(Pg 5-6)
Headed `Additional Evidence' and is dated 17 Aug 1859. It mentions having received a communication from the Pension Office and then goes on:

"The Comm'r of Pensions seems to infer from the form of the accompany certificate that he has formerly receivd one of his Land warrants. But such is not the case, as appears from his declaration which is filed in the Pension office - He has never received any Land Warrant whatever, as the following certificate will prove."

Pg 7-8
An affidavit dated 10 Aug 1860, Edmund appeared before Justice of the Peace Adrian Nolin to make oath:

"the Explanation required by the Commr of Pensions in his letter of Janry 11th 1860 to wit: `An Explanation under oath is required on account of a dissimilarity of the signature' He states that for some time past he has been greatly afflicted with Palsy rendering him unable to write at all. This he states on oath is the reason why his signature is disimilar. When he made his mark, he was in a condition he could not sign his name, and is at this time in a condition that he is compelled to make his mark as will appear below."

Adrian Nolin and Jonathan Bailey certify to Edmund Gross' mark and that they believe he is the person he represents himself to be followed by a certification to the credibility of the affiants and the claimant by Luke Jones, Justice of the Peace and then by the standard certification by County Court Clerk James B. Howard.

Pg 9-11
The third of Edmund's applications for Bounty Land, this one is dated 20 Jul 1869 in Perry County. He states he is 77 years old and is a resident of Harlan County. He now states that he was a private in the company commanded by captain Sam Collin in the 'number not recollected' Regiment of Virginia Volunteer Infantry commanded by Colonel 'name not recollected' in the "War of 1812 & 6" [1812 to 1816]. He does mention that he recalls the name of a Major Lindsay and declares that he enlisted for six months and served his term out. He continues by stating he did receive a warrant for 60 acres and that his application is for obtaining the additional bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act approved 3 Mar 1855. He appoints Fitch & Fox of Washington D.C. as his attorneys. His mark is witnessed by John M. Daniel and Isaac Baker, residents of Perry County who then make the usual statements regarding their belief that Edmund's statements are true. George W. Daniel, Notary Public Perry County certifies the affiants and claimant as credible persons and Jesse Combs, Clerk of Perry County Court certifies George W. Daniel.

Pg 12-3
Declaration of Soldier for Pension, dated 27 Jul 1872: Edmund states that he is 79 years old, a resident of Harlan County and gives his wife's maiden name as Hetty Brock, stating that they were married in Harlan County in 1817. He declares that he enlisted in Samuel Collins Company in 1812 and that he was discharged at `Crunie' Island...

"that he was in a battle on Crianie Island in Col Lindsys Regt. That he served and discharged that his discharge was sent with application for Land warrant. That he drew a land warrant under Act of Congress granting land warrants to soldiers of the War of 1812."

Pg 14-5
This widow's application for pension is dated 15 Aug 1879. Hetty Gross states that she is 75 years old, a resident of Harlan County and the widow of Edmund Gross, a private in Captain Collins company in a regiment commanded by Col. Reed. She states that he volunteered in Virginia and that at the time of his enlistment he was about 18 years old, a farmer born in Virginia, 5 ft 8 inches high, black hair and eyes, of a dark complexion. She states that they were married in 1816 by George Brittain and that her name before her marriage was Hetty Brock and that neither had been previously married. She then states that Edmund died 7 Apr 1871 and that she has not previously made application for pension and that her husband was granted a pension but died a few days after it was granted. [This date of death conflicts with the 27 Jul 1872 date of Edmund's application and it is probable that his actual date of death was 7 Apr 1873.] Hetty's mark is witnessed by John W. Forrester and James B Howard. Their certification that follows states that Forrester is 41 years old and Howard, 58 years old, and that they have each lived `near neighbor to claimant for over 20 years.' E. M. Howard, Clerk of the Harlan Circuit Court signs the official certification paragraph. [A notation on the face of application gives her widow's certificate number as 20579.]

The following three pages are apparently the file jackets used at various times over the period of the claims. A few of the notations are difficult to decipher and many of that can be read either state obvious information already known from the documents listed above or are the sort of `in office' notations that only the pension department of the time would understand. A few bits of information appearing on these file jackets are noted below:

Pg 16
This is obviously the original file jacket as it bears Edmund's name and several dates prior to his death. The significant information is that "95229 issd Oct 13th 1860" probably refers to the land warrant Edmund mentions as having received and the dates 31 Jul 13 to 14 Oct 13 which should be the dates of his term of service [1813]. The notation "1812 P.Md #37.794" may be Edmund's pension certificate number. The remaining notations appear to mostly refer to numbers given applications and the dates they were received and dates of correspondence sent out.

Pg 17 [image]
This file jacket appears to have been placed on the claim after Hetty's application for a widow's pension. There is a date of 15 Dec 1879 followed by "To atty for proof of the fact and date of soldiers death" and a note "Rej May 14.81 Death of Claimant" which indicates that the claim was rejected [the pension stopped] 14 May 1881 due to Hetty's death at that time. Another notation dated 30 Sep 1884 indicates there was some correspondence with R. Gross [Richard, son of Edmund and Hetty] regarding the claim. [He was administrator of her estate.]

Pg 18
This file jacket bears no particular notations of interest.