Edgecombe County, NC - Military

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State of North Carolina
Edgecombe County

State of North Carolina
Edgecombe County
Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions
February Term 1848

On this 1st day of March 1848 personally appeared before the court of pleas 
and Quarter Sessions for the aforesaid County of Edgecombe, Kinchen Edwards 
son of Simon & Sally Edwards decd.  a resident of said County and State 
aforesaid aged sixty 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 July 7th 1838 entitled an 
act granting half pay deceased persons to certain widows (also the Act of the 
3rd of March 1843 granting one years pension to certain widows and the Act of 
June 17th 1844 continuing the pension of certain widows.)

This Declarant the aforesaid Kinchen Edwards in right of himself and his 
brothers Benjamin Edwards & Levi Edwards.  States that he is the son of Simon 
Edwards decd who was a Private Soldier of the No. Carolina Militia and also a 
regular Soldier in the War of the Revolution, as he has understood from his 
father the said Simon Edwards and fully believes that his Father the said 
Simon Edwards entered the service of the United States in said war sometime 
in the year 1780 or 81 he believes and that he was in the service of the 
United at least two years at different times,  Sometimes in the militia and 
some times in the regular army.  That his father the aforesaid Simon Edwards 
was lawfully married to Sally Dowden soon after he returned from the Army the 
last time.  That his Father the said Simon Edwards died on the (Blank) day of 
December 1831 leaving his mother the said Sally Edwards a widow, who remained 
a widow untill her death.  That his said mother Sally Edwards departed this 
life on the twentieth day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty one, 
leaving surviveing, the following three children (viz)  The declarant Kinchen 
Edwards, Benjamin Edwards and Levi Edwards children and heirs at law of the 
said Sally Edwards decd.

Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written in open Court.  
Signed Kinchen Edwards   Witness: John Norfleet, Clerk

State of North Carolina Edgecombe County
Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions held for said County, February Term 1848

Personally appears in open court Kinchen Edwards, who subscribes and makes 
oath to the facts set forth in the foregoining declaration.   

I John Norfleet, Clerk of the said Court (which is a court of record) do 
certify that the foregoing proceeding were held at February Term 1848 of said 
Court as appearing of records - In witness whereof, I hereonto set my hand 
and affix my seal of office at Tarboro this 22nd day of March 1848.  John 
Norfleet, CC

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