Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3555, Jeremiah Horn, N.C. Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Ni c le Va or
Horn, Jeremiah Mary
W 35 5 5— B.Y.Wt. 26676-16d 55.
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7589 West Tennessee
Jeremiah Horn Sir of Carroll Co in the State of W Tennessee who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Holden of the Ky L commanded by Col Bowman in the N.E. time for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 30 Dollars and Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of May 1833 and sent Sept Benton Huntington Arrears to the 4th of March 60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 15.00 $75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Bay Clerk. Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 82

Tennessee.
Mary Horn widow of Jeremiah Horn who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private N.C.
Nashville agency.
Rate - 30 - Dollars -
cents per annum.
Commencing 5 th Sept. 1860 & ending July 26 th 68. Re n July 27 th 1868 at $96- per annum.
Certificate dated 6 th June. 1870. and sent to A. Hack & Co.
Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Feb- and July 27 th 1868. ruary 3, 1853,, Page 258 Vol. 16
Gaudiner Clerk.

40.301
Act Mar 3/53
Spe 4/53
Mary Horn mid of Percy Horn Div
Revolutionary War
Ad 1600 Act May 16/56
B D P T W ref 53- L 935
Bayton
C.A. 1122
MacKin Crops Purdy Jenn
C.A. 1122 Act 128/55
ref 53- no 2935
Vol 14. page 60.

State of Tennessee Henry County ss.
To any regular minister of the Gospel having the care of souls or justice of the peace for said County, These are to authorize and empower you or either of you to solemnize the rites of matrimony between Jeremiah Norris & Mary Qualls agreeable to law, provided always that the said Mary Qualls shall be an actual resident of said County otherwise these shall be void & of no effect Given under my hand at office the 30 th day of June 1827
James Hicks Clerk
I certify that I have solemnized the rites of matrimony between the within parties this 30 th day of June 1827 Abraham Walters Jps.
State of Tennessee ss I Robt Lemonds Clerk of the County Court for said Henry County ss do certify that the above is full and a perfect Copy of a marriage License and the magistrate's Certificate of Marriage thereon now on file in my office
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office in the town of Paris on the 16 th day of June A.D. 1853 & of American Independence the
77 th
Robt. Lemonds Clerk

Declaration In Order to Obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress of the 3 rd of February 1853.
State of Tennessee } ss.
McNairy County } On this the 4 th day of July 1853 Personally appeared before the County Court of the County of McNairy in the State of Tennessee it being a Court of Record, Mary Horn a resident of the County of McNairy in the State aforesaid aged Sixty five years, who being duly sworn according to Law, Doth On her Oath make the following Declaration in Order to Obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed On the 3 rd day of February 1853. That She is the Widow of Jeremiah Horn of Carroll County State of Tennessee, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States Under the Act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832, and who resided in Carroll County at the time of his Death, She further Declares that She was married to the said Jeremiah Horn On the 30 th day of June 1827 that her Husband the aforesaid Jeremiah Horn Died On the 8 th day of May in the year 1834, that She was married to him at the time above stated, She further Swears that She was a Widow at the passage of the Act and is still a Widow, And that She has never before made application for a Pension Sworn to and Subscribed On the day } and year above written before me. } Mary her Horn in Open Court. } mark
J. G. Gouch Clerk & Chairman of said County

State of Tennessee } Set. McNairy County } Be it known that On this 4 th day of July in the year 1853. Personally appeared before the County Court of McNairy County in the State of Tennessee William Purcell and David Bailey two Credible and Respectable Witnesses, who being duly sworn say that they and each of them are acquainted with Mary Horn, that she is the Widow of Jeremiah Horn Dec d that her husband Jeremiah Horn Died On the 8 th day of May 1834 and that she has remained a widow ever since, and is still a widow. Sworn to and subscribed On the day William Purcell and year above written before me David Bailey in Open Court.
J. G. Lovell J.P. & Chairman of said county Court
State of Tennessee } Set. McNairy County } I hereby certify that John G. Gooch Esquire before whom the foregoing Declaration was made and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set My hand and affixed the seal of My Office as Clerk of the County Court of McNairy County this 5 th day of July 1853.
J. A. Sanders CLk

21946
Jeremiah Horn Sr. O
From 1779 private 9 months $30.
5
Sep. Benton Superior Huntingdon Carroll Co. Pa.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
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 subjoined 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 Jeremiah Horn Lieut. Carroll Co. Pa.
   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.     Enrolled '78 or 9 9 1st Capt Holder Col Brown Cherry Hill K. O. 76 Hannibalg Grady.  
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 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 [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in 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.
W. D. Williams Esq.

40,301
Mary Horn Bounty Land Claim Act of March 3, 1855
Widow of Jeremiah Horn
Presented by Maclean Croft Attorney Purdy Tenn

State of Tennessee }ss.
County of McNairy On this Twenty fourth day of March A D One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Horn aged Sixty Seven years a resident of McNairy County in the State of Tennessee who being duly sworn according to Law Declares that she is the widow of Jeremiah Horn who was a private in the Revolutionary war, which will appear by Reference to the Declaration heretofore filed by her for a pension and also the pension certificate which is in the words and figures following
Department of the Interior Widows Pension
I certify that in conformity with the 2 d Section of the act of February 3 1853 Mary Horn widow of Jeremiah Horn who was a private in the Revolutionary war is inscribed On the Pension list at the rate of Thirty Dollars per annum Commencing On the 3 rd of February 1853 and continuing for life unless she should again marry in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage
Given at the Department of the Interior this Nineteenth day of November One day of November One Thousand eight hundred and fifty three Examined and Countersigned R M c Clellan S P er Waldo Secretary of the Interior Commissioned of Pensions
She further Declares that she was married to the said Jeremiah Horn in Henry County County State of Tennessee On the day of

by One Abraham Waller a Justice of the peace that her name before her said marriage was Mary Guals and that her said husband died at Henry County State of Tennessee On the 8 th day of May AD 1855 and that she is a widow at the date of executing this her declaration, she further Refuses to said declaration for evidence of her said husband's services and her marriage &c. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved 3 rd March 1855, she further declares that she has never received nor applied for bounty land under this nor any other act of Congress Mary her  mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written And I certify I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents to be and that I have no interest in said claim M. H. Johnson (Sp) for McMinn County
State of Tennessee } p. County of McMinn } On this 24 th day of March AD 1855 before me a Justice of the peace within and for the county and state aforesaid personally appeared James Burchett and John Burchett residents of the county of McMinn and state of Tennessee who being duly sworn according to law declare that they are personally and well acquainted with Mrs Mary Horn who we saw make her mark to the foregoing declaration, that we know her to be the identical person therein represented and that she is now a widow and they swear they are disinterested witnesses James Burchett John Burchett

Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day and year above written
M c Re Johnson JP for Maury County
State of Tennessee } Set
County of Maury } I
A. Sanders Clerk of the County Court for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Milton H. Johnson Esq whose name appears signed to the foregoing certifi- cates, is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace for said County in the State of Tennessee duly Commissioned and qualified, that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine, and that the witness is credible and respectable, In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court this 26 th day of March 1855-
A. A. Sanders Clerk 3

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
State of Tennessee County of Decatur Carroll County ss. Decatur Court Decatur Term 1832.
On this Eleventh day of December  AD 1832. personally appeared xxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx  before the court of ss years, xxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx  xxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx  xxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx of Law and Equity of said State , xxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx , Jeremiah Horn Senr. a resident of said County and State, aged Seventy Six Years, on the 25 th day of December Last, who being first duly sworn ac- cording to Law, doth on his oath make the following decla- -ration in order to obtain the benefit of an Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
This declarant was born in North Carolina, in the now County of Orange on the 25 th day of December A.D. 1755.
This declarant states that he en- tered the service of the United States, under the following named officers and served as herein stated. Somewhere in the years, 1777 1789 This declarant went to Harrodsburg on Kentucky River, and lived some months with Hugh McGerry. When he volunteered, to go and build a fort on Elk Horn, called Bryant Station, which they succeeded in completing. Shortly after this there were three Compa- nies of Volunteers xxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx  enrolled to serve as long as called off xxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx  xxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx -ness, and British, and they joined each other previous to crossing the Licking. The Captain who commanded the company to which this declarant belonged was by the name of John Holder, another was commanded by Captain Harrod William xxxxx , and the third by Captain, Benjamin Logan. All these were under the com- mand of Colonel John xxxxx . From thence they marched to the Ohio River, which they crossed, somewhere above the mouth of Licking. Here they left 10. men to guard their ferry Boat, to secure their retreat. From this place they marched on with in 5 miles of where Chillicothe now stands, where they rescued one white man, a Dutchman, name not recollected, and killed all the Indians who lived in

this house, consisting of two families. From here they marched on towards the Shawnee Plains, to Chillicothe on the Miami, which they surrounded, late with the intention of attacking. Some time in the night the action began and was kept up till 11, O'clock, next day. They succeeded in taking the town, with the exception of 4 Block houses, to which the enemy retreated into. At this time a Council of War was called, and it was decided that Colonel John  Boyer should still command, but not expose himself to the heat of action as they now determined to storm these Block houses. Then Colonel Shunk  Boyer accordingly gave the order, to storm, which they obeyed. After a severe assault, which was carried on from house to house, when they had arrived within one house of this point, then  the the falling defence being very obstinate, and having lost 16 men, and several wounded, received an they order to retreat. and They then returned to the Ohio River, found their Boat Safe, crossed, and marched on and again passed the Sic King; when they were discharged discharged by their Officers. Viz Captain John Holder & Colonel John Boyer  for a term of 9 months and some days  his declarant returned to Bryan's Station on the Elk Horn, where where he remained until he returned to North Carolina Guilford County which was a short time afterwards. Here he married and resided several years when he removed to Holston, in in Knox County, Tennessee, where he resi- ded  15 or 17 years when he removed to Wilson County, in State aforesaid, where he again resided 16 years, when he removed to Alabama, Jackson County where he resided 3 or 4 years, from whence he moved to the County, where he has since continued to reside. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. He has no documentary evidence of his claim, and knows of no person having testimony or any person who can testify to his services.
Sworn to and subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
Edward Gurn Clerk
his Jeremiah X Harn Jr. (Mark)

We, John Garrison, & Thos. Young a clergyman, residing in the County of Carroll and State of Ten- nessee, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah Horn Senr. who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about Seventy Six years that he is respec- ted and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to & Subscribed in Open Court the day & year aforesaid John Garrison Garrison mark Edward Brinn Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier as he states, - and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that, John Garrison , Thos. Young, who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Carroll & State aforesaid and that John Garrison who has also signed the same is a resident of the County & State aforesaid and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel Ingram Wilson Lightfoot Henry Knight
Interrogatories propounded by the Court to Jer- emiah Horn Senr. the foregoing applicant for a Pension.
Question 1 st Where and in what year were you born?"
Ans. I was born in North Carolina, in the now County of Orange, on the 23 rd of December A.D. 1755.
2 nd Have you any Record of your age, and if so when

is it?"
Ans. I had, but it was burnt up in my house with all my Books, on the 22 d day of March A.D. 1830.
3 a Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?"
Ans. The Declarant, considers the answer to above queries, as being embodied in the foregoing declaration.
4 th How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute.
Ans. I was a Volunteer.
5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services?"
Ans. Colonel John Bourner  Bourner Captain John Holder, and Captain William Hart  Hart , Captain Benjamin Logan; to the second part of the query he replies he knew nothing of them; and he considers an answer to the latter part of it, embodied in the declaration.
6 th did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
Ans. I did, it was signed by Colonel John Bourner  Bourner and Captain John Holder, and it was burnt, up with my House.
7 th 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?"
Ans. I can mention Morgan Moore, and Jesse Turner who would testify as to my character.
General Horn 21946

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8555
Mary Horn Widow Jeremiah Horn Pri. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3 d 1853.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 3411
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5 26,676
J Mrs Aug

No. 2612
Mary Conn. Wid: of Jeremiah —
Lett to M. Corp. 21 st Sept. 1853.
W. 3, Feb. 1853.

Let to Scarsdale 20 July '54
2935
Tennessee Jackson
Mary Harn
widow of Jeremiah
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as of Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Nov r 1833 and sent to o
Medlin Croft Purdy Jennie
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 182 Vol. A
32

2612 C Hm: Off: 10 Nov: /53.
Sir,
Please certify the time to which the within Mannf pension was paid, or the date of his death.
Am Respectfully,
B. Hood.
For the Commission Jeremiah Horn, Asst 1832 $30.00 p. an. - Paid to 1 st March 1834, no date of death on our Books.
Thos. J. Paine Actg. Auditor.
Francis Root Esq., Hm: Auditor. Hm.

Purdy Tenn March 28
Three
1855
40301
Apk 4
100
L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. Columbia

July 13, 1853
App. of Mary Horn, widow of Jeremiah Horn, McNairy Co., Tenn.
Act 3 d Feby. 1853.
7589
Rev. $ 30.00 per An - Com-Fry, 3,7853,
Meclin Cross, Purdy, Tenn.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Register

Widow
Character of pending claim
Claimant
Soldier
2 d See Feb 3 1853
Pensioner now on Rolls
Certificate No.
Agency at which last paid
Cause of termination
Date of termination
W. E. Trask
Examiner.
18
Last paid to
as shown by the Records of Finance Division,
complete up to
Strat
Clerk.
Forwarded to F. D.,
Returned to Ex'r.
May 29. 1870 June 11 th .

Huntingdon Tenn. Decr. 23 a 1832.
Sir I hereby transmit the applications of Jeremiah Horn Sr & Henry Cooke Sr to the War Dept for Pensions. Answers to them can be addressed to me at this place.
With high Respect, Sir Your obedt and humble servt.
Espe, Kenton, Jr. Agent, and Attorney for claimants.
Hon. Lewis Cass Secty of War. Washington City.

Springvale Inn Febr 10
L. P. Waldo Esq.
Washington City
D. C.

Parry, July 4 th 1854.
Sir -
Will you inform me, of the amount of pension money drawn annually by my husband, Jeremiah Hoar. You will further inform me of the length of his services. Address me at this office.
Yours obediently, Mary Hoar.
L. P. Waldo, Esq. Washington City D. C.

Purdue Jan 6 July 1853
Sir Enclose you will receive the Declaration of Mary Horn Lee 2 for a Pension under the Act of Congress passed 3 February 1853
Yours Respectfully
L. P. Waldo
Maclean Croft
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D c Columbia

Additional Declaration in the case of Mary Horn for a Pension Under the Act of Congress passed 3 rd February 1853
State of Tennessee, Set McNairy County } Be it Known that On this 24 th day of October 1853 before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Authorized by the Laws of said State to administer Oaths, personally appeared Mary Horn and made an additional Decla- -ration in Order to Obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed On the 3 rd day of February 1853 Declares that She is the Widow of Jeremiah Horn Deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner Under the Act of Congress passed On the 7 th June 1832 and that he is now dead, and that her name before her said Marriage Was Mary Quarles and that She is now a Widow and has been a widow ever since the death of her said Husband. For further Evidence She refers to her Declaration now On file in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions Given and subscribed the day and date above written before me hw Mary x Horn Mark Geraldine Walker Justice of the Peace

State of Tennessee } McNairy County } Be it known that On this 24 day of October 1853 before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly authorized by Law to administer Oaths, personally appeared James Burchett and John Burchett to me well known to be credible and respectable persons, and made Oaths in due form of Law, that Mary Horn, the present applicant for a Pension is the the Widow of Jeremiah Horn Rec d who Was a Revolutionary pensioner, and that she is now a Widow, having never intermarried since the death of her said Husband Jeremiah Horn - and said Officials further swear that said Mary Horns name before her marriage was Mary Duvall, James Burchett John Burchett
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and date above written - Hardridge Walker Justice of the peace
State of Tennessee } McNairy County } I A A Sanders, Clerk of the County Court for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Hardridge Walker whose name appears signed to the foregoing Certificate is now and was at the time of signing the same an Acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine, Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court this 31 st day of November 1853 A. S. Sanders Clerk By E. Sanders D. C. O. A.

State of Louisiana On this the 12 th day of February twenty 3 May A D 1870 personally appeared before me Calvin Shull Clerk of said County Court Mary Horn who being duly sworn according to Law makes the following declaration in order to secure Restoration to the Rolls of Pensioners that the Pension on account of whose death Pension was Granted was Jeremiah Horn who was a private in the Revolution- ary War that the Pension certificate number and bearing date Nineteenth day of November one Thousand Eight hundred and fifty Three is herewith returned and the reason of her not claiming her Pension before this date was because the agency at which she was paid ceased to exist caused by Rebellion against the Government of the United States and as she is informed being dropped from the Pension Rolls when she now seeks to be Replaced again in accordance with Law and she hereby appoints Messrs A Hart Heo of Washington City D.C. her attorneys to prosecute the aforesaid claim that her residence is in

McIntyre County State of Tennessee in about four miles of Purdy in said county and within one mile of the Old Stage Road from Purdy to Savannah Tennessee on the North side of said Road and her Post office Address is Purdy McIntyre County State of Tennessee
Witness A. M. Cade W. S. Harnell
Her Mary X Horn Mark
Also personally appeared Charles C. Chapman of Purdy County and State last named above and William H. Barns of said County and State Persons whom I certify to be Respectable and entitled to credit and by me duly sworn say they were present and saw Mary Horn the Claimant Make her mark to the foregoing Declaration that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of said Claimant and their acquaintance with her the said Mary Horn that she is the Identical Person she represents her self to be and they have no interest in the Prosecution of this claim
Charles C. Chapman William H. Barns

To and Subscribed before me this the 12 th day of May AD 1870 and I certify that the contents of the above Declaration &c. were fully made known and explained to the applicant and witnesses before swearing to the same and I have no interest direct or indirect in the Prosecution of this claim
Witness my hand and official seal affixed at office in Purdie day and date last named there
C. Shue clerk McNairy County Court
Personally appeared before me Calvin a clerk of McNairy County Court to S. Horsewell and W. C. Chamness Residents of said county with whom I am personally acquainted and I certify that they are respect- able and entitled to be believed also often being duly sworn says that they are well acquainted now and have been so for more than fifteen years last past with

Mary Horn a Pensioner who is the Widow of Jeremiah Horn who was a Private in the Revolutionary War and to their certain knowl- edge she has not remarried but continues the Widow of said Jeremiah Horn at this date and further they are not in- terested either direct or in- direct in the prosecution of the said Mary Horn for claim for Pension this 12 th day May AD 1870
W.S. Harnwell W. C. Chambers
Subscribed and sworn to before me at my office in Purdy May 12 th day 1870 C. Hull Clerk McDermott County Court

State of Tennessee On this 12 th day of May 1870 McNairy County Personally appeared before me Clerk of the County Court for said County & State before named the same being a court of Record Mary Horn age about eighty years a Resident McNairy County in the State of Tennessee who being duly sworn according to Law declares that she is the Identical Mary Horn who was Pensioned on the rolls of the Agency at Jackson in the State of Tennessee and whose Pension certificate is herewith returned that she has resided since the first day of January A D 1861 as follows With her friends & relatives all the time within five miles of Purdy County of McNairy State of Tennessee That during this Period her means of subsistence have been by means contributed by her friends and relatives and the money she had saved of her Pension she had drawn previous to 1 st January 1861 and she has not borne arms against the Government of the United States and she has not in any manner aided or abetted the Re- bellion or then prosecuting the Rebellion or manifested a sympathy with their Cause but on the contrary did

During the Rebellion Earnestly desired its suppression by force of arms that She was last paid her pension on the 4 th day of September A D 1861 and that She is totally disabled from earning a living by Manual Labour that She is entirely dependent on her funds for support having since all the Pension she had drawn prior to 1861 that she has no children living to support her and that she has not Remarried but continues the Widow of the Identical Jeremiah Horn who was a Private in the Revolutionary War and She hereby appoints Messrs A. Hart the her attorney to prosecute the above Claim that her residence is about four miles of Purdy and within one Mile of the old Stage Road from Purdy to Savannah Troup in the County of McIntosh State of Georgia and that her Post Office Address is Purdy McIntosh County Geor gia this this 12 th day May A D 1870 Mary Horn mark
Guide Carmell

Also personally appeared Charles C Chambers a Resident of Purdy County of McHenry and state of Ill- inois and William H Burns a Resident of the County & state last above mentioned Persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being by me duly sworn say they were pres- ent and saw Mary Horn the claimant make her mark to the foregoing declar- ation that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of said applicant and their acquaintance with her the said Mary Horn that she is the Identical Person she represents herself to be and they have no in- terest in the prosecution of this claim and they further swear that they have been personally acquainted with the ap- plicant Mary Horn for more than fifteen years last past as Neighbors and acquaintances they know that at all times she has been Loyal to the Government Constitution and Laws of the United States Government having at no time manifested any sympathy for the Rebellion or any Person who was en- gaged in Rebellion against the Con-

Constitution Laws and Government of the United States and further they believe that if she had had any sympa- thy for the Rebellion they would have known it from their frequent con- versations had with her and further they swear that they have them- selves been at all times loyal to the Constitution Laws and Government of the United States having at no time given aid or comfort or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto.
Charles C. Chapman William H. Barnes
Seal of the United States Pursuant to the request of Mrs. Thompson Pursuant to
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 12 th day of May A.D. 1870 and hereby certify that the contents of the above declaration are true and fully made known and explained to the applicant and wit- nesses before swearing to the same and I have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim Witness my hand and official seal affixed at office in Purdy this May 12 th 1870 C. Shedd Clerk McHenry County Court

State of Tennessee Court of Pleas & quarters Jefferson Carroll County 3 December Term 1832.
I Edward Gwin Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarters sessions in and for the County of Carroll and State aforesaid do certify that the foregoing containing the original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Horn Senr. for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my Hand and affix the Seal of said Court, at office in Huntingdon this Eleventh day of December A.D. 1832.
Edward Gwin Clerk of Carroll County Court

Payment to be made at
Jackson
by
Wm L. H. Tomlin
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Tennessee
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 182, Vol. A.
Clerk.
J. R. Weigle

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of Feb- ruary 3, 1853,
Mary Horn widow of Jeremiah Horn who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty dollars and cccccccccccc cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this Nineteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three
B. McLellan
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
L. P. Mallico Commissioner of Pensions.

Purly Jan 5 th Nov r 1853
Sir I send you enclosed the additional Declaration of Mrs Mary Horn for a pension under Act of 3 rd Feby 1853
Yours Respectfully Machin Croft

No 40301
Mary Horn
This claim was rejected for Record proof. Congress having waived the same asks the department to issue a warrant. this 27 May 1856.
Maclean Crap Atto
26.676-160 Fund
May 21 Bank M c Gowan Not on susp. file June 20 th Johnson L

PENSION OFFICE,
Apr 4
1855.
Sir:
The claim of Mary Horn No. 4030 for Bounty Land under the act of 3d March, 1855, has been received, and will be attended to in its turn.
As it must be some weeks before we can commence issuing warrants under this act, it is respectfully requested that the appli- cant will wait a reasonable time before making application to know what has been done in relation to the claim. All applications will be disposed of as fast as the nature of the business will admit, and immediate notice given to the parties, or their agents.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
L. P. WALDO,
Commissioner.
Machlin Cross
Purdy
Tem

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Brief in the case of Mary Horn, Widow of Jeremiah McNairy County and State of Tennessee, act 3 d Feby, 1853,
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 7 th June, 1832,
Record evidence of marriage,
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Wm. C. Croft Esq., W. Purdy Memphis, Name and residence of Agent
J. B. Boynton, Examining Clerk.

Restoration & Increase 2935
Brief in the Case of Mary Horn. Widow of Jeremiah a Private. Rev. War. Party.
McNairy County and State of Tennessee
Inc. Act 2 o Sec Feb 3 1853. Sec 13 Act July 27. 1868.
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
May 19. 1870
PROOF EXHIBITED,
Claimant Was a pensioner on the roll of Tennessee, at $30. pr. Ann. Suspended under Act Feb 4. 1862. Paid to Sep 4. 1860. She returns her certificate and applies to be restored to a pension. States that she is 80 years of age & has at all times been loyal & desired the suppression of the rebellion. Identity, loyalty, and continued widowhood shown by the affidavits of persons, who declare they have been loyal, & are certified as credible & entitled to belief. who state of their own knowledge that claimant in no way gave aid or support to the rebellion. - Ad d . May 31. 1870 to pension at $30. pr. Ann Commencing Sept 5 1860, & terminating July 26. 1868, also at $96. pr. Ann Commencing July 27. 1868.
Name and residence of Agent.
W. E. Frash Examining Clerk.
A. Hartsoe Present
L.H.