Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,103, for Abraham Sink, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE  Continental (Penn)
Sink, Abraham
NUMBER  S.6103
carded
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4306    
Virginia    
Abraham Sink of Franklin in the State  Va  who was a   pr. of Cav    in the Compy   commanded by Captain Van Heer   of the Regt commanded by Col. Smith  in the  line for 2 years from 1778            Continental Line Records corrected   May 17 / [unreadable] B.S. 
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 100 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.          
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Jan: “33   and  Sent to Hon A. H. Claiborne House of Reps             
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832   150 -      
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar:33     50 -       
$200.               
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}     
 Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk,        
Book D  Vol. 7  Page 127  -   
Date of death no on A.B.
L-
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Virginia   Franklin County Sct      
On this 1st day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of Franklin County Court now sitting Abraham sink born in North Hampton County Pennsylvania aged Seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 that he entered the service of the United States during the war of the revolution under the officers named hereafter and served as stated herein.     -   That some time in 1778 in Chester County Pennsylvania he enlisted into the service of the United States in a company of Light horse commanded by Capt Batholeman Van Hair and Served the three years for which he enlisted faithfully and --- was discharged in the year 1781 at the expiration of his term of service at Reading Pennsylvania -  that throughout his term of service was attached principally to the Life Guards of Genl Washington by whom he was frequently sent with letters to Genl Wayne Genl St Clair  Lord Starling – (Genl Mulenburg who like this applicant he believes to have been of german or the descendant of a german) and also to Genl Putnam at a fort up North river - he remembers a great many officers in Genl Washington army he remembers Colo Smith & Majr Hamilton Genl Washingtons aid also a volunteer and named Washington - In advancing to an attack on the british in the Jerseys in the night time accidentally received a wound in his face which caused him to be taken from the field and carried to a hospital where he long remained   -the scar of the wound will remain on his face for life, while in the hospital from the effect of the wound he believes he became deaf and this deafness remains on him yet his hearing is not extinguished but it is very nearly so - it requires an uncommonly loud voice to make him understand what is said to him Stephen Sink his mark formerly of Chester
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Pennsylvania but now living in Franklin County Va  know of his entering the army and also his return when he had served his time out he has been recognized lately in the presence of sundry persons by a Soldier who served with him in the Jerseys - but unfortunately did not enquire his name  -  his discharge he has lost and has no documents of evidence  - after the war of the revolution he moved to Franklin County Va when he has long resided - The revd Moses Greer Jr Captn Moses Greer senior Justice of Franklin County Court and the Rev John Boman are his neighbours and he has no doubt if required will say that this applicant is an honest man and man of truth, - he forwards here the testimony to show the principal allegation in this declaration is true and all he avers to be so has hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency    
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid   
Abraham Sink      
We Moses Green Jr  a Clergyman residing in Franklin County Virginia and Nathl H Claiborne residing in the same, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abraham Sink who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be 71 years old as he states that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion      
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid                     
Moses Greer Jr.  
Nathl H Claiborne
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that Moses Greer Jr who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the said County of Franklin and that Nathaniel H Claiborne who has also signed the same is a resident of the same County, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.     
Virginia to wit       
I Caleb Tate Clerk of the County Court of Franklin do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abraham Sink for a pension             
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said Court the 24th day of October 1832, in the 57th year of our Independence              
Caleb Tate, clk
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February 16, 1939    
Mrs. Albert W. Moore     
673 East Main Street        
Hillsboro, Oregon.           
BA-J/ILL      
Abraham Sink           
S. 6103
Dear Madam:   
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Abraham Sink, a pensioner of Franklin County, Virginia.          
The data which follow are found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 6103, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Abraham Sink.              
Abraham Sink was born February 12, 1762 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania; the names of his parents are not shown.              
He enlisted in Chester County, Pennsylvania, sometime in 1778, served three years as private in Captain Bartholomew Von Heer's company of Light Horse and was discharged from service at Reading, Pennsylvania during most of his service, he was attached to the life guard of General Washington, by whom he was sent frequently with letters to General Wayne, General St. Clair and Lord Sterling, also to General Putnam at a fort up North River. While in the advance guard against the British in the Jerseys at night, Abraham Sink received a severe wound in his face, was carried from the field to the hospital where he remained a long time; he carried the scar from this wound always, and was also deaf from this accident.           
The soldier moved after the Revolutionary War to Franklin County, Virginia.         
Abraham Sink was allowed pension on his application executed October 1, 1832, at which time he resided in Franklin County, Virginia. He made no reference to wife or children. The soldier referred to one
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Stephen Sink, “formerly of Chester County, Pennsylvania”, but did not state any relationship between them.            
In 1833, Stephen Sink made affidavit in regard to the Revolutionary War service of Abraham Sink, and referred to said Abraham as “of Chester County, Pennsylvania”;  this affidavit was made before a Justice of the Peace in Franklin County, Virginia.     
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General General Accounting Office, this city, and cite the following:          
Abraham Sink         
Certificate #4306      
Issued January 17, 1833                 
Rate $100 per annum             
Commenced March 4, 1831               
Act of June 7, 1832               
Virginia Agency.            
Very truly yours,             
A. D. HILLER,    
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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I certify that Samuel Helm is a Justice of peace for Franklin County Va  that the within signature - I believe is his - that Stephen Sink is esteemed a man of truth by me & by all  I believe who know him   that he is the near relation of Abraham Sink and that he has said to have removed to Franklin from Pennsylvania  - that the Witness and the applicant appear to me to be nearly of the same age -  I understating say that the witness would be believed on his oath wherever  he was known – 
Nathl H. Claiborne   
C.    14th Jany 1833
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This Day Stephen Sink Personally appeared before Sam Helm a justice of the peace & made oath that Abraham Sink of Chester County State of Pensylva was listed & served in the regular army for the term of three years and Capt Van Hair [Heer] in the Revolutionary war    
October the first 1832
Sam Helm JP
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1939 - Feb 16. - Hist to Mrs. Albert W. Moore – I L L    
Rev War     
6103         
INVALID.        
File No. 6103     
Abraham Sink    
Priv. Rev War      
Act: June 7th / 32         
Index: - Vol.  M  , Page  342  
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Abraham Sink         
from 1778   private       
Cavalry         $100    
Ad’l
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of  Abraham Sink    which require further proof or explanation.    
1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?         
 II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?              
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?        
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?         
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?      
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?             
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?          
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?         
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?         
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? ing it?              XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain           XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?         XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?    NO    Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?   NO    XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? NO   The witness should make a statement shewing how he became acquainted with the claimants services.  XVI.  Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?      XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?          
EXPLANATORY NOTES.          
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For   year   months and    days, I served as a       and days, I served as a    For months and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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Hillsboro, Oregon.    
January 12, 1939          
RECEIVED JAN 17 1939 
MAIL SUB-DIV 
VETS ADM 
READER #23
Mr. A. D. Hiller,     
Veterans' Administration Bureau,        
Washington, D. C.           
Re: Abraham Sink
Revolutionary War Soldier
Dear Sir  -  
 I would appreciate any information you have on the pension of Abraham Sink of Virginia, and the names of his wife and any of his children at the time the pension was issued.      
All the information I have is in the directory: Virginia Library of Revolutionary War Soldiers, i. e. (Franklin ) Secretary of War 1835 Pension 2, 137.           
Very truly yours,          
Ethel E. Moore 
(Mrs. Albert W. Moore )              
Registrar, David Hill Chapter, D.A.R.          
673 East Main        
Hillsboro, Oregon