Wayne County NcArchives Photo Document.....Francis Cogdell Record 
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                           Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the several acts of Congress passed for the 
benefits of the soldiers widows and orphans of the Revolutionary War

On this the 19th day of April 1854 personally appeared Elizabeth Britt aged 73 
years before the subscriber a justice of the peace for and in the County of 
Wayne and State of North Carolina and after being duly sworn according to law 
makes the following declaration

That she is the daughter of Francis Cogdell deceased and of his wife whose 
maiden name was Celia Boon - she has often heard her father and mother speak 
of his having served in the Revolutioary War about five years - she is not 
able to state under what officers her father served - that her father was 
married to her mother about the year 1780 and that her father Francis Cogdell 
died in the year 1834 and her mother died in the year 1841 leaving 3 children 
(viz) Richard, Peggy and Elizabeth all of which have since died except the 
petitioner; She prays for such pension as she may be entitled
to as she has heretofore failed to apply being ignorant of our rights as  was 
her mother

                             Elizabeth (her x mark) Britt

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written

                             R. Rayner JP


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