Pitt County, NC - Mildred Little War of 1812 Pension Application, 1879

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[From the Tabitha Marie DeVisconti Papers, Collection No 480. East Carolina
Manuscript Collection, J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University,
Greeneville, NC]
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State of North Carolina,
  County of Pitt              SS:

                On this    day of A.D. 1879 personally appeared before
me, a Justice of the Peace, the same being a court of record within and
for the County and State aforesaid Mildred Little aged 80 years a resident
of Pitt County, in the State of North Carolina who, being duly sworn according
to law declares that she is the widow of Bryant Little, deceased, who was the
identical Bryant Little who served under the name of Bryant Little as a private
or sergeant in the company commanded by Captain Micajah Pettaway, Regiment not
remembered, in the war of 1812; that her said husband volunteered in Edgecombe
County, at a date not remembered, and continued in actual service in said war
for the term of four months, and whose services terminated by reason of an
honorable discharge on the close of the war.  She further states that the
following is a full description of her said husband at the time of his
enlistment, viz:  5 ft 5 in high, dark complexion, black hair, about 25 years
old, a farmer from Edgecombe County.  She further states that she was married
to the said Bryant Little in the County of Edgecombe, in said State, on the
24th day of Feby. A.D. 1820 by one Seth Speight, was was a minister of the 
gospel; and that her name before her marriage was Mildred Ellis; and she
further states that neither she nor her husband was ever before married, and
that her said husband - Bryant Little - died in Greene County, in said State
on the 13th day of November A.D. 1876, and that she has not again married;
and she further declares that the following have been places of residence of
herself and her said husband since the date of his discharge from the army, viz:
Edgecombe, Pitt and Greene Counties.

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the pension to which 
she may be entitled under Sections 4736 to 4740 (inclusive) Revised Statutes
and the Act of March 9th, 1878, and hereby appoints Edwards & Albritton, of
Snow Hill, North Carolina, her true and lawful attorneys to prosecute her claim;
and she further declares that she has heretofore made no application for 
pension, and that her residence is in Pitt Co., State of No. Ca. and that
her post office address is Marlboro, in said County and State.
Attest:
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Also personally appeared

aged    years, residing in Pitt County, and    aged   years, residing in Greene 
County persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit
and who being by me duly sworn, say that they they have known the said Mildred
Little for    years and for    years respectively, that they were present and
saw her sign her name (or make her mark) to the foregoing declaration; that they
have every reason to believe from the appearance of said claimant and their
acquaintance with hter, that she is the identical person she represents herself
to be; and they further say that they are able to identify her as the person
who was the wife of the identical Bryant Little who rendered the service alleged
in the above application (in the Company of Captain Pettaway in the war of 1812)
by the following named facts and circumstances, viz:

and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.

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Sworn to and subscribed before me this    day of    A.D. 1879, and I hereby
certify that the contents of the above declaration & c., were fully made known
and explained to the applicant and witnesses before swearing and that I have no
interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim.

                                                  Justice of the Peace,
                                                  of Pitt Co. No. Ca.

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