Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5862, for Isham Kendrick, North Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE                 
N. C.

Kendrick, Isham                                         Elizabeth

NUMBER
R. 5862

CONTENTS
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State of Georgia
Cherokee County SS.

On this the  fourth day of July 1850 
personally appeared in open Court Elizabeth Kendrick 
of the Country of Cherokee and State of Georgia aged 
seventy nine years who being first dully 
sworn according 
to law doth on her oath make the following declaration 
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of
an act of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled 
"An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
and all other subsequent acts and resolutions of 
Congress for the benefit of widow of deceased 
revolutionary soldier that she is the widow of Isham 
Kendrick who was a private in the revolutionary war. She 
says she does not now recollect to have heard her 
husband say how many tours he went the best of her 
recollection is he served in all twelve months or above 
that time She recollects to have heard her husband 
say one of his Captains was Sterling Clack one of 
his Majs Charles Davis She states that a part of 
his time he was under Gen. Morgan She says she has frequently 
heard her husband say he fought in the battle of the 
Cowpens and in a battle or skirmish at Hillsborough 
She states her husband joined the army in North 
Carolina that he was living in Warren County and 
lived in that County, State of N.C., she believes he was 
attached to the cavalry a part of the time. She does not
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know that she can make the proof of the above statements 
by any living relative except by a Mr. Mayfield who was in life and 
residing in Spartanburg district S.C. a short time ago She 
has heard her husband & Mr Mayfield frequently speak of being 
in the war at the same time. The further states that she 
and Isham Kendrick were married in Warren County 
N. C. by Wyatt Hawkins Esqr on the seventeenth 
day of April 1788 that her maiden name was Elizabeth 
Duncan she states the bible containing the original family 
record was left with her relations in Spartanburg district 
SC when she removed from that place she does not know 
whether it is now in existence or not  she states that a 
number of years ago the old bible was becoming [illegible] 
and now that her son Alston Kendrick transcribed 
the record into his own bible  She states she does 
not know that she can prove the marriage by living 
witnesses unless by Mrs Aleny Wood who was in life 
a short time ago in Spartanburg S.C. that they lived 
together as husband and wife up to the day of his death which 
took place the seventeenth day of March 1818  that she was 
not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the 
marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 
by the time above stated 

Elizabeth Kendrick  X  her mark

Sworn to and subscribed before us this 4th day of July 
1850 

John B. Puckett, J.I.C.  
M. A. Keith J.I.C.
J. A. Maddox J.I.C.
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We the undersigned Justices of the Inferior Court of 
Cherokee County do hereby certify that Elizabeth Kendrick
who has appeared in open Court to day and made
oath to the foregoing declaration is a person whose
Statements are entitled to full credit.  We also certify
that the declaration was correctly read to her and that
she said it was correct in every particular fact
Given under our hand and seals this the 4th
day of July 1850

John B. Puckett, J.I.C.  seal
M A Keith J.I.C.  seal
J A Maddox J.I.C.  seal



State of Georgia
Cherokee County

I James Jordan Clerk of 
the Superior Court of said 
County do hereby certify that John B. Puckett
M. A. Keith and James A Maddox are Justices
of the Inferior Court of said County duly commissioned
and qualified and that their names 
as appears above are genuine
Given under my hand & official 
Signature with the Seal of said 
Court annexed the fourth day
of July AD 1850

James Jordan Clk

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Georgia
Cherokee County

I James Jordan Clerk of the 
Superior Court of said County do hereby
certify that I have been personally
acquainted with Mrs. Elizabeth Kendrick the person 
named within for the last twenty five years - first
in Spartanburgh District S.C. since in this County
That she has always borne the name of being a 
person of strict truth & veracity and one in whose 
Statements the fullest confidence could be issued
Given under my hand this the
fourth day of July 1850 -

James Jordan Clerk

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[written vertically on the right margin]
No 14234
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November 21, 1933

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Isham Kendrick, R. 5862
BA-J/MCS

B. C. Holtzclaw
University of Richmond
Richmond
Virginia

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War
record of Isham Kendrick.

The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file
in the pension claim, R. 5862, based upon the military service of 
Isham Kendrick.

He married on April 17, 1788, in Warren County, North Carolina,
Elisabeth Duncan.

He died March 17, 1818, in Spartanburg District, South 
Carolina.  His age is not shown.

His widow, Elisabeth Kendrick, applied for pension July 4,
1850, and she was then seventy-nine years of age and was living 
in Cherokee County, Georgia.  She had previously lived in Greenville
and Spartanburg Districts, South Carolina.  She alleged that 
[illegible due to ink smear] while residing in Warren County, North Carolina,
enlisted and served about twelve months in all as a private with
the North Carolina troops, a part of the time in Captain Sterling
Clack's company and under Major Charles Davis and was in the battles
of Cowpens and Hillsborough.

The claim was not allowed as the widow failed to furnish
proof the alleged service in accordance with the requirements
of the pension law.

[handwritten note at the bottom left of the page with an arrow pointing to the line with the smeared ink]
It was indefinite
as to whether this was 
meant for term or district [illegible]
as I said district as lived in 
that district.
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Reference was made to their son, Alston Kendrick.  In
[illegible year possibly 1850], the widow's sister, Mrs. Alsey Wood, aged seventy-one
years, testified in Greenville District, South Carolina, in 
behalf of the widow.  The papers in this claim contain no 
further discernable family data.

The above noted is the record of the only Isham Kendrick 
that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Very truly your

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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South Carolina
Greenville District

On this the eleventh day of 
October eighteen hundred and fifty
before me the undersigned a Magistrate in and for said district
duly authorised by law to administer oaths personally appeared
Mrs Alsey Wood aged 71 years and after being duly
sworn according to law makes the following Statements.  That her
sister, Elizabeth Kendrick of Cherokee County Georgia who she 
understands is applying for a pension as the widow of Isham
Kendrick a revolutionary soldier (aged 80 years at this time)
& Isham Kendrick were married in Warren County North
Carolina 62 years ago by one Wyatt Hawkins Esqr this she 
well recollects as she was present saw them married  that a 
Miss Betsey Jackson was a waiter according the best of her 
recollection  Miss Jackson was present she knows.  That she 
went to live with her sister Mrs Kendrick the second year after
her marriage with Isham Kendrick and continued in the 
family up to the time of her own marriage which took 
place the very last of the year 1793 at the first of the year following 
that her sister Elizabeth Kendrick and Isham Kendrick
lived together as husband and wife up to the time of his death
which to place 31 years ago  she recollects the death of Kendrick
by the death of one of her children which was in March 1819
That she has frequently heard Isham Kendrick speak of being 
in the revolutionary war of being in the battles of the Cowpens
and at Hillsborough in a skirmish or battle  That her
sister has remained the widow of Isham Kendrick up to this 
time.  She states she has been acquainted with one Abraham 
Mayfield from her first recollection and that she has heard
him speak many times of being in the war with the said
Isham Kendrick that Mayfield departed this life about 
six years ago in this district

Alsey Wood  X  her mark

Sworn to & subscribed before me 
the day & year above written.

[Wm?] Cunningham Mag G. D.
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I William Cunningham Magistrate in and for 
Greenville District South Carolina do certify that 
Alsey Wood who has sworn to the foregoing statements 
is a person whose statements are entitled to full credit
that she appears to be as old as she represents herself to 
be and that she has a good a retentive memory
Given under my hand this the eleventh day of 
October 1850

Wm. Cunningham  (seal)


The State of South Carolina
Greenville District

I D. Hoke Clerk of the 
Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for Greenville
District in the State aforesaid Do hereby certify that Wm Cunningham
Esquire before whom the preceeding affidavit was made was at the date thereof
a Magistrate for the District aforesaid and the signature purporting 
be his is true and genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and Seal of Office at Greenville
this 12th day of October AD 1850

D Hoke 
Clerk of Greenville
District

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Additional Evidence
in the claim of Elizabeth
("Georgia")
Kendrick for a Pension
No 14234
under act 7th July 1838.
Declaration filed by W
M Varnum of Dahlonega 
Georgia in 1850.
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State of Georgia
Hall County SS.

On this the 13th day 
of September A.D. 1853
personally appeared before me a Notary
Public in and for the County and
State aforesaid duly authorised to administer
oaths, Rebecca Atkins aged 75
years who being duly cautioned and 
then Sworn makes the following statements,
that she has been personally and 
intimately acquainted with Isham
Kendrick and Elizabeth Kendrick his
wife 40 to 45 years about 45 years to the
best of her recollection first in Greenville
then in Spartanburg districts South
Carolina  that she was acquainted with 
them to the time of Isham Kendricks
death which took place in Spartanburg
district S. Carolina in the year
1818.  she knows it was that year by the 
birth of one of her children which was 
afterwards in that year.  that she says
she was living in the neighborhood and
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at the time of his death and well remembers
the sale afterwards.  that Isham Kendrick
and Elizabeth Kendrick all the time
lived together as husband and wife, that
she does verily believe they were married as
she never heard any person before or since
Kendricks death dispute their marriage
she has been acquainted with the Elizabeth
Kendrick who now & ever since she removed
from S. Carolina lives in Cherokee County
Georgia & who is still a widow & is applying
for a pension as the widow of Isham 
Kendrick a revolutionary soldier, that 
from her first acquaintance with Isham 
Kendrick he bore the name and reputation 
of being a faithful soldier in the
revolutionary war on the whig side
and she does verily believe he was a 
faithful soldier as she never heard it 
doubted or disputed by any person either 
before or since his death - She further
states she is not related to Elizabeth
Kendrick and that she has no interest
whatever in any pension.  Elizabeth
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Kendrick may receive from the United
States government.  

Rebecca Atkins  X  her mark

Attest
Jasper H. Dorsey

Sworn to and subscribed
before me the day and year first above
written and I certify that Mrs Rebecca
Atkins is entitled to full faith and credit
and I further certify that I have no 
interest in the prosecution or the result 
of Mrs Kendricks claim whatever
Given under my hand and 
seal of my office this the 
13th day of september AD 1853

Wm. C. Cole  Notary Public

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[written on the side of the page]
[Pollard Webb? - it is slightly off the edge]
Jany 4/54
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45

Pension Office
Jany 4 1854

Sir

The case of Elizabeth Kendrick widow of Isham
of Ga - Act July 7 1838 - has been re-examined.
It has been shown that a I Kendrick did
render some service in the War of the Revolution, 
but no evidence has been adduced to show
that the I Kendrick who served was the husband 
of the applicant. - The date of 
her marriage must be shown by Record,
public a private, or its absence accounted
for, when parol testimony will be 
considered.

Pollard Webb Esq
Present
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Washington  11 Nov. 1850

Honorable 
James L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions

Sir,

I have the 
honor to present herewith the application 
of Elizabeth Kendrick widow of Isham 
Kendrick claiming to be inscribed 
on the pension roll under the act
of Congress approved 7 July 1838.

I am, 
Very Respectfully
your obt. servt.
James G. Berret
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[A very dark rectangular piece of paper.  No words can be deciphered.]
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Mrs Mary Kindricks
Act 7 July 1838
Georgia  Suspended
For Col Berret
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[A very dark small page.  No words 
can be deciphered.]
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Copy

Pension Office
January 22, 1851

James G. Berrett Esq.
Present - 

Sir;

The declaration in the case
of Elizabeth Kendrick, widow of Isham under the 
Act of July 7th, 1838, has been received
As to her marriage the certificate of the clerk 
of the County in which she was married must be 
produced, shewing what evidence is to be found 
in his record on the subject.  Should the date
of that marriage he well shewn she will then 
be required to establish the identity of her 
husband with the J. Kendrick to whom 
the certificate of the Comptroller of North
Carolina relates

I am, etc.
F. S. Evans for Comr.

Copied Feb 15, 1929
M.E.E.
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5862
Elizabeth Kendrick
P.O.  [blank]
Service:  [blank]
REJECTED
Enlisted:  [blank date]
Discharged:  [blank date]
Application filed:  [blank date]
Alleges:  [blank]
Re-enlisted:  [blank]
Attorney:  [blank]
P.O.  [blank]
[blank]  Recognized.  [blank]  Contract.
[blank] Cert. of Dis.  Searched for [blank date]


[written vertically on the left margin]
1929 - Feb. 15 - Hist. to Mrs. R. D. Dobson, M.E.E.
1929 - Apr. 22  Hist. to Miss Willie Kendrick Walker A.D.Y.
1933 - Nov. 21.  hist. to B. C. Holtzclaw  M.C.D.
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PIEDMONT PRINT WORKS, Inc.
[logo - PPW]

W. H. BANNON, President   H. R. STEPHENSON, Secy. & Treas.   R. J. STEPHENSON, Jr., Gen. Manager

JOS. B. WARNE,
Sales Agent
32[6?] Broadway, N. Y.

GREER, S. C. 
February 4, 1929

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:-

I am writing to you in an endeavor to establish my lineage from 
Capt. Isam Kendrick.  I do not know that the claim is authentic but in my
geanealogical research I am merely told that my great-great grandfather was 
a Captain in the Revolutionary War and I am writing to you for what information 
you may have, in order that I may substantiate this.

Do you have in your office any record of the service of Capt.
Isam Kendrick and any information concerning his descendants?  If you do, I 
would like very much to have you advise me fully, giving his place of residence
if possible.

I shall appreciate an early reply.

Very truly yours,
Willie Kendrick Walker

ADDRESS:
Miss Willie Kendrick Walker, 
62 Arlington Avenue, 
Greer, S. C.

[date stamp]
U. S. 
PENSION 
OFFICE
O
FEB 5
1929
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Greer, S. C.
May 9, 1928

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, 
D. C.

Dear Sir,

Please send me 
the Revolutionary War record
of Isham Kendrick, whose 
wife's name was Elizabeth.
After the war they lived 
in Lancaster County, South
Carolina.  This record is for 
D.A.R. purpose.

Yours truly,
Mrs. R. D. Dobson.

[date stamp]
U. S. 
PENSION 
OFFICE 
F
MAY 
10
1928
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University of Richmond
Department of Philosophy

B. C. HOLTZCLAW, Ph. D.
JAMES THOMAS, JR. PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Nov. 13, 1933.

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.,

Dear Sir: - 

I am trying to trace the Revolutionary Services of my
ancestor, Isham Kendrick, a soldier in the Revolution from North
Carolina, and I have been informed that he made an application for a 
pension from the U. S. Government.  I am therefore writing to ask whether
you have any record of such application, and if so, whether you can give
me what family information it contains (his age, birth, death, children,
etc.)  I should appreciate it if you can send me what information
you have about this man.

Very truly yours
B. C. Holtzclaw,

(Address:  University of Richmond, Virginia).

[date stamp]
RECEIVED
NOV 15 1933
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM
READER #17
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April 22, 1929.

Miss Willie Kendrick Walker, 
62 Arlington Avenue,
Greer, South Carolina.

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim, R. 5862, it appears that Isham 
Kendrick married, April 17, 1788, in Warren County, North
Carolina, Elizabeth Duncan.

He died March 17, 1818 in Spartanburg District, South
Carolina, his age is not given.

His widow, Elizabeth Kendrick, applied for pension 
July 4, 1850, then aged seventy-nine years, and a resident 
of Cherokee County, Georgia (she had previously lived in 
Greenville and 
Spartanburg District, South Carolina), and stated that her husband, Isham Kendrick, while residing
in Warren County, North Carolina, enlisted and served
about twelve months in all as a private in the North 
Carolina Troops, a part of the time in Captain Sterling Clack's 
Company and under Major Charles Davis and was in the 
battles of Cowpens and Hillsborough.

Her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish
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[top left side of page is partially obstructed from a paper fold and image is very blurry]

[illegible] that the soldier who rendered the above service was
[illegible]

In [illegible] was referred to her [illegible] Alston [illegible]
It is not stated that they had other children.

The above history is that of the only soldier named
Isham (Isam) Kendrick found on the Revolutionary War
records of this bureau.

Respectfully,

E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.

[handwritten notes on the bottom portion of this letter]
Should not state it this 
way for if the soldier who rendered
"above service" were not her husband
then we have no right to make the 
definite statements as to the marriage & death
dates.
See office letter dated Jan. 22. 1851 to Jas. G. Bennet Esq.
showing that the main issue in this claim was 
that widow from her husband identical with 
soldier recorded in certificate of Comptroller of 
North Carolina.
M.C.S.
11/21/33
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Mrs. R. D. Dobson
Greer
South Carolina

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim, R. 5862, it appears that Isham Kendrick
married, April 17, 1788, in Warren County, North Carolina,
Elizabeth Duncan.

He died, March 17, 1818, in Spartanburg District,
South Carolina, his age is not given.

His widow, Elizabeth Kendrick, applied for pension,
July 4, 1850, then aged seventy-nine years, and a resident 
of Cherokee County, Georgia (she had previously lived in 
Greenville and Spartanburg District, South Carolina), and 
stated that her husband, Isham Kendrick, while residing
in Warren County, North Carolina, enlisted and served
about twelve months in all as a private in the North Carolina
Troops, a part of the time in Captain Sterling Clack's 
Company and under Major Charles Davis and was in the 
battles of Cowpens and Hillsborough.
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Her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish
proof that the soldier who rendered the above service was
her husband.

In 1850, she referred to her son, Alston Kendrick.
It is not stated that they had other children.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.


[handwritten note at the bottom of the page]
Widow's sister, Mrs. Alsey Wood, was
residing in Greenville Dist. S.C. in 
1850, then aged 71 years.
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Raleigh N.C.
Compt Office
Augt 8th 1850.

I William F. Collins [Collier?] Comptroller of Public
Accounts in and for the State of North
Carolina do hereby certify that the
name of I. Kendrick appears as
records in this office as having been 
paid the sum of Thirty Three pounds
Fifteen shillings (£33.15) for military
service as will appear in Certificate
Book S. No 26 page 30.
Given under my hand 
and seal the day 
above written 

Wm. F Collins Compt.

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