Hi All, I finally got the pension records for one Rachel HOLT WEBSTER widow of Charles WEBSTER on the Thursday before Christmas. Charles and Rachel were married in Orange Co. Sept. 10, 1807. Besides not remembering what year she was married, she also has to be wrong about the age of her daughter Caty. (Catherine WEBSTER GRAVES RUSSELL) If Charles died circa 1814 and this paper is dated 1869 Catherine would have to have been born before 1814 making her at least 55. But even with these problems to solve there is so much more here. For instance, now I know that my William is the son of Charles and Rachel. That Catherine is his sister and John his brother. I don't have anything on this John, but I do have more on Catherine and William. William had a son that he named John James and this John married Eliza Jane ISLEY on Oct. 02, 1858. Eliza's parents are Levi ISLEY and Sarah SHARP who were married about 1828. Sarah's parents are Sebastian SHARP and Catherine GARRETT married about 1793. Another son was Wiley G. Webster who married Eliza Jane SHARP on May 22, 1869. Eliza Jane SHARP's parents are Joel SHARP and Elizabeth ANTHONY married on Sept. 04, 1832 in Orange Co., NC Rachel and Charles would be my 4th Great grandparents and William and Anna my 3ed Great grandparents, Wiley and Eliza Sharp my 2nd Great grandparents Oh, I have NO info on Anna Ray maybe she is out there hiding in someone's database<g>. Hope you all had a great Christmas and a fun New Years Day and that this year will bring us all a new brick wall. (I'm tired of the old ones)<g>. Mary Ellis One paper dated or stamped Jun 4 1869 say's On this 18th day of May A.D. 1869, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace personally appeared Rachel Webster, who, being duly sworn, deposeth as follows: I am the widow of Charles Webster, deceased, who was a private in Captain James Graham's Company 3ed Regiment N.C. in the war of 1812 (?or) 14, that my maiden name was Rachel Holt; that I was lawfully married to said deceased in the County of Orange, State of North Carolina, by Michael Holt Esq, on or about the (can't read the day) of year 1803 or 1804; that I have by said marriage the following children, whose ages and dates of birth are correctly set forth, to wit: William Webster about 58 years old, John Webster 52 years old and Caty Russell 40 years old. (then the rest of the page. On another page it say's (about half way down this page) She further declared that said Charles Webster her husband, died in the service of the United States as aforesaid at Norfolk in the State of Virginia somtimes in the year 1814, of typhoid fever contracted on ??????in the service. She also declares that she has remained a widow ever since the death of said Charles Webster and that she has not in any manner been engaged in, or aided or abetted, the rebellion in the United States; and she hereby appoints R.W. Walker Esq of Washington, D.C. as her lawful Attorney, with power of substitution, and authorizes him to present and prosecute this claim, and to receive her pension certificates. The following are the names date of births and places of residence of all the children of her deceased husband who were under sixteen years of age at the time of his death, Wm. Webster, John Webster, Katy Russell of Murphy Russell all of whom reside in Alamance County. My Post Office address is Curtis Mill Alamance County N. Carolina. _______________________________________ Lewis Lutterloh and John Webster signed this paper stating that she is who she says she is. There is one paper that says he died a few days after being discharged in Virginia and another that says he was discharged with his company and that there is no evidence of the date of his death and her request for a pension was denied. There are about 16 or so pages with this, some are very hard to read. What a great Christmas Present. Mary