DECLARATION OF WIDOW FOR A PENSION UNDER AN ACT OF FEBRUARY 14, 1841 WAR OF 1812 STATE OF TENNESSEE COUNTY OF JACKSON ON THIS 13TH DAY OF JUNE, A.D. EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE, PERSONALLY APPEARED BEFORE ME, WILLIAM G. COX, CLERK OF THE COUNTY COURTM A RECORD AND COURT IN AND FOR THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, ELIZABETH BYERSM AGED 76 YEARS, A RESIDENT OF NEAR GAINESBORO, COUNTY OF JACKSON, STATE OF TENNESSEE, WHO BEING DULY SWORN ACCORDING TO LAW, DECLARES THAT SHE IS THE WIDOW OF MOSES BYERS, WHO SERVED THE FULL PERIOD OF SIXTY DAYS IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE WAR OF 1812, AND WHO WAS THE IDENTICAL MOSES BYERS WHO WAS ENROLLED IN CAPTAIN SAMUEL MAXWELL'S COMPANY, JACKSON DIVISION, AT FAYETTEVILLE, TENN. IN 1814 AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT FAYETTEVILLE, TENN. IN 1814. THAT HER SAID HUSBAND MADE APPLICATION FOR AND DREW BOUNTY LAND UNDER FORMER ACTS OF CONGRESS WHICH APPLICALTION IS HERE REFERRED TO. HE WAS IN THE CREEK CAMPAIGN/ THAT SHE WAS MARRIED UNDER THE NAME OF ELIZABETH COOKE TO SAID MOSES BYERS ON THE 13TH DAY OF OCTOBER A.D. 1811 AT GREENVILLE! , SOUTH CAROLINA, THERE BEING NO LEGAL BARRIER TO SUCH MARRIAGE; THAT HER SAID HUSBAND DIED AT JACKSON COUNTY ON THE 12TH DAY OF JANUARY 1862 AND THAT SHE HAS NOT MARRIED SINCE HIS DEATH. HER PLACE OF ABODE IS JACKSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. ----- Original Message ----- From: WILMA J THOMPSON Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 3:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Moses Byers Let's try and get this piece of research right! ----- Subject: Moses Byers - Born 1790 NC > I am the great-great granddaughter of Moses and Elizabeth(Cook(e) Byers. W. > Joanne(Byers)Thompson. My son Gary Thompson and I have been researching the > Byers and Cook(e) families for more then ten years. Gary traveled to > Cookeville. Tn. and other locales in the south. NOT ONE PIECE OF EVIDENCE > was found to support Moses's parentage! When we first started to research > we were told Moses was born in Caswell Co, NC too many records were > destroyed from that county and makes research difficult. Ever since the > bastard bond was found it has been NOTHING BUT SPECULATION! I have also > researched the Waston and Bumgarner(Bumgardner)families, finding and sending > for wills and etc.Nothing there that says Moses was in the Watson (Byers) > family! A lot of manual research needs to be done here such as going to > libraries and travel to sites of their origins. Gary and I have always > located three pieces of information to cross-reference our findings. I do > not want my descendants misled! There was a John Byers listed in the 1790 > Lincoln Co NC census.,more research needs to done on him also. FOR NOW THE > LINE STOPS WITH MOSES TILL ACUTAL PROOF BESIDES THE BOND IS FOUND. People > who are descendants of Moses and Elizabeth (Cook(e) Byers who are able to > travel to Cookville,Tn. will find history of their's in the Cookeville > library and graves. They were two fine old families to be very proud of. > W. Joanne(Byers)Thompson > ==== BYERS Mailing List ==== Please remember! If you would like your message to go to everyone on the list, make sure that [email protected] appears on your address line ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com<br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href="http://explorer.msn.com">http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>