Bounty Land Application
Elizabeth Hancock
Act of September 28, 1850
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Bounty Land Claim
Form of Declaration to be Made
By the Widow of a Deceased
Officer or Soldier.
State of Arkansas,
ss.
Pike County,
On this 14th day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty one,
personally appeared before me, Thomas J. Conway a Justice of the Peace duly
authorized to administer oaths within and for the County and State
aforesaid, Elizabeth Hancock aged 47 years, a resident of Pike County in
the State of Arkansas who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that
she is the widow of William Hancock deceased, who was a private in the
Company commanded by Captain James Rodgers in a Regiment of T.V.M.G.M. in
the war with the Seminole Indians, that her said husband, volunteered in
the State of Tennessee for the term of, not known, and continued in actual
service in said war for the term of five months and was honorably
discharged at Columbia, Tenn. on the 30th day of June A.D. 1818 as will
appear by the original Certificate of Discharge hereto attached and also the
muster rolls of said Company.
She further states that she was married to the said William Hancock in
Jackson Co., Tennessee on the first day of February A.D. 1821 by one Sam'l
Dickson a Justice of the Peace and that her name before said marriage was
Elizabeth Dickson that her said husband died in Pike County, Arkansas on the
23rd day of December A.D. 1849 and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to
which she may be entitled under the "act passed September 28th, 1850."
Elizabeth Hancock
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written.
Thos. J. Conway, J.P. (L.S.)
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Certificate of Discharge
This is to certify that William Hancock private in Capt. James Rodgers'
company of T.V.M.G.M. has served a tour of five months as a Volunteer, on
an expedition against the Seminole Indians; he carries with him the thanks &
gratitude of his commanding officer and merits the applause of his country,
and is hereby honorably discharged.
James Rodgers, Capt.
Columbia, June 30th 1818.
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State of Arkansas,
ss.
County of Pike,
I, Thomas K. Dossey as Clerk of the Circuit Court, in and for the County and
State above mentioned, do hereby certify, that Thomas J. Conway whose
genuine signature appears above, is, and was, at the time of signing the
same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly
commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled in
full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid Circuit Court, is a Court of
Record, having general jurisdiciton.
Given under my hand and seal of office, at Murfreesborough, Pike County,
Arks. this 14th day of May A.D., 1851.
Thomas K. Dossey, Clerk.
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Power of Attorney.
Know all Men by the these Presents:
That I, Elizabeth Hancock of the County of Pike and State of Arkansas do
hereby irrevocably make, constitute and appoint William K. Sebastian my true
and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, to demand and receive from the
Department of the Interior of the United States, the Certificate or Warrant,
to which I am entitled for the Military services of my said husband, as set
forth in the foregoing Declaration; and, for good and sufficient reasons, do
hereby revoke and countermand any and all other powers of attorney or other
authority that may have been heretofore given by me.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 14th day of
May A.D. 1851.
Elizabeth Hancock (L.S.)
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State of Arkansas,
ss.
County of Pike,
On this 14th day of May in the year 1851, personally appeared before me,
Thomas J. Conway a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to take
acknowledgements in and for the county aforesaid, Elizabeth Hancock, and
acknowledged the above Power to be her act and deed for the purposes therein
mentioned.
Thos J. Conway, J.P. (L.S.)
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Bounty Land Application of Elizabeth Hancock widow of William T. Hancock,
Act of September 28, 1850, National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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