Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1763, Paul Haralson, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Haralson, Paul Mary
W 1763 BLH 28638-160-55
CONTENTS

Illinois 19.959.
Paul Haraldson of Randolph in the State of Illinois who was a Private in the Co commanded by Captain Ferguson of the Rgt commanded by Col Moore in the S d Carolina line for one year & 6 mos.
15. Infantry. 50. 3. Cavalry. 12.50 $62 50 / 100
Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois at the rate of 62 Dollars 50. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Sept r 1833 and sent to Paul Haraldson. Kaskaskias. Ill s
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 1833. — 156.25 Semi-ann l . allowance ending 14 Mar. 34. 31.25
$187.50.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk, Book 6. Vol. 8 Page 57

291
Illinois
Reported
Mary Haraldson widow of Paul Haraldson who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
5.60 Time
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 62 Dollars 50
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued on 10 th day of August 1849 and sent to
J. R. Young, Marshall Ill.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 28. 1848, Page 439 Vol. 1
July 29 th
Book D.

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Mary H Karlson wid of Paul Karlson Piv
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Know all men by these presents that we Paul Haraldson and John Brown our heirs, &c. are jointly and severally held and firmly bound unto John Senior Esquire Governor, and his successors in office in the sum of twelve hundred and fifty Dollars, - Said on condition there be no lawful objection why Paul Haraldson and Mary Hutton may not be joined together as man and wife in the Holy Estate of Matrimony.
Witness our hands and seals this 18 th day of December A. D. 1797.
Acknowledged.
H. L. White.
P. Haraldson Seal John Brown Seal
State of Tennessee
Know all men by me, Geo. W. C. Cox, clerk of the County Court of said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains a true, perfect, and complete transcript of the Marriage Bond of Paul Haraldson to Mary Hutton, and that the same is taken from the original Bond now on file in my office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Office in Knoxville the 21 st day of June 1847. Geo. W. C. Cox, Clerk.

No 403
Mary Haralson mo of Paul Ill
act 29 July 1848
Mamm 1797
instaw dec 1834
adno 112 50 pm
pm 4 March 1848
J R Conny Marshall Ill

State of Illinois
Marion County 5th on this twenty eighth day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty nine before the subscribers one of the Judges of the County Commissioners Court in and for said County personally appeared Mary Hornslee a resident of said County aged seventy years old who being first duly sworn upon her oath makes the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed the of July 1848 granting pensions to certain Widows that she is the Widow of Paul Hornslee who was a Revolutionary pensioner at the rate of Sixty two dollars and fifty cents per year and was enrolled as a pensioner in Randolph County state of Illinois and the said Paul Hornslee died on or about the eleventh day of January eighteen hundred and thirty four - She further declares that she was married to the said Paul Hornslee if not mistaken in December in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and ninety seven by John McLean a Justice of the peace and that her name before marriage was Mary Fulton was married in Knox County in the state of Tennessee and that she still remains his Widow and has no family record and that this is the first effort that she ever made to obtain a pension - She further declares that she was not married to the said Paul Hornslee previous to his leaving the the services. but that the marriage took place previous to the second day of January eighteen hundred 48 at the time above stated subscribed and sworn to this day and year above mentioned
James P. Rogers
Mary X Hornslee mark

State of Illinois
Marian County S s
I James P Rogers Judge afore said do here by certify that the above named
the above named Mary Hornelson is unable to attend court at term this day and statement written from old age and bodily infirmity
James P Rogers
also personally appeared before the same Court at the same time David Fulton and after being sworn a credible witness and after being by me duly sworn upon his oath deposeth and says that he was present when the aforesaid Mary and Paul Hornelson was married in Knox County State of Tennessee and that the said Paul Hornelson has since died and thinks it was about the time mentioned in her Declaration and that she still remains his widow married in the winter of 1797- sworn to and subscribed before me this day and date above written
James P Rogers
David Fulton
State of Illinois
Marian County S s
before the subscribers one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Thomas Fulton who I do certify as a person intitled to credit and after being by me duly sworn as the true contents upon his oath deposeth and says that he was present and saw the above named Paul Hornelson and Mary Hornelson joined in marriage in Knox County State of Tennessee and thinks it took place in the latter part of the year seventeen hundred and ninety seven and since that the said Paul Hornelson has died and thinks it was about fifteen years ago and that the said Mary Hornelson is still remaining the Widow

of the fore mentioned Paul Hesselson Sworn to and subscribed before me this first day of March 1849 James Chance JP Thomas Fulton
state of Illinois } Marion County } ss Be it remembered that at a regular term of the County Commissioners Court held in and for said County of Marion in the state of Illinois the annexed proceedings had before James P. Rogers one of the Judges of this Court in the matter of the application of Mary Hesselson for a pension was submitted to and approved by said Court in open Court and ordered to be so certified — and I further certify that James Chance whose name appears to the affidavit of Thomas Fulton is and was at the time of assigning these of an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Marion and state of Illinois duly elected commissioned and qualified as such in testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at Salem this 5 th day of March A.D. 1849
Wm W. P. A. C. C.

This applicant was born near the Virginia line, in Caswell County, State of North Carolina on the 6th day of September 1760. he has no record of his age, but saw it on record in his Father's Bible when a youth. Soon after or about the close of the war this applicant went to the State of Georgia and lived with his Brother Jonathan who at that time moved to that State, and in the year 1795 he this Applicant moved from the State of Georgia and lived with his Brother James Haralson on Watkin River in the State of Tennessee that he continued in the State of Tennessee till the year 1803 he moved to the State of Illinois in the County of Randolph, then a Territory, where he has since resided to the present day.
This declarant entered the service of the United States when he was nearly twenty years of age, and he is now upwards of seventy-two, he has prepared this declaration and written it with his own hand according to the best of his recollection, and he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension role of the Agency of any State. he knows of no documentary evidence which can testify to his services except the Affidavit of his Brother Hearnson Haralson beside which he knows of no positive proof and is herewith enclosed. He refers to the statements of Joseph Hill and to Robert Morrison of the County of Randolph who has testified as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. This Declarant also refers to the Hon Elias K. Hain Senator to Congress and to the Hon Joseph Duncon Representative to Congress as to his character for veracity and of their belief as to his services as to his a soldier services in the Revolution. Sworn and subscribed to this fourth day of December A.D. 1832 in open Court before me
James Hughes Clk } J. T. Wheeler Diph } J. D. Mendenhall

The day on which he was discharged by Captain Farguar nor does he know the days of the month on which he entered the service. This
This applicant further states, that before he returned home from his volunteer service the legislature of North Carolina had convened and passed a law for the raising twelve months State troops, that he the said applicant was drafted to serve twelve months, that there was about that time two companies convened at Granville Court house, these two companies belonged to Captains Jones and Newton commanded by Maj. Bennett Crafton, he the said applicant was enrolled in Captain Jones's company some time in the month of November but on what day of the month he does not recollect, they marched from Granville Court house to an old Court house below where they were stationed for some weeks, from thence they marched to Durham Hall  Durham Tavern near Tar River, from thence they marched up to Hillsborough where they continued till after the setting of the legislature in the year 1782, from thence they marched out towards South Carolina where they hung up by the neck several Tories who had murdered and plundered the Whigs, the said two companies were then marched back to Hillsborough and was discharged by Major Joel Lewis who had some time before, succeeded Crafton in the command. This discharge he received some time in the month of October but on what day he does not recollect, he some time afterwards left it in the Auditor's Office in the Town of Hillsborough and has never heard of it since. The discharge he received by Captain Farguar and the discharge he received by his Brother Henderson Haralson he believes he left with some of his Father's family when he afterward went to the State of Georgia, paper money at that time being of little value, he neglected to take care of them.

and stationed at a place then called New Providence near the South Carolina line some distance below Charlotte where they continued till their time of service nearly was nearly expired. That there were a number of Tory prisoners taken in fort near Camden it was reported at that time by Stratigen, by placing a pine log on a pair of wheels which the Tories took for a field piece and surrendered the fort and themselves prisoners of war upon the General's command, then Tory prisoners, this applicant were brought into camp the same day the day before they broke up camp, and this applicant assisted in conveying them to Salisbury, and upon his return home was discharged by the said Captain Forquas some time in the month of as he believes in the month of December for the full term of three months; This Applicant further states that in the year 1781 when General Green retreated before Lord Cornwallis through North Carolina into Virginia that this Applicant's Brother Hearnson Haralson had received a captain's commission and raised a volunteer company of mounted militia, that at or about that time this applicant agreed with his said Brother to join his company providing he could get a horse that as he believes it was some time in the month of June he provided himself with a horse he then equipt him- self followed after the Army in company with one David Patterson through North Carolina and overtook his Brother Hearnson and his company in South Carolina at or near General Green's encampment and had him- self enrolled in in his company and continued and fought in his company in the battle at the Eutaw Springs. That after the battle he the said applicant assisted in conveying the prisoners to Salisbury in North Carolina and was afterwards discharged by the said Hearn- son Haralson, as he believes in the month of October for the full term of three months, but on what day of the month does not recollect, neither does he recollect

State of Tennessee } To wit County Commissioners Court December Term 1832 County of Randolph }
On the 4th day of December 1832 personally appeared in open Court before Thomas Roberts, John G. Nelson and William J. Hinger The Justices of the County Commissioners Court now sitting Paul Harralson a resident now of the County and State aforesaid Aged seventy two years on the 6th day of September last, who being first 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 26th 1832 That he was drafted in militia for the term of three months and and entered the service of the United States as a private on the month of September 1779 or as he believes in the year 1780. that he met the Regiment then commanded by Colo. William Moore at Caswell Court house and was enrolled in the Company belonging to Captain Ferguson. That from Caswell Court house they marched out towards South Carolina as he understood to give a check to the Tories who were then embodying in many places in South Carolina and in the upper parts of North Carolina, That they marched crossed the Yadkin River some distance below the South Fork, whilst Stationed there an Election took place for Major Elijah Moore was elected over William Sanders, about that time Intelligence was brought into the camp that there was a body of Tories collected near the Shallowford forty or fifty miles above where they were Stationed That they then marched to give them battle, that on the second days march in the evening this Applicant being then in the front Guard some distance in front of Regiment, that a heavy firing commenced but a few hundred yards from where the Guard then was, that they then stood under Arms till the Regiment came up, they were then drawn in a line, when they received information that a Captain and his Company from Virginia had heard of them, and marched to defeated them. that there was several killed in that Action, they encamped that night near the battleground, the ensuing morning they waded across the Shallowford and marched down on the East side opposite to where they first Stationed where they continued but a short time, from thence they marched

162249
Surinam
Surham Grace Palms etc.

State of Illinois } ss County of Marion } ss
On this the twentyth of may A.D. one Thousand Eight hundred fifty five personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within and for the county and state aforesaid Mary Haraldson aged seventy four years a resident of Marion county in the State of Illinois Who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the Widow of Paul Haraldson deceased Who was a private in a company of North Carolina Militia name or Number not known or of officers not known that it was in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain declared by the united States that he volunteered at one time and served out one term and returned home and was then drafted date of volunteering or being drafted not remem- bered the term for which he was drafted not known and continued in actual service in said war for term of fourteen days she further declares that she does not know any thing about his discharge she further states she was married to the said Paul Haraldson in Knox county in the State of Tennessee date of said marriage not remembered and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Lindstrom that her said husband died in

She further states she was married to the said Paul Haralson in Knox County in the state of Tennessee date of said marriage not remembered and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Trotter that her said husband died in Randolph County in the state of Illinois on the 10th day of January A.D. 1835 and that she is now a Widow Mary Haralson She further states that there is no publick or private record of her marriage in the state of Illinois and it would cost expense and trouble to get a certified copy of the record from Knox County Tennessee She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtain the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3rd A.D. 1855 Mary Haralson
We David Fulton and Margaret Fulton residents of Marion County in the state of Illinois upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Haralson in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents her self to be.
We further more state that we were personally acquainted with the above named Mary Haralson Widow of Paul Haralson deceased in the lifetime of said Paul Haralson and knew them to live together as husband and wife for the term of forty years and that the above said Paul Haralson is dead and that Mary Haralson Widow of the said Paul Haralson is is now a Widow and that we are not interested in the above application
David Fulton Margaret Fulton

We James Harelsen and and Søren Harelsen residents of Menominee county in the State of Illinois upon our oath declare that we are personally acquainted with the aforesaid Mary Harelsen Widow of Paul Harelsen deceased and now that she holds in possession a certificate from the Department of the Interior act approved July July 29 th 1848 which entitles her to draw sixty two Dollars and fifty cents as Widow pension of the aforesaid Paul Harelsen per annuim given at the Department of the interior 10 th day of August A.D. one thousand Eight hundred and forty nine Recorded in the pension office on the Roll of pensioners under Act 1848 page 439 Vol 1 Book D. Søren Harelsen James Harelsen
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I Certify that I know the affiants to be Credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim I further certify that the interlineations in the foregoing declaration and affidavits

Certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim
I further certify that the interlineations in the foregoing declaration and affidavits in the declaration where the word term of is used also in the same where the word it would is used
in the affidavit where the word act approved and word two is used and the word prisoner was all there when the persons assigned there names and was sworn to
Durham Tracey S (B)
State of Illinois St. Clair County ss
I James O'Martin clerk of the county court of said county and state certify that Durham Tracey Badyr who did give me my deposition appears above is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting claimant of the place in and for said county duly elected commissioner who qualifies and that full faith and credit is and all his official acts as such.
Given under my hand and seal of office at Salem this 31 st day of May A.D. 1803
James O'Martin Clerk

No. 21257/19959.
Paul Haralson Randolph County State of Illinois
Return
Adm. h. of cap & 6 months. 3 months thereof 40.00 Cavalry. 10.00 12.50 $62.50
125.00 31.25 156.25
Direct to
Paul Haralson Kaskaskia Illinois

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
22 d April 1839.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjunctive notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Paul Hearson, Randolph Co. Illinois
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1779 or 80 3 Private Capt. Forquar Col. Wm. Moore Shallow Ford. From Caswell 72 years Traditionary and   1781 3 Cor Captain Major Elish Cutaw Court house towards Living Witness   Draft 1 " Hearson Moore Spring South Carolina   Hearson Major across   Capt. Jones Barnett Yadkin River   " Trouton Grafton Shallow Ford   Major New Providence   Col. Lewis Through   Nor. Carolina   Salisbury   Granville   Court house   Durham   Hills   Yadkin   Hillsborough  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
H. Barron

St. Louis, Mo.
My dear friend, I have been thinking of you and your kindly words.
I hope to hear from you soon.
To the Hon. Dr. Lewis. Capt.
I am, Dear Sir, Your obedient servant, J. M. [unclear]
St. Louis, Mo. I have been thinking of you and your kindly words. I hope to hear from you soon.

August 5 th 1833
Dear Sir
I herewith send you the papers sent to me by the pension agent (Mr Edwards) with the necessary amendments they should have been on to the department before this but I had to leave to Tennessee for the completion of my Bruce Collection to the industry of the applicant and examination of my papers as soon as possible will much oblige your friend & humble
servant
J. H. Wilson
PS I would prefer drawing my money at St. Louis should it accord with your judgment it is very near to you

Marshall Islands August 16 th 1849
Sir. Your letter of 9 th inst. to Hon. J. R. Young member of Congress from this district is at hand and in his absence I beg leave to say in relation to the application of Mary Harrison widow of Paul Harrison, that Mr. Young some 2 weeks ago forwarded to you the duly certified proof of marriage from the Clerk's office of Knox County Tenn. Do me the favor to forward him or me the her certificate.
Very Respectfully U. Manly
J. L. Edwards Jr.

Pension Office
August 9 th 1849
Sir
In the case of Mary Haralson, Widow of Paul Haralson, an applicant for a pension under the Act 29 th July 1848, the service of her husband is admitted; but before a Certificate can issue to her for that service, she is required to establish her Marriage with him prior to 1800 by a Certified Copy of the Marriage bond, or license, from the Clerks' Office in the County in which the Ceremony was performed, or by some other record proof if such can be procured, or it must be shown that no such evidence be attainable, before the testimony of witnesses can be received.
The proof now furnished upon this point is not at all satisfactory. - David and Thomas Fuller, whose testimony is adduced, should state by what means they have been enabled to testify to the period at which the Marriage of these parties took place at this late date.
Very Respectfully
Your Ob st Sv t .
J. L. Edwards
J. B. Young, Esq. Marshall, Illinois

Dear J. S. Edwards -
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July 6- 1849— Marshall Black Co. Ills.
Hon I. L. Edwards—
Sir—Enclosed please find a certificate of marriage, as evidence in the Case of Mrs Haralson forwarded to your office some short time since—
Respectfully Your Obedt Servt. J. W. Young

Hon J L Edwards —

Marshall Clark Co Ills April 10-1864
Hon J S Edwards
Dr Sir - Enclosed please find the application of Mary Harralson, for wid- ows pension, which has been handed to be forwarded to you for all purposes
Respectfully Yours
J H Kent
J H Kent

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Mary Haralson Ill
Let J. R. Young, Aug 8/48
act 24 July 1848

Army
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
1763
Mary Hansson
Widow
Paul Hansson
Pro. Rev. War.
Act
July 29, 1848.
Index:—Vol.
2
Page
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

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State of Tennessee Haywood County
On this 4 th day of July One Thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared re Hernson Haralson Aged Seventy five years before me William C Bruce an acting Justice of the Peace for said County and made oath in due form of Law. That during the Revolutionary war in the year 1779 Paul Haralson his brother then of the County of Caswell and State of North Carolina and then about nineteen or Twenty years of Age was drafted in the Militia and entered into the service under the command of Captain Farquar to serve a Tour of three months. he this affiant was on the Muster ground when said Paul was drafted and saw him in the service. That he performed the tour toward toward South Carolina for the purpose of giving a check to the Tories in North and South Carolina as this affiant then understood and was discharged at Hillsborough. — That afterwards this affiant about about the last of January or first of February 1781. received a Captains Commission, raised a company of Volunteer Mounted Militia was placed under the command of Col o William Moore then of Caswell County and joined General Greene's Army. and that some time after the battle of Guilford in North Carolina the said Paul Haralson procured a Horse, Equipped himself with Arms and joined his this affiant's company, and as this affiant believes was enrolled in said Company in the month of June 1781. while in or near the Camp of General Greene. That the said Paul Haralson continued with him and as one of his company and fought in the Battle at the Eutaw Springs in the month of September 1781. That after the battle this affiant was Put in charge of the Prisoners taken in said battle and Marched them to Salisbury in North Carolina when the said Paul Haralson was discharged after serving something more than three months.
This affiant further states that within a very short time after the discharge of the said Paul Haralson he was again drafted in pursuance of act of the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina to serve a tour of Twelve months in the State line as well as this affiant —

affiant recollects and formed a part of Captain Jones' company. This affiant saw him several times while in Camp and in service which stationed at Hillsborough. This affiant understood that a part of the time he was stationed near the South Carolina line. That as well as this affiant can now recollect in the month of November 1782. The said Paul Haralson was discharged and returned home having served out the full term of twelve months exclusive of his two militia terms.
Subscribed and sworn to the 4th day of July AD 1833
P. Haralson
Test Wm C Bruce Esq for Haywood county State of Tennessee
and I the said William C Bruce do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Henderson Haralson who makes the foregoing affidavit that he is a man of credibility and I do believe his statements to be true. Given under my hand the 1st day of July 1833.
Wm C Bruce Esq.
State of Tennessee Haywood County
I William B Groom Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarters Sessions in and for the County and State aforesaid Do hereby certify that William C Bruce whose signature is attached to the foregoing affidavit and who makes the foregoing certificate is an acting justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified according to law and that the same is the genuine signature of said Bruce.
In testimony whereof I herewith subscribe my name and affix my seal of office at office in Brownsville the 1st day of July AD 1833.
Wm B Groom Clerk

Paul Harrison
21257

We Robert Morrison & Josiah T. Bitts Residing in the County of Randolph and State of Ohio do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Paul Haralson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be twenty two years of age. That he reported and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid before
us in open court James Hughes Clerk } J. T. Wheeler Dept }
Robert Morrison J. T. Bitts
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Robert Morrison and Josiah T. Bitts who has signed the preceding certificate is credible persons and that their statements is entitled to credit
Thomas P. Trotter } County Wm. G. Hester } Commissioners John G. Nelson }
State of Ohio } Randolph County }
I James Hughes Clerk of the county commissioners court of the county of Randolph do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Paul Haralson for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal I my office this fourth day of December A.D. 1832
James Hughes Clerk J. T. Wheeler Dept