Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 8002, for Anthony Kinnin, North Carolina
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[3-1776]

SERVICE
N. C.

Kinnin, Anthony
Christiana

NUMBER
W8002
B.L.Wt. 29337-160-55

CONTENTS
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12,099
North Carolina

Anthony Kinnin
of Beaufort [Co.] in the State of N. Car:
who was a private - in the - - - commanded
by Captain - - - of the Regt commanded
by Col. Gorham in the N. Car:
line for 13 months

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina
at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of March 1833 and sent to J B Hinton 
Raleigh, N. C.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - 86.66
Semi=anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 Sept “ [1833] 21.66
$108.32

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Nathan Rice - Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 Page 40
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4,874
North Carolina “F”

Christian Kinnin
widow of NC Anthony
who served in the Revolutionary 

war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 43 Dollars 33
cents per annum, to commence on 
the 3d February, 1853

Certificate of Pension issued 
19th day of Jany [January] 1855
and sent to S M Knight  
Present

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 136 Vol. A (32)

[right side written sideways] Affd ‘Affidavit]
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[left side] Act March 3, 1855
Apl 23 / 53
90443

Christiana Kinnin and
Anthony Kinnin Priv
[written on a slant] No.29337 [Illegible] 
Rev War

Rev. Pensioner
Act Feby 3, 1853 – dated Jany [January] 19./53
NC Feb. 53 – 48.74

W:160Act May 20/56 Boynton

Hon. Th Ruffin
Ho: of Rep:

[right side] S. M. Knight Nov 21/55
[written sideways] Sept. 4 / 56 Warrant corrected & returned to T. Sparrow Washington N. C. surname of warrant of deceased soldier changed from Kinnon to Kinon – Let to Gen. Land Office
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Anthony Kinnin
No Ca
No - 

Admit for 13 mo [months] as a private
in the N. C. Troops 1780
Col Gorham - $43.33

J B Hinton
Raleigh
Hon Th. H. Hall N C
N C
Wm Ellison Clk. [clerk]
Beaufort Co. No. Ca.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
PENSION OFFICE

183

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 these points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (these:}). 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 Anthony Kinnin

[column headings: Period when the service rendered. Duration of the claimant’s service. Year. Month. Day. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.] 
in or about 1780 drafted upwards of 4 months} Pri. [Private] Capt Edw [Captain Edward] Moore Col. Brown Genl. Greene. 69 years Pitt Co. No. Ca.

Vol. upwards of 2 months} “ [private] Majr [Major] Dennis Capt Jno. [Captain John] Godley Col. Gorham Through different parts of No Ca.

whose term upwards of 7 months} 1 – 1 - 
Traditionary

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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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, claiming 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 served 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 so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons 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. 
[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 revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
1               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 soldier 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 Revolutionary 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 commission; 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 services 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 bis 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 attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. 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.} {To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? 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 testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he 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 trans nit such evidence as they can procure, 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. 
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity in which case the declarant will follow 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 he 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. ln a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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 names 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 authority; 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 it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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. 
Mode of authenticating papers. In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers in not written on the same sheet of paper which contains 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. 
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found in 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 witnesses, and the official character and signatures of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule to [illegible] 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.
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State of N. Carolina} 
County of Beaufort} SS. 

On this twelfth day of April 1855, before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared 1 Christiana Kinnin aged 74 years, resident of 2       County of Beaufort in the State of North Carolina who made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical, 1 Christiana Kinnin to whom, under the provisions of the Act of 3 3rd February 1853 a pension of 4 forty three 33/100 dollars per annum has been allowed for the services of her late husband 5 Anthony Kinnin a 6 private of the Revolutionary war, and late of 7 Beaufort County, State of North Carolina - She further states that her Pension Certificate, under the aforesaid Act of 8 the 3rd February 1853 is numbered (has no number), bears date the 9 nineteenth day of January 1855, and is made payable at the 10 Fayetteville, NC Agency. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land in which she may be entitled under the Act of 3d March 1855, never having received or known herself entitled, or made application, under any previous act of Congress. In evidence of her marriage and proof of service of her said husband, she respectfully refers to the proofs heretofore adduced, now on file in the Pension Office, and upon which her annuity as aforesaid was granted. 
That, since being placed on the list of Revolutionary Pensioners, she has not intermarried, but continues the widow of the said 5 Anthony Kinnin.
She appoints as her attorney for the within specified purpose, and with power of substitution, S. M. KNIGHT, of Washington City, D. C.
 
11 Christiana [her X mark] Kinnin

Attest: T Sparrow
M F Van Intirich

SWORN TO, SUBSCRIBED AND ACKNOWLEDGE before me, the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid 1 Christiana Kinnin to be the identical person she alleges herself to be – a Pensioner of the United States, and at the date of the execution of this declaration a widow; and that I am not interested in her claim as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise 

12 Joseph Potts J. Peace 

(For NOTES, see opposite page.)
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90443

Christiana Kinnin
Declaration

S M Knight
Present,
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State of North Carolina} 
County of Beaufort} SS. 

On this twelfth day of April 1855, before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared 13 Chaney Kinnin and 13 Lewis Taylor residents of 14 the County of Beaufort, in the State of North Carolina known to me as credible person, who made oath, in due form of law, that Christiana Kinnon who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration, is, to their personal knowledge, the identical person to whom, under the provisions of the Act of 3 3rd February 1853 a pension of 4 forty three 33/100 dollars per annum has been granted for the services of her late husband Anthony Kinnin deceased, a private soldier of the Revolutionary war.
That since being placed on the role of Pensioners, she, the said 1 Chrstiana Kinnin has not intermarried, but remains, and now is, a widow: That they have known her for thirty - five years, and derive their knowledge of the facts herein named from the following circumstances, to wit: 15 They known from reputation that Anthony Kinnin was a revolutionary soldier & had a pension, that said Christiana of their own knowledge is his widow that the applied for a pension as such & have been the same paid to her. 

They further state that they are disinterested witnesses. 
16 Lewis Taylor 
Chaney [her X mark] Kinnin 

Sworn to, and subscribed before me, the day and year above written. 
12 Joseph Potts J. P. 

State of North Carolina} 
County of Beaufort} SS. 
I Hereby Certify, That Joseph Potts, Esq., before whom the foregoing Declaration, Power of Attorney, and Affidavits were made and acknowledged, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing an authorized Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, and that his signature thereto is genuine. I further certify, that in the within application I am not interested as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Beaufort Co., Court, for the County aforesaid, this Nineteenth day of April 1855.
M S Cordin Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Qr [Quarter] Sessions of sd [said] County

NOTES.

1. Insert the widow’s full name.   2. Give the Post Office address.
3. Insert the title of the Act under which her Revolutionary Pension was granted.   4. State the amount in dollars and cents.
5. Insert the full name of her late husband.  6. State what rank he held.
7. Give the name of the County in which he lived at the time of his death.   8. Insert the registry number of her Pension Certificate.
9. Give its date.   10. State where made payable.   11. Widow’s signature in full.   12. Magistrate’s signature.
13. Insert the witnesses’ full names.    14. Give their Post Office address.
15. Here give a statement of the facts and circumstances from which the foregoing testimony is adduced, or from which the witnesses knowledge is derived.
16. Witnesses’ signature.
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Declaration of Anthony Kinnin in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
State of North Carolina} 
Beaufort County} To wit 
On this 22d day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Worshipful, the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the said County, now sitting, to wit, Anthony Kinnin, a resident citizen of said County, aged sixty-nine 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 7th 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, that is to say: He was drafted as a militia man in the County of Pitt, in or about the year 1780, but he cannot be positive as to the date, so imperfect is his recollection at this day, & he was then a young man and was mustered in Captain Edward Moore's Company of Militia. Colonel Brown [Thomas Brown] commanded the Regiment and Major Dennis [probably William Dennis]: - which draft was said to be for a three months term: but he was detained in the service upwards of four months before he was discharged there from: he was marched from the place where he was mustered, to Cross Creeks [Cross Creek], now Fayetteville, in this State - from thence, he was marched to Drowning Creek this state - from thence he was
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marched to Peedee [River] and assisted to erect fortifications at that place -- his Corps received orders at Peedee to join Genl Green [General Nathanael Greene] to assist in storming Camden - and marched in General Greene's rear after Morgan's Battle, at the Cowpens, and thence he was marched to Guilford Court House in this State -- & remained in Greene's rear until near Dan River, thence he was ordered to march to Wilmington this State -- and was discharged near Cross Creek in this State. Sometime after this discharge, he volunteered under Captain John Godley in a State Regiment commanded by Colonel Gorham [James Gorham] and which was raised for a three months tour. He volunteered in the County of Pitt -- and served in Captain Godley's Company under his said engagement upwards of two months = he was first marched in his said Company to Peter's ferry on Contentnea [Creek], thence he crossed the Neuse [River] at Cox's - and marched thence towards the Cape Fear [River], but rec.d [received] news of the advance of an enemy -- & retreated to Kinston in this State - and thence marched to Bryan's Mill on Cold Creek where after a brush with Craig's force, then on his march from New Bern to Cape Fear - he returned to Peter's ferry, with his Corps - & pursued the Enemy to South West [River] - Heath's Mill = thence marched back to Kinston & then all were disbanded. - his whole term of service, was upwards
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of seven months - in his two engagements in the Army, that he has no documents now in his possession to prove his services and except for his old Associates in arms James Creemer & Jacob O Merry he does not know of any others by whom he can prove the same. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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 except that of the State of North Carolina. That he is now far advanced in years & is a very poor man & has to labor for the support of his family. 
[Signed] Anthony Kinnin
Sworn to & subscribed} 
the day & year aforesaid} 
Wm Ellison, Clk [Clerk]

Jacob O Merry [pension application #S4592] & James Creemer [Creamer, Craimor pension application # S2480] citizens of the County of Beaufort being sworn here in Court do on their oath state that when they were soldiers in the Army of the Revolution, that he knew & became acquainted with Anthony Kinnin, who signed & swore to the above declaration & knew that he did serve some considerable time as a soldier in that war - and since then, as a fellow citizen of the same County, they have been & now are well acquainted with him. 
Sworn to & subscribed} 
the day & year above} 
written.} 
James [his X mark] Creemer
Jacob O [his X mark] Merry
Wm Ellison, Cl [Clerk]
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We, Joseph B Hinton & Reading Grist - two of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and by virtue of our commissions, associate Justices of the said Court, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Anthony Kinnin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age - that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution - and that we concur in that opinion, & also that there are no clergymen residing in his neighborhood - & further that he is a poor man but of very fair character & his statements entitled Credit. 
J. B. Hinton
Reading Grist

Sworn to & subscribed
the day & year above 
mentioned 
Wm. Ellison Clk [Clerk]

And the Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above mentioned applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states - and also that the certificate subscribed by the above & two of the associate Justices of this Court is entitled to the highest respect & credit 
Presiding Justice
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State of North Carolina} SS.
County of Beaufort} On this 20th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty-four personally appeared before the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions held in and for the said County, in open Court; Mrs. Christian Kinnin a resident of Washington in the County and State aforesaid, aged seventy - three years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the law of the United States passed the 8th of February 1853 granting pensions to the widows of persons who served in the war of the Revolution. 
That she is the widow of Anthony Kinnin -- who was a private in the North Carolina Militia in the war of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States upon the North Carolina roll. 
She further declared that she was married to the said Anthony Kinnin on the     day of      Eighteen hundred and      ; that her said husband died on the twelfth day of October Eighteen hundred and forty-three; that she was not married to him prior to the second day of January Eighteen hundred but at the time above stated. That there is no public record of her marriage nor is there a private record of her marriage and she further declares that she is now a widow. 
Sworn to and subscribed, in open Court, on the day and year first above written before me Chairman of said court}
James Ellison Chn [Chairman}
Christian [her X mark] Kinnin

State of N Carolina} SS. 
County of Beaufort} On this 20th day of December A.D. 1854 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly authorized to administer oaths a resident of said County, to me well known as a credible witness, and who being by me first duly sworn, doth on his oath, state that he is acquainted with Mrs. Christian Kinnin the above named applicant for a pension - that he has known her for 20 years last past that he has accompanied her family record, that he believes the same to be genuine that it is contained is a book purporting to be the      and printed in the year      ;that the said record as far as relates to the marriage of the said applicant and the soldier or pensioner above named and of his death is as follows: which is an exact copy of the same:-

and that he said deponent is not interested in the claim. }
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above written} 
before me and I certify that I am in no manner interested}
Justice of the Peace}

State of North Carolina}
County of Beaufort} On this 20th day of December A.D. 1854, personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County Thos Buck & Will W. Gallaway    who are to me well known & who are credible witnesses and who being by me duly sworn depose and says, that they are each well acquainted with Mrs. Christiana Kinnin the above applicant for a pension, that they have known her for twenty years last past. That they were acquainted with Anthony Kinnin and were reputed as to be, that deponents never heard the fact of previous to his death; that they said [paper folded] That the said Anthony   died on the twelfth day of October 1843 and the said Christiana has been since that day, and still is reputed to be his widow, which deponents believe to be the fact. That she has never married since her said husbands death, and is still his widow, and that her said husband was the identical man mentioned as a Pensioner in her declaration above, and that deponents are disinterested. 
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first }
above written, and I certify that I am not interested herein.}
Thomas Buck 
W. W. Gallaway
George L. Windley Justice of the Peace

I hereby constitute and appoint Saml M Knight my true and lawful attorney hereby authorizing him to prosecute this my claim to a pension and to receive the certificate to be is and thereon. Dated this 20th day of December A.D. 1854 
Test Sparrow 
Christiana [her X mark] Kinnin {Seal}

State of N. Carolina}
County of Beaufort} I, the Clerk of Beaufort County Court do hereby certify that the Honl James Ellison before whom the foregoing declaration was made at the time of so doing a Judge of said Court duly qualified, and that George L. Windley Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn, and that the signatures of both are genuine. 
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 20th of December A.D. 1854. 
W S Conlin Clerk C.C.

[faint seal]
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August 11, 1931.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section. ILL

Mr. John N. Kinyoun 
404 City Bank Building 
Kansas City, Missouri 

Dear Sir: 

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 8002, that Anthony Kinnin enlisted in 1780 in Pitt County, North Carolina, served as a private in Captain Edward Moore's Company, Colonel Brown's North Carolina Regiment, length of service four months; some time after this, he enlisted, served over two months in Captain John Godley's or Godley's Company, Colonel Gorham's North Carolina Regiment, and was in a skirmish at Bryans Mill, specific dates of above services not stated. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 22, 1832, while a resident of Beaufort County, North Carolina, aged sixty-nine years. 

The soldier died October 12, 1843 in Beaufort County, North Carolina. 

Christiana Kinnin, soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed December 20, 1854. She was then seventy - three years of age and resided in Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina. Her maiden name was not shown. 

One Chany Kinnin was a resident of Beaufort County, North Carolina, in 1855, no relationship to soldier shown.

Very truly yours, 

A. D. HILLER, 
Assistant to Administrator.
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12099
Christian Kinion
pri [private]
Anthony
Beaufort, Co. N. C.

Boynton

SM Knight
Rest
Recd [received] Jany [January] 13th 1855

[written sideways] Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commr [Commissioner] of Pensions
Present
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Jany: 15 1855
N”5371
Christian Kinnin
Wid: [Widow] of
Anthony Beaufort Co. N. C.

Act / 53

$43.33/100 per annum
Com: Feby 3, 1853

Revy

S. M. Knight
Present

[typed sideways] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
Pension Office, Official Business
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29.337

Correction Aug / 55

Rev Army
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[Pension?] Office 
January 16” / 55

Sir: Please certify the time of which the within named pensioner was paid on the date of his death. 

Very Respectfully, 

L P Waldo 
Commissioner

Mr. [Randall?]
R. J. Atkinson, Esq.}
Third Auditor, Treasury}

[written sideways] Boynton
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Anthony Kinnin paid to 4 Sept. 1843
Robt J Atkinson
Auditor
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2 Befd [Beauford] Co
This 12 " Oct / 43
2 ToWit: [Illegible]

Boynton
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[U.S. POSTAGE THREE CENTS stamp]

[circular stamp] WASHINGTON N. C.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

[written sideways] 29,337 – 160 Anthony Kinnon Decd [deceased] HR for cor.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
[Letterhead]
[left side] President, E. A. HARRINGTON, GREENSBORO. Vice-President, F. H. BRYAN, WASHINGTON. Secretary - Registrar, R. T. BONNER, AURORA. Treasurer, W. B HARDING, WASHINGTON. Historian, MAJ. YORK COLEMAN, RUTHERFORDTON. Chaplain, REV F. B RANKIN, RUTHERFORDTON. 
[center] Sons of the American Revolution North Carolina Society Organized February 22, 1911
[right side] Board of Management, Consisting of the Officers Ex-Officio and the following Compatriots: THOMAS H SANDERS, TARBORO. S. W. CLARKE, NORFOLK, VA. R. L. M. BONNER, AURORA. DR J C. RODMAN, WASHINGTON. HENRY CLARKE BRIDGERS. TARBORO. Trustee in the National Board of Management, CLARENCE A. WYCHE, ROSEMARY.
[symbol of SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION]

Blount Creek, N. C., June 2, 1914 

Gentlemen: - 

On the pension list of 1840, the name of ANTHONY KINION, appears 77 years old living in Beaufort County, N. C. Please send me a statement of his military history.

Yours very respectfully, 
Lewis A. Kinion
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404 City Bank Bldg. 
Kansas City Missouri. 
July 22 1931. 

Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington D.C. 

Dear Sirs: 
In the Census of Pensioners June 1, 1840 is given the name of [^ OK] Anthony Kinion Beaufort Co, North Carolina, Will you be so good as to inform me if these papers contain any family history and give me what is therein contained. 
Thanking you for this favor, I am 
Very truly yours 
John W. Kinyoun
Kinyoun 

[rectangular stamp] JUL 25 1931
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[left side] 
1914 June 12 Hist. to Lewis A Kinion [Illegible initials] 
1931 – Aug. 11 – Hist. to John N. Kinyoun – ILL.

[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[right side] Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 8002

Christian Kinnin
Wid” [Widow]
Anthony Kinnin
Privt [Private] Rev War

Act: Feby 3d, 1848

Index: - Vol. A, Page 401

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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W.F.8,002

In reply to your request of          , received        for a statement of the military history of Anthony Kinnin a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. STATE.]

1780. 4 mos [months]. Pvt. [Private]. [Captain] Edward Moore. [Colonel] Brown. N.C.

sometime after. 2 mos [months]. [Captain] John Godley. [Colonel] Gorham

Battles engaged in, Bryans Mill

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Drafted in Pitt Co. N. C.

Date of application for pension, Aug. 22, 1832, His cl. was al [His claim was allowed]

Residence at date of application, Beaufort Co. N. C.

Age at date of application, 69 yrs.   Died Oct. 12, 1843

Remarks: His wife’s name was Christiana – date of marriage is not state. She was al. pens. [allowed pension] on said app. executed Dec. 20, 1854 while a resident of Washington, Beaufort Co., N. C. aged 73 years.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.

6-285G
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Brief in the case of Christian Kinnin Widow of Anthony Beaufort County and State of N.C. 
act 3d Feby. 1853 

Claim, "original,” [words crossed = or "for increase".]

Proof exhibited, (if original) 

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

The claim was submitted under the act of 7th June 1832, at the rate of $113.33/100 per annum. Two witnesses testify to general reputation of Marriage & habitation have lived neighbors to them for a longtime. [Pri Kinnin?] 12” Oct: 1843, as per the affiant [affidavit] of two witnesses & report of the Third Auditor.
[Illegible]

is established by the affidavits of the Credible Affiants.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

S. M. Knight, Esq.
Present
Name and residence of Agent

S. Boynton
Examining Clerk.
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Washington N.C. 
Aug. 27th 1856

Dear Sir- 
I enclose you the land warrant of Mrs. Christiana Kinion for 160 acres. No. 29.337 with her assignment & the Clerk's certificate upon it. 
The warrant has been sold & returned because of a variance in the spelling of the name on the inside & on the outside of the Warrant. 
The department have spelled the name Kinnon, Whereas it is Kinion. It is sometimes spelled here Kinnion with two n’s, but never Kinnon, without the i.
I filed the old lady's declaration, & feel sure that the Department can nowhere find the name spelled, as on the inside of this warrant. I can make affidavit, or take testimony if necessary, but it occurs to me, that a reference to the papers on file will show the mistake. 
I will be obliged to you, if you will certify that this warrant will be received by the Department, or if you will cancel it & send another. 

Very Respectfully 
T. Sparrow

Com Pensions
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Washington 
Jan. 12th 1855.

Hon. L.P. Waldo}
Comr [Commissioner] of Pensions} Sir: 

I have the honor to enclose herewith the application of Mrs. Christiana Kinion widow of Anthony Kinion deceased for the benefit of the second section of the Act of February 3d 1853.

Very respectfully 
Your Obt Sert [Obedient Servant]
S. M. Knight