Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,305, Jacob Dobkins, Va.
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Va.  Dobkins, Jacob   33.305  carded
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FILE  3305
INVALID
Jacob Dobkins, Private Inv. Line
Act: June 7, 1832     Vol. A - Page 99
Arrangement of 1870
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Original Pension Claim
Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City
$ 80
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East Tennessee  3820
Jacob Dobkins
Claiborne in the State of Tennessee
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Todd of the Regt commanded by Col. Bowman in VA (?)
who for 2 years from 1779
Subscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee the rate of 80 Dollars per annum, commence on the 4th day of March 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of Jany 22 and sent Hon. T (?) D. Herold House of Rep.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 33
120 - 40 = $160
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
recorded by Nathan Rice - Clerk
Book (2 or 10 ? ) Vol. 9 Page 98
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1533 1?
Jacob Dobkins
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State of Tennessee, Claibourne County

Be it remembered that this ..?? the 15th of September 1832 personally appeared before me John Hurst (?) one of the acting Justices of the Court of pleas and quarter Depions the same being a Court of Record held for said County Jacob Dobkins aged 81 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress paid sum of 1832.
He states that he has not attended any Court of Justice in fifteen years last past and that he is very infirm (?) a description and about fifteen  years ago he met with the misfortune of having  his shoulder and collar bone broken which has greatly disabled him from getting about. He also states that he is much afflicted with the rheumatic pains.
He also states that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer and served as herein stated ..? in the year 1779 and in the month of May in said year he resided in Kentucky at Harris Burgh when he enlisted in the service of his country under Capt Todd which said company was attached to the troop commanded by Colonel Bowman
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Colonel Bowman shortly afterwards marched to the Chillicothe Towns against the Indians and the company to which this applicant belonged to commanded by Capt. Todd was left to guard the fort at Harrodsburgh where we remained until the Spring of 1780 and this applicant states that he was then transferred to a company commanded by Capt. McGarry and we marched to the Sharome Spring where we t..tt (?) apart and afterwards the company which this applicant belonged to was ordered to march to the Falls of the Ohio with the view of guarding the artillery up the river which we accordingly did and joined the troops commanded by General Clark. Same time in the month of July in the year 1780 we were then ordered by General Clark to march up the river with a view to kill provisions for the army. We accordingly marched up the river to the mouth of the Kentucky River where we attempted to cross the river to the main army who were camped on the other side of the river. The Indians made an attack upon us and in the engagement we lost ten of our men, we then marched up the river to Cincinnati where we joined the troops commanded by Colonel Logan. We then built a Block House and stationed a guard and the hole of the balance of the army marched to the Chillicothe Towns.
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and the Indians evacuated the Towns and would not give us battle. We then pursued them to the Pickanay Towns where we arrived in the month of August in said year; we then found the Indians collected together and we had a very severe battle which lasted about three hours and a half; we killed a considerable number of them and I think our cost (?) was about 28 men. This applicant states that he did not receive any wounds in the battle but that there was several bullet holes through his clothes and applicant states that the hole of the army then marched back to Cincinnati and the company to which he belonged marched back to the Shawny Springs where this applicant was stationed until the month of August1781 and during which time he had no general engagement but a great portion of the time was spent in skirmishing parties through the county. Said applicant states that he did actually serve in the army of the United States serving the hole together more than two years. Applicant states that he does not remember that he ever did receive a discharge and if he did, he has lost or misplaced it so that he cannot produce it. He states that he has no documenting evidence of his services nor does he know of any living testimony by whom he can prove his services. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or an annuity  except the 
(corrected many misspellings in original copy)
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present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency of any State what so ever.
s/ Jacob Dobkins

Sworn and subscribed to before me this the day and date above written s/ John Hurst; Justice of the Peace for Claibourne County.

I John Hurst one of the acting Justices of the Court of Peace and quarter (?) ...? the same being a Court of Record before whom the declaration is filed to declare it to be my opinion that the above-named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. Given under my hand and this the day and date above written.
s/ John Hurst
Justice of the Peace for the Court of Peace and Quarter ...? this for Claibourne County
I, John Hurst, do hereby certify that the above-named applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend Court this the day and date above written.
s/ John Hurst
Justice of the Peace of the Court of Peace and quarter ..? held for Claibourne County
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