Revolutionary War Pension Application of Widow of Michael Salter State of Kentucky County of Garrard

On the 27th day of March 1855 before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the county and state aforesaid, personally appeared Mrs. Osee Salter, aged about seventy-four years, a resident of the County of Garrard and state of Kentucky, who made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical to Osee Salters, to whom under the act of the Congress of the United States passed on the 29th day of July 1848, a pension of eighty-eight dollars cents per annum has been allowed for the services of her late husband, Michael Salters; a musician in the Revolutionary War, and late of Garrard County, State of Kentucky. She further states that her pension certificate under the aforesaid act of Congress is numbered, bears date the 13th day of September 1850, and is made payable at the Louisville agency. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act of the 3rd of March 1855, never having received or known herself entitled, or made application under any previous act of Congress. In evidence of her marriage and proof of service of her said husband, she respectfully refers to the proof heretofore adduced now on file in the Pension office and upon which her annuity as aforesaid was granted. That since being placed on the list of Revolutionary Pensioners, she has not intermarried but continues the widow of the said Michael Salter. Osee Salter Attest: James H. Letcher W.H. Kinnaird Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged before me, the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid Osee Salters to be the identical person she alleges herself to be, a Pensioner of the United States, and at the date of the execution of this declaration, a widow; and that I am not interested in her claim as Agent, Attorney or otherwise. N. Sandifer, J. P. State of Kentucky County of Garrard On this the 27th day of March 1855 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the county and state aforesaid, personally appeared James H. Letcher and William H. Kinnaird, residents of the County of Garrard and the State of Kentucky known to me as credible persons, who made oath in due form of law, that Osee Salter, who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration, is to their personal knowledge the identical person to whom under the provisions of the act of Congress of the 29th day of July 1848, a pension of eighty-eight dollars per annum has been granted for the service of her late husband, Michael Salters, deceased, a musician of the Revolutionary War, that since being placed on the roll of Pensioners she, the said Osee Salters, has not intermarried, but remains and now is a widow, that they have known her for 18 years, and derived their knowledge of the face herein named from the following circumstances to wit; That they were acquainted with Michael Salters, deceased, the husband of the said Osee Salters, for a number of years prior to his death, that he died in Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky, where witnesses now reside, and where his widow, the said Osee Salters still continues to reside; and where it has been known by most of the citizens of the town of Lancaster, that the said Michael Salters drew a Pension in consequence of services rendered in the Revolutionary War; and that his widow, the said Osee Salters, at this time receives a Pension in consequence of the services aforesaid; that they are intimately and well acquainted with the said Osee Salters; they further state that they are disinterested witnesses. James H. Letcher William H. Kinnaird Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. N. Sandifer, J. P.