Application for Bounty Land for James Rutherford, Jackson, Alabama

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April 2001


Bounty Land Applied For By James Rutherford

STATE OF ALABAMA
JACKSON COUNTY
                                  
                                  FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS 
PASSED THE 28TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1850 GRANTING BOUNTY LAND, WE PERSONALLY APPEARED BEFORE NOW AND 
ACTING DUTIES OF PEACE  FOR SAID COUNTY THIS 1ST DAY OF MARCH 1851,JAMES RUTHERFORD AGED FIFTY 
NINE YEARS A RESIDENT OF SAID COUNTY, WHO AFTER BEING DULY SWORN ACCORDING TO LAW DECLARES THAT 
HE IS THE IDENTICAL JAMES RUTHERFORD WHOSE NAME APPEARS ON THE MUSTER ROLL OF WILLIAM JOBES,COMPANY
 OF MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE WAR AGAINST THE CREEK INDIANS IN 
 THE REGIME COMMANDED BY COLONEL SAMUEL BUNCH. THAT HE WAS MUSTERED IN TO SAID SERVICE  AT KNOXVILLE 
 TENNESSEE SOME TIME IN OCTOBER 1813 FOR THE TERM OF THREE MONTHS, AS A PRIVATE OF SAID COMPANY, AND 
 THAT HE CONTINUED TO DISCHARGE HIS DUTY IN SAID COMPANY UNTIL THEY RETURNED FROM A TOUR OF DUTY THE 
 SAME PLACE WHERE HE WAS MUSTERED AND HONORABLY DISCHARGED. HE THINKS SOMETIME IN JANUARY 1814 THAT HE 
 LOST HIS DISCHARGE AND THAT HIS RECOLLECTION IS NOT POSTIVE THAT COLONEL BUNCH DID COMMAND THE REGIMENT
  THAT IF HE DID NOT IT WAS LEFT OUT.

                                                          JAMES RUTHERFORD

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STATE OF ALABAMA
JACKSON COUNTY
                                 ON THIS THE 14TH DAY OF MARCH A.D. ONE THOUSAND AND FIFTY SIX 
PERSONALLY APPEARED BEFORE ME JOSEPH MINER, ONE OF THE ACTING JUSTICES OF THE PEACE OF SAID COUNTY, FOR 
GENERAL PURPOSEES WITHIN AND FOR THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORE SAID JAMES RUTHERFORD AGE 64 YEARS  NOW A 
RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORE SAID WHO BEING DULY SWORN ACCORDING TO THE LAW ACLAIMES THAT 
HE IS THE IDENTICAL JAMES RUTHERFORD WHO WAS A PRIVATE IN THE COMPANY COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN  WILLIAM 
GOBES IN THE REGIMENT OF AND COMMANDED BY COLONEL S. BUNCH IN THE WAR WITH THE CREEK INDIANS IN 1812, 
ACLAIMED BY THE UNITED STATES ON THE ---DAY   OF --- IN THE YEAR OF 1812 FOR THE TERM OF THREE MONTHS 
AND CONTINUED IN ACTUAL SERVICE IN SAID WAR FOR THE TERM OF THREE MONTHS, AND THAT HE HAS HERETO FORM 
MADE APPLICATION FOR BOUNTY LAND , UNDER THE ACT OF SEPTEMEBER 28TH 1850 AND RECEIVED A LAND WARRANT 
NO. 46-263  FORTY ACRES WHICH HE HAS SINCE LEGALLY DISPENSED OF AND CANOT NOW RETURN. HE MAKES THIS 
DECLARATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING THE ADDITIONAL BOUNTY LAND TO WHICH HE MAY BE INTITLED TO UNDER 
THE ACT APPROVED THE 3RD OF MARCH 1855, HE ALSO ACLAIMS THAT HE HAS NEVER APPLIED FOR NOR RECEIVED UNDER 
THIS NOR ANY TIME AFTER ACT OF CONGRESS ANY BOUNTY LAND WARRANT EXCEPT THE ONE ABOVE MENTIONED.
WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL THIS DAY AND YEAR FIRST ABOVE MENTIONED

                                                          SIGNED; JAMES RUTHERFORD
THER STATE OF ALABAMA
COUNTY OF JACKSON

                                WE ARCHIBALD RUTHERFORD AND JOSEPH W. RUTHERFORD RESIDENTS OF THE 
COUNTY AND STATE AFORE SAID,UPON OUR OATHS DECLAIR THAT THE FORGOING DECLARATION WAS SIGNED AND ACKNOWLEDGED 
BY THE AFORE SAID JAMES RUTHERFORD IN OUR PRESENTS AND THAT WE BELIEVE FROM THE APPEARANCE AND STATEMENT  
OF THE APPLICANT THAT HE IS THE IDENTICAL PERSON HE RESPRESENTS HIMSELF TO BE.
WITNESS OUR HANDS THE DAY AND YEAR FIRST MENTIONED
                                                                                    
                                                          ARCHIBALD RUTHERFORD
                                                          J.W. RUTHERFORD

THE FORGOING DECLARATION AND AFFIDAVIT WERE SWORN TO AND SUSCRIBED TO BEFORE ME ON THE DAY AND 
YEAR FIRST WRITTEN AND I CERTIFY THAT I KNOW THE AFFICANTS TO BE CREDIABLE PERSONS AND THAT THE 
CLAIMANT IS THE PERSON HE REPRESENTS HIMSELF TO BE AND THAT I HAVE NO INTEREST IN THIS CLAIM

                                                                 GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL
                                                                 JOSEPH CLINNOR
                                                                 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE