Clay-Randolph County AlArchives Military Records.....Spears, Messer 
Warof1812 - Pension 
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Mercer Spears, private under Captain William H. Underwood's Company of Booth’s 
4th Regiment Georgia Militia, War of 1812. 
He was discharged from Ft. Hawkins. He served a total of 5 months, 29 days at a rate
of $8 per month, 
plus 18 cents contract price of rations. This made his pay $47.49, 
his subsistence allowance $1.26, for a total of $48.75. 
Company Muster Rolls: Enlisted Nov. 21, 1814. December 15, 1814, 
present. Camp Hope. March 1, 1815, present. May 6, 1815, present. 
Engaged to May 20, 1815, but discharged on May 6th.

The State of Alabama in the matter
County of Randolph of Pension

Claim of Ellen Spears No. 18053 under act of March 9th 1878 on this the 10th day of
December 1879 personally appeared before me a clerk of the circuit court for the
County and State aforesaid the same being a court of record
William Spears aged 68 years And Rachel Spears aged 65 years
Both of whom are citizens of the County of Clay in the state of Alabama and well
known to me the credible persons and entitled to
be believed - and who being duly sworn declare in relation to the
aforesaid case as follows: 
That they have known the applicant Ellen Spears from her birth, that they were
present when she was born, and know that her and her deceased husband Messer Spears
went from Randolph County Alabama to
Heard County Georgia for the purpose of getting married and
that affiants.  Went to the house of Messer Spears to help fix 
for the weding on infore and was present when Messer Spears came
home and brought Ellen Spears this applicant with him and said that he and her were
married this was probably in the summer of 1852 - or 1853- but the exact date is not
now recollected, but affiants knows that they were from that day forward recognized
as husband and wife up to the death of Messer Spears which was probably about the
24th
of June 1876, but the precise day nor month is not recollected
that they were both present at his death and also at his burial
and saw him buried, and that they lived within 1/2 mile of this
claimant and her deceased husband Messer Spears from
the date of their marriage up to the death of Messer Spears
and the claimant now lives near him at the same place
where her late husband Messer Spears died and affiants state positively that this
matterof the marriage of Messer Spears dec'd and the claimant 
was never questioned at any time and that every effort
has been made that could be made to get the record of the
marriage and none can be found all the eye witnesses that
claimant can think of are dead or gone to parts unknown to her and
that she has no private record of her marriage and that this best
proof in our opinion that she can produce. Affiants further states 
that the claimant had never been married prior to her marriage to
Messer Spears but that Messer Spears had been previously 
married, but Affiants knows that his first wife was dead that
she was the mother in law of the Affiant Rachel Spears and mother of the affiant
William Spears and that they were both present at her death andburial some two or
three years before Messer Spears married the applicant Ellen Spears, whose maiden
name was Ellen Barnes-they further
state that Ellen Spears this applicant, has 3 minor children all of
whom are now under the age of 16 years that they are all with 
her and that she has not abandoned the education nor support of either
of them and that Ellen Spears this applicant has never married a
widow ever since this death of Messer Spears her late husband
up to the present time. They further declare that they have no interest in this
claim and are not concern in its prosecution 
his Attest William Spears X mark
Thomas M. Lindley X mark
Franklin Milstaed 
Rachel Spears X mark

Sworn to and subscribed before
Me this day by the above named affiants
And I certify that I read said affidants
To said affiants and acquainted them
With the cert? Before they executed the same
I further certify that I am in nowise interested in
Said case, nor am I? in its prosecution 
And that said affiants are personally known to
Me and that [?] as credible persons. Witnessing
And official seal this 10th day of December 1879

John L. Owens
Clerk of the Circuit Court


Additional Comments:
Please Note:
Messer Spears is very possibly buried at Old Providence Delta Clay County Alabama,
Children of second marriage to Ellen Barnes:

M.M. born 1860 [Mary Margaret?] 

Martha Samantha born 1865, died 1940 married W.K. Sims, buried Providence Clay
County

Armanda born 1867, died 1946 married –Sailors, buried Providence Clay County

Emeline born 1871 married John Morrison, buried Wesley’s Chapel Randolph County



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