Tazewell County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Military Records.....Perdue, Zachariah March 18, 1871
Warof1812 - Pension 
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DECLARATION OF SURVIVING SOLDIER FOR PENSION
DECLARATION OF SURVIVING SOLDIER FOR PENSION
            ACT OF FEBRUARY 14, 1871
State of Virginia } SS:
Tazewell County   }
     On this 18th day of March, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy 
one, personally appears before me (1) Rees B. Gillespie clerk of the County of 
Tazewell a court of record within and for the county and state aforesaid (2) 
Zachariah Perdue aged 100 years, a resident of Tazewell County of  ----- and 
State of Virginia who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is 
married: (3) that his wife name was Sally Wolf to whom he married at ---- on 
the ----- day of ----- 18--; that he served the full period of sixty days in 
the (4) military service of the United State in the war of 1812; that he is 
the identical Zachariah Perdue who (5) was enrolled in Captain ------Company,
--------Regiment, -------Brigade, ------Division, at --------in the State of 
Virginia on the ------day of ---------181--, and was honorable discharged at 
------, on the -------day of---------,18--; that (6)--------Being short of 
memory he has forgotten his Captains name and the dates but refers to the 
papers filed for bounty lands under the acts of Congress of 1850 & 1853, and 
to his bounty land warrant for 120 acres bearing the August 21st, 1853, No 
10954. that he at no time, during the late rebellion against the authority of 
the United States, adhered to the cause of the enemies of the Government, 
giving them aid and comfort, or exercised the functions of any office whatever 
under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States; 
and that he will support the Constitution of the United States; that he is not 
in receipt of a pension under any previous act; (7)-----------------------
that he makes this declaration for the purpose of being placed on the pension 
roll of the United States under the provisions of the Act of February 14, 
1871; and he hereby constitutes and appoints, with full power of substitution 
and revocation, CHARLES C. TUCKER, of Washington, D. D. his true and lawful 
Attorney, to prosecute his claim and obtain the pension certificate that may 
be issued; that his post office is at Jeffersonville County of Tazewell State 
of Virginia, and that his domicil or place of abode is Jeffersonville.
                                (8) Zachariah (his X mark) Perdue
Attest:
Nathan Sawyers
David K. (his X mark) Perdue
Also personally appeared Nathan Sawyers and David K. Perdue, both residing at 
Jeffersonville in the County of Tazewell and State of Virginia persons whom I 
certify to be respectable and entitled to credit; and who, being by me duly 
sworn say: That they were present and saw (2) Zachariah Perdue, the Claimant, 
(9) make his mark to the foregoing declaration; that they have every reason to 
believe, from the appearance of said claimant and their acquaintance with him, 
that he is the identical person he represents himself to be; that at no time 
during the late rebellion against the authority of the United States did he 
adhere to the cause of the enemies of the Government giving them aid and 
comfort; and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
                                          Nathan Sawyers
                                          David K. (his X mark) Perdue
     Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 18th day of March A. D. 1871; 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.
                                         (11) R. B. Gillespie, CMC
                                              Cr. Tazewell County
                            Forwarded by (12) Wm O. Yost
                                              Tazewell C. H. Virginia
July 8, 1871 Bly Lil Dw Ser
July 8, 1871 Abby - Loyalty
July 8 , 1871 271 Z. Amt.
"Short Service"
ACT OF FEBRUARY 14, 1871
WAR OF 1812
NO. 3231
Zachariah Perdue
Jeffersonville, Tazewell Co., Va
Virginia Militia
Discharged-----18--
Rejected 1 Sept 1871
Received March 23, 1871
Charles C. Tucker
Washington, D. C.



Additional Comments:
This is Zachariah Perdue son of Meshack Perdue. He probably died not long 
after making this application for pension which was rejected because of "short 
service".

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