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State of Arkansas,
ss.
Clark County,
On this, the 22 day of June, 1855, personally appeared before me, a Justice
of the Peace within and for the county of Clark & State of Arkansas, William
Gentry, aged about sixty four years, a resident of the county of Clark and
State of Arkansas, who being by me duly sworn according to law, declares: he
is the identical William Gentry who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain James Gray in the 2(nd) Regiment commanded by Col. Cock(e) in
Gen. Carrol('s) Brigade, in the war with Great Britain declared by the
United States on the 18th day of June 1812, and continued in actual service
in said war for the term of fourteen days; that he has heretofore made
application for bounty land under the Act of Sept. 28, 1850 and received a
land warrant, No. not recollected, for eighty acres, which he has legally
disposed of and can not now return.
He makes this application for the purpose of obtaining the additional bounty
land to which he may be entitled under the act approved the 3rd of March,
1855. He also declares that he has not applied for nor received under this,
nor any other act of Congress, any Bounty Land Warrant except the one above
mentioned.
Wm. Gentry
We, A.B. Beall & A.T.W. Long, residents of the county of Clark & State of
Arkansas, upon our oaths declare: that the foregoing declaration was signed
and acknowledged by William Gentry in our presence & that we believe from
the appearance and statements of the applicant that he is the identical
person he represents himself to be.
A.B. Beal
A.T.W. Long
The foregoing declaration & affidavit were sworn to & subscribed before me
on the day & year above written & I certify that I know the affiants to be
creditable persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to
be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
A. Nichols, J.P.
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State of Arkansas,
County of Clark,
I, Isaac W. Smith, Clerk of the Circuit Court and Exofficio Clerk of the
County Court, in and for the County of Clark in the State of Arkansas,
hereby certify, that A. Nichols whose signature appears to the above and
foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same, an acting
and duly commissioned Justice of the Peace, in an for the County and State,
aforesaid, and that all his official acts as such, are entitled to full
faith and credit.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
said Court at my office, this 25th day of June, 1855.
I.W. Smith, Clerk
By W.M. Randolph, D.C.
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State of Arkansas,
Clark County,
I, William Gentry, of the county of Clark and State of Arkansas, do hereby
constitute and appoint Henry B. Stuart, attorney at Law of Clark County &
State of Arkansas, my true & lawful agent & attorney, to do and transact all
such matters ... in obtaining and receiving the military land warrant above
applied for. Given under my hand and seal this the 22 day of June, 1955.
Wm. Gentry (Seal)
Personally appeared before (me), William Gentry, and acknowledged he signed
and delivered the above and foregoing Power of Attorney for the purposes
(therein mentioned).
A. Nichols, J.P.
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State of Arkansas,
County of Clark,
I, Isaac W. Smith, Clerk of the Circuit Court and Exofficio Clerk of the
County Court, in and for the County of Clark in the State of Arkansas,
hereby certify, that A. Nichols, who(se) signature appears to the foregoing
certificate, is now and was at the time of signing the same, an acting and
duly commissioned Justice of the Peace in and for the County, aforesaid, and
that all his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit.
Witness my hand as Clerk and the seal of said Court at my office, this 25th
day of June, A.D. 1855.
I.W. Smith, Clerk
By W.M. Randolph, D.C.
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Arkansas, Arkadelphia, June 28th 1855
Sir:
This application is, as you will perceive, where the applicant has had a
warrant under the former act of Congress. I apprehend there will be no
difficulty in his obtaining a warrant for the residue under the recent act
of Congress.
I herein had a power of attorney annexed; this I did in consequence of some
published rumors that applications would not be regarded at the Pension
Office unless a power of attorney accompanied the application.
Respectfully yours,
H.B. Stuart
L.P. Waldo, Com. Pensions
Direct to H.B. Stuart, Arkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas.
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Bounty Land Application of William Gentry, Act of March 3, 1855,
National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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