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Bounty Land Claim
Declaration to be made by a surviving Officer
or Soldier claiming additional Bounty Land.
State of Arkansas,
ss.
Pike County,
On this Sixth day of April 1855, before me, a Justice of the Peace in and
for the County and State, aforesaid, personally appeared George Hensley aged
74 years, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the
identical George Hensley who was a Private in the company commanded by
Captain Andrew Braden in the Regiment of Militia commanded by Col.
Snodgrass. That he was drafted at Anderson County in the State of Tennessee
on or about the first day of January 1814 and was honorably discharged at
Anderson County on or about the last day of March 1814.
He further states that he has received for said service Bounty Land Warrant
No. not recollected of 40 acres, issued under the act of September 1850 by
reason of said service which he has since legally disposed of and cannot now
return.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining additional Bounty
Land to which he is entitled under the Act of March 3d, 1855, never having
received Bounty Land except as above stated, and he hereby constitutes and
appoints Charles C. Tucker, of Washington, D.C., his attorney to obtain from
the proper authorities at Washington City or elsewhere, certified copies of
any Army records or documents, in which his said service may be recorded,
and to procure any and all other evidence that may be necessary to establish
his claim, as fully as he might or could do if personally present, and
revoking and countermanding all other authority that may have been given for
the above specified purpose.
George (his x mark) Hensley
Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged before me the day and year first above
written, and on the same day personally came before me A.B. Williams Jr. and
M.H. Carruth, residents of Pike County to me known as credible witnesses,
who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally
acquainted with George Hensley who has made and subscribed the foregoing
declaration, that they were present and saw him make his mark to said
declaration, and that from their personal acquaintance with him they believe
that he is the identical person who performed the military services therein
named, and who has received a warrant therefor, and they further swear that
they are disinterested in his claim.
A.B. Williams, Jr.
M.H. Carruth
Sworn to and subscribed before me, and I certify that I am not interested in
the claim or concerned in its prosecution, and I believe that the claimant
is the person he represents himself to be.
A.B. Williams, Justice of
the Peace, Pike County, Arkansas.
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State of Arkansas,
ss.
Pike County,
I, Wm. R. McFarlin, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and
State above named, do hereby certify that A.B. Williams, Esq., before whom
the foregoing affidavits were made, and who has thereunto signed his name,
was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County
and State above named, duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official
acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that his signature
thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official
seal this 7th day of April, 1855.
Wm. R. McFarlin, Clerk.
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Bounty Land Application of George W. Hensley, Act of March 3, 1855,
National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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