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| Title |
Devin, Nancy: ARW Bounty Land Application Declaration |
| Short Title |
ARW Bounty Land Application Declaration for Nancy Devin |
| Source ID |
S67538 |
| Text |
State of Virginia
County of Pittsylvania
On this 10th day of April A.D. 1855 personally
appeared before Me, a justice of the peace, Within and for
the County and State aforesaid, Nancy Devin aged
87 Years, a resident of the County and State aforesaid,
who being duly Sworn according to law, declares that
She is the Widow of Robert Devin who Served
in the Company Commanded by Capt. [blank space]
in the [blank space] Regiment of [blank space]
Commanded by Col. [blank space] in the War of
the Revolution declared by the United States
On the [blank space] day of [blank space] AD [blank
space]
and continued in actual Service in Said war
for [blank space] and was honorably discharged
at [blank space] on the [blank space] day of [blank
space] AD
[blank space] for which Service he was a pensioner
during his life at the rate of $80 per annum
and that she Since his death She has been and
Still receives from the United States like pension.
She further States that She was married
to the Said Robert Devin in Pittsylvania County
[oval] on the 25 day of January A.D. 1791 and that
her name before her said Marriage was Nancy Parrish
that her said husband died at his residence on the
10th day of April A.D. 1834 and that She is now
a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of
obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled
under the Act passed the 3rd day of March 1855.
She also declares that she has never received or
applied for bounty land under this or any other
act of Congress.
Tho. S. Fraint of |
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| Notes |
- Nancy applied for bounty land warrants as a widow. In it, she states when she and Robert were married, that Parrish is her maiden name, and when Robert died.
- Transcribed by David Devin on 25.Sep.2003 from the ARW Pension Records for Robert Devin found at the National Archives.
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