Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4227, Christopher Haynes, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. b.
Haynes, Christopher Frances
W. 4227
CONTENTS

1242 Tennessee Frances Haynes died widow of Christopher Haynes who served in the Revolutionary
as a legion
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 16
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. and January 22 nd 1853. Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of May 1856.
and sent to A. L. Buren Will Bend. Tenn.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 182. Vol. 1.
A. L. Buren June 11/56

State of Tennessee Hawkins County ss.
On this the 12 th day of March A.D. 1853, personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Francis Haynes, aged about eighty one years a resident of said County of Hawkins in the State of Tennessee who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Christopher Haynes deceased who was a Sergeant in the Continental line in the war of the revolution in the company commanded by Capt. Dawson in the Regiment commanded by Col. James Hogan that her said husband entered the service as she believes in month of April 1777, and remained in the actual service of the United States until sometime in November 1779, when he was discharged from said service, honorably as well appears from the proof herewith transmitted.
She further states that she was married to the said Christopher Boaynes in the County of Halifax State of North Carolina on the _____ day of _____ A.D. about the year 1790. by one Lewis Siggins a justice of the peace for said County & State, and that her name before she was married was Frances Turner; that her said husband departed this life in the County of Hawkins State of Tennessee on about the th day of Nov. A.D. 1831, and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 3 rd day of March A.D. 1837, and those passed afterwards granting pensions to the widows of soldiers of the Revolution & other wars. see also the act of March 3 rd 1837, and those passed afterwards granting pensions to the widows of soldiers of the Revolution & other wars.
XXXXX _____ XX
— Frances + Agnes mark
Given to and subscribed before me mark in the day and date above written & I do further certify that Francis Haynes is not able in account of her full and decent situation to

go into any kind of record as she is not able to leave her own house, and I do further certify that I was well acquainted with Christopher Haynes deceased, mentioned in the declaration of Frances Haynes above, and I have no doubt that he is the same man who served in the Revolutionary war as stated in said declaration. I have often heard, persons who I supposed knew the facts speak of said Haynes Senior which persons were old and are now dead, and I further certify that the said Frances Haynes the declarant above is the widow and relict of the said Christopher Haynes deceased that she is still a widow, and from what I know of her and the age of her children I believe her to be of the age stated in her declaration.
Yours J. Smith Secy for Hawkins County
State of Tennessee } an acting justice of the peace for said Co Hawkins County } Personally appeared before me on this 12 th day of March 1833. Jess Spears a citizen of said county a man of good standing and a witness entitled to full credit, who being only sworn according to law deposes and saith, that he was well acquainted with the said Christopher Haynes mentioned in the declaration of Frances Haynes above, that he has often heard his father Samuel Spears (now deceased) speak of said Haynes, he has heard him speak of being in the service of the revolution with said Haynes, that he was in the continental service of the State of North Carolina in the service of the United States, the said Spears states that he has heard others often speak of the same facts, he has heard said Haynes and his said father speak together of the circumstances of their service, he has also often heard the said Haynes and one John Pilant, who was also a Revolutionary Soldier speak together of their service in the war mentioned in the declaration of the said Frances Haynes above he further supposes that the said Haynes

separated this life in or about the 13 th of Nov 1831. and that the said Francis Haynes the declarant is the widow and relict of the said Haynes. That she is old and infirm and in very indigent circumstances; That he believes her to be of the age stated in her declaration, and that she is still a widow and has been ever since the death of the said Christopher Haynes. All the interlineations in this affidavit were made before it was sworn to or acknowledged.
Sworn to and subscribed before me in the way and oath above written
Jesse Spears
(Wm Smith J.P. (Seal))
for Hawkins County
state of Tennessee
Hawkins County } Personally appeared before me one of the acting justices of the Peace in and for the County and State foresaid on this the 19 th day of May 1853. John Wheeler a man of good standing and a credible witness and makes oath in due form of law that he is well acquainted with Francis Haynes who makes the foregoing declaration for a pension as that he has been acquainted with her for a great many years, that he knows her to be the widow and relict of Christopher Haynes deceased That he was also well acquainted with the said Christopher Haynes in his lifetime for a great many years up to the time of his death which took place in the year 1831. That he has often heard the said Haynes talk with one John Pilant, who was also a comrade of the revolution and perhaps a pensioner about their service together in the revolutionary war, and he relates the following anecdote of which he has often heard them speak viz They made an agreement while in the service that the one of them that should first swear an oath should be struck by the other and that Pilant on one

occasion struck Haynes for violating his part of the agreement, whereupon Haynes retaliated saying that the agreement was not to be in force when he was made. That the said John Pilant is now dead and has been for several years. He also states that he has heard the said Haynes often talk with one Samuel Spears who was also a revolutionary soldier and pensioner (as will appear more fully from the rolls in the Pension Office at Washington,) about their service together in the revolutionary war and he has no doubt in the world about the fact that the said Christopher Haynes is the identical same man who served in the war of the revolution in the continental line of North Carolina, and that the said Samuel Spears has been dead many years and his testimony cannot be had. That his said wife Frances Haynes is still a widow and living in indigent circumstances, at a very old age and quite infirm and weakly.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 19 th day of May 1855. John his Wheeler mark
At Mansfield (P.D.) for Hawkins County, Tenn. State of Tennessee
Hawkins County, Tennessee personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the acting justices of the peace in and for said County & State. James Arnis a man of respectability and a witness entitled to full credit in any court of justice who being duly sworn according to law makes the following affidavit. That he is well acquainted with Frances Haynes who makes the foregoing declaration for pension &c. that she is the widow of Christopher Haynes now deceased, that she is still a widow & has been such ever since the Christopher's decease. That he was also well acquainted with the said Christopher Haynes for many years (from the year 1786 or 1787 up to the time of his death which occurred in the year 1831) that the said Haynes came from the State of North Carolina to this State in the 8 th year of 18 or 19

That, he has often heard the s a Haynes speak of his service in the revolutionary war , that he stated he was in several battles perhaps the battles of Guilford Co. N.C. and others. He has heard him speak of being in the service as much as two years and he has no doubt but that he is the identical Christopher Haynes mentioned on the rolls of the continental army of the State of North Carolina.
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this the 19 th April 1853. James Smith J. P. G. Galt S. P.
State of Tennessee — Personally appeared before Hawkins County — me an acting justice of the peace in for said County the same John Wheeler who made the affidavit above and upon his oath only taken before me makes this further statement That, said Christopher Haynes and his wife Frances Haynes came from the State of North Carolina to the State of Tennessee many years ago, over fifty years ago, that they lived together as husband and wife as long as he knew them, and up to the time of Christopher Haynes death in the year 1831, they raised a large family of children and they all bore the name of Haynes, & I have no doubt but they were regularly married, as I never heard any thing to the contrary. Sworn to and Subscribed before his John F. Wheeler mark me this the 19 th day of May 1853, J. H. Newcomb for Hawkins County Tenn
State of Tennessee — On this the 9 th day of July 1853 Hawkins County — Personally appeared before me, Mrs. Rachael Armstrong a creditable witness in any court

of Luster, and makes oath in due form of law, that she has known the abovenamed Frances Haynes for forty or forty five years. that for many years, she was intimate with the family of said Frances Haynes that she was also well acquainted with Christopher Haynes who was the husband of the said Frances. That she has often been at the house of the said Christopher Haynes previous to his death. That the said Christopher and Frances lived together as husband and wife from the time of her first acquaintance with them up to the time of the death of said Christopher which occurred more than twenty years ago. That she knows the said Christopher and Frances raised a large family of children all of whom bore the name of Haynes. That she never heard the fact of their marriage disputed, or questioned, that she is well satisfied that there was never any doubt of the marriage of the said Christopher & Frances. She has always been under the impression and belief that the said Christopher and Frances were married in the State of North Carolina when they moved from where they came to the State. That the said Frances is still living at a very old age. Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year above written John H. Armstrong (J.P.) Rachel Armstrong
State of Tennessee Davidson County } This the 9 th day of July 1833 Personally appeared before me Frances Haynes who makes the foregoing declaration, and makes oath in due form of law, that she has made all the efforts in her power to make proof of her marriage with Christopher Haynes, that she wrote to the Clerk

of the County Court of Halifax County North Carolina when she was married and she asked where that no records of marriage appeared in his office previous to 1800. and she herewith files a clerk's letter for inspection. She has also written to N. C. for proof by her sister who is the only person that she knows of living who was present at her marriage, but her sister states she was so young that she cannot state the falls with such precision as would be of any benefit. She also herewith files the letter of the husband of her sister for inspection. She also states that there were very few persons present at her marriage and she does not know of any one living who was there, except her sister aforesaid. She hopes the proof she herewith transmits may be deemed sufficient to establish her marriage, and that her pension may be granted upon the proof. She herewith transmits a description of her husband, her identity as his wife and child, and the proof of their marriage by reputation, or that such information in regard to the further requirements will be sent to her attorney J. M. Walker Rogersville Tennessee as will enable her immediately to proceed to obtain the same. If the proof herein contained be sufficient please send the papers of my case to my said Atty and oblige this Affiant &c
sworn to and subscribed before me on the day above written,
Frances X. Haynes Mark
Wm Smith

State of Tennessee ss. Hawkins County 3 I, James W. Vance Clerk of the County Court of said County do cer- tify that William Smith, Joseph B. Calhoun and Joseph R. Armstrong Esqrs. before whom the foregoing affidavits were made are now and were when the same were then acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County legally commissioned and qualified and that their several signatures hereunto are genuine
Given under my hand and official seal at Office in Rogersville the 11 th day of July 1883
J. W. Vance Clerk

Administration
Claim
Francis Hagman
Isaac Spence
Filed by
A. T. Biron
Will Road
Tenn

The officials of our church know of no record of the marriage of the said Francis Haynes to the said Christopher the said Francis Haynes died, but we are not the correct date and date from these circumstances. As far as she is said to have died on Monday the 11th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty five. And we know that our church containing held on the 11th Monday of that month in that year. Hence there can be no doubt that she died on that day. The said Francis died on the twenty second day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty five.
Second and Subscribed to before me this 7 th day of April 1886. Given under my hand and seal this 7 th day of April 1886.
J. S. Holt William G. Lee Preston Lawson J. C. White

State of Tennessee On This Seventh day of April being the first Dawkins County Monday and day set by law for holding the County Court, and in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty six. Personally appeared in open Court, Issac Spears a resident of the County and State aforesaid, aged Sixty Six years, who first being duly sworn according to law, makes the following declaration that is to say, That he is the administrator of the Estate of Francis Haynes deceased, who was widow of Christopher Haynes deceased who was a Revolutionary Soldier, and the said Christopher who lived as stated in proof on file in the Pension Office sub- mitted in the claim of said Francis as his widow, previous to the year Eighteen hundred and forty eight without ever applying for a pension, and the said Francis who made application under the act of August 29 July 1848 but died before receiving her Certificate on the 22 nd day of January Eighteen hundred and fifty five and That from the date of the death of the said Christopher the said Francis never again married but remained to the date of her death a widow, That the Children of the said Francis by the said Christopher now surviving and well known to this declarant, and that the following are their names and residences To wit. Hersey Spears, wife of Declarant, Sally, wife of Isaac Charles, Mary, wife of Thomas Smith, all residing in Hawkins County Tenn, Jane, wife of Thomas Haggard of Greene County Missouri, the heirs of Lucy, who was the wife of James Bradley of County Texas, Christopher heirs a son who died and heirs reside in County Alabama, John Haynes of County Louisiana and that these and none other are all the surviving children of the said Francis, That he as administrator for the benefit of the children and heirs aforesaid to be equally divided amongst them, Claims the amount of pension & benefits to be paid from the United States to said Francis Haynes as widow of said Christopher, in her claim now on file in the Pension Office, from the to commence on the 4 th day of March 1848 and at such rate of pay per annum as the record testimony of service gives in said proof added in the case and to terminate on the said 22 nd day of January Eighteen hundred and fifty five being the day said Francis died, and to obtain a Certificate from the Department of the Interior to him as such for such claims and for the purpose stated, he makes this declaration and submits the annexed proof in the case submitted in open Court
Refer me
J. B. Galt Seal
Chairman and Chief justice of the County Court, April Term 1856

State of Tennessee ss. County Court April Term 1856 J. H. Vance. H. Hawkins County } Vance clerk of said Court holden at Rogersville in and for said County. do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited and adduced to said Court, by the sworn testimony of witnesses examined in Court and by the personal knowledge of said Court that Francis Haynes who was an applicant for pension in right of the services of her husband Christopher Haynes of Tenn. who was a Revolutionary Soldier, died before the year Eighteen hundred and forty eight - and that his widow the said Francis died the 22 day of January Eighteen hundred and fifty at the house of Jesse Spears in our said County, and that all and every of the surviving children of the said Francis are each and severally named in the foregoing declaration, to wit Herbly, Sally, Mary, Jane, Lucy, Christopher and John, and beside these there are none other or their heirs surviving at this day That Jesse Spears the husband of Herbly a resident of our said County, has been duly and without objection constituted and appointed administrator of the Estate of said Francis Haynes widow of Christopher deceased, by our said Court, and that the amount of his official bond of record in our said Court is One Thousand Dollars with approved security, by our said Court, and that Joseph B. Gathright Esq. is Chairman and Chief Justice of our said Court duly elected Commissioned and sworn That the Verification herewith took place in open Court that the signature of said justice herewith is genuine.
And further certify that James Cooper Esq. whose genuine signature appears herewith is now and was at the date of his certificate herewith, an acting justice of this Court in and for my County duly Commissioned and qualified.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at office in Rogersville this 7 day of Feb 56 A.D. 1856
J. H. Vance Clerk

State of Tennessee On this 7th day of April eighteen hundred and Hawkins County 3 fifty six personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within and for said County duly authorized by law to administer Oaths, Calvin M Smith aged thirty four years
G. H. Hite aged thirty four years Jacob Miller aged forty five years John Jones aged sixty six years each and all being residents of the County and State aforesaid who each joined say on Oath to wit, we were well acquainted with Christopher Haynes deceased who lived and died in said County and who we have always understood was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, that he died about the day of eighteen hundred and that Francis Haynes his widow who was an applicant for pension in right of her husband's services in said War, died on the 22nd day of January eighteen hundred and fifty five of the day and date of her death we are all certain. That we know all her children to wit, Jerobo, who married Isaac Hearn, Sally who married Jacob M. Charles, Mary who married Thomas Smith and these three now reside in this County, Lucy who married James Bradley and died here but who has surviving children in Texas, Jane who married Thomas Hagan now living in Missouri, Christopher a son who died but left surviving children who now reside in Alabama, John now living in Louisiana. That these are all and the names of all surviving children or their heirs that now are living, of the said Francis Haynes, widow of said Christopher, and that the said Christopher and the said Francis lived and cohabited as man and wife in this County from the date of our first recollection continuously to the date of his death, that they both died in this County, that we have no interest in the claim of her heirs to pension, that the facts stated are known to us to be true, and ought not be doubted.
Calvin M Smith
G. H. Hite
Jacob Miller
John Jones
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written before me, and I certify that I am acquainted with each and all the affiants, that they are credible persons and have had opportunities to know the facts they depose to, and that I know the same to be substantially true, and I have no interest in the claim.
By [Signature] Commissioner
Notary Public

for a statement of the military history of Christopher Haynes a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Ind. F. H 2 27
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 15, 1777 Nov. 3, 77 Regrd Dawson James Morgan N.C.  
The above noted is the only Christopher Haynes found on the go, go (There is another - Hains ) ms. 1
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Halifax Co N.C. Date of application for pension, Feb. 12, 1853. Her el was ab. Residence at date of application, Hawkins Co, Tenn. Age at date of application, She was 81 yrs old. She died Jan 23, 1853 in Hawkins
Remarks: She married in Halifax Co N.C. about 1790. Francis Turner and his wife sold her to Christopher. By his first wife soldier had 4 boys and 1 girl names died in Hawkins Co Tenn Nov 13, 1831 (not stated). By his second wife he had 10 children Sarah, wife of Jesse Spears, Sally, wife of Jacob Charles, Mary, wife of Thomas Smith, Jane, wife of Thomas Hagan, and John, all alive in 1856; Lucy, wife of James Bradley. Christopher died April 7, 1856, no other names stated.
Very respectfully,

State of Tennessee I Francis Haynes in addition to Hawkins County 3 what I have stated in my former declaration and application for a pension for the services of my husband Christopher Haynes, would state that my information as to the services of my said husband in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain, is based entirely upon my recollection of the facts of the case, my recollection is personal clear and distinct, that I saw my said husband very soon after he returned from the war heard him talk often with the young men of the neigh- borhood this was long before my marriage with him I also often saw him before he went to the war and was well acquainted with him before he went to the war I also state that my declaration was not based upon the information received from any source than my own memory, for I recollect as well and as distinct- ly as if it were but yesterday, the facts of his services I state further that I have no record of my marriage with the said Christopher, nor have I at this time any record of the birth of my children, my husband did keep a record of all the births of our children, but it has by some accident been lost or mislaid so that at this time I do not know where it is, the said record was kept in an old ciphering book of my said husband and is now lost and cannot be found any where so far as I am able to ascertain,
State of Tennessee Hawkins County I Francis, appeared before me Wm Smith - - - one of the justices of the peace of said county, and made oath in an affidavit that the facts stated in the foregoing declaration are true, sworn to and subscribed before me the 13 th day of December 1855. Francis X Haynes mark Wm Smith S.P. for Hawkins County

State of Tennessee § 85 Hawkins County § 85, James W. Vance Clerk of the County Court of said County do certify that William Smith Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was at the date thereof sworn on the 13 th day of December A. D. 1853 an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County legally commissioned and qualified and that his signature thereto is genuine.
Given under my hand and official seal at office in Rogersville the 2 nd day of May 1854
J. W. Vance Clerk

My dear Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th inst. and in reply to inform you that the same has been forwarded to the proper authorities for their consideration. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, [Signature] [Title]

Hopkinsville Ky.
Mar 4th. 1908
Commissioner of Pensions -
Dear Sir -
Are there any records in the Pension Department to show that Christopher Haynes or Col. William Ayotte were Revolutionary soldiers?
Thanking you in advance
I am
Respectfully
Mrs Jno R. Green
Re gent Col. Jno. Green Chapter D. A. R.
614 South Main St.

Lin R. Green
Apr. 16, 1908, Hist to Mrs. Jo
Pay  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4227
Frances Hughes
widow
Christopher Hughes
Sgt. Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1844
Index:—Vol. A , Page 303
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Tennessee } Francis Haynes Revolutionary Pension Hawkins County } Amended Declaration.
On this 23 day of December A.D. one Thousand eight hundred and fifty four Personally appears before me one of the justices of the County Court and justice of the peace for the County and State aforesaid Francis Haynes , a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged Eighty years. Who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following amended Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the law of the United States passed on the seventh day of July 1838. and in the event she fails to effectually prove her right to the benefits of that act of Congress then she will claim under act of 29 th July 1848. and in the event she shall fail under that act then she claims lastly under the 2 nd Section of act 3 rd February 1853. all of said acts granting pensions to certain widows of officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary War that she is the widow of Christopher Haynes . Who was a Sergeant in Capt Dawson's Company 7 th Regt Continental line state troops of North Carolina in the Revolutionary War. that he entered the service for three years. and actually served from the 15 th day of April 1777 to the 3 rd day of November 1777. all of which will be shown by the annexed printed Certificate from the Secretary of State of North Carolina - exhibited as proof in her case. to establish the service of her said husband Christopher Haynes . in said war. for the Commonwealth . She further Declares as she hath heretofore declared that she was married to the said Christopher Haynes on the — day of March — A.D. seventeen hundred and ninety (1790) that she was the second wife of said Christopher . that they were married in Watauga County State of North Carolina. that one Lewis Dickens a Justice of the peace solemnized the rites of matrimony between them. that she has used all diligence to secure a record from the County Clerk's office where said marriage took place. that no — family record was made of

the marriage aforesaid. — That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four. Viz at the time aforesaid — and that her said husband the aforesaid Christopher Haynes died on the 13 th day of November eighteen hundred and twenty nine (1829) that she never again married but remained and is now a widow she further states, that she was lawfully married that her name before her marriage was Francis Turner that she was younger than her said husband, that by him she had ten children that the eldest is now sixty one —
She does not know of any person surviving her who directly knows the fact of such marriage but that she was legally married to the said Christopher Haynes as aforesaid at the date aforesaid and place removing however about the year April 1795 to the County and State aforesaid and settling upon the waters of Buck Creek about seven miles East of the town of Rogersville there continuing without moving till the death of her said husband — and that in the neighborhood she has ever since and still resides
Sworn to and subscribed her to me this 23 day of December 1854 as above written, and I certify that I have been acquainted with Mrs. Francis Haynes forgoing for many three years past living neighbors to her all the time and from such acquaintance and hearsay from other persons, and from the good and unexceptionable character of the said Francis, I have the best reasons otherwise too to believe that every word of her foregoing declaration is true — that she is not improperly influenced to make such declaration — that I have no interest whatever in her claim against

the United States for a pension - that she is the identical person wife and widow she states that she still is a widow there ought to be no doubt - I further certify that such is the now  down condition of said Francis. Such her helplessness extreme weakness and bodily infirmity that to appear personally before a Court at Rogersville is not only impracticable but that such attempt would in all probability shorten the conveyance might be end her days at once and that such requirement in her case ought to be omitted in justice - And I further certify that in these presents are Horatio Webster and Samuel G.
Lee - both respectable citizens of the County of Hawkins and State of Tennessee. Who have sworn before me that they saw the said Francis Haynes sign her name by making her mark to the foregoing declaration. That they have reason to believe that she is the identical widow she represents herself to be - and that altogether her statements are True - and they signed their names in my presence here.
witnesses as aforesaid
Horatio his Webster Samuel man G. Lee
lines under my hand and seal this day aforesaid
Wade H. Smith (Seal) Notary of the pen for Hawk in county Tennessee
See Mary's certificate

State of Tennessee & Frances Haynes Pension Claim Hawkins County & Power of Attorney -
Know all men by these presents that I. Frances Haynes widow of Christopher Haynes an officer in the Revolutionary war. do hereby constitute and appoint Absalom L. Buren of Mills Bend Tennessee my attorney for me and in my name to prosecute my claim against the United States for a Revolutionary Pension (in place of F. M. Walker Esq. of Rogersville my former attorney.) to whom I respectfully request that all communications be made from the department of Interior relating to the same and to receive my Certificate of Pension if I am entitled to the same. and to do all things necessary for the prosecution of the same. Witness my hand & Seal This
23 day of December 1854
witness
Frances Haynes
Bartholomew Maynor his mark
Signed sealed and acknowledged in my presence this 23. day of December 1854
Wade H. Smith P. O. Hawkins county Tennessee
I do approve of the above appointment by Mrs. Haynes and respectfully ask that it be so regarded and certify that I have examined the annexed Decla- -ration foregoing and from recollection the material facts therein are consistent with the declaration filed. This 1st day of January 1855. F. M. Walker

57 State of Tennessee ) Francis Hanes's Revolutionary Pensions Claims Hickman County ) Affidavit of Bartholomew Maynor On this 28 th day of December A.D. 1854. Personally came before me, a justice of the peace within and for the County of Hickman and State of Tennessee aforesaid Bartholomew Maynor, who being duly sworn accor- -ding to law, says - and makes the following statement that is to say - I was born in the County of North ampton, state of North Carolina — and from the best evidences I have, I am Ninety Two — years of age or thereabouts I was born about the year seventeen hundred and Sixty Two then living in the County of Northampton State of North Carolina I became acquainted with Christopher Hanes, who then lived in the County of Halifax state of North Carolina sometime from recolle- -ction it must have been in the Summer of the year seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven (1777) I was at the town of Hillsboro — in the State of North Carolina and then and there conferr'd with the said Christopher Hanes who was then as I then understood and never afterwards heard contradicted engaged in some Company as an officer in the service of the then existing Revolutionary War- at the time I understood that he was engaged for Three years. as that date I was not quite old enough to be a soldier myself but before the war closed I was probably old enough but never entered the service of the Army of Hanes's service in the Revolutionary War. I cannot be mistaken of this immaterial fact this may be a blunder of memory - but I think his service was before the battle at Camden called "Bates defeat" — which circumstance I distinctly recollect to this day - there ought to be no doubt of

the services in the Revolutionary war of the said Christopher Haynes. for so it is. I further state that about the year  seventeen hundred and ninety five  XXXX in the County of Hawkins state of Tennessee. I became acquainted with Francis Haynes that she then lived in the County of Hawkins state of Tennessee that she was at the date of said acquain- -tance, living and considering herself as Christopher Haynes wife that I was not at the marriage of the said Francis and Christopher but of that fact no doubt ever was had by any one. She was his second wife. About the year seventeen hundred and ninety five I moved to the County of Hawkins state of Tennessee and settled at a place eight miles South of Rogersville the said Christopher Haynes and his wife Francis and his family came to the County of Hawkins state of Tennessee sometime I think in the same of year or year before.
I came and settled in said County and state, a neighbor to them where the said Haynes continued to reside till he died which was I supposed about the year 1829- during all this time from our first acquaintance (1777)  in  seventy seven  hundred and ninety five to his death him and his said wife Francis lived to- -gether as man and wife. so considered and de- -meaned themselves. was so considered till his death. to the contrary I never heard any one say ought. as to the fact of their marriage before the year seventeen hundred and ninety five I am quite positive. and believe at the date she states to wit 1795. I know their children her eldest must be about sixty one years of age. and that Francis Haynes herewith represented is the identical widow and lawful wife of Christopher Haynes

that I knew and that soon in the Portionary War as aforesaid and died as aforesaid is a fact undoubted I further state that I have no pecuniary interest in this pension claimed by said Widow neither shall I be profited if it is obtained but this statement is made that a full and fair understanding be had in her case that justice may be done.
③ Interlineation
Probably 26 th line from top page 50 th
seventeen hundred and sixty five 1795 - 6th pa.
I settled - Thano - 18 th line 8 th Hagn
2) Shim Peng 6 TH (1977) - Security Guard by the 4 th year 3 rd
7 th pay 3 rd time - NO -
Samuel G. Lee 8 th line from bottom page 7 th aged Sixty five years
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 23 rd day of December 1854 and I certify that I have been acquainted with the said Bartholomew Maynor for twenty five years past - that he
has always been respectable and entitled to credit and that he fully understands his affidavit. That for the  of  his age his mental faculties are as vivid and sharp as any man of his age I ever knew.
I fully believe from facts known to me and other circumstances every word of his Statement to be true
Then Came Horatio Webster aged sixty years and Samuel G. See and sixty five years respectable Citizens of Hawkins County State of Tennessee and say that in their presence he signed the same. that they have been acquainted with him the said Maysnon for upwards of forty years.
xxxx -past and that they from their knowledge of all the facts state by him as having been facts stated and ad- mitted allways in their recollection and bound

to believe his statement true and which statement is only mainly what they have understood allways was so. as a general existing fact . that they have no interest whatever in the pension claimed by the said Frances. to these facts the said Horatio Webster and Samuel G. Lee were sworn to - and in my presence assigned their names as appears foregoing. Lastly I certify that I have no interest at all in the pension claimed given under my hand and seal this day last before written -
Wade H Smith (Seal) Sister of the per Geo Hare his county Tennessee

State of Tennessee 3 d Francis Haynes Revolutionary Pension Claim Hawkins County 3 d Affidavit of James Charles
On This 28 th day of December A.D. One Thousand eight hundred and fifty four before me, a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid. Personally came JAMES Charles, aged Seventy eight years, a citizen of the County and State aforesaid, who after being duly sworn according to law upon his Oath made the following statement that is to say - I was born in Henry County State of Virginia in the year 1776 or 1777 and from recollection in the year 1793 my father and myself with him moved to This Country and settled in the County and State aforesaid on Holston River about six miles east of Rogersville and in this Country I have ever since continued to reside, and still live - About the year Seventeen hundred and ninety five from the best of my recollection, Christopher Haynes, his wife Frances and family moved to this County and as I understand then and ever afterwards heard and believed came from Halifax County North Carolina. I believe I became acquainted with Haynes and his wife the first year they came to the Country for they settled not more than three miles from my father's that when they came they brought with them Haynes Children by his first wife four boys and one girl all of whom I recollect and perhaps their oldest living Child Hereto may have been some one or two years old when they came. That I was and am acquainted with all their Children. That they lived together in this Country from the year 1795 to the day of said Haynes death which I suppose was in 1829. That they so conducted and demeaned themselves, and was so regarded by the neighbors. etc. That I have every reason to

16 believe The facts of the marriage of the identical Christopher Haynes and his second wife Frances Turner from conversations I had not long after they moved and settled in this country with one of her Brothers who was in this country from Halifax County aforesaid on a visit to see his sister and Brother in law. so spoke of them at that day and from talk I had with one Ogburn Hale who lived formerly in said Halifax County and who came to this country and settled near to said Haynes, but the said Hale has been dead several years. I heard Hale speak of their marriage and from the best recollection I now have I heard Hale say that he Hale was at the marriage and that it was about the time stated to wit about the year 1790. of that fact I am as certain as of any fact from common report and general admission of every person both in that day to wit in 1795 and ever since - and the fact ought not be doubted - I have also heard Captain Williams Armstrong say about the same time to wit in 1795 the said Armstrong was then living a neighbor to my father that he Armstrong knew the said Christopher Haynes in the Revolutionary War that he was some sort of officer and was a good officer and soldier. I have often heard Christopher Haynes himself speak at a very early date of our acquaintance of his service in the Revolution, and of his service and identity as the same Haynes who was Frances Haynes husband there is now ought to be any doubt of any person on any where - the said Armstrong is long since dead - but I speak of these facts as facts then existing in

This Country and as facts never since otherwise doubted or talked of - Haynes was a man of good property that since they lived in this Country several years after they came - Haynes and his wife Frances fell heir to as I then understood in right of Haynes wife Frances from her Father's Estate to perhaps 5000 money and Negroes - The Negroes however were brought from North Carolina and at Haynes death were divided amongst his last wife's Children - These and other facts lead me to fully believe that the said Christopher Haynes and the said Frances Haynes now applying for a pension were man and wife lawfully married before 1794 and that such fact ought not to be doubted - and that I have interest in her pension claim whatever and that James Ellis and Bartholomew may now have had opportunities to know many facts about this matter -  John P. Charles Henry C. Hagg  James Charles
Sworn to and subscribed to before me this 28 day of December aforesaid - and I certify that James Charles is a citizen of my County that he is one of our oldest Citizens is a man of unexceptionable morals and respectable, that he can have no interest in Mr. Haynes pension claim - that I have known him ever since I can recollect, that his statement ought to be fully credited and stand undoubted - that I have no interest in the pension claimed by Mrs. Haynes - Given under my hand and Seal this day and your last also mentioned  Branch Tucker Clerk Justice of the peace of Hawkins County Tennessee

State of Tennessee, Francis Hagney Revolutionary Pension Claim Hawkins County } Affidavit of James A. Mims.
On this 30 day of December A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty four before me, a justice of the peace for the County and State aforesaid Personally Came. James A. Mims aged sixty four years a citizen of the County and State aforesaid His being duly sworn according to Law, makes the following statement that is to say I was born in Hawkins County State of Tennessee on the 6 day of November 1790 when I was about or thereabouts years of age to wit in the year 1795, still living in the County and State aforesaid I well remember that Christopher Hagney his wife Francis and family came to Hawkins County Tennessee and after a while permanently settled in said County on the waters of Beech Creek about four miles east of Rogersville, where I continued a perfect and intimate acquaintance with the said Christopher and his wife Francis to the day of his death which was I suppose in the year 1829- and with his said widow till this day. My father's residence and my own being not more than four miles from the said Christopher. When the said Christopher and his wife Francis came to Tennessee and settled as aforesaid they brought with them one child a daughter named Jeruba who was then I suppose from one to two years of age - which was all the living child they had she is still living in this County The said Christopher and Francis came here as man and wife so conduct and demeaned themselves and raised a large family which I was acquainted with. Jeruba - Lucy - Sally - Jane Mary - John, Christopher, Jesse - and Frank all of whom they acknowledged and claimed as their children. The said Christopher was a man of

14 fine property and at his death duly provided for the said Frances as his widow and his said Children as his lawful heirs. inheriting and disposing of his property as such - The said affiant Amis further states that after the said Christopher and his wife moved and settled in Tennessee as aforesaid - I was in Halifax County North Carolina, about the year 1805 stay d for some time in the neighborhood and conferred with the friends and relatives of the said Christopher and Frances. I was then satisfied of what indeed I had learned before and never doubted that said Frances was his second wife that he had in Halifax aforesaid married her and at about the date she states to wit about (1790) Seventeen hundred and ninety - and another fact that there would be at the death of her the mother of the said Frances a family of negroes and perhaps money and and descending to the said Frances as legal and I know that the said Christopher himself went to Halifax aforesaid about the afterwards and brought the property aforesaid to Tennessee and some of the very negroes are now to my knowledge in possession of the Children of said Christopher and Frances aforesaid - still living - for the States I have often heard the said Christopher speak of being in the Revolutionary war and as I thought there was officer as he was always titled Major Haynes and thinks that if any fact had been otherwise than that the said Christopher served in the war aforesaid - said he would certainly have heard some one speak of it - that the said Christopher Haynes whose widow Frances aforesaid is the identical widow of the

identical Christopher again and I cannot be mistaken further states that I am acquainted with one Bar-  tholomew  May  now  who  has  lived  in  Hawkins  County  for  some  time  and  is  a  friend  of  mine said Christopher and at my first acquaintance I learned from him that the  fact  that  the  said  Christopher  and  the said Frances  his  wife  the  said  May  nor  is  a  much older man than I am and consequently has better opportunity to know our earlier history of things - knowing from all the evidence and facts known to me I have no doubt that the said Haynes  born in the Revolution. That Frances  Haynes still living in Hawkins County Tennessee was  his lawful wife, that he  is  dead , that she  still  lives  and  is  now  his  widow , these are facts that ought to be regarded by all as facts beyond doubt and contrary no intimation to me was ever made - further states that I have no interest in the pension claimed by the said Frances . Haynes  widow as aforesaid.
WILLIE MILLER HENRY G. HAYG
James Annis
Sworn to and subscribed to this day and hour before me. and I certify that the said James Annis is well known to me that he is a respectable citizen of my county. That he has had ample means and opportunities to know the facts he states. That they are not doubted by me. nor should they be by others any where. Given under my hand and seal this day and year last above mentioned and I may further certify that I was born in this county and have allways known James Charles

as a near neighbor, and Citizens of said County of Hawkins. with Cyburn Hale in his lifetime. with Major Christopher Haynes and his wife Frances aforesaid. with Bartholomew Maynon a Citizen of my County. with Samuel G. Lee another Citizen of my County - that they are all among- -st The oldest and most respectable Citizens of This Country - and I do not believe any unfairness is or ought to be attached to Their testimony or lives in any case whatever And further and lastly that I have no concern or interest in the pension claimed by Mrs. Haynes  inasmuch as  as  has  has as aforesaid This 30 th day of December 1854
x subscribed & sworn to before Sign. & x (intended and stated out before signed)
E. C. Miller Judge of Hawkins Ten
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I, WILLIAM HILL, Secretary of State, in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls of the Continental line of this State, in the Revolutionary War, that Christopher Haynes a Sergeant in Capt. Dawson's Company of the 7 th Regiment, entered the service on the 15 th day of April 1777 for the term of three years, and was discharged on the 3 rd day of November 1779. I further certify that James Hogan was Colonel of the 7 th Regiment.
Given under my hand this 19 th day of February 1853. 1853
W. Hill Secretary of State

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I, WILLIAM HILL, Secretary of State, in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls of the Continental line of this State, in the Revolutionary War, that Christopher Haynes a Sergeant . . . in Capt. Dawson's . . . . . Company of the Seventh Regiment , entered the service on the 15 th day of April 1777 , for the term of Three years, and was discharged on the 3 rd day of November 1777.
Given under my hand this 4 th day of April 18 53 .
W. Hill Secretary of State
6 mrs 1853 Dept

Waco NC April 18/53
Sir
Yours asking a certified copy of Marriage Licence of Christopher Haynes & Frances Turner have been and in reply I have to state that no Marriage bonds or Licence are to be found on file in my office of as old a date as 1790 Nor is there any on file of a date prior to 1800
Very respectfully
W W Council Clk

Mills Bend Jan 23 July 1855 Honorable Sir:
In your letter to me dated 12 th ultimo. Concerning The pension claim of Frances Haynes widow of Christopher. You say "that nothing short of the testimony of witnesses, who served with her husband do. will suffice to justify its allowance" allow me to suggest a calm examination of the propriety of such requirement and the possibility of meeting it. Haynes served in 1777- any Com-pan- -ion in arms must have been at that day at least 16 years of age. Which would make him now 94 years of age. Persons of that age are rarely found. and in this case I apprehend a soldier of that year service is no where to be found . You say "her ori- -ginal declaration was evidently based upon the re- -cord of service of a man of her husband's name" I ask how upon earth could it be rightfully otherwise. Frances was the second wife of Haynes. and I think the proofs are that Frances was born about 1775- or 6. She would at the date of her hus- -band's service be from 2 to 3 years of age, however precocious she could not be expected to state from her knowledge- and women even from hearing their husbands relate dates , if at all regarding an oath are not so willing to rely alone on memory The objection in this point is surely surmountable You further say in effect that "her witnesses differ in their statements, as to the service and date of marriage ". The Secretary of State of N.H. states that a man of her husband's name served in 1777. Bartholomew Maynor. saw him in service , knew him afterwards

and beyond all doubt identifies him as the husband of Frances the claimant. James Charles knew Haynes from his settlement here, and certainly as clearly and effectually substantiated the premises in proof as can be, heard him speak of his service, second marriage to Frances, heard Capt Armstrong speak of his service - all cumulative and positive corroborative testimony of the res gestae James & Miss knew Haynes and Frances, was in Carolina since they were married and left, in their old neighborhood, knows that their children in right of descent of Francis inherited an estate there, heard the service of Haynes corroborated. When the witnesses certainly all swear that the mar- -riage took place before 1794, might not I ask all this respectable testimony from disinterested persons outweigh a mere mistake as in fact it must be of Thomas Hale who I am informed says the marriage took place in 1797. You say too, she had no idea of her husband's service beyond the record. Ho- -withstanding nothing in proof may appear otherwise yet the facts, and otherwise, it can be proved that Haynes always said in his lifetime that he had served two times and the widow said so. Through the command- -ing officers were forgotten and a second term of service was not alleged, it is certainly hard that such suspicious sentiments should be made to apply to one who has had the sanction of a county court composed of \frac{2}{3} of 40 justices of the peace acting under oath and a large portion of our citizens present on the occasion. who had known the parties for half a century, or upwards, and whose approval of the whole tenour

of proof is at least presumable. You further say in effect that it requires another Certificate from A.C. to refresh her memory before she could so amend her declaration, as to be willing to receive a pension under act of 1828 or 1853 to which I must respectfully reply that on the part of your office a misapprehension exists, as will be seen by a letter from the Secretary herewith. Saying that upon one application he had sent two . I was aware of no impropriety in this, and more at the date of her amended declaration Frances was on her death bed. (She died on the 23 d January last) and it being the first paper drawn up by me I did not know that the difficulties then existing in the case by the submission of conflicting testimony as to date of marriage could be by other available testimony overcome. Hence I amended so as to render the date unimportant, though a loss to the Claimant should ensue. but the result I insist proves the widow's own declaration and to which she adheres as originally made, to be substantially sufficient to entitle her to pension under act of 1838. how or why it was that the conflicting testimony submitted by my associate, was not noticed and properly corrected I must think resulted from the hurry of the case with a firm reliance upon its universally (here) acknowledged merits - and Equity - You first say however "This office is so thoroughly satisfied of the invalidity of the claim" etc. I do not as I apprehend I ought not to understand by this sentiment, that the proofs submitted by me, in support of the amended declaration are all, inequitable, and unfounded, and that the man Haynes, who did serve, as certified, is only in

mockery attempted to be shown as (though not in reality) The husband of Francis The Claimant. Such equivocation I dare not impute to the agents of our Government. Nei- -ther am I to suppose that the Government will for such praiseworthy service as is here claim? under her own Charitable law. offer bread and give stones. Pardon me Sir: for this estrangement. I will say that your Closing Sentiment, "That The Claim may be just" - and a regret that the informal way of "getting it up" compels you to - I appreciate all this. I freely and cheerfully acknowledge my inability to prosecute almost any claim at all and cannot do so without great kindness from the agents of Government. Nor will I undertake any of intricacy or subtlety. but to one of the character here I must be allowed to stand by the facts, and be heard though prolix I may be. My duty to the widow here compels me. in the sequel of this to respectfully ask. a relaxation of the requirement in your letter. that I be allowed to explain and justify the conflict of testimony submitted from Thomas Hale. whose testimony is solitary and alone in face of the fact that I have here to submit other testimony of what Haynes himself said in his lifetime. - and finally any other possible satisfaction in testimony that can be obtained. and that you will oblige me to intimate your willingness or otherwise to this relaxation.
I have the honor to be your Very obedient humble servant
Dear S.P. Waldo.
Comm of Pensions A.L. Duren Washington D.C.
Willie Bond Jm

Rogersville Tenn August 15 th 1853
L. P. Waldo Esqr.
New York
About a month since I sent you the papers of the pension claim of Francis Haynes. I have not yet received any notice that they have reached your office. If they have not reached you, I hope you will let me know immediately as an old lady is in great suspense about the matter.
Very Respectfully
July 16
G. M. Walker

Brief in the case of Frances Haynes, dec'd widow of Christopher Haynes County and State of Tennessee.
act July 29, 1848.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Record evidence of 84 months and nineteen days service as Sergeant in Line of North Carolina. Sa- tisfactory parole evidence, there being no Record, that the marriage took place prior to 1800. Frances Haynes died Jan. 22 d 1855. An administrator upon her estate has been appointed, and the agreement of the regulation. (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
copied with.
Name and residence of Agent
Absalom L. Duren, Mill Bend, Tenn.
Examining Clerk.
Orla Miley

Rogersville Tenn.
May 3 rd 1837
Hon S. P. Haldo
Dear Sir
Enclosed please find the additional statement of Frances Haynes applicant for Revolutionary pension also the deposition of Thomas Hall. I have been at great trouble and expense to procure the deposition. I think it proves the death of Christopher Haynes the husband of the appli- cant and also the marriage of the applicant with Christopher Haynes. I hope you will give the case as liberal a consideration as its nature and your duties will allow. The applicant is quite old and feeble and entirely dependent on the charities of her children for support, she is one of the few who yet remain who heard the "sound of war" and felt some of its privations in the great Revolution which gained our Liberties— Please let me hear from you as soon as convenient
Very Respectfully
G. M. Walker

Rogersville Tenn
Sept 20th 1858
L.P. Walan Esq
dear Sir
Your communication of the 9th instant has been received in relation to the claim of Frances Haynes for Revolutionary Pension . It was with much surprise that part in of your letter which states that there is no proof either of the service of Christopher Haynes such as of the marriage between him and Frances Haynes the present claimant. I think you must have certainly overlooked the records which I sent you, or examined them so slightly as not to have noticed the real proof in regard to these two particulars. If you will look to the papers you will find the certificate of the secretary of state of the state of North Carolina in relation to the services of Christopher Haynes of measures in the Revolutionary war . and if you will examine further you will find the affidavits of a number of witnesses establishing the identity of the Christopher Haynes whose service makes the application with the one mentioned in the certificate of the secretary of state of North Carolina. You will also see by the affidavits of several witnesses that the said Frances Haynes is the widow (the marriage being proven by reputation by the affidavits) of the said Christopher Haynes. The Amount

of the applicant also shows that she has no other method within her knowledge of establishing her marriage than by reputation, the military all being dead, and there being no record of marriages previous to 1860, as you will see by the statement of the clerk of the County Court of Halifax County, North Carolina annexed to said papers. It cannot be what letter proof you would require of the services of Christopher Haynes, than the copy of the records of the Continental Line of the revolutionary army under the hand & seal of the Professor of Law. Neither can I see what better evidence you could wish of the marriage of the said Christopher with the claimant, than that which she furnishes you, under the circumstances. I hope at least for the sake of the poor old indigent widow who asks for the poor County, while the liberality of the government allows her, you will pay sufficient attention to the case to enable me as her atty. to furnish as nearly as I can the kind of proof in addition to that already furnished, which the strict construction you seem manifestly to plan upon the pension laws requires. please give me some idea of what kind of proof will be required to meet the end desired. If the evidence of identity is sufficient say, that going to establish the other two points is none the less so. I hope you will take up the case again and reconsider it, and if it is possible drop you my view the claim, please drop me a line at your earliest convenience. Respectfully H. M. Wacker

Raleigh 4 th March 1853.
J. M. Walker Esq.
Dear Sir
Your favor of the 11 th ultimo is received, and I herewith send you a certificate as requested, which contains all the information I am able to give on the subject. The name of Christopher Haynes does not appear in any other place on the books of my Office. Yours respectfully
W. B. Hill

Rogersville Tenn
Nov 14 th 1854
Dear Sir
Enclosed please find additional evidence in the case of Francis Haynes widow of Christopher Haynes dec d . I hope to be able in a short time to furnish the required evidence as to the period of the marriage of Francis & Christopher. I shall be pleased to hear on the receipt of this that the accompanying evidence will be sufficient to establish the identity of Christopher as the son-in-law of the Comptroller (Secretary of State) certificate
Very Respectfully
Yr
Wm L. P. Waller Washington City
S. M. Walker

Record Division.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
April 9, 1908
Searched by L. D. Lamparter
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, _____
Soldier, Christopher Haynes
Service, _____
Rec. War
Remarks: No claim was above except Wid. # 4227
Chief of Division.

Raleigh 19 th Feby. 1853 Mr. F. M. Walker
Dear Sir
Your favor of the 9 th instant, came to hand this morning, and I herewith send you as good a Certificate as I am able to make from the Rolls in my Office: Not being pleased with the first, I made a second, but not much better, and as they are made, I send both, and hope they will aid the Widow. I have no seal of Office, none is necessary to my certificates, they are taken as evidence at the Pension Office without a seal. I am fully satisfied for my services.
Yours respectfully
W. Hill

Enfield Me June 28 th
10
M c Lean Walker Raymondville June 28

Dear Sir
Yr Sir in conformity with your request I have endeavoured to collect the information or evidence desired and have been unable to obtain it owing to the lapse of time since my wife is Polly is yet living but she is so young at the time that she cannot recollect it the time or the place . I have endeavoured to collect the evidence sufficient but there is no person living to be found that can testify they all know that the Grocer was reputed to be the wife of Amos Haines but there is no person who witnessed the marriage that I can find. I have search the neighborhood where they lived but there is no person living that witnessed the marriage he drove his wife to out of property in right of his wife you can make that proof if it will do. I should not think he could have got her portion of life they had been married till I am as her sister Polly is living & in pretty good health but is a cripple owing to having had rheumatism or something if I can find any person that can make the necessary affidavit I will send it to you
Yours
Richard Parker
A. M. Walker
Rogersville Tenn

Providence RI Octo 18 th 1854
Dear Sir
I wish to say something more to you in the subject of the Revolution - my pension claim of Frances Braggs - The last I have heard from you in the subject was communicated to me through Col A. G. Taylor M.C. from this district. I had the liberty of reading your letter to him, on the subject of the pension. What I understand from that letter is this. That the testimony of the marriage between Frances Braggs and Christopher Braggs is not sufficiently proven in regard to time - so as to fix it at a date prior to 1800 - that there is a discrepancy between the statement of the declarant and that of the witness whom she proffers on that point, and secondly that the person who is proven by the record to have served in the war is not sufficiently identified to be the same person who was the husband of the declarant. These two points are the only ones mentioned by you

in your letter to Col Taylor. In regard to the point of marriage I think it highly probable that additional proof can be made fixing the date together with the reasons of the witness knowledge, but in regard to the point of identity I do not know that any further proof can be made, except what has been stated by the witnesses James Amia and John Wheeler. It seems that old Mr Haynes came to this country from N Carolina many years since and lived rather an obscure life up to the time of his death since which his widow has lived in entire seclusion, and in ignorance of the means of prosecuting her claim. I happened by accident to hear of her case and upon having an interview with her, told her I thought her case a good one and here up to this time spent much time in hunting up testimony and thinking of the case. This may be may be the only pension case which I have ever attempted to prosecute, nor would I have undertaken this but for the old lady being so old and in such an abject state of poverty that she could hardly have gotten any one else. I hope you will remember that it is proven that Christopher Haynes the husband of Frances

came from North Carolina, that he had been heard to talk with a man by the name of Pilant who has also served, and with Haynes in the Revolution Now if Pilant's name appears on the rolls of the same Company or Regiment would not this be proof of identity beyond doubt? please let me hear from you on this point for if the point of identity can be settled I hope to be able to prove the date of the marriage by a witness whose knowledge I did not know on the sub- ject before -ject before - . Please state the precise point of time which it is necessary to establish so that I may know whether it is necessary to put myself to the trouble to examine the witness who lives some two hundred miles distant.
I hope to hear from you as soon as you have thought about the matter of my inquiry please write me very briefly
Yours Very Respectfully
Dear L. P. Walker Washington City
L. P. Walker

White Pond Jan. May 17 1886
I think fully better of things to expect impression to Abolition. We are mild things still I believe. But I tell the Abolitionists that I don't respectfully submit if they be no mistake , has the right to force  their views and to  ought  no  to  accept in  the  Revolutionary  war . The rights of  guaranteed  property  in  all  the states  is  $3.16  per  annum .
Very Mr. Smith - you that I should like to see you
Dear Sir,
Home of the President Washington D.C.

State of Tennessee } Sevier County }
I John Budges a justice of the Peace for said County have this day at the office of Joseph G. Pickett Esq. taken the deposition of Thomas Hale aged 85 years who being only known deponent as follows.
State Mr Hale if you were acquainted with Christopher Haysen and his wife Frances and whether you know that they were married and had children.
Ans. I have seen them together as husband & wife. They said they were married. I saw one of their children in this county thirty years ago. I have not seen them since May 1897.
I never saw them married but they lived together and had children.
State what you may know

of the services of said Christopher in the war of the Revolution Ans. I have heard him talk about it frequently. He was in the war I suppose beyond all doubt though I did not see him in service. It was never announced in the community in which we lived that he had been in that service. It was well understood by every body that he had been in the service. I think Haynes & Miss Fanny Turner were married in 1897. I don't think I am mistaken about the date. I did not see the ceremony performed.
I was not in the military service myself. This was in Nat. Fox County S Carolina This Haynes was frequent when I left that country.
Thomas H. Hale
I John Bridges publisher of the Review for here the country.

I hereby certify that the foregoing deposition was taken by me. That it has not been altered in any manner and that it is a full & correct statement of the language of the witness, and that it has not been read of my possession. Given under my hand & seal this 7th day of April 1854. John Bridges (J.B.) for South County.
State of Tennessee South County
I W. H. Haden Clerk of the county court of South County hereby certify that John Bridges whose name is signed to the above certificate was at the date thereof an acting justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned according to law. Witness my hand and seal.

of office. This 7th day of April 1854.
W. W. Hallum
State of Tennessee Dunn County
This day there was made appearance before me & made oath that the date was placed wrong in the foregoing deposition. It should have been 1797 instead of 1897 in this instance. This sum was attached. I 21st day of April. Notary Public. in said County.
Notary Public in said County.

Jonesboro' (Tenn.) Agency, Frances Hoagney, do who was the widow of Christopher, who was a Sergeant, H. Cav. line Tenn. —
She died July 29, 1848, 6 mo 19 dys, Sergeant. $33.16 3/4 per Ann
She married 4, 1848, and Jan. 22 d 1855, when she died.
To Miss Spears, Ad. Widow of Deborah Spears, Sally Charles, Mary Smith, Jane Hoagney and John Hoagney, only surviving children, &c.
To Absalom L. Burven, Mill Bend Hawkins Co. Tenn.

15 247
no. 1446..
acc July 29/48
Frances Waynes Widow of Christopher Tenn-
F.M. Walker Sep 9 1853- same Octo 10 1853- same May 10 1854- Hon N.G. Tay- lor June 15 1854- F.M. Walk- er 24 Octo 1854- same 22 Nov 1854- A.S. Buren 12 Jan'y 1855- Hon N.G. Taylor 23 Feby 1855- A.S. Buren 5- March 1855- same Feby 25 1856-
July 29 1848
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Frances Hughes
Jan 1885
Coote

No Repk June 12 th /54
Hon L P Waldo.
Comd g &c. Sir. I have been requested by one of my constituents Sen F M Walker of Rogersville Ten - to take charge in some sense, of the case of Mrs Frances Haynes, (whose papers he has forwarded to yr office) widow Christopher Haynes a Revolutionary soldier.
This is certainly a most meritorious case & I sincerely hope the proof furnished you will be sufficient in yr estimation to secure the claimant in the pension so justly due her. Please let me hear from you, after full examination - the state of the case yours &c C. P. G. Taylor

Mill Bend Lou. Jan'y. 3 rd 1855
Sir:
Herewith I submit papers in proof of the claim of Mrs. Frances Haynes to a pension - and beg leave to present to you a brief in the case.
The amended declaration herewith is it is hoped and expected consistent with the material facts set forth in the declaration filed in the case. The former attorney had no copy the declaration is quite certain however that her husband served in the Revolution in support of such material fact submits the certificate of the Secretary of State of N. Carolina herewith that she was married to said Christopher before the 1 January 1794 she as certainly aware and alike of his identity . The declaration omits to mention his discharge as she never had it in her possession.
Bartholomew Maynor. Swears. that he was acquainted with Haynes in North Carolina. before he married the said Frances. saw him in service came to Tennessee lived neighbor to him till his death. and it is thought identify the soldier to a full sufficiency - in stating the place of birth and other circumstances as occurring at that day. The present names of the localities are named in order that easy reference may be had by the office - Maynor is an old man and it is thought hoped and expected from the character presented that no doubt will be entertained by the office of the fairness of his testimony.

James Charles, states that he has been acquainted with Haynes and his wife Francis the claimant since 1795: that when his first acquaintance took place their eldest child Fereba was one or two years old indeed she Fereba is the eldest living child but a child was born older than Fereba. Which delicate fact the office may infer from the language of declarant and witness when she states she had ten children and knows by the witnesses of but nine living. It is not expected that such doubt will lie in the case as to make the claimant prove such delicate fact as the birth of a child though lawfully older than their living child Fereba. This witness stands in the main in corroboration of all the facts set out and such character of him is presented as will be certainly satisfactory.
James Amis. States that he has known Christopher and Francis since 1795. It may be wondered why and how the witness could at the early age of 5 years be so precocious. if this should be thought it will at once vanish before the fact which can be proved that the witness returned to the death of his father a matter of record and from facts of births and other facts by which the witness fully reconciles his conscience. and where Mr Amis has been a man much honored by his fellow citizens in the Legislature and other places. giving to strengthen his testimony to unadulterated proof of the facts required. The good character and distinguishedness of the witnesses and officers it is thought will be regarded as it should by the office.

The applicant is utterly and totally disabled from appearing in open Court. Therefore the action of the Court and its order is submitted - and beg leave to further inform the Court that this order was not obtained by mere quorum but by the unanimous voice of 36 justices on the bench at a Court where the full bench was required for other business of the court, these justices might be considered as the body of the Country -
Then it is hoped that the trials right to pension under act 1 July 1838 will be established - and if so you will please issue the Certificate of Pension to her accordingly and make it payable at Inverness - in Perthshire - and enclose to the undersigned - at Miln Burn Inn -
I have the honor to be Your much obliged and Very obedient servant With profound respect A. L. Burn
Hon L. P. Waldo Chair of Pns.
Miln Burn Inn.
Washington D.C.

State of Tennessee } County Court Hawkins County } January Term 1855.
Whereas this Court has been informed that Mrs. Frances Haynes Widow of Majr Christopher Haynes Dec d is an applicant for a Pension from the United States in right of the service of her said Husband and in order to comply with the rule of the Pension Office said Widow is bound to appear before a Court of Record to verify her Declaration for that purpose and the Court being by the most satisfactory evidence here made known and from facts known to this Court fully satisfied of the facts that said Christopher Haynes was a Serjeant in the Revolutionary War for the term of three years and actually served over six months - that the said Christopher died in 1829 - that his second Wife Frances Turner (now Haynes) was his lawful Wife and this Court has evidence to believe that said marriage took place in Halifax County North Carolina prior to the year 1794 that the said identical Frances who was the Wife of said Christopher now resides in Hawkins County Tennessee where she has resided since about the year 1795 and that if any Widow is entitled to Pension for her Husband's services in the opinion of this Court, the said Frances is entitled and that the said Frances from bodily infirmity is unable to appear before this Court to declare &c
It is therefore ordered that this preamble

and order appear of Record - That the Clerk certify the same for the use of the appli- cant aforesaid in prosecuting her claim in said Pension Office"
State of Tennessee § 55. Hawkins County ss. I, James N. Vance Clerk of the County Court of said County do certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the Records of my Office and that my hand is a hand of Record
I also certify that Wade H. Smith Branch Tucker & C. C. Miller Esquires before whom the foregoing Affidavits were made are now and were at the several dates thereof acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County legally commissioned and qualified and that their several signatures thereto are genuine
Given under my hand and Official Seal at Office in Rogersville the 8 th day of January 1855
J. N. Vance Clerk

Washington Jan'y 13 th 1855
Hon L P Waldo
Dr Sir. I would respectfully call your attention to the case of Mrs Frances Haynes of Newkins Co Tenn - widow of Christopher Haynes a sergeant in the Revolutionary war applying applying for a pension.
In this case I am informed additional & satisfactory testimony has been filed & the applicant who is poor & old desires your early & favorable consideration of it.
Respectfully J. S. Taylor

State of Tennessee } This day personally appeared Hawkins County } before me the undersigned an acting justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid. Bartlett Manis who is a citizen of said County, a man in good standing and a credible witness and made oath in due form of law that he was born in the State of North Carolina on the 3 rd day of Octo 1770. That when he was between fifteen and eighteen years old he knew Christopher Haynes who was at that time a man grown. That he lived in the County of Halifax about eight miles from where witness was born and lived up to the time aforesaid. That about this time the said Haynes went to the army and was in the service some time, but witness does not know precisely how long. That while said Haynes was in the service, witness met the said = dies on two occasions in their march they were as witness recollects in Halifax County, though of this he is not certain but they were in that part of North Carolina, that he was personally acquainted with Capt Dawson under whom the said Haynes served and at the time when witness met the said sometimes the said Capt Dawsons company was along and the said Haynes was one of the company also witness states that of this he cannot be mistaken for he knew Haynes as well as as he knew any man - Witness cannot state whether the said Haynes held any office in the service or not or whether he volunteered or was drafted. That he saw him after he had returned from the army, to the neighborhood where he and witness both lived and were raised. That some time after the said Haynes returned from the army, witness left that part of North Carolina and resided several years in Surry County. That about the year 1800 or perhaps a year or two

before witness moved with his family to Hawkins County, Tennessee where he has resided ever since. That when he came to Hawkins County he found the said Christopher Haynes living in said County with a family. That he settled near to where the said Haynes was living, and was quite intimate with him as long as he lived. Said Haynes died in said County about twenty one or two years ago. That he left a widow and a large family. That his said widow still resides in said County that is still a widow and has continued so since her said husband's death. That her name is Frances and is the same person who makes application for a pension for the services of her said husband, who was the said Christopher Haynes as above mentioned.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 14 th day of Nov 1854
his Bartlett X Maria Marks
W. H. Smith for sd county
State of Tennessee ss Hawkins County 3 I, James H. Vance Clerk of the County Court of said County do certify, that W. H. Smith Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is now and was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County, legal- ly commissioned and qualified and that his signature thereto is genuine.
Given under my hand & official seal at Office in Rogersville the 14 th day of November 1854
J. H. Vance Clerk

Willie Bono Tennessee 8 th Feby 1856
Sir,
During the administration of your predecessor the claim of Frances Haynes, widow of Christopher, of Tennessee for Revolutionary pension under act 1838, or 1848, or 1853 according to proofs adduced, was filed in your office. Whatever the informality or inartificial character of the papers, the truth is as well known here that Christopher Haynes the husband of the applicant was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War, as it is known that General Washington himself was, and the knowledge and belief of our oldest and best Citizens has been acquired and confirmed as strongly in the one case as the other. It can be established by proof yet surviving that Haynes said in his lifetime that he considered it humiliating to accept of a pension which under primary laws may be somewhat debatable, and for this reason during his life refused to apply, he being in independent circumstances. There are those living who has heard Haynes talk of being in battle, of its effects, with time and place and circumstances corroborated by our best historians. But he died without application for a pension. And after many years his widow made application, and such was the outstanding merit and universal justice of the claim known to all who knew Haynes, that perhaps for that reason mainly the claim was not acted in that time and technical errors which should perhaps characterize a claim of some doubt, be this as it may. She proves-
First, by the Certificate of the Secretary of War, the Service of Christopher Haynes her husband-
Second, that no better evidence exists than that adduced, and proves marriage by reputation in Tennessee from about the year 1803 to the day of his death. It is true that the witnesses disagreed as to the date of the marriage in Carolina and hence the amelioration of the claim to a subsequent act, it is well settled that even every and all the witnesses prove the marriage, if they differ as to date, this date of so long standing is easily accounted for, from weakness of memory but still they were married.
His identity as the person certified to in the record is well sustained, as could be without testimony of co-Soldiers or officers which now is impossible, and upon this last requirement the case suspended in your office, as per letters rec d from your predecessor about a year ago.
Mrs Haynes the applicant is dead but it is the province of her heirs some of whom are indigent and poor to insist upon the bounty due their ancestors and it is hereby respectfully made known that their rights will be insisted.
I have to confess that owing to much business and care indisposition for the past year, I have missed my notice of the present condition of the case but before it is yet before your office and I write this communication for the purpose of

ascertaining whether, in establishing a claim (This claim) and known to be just and meritorious by our country and our resident people here, shall fall because proof of persons who sent into Argus cannot now be presented. On whether your office will read the rule, and implying an utter ban to the claim, and in your known and acknowledged will and wish to administer the pension laws rightfully and justly, we respectfully ask if you can relax said rule, and if so relaxed to put such further tests of proof in the case either of service or marriage as you may deem right and within our reach to present.
I cannot be understood to in the least reflect upon the matter of the rule in question. Of no officer have I or we a higher opinion and just cause to found that good opinion. None of your predecessors. but it is the clouds seemingly there hanging over the case which really now do not exist. These misleading clouds being superinduced by irregularity in the presentation of the case to your office, and being no fault of any one concerned in the allowance of the claim.
May I then hope that at your convenience you will review the proofs in the case, and inform me of the result. Whilst I, humble though I be and such promise of little value do solemnly promise that the claim within my own know- ledge of facts current through all memory is a just one.
I have the honor to be, Honorable Sir, with very high regard and great consideration. Your Very Obedient humble Servant Abraham L. Buren
Will B. B.
Honorable J. Minot.
Com. of Pensions.
Washington.
D.C.

Comm. from A. L. Burson Mill Bend Feb
Francis Gayous deceased of Cent. Prison Claim

Mill Bend Tenn Apr 9 th 1856
Sir:
In compliance with instructions contained in your letter to me dated July 25, 1856, in the claim of Francis Haynes widow of Christopher of Tenn. to pension under act 29 July 1848. It is proved by papers already on file in the claim that Christopher served in the War of the Revolution for the time therein set forth. You say the marriage before 1800 is satisfactorily proved.
It is here in these papers attempted to be proved and I trust effectually. When Francis died and who is her administrator. said that she has left surviving children. With the certificates of the clerk of the amount of the administrators official bond.
Now hope this long suspended claim may be now allowed to the surviving heirs through the administrator, and that the certificates is now payable at your office Tenn. It is a just claim and the delay of all concerned is great that it has been so long suspended. I respectfully ask that your action may be had in this behalf at your earliest convenience.
With much respect I am Dear Sir. your obed Servt.
Absalom Warren Mill Bend Tenn
Genl. J. Brant Agent of Pensions Washington D.C.