Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7978, for William Kendle, South Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S. C. 
Born in England

Kendle, William
Elizabeth

NUMBER
W. 7978
B. L. Wt. 29025-160-55

CONTENTS
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Restoration 5599
Tennessee (Knox)
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Elizabeth Kendle
widow of William Kendle
S C
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 80 dollars [blank]
cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th March 1861
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Certificate of Pension issued
18th day of May 1866
and sent to M W McCown
Sevierville Tenn.
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 254  Vol. 26

Sent
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165,806 
Act March 3/[paper torn]
June 11/53
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Elizabeth Kendle 
widow of 
William Kendle, Priv.
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[illegible]
Revo. War
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Rec. Pension
5599
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Ad: 160 acres Ma 24/56
Boynton
[illegible]
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Joseph S.Plumlee
Mecklenburg
Ten.
Vol. K 23


[note on upper right side]
J. S. Plumlee Apl. 25/56


[written diagonally across page]
No 9025 iss May 29/36
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25409
East Tennessee
William Kendle
of Sevier Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain [illegible] of the regt commanded
by Col [Jacob] Baxter in the S. Carolina line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 80 Dollars _ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of Jany 1834 and Hon Luke
Lea H.R.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept  200.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March    40.00 = $240.00
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk,
Book E  Vol.  [illegible]  Page 50

Cir to Pension Agent 9 May 183_
Paid at the Treasury under the 
Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4th
Sept. 1837 to the 4th March 1838
Agt notified 29 April 1839.
J.P.R. Clark 14th Novr. 1853
The above payment was made to Wm. Kindell - same act and state - No. 3955
This pensioner died Nov. 18, 1834 - see 3d Auditors Certificate within
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State of Tennessee Sevier County  
On this 8th day of March 1833
Personally appeared at his own home before me Randal Hill one of the acting Justices of the Court of Pleas and  Quarter Sessions in and for said County William Kendle a resident of said County and State in the said County of Sevier and State of Tennessee aged 80 years who is intirely unable to attend Court by reason of old age and bodily infirmity 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 June 7th 1832  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated  He was born in the town of Padeananth being the in the County of Suffolk in England on the 21st
day of August 1752 as he was told by his parents  he never had a record of his age  He was bound to a blacksmith in the town of Falkenham at which place he thinks in May 1777
he fell in company with a british sargent who put a shilling in his sleeve and told him he was enlisted to serve King George for three years.  he refused to go, but was compelled
and put on board of one of his magesties ships, and brought to the United States.  he landed at New York, lay there all winter, then came to Philadelphia, then went on board of the fleet and coasted, and stayed at different places till we landed at Charleston in South Carolina.  he helped to take Charleston in May 1780.  He was stationed at Adleys
point [Haddrell's Point] above Charleston, at which place in the first of October 1780 as he thinks him and one William Tindle deserted in the night, and went to Georgetown.  there he swapped off his regimentals for citizen cloths, stayed there with a
man by the name of Steward about two weeks. the tories and british were committing outrages every day so 
that there was no safety but in the camp  He then volunteered under Capt William Dick in the latter end 
of October 1780 who amedatily took him to Genl Marion on the high hills of Santee.  he had a horse furnished him by Genl Marion and went into the
cavelry  they reconnoitered the country in search of tories and british.  they went to singletons mill there we
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had a skirmish in which we totally routed the british and tories  We marched on to the Inerree [Enoree River] and on to Tigar [Tyger] River  Then to the sand pit [Sampit] Bridge  we destroyed the bridge and forced the british through the waters  we took no prisoners at that time  We then marched through the country
in differant routs  one company divided and we mett at Snow Island  we lay there some time  we the marched to Pedee against the british and tories who were very numerous  some of our men deserted  we then retreated through the country to Linches Creek to attack the british  there the creek was high  we got to it in the night   in attempting to cross we lost some horses and military supplies in consequence of which we done nothing  then we marched to Snows Island  lay there several weeks
We then marched to Georgetown had a skirmish with the british, whiped them, and took the town and some
prisoners.  the skirmish was in the night  we lay there some time, then we marched to Fort Watson on a 
little lake, he thinks Scotts lake,  we had an engagement we took the fort and also took a large number of 
Prisoners  we then marched through the country and had some skirmishes with the tories and brittish. we had a skirmish at Fort Motte  we burnt it and  took some prisoners and one british officer and hung some tories  we then marched through the Country
onto the Congaree  our company divided and our part of the army lay at a ferry for some time to intersept
the tories on their way to Charleston and the other part of the army lay on the road near Munks [Moncks] Corner
we took a number of tories and killed some few. he was there till after the battle of Eutaw Springs. We dividied into diferant companies and marched through the county wherever we could hear of British and tories  We marched to Tiger River, and then to the head of Broad river, routed the tories and burnt some  houses then marched into the neighbourhood of 
Munks Corner, and guarded the road and intersepted and took the tories, on their way to Charleston
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We marched through the Country wherever we could hear of Tories
doing mischief or carrying supplies to the enemy till we went on to James Island we lay there till the British surrendered Charleston and he was then honorably but verbally discharged about the middle of December 1782 he claims a pension for 2 years one month and a half. We were sometimes with General Sumpter [Thomas Sumter] Colonels Baxter [Jacob Baxter] and Postle [James Postell] was with us a great part of the time and Major James
[John James] & Postle [John Postell] & Colonel Lea [Henry "Lighthorse
Harry" Lee] was with us a part of the time. He does not recollect the names of any Continental or militia regiments who were with the troops where he served except as stated. Said Captain Dick with whom he volunteered did not continue with us but a few months. He never did
receive a discharge in writing nor a commission. He is acquainted in his present neighborhood with Isaac Hill, Isaac Richards, Henry Kagle & William Keagle and Jesse Rodgers all of whom he believes would testify that he is a man of honesty and that they believe him to have been a soldier of the revolution. He has lived since the Revolution in the following places to wit he went immediately into Moore County North Carolina lived there till about 3 years ago & he then moved to said Sevier County State of Tennessee and still lives there. He has no documentary evidence and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his
services. He 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 of any State. There is no  clergyman living immediately in his neighborhood nor none that he can procure who can testify to the repute of his service.
William Kendle, X his mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me.
S/ Randal Hill, Justice of the Court

We Isaac Hill and Isaac Richards residing in the said County of Sevier and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Kendle who has subscribed and
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sworn to the above declaration  that we believe him to be 80
years of age  that he is reputed and believed in his present
neighbourhood to have been a soldier of the revolution and 
that we concur in that opinion 

Isaac Hill
Isaac Richards

Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid before me 

Randal Hill a Justis of
the Corte of Peas and quarter sessions


And the said Justice do hereby declare his 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 said Justice further certifies that it appears
to him that Isaac Hill and Isaac Richards who has signed the 
preceding certificate are residents in the said County of Sevier
and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to 
credit and that the said William Kindle is unable to attend
Court by reason of old age and bodily infirmity  March 
8th 1833

Randal Hill
a Justus of the Corte of Peas and 
Quarter Sessions


State of Tennessee
Sevier County

I George McCown Clerk of the said Court
of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for said 
County do hereby certify that Randal Hill
before whom the foregoing proceedings were 
had in the matter of the application of William
Kindle for a pension is an acting Justice of 
the said Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 
in and for said County of Sevier and State 
of Tennessee duly commissioned and sworn 
as such and that full faith and credit is and aught 
to be given to all his official acts and that the signature
therein annexed to the said application which purports to be 
his are his genuine signatures  In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office at office
in Sevierville this 8th day of March 1833

Geo McCown Clerk
[seal]


I certify that I am acquainted with Randal Hill Esquire
and Isaac Hill who has certified to the credibility of
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office, 
May 18 1833

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has 
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of 
your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and 
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, 
before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is 
necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, 
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ).  You will, when 
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and 
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your 
claim.
______________________________________________________________________________
A Statement, showing the Service of William Kendle, Sevier Co
Tennessee
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Period when the |
service was |
rendered. |
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Dec. 1780
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:

This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, 
and to include under the terms "Continental Line, " "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all 
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who 
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to 
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are 
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged 
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.  
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claim
ing the benefit of this law as officers, non commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first 
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of 
Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is 
considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of } ss.
County of }

On this     day of     personally appeared (a) before    
A. B. a resident (b) of     in the county of     and State, Territory or District 
of     aged (c)     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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed 
June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)    , with     and 
served in the     (e) regiment of the     line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he ser
ved under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the 
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, 
and the country through which he marched.  👉This form is to be varied as to apply to the cases of officers and per
sons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he 
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of 
the Agency in the State of   
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolu
tionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I   of the Court of 
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of 
the application of   for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this 
   day of  &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be 
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, 
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and 
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the   and C. D. residing in (the same) 
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with   , who has 
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a solider 
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 Revo
lutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. 
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the 
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the 
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,   Clerk of the Court of   do hereby certify that the foregoing 
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of 
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal 
of office, this  day of  &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commis
sion; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if 
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the ser
vices of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light 
upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will 
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful 
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his 
alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal 
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be at
tempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex
pected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and 
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his 
case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of 
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State 
troops of Virginia.

1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary 
war, and where do you now live?
4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? 
And if a substitute, for whom?
5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such 
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv
{ en, and what has become of it?
{ To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what 
{ has become of it?
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can tes
tify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier in the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are 
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, 
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be 
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from 
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed 
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. 
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character 
and standing of other persons giving such certificates. 

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct 
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the 
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before 
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper 
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, 
and will also certify that the applicant, cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, 
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper 
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a 
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is 
his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before 
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the 
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can pro
cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period 
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the 
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will fol
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not 
conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom her served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the 
claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, 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.  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 ___.  For ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ___; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years 
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the name of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is 
highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; 
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent au
thority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil 
pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pub
lic seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the 
papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which con
tains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.

Proof of Service.

[Braces ( } ) have been placed in the right margin of paragraph [j]]
[j] 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well 
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the wit
nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
👉The notes from [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in 
note [j] applies to continental troops only.

[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Joseph Rowen
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State of Tennessee }
County of Knox } SS

On the 19th day April A.D. 1855, personally appeared 
before me Joseph Plumlee a Justice of the Peace in 
and for the County and State aforesaid Elizabeth 
Kendle, widow of William Kendle deceased and 
after being by me duly sworn according to law 
doth on her oath make the following declaration 
in order to obtain a Pension under act of Febru
ary 8th, AD 1853. That she was married to the said 
William Kendle in Sevier County Tennessee in the fall 
of A.D. 1827, and continued to live with [repeated: with] him untill [until] 
November the 18th A.D. 1834 when he died at his res
idence in Sevier County Tennessee, that he drew eighty 
dollars per annum at the Knoxville agency and that 
he drew said Pension up to his death. She further says 
that she was married by one Mr. Hill a Justice 
of the Peace of Sevier County Tennessee, and that 
she is still a resident of Sevier County in the State 
of Tennessee and that she has lived a widow ever 
since the death of her husband William Kendle 
and that she still a widow and the reputed 
widow of William Kendle. She further states that 
from bodily infirmity she cannot appear before 
the Court to give the above testimony without 
great inconvenience. She states that she is sixty six years 
of age.  Elizabeth her X mark Kendle
Sworn to and subscribed before me day and year above written
Joseph Plumlee 
Justice of the Peace for Knox County Tennessee

State of Tennessee }
County of Knox } SS

I [blank] Clerk of the County Court of
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Knox County Tennessee do certify that Joseph Plumlee 
Esqr before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn 
to and subscribed, is and was at the time of signing the 
same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and 
State aforesaid, and that all his acts, as such, are entit
led to full faith and credit, and that his signature which 
appears to the foregoing is genuine. Witness my hand and 
seal of office at Knoxville this 6th 
day of June 1855.  Geo. W. C Cox, Clerk 
of the County Court

[Written vertically left margin]

address Joseph L. Plumlee
Mecklinburg Knox 
Co. Tennessee
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State of Tennessee }
County of Knox }

On this 19th day of April A D 1855 
personally appeared before me Joseph Plumlee a
Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State 
aforesaid Elizabeth Kendle a resident of Sevier County 
State of Tennessee aged sixty six years, and after being 
by me duly sworn according to law doth make the 
following declaration to Wit: that she is the identical 
widow of William Kendle deceased, who was a 
private in the Revolutionary War, and a Pensioner 
up to his death, that he drew eighty dollars 
per annum at the Knoxville Agency, as will be seen by 
reference to Pension Roll, that he died at his residence 
in Sevier County Tennessee on the 18th day of November 
A.D. 1834, that she was married to the said William Ken
dle some time in the fall of A.D. 1827, by one Mr. Hill a 
Justice of the Peace for said County and State in 
said County and State as will be more fully shown 
by the proof herewith accompanying. She states that she 
is still a widow, and has remained a widow ever 
since the death of William Kendle her husband and 
the widow of William Kendle deceased. She asks for 
Bounty Land under Act of March 3rd 1854 having 
never obtained, nor applied under any other act.
Elizabeth her X mark Kendle
Sworn to and subscribed before me day and year above written
Joseph Plumlee 
Justice of the Peace of Knox County Tenn

State of Tennessee }
County of Knox } I certify that Joseph Plumlee, Esqr 
before whom the foregoing declaration were sworn to and
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whose genuine official signature is thereto attached 
was at the time signing the same a Justice of the 
Peace of and for said County and State and I 
have no interest in this claim. Witness my hand 
and seal of office at office in Knoxville 
this 6th day of June 1855
Geo. W C Cox, Clerk 
of the County Court 

[Written vertically right margin]

165,806 
Elizabeth Kendle 
widow of William 
Kendle 
For Bounty Land 
Act of March 1855

[Written vertically left margin]

address at Mecklinburg 
Knox County Tennessee 
Joseph L. Plumlee
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State of Tennessee  }
Sevier County           }
I A. E. Murphy clerk of the circuit court of Sevier County do hereby certify that the declaration of Elizabeth Kendle for a restoration of her name to the pension roll which she signed by making her mark and was quallified [qualified] to ^before me^ about the 5th of this instant was carefully read over to her and the contents thereof fully made known to her before she signed the same
Given under my hand and Seal of office at office in Sevierville this 27th April 1866  A. E. Murphy Clerk
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William Kendel
Application for a Pension

Sent everything on the subject to
James Hair
Knoxville, Tennessee
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In returning this file for the further action of the Department I have a duty to aver in behalf of the applicant that I believe it will be out of his power to provide proof of his actual service. He is separated by death and distance from all his brother soldiers that he knows not where to find any of them. He is verry [very] feble [feeble] both in body and mind and in a pecuniary point of view he is in 
object poverty. He still thinks that he served the full time contained in his declaration and hopes and looks for the [illegible] of his country. He will not need it long. If the Department is satisfied that he served as a soldier (about which his neighbours has no doubt) altho he may not be able to make proof literly [literally] that he did I hope that his claim may be reconsidered favourably viewed 
and be relieved from his present punishing poverty. Proof of actual service is out of his power and has 
neither capacity nor friends to search for it if such evidence might be found
Respectfully Your 
Very Humble Servt
James Hair 
June 10th 1833
Page 19

William Kendle the applicant for a pension as a Revolutionary soldier and would place confidence in any statement either of them would make with respect to any matter [deleted word] or thing coming within their own knowledge.  Given under my hand this 4th January 1834.  Luke Lea
Page 20

State of Tennessee County of Knox } 
On this 6th day of December A.D. 1855 personally appeared Jesse Ballard and Charles White and after being by me duly sworn according to law doth on their oaths state that they were personally acquainted with William Kendle, deceased, and 
Elizabeth Kendle and that they were married in the County of Sevier about the year  A.D. 1827, and lived together as husband  and wife some six or seven years and the said William Kendle died in said County and 
State, leaving Elizabeth a widow, who 
has remained a widow ever since his death and the reputed widow of William Kendle. The witnesses state the said Elizabeth Kendle is still a widow, the deponents state that 
they have been acquainted with William & Elizabeth Kendle for something near thirty years 
and the deponents say that they gathered the  above facts from a personal knowledge of the family 
deponents state that the said William Kendle was a pensioner up to his death and drew his money at the Knoxville agency. The deponents say they are disinterested, that Elizabeth drew once after the death of William.
Jesse Ballard his X mark
s/ Charles White
Sworn to and subscribed before me day and year above written the witnesses are credable & I have no 
interest in the claim
s/ Samuel Kennedy
Justice of the Peace for Knox County 
Tennessee
Page 21

State of Tennessee }
County of Knox } I certify that Samuel Kennedy 
Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavits 
were sworn to and whose genuine official 
signature is thereto attached, was, at the 
time of signing the same, a Justice of the 
Peace in and for the County and State 
aforesaid, and I have no interest in the 
case. Witness my hand and official seal 
at office in Knoxville this 12th day 
December 1855
Geo. M White Clerk 
of the County Court of Knox County 

[Written vertically left margin]

address at Mecklinburg 
Knox County 
Tenn
Joseph L. Plumlee
Page 22

State of Tennessee }
County of Knox }

On this 13th day of September A D 1855 
personally appeared before me a Justice of the 
Peace in and for the County of Knox and State of 
Tennessee Jesse Ballard and after being by me 
duly sworn according to law, makes the follow
ing declaration to wit: That he is personally 
acquainted with Elizabeth Kendle, widow of 
William Kendle deceased, who was a Pensioner 
up to his death, which took place in the fall 
of A D 1834 that the said Elizabeth and William 
Kendle were married in Sevier County Tennessee 
about the year A.D. 1827 I think, within one half  
mile of my residence, continued to live together 
as husband and wife for some six or seven years 
when he died in said County and State leaving 
Elizabeth a widow who has remained a widow 
ever since, and is still the reputed widow of 
William Kendle deceased, deponent saith he never 
heard their marriage questioned at any time 
the deponent saith he has lived in the neighbor
hood of said family up to this date, deponent 
saith he is not interested in said claim
Jesse Ballard 
Sworn to and subscribed before me day and 
year above written I certify the witness is credible 
Samuel Kennedy 
Justice of the Peace for Knox County 
Tenn

State of Tennessee }
County of Knox } I certify that Samuel Kennedy, Esqr 
before whom the foregoing declaration or affidavit 
were sworn to and whose genuine official signa
Page 23

ture is thereto attached was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace of and for the county and state aforesaid and I have no intrust [interest ?] in this case.  Witness my hand and official Seal of office at office in Knoxville this 14th day of September 1855.  Geo. W. C. Cox, Clerk
Page 24

State of Tennessee }
County of Knox }

On this 12th day of September A D 1855 
personally appeared Charles White and after being 
by me duly sworn according to law, makes the 
following declaration to wit: That he is and 
was acquainted with William & Elizabeth 
Kendle, that he lived at the time of their marriage 
in the County of Sevier near to them and that 
they were married some twenty seven or eight 
years ago according to reports and that he definitely 
is satisfied at said fact, that they were reputed 
as husband and wife for about seven or eight 
years or up to the day of his death as husband 
and wife that he never heard their marriage 
questioned at any time he knew them all the 
time from their marriage to his death 
that is the said William Kendle, and that he 
died in Sevier County, Tennessee about the year 
1834 he thinks, that the said Kendle was a 
Pensioner up to his death, that the said widow 
Elizabeth is still a widow and the identicle [identical] 
widow of William Kendle, deceased that the said 
Elizabeth Kendle is the reputed widow of 
William Kendle by all who know her and that 
she is now, and has been since his death a widow 
the deponent saith he has no interest in this claim
Charles White 
Sworn to and subscribed before me day and 
year above writen [written] Joseph Plumlee
Justice of the Peace for 
Knox County Tennessee
Page 25

State of Tennessee }
County of Knox } I certify that Joseph Plumlee 
Esqr before whom the foregoing declaration or 
affidavit was sworn to, and whose genuine 
official signature is thereto attached, was, 
at the time of signing the same a Justice 
of the Peace of and for said County and 
State, and I have no interest in this case
Witness my hand and official 
seal at office in Knoxville this 
14th day of September 1855.
Geo. W. C. Cox, Clerk
Page 26

Mecklinburg Knox Co
Tenn
June 2 1856

Colo. W. H. Lund 
House of Reps

Sir [repeated: Sir] I enclose to you two letters 
which will show that the applicants are 
entitled to 160 Acres each as both of the 
applicants are in receipt of Pensions.

Please give some attention to these 
claims and have them attended to 
and address at this office and 
oblige Yours Joseph L. Plumlee
Page 27

Sevier Cty Tenn } Free
Oct 31st/53 }
Com of 
Pension W___
City D. C.

[Written vertically right margin}

Nov 1, 1853

Requesting to 
know what 
to do in the 
case of Wm 
Kendle, wido

J. P. R. Clark
Sevier, 
Tenn. 

Answered 
14th Novr. 1853
Page 28

Sevierville Tenn Oct 25th -53

Sir

William Kendle a Revolutionary 
soldier and Pensioner was paid $160.00 cts
on the fourth of March 1833 by the Agen
t in the Knoxville agency Robert 
King paid at Knoxville Tennessee I suppose 
he died about the above date but a 
widow survived him but she was 
not married to the said Kendle in 
the seventeenth century so she was 
not entitled to any thing untill [until] the 
3rd of February last.  She cannot tell 
what officers her said husband serv
ed under or what length of time he 
served only the Pension books show 
he was entitled to eighty $80 a year 
The pension certificate I suppose was retur
ned to your office the object of 
this is to enquire [inquire] how I am to proceed 
to procure her pension will 
you please address me at Sevierville 
Tennessee  With respect
J P R Clark 

L.P. Waldo
Com. of Pensions
Page 29

Brief in the case of Elizabeth Kendle widow of William 
Sevier County and State of Tennessee 
act 3 Feb 1853

Claim, ("original," [struck out: or "for increase,]")

Proof exhibited, (if original)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Her husband was pensioner under the act of June 
7 1832 at $80 a year.
Marriage proved by credible witnesses

[struck out: If for increase,)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?]

Cohabitation, general reputation of marriage 
her identity as the pensioner's widow, 
his death & the present widowhood proved 
by credible witnesses

Name and resident of Agent | Thornton Triplett
Joseph L Plumlee Esq | Examining Clerk.
Knoxville 
Tenn
Page 30

Sevierville Tennessee
April 11, 1866

Hon. J. H. Barrett
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Inclosed I send you the declaration of Elizabeth Kendle for a restoration of her pension.  I also enclose her old pension certificate.
Yours &c
M. W. McCown
Page 31

Knox
5599

Brief in the Case of Elizabeth Kendle widow of William 
for Restoration
Sevier County and State of Tennessee 
Act 3d Feby 1853, the 2d Section

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE, 

PROOF EXHIBITED,

Claimant was pensioned under the Act of Feby 3d 1853, the 2d 
Section, on the Knoxville, Tennessee roll, at the rate of $80 per 
[illegible]

Know her identity and loyalty is established by 
two credible witnesses. [illegible] Cert. of pension is surrendered.
The Third 
Auditor reports the pension paid to 4" March 1861.
Claim allowed at the 
rate of $80 per above to commence March 4" 1861 and 
to continue in her widowhood.

May 17" 1866.

Name and residence of Agent. | Boynton
W. W. McCown, Esqr | Examining Clerk.
County 
Sevierville, Tenn
Page 32

Mecklinburg 
Knox Co Tenn Sept 1855

Mr Waldo,

Sir: find the proof of Mrs. 
Kendle's widowhood & marriage 
as requested. Siad [Said] widow desires 
all letters addressed to her on this 
subject & her land claim now 
on file directed to this office

Respy

Joseph L. Plumlee

Mecklinburg 
Knox County Tenn
Page 33

Proof of Elizabeth
Kendles Widowhood 
& marriage &c.
Aplicant [Applicant] for Pension 
under Act of Feb. 53 
Her declaration before 
the department and 
has been for some 
time Address at 
this office
Joseph L. Plumlee
Page 34

[Two panels]
[Left panel]

Seal
DEPARTMENT 
OF THE 
INTERIOR 
[illegible] 16 1866
PENSION OFFICE

[Right panel]

Payment to be made at Knoxville 
by
Isaac Lewis, Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the 
Agency of 
Tennessee 

Payable on the 4th September and 4th 
March 

Recorded in the Pension Office on the 
Roll of Pensioners under act February 
3d, 1853, Page 183 Vol.

G. T. Getty Clerk
Page 35

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

WIDOW'S PENSION.

I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act 
of February 3, 1853, 
Elizabeth Kendle, 
widow of William Kendle, 
who was a private, in the revolutionary war, 
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Eighty, ---
dollars [struck out: and cents] per annum, commencing on the 
3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should 
again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time 
of such marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior 
this twentieth day of December 
one thousand eight hundred and fifty five.

R McClelland
Secretary of the Interior

Examined and countersigned,
J Minot
Commissioner of Pensions.
Page 36

Elizabeth Kendle 
widow of William 
Sevier Co
Tenn

Admd 3 Feby 1853
$80 a year from 
the passage of the act

Cert to 
Joseph L. Plumlee Esq
Knoxville 
Tenn.
Page 37

Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 7978 [illegible initials]
Elizabeth Kendle 
Wid"
William Kendle
Privt Rev War

Act: Feby 3d. 1853

Index:--Vol. A, Page 391

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
Page 38

165806
Elizabeth Kendle 
wid 
29025
William 
160
___
56675
Edmund Newman
Boynton
26352-160

[illegible]
29025 - 160
Elizabeth Kendle

[Address]

Hon J Minot
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington 
D C
Page 39

5788

Elizabeth Kendle 
Wid of 
Wm. 
Eliz [illegible]/wid

Let. to Jos. L. Plumlee [illegible] 13/55
Same Sept 25/55
Same Nov 9-1855

Act /53
Page 40

29,025

160 Acres
Page 41

House of Representatives 
June 18th 1856

Sir,

Be pleased to give the 
enclosed papers your attention 
and furnish reply to them 
directed to "Joseph L 
Plumlee Mecklinburg 
Tennessee.

Respectfully

W H Lund

Hon J Minot 
Commr. Pension &c
Page 42

October 30th 1855
Mecklinburg Knox Co
Tenn

Mr Waldo, Coms. of Pensons

Sir find the cirtifficate [certificate] of the clerk 
of Sevier County Court, in which I 
attempted to get a copy of the 
Marriage Licens [License] of William & 
Elizabeth Kendle, which claim is 
pending before your Department

Elizabeth Kendles claim is for 
Pension for the service of William 
[illegible] the Revolution, under act, 
of Feb. 1853. Address at this 
office

Respy

Joseph L. Plumlee
Page 43

Treasury Department,
Third Auditor's Office 
Sept 24, 1855

Sir,

I herewith return to you the 
papers in the two cases of William 
Kindle of Tennessee and have to in
form you that William Kindle of 
Greene Co. died 13 Feb 1852, & that the 
arrears of his pension was paid to George 
Kindle of Decatur Co. Admr. of the 
deceased pensioner. Nothing is said 
about a widow or children

William Kendle of Sevier Co. died 
18 Nov. 1834, & the arrears of pension 
due to the day of his death were 
paid to Elizabeth Kendle, his 
widow, at the Knoxville Agency.

I am, Sir, your 
Obedient Servant 

Robt J Atkinson
Auditor

J. Minot, Esq }
Comr of Pensions }
Page 44

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855, 
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.

PENSION OFFICE,
April 25" 1856.

Sir:

The claim of Elizabeth Kendle for bounty 
land under the act of the 3d March, 1855, No. 165,806 has been 
examined and suspended.

The revolutionary service of Wm. Kendle, the 
husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office.

The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to 
be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE."

Upon the production of such evidence of service, [insert: & proof of her widowhood & identity] the claim will 
be favorably considered.

IT SHOULD BE OBSERVED, that the recorded action of this office, admit
ting a revolutionary soldier to the list of pensioners upon parole 
proof, is not considered "record evidence" [insert: of service] within the meaning of the act 
aforesaid.  In all applications for bounty land under this act, the 
papers of the soldiers, or their widows, who have applied for or 
received pensions, as well as the rolls in this office, are carefully examined 
for record evidence of service, before this circular is issued.

Respectfully,

J. MINOT, 
Commissioner.

Jos. L. Plumlee, Esqr.
Mecklenburg, 
Tenn.
Page 45

The proof of Widerhood was
sent, and filed in Pension Office
and her claim allowed for Pension
bearing date with her application
for Bounty land See proof, at
said Office
Joseph L Plumlee
Page 46

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 19th 1839
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, William Kindle a Pensioner on the Roll of the Jonesborough, Ten. Agency, at
the rate of Eighty Dollars
per annum under the law of the
7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept, 1837 to the 4th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
Page 47

Treasury Department,
Third Auditor's Office,
May 14 1866
Sir
In reply to your inquiry of the
10" inst. I have to inform you that the
pension of Mrs Elizabeth Kendle on the Knoxville, Tenn. under 2""sec of act 3" Feby 53 appears, by the books of this Office, to have been last paid to 4" March 1861
Very Respectfully
AM Gangewer acting Auditor
Hon Jos. H. Barrett
Comr of Pensions
Page 48

Pension Office
Nov 9. 1855
Sir
the case of Elizabeth Kendall of Tenn,
cannot be admitted under the act of 1853 until it is proved by Persons
certified to be credible that she is the
widow of the pensioner as she alleges.
The Justice of the Peace before whom the affidavits are made must
be disinterested
Respy
B. Hood for Commr
Joseph S. Plumbe Esq
Knoxville, Tenn
Page 49

Sevierville Tenn
28th Apl. 1866.

Hon. Jos. H. Barrett
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir

Inclosed [Enclosed] I send 
you the Certificate of the 
Clerk of the Circuit Court 
as required in your letter 
relative to the application 
of Elizabeth Kendle for a 
restoration of her name to 
the pension roll

Your &c

M. W. McCown
Page 50

[Envelope]

[Circular mail stamp]

KNOXVILLE 
JUNE
6
Te.

Mr. Waldo  FREE
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City 
D.C.

[Written vertically across address]
165,806
Page 51

State of Tennessee Knox County 
June the 9 day 1858

To the Pension Agent at Washington City

Dear Sir 

[The text is too faint to transcribe]
Page 52

State of Tennessee
Sevier County SS.
On this 5th day of April one
thousand eight hundred and Sixty Six
personally appeared before me A.E. Murphy
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Sevier County
in said State being a Court of record
Elizabeth Kendle aged about Eighty Six
years a resident of Sevier County in the
State of Tennessee who being duly sworn
according to law declares that she is
the identical Elizabeth Kendle who
was a pensioner on the rolls of the
agency at Knoxville Tennessee and whose
pension certificate is herewith returned,
that she has resided since the first
day of January AD 1861 in said County
of Sevier that during this period her
means of subsistance have been
the
charity of her friends
and that she has not borne arms against
the Government of the United States
in any manner encouraged the rebels or
manifested a sympathy with their cause,
and that she was last paid her pension
on the
day of March 1861
This application is made for the purpose
of securing a restoration of her name
to the pention rolls and of obtaining
Page 53

a new pension certificate, such as she may
be entitled to under existing laws refference
being made to the evidence heretofore filed
in the pension office to substanciate her
original Claim Elizabeth her X mark Kendle
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 5th Apl 1866 
A. E. Murphy Clerk
Also personally appeared Nelson Newman
and Henry Newman residents of Sevier
County persons whom I certify to be respectable
and entitled to credit and who
being by me duly sworn say that they
were present and saw Elizabeth Kendle
make her mark to the foregoing declaration
and they further swear that they have
every reason to believe from the appear-
ance of the applicant and their acqua-.
intance with her that she is the identical
person she represents herself to be, and
they further swear that they have no interest
in the prosecution of this claim and that the
said Elizabeth Kendle is now a widow
and that the means of her subsistance
has been as she has stated above
and that he has not been in any
Page 54

manner engaged in or aided in the
rebelion against the United States
Nelson Newman
Henry Newman
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
5th day of April 1866 and I certify that
I have no interest direct or indirect in
the prosecution of this claim. Given under
my hand & seal of office at office in Sevierville
this 5th day of April 1866
 A.E. Murphy Clerk
I Elizabeth Kendle do Solemnly Swear in
the presence of Almighty God that I will hence
forth faithfully support protect and defend
the Constitution of the United States and the
Union of the states thereunder, that I will
in like manner abide by and faithfully
support all laws and proclamations which
which have been made during the exis-
ting rebellion with refference to the
emancipation of Slaves so help me God
Elizabeth her X mark Kendle
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 5th day 
of April 1866

A.E. Murphy Clerk
Page 55

State of Tennessee } I B W Chandler Clerk 
Sevier County } of the County Court of 
said County hereby certify that I have 
made a search for the marriage license 
of William Kendle to Elizabeth Ballard 
and have been unable to find it but a 
large number of the old marriage records 
of this County have been lost or destroyed but 
[illegible] said search & found a part of 
the marriage bond of William Kendle 
to Elizabeth Ballard but the dates are 
destroyed. Given under my hand 
and  seal of office at 
office in Sevierville this 
29th day of [illegible] 1855.
B. W Chandler Clk 
By his Dept. M. W. McCown
Page 56

5599
Tennessee Knox

Elizabeth Kendle
widow of
William
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 80 dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued
20th day of Decr 1855
and sent to
J. S. Plumbe
Knoxville
Tenn.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 183. Vol. A.

J. Ballard, July 13/58
M/ A. Mc [illegible] Apl. 18/[illegible]
3 andr. May 1o 66
Reg 3 Mar 55  -165806