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Saturday, April 30, 2011

Signing My Neighbor's Pension


This gentleman witnessed a widow's pension affidavit in West Point, Illinois, in the early 1900s.

Friday, April 29, 2011

My Rebel Husband

This Confederate widow applied for a pension from the state of Virginia in 1888.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Selling Land to Two In-Laws

This man in 1794 sold land to two men who were likely brothers-in-law in Harford County, Maryland.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Fancy Schmancy

This comes from a land patent in Maryland in 1802. Not an actual signature, but the artistic writing might be a challenge for some.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Transfer that Land to Your Son

This individual witnessed the assignment of a land patent from a father to his son in Harford County, Maryland, undated document probably in the 1790s.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Putting Away the Pig Thieves

This individual signed a document in a pig theft case in Fleming County, Kentucky, in 1827.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Just a Justice of the Peace

This Justice of the Peace signed a document in Fleming County, Kentucky. Casefile Clues readers may have an easier time reading this one.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Living in Upper Dover and Remembering My Niece

In 1947, this resident of Upper Dover, New  Brunswick, provided a statement regarding her niece's birth in 1885. The declarant was born in 1863.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Ten Years My Sister's Senior

This individual signed an affidavit in Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada, in 1944 regarding his sister's birth in New Brunswick in 1885.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

A Jury of My Fleming County, Kentucky Peers

[This is an "extra" set of names for those who've thought the others have been too easy. We will return tomorrow to just posting one image a day, but I thought Transcriber fans and followers might be interested in this little list.]

These men were apparent neighbors of William and Elijah Royce/Reese who were accused of slaughtering two pigs that were not theirs in Fleming County, Kentucky, in 1827.

We're going to start a series on the court records in this case beginning with the next issue of Casefile Clues. Can you read these names?

Yes My Brother Was Born

This declarant provided evidence in her brother's delayed birth registration from New Brunswick in 1946. She was fifteen years older than her brother and remembered the birth in 1885.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Born and Living in Cherokee County, Oklahoma

This fifty-nine year old native of Cherokee County, Oklahoma, was living there when he registered for the World War Two draft in 1942.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Working at the Roundhouse in Texarkana

This 51 year old Ardmore, Missouri, native was working at the Cottonbelt Roundhouse in Texarkana, Texas at the time he registered for the World War Two draft.

Monday, April 18, 2011

An Italian Native Naturalizes in Montana

This naturalized US Citizen was living in Carbon County, Montana, and working as a miner when he applied for a passport in 1920 for the purpose of "vist[ing] my people." The twenty-eight year old had been in the US for eight years.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Irish Native Working on the Bronx Sewer

This forty-seven year old native of Donegal, Ireland, was working for the WPA and living in New York City at the time he registered for the World War Two draft. The name is difficult to read and we'll go with the name as printed on the top of his card when we reveal the spelling.

Saturday, April 16, 2011

A Canadian Working in Connecticut

This forty-seven year old native of Knowlton, Canada registered for the World War Two draft in Hartford, Connecticut. He registered in April of 1942 and was working for McGuire Brothers in Hartford at the time.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Farming in Texas

This forty-nine year old German native was living and farming in Lyford, Texas, when he registered for the World War Two Draft.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Don't Move Around Too Much

This forty-nine year old native of Iowa County, Wisconsin was living in that same county when he registered for the World War Two draft in the 1940s.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Living on Tulsa Time in the 1940s

This fifty-two year old native of Peru, Kansas, was living as a farmer near Tulsa, Oklahoma, when he registered for the World War Two Draft in the 1940s.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Monday, April 11, 2011

A Finn works in Cleveland

This forty-nine year native of Lahti, Finland, was living in Ohio when he registered for the World War Two Draft in the 1940s. The registrant was working at a foundry in Cleveland.

Working for the Magnolia Company

This fifty-three year old was a native of Freestone County, Texas, where he was born in 1888. At the time he registered for the World War Two draft, he was working in the production department of the Magnolia Company, in Wichita County, Texas.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Working for the Stone Company in Columbus

This sixty-two year old native of Ohio was living in Columbus at the time he registered for the World War Two Draft. He was employed by the Emrich Stone Company at the time of his registration.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Your Most Humble Servant

Dated 1835 in Vermont, this individual signed a letter in a Revolutionary War pension file.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

It All Looks Okay to Me

This official heard evidence in a 1895 case involving a gentleman who died owning property, left a widow and no children, but no will. He was fond of abbreviations apparently.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Our Comrade Needs that Pension

These two men signed a pension affidavit in a Revolutionary War pension from from New Jersey

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Justice of the Peace for a Witness

The signature is that of a Justice of the Peace in Virginia who witnessed an 1833 affidavit in a Revolutionary War pension case. The signature is not easy to read and unfortunately is different from the handwriting where he clearly writes and spells his name.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Yeah I Heard You Say and Sign That

This witness witnessed a Revolutionary War pension application affidavit in Bedford County, Virginia in 1842.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Witnessed What My Husband Said

This individual witnessed her husband's testimony in a Revolutionary War pension application in Virginia.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Justice of the Peace for a Veteran

This individual signed a pension affidavit in Virginia in the early 1800s for a Revolutionary widow.

Friday, April 1, 2011

I'm Ok With My Son's Estate Settlement

The mother of the deceased signed off on her son's estate settlement in Adams County, Illinois, in the late 1930s. 1 April 2011 would be this lady's 137th birthday.