Henrietta HUGHES 
Henrietta was born about 1780 in , , Tennessee, USA.1 Henrietta's father was Francis Hughes and her mother was Rebekah Allen. Her paternal grandparents were John Hughes Sr. and Sarah. She had two brothers and three sisters, named John, Hardeman, Ingobo, Rebecca and Margaret. She had a half-sister named Mary Ann. She died on November 15th, 1857 in , , Tennessee, USA.2 General Notes
Hannah Retta Hughes was born about 1780 in Tennessee. Her parents may be Francis Hughes and Rebecca Allen although this is not proved. She married Richard Shipley, Sr. about 1804 in Tennessee. They had four known sons: Benjamin Franklin, Nathan, William Park, and Richard, Jr. as well as at least one possible daughter, Elizabeth. Richard, Sr. was murdered about 1819. Hannah then married William McAllister. There is conflicting information about this marriage. In some documents it is listed as May 5 or 8, 1825 and in other documents it is given as May 8, 1828. Her death date, as documented in the Revolutionary War pension papers of William McAllister, is Nov. 15, 1858 in Tennessee.
(Is Hannah Retta Hughes a child of Francis Hughes born about 1759??? It is pure conjecture she is. There is no proof or any documentation for this hypothesis other than the close proximity of Hardeman (Hardy) Hughs to Benjamin Shipley, son of Hannah Retta, in the 1830 Hamilton County, Tennessee census. Hardeman Hughs may be a son of Francis Hughes; that is not proved either. In 1860 Nathan Shipley, son of Hannah Retta, was living next door to John Hughes born about 1779 and the son of Francis Hughes. Ephraim Hughes, son of John Hughes, son of Francis Hughes lived in the same town.)
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Hughes family may have been Welsh according to R. Cecil Shipley.
1830 United States Federal Census
Name: Shipley, Benjamin (son of Richard Shipley, Sr. and Hannah Retta
Hughes)
Township: Not Stated
County: Hamilton
State: Tennessee
Year: 1830
Roll: 180
Page: 81
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1 male under age 5, Nathan Pascal Shipley
1 male age 20-29, Benjamin Franklin Shipley
1 female age 10-14, unknown but not a child of this family (This could be Elizabeth, who married Gilbert Dearing and is thought to be a sibling of Benjamin Franklin Shipley.)
1 female age 15-19, unknown but not a child of this family (Is this also a daughter of Richard & Hannah Shipley?)
1 female age 20-29, Sarah Burkett Shipley
On same page: , Hamilton, Tennessee, Page: 81; NARA Roll: M19-180; Family History Film: 0024538.
Name: Hardy Hughs
Home in 1830: , Hamilton, Tennessee
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Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 6
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 6
next residence:
Name: George Hughs
Home in 1830: , Hamilton, Tennessee
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Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 5
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 5 oh
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Nathan Shipley
1840 United States Census: , Bradley, Tennessee; Roll: 61; Page: 517; Image: 127; Family History Library Film: 0024542.
William McAllister Sr. 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Name: William Mcalister
Birth Year: abt 1760
Age: 80
County: Bradley
State: Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 80 thru 89: 1 William about 80
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1 Hannah Retta/Henrietta about 60
Total - All Persons (Free White, Free Colored, Slaves): 4
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 4
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Research of Doug Moomey
Application
This document is the basis of Henrietta's pension claim and states, in part:
"On this 4 day of October, A.D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for said county and State aforesaid Henrietta McAllister, aged 67 years, a resident of Hamilton county, in the State of Tennessee, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of William McAllister deceased, who was a private in the Company of Captain [the Captain's name appears to have never been filled in] in the Revolution in the [space], commanded by [space], in the war with Great Britain in 1776.
".............."
"She further states that she was married to the said William McAllister in Hamilton County, Tenn., on the 8th day of May, A. D. 1828 by one Robert Patterson, a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her marriage was Henrietta Shipley; that her said husband died at Bradley County, Tennessee on the 3rd day of October, A. D. 1842, and that she is now a widow.
"She further declares that she has never before made application for bounty land under any other act of Congress nor has not ever received any Bounty Land.
"She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855". She further says she has no public or private Record of marriage [Note: given the context in which this document is written and the flavor of the other documents in file, I interpret this to mean she has no public or private record of marriage to William and that it is not intended to indicate whether she may or may not have record of marriage to any other man.] and says she applies for a pension under the act of Congress passed the 3rd of March 1853 and a pension was allowed her her pension [not sure of the penmanship here];certificate was dated the 30th day of September 1853 for Eighty Dollars per annum; and proof of marriage made by G. W. and Joseph Campbell which she declares is now in the pension office."
This declaration is then signed by Henrietta McAllister by her "X".
At the bottom of the document, written in longhand, are the comments "....On this 4th day of October .... personally appeared before me ...... Joseph Campbell and Robert Bean who both reside in this County and are entitled to full credit and who say ....... they were personally acquainted with William McAllister who was a pensioner of the U.S. and say that the said William McAllister and Henrietta McAllister who has sworn the above Declaration associated and lived to gether as husband and wife ..... and say they have not the Least doubt but they were Lawfully and Legally married at the time stated in the old Lady's Declaration ....."
William's Pension Declarations
In the next document, a Declaration dated September 7, 1832, William describes his Revolutionary War experiences. No mention is made of a wife in this document. It was written as part of William's application to the government for his pension.
The next document was prepared by the Clerk of the McMinn County Court certifying the proceedings of a court action in that court in which it was certified that William was, in fact, a Revolutionary War soldier and was eligible for a pension. In it William states his Revolutionary War history. Two clergy then attest that this was William and that he was a Revolutionary War soldier. Finally, the court also stated they felt William was a Revolutionary War soldier and was eligible for a pension. Again, no mention was made about a wife.
Henrietta's Declarations
The next document is titled "Declaration" and is dated May 2, 1853. In it Henrietta McAllister swears before D. J. Jones, Justice of the Peace, that "...she is the widow of William McAllister who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and drew a pension at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum and was paid at Knoxville East Tennessee.
"She further Declares that she was married to the said William McAllister on the 5th day of May in the year of 1825 that her husband the aforesaid William McAllister died on the 3rd day of October in the year of 1842 in Bradley Cty., Tennessee that she was married to him at the time above stated she further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act and is still a widow and that she has never before made application for a pension having no private record of marriage." Henrietta signs the Declaration with her "X".
The next declaration was also taken before D. L. Jones and is also dated May 2, 1853. In it G. W. Campbell and Joseph Campbell swear ".....that they were personally acquainted with William McAllister who was a Revolutionary Pensioner .... and drew a pension at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum and was paid at the pension Agency at Knoxville, Tennessee. They further say that they are personally acquainted with Mrs. Henrietta McAllister who has sworn to the above Declaration and that the said William McAllister and the said Henrietta was Lawfully and Legally married in Hamilton County in the State of Tennessee on the 8th day of May in the year of 1825 by one Robert Patterson a justice of the peace for said county. They say that they were present at the marriage. That the said McAllister died on the 3rd day of October 1842. That the said William McAllister and the said Henrietta did Live to gether as man and wife until the day that the said McAllister died and they further say that the said Henrietta was the widow of the said McAllister on the 3rd day of February last and has been ever since the death of the said McAllister and is now his widow ......"
The next document, dated May 2, 1853, was written by James Clift, Clerk of the County. After stating that he personally knows D. S. James Esq. [it is not clear in the documents whether the middle initial is a "S" or a "L"], G. W, Campbell, and Joseph Campbell, whose signatures are on the pension Declarations, and that they are all "men of truth", he goes on to state that "....I also certify that I have searched my office for the original License of Marriage but cannot find this owing to a great many of the Marriage Licenses which have been filed in my office being lost or mislade so that they cannot now be found." Given the subject of this file, it is presumed that he is referring to the original of William and Henrietta's marriage license.
Pension Summation
The last document, dated October 13, 1937, was written by A.D. Hiller, Executive Assistant, to Thomas J. Barnes of the Magness Memorial Library, McMinnville, Tennessee. It is unclear to me why this letter was written. It summarizes this pension file. In it Hiller states "....William McAllister married Henrietta Shipley, May 8, 1828, in Hamilton County, Tennessee. The date and place of her birth and names of parents were not given.
"Soldier's widow, Henrietta, was allowed pension on her application executed May 2, 1853, while residing in Hamilton County, Tennessee, at which time she gave her age as seventy-five years; in 1855, she stated that she was aged sixty-seven years, with no explanation of the discrepancy in age, and was still living in Hamilton County, Tennessee, with post office at Chattanooga. She died November 15, 1859.
"No reference was made in the claim to children......."
As I stated at the beginning, this file, unfortunately, did not answer the question of whether Henrietta Shipley was Hannah Retta Shipley. The year of their marriage is also stated as both 1825 and 1828. Hopefully, the next file will be more helpful!
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R. Cecil Shipley:
"In the 1850 Hamilton County census I found George Campbell, age 62, and Joseph Campbell, age 36.
Remember that Charlotte Campbell, born about 1811 and age 39 in 1850, married our Nathan Shipley about 1828 in Hamilton County. It is possible that the G. W. Campbell of the document is Charlotte's father and Joseph Campbell of the document is her brother. And that both are the same persons as the census Campbell. So they would be witnessing for the mother-in-law of their daughter/sister.
I find it ironic that a Patterson married Henrietta and then a few years later a Patterson acquired all of the property of her son Nathan Shipley when he was bankrupt.
Another irony is that the neighbor of George Campbell in the 1850 census is Archibald McCallie, age 49, most likely the person shot by Blind Ben in 1838."
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Research of Doug Moomey:
Sixth Document
The sixth document appears to be written on the back of another document that has been folded over in thirds. It appears that the other document was Henrietta's Declaration shown as the Seventh Document below. The wording is short. The wording on the backside has bled through but since it goes in a different direction than the document, the document is fairly easy to read.
277.235
Bounty Land Claim for Henrietta McAllister
widow of William McAllister
Revolutionary War
Send Warrant to
John Hambright
Calhoun Tennessee
Seventh Document
The seventh document contains both fixed and variable text. Unfortunately, writing on the backside has bled through fairly badly but most of it can still be read.
State of Tennessee, Tennessee Hamilton County Hamilton
On this 4 day of October, A.D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for said county and State aforesaid Henrietta McAllister, aged 67 years, a resident of Hamilton county, in the State of Tennessee, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of William McAllister deceased, who was a private in the Company of Captain (the captain's name was not filled in) in the Revolution in the (space- not filled in) commanded by (space - not filled in) in the war with Great Britain in 1776.
(space - not filled in) , that her husband entered the service in the State of Maryland, on or about the (space - not filled in) day of (space - not filled in)A.D. 18 (space - not filled in), for a term of Two years and continued in actual service in the said war for Two year, and was honorably discharged at (space - not filled in), on the (space - not filled in) day of (space - not filled in), A. D. 1780, as she understand and believes
She further states that she was married to the said William McAllister in Hamilton County, Tenn., on the 8th day of May, A. D. 1828 by one Robert Patterson, a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her marriage was Henrietta Shipley; that her said husband died at Bradley County, Tennessee on the 3rd day of October, A. D. 1842, and that she is now a widow.
She further declares that she never before made application for bounty land under any other act of Congress nor has not ever received any Bounty Land.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1853". She further says she has no public or private Record of marriage and says she applies for a pension under the act of Congress passed the 30th day of (month not stated) 1853 and a pension was allowed her her pension; certificate was dated the 30th day of September 1853 for Eighty Dollars per annum; and proof of marriage made by G..W. and Joseph Campbell which she declares is now in the pension office.
her
Henrietta X McAllister
mark
We, Joseph Campbell and Robert Bean, residents of Hamilton county, in the State of Tennessee, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Henrietta McAllister, in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Joseph Campbell x
his
Robert X Bean x
mark
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in the claim. Maise Blackburn
Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee
Hamilton County
On this 4th day of October in the year of one Thousand Eight Hundred fifty five personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the acting Justices of the Peace for the county and State aforesaid, Joseph Campbell and Robert Bean who both reside in the County and are entitled to full credit and who say they are disinterested who after being duly sworn according to Law Say they were personally acquainted with William McAllister who was a pensioner of the U.S. and say that the said William McAllister and Henrietta McAllister who has sworn the above Declaration associated and lived to gether as husband and wife and were Reputed and believed to be such and say they have not the Least doubt but they were Lawfully and Legally married at the time stated in the old Lady's Declaration applicants was then living in the neighborhood where they were married They further say that William McAllister died on or about the 3rd day of Oct., 1842 and they said Henrietta McAllister is yet a widow.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written before me Joseph Campbell x
his
Robert X Bean x
Maise Blackburn mark
J.P.
State of Tennessee
Hamilton County
I, James Clift clerk of the county court of Said county of Hamilton do certify that Maise Blackburn Esq. ( note: the following words were crossed out "is and was at the time") whos name appears officially to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same Justice of the peace for the county duly commissioned and qualified, that the foregoing signature purporting to be his are genuine, that full faith and credit are due all his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal of the office at office in Harrison the 5th day of October 1855.
James Clift Clerk
By J. B. Peters (Illegible)
for Hamilton County
Tenth Document
The tenth document is Henrietta's Declaration concerning her marriage to William. It is all handwritten.
Declaration
In order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress of 3rd of February 1853
State of Tennessee
Hamilton County
On this 2nd day of May in the year of 1853 personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid, Henrietta McAllister aged 75 years a resident of Hamilton County in the State of Tennessee who being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed the 3rd day of February 1853. That she is the widow of William McAllister who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and drew a pension at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum and was paid at Knoxville East Tennessee.
She further Declares that she was married to the said William McAllister on the 5th day of May in the year of 1825 that her husband the aforesaid William McAllister died on the 3rd day of October in the year of 1842 in Bradley Cty, Tennessee. That she was married to him at the time above stated. She further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act and is still a widow and that she has never before made application for a pension having no private record of marriage.
her
Henrietta X McAllister
mark
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written
before me.
D. S. Jones, J.P.
State of Tennessee
Hamilton County
I, D. S. Jones one of the acting Justices of the peace for the county and state aforesaid do certify that Henrietta McAllister who has sworn to the above Declaration is personally Known to me and I am fully satisfied the above Declaration is true and I am fully satisfied the above applicant is unable to appear in Court in order to make a declaration from bodily Infirmity caused by Rheumatic fever.
On testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and date above written
D. S. Jones
Justice of the peace
Eleventh Document
The eleventh document is a declaration by G. W. Campbell and Joseph Campbell concerning the McCallisters. The name, however, is spelled McAllister and Mcallister in this document.
State of Tennessee
Hamilton County
On this 2nd day of May in the year 1853 Personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the peace for the county and state aforesaid George W. Campbell & Joseph Campbell who after being duly sworn according to the Law Deposeth and sayeth that they were personally acquainted with William McAllister who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and drew a pension at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum and was paid at the pension Agency at Knoxville Tennessee. They further say that they are personally acquainted with Mrs. Henrietta McAllister who has sworn to the above declaration and that the said William McAllister and the said Henrietta was Lawfully and Legally married in Hamilton County in the State of Tennessee on the 8th day of May in the year of 1825 by one Robert Patterson a justice of the peace for said county. They say that they were present at the marriage. That the said McAllister died on the 3rd day of October 1842. That the said William McAllister & the said Henrietta did live to gether as man and wife until the day that the said McAllister died and they further say that the said Henrietta was the widow of the said McAllister on the 3rd day of February last and has been ever since the death of the said McAllister and is now his widow and say they are entirely disinterested . G. W. Campbell
Joseph Campbell
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year last above written before me and I certify that I am personally acquainted with George W. Campbell & Joseph Campbell who have sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit. They are both Respectable Citizens of this county and are credible witnesses. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 2nd day of May 1853.
D. S. Jones
Justice of the peace
for H.C.
Twelfth Document
The twelfth document is a document discussing the character and authority of D. S. Jones, and of the character of the two Campbells.
State of Tennessee
Hamilton County
I, James Clift, Clerk of the County Court of said county in the state aforesaid, do hereby certify that D. S. Jones Esqr. whose name appears officially to the forgoing attestations and certificates was at the time a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine, and that full faith and credit are due all his official acts. And I further certify that G. W. Campbell and Joseph Campbell who makes the foregoing affidavit are men well known to me and I know them to be men of truth and firmness and in all respects creditable witnesses, and I also certify that I have searched my office for the original Licenses of Marriage but cannot find them owing to a great many of the Marriage Licenses which have been filed in my office being loss or mislade so that they cannot now be found.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office in Harrison on this the 2nd day of May A.D. 1853
James Clift, Clerk
of the County Court
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According to the research of Wanda Shelton ,w-shelton at sbcglobal dot net.
Title The "lost" pensions: settled accounts of the Act of 6 April 1838
Author Craig Roberts Scott
Publisher Willow Bend Books, 1996
Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitized Sep 24, 2010
ISBN 1888265035, 9781888265033
Length 374 pages
Henrietta McAllister is in this book.
Gilbert W. Dearing was her administrator
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1665 in Wales d.~ 1711
- b.~ 1697 in Philadelphia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania d.1777 in Augusta/Rockingham County, Virginia
- b.~ 1675
- b.< 1732 in Pennsylvania d.07 Jul 1791 in Greene County, Tennessee
- b.~ 1706
- b.1759 in Dunmore/Shenandoah County, Virginia d.25 Jan 1841 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee
- d.> 1795 in Greene County, Tennessee
- b.~ 1780 in , , Tennessee, USA d.15 Nov 1857 in , , Tennessee, USA
- b.~ 1750 d.< 1840 in , Greene County, Tennessee, USA
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Details of Henrietta's family with Richard SHIPLEY
Details of Henrietta's family with William McAllister
1 R. Cecil Shipley Gedcom, 1999
2 Leonard J. McAllister
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=burgess_kimes&id=I40722
2 Leonard J. McAllister
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=burgess_kimes&id=I40722
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