Linda: Yes, this is the 1840 Macon Co., census. 1840 is also known as the Revolutionary War Pensioners census (although it is formally called the 1841 RW Pensioners census) Anyone who had made a claim and received a pension as of 1 June 1840 was to be listed as such. There were 8 men living in Macon Co., NC in 1840 who are listed as pensioners, Nathan Thompson being one of them. He is also the youngest man of the group I don't know how much stock I would put into the NARA lists of pensioners on Heritage Quest or Ancestry.com. There are transcription mistakes and people missing. It's just an index. You're best bet would be to write the National Archives and request a copy if they can locate it. Another avenue is get microfilm records of the Macon Co., NC court of pleas and quarter sessions minutes and start reading. It's tedious but you will probably find answers to a number of questions. For one thing the pensioner making the claim had to go before the county court justices to give testimony for their claim, and bring in a few witnesses to substantiate what they were claiming. Always interesting things in those pension claims. You may also run across some kind of answer about what became of Jane Sellers husband and what his name was. It is probably the James Sellers living by Nathan Thompson, but who he belongs to is a mystery. Anyway, if he died in Macon Co., NC it should be recorded in the court minutes. Someone representing the estate would have had to go to court and state he had died Intestate and make arrangements for an Estate settlement, also an allotment for a widow's dower (enough food stuff and livestock to support the widow for a year). If there were underage children they have become "orphans" and guardians would have been appointed to manage their portion of the estate until they became of age, and guardianship bonds would have been issued. You may also find information on the children of Nathan in his Estate settlement in Jackson Co., NC after he died. (I don't think Macon was one of the North Carolina "burned" counties - that is what happened during the Civil War, when a number of courthouses were torched and records burned.) Also there may be land transactions between Nathan Thompson and the Sellers who was married to Jane which will give you some clues. I have one ancestor who died before 1835 when the RW pension law went into effect. I'd found his name on a Lincoln Co., NC militia list for service during the war but nothing else to support that he had served as a Patriot for the cause. He and his father went by the same name which confused the issue. So I started reading the court of pleas and quarter sessions minutes for the county he died in. He had died in 1828, the estate, had been fought over intensely. It wasn't until 1844 that it was finally settled, and that was where I finally found proof of his service. Testimony in the final depositions on the case, where his wife stated he had served as a soldier of the Revolution as a Patriot. The little bits and pieces buried in those court records are always enlightening. Charmaine ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Charmaine, Well that is VERY interesting to know! I had found that Nathan Thompson was in the Pensioners censuses for a number of years (in NC). But I did NOT ever consider that the Heritage Quest Pension File Applications might be incomplete! I did find a "whole bunch" of Nathan Thompsons who served in the Am Rev and who did not match the Heritage Quest files, so, that should have made me wonder, but I just presumed that the Nathan Thompsons in question had not applied for the federal grants. I will pursue this, thanks to you. I will also pursue the Haywood/Macon records as you suggest. Thank you again so very much for your guidance! You are great!! Yours truly, Linda -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] På vegne af [email protected] Sendt: 29. maj 2007 20:19 Til: [email protected] Emne: Re: [SELLERS] Margaret Minerva Sellers of Sellers Family from NC,TN & MS, wi... Linda: Yes, this is the 1840 Macon Co., census. 1840 is also known as the Revolutionary War Pensioners census (although it is formally called the 1841 RW Pensioners census) Anyone who had made a claim and received a pension as of 1 June 1840 was to be listed as such. There were 8 men living in Macon Co., NC in 1840 who are listed as pensioners, Nathan Thompson being one of them. He is also the youngest man of the group I don't know how much stock I would put into the NARA lists of pensioners on Heritage Quest or Ancestry.com. There are transcription mistakes and people missing. It's just an index. You're best bet would be to write the National Archives and request a copy if they can locate it. Another avenue is get microfilm records of the Macon Co., NC court of pleas and quarter sessions minutes and start reading. It's tedious but you will probably find answers to a number of questions. For one thing the pensioner making the claim had to go before the county court justices to give testimony for their claim, and bring in a few witnesses to substantiate what they were claiming. Always interesting things in those pension claims. You may also run across some kind of answer about what became of Jane Sellers husband and what his name was. It is probably the James Sellers living by Nathan Thompson, but who he belongs to is a mystery. Anyway, if he died in Macon Co., NC it should be recorded in the court minutes. Someone representing the estate would have had to go to court and state he had died Intestate and make arrangements for an Estate settlement, also an allotment for a widow's dower (enough food stuff and livestock to support the widow for a year). If there were underage children they have become "orphans" and guardians would have been appointed to manage their portion of the estate until they became of age, and guardianship bonds would have been issued. You may also find information on the children of Nathan in his Estate settlement in Jackson Co., NC after he died. (I don't think Macon was one of the North Carolina "burned" counties - that is what happened during the Civil War, when a number of courthouses were torched and records burned.) Also there may be land transactions between Nathan Thompson and the Sellers who was married to Jane which will give you some clues. I have one ancestor who died before 1835 when the RW pension law went into effect. I'd found his name on a Lincoln Co., NC militia list for service during the war but nothing else to support that he had served as a Patriot for the cause. He and his father went by the same name which confused the issue. So I started reading the court of pleas and quarter sessions minutes for the county he died in. He had died in 1828, the estate, had been fought over intensely. It wasn't until 1844 that it was finally settled, and that was where I finally found proof of his service. Testimony in the final depositions on the case, where his wife stated he had served as a soldier of the Revolution as a Patriot. The little bits and pieces buried in those court records are always enlightening. Charmaine ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message