a private soldier
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood -hood and who can testify as to your char- acter for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution
Captain Saul Espe can testify to both & Genl Horney also can testify as to both
Andrew Hoyle Jacob
Plaintiff Jacob Horney Justice of the county court of Lincoln certify that they have put the above questions to John Horney & believe his answers are true Oct 1832
Andrew Hoyle Jacob Plunkett J. Horney

State of North Carolina } on this 11 th day Gilesland County } of July 1851 personally appeared before me John D. Ware one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said County Mrs Mary Harmon aged 82 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following dictation in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July the 29 th 1849 granting pay to certain widows that she is the widow of John Harmon Deed who was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution and was pensioned under the act of Congress passed 1832 in the North Carolina agency at about the rate of forty Dollars per annum she further declares that she was married to the afore said John Harmon some time in the year 1792 or the year 1793 date not recollected by John Gouth who was a Justice of the peace in Lincoln County this claimant further declares that her husband the afore said John Harmon died on the 14 day of Oct 1848 that she was not

married married to him prior to his leaving the service but that the marriage took place previous to the 1 st day of January 1800 viz at the time above stated she further swears that she does not know of any record which shows the date of her marriage or even the date of her children ages she further swears that she was married in Lincoln County N Carolina Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and date above written
John D Woon J.P. Mary here H Harmon mark
State of North Carolina } I John D. Woon Clemeland County } the magistrate before whom the above declaration was was made do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Mrs Mary Harmon and do hereby certify that she is an old lady of good character and veracity and I further certify that she is not able to attend at court from old age and bodily infirmities given under my hand and seal This 11 th day of July 1851 John D Woon J.P.

State of North Carolina Court of Pleas & Quarter Cleveland County } Sep. August Term 1851
I Silas Williams Clerk of said Court certify that John D. Ware whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration is and was at the time of signing a Magistrate in and for the County & State aforesaid that his Official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record having general jurisdiction And that the foregoing declaration was submitted in open Court and approved of, and it was shown by proof to the satisfaction of said Court by the Oath of Peter Harmon a disinterested Witness That the aforesaid John Harmon died on the 14 th day of October 1848
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed My Name and affixed the Seal of Office at Office in Shelby the 12 th day of August 1851
S. Williams C.C. Clerk

State of North Carolina } on this 16 th day of March, Columbiana County } one thousand eight hundred and fiftyfive personally appeared before me John D Ware one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said county and state aforesaid MRS Mary Harmon aged Eighty years a resident of Columbiana County in the state of North Carolina who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of John Harmon Deed who was a private soldier in the war of the Revolutionary and served as set forth in his own declaration upon which he drew a pension for which you can refer to his declaration now filed away in your office. This claimant also refers you to her own declaration for evidence of her marriage and the death of her husband the aforesaid John Harmon. She further states that she is a widow at the date of executing this her declaration. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under act approved March the 3 rd 1835. She also declares that she never received nor applied for Bounty land under this or any other act of Congress. Mary her Harmon mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in said claim John D Ware

State of North Carolina } on this 16 th day of March Clemeland County } 1855 personally appeared Preston Goforth and William Ware Residents of Clemeland County and state of North Carolina who being duly sworn according to law declare that they are personally and well acquainted with Mrs Mary Harman and who saw her make her mark to the foregoing declaration =ation that they know her to be the identical person there in named and that she is now a widow and they swear they are disinterested witnesses
Preston Goforth William Ware
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16 th day of March 1855 and I certify that the said Preston Goforth and William Ware are creditable and respectable citizens
John F. Ward

State of North Carolina Cleaveland County
I Silas Williams Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County and State aforesaid hereby certify that John D. Ware whose name appears to the foregoing declaration and affidavit is and was an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County at the time of signing the same duly commissioned and
Qualified that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have herunto Subscribed my name and affixed my Official this 19 th day of March 1835
S. Williams Clerk
15.386

18566
John Harmon
N.C.
Amount in private
11 mo 21 days.
$39=
14.
P. 328
D. Reinhardt
Lincolnton
N.C.

BRIEF in the case of  John Harmon  County of  Lincoln  in the State of  North Carolina  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Noe In 1780 7 — Private Gen. Rutherford Capt Barbour   enlisted 4 21 " Capt White   11 21  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Skirmishing  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Troyon Co N.C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not properly attached 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. H. Forrest  Examining Clerk.

No 1078
Mary Harmon, widow of John
N.C.
Act 29 July 1848,
Married before 1800
Has died 11 Oct 1848
Adm p 39 for annu
Court 11 Oct 1848
Asheville
Joseph Carroll Shelby N.C.

Know all men by these presents that we John Harman and Henry Harman both of the County of Lincoln and State of North Carolina are held and firmly bound unto Alexander Martin Governor or his successors in Office in the Sum of five hundred pounds lawfull Money of said State for the which payment well and truly to be made and done we bind ourselves our heirs Executors and assigns, firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 26 th of March 1791 (Seventeen Hundred & Ninety One)
The Condition of the above Obligation is such that Whereas the above bound John Harman hath the day of the date hereof obtained a License of Marriage to be celebrated between him and M c Harris Now if it shall appear at all times hereafter that there is no just cause to obstruct said Marriage then the above obligation to be void and otherwise to remain in full force and virtue in Law
John Harman (Seal) Henry Harman (Seal)
State of North Carolina } I Robt Williamson Clerk Lincoln County } of the Court of Pleas & Sessions Before me in said County do hereby Certify That the above is a true Copy of an original Marriage Bond in My Office
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set My hand & affixed the Seal of My Office this 15 th July 1851 Robt. Williamson, Clerk

Mary Newman
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on 3 July 1853
act. 29 d 46 983
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I know all men by these presents that I Mary Harmon widow
Hirely irrevocably constitute and appoint
My true and lawful Agent and attorney to prosecute the claim of my self for any Revolutionary pension or means of Pension that may be due me and I hereby authorize my said agent and attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said claim on file in the Depart- ment at Washington City or else where on file and additional evidence arguments and to receive the certificate which may be issued for said claim and appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purpose herein expressed and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present hereby ratifying and confirming to all that my said attorney and agent shall do lawfully do in the present premises and revoking all Powers without my hand and seal this July 30 1856 entirely and forever
At the time hereof
Mary H Harmon
Preston G Goforth
State of North Carolina on this the day of December County of 1856 Before me the subscri- ber justice of the peace for the County aforesaid Personally appeared Mary Harmon and acknow- ledged the foregoing Power of attorney to be her act and deed for the purpose therein expressed In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this day and year aforesaid.
Preston G Goforth J.P.

State of North Carolina Cleveland County } I Silas Williams Clerk of the County Court in the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Preston Goforth before whom the foregoing Power of Attorney was acknowledged is and was at the time of signing a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Cleveland duly Commissioned and qualified that the name thereunto subscribed is his genuine signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Official Seal this 30 th day of July 1856
S. Williams etc

Know the laws of your by obeying them faithfully always.

J. E. Heath com of pension Washington city D.C.

Shelby Cleveland County NC
June the 20 th 1852
Mr J. P. Heath Sir I can inform you that about the 4 th day of June I received a certificate in the case of Mrs Harmon widow of John Harmon Sec d allowing her a pension from the 11 th day of Oct 1848 until her death and also you wrote to me stating that the agent at Fayetteville was instructed to resume the payment of the pension of John Harmon Sec d which I understand is the arrear that was due John Harmon when he rec d his pension was stopped on the 10 th day of June 1847 and that he did not make any draw after the 4 th day of March 1847 I sent a power of attorney from Mrs Harmon to Fayetteville for the arrear and the agent sent back the papers stating that they may would have to be drawn at Asheville I sent another power of Attorney from Mrs Harmon there and the agent sent the papers back to me that he was not instructed to pay such case you will please instruct some one of the agents to pay and send me a few lines directing me where to send after the money you will see by having reference to your Book that he never made any draw after the 4 th day of March 1847  Yours Respectfully Joseph Carroll

John Brown 1832
170
Dear Sir, Heath Com of pensions Washington City D.C.
bold
to

Shelby act the 10 th 1837
sir Inclosed I send the declaration of Mrs Mary Harmon widow of John Harmon Deed you will Examine and if there is any thing locking you will please write to me should all be right you will direct the Certificate to me at Shelby lease and county S.B.
Yours Respectfully Joseph Carroll

Pension Office June 10th, 1847
Sir,
Your Affidavit in the case of Deborah Endasly has led to a re-examination of the papers upon which your Claim was allowed and it is discerned that a pension was granted you upon your own statement of your services, which statement is neither sustained by satisfactory proof, nor by the information of this department respecting the Militia Service of North Carolina obtained since the adjustment of your Claim. Nor with that specified in your Affidavit now presented. You are required therefore before any further payment can be made to you to file a Supplemental declaration in which you must set forth specifically the length, period and grade of each tour of your service with the names of the Company and field Officers upon whom they were performed, and state also the probable distance you were from home at any time, where stationed, the battles in which

You were engaged, the probable number of troops, embodied and how quartermaster, subsistence and pay, also produce the Certificate of the Comptroller of that state showing any payments made to your name found upon the records in his office.
John Harmon June 16. '67
Mr John Harmon W. S. Pension Shelly Blandland Co Va

In the Superior Court
1 st April 1850
Sir
I have been requested to write by a near kinsman of John Harmon formerly of Cleveland County N.C. relative to cause of his pension having stopped some years ago. It can be proven by his son whose character as a man of veracity I think is irreproachable that a man who was trying to get a pension for another Revolutionary soldier also the old Mr Harmon thought was trying to take an advantage of the widow and in consequence thereof refused to give a declaration. Consequently it irritated the man and by some statement of his the pension was stopped. In justice the old man's pension ought to be paid and because of the frank statement of the facts in case stated I make the request of you to know how to proceed. Knowing that you are the friend of the pensioner so far as justice and truth are concerned
Yours Respectfully W. H. H. Harmon

Brief in the case of  Mary Harmon, widow of John Harmon, Shelby County and State of North Carolina act 29 July 1848
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a Spanner Record proof of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
J. Carroll Shelby N.C.
J. Cole Examining Clerk.

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John Warren
FREE W. Cole
J. S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

John Harrison
Amended & to be certified
D. Reinhardt London N.

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

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

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

FREE
A. P. Waldo com of pensias Washington City DC
15-582

Shelby March the 19 th 1855 Inclosed I send the Declaration of Mrs Mary Harmon for a land warrant you will please send the warrant to me at Shelby or Caroline Cleveland County Yours Respect Joseph Canoll

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2795
Mary Harmon Widow John Harmon Ex: Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index:—Vol. A , Page 302
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No. 15,386
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Mar 26, 18 55
Mary Harmon Wid of John Harmon Rev War V.C. mil'd
Warrant No 1307-160-55
Joseph Carroll Shelby. N.C. P

FILE
Col S. L. Edwards company of Pensions Bely of Washington
Llo
Shed
J. H. Alexander John Hearn
Mar 20-48

Lincolnton S.C. 13. March 1848
Dear Sir I again write you on behalf of old John Harmon. he has again made out his papers. to his agent at Fayetteville. N.C. where they all remain as I suppose. till he hear from you. The old man is very frail. & I think it likely he. did not recollect. when he made the affidavit, for some person last summer, that you already offered from his own declaration, & in fact. he had not sense enough. to know what he was swearing and a person procuring such papers. as the Agents for old persons can make them swear almost anything however it is useless to go into particulars - I am satisfied he ought to draw - I have no interest in the matter, but wish to see justice done. So. will you let me or Mr. Talbot at Fayetteville hear from you as this will be the last effort
Yours Very Respectfully J. P. Alexander
Col. J. L. Edwards Washington.

State of North Carolina
{ Comptroller's Office September 19th. 1851.
I William J. Clarke Comptroller of public accounts in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears of record in said office among the payments made by said State to sundry persons for military services in the war of the Revolution, as follows to wit:
John Harman Book G. No. 17 £19 £19 9. specie (Nineteen pounds, nineteen shillings and nine pence)
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office the day and year above written
Wm J. Clarke Compt.