Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-10-26
APPLICATIONS BY MINOR CHILDREN.

If any officer or soldier who would be enti-
tied to bounty land under said act, if living,
has died, leaving no widow who still survives
him, but leaving child or children under the
age of majority at the time of the-passage of
said act, such minor child or children are enti-
tied to the same quantity of land that the faith
er would be entitled to if living
In such case the guardian of such minor
child or children must make declaration as
nearly corresponding with the form as the ma
ture of the case viii admit He must state
the time of the fathers death; the fact that
no widow survives him; and must state the
name or u0mes, and exact age or ages, of his
surviving minor child or children.
This declaration must be accompanied by
satisfactory proof of the fathers death, that
that no widow survives him, of the age of the
minor children, and of his appointment, by
competent authority, as guardian, if there is
any family record showing the ages of the
children, it. or a certified copy of the same,
should be forwarded, with the affidavit of some
disinterested person, proving the genuineness
of the original, and that the copy certified is
true and correct copy of it.
aIf the claimant was a regimental or staff officer
the declaration must be varied to the facts OF the
case.
tIf the discharge has been lost or destroyed, the
words in italic will be omitted, and the facts in 1ea-
ton the loss of the discharge stated in lieu thereof
Ifthe claimant never receiveda written dlscharge,
if discharged in consequence Of disability or II he
was in captivity with the enemy, he must vary ms
declarations set forth the facts OF the case
. THE notes TO the preceding declaration are also
applicable TO this. Ia some cases il will perhaps be
impossible for the widow state the facts in relation
10 her husbands services, with the particularly as
to dates. DC, indicated by the above FORM In such
case she must set forth the facts with as much ac-
curacv as possible II will be Indispensable for her
to state the company and regiment in which he serv-
ed. If her husband was killed in BEETLE, that Tact
must be set forth in the declaration.
" This declaration must be accompanied BY sat
isfactory proofo the marriage and of the husbands
DEATH II there is any public record of the marriage
duly certified copy Of such record should be for
warded with the affidavit of some disnterested per-
SON. proving the genuinenesss of the original, and
that the copy certified is true and correct copy OF
it, If no public or private record of the marriage
exists or can be procured that fact should be set
forth in the declaraton and in such case other ev-
idence, such as the testimony of persons who knew
the parties in the lifetime of the husband, aud knew
them TO i've together as husband and wife, and TO
be so reputed, will be admissible.
tin no case, howeAer will the mere statement OF
witnesses that the claimant is the widow OF the de-
ceased be taken as evidence Of the marriage; but
the Witnesses must state lhe facts and circumstance
es from which they derive thei- knowledge or oPin-
ion thai she is the widow of the deceased.
A certificate from the clergyman or magistrate
who solemniZed the marriages is not competent eV-
idence, unless the gennneness of the certificate be
proved, and the person who gave it be shown to
have been authorized to solemnize marriages.