Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1,808, Anthony Dunkin, Va.
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Dunkin, Anthony       S.1.808
   
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Contents

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595
Jonesboro Agency
Anthony Dunkin
of Greene- in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Cunningham of the Regt commanded
by Col. Preston in the Va.
line for 15 months
1 Inscribed on the Roll of Jonesboro Agency
at the rate of 50 - Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the lath day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20, day of Feby:
1833 and from John
Blair  [illegible]

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 | 75
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1838 | 25
$100-

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Nathan Rice
Clerk
Book D Vol. 9
Page 204
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Elizabethton T [Tennessee]
31st Oct

free

James L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office 
Washington City

[text written upside down at top of page]
Hon. J. Blair

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17368
Anthony Dunkin
from 
private 15 months
$ [crossed out] 43.33/100
50-

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Nov 14. 
7 [illegible]
17368
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17368
Anthony Dunkin
from
Private 15 months
$ [crossed out] 43.33/100
50-

[written upside down in middle of page] 

James L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office 
Washington City 

Hon J. Blair

[written upside down at bottom left of page]
free

[side margin]
Elizabethton T. [Tennesee]
31 Oct

Nov. 14
[illegible]
17368
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Elizabethton Ten 29 Oct 1832

Sir
We enclose the affidavit of Anthony Dunkin of Greene County containing his application for a pension. We would be glad, on the reciept of this, to hear from you what determination you make respecting it, and also what determination you have formed concerning the other claims we have forwarded to you.
Respectfully 
James P. Taylor
and
Thos A.K. Nelson

James L. Edwards Esq.
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Anthony Dunkin
17368
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State of Tennessee
Greene County

On this 25th day of October 1832, personally 
appeared before me Cornelius Smith an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Anthony Dunkin, aged eighty eight years & who having been 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 June 7th 1832.

Saith That he entered the Militia Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. Whilst he was a citizen of the Augusta County Virginia he volunteered in the company commanded by Captain Cunningham, and served twelve  months as a Soldier at Fort Dinwiddie, when he was discharged by Captain Cunningham. He does not, in consequence of his advanced age, and want of memory, recollect the year or month in which he entered the Service, with sufficient accuracy to state it correctly. The discharge he received from Captain Cunningham is lost.

He again was drafted and Served 3 months in the company commanded by Captain [John] Trigg in the regiment commanded by Col. [William] Preston. He marched from Montgomery County Virginia, into the State of North Carolina, and participated in the engagement that took place, with the British at Guildford Court House. During this tour he was also present at the skirmish which took place between the Americans and the Tories at Whitehall Hill at the Shallow Ford of the Yadkin River. He was acquainted with Major Cloyd and Sawyers.

This affiant was born in Lancaster County Pennsylvania In
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year 1743 or 4, but has no record of his age. 
From Lancaster County Pennsylvania, he removed to Augusta County Virginia: from Augusta to Montgomery County Virginia, and from Montgomery County, after the Revolutionary War had terminated, he removed to Washington County Tennessee, and from Washington to Greene County Tennessee where he has resided for the last thirty years.

He has no documentary evidence by which to establish the veracity of his statements and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his Service:

Anthony Dunkin [his mark]  X

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25th day of October 1832
Cornelius Smith Justice of the Peace for
Greene County

State of Tennessee
Greene County
Personally came before me Cornelius Smith an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Edwin Grubs and Azariah Doty (there being no clergyman resident in Anthony Dunkins vicinity) and make oath they are well acquainted with Anthony Dunkin the above applicant for a pension and believe him to be eighty eight years of age - That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that they concur in that opinion and believe he served as he states. And the said deponents further certify that they believe the said Anthony Dunkin is so enfeebled and afflicted by age, that he could not, without great danger to his existence, undergo the fatigue of being removed from his residence to the Court House (a distance of twelve miles ) in order to have his examination taken there.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25th day of October 1832
Cornelius Smith Justice of the Peace for 
Greene County

Edwin Grubs
Azariah Doty [his mark] X
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And I the said Cornelius Smith an Acting Justice of the Peace for the County of Greene as aforesaid do hereby declare it as my opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states; after the investigation of the matter and after having put the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department. And I do further certify that Edwin Grubs and Azariah Doty who have subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit are citizens of Greene County and respectable men and that their statement is entitled to credit. And I do furthermore declare it as my opinion, from my own observation, that the said Anthony Duncan could not, on account of his age and bodily infirmities, sustain the fatigue of repairing to the Court House & having his examination taken there.
Given under my hand & seal this 25th day of October 1832.
Cornelius Smith [illegible]
Justice of the Peace for Greene County

State of Tennessee
Greene County
I   Andrew Patterson    Clerk of the Court of Phase and Quarter Sessions in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Cornelius Smith ---- was duly and constitutionally appointed a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such. That the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Justice in the matter of the application of Anthony Dunkin for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of office at office in Greensmith this 25th day of October 1832.
A. Patterson
By M Sever [illegible]
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Rev War.
1808
INVALID. 
om
File No. 1808
Anthony Dunkin
Priv.  Va. Line.
Act: June 7. 1832.
Index:-Vol. A, Page 103
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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The National Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Name: Dunkin, Isaac 
Grade: Private 
Line: Maryland
Warrant Number: 11138
Acreage: 100
Issued: January 8, 1796 To Geo. Ponsonby, assignee

*The information on concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are resisters of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.