Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 69, Henry Adkins, Nc.
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE NC

Adkins, or Akins, Henry 

NUMBER R. 69
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Pension Declarator 

Henry Adkins 

13 months Service
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State of Tennessee
Anderson County} SS

On this first day of August 1835 personally
appeared before me Joseph M Ashurst a justice
of the County Court for the County of Anderson
aforesaid and in the County aforesaid Henry Akins [Adkins]
resident of and in the County of Anderson and
State of Tennessee aged ninety years who being
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 applicant states that according to the tradition 
that his parents gave him he was born
on the 18th day of September 1744 Gooslin [Goochland]
County State of Virginia, applicant has no
record of his age. nor never had any but he
kept the same in memory as the same was given
him by his parents applicant resided in the State of
North Carolina in Rutherford County on
Green River in the last of July 1777 precise
day cant now be recollected from old age
and consequent loss of memory, but he entered
the service of the United States as a volunteer under the following
named officers (and served as herein after
Stated) to wit Captain John McKinney Lieutenant 
Thomas Townsend ensigns name not
now recollected from old age and consequent
loss of Memory said company was ordered
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by their Colonel (to wit)Colonel Graham to March
to fort good hope. said Captain and his company
Marched to fort good hope and was then stationed
to guard said Fort against the Indians untill in
the month of November in said year all of which
time this applicant bore Arms and followed
nor civil pursuit but served to defend said fort
against the Cherokee Indians applicant was
not in any engagement during the present
Tour of duty Fort good hope was situated on
Broad River and in the County of Rutherford
aforesaid so that the whole of applicant service
was under in said County during the present
Tour applicant was on the first day of November
1777 honorably but verbally discharged
by his said Captain MCKinny applicant
again on the first of April 1779. Volenteered
and entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers (to wit)
Captain William Nevill Lieutenant Thomas
French ensign Lewis Musick. Rendevoused
at fort Capshaw on White Oak in the County
of
Rutherford Captain Nevill and his company 
was ordered by Colonel Earls to be stationed
at said Fort to be a guard against the Cherokee
Indians who was then committing depredation
upon the Whites Captain Nevill and his
company was stationed at said Fort during the
summer 1779. Except the time they spent
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Scouting and spiring after the Indians applicant
was in but one skirmage during this tour
which took place near a place called Mills
in which applicant killed one of the Indians
forces applicant served this Tour of  duty from
the first of April 1777 until the first of October
1777 all of which time this applicant followed
no civil pursuit but bore Arms against
the common enemy of his County
when he was at the date last aforesaid at fort
Capshaw honorably but verbally discharged
by his said Captain Nevill having served
six months, applicant at the time he enterd the
service last above stated resided in Rutherford
County applicant after being discharged by
Captain Nevill to wit on the first of November
1779 at fort Capshaw Volunteered and
entered the service of the United States under
Captain James Hambleton (Lieutenants and
Ensigns names not now recollected from Cause
above stated, Major John {illegible] Colonels name
not now recollected was marched under
Captain John Hambleton to Hambletons
Block house which block house was situated
in the State of South Carolina applicant
was stationed at said Block house as a guard
under his said captain from the first
November 1779 untill the first of March
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1780 When he was honorably hat verbally discharged
by his said Captain Hambleton applicant
States that he served the United States as a private
soldier during the Revolutionary war not less
the thirteen months applicant states that he
resided near the Frontiers and that his services
was entirely against the Indians and never was
joined to the army and therefore is not able
to state names of any regular officer of the continental line applicant states that he
has no dockumentary evidence of his
services and does not know of any person
now living by whom he can prove the 
same but applicant states that he is known
to the following persons in his present neighborhood and who can testify as to his
character for veracity and a soldier of the
Revolution James Bunch Solomon Doherty
William Patterson John Williams Daniel
Doherty applicant states that he is ninty
years of age Blind and from bodily
infirmaty consequent from old age
is unable to get to a court of record
and states that there is no clergyman
residing in his neighbourhood he is there
fore unable to obtain the certificate
of our applicant hereby relinquished
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every claim whatever to a pension or anuity
Except the present and declares that his name
is not on the pension Roll of the agency
of any state applicant states that he has
lived in the State of North Carolinia Kent
cty [county] and Tennessee ever since the revolutionary 
War and now resides in Anderson County
Tennessee
Henry Adkins. x his mark

Sworn and Subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
before me
Joseph M Ashurst
Justice of the County Court
of Anderson County

We James Bunch and Solomon Doherty
residing in the County of Anderson herby certify that
we are well acquainted with Henry Adkins who has subscribed and sworn to the
above declaration that we believe him 
to be ninty years of age that he is reputed
and believed in the neighbourhood where
he resides to have been a soldier of the
revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed before 
me 
Joseph M Ashurst
Justice of the County Court for Anderson County
James Bench x his mark
mark
Justice of the County Court London county mark
Solomon & Doherty
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And I the said Justice being a Justice of the
County Court for the County of Anderson do
hereby declare my 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 further certify that said applicant
is blind and that from bodily infirmity
consequent from old age he is unable
to attend a court of record and further
certify that it appears that James
Bunch and Solomon Doherty who has
signed the preceding certificate are
residing in the County of Anderson
and in the neighbourhood of said
applicant, and are credible persons and
that their statement is entitled to credit
and that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings before me in the matter
of the application of Henry Adkins
for a pension

Joseph M Ashurst {seal}
Justice of the County of
of Anderson County
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State of Tennessee
Anderson County

I John Jarnigan clerk of
the County Court for Anderson
County do hereby certify
that Joseph M Ashurst before
whom the foregoing declaration
was [illegible] is Justice
of the County court for the county of
Anderson aforesaid duly commissioned
and sworn and that full faith and
credit is entitled to be given to his
[illegible] acts as such
under my hand and seal
at office this 27thAugust 1835
John Jarnigan Clerk
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REJECTED

Henry Akins
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[document is illegible]
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Clinton T
sept 1st

[addressed to]
Secretary of War of the
United States Pension Office
Department
Pension Claims

[written sideways]
Tenn.
Sept 2
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Clinton Tennessee
August 27th 1835

I here Enclose to the department the Declaration
of Henry Adkins, whatever may be Its
fate please to inform at Clinton Tennessee
Your Humble Servant
Levi Trewhitt
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Copy

Sept. 14, 1835.
Sir: The declaration of Henry Akins has been examined and filed
with suspended cases in this office. He claims for tours of two,
six and four months on the Indian frontier of North Carolina.
The militia of that State was not called out to serve so long
as four months under one engagement.
If he will exhibit some more
satisfactory evidence of his service a reinvestigation of the claim
will be had.
To Levi Trewhitt,
Clinton, Tenn.