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ISAAC FLEETWOOD - Revolutionary War Pension Document - January 27, 1823 - Page 2 |
This document was obtained from the National Archives in Washington, D.C. It has been scaled down considerably to fit on the computer screen. Below, I have transcribed it line by line as best I can. |
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| • has no other evidence of his service except the
deposition of • John Smith an old Revolutionary solider and the other • depositions herein filed and transmitted too he made his • original declaration and application for a pension • on the 16th day of June 1818 but he has not yet received • his pension certificate which declaration is refered to • marked A which is herewith transmitted and he • also doth declare on oath that he was a resident • citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 • and that he has not since that time by gift, sale or • in any manner whatever disposed of his property • or any part thereof with an intent thereby to diminish • it as to bring myself in the provisions of an act of • Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons • engaged in the land and Naval Service of the • United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the • 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has • any person in trust for me any property securities • contracts or debts due me nor have I any income • other than what is contained in the schedule • hereto annexed by me subscriber Viz, one little • mare worth $25, two little heifers worth seven • dollars each $14, eleven head of hogs worth $20 • one pot worth $1.50 cts, one oven worth 300 cts, two • axes worth one dollar each $2, three old hoes • worth $1, and that he has no other property either • real or personal his occupation is that of farmer • but he is too old and infirm to pursue it his • family consists in a wife aged about forty five years • and ... three small children which is unable • to contribute anything for his support and it is • from his reduced circumstances in life and • inabilities to labour that he claims the assistance • of his country
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I have not transcribed the affidavit at the bottom of the document. |
