175.365
Jarret Foster

Claim for Land Bounty
Act 3d March 1855

C.W. Bennett, Attourny
Present

State of Missouri
County of Jasper SS:

On this Seventeenth day of May A.D. 1855 before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for said
county personally appeared Jarrett Foster aged fifty eight years a resident of Jasper County State of Missouri who being duly sworn
according to law declares that he is the identical Jarrett Foster – who was a private in the company of
Tennessee mounted volunteers commanded by Captain John Elliott
Regiment commanded by Maj Wm. Lauderdale in the war with Seminole Indians,
that he was enrolled at Ross’ Landing on the 1st day of November A.D. 1837, for the term of six months, and continued in actual service in said
war for the term of six months and was honorably discharged at Baton Rouge La., on the 12th day of
May A.D. 1838.

He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining additional bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act approved the 3d of March 1855.

He also declares that he has received a warrant for Eighty acres No. [illegible] which he has under

He hereby appoints O. W. Barnes of Washington City, D.C. his true and lawful Attorney with power to [illegible].