Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31511, Charles Atkins, N.C.
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N. Le. Atkins Charles S 31511
Atkins
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Charles Adkins Sr
of Dyson(illegibe) in the state of Geo:
Who was a pr: in the  (blank) commandet
By Captain Snead of the Regh commandet
By Col Dickerson in the No Ca
Time for 6 months

Inscribed on the roll of Georgia
At the rate of 20 dollars 0 cents per annual
commence on the 4th day of March, March 1831
Certificate of pension issued on the 31st day of July and such to (illegibe) 

Joseph Sturges. Thomaston Geo:
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 40
Semi-anl allowances ending 20 Sept  - 10
Revolutionary claims 
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by A Rice 
Book E Vol 6 Page 85

J Machall
GC
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11893
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State of Georgia }
County of Upson }
On this twenty Eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before Christopher B. Strong Judge of the Superior Court of the County of Upson and Flint district of Georgia . which said court is now sitting Charles Adkins a resident of the county of Upson. and. State of Georgia aged Seventy two 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 June the seventh Eighteen hundred & thirty two viz. That he Entered the service of the United States under the following named officer and served as herein stated: that in the month of August in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty he entered the service as a volunteer private soldier [crossed out] a company of cavalry or mounted Infantry under the command of one Captain John Sneed of Major William Hunts Battalion and Colonel John Dickerson Regiment of Cavalry and that he served a tour of duty in said service under the said named officers for six months with the exception of Colonel John Dickerson being taken sick Colonel Philip Taylor took the command of the same for the term of two months about the latter End of the sad term of service, that he resided at the time he entered said service [crossed out] aforesaid in the county of Granville State of North Carolina and that he served said Tour of duty as a volunteer as before stated, that his term of service expired about the month of February in the year [crossed out: Eighteen hundred and th] Seventeen hundred and Eighty one he was at partial engagement at the town of Charlotte North Carolina, and also in one at Remsaws or Ramsays Mills in the State of North Carolina
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that he marched through a part of the State of North Carolina and a part of the State of South Carolina, that Colonel William Washingtons regiment of dragoons was friquently [sic] aprceated [sic: appreciated?] with the regiment to which he belonged.. that he was personally acquainted and knew Colonel William Washington. and does not now recollect the names of any other regular officers.. that he has no documentary evidence to establish the foregoing facts and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service, 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.

Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
S/Wm. P. Yonge Clk, SC.
S/Charles Adkins


We, Alexander F Edwards Clergyman. residing in the county of Upson and State of Georgia and Lemuel G Dawson residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Charles Adkins who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believed him to be seventy two years of age. 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, and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
S/Wm. P. Yonge Clk S.C
S/A F Edwards M.M.C.C.
S/L..G.. Dawson
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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 it appears to them that Alexander F Edwards, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the county of Upson and State of Georgia and that Lemuel G Dawson who has also signed the same is a resident in the county of Upson and State of Georgia and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
S/Christopher B. Strong. ~
Judge Supr Court [illegible]
Georgia.


I, William P.. Yonge. clerk of the Superior Court of Upson County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Charles Adkins for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 30th day of August 1832.
S/Wm. P.. Yonge Clk S.C.
[seal]
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Charles Adkins
Georgia


Admit as private
6 mo. $20.


Rev
11896
P. 334
Intg. 1.2.7.
Apl. 12. '33


Joseph Sturgis
Agent
Thomaston
Ga
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11893
BRIEF in the case of Charles Adkins   County of Upson in the State of Georgia
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge? open Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]

3. How old is he? 72

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

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[table with the following headers: Period. (In.). Duration of Service (Years, Months, Days,). Rank (As a). Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served (Gen.).
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mounted Infantry Augt. . . In 1776 volunteer. [blank]. 6. . . private. Capt Need Col Dickerson


5. In what battles was he engaged? at an engagement at Charlotte - and Ramseys

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  County of Granville N Carolina

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary.

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? [blank]

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

S/George Taylor
 Examining Clerk.
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State of Georgia }
County of Upson }
On this twenty seventh day of May in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open Court, before Thomas Biall John Turner Robert Collier & James H. Stenson Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Upson. now sitting Charles Adkins Sen. a resident of said county of Upson and State of Georgia who being first duly sworn: according the law doth on his oath make the following additional declaration (to his declaration, made on the twenty eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two before Christopher B Strong. Judge of the Superior Court of the county of Upson and of the Flint district in the State aforesaid, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832. and that he maketh same by way of explanation to the Brief of objections to the admission to his pension claims, made by the Pension Office. [crossed out: ^in the] War department in which they required further proof or explanation, - which are that he has failed to answer satisfactorily the 1st. 2nd. and 7th Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department; In answer thereto - to the
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the 1st Interrogatory he answer That he was born in the county of Lancaster State of Virginia on the fifth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Seventeen Hundred and Sixty -

To the 2nd Interrogatory he answer that he has a record of his age the one kept by deponents father and that deponent has the same now in his possession 

To the 7th Interrogatory he answers That in addition (to [crossed out: the] Lemuel G. Dawson and Alexander F Edwards a minister of the Gospel who testified to their belief of deponents character as a soldier of the revolution.)  this deponent is known to John Turner. Robert Collier Esqr. (two of the Justice of the Inferior Court of said county, of Upson and State aforesaid.) & George Powell., John Stephens Solomon Stephens, William Stephens, Miles R. Meadows Peter Holloway. Henry Garland. Sen. Henry Garland, J. Edward Holloway, Thomas Flewellin, Jeptha Walker and John Bunkley and many other also to whom the deponent could refer to but
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deems the foregoing names a full compliance with the foregoing rule of the War Department
S/Charles Adkins

Sworn to & subscribed before us the day and year aforesaid
S/Robert Collier J.I.C.
S/Thomas Beale J.I.C.
S/John Turner J.I.C.
S/JAs W Stenson J.I.C

I Thomas F Bethel Clerk of the Inferior court of the county of Upson and State of Georgia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original procedings of the said court in the amended declaration of Charles Adkins to the matter of his application for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 27th day of May 1833
[seal]
S/Thos. F. Bethel clk. I.C.N.C.
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.        AWF

January 3, 1927

Mrs. John B. Sanders
99 W. Church St
Booneville, Miss

Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 31511, it appears that Charles Atkins or Adkins was born May 5, 1760 in Lancaster County, Virginia.

While a resident of Granville County, North Carolina, he enlisted in 1780 and served six months as a private in Captain John Sneed's Company, Colonels John Dickerson's and Philip Taylor's Regiment [crossed out] of cavalry North Carolina Troops, and was in the battles of Ramsour's Mill and Charlotte, North Carolina. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832, while a resident of Upson County, Georgia.

There is no day a on file as to family.

The above noted Charles Atkins is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau, all spellings of that name searched.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT

[handwritten note: Battle of Ramsours Mill. 
June 20 - 1780 - so I did not use date of enlistment.]
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[written sideways left hand side]
1927-Jan. 3 - Hist. to Mrs. John B. Sanders AWF



31511:
Revy INVALID.
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File No. 31,511
Charles Adkins
Pri Rev War.
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Act: June 7th 32"
Index:- Vol. 2,     Page 3

[intentional brackets as printed]
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Charles Adkins which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides: yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides: yes

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? [blank]

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes

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? yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes

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? yes
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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? yes 

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [blank]

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? [blank]

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? [blank]
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? [blank]

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? [blank]

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not so answered? [crossed out: yes] 1. 2. 2nd answer. 1.2

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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 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 [italics] about three or four months [end italics] 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.

👉In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Booneville Miss.
Nov. 1st. 1926 -

To The Commissioner of Pensions :-
It has been suggested by the Adjutant General as you are the custodian of the U. S. pension, and land warrant records, that you could perhaps give me data on
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Bartlett, (or Bartley) Adkins, of S.C. and Charles Adkins Senior, and William [written above: nine] Adkins ^both of Georgia -

one of the three is my Rev. Ancestor,
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and as I am trying the hardest to run my D.A.R. lines in a limited time, I shall be so glad to get all you can give me on these three Patriots -

Give any family data, such as wives, and names of sons, with dates, if possible -

Very truly
Mrs. John B. Sanders
99 West Church Street
Booneville Miss

[round stamp:
PENSION OFFICE
C
NOV 3 1926
U. S.]