MORGAN COUNTY, TN - MILITARY - Agness Taber, Widow's Revolutionary War Pension Application ----¤¤¤---- NC Service John Taber # R10372 Agnes State of Tennessee Morgan County On the 8th day of December 1839 personally appeared before me Thomas Jack a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Agness Taber a Resident Citizen of the county of Bledsoe State of Tennessee aged Seventy one years the ____ day of January last ____ having no record of her age being born the 15th day of January 1769 and after being duly sworn for that ____ ____ her oath makes the following Declaration in order to attain the _____ made by the act of Congress _____ July 7th 1838 entittled an act granting help pay and Pension to certain widows That she is the widow of John Taber deceased who was a private in the Army of the Revolutionary War and who is her best knowledge and _____ Entered the service in __________County North Carolina some time in the ___ of the year 1780 a private __ soldier and served ____ tours of three months each under Col. ?Earles? whos first name was John served at and about the ______ River and ____ ____ ____ Col. Earles at the time and in the Early part of the Spring ensuing he engaged under she believes Capt. Gray and was she believes under General Lincoln and _____ _____ and in the time was detached from the army Stationed at or near Charleston and served as she believes nine months in the time was sometimes at Beach Island in the south sea and she believes was discharged in 1781 perhaps in the fall not being certain only from the information she has ____ from her deceased husband and from her own calculation having heard him speak of beginning in the Spring and serving nine months and serving till after the seiges of about the close of the war and after the surrender of Charleston as to her husbands discharge she recollects of hearing him speak of having a printed discharge but at what time she is not certain of what he said became of it He said he was one of the ___ soldiers and served in North and South Carolina about Charleston and maybe at Charleston. She is not positive and served in the South Sea port at Beach Island She has no record of her marriage except her son John Taber or her Brother in law Eli L. Taber has some record She knows of none She further states that she was married ___ said husband in Rutherford County North Carolina by Daniel Brou___ Baptist preacher on the fiftteenth day of April 1788 that she can prove her marriage afore said by Mary Thompson living in Anderson County, Tennessee and she states that she was not married to her said husband prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place on the 15th day of April 1788 the time above _______being prior to the first day of January 1794 That she has not intermarried since the death of her said husband but continues his widow She states that it is much most convenient to her to get a Justice of the Peace and person to attend to her case in Morgan County living remote from the county town of Bledsoe and from a Justice of the peace and from ____ to transact the business And living near to Morgan County and being attended on ___ a switch of the ridge by going a small distance across the line Her husband died June 1832 her Agness X Taber mark Sworn and subscribed this 8the day of December 1839 before me Thomas Jack Justice of the Peace I Thomas Jack a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Morgan State of Tennessee certify that Agness Taber who has sworn to and subscribe the foregoing Declaration appears to be very old and from infirmity of body is unable to attend court and I further cerify that from her appearance and from some knowledge that I have of her children her age and from conversing with her ?respecting? concerning the foregoing Declaration I believe the same is substantially true and in testimony of the forgoing I the said Thomas Jack Justice of the peace as above ____ has this day hereunto set my hand this 14 day of January AD 1840 Thomas Jack Justice of the peace ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Omar On The Mtn omaronthemtn@smnet.net ___________________________________________________________________