Nash County NcArchives History .....Rev War Pension August 5, 1844
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Mary Sheffield-Hegi msheffield2003@yahoo.com April 18, 2010, 9:50 pm

After the death of Ruth's husband, John Morgan, his Revolutionary War service 
was certified by William Hill, Secretary of State, North Carolina, on August 
5, 1844, and Ruth applied for a pension (file no. W-18528).

State of North Carolina
Nash County
On this the ninth day of August eighteen hundred and forty-four (1844) 
personally appeared before me Evan H. Morgan one of the acting justices in and 
for the county and State aforesaid Mrs. Ruth Morgan and maketh the following 
declaration in order to obtain a pension under the act of Congress passed 4th 
of July 1836.   and after being duly sworn according to Law doth declare on 
her oath that she is the widow of the late John Morgan deceased who enlisted 
in the Revolutionary war of the Continental line of North Carolina about the 
commencement of the war as will more fully appear by a certificate which she 
has procured from the secretary of the state of North Carolina which she 
submits as proof in part of her said husband John Morgan service and she 
farther declares that her said deceased husband John Morgan who she now 
represents died on the fifteenth day of May eighteen hundred and thirty seven 
and that he was aged eight eight years when he died and that she was his wife 
is ninety four years old and that her maiden name was Ruth Stallings and that 
she was married to her husband John Morgan in year seventeen hundred and 
seventy one and she declares that she was a resident of the county of Nash and 
state aforesaid when she and her husband John Morgan was married and they have 
resided every since in the county and state aforesaid and she farther declares 
that her deceased husband John Morgan was a while before he died preparing his 
proof of his services but died before he could make his proof and that she 
herself did not know until lately that there was any provision made by the act 
of Congress for widows of deceased soldiers if she had known such fact existed 
she should have made application before now and she farther declares that she 
relinquishes all claims for a pension whatever except the claim sworn and 
supported to this day and date above written
    Ruth (her mark) Morgan
    Wit. Evan H. Morgan JP

I the undersigned acting Justice of the Peace do hereby certify that Ruth 
Morgan the above applicant for a pension is from old age and bodily infirmity 
entirely unable to attend court and file her declaration
    Evan H Morgan JP

An affidavit was submitted by Henry Morgan, who stated that he was well 
acquainted with John Morgan the husband of Ruth Morgan.   The births of the 
three eldest children were "pasted on the lid of this book," having been 
copied from the original by said Henry Morgan, in 1816 or 1817.   There are 
three other children, heirs of said Ruth Morgan:   James, Anna, who married 
Bennett Smith, and Susannah, who married Irven Finch.   The old, original 
record is in the possesssion of Henry's brother, William Morgan, who refuses 
to let the record be taken off the book.   No date.
    Evan H. Morgan, J.P.

State of North Carolina
Nash County
This day personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the peace 
for the county and State aforesaid Mr. William B. Morgan of Nash county and 
after being duly sworn according to Law deposit and sayeth that he is 45 years 
old and that this leaf attached to this paper contains the original record of 
the ages of the two oldest children of John Morgan Ruth Morgan widow of the 
latter who is now making application for a pension and that he has had the 
said record in his possession for the space of 24 years and that he has always 
understood it is in the hand writing of his uncle Henry Morgan and he further 
states he has every reason to believe that it has been in the family ever 
since the names on the attached leaf was reccorded Sworn and subscribed to 
before me Jan 27th 
1845
    Wm B Morgan
    wit. Evan H Morgan JP

The leaf that was turned in by William Morgan was from the family bible, and 
it named three children of John Morgan and Ruth his wife.   It gave their 
names and births as follows:   William, born September 26, 1772; Nancy, born 
June 4, 1774; and John, born February 25, 1777.

An affidavit was submitted by James Morgan, aged 57 years, who says he is the 
eighth child of John and Ruth Morgan.   He says his father "was a man of 
little education and did not get about and did not know how to make out the 
form etc."
    Signed by James Morgan, January 27, 1845.
    A B Baines JP.


Additional Comments:
See copy of Bible record for John Morgan Sr. and Rutha Stallings Morgan
Rutha was from VA according to 1850 Nash census record and 103

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