Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4623, Sampson Harp, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N 6
★ Harp, Sampson Sarah
R. 4623
CONTENTS
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No 7324 Sarah Hark Twin Daughter of Mrs. Sarah Hark April 27th 1849
4623
act 4 May 1836

No 7324
Sarah Hoap Widow of Sampson Trn
Oct 4 July 1836

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
4623.
P. O.
Sarah HARP
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract

State of Tennessee ss on this 26 th day Overton County 3 rd of March 1849 pers. - on affy appeared before me Ormel Fisk an acting justice of the peace for the said County and Sarah Harp aged ninety four years who being first sworn according to law doth on her oath make the follow- ing declaration in order to have or obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 for the for the benefit of the widows and orphans of the officers and soldiers of the Revolution- ary war of the United States of America granting half pay to the widows and orphans where their husbands and fathers have have Died first she states that she is the widow of Sampson Harp that her husband Sampson Harp served a term in the Revolutionary war of three months as a Militia soldier previous to her Marriage she thinks he served under a captain by the name of Bush he returned and they were Married in a short time after in the year 1778 they then lived in Granville County State of North Carolina she states that after their Marriage he was Drafted the second time and that he hired a man by the name of Daniel Lockabell to serve that term and about or some time before the close of the war he was drafted the third time and was in the service when peace was made she states that her husband Died of something like the Consumption in the year 1828 and that she still remains his widow

and that she left her poor and destitute She had no children under age at her Death she has no Recollection of any battle he was in or countries he march through She has no Record Evidence to prove any thing but her marriage which was the 20 th of Oct r 1828 She thinks the General name was Malbury but the great length of time has removed from her memory all of the particulars
her Sarah + Harp mark
State of Tennessee } J Ormel Fisk an Overton County } acting Justice of the Peace for said county do certify that Sarah Harp whose Signature as appears to the above Declaration for a pension to me is known did on this day make oath the matters and thing stated in the above decla- ration is true and that owing to her bodily infirmities she is not able to appear in Court to certify the same and that the said Sarah Harp is of a Respectable Character given under my hand and Seal this 26 th day of March 1849
Ormel Fisk J. P. (Seal)

State of Tennessee } Overton County }
on this 23 rd day of March 1847 Personally appeared before us Willis Holdford & and Daniel Johnson two justices of the peace William Harp a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged Eighty Two or three who being duly Sworn according to law cloth on his Oath make the following declaration that Sarah Harp the applicant for the half pay for her husband Sampson Harp is a resident of Overton County State of Tennessee and that her Sarah Harp and Sampson Harp was lawfully Married together that the said Sampson Harp served a term of three Months as a private in the revolutionary war came home and Married his wife Sarah and went out the second time the term of services not Recollected about the close of the war the officers names not Recollected W m Harp State of Tennessee { We Willis Holdford (Overton county) } And Daniel Johnson Two acting Justices of the peace of
The court of pleas and quarter sessions For the county of Overton and State of Tennessee do certify

That William Sharp to us unknown whose Signature as appeared to the above declaration is a man of good character. Did on this day make oath before us that The matters and things stated in the said Declaration is true and is a correct Record that owing to his bodily infirmities he is unable to appear in court Given under our hands and seals This the 23 d of March 1849 Willis H. Holiford (Seals) D. C. Henson (Seals)
State of Tennessee Overton County } to wit
7324
I hereby certify that the persons before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and who has thereto subscribed their names were at the time of so doing Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly Commissioned and sworn.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office as clerk of the Overton County Court This 4 th day of April 1849
William H. Turner clk