Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19454, for Francis Timberlake, North Carolina
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SERVICE
N. C.

Timberlake, Francis
Nancy

NUMBER
W. 19454
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Reported
Payable to
surviving children nz

Eppy Timberlake
&  
Judith Layton

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4903
North Carolina
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Nancy Timberlake dd
widow of Francis
who died on the 10th June 1830
of Franklin Co in the State of N. C.
who was a pri. cav in the compy commanded
by Captain Hill of the Regt commanded by [blank] in the [blank] line for 12 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of No.  Carolina
at the rate of 50 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 & end 10"July 1841 when she died
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Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of October 1849 and Sent to Col. J. D. Hawkins, Present
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Arrears to the 4th of [blank]
Semi-annual allowance ending [blank]

Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the

Recorded by J. P. Chase Clerk
Book  C  Vol. 1  Page 185
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4903
North Carolina
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Nancy Timberlake dec
widow of 
Francis Timberlake who died on the 10" June 1830   N. C.
Franklin Co in the State of N. C.
who was a pri of Cavly in the compy commanded 
by Captain Hill of the Regt commanded by [blank] in the [blank] line for 21 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Fayetteville
at the rate of 87 Dollars 50 Cents per 
annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831 & end 10" July 1841
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Certificate of Pension issued this 17th day of March 1837 and sent to GC. Ames Present
Incd from $50.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836
Section the 3d

Recorded by H R Weightman Clerk
Book D  Vol. 2  Page 381.

Date of death on AB July 10, 1841
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Marriage Line Bond
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Payment to be made at Fayetteville 
by James Husk
Agent for paying pensioners, in the Agency of North Carolina

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book [blank] 
Volume [blank]  Page [blank]
by J. P. Chase  Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 4th July 1836 Nancy Timberlake dcd late of North Carolina, widow of Francis Timberlake, who was a private of Cavalry in the Revolution and died
10th June 1830, is inscribed in the room of Pensioners at the rate of fifty dollars per annum commencing 4th March 1831 &  ending 10th July 1841 when she died.
The amount is due & payable to her only surviving children, viz Eppy Timberlake, and Judith Layton.

Given at the Department of the Interior, this 25th day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty=nine

Secretary of the Interior

Examined and Countersigned.}
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Nancy Timberlake
wid. of Francis
husband died 10 June 1830
N. C.
widow

widow died 10th July 1841

children Eppy Timberlake & Judith Layton

$50 per an
pri cavalry
Commencing 4 Mar 1831
ending 10 July 1841 when she died

Cool J. D. Hawkins
of North Carolina 
Present
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act
of Congress passed the 4th July 1835

State of North Carolina   Court of Pleas
Franklin County            ⎬ Quartersessions
September Term 1849
On this 11th day of September 1849 personally
appeared in open Court Eppy
Timberlake a citizen of Franklin County
aged 66 years who having been duly
Sworn doth on his oath make the
following declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the act of congress
of 4th July 1836. That he is the son
of Francis Timberlake a Soldier
of the Revolutionary ^ war.  that his father
made application once, he believes,
for the stipend due him, and he has
frequently heard him speak of his
times of service in the Light Horse
of North Carolina, and he has often
heard him say he served for upward
of two years; the names of his officers
in Capt Hill, Lieut John Robertson
and several others, not now remembered
by this declarant- that he was in
the service in the first and in the latter
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part of the Revolutionary War - proof of a (illegible) is herewith submitted, that his father intermarried in the year 1779 with Nancy Poindexter, proof of which is also furnished along with this declaration; that his father the said Francis Timberlake died in Franklin County on the 10th day of June 1830 and his mother the said Nancy Timberlake, (formerly Nancy Poindexter) died in said County on the 10th day of July 1841.  This he claims therefore makes this application in behalf of himself and his sister Judith Layton.  The proof of all which, has been admitted to the said Court.
(signed) Eppy Timberlake

In the matter of the application of Eppy Timberlake, for the pension due as above stated, to his mother Nancy Timberlake satisfactory proof was exhibited to said court that Francis Timberlake was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War, and died at the time stated in said declaration,  That his widow Nancy Timberlake died on 10th June 1844, in Franklin County and that Eppy Timberlake and Judith Layton are the only Surviving children of said Nancy Timberlake now known to be living.  It is further known to this Court that Eppy Timberlake who hath made the foregoing declaration is a man of the highest respectability, and that full faith and credit may be given to his statements.
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All which is ordered to be certified to the war department.
In Testimony whereof, I Young Patterson Clerk of the Court of
Pleas & quarter Session, in and for the County aforesaid have
Subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court
at office in Louisburg on this 11th day of September
A.D. 1849.
G Patterson
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October 28, 1935

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FRANCIS TIMBERLAKE
W. 19454
BA-J/MLB    ow

Mrs. Marshall F. Priest
Huntingdon
Tennessee

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you furnish further information in regard to Richard and Francis Timberlake whose records you desire, and in which you state they were from Virginia or North Carolina.

A search of the records has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service in the Revolution of a Richard Timberlake, under any spelling.  Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office. 

The record has been found of Francis Timberlake and is furnished herein as obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 19454,  based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.  The date and place of soldier's birth and names of parents are not shown.

Francis Timberlake served eighteen months as a private in the North Carolina troop of horse under Captain William Hill and was discharged in February, 1778.  July 12, 1781, he received another discharge from Lieutenant Swan Troughton after a tour of three, six or twelve months in the North Carolina troop of horse. 

The soldier died June 10, 1830, in Franklin County, North Carolina.  

Francis Timberlake married in 1779, Nancy Poindexter; they were both of Franklin County, North Carolina.  The marriage bond was dated May 31, 1779.

Soldier's widow, Nancy, died July 10, 1841, in Franklin County, North Carolina.
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September 11, 1849, Eppy Timberlake, aged sixty-six years, son of the soldier and his wife, Nancy, while a resident of Franklin County, North Carolina, applied in behalf of himself and his sister, Judith Layton, as the only surviving children, for the pension that might be due on account of the service of Francis Timberlake in the Revolutionary War and the claim was allowed.

There are no further family data shown in the papers in this claim.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator



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