Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16425, for John Jenkins, Virginia
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(3-1776)

SERVICE

Va.

Jenkins, John

NUMBER

S. 16425

carded
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CONTENTS

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 5446
Kentucky
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John Jenkins
of Harrison Co in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Stubblefield of the regt [regiment] commanded
by Maj [Major] Thorn in the Virginia Mil [Militia]
for 19 months.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per  annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of February 
1833 and sent to Hon [Honorable] R. M. Johnson H. R.
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 32-                                      $ 95.--
Semi-annl. allowance ending 4 Mch [March] 33        31.66
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                                                                                 $126.66
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Wm L Allison         Clerk
Book  D.         Vol 9    Page  44

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let 29 Feb. 36.  on J
Madison, do 20th 
Jany  1837
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John Jenkins

Declaration.

2.1651
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State of Kentucky}
Harrison County } Sct.
                      On this 10th day of Dec.r. 1832 before
us William Furnish. Larkin Barnett and Lewis Day
constituting the County Court of Harrison County
which is a court of record, now sitting appeared John Jenkins
a resident of Harrison County Ky.  aged about seventy two 
years.   Having been born in Spottsylvania [Spotsylvania] County Virginia
on the      day of         1760, who being first duly sworn according
to law in order to obtain the benefit of the law of Congress passed
June 7th 1832.  He states that he entered the service of the 
United States, under the following named officers and
Served as in hereinafter stated.  That he volunteered for
six months among the minute men (year not recollected)
under Capt. George Stubblefield; that he marched from his 
residence in Spottsylvania [Spotsylvania] to Suffolk County Va. where and
 in the circumjacent country he finished this tour; that
he also served as a substitute for Thomas Gardner for six
months under Capt [Captain] Henry Stubblefield, Major Thorn
& in the brigade commanded by Gen.l [General] Muhlenburg [Muhlenberg]; that
during this tour, (year not recollected) he marched from
Spottsylvania [Spotsylvania] County to Richmond Va. thence to Cabin
point where he was stationed some time, & was joined
by the eighteen months men, and was discharged after
having served upwards of four months.  This tour
was in the Summer before the Marquises'  Chase.  That
he also afterwards served a tour of three months, under
 Captain John White, Major Armisted & Colo. [Colonel] Mathews & 
in Gen.l [General] Waedens [Weedon's] brigade:  That he marched from
Spottsylvania [Spotsylvania]  County to the new barracks near Williamsburg
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Thence to Williamsburg, whence he was driven out by the 
enemy.  Then the chase began- whence to Richmond, thence 
to the bird Onnery [Bird's Ordinary] where this tour Expired.  That he then Entered the [Sd-?said] Service as a substitute for Caleb Coleman
for three months, under Capt [Captain] John Chew, Major Hardiman in Colo [Colonel]. Merriweathers [Merriwether's] Regt [Regiment]; ^ & Gen.l [General]  Stevens Brigade that in this tour, he marched in said Chase in & through the above mentioned Sections of Country in Va. until the tour expired: That he then substituted and again entered the [Sd-?said]  Service ^ at the duck [Duck] Spring for John Hawkins for a tour of three months, under Capt [Captain]  Henry Stubblefield, Major Hardeman in Colo. [Colonel]  Merriweathers [Merriwether's] Regiment & in Gen.l [General] Stevens he (thinks) Brigade;  This tour he was at the Siege of York, and marched with the prisoners, thence to Fredericksburg where shortly after his [Sd-?said] tour expired 
and he was discharged.  That he does not recollect any of the regular officers, whilst in service, as such; that he recollects many officers, yet is not able to distinguish between them as regulars or militia.  that besides those already named he served with Colo. [Colonel] McWilliams, Capt.[Captain]  Mills, Genl.[General]  Washington, Lafayette & Wayne, that he never rcd [received] a written discharge as he recollects; That he lived in the County of Spottsylvania [Spotsylvania]  until 1812 when he moved to the County of Harrison Kentucky where he has resided ever since and now resides there.  That he has no regular
record of his age, but recollects his age well from information:  He states
 & he verily believes that he served a full nineteen months, including the above named periods of services, for the united states.  He states there is no person living, by whom he^ can prove the foregoing services, within his knowledge. Except it is
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Claibourne Chandler who served two of the tours of three months each with him, and [name crossed out] Francis Robinson who served another of same duration, who are both now in open court, declaring the same.  He hereby relinquished any 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 or territory whatever. 
                          John Jenkins his X mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
                          S. Endicott C.H.C.

We Francis Robinson & Claiborne Chandler- residing in the county of Harrison and state of Kentucky, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Jenkins [Sv-?service]. Who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about seventy two years of age; that he has been & still is reputed and believed tin the neighbourhood, where he resides to be a  man of veracity , and to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
                     Francis Robinson  his  X  mark
                [signature] Claiborn Chandler         
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid  
                            S. Endicott C.H.C.
And the [Sd.] court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 

                [signature]  Wm. Furnish J. P.
                [signature] L.  Barnett J. P.
                [signature]  Lewis Day J. P.
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Harrison County                      Sd
I Samuel Endicott Clerk of the County court of Harrison County do certify that the foregoing contains the original
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proceeding of the said Court in the matter of an application of John Jenkins for a pension.  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 12th day of December A. D.  1832 and in the 41 year of the Commonwealth.
                           S. Endicott Clk. H. C.


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I am well acquainted with Francis Robinson & Claibourn Chandler & they are men of credibility & their statements are entitled belief and credit.  
Rch. M. Johnson 5th Dit. [District]  H. R. [illegible]
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                                                       October 18, 1938
HA-J/ILL [handwritten -cm]
John Jenkins
S. 16425

Mrs. L. Prentice Bradley 
Morganfield
Kentucky.
 
Dear Madam:
          Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Jenkins, a pensioner of Harrison County, Kentucky, certificate #5446, and Willliam Jenkins, also a pensioner of that county.

          Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of that war.  The record of John Jenkins follows, as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 16425, based upon his service in that war.

         John Jenkins was born in the year 1750, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia; the day of his birth, and the names of his parents are not shown; he lived in that county during the Revolutionary War.

          John Jenkins volunteered first as a minute man in Captain George Stubblefield's Virginia company, marched into Suffolk County and was discharged after service of six months; he served next four months in Captain Henry Stubblefield's company under Major Thorn in the Virginia troops; after that, he served three months in Captain John White's company, Colonel Matthews' Virginia regiment, marched to Williamsburg, thence to Richmond, and was chased out by the enemy; he served afterwards, three months in Captain John Chew's company, Colonel Merriwether's Virginia regiment, engaged in that same section, and served another three months in Captain Henry Stubblefield's company, Colonel Merriwether's regiment, during which he was in the siege of Yorktown and marched with prisoners to Fredericksburg.

          The soldier resided in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, until 1812, then moved to Harrison County, Kentucky.
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          John Jenkins was allowed pension on his application executed December 10, 1832, at which time he resided in Harrison County, Kentucky; he had resided there ever since 1812.

          The soldier made no reference to wife or children.

         In order to obtain information in regard to the 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, Records Division, this city, and cite the following;

                            John Jenkins
                            Certificate #5446
                            Issued February 11, 1833
                            Rate $63.33 per annum
                            Commenced March 4, 1831
                            Act of June 7, 1832
                            Kentucky Agency.

                                               Very truly yours,

                                                A. D. HILLER,
                                                Executive Assistant
                                                 to the Administrator.
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                 16.425
                  INVALID
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           File No.     16.425

             John Jenkins

          Pri    Rev    War
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         Act;  June 7" 32

Index:-Vol. A,    Page 446
      {Arrangement of 1870}

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Apl. 7, 1905, Hist to 
Mrs. Annette G Bern
Vienna Va
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1938, Oct. 18  Hist. to Mrs. L Prentice 
Bradley [illegible initials]
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                                                           Morganfield, Ky.
                                                           September 9, 1938

Records Division
General Accounting Office
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen;
       
          I would appreciate getting some information on John and William Jenkins, who were Revolutionary pensioners in Harrison County, Ky.
          
          A certificate, dated Feb. 11, 1833 signed by Lew Cass, Sec. of War, granted a pension to John Jenkins of $63.33 per annum, No. 5446.

          Sarah Jenkins outlived John J. her husband, and if at his death, the pension was paid to her, is there any record of the date of her death, or any record of the names of their children.

                                 Thanking you,
                                               Sincerely,
                       [signature]  (Mrs.) L. Prentice Bradley

[stamp of receipt at pension office]

RECEIVED 
SEP 12 1938
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             Joseph Berry.
            CIVIL ENGINEER.
                   *******
County Surveyor for Fairfax County.

                                                                  VIENNA, VA.   March 16th 1905

Commissioner of Pensions
               Washington, D. C.
 
         My ancestor John Jenkins served in the Revolutionary War from Virginia.  I have learned that there was more than one John Jenkins in The Rev. War from Virginia.
     Can you inform me if a John Jenkins applied for Pension, age, and time of death and also the name of his wife, and if more than one John Jenkins from Va. has a pension record please give that, of all of them.

                                                          Yours Respt.
                                        (Mrs.)  Annette G. Berry
                                              Vienna, Fairfax Co.
                                                          Virginia
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John Jenkins,

RW      private
19 months,
$63.33/100

admitted
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claim, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of   John Jenkins  which require further proof or explanation.

    I.  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?      no.  two citizens, one of them a witness.
 
XII.   If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?     no.

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 persons of credibility?     No.  The court has not certified the credibility of the persons whose testimony in in part traditionary.

  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?

 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?

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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 _______________.  For __________months and __________days, I served as a _______________: 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 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.

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 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 he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.

QUERE XVI.  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 contains the affidavit, or other paper 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.
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Hon; J. R. Underwood
Jan. 20, 1837


Record. Vol 41, P 265.
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                          War Dept. Pen. office
                           Jan 20, 1837

Sir;  
    In answer to your enquiry
respecting the case of John Jenkins
I have to inform you that a
pension was allowed to a person 
of that name ^ in 1833, residing in Harrison
Co. Ky. for nineteen months services
which length of service he alleges to
have performed.  I am not aware 
of any difficulty in his case.
There does not appear to have been
any other person of that name who
has applied for a pension from Kentucky.

Hon. [Honorable] J. R. Underwood
         H. R.