Forrester, John Dogens - Rev War Pension App, widow

• Title	Forrester, John Dogens - Rev War Pension App, widow
  Short Title	Forrester, John Dogens - Rev War Pension App, widow
  Publisher	John Dogens Forest [Forrester] Revolutionary War Pension Record, file no. S35948, subscription database HeritageQuest (http://www.heritagequestonline.com/prod/genealogy/index : accessed 13 Aug 2007), digital image, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, «i»Selected Records From Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrent Application Files«/i», RG 15, microform M805, roll 300, image 132, National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.
  Repository	HeritageQuest
  Source ID	S102
  Text	[Page 1 - cover sheet] Forester, John Dogens Or Forrister Mary or Molly R. 3668 [Page 2] State of Illinois Hamilton County On this fourth day of December one thousand and eight hundred and forty-seven before the subscriber one of the Judges of the County born [illegible word] of said County personally appeared Mary or Molly Forrister a resident of said County aged ninety seven years old who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the acts of congress passed July 7 18?? March the 3, 1843 and June 17 1844 granting pensions and half pay to certain widows - that she is the widow of John Dogens Forrister who was a privet soldier in the army of the revolution and served in the whole as much at least as two years that he entered the service as near as she can remember in the fall or winter of seventeen thousand and seventy [four? five?] as a drafted soldier in the state of Virginia Culpepper County and was in the army it seems more than one half of his time he would be at home a while and then would be taken off to the army again can't remember how often he went nor the length of each term but think it was generally [three?] month at a time and she thinks he went under Capt. William [Cirtley?] all the time or every time he went out to the army - the said John D. Forrister was born in Culpepper County Virginia about the year 1750 and lived there until after the end of the war he never applied for a pension after the war he moved to Roberson County Tennissee and in October 1815 he died there. «tab»We the said John D. Forrister and she Mary Forrester was married July 17 seventeen hundred and sixty eight in the said County of Culpepper by the Reverend Mr. [Mildrem?] a clergyman of the Church of England by proclamation and she still remains his widow, we have a family record written by my said husband John D. Forrister [page 3] some forty or forty five years ago and has been in our possession from that date up to this it was written on the white leaves of a bible and are now marked A H can't remember anything about a discharge my maiden name was Mary Jollett. she further declares she was married to the said John D. Forrister previous to the commencement of the war and that it was on the time above mentioned to with the 17 of July seventeen hundred and sixty eight subscribed and sworn to before me this day and date above mentioned Mary X Forrister (her mark) John G. Millspaugh J.C.C. H.C. State of Illinois Hamilton County Be it known that on this day of December 1847 before the subscriber one of the Judges of the County Commissions court in and for said County personly appeared John Forrister who being of lawful age and first duly sworn doth on his oath say that he was born 28 of August 1783 in Culpepper County Virginia and is now 64 years old - that John Dogan Forrister above named in the foregoing Declaration was also a citizen of Culpepper County Va the earliest recolection of said deponent until he left that country in the year of 1787 that he always under stood both from said John D. Forrister and others that said Forrister had served for as much as two years in the services in the State of Virginia on account of her Revolutionary forces and this deponent has always understood and believes that the said John D. Forister was born in said County and State and was in his lifetime the husband of the above name Mary Forrister whose maiden name was Mary Jollett and who now claims a pension [page 4] And that he first knew them as man and wife as early as he remembers any other event of his boy hood and that by January 1794 they the said John D. and Mary Forrister had nine children living and the oldest was about twenty five years old Subscribed and swor to before me this day date above written John G. Misllspaugh J.C.C.H.C. Also personly appeared before said Lucy Bolerjack who being of lawful age and first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath say that she was born in 1795 and is now fifty four years old - that John Dogen Forrister above described was a citizen of Culpepper County, Virginia, and that she always understood both from said John D. Forrister and others that said Forrister had served in the Revolutionary war in the state of Virginia as much as two years and this deponent has always understood and believes that the said Forrister was born in said County of Culpepper Va and was in his life time the husband of the said Mary Forrister above described that she first knew them as man and wife as early as she remembers any other event of her childhood and that the said John D. and Mary Forrister in 1800 had nine living children and the oldest was over 30 years old and also the above described family record marked AH was in the family at my first recollection at least forty years ago and thinks it is in the hand writing of the said John D. Forrister and he died in October 1815 Subscribed and sword to before me this date first above written. Lucy Bolerjack (her mark) John G. Millspaugh J.C.C.H.C. State of Illinois Hamilton county I John G. Millspaugh Judge aforesaid in my opinion believe that the above applicant for a pension Mrs. Mary Forrister is entirely two old and - [Page 5] State of Georgia Rabun County Be it known that on the sixth day of March Eighteen hundred and forty eight before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County and State personally appeared Fielding Forrister who after being duly sworn saith that he was seventy eight years old last June and that he of his own knowledge knows that his Father John Forrister and husband do his mother Mary Forrister did in the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven or seventeen hundred & seventy eight join the army of the United States in the war of the Revolution in Captain Kirkly's Company and was attached to the sixth Regiment of infantry the Colonels name not recollected by deponent, and that the said John Forrister served as much as eight months in said Capt. Kirkly's Company whilst it was attached to the said sixth Regiment that the said John Forrister then lived in Culpepper County Virginia & done a large portion of his [said?] eight months serves in said county that deponent although at that time a boy has a distinct recollection of his father's going to Albemarl County to guard the British also that he assisted in collecting and driving Cattle for the Army in Culpeper County [Page 6] this deponent further saith that he recollects that on one occation his (deponents father was detailed by his officer to make flour Barrels for the army and further deponent saith that at the expiration of the said John Forrister's time of service he (deponent) took his fathers horse to him to ride home from the army Sworn to and subscribed fore me this day & year first above written Fielding forester (signature) John F. [Mashburn?] I certify that Fielding Forrister the foregoing Deponant is a creditable wirness. John F. M-? State of Georgia Rabun County I James [Blakly?] Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby certify that John F. Mashburn whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit & certificate is an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County and that full faith and credit ought to be had and given to all his signatures as such Given under my hand and private seal there being no seal of office this 6«sup»th«/sup» day of March 1848. James Bleckly Clk [seal] [Page 7 - a page from the Bible of John Forester, referred to earlier in the pension document] John Forister [was born?] in the year 1750 and Married in the year 1768 July the 17 day Fielding Forester was Born June the 10 [1769?] Delphey Forester was Born Oct the 4 1771 Lydia Forester was Born Aug the 22 1775 Jonathan Forister was Born November 16 [1778?] John Forister was Born August 28 1783 [Page 8 - the second page from the Bible, continuing the listing of the children of John Dogens Forrester and his wife Mary Jollett - much harder to read than the first page of the Bible] Joel Forester was born July 16 17-? [James?] Forester was Born June 14 1791 Lucy Forester was born May 29 [1793?]
  Linked to	Delphey Forrester Fielding Forrester James Forrester Joel Forrester John C. Forrester John Dogens Forrester Jonathan Forrester Lucy Forrester Lydia Forrester Family: John E. Bolerjack / Lucy Forrester Family: John Dogens Forrester / Mary "Molly" Jollett