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Jeremiah Bearden

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Page 10 - War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files
Page 10 - War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files May 1814
Source: Copied into the family tree from another contributor.
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A wooded clearing with two upright markers in the long grass, the Bearden Cemetery in Walthall County, Mississippi. Photograph supplied in the family tree.
A wooded clearing with two upright markers in the long grass, the Bearden Cemetery in Walthall County, Mississippi. Photograph supplied in the family tree. photograph
Source: Owner's family tree media (supplied in the GEDCOM/FTM collection)
How it is shown: Photograph as supplied; no crop, no retouch.
Keep in mind: A photograph, not a document. The photograph shows a cemetery clearing; no inscription is legible and no person is named on it. The tree attaches it to Jeremiah Bearden (1791-1850) as a view of the family burial ground; whether he is buried there is not shown by the photograph. Identity: Unconfirmed.
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Index to War of 1812 Pension Application Files (NARA M313), roll 6: envelope face for Jeremiah Bearden, soldier, and Rachel Bearden, widow (W.O. 10914, W.C. 6387). The envelope face names the soldier Jeremiah Bearden and the widow Rachel Bearden; W.O. 10914 is Rachel Bearden's original widow's pension application number and W.C. 6387 her widow's pension certificate number (two numbers for one widow's pension matter). It also shows service as a private in Capt. Abraham Allen's company, Tennessee militia (enlisted 28 January 1814, discharged 26 May 1814), her maiden name Hamilton, the marriage on 20 March 1811 in Montgomery County, Tennessee, and his death on 15 May 1850 in Pike County, Mississippi.
Index to War of 1812 Pension Application Files (NARA M313), roll 6: envelope face for Jeremiah Bearden, soldier, and Rachel Bearden, widow (W.O. 10914, W.C. 6387). The envelope face names the soldier Jeremiah Bearden and the widow Rachel Bearden; W.O. 10914 is Rachel Bearden's original widow's pension application number and W.C. 6387 her widow's pension certificate number (two numbers for one widow's pension matter). It also shows service as a private in Capt. Abraham Allen's company, Tennessee militia (enlisted 28 January 1814, discharged 26 May 1814), her maiden name Hamilton, the marriage on 20 March 1811 in Montgomery County, Tennessee, and his death on 15 May 1850 in Pike County, Mississippi. undated index card (NARA microfilm M313) · unnumbered envelope face
Source: National Archives (U.S. government record), via Internet Archive; indextowarof06unit.
How it is shown: Complete page; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed as printed (F read it on 3 Oct 2026 and the file was read again by S12 on 4 Oct 2026;).An index locator only: the award date, payment history and the pension file itself are unread, and this is not proof of descent. The identification of the card's couple with the tree's Jeremiah Bearden (1791-1850) and Rachel Hamilton Bearden (1795-1875) rests on the names, her maiden name, the Montgomery County marriage and his death date and place agreeing with the tree: Likely.
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