96646

May 10/51

44.598

Joshua Evans, Private, Ga Mil., Capt. John Willson, Col. E. Wimberly

ent. 21 Nov. 1814

dis. 8 Mar. 1815

War 1812

Aud. Office

10 Feby. 1852

Joshua Evans served under Capt. Wilson from the 21 November 1814 to 8 March 1815.

  B.T. Gallaher

[illegible]

Mar 19/52

A.A.S.

E.B. Grayson, Adj.

74.323

Present

Oct. 12/52

 1812 Wid.

#31812

 M.104, Pu.52

State of Georgia, County of Henry

On the fifth day of March, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one personally appeared before me, Isaac Welden, a Justice of the Peace duly authorised [sic] to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, Joshua Evans, aged 67 years, a resident of Henry County in the State of Georgia, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Joshua Evans who was a Private Soldier in the company commanded by Captain John Wilson in the Georgia Regiment of draughted [sic] soldiers commanded by E. Wimberly in the war with Great Britain and the United States, and that he was draughted in Jasper County, Georgia, on or about the 21^st day of November, A.D. 1814 for the term of six months, and continued in actual service in the said war for the term of three months and 17 days, and was honorably discharged at Darien, Ga. on the eighth day of March, A.D. 1815 by reason of peace being declared, as will appear by his discharge and the muster rolls of the said company.

He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled under the "act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States," passed September 28, 1850.

  Joshua Evans

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written; and I hereby certify that I believe the said Joshua Evans to be the identical man who served as aforesaid, and that he is of the age above stated.

  Isaac Welden, J.P.

State of Georgia, County of Henry

I hereby certify that Isaac Welden, Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration was made, was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, and duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my Seal this fifteenth day of April, 1851.

Syman B. Lone

Clerk of the County Court

 [seal] ...pensions will please forward my warrant to E.B. Grayson of Washington, D.C. [seal] ...receive the same, and transmit it to me, having specially contracted therefor [seal] May 1^st, 1851.

Joshua Evans

 Request for Original Discharge

No. 4

Pension Office

Mar. 19^th, 1852

Sir:

The regulations of this office require, that in every case of application for Land Bounty, under the Act of September 28, 1850, the original certificate of discharge be presented and filed with the claimant's declaration. If lost or destroyed, or if the claimant never received a written discharge, or if discharged in consequence of disability, or if he was in captivity with the enemy, the facia must be stated, verified, and authenticated, as in the case of the declaration.

The discharge of Joshua Evans not having been received, nor its absence satisfactorily accounted for in his declaration filed by you, a further examination of his claim is necessarily suspended until the regulations referred to above are complied with.

Very Respectfully,

J.E. Heath,

Commissioner of Pensions

 E.B. Grayson, Esqr.

Present

Joshua J. Evans, a private soldier in my company in the service of the U.S., being called into service on the 21^st Nov. 1814 for a six month tour, and having served to this day, is hereby honorably discharg'd.

John Wilson, Capt.

March 8^th, 1815

State of Georgia

County of Spalding

On this seventeenth day of March, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, personally appeared before me, Jason Burr, a Justice of the Inferior Court, duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, Joshua Evans, aged seventy-one years, a resident of Spalding County in the State of Georgia, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Joshua Evans who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain John Wilson in the Georgia Regiment of drafted men commanded by Ezekiel Wimberly in the war of 1812, that he was drafted at Regimental Muster Ground, Jasper County, Georgia on or about the first of [?] of A.D. 1814 for the term of six months, and continued in actual service in the said war for the term of about four months, and was honorably discharged at Darien, Georgia on the eighth day of March, A.D. 1815 on account of peace being made, as will appear by the muster rolls of the said Company.

Having presented his discharge with his former declaration, he makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled to under the "act granting additional bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States," approved March 3, 1855. And refers to his former declaration made under act of 1850, upon which he obtained a Land Warrant No. [not recollected], for forty acres, which he having legally transferred and disposed of, is not within his power now to return.

He further declares that he has not received a warrant for bounty land under any other act of Congress, nor made any application therefor, than the one above referred to, under act of 1850, upon which he obtained the said Land Warrant No. [not recollected], for forty acres, and the one now presented.

Joshua Evans

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written; and I hereby certify that I believe the said Joshua Evans, who signed and executed the above declaration, and is now present, to be the identical man who served aforesaid, and that he is of the age above stated, and that I have no interest in the said claim.

Jason Burr, J.I.C.

State of Georgia

County of Spalding

Personally appeared H.B. Holliday and H.H. Carroll, citizens of the said County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn, depose and say that they [illegible in fold] Joshua Evans, and that he is the person now present who signs and executes the within declaration.

H.B. Holliday

H.H. Carroll

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17^th day of March, A.D. 1855; and I certify that the said H.B. Holliday and H.H. Carroll are credible and respectable citizes.

Jason Burr, J.I.C.

96646

No. 46,598

Act of Mar. 3, 1855

Joshua Evans, Pvt.

Capt. Wilson

Ga. Mil.

War 1812

Warrant No. 17, 231

For 120 acres.

18758

No. 31,812

17231"120"55

Service Pension, War of 1812

Act of March 9, 1878

Harriett Evans, Liberty Hill, Pike Co., Ga.

Widow of Joshua Evans, Private, Capt. John Wilson

Died July 1864

Received Sept. 20, 1878

Tucker + Bishop

Present

Attorney

State of Georgia

County of Spalding

On this 1^st day of July, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight personally appeared before me, John J. Hunt, Ordinary, the same being a Court of Record within and for the county and State aforesaid, Harriett Evans, aged sixty-one years, a resident of Pike County, in the State of Georgia, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is a widow of Joshua J. Evans, deceased, who was the identical Joshua J. Evans, who served under the name of Joshua J. Evans or Evens as a Private in the company commanded by Captain John Wilson, in the regiment of [?], commanded by [?] in the war of 1812; that her said husband was drafted at Monticello, Jasper Co. on or about the [?] day of [?], A.D. 1814, for the term of six months, and continued in active service in the said war for the term of five months, and whose services terminated, by reason of close of the war, and was thought to be at home on furlough, does not know definitely where he served, thinks about Darien or Tybee Island, was honorably discharged, A.D. 1815. She further states that the following is a full description of her said husband at the time of his enlistment, viz: born in Delaware, five feet six or seven inches high, black hair, blue eyes, fair complexion, was farmer about thirty-two years old. She further states that she was married to the said Joshua J. Evans, at the city (or town) of near Liberty Hill Post Office, in the county of Pike, and in the State of Georgia, on the [?] day of March, A.D. 1855, by one John Gossitt, who was a Justice of the Peace, and that her name before her said marriage was Harriett Baird, and that she has not remarried since the death of the said soldier; and she further states that her husband had been previously married to Rebecca Smith who died in June 1854 in Spalding County, and that her said husband Joshua J. Evans died at his home in Spalding Co., in the State of Georgia, on the [?] day of July, A.D. 1864; and she further declares that the following have been the places of residence of herself and her said husband since the date of his discharge from the Army, viz: last lived near Griffin in Spalding County, moved from Jasper where he resided at time of entering service, had previously moved from his native state of Delaware to Hancock Co. and thence to Jasper. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the pension to which she may be entitled under the provisions of Sections 4736 to 4740 inclusive Revised Statutes, and the Act of March 9, 1878, and hereby constitutes and appoints with full power of substitution and revocation, Tucker & Bishop, of Washington, D.C., her true and lawful attorneys, to prosecute her claim and she further declares that she has heretofore made application for land warrant which was granted, + with this application his discharge was sent to the office at Washington D.C., and that her residence is near Liberty Hill P.O., county of Pike, State of Georgia, and that her post-office address is Liberty Hill Pike Couonty, Georgia.

Harriett Evans [her mark]

Attest: 1. W.C. Pearson

2. John H. [illegible]

State of Georgia

County of Pike

In the matter of Harriet Evans, applicant. Personally came before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the aforesaid County and State, J.P. Brown, aged 50 years, a citizen of the County of Pike, State of Georgia, whose Post Office address is Liberty Hill, Ga., and David G. Burk, aged 32 years, a citizen of the County of Pike, State of Georgia, whose Post Office address is Liberty Hill, Ga., well known to me to be reputable and entitled to credit, and who being duly sworn, declare in relation to the aforesaid case, as follows:

Joshua J. Evans died in the month of July 1864. Knew he + Harriet Evans as man and wife five or six years. Know that Harriet Evans has not married since the death of her husband Joshua J. Evans. We live in the same neighborhood and have for ten or fifteen years.

We further declare that we have no interest in the said case, and are not concerned in its prosecution.

John P. Brown

David G. Burk

D.D. Malaur, J.P.

State of Georgia

Spalding County.

To any Judge, Justice of the Peace, or Minister of the Gospel:

You are hereby authorized to join Joshua J. Evans and Harriet Beard in the Holy State of Matrimony, according to the Constitution and Laws of this State: and for so doing, this shall be your sufficient License.

And you are hereby required to return this License to me, with your Certificate hereon of the fact and date of the Marriage.

Given under my hand and seal, this 3^rd day of February, 1855.

W.L. Gordon, Ordinary

I certify, that Joshua J. Evans and Harriet Beard were joined in Matrimony by me, this 8^th day of February, 1855.

John Gossett, J.P.

Georgia

Spalding County

I, John J. Hunt, Ordinary and Clerk of the Court of Ordinary, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true, full, and complete copy of the marriage license and certificate as appears of record in the said ordinary's office, in so far as the same relates to the marriage of Joshua J. Evans and Harriet Beard.

Witness my hand and official signature this July 1^st, 1878.

John Hunt

Ordinary

Service Pension, War of 1812

Claim No. 31.812

Act of Mch. 9/78

Cert. No. 18,758

Original Case.

Harriett Evans, widow of Joshua J. Evans.

Rank: Private

Captain: Wilson

Regiment: Militia

State: Georgia

Post Office: Liberty Hill, County of Pike, State of Georgia

Attorney: Tucker + Bishop, P.O. Washington, Dist. of Colombia

Application filed Sept. 20^th, 1878

Admitted Feb. 6^th, 1879, to a pension of eight dollars per month from Mch. 9, '78 the date of the Act. No pension previously applied for.

W. Hickok

Bounty Land claim 17231-120-55 issued.

N.E. Robinson

Bounty Land Searcher

James H. Forsyth

Examiner

Approved February 10, 1879

Paul Brodie

Reviewer

Summary of Proof

Service Pension, War of 1812

Widow's Brief

Claim No. 31.812

Act of Mch. 9^th, 1878

Claimant, Harriett Evans

Soldier, Joshua Evans

Action, admitted

Examinor, James H. Forsyth

Admitted, February 10, 1879, P.B.

No. 18,758

War of 1812

Act of March 9, 1878

Widow's Pension

Georgia

Harriet Evans, widow of Joshua Evans

Rank: Private

Company: Capt. Wilson's

Regiment: Geo. Mil.

New Orleans Agency.

Rate per month-Eight dollars.

Commencing March 9, 1878.

Certificate dated Feby. 20, 1879 and sent to Pension Agent 5 Mch. '79

Van Keurell, Clerk

17231-120-55

1879, July 10, Blk. A.D.J

Permit sent. H.

Griffin 6-2-79

Pension certificate 18758 to Harriett Evans [illegible] Liberty Hill, Pike Co., Ga. has not been rec'd although receipts for 14 mo. + 25 days has been rec'd. Will you see that certificate is forwarded or a duplicate.

James S. Boyntin

Atty., Harriett Evans

State of Georgia

County of Spalding

On this 23 day of May, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, personally appeared before me, Ordinary of same county, the same being a court of record within and for the county and State aforesaid, Harriett Evans, aged 64 years, a resident of Pike, in the State of Georgia, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Joshua J. Evans, deceased, who was the identical Joshua J. Evans, who served under the name of Joshua J. Evans as a Private in the company commanded by Captain John Wilson, in the [?] regiment of Georgia Troops, commanded by [?] in the war of 1812; that her said husband enlisted at Monticello, Jasper Co., Ga. on or about the [?] day of [?], A.D. 1814. She further states that the following is a full description of her said husband at the time of his enlistment, viz: five feet 8 in. high, black hair, blue eyes, fair complexion, by occupation a farmer. She further states thatshe was married to the said Joshua J. Evans, in the county of Spalding, and in the State of Georgia, on the 8 day of February, A.D. 1855 by one John Gossett, who was a Justice of the Peace; and that her name before her said marriage was Harriett Baird; and she further states that her husband had been married before to Rebecca R. Smith who died in Spalding County, Georgia, July the 30, 1854, and that her said husband Joshua J. Evans died at Spalding County, in the State of Georgia, on the 8 day of July, A.D. 1864, and she further declares that the following have been the places of residence of herself and her said husband since the date of his discharge from the Army, viz: in Jasper Co., Ga. for a few years, then moved to Henry Co., and then to Pike Co., Ga. where he died, but in 1850 or 1852 the place he lived in Pike Co. was cut off into Spalding Co., Ga. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the additional bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855; and she further declares that she has heretofore made an application for a pension and is now receiving it. Certificate No. 18.758, and that her residence is [blank], and that her post-office address is Liberty Hill in the County of Pike, State of Georgia.

Harriett Evans [her mark]

Attest: Thomas W. Thurman

William C. Pearson

Also personally appeared William C. Pearson, aged 57 years, residing in Pike Co., Ga., and Jet T. Baird, aged 49 years, residing in Pike Co., Ga., persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they have known the said Harriett Evans for 30 years and for 30 years, respectively; that they were present and saw her make her mark to the foregoing declaration; that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of said claimant and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; and they further say that they are able to identify her as the person who was the wife of the identical Joshua J. Evans, who rendered the service alleged in the above application in the company of Captain Wilson in the war of 1812 by the following named facts and circumstances, viz: they lived by them from the time of their marriage up to his death, and it was always so reputed in the neighborhood; they hath known that the first wife of Joshua J. Evans is dead; they lived near the family when she died and it was then so reported, and has been so reputed ever since; they both saw Joshua J. Evans after he was dead; and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.

William C. Pearson

Jet T. Baird

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25 day of May, A.D. 1881; and I hereby certify that the contents of the above declaration, etc., were fully made known and explained to the applicant and witnesses before swearing, including the words erased and the words added; and that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.

E.W. Hammond

Ordinary S.C.

Marriage License

State of Georgia, Spalding County.

To any Judge, Justice of the Peace, or Minister of the Gospel:

You are hereby authorized to join Joshua J. Evans and Harriet Beard in the Holy State of Matrimony, according to the Constitution and Laws of this State: and for so doing, this shall be your sufficient License.

And you are hereby required to return this License to me, with your Certificate hereon of the fact and date of the Marriage.

Given under my hand and seal, this 3^rd day of February, 1855.

W.L. Gordon, Ordinary

I certify, that Joshua J. Evans and Harriet Beard were joined in Matrimony by me, this 8^th day of February, 1855.

John Gossett, J.P.

Georgia

Spalding County

E.W. Hammond, Ordinary of the said County + by virtue of my office Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of said County, do certify that the within contains a true copy of the Marriage Lisence [sic] of Joshua J. Evans + Harriet Beard as appears of file + of record in my office. Given under my hand + seal of office at the Ordinary's office in Griffin, Ga., May 25^th, 1881.

E.W. Hammond

Ordinary + Ex oficio Clk.

of Court of Ordinary

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