FINAL PENSION PAYMENT OF
JOHN ROSS, REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER
MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NC
1758 - 3 January, 1845
State of Tennessee
Giles County
Be it known that at a county court session held in forsaid county at
the courthouse in the town of Pulaski on Monday the 30th day of March
1845 personally appeared in open court JOAB ROSS and ELEM S. ROSS and
upon their oath have satisfactorily proven to said court that they
were well acquainted with JOHN ROSS late a pensioner of the United
States under the act of the 7th June, 1832 and that the said JOHN
ROSS pensioner as aforesaid departed this life on the 3rd day of
January 1845 leaving a widow, MARGARETT ROSS and the said JOAB ROSS
and ELUM S. ROSS do further testify that the said pensioner aforesaid
was the identical JOHN ROSS named in an original certificate found in
his possession at the time of his death which was here shown to the
court and of which the following is a true copy.
WAR DEPARTMENT
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the
7th June 1832 JOHN ROSS, of the State of Tennessee of West Tennessee
Agency who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to
receive fifty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum during
his natural life commencing on the 4th day of March 1831 and payable
semi-annually on the 4th day of March and 4th of September in every
year.
Given at the War office of the United States this 8th day of the year,
March 1833.
I L Edwards ___ Cass
Commission of Pensions Secretary of War
And the said JOAB ROSS and ELEM S. ROSS do further testify, that the
said JOHN ROSS, deceased, was entitled to his pension as expressed in
his certificate from the 4th day of September 1844 to the 3rd of
January 1845, when he died, on account of services rendered the
United Sates in the Revolutionary War and at the time of his death he
resided in Giles County Tennessee and had resided there for the space
of thirty years past and previous thence, he resided in Maury County
Tennessee, all of which was satisfactory to the court.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year first above
mentioned.
JOAB ROSS
ELEM S. ROSS
E.D. Jones, Clerk of the Court of Giles County
Received of THOMAS MARTIN, Agent for paying pensions at Pulaski in the
State of Tennessee, seventeen dollars and twenty six cents being the
amount due her in right of her late husband, JOHN ROSS, from the 4th
day of September 1844 to the 3rd day of January 1845, the time of his
death, for which I have signed duplicate _____
April 19th 1845
$17.76 Test MARGARET (her mark) ROSS
THOS K. GORDON
State of Tennessee
Giles County
I Edward D. Jones, Clerk of the County court of said Giles County,
which court is a court of record, do hereby certify that the forgoing
affidavit or disposition was duly made subscribed and sworn to by
JOAB ROSS and ELAM S. ROSS before the justices of said court, and that
their signatures to the same are genuine.
In testimony whereas I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed my seal of office this 3rd day of March a.d. 1845
C.D. Jones, Clerk of the County
Court of Giles County
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