Robeson County, NC - Edmond & Elizabeth Spivey Pension, 1850

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NC      Spivey, Edmond and Elizabeth                  R10,002


State of North Carolina }
County of Robeson       }
				Sir
	On this 5th day of July Anno Dom. 1850 personally appeared before 
the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Robeson and 
State of North Carolina Elizabeth Spivey resident of the County of Robeson 
aforesaid aged about ninety-two years who first being duly sworn according 
to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain 
the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2nd 
February 1848 granting pensions to widows of Persons who served during the 
Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Edmond Spivey who was a private 
in the Militia of the (*** unable to make out) Army of the United States in 
the War of the Revolution. That she did not know the names of any of the 
officers under whom he served except his captain whose name was Merritt. 
That her husband the said Edmond Spivey joined the Army near the beginning 
of the War in Sampson County then called Duplin and soon after the expiration 
of every term of six months or longer he would join the army again and that 
he continued in the service until the close of the war. Her name was originally 
Elizabeth Fowler and she was married to Edmond Spivey in the year 1776 when 
she was about 15 years old. That she lived with her husband the said Edmond 
Spivey until his death which took place about 55 years ago, to wit about the 
year 1798.

That she has been a widow ever since that time and is now a widow. She does 
not know whether her husband was in any battle she is inclined to believe he 
was not. Sometimes during the war her husband would hire a substitute to take 
his place in the army and he would stay at home some months. She believes the 
captain’s name was Robert Meritt and that her husband was draughted. She does 
not know the name of the regiment or or company in which her husband served. 
She recollects distinctly that the Battle of Moore’s Creek her husband was at 
home and a man named John Newton was hired to go in his place. That at that 
time she was confined to her bed having just given birth to a daughter.

This claimant claims the hearing to which she is entitled under the act 
aforesaid as the widow of Edmond Spivey for six months service as a private 
in the Militia of the United States under Captain Robert Merritt in the War 
of the Revolution.
                                                     her
                                             Elizabeth Spivey
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Sworn to and subscribed before me this day & year above written & I certify 
that I am acquainted with the above named Elizabeth Spivey.
						Edm M Queen JP

Transcribed from Rev. War record images on Heritagequest - Al Munden

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